Chapter 2- surprise!
She knocked on the door and a young woman opened it... A woman who looked remarkably like Katherine Pierce. Evelina was stunned.
"Hello?" The girl asked.
"Katherine?" Evelina questioned through gritted teeth.
"No, I'm Elena..." She began before Elena was dragged away and Stefan retrained his sister.
"Come in." Stefan said as he dragged Evelina over the threshold.
"Stefan?" Evelina asked, twisting in his arms it fa him, her arms around his neck in a hug. She relaxed and Stefan sighed.
"Hello, trouble." Stefan smiled and winced as his sister pinched him.
"She's not Katherine?" Evelina asked as she faced Elena moments later.
"No, listen to her heart." Stefan urged.
She listened and heard a simple human heartbeat, racing slightly in concern and fear, no doubt. But still a human heart. Not a vampire's slower and duller sounding one.
"She's human. But why does she look like Katherine?" Evelina asked as Stefan released her from his tight, vice like grip.
"No idea, we think she may be Katherine's doppelgänger. But more to the point, what on Veritas estate are you doing here?" Stefan asked hugging his little sister once more, this time picking her up as he had always done.
"I thought I would surprise Damon, for his birthday. Aren't doppelgängers myths?" She asked.
"It would appear not," Stefan said and then added when he saw Elena's confused face. "Elena this is mine and Damon's baby sister, Evelina Maria." Evelina and Elena exchanged polite nods and shook hands.
"My apologises Elena... I did not fully understand the scale of this situation. You are Elena..."
"Gilbert." Elena finished for Evelina. Evelina raised her eyebrows to her brother Stefan who shrugged.
"What's going on in here?" Came a deep voice, belonging to a man. Evelina smiled before spinning around and throwing herself at Damon with a delighted, "Damono!" Using his Italian name.
"Evelina?" Damon questioned, his voice turning very accented with the families old Italian heritage.
They hugged each other tightly. Not letting go for a long time. "What are you doing here?" Damon finally asked as he held his sister at arms length.
"Happy birthday, brother." She smiled holding up a present out of the pocket of her pale blue blazer.
Damon smiled and took it off her. "Thank you, Evie." He said softly, kissing her cheek. "You are staying here, you know."
"I know. I saw something and thought you may need me anyway. But it is your birthday and we do try to be together on our birthdays don't we?"
"We do." Stefan and Damon both nodded.
"Good surprise?" Evelina asked, her arm still around Damon, her hand holding Stefan's as they shared a hug as a trio.
"Best surprise, Evelina."
"We are the three musketeers!" Stefan laughed and Eve smiled, as Damon squeezed her tight against his side.
"All for one and one for all!" They would chorus later over a glass of bourbon each, sitting in front of the fire after Elena had gone home to her brother. Evelina was pleased to be back with dr family. That was the best surprise of all.