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After successfully finding a formal dress Elena suggested they go to the Mystic Grill for a drink. After the day Alice had a drink sounded pretty good. Little did she know Elena was planning to sick Caroline on her. "Elena! Bring her over here!" shouted the the excited blonde, who was basically bouncing in the far corner booth. Beside her sat a cautious looking Bonnie and a just off shift Matt.
"You set me up!" murmured Alice, fully aware the young vampire was listening.
"Sorry, she made me. If you've been watching us, then you know Caroline."
"Yeah, I do. The insecure, neurotic, control freak on crack right?" her smile gave away the joke.
"That's me! You must be Allessandria. You look just like Damon."
"I usually go by Alice now, Allessdandria is a mouthful," the smile on her face turned a little wistful, "We used to get that a lot."
"Why are you here?" Bonnie rained on the get-to-know-you parade, the hostility clear in her tone. Alice didn't miss a beat.
"To help."
"With what exactly?" asked Matt, watching her with interest, deciding if she was more Stefan or Damon on the trust level (before Stefan fell off the wagon ... hard.)
"Everything. Stefan's, um, relapse because been there done that, the Council and the Originals. You guys have a lot of problems."
"Speaking of Originals," started Caroline looking over Alice's shoulders, "Here come the family jerks."
"Caroline, love, fancy meeting you here. How's the bite?" His glance passed over Alice to the group around her.
"Much better, until you showed up."
"Now, love, tell me how you really feel. Bonnie, Elena. Matt isn't it?" Alice stayed still praying the hybrid and especially the youngest brother wouldn't notice her. No such luck. "Allessandria! It's been decades!" smiled Klaus darkly.
"I was kinda hoping for centuries." Alice smiled sweetly back at him.
"That hurts, love. We were such great friends."
"Oh shove a stake in it, Niklaus!" she retorted sharply standing and stalking off to the bar, not once meeting Kol's dark eyes. The four friends looked questioningly at eachother, all noting Klaus's sinister smirk and Kol's intense gaze. 'What the hell is going?' thought Elena wondering how the youngest Salvatore would explain this to her brothers.
Up at the bar, Alice was ordering her drink. "What can I get you?"
"That is an excellent question," she pondered for a few seconds, "How 'bout a gin and tonic."
"You mean a glass of soda water?"
"No, I mean a gin and tonic. Don't forget the raspberries."
"I don't think so kid. There is no chance you are 21 or over. Laws the law, no exceptions." Alice rolled her eyes and leaned in close over the counter. The scent of vervain floated off the guys breath making her mentally curse. Time for Plan B.
"They don't look like they are over 21!" she whined in protest, pointing a bunch of high schoolers playing darts. "Besides it's Friday! I'm not driving. Please, I'm very responsible!" she looked pleadingly up at the bartender and pulled a $100 bill from her pocket.
"One gin and tonic with raspberries coming up."
"Thanks a bunch." Good ol' fashioned bribery.
"That'll be $8.49," he set the drink down in front of her.
"Put it on his tab," she smiled jerking her thumb toward Klaus, "We go way back." Accepting the vague statement as valid reasoning the bartender, Jake his name tag said, nodded and headed off to assist with someone else's drinking needs. Taking a sip, Alice felt the alcohol refresh and calm down her brain, in turn making her body relax.
Or she did until a voice breathed in her ear, "Hello love."
Instantaneously Allessandria tensed up. Unconsciously, her shoulders stiffened and her dark wash denim clad legs braced against the bar stool. Narrowing her eyes, Alice struggled to keep her voice level. "Screw off, Kol." The narcissistic ass did the exact opposite, claiming the seat next to her.
"Now why would I do that? It's been what, a century?"
"114 years."
"What I thought. So did you hear I was in town and had to come check it out?" his cocky little smile only lasted a minute.
"Nope. I'm visiting my brothers. And boy, does somebody need and ego check!"
"A what? My apologies, I'm a bit rusty on the new slang so if you would be a dear and explain it for me."
"Go ask your brother."
"That hurts, love."
"It was supposed to." Both stared at each other, a faux hurt gaze and a smug one. Alice broke it by taking a swig of her glass. They sat in silence, Kol studying her and Alice refusing to acknowledge his existence. He looked good, which just made it hurt that much worse. Emptying her glass she set it down on the counter. "Well, I've got places to be and stuff to do, so ... Bye." Kol caught her wrist holding her back.
"Come now, aren't you at least going to wait for me to finish my drink, Dia?" Allessandria swung around her face inches from his (although not in the way she would have preferred).
"Do not call me Dia," she whispered, an unuttered threat hidden in her voice, "You lost the right to call me that when I woke up in an empty bed." Glaring into his endless dark eyes, Alice removed his hand from her arm with a little more force than absolutely necessary. "Good bye Kol."
With one more glance at his painstakingly handsome features she stomped off to the booth. All looked up at her agitated arrival with varying shade of confusion, except Caroline. Hers was a look of sympathy having heard every word. 'This day just gets better and better!' she thought sarcastically. "If you are done explaining, I would really like to go home, if that cool with you." she asked Elena, trying not to meet Caroline's eyes.
"Of course, they know everything I do. But there are some questions."
"Have at 'er."
"What did Katherine mean by beneficial?"
"A lot of things. First she thought since I was a Founders' kid that I would be able to find out more about Jonathon Gilbert's devices and relay all the information back to her. Since she was already playing with Stefan she should have just compelled all the info out of him. The other reasons, I'm guessing, were along the lines of diverting suspicion and me not being able to tell on her or keep her away from my brothers. I'm sure there was more going on in that selfish little mind of hers but thats all I got out of it."
"Makes sense," Matt nodded, voicing most of their opinions (minus Bonnie who was looking at Alice like she wanted her head on a platter.)
"Yep so we all good here?" she was starting to get really anxious, wanting to leave.
"I think we're fine now." Elena looked around to see everyone nodding their agreement. As Alice walked away she gave a small wave and an threw a soft, apologetic smile over her shoulder. Once out of sight Bonnie, Elena and Matt all turned to Caroline.
She tapped her ears and whispered, "Vampire hearing, I'll explain later." (Outside by Elena's car Alice smiled) and Caroline continued, "But I think it would be best if she told you herself Elena."
"I'll try," she replied taking her leave. When both were settled in the car, Elena studied the ebony haired girl. She was beautiful, to put it simply. Porcelain skin, high cheekbones, and curly hair so black it shone almost purple in the passing headlights. Then there were the eyes, Damon's eyes, straight from the bottom of a glacier. They eyes that drove people crazy, wanting to know the secret she hid in the mysterious depths. The same eyes that had reeled in an Original from across a Boston ballroom.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Alice didn't even try to feign ignorance. Elena was genuinely worried about her.
"Not now."
"When you're ready, you can tell me everything." Alice didn't answer. She was too busy lost in thoughts of how Petrova doppelgängers may be exact in looks but the personalities were way off and of how in 1898 a young vampire fell in love with an old one and how after 114 years the heartbreak still ached.