For Tara

[the_bad_brother]

As soon as Ric had shown up, Damon had started trying to track down his little witchy 'friend'. It wasn't going to be easy to convince her to make another daylight ring, he was sure, but there was not a whole lot that Damon wouldn't do for Alaric.

He hadn't run into her in any of the local haunts: bars, coffee shops, restaurants, so he'd had to turn to plan B. It took him a little bit of time to track down where she lived, so by the time he was at Tara's door he was already frustrated. Ric was stuck a nightwalker until he could get a daylight ring for his best friend, and not only did that lifestyle suck, but it gave Damon less time with him.

He knocked firmly and then folded his arms, listening for movement inside.

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[the_bad_brother]

"What, do you want me to write you a book?" Damon asked, scowling, but she'd said that was enough for now, so he stopped pushing. "Fine, I'll tell you more next time." Except there wouldn't be a next time.

Unless Stefan showed up somehow, sans daylight ring. In which case, Damon just might make his dear brother deal with her. Maybe she'd find Stefan more palatable. Most people did, for some inexplicable reason.

[lifeinshadow]

"I want to meet him." It's the one other demand she'll make right now, and a fair one. It has to be her call in the end to give him the ring. "I need a couple days, but I want to meet him before I hand over the ring."

[the_bad_brother]

"Yeah, I figured as much. That's not a problem," Damon said, relieved. If anyone could make a good first impression it was Ric. "And I promise, he doesn't have a doppelganger," he added with a crooked grin.

[lifeinshadow]

"Good, because I don't know how many weird twins I can handle." She leaves a bill on the table to pay for her drink, standing and scooping up her bag. "Tell him to pick a ring too. I'd probably get the size wrong."

[the_bad_brother]

"Yes ma'am," Damon drawled, rolling his eyes a little. "I'll drop the ring off in a couple of days."