I own nothing but my oc. The lyrics are from the song airplanes with bob and Hayley Williams
Damon led the way into the house but before we could get upstairs Elana stopped us, "Did you know we were adopted?"
"Well hello to you too. No we we're not, what are you talking about?" I said realizing I had a death grip on Damon's hand.
"It's true," Stefan spoke up. "I went through some records your parents names are on both of your birth certificates but there is nothing about your mom being admitted or even that she was pregnant. With twins she would have needed extra care."
"Well our dad was a doctor maybe he took care of it." I knew I was grasping but if this was true my whole life was a lie.
"You were born in the hospital." He said.
My mind reeling I looked at Elana "Can you take me home please." She nodded and kissed Stefan good bye. I let go of Damon's hand he pulled me in for a hug "I'll come by later ok?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded and walked out to the truck.
"They lied to us our entire life." I whispered
"I know." She said
"Does Stefan know who our real parents are?"
"No, he said that digging into Kathrine could put us in more danger."
When we got to the house and walked in I immediately heard Jenna "Alexis Leigh Gilbert get your ass in this kitchen." I walked in with Elana right behind me and saw she was sitting at the table "Where have you been and don't say Bonnie's because I talked to her grams and that is a lie."
"Oh yes let's talk about liars." I spat.
Jenna's face changed from anger to hurt "What are you talking about I haven't lied to you."
"So we're not adopted then?" Elana asked.
"How did you find out? I promised your mother I wouldn't be the one to tell you guys they were supposed to." Jenna said looking between me and Elana.
"So it's true then?" I asked.
"Yes it's true. I'm sorry I promised."
"Whatever Jenna." I stormed out of the room taking the stairs two at a time and making sure to slam my door. I went into the bathroom and took a shower. When I got done I decided it was time to take a look at the book that Bree had given me. I put my headphones in and sat at my desk and started reading.
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
A tap on the shoulder made me jump and yank out my headphones I turned to see Damon smiling at me.
"You scared me." I said putting the book down and climbing on the bed.
"To be fair I knocked, learn anything."
"Not much, but I just picked it up. According to the book most elementals have one element that creates more power then the others fire, water, etcetera. Unfortunately more often then not they let the power go to their head and end up being killed by other witches for being harbingers of evil... so I have that going for me."
"Let's change the subject, did you talk to Jenna? About being adopted."
I laid back and groaned "Let's not even start on that." I pulled a pillow over my face. I felt him lay down next to me he lifted up the pillow looking at me in the eyes. "It's going to be ok. You know that right?"
"No I don't know that and unless you're a vampire fortune teller you don't either."
There was a knock on the door. "GO AWAY JENNA!" Elana opened the door "Jenna left, she went to the grill. Hi Damon."
He waved at her "Can I help you?" I asked. I don't know why I was being short with her she got her world rocked just as hard as I did. "I'm sorry."
"No, I get it your mad I just wanted to see if you needed anything."
"Does Jeremy know yet? Is he here?"
"He's here but no he doesn't know, I figured we'd tell him together."
I got up from my bed earning a groan from Damon and walked over to my desk, pulled out a joint from my stash box. "Then yes there is something you can do for me, you can go grab Jeremy and we're going to have a family meeting on the roof."
"Fine but we're climbing out Jeremy's window not mine, you guys always purposely blow smoke back in my room and I'm not smoking that."
"Oh I wasn't planning on sharing, Baby bro can bring his own." I said, with that Elana walked down the hall to Jeremy's room.
"Sorry to ditch you." I said sitting back on the bed.
"It's fine go have your family moment, I'm sure I can find something to amuse myself with." He kissed me on the forehead.
"I'll call you tomorrow, oh and before I forget wanna be my date for the Decade Dance Saturday?"
"Of course." He said and then was gone.
Telling Jeremy while both Elana and I were nervous was so easy and it turned into a long needed conversation between siblings complete with jokes. We were still on the roof when Jenna came back she stopped on the sidewalk and waved. While I was still upset about Jenna not telling us the truth I knew it wasn't her fault I waved back, before she went inside.
"Well guys, we have school tomorrow so we should probably call it a night." I said before climbing back in Jeremy's window. We said our good nights and I walked downstairs Jenna was still up fiddling with something in the kitchen. "I'm sorry I snapped at you." I said.
"It's ok, talk about it tomorrow?" She said.
I nodded and walked back up to my room and smiled when I say Damon's jacket laying on the bed.
School went along like any other day I was still avoiding Bonnie, and because of my road trip with Damon I had a bunch of homework to catch up on. I rode home with Elana and Stefan really missing having my own mode of transportation. I went to my room and started on some homework. I heard Elana and Stefan talking about vervain jewelry through the bathroom, I got curious and walked into her room flipping on the bed. "Whatca doin'?" I asked.
Elana held out a bracelet to me, "You should take this."
"No I can't be compelled..." I paused looking at the extra plants that Stefan had brought. "How would I turn this in to a tea?"
"Why?" Stefan asked "It would probably piss Damon off if you drugged him."
"Not for Damon, I can't be compelled but if there are vampires after me and Elana then it would probably be a good idea if I also couldn't be eaten."
"Dry it out crush it and then brew it like you would any tea." He said
"Why would it matter about Damon?" Elana said "You wouldn't be stupid enough to let him feed off of you."
My silence was answer enough for Elana.
"Are you kidding me he could kill you. Why would you put up with that pain."
"Number one, it doesn't hurt quite the opposite actually." I smirked.
"Eww" Elana said making a face.
"And number two he won't hurt me."
"You don't know that."
"Actually," Stefan spoke up "I'm pretty sure she's the one person Damon wouldn't hurt, it's a nice change seeing his humanity intact even if it's only when Alexis is in the room. He's even been drinking from blood bags instead of hunting."
"Really?" I asked suprised.
"Yeah noticed it last night after he came home he's got a freezer full in the basement."
Just then Jeremy yelled up the stairs "HEY I NEED MONEY FOR THE PIZZA."
"I'll get it." Elana said before walking out of the room.
I got down the stairs as the pizza guy was walking out the door. I followed Stefan's instructions and within an hour I had liquid vampire be gone. I poured the liquid in a bottle and took it upstairs, I started on my mountains of homework.
I woke up Friday morning to Elana pounding on my door. "Hey if your riding with me I'm leaving in like ten minutes."
I'd fallen asleep at my desk halfway through my history paper. "Shit, I'll be right there." I got dressed in a hurry and planned to do my hair in the car, gathering up my stuff I saw the vervain sitting on my desk. I took a couple big sips before rushing out to the car.
"I hope the insurance company totals my car soon." I said jumping in the front seat.
"Why you don't like riding with me?" Elana replied.
"No I just like being able to come and go as I please."
"I'm going to the Grill after school to get something to eat and then I need to pick up some stuff for my dance outfit. Want to come with me?"
"Sure I still need shoes, so that would be amazing."
We met up after school and headed towards the Grill, when we walked in Elana pulled me over to a table with Bonnie. "Seriously Elana?" I whispered.
Bonnie went to get up and Elana stopped her "No both of you sit down this has got to stop. Alexis, Bonnie has nothing to do with her grams decision and Bonnie, Alexis is going to stop with the shitty attitude. Deal."
"Fine." I said
"Deal." Bonnie said.
We talked for a little bit while we ate and my anger melted away Bonnie even seemed genuinely interested in what little I knew about Elementals. When we dropped the adoption bomb she was just as suprised as we were.
"Have you talked to Jenna?" Bonnie asked.
"No our birth certificates list Miranda and Grayson on them and I'm just worried about what Jenna is going to say."
"I mean how weird can it get you're both dating vampires so... " Bonnie joked
"We should probably get going my outfit is lacking some major accessories." Elana said getting up.
When we stood up and walked out, we got out on to the sidewalk and Elana's phone started ringing "unknown number?"
"Put it on speaker." I said.
She answered it. "Hello?"
"So nice to finally talk to you." A man on the other line said. I looked at Elana confused, we continied walking towards the car while Elana kept talking to the man. "Who is this?"
"Your sister hit me with her car, I was really hoping you'd be with her, stuck taxiing her around hu?"
We got to the car and Elana fiddled with her keys "Hurry up." I said
"I'll see you soon." And with that the line went dead.
"We need to tell Stefan. Boarding House?" Elana asked clearly shaken.
"Yes please."
We got to the boarding house and ran for the door not wanting to spend any time out in the open. Elana told him about the phone call, when she was finished she asked "If he wants to kill either of us then why call?"
At this point my nerves were shot I started pacing.
"Vampires are predators, we enjoy the hunt just as much as the kill maybe more." Stefan said.
"See this is why I decided to drink that vervain." I piped up.
"You drank vervain?" I heard Damon's voice from behind me. "If you didn't want me to bite you, all you just to do was say so." He looked a little hurt.
"It's not for you, Elana has a stalker I'm just taking precautions."
"I'd take a normal stalker any day over this nightmare." Elana said.
Damon took me by the arm and steered me to the kitchen. "You didn't have to drink vervain."
"You can't follow me around twenty four hours a day Damon, if you'd rather me possibly get eaten by some rando phyco then fine I'll give the bottle to Elana."
"Well... no."
I stared at him and watched him shift his weight almost as if he was uncomfortable, "You're not mad cause I drank the vervain, you're mad because you can't bite me." I started laughing.
"Why is that funny, how much did you drink?."
Still laughing, " I don't know maybe an ounce, so you're pouting because you can't have a snack."
He pulled me close and wrapped his arms around me, "You are not a snack. Thankfully that much will be out of your system in a couple days." He said before leaning down kissing me, my hands immediately knoted in his hair. When we broke apart I said, "There is plenty of stuff we can do that don't involve you getting drugged blood. Besides I hear you have plenty down in the basement."
"I see Stefan told you about my new diet."
"Sure did."
"So what has you two all freaked out anyway?"
I explained about the freaky phone call and how we knew it was the guy I hit. Genuine concern flashed across his face "You should stay here tonight." He said nuzzleing into my neck before quickly pulling back with a sour expression on his face.
"You can smell it can't you? If it makes you feel better it tastes like absolute shit." I said and I pulled away we walked back towards the living room. Stefan and Elana were having a cute moment on the couch I noticed the compass in Elana's hand. "How'd you get that?" I asked knowing Damon's was the last one with it.
"A long line of thievery." Elana said with a laugh.
"Well if I remember correctly we have money to spend on stuff we really don't need."
She looked nervous it gave Stefan a kiss and headed towards the door waiting for me when she got there.
"Leaving already?" Damon pouted. "I just got here."
"Well we've been here for like an hour and if I have to watch them be adorable much longer I may vomit." I laughed, and kissed him on the cheek, and walked towards the door
"Hey, wait." He said I watched him zip up the stairs and be back before I could blink. "I almost forgot." He held out a new iPhone "it's already set up."
I took the phone "Wow, thanks you didn't have to do that. I just haven't had time to get a new one."
"Just call me when you get home ok?"
I nodded before following Elana out the door.
The next day went smoothly Elana went to help Caroline set up for the dance while I finally finished all of my make up work.
I was almost done getting ready when Elana came home, since I knew she'd take over the bathroom I tried to hurry.
My hair was pulled up and is wrapped a red bandana around my head as a headband, I'd ended up buying a whole new outfit instead of shoes the red and white knee high dress had called out to me I swear. The dress was strapless fitting tightly down my waist and flailing out at the hips I found some red ballet flats that matched perfect.
I walked downstairs and saw Jenna cleaning up the living room she was all decked out for the dance. "Chaperoning tonight?" I asked.
"Yeah Alaric asked me if I would help." She paused looking at me "you look beautiful."
"Thanks" I said smiling "Elana said mom was going to tell us eventually, I'm sorry I got mad at you, telling us wasn't your job."
"It's ok anger happens when your world is turned upside down."
"Elana said you didn't know who our birth parents were."
"No, just that it was a young girl and your dad took care of everything, they kept it quiet but if anyone asked they had all the paperwork that said you guys were theirs. Your mom wanted a baby so bad and it just wasn't happening and then this girl names Isobel showed up and she had two."
That's was good enough for me for now "I'm going to gofinish getting ready I'll see you at the dance." I said before going to check on Elana. I heard Jenna head out the door. Elana was blow drying her hair and taking forever "You almost ready?" I asked.
"Yeah, wow you look nice that dress was a good find."
"You don't look so bad yourself." I said "what's that noise?" Looking around trying to find the source of some clicking.
"I don't know, is anyone else here?"
"No jenna just left." We started looking around.
"It's the compass!" Elana yelled.
"Maybe Stefan or Damon are close." We walked down the stairs and Elana called Stefan.
"Stefan's phone."
"Damon? Why do you have Stefan's phone?"
"He left it, he left a few minutes before I did."
"Oh ok that's probably why this compass is going crazy he must be close." She hung up the phone, I walked out on to the porch looking around for Stefan.
"AHH." I heard Elana scream I whipped around in time to see the vampire from the road about to bite her, I threw my hands up and he flew into the wall above the fireplace. Only stunned for a second he got up and speed out as Stefan was running in. He ran over to Elana and I shut the door only to have it fly back open and Damon charging through it. I walked over to see if Elana was ok Stefan being there seemed to help.
"It was the guy from the road." I said. "How did he get in?"
Elana looked up and thought for a moment. "He was the pizza guy, the one from the other night Jeremy invited him in."
"Mom always said all that pizza we eat was going to kill us some day." Everyone glared at me, "What inappropriate humor is what I'm good at." I walked over and stared picking up the pictures and glass off the floor.
"I give him props for posing as the pizza guy." Damon said walking over and helping me.
"What are we going to do?" Elana asked.
"We kill him tonight." Damon said quickly looking at Stefan who seemed to agree.
"How" I asked standing up.
"We go to the dance and see who shows up."
I walked into the kitchen and threw the glass away Damon following right behind me, "He knows I'm a witch, I threw him off Elana."
"Well maybe that means he won't try again, but he's been invited in so we need to find him."
I pinched the bridge of my nose feeling a headache coming, I let out a sigh. "Let's get this over with." I said I went to walk back into the living room but Damon took my hand and pulled me towards him, "You look beautiful by the way."
"Thanks. It literary screamed buy me yesterday when me and Elana were shopping."
We got to the dance Elana and I went to talk to Bonnie and Caroline while the guys looked around for anything weird.
"Personally I think it's weird you two are dating brothers." Caroline said "I mean Stefan and Elana sure but you and Damon it's probably not going to work."
Elana elbowed her, "Be nice."
"You're jealousy is showing." I spat, I walked off to go find Damon. I found him talking to Alaric, "Hey Ric."
"Alexis hows your night going?" He said with a smile.
"Good, just came to steal my boyfriend back." I snaked my arm around Damon's and he took the hint. "It was nice to meet you Alaric."
"Yeah, you too." Alaric turned back to Jenna while Damon and I walked around the gym I spotted Elana and Stefan dancing, "You can't even tell she's scared out of her mind."
"I'm amazed she got Stefan to dance." He laughed "Speaking of, that's why we're here." He held out his hand.
"Oh, no I don't dance... not unless there has been copious amounts of alcohol consumed."
"Oh come on it's a slow song." He pulled me on to the dance floor much to my protest he moved my hands to his shoulders and put his on my hips pulling me as close as possible "See easy." And it was Damon led me around for two songs before a fast one came on.
"Annnnd I'm done." I said, he laughed I looked around trying to see if I recognized anyone before finally realizing Elana was gone my eyes widened "Where's Elana?" Damon looked around Stefan we also missing.
"Stay here." Damon said sternly.
"Yeah ok, we both know how well you bossing me around goes." I snapped following right behind him. If he thought I was really going to stay put while my sister was in trouble he hadn't been paying attention. We ran down the hall joining up with Stefan the brothers stopped for a minute I assume listening for Elana. Me, being impatient ran towards the cafeteria thinking it would be one of the few places open. I was right when I walked in Elana had just stabbed the guy in the hand with a pencil, he dropped to the ground when she stabbed him with another and ran towards me "GO" I yelled turning away just long enough for the attacker to grab me. I screamed out when he bit me, one pull and he fell to the floor. I backed up against the wall he wasn't unconscious but he wasn't expecting the vervain. I was bleeding but not as bad as when Vikki bit me.
"Hey, asshole." Damon said before snatching him up he looked over to me and worry shot across his face "I'm fine." I mouthed
Stefan had a stake "Why are you chasing Elana?" He asked.
"It's fun," the vampire laughed
Stefan plunged the stake in his stomach, "Why."
"She looks like Kathrine."
"You know Kathrine?" Damon spoke up.
"What you think you two are the only ones, you don't remember me do you?"
"Who are you working with?" Stefan said pushing the stake in more.
"You'll have to kill me." He said.
Stefan pulled the stake out and went to to stab it through his chest.
"Wait, the grimoire I know how you can find it."
"How?" Damon growled.
"The Gilbert journals, Jonathan Gilbert's journal."
Stefan plunged the stake into his heat and Damon let him fall to the ground, Thankfully Elana had helped me find something to keep my neck from bleeding everywhere, we had heard everything. Damon rushed over to me, "Are you ok?" He asked going to move the towel I had pressed up to my neck.
"Don't touch it, I can't carry your heavy ass out of here."
"I'm going to ignore the fat joke, can you move the towel?"
I did as he asked, still bleeding "He either can't aim or he wasn't trying to kill you, missed the vein." He bit into his wrist and I took it.
"Still upset about me drinking that vervain?"
"Nope came in kinda handy, chances are if he knew Kathrine then he's older then me and Stefan." My neck healed Damon helped me up, Elana walked up to us "Can you take us home Stefan is going to take care of him." She said.
"Yeah, help Alexis to the car I'll be right there."
"I'm fine Jesus." I said pulling away from both of them. We got to the car and got in it was a good ten minutes before Damon got in the car "Everything ok?" I asked.
"Yeah had to compel your history teacher." He said before looking back at Elana, "Stefan is going to meet us at your house." We pulled up to the house and it looked like we were the first ones back, I climbed out so Elana could get out she walked up to the house. Damon walked up next to me, "Can I stay with you tonight?"
"Of course." He smiled taking my hand as we walked up the steps, Stefan wasn't far behind us he was making tea for Elana when I came back down. I set my bag down by the door, "Hey are you going to be ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine, kind of have a rush going on." She said before taking a sip.
"Nothing like almost getting murdered to get the blood pumping." I laughed "I'm going to the Boarding House do you need anything before I go."
"No I think Stefan has it covered."
"Night." I said when I got to the door it swung open before I could even turn the knob. It was Jenna and Alaric she was laughing at something he just said, she turned to me and immediately eyed my bag, "Going somewhere?"
"Yes?" I said with a raised eyebrow.
"In Mystic Falls?" Jenna had been trying to be a guardian but tip toe around it for the last couple days.
"Yes no more road trips, promise."
She moved out of the way to let me pass but stopped Damon. "If you hurt her I will kill you."
"Scouts honor." Damon said. She let him pass and we headed to the car. "Your aunt just threatened a vampire." He laughed when he got in.
"She'd try too so watch your back." I laughed.
When we got to the boarding house I went straight for the kitchen, when Damon walked through the door way I was standing on the counter looking through one of the cabinets, "What are you doing? And why are you standing on the counter?"
"I'm standing on the counter because whoever built this kitchen was obviously a giant, I'm looking for a box of- HA HA I knew I saw it before." I turned around and showed off my prize. "Hot coco, I don't like tea and it's way to late for coffee."
He laughed as he helped me off the counter "You could have asked for help."
"We both know that's not going to happen." I smiled while putting a mug of water in the microwave. Damon walked up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist, leaning down and kissing my neck making me shudder. The microwave beeped making me jump Damon didn't move just laughed. I finished making my coco and walked toward the living room we sat with Damon's head in my lap.
"You learn anything new from that book you got from Bree."
"Yeah a couple things while normal witches seek covens, the fancy ones such as myself seek out the company of vampires."
"It does not say that."
"Actually it does, kinda it actually says we seek out supernatural predators for protection, sort of a symbiotic thing we preform spells for them they protect us. When I think supernatural predator vampire is about all that comes to mind."
"You just using me then?" There was a light tone to his voice so I knew he was joking.
"Just for sex" I smiled at him and started running my fingers in through his hair. He let out a satisfied groan and closed his eyes, he let me continue for a couple minutes before vamp speed getting up and throwing me over his shoulder. "Stop put me down." I squealed. As he walked us towards the stairs I heard the front door open Elana and Stefan walked in.
"Hi," I waved still slung over Damon's shoulder "seriously put me down." Damon did reluctantly "What are you doing here?"
"Well Jenna invited Alaric in for coffee and it got a little awkward." Elena said.
"Like doing it on the counter awkward or..." I was too grossed out to finish the thought.
"Like you know he's going to be there in the morning awkward and my room is just way too close to hers for all that."
"Well then you two have fun." I winked, Elana didn't have a chance to answer because Damon picked me back up and zipped us upstairs.