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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:47 am
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ Tate knew that Caroline wasn't so happy to see him but he didn't care. He was here for Elena. Although seeing Bonnie was a bit weird for him now that he knew she was a witch. It didn't change anything about her, really, it just made him question how many people in town managed to go by like they're completely normal when they're really something that could be laughed at or would strike fear. Tate let Elena drag her to a car. He's washed cars before....well, Kailan's car. And he was pretty sure he sucked at it and Kailan just didn't tell him. Tate laughed when Elena got caught up in her shirt. " Maybe not sexy but very, very cute" Tate waited a minute, letting her struggle with her shirt before actually helping her to take it off. " I'm going to pull on three" he stated before counting down and pulling Elena straight from the shirt. Holding her shirt in his hand, Tate laughed once more. " Taking off a shirt is not that hard" Tate wasn't going to pull off his shirt next. Elena had on something under her shirt but Tate only had on a tank top and if his tank top got wet, he was doomed. Plus there were too many girls around for him to feel remotely secure. " I don't know how long I'm willing to do this. Caroline, man. Her glare's got a way of making my blood run cold" Tate grinned, looking around as if he was discreetly talking to Elena. "Think she's still got hard feelings?" Obviously, she did. It wasn't like Tate was spreading rumors about her, he booed her in front of a whole audience.
♣ " You know I'm going to get you back for that moon joke" he said. They were at a car wash, there were buckets of soapy water and water hoses. He would risk being a movie cliché for the sake of getting back at Elena. Elena was so different from Tate's ex-girlfriend. That girl was all about sex and vulgarity. Elena couldn't even get herself out of her shirt. And this is why Tate liked her. No matter how many compliments she gave him, he'd always have a notebook's worth to give to her. Tate got on to washing their first car, glancing at Elena every once in a while. The girl really was a good sight to behold. " I feel like people are going to think we're joined at the hip since we're always together." People could also think a whole lot else about them but Tate didn't think that they seemed like much of a couple when they were out in public. If people saw how they acted in private then maybe it would be another story but, for now, they were just really good friends. " How much do you think Caroline would hate me if I completely goof off?"

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:08 am
  Elena groaned when Tate helped her take her shirt off. In the end, a smile was worn on her face, but it seemed to be mixed in with an embarrassed grimace. At his information about a shirt not being that hard to remove, Elena placed her things on a bench nearby. "Apparently, you are wrong," replied Elena with a chuckle. At least he said it was very cute. At least she didn't screw up all the way. Underneath that shirt she was wearing was the top of her recent bikini. It was a dark purple color, bold, and not tiny like most of the girls here. Although some girls stripped off their shorts, Elena didn't. She kept her's on, along with her hair down. Walking back towards the car, Elena heard Tate's comment of Caroline and grinned. "Yeah, she has that effect on people." However, she grabbed a soapy sponge, prepared to start cleaning the car until Tate mentioned about getting her back. Putting her hand near him and squeezing the sponge, some bits of water and soap got on Tate. Only what looked like pebble size. "Oh really?" taunted Elena with a big smile. Hosing down the car first, Elena then started to cover the red car in soap. "I think she would be rather pissed off more than she already is," admitted Elena in a chuckle.
However, didn't stop Elena from grabbing the hose and easing pressure on the level, getting some water on Tate. She didn't aim the water at him, just on the car really close to him. So the back splash would get him. When stopping the hose and setting it to the ground, Elena looked rather proud of her action, much like the moon joke she pulled on Tate earlier. "How much do you think Caroline would hate me if I did that?" joked Elena, grabbing the soapy sponge and circling the hood of the car. The best part of the car wash is that the people who want their car to be shiny and new are somewhere else right now. Possibly somewhere out in the park, but still, no eye witness when they goof off or play around.

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:14 am
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣When he was splashed with water, Tate pursed his lips and nodded. " Okay" he said, going back to washing the car as if he didn't care that she just got him all wet. Tate waited a few seconds, making it seem like he was really focused on working. " You're dead" he said, launching for the hose and unleashing it's water pressure directly on to Elena rather than on the car near her. " You asked for it, Gilbert!" Well, so much for paying attention to work. If Caroline came over, he'd gladly spray her too. He didn't the Caroline but Tate wasn't about kissing a** to people who were glaring at him like he was a cockroach crawling over your food. Tate blocked off the water pressure and looked at Elena with a grin. " So are you going to apologize or are we going to make this into a war. I can handle Caroline hating me but can you?" Tate grinned devilishly, finding this all too entertaining. " Wait, wait, wait, time out" Before they could even get into a war, Tate tried his best to keep the hose in his possession while taking off his T-shirt. He'd rather get completely soaked in his tank top and still be able to wear the t-shirt rather than get both of them soaked. Tate received some whistles from girls working around as he took of his shirt but he didn't even look to see who whistled, he was focused on Elena. " And that's how you properly take off a shirt" he teased.

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:22 am
  Elena gasped loudly when she got sprayed with the waterhose. Looking to Tate, her hair damp now and swinging where ever she turned her head, Elena chuckled. "Oh ho ho," she chortled, ready for her next plan of action. However, Tate paused their game by taking off his shirt and revealing himself in a tanktop. Elena already seen Tate in his tanktop before. In fact, she fell asleep with Tate in his tanktop before. Didn't change the fact that she was fine with the nearby girls whistling at Tate's body. Still, after his comment of properly taking off a shirt, Elena grinned. "Oh, it's on, now," challenged Elena, running up to Tate, leaping into his arms and wrapping her own arms around his neck in a form of a hug. She tried to get some of the water off of her and onto him. Also so that she could distract him before she released herself and grabbed the hose. Aiming the thing at him, Elena chuckled. "What was that you were sayin'?" teased Elena, a brow arched to show she was threatening to spray the water on him rather than near him this time.

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:41 am
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ Tate didn't realize Elena's intentions of getting him wet until she had managed to get away with the hose, leaving Tate standing there with a partially soaked tank top. Tate held out a hand to Elena. " Elena, you don't want to do this. You don't want to go there. This will end out badly". Tate looking around briefly for anything that could help him in this situation. A sponge, a bucket of water, anything. But he stood there defenseless. " Elena, so help me god, if you spray me with water I will....I'll get Caroline" At this point, it was abandon all work. Maybe if Tate moved in front of the car, they could get some water on the machine also. " Before you hurt me, just remember all the good I've done for you, Elena." Maybe the sight of Tate getting soaked by Elena was interesting since there were a couple onlookers. Both male and female. Tate thought it would be amazing if they all started slacking off and just made this into one big water fight like they were all children.

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:47 am
  Elena loved how playful their relationship was. How they just liked playing around and goofing off rather than focus on what was at sake here. When he told her that she didn't want to go there, Elena looked down at her soaked appearance and then back at Tate. "You sure about that, buddy?" His threat for Caroline didn't falter her hand grips on the hose, but merely gained a chuckle. "Like you will-" Elena started, but then saw Caroline. She immediately held the hose behind her back and smiled at her blonde friend. "Hey, Caroline."
"What is going on here?" Caroline asked, looking between she and Tate. Not glaring at Tate, for once, but just simply noticing the water everywhere. Elena did her best from laughing.
"Uh, cleaning, Caroline. Like you said, remember? After all, it is a car wash, right? It gets messy in this line of work." Caroline simply sighed and walked off, completely dry and the opposite mood of Elena. When she was gone, Elena doubled over, laughing. When standing up again, Elena sighed contently. She simply sprayed Tate for a second, unlike he did with Elena, before letting it spray on the car. "How was that for no work and all fun?" Elena teased.

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:35 pm
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ Tate stood there solemnly, looking at Caroline. He looked from her to Elena and kept her eyes locked on his bestfriend. He could totally tell Caroline right now what Elena's real intentions were with that hose. But he kept it to himself. When Caroline was gone, Tate took part in the laughing. He didn't find Caroline to be high strung or anything, just too busy for her own good. She needed to slack off a little like Elena and Tate were doing. Elena's little spray caught Tate off guard but it was over before he knew it. He liked that they were able to joke around as much as they were currently doing. " It was alright" said Tate casually as he stepped closer to Elena. " A little weak, though, don't you think?" Tate grinned, grabbing his sponge and going back to soaping up the car. " I dare you to put the hose on full blast and spray the next person to pass by" he said, looking at Elena. " I triple dog dare you" Tate still believed in the power of a triple dog dare. Even if you yourself didn't believe it in, the pressure from others would surely get you to do the dare. " If you're too chicken, you don't have to do it"

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:54 am
  Elena could hear Tate over the water drumming on the car as she sprayed the hose on a low level to soak up the car some more. Weak. He called her game weak, which just made her arch an interested brow. If he wanted to go there, she was going to go there. "Alright, alright, don't get your claws in a twist," joked Elena, much in the same playful tone Tate had said to her earlier. Elena helped with drowning the car in soap, doing her best to have the machine be rid of the dirt that consumed the bottom part. Elena turned to Tate when he dared her to spray the next person that comes. A costumer, a high schooler, or even a random adult, he wanted her to do it. Unless she was chicken. Offending that to a challenge, Elena grinned and grabbed the hose. "You are so doin' something for me," warned Elena as she stood between the one Tate and she were working on and another car that was parked beside them. Having her hand on the hose, she braced herself for whatever was to come next. Elena heard footsteps splash against the puddle on the concrete parking lot, and it sounded like it was narrowing. Soon, on cue, Elena released the hose, sprayed, and heard a girl shriek. When turning off the hose, Elena saw that it was Caroline. Luckily, only her torso was soaked, but she still looked very upset.
"What the hell, Elena?" cried Caroline, looking down at her water covered self. Sure, she was going to get some soap and H2O on her, but she didn't mean to look like she ran through a waterfall. When facing Tate, she pointed at his tank top with an arched brow. "You do realize, this is a 'sexy soap carwash', right?"
Elena looked to Tate, and saw what she meant. Tate was still wearing a shirt. Other guys were, but in spite of bad moments, Caroline was trying to do Elena a favor. Elena just grinned and faced her blonde friend, and let her eyes tell her to stop. However, her voice said, "I think he looks sexy either way."
Rolling her eyes, and running her hands across her long, slim arms in a way to get rid of some of the water from her body. Caroline huffed out a breath and said, "We are here to save up money so we can have our 40's dance. I will not let Klaus and his devil sister ruin what I have going here: a good system." Caroline was always the one who liked to run things such as car washes, dances, etc. Sighing, Caroline walked off and sat behind the box that held the money.
Facing Tate, Elena let out a laugh at the sudden, and brief, rant from Caroline. "Thank you for that," joked Elena, giving Tate the hose now so that she wouldn't be the one wielding it anymore. They could simply put it to the ground, but Elena just handed it to him instead, just in case he needed to hose down the car.

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:20 am
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ Tate couldn't believe that Elena actually sprayed someone. And it as just their luck that the person to be sprayed was Caroline. " My gosh, Elena, we're supposed to be working" he said, not too convincingly. When Caroline pointed at him, Tate lifted his arms as to direct her to come at him for wearing a tank top. Now she made him feel insecure. So Elena was in a bikini top, which Tate wouldn't complain about, but she had a nice body. For a werewolf, Tate wasn't extremely ripped. But he wasn't exactly scrawny either. He had a few muscles here and there. But he was glad that Elena came to his rescue by saying he looked sexy either way. Leave it to his best friend to defend him when he couldn't even find the words to rebuttal Caroline's. When Caroline left, Tate let out a loud laugh, clapping his hands together once as he did so. " So you're not chicken after all. That's good" Tate grinned and put the water hose on the ground as he pulled his tank top over his head and tossed it onto the bench with his other shirt and Elena's. If he had gotten whistles before, now was even worse. Tate rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as some girls cat called to him. Most guys would enjoy it but Tate would have really much preferred if it was only Elena cat calling him. " I swear, this is only to make money" Yeah, Tate, that's sort of the point? Tate picked up the hose again and lightly splashed Elena for about 2 seconds before hosing the car down again. " Oops" he said, keeping a casual face as if he hadn't sprayed her. " Alright so what do I owe you now that you've risked your behind to spray Caroline?"

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:45 am
  Elena chuckled at Tate's commented of her not being a chicken. She always tries to make sure that she proves that she's a brave girl. "Yeah," she lamely said before turning around. When seeing Tate strip off the tanktop, Elena's jaw dropped. Before Tate was free from his shirt and could see, she shut her mouth and acted as if she wasn't just in awe over his exposed body. Even alone he wouldn't remove the white tanktop. It was like a barrier between them two. The whistle calls were enough to catch Elena's attention as she looked over at some girls washing a car and noticing Tate half naked. "Ah, what the hell," said Elena with a chuckle when she faced back to Tate. Letting out a wolf call, Elena winked towards Tate before she was sprayed with the hose. "I'm gonna label you under an I.O.U, just in case I need something in the future." It was bizarre how much fun Elena could have with one guy that she known for only nearly two months. He was such a good friend to her,a nd it was if they known each other for a long time.
"Nice to see you doing the car wash," said a voice and Elena looked up to see Damon leaning against the car that wasn't soaked down. "It's so, 'Rah, rah! Go team! Yeah!'" Damon grinned and looked to Tate and pursed his lips. "I see you're doing fine, Elena." Seeing the annoyed expression on her features, Damon grinned. "I'm here to have my car washed. I like it extra washed, definitely cleaned." Brushing past Elena, Damon held out his hand to Tate. "I don't think we've really met. I'm Damon."
Not letting Tate get a second closer to Damon, Elena grabbed her soapy sponge, walked past Damon and put a hand to Tate's stomach to push him away. "Let's go wash another car. There's hoses everywhere, we're fine," said Elena, obviously wanting to get away from the Salvatore brother. Unaware of the skin contact between the two of them, Elena let her palm rest on his stomach as she gently applied pressure. "He'll only find ways to dig under our skin, let's go." Damon over Elena's shoulders just grinned at Tate and waved his fingers at him in a sign of goodbye. Soon grabbing Tate's hand, Elena dragged him away from the vampire.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:06 am
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♣ He had to give Damon a thanks, though. The skin to skin contact and slight hand holding was a nice thing for Tate to behold right now. " But that was our car" he whined as if it really mattered to him that they had to move from an already decently clean car. Tate took the opportunity to weave his fingers through Elena's and hold on to her hand better as they moved to another car that needed cleaning. Maybe this could get a message to those girls who couldn't keep their panties on. " Can't a werewolf scratch kill a vampire or something like that? Elena, I can deal with him for you" Of course, he was joking, but he honestly didn't know what he wouldn't do for Elena at this point. And maybe getting rid of Damon would be a plus. Consider it Tate's token to society. Tate sighed. " He looks creepy. Does his brother look like that, too? Is your type the axe-murderer kind of fellows?" Tate grinned, nudging her gently with his elbow. It was none of his business what her type was but he was only being playful....and also trying to find out what her type was. " And did you just use getting me away from Damon as an excuse to touch my stomach? Sheesh, I have a shirt off for a few minutes and suddenly even you are trying to cop a feel" Of course, he was only joking to bother her. He didn't want her to be so sense about Damon, he just wanted to go back to being light hearted and laughing.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:58 pm
  A scratch can kill a vampire and make the vampire slowly die until it's finally given out. Elena seen it happen. However, she also seen vampire survive a werewolf bite, much like Caroline. When Tyler accidentally nipped her, she slowly started to die and Klaus was generous enough to give Caroline his blood = the cure. Tyler didn't know what came over him. Klaus ordered Tyler to bite Caroline, but he refused, yet still did it anyway. Like he couldn't turn it off. That's when Caroline found out that Tyler was sired and has been helping him break the bond. Elena weaved away from Damon, who remained where he stood, with Tate until they soon arrived at another car. At Tate's comment of touching him, Elena let her lips purse into a smile, trying to act innocent but instead was trying to looking like she was giving him the benefit of the doubt as she placed a hand on her hip. If he was going to joke with her, she was going to do the same right back. "Trust me, if I wanted to touch your stomach," said Elena stepping closer to Tate, "I wouldn't have to make an excuse. Plus, I aim a little lower." With a pat on his shoulder, Elena bent down and grabbed the hose with a proud smirk on her face.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:37 pm
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ Tate couldn't help when his eyes grew wide and Elena's flirtatiousness. Not only was his eyes wide but his face was slightly red, too. He hadn't expected her to joke back with him so...vividly. The idea of Elena aiming lower would sure stick with Tate for some time. So maybe he didn't want to be that kind of guy but i he thought about stuff instead of acting on it, then it just made him a normal guy. Tate checked Elena out as she bent over. "You wouldn't dare" he sassed, not believing that she really would. They were just joking, this was all in good fun. As much as Tate would love for him and Elena to be involved enough for her to reach lower, that wasn't the case right now. Tate grabbed a sponge and threw himself into working on the new car so he could prevent himself from saying something that he may regret later. He'd joke around with her but he didn't want to take it too far and mess up by saying something bad. "You know, you shouldn't joke about stuff like that" He said, even if he was the one who started it. "Someone may overhear you and get the wrong idea." He was teasing with this, he could care less what people thought. But he didn't want their thoughts to negatively effect her. .

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:43 am
  "Try me," taunted Elena back at Tate when he told her that she 'wouldn't dare.' Much like Tate, Elena mirrored his actions and put the sponge drenched in soap on the dark red 2013 camero, and lather in circular motions. Her hair was still soaked and in a stringy mess; her body was still soaked, which caused her shorts to hug her thighs; and her long, tan legs were dripping with water. All thanks to Tate, who pointed out that saying the things she just did out loud would cause her image to ruin into another title. With a smirk, Elena turned to look over her left shoulder to gaze at Tate. "Who said I was joking?" she asked innocently before maneuvering herself to the back of the car to soap the side up. She felt proud of herself for the crude flirting, but she would need to settle herself down. However, it was just fun and she couldn't help it with his chiseled chest exposed to her. Soon, seeing a stream of water trailing a lit fire, Elena let her eyes worriedly follow the path. Seeing the it was going for the blue SUV near Tate, Elena reaction. "Tate, get out of the way!" she shouted, running for him and pushing him away. Soon, the car was lit on fire but Elena didn't stop pulling him further away from the car. That was because soon, the car couldn't take the heat anymore and eventually exploded. Not the entire thing, but the windows shot out their glass and more wreckage. Turning to face Tate, she put her hands to his shoulders and looked him over in a panic speed. Eyes wide and ridden with worry, Elena asked Tate, "Are you okay? Did anything get you?"

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:12 pm
 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ♣ She was joking! She had to be, right? Tate banged his head against the car when Elena was on the other side. Maybe she wasn't joking? Maybe she really did feel this way about him..... But it would be pretty shitty to ask her out on a date after joking about sex, that didn't seem to genuine to Tate. He wanted to do things right with Elena. Madison cared about only sex, he wanted for him and Elena to be emotionally involved. People may think of him as a b***h for wanting that but he really liked Elena. She was just supposed to be a one time lunch date but he honestly really liked being around her. Tate was knocked out of his thoughts when Elena told him to get out of the way " What?" he asked, thinking that she was making another joke or something. But this wasn't a joke. Tate's eyes went wide as the car lit on fire and it only took him a moment to realize what would happen to the car. Tate immediately wrapped his arms around Elena and shielded her from the blast with his own body. It was his first instinct. He could feel it happening to him. That same feeling he gets whenever Kailan says she's going out with a guy. That protective feeling. Tate looked down at Elena and shook his head quickly as he let her go. " I-I think I'm good. Are you okay?" If she had just ran off, he probably wouldn't have noticed what was going on until it was too late. But she could have gotten seriously hurt on his account. " What the hell...." he muttered, looking around. They were at a freaking car wash for god's sake, where would fire come from? Tate turned his attention back to Elena since he could guess what went wrong here. Maybe if she hadn't let him know everything earlier, Tate would be confused as hell, but he could guess that Bonnie was part of this. Tate held on to Elena's face with both of his hands. " I hate this town" he told her, giving her a kiss on the forehead. Well, she kept him safe even if he wanted it to be the other way around.

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