First things first i just want so say a big thank you to everyone whose read/reviewed or put an alert out of made this story their favourite, my blackberry and i appreciate it very much. All the feedback is amazing and it's hard to believe that Scarlett adn this story just came to me one day whilst i was writing for one of my other accounts. It's almost four months since i published the first chapter and i never imagined the story would be where it is now. last few weeks i've been posting literally everyday and the chapters are basically the product of a few hours work on the actual day, i don't sit and plan this out before i write it sort of just comes as i go along such as Scarlett's heart condition. Anyway i've just rambled but as of now at 4:28am here in good ole' london this story stands at having 99 reviews! And that to me is like wow... i've never had so many for one story and it literally is the reason why i keep going on knowing that people are invested in this story as much as i am. So to say thanks i'll keep writing and fill you in on some things to keep an eye out. For all you who like the oddly dysfunctional on and off relationship Scarlett has with Damon then keep your eyes out for a thanksgiving and christmas related chapter because Scarlett + Damon + the holidays = pure mayhem and comical moments. i already have a scene pictured in my mind about the turkey as i think the three Salvatore's during the holidays would be hilariously dysfunctional.
Now Scarlett will have a love interest eventually but they are not making an appearance anytime soon - well maybe September or late august considering how much i'm writing at the moment. But like i said the guy is not making an appearance anytime soon and in my head i've got a few scenes with the two of them which i'm going to have to write down so i don't forget. I won't say who it is but no doubt you will figure it out but i will say this Scarlett is not afraid of them in the slightest which is part of the attraction to the other party not to mention her charming and oh so witty personality. To put it quite frankly Scarlett and this guy keep each other on their toes. So it should be make some interesting reading.
Lastly Scarlett's mother will make the occasional appearance but really all she's going to be doing is maintaining the house because someone does have to pay the bills, right? And to answer a question i got maybe a week or two weeks ago i still haven't decided whether Scarlett will ever become a vampire, the idea of her being on Damon and Stefan's cases for eternity is rather appealing but i created her because i liked the idea of there being one last living Salvatore, so i'm kind of cup half empty on that one. But enjoy xx
"Please stop that! I'm finding it hard to concentrate whilst you're burning a hole into an antique carpet because of all your pacing." Scarlett said as she and Stefan were both currently in the library, Stefan as aforementioned was pacing whilst Scarlett was playing the piano. Unsurprisingly they were in the middle of yet another crisis, turns out not long after Scarlett had come home yesterday Stefan and Elena went upstairs and did the dirty deed. Although Scarlett was trying her hardest not to dwell on the fact that her cradle snatching vampire Uncle and her kind of friend had sex whilst she was in the house. A long story short Elena then found out that she was a dead ringer for Katherine and she fled from the house and now she was in Atlanta with Damon. It was all very odd. "You know this was all bound to happen eventually…"
"Excuse me?" Stefan questioned.
"This whole Elena is the doppelgänger of your vampire ex? Were you that naïve and stupid to think that it wouldn't eventually come out especially in this town? Because even I knew that this wasn't going to end well so I can hardly blame Elena for not wanting to speak to you. If it were me, I'd never give you the time of day again." Scarlett stated with a small frown.
"Thanks a lot Scarlett, I wasn't feeling bad enough already!" Stefan said in a rather irritated manner before sighing and taking a deep breath.
"Good. You know I would have been very sympathetic to your cause Uncle Stefan if you hadn't have shipped me off to my mother's so now I really couldn't care about your melodramatic and rather annoying problems. And you should feel bad because none of this would have happened if you had just left Elena Gilbert alone in the first place like I told you to months ago! So this me with my big fat I told you so!" Scarlett snapped causing her to press down on the piano keys slightly harder that she intended to, messing up the melody she was playing much to her irritation. "God damn it!"
"Scarlett…"
"Shut up! I am trying to focus here… You know I like playing the piano, it's comforting and relaxing not to mention it's capable of creating beautiful music but it's kind of hard to do that when my relatives are intent on sending me to an early grave and please no jokes or vampire puns." Scarlett hissed before taking a deep breath and continuing from where she left off.
"What are you playing?"
"Moon Revenge, it's a song from a movie of one of my favourite television programmes when I was growing up." Scarlett began and she briefly looked up at Stefan. "Go ahead."
"Go ahead and what?" Stefan questioned.
"Purge. You've got that weird brooding look on your face and it's starting to annoy me so just go ahead and tell me whatever the hell it is that is bothering you. It's obvious you want to talk about it so come on out with it already. I don't have the rest of the night." Scarlett wearily replied with a small shake of her head. She was such a good person and her Uncles really didn't deserve her as they took her for granted way too much. The idea of charging them for rent and emotional damages crossed Scarlett's mind. Before she recalled that they didn't have any money.
"I thought you were mad with me." Stefan pointed out.
"Your damn right I'm pissed off with you but it's not like you have any other friends beating down the door to talk to you so like I said hurry up and purge already." Scarlett retorted.
Stefan sighed and took a deep breath before going to sit down in one of the armchairs in the library. "Where to begin Scarlett? There's the first problem that the woman I love is somehow related to my ex who turned me into a vampire. Then it turns out Damon came back to turn because Katherine isn't dead, she and all the other vampires who were supposedly killed in Fells Church are actually alive but trapped in a tomb underneath."
If Scarlett wasn't so used to this daily drama in her life then she might actually be surprised at this news but she didn't even blink an eyelid and just continued to play the piano. "So this is all about Katherine? Funny how after a hundred and forty five years she's still got a hold on you and Uncle Damon. You know what they call that in this day and age? Whipped. And boy does she have the two of you good even if she's trapped in a tomb." Scarlett snorted in bemusement.
"Hmm…" Stefan murmured quietly.
"So the wicked bitch is alive and not crushed under the house like everyone thought, how exactly is your brother trying to release the infamous Katherine Pierce… forget I asked, it's better for my heart if I don't know. Move on…" Scarlett replied.
"I've been l looking into why Elena looks just like Katherine, I thought it was random thing or that Elena was her descendent but that would mean that Katherine was a Gilbert and that I know isn't a possibility. And then I figured it out Elena is adopted. Her father doctored her birth certificate and that's as much as I know…"
Scarlett frowned before finally stopped playing the piano and shut the cover and stood up. "I'm going to bed."
"That's it? That's all your going to say…" Stefan questioned.
"This town is like Stepford. Never trust what you see at face value, there's always something going on behind closed doors. So a doctor forging a birth certificate and hiding an adoption isn't something that's going to surprise given that I know this town is filled with witches and vampires. So like I've said before, I'm going to bed so goodnight Uncle Stefan." Scarlett said excusing herself and heading upstairs, after shuffling around her room for a while Scarlett went to the bathroom in order to brush her teeth and moments after she did, Damon walked into the room.
"Heard Red Riding Hood was back." Damon quipped.
"And badder than ever." Scarlett retorted as cocked her head to the side to motion for Damon to check out the bathtub for the surprise that was awaiting for him.
"What happened to my shirts and my jackets?" Damon demanded as he picked up one of his ruined shirts and looked at it in disbelief before dropping it back in the bath.
"Whoops! Sorry I had a bit of an accident, with some bleach…" Scarlett said feigning ignorance and innocent to her actions.
"You did this? Have you lost your freaking mind Red? There are John Varvatos and your just going to say whoops…"
"Yep pretty much, that and I got rid of all your scotch, well technically it's my scotch but don't worry some of Uncle Stefan's books are floating at the bottom of the bathtub. So you can save the whole I'm a big bad vampire and I'm going to kill you speech because we both know you won't. Because firstly you promised you wouldn't, secondly you owe because of what you did to Zach and where you tried to send me to…" Scarlett calmly stated with a small shrug of her shoulders.
"W-Why you little brat." Damon snarled.
"I'm not the Red Riding Hood whose gets eaten by the wolf, I'm the one who cuts up the wolf and stuff rocks into his belly. So don't you ever try to throw me to the wolves again…" Scarlett said as she made her way out of the room and stopping to tap Damon gently on the shoulder before sniffing. "You smell like gas, makes me tempted to strike a match and see if you'll go boom!"
"Bitch."
"Bastard." Scarlett retorted with a roll of her eyes. "So I heard your trying to get Katherine released, talk about taking the old Mother Hubbard lives in a cupboard a bit too far, don't ya think?"
"Funny."
"I thought so… And a word of advice if you're going to rescue your vampire girlfriend from the tomb that she's been locked in for a hundred and forty five years? Then whilst you're at it you should make us an appointment with Dr. Phil, this whole family needs a bloody shrink or better yet Jerry Springer, but I do love my self some Dr. Phil…"
