monopoly rage.

that's all I have to say.

playing monopoly makes and breaks friendships and I can officially say I have no friends left along with a broken monopoly board which is not my fault.

"I understand your frustration april" finn frowned at the roaring fireplace "but did you have to burn the money?"

I scoffed, my arms crossed across my chest with a sour look on my face and i refused to make eye contact with any of them.

"yes. why does kol always win? I think he cheated" I whined.

"he couldn't have" niklaus rolled his eyes but with a faint smile playing on his lips "finn was the banker"

"fine! then he robbed me" I complained, pointing an accusatory finger at him.

"of course" he deadpanned "my whole life has led up to the moment I stole your fake money"

"see! he admitted to his crimes"

"oh, april I think you need to stand in the corner and calm yourself down"

"why you little—"

...

after I had finished sulking and had  been proclaimed a drama queen by three different people (no hints on which people), we decided to play some uno.

the chances of winning a game of uno are basically seventy percent luck and the rest skill.

I had no luck.

I had no skill.

and the fire has mysteriously grown larger.

"I hate playing borad games with you jerks"

"okay miss cerolice, relax" niklaus grinned at me and my nostrils flared.

"why don't you go and chase caroline around like a sad little puppy" I blinked "did I say that out loud"

"yes darling, you did" kol had a look that could only be described as barely controlled glee as finn tried— and failed— to cover up his grin.

"oh" klaus had gone silent and I sighed "for what it's worth, I think she likes you"

he narrowed his eyes at me, trying to distinguish any sign of lying on my face. even if I were lying, I have an excellent poker face and he would never know.

I've never won a game of poker though strangely enough. huh, weird.

"well I have no incentive to keep making advances when she has shown no interest towards me" he sunk back into his chair with a shrug and I threw a pillow at him.

"she's a girl, just give her like a week and she'll come knocking on your door" I told him "seriously you'd think after thousands of years you would have mastered the art of seducing women, klaus"

"oh burn" finn said with a chuckle and everyone turned to look at him with a look of suprise "what? my boyfriend has been teaching me the new lingo"

kol blinked and looked at nik who looked twice as stunned.

"stop" I scrunched my nose up "I don't like it"

...

o m g. total high school chick moment but anyway.

finn is dating zack...the same zack who is related to tyler lockwood, the newly turned hybrid that broke caroline's heart and in turn has a target on his back from niklaus. mind. blown.

niklaus, as predicted, was not too pleased with that but kol tackled him and then sat on him and told him to 'chill out' and 'but out' even as his eyes glowed yellow and veins crawled on his face.

and they call me the drama queen.

"it's getting dark and stefan says I'm too clumsy to be out at night so I should head home" I told them after a long chat.

"is he your dad or something" kol chuckled at finns words and muttered something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like 'daddy' but I don't think he would ever say that so my vampire hearing must be playing up.

"don't be stupid, it's because he cares" I pulled my jacket onto my arms and untucked my hair "but we should do this again sometime.

the guys all avoided eye contact but muttered agreements under their breaths. that was the longest that they had gone without a single death threat aimed at one another.

...

the walk home wasn't long but it gave me enough time to think which probably isn't as good as it sounds. the mikaelson brothers are such a mismatched group and I've always kind of admired them in a way— I've never had siblings and the fact that they are all alive seems like an achievement in itself.

I don't remember a lot of my time when my humanity was turned of but I do know that we had spent an awful lot of time together and only tried to kill each other a couple of times.

there was this one time where niklaus actually did nearly kill me but the details are fuzzy so I'll have to ask him about that. maybe he did his original vampire voodoo compel thing on me. whatever, I'm just happy I have some people to hang out with.

as soon as I walked through the door, I was practically tackled in a hug, my head buried in the scent of bourbon and that smell that is just so typically damon.

before I could speak, he grasped the back of my head, his fingers tangling in my hair and tilted my head to meet his lips. I groaned in suprise and his other hand scrunched the fabric at my waist before he pulled away with clouded eyes.

"what was that for?" I asked weekly, my hands under the back of his shirt.

"I missed you" he shrugged as if it were the simplest thing in the world and had not just sent my heart into overdrive "and I love you"

"not as much as i love you" I detached myself from him after giving him another peck on the lips and walked over to the sofa with a sigh, popping down on it belly first.

"where's stefan?" he asked, lifting my legs up and sitting at the end before placing them back down onto his lap.

I turned my head slightly so my head was free of the sofa cushion.

"last I know, he was talking to elijah" I told him "I thought he would be back by now"

damon hummed, his fingers tracing the back of my legs so softly that it made me shiver.

"did you enjoy yourself today?"

"yeh, it was pretty fun. I even burned the body of katherine" I told him and he shrugged with a grin.

"why wasn't I invited?" he held his heart in mock hurt and I laughed softly.

"i didn't have enough time to send out invitations"

there was a shot silence before I decided to speak again.

"would it bother you if I told you I had been hanging out with different guys?" I asked with a small frown on my face. I hadn't even considered the jealously it could cause.

he paused for a minute, considering it before slowly shaking his head.

"no. I trust you. would it bother you if I was hanging out with other girls?" he asked in return and I thought hard.

"no, I trust you too. but...only as long as they aren't interested in you romantically"

I sat up and curled myself into his chest with a loud yawn.

"what time is it?"

"by the sounds of it, time for you to sleep" he said cheekily and I huffed in amusement.

"can you carry me?"

"is that even a question" he stood up with ease and carried me up to our shared bedroom.