Nobody in the world
Chapter 1: Pleasure meeting you
Author's note: I own nothing except for my mistakes.
Her medium length, brown hair clung to her face as her arms desperately moved around. And then the cold hard ground hit her. "Curse you, gravity." She groaned and with a sigh she pushed herself up, sitting up straight on the ground.
"Are you okay?" A voice in front of her spoke. She cleaned her hands from the dirt and the stones by rubbing them together and she then pushed her hair away from her face.
Two sets of legs stood in front of her and she slowly looked up, feeling the blood slowly rise to her cheeks as embarrassment hit her.
She cleared her throat awkwardly and gave a small smile. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you. Just the stupid wind and gravity knocking me over." The black haired guy chuckled and it was impossible for her to miss his immensely beautiful bright blue eyes. Her eyes then drifted slowly to the brown haired guy who smiled at her comfortingly and reached out his hand to her.
She gratefully took it and winced a little as she was lifted off the ground. There was for sure something wrong with her ankle.
"No! My trousers!" She whimpered as she saw the condition of her new, white pants. The left knee was half torn and the right upper leg had a big smear of dirt all over it.
The brown haired guy released a soft chuckle, "It's not the end of the world." She released a humorless laugh as she released how much she was acting like a girl and then wiped her clothes off from the dust. "I know, but I just bought these pants yesterday."
She stuck her hand out to the brown haired guy, and as he took it she introduced herself. "Nice to meet you, I'm Ava Davis." The brown haired guy smiled at her, "Nice to meet you too, Ava. I'm Stefan Salvatore."
Ava then stuck her hand out to the black haired guy, which he took with a pained expression on his face. "Damon Salvatore."
"Great meeting you too, Damon." Ava said sarcastically.
"Are you new here in town?" Stefan asked and Ava's face lit up with a smile, "Yes, I recently moved here for work." She said and then quickly added, "I'm a photographer."
"Well, I'm sure we all had an amazing chit-chat, but we're a little short on time, right, brother?" Damon said with an overly done smile and Stefan nodded.
"I'll probably see you around town sometime, Ava. And if I were you, I'd have that ankle checked up." Stefan said, nodding to her ankle that was awkwardly positioned to take the pain off it. "I will, thank you. Have a great day!"
And with that, the two brothers left and Ava looked helplessly around her, taking the town map out of her bag as she looked for the location of the hospital.
"The Mystic Grill. This can't be right." Ava mumbled as she read the sign above the building aloud. With a sigh she folded her map and placed it back in her bag and entered the building, deciding to go to the bar figuring they'd be more useful than the map.
A blonde haired guy with baby blue eyes greeted her and asked how he could help her. "I'm looking for the hospital. Do you by any chance know where I could find it? I tried with the map but I suck at reading directions." Ava laughed and the blonde haired guy chuckled, "It's 15 minutes away from here. You basically get out of the Mystic Grill right here and turn right and then it's almost straight on."
Ava's jaw dropped. "I just came back from there! You got to be joking. The hospital must have been right behind me." She let out a frustrated sigh, "Anyway, thank you.." she read the name tag on his shirt, "Matt."
"No problem." He said with a smile and then moved on to the next customer.
Ava pushed her hair backwards and let out a hopeless sigh. She couldn't walk any further, her legs couldn't carry her anymore, especially not for another fifteen minutes.
"Come on, I'll take you." Ava whirled around at the sudden voice behind her and saw someone sitting at the bar, sipping on his drink. "Damon, right?" She said in surprise.
The guy nodded and then stood up. "You don't have to, I'll manage. But thanks anyway." She said and then hopped away on one leg, thinking to herself why it couldn't be the nice brother she'd cross paths with.
"I can see that." He said amused from behind her and then all of a sudden she was swept off her feet and found herself in a pair of arms. "You know, for someone who was so reluctant to shake my hand, picking me up bridal style is a bit ambivalent." Ava said as she was carried outside and then placed in his car.
"Look, the only reason why I'm doing this is because my brother would kill me if he knew I'd have you walk off like this." Damon spoke and then hopped in the car as well, starting the engine and driving to the hospital.
"How come you didn't notice the hospital anyway?" He said in confusion, "It's right in front of your eyes." He said as he pointed at the building that was now in front of them.
"Yes, well.. I was in a different position and the trees covered the building." Ava stumbled on her words as she realized that was a very lame excuse.
He picked her up out of the car again and carried her inside the hospital, where the receptionist directed them to a doctor.
After a quick check up, it was clear her ankle wasn't broken, just slightly swollen and it would take off if she'd take it easy for a few days and would try to keep the moving to a minimum.
"Thank you, Damon." Ava said as he so kindly dropped her off at her house. "No problem." He said with a forced smile and turned around when a car stopped behind him and a female voice spoke as the window rolled down, "Damon? What are you doing here?" In front of them a girl with long brown hair came out of the car and neared the two of them.
"Just dropping this girl off." Damon said with another forced smile and the girl's eyes drifted to Ava, and with a surprised look, she stuck out her hand and Ava shook it. "I'm Elena Gilbert, a friend of Damon." The girl said and Ava smiled politely, "Great meeting you, Elena. I'm Ava Davis."
"Are you new to town here? I don't recall ever seeing you around before." Elena said and Ava chuckled, having heard that question many times since she moved to Mystic Falls. Everyone really does know everyone.
"Yes, I am. Moved here a week ago." Ava smiled and Elena nodded with a smile and then turned her head to Damon, looking somewhat distrustful and then looked back at Ava. "So, how did you two meet?"
Ava let out an embarrassed laugh, "I met him and his brother today when I so clumsily fell face to the ground. Damon was kind enough to help bring me to the hospital when we coincidentally met at the Mystic Grill again."
Elena gave a slow nod with a smile, "Well, since you're new around here, would you like me to show you around town sometime? When your ankle is all better and all." She said as she cast a brief look at Ava's ankle, not needing any explanation that was the reason she went to the hospital.
Ava's face lit up, "I'd love to, how about we exchange phone numbers so I can call you when I'm all healed?" Ava suggested and with that, they quickly exchanged phone numbers and Ava bid her goodbye to both Elena and Damon and watched as they both took their separate ways into the night.
Ava went inside her house and warmed up some leftovers in the microwave and quickly shoved it inside. She took a quick shower and made sure to clean her scratches and then sighed in relief as she finally made it into bed. Although, cringing a few seconds later as her ankle got stuck behind her blanket.
With a groan she leaned off the bed and grabbed a sock from under it and carefully put it over her hurt foot, and then, taking the extra pillow besides her, she carefully placed her bad ankle on top of the pillow and then turned her lights off.
Tonight seemed to be one of those nights again where she could simply not fall asleep. No matter how hard she tried.
A soft click was heard in the complete silentness of the house and Ava froze in her bed, holding her breath as she listened to the faint sound. Another click was heard and it sounded very much alike of a door closing.
Panicking, she reached for her phone on the night stand and as fast as she could, she got out of her bed and quietly made her way over to the bathroom.
Not knowing why, she instantly called Elena. A croaky voice came over the end, "Ava? What's the matter?" Ava's voice shook as she spoke as quiet but as clear as she possibly could, "Elena? I think someone is in my house right now."
This seemed to wake Elena up instantly, "I'll call Stefan, he'll come and help you. Just stay hidden and don't panic, okay?" Faint sounds of footsteps were heard and she knew the intruder was making his way up.
Tears started to fall from her eyes, "Hurry." She whispered and with that, the phone call ended and Ava closed her eyes, not wanting to believe this was happening.
The tears seemed unable to stop rolling from her eyes, one of her biggest childhood fears came to life and she was scared to death.
This time, a louder bang was heard and Ava whimpered and covered her mouth with her hand as she tried to muffle the sound of her crying.
With one turn on the doorknob, she was hit with a light and she couldn't help but scream as loud as she could. This was it, he had found her and there was nothing she could do to defend herself.
As she opened her eyes she screamed again in shock as there were two people instead of one. But when she blinked the tears from her eyes, her view became focused and she could make out the two individuals. Damon and Stefan.
With an immense relieved heart, more tears started to fall. Knowing she was finally safe again. "Oh, thank God." She breathed out and Stefan walked up to her, grabbing her gently by the arms and pulling her up carefully. "It's okay, you're okay. We're here, you're safe." Stefan comforted and she immediately wrapped her arms around him as she felt her body shake from adrenaline.
After she had calmed down, they brought her to bed and she jumped up a little when she heard yet another person coming into the house. "It's okay, it's Elena." Stefan said and with relief, Ava relaxed her body.
"Would you like me to get you some water?" Stefan asked and Ava nodded, not trusting her voice to speak. Stefan left the room and after a silent minute she finally looked at Damon, "The man.." her voice cracked and she coughed once and wanted to continue but Damon seemed to get where she was going at. "He's taken care of, he won't bother you anymore."
Ava's eyes widened, "Did you kill him?"
"What? No, of course not. I just, gently told him to leave." Damon unconvincingly said and made Ava wonder why he stretched the word told so much. But she was good enough knowing she didn't have a dead body laying in her house.
Elena entered the room and immediately wrapped her arms around Ava. "Thank god, you're okay." She said and Ava nodded and took the glass of water from Stefan who just walked in. "Thank you, all of you." She said and they all shrugged it off, saying they were happy to help.
"I don't know why I called you first, Elena. I know I should have called the police. I wanted to, but somehow my fingers had already pressed your number." Ava said and Elena smiled, "No need to be sorry, I'm glad you called me."
Ava smiled and took a sip of her water, slowly feeling the tiredness catching up with her after all the adrenaline left her body. "Damon, you should stay with her tonight. Elena and I would love to, but we have somewhere else to be at the moment." Stefan said and Ava raised her eyebrow in surprise, "At this hour?"
"Urgent business." Stefan politely smiled and Ava nodded, deciding not to ask further as not to mingle with their business.
Damon nodded in understanding and Ava bid her goodbye to Stefan and Elena, thanking them once again for helping her out. And as they left, she turned to Damon. "You don't have to stay, I will manage." Ava said, trying to control her shaking voice.
"I see you're one of those people who have trouble accepting help." He said and pulled a chair that stood in the corner of her room closer to her bed. "Just go to sleep, Ava." Damon said with a serious face and with a sigh, she gave in. Pulling her legs into bed and positioning her ankle on the pillow again. "Goodnight, Damon." She said and with one last look into his eyes, she turned off the lights and found herself quickly falling asleep.