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A/N: As a thank you to Sunrise-Escapist for reviewing, I have decided to update a day early! This is one of those chapters that has always been a pain to write. Because there wasn't much going on. So I used it as an excuse to show more of what Alexa is like around those she cares about. I was wondering though, what do you think of Alexa? I would love to hear your thoughts on her and her relationship with her friends and family (and Damon ;) )
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"Alexa," a voice sang in my ear. "Wakey wake."
What inconsiderate asshole would try waking me up right now? Answer: one that is going to be murdered the moment I could be bothered to wake up.
"Piss off," I mumbled, pressing my head into my pillow. "Five more minutes."
"I don't have five minutes," the voice said. You think that I cared about that? Cause I didn't. I really, really, really didn't. Like times a billion didn't.
There was a light pressure on my hip and I was rolled onto my back. My legs were gently pulled apart and a body settled between them. I swear to the Almighty Teddy Bear (and yes, I was still going with that, cos bets sucks) that if this was Damon, I would let Luke stake him. This was the type of shit that the little ass would pull. And believe me when I say that my sexy vampire killing boyfriend was itching to drive a stake through the vampire's dead heart.
There was a light pressure on my lips. I sighed and returned the kiss. It was actually a rather nice way to wake up. When the lips pulled away, I opened my eyes to see Luke leaning over me.
"Alright, alright, I'm up," I grumbled before smirking up at him. "That was a wonderful and amazing way to wake up."
"I'm glad that you enjoyed it," he smirked back.
"You know what I would enjoy even more?" I purred as I wrapped my legs around his waist and pulled him closer.
"Alexa, as much as I would love too and believe me, I would, we can't."
"Why not?" I whined, pouting pathetically.
Luke laughed that gorgeous, sexy, deep laugh that sent tingles down my spine. "Because I've got to sneak out before your aunt walks in and catches us."
...That's a stupid reason.
"I don't care if she catches us," I pouted, squeezing my legs.
"Yes you do," Luke whispered into my mouth as he took my protruding bottom lip between his teeth. I went to deepen the kiss when he pulled away. He smirked down at me when I let out a high-pitched whine.
"See you at school, Alexa," he grinned at me before getting out of the bed.
"You know, I'm only going in because you're gonna be there," I told him as I admired the view. And what a view it was!
"How you are still getting good grades is beyond me," Luke rolled his eyes as he got dressed even though I had tried my best to hide his clothes earlier in the night.
"I'm just incredibly awesome like that."
"Sure you are, Alexa the Awesome."
"Yeppers peppers, Alexa the Awesome."
Yeppers peppers? Eh, I'll give it a spin and see how it goes down.
"Well, Alexa the Awesome," Luke smiled as he bent down to give me a kiss. "I shall see you at school."
"See you later Luke."
"Goodbye gorgeous."
I watched Luke climb out of the window before collapsing back in bed. I sighed happily. I loved it when Luke stayed over. Of course, we had to take certain measures to ensure that no one caught us. Aunt Jenna would eat us and bury the remains in the back garden. Elena would snitch on us to Aunt Jenna and Jeremy would use it as blackmail material. He was a cheeky little bugger like that.
But luckily, I had a conveniently placed trellis outside of my window. My parents obviously realised that I was the more trustworthy twin. I used to use it to smuggle Jazz, Tyler and Luke in to create nefarious plots. Jeremy even used it smuggled Vicki in until he stopped caring about being sly. But now it is mainly used to sneak Luke in and out of my bedroom at night. It was very useful.
Speaking of Jeremy, I haven't had the chance to annoy him in a while. And I was feeling childish enough that anything felt like a good idea. Perhaps I should go and annoy him now... once I had gotten dressed, that was. Don't want to scar the poor kid. He wouldn't be any fun to annoy if he was catatonic.
So I got dressed and snuck out of my bedroom. I couldn't let him know that I was coming, could I? It would ruin all the fun.
I slowly opened his bedroom door and peaked around the edge. The target was asleep. And drooling. Lovely Jer, just lovely.
I crept over to the bed and stood over my baby brother. A deliciously evil smirk slid onto my face. Oh Jeremy, you're going to rue the day that you told Aunt Jenna that me and Luke did the naughty naughty when she went out. Remember, Alexa always got her revenge.
I leant over him and into his ear, I whispered the song that he had dubbed the 'crazy psychotic axe murderer song'.
It was the song 'You Are My Sunshine' with a slower rhythm. It creeped everyone out when I sang it like that. I didn't do it often, usually once I had a few. But it worked like a charm.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away."
Jeremy murmured something nonsensical and batted a hand in my direction. I quickly pulled away before sniggering quietly and continuing, "I'll always love you and make you happy, if you will only say the same. But if you leave me and love another, you'll regret it all someday."
I giggled as Jeremy sleepily opened his eyes. I was just going to leave it there. But it wasn't often that I got this opportunity. And I was sure as hell gonna take advantage of it. After all, when would be the next time that I woke up before everyone else?
I slapped my hand down over his mouth, moved so that I was no longer in his eye-line. I quickly peered around the room and, after once again smirking, picked up a pencil and held it to my brothers back.
Once it became obvious that he was awake, I growled into his ear, "Move and this knife says hello to your heart."
I had, of course, taken the effort to disguise my voice. Jeremy mumbled something into my hand and I pressed the pencil closer to his back.
"Silence you little brat!"
Jeremy froze and I smirked in victory. That'll teach you to tell Aunt Jenna on me. Then, with a speed that could rival that of our vampire buddies, Jeremy grabbed my wrist and used it to flip me over his body and onto the bed.
It was like something that you would see in a movie.
I laid there, shocked and breathless. My mind just could not process what my baby brother had just done. The ninjaness of the action had just blown my mind away.
I looked up at him and gasped breathlessly, "Who the hell are you and what have you done with my brother?"
"Ha ha Alexandria," Jeremy deadpanned, releasing his grip on my wrist. "Now what the hell are you up to?"
Huh, how to answer this question without being killed?
"Having fun?" I answered innocently.
Yeah. That should work.
"Alexa..." my younger brother growled warningly.
… Ok. Maybe not.
"Fine! I wanted to annoy you! You told Aunt Jenna about what Luke and I did when she wasn't at home!" I pouted childishly. Hang on a moment, he's supposed to be the younger sibling here. And I'm supposed to be the older sibling.
... Ah well. It's more fun being the immature one.
Embrace the inner child!
But anyway. Moving on. Lets try and act mature for once. Oh my god. That sounded like such an Elena thing to say…. I'm scared. Okay, this is why I shouldn't smoke weed before I got to bed. I do stupid shit like this. Oh well, you're only young once, right?
"Whatcha been up to Jerry-Berry?" I sighed as I turned to face him and rested my head on his shoulder.
I've missed my teddy bear. And no, I don't mean Mr Ted.
"Not much, Ally-Bally," was his answer. "What about you?"
"I have been spending the majority of my time with my dear Lukey-Boy."
I could just sense him roll his eyes, "Now how did I not guess that."
Hey! I'm not that bad!
Cheeky mouse!
I elbowed him in the ribs and he let out a grunt.
"You are such a rude child," I complained grumpily. "How you turned out like that I shall never know."
Jeremy snorted, "Of course you don't, Alexa."
"Why does everyone use that tone with me?"
"What tone?"
"The 'I'm talking to a young child' tone. First it was Elena, then it was Luke, then it was Matt, then it was Jazz and then Tyler started doing it! And-and-and now you're doing it!"
"Alexa breathe."
I pulled away and glared at him. It was the Alexa Pain Glare. And yes, it is trademarked. And very effective.
"You are so touchy; do you know that?"
I was acting a bit touchy, wasn't I? And it wasn't even that time of the month.
"I can't help it, Lukey had to leave me."
The pain. Oh, the pain. The misery. I can't take it anymore!
"Aw, didums."
Oi! You cheeky little brat! I'll get you!
"Shut it short-stuff."
"Short-stuff? Uh, Alexa, I'm taller than you."
"No you're not…"
"Yes I am."
"No you're not."
"Alexa, I've been taller than you for years."
"No you haven't. You're in denial."
"No I'm not. I'm not in denial. You're in denial my dear sister."
"…. Shut up Jerry- Berry."
"Ha ha. I won."
"No you didn't."
"Yes I did."
"I'll show your winning, you little…"
"Alexa?"
Elena's shout echoed around the house. Interrupting our argument.
I froze. Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap. Not good. Not good. Not good.
"I'm not here!" I hissed at Jeremy before diving under the bed. I don't know why I was hiding from my twin sister. It was a spur of the moment thing. I get those a lot. It's normally a good idea to just go with them.
"Alexa?"
The door opened.
I held my breath.
"Jeremy, have you seen Alexa?" I heard my twin ask my brother.
Oh god, he's gonna sell me out, isn't he? The little brat. Please don't sell me out, Jeremy! I love you kiddo!
"Nope, no idea where that strange, annoying sister of ours has disappeared off to," Jeremy answered.
I take it all back. Jeremy you are an amazing child. I will give you some of my chocolate. Ok. That's taking a bit too far. I'll steal some of Elena's chocolate and give that to him.
Elena was making her way back to the door when she stopped. Oh oh, that's not a good sign.
"Alexa, why are you hiding under Jeremy's bed?" my twin sighed in exasperation.
I put my hands over my head and called, "You can't see me! I'm invisiblebleble!"
"Alexa..."
"Damnit Jer-Bear! You sold me out!"
"I did not!" Jeremy protested, sounding extremely offended.
"Alexa, your legs are sticking out from under the bed."
Elena's voice was thick with muffled laughter.
Oh.
Wait, what?
I turned my head and saw my feet sticking out from beneath the safety of the bed. Oh. That's not good. I'm so stupid. Honestly. I amaze myself with how stupid I can be sometimes.
"Oh. Yeah. Huh. Sorry Jeremy," I apologised sheepishly.
"Apology not accepted," Jer sniffed dramatically. My god. What a drama queen. What a rude little drama queen.
"Oh come on you little twerp! I said that I was sorry!"
Elena sighed, again, and grabbed my leg.
"Twin! What are you doing?!" I yelped. Oh god. I'm scared now. I was then promptly pulled out from under the bed.
See, I had a good reason to be scared.
I rolled onto my back and waved up at my frowning twin sister. Her frown deepened. Uh oh. That's not good.
"You called?"
That's it Alexa, put on a brave face. Hide your fear. Remember, the dreaded twin can smell fear.
"We have to get to school," Ellie snapped through gritted teeth. But I knew her well enough that she was hiding a smile. See, that's why I did the stupid shit. It made my family laugh. And even if it made me look like an idiot, the smiles on my family's faces were worth it.
School? Oh hell no!
No school!
Bad school!
Bad bad school!
Bad bad bad school!
Bad bad bad... y'know what, I think I'm gonna stop there or I'm just gonna keep on going forever.
"Well tough cookies twinnie," I disagreed, reluctantly climbing to my feet. "Cos Alexa is not going to school."
"Yes, you are."
"No, Alexa is not."
"Great, now she's referring to herself in the third person," I heard Jeremy mumble from behind me. The cheeky little brat.
"Alexa!"
"Yessum?"
"You are going to school. No arguments."
No arguments? She obviously doesn't know me very well.
"You're a mean twin."
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are. A nice twin would not make me go to school."
"A nice twin would just let you fail school and fail life."
….! That's not very nice. ELENA! YOU BULLY! That is a very not nice thing to say to your twin sister. Take it back! Take it back now!
"You're a twat."
Ha ha. Take that you nasty evil twin. We no likeses you. Yeah, no, you can judge me for that one.
"I'm a twat?! You're a twat!"
"Yeah, but I've accepted and embraced my twatedness."
Haha. The look on her face. She didn't expect that come back, now, did she? Alexa wins! Again.
"My sisters are idiots!" Jeremy declared, interrupting the little staring match me and Elena had going on.
I turned around to gape at him in shock and outrage.
Oh no he didn't. He did not just say that.
"Did you hear that twin?" I hissed, turning to look at Elena. "He just called us idiots! That little brat called us idiots! US! ME! How dare he! I feel so insulted!"
"That's cos I was insulting you!"
I hissed angrily. Now, I wasn't as angry as I sounded. But Jeremy needed to learn to respect his elders. His beautiful and more awesome elders.
I turned to look at Jeremy and smiled pleasantly at him, "Run."
Jeremy took one look at my face and bolted from the room, almost breaking his neck at the same time. Lol.
"Power," I smirked at Elena. "I have the power."
"Yes, Alexa, you have the power," my not-so-darling twin rolled her eyes. "Now, go get ready for school."
I opened my mouth to argue, but one look from Elena had me shutting it again and shuffling to my room.
Her 'Elena-Miranda-Gilbert-Glare' is terrifying.
It would even scare Damon. That's how scary it is.
... And no, I am not exaggerating.
XXX
Anyways, I retreated to my room and slowly got dressed for school.
After spending at least 15 minutes rooting through my wardrobe for something decent to wear, I managed to find something school-worthy to wear. Black jeans and one of Luke's red button-up shirts. And before you ask, no he didn't know that I had it. So he was in for a surprise. I loved stealing his clothes, it always made me laugh when he realised. And it was super easy too, as I just had to get him horny and he didn't pay attention to anything.
A part of me hoped that Elena would so get fed up with waiting for me that she would go to school without me. But, alas, it was a false hope.
Curse you God, for giving me false hope.
Elena barged into the room a few minutes after I had finished getting dressed. Well, at least she had waited that long. It woulda been awkward if she had barged in while I was actually getting dressed. She had done it enough times when we were younger that she learnt to knock first.
"Alexandria Rebecca Gilbert, get off of that bed and go downstairs. Your bag is packed and waiting for you. Luke is buying you lunch so you don't need to worry about that."
I stared at her for a moment. From where I was lying on the bed. Whoops. Nearly fell asleep again there. Curse you Luke for waking me up so early. Oh, but it was a lovely early wake up. Just perfect. God Luke, I adored you so much. My precious.
… I really need to stop gollumsing over my boyfriend.
"Are you even listening to me?"
Huh? Whoopsy. You were speaking? My bad.
I rolled my eyes. God. She is such a mom.
"Yes, mom, I'm listening. I heard everything you said."
Ok, the sarcasm may have been a bit thick. But, ya know, I don't care. She woke me up. Again. I no likely like that.
Elena growled.
I bolted from the room.
Her slipper hit me on the back of the head.
"I'm telling Stefan on you!" I yelled over my shoulder.
Haha. Take that Ellie. I'm gonna tell your boyfriend on you. And he'll give you that disappointed look that he does so well.
I made it off the stairs just in time to miss the second slipper.
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"Alexa, have you been annoying your sister again?"
I quickly spun around at my aunt's question, nearly spilling my coffee as I did so.
"Uhhhhhhh, no?" I squeaked before coughing deeply and saying it again in a normal voice.
Aunt Jenna merely raised her eyebrow as she moved further forward into the kitchen.
"She… She… she," I stuttered before wailing pathertically, "She threw her slipper at me!"
"Did you deserve it?"
I scowled at my not-so-dear auntie and turned back towards the coffee pot. Why is everyone so mean to me? Whatever did I do to deserve this? Nothing. That's what. I did nothing to deserve this.
"I'll take that as a yes," my aunt remarked from behind me. Yeah, you do that. Mean, nasty auntie.
"Why are my family so cruel to me?!" I pouted down into my coffee.
"Because we exist to make your life a misery," my brat of a brother smirked as he sat on the counter next to me.
"Oh ha ha," I deadpanned before raising an eyebrow at him. "I thought Aunt Jenna said no more sitting on the kitchen counters?"
"She might have mentioned something about it. Why? What ya gonna do? Tell on me?"
"Tell on you?! Of course not! I'm just gonna store it in my little box of blackmail."
"Why do I suddenly feel terrified?"
"Because you actually have a brain?"
"Jeremy, get of the counter. Alexa, Luke's outside waiting to take you to school," Elena said as she entered the kitchen.
Jeremy and I exchanged glances before saying, "Yes Mother Elena."
Elena growled.
She was not a happy Elena this morning. I'm guessing she hasn't had any sweet loving in a while. I may need to tell Stefan to give her some vampire dick. Cos a frustrated Elena was an unpleasant Elena.
"Look! Stefan!" I exclaimed, pointing behind her.
When she turned to look, we bolted from the room.
XXX
"So, my darling boyfriend, how was your evening?" I smirked as I climbed into Luke's car. Jeremy had been caught by Elena before he could vacate the house. I saw him being lectured by her on the porch and gave a cheeky wave. The little shit gave me the finger in return.
He gave me a look, "As if you don't know."
My cheeky mood from earlier was persisting so I decided to use the opportunity to be a little shit and sprout out as much weirdness as possible during the journey. If I won, then Jazz owed me a free trip to our favourite Richmond club.
"I swear to the Almighty Teddy Bear that I do not."
I heard a groan from the backseat, "Not that damn Teddy Bear rubbish again."
I turned around and squeed happily at the sight of my dear Tyler Lockwood. I lunged forward to give him a hug and nearly fell of the seat at the same time. Fortunately, for me, Tyler caught me before I could give myself an injury.
"Ty-Ty!"
"Yes, Alexa, hello to you too."
"My Ty-Ty," I sighed happily. Now I would definitely win that bet. Tyler got weirded out so easily. It was so lolz.
"Your Ty-Ty?" Luke questioned as he glanced over at me, eyebrow raised. "Should I be getting worried?"
"Well, we do have great chemistry. Don't we, Ty-Ty?" I smirked, looking a fist-bump.
"Alexa," Tyler sighed warningly, leaving me hanging. Gee, I seem to be pissing everyone off this morning. It must be a talent. Maybe it's a superpower! I've always wanted a superpower. It's a sucky superpower though. I wanted to be able to turn invisible or be able to fly or to have the amazing ability to skip school without Elena finding out. That last one would be an amazing superpower.
"Don't worry your smexy little head," I rolled my eyes as I patted Luke on the head. "It would be like dating Jeremy. And everyone knows that incest is a big no no."
"I don't know whether to be worried or pleased that you class me as your brother in your twisted little head."
Hey. I don't have a twisted little head! Nasty Tyler.
"Well, the Almighty Teddy Bear signed the adoption papers and now you are officially my brother in the eyes of the BOB."
I was literally making up the words as I said them.
"Dare I ask, but what the hell is the BOB?" Luke sighed, exchanging a look with Tyler.
I smirked, sensing the opportunity to not only win the best, but to smash it out of the water, "Well, you have the Almighty Teddy Bear who is called Mr Ted. The Almighty Teddy Bear's disciples are the Secret Teddy Bear Guild. In addition to his disciples, Mr Ted, AKA the Almighty Teddy Bear, is the God of The Awesome Society Of Evilness That Will Take Over The Entire Universe which is BOB for short. BOB also stands for the Brotherhood of the Bear."
Silence.
Complete silence.
I had officially shocked them into silence. Is it wrong to feel completely and utterly proud of that? Ah well. Free clubbing was definitely worth it. And Jazz couldn't even wiggle out of it as Damon had compelled the staff there to let me in. Gotta love that compulsion.
"I can't believe that I am going out with you," Luke eventually muttered.
"Alexa," Tyler frowned, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Yessum?"
"Your society-"
"Mr Ted's society."
"Fine, Mr Ted's society-"
"The Awesome Society Of Evilness That Will Take Over The Entire Universe-"
"Yes, that, how does it shorten down to BOB?"
"Now, that's the clever part."
"Insane part, more like," Luke muttered from beside me. I didn't like that, so I pinched his thigh.
"It's the clever part because if someone heard members of The Awesome Society Of Evilness That Will Take Over The Entire Universe discussing their evil plans under the name of BOB, they wouldn't realise that they are evil plans. And we can discuss our evil BOB plans whenever we like. People will think that we are crazy, but they won't suspect anything. So when we take over the world, it will be a total surprise."
Tyler stared at me, open mouthed before turning to Luke, "Dude, I feel for you."
"I feel for me too," Luke sniffed dramatically. Hey. That's not very nice. It was a totally reasonable explanation. Quite a clever one, really. Especially since I was literally pulling it out of my ass.
I pouted and crossed my arms.
Meanies.
XXX
The moment that we got to school; Tyler bolted from the car.
"Well, that was rude," I remarked as me and Luke watched Tyler run. It was also quite funny, to be fair. He kept glancing behind him and I couldn't resist recording it.
"Alexa, babe, I think you scared him."
"Really? Ya think?"
Luke nodded and I scoffed, "God, what a baby."
Luke sighed, "Come on, I need to talk to your twin."
"Okey dokey cokey," I shrugged as Luke grabbed my wrist and pulled me along. I went along willingly, not bothering to put up a fight.
For some peculiar reason, I had the lyrics to 'We Belong Together' from Grease stuck in my head. I blame Jazz. She made me watch it the other night while Luke went out with Tyler. She was upset, then I was upset, then she was crying and I was like 'If you cry then I'm gonna cry' and then I started crying and then she put on Grease and we ate chocolate ice cream. It was all very emotional. The boys were pleased that they missed it.
"I think that we should go out tonight," I announced as we walked along the school corridors, looking for my errant twin.
"Oh really?"
"Yeppers peppers shmeppers."
Oh lord, I needed to stop with that one. But it also earnt me a weird look from Luke. Did I put it on my list to win bets?
"Why do you think that?"
"Because we haven't grossed anyone out at the Grill in a few days."
"I shoulda known."
"You really should've."
"My mistake."
"Apology accepted."
"Than- hang on, I didn't apologize."
"Yes you did."
"No I didn't."
"You apologized telepathically."
"Sure I did."
It was at that moment that I saw Elena talking with Stefan and Caroline.
An evil, evil idea flashed through my mind. And, what with it being me, I decided to act upon it. me? Have self-control? Lol never. But first things first, I needed a way to escape the boyfriend. What was the best way of stunning him into letting me go? Oh, I know...
I grabbed the back of Luke's shirt and quickly spun him around and snogged him. Yummy. I had to admit, I did get lost in the kiss for a few moments before my mission slapped me back into awareness.
While he was dazed, I quickly pulled my wrist free from his grasp and sprinted down the corridor. The rule of No Running In The Corridors had completely slipped my mind...
Elena had her back to me. Big mistake.
"Twin attack!"
Elena had absolutely no time to turn around before I was hanging on her back, arms around her neck. What an evil twin I am. I cackled internally as my sister staggered forward under my sudden weight. It was only Stefan giving a helping hand that stopped her from falling to the floor.
"Alexa! What the hell are you doing?!" Elena did not sound happy.
Caroline and Stefan, however, were a different story. Stefan was grinning at me while Caroline was giggling. It was definitely an achievement, making Stefan grin like that. He was so strait-laced that even a smile was a mission sometimes! So I felt very proud of myself for making him properly grin.
"This, my dear darling twinnie, is revenge for making me come to school," I rested my chin on the back of her head while she growled. I eased my feet properly to the floor so that I was just hanging on her. My sister kept glaring at me but I prodded her lips, making them twitch into an eventual smile.
"You're unbelievable Alexa," Elena sighed, shaking her head.
"Aww, you love me anyway," I giggled in her ear, giving her a squeeze.
"Yeah, I do."
"Sorry! Sorry!" Luke called as he jogged over. "She surprised me."
I let go of my twin and rested against Luke's chest. Damn straight I surprised you. Served him right for being so easily distracted. Honestly, all I had to do was flash some cleavage and he was putty in my hands.
"So, my dear ones, what were you discussing before Alexa the Awesome made an appearance?" I asked, looking between the three.
"Caroline was just inviting me and Elena along on a double date with her and Matt," Stefan explained as my twin leant against him, giving me a wary look.
"Oooh, is that really a good idea?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow and exchanging a look with Luke.
"I was just going to ask that," Elena remarked, looking at me with one of her looks. This one screamed don't say anything stupid and make Caroline even more paranoid than she already is.
I shrugged, "Great minds think alike."
Caroline cleared her throat and we fixed our attention back on her, "Why shouldn't we go on a double date? We all haven't gone out together before and I don't want it to be uncomfortable for us. Look the couple dynamics have changed and there's been a little awkwardness between you, Matt, and me and I just think it's important that we get over it."
I nodded. She did have a point. A very good point. Caroline should be very proud of her very good point. Very very proud. The history between Matt and Elena definitely made things awkward. It didn't help that Matt still had feelings for Elena, although I could tell that his feelings towards Caroline were starting to fight them.
"I don't know," my twin said slowly, a hesitant look on her face.
"I think that sounds like a great idea," Stefan spoke up, to the shock of everyone. The look on Elena's face was one of pure shock and I sniggered.
"You do?" she questioned, giving me a glare.
"He does," I told her from the safety of my boyfriend's arms.
"Why do you?"
"A nice evening out with friends," Stefan replied. "Sounds fun. As in 'fun'."
There was an emphasis on the 'fun'. It gave me the feeling that I was missing something. I didn't like that feeling. It was a nasty feeling. I hated being left out of stuff. Even if I didn't want to get involved, I still wanted to know what was going on.
Elena smiled sweetly and softly at her vampire boyfriend, "A double date it is."
"I think that it should be a triple date," I announced, feeling left out.
"What?" "Come again?" "What you talking about?" "Ok."
I grinned at Caroline who accepted. It would have been her out of the four. She was ma gurl.
"Alexa, what are you doing?" Luke asked with a roll of his eyes.
"I've never been on a triple date before, so I wanna go."
"Fair enough."
"I thought so too," I smirked before pulling my boyfriend down for a kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he put his hands on my waist. We slowly walked backwards until my back was against the cold metal of the lockers. Screw the school rules that prohibited this. Rules were made to be broken.
We slowly pulled apart and I smiled, "God I love it when we do that."
"So do I, my dear, so do I."
XXX
The day passed slowly. And tediously. Now that I had something to look forward to, I just couldn't be asked to deal with school. The only highlight of my day had been a phone call from my darling Bonnie.
She had caught me by surprise at lunch. Our darling Bonnie had been off school since the night her Grams had died. Oh she had been sent work by the school once the allowed grievance period had ended. But she hadn't physically came in.
I didn't bother checking the caller ID when I answered. It was always more fun that way.
"Alexa Gilbert's phone, how may I help?" I answered, waving a quick goodbye to Jazz as she went to go sit with Dana.
"Hey Alexa," Bonnie's voice was sad and that broke my heart. I blamed myself for what happened. It wasn't until they actually tried lowering the seal that Bonnie's Grams struggled. And that was on me. I forced them to lower the seal to get Damon out. All because I couldn't let him be betrayed. Bonnie didn't outright say that she blamed me, but I wouldn't blame her if she did.
I had done my best to call Bonnie every day, just to check in and see how she was doing. Sometimes it was just a two-minute conversation. But other times, I managed to get her talking. About how she felt and how she was coping. Bonnie blamed herself. She thought that if she had been stronger, then her Grams wouldn't have spent so much energy to support her. Of course, I told Bon that was bullshit and she wasn't to blame like at all.
"Hey Bon, how ya doing?" I sat down on one of the benches outside, despite the freezing temperature. I needed to make sure that I wouldn't be disturbed and hanging around outside was one of the best ways to do that.
"Better," Bonnie admitted with a sigh. Yesterday had been a bad day. She cried down the phone, breaking my heart. I hated it when my friends cry but especially Bonnie. She held things in and didn't reveal when she was struggling. So when she did break in front of you, then you knew that she was suffering. And I hated that so much.
"That's good then. How is your dad doing?"
"He's driving me crazy still. Wants me to go back to school."
"Do you think that you are ready to go back?"
"Not yet. I still need more time before I come back."
And before she saw Stefan again. I wasn't stupid. I knew that she was having trouble with the vampires in my life. I hadn't told Elena that part yet. I knew that she would go overboard in trying to make Bonnie feel alright about being around them. And it wasn't right to rush Bonnie. She had lost her grams, someone that she was so close to.
It was especially hard since Bonnie wasn't answering all of Elena's calls. It was only because I texted her, threatening to go sit on her doorstep until she answered me that Bon picked up mine. My sister wasn't as savage as I was. And for good reason, the world couldn't deal with two of us!
"Tell him that. And if he keeps on persisting, then come hide at my house until you feel ready to go back to school. I'll make sure that you don't get bothered."
Bonnie's laugh was muffled and I could tell that she was hiding tears again. I sighed to myself, making sure that I didn't say anything about them. If I mentioned anything then Bonnie would just make more of an effort to hide them. And I had fought to make sure that she didn't hide her emotions from me.
"Thanks, Alexa. How are you doing?"
"Eh, same old, same old," I shrugged, picking at a lose thread on my jumper. "Going on a triple date later."
"A triple date? That's a new one."
"Me and Luke are crashing the Stelena and Maroline double date."
"How are Caroline and Matt doing? Care won't let on if anything is wrong. Well, other than the fact that Matt still pines after Elena."
"Other than that small little detail?" Bonnie laughed and I felt proud. "Well, they do seem to be doing okay. I mean, Kelly is back in town and she kinda hates Caroline cos of who her mom is. But Matt's feelings for her are slowly beating his feelings for Elena. He just needs to realise that. Of course, Elena is so caught up in Stefan-land that she probably doesn't even realise that."
"Elena can be a bit oblivious like that."
I snorted, "A bit?"
Bonnie berated me for that slightly mean comment and I smiled as she began sound a bit more like her old self. We chatted for a bit longer, just about random things, but I hoped that it helped. Grieving sucked and there was no one way of doing it. Sometimes you just needed to be along. Sometimes you needed to talk to someone about something completely different. I tried to give Bonnie what she needed each day.
I made a mental note to get some flowers sent over to her as well as some baked goods. Bonnie loved my cookies and I always made a lovely variety for her.
XXX
"Alexa, is that seriously what you're wearing on the date?"
I looked down at myself. Luke's red button up and leggings said hello. I had added some sparkly accessories and my sexy boots to complete it.
"Yeah.," I shrugged. "Why? What's wrong with these?"
Elena sighed in exasperation, "It's a date. You're supposed to dress up nicely."
I gave her a look, "You, Caroline, Matt and Luke have all seen me worshipping the porcelain god on several different occasions. You have all seen me grow up. Luke has seen even more of me. Stefan has listened to all of the stories that Luke has told him, without my permission, may I add. I don't think that anyone's opinions of me could get any lower."
"Well, I suppose..."
I smirked, "Besides, these clothes are easy to remove, if you get what I mean."
I wiggled my eyebrows as Elena gaped at me for a moment before leaving the room. Alexa 1. Elena 0. Victory for Alexa the Awesome. Lol it was so easy.
I smirked and laid down on the bed, revelling in my victory. The score between me and my sister was fairly even. Unfortunately my sister knew me well enough that she was able to win. Which was annoying. But it worked both ways as I knew how best to win against her.
"She's all yours. Good luck."
Awww Ellie, are you trying to get rid of me? Are you trying to scare my boyfriend away? Nasty Ellie.
"He doesn't need luck, he has me!" I shouted. I couldn't be bothered to get up and defend myself, so I used the loud voice that my nasty sister claims that I have. I don't have a loud voice...
"Take the luck."
I pouted.
"Now now, my dear Alexandria, don't pout," Luke smirked as he walked into my bedroom. "It's unbecoming."
Unbecoming? Pish posh.
What does he sound like? My boyfriend's gone round the bend. I must warn Tyler. We have to escape while we still can! Ahhhhhhh!
... Anyway, let's move on. Lol.
In reply to his comment, I merely glared at him and stuck my bottom lip out further. I heard a sigh before a warm mouth encompassed my lip. I moaned as the second kiss covered my whole mouth.
"God, you're amazing," I gasped when Luke pulled away.
"Like putty in my hands," Luke smirked in reply.
I growled in outrage. How dare he! I'm not easily manipulated! He was the easily manipulated one.
Well, I'll show him.
I hooked my leg around his and used it to flip my boyfriend onto the bed, with me on top. I quickly started placing feather light kisses on his neck and the top of his chest. When I had him gasping for breath, I darted up and kissed his mouth.
"Now who's the putty?" I smirked when I pulled away.
Luke glared at me.
Mwahah, look at the effect that I have upon him. It does wonders for the ego.
"This could go on for hours, couldn't it?"
"It's us, of course it can."
XXX
"Awwwww, he got you flowers," I cooed when myself and my lovely, smexy boyfriend walked down the stairs to see Elena standing with flowers in her hands and Stefan standing next to her.
"Alexa, shut up," my dear sweet twinnie twin twin groaned as she went to place them on the dining table.
"Why don't you get me flowers?" I frowned, smacking Luke on the chest with the back of my hand. He grunted. Mwahahaha, I be strong. Using those dumbbells was finally starting to pay off.
"Because, my sweet," he growled as he grabbed my hand. "I buy you chocolate. And lots of it."
"Yeah, but that's because you eat my chocolate and you know that you have to replace it before I kill you."
"Yeah, well, whatever."
Haha, I win.
"Stef, it's so good to see you," I smile at the vampire before giving him a hug. I shot a look at Luke over his shoulder. See, this was how you were supposed to act on a date. Trust my sister to get the nicer boyfriend.
"Alexa, you saw me at school," he chuckled as he returned the hug.
"But then I had to leave school and I didn't see you for a few hours."
"Because a couple of hours make all the difference," Luke interrupted our Stalexa bonding moment. Stupid boyfriend.
I sighed and looked at Stefan, "I can't take him anywhere."
"I think you got that the wrong way round, dear," Luke smirked at me. I rolled my eyes at the little shit.
"Come on Lukey-Lu, we have a Grill to get too."
Oooh, that rhymed. I pulled away from the bunny-eater and walked over to my boyfriend.
"Well, in that case, let's get going."
Luke held his arm out for me and I took it.
"See you later Miss Elena and Master Stefan," Luke declared, bowing slightly.
"See ya," I grinned at the look on my sister's face. She looked so embarrassed. Which was ridiculous. Stefan had known the both of us long enough that this sort of shit shouldn't even get a raised eyebrow. But oh how I loved tormenting my twin.
XXX
So here's the plan of action:
Number 1: we got to the Grill.
Pretty simple, I know, but hey, we've gotta start somewhere.
Number 2: we spend some time with our dear Ty Lockwood before the other daters arrive. As much as he didn't want to, I had managed to bully Tyler into going to the Grill for some good old reminiscing before I had to be sensible on the triple date. I needed to get the crazy outta my system. Whatever it was in the latest batch that Jazz had given me had driven me even crazier than I already was.
Number 3: we meet with Mattie, Care, Stef and Ellie for the date. Mustn't forget this one. This one was a very important one. If it wasn't for this one, I would be at home in my bed watching TV with my boyfriend. Well, I say watching TV but I think you all know what I mean. Wink wink.
Number 4: is there actually a number 4? Oh well, there is now. Number 4 is now to spend some smexy time with my handsome Nolan when we get back home.
XXX
Number 1, actually getting to the Grill was rather easy.
Luke and I got into his car. He started the car. He drove the car. I played ACDC even though he asked me not to. We arrived at the Grill. Luke parked the car. And we exited the car and walked inside the Grill.
See, simplez.
When we got into the building, I immediately started looking around for my dear brother by Alexa adoption. He wasn't at the bar. Sigh, how disappointing. I was hoping to get me some whiskey. As you have probably guessed, the whole abstaining from alcohol thing failed. Massively. What? I don't have much will power. Don't judge me.
And Ty was partly to blame too. He kept encouraging me to do shots when Jazz made him do shots. He said that he shouldn't drink alone. Which made sense but still.
"Oi! Tiny!"
I closed my eyes. Growled in anger. There was only one person who would dare to call me 'Tiny'.
I slowly opened my eyes and turned around to see Tyler freakin' Lockwood smirking at me from across the room.
Our gazes connected and I shook my head in annoyance. I wasn't tiny! I wasn't short! I was dainty! I'm fun-sized!
My eyes narrowed as the cheeky brat waved. I vaguely heard Luke mutter "Uh oh," as I stalked over to where the soon to be dead Lockwood was sitting.
"Hello my dear Alexandria," the thing smirked as I stood by his table.
"Hello my dear murder victim," I smirked in reply.
I raised my hands and slowed moved them closer to Tyler's neck.
"I brought you a present."
My hands snapped away from his neck and I clapped excitedly.
"Ooh! Whatdidja get me? Whatdidja get me?" I started prodding at the boy, looking for my present. I loved getting presents. The surprise and excitement were addicting. As you can imagine, I was a nightmare at Christmas.
My dear, amazing Ty-Ty got up from where he was sitting and dangled a bag in front of my face. I squeaked happily and snatched it from his grasp. After frantically ripping the bag open, I found a black leather belt and a cute little bracelet.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I leapt on Tyler, wrapping my arms around his neck.
"You're welcome Alexa," Tyler gasped, patting me on the back. "But I need to breath. Air! Air!"
I pulled away and placed a kiss on his cheek. Ty always gave me such good presents. He always knew exactly what I needed, which was freaky. I was convinced that he had some psychic powers which was how he knew.
I put the belt on around my waist and then let Ty put the bracelet on. It sparkled in the light and I loved it. Yes I loved sparkly stuff. But that wasn't a bad thing. Honestly, it wasn't.
"Don't I look pretty?!" I beamed as I spun around, my arms out. Lol yeah, I was fishing for compliments. But the idiot boys in my life needed prodding with that sort of thing.
"Yes, Alexa, you look beautiful," Luke sighed tolerably.
Of course I do. Silly Lukey Lu. I always look beautiful. It's me.
"Alexa, I can see your ego inflating from here," Tyler smirked.
"Oh ha ha," I deadpanned, rolling my eyes. "Meanie."
"Love you too, midget."
"I'm not short! I'm fun-sized!"
"Sure you are, Alex."
"Y'know what? I'm gonna be the bigger person and stop the argument."
Two gasps of shock sounded after my announcement.
"You?" Luke started, dramatically clutching his chest.
"Be the bigger person?" Tyler continued, mirroring the motion.
"Impossible," they finished in unison.
I sneered at them before pushing my way past them. I then swiftly turned around and smacked them both on the back of their heads.
They whined in pretend pain as I rolled my eyes.
Boys.
XXX
"Uh, three cokes please, one with lemon, one with lime, one with lemon and lime," I smiled at the bartender. Guess which one was mine. We had to order different citrus additions. It was the only way to stop drink theft when one got too low. And we had learnt that lesson the hard way.
I gasped for breath slightly, leaning against the bar. A few giggles escaped my mouth, a result of my laughing fit. I glanced back at my two boys who were leaning on each other, still laughing. We had been reminiscing about the events of last year's Duke Party. Not the one just gone, because oh lord that was last year. The one before that. When vampires weren't a thing. Mainly, our semi-drunken antics during the party. And after the party. Oh we do amuse ourselves.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here," a voice said from beside me. A voice which I instantly recognised.
"Oh no, what are you doing here?" I groaned, shaking my head.
"Well, that's not very nice," Damon pouted, resting against the bar at my side. Ever since the revelation that Damon killed my birth mom before I even got to meet her, things had been a tad strained between us. Of course, I had forced a discussion upon the vampire, telling him that in no way, shape or form did I blame him. I mean, I was kinda pissed. Even if I didn't want to meet the woman, Ellie still did. And that opportunity had been taken away from her. But Damon didn't know the connection that Isobel had to us and I couldn't blame him for that. Of course, the idiot still blamed himself due to my sister's harsh words. But I knew that would fade in time.
"Well, you're not a nice person," I tried to go back to our normal banter. "So why should I be nice to a not nice person?"
Haha, I've gotcha there Salvatore. Beat that. After a couple of moments of silence, I turned to the vampire, smirking, "What's the matter Damon? Blown away by the sheer awesomeness of my comeback?"
It was then that I got my first good look of him that evening. And it was not a good one. Well, Damon still looked damn fine, but he looked awful for himself. His eyes were red and he stank of booze. Even more than he did when he was drowning his feelings over Katherine not being in the tomb.
"Sweet lord, you look like absolute shit!"
"Gee, thanks."
"You're welcome," I laughed, beaming brightly at him. "You drinking on your own?"
I drew out the 'own' in a high-pitched voice and smirked at his wince. I am such an evil person.
"No, my drinking buddies are spending some time in the toilet."
"Oh," I pouted. "How boring."
At this point my drinks arrived.
"See ya laterz, Damon."
XXX
"So, Matt, how do you like working here?" Elena asked Matthew, settling into Stefan's side.
The six of us were sat around one of the tables. My fellow daters had arrived not that long ago and I reluctantly said au revoir to my Tyler. From some peculiar reason, he looked rather relived. Huh, wonder why.
Anyways, Elena, Stefan and I sat on one side of the table with Elena in the middle. Matthew, Caroline and Luke sat on the other side. Luke sat opposite me, which gave us the perfect opportunity for a game of secret footsy.
"It's not that bad," Matt answered with a shrug. That's secret Mattie code for 'I don't like it here, but I need the money so I'm gonna be tough and stick it out'. "The wait staff is pretty good and they can't keep a bartender to save their lives."
That was so annoying. I have to keep convincing bartenders that I am of a legal age to buy alcohol. Do you have any idea as just how exhausting and time consuming that is? It wastes good drinking time. Stupid bartenders. I bet Damon's behind it somehow. Stupid vampire. Denying me my drink.
... Anyways, let's move on. Before I continue ranting again.
"I actually put my mom up for the job," Mattie shook his head, almost like he was regretting that decision.
"How's that been?" I asked. "Having your mom back?"
A flash of smug victory shot through me as I scored a kick on Luke's leg. I am so the champion.
"You know, same old Kelly," was the answer. "She's trying, sort of."
Kelly helped me get my first fake ID. She was completely off her head at the time, of course. Probably doesn't even remember doing it. Hehe. But she was like such a bad role model that I learnt so much stuff from her.
"Hey Stef! Hey! Hey! Guess what," I grinned over at the bunny eating vampire, jabbing my sister so that she moved out of the way.
"Yes Alexa?" Stefan sighed, though he did have a tiny smile lurking around those pretty lips of his. The look on my sister's face just screamed out annoyance. So I did the sensible thing and annoyed her even more.
"Go on Ellie, you tell him, he is your boyfriend, after all," I hissed at my twin sister as I elbowed her in the ribs. She rolled her eyes at me, the cheeky twinnie, but turned to face Stefan.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Luke smirking at the private Gilbert Twin interaction. So I stuck my tongue out at him. He silently gasped in mock offence and dramatically placed a hand over his heart. I grinned at him and shook my head.
Oh, he was such a great boyfriend.
"Kelly and my mom," Elena started saying to Stefan.
"Our," I coughed, interrupting her. I don't know why she tried leaving me out of it. But it was very rude of her.
She elbowed me in the tummy and continued, "Were best friends growing up."
I stared at my twin, open mouthed before looking around the table. No one had battered an eye. There was blatant twin abuse there. And no one is gonna say anything.
Huramph, Jazz would have said something. Speaking of Nolan's, I glanced over at my boyfriend to see him holding in laughter.
I glared at him before mouthing, "No sex for you tonight."
The astonished expression on his face made me feel much better. I knew that I could still satisfy myself if I needed too. And punishing him made it worth it.
"That's how Matthew first encountered the amazing people known as the Gilbert Twins, we shared a crib together," I smiled at our dear Matthew.
Matt smiled back at us, although he was shaking his head slightly at my comment.
"You're kidding?" Stefan laughed slightly, looking between the three of us.
"No, we have known each other our whole lives," Mattie smiled.
"And I pity you for it," Luke muttered, smirking at me, as Elena and Matt smiled at each other.
"Of course, that meant that he grew up intimidated by my awesomeness," I shrugged modestly. "So he went for the slightly less awesome twin."
"He clearly made the better choice," the little shit called Luke rolled his eyes.
"You know you're only dissing yourself there, right?" I laughed at my boyfriend.
I glanced over at Caroline when she sighed but I was soon distracted by Luke putting his foot in between mine and jolting one.
This means war.
At the sound of laughter and chinking glasses, we all looked over to see Damon, Kelly Donovan and Aunt Jenna standing by the bar, doing shots and laughing. Like laughing a lot.
I stared at them with an open mouth. That's who Damon was drinking with?! Oh shaaaaaaaaame. I quickly got out my phone and recorded enough to guarantee me Luke rights for the next month.
"Ahhhhh! Adults! Hide!"
I threw my arms over my head and ducked down, headbutting my sister's elbow on the way down. My sister cussed me over my head but joined in my placing her hand on my head, 'hiding' me further.
"Idiot," I heard Luke mutter fondly. But seriously, how did I not notice that they were there?
I think Matthew's comment summed everything up perfectly.
"You got to be kidding me."
XXX
"Ha! In your face!" I crowed, pointing at Luke and doing a victory dance. "I beat you! I beat you! Na na na na! I beat you! I beat you!"
Luke pouted and crossed his arms, "No you didn't."
I pointed at the pool table, "Puh-lease, that was so obviously a victory for moi."
"No it wasn't."
I growled at him before turning to face Stefan, who was standing with the others next to the railing. This was the third game that we had played and I had won all of mine. Of course, I was convinced that Stefan let me win, but that wasn't the point.
"Stefan! Tell him that it was a victory for me!" I whined pathetically, hoping to get the nice one to stick up for me.
"Yes, Alexa, that was a victory or you," Stefan sighed, smiling and exchanging a look with Matt.
"Oh, running to Stefan, now are we?" Luke said, with a lot of attitude, may I add.
"Well, Tyler isn't here right now," I attituded right back.
"Come on Alexa, let the rest of us play," Elena grinned at me.
"Okey doke twinnie, but you need to ensure that the Gilbert's continue their winning streak," I ordered her, refusing to hand over the pool cue until she agreed.
"Yes ma'am."
"Good."
I nodded my head and handed her the pool cue. I stepped to the side and into Luke's arms. The others started a new game.
"Mmmmm, you are such a little cheat, Luke," I sighed as Luke's fingers slide under my shirt and stroked my sides. I knew exactly what he was doing. He was trying to get me all hot and bothered so that I would lose my next match. Well that joke was on him cos my competitive side made me ignore the horniness.
"I never cheat."
I turned my head and rested my forehead against the side of his neck, breathing out, "Liar."
Drunken laughter drew our attention to our guardian's over at the bar. I sighed in jealousy. I wanted to get drunk. Why couldn't I get drunk?
Oh yeah, that's right, my dear twin sister can't find out that I regularly get drunk as she would blow up. Literally and figuratively.
"At least they're having fun," Caroline said.
I get the feeling that she was trying to make a point with that statement. It wasn't hard to notice the looks she had given my sister and her boyfriend all evening. The sighing and the looks and the general unhappiness were obvious to see. Well, apparently not for my sister or Matt.
"They're drunk," Elena said pointedly with a roll of the eyes. So? Drunk people can still have fun. Drunk people have more fun than sober people or is that just me?
"Hey, remember when Elena and Alexa's parents busted us here after the homecoming?" Matt grinned.
"Oh my god, yes!" Caroline laughed for the first time tonight.
"Vividly," Luke smirked. And I allowed a small smirk to drift across my face. Oh that was a fun fun fun night. The Corruption of Elena had reached a new stage that night. It was definitely one of my highlights.
There was a questioning look on Stefan's face so we explained what happened.
"Well, we were wasted," Elena started with a slightly embarrassed laugh. "It was the first time that I had ever got drunk."
"Ellie, wasted is such an understatement. You were off your head!" I interrupted her, giggling manically.
"It was your fault!" Elena fired at me.
"It wasn't just me!" I protested, pointing at Matthew. "Blame him too!"
"Fine," she turned to face Stefan. "I also blame Matt."
"The twin's parents got seated at the next booth," Luke took over.
"And Matt had me pretend that I was choking so that we could get away," Elena continued.
"But the two fools forgot that daddy was a doctor so he jumped up to save her," I giggled.
"So I ran, slipped on the wet floor and bit it in front of everyone," Elena laughed. She looked at Matt and asked, "Do you remember that?"
"Elena had 3 stitches, a hangover for days and she was grounded from seeing our dear Matthew for a week," I finished the story.
Laughter rang out.
"Luke actually had the smartest idea, he made me pretend to be asleep so that he could carry me out," I boasted, enjoying the chance to show off the intelligence of my boyfriend. "Worked like a charm."
"Except for the part where you started having a drunken giggling fit," Luke snorted.
"Hey! That's not my fault! Elena tripped over! How could I not laugh?" I protested, waving my arms around widely. Luke caught them and pulled them against me.
"Well, I suppose that I can allow you have that one," he mused.
I arched an eyebrow, "Allow? There is no allow, my dear."
"Whatever you say," Luke murmured, lips hovering above mine before we kissed.
"I'm gonna go to the restroom," Caroline announced suddenly, interrupting me from my kiss. She looked at us pointedly. "Elena? Alexa?"
Caroline walked off and Elena looked at me.
"No thanks, I'm good here."
"Tough, you're going."
My not so darling twin sister grabbed my arm and pulled me away from my boyfriend.
"Luke!" I cried, reaching towards him. "Save me!"
"Goodbye my sweet!" Luke smirked at me, waving sarcastically.
I growled at him, baring my teeth, "You'll pay for this, Nolan! Mark my words!"
"Consider them marked."
XXX
"Skippity do da, skippity eh. My, oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine coming my way. Skippity do da, skippity eh," I sang quietly to myself as I waited for Caroline and Elena.
Caroline had come out of a cubicle first and leant against the door. While we waited for my sister, I kept an eye on my friend. She looked like she was stewing. Normally I would say something and try to diffuse the situation. But I recognised the signs. Caroline was pissed and nothing that I would say would do anything to fix it. Care's gaze was fixed on my sister as she left her cubicle and approached the sink.
"So, um, what are you doing?" Caroline snapped as Elena washed her hands. I sighed, not at all surprised by the question.
"What?" Elena frowned, confused. My idiot twin, on the other hand, apparently hadn't picked up any of the clues that Caroline had been throwing out.
"She's washing her hands…?" I answered, trying to draw Caroline's ire away from my sister. I failed though. Caroline gave me an exasperated look before returning her gaze to my sister. Well shit, so much for that plan.
"Well, the point of this was to show him how much you care about Stefan," Caroline was giving the attitude. "You know, not to hopscotch down memory lane."
I glanced over at my sister and saw realisation dawn on her face. Well, at least she realised now. I knew that my sister had no bad intentions her. Ever since the breakup, my sister wanted to repair her friendship with Matt.
"I was just trying to make conversation," Elena tried to defend herself, glancing over at me helplessly.
"Try less," Caroline huffed before storming from the room. Now, call me crazy, but I detected a hint of hurt in her voice before she left. I knew that she was pissed but hurt? I didn't realise that it affected her that much.
"Oi! Caroline! Come back!" I shouted before following her out of the door. Someone had to do damage control and it sure as hell wasn't going to be my sister. Elena quickly followed, calling my name too. I sighed and grabbed her arm, making sure that I didn't lose her too.
I pushed my way through the crowd, Elena's arm in my grasp. Seriously, are people incapable of getting out of the goddamn way? I mean, really, it's not that difficult.
I'd just managed to catch up with Caroline when a sudden yank on my arm stopped me. I looked at my arms. No extra hands there. So what the hell had happened?
I stared at the arm that I was holding onto before realising who it belonged to. I glanced behind me to see that Elena had been stopped by some creepy looking dude. He had his hand on her shoulder and was staring at her in a very intense creepy way.
I growled. Get your pervy hands off of my twin sister.
"Katherine?" the stranger asked. Oh great. It always comes back to that bitch.
"I'm sorry, you have the wrong person," Elena told him, looking rather freaked out.
"Yeah, so get your filthy hands offa my sister before I cut them off," I snarled as I pushed my way between the creeper and my twin. Overreaction? Maybe. But I didn't like the way he was looking at my sister. And I certainly didn't like the way he was freaking her out.
The freak's eyes widened slightly in shock as he looked at me.
"Elena, Alexa."
I looked over in the direction of the voice to see Caroline looking back at us.
"Come on."
Elena nodded as I turned back to the creeper and glared at him until he released his grip on my sister.
"My mistake," the stranger finally said before stepping back slightly.
"Yeah, it was your mistake," I growled, shoving my sister even further away. "Make sure that it doesn't happen again."
I turned my back to him and pushed Elena through the crowd. I made sure to keep myself between my twin and that man.
As we were walking back towards the pool table and the boys, a sudden thought came to me. Katherine. He called Elena Katherine. There is only one way that he would have thought that Elena was Katherine was if he was a vampire. Oh for god's sake. I just mouthed off to a vampire. I was such a bloody idiot. One that didn't think like at all.
Ok, come on Alexa, don't think about it. You don't wanna faint now, do you? There's no Luke nearby to catch you.
"Hey handsome, didja win?" I smirked at Luke as we returned to the boys. I used my amazing ability to deliberately ignore important events to forget about mouthing to a vampire who isn't Damon. Denial had always been my friend.
"Of course I won," Luke smirked back. "I always win. I'm the champion. No one can beat me."
"I can beat you," I whispered in his ear as I wrapped my arms around his neck. "My Champion."
I placed a light kiss on the skin just below his neck.
"Yeah, well, you're the exception to the rule," Luke whispered before kissing the side of my neck.
I let out a low groan and tipped my head back. A kiss was placed on my throat. I leaned forward and kissed my boyfriend's delectable, kissable lips. I was lucky that the others in the group were distracted by their significant others.
"You're so damn addictive," I murmured when we had to separate for air.
"And you love it."
Kiss.
"'M not gonna deny it."
Kiss.
"There is no way that you can really deny it."
Kiss.
"You have me there."
Kiss.
"I can't wait until tonight."
Kiss.
"You can never wait."
Kiss.
"What can I say? I'm like a drug addict. You are my drug."
Kiss.
"Ugh, that was so Twilight."
Kiss.
"Yuck, I just realised."
Kiss.
I laughed.
Kiss.
"Let me change that then, you are my alcohol."
Kiss.
"Better."
Kiss.
XXX
We had decided to leave the Grill and head to the Salvatore Boarding House. Well, I say that we had decided. I should actually be saying that the others decided while me and Luke disappeared for a while.
Naughty, aren't we?
Hehe.
Stefan and Elena took her car. Matt and Caroline drove there in whoever's car they had arrived in. don't actually know who's. My beautiful boyfriend and I drove his car there.
I saw sat sideways along the passenger seat, my legs resting on Luke's lap.
My head rested against the cold window as I just gazed absentmindedly at the side of Luke's head.
"And what are you thinking about, my dear?"
Luke voice broke through the haze in my mind.
"Hmmmm?"
I focused my gaze on Luke's dancing blue eyes.
"You're thinking rather hard about something, I can tell. So, what are you thinking about?"
"Someone recognised Elena in the Grill."
"Well, that's not so strange considering that she has lived here for her entire life."
"He called her Katherine."
"Oh."
I snorted, "Yeah, oh."
I had explained the whole 'Elena looks exactly like this vampire called Katherine who turned Damon and Stefan into vampires back in the 1800s' situation. It was very... interesting conversation. It sounded like the plot of a film or tv series. It was only showing Luke the photo that I had snuck of Katherine that convinced him.
"So there is another vampire in town."
"Looks like it."
"Oh joy."
"And guess what."
"What?"
"I just pissed him off."
"For godssake Alexa!"
"What? He was being a creeper! And he had his hand on Elena's shoulder. And I..."
"And you what?"
"I didn't realise that he was a vampire until I had made my oh so dramatic exit."
"Oh Alexa."
A small smile danced around his lips, "You're unbelievable."
"It's one of my quirks."
"That's one way of putting it."
"You adore me anyway."
"Yeah, I do."
XXX
Stefan opened the door and we all filled into the Salvatore Boarding House. I spent a freakily large amount of time in this building. Most of it with Damon. And, oddly enough, in his bedroom. Of course, whenever I was in there, I spent my time reorganising the room. And stealing his soap. He got the good soap, the expensive stuff, so, naturally, I wanted it.
As we walked into the living room, Matt, Caroline and Luke looked around in awe. It was quite cute really. I had moved past the awe stage. But I would never forget the first time I properly saw it. Even though I was freaking out over the fact that vampires existed and the Salvatore brothers were vampires, I was still able to admire the room.
"This is much better than watching Damon visit cougar town," Caroline sighed before glancing over at Matt. "No offence."
"Don't remind me," Matt groaned, shaking his head.
"Amen to that sister," I said, my cheek leaning against the side of Luke's head. He was currently giving me a piggyback. Don't ask. It was his idea and I didn't say no. I think it was something to do with the fact that he was a vampire hunter and he was walking into a vampire's home. Elena had given us the most disapproving look ever as Luke had helped me out of his car and onto his back.
"Man I've always wanted to see what it looks like in this place," Matt spoke softly, looking around the huge room. Well it was a really pretty place. Full of history and random knick knacks.
"I guess it's a bit much," Stefan smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. Yeah, it kinda is, Stefan, it really sort of is.
"My entire house could fit in here," Mattie snorted. "Like twice."
Awww, bless him, he's right. He could fit his house in here. In fact, it could probably fit in here three times. This must be so weird for the poor kid.
"Feel like I've been here before," Caroline murmured, staring intently around the room. "It's weird."
Elena and I quickly exchanged glances before looking away. Caroline knew on some level that she had released Damon that time, after he somehow got into her head. But she refused to allow anyone to tell her more details. Especially after she found out that Zach Salvatore had disappeared around the same time. Anyone who knew of the vampire truth about the Salvatore's could guess what happened to Zach. I hadn't told anyone that I saw his body that time. It was one of those things that I never really wanted to remember like at all.
"Do you guys want to watch a movie or something?" Elena asked in an attempt to change the subject. I knew that the brothers owned a tv somewhere in the house, but where, I did not know. I hadn't yet tracked down their tv room. But I was convinced that that was Damon's fault. He wouldn't let me near certain doors and if he wasn't around, then they were locked and blocked.
"Damon tells me that Stefan owns the Twilight films," I smirked before sticking my tongue out at the vampire in question.
"When did Damon tell you that?" Stefan asked, frowning. Oh damn, maybe I shouldn't have said that. Now he would have words with me about my friendship with his brother. Ugh.
"Well, you and Elena were being icky and I had been forced to come to the house with her. I knew that Damon was lurking around so I went to find him and annoy him. We ended up bonding over Twilight hating," I explained before pausing thoughtfully. "It's something that keeps happening. Especially since he has read the books. Like what the hell."
The bonding over Twilight hating always amused me. I hadn't read the books but Caroline had made me watch the movies with her. I hated them on principle. Sparkling vampires? Lol nope. I had annoyed Caroline so much that she refused to talk about the topic with me. When I found out that Damon had read the books while dating Caroline, I couldn't resist the opportunity to tease him about it. That somehow turned into a bonding session over hating them.
Stefan shook his head, "I'm not even surprised anymore, Alexa."
I beamed at him, "Thank you."
In case you were wondering, yes, Luke was still giving me a piggyback. I felt so empowered being taller than everyone in the room. It was a rare feeling for me. One that I enjoyed a lot.
Matthew quickly got distracted by a selection of model miniature cars on display behind Stefan.
"Whoa, these are great!"
Oh joy, fanboy moment over cars. Yawn.
"This is uh, a little hobby of mine," Stefan commented awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head. Awwww, bless his little cotton socks, he's embarrassed. How cute.
"I did the entire Mustang series when I was nine," Matt told the vampire proudly as he wandered over to take a look.
I remember that. Nasty Matthew wouldn't let me help. Kept saying that I would break it. But I really wanted to help. So I told Elena on him and she told him off. I then spent the rest of the time causing chaos with Tyler and Luke. All in all, it was actually a pretty good time.
"You like cars?" Stefan asked with an interested look.
"It's an understatement," Matt laughed, still examining the collection in the case.
Elena and I mouthed understatement at the same time as Matt. We knew all about his obsession with cars. Oh boy did we know.
"Come with me," Stefan smiled, gesturing down one of the corridors. Oh how that statement sent my dirty little mind into overdrive. Silly Stefan. You should know better than to say that stuff around me.
Stefan left the room and Matthew immediately followed. Luke, Caroline, Elena and I lingered for a moment before I rolled my eyes. Tapping my boyfriend on the head, I indicated to him that I wanted to get down. He gently put me down.
"We should probably go and see what Stefan is showing Matt."
XXX
Stefan led us outside and over to the garage doors. Ooh, wonder what could possibly be in here?
The vamper opened the garage door and walked over to a tarpaulin covered object.
Curiouser and curiouser.
"Prepare yourself, my friend," Stefan said to Matt before pulling off the tarpaulin to reveal... an old red car.
How utterly, utterly dull.
Matt was struck speechless. Apparently that old red car meant a helluva lot more to him than it does to me.
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. How-how did you have this?" he gasped excitedly., walking around it. He sounded like a sweet little child. Nawwww, bless him.
"Got passed down through the family," Stefan replied, exchanging a look with those of us in the know. Good lie Stefan. It was obvious to those who knew that he was a vampire, ie everyone that wasn't Matt, that he had brought this himself when it first came out.
"Why don't you... I mean... why don't you drive it?" the car enthusiast asked, sounding far too excited.
I giggled, unable to resist, "Having a bit of trouble getting your words out there, darling?"
Stefan moved round to where I assumed the engine was, "Well, it doesn't run. I mean, it's not that I could figure out."
"Why would you keep a car that doesn't run?" Caroline asked, sounding genuinely confused.
"Be more of girl right now?" Mattie smirked over at her. To be fair to the lad, even I knew the answer to that. And, since this was me, Caroline should be rather ashamed of herself.
The blonde in question laughed sarcastically, glaring slightly at her boyfriend. Oh oh, someone was not going to get laid tonight.
"Want to come take a look at this for me?" Stef asked Mattie. Now, call me crazy, but surely Stefan should have learnt car maintenance during his 162 years of live. And he was alive when the car was created.
... Oh, I know what he's doing. He's bonding. Awww, my boys are bonding.
Matt grinned as he walked around the car to stand next to the vampire. I moved so that I was leaning against Luke's chest. His warm arms wrapped around me and he rested his cheek against the top of my head.
"Hey, Elena, remember the old Camaro your dad used to have?" Matt asked my twin, a slightly wicked look on his face. I felt Luke grin against my head and I blushed slightly. We sure as hell remember that car. We weren't even dating them. But we had gotten super drunk and made-out. Of course, because we were emotionally constipated at the time, we ignored the incident and pretended that it never happened.
"Of course," Elena replied. She had that... special smile on her face as she remembered. Oh dang, that car held a lot of memories.
"I built and rebuilt that engine twenty times," the ex boasted to the current.
"Wow." It was safe to say that Stefan was suitably impressed.
"See, I don't like sports cars," Caroline spoke up, giving the red car a dirty look. "They're too hard to make out in."
"It wasn't that bad," Matt, Luke and I said in unison. But Matt was looking directly at Elena when he said that.
Uh oh.
Caroline walked off.
That's not good.
Elena sighed and walked after her.
I felt someone's gaze on me and glanced up to see Luke looking down at me.
He raised an eyebrow, "You gonna go too?"
"Oh hell no. I ain't getting involved in that," I shook my head empathically to emphasis my point. "I'm just gonna stand here in your arms."
"Fine by me," Luke whispered in my ear, tightening his grip.
"I'm sorry man," Matt apologised to Stefan, realising what he had done.
"No, no, no, don't worry about it," Stefan replied with a kind smile. "You and Elena, you guys have a history and ignoring it doesn't do anybody any good."
I swear to the gods above that Stefan has to be one of the nicest people that I have ever met. It's a shame that he isn't my type, or my sister's boyfriend, or I would so date him. But I get him as a brother instead, which is probably even better.
"She's good with you," the human admitted. "You know, I wasn't sure but she's happy and I'm glad." He then glanced over at me. "Plus, you have Alexa's approval. And we all know how hard that is to get."
I smiled softly as I made eye contact with the vampire.
"And you know that's true," I said with a raised eyebrow.
"Alright, let's take a look at this."
They started working on the car and I looked up at my beautiful boyfriend.
"You've been rather quiet since we got here," I said softly, making sure the other two were suitable distracted.
"This is like walking into the lion's den for me," he admitted gently, pulling me closer to him.
I took hold of his hand and squeezed it.
"Everything's gonna be fine," I reassured him. "We're together. Everything's fine when we're together."
"I know it is, I know it is."
XXX
We watched as the boys managed to fix the car and get it running.
I have to admit, it didn't take as long as I expected. I had spent my time just listening to Luke's heartbeat and enjoying being in his arms. While they worked, I checked in with Matt, making sure he had enough food in his freezer. The little idiot tried to insist that he didn't need anymore. But he soon gave in when I said that I would give him some more sweet treats. I knew that it made things easier for him, having food ready to go in the freezer. Especially with Kelly around. That woman could not cook to save her life. So I found out what he had enjoyed so far and made a mental note to try them.
I was tempted to give him some of my new dishes too. Sachin from my favourite Indian restaurant in town was teaching me how to make a proper curry. He had started me off simple, just a basic chicken korma. But it had impressed the family. And he said that once I got the base right, then I could do most curries. Which I was definitely looking forward too. I loved a good curry and being able to make one would be amazing. He even said that he would help me make my own naan.
Lol, I need to get off the topic of food. Or I'll make myself drool.
The sound of a car running woke me from my daze. I looked over at the boys to see them sharing triumphant grins. They got into the car and slowly drove it from the garage. Almost like a victory parade. Lol what losers.
"Wanna go and stand out there with the rest of the daters?" Luke asked me as he shifted slightly on his feet.
I shook my head and mumbled into his chest, "No thanks, I'm good here."
"I bet you are."
I rolled my eyes and elbowed him in the tummy.
My boyfriend let out an "Oomph" before laughing.
XXX
Was Kelly Donovan just making out with Damon?
Elena, Stefan, Luke and I had made our way inside to see Caroline and Matt staring at a very passionately entwined Kelly and Damon. Which was like whaaaaat. I knew they were drinking together but I didn't expect them to end up making out. We stood just behind Matt to see Kelly pick up her things and leave, an embarrassed look on her face.
The scariest thing though, was the flash of jealousy that I felt when I saw them. The ugly feeling clawed at my insides and made me glare at the Donovan mother as she scuttled past me. That goddamn crush. It was out of control.
"I got to..." Matt trailed off, gesturing towards his mother.
"It's fine, just go," Caroline reassured him quickly, giving his hand a squeeze.
"I'll take her home," Elena said.
"Thanks man," Matt said to Stefan, giving him back some keys.
I just stared at Damon and I knew, just knew, that betrayal was clear in my expression. I don't know why I felt betrayed. I had no right to feel betrayed. It wasn't like he was cheating on me. We're not even going out for godssake. But I still felt betrayed. I tried to tell myself that it was because he was making out with my friend's mom, but that was a lie.
I stared at the alcohol drinking asshole for a few minutes before shaking my head, "You know what; I can't be fudged to deal with this."
I stormed out of the house in a strop. God, what as wrong with me?
"Alexa, wait!" Luke shouted after me.
I suddenly turned to face him, causing him to stumble in an attempt to not crash into me.
"Every time," I choked, tears welling up. "Every damn time that I try to prove to Elena and Stefan that he is a good person, that he is a good friend to me, he does stupid shit like this. And now they will just lecture me about how bad he is and what a bad influence he is. I just want to be able to be his friend.
There was nothing that Luke could say to make me feel better, so he did the best thing that he could, he gave me a hug.
"Stay with me tonight?" I whispered into his chest.
"Always."
XXX
I knew that I should have stayed and helped them deal with Damon. But that little feeling of jealousy frustrated the hell outta me. I needed to get away. I had to.
Snuggled up against my boyfriend, later that night, I decided that I needed to just forget about what I felt. Forget about that stupid little crush that was lurking in the corner of my mind. I just needed to forget about Damon Salvatore.
I had my Luke and I would always have my Luke.
No one could ever take him from me.
XXX
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