Chapter 11 - Maths and History books
Holy nutsy, I can't believe It. Why? WHY?
You see I'm just coming back from the Gilbert's house where I prepared myself, I didn't see Remy nor Elena, I thought that they'd be at Mystic grill. A place that I'm no longer far from. You're probably wondering where I slept. Well I slept where my walk ended, which happened to be outside Mystic falls, in the woods and on the floor. I can walk for hours and it doesn't matter where I end, even at the beach. I love nature, the wind, the stars, the plants, the trees, the world, everything. Anyways that's not why I'm flabbergasted! I am this way because…because I'm some meters away from the grill and this song decides to play : Burn by Ellie Goulding.
«What do I do? Sing or not? Jam or not? Okay I don't…
Who am I kidding? OF COURSE I DO. No restrain, so I enjoy it. », I say to myself, thinking thoroughly.
We, we don't have to worry bout nothing
'Cause we got the fire, and we're burning one hell of a something
They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space
Light it up, like we're the stars of the human race, human race
Putting my hands in the air I sway my hips.
When the lights turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire, yeah we got the fire fire fire
And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn
Gonna let it burn burn burn burn
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn
I'm now in front of the saloon's door. The people inside might be staring but, who cares? NOT ME! Then I enter singing like Whitney or like a 90 years old woman, I don't know, but people usually tell me I'm good at it.
When the lights turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We gonna let it burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn burn
I make my way to the bar while turning on myself, swaying my hips with my hands up.
Jeremy doesn't know what to do, nor what to say. Whether he has to faint after getting so worried for her or just laugh because of how silly she looks right now.
The gang either doesn't know what to say, apart from Caroline who is laughing so hard she has tears in her eyes. Elena, who thinks her sister really has gone mad, Stefan coming to think someone a sadistic vampire compelled her, Bonnie and Tyler who think she has gone rebellious or is probably sick, Alaric, who doesn't know if he's either had too many drinks this morning or is still drunk from last night and finally Damon who suddenly has more interest in the littlest Gilbert ,of height of course, than he had for her in the past. Of course not also interested in the way she sways her hips.
The Mikaelson family however have different thoughts. It is the Kol 2.0 for Rebekah or maybe more, the surprising and interesting girl who's brave enough to put Klaus in his place for Elijah, the how funny she is and I'm not even surprised for Finn, the surprising, how a silly looking girl who has some common sense for Klaus and the I'm liking you even more darling, I should have known it was you the moment the sheriff asked, for Kol who's laughing his ass off.
But Mazikeen is not done yet.
We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
We can light it up up up
So they can put it out out out
She stops for a moment, then she makes her way to a table not looking at any of them twice. Still singing, dancing and she even made some people at the grill twirl her around.
When the lights turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire, yeah we got the fire fire fire
However she doesn't get to finish her…having her moment since Liz stopped her to question her. And that's a really…really bad decision.
You see I'm not a people person. I love music. I mean I LOVE MUSIC. So when somebody sees me with headphones on and still decides to disturb me, clearly that person needs a brain check. I hate that with such a passion. Which is why when I turn around to see the…individual who got the nerve to disturb me, I say « WHAT DO YOU WANT? ».
'Okay I yelled but can you blame?'. After that, I realised it was um…Sophia? Northa? Oh yeah Mrs. Forbes, Caroline's mom. Uh I guess I forgot, I might as-
« Anastasia? », says Liz snapping me out of my thoughts. « Who? » I ask, confused and she looks at me the same way, but why though? Anastasia?- oh it's me, well this world me.
« Anastasia are you okay? », she questions. I'm about to answer when Damon answers for me.
« Hello Sheriff Forbes! How are you doing? »
« I'm good thank you Damon. However I'd like to know what's wrong with her. And also ask her some questions. », she finishes looking at me. 'You know what, I do have amnesia and I'm going to make the most of it'.
« Oh don't mind this little midget Gilbert. She had an accident at the ball, nothing too much. The doctor said her mind is confused right now and she has uh…a bit of memory loss. », he says while throwing his arm over my shoulder squeezing me tight. 'You wanna play huh? Ok.'
« Oh really, what happened? »
« Well she fell on her head. But don't worry Liz she's being greatly taken care of! » This whole time I'm giving her a fake sweet smile.
« Yes Mrs uh….Forbes? Yes Mrs Forbes don't worry about it, Conrad and his friends are great. »
« Conrad? », she says confused again. « Yeah Conrad! », I say pointing out Damon next to me who in response pinches my thigh. 'Did you know that there's a bad word in French I write with Conrad? All I have to do is change the order of the letters and double one.'
« See she's all confused, anyways Liz I don't think she's much help for your investigation to catch the pyromaniac. Bye Liz. » He drags me away from her, leading us to the gang's table. But I still manage to yell a ''Bye '' over my shoulder.
Just then we're in front of the gang.
« Hi everybody! », I sweetly say.
« Conrad? What was that? », asks Damon with a glare. « What? Oh that's not your name. I-I don't really remember it but anyways, thank you Conrad for getting me out of there. I was really in need of help. »
« How can you not remember his name? It's literally a demon but with an ''a''. », explains Caroline with sass.
« Oh well, I just confuse both because they sound the same. », I say with the 'I'm sweetest' smile.
« I really don't see it. », she says back
« Well, that mouth of hers is confusing my name, mine is confusing the proper way to greet someone and her neck! », Damon says ferociously, glaring at me.
« Stop glaring, Conrad, your face is becoming more confusing and foggy. » I say to him, smiling more when I see he's glaring more.
HA! Take that. The little midget knows how to play. Wait, did I just roast myself as smaller than a midget?NOOOOO!
« Oh, you're right, even a midget has to bend down a little just to be at eye level with you. », he says, confusing me.
'What, don't tell me I said it out loud'. « You're about this inch, of course that's with the heels. Without them, even a 5 year-old kid is taller than you. », he continues, ridiculing me.
'How dare he, making fun of my 5'4. These days those characters have been so mean to me, no respect at all.' I pout, crossing my arms as the others are laughing.
« Aw Don't pout. It's giving you wrinkles, midget. », he says ruffling my hair.
« Stop it! You're a dick! And you know what…Conrad », I start with a smirk while approaching him. Of course I have to crane my head to look at him in the eyes. « What? »
« Being a dick won't make yours any bigger…little D. » I finish with a smirk turning around to sit next to Caroline, the gang laughing at him.
« Oh my God! Anastasia, that was so cool. Damon man, she just burnt you! », says Tyler laughing his but off.
« Fuck off », Damon says with a glare. « Look here midget, I'm going to ask this only once : Did you lit the bridge on fire? » « Uh…what? What bridge? We have one? », I ask instead, tilting my head and throwing on an innocent look.
« Stop right there Ana, Jeremy came in asking where you are and then you came in here singing and dancing to a song called Burn. », says Elena with a judge look on her face. « Explain! », adds Caroline.
« People! I don't even know what you're talking about. Which bridge? I didn't even know we had one. », I say feigning innocence. « Wickery bridge. », says Tyler.
« Okay then, what about that wicked bridge? », I say not interested.
« Wickery bridge. », says Caroline with a duh tone.
« So then where were you at 4 am? », Elena asks. « Well AT 4am I was…um…yeah I was just outside the house, listening to music. » 'Well I'm not lying, I really was doing that at 4am, just not at the same place.'
« Where outside? »
« And you really think we're going to believe you? Ana what is wrong with you, you've been acting strange lately. », adds Elena. 'Can these people change their speech already! Something wrong about me? It's like someone can't do anything that may seem out of character to the others but good and really wanted for that person.'
« Look, there's nothing wrong with me so quit with your, you've changed or I don't recognise you, speeches. The way I act yesterday is not the way I will be acting today, nor will it be the same for tomorrow. So if I want to do something I will do it…Get that into your heads. », I calmly say as I get up to leave their table for my own so I can finally do what I came here for…to eat pancakes!
I hope I made a point because even if I believe I'm in a coma and this is a fiction world, I…it's still my world right? And these people don't know me, they know Anastasia but I don't. I just look like her, like some twin…
'I know…this fiction world is about a vampire's diary right? And diaries are what goes around here…so surely, Anastasia has a diary.'
Jeremy, having seen the scene goes towards his…sissy, Mazikeen. He decided to call her sissy, like a sister from another world since biologically and mentally she's not Anastasia. When he sits down next to her, she doesn't even lift up her head, too lost in thoughts and eating to notice him. So he starts, « Hey, you're okay there? », and that just startles her making her throw her fork which thankfully ends up on another table and not in someone's eye.
Putting a hand to her heart she says, « Remy you scared me! Uh! You brat! », then she swats him on the shoulder. « Don't do that! I could have had a heart attack! », she continues, while he's just laughing.
But turning back serious he asks her, « What was that back there? What's going on? »
Sighing, she looks at him in the eyes then turns back to her pancakes, «Nothing really they were drilling me on the wicked edge fire and Elena said I've been acting strange lately. Well maybe in her eyes because Anastasia was…is her sister and she would never barge in somewhere dancing and singing at the top of her lungs. Also… », she trails off, looking around her then she looks at him « I might look like some tortillas but, I'm THE Doritos. And we might be eaten the same way sometimes but the taste is different. »
Well Jeremy thought he understood, so that's why he said, « But yeah they really taste different, how can you compare them? » Which indeed earned him a swat on the back of his head. « Ow what was that for? »
« He's asking! estúpido! - Are you serious? », says Mazikeen with a disbelief look on her face.
« What? You're the one talking about chips! »
« Yes I am, to make you understand the situation. », she starts, but seeing as he is still confused she says, « Look, the whole chips thing is about…you know the universe fucking things up and…bringing your maths book at your history class. You get what I'm saying? »
Thinking back to what she said, Jeremy now understands, « Ohhh, you mean…yeah like-like your maths book looks like your history book but they really don't have the same…content. »
« Exactly. Podría haber sido peor! », she says.
« Hey what does that mean? »
« Nada hermano, nada. Anyways, the name is cute but it is not me, I mean I've done maths like that my whole life and suddenly a history teacher brings in a new way. I can't. And certainly don't like it, it doesn't…work real. »
« Okay, i get it, it's true that it can get uncomfortable doing maths the way a…history teacher tells you to but just so you know, whether you decide to do it…you'll still be- uh I'll always like the way you do your maths. Plus you're like that badass Mazikeen in the comics. »
« You really mean that. Even if I get a minus at a test. »
« Even if. », he says. « Even if I accidentally burn the history book and the teacher with it. »
« Even if, although I feel like you or us, we need a new history book. », Jeremy says, sure that they're talking about a certain bridge that accidentally got burned. Laughing, he's happy that not only did they get to talk about it, but, he changed her mood too.
And so they go on talking. —
Back at the gang's table, Tyler, Caroline and the brothers are, listening to their conversation.
« They're talking about chips…um tortillas and Doritos?», she asks the others.
« I'm getting the universe and things about her math book that she brought to her history class because they look the same? », says Tyler. « What does it even mean? », asks Caroline.
« It's a code, obviously…of course you don't understand blondie, 99% of your brain is just stupidity and the 1% is about boys. », states Damon with a smirk, making Caroline scowl.
« Damon! » says Stefan, who has been silent till now, doing too much thinking.
« What! I'm just stating some facts here. Oh you mean she can't do the addition. Oh poor Caroline, St Stefan will do it for you. », he adds, mocking them.
« Damon! »,yells the whole table this time.
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Translation :
'Podría haber sido peor !' = ''It could have been worse''