"No!" Damon looked outright offended at that. "South Carolina was after your birthday. After Stefan killed Andie." Which no one ever seemed to remember. Fine, she might have been his fake girlfriend, but he'd cared about her, and he certainly hadn't cheated on her. And Ric certainly hadn't on Jenna.

Yeah, fast, but months, by his count.

"I don't think either of us expected it to be anything more than..." He shrugged. "Mutual comfort after a shitty few months. That wasn't really any of anybody's business."

But if they were...together...and it came in to their reactions to each other and people around them, then, yeah. It sort of put itself out there.