Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries! I do however own Ally Gilbert and all of her plot lines!
Ally had blocked out most of the car ride to school because Elena had been telling Bonnie all about her kiss last night with Stefan. She had heard all about it that morning before getting into the car so she hadn't felt like listening to it twice.
"I'm not saying don't date the guy. I'm just saying take it slow." Bonnie explained as the three of them got out of the car shutting her door as they did the same with theirs.
"You were the one who said to go for it. Ally back me up here!" Elena reminded Bonnie as Ally watched them both smiling as they walked towards the school.
"You did say it, Bonnie." Ally agreed shrugging her shoulders still smiling.
"Now I'm saying take it slow." Bonnie said looking over at Elena not willing to admit everything.
"What's with the about-face, though?" Ally asked for Elena's sake, though she knew Bonnie felt death when she touched Stefan.
"Maybe. But it's not an about-face. Elena, you're single for the first time in your entire high school career. It's the perfect time to play the field." Bonnie explained shrugging shoulders stubbornly as Ally could see Bonnie's point but she knew Elena wasn't going to go for that.
"Oh, because I'm so that girl. That's more Ally, than me. Seriously, what are you not saying?" Elena said chuckling softly as Ally glared at her hurt.
"Oh please, Elena! Guys never notice me at all! I'm always the friend and that's it. I'm out of here." Ally spat still glaring as Elena and Bonnie looked at her in shock before she stormed off ignoring both of them calling her name.
Ally had cooled down considerably by the time it was time for history class. She spotted Stefan and Elena walking towards her and rushed into the classroom sitting down in an available seat. Setting her bag on the desk she quickly pulled her out her book, notebook for the class and a pencil setting her bag on the floor. Stefan sent her a questioning look as he sat down at the desk beside her with Elena taking the desk in the row opposite him. She mouthed later to him as he nodded his head mouthing okay.
Mr. Tanner was walking around asking individual student's questions yet again once class had begun. Ally noticed Bonnie doodling in her notebook from her desk while she jotted down notes trying to pay attention.
"Psst. FYI... Our team sucks. They could use you." Ally heard Elena say to Stefan in what she must have thought was a whisper but it totally wasn't as she wondered what they were talking about.
"Can't. I'm a loner." Stefan whispered back leaning forward in his seat pretending to need to hear Elena's whisper as Tanner asked when Pearl Harbor was.
"Miss Gilbert?" Tanner asked as Ally and Elena looked over at him in question. "Elena."
"Um..." Elena stammered not remembering the answer.
"December 7, 1941." Stefan cut in helping Elena out as she smiled at him in thanks.
"Thank you, Miss Gilbert." Tanner said sarcastically making the rest of the class laugh at that.
"Anytime." Stefan replied nodding his head smiling not caring of what Tanner had said.
"Very well. The fall of the Berlin Wall." Tanner said looking at Stefan stuffing his hands in his jacket pockets.
"1989. I'm good with dates." Stefan replied as Ally held back a chuckle because Tanner had no clue how right Stefan was, after all he had lived them.
"Are you? How good?" Tanner challenged as Ally's eyes widened in shock as Stefan nodded his head agreement to it. "Keep it to the year. Civil Rights Act."
"1964."
"John F. Kennedy assassination."
"1963."
"Martin Luther King."
"'68."
"Lincoln."
"1865."
"Roe vs. Wade."
"1973."
"Brown vs. Board."
"1954."
"The battle of Gettysburg."
"1863."
"Korean War."
"1950 to 1953." Tanner and Stefan said back and forth in quick succession as everyone listened with rapt attention and amazement.
"Ha! It ended in '52!" Tanner shouted triumphantly as Ally frowned at that.
"Actually, sir, Stefan's right. It was '53." Ally announced as Stefan smiled at her in thanks making her smile back as Tanned glared mutinously at them.
"Look it up, somebody." Tanner demanded as a few students pulled out their phones. "Quickly."
"It was 19... 53." A guy from Ally's language arts class whose name she couldn't remember said looking down at his phone making Tanner nodded his head towards Stefan in acknowledgment as several students applauded impressed at him including Ally and Elena.
Ally hurried over to her locker putting away her history book and notebook grabbing her stuff for her next class bypassing Elena and Stefan walking together. She spotted Tyler coming her way and smiled at him in greeting.
"Hey! What's up?" Ally said shutting her locker door leaning against it looking at him.
"Football practice after school. You coming to watch me since you wouldn't be caught dead on the cheerleading team like your sister?" Tyler said leaning against the locker next to hers.
"Well you got that first part right! Sadly, I've gotta work after school. Three to seven." Ally explained shrugging her shoulders apologetically as his shoulders slumped sadly. "I'm sorry! Another time, I promise!"
"I'm going to hold you to that, Ally!" Tyler said pointing at her as she nodded her head yes as he smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow, then!"
"See you!" Ally said smiling back shaking her head in amusement watching him go.
Ally's shift at work had been going along quite smoothly so far and she only had another hour until she was finally off. That in itself had put her in a good mood which definitely had earned her more tips from the customers. The bell above the door rang making her look up from writing a customers name on the coffee cup. Her entire body stiffened when she saw Damon sauntering up to stand behind the current person in line.
"Alright so your total is $5.18." Ally said setting the cup down adding it to the queue trying to smile normally though internally she was trying to stay calm and not freak out but she knew her heart was beating furiously.
"Here you go." The customer who was a young woman in her early twenties who looked to be coming out of work judging by the suit she was wearing handing over a credit card.
"Thank you, would you like the receipt?" Ally said swiping the card before handing it back shutting the register with one hand and holding up the receipt with the other as the woman shook her head no.
"Hello." Damon drawled out stepping forward once the young woman stepped aside as Ally crumpled up the receipt tossing it in the trash can to her right.
"Hi! What can I get for you?" Ally said smiling at him as best as she could though she knew he could hear her heart hammering in her chest.
"I would like a regular coffee in the biggest size you've got Ally." Damon said smirking pretending to look at her nametag like he didn't know her name.
"Alright." Ally said typing the order into the computer trying to stay focused grabbing the right sized cup.
Trying to ignore Damon's eyes on her back as she turned walking over quickly filling up the cup grabbing a lid snapping it down making sure it was on correctly walking back over setting it down in front of him.
"That'll be $3.25, sir." Ally said wiping her sweaty palms on her jeans watching as Damon pulled out his wallet opening it.
"Keep the change." Damon said pulling out a five dollar bill holding it out towards her.
"Thank you. Would you like your receipt?" Ally said taking the bill from him setting it in the register typing up how much cash he had given her into the computer tearing the receipt off the machine.
"No I'm good thanks. I didn't know you worked here." Damon said picking up the coffee cup taking a sip watching her closely as she counted out the change from his order dropping it into the tip jar.
"Not that you care, but I'm saving up for a car. Every penny helps, you know?" Ally said shutting the register picking up a rag off the counter wiping it down. "Before my parents died they told me that I saved up half for the car I wanted they would pay the other half. My Aunt Jenna told me she's going to keep their promise with some of their insurance money. So I'm doing my best."
"Well good luck with that. Thanks for the coffee." Damon said cryptically making Ally wonder if he even meant it walking towards the door, just as he put his hand to open the door he turned to look at her. "I hope to see you soon Ally."
Ally frowned as she watched him leave wondering what he had actually meant by that. Glancing around her she quickly pulled her cell phone out of her apron pocket clicking onto her texts with Stefan. She saw that she had a new one since she had put her phone on silent at the beginning of her shift.
From Superman:
Can you come by the Boarding House after you get off work?
To Superman:
Of course! I get off in an hour. I'll see you then!
Stefan?" Ally asked walking up the steps to Stefan's room spotting him standing looking out the window. "Is something wrong?"
"It's Damon, I found him in here after I had gotten home from trying out for the football team. Said he wanted to apologize about everything and he wanted us to start over. But it was just a joke." Stefan told her walking over to sit at the foot of his bed. "Then he told me he saw Elena at cheerleading practice. Of course he left 'cause he had a date with his own cheerleader."
"Of course he did. Damon loves messing with people's heads. He must have gotten to Caroline, she's the cheerleader he was talking about." Ally said sighing as she sat down next to Stefan setting her messenger bag next to her. "We need to get both Caroline and Elena some vervain as soon as possible. Wait did he have a coffee cup with him when this happened?"
"A coffee cup? No he didn't, why?" Stefan asked looking at her frowning wondering why she had asked him that.
"Because he showed up at the coffee shop earlier when I was working today." Ally said as Stefan's eyes widened in horror, she quickly placed her hand on top of his squeezing it comfortingly. "It's okay. He just came to get coffee, he didn't know I worked there."
"Oh good. You scared me for a minute there." Stefan said sighing in relief rubbing his hands over his face standing up walking over to pick up a small wooden jewelry box sitting on his desk. "I've had this for a long time and it could help us with Elena needing vervain."
"May I?" Ally asked holding her hand out standing up to stand in front of him also as he handed it to her, opening it she took a step back as her eyes widened in shock. "I'm sorry, Stefan but you can't give this to Elena."
"What? Why not?" Stefan asked his head tilting to the side in confusion looking at her closely.
"Because this necklace belongs to Rebekah, Stefan." Ally explained her hand tightening around the box nervously.
"Wait, Rebekah? The same Rebekah you knew as Roza?" Stefan asked waving his hand through the air clearly not expecting that. "The one who's one of the original vampires?"
"That would be her alright." Ally responded nodding her head biting her bottom lip shifting her weight from one leg to the other nervously trying not to fidgit.
"How did I get the necklace if it's hers? I don't remember meeting anyone by that name ever?" Stefan asked pacing back and forth in front of her as Ally watched him closely.
"Of course you don't remember her, Stefan. You're not supposed to anyway. Okay so from what I remember, you dated Rebekah in the '20's in Chicago. You also met Nik and became good friends with him. Now they had been on the run from Mikael for over a thousand years because he had been trying to kill Niklaus. Now original vampires can compel other vampires. So when the speakeasy the three of you were at one night was attacked because Mikael had caught up with them. Nik then realized that if Mikael found out that you knew them he wouldn't hesitate to kill you, so to protect you he compelled you to forget ever knowing them. As Niklaus dragged Rebekah away the necklace must have fallen off and you must have found it I guess. I had watched the whole thing on Other Side following them to make sure they were able to get away so I didn't see you find it." Ally explained as calmly as she could as Stefan listened closely his eyes fixed on her never dropping his gaze.
"I dated an original vampire and I don't remember it. Huh, well I can cross that off my bucket list of things I never expected to do." Stefan said chuckling as Ally smiled at him rolling her eyes amusedly. "Considering you told me I can't give it to Elena, I'm gonna hazard a guess that Rebekah wouldn't like me giving it to anyone."
"Oh you have no idea. Rebekah has always been the jealous type when it comes to thing's that belong to her. Especially when she never liked any of the Petrova dopplegänger's, so she'd definitely snap if she saw Elena wearing it." Ally told him closing the lid on the box setting it down on the desk where Stefan had it before. "We can take the vervain out of this one and put it into another necklace and we can give that one to Elena. And since Zach grows vervain I know he'll give us some for something for Caroline. And now we're killing two birds with one stone here."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Stefan agreed quickly shrugging his shoulders before looking at her incredulously. "Wait, Zach grows vervain?"
"Yeah down in the basement. Didn't you hear me ask Zach for it when we first met? Although now that I said that I realize never said the word vervain, I just asked for a new batch and he understood what I meant." Ally explained smiling sheepishly as Stefan rolled his eyes in amusement smiling at that.
"Well good, we'll ask Zach for some for Caroline. Now you're coming to dinner with Elena, Bonnie and I right?" Stefan said nodding his head at that looking over at her in askance.
"Dinner? I hadn't heard about it before. Of course I haven't talked to Elena since this morning." Ally said sighing in resignation because even though she had calmed down but was still upset at what Elena had said, yet she knew she had slightly overreacted.
"Wait she did mention that you went off on her before. What happened between you two exactly?" Stefan said crossing his arms over his chest watching her as Ally groaned softly.
"I don't know what she told you but you only heard one side of the story. And I really don't feel like repeating everything that was said so maybe I could show you?" Ally said pleading with Stefan who nodded his head smiling not caring how she told him stepping forward until he was right in front of her, as long as he knew what happened he was fine with it. "Alright, then."
Ally then cupped the sides of Stefan's face with her her hands quickly sweeping him into the memory of what happened this morning with Elena. Her eyebrows furrowed together as she concentrated on the memory and showing him a few more of how insecure she felt sometimes when it came to her sisters. How she had felt like she had to settle being second best to them.
"I know I overreacted with Elena, but at the same time she didn't even think before she opened up her mouth how insulting her words were." Ally said once she stopped showing Stefan the memories and his eyes opened focusing on her as she didn't drop her hands from his cheeks. "She does it all the time without realizing it and never apologizes for it."
"No, you reacted fine. I'm starting to see what you're talking about. Earlier Elena tacked your name on at the last possible second when she invited me to dinner." Stefan exclaimed wrapping his arms around her waist tugging her against him hugging her showing his support.
"I'm still going to have to be the bigger person and apologize to her when I get home." Ally sighed wrapping her arms around his neck letting go of his cheeks hugging back biting her bottom lip thoughtfully.
"And I admire you for it. I know I said I would give Elena a chance, but I'm starting to second-guess myself. I honestly don't know what to do anymore." Stefan explained frowning pulling away from her so he could lean against the desk as Ally watched him sympathetically.
"Just follow your heart, Stefan. That's the only way you can make a sure decision." Ally said softly to him as he smiled at her gratefully as she smiled back.
"You're the best, you know. And you're absolutely right. I need to listen to my heart." Stefan agreed nodding his head decisively as Ally smiled up at him proudly. "What would I do without you?"
"Die?" Ally said sarcastically smiling up at Stefan mischeviously making him roll his eyes at that.
"Ha ha, very funny." Stefan replied smiling amusedly down at her as she chuckled softly at that.
"It's a little funny! So is the fact that Elena invited you over for dinner when she can't cook worth a damn." Ally said still chuckling leaning against the desk in front of him. "Knowing Elena she'd have gotten a pasta dish from The Grill and made a salad to go with it."
Ally unlocked the front door using her key opening it walking in with Stefan following behind her. They had come together since it was easier to carpool instead of coming separately. Especially since they had stopped at a jewelry store to pick out lockets for Elena and Caroline. Caroline was hard to shop for as she was extremely picky. Ally was the one to put the vervain Zach had given them into the lockets. Now they just had to give the lockets to Elena and Caroline.
"Hey we're here!" Ally greeted shutting the door behind her locking it sharing a look of resignation with Stefan spotting Elena walking towards them.
"Hey. Oh you guys came together?" Elena said smiling over at Stefan her eyes sweeping between the the two of them before leaning in to give Stefan a kiss.
"I asked Ally to come over to the Boarding House after she got off work to study with me. Figured it would be easier to ride together since we were both headed to the same place." Stefan explained deflecting Elena's kiss to his cheek as Ally held back a smile at that when Elena wasn't looking.
"Yeah we've got a lot of classes together so it just made sense to study together." Ally added nodding her head as she tossed her keys into the bowl by the door. "I'm going to put my bag away but I'll be back down in a sec."
Ally had rushed upstairs after saying heading into her room quickly tossing her bag onto her reading chair. Pulling her black beanie off tossing it aside she grabbed her hairbrush running it through her hair brushing out the tangles, setting her hairbrush down she decided to keep the beanie off since she was home. Once downstairs she walked into the kitchen to see Elena setting the table, with only three place settings done.
Huh. How typical. Ally thought to herself sarcastically glancing around the room at everything.
"What am I not joining you guys?" Ally asked jokingly as the three of them turned to look at her seeing Stefan's face drop at that. "Am I being forced to stay in my room like Harry Potter making no noise and pretending I don't exist?"
"Of course not Ally!" Elena replied smiling but knew that it was fake as Stefan and Bonnie watched both of them nervously. "I was just about to grab another plate for you. Bonnie will you get the silverware?"
The four of them had been eating for about ten minutes when yet another awkward silence filled the room. Stefan sat at the head of the table with Elena on his right and Ally on his left with Bonnie sitting next to Ally.
"Did Tanner give you a hard time today?" Elena asked looking over at Stefan through a small mouthful of pasta.
"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right." Stefan replied making Elena chuckle at that.
"Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him, and..." Elena announced cutting Ally off who had opened her mouth to say something.
Ever since they had started eating Ally hadn't been able to talk as of yet 'cause Elena kept interrupting her. She didn't know if Elena was doing it on purpose but her mood had steadily decreased because of it and Stefan had definitely taken note of it.
"Yeah, I heard." Bonnie cut in smiling half-heartedly at her shooting Ally an sympathetic look who smiled at her in thanks as Elena took a sip of her sweet tea awkwardly.
"Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" Elena suggested as Bonnie shot her a look that expressed her annoyance.
"Um, divorced. No mom. Live with my dad." Bonnie said simply looking over at Stefan who nodded his head in understanding.
"No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool." Elena said as Ally nodded her head in agreement taking a bite of pasta and Stefan looked at Elena in surprise though he already knew this.
"Cool isn't the word I'd use." Bonnie said as Ally raised an eyebrow at that.
"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." Stefan explained as Ally, Bonnie and Elena looked at him impressed.
"My family came by way of Salem." Bonnie told him as Stefan looked at her curiously.
"Really? Salem witches?" Stefan asked as Bonnie nodded her head yes.
"Yeah." Bonnie said still nodding her head chuckling.
"I would say that's pretty cool." Stefan said looking over at Ally who nodded her head in agreement smiling at him brightly as Elena looked at her pointedly.
"Really? Why?" Bonnie asked curiously as Ally looked over at Stefan wondering what he'd say taking a bite of food.
"Well Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and noncomformity." Stefan answered as Ally smiled at him proudly picking up her glass of sweet tea taking a sip.
"Yeah, they are." Bonnie replied smiling at Stefan as he smiled back as the doorbell rang surprising all of them.
"Who on earth could that be?" Ally asked saying her first words since dinner started looking at them getting up from her seat as they shrugged their shoulders.
Ally quickly walked towards the front door unlocking it as she pulled the door open seeing Caroline and Damon standing there. Her whole body froze in horror as she looked at the two of them.
"Surprise! Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought dessert." Caroline announced smiling brightly as she handed Ally the cake in her hands walking in.
"How nice..." Ally said smiling fairly through gritted teeth looking at Damon warily.
"Hope you don't mind." Damon told her smiling charmingly at her as Ally tried to glare at him since Caroline was there.
Ally couldn't help but notice the scarf around Caroline's neck so she knew Damon had been feeding from her.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked walking up behind them as Ally felt her body relax feeling safer now that he was here.
"Waiting for Ally to invite me in." Damon responded taking a step towards the door. "Or Elena."
Ally looked behind her spotting Elena walking towards them with a curious look on her face. It was one thing to invite Stefan into her house, but it was a whole different thing letting Damon in.
"Oh, yeah, you can..." Elena said walking over to stand next to Stefan.
"No, no, no. He can't, uh... he can't stay." Stefan cut in looking at Damon pointedly before Elena said the words letting Damon in. "Can you, Damon?"
"I'm going to go put this in the kitchen." Ally announced holding up the cake before walking swiftly away from the very awkward moment back there.
Setting the cake on the counter Ally sighed softly in annoyance leaning against the counter running her hands through her hair nervously. This was turning out to be a very bad day. Ugh what she wouldn't give to have it be over already. Looking over her shoulder she saw Damon walk over the threshold and into the house and she groaned softly in aggravation.
Just great... Ally thought to herself as she and Stefan locked eyes and knew he was thinking the same thing.
"I cannot believe Mr. Tanner let you on the team. Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it." Caroline said smiling at Stefan kindly as the six of them sat in the living room after having dessert.
"That's what I always tell him. You have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go for it." Damon explained looking over at Stefan smirking mischeviously who glared at his brother mutinously.
"Yeah Tyler texted me while I was at work earlier about it. He's really pissed. But he'll get over it." Ally added from her seat next to Stefan who was sitting between her and Elena before taking a sip of her tea. "And Stefan told me he made the team earlier. It's awesome."
"Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today." Caroline said shaking her head as they turned their attention back to her. "It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines."
"Little harsh there, Care." Ally said giving Caroline a pointed look who looked briefly guilty at that.
She and Elena might not be getting along right now, but her sister didn't deserve being criticized like this.
"I'll work with her. She'll get it." Bonnie promised as Ally smiled at her thankfully.
"I guess we can put her in the back." Caroline said softly though everyone heard as Ally looked at her aghast.
"Caroline!" Ally hissed at her warningly as Caroline didn't look the least bit sorry.
"You don't seem like the cheerleader type, Elena." Damon said as Elena turned to look at smiling slightly sipping her tea.
"Oh, it's 'cause her parents died. Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase. She used to be at more fun. Same with Ally." Caroline explained as realization washed over her face. "And I mean that with complete sensitivity."
"I'm sorry, Ally and Elena. I know what it's like to lose both of your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched every single person we've ever cared about die." Damon said looking at the both of them sympathetically and for some reason Ally believed him.
"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon." Stefan reminded Damon as he nodded his head understandingly.
"Ah, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up." Damon said nodding his head apologetically though Ally knew it was fake and he only said it to get Elena to react.
Ally could tell by the look on Elena's face it had worked.
While Elena was in the kitchen doing the dishes Ally stayed in the living room with Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline. But soon Bonnie left to help Elena since Damon went to help too. Caroline had been trying to get Stefan and Ally to talk to her which made things awkward because of what happened earlier.
"Matt tries, but he's just having a really hard time. You have to understand that they were each other's first. You know, like, from the sandbox." Caroline explained taking a sip of tea that Ally had made her before as Stefan smiled awkwardly at her.
"That's a really nice scarf." Stefan said motioning towards it deflecting away from what Caroline had been talking about.
"Mm. Thank you. It's new." Caroline said nearly spitting out her tea in surprise as Ally bit back a laugh.
"Could I try it on, Care? I wanna see how it looks on me." Ally said going along with where Stefan was going as Caroline smiled at her apologetically.
"Sorry, Ally. But I can't." Caroline told her as Ally's eyes widened at that.
"Why not? You okay?" Stefan asked curiously as Ally bit her lip nervously waiting to hear the answer.
"Um... All I know is that I can't take it off." Caroline answered drowning as she struggled to remember so Damon's compulsion was pretty strong.
Ally and Stefan looked at each other in horror that Damon had in fact been feeding off Caroline and compelling her to forget that he had and to do his bidding.
"What are you kids talking about?" Damon asked walking into the room as they all turned to look at them.
"We were just commenting about her scarf." Stefan explained as Damon perched himself on the arm of the loveseat that Caroline was sitting in as she set her cup of tea down.
"Hmm. Hey, you know, um, Elena and Bonnie are finishing up the the dishes. Why don't you go see if you can go help?" Damon said looking down at Caroline touching her arm gently.
"Does it look like I do dishes?" Caroline said looking up at Damon as he stroked her back softly with his hand. "Why can't Ally do it?"
"I need to talk to Ally about something. Will you do it for me?" Damon asked smiling charmingly at her as she smiled back.
"Hmm... I don't think so." Caroline replied still smiling as Damon leaned down as she looked up him.
"Go see if Elena needs help in the kitchen." Damon said compelling Caroline as Ally and Stefan watched in shock.
"You know what? I'm going to go see if Elena needs some help in the kitchen." Caroline announced monotonously smiling up at Damon getting up grabbing her cup of tea.
"Great." Damon said smiling gratefully at her as Caroline then walked out of the room.
"They are people, Damon. She's not a puppet. She doesn't exist for your amusement, for you to feed on whenever you want to." Stefan warned Damon and Ally glanced nervously between them.
"Sure she does. They all do. They're whatever I want them to be. They're mine for the taking." Damon told Stefan bending down so that they were at eye level to each other.
"Alright, you've had your fun. You used Caroline, you got to meet Ally and Elena, good for you. Now it's time for you to go." Stefan warned Damon as he chucked amusedly at that.
"That's not a problem. Because... I've been invited in, and I'll come back tomorrow night and the following night and I'll do with your little cheerleader whatever I want to do." Damon said still chuckling as Stefan stared at him in horror.
"Don't you dare, Damon. Elena is my sister and Caroline is one of my best friends and I would very much appreciate it if you stopped messing with them. I will be giving them some vervain so you can't mess with them anymore. Please stop this, Damon. Be the better man I know you can be. Did Katerina mess with your head that much?" Ally warned Damon as at first he looked impressed and amused at her words but the minute she mentioned Katherine's true name it washed away as he looked at her incredulously.
"How do you know that name?" Damon asked softly emotions flashing in his eyes watching Ally closely.
"Ally... We don't know if we can trust him." Stefan hissed looking at Damon's face as Ally swallowed nervously.
"I know, but it's the best chance we have." Ally said softly watching Damon closely. "You sure you really want to know why I know that name?"
"Yes I do." Damon whispered harshly as Ally sighed in resignation looking over at Stefan who nodded his head telling her to tell him.
"I know because Katerina was my sister, Damon. Well if she's still alive, she still is." Ally said softly as Damon looked at her incredulously as Stefan watched the two of them cautiously in case Damon tried to do something to her. "That's right Damon, I'm Serafina Petrova."
Ally knew she wouldn't be able to forget the look of pure shock on Damon's face when she revealed to him that she was Serafina out of her head for a good while. But she hadn't had the chance to truly explain because Stefan had mouthed that Caroline, Bonnie and Elena were heading their way. She had whispered to the both of them to meet her in her room later after Bonnie left and Damon dropped Caroline off at her house. Both Stefan and Damon agreed to the plan nodding their heads in unison quietly saying yes.
Telling Damon about her history had gone rather well surprisingly. Though like she had done with Stefan, she had only told Damon what he needed to know. It had also worn her out so she had fallen asleep rather quickly after both of them had left. Little did Ally and Stefan know that Damon had made himself a promise to protect Ally no matter what.
The next morning after getting dressed Ally apologized to Elena about what had happened the day before and had given Elena the locket she and Stefan had picked out filled with vervain. Elena had forgiven her of course thanking her happily putting the locket on immediately.
School had gone by quickly and with the sun going down it was time for the football game. All around people were setting up for the bonfire, while others were setting up lawn chairs and tailgating. Ally stood a bit away from the bonfire watching Elena who had decided to quit the cheerleading team talk to a couple of her former team mates. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Stefan walking towards Elena as she softly sighed sadly trying not to feel envious of her sister.
Ally had in fact admitted to herself that she had feelings for Stefan, no she was in love with Stefan. Her internal battle over whether or not she should tell him hadn't quite been resolved as of yet. She knew she had to tell him sometime, but like a coward she pushed it away into the corners of her mind. She saw Elena lean in for a kiss but Stefan moved away shaking his head stopping her as her jaw dropped open in shock at that.
It had been one thing for Stefan to not let Elena kiss him the other night since she had been there too. Well she had thought that was the reason. But this Ally hadn't expected. Not knowing what Stefan was saying because she couldn't hear but judging by the unhappy look on Elena's face what he had said hadn't gone over well with her sister. Watching Stefan walk away from Elena, Ally noticed that he was heading her way as her sister clutched the locket she had given her in her hand watching him go with a fierce look on her face.
"Everything okay?" Ally asked softly when Stefan reached her.
"Yeah. I had tell her how I felt after our first kiss that I could only think of her as a friend now." Stefan told her smiling softly at her as Ally hummed sympathetically at that. "But before that she did say I looked sexy in my jersey."
"You do look sexy in your jersey." Ally agreed rolling her eyes at that as Stefan chuckled softly in amusement. "But I'm guessing she didn't take you friendzoning her that well.
"Well she just kind of froze in place not saying anything so I walked away." Stefan said still chuckling as Ally scoffed in amusement.
"Good one." Ally said shaking her head smiling at him as he smiled back happily.
Once night had fallen and the bonfire had been lit Ally found herself standing in the crowd close to the bonfire. The crowd was cheering loudly and Ally found herself joining in as Stefan watched her in amusement. She spotted Elena edging her way through the crowd to stand on the opposite side where she was as Tanner tried to get the crowd to quiet down.
"Let's be honest here. In the past, we used to let other teams come into our town and roll right over us!" Tanner announced as the crowd booed at that.
"More like ran our ass over." Ally muttered knowing Stefan could hear her as he smiled at her as she smiled back.
"But that is about to change." Tanner continued as the crowd cheered at that. "We've got some great new talent tonight starting on the offense, and I'm gonna tell you right now, it has been a long time since I have seen a kid like this with hands like these. Let's give it up for Stefan Salvatore!"
"Alright Stef!" Ally said finding herself cheering with the rest of the crowd as he smiled at her happily as she laughed softly but she spotted Tyler walk away from the team. "Uh oh..."
Ally knew that Tyler had been feeling threatened with Stefan making the team and Jeremy continuing to show he still had a thing for Vicki so she knew he was having a hard time controlling his temper with the full moon coming. Quickly looking over at Stefan she motioned with her head that she was going to follow Tyler as Stefan nodded his head in understanding. Quickly walking away she saw Tyler talking to Vicki before heading over in Jeremy's direction and groaned softly under her breath.
"Tyler!" Ally said loud enough for him to hear her but he ignored her and kept walking towards Jeremy.
"Wait, no!" Vicki said placing her hands on Tyler's chest as he ignored her and kept walking towards Jeremy. "Ty! No!"
"Oh, what do you care?" Tyler said stopping in front of Jeremy as he stood up from the truck bed. "Don't look so down. You can have her when I'm done."
Not bothering to say anything Jeremy raises his hand back and punches Tyler right across the jaw as Ally gasped hurrying over. Tyler pushed Jeremy causing him to drop the bottle of booze in his hands breaking it in two.
"Jeremy! Tyler, stop it!" Ally shouted as she tried to pull them apart to know avail as Tyler flipped Jeremy onto the ground.
"Tyler, stop it!" Vicki shouted just standing there as Tyler continued to pound on Jeremy as Ally tried to push the two of them off each other.
"Guys stop it!" Ally shouted again tugging on Tyler's shoulder as his fist flew back socking her in the eye. "Shit, ow!"
"Ally!" Stefan shouted rushing over pulling her away from the fight cupping her face in his hands surveying the damage. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Ally hissed wincing squinting up at him motioning with her head towards the two of them. "Stop them please!"
"Hey, he's down! Enough! Look what you did to both of them!" Stefan shouted rushing over grabbing Tyler's fist pulling him off Jeremy who looked up at him in shock as they both looked over at Ally.
"Ally! Oh my God!" Jeremy shouted getting up as both he and Elena rushed over to Ally as Stefan let go of Tyler's fist. "Shit, he got you good. Are you okay?"
"Hurts like hell, but yeah I'm fine. I should put some ice on it." Ally replied smiling half-heartedly at them both as they both sighed in relief.
"I think there's an ice pack in the nurses office, I'll go get you one, okay? Stay here." Elena told her looking over at Jeremy as Ally nodded her head yes at that. "You look like you need one too. Stay with her okay?"
"Fine." Jeremy admitted grudgingly nodding his head yes as Elena rushed off.
"Ally, I..." Tyler said causing her to look at him holding up her hand stopping him.
"Tyler, don't. I'm not ready to forgive you yet. Whatever beef you two have needs to stop. NOW." Ally said her head swinging back and forth between them looking at them both grimly.
"I'll try, Ally I promise." Jeremy swore looking at her apologetically because he felt bad that she had gotten hurt cause of him.
"I promise too." Tyler promised nodding his head determinedly as Ally sighed in relief.
"Ty, let's go." Vicki announced as Ally rolled her eyes looking over at her as Tyler walked over to her wrapping an arm around her shoulders as they both walked away.
"Thanks for the help." Ally said smiling over at Stefan who had been watching the proceedings with a proud smile on his face.
"Yeah, thanks man." Jeremy agreed grudgingly sighing softly nodding his head in acknowledgement to Stefan.
"Hey it was nothing." Stefan replied smiling as he shrugged his shoulders carelessly.
Later on Ally walked next to Stefan near the entrance to the field holding the ice pack pressed against her face.
"Hey, how's your eye?" Matt asked walking up to them both as they both stopped to look over at him.
"Painful, but it's bearable." Ally replied smiling at him gratefully removing the ice pack showing him the damage as he winced sympathetically.
"Got a nice shiner there. I'm just glad the fight got broken up fast enough, though I hate that you got hurt in the process." Matt said as Ally nodded her head understandingly putting the ice pack back on her eye as he turned his attention to Stefan. "Thanks for helping break it up. You had Ally and Jeremy's back."
"It's cool. Ally and I have become pretty close recently so it's nothing new there. And Jeremy's, Ally's brother so I don't mind looking out for him." Stefan explained as Ally smiled up at him happily as he returned it as Matt nodded his head in agreement.
"Still pretty cool though. This week at practice I was a dick." Matt said clearing his throat awkwardly as Stefan shrugged his shoulders carelessly.
"You had your reasons." Stefan replied as Ally glanced between them smiling proudly at both of them.
"No excuse." Matt said holding his hand out as Stefan shook it nodding his head in acknowledgement before letting go. "Good luck tonight. We're lucky to have you."
"Thanks man, good luck to you too." Stefan said smiling at him as Matt walked away towards the parking lot.
"Well he's right about that shiner little Ally, it's a doozy. Want some blood to heal it up?" Damon said announcing his presence as they both turned to look at him as Stefan stood in front of her protectively.
"Nah I'm good. I wouldn't know how to explain how it suddenly vanished." Ally replied shaking her head smiling at him as Damon nodded his head agreeably. "Thanks for the offer, though."
"No problem. Keep her safe, you hear?" Damon said looking over at Stefan who nodded his head letting him know he'd do it.
"You got it." Stefan said grimly wondering where Damon was going with this as he turned and started walking away as they both watched him.
"Oh and nice trick with Elena. Let me guess... vervain in the necklace." Damon said turning back around as Ally stiffened in surprise looking at Stefan's back who was still standing in front of her. "I admit, I was a bit surprised. It's been awhile since anyone could resist my compulsion. Where'd you get it?"
"Does it really matter, Damon? I have some now too." Ally said as Damon smirked over at her at that while Stefan glanced warily between them.
"No, you're right. Guess I could just seduce her the old-fashioned way." Damon said smirking mischievously at both of them while they looked at him unamused. "Or I could just... eat her."
"Damon!" Ally groaned aggravatedly as Stefan looked at Damon pointedly crossing his arms over his chest. "God! You're not going to hurt my sister. I won't let you."
"Oh I'm not?" Damon asked pointing to himself still smirking as Ally and Stefan shared a look of exasperation.
"No, you're not. Because deep down inside, there is a part of you that feels for her. You care about Ally, too." Stefan explained looking over at Ally who nodded her head grimly. "I was worried that you had no humanity left inside of you, that you may have actually become the monster that you pretend to be."
"Who's pretending?" Damon asked waving his hand looking back and forth between them as Ally bit her bottom lip nervously.
"Then kill me." Stefan announced as Ally's mouth dropped open in shock and horror.
"Stefan..." Ally whispered quietly frowning as Stefan held up his hand stopping her.
"Well, I'm... I'm tempted." Damon said stammering a little over his words as Ally tilted her head curiously at the tone in his voice, he sounded unsure of what he was saying.
"No, you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it, and yet, here I am. I'm still alive. And there you are. You're still haunting me. After 145 years. Katherine is dead. And you hate me because you loved her, and you torture me because you still do. And that, my brother, is your humanity." Stefan explained as Ally's eyes widened at that because she knew that he taken it to far.
"But Stefan..." Ally started to say as she then spotted Tanner walking their way.
"Salvatore! What the hell? We've got a game to play!" Tanner said continuing to walk up to them.
"If that's my humanity... then what's this?" Damon asked before zooming over and biting ferociously into Tanner's neck drinking his blood.
"Oh God..." Ally whimpered covering her mouth with her hand in horror as Tanner screamed in pain.
"No!" Stefan shouted in tandem with Ally's words as they both stood there frozen unable to do anything.
"Anyone, anytime, any place." Damon said turning around to face themletting go of Tanner's dead body, his mouth covered with blood and his eyes still vamped out.
After Tanner's body was discovered Stefan had taken Ally home after she had sent Elena and Jeremy a quick text letting them know. Jenna had gathered her in her arms after Ally had explained what happened in tears. She couldn't believe Damon had done this, like Stefan she had had so much hope that Damon had changed for the better. But now she knew better. Stefan had waited for her in her room while she and Jenna had talked. Ally had tossed her now warm ice pack into the garbage can in the kitchen before heading up to her room.
"Hey." Ally greeted Stefan softly shrugging off her leather jacket before walking over to stand next to him looking out her bedroom window.
"Hey. I honestly thought that there was hope that somewhere deep inside, something in Damon was still human, normal that is. But I know now that I was wrong. There's nothing human left in Damon. No good, no kindness. No love. He's a monster who must be stopped." Stefan explained as Ally tossed her jacket onto the window seat taking his hand in both of hers.
"We'll figure it out, Stefan. I know we will." Ally said softly laying her head against his arm looking up at him as he turned to look at her finally.
"I don't want him to hurt you." Stefan said looking into her eyes as she sighed softly.
"I'm not going to lie to you and say that he won't, but I think it's time I start practicing magic again so I can defend myself in case something happens." Ally explained as Stefan frowned thoughtfully at that.
"How are you going to be able to do that with your family around?" Stefan asked curiously as Ally smiled at him proudly for remembering that.
"Sheila Bennett, Bonnie's Grams. She'll help me, I know she will." Ally replied as Stefan's eyes widened in surprise. "I can go over to her house when I have some free time and practice there. Of course that means telling Bonnie about me, but that's a risk I'm willing to take."
"It's a good idea. I'll support you no matter what." Stefan said smiling down at her as she smiled back happily, he then stroked his finger down the unswollen side of Ally's cheek as she felt herself blush lightly. "You're so beautiful..."
"Stefan..." Ally whispered softly as Stefan cupped her cheeks with his hands swiftly pulling her against him kissing her deeply.
Ally found herself immediately responding to the kiss as her eyes shut and her arms wind themselves around his neck, her fingers running through his soft hair. Her heart was beating incredibly fast as their lips glided together in perfect tandem, she'd never been kissed like this before and it had never felt like this. Stefan let go of her face wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her even closer to him. She moaned softly in contentment as the kiss got more intense, their foreheads pressing together as they kissed.
Stefan pulled away from the kiss first as they both breathed heavily as Ally's eyes remained shut for a few seconds before opening. The first thing she saw was the beaming smile on his face as she found herself smiling too. But that didn't last long as swooped down kissing her again as she lost herself in him yet again.
A/N: Okay, whoo! [Fans self] That was intense!
So Stefan never ended up giving Elena her infamous locket like on the show! Which I did on purpose to tie in with Ally's story! I will be changing a few things with the show to make it work better with Ally. Yes Tanner still had to die so the very sexy Alaric Saltzman could be brought in!
And Stefan finally ended things with Elena! Damon knows Ally's secret now, although he doesn't know everything just yet! And Stally's first kiss! I couldn't help myself with the Harry Potter reference, it was too good to pass up!
Any predictions for the next chapter? What was your favorite part? Do you think Elena is going to give up on Stefan?
Make sure to check out my tumblr thelittledarkrose where I posted the polyvore sets there too and Elena's new locket and more crackship gifs for this chapter! Oh and Caroline's locket is the same as on the show! I didn't change that part!
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