A/N: Here is the next episode, i'm putting it up today because i'm going to a concert and then a friends house and wouldn't have to time to do so, so here is Family Ties. By the way anyone else find it interesting how Damon asks about wearing a tie and the episode is Family 'Ties'.

Family Ties

Parker stuffed clothes into duffle bags as she got dressed, putting shirts in one and pants in another. During the night she had gotten several empty boxes out of the basement and was now putting books and trinkets off her shelves into them. While doing so she made sure the door was shut, she still hadn't told anyone in her family that she was moving in with Sarah. She heard a giggle come from her sisters room, signaling that Stefan had come over.

When all of Parkers clothes were either in a bag or box she made sure that her shoes and dress for the founders party were lain out on her bed. While she was putting her sketch books into a box there was a knock her door, and before anyone could open it she was opening it slightly so no one would see the boxes.

"Elena what's up? Hey Stefan," Parker said making sure they couldn't see into the room.

"Um just wanted to tell you I got the stuff for Mrs. Lockwood, are you ok? What are you hiding?" Elena said noticing her sisters stance in the doorway.

"Nothing Elena, and that's good. Is that all?" Parker said in her 'don't push it,' voice.

"No I am pretty sure you are hiding something, Parker move." Elena said trying to get into her sisters room. Stefan just stepped back away from them, not wanting to get in the middle of something.

"Elena, I said nothing." Parker replied but couldn't stop her sister from pushing the door open to see over half her stuff packed. Stefan heard Elena gasp and quickly assumed she knew nothing about what her sister was doing.

"I'm going to go, see you to night Elena," Stefan said quickly leaving the two sisters in their stare down.

"Elena please get out of my room, I have to finish packing this stuff." Parker said walking back to the box she was packing and continued too. Hearing a knock the door down stairs Elena ran down them to get their mothers jewelry box. Parker just frowned holding back tears. Twenty minutes later Jenna came up the stairs and stopped in her bedroom door and sighed.

"I talked to Elena, I thought she was lying." Jenna said looking at the boxes around the room.

"It's not forever Jenna, just for a little while. I've been here since mom and dad died. I moved back in here from the boarding house a month before they died. I just have to get out of this house, Sarah needs help with bills anyway." She said taping a box shut.

"I understand Parker, I get it. You've grown up, you lived at the boarding house with Zach for a year. You're independent, but you can always come back here." Jenna said giving her a smile before walking to her own room.

Quickly Parker got dressed in her dress and did her hair, then put on her shoes. Looking in the mirror her face had very little makeup except her eyes and some lip-gloss. Her red knee length dress hung loosely from her waist down; brown curly hair was loose and flowing except for the slight bump at the top of her head. She walked out of her room black stilettos clicking as she walked into her brothers room and said good bye to him before she left.

Parker was one of the first people to the founder's party and was met by a smiling Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood. "Parker it's so good to see you," Mrs. Lockwood said hugging her before whispering in her ear, "Meeting to night after everyone leaves,"

"It's great to see you to, both of you." Parker said nodding her head before walking inside the house. Once inside she walked straight to the bar and ordered a scotch. Walking around with her drink as people filed into the building, not long until Damon and Caroline showed up. She almost laughed at Mrs. Lockwood's stupidity at inviting people into her house, 'How precautious that woman is,' Parker thought as Caroline walked to her mother and Damon walked to her having noticed her.

"Hello, Parker," Damon said with a smirk, "we still need to have a little chat about how yo know my secret."

"Oh there is no need Damon, you would be amazed to find out how close I am with your family. In fact, Zach is one of my very best friends." Parker said with her own smirk causing Damon to frown as she watched him put two and two together.

"He told you, wow you must be close for him to do that." Damon stated still frowning.

Completely ignoring him Parker walked away and saw Stefan and Elena walking around, at sight of her sister she walked the complete other way. This causing her to walk in the direction of Logan Fell who smiled at her. Rolling her eyes Parker turned to her right and kept walking, she was now playing a game of 'which way can I go' and she was starting to lose. She ended up after about twenty minutes walking into the room Elena and Stefan were in looking at their parents rings.

"Hey if you guys ever get married you can have the rings," Parker joked walking to them causing Elena to laugh and turn to her sister.

"But Parker, mom always said you would get them," Elena joked back before going back to looking at the stuff.

"Well this is a very depressing room; I'm going to find myself another drink." Parker said as Elena started reading the registry. Quickly walking out of the room past Damon and Caroline, she made her way back to the small bar. The bartender looked at her took her glass and filled it without asking, and when she downed it in one drink he filled it right back up. Smiling at the man she walked away sipping at her drink as she walked. For about thirty minutes ignored everyone walking back to the room with all the old stuff in it.

Walking around the room Parker noticed that the family pocket watch wasn't there, that's when she heard the footsteps and Caroline talking. Quickly Parker got into the closet in the room silently shut the door and listening to Damon and Caroline enter the room.

"I want you to stand right here," Damon said on the other side of the door. Not a second later she heard stuff moving and them walking.

"What are you doing? You aren't supposed to touch," Caroline said as Parker heard something open and close, that's when she quit listening to what they were saying and tried to see through the small crack in the side of the door. She could make out both of them and saw something in Damon's hand. As they left the room Parker filed what the object looked like in the back of her mind before opening the closet door and walking back to the party.

Once downstairs she saw Logan trying to get a date out of Jenna and laughed walking the other way. Once outside she saw everyone dancing and smiled when she saw Sarah standing around looking for her. Getting behind people she walked around until she was behind her and put her arms around Sarah causing her best friend to jump.

"Want to dance, I haven't danced once." Parker said as her friend turned around to face her.

"What? No one here hot, except for me?" Sarah said playing along with their inside joke.

"Well yeah, Zach isn't here or I would dance with him. You two are my best friends, and I know that you are single so let's dance." Parker said as they walked to the dance floor and started dancing.

"You dance the man's role very well, Ms. Gilbert," Sarah said as they danced. Out of the corner of her eye Parker could see her little sister smiling at her and Sarah, while shaking her head.

"My little sister is laughing at us," Parker said in a childlike voice as they danced past Damon and Caroline. Caroline just laughed as she remembered the best friends inside joke, and having to explain it when Damon glared at her.

"Well, gsh isn't she mean," Sarah said as they started to dance really badly on purpose causing a couple people to laugh at them.

After the song ended the two best friends walked off the dance floor laughing as they walked to the food table and started to eat random orderves. Parker turned to see Elena yelling at Damon before walking away. 'oh no' Parker quickly walked after Elena leaving Sarah to eat. Once at the edge of the party she saw Elena and Stefan talking, then out of the corner of her eye she saw Damon dragging Caroline with him somewhere. A moment later Stefan started to follow them, and Parker followed Stefan.

Parker watched as Damon fell to the ground with Caroline while he drank her blood. As Stefan walked forward she knew what made him drop, one thing that could make a vampire drop. "Vervain," Parker whispered as Stefan checked Caroline's pulse.

"I'm taking care of him, Zach told me what you said. Elena's coming you might want to get out of here." Stefan said grabbing Damon and disappearing. Quickly Parker ran back to the party making sure no one saw her. 'Elena will find her, she will be ok,' Parker thought as she walked up the stairs to Sherif Forbes as people started to leave. Together they walked up the stairs and entered a room that Mrs. Lockwood was already in.

Twenty minutes later Mayor Lockwood entered the room saying, "Thank you for staying so late."

"Did you get the Gilbert watch?" Liz asked him knowing Parker thought it was brought in.

"Elena claims it's packed away, in her parents things." Mrs. Lockwood said glancing at Parker.

"I can get it," Logan said as Parker stood next to him.

"Good, we're going to need it, five bodies drained of blood. I'm certain." Liz said as the mayor looked at Parker.

"They've come back," Logan said looking at Liz, while Parker nodded her head with a sigh.

"Fine you get the watch, I'll put it together." Parker said as she smirked.