Author's Note - I was quite inspired by "The Lizze Bennet Diaries" created by Hank Green and Bernie Su. It is a web series based from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, I always wanted to see how Pride and Prejudice can be modernized and "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" answered that question. Anyway after 15 episodes, I then again wondered if this was Vampire Diaries How would it play out. So I don't usually write fictions I mostly read, so this is my first fanfic that I had the courage to publish, so please be nice and I DON'T OWN ANYTHING NOT THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE LIZZE BENNET DIARIES, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ESPECIALLY I DON'T OWN IAN SOMERHALDER BUT HOW I WISH! AND EVEN THE LAPTOP I USE TO WRITE ON I DON'T EVEN OWN IT!
Summary- AU/AH. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" Miranda Gilbert believes that there is a single guy out there ready to impregnate her daughters by the time Elena turned 24, the clock started ticking for her and to be marry off to some 'young gentleman who is studying either to be a doctor or lawyer or anything that will suit her mother'. Based on the Hank Green and Bernie Su's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"
The last week of classes was one of the days I was never looking forward too for the reason that 1. Going back home, going back home means dealing with mom and dealing with my mom means that dealing with everything and everything means marrying us off to someone.
The funny deal about my mom is she believes that there is a single guy out there ready to impregnate her daughters. It would have been a solid plan but at the age of 24 you still kind of want to find yourself and I have all this grad school at my plate so relationships were never in my agenda and plus what would I be bringing in that relationship other than a mountain of student loans and a pretty much an exasperating future mother-in-law.
But mom feels like we are already a menopause old maid who has 12 cats living in a dingy one room apartment, by the time I turned 24 the clock started ticking for her. So yeah every time I come home the words she greets me always comes out with "Did you eloped with a young gentleman who is studying either to be a doctor or lawyer or anything that will suite you?" With you she means her.
At first it was ok, I think? But then it just got more and more suffocating, till I started counting the days to go back to school and started to love the idea of having a mom-free-nagging life I love my mom and she is proud of the achievements her daughters has accomplished but being old fashioned she is she wants to marry us off already.
The semester has ended and here I am back in Mystic Falls for the summer and here I am once again facing my very beloved mother and my 2 sisters Caroline the oldest little miss perfect who has a hard time saying something bad to anyone and Katherine the youngest, well we are proud to say that she is too old to be in reality TV shows to have babies in high school.
That Thursday afternoon, I opened the front door and was surprised by the sight before me everything was, clean. None of Katherine's stuff scattered on the coffee table or dad's collection of miniature vintage cars, or any sign of my mom and her future husband preaches, weird.
"Hello?" I said loud enough in the hearing range of the house, when I thought no one was home comes in a "sssssshhhh" coming from the study of my dad. I put my 2 bags down and headed to dad's study and was not surprised to what I see, Katherine kneeling and leaning in a close door trying to eavesdrop a conversation between Mom and Dad. Typical Katherine
"What are you doing" I said as she just concentrated on trying to hear their conversation
Reasons why they talk in the study privately is either the following 1. Someone died 2. How to tell us someone blood related died 3. Marrying us one off or 4. Financial burden especially when there is the 2 of us studying in college.
Katherine not answering my question well I just stoop to her level, literally. The audio in the room was quite faint, well dad wants to be left in his thoughts most of the time, but then there was this a bits of their conversation, meet, new, introduce, friend and marry. Typical Mom
If I think logical enough it would have meant, run for my life mom for yet has another diabolical scheme up her sleeve.
"What are you doing?" comes in my older sister's voice; Caroline, who looks like she just got back from work
"Yeah what are you doing?" comes the door barging open with both my parents' amusement in their eyes and a secret in their smiles.
"Surprise?"I said as I stood up not sure if my coming home would live this be, for my eavesdropping.
"OH MY GOD! There's my contact lens" says Katherine as if she pick something up from the floor and put in her eyes "All better" she says standing up.
"You don't wear contacts Kath" I said earning a smile from the 3
"Yeah well, you're still perpetually single" Katherine said, trying to put mom on gear for another battle of marrying us off.
"Well it's good to see you sweetheart" My dad says as he hugged me and ignoring Katherine's statement "You didn't tell us you were coming in today"
"Yeah, well Bonnie was quite in a hurry to get out of campus"
"Well it's great to see my baby sis" Caroline said as she hugged me "Want me to make you some tea, I have Cinnamon imported from God knows where"
In the kitchen Caroline started the kettle on and fix me up with my cup, while my mom and Katherine decided to join us, Dad stayed in his study
"Maybe she has a surprise up her sleeve" My mom said as she fixed us some treats, eyeing me knowlingly, I didn't even know what to respond to her other than my annoying blank stare at her "Or not" she continued
"Well you haven't been home in months, and please do tell me it is because –" she said as she served the plate
"A fine young gentleman has eloped with you" I continued imitating my mother's voice and earning a snicker from my Caroline, I think one of the #1 problem my mom has is that I am single no WE are single and I kind of think that she thinks I'm wasting my time on grad school though she was the first person to push me into it.
"Haha very funny, but your dad and I just talked about how the land at the old estate mansion in the other side of the town was just bought and a little birdie told me that a young fine gentleman is currently residing there"
"Would this little birdie be Emily Bennett?" I already know the answer is a yes, my mom and Bonnie's mom has been friends since they met in a birthing class and since then Bonnie and I have been best friends inseparable since birth till grad school.
"Yes she is, anyway I was just talking to your dad on how nice it would be to have him be welcomed in the neighbourhood by us of course and flaunt my 3 lovely daughters" using her pretty eyes and luring us to the dark side.
"I heard from April that his name is Niklaus Mickealson and that his from New York and studying Law and he came here with his little sister" she said not short of breath with her short curly brunette hair bobbing with her she is easily recognized as my twin rather than a younger sister but I was taller than a few inches and people say my eyes were more doe like than Katherine's , but Caroline was the good-looking among the three of us blond hair, intellectually pleasing and physically arousing well she inherited most of her traits from my dad's side of the family especially her features.
"Well we still can't actually meet him because your father still haven't have the decency to have us be introduced" My mom said, well as I said mom is quite the old fashion type kind of like British old fashion mixed with southern old fashion, she is struck by her principle that the father of the house should have somehow or magically set up his daughter to the new, single, rich, future lawyer neighbour.
"We might as well meet Niklaus Mickealson at Bonnie Bennet's wedding" my mom said with all emotions put into it. Drama queen
"Bonnie's getting married" Caroline asked wide eyed directly at me
"And why would the new neighbour be there?" Katherine asked looking from Mom to me
"Because his the groom!" Mom is pretty much a good fit in winning an Oscar at this moment
The 3 of us just rolled their eyes and tried to ignore mom's fits on the Niklaus matters.
Well this went on for two days Friday she went for a drive by the Mickealson neighbours, 3 or 5 times according to Katherine and get this Mom also looked through his mails and she also claims it is completely normal, seriously mom? His a freaking lawyer you could have violated something.
Saturday afternoon mom announced that she will officially drop the Niklaus Mikealson matter though she still have some disappointment talks about it;
"I would never get to see any of my daughters whisked away" dapping her eyes with a handkerchief or "Caroline I would like you to have the jar on the top of the shelf, it is a fertility jar your great great grandmother gave me, I hope someday *coughs soon* you'll use it" and even "How many cats would you adopt Elena?" oh and one of Mom's greatest advice "Katherine my dear, get married before you turn 25" but finally at dinner time she had officially dropped the subject.
And she is no longer pushing our dad to have him introduce us, the 3 of us sighed our relief and thanked the higher power for yet another Miranda Gilbert problem has been dropped but apparently dad has other plans.
Dad cleared his throat and looked directly at mom across the dinner table,
"Miranda dear, I have something to confess to you"
Mom looked at him confusion written in her eyes, well so was the 3 of us
"I think it too bad that you don't want me to introduce our daughters to Niklaus anymore, I meet him at the club while he was getting his membership, he would be at Logan Fell's wedding apparently Niklaus and Logan go way back" dad said hiding the smile on his face as he tried to busy himself at the food on his plate
"Mr. Gilbert! You are going to be the death me" Mom's smile seemed to be more than a megawatt she was beaming uncontrollably looking at the 3 of us she was then back on the ride on marrying her daughter off to some stranger they never laid eyes upon on.
"And I also talked to him about our girls, there is no way of you killing me now" once again dad not caring how this news affects our mom 'Thanks Dad'.
Dinner continued on how much mom gush about us meeting Niklaus, she already had it all planned, one of us is getting married by December and Mom would be a grandmother by next year. Niklaus just have to choose:
a.) A trophy wife
b.) Studying in grad school who is Doomed in unemployment Or
c.) A campus slut
In mom's world it would be like 1 down 2 to go.