Warnings: Homosexual relationship with lots of cute girl love; messing with the main characters a little bit; feisty OC. For those who like to have an image of the character, I imagine her as a younger version of Mikaela Hoover (Go stalk her instagram, link is in my bio :)).
I do not own TVD or any of its characters, only my storyline
September 7th, 2009; 7AM
She felt her eyes flutter open, smiling as she noticed the light streaming through the floor length windows of her room. Sitting up on her bed, she stretched and hummed gently to a random tune, walking to her bathroom and going through her morning routine of showering, washing her face, brushing her teeth and applying some makeup before going to her wardrobe and settling on a pink and white sundress that highlighted her torso and flared out at her waist to reach her mid-thigh. Letting her chocolate brown hair naturally dry into loose curls that fell to her mid-back, she put on white sandals and a leather jacket, heading downstairs to make breakfast for her father.
Zach Salvatore was awakened by the overpowering smell of bacon and coffee. Checking the time, his eyes widened as he jumped out of bed with a small cuss as he stubbed his toe on the journal lying just beside his bed, putting on a t-shirt and pants before walking downstairs to meet his daughter, the sweet scent getting stronger the closer he got to the kitchen. It was at moments like these that he felt grateful for having her around - not that he hadn't wanted her there before, but the loneliness had gotten so bad after he had had to send his little girl away, that the mere presence of her filled his heart with joy.
Yawning and scratching his head, he smiled at his daughter, kissing her forehead gently and mumbling a "Morning, sunshine", with his voice still thick from sleep.
He saw the small girl scrunch up her nose in a grimace, answering with a "Ew morning breath" and making Stefan, who had been already sitting on the table and reading, chuckle.
"The pancakes will cure it" Stefan stated, looking at the interaction between his great nephew and his daughter, shaking his head at her following correction.
"Waffles" She said pointedly after turning around and pointing the spatula at him with a raised eyebrow. "Dad, sit. It's ready" For a 5'1 girl she could be quite commanding. He noticed her tone perk up at the last sentence as she set plates in front of Stefan with waffles covered in maple syrup, eggs, bacon, a toast and a glass of grape juice as well as a cup of coffee. He saw her father smile proudly and gesture for her to sit as well, which she did after getting a bowl of berries to complement the waffles; in her case, drenched in the sweet syrup.
Stefan had to hold back a moan at the taste of the food, forgetting his manners and eating faster than he usually did, stuffing the food into his mouth and finishing with a sigh of content, earning a strange look from Gia, who was still in the third bite of her waffle. She shook her head, but smiled anyways."Are all vampires always so hungry?".
He chuckled, answering her with a shake of his head, "I don't feed on humans, I only have animal blood because it's the way that I can feed without killing people… what?" He questioned as he noticed her horrified look. He had realized in the past months that he had stayed with them, that she did tend to have over exaggerated reactions, almost comically.
"Why is killing squirrels and deers ok but not killing people?".
"Because I don't want to take human lives, with animals I can control myself, although it makes me have to feed more frequently and doesn't keep me as strong as other vampires".
"Yeah but animals are innocent and cute, people suck" she countered, making him smile slightly, as she continued. "Animals don't kill people, people kill people, and sometimes people even keep animals so they can kill people. They rape, make wars, kill nature… people suck. Why don't you just go on a vigilante mission and go feeding and killing rapists and stuff instead of bambi's mom?".
"Okay… I think it's time to go to class, you two. Stefan do you think you'll be alright there?" Zach butted in, noticing his daughter was just finishing her waffle and ended up leaving most of the syrup still coating the plate. He mentally rolled his eyes at her incapacity to foresee that she was not going to handle her whole dish before getting it, seeing as her eyes often ruled over her apetite. Ushering them to go, she got into the car with Stefan and let him drive her to Mystic Falls High School, a place she had grown to know all too well.
Getting into the building she noticed that he got a few flirty looks from the girls around, as they walked to the admissions office. Of course she recognized him as being handsome, but the whole idea of someone new and mysterious in town had been a problem to her at first, when she had come. Before stepping in, she turned him around and hugged him tightly, stunning him for a few seconds before he hugged her back, resting his chin on top of her head. "You'll be ok, uncle Stefan" she whispered, knowing he could hear her when no one else could before they broke apart and she gave him a small smile, nudging her head to the side to tell him to get in, giggling at the exasperated look in his eyes before he obeyed and she was swept off of her feet by a slightly taller, dark skinned figure.
Letting out a squeal as she lifted her up, she hissed a "Let me down!", making her girlfriend laugh but obey anyway, pulling her into a deep kiss, to which she responded just as eagerly.
Pulling away after a while, they rested their foreheads against one another's, smiling widely, with Bonnie making her giggle again as she pecked her, mumbling an "I love you so much", making Gia smirk and cup her face.
"Awwww… I know" she said smugly, shrugging to try to show nonchalance and biting her lip to hold a smile, which resulted with the oldest girl pulling away and crossing her arms, making her break out of her smug posture and whine, hugging Bonnie tight and breath out an "I love you too, Bon".
"What about me?" said Elena, coming from the hall beside her. Gia was still not too close to the girl, but they had become friends as well before the accident, with Gia being there for Elena and Jeremy the best she could, seeing as he shut them all out. She nodded and hugged Elena, welcoming her back with a radiant smile, her girlfriend turning her attention back to her.
"I missed you, firecracker"
"I missed you too. Have you gotten your Hogwarts letter yet?" Gia teased, making Bonnie laugh and shake her head. Over the summer, she had saw it fit to take Gia to meet her family, and she had spent quite some time at the Bennett's house, hearing Ms. Sheila's stories with interest, as Stefan had confirmed that they could indeed be true and there were witches in Mystic Falls ever since before his human days. After dating for three months, it was obvious to everyone that they were in love, completely lost in each other.
"Hold up. Who's this?" Bonnie asked, drawing the attention of the three that surrounded her, making Gia smile.
"All I see is back", stated Elena, only to have Bonnie answer with a "It's a hot back", making her friend laugh and her girlfriend gasp and pout, earning a small "Aww" followed by a sweet peck on the cheek, restoring her good mood in a flash. The young witch continued, as she narrowed her eyes, as if she was using her powers to read the stranger.
"I'm sensing Seattle, and he plays the guitar", making Elena and Gia laugh, the youngest shaking her head.
"Nope, and I don't think so. He's Stefan, my... cousin" Gia hesitated. "He's been living with us for the past months"
"Your cousin?" Elena asked "Why did he move here?" Gia smirked at that, looking the answer right in the face.
"Just be grateful that he did" Gia said in a sing song voice, walking away from the two girls as she went into the next class, the day going by smoothly, with the exception of Mr. Tanner's history class, of course. The following day went by the same way, with Gia spending her morning at school and the end of the evening with Bonnie, talking about the most random things. "So, if the chicken came before the egg, what was it born from?"
Gia hesitated and threw another popcorn in the air, failing to catch it with her mouth and groaning as it fell on her lap, breathing out a "No, so close!" and hearing the oldest girl chuckle before getting it right yet again, making Gia gasp and punch her arm, the action causing Bonnie to laugh out an "Ow! Violent" and her to pout. "The chicken was born from the dinosaur, and that's how evolution works".
"Uh I don't think that's quite it, from what I know, Darwinism had more steps than that"
"Oh yeah?" she challenged "Then what if the egg came before the chicken? Who would be there to hatch it?"
"By your logic? Dinosaurs" Bonnie answered, making her groan loudly before falling back on the bed and stuffing a handful of popcorn into her mouth, the witch just laughing louder before Elena came into the room.
"Can you not rub it in my face that my best friend has a date to the bonfire and I don't?" the tallest said, crossing her arms over her chest and mock glaring at the couple. Her statement made Gia jump up and mutter a few curses, along with some negative comment about her mental capacity that just made Bonnie laugh harder.
"You forgot about the bonfire, didn't you? Uh oh"
"Shut it, Bennett"
"Make me, Salvatore" She countered, making Gia stick out her tongue at her, which only caused her to shake her head at her girlfriend's childishness.
"I have to go get ready in the boarding house, I'll meet you there, ok?"
"But you look amazing just like that, you always do" Bonnie whined, standing reluctantly and nodding as the young girl shot her a glare, pecking her goodbye while she called Stefan to come pick her up, an act that was met with no answer. Groaning in frustration, she said her goodbyes, making up some excuse about how it wasn't that far away, and making her way by foot to the boarding house. By the time she got there, it was already 9:00 PM. An hour later, with her makeup, hair and outfit done with, she called a taxi to take her to the party; one of the main disadvantages of still not having a car of her own.
Getting to the location of the bonfire, she frowned as she saw the ambulances and police cars surrounding them, the people clearing out as Matt Donovan got into an ambulance with a distressed look in his face. Noticing Elena walking away from Jeremy, who stayed with a sorrowful look in his face, she walked in his direction.
Jeremy and Gia, despite being in the same class since last year when she moved back from Mexico, weren't exceptionally close. Ever since the car accident, though, she had been keeping an eye on him, and watched him grieve and turn to drugs more heavily than he had been doing before. Sighing, she sat beside him, earning a confused look, to which she answered with a soft "What happened? I saw Matt getting into the ambulance". She saw the tall boy visibly stiffen, swallowing a lump down his throat, to which she quickly answered with a "You don't have to tell me anything you're not comfortable with, it's ok", he looked at her and nodded, relaxing only slightly and noticing the warm look in her honey brown eyes, making him try to force out a smile, to which she answered with a tight hug.
"It's Vicky, isn't it? I am so sorry, Jeremy. She'll be ok, she's a strong girl" She said, making him pull back slightly and mumble a small, slightly slurred "How… how did you know?", referring to his affection towards the older girl.
"I've seen the way you look at her, and I've been there before too, I know how hard it can be" she said sympathetically, her arms still around the boy, his eyes now locked in hers, as if he was searching for an answer to all of his problems within them.
"If you ever need anyone to talk to, and by that I mean ever, you can come to me, ok? I promise I'll do my best to help you. You can use me as your therapist and shit, or a friend; just not a punching bag, please" she finished with a jokingly warning look, making him genuinely smile and nod, hugging her back to him and answering with a small "Thank you", hugging her tighter as if he was afraid to let the small amount of comfort that she provided slip away, something that he hadn't felt since his summer with Vicky; and that he craved immensely.
After a while, she spoke up. "You know, hugging a bigfoot-sized teenager is craning my neck a bit and my poor feet hurt from standing on my tiptoes, so how about we get a cab, I take your drunk ass home and then we can sit around and sing kumbaya. How does that sound?" she asked, making him laugh and nod, pulling away slightly and walking with an arm around her as she let him lean his weight on her slightly. Calling back a taxi to take them home, she walked up to Jeremy's porch with him, opening the door and letting herself in.
She walked him up the stairs as he guided them to his room and helped him lay down on his bed, going downstairs to get him an aspirin, a glass of water and a cookie jar that she mentally apologized to Jenna and Elena for raiding. Making her way back to the room - taking a while in the unfamiliar house - she accidentally opened the door to Elena's room, gasping and shutting the door as she saw the two laying in bed and talking, hearing Elena laugh lightly and the sound of the bed dipping as Stefan walked out to check on her, who had already rushed to Jeremy's room and left the water and the aspirin on his bedside table, handing him the cookie jar.
"I just saw my cousin in bed with your sister" Gia whispered after shutting the door, knowing Stefan could still probably hear her. Jeremy, for one, jumped up and gasped out a small "What?" with his eyes wide, making her shush him violently and sit him back down, noticing he had gotten dizzy.
Sighing, she shook her head at the boy "Jeremy you shouldn't do that! If you throw up on me I'm gonna kill you" she growled out seriously, making him smile even though he was clutching his head at the pain. She handed him water and the aspirin, which he took eagerly and sighed, leaning his forehead on her shoulder and mumbling a small "Why did they have to go, everyone I love gets hurt" after a while, hugging her back to him and feeling her shift until she was sitting on the bed and could respond comfortably. "She'll be ok, and I'm here for you. I'll be here for as long as you want me to be, ok?" She asked, him answering with a nod, hugging her tighter. After a while, when she felt him start to get tired and his body relax considerably, she broke away and stood, making him whine and look up at her with sleepy eyes. She sighed and made him stand as she readied his bed before he laid down and looked up, breathing out a small, barely audible "Please stay?", to which she nodded, smiled weakly and laid down beside him when he scooted over, pulling her into a hug as soon as she was in the bed with her shoes off. She was grateful that after bugging him throughout the summer to open up to hr, he had finally done it, even if the reason for it was his intoxication. In each other's arms, she felt a sense of guilt for Bonnie, but after a while of fretting about it, she let sleep overtake her.
She woke up an hour after her usual schedule, to notice that she was in a strange room and had an arm wrapped around her body. With her eyes widening as the occurrences of last night flashed back into her mind, she slipped out of Jeremy's grasp as fast as she could, earning a confused look from Elena as she ran down the hall and the stairs with dishevelled hair, clothes from last night and her shoes in her hand. Groaning to herself as she imagined what Elena must be thinking of her, she called Stefan to see if he could take her home before going back and apologizing to the older girl as she tried to make herself look decent, explaining what had happened last night and leaving out the details of her conversation with Jeremy, putting it simply.
"He was upset, I felt like he'd be better off with someone else close to him and I ended up falling asleep while we talked, but nothing happened, I swear" she explained, earning an understanding look from the taller brunette before the doorbell rang. Before she walked out, she turned to the doppelganger, smiling apologetically. "I'll bring by some chocolate chip cookies to replace your own from yesterday" she said sheepishly, running a hand through her hair and earning a small laugh from the taller brunette, who ushered her out and gave Stefan a wave with a smile, her eyes glimmering with adoration.
He answered the best he could with a reciprocation still from inside the car, earning a raised eyebrow from Gia followed by a smirk, that she kept directed on him for a few minutes before bursting into a big, toothy grin "Awwww you like her! That's so sweet, Stefan! Good for you. You deserve less brooding times and more happy ones" she said excitedly, making him chuckle and shake his head.
"And why did I see you getting in her room last night, talking to her brother and staying the night?"
"It's not like that. I have a girlfriend, which I love, by the way. I wouldn't do that to her. Jer was upset and I felt like he'd want a friend"
"Then why did you sneak out?" He countered, doing his best to keep his eyes on the road but eventually casting glances towards her to gauge her reactions and try to make out her thoughts. She still had the same eyes she had when she was born, fifteen years ago. Eyes full of wonder, open like a window to everyone who wanted in. She was incredibly honest, and often incredibly transparent as well, making it easy to read her thoughts with just one look. She was so easygoing and full of life that it gave him a sense of refreshment, followed by the weight of guilt knowing her innocence would be taken away from her someday, probably by someone like his brother, who had come nto town just last night.
He saw her purse her lips in thought of how to answer the question, muttering a "He was drunk last night, he probably wouldn't want to wake up cuddling a girl he barely knows properly. Then there's the Bonnie factor, and how we haven't um… done anything like that yet and if she knew I even slept with some guy, even if in the denotative way, and that he just so happened to be her best friend's little brother, she would freak; and to top it all off, Elena might be skinny but she is too tall. Her clothes would both be too tight and too long on me, and it's the first week of class still."
He nodded and chuckled, agreeing with her statement as they pulled up to the drive way. Despite her age and height, Gia was blessed with woanly curves, having a body that most girls, even older than her, envied, and that he didn't miss the boys noticing as well. She stepped out of the car, sighing out as she got inside her home and jumping slightly once she noticed the presence of an unknown, raven haired man in the living room.
"Hello, baby bro" He spoke up "I was wondering when you'd show up" He said with a smirk, walking to stand before the two newcomers. "And with a girl, too. Elena might get jealous" he taunted, earning a stiff glare from Stefan and a raised eyebrow from Gia, who decided to take the turn talking.
"I'm sorry, but who are you and what are you doing in my house?"
"Ah, you must be the lovely Gia then. You are much prettier than I presumed you'd be. I remember you as a baby"
"Who are you?" She asked pointedly, snatching her hand from the grasp that he'd had it in as he was about to kiss her knuckles.
"Damon. My brother" Stefan answered stiffly instead, making her direct her attention to him as he now turned to her slightly "Don't trust him, he's dangerous"
"Come on, Stef. I think I can take care of our little niece. I don't kill family, I'm not you" he said, stepping closer to Stefan as they both looked at each other as some sort of power play, leaving the girl to roll her eyes and push them apart slightly, only the youngest backing off.
"Whatever that is" she said, gesturing between the two of them "I want it out of my house before we have to leave for school. I'm gonna shower. If you want to break stuff, go for each other's faces and not the china." She said authoritatively, earning a surprised look from Damon and a small frown from Stefan as she walked away and waltzed to her suite, deciding to take a bath, since she was already late anyways.
First chapter is out, I hope you liked it caaaause I did and there will be much more to come. I'm starting this fic with a clear plan and a lot of motivation so I really hope you guys like it. It will take some time before I get to the point I want to be in it, but I need a backstory to be built.
