It wasn't until a week later that I recognized the dialogue and events again.
I woke up at eleven on a Friday (it was a teacher work day, okay?) and went down to get breakfast. I was making myself some toaster waffles when I heard Jenna say from behind me,
"Scum ball. Scum bucket."
I turned around.
"Who are you talking to?" Elena and I both asked as my new sister entered the room.
"Him." Jenna gestured to the TV where Logan Fell was talking to Sheriff Forbes about finally catching the animal that was responsible for the attacks.
"The news guy?" Elena asked as I buttered my waffles.
"Also known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your mom ever tell you two the reason why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna looked between us.
"Oh, no way. You and him?" Elena asked.
"He's cute." She added.
"Ew, gross. Elena you have an awful taste in guys." I laughed.
"Do not!" She gasped. I raised my eyebrow at her while I drowned my waffles in syrup.
"Urgh! Alexa, why do you do that?" Elena looked revolted. I put my waffles in the microwave.
"Do what?" I asked innocently.
"Make, and eat that disgusting soggy mess!" Elena said. I shrugged, took my food from the microwave, brought it to the table and dug in.
"Mmmm! So good!" I moaned and purposely chewed loudly with my mouth open.
"You're disgusting." Elena rolled her eyes.
"You're a snob." I fired back.
"You're-" Elena started.
"Enough! Elena leave Alexa alone. If she wants soggy waffles let her eat soggy waffles." Jenna parented. I smiled at Elena sweetly and she stuck her tongue out at me.
"What are you doing with that?" Jenna nodded at the box Elena had brought into the room with her.
"I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Elena explained.
"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Said Jeremy from behind me.
"Holy shit! Don't do that!" I said putting my hand to my racing heart.
"Language."Jenna said and I shook my head. He sneaks up on me and I get in trouble?
"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Elena said.
"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" Jeremy asked.
"You're not going to find out." Elena snapped.
"That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away." Jeremy said.
"I'm not giving it away, Jeremy. It's called a loan." Elena said. The doorbell rang and I started going to my room. I saw Stefan standing by the front door. I went to my room and closed the door. What to do today... Oh! Shopping for my dress for the Founder's Day Party. I texted Caroline.
Me: Hey, let's go shopping for dresses for the party.
Caroline: Okay, not really looking forward to it though… No date :(
Me: Care, the day is young! We can get you a date.
Caroline:Okay. When should we go?
Me: An hour?
Caroline: Okay, pick me up.
Me: Okay!
I quickly showered, threw on a tank top, jeans, a sweatshirt, and converse and put on a little makeup. I got my purse and keys, called,
"Hey Jenna, I'm going shopping with Caroline."
And opened the door. Grace Fell was standing right outside about to knock.
"Oh! Hi!" She smiled, she seemed nervous.
"Hey. What's up?" I asked.
"I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go with me to the Founder's Party tomorrow?" She chewed on her lip.
What? Oh my god!
"Yeah, of course! Caroline are actually going dress shopping, would you like to come?" I smiled.
"No, it's okay, I already have mine. I'll pick you up at 5:45." She grinned and walked away.
I stood there for a second smiling and then I remembered that I had already agreed to go with Damon. Eh, he can go with Caroline. I shrugged and went to my car. I blasted How to Save a Life on the radio as I drove to the Forbes' house. This song was my shit when I was a kid. I pulled up and honked twice. She opened her front door and walked over. She pulled on the handle, but my car was still locked. She looked at me expectantly. I quickly unlocked it and relocked it again and she crossed her arms and raised a brow. I tried to do it again, but was too slow and she opened the door.
"You're a child." She said, getting in.
"Yeah, a child who has a date for you tomorrow." I grinned at her.
"Ooh! Who?!" She asked.
"I don't know if I should even tell you. I mean, you did just insult me. And in my own car too." I pouted.
"Tell meee." She whined.
"Not without a proper apology." I crossed my arms.
"Alexa, I'm so sorry for calling you a child. You are the most mature woman I know." She sighed.
"Better." I smiled, pulling away from the curb.
"Who is it?" She looked at me.
"Okay so here's what happened. I was supposed to be going with Damon-"
"YOU'RE GOING WITH DAMON? DAMON SALVATORE?!" She yelled.
"Argh! No, just listen." I said wincing, rubbing my ear.
"Sorry!" Caroline shrunk back into her seat and whispered.
"I was going with him until Grace Fell asked me to the party about fifteen minutes ago. He is in need of a date and you are too, so…" I trailed off.
"Okay."
"Really?" I asked, a little surprised.
"Yeah, he's extremely hot. Why aren't you two together again?" She asked.
Because I don't want to get eaten, and I like Grace, and he ends up with Elena so what's the point?.
"I like Grace." I shrugged.
"SO Grace and you are going together huh?" Caroline nudged me, smiling.
"Yeah, we are." I smiled back.
"When is Damon picking me up?" She asked. Oh shit! I haven't even asked him!
"I haven't told him yet," She tried to interrupt me, but I put up my hand.
"But, he'll say yes. Trust me." I pulled into a parking space in front of the boutique. We went inside and started looking.
"Hey, this is cute." I heard Caroline say from somewhere on my left and I looked up. She was holding a yellow dress. I immediately remembered her and Damon fighting over which dress she should wear.
"Hmm, I think blue would look better. It'd make your eyes pop." I said, trying to be encouraging. Caroline chewed her cheek for a second before putting it back on the rack. We looked for a while before we went to try on what we had found. I only found one dress, but Caroline had found five. The two of us went into the fitting room. I came out two minutes later and looked at myself in the mirror. The dress fit me well, it was burgundy, went to my knees, had cap sleeves, and made my boobs look good, but still managed to look classy at the same time. Caroline came out of her dressing room.
"Hey, how do I-" She looked me over.
"Girl, you look good." She said.
"Thanks, I'm getting it." I looked at her. She had come out in the yellow dress.
"Care', seriously?" I said looking at her.
"What? I reallly like it." She whined and stomped her foot.
"Trust me, go with a blue one." I said, going back in my room to change. I came out, fully dressed and sat on a chair that was against the wall. I pulled out my phone and looked through my contacts until I found "Sexy" and pressed call. Damon picked up on the first ring.
"What is it?" I he asked, sounding annoyed.
Uh oh.
"I'm so sorry, but I'm going to the Founder's Party with someone else. However, I do know someone who can take you." I said quickly.
"Who?" He snapped. "Caroline Forbes." I said.
"Oh, that delicious blonde cheerleader from the bar?" His voice changed.
Ew.
"Urgh, don't be gross. Yes." I said, wrinkling my nose.
"Okay, fine. What color dress is she wearing?" He asked. I rolled my eyes.
"She wants to wear yellow, but I'm trying to convince her to wear blue." I sighed.
"You have good taste." Damon said approvingly.
"Um, in the show you guys were arguing over it while you read Twilight." I laughed.
"Twilight? No. Never going to read that." He sounded disgusted.
"They're very off on the whole vampire thing." I said.
"It's ridiculous that girls think vampires actually sparkle-" He started and then we finished the sentence together.
"I live in the real world where vampires burn in the sun." We said. There was a pause.
"How did you know I was going to say that?" He asked.
"It's one of my favorite lines in the first season." I admitted.
"Awww, how cute. Make sure Blondie wears blue, I've got to go." He said and hung up quickly.
Okay…
Caroline came out again. "How is this?"I looked up. It was a blue dress.
"Pretty! I just got off the phone with Damon, he said yes."
"Great!" Caroline said, looking at herself in the mirror. It took another half hour for Caroline to decide on a dress.
God, I hate shopping. My phone buzzed.
Bonnie: Meet me at the Grill.
Me:Okie dokie, artichokie.
I looked up at Caroline who was paying for her dress.
"Bonnie wants us to meet her at the Grill." I said, adjusting my bag.
"Oh no! I completely forgot that I had told her that if I couldn't find a date by yesterday that we could go together!" Caroline's eyes widened as we left the store.
"It's fine, I'll think of something." I said, crossing the street to the Grill. Bonnie was outside.
"Hey Bonnie." Caroline and I said together.
"Hey." She said.
"So listen, I have a date for tomorrow. I'm going with Damon." Caroline said slowly.
"You're taking Damon to the founder's party? What about me?" Bonnie sounded hurt.
"Go with Elena." Caroline shrugged and I rolled my eyes. She really could be a little careless sometimes.
"She's asking Stefan." Bonnie frowned.
"Okay, go by yourself." Caroline shrugged.
"Gee, thanks. What about your mom? Is she okay with you bringing Damon?" Bonnie asked.
"And I'm supposed to care why?" Caroline said rebelliously.
"He's older sexy danger guy."
"Older sexy danger guy? Is that an official witch twitter tweet?"
"No more witch jokes, okay? That whole Mr. Tanner prediction thing has me freaked." Tired with their bickering, I spoke up.
"Why don't you just go with Jeremy? He isn't going with anyone." Bonnie and Caroline's heads snapped towards me.
"Jeremy, your brother Jeremy?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah, why not?" I shrugged.
"Isn't he with Vicky or something?" Bonnie quirked a brow.
"No, she's with Tyler. Just go with him, it's ten million percent platonic." I said, tired of playing matchmaker.
"Yeah, yeah, okay." She said. I searched the bar for Jeremy. I finally saw him, walking away from Vicky, and I approached him.
"Hey, do you want to go with Bonnie to the party tomorrow? Neither of you have dates and she's okay with it." I said quickly.
"Fine." He said moodily, before leaving. I walked back to Bonnie and Caroline who were back to bickering.
"He said yes! Now, if you don't mind, I would like to go home," I held out my arm."Caroline?" Caroline linked her arm with mine. "Farewell Bonnie, it was wonderful to see you." I bowed. Bonnie laughed and rolled her eyes.
"Weirdo." She shook her head, before going over to a table. Caroline and I walked back to the car, talking about the party the next day. Once I had pulled out and started driving, she asked me,
"So… what is going on with you and Damon?" I looked at her and laughed. "Nothing! I'm pretending to date him to freak out Elena and Stefan." I could pretty much feel Caroline's confusion.
"Why?" Caroline asked, her eyebrows knit together.
"Elena keeps trying to parent me and control me," I grumbled. "And Stefan… I don't know, he just pisses me off for some weird reason. It's probably because of what Damon told me." I said casually.
"Well, what did Damon tell you?" She asked.
"Apparently they dated the same girl and she chose Damon, so Stefan screwed it up. I don't know the whole story." I said before gasping. "Please don't tell anyone that we aren't dating." I begged her.
"Oh, I won't. I know that you love messing with people." She smiled.
"Thanks, babe." I said, reaching over and pinching her cheek. She swatted my hand away. "Nobody appreciates me." I muttered, pulling into her driveway. Caroline grabbed her dress and jumped out of the car.
"Bye! See you tomorrow night!" She said.
"Bye! You too!" I said. I pulled out of the driveway and drove home.
Hey, guys! I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to update, but I have a good reason. I'm currently studying abroad in Italy and have been for a few months now and have been super busy. I'm going home May 2nd and will definitely update before then. I'm thinking of possibly changing this to third person because it's a little weird trying to write it from the real Alexa's point of view. Sorry that this chapter is short and crappy, and prepare yourselves for the next one, because that's where all the interesting stuff happens. I'm also going to start replying to the reviews that you leave me. Go and check out my other story, and make sure to review/follow/favorite.
