Chapter 11 - BLANKET FORT! Ohhh. . Witchy Book! Gimmie!
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Gilbert Residence
We arrived to the house with the porch light on and Aunty Jenna and Alaric making out on the porch hehehe.
As I park the car they jump apart in alarm and I burst into laughter as I open the car door and fall to my knees , I yell out playfully with my arms in the air "OH NO AUNTY YOU RUINED MY EYES" and I cover my eyes as I began fake sobbing just as Jeremy bursts into a gigantic laughing fit. Hehehe.
Well, Tyler, I guess isn't used to this type of thing because he looks like he's not sure if he should burst into laughter or run away.
Aunty Jenna starts laughing too as Alaric stands awkwardly next to her and then Damon and Stefan run out of the house yelling "Lena are you Okay?"
Now my fake crying ends and I'm laying on the floor laughing so hard. I laugh out "I'm sorry but god it was so funny."
Tyler helps me up and chuckles with a shake of his head. "You're so weird Elena."
Jeremy walks up to him, places a hand on Tyler's shoulder and says "You haven't seen anything yet, wait until she annoys you with Monty Python quotes and random bouts of song and dance or decides to insult someone just for entertainment."
Tyler's mouth pops open as Damon and Stefan snicker.
"She'll do it too" Damon says while holding back a laugh as Stefan continues snickering.
Tyler lets out a small laugh and smiles at me and says "I look forward to it Elena."
I smile brightly and get to my feet and jump up and down in excitement. . "YAY!!!" I stick out my tongue at Jeremy and continue bouncing on my feet as I grab Tyler and say excitedly, "You're my best friend now. You're stuck with me"
Then I grab Jeremy and Tyler's hand and drag them into the house with Damon, Stefan, Aunt Jenna and a very curious Alaric following us into the house.
"Okay troops, Jenna and Alaric get the blankets. Damon, Stefan get the popcorn and chips. Jeremy you're following me and Tyler to grab movies and yes you will ALL be suffering through Monty Python and the Holy Grail tonight because our newborn Tyler hasn't seen it and it's anarchy I say! So the first step in our revolt will be corrupting him with it and of course countless hours of Blanket Fort Bonding!!!!" I grab Jere and Tyler's hands again and drag them to the movies.
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3rd POV
Alaric is watching the exchanges between everyone and he can't stop himself from following them into the house, maybe because he wants to keep the kids and Jenna safe from the brothers? Or maybe, well he's not sure why.
He hears Elena say both his name and Jenna's, apparently we have to get blankets. Blanket fort party? This will be interesting as long as the Salvatore's don't eat anybody.
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3rd POV
Damon and Stefan go to the next room to get the popcorn and chips ready. Stefan turns to Damon and asks "What do you think of Tyler?"
Damon pauses to think "honestly? Aside from anger issues occasionally he seems alright, I don't know if I'd trust him though, he seems like a wild card."
Stefan nods then says "I expected you to kill him when he found out."
"I wanted to, but Lena would be pissed and a pissed Lena would be scary." Damon says.
Stefan thinks of how she was with Noah and shudders "Lena IS scary." He agrees, it'd be stupid not to, the girl is . . . He can't even find a word to describe her right now.
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3rd POV
Elena releases their hands after they get to the movies and she picks up a movie and hands it to Tyler , "This is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We'll watch that first. Now you Mr. Tyler get to pick out the second movie."
"What would you recommend?" Tyler asks her.
She thinks then says " 'Support Your Local Sheriff' is funny or In The Army Now, it's hard for me to just pick and choose though." Tyler nods.
He looks around and picks up "Support Your Local Sheriff" then he says "this one?" And hands it to Elena who grabs it, she walks towards the living room leaving both boys alone for a bit.
Jeremy breaks the silence first "You know about Vampires now."
Tyler nods and says "Yeah, I found out after The Halloween party, I put the pieces together. I thought I was just drunk at first."
Jeremy nods looking at the movies and says "If you're invited to this Fort Party it means she's choosing to trust you Tyler, as a friend. She won't just open up to you, but you'll learn more about her here."
"I should have followed after her when I saw her leave the gym, maybe she wouldn't have gotten so hurt." Tyler says while running his fingers through his hair.
Jeremy looks at Tyler's distressed state and says "Or you would've gotten killed and she would've blamed herself, she doesn't like being protected Tyler."
Jeremy goes to leave the room but Tyler's voice stops him. "I feel like I just. . .I want to be near her Jeremy. She. . . I want her safe" he says.
Jeremy looks Tyler over before saying very seriously "We all do Tyler, we all do." And then he turns on his head to leave and pauses for a second to say "you should head down with me, the popcorn and the fort should be set up by now."
Tyler nods and follows Jeremy to the living room.
He sees the blankets hanging over chairs and the couch, some of it hanging in place by clothesline clips. The screen to start the movie Monty Python is on.
Jeremy is sitting on one side of his sister goofing off with her and Damon and Stefan or behind them both, telling stupid jokes.
He sees her Aunt and Mr. Saltzman snuggled together on the couch.
He walks over to the other side of Elena where he sees another set of pillows set up. As he sits down he smiles at her, he sees she's changed into a pair of fluffy pajama pants with a loose tee shirt, after he sits down he briefly grabs her hand and squeezes it then releases it. She starts the movie.
As the movie goes on he hears her repeating the lines with the characters and giggling and Jeremy does the same. As the "knights" are galloping towards the castle Elena throws a piece of popcorn at him then sticks her tongue out and turns her head back to the screen. He can't stop the laugh, she can be so childish.
Okay so he may possibly be repeating quotes with Elena now, god when did her and her brother become such fun people to be around?
Well, maybe it's just her, it's like she brings life and happiness back into us, making us confused, happy and funny all at the same time.
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It's morning now, I get up and I feel someone next to me, my first thought is my husband and I roll over to see Tyler's hand on my hip, huh. I climb out of the blankets and then I go upstairs, take a shower and put on my black leggings, combat boots, a long blue tank top and a beige knitted shrug on.
I head downstairs and I notice everyone is still sleeping. I go to the kitchen and I start making a large batch of pancakes, eggs and bacon.
As the smells leave the kitchen, I see Jeremy and Tyler sleepily enter the kitchen. Shortly after them is Stefan and Damon. The last to enter are Aunty Jenna and Alaric.
"Morning" I say chirpily as I get everyone's plates ready, before I can start carrying them over Tyler and Jeremy come over by me and start picking up plates to sit down too.
"Thanks" I say to them with a closed eye smile.
"No problem" I hear Tyler say quietly as Jeremy gives me a cheeky smile and says "welcome sister."
We all find our seats after getting out some milk and orange juice and we start eating.
"We have stuff to do today Lena" Damon tells me while we eat.
"True" I say while smiling and tapping my chin "but not until later tonight, it's to early for that. "
Damon nods his head.
Alaric is looking between us all, confused. We all know something he doesn't, he knows it and he feels uncomfortable because of it. . . What's going on that he doesn't know about?
After we put our dishes in the dishwasher.
"Alright!" I say excitedly while clapping my hand and running back into the living room, I hear my brother laughing as he follows behind me and grabs my hand and pushes his shoulder into mine playfully.
"Sister mine" Jeremy says, "what we going to do now for our Fort Party?"
I think for a bit and then say "We could play a game?" I look at them then says excitedly, "We can play Sardines!!! In the game of Sardines, as soon as a seeker finds the hider, he or she must join the hider in the hiding spot. The last person to find the spot becomes the hider for the next round. Does that sound okay?"
They nod, we do Rock Paper Scissors, Jeremy is the first to hide.
We play until early noon then we have lunch. Everyone is heading home now, Damon I going to hang out with Jeremy a bit longer and both Alaric and Stefan left. Tyler's still here though sitting on the couch watching Jeremy and Damon play a video game.
I walk over "Hey, do you not need to get home?" I ask him curiously.
He shakes his head and says "Nah, as long as I get home by Sunday they normally don't care if I'm home on the weekends."
I nod. Then I hear Jeremy mention Anna "Ah, does someone have a crush?"
Jeremy smiles and shakes his head then says "Eh, maybe a little, for being a bit of a stalker she is cute."
I smile at him "When are you going to be meeting her again?"
"At the Grill, Damon's going to come and hang out from afar for awhile, you know because of the whole . . Uh, vamp thing." He can't tell Tyler the big big secret, jere is very good at emphasizing though. I nod and Tyler looks at him curious.
"You don't worry she'll try to kill you or eat you or something man?" Tyler asks him curiously.
Jeremy shakes his head and says "Nah"
Tyler just nods then glances at Damon questioningly, "I'm not going to have to worry about you attacking one of us right?"
Damon looks at him amused "if you would've asked me that before I met Lena I would've killed all of you just for fun you know."
I snort out a laugh and then I cover my mouth trying to hold it in and say "You so would too."
Jeremy and Damon are looking at me amused and Tyler is raising his eyebrow at me and then he says "Really? Why is that so funny?"
I smile as Damon points at me and says "That monster there." I burst into laughter again.
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Mystic Grill
I see Anna walk into the Grill and head over towards Jeremy whose leaning against a pool table.
Hear her life as she says "You just couldn't live without me, huh?"
Jeremy says back jokingly "Well, I kinda miss my daily dose of cute stalker chick."
Anna says with amusement "Oh, funny."
Jeremy smiles then says "Let's play."
As Jeremy and Anna set up the pool table. I see Damon's eyes spark with recognition, I grab his hand and tug him towards my brother and Anna.
I see her eyes flash as they look at him, I inwardly groan. "Hello Anna!" I say excitedly.
Her eyes are wide in surprise as Jeremy laughs. "Come on, grab your lackey, we have things to discuss." I say lightly.
Anna looks around and she sees Ben sitting by Bonnie "Ben, we have something to do." Anna calls out hesitantly.
He gets up and follows us outside to the ally, not a perfect place but it'll do.
"I know how to open the tomb" Anna says as Ben reaches where we are.
"Blah, Blah, Blah, we're way ahead of you dear, we have it all planned, it's going to happen by the end of next week actually." I tell her with a grin.
Her mouth opens in shock.
"However if you try to use my Brother-Mine or my friend in your little schemes I'll kill you both." I tell her, Jeremy puts his hand on my shoulder.
"We're vampires we don't need to listen to you" Ben snaps, Anna is just looking thoughtful.
"Really? Do you know who killed Noah? Or didn't Anna tell you?" I ask him curiously.
Anna shakes her head. I sigh. "To be fair I wanted to gut him for threatening my brother, what do you think I'll do to either of you if I get the chance?"
Anna then says "but he injured you."
"I've been training with Damon, and well, yeah, you try getting thrown into a few tables and hitting a few walls. Kinky shit maybe, but it's a bit to rough for my ideal type of foreplay darling." I tell her.
She blinks. Damon says "What she's saying is leave her brother and her friends alone or she won't mind if you fuck her up a bit, she'll fuck you up worse somehow."
"Oh, before I forget, You're invited to the next Blanket Fort party, it'll be next Friday, your mom is welcome to come because the plan is to open the tomb by Wednesday, when we know the exact date Jeremy will text you." I tell her happily, yay, Anna and Jeremy sitting in a tree. . Hehehe, I notice it's getting darker, it's probably at least 7pm now.
"We gotta go" Damon tells me
"Kay, see y'all later, keep my brother-mine safe Anna." I tell her as Damon leads me to the cemetery.
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Cemetery
As we walk around the cemetery looking for Damon's fathers grave Damon says "Thanks for doing this with me." my He looks uncomfortable.
I wave it off as I'm looking at the names on the grave stones "Its Fine, it's not a big deal" I tell him.
"To me it is Lena" Damon tells me.
I look around and then I see it "it's over here Day" I tell him quietly.
Damon walks over to me and then I ask "Where are the shovels Day?"
"I'll get them, wait here" Damon says as he walks off to grab them.
He's been gone a few seconds and then he was back again, "Here" he says as he hands me a shovel.
We dig dig dig diggidy dig for awhile, then we finally we reach daddy Salvatore's grave.
Exciting, not really but sure.
He opens the coffin and sees the grimore his dad is holding. "Ah, there it is." Damon says happily. I chuckle at him and roll my eyes.
"Yup, you have the Witchy Woo book now!" I say excitedly for him!
He rolls his eyes and smiles at me. He puts his hand on my shoulder and leads me out of the now darkening cemetery.
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Yay! They had another fort party and they found the witchy woo book! Next up will be opening the tomb!
