Strange Kinda Gal
'My ceiling,' Evelyn mused in her head.'Is extremely boring.'
And yet the 19 year old continued to stare at it, willing herself to get up.
"Now," she muttered."Get up now. No...now. Now. Oh, for fuck's sake..."
Evelyn threw an arm over her face, groaning. She could hear activity from downstairs, and felt a little obligated to get up for her siblings' first day back to school.
"Screw it," she decided, and threw herself out of bed, stumbling a little on the way to the bathroom. God, she hated mornings. The grogginess, the running around like a headless chicken, the worrying about your family finding out that you're the next Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Oh, wait. That part was exclusively Evelyn.
"Afternoon," was Elena's slightly smug greeting when Evelyn eventually made it too the kitchen.
"Oh, leave me alone," she complained,"And give me coffee."
Elena rolled her eyes, taking a sip of her own cup of brown joy,"Sorry, it's all gone."
"What!" Evelyn practically screamed, causing her Aunt Jenna to pause whatever she was doing and stare.
"What! What's going on?!" Jenna asked distractedly whilst she attempted to tie her hair with one hand.
"Elena stole my coffee," Evelyn grumbled, before she frowned."Aren't you supposed to be meeting with your-"
"I know, I know!" Jenna somehow managed to succeed in her one handed escapade, and rushed out the door, with a hasty 'bye, see you later'.
Evelyn ran a tired hand through her hair, wondering how the hell she was going to function caffeine-less for the rest of the day. Her attention then pinpointed on the youngest Gilbert, who was hunched over a cup of coffee, looking sullen.
"Jeremy?" Evelyn asked, big sister mode engaged."Are you O.K?"
He rolled his eyes,"Please don't start."
"What?" Evelyn said, confused, as he left the kitchen. She turned to Elena, who was watching him go with an equally gloomy look on her face."What did I say?"
"Nothing," Elena sighed, shaking her head."He's just...you know."
"Yeah," Evelyn nodded in understanding.
She leaned forward slightly, her eyes concerned,"Are you gonna be O.K?"
"I'll be fine, Evy," Elena gave her a, clearly false, smile."Worry about yourself for a bit."
"Mmm," Evelyn replied, which Elena knew was Evy code for 'I'm going to ignore what you just said'."You need a ride?"
"Nah, Bonnie's taking me, remember?" Elena answered.
Evelyn sighed,"Right, yeah. Have fun."
Elena didn't answer, just offered her another, this time small, smile and exited the room.
Evelyn closed her eyes, feeling uncharacteristically powerless. No matter what she did, somehow she managed to make her siblings either more depressed, or more angry. Then again, Evelyn had never been good with feelings. It had always been her parents that dealt with that sort of thing...only, of course, that was no longer an option.
She swallowed, opening her eyes, distracting herself by turning the volume on the television up. A missing person's report flashed up on the screen, and Evelyn's eyes narrowed.
"Oh hell no," she growled."Not another one."
After saying goodbye to Elena (Jeremy had already left), Evelyn found herself at the same place she always seemed to find herself recently...her parent's graves.
She stared at the tombstones, hands shoved into the pockets of her jacket.
"Hey," she said, smiling sadly."Me again."
Evelyn sat down in front of them, hugging her knees tightly.
"So...Elena and Jeremy are doing fine," she informed the granite."Aunt Jenna's good too; she's still trying to get me to go back to college, of course. To be honest, I've been avoiding her a little because of it. I know, I know it's bad. You'd probably tell me to go back as well, if you weren't..."
Evelyn trailed off, feeling tears threatening to spill over.
"I'm sorry, I know I promised to stop crying but-" she exhaled sharply."It's easier said than done, right?"
The 19 year old wiped her eyes, sniffing a little.
"Oh, yeah, almost forgot," Evelyn laughed, shakily and bleakly."There's probably another vampire in town. How lucky am I?"
Her bitter sarcasm was lost on the dead, of course, and yet somehow she couldn't bring herself to care.
"I mean, life's just one big party when you're a real life Buffy, isn't it?" She continued, teeth gritted.
Evelyn took another deep breath, calming herself down,"Sorry, it's just fucking frustrating."
She stayed sat on the freezing ground for a few more minutes, before hauling herself off the ground with a vague idea of doing something productive until her shift started at the Grill.
"See you tomorrow," she promised, as she brushed herself off."Love you."
Evelyn wandered back home, mind trying to come up with something to do. She could rearrange the cereal boxes (again), or wipe down every surface in the household (though, she had done this practically every day for the past 3 months), or do some other completely dull and useless crap to pass the time.
She ended up trying (and failing) to paint Looney Tunes characters on her nails. After many hours of cursing, and repainting, she was just about getting the hang of it, though, and felt a surge of strange pride as she finished Bugs Bunny's ears.
"I'm home!" Came Elena's voice, causing her to jump.
"Aww, come on!" Evelyn groaned, inspecting the damage.
"What?" Elena asked, slightly breathless, as she walked into the living room.
"You made me smudge my Bugs Bunny," Evelyn complained. Elena just rolled her eyes, and dropped onto the couch, smiling a little.
"You look happier," Evelyn noted, nails forgotten.
Elena blinked,"Oh-I...just had a good day at school."
"Uh huh, sure," her sister raised an eyebrow, unconvinced."So, what's his name?"
"Nothing!" Elena practically squeaked."I mean...Stefan. Stefan Salvatore."
"Oooooh, Stefan," Evelyn whistled teasingly."Isn't that Italian? Because, you know what they say about European men-"
"I don't think I want to," Elena shook her head, hair falling over her face.
"Oh my god!" Evelyn laughed."Are you blushing?"
"No..."
"Yes you are!"
"Leave me alone!" Elena covered her face with her hands. Evelyn bit her lip to keep from bursting out laughing again. Thankfully, she was distracted by Jenna's arrival.
"Hey," Jenna greeted, before pausing in the doorway."What's going on...?"
"Oh, nothing much," Evelyn shrugged innocently."Just that Elena totally has the hots for some Italian guy at school..."
"He is not Italian!" Elena disputed, taking her hands away from her face.
"But you do like him..."
Elena huffed and glared at her older sister, whilst said sister practically rolled around laughing on the floor.
Jenna sighed,"O.K, I'm clearly missing something here..."
"There's nothing to miss, because there's nothing going on between me and Stefan," Elena said assuredly.
"Yet..."
"I'm meeting Bonnie at the Grill in a bit," Elena addressed Jenna, pointedly ignoring Evelyn's last comment.
"O.K, have fun," Jenna said, before back tracking."Wait, I got this..."
She put on a serious face,"Don't stay out late, it's a school night."
Elena smiled,"Well done, Aunt Jenna."
"I should probably get moving as well," Evelyn commented after Elena left the room, jumping to her feet. She turned to follow her sister's footsteps, when Jenna spoke.
"Wait, Evy, I have to talk to you."
"Don't worry, I won't stay out late either," Evelyn joked.
"No, I wanted to talk a bit more about, you know, going back to-"
"Aunt Jenna, I told you already, I'm not going back until everything's settled down," Evelyn sighed.
"But, you shouldn't have to worry about everyone else," Jenna argued."You should worry about you. And the first step would be trying to go back to College."
"I-" Evelyn swallowed."I've got to go to work. Talk later?"
Jenna's expression told Evy her Aunt knew full well 'talk later' meant 'never talk about it again', but she didn't push.
"Sure," was her reply.
Evelyn, unlike a lot a people, actually liked her job. Bar tending was relaxing and, besides, free alcohol. Normally, she was very focused. However, at that particular moment in time, she was busy keeping one eye on the male model her sister was making eyes at.
"I'm taking a really quick break, O.K?" She informed her co-worker and sister's ex Matt as he passed. He opened his mouth to reply, but she was already making her way towards Elena's table.
"Hey, Bonnie, Caroline," Evelyn acknowledged them as she reached their table.
"Hi," Bonnie replied, smiling.
"Yeah, hi," Caroline greeted her distractedly, clearly fixated on the guy in front of her."So, Stefan, you were saying?"
"-I live with my Uncle," Stefan finished whatever he had been saying before Evelyn's arrival.
Elena gasped a little when Evelyn stepped on her foot, but got the hint.
"Uh, Stefan, this is Evelyn, my sister," Elena introduced them, glaring at the latter."She was just finishing her break, wasn't she?"
Evelyn, in turn, took Elena's pretty hefty hint to skedaddle as quickly as possible.
"Yeah, I just came over to say hi," Evelyn smiled.
"It was nice meeting you," Stefan said politely, whilst Elena gave her rapid facial signals to 'leave, leave, leave'.
"You too," Evelyn said before turning on her heel and walking back to the bar.
"I mean, it's always nice to meet your future brother-in-law," she muttered under her breath.
"Elena and Stefan sitting in a tree..."
Evelyn yelped as Elena's pillow smacked her in the face.
"Hey!"
"You so deserved that," Elena said, scowling.
"Well, maybe a little bit," Evelyn grinned. The sisters were currently sitting on Elena's bed, having a conversation about Stefan 'Underwear Model' Salvatore (as Evelyn had christened him)."So, are you going to see him again?"
"Well, yeah, he's in my class..."
"You know what I mean, don't dodge the question," Evelyn rolled her eyes.
Elena sighed, shrugging,"I don't know. I mean, I like him, but-"
"But what?"
"It's...complicated," Elena sighed, looking downtrodden. Evelyn sobered up immediately.
"Hey, it'll be fine," she reassured her.
"Yeah," Elena muttered."Maybe."
They talked for another few minutes, before Evelyn found herself yawning, and decided to retire. She passed Jeremy's room, before pausing, and, noticing his light was on, knocking on his door.
"Jeremy?" She asked softly. There were a few muffled sounds, before the youngest Gilbert appeared.
"What?" He asked, sounding annoyed.
"Nothing, just wondering if you wanted to...you know...talk or something?" Evelyn attempted.
"Not really," Jeremy shrugged.
"Oh, O.K," Evelyn hovered awkwardly, not sure what to do or say.
"Are we done here?" Jeremy inquired.
Evelyn sighed,"Yeah, we're done."
Jeremy promptly disappeared again, leaving Evelyn with the feeling of being a crappy older sister once again.
Crappy older sister Evelyn slept in late, stomping her way to the bathroom at around one in the afternoon, in a distinctly foul mood. She leaned over the sink, vision fuzzy, eyes watering, and curly hair looking like a bush; you know, the picture of sartorial elegance.
After deciding she needed a cold shower to wake herself up (and, after approximately two seconds, remembering why she never has cold showers and swearing loudly at the shower head), Evelyn felt marginally better.
She had a mid afternoon till closing time shift, and so didn't really have time to wander about the house aimlessly. She carelessly threw on jeans and a tank top, not caring whether they matched or not, and, after the brush got tangled in her hair, opted to tie it in a messy bun. After a moment's thought, she also took one of her home made wooden stakes (made out of top quality garden fence), shoving it deep into the pocket of her black jacket where nobody would be able to see it.
Thankfully, her afternoon turned out to be uneventful. As the sky got darker outside, Evelyn guessed that the customary back to school falls party was already underway. She sighed, remembering the days when she used to attend it, and stumble back home pavement licking drunk.
It was very quiet in the Grill, but that was to be expected. All the regulars were out partying, after all. Well, almost all of them; Caroline and Bonnie had wandered in at some point, and were talking about...well, Evelyn had no idea what they were talking about, only that Caroline seemed to be upset about something.
Evelyn looked down, and busied herself with wiping down the bar (seeing as she had nothing better to do), musing quietly. After a while, her thoughts inevitably turned to her little undead problem. Granted, it could just be that the couple vanished under normal, non-supernatural circumstances, but in Mystic Falls things never really seemed to pan out that way.
"Excuse me?"
The sudden voice made the slayer jump out of her skin. Evelyn looked up, and came face to face with an unfamiliar, blue eyed man. He stared at her for a few seconds, clearly giving her the up-down sweep. Evelyn kept her gaze steady as he resumed eye contact.
His mouth curled up into a smirk.
"Well, hello," he drawled."I'm Damon. And you are?"
CLIFFY! DUN DUN DUN! AWOOGA AWOOGA AW-well, you get the picture. As you can see, I'm trying not to stick religiously to the original script, and Evelyn will not be line stealing (something I personally dislike). More about her slaying abilities will be revealed, don't worry! Oh, and the story will mostly focus on Evelyn, just warning you in advance.
Until next time,
Reganmacneil