"Ooh, let's get some onion rings," Elena said as she flipped through the menu. It was hardly The Grill but Elena liked the atmosphere inside and she had been accustomed to change lately anyway. She had moved away this year to go away to college with her best friends, leaving Mystic Falls behind. Elena discovered quickly though that she could leave Mystic Falls but Mystic Falls would never leave her. She knew it was only a matter of time before she discovered that in Salem too.
The waiter walked over and the girls ordered a bunch of appetizers from their booth as well as a couple of drinks. Elena went with her usual, bourbon straight. Occasionally she would indulge in those pink cocktails that Bonnie and Caroline loved but Elena mostly drank to curb her cravings. She rarely drank for fun anymore like she had done back in her younger teen days, her human days.
"Oh my God." Elena laughed and put a hand over her mouth as some fat guy wearing Bermuda shorts crooned along to Sexyback. But the guy was hardly Justin Timblerlake and there was nothing sexy about him. Just as he was finishing up, the waiter brought over their drinks and Elena laughed and clapped as he walked off the stage.
Another guy walked up onto the stage, Elena didn't know him but she recognized him as the host of karaoke night.
"Give it up, y'all. You can tell he put his heart into that one," Dixon said into the mic with a big smile. Laughter erupted in the bar and Elena looked over at Bonnie who was already half way done with her drunk.