Tyler had invited her to the Founder's Ball. She tried to remember what had happened in the show with the ball, but she couldn't, she had called Caroline who was going with Matt and sighed and then returned her attention to her closet. Damon walked into her room as she was between two dresses.

"Going somewhere?" Damon asked, she rolled her eyes at him.

"Yeap, Tyler invited me to the founder's thing, we've been getting invitations since I struck a friendship with him, something about being Salvatores, which bullshit, Carol Lockwood just liked me better than Tyler's other choices," she explained.

Damon nodded as he stepped into her room, "the green one would fit you better."

"Uh… thanks, I guess," she said as she picked up the green dress and held it up.

"It would bring out your eyes," he said before leaving the room.

It was awkward but with Damon, everything was. She got ready for the party and texted Tyler so he would pick her up. An hour later found her at the party, nursing a glass of lemonade and listening to Carol Lockwood rant. Tyler looked at her apologetically before leading her through the party. She spied Damon at the party and moved away from Tyler, excusing herself to go to the bathroom to follow her wayward vampire uncle.

"Hello, uncle Damon," she said leaning on the doorway as he went through some books.

"Nosey, are we now?"

"Nope, just bored, uncle Stef thinks you're here to cause trouble, but you're here for a little more, aren't you?" she asked, Damon looked at her confused.

"What do you know?" he asked carefully.

"About what exactly? Katerina? The tomb vampires? You and uncle Stef?" she asked as she glared at him.

"Katerina?" he asked, she smirked.

"Her real name, she goes by Kathy now, in Florida," she answered.

Damon almost dropped the crystal in surprise before he had her pinned to a wall.

"This is getting tiring, uncle D, see I'm just trying to help, we're family after all," she said carefully.

"What do you know?" Damon pressed and he was about to say something else when he was injected on the neck by Stefan.

Alexandra stepped away and blinked at Stefan, yup, she was about to become an orphan soon. Poor Zach. She grabbed the amulet as Stefan took Damon away. How was he going to get out of his entrapment, she didn't know, but it was not her problem. She returned to Tyler, a smile on her face, and pulled the untriggered werewolf to the dancefloor.

The next few days were too normal for Alexandra's tastes, but she had fun with her friends, which was nice, she had also visited the Gilbert house and stole Jeremy's watch, which she was going to return, she just didn't want it to fall in the wrong hands. And she managed to spend time with her dad, which was nice too, she actually liked Zach Salvatore, he was a nice dad, if a little detached from her, always happy to drop her off at Liz's, but he had tried his best with her. When Caroline announced the Sexy Suds Car Wash, she was not really that excited to be a part of it.

Alexandra decided on a black bikini top and white shorts, Caroline winked at her when she saw her, she saw Matt and Tyler in the distance and waved at them but ultimately settled to work with Bonnie, their banter was good and so she enjoyed herself while cleaning cars. She kept her eyes on Caroline during the entire time. Unfortunately she didn't keep her eyes on Tiki.

Everything was going smooth until a car caught fire and she had, with Stefan, to divert Bonnie's attention. She held Bonnie close to her and looked around counting the cheerleaders, Caroline was there, but another was missing, she swore.

"Uncle Stef, go home, now!" she murmured so only Stefan could hear her.

His eyes widened as she nodded and he was quick to fly from the scene. Alexandra continued to hold Bonnie and assured the witch that only she and Stefan had seen that it had been her. Alexandra made up her mind, she grabbed Bonnie and told Caroline that Bonnie was feeling sick and promised to take her to her grandma. Caroline nodded at them and continued bossing people around.

Alexandra was thankful to have a bag in her car, and drove to Sheila's house, she had offered to stay the night with Bonnie and the witch had looked thankful. Sheila received them and the girls walked into the house, Sheila seemed a bit surprised that Alexandra could enter without an invitation at this point since she knew that Stefan and Damon were around.

"Ma'm, is it okay if I stay here tonight?" she asked softly, Sheila looked at the girl, she seemed tired and slightly scared.

"Of course," the witch said and Alexandra smiled at her.

Alexandra spent the next day locked in Sheila's house with Bonnie and Caroline. It was the safest place she could be while Damon was on a bender. Stefan had texted her and she had texted him back, he told her to stay put until he could get her. So the girls stayed in.

Stefan picked her and Caroline up at night, Alexandra thanked Sheila for her hospitality and hugged Bonnie before leaving. After they dropped Caroline, the two Salvatores stopped the car and sat there in silence.

"How bad is it?" Alexandra asked quietly.

"Zach is dead," Stefan answered.

Alexandra knew that Zach was going to die, but to have confirmation from Stefan, something inside her snapped, the part of her that was truly Alexandra Salvatore and not just Alexandra broke. She tried to hide the sob that escaped her, but she couldn't and suddenly she was full on crying while Stefan looked at her sadly, he placed a hand on her shoulder and she moved to hug him, her face in the crook of his neck.

Stefan held her as she cried, after what seemed like hours, he started the car again and drove to the house. Alexandra was still crying when they arrived, it broke his heart to see the usually cocky girl like that. He grabbed her bag and led her into the house. To his luck, Damon was in the parlor drinking blood from a cup. He was about to say something to Stefan when he noticed the crying girl.

"So our wayward niece appears," Damon said, Alexandra glared at him despite her tears, he walked up to them, "You and I were in the middle of a conversation."

"Damon," Stefan warned.

"And what will you do if I don't tell you? Huh?" she asked, "Will you kill me like you killed my dad?"

She walked to Damon, all of her emotions running high, he was smirking at her, "You know he really had it coming, growing vervain in the house, helping Stefan to trap me."

Nobody could have anticipated Alexandra's next movement, but in a flash she had staked Damon, missing his heart by a couple of inches, he looked at her surprised, blue eyes wide with fear, Alexandra smirked cruelly at him.

"You know, you had it coming, killing my dad like that," she taunted him as she pushed the stake in slowly, taking pleasure in his pain, "We're even," she said as she took a step back from him, "don't fuck with me, because next time I won't miss."

She stormed out of the parlor to her room, leaving the two brothers with a surprised look on their faces. Damon winced as he took out the stake from his chest and looked at Stefan.

"Do you think it would help if I tell her that I'm sorry?" Damon asked as he rubbed his hand over were she had staked him.

Stefan shook his head and left to check on Alexandra.

There was a funeral and everything, the story was that Zach had fallen down the stairs while everyone had been out, Stefan had been a real trooper about it, helping Alexandra through her loss, Damon had tried to hover around them, but a glare from Alexandra had him keeping his distance. On the downside, Damon was now Alexandra's legal guardian, since he was the 'oldest' Salvatore, the next thing the brothers did was to put the deed to the boarding house to Alexandra's name. Stefan had to talk her into inviting Damon in and she had done so after the raven haired vampire had arrived with a 2010 Range Rover Sport just for her.

She had eyed the car hungrily until she had decided to let Damon inside, he had also gotten her a new credit card and a trust fund. And for an entire month he hadn't been a dick to her, which was nice. Stefan had been proud of the development and hoped that things would stay as they were. Elena and Alexandra were awkward around each other, since Elena was dating Alexandra's uncle and all that.

Damon had also squirreled his way into the council as a vervain supplier and since he was the guardian of the two youngest Salvatores he was easily accepted in. Alexandra had decided to be benevolent and had shared with her uncles that they could ingest small quantities of vervain and develop an immunity to it. Stefan and Damon had been wary at first but after trying it for a week, they were thankful for the tip since it was easier to move around without fear that they would be vervained.

Alexandra also threw all of her concentration on the Halloween Carnival, and so that year was the most horrifying, ever, it had been the one she was the proudest about. Even Tyler had nightmares about it afterwards and she had only smirked in his direction.

When Lexi arrived into town for Stefan's birthday Alexandra was excited to have another girl in the house. The older vampire was fun and Alexandra adored her instantly, which meant that she couldn't let Damon kill her, when Caroline spoke about a party for Stefan, Alexandra was quick to pull Lexi aside and explain what Damon was planning to her.

"Look, I like you a lot, like the cool big sister I always wanted, but if you don't leave as soon as it gets dark, Damon will kill you," she told Lexi.

The blonde vampire seemed to consider her words, "You sure about this?"

"Dead serious, if you truly love Stefan and Lee, you'll leave right now," Alexandra said and Lexi was surprised by that.

"How do you know about Lee?"

"I know things, I haven't told anyone, but now I've told you, cause uncle Stefan trusts you and I do too," she pressed, Lexi seemed resolute and nodded.

Alexandra pulled the vampire into a hug and Lexi laughed and hugged the girl back, "Thank you."

"Stay safe," Alexandra said.

With Lexi gone, Damon didn't have anyone to kill and he was pissed off by it. Alexandra made herself scarce and just enjoyed the party, texting Lexi pictures of how gloom Damon looked, when she had her fun she approached him.

"Who pissed in your caprisun?" she asked as she sat next to him.

"Like you wouldn't know," he said glaring at her, she smiled at him.

"Hey you'll get your chance soon enough, not at the expense of Uncle Stef's only friend tho'," she said with a shrug.

"How do you know about this?" Damon asked suddenly, she smiled at him.

"I just do, and you would have known earlier, but you had to go and kill my dad," she reminded him, Damon scoffed.

"I thought we were even, you even got the house and a car," he reminded her.

"I tipped you about the vervain and I told you about Kathy," she reminded him.

"You don't know what you're talking about," he grumbled.

"I don't? You came here because you want a Bennett witch to open the tomb for you so you can look for your precious Katherine Pierce, only that's not her name, her name is Katerina Petrova and she's been messing with people's heads since before she got turned into a vampire," Alexandra told him, Damon was left speechless and he looked at her in surprise, "I wouldn't lie to you, Uncle Damon, we're family but it's up to you if you wish to believe me."