She's making an early lunch for everyone and doing her typical routine of sitting on the counter in her pajama's while reading and cooking. She's stirring the food with a large wooden spoon in the pan with one hand, not even looking as her eyes are glued to the book she is holding in her other hand, reading about pregnancy. The 'presents' she got some of them while in hospitable were actually quite helpful books and everything else is currently stacked in the closet of her room, she finally has her own room again even though it was hard to leave Elena (technically it was Elena that moved rooms as she said it was another new start and there were too many memories in the one they had shared, which Alexis understood) but they both knew they needed it.
Her sister is at the table, cleaning some old family heirlooms that Alexis took quite the interest to and was helping clean them before deciding to cook them all early lunch and Matt's also coming over soon so he can he something if he hasn't already eaten. The family antiques are going to be on display at the founders party in a heritage project that meant a lot to her mom. She was really involved in the founder's council, and it was her favorite party, it's why the sisters want to help with the project.
The TV is on and that's the only thing that distracts Alexis from reading as she here the new anchor speak. "To repeat, the animal terrorizing Mystic Falls has been caught." The anchor speaks and Alexis eyes flick over to the TV, slight frown as she remembers the last attack with Tanners death the same night she was injured but she's glad that animal was caught.
Alexis lets out a sigh, looking back to her book but her aunt Jenna is at the counter in front of her looking at the TV mumbling something, causing Alexis to look up to the woman. "Scum ball. Scum bucket." The red head huffs looking at the TV and the younger twins eyebrows hitch up.
"Who are you talking to?" She questions. Her aunt looks over her shoulder to her before motioning to the TV with her head.
"Him." Jenna huffs and both twins look to the TV.
"The news guy?" Elena pipes up, arching a brow looking to her aunt then sister who shrugs as Jenna nods.
"Also known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?"
"Oh, no way. You and him?" Alexis asks, eyes wide and teasing as Jenna looks to her, annoyed expression but she knows is directed at him not her.
"He's cute." Elena remarks, purposely also teasing their aunt.
"He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him. " Jenna insists but the girls can tell she might still be a little interested in him. Jenna sighs, giving up, knowing the twins will continue question her about it so she looks over to Elena and changes the topic. "What are you doing with that?"
"Alexis and I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box."
"Mhmmm. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Alexis adds, nodding her head, taking allot of interest in the family heirlooms but she lets her eyes going back to reading, still stirring with one hand as the food is almost down and really just needs to be stirred while it simmers.
"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna asks as Jeremy walks over.
"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Elena tells her with a tilt of her head while she cleans the ring and her brother reaches over, picking up something from the table.
"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" He questions, looking it over in his hands, Alexis frowns but she continues to read.
"You're not gonna find out." Elena glares at him, snatching the antique out of his hands and he rolls his eyes, shaking his head.
"That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away." He huffs out as he turns away, Alexis's can tell he cares about the stuff although he did just talk about selling it. He cares, they all care about the family heirlooms. He can't really kept much from Alexis and she tries not to keep anything from him either.
"I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." Elena argues in a huff. Alexis looks up again at that while Jeremy has walked over to the fridge and is now pulling it open.
"Just wait a minute, this is almost done." She tells her brother, interrupting his movements. He looks to her, he sees the healing bruises on her face and his expression visible softens at her. He closes the fridge nodding before heading to the cupboard to get out some plates. The sound of the doorbell ringing bounces through the house and Elena gets up, when Alexis looks to the source, expecting Matt here soon but Elena is also expecting Stefan.
"Continue, I'll get it." Elena tells her sister, who nods before heading off to answer the door.
"Who is it?!" Alexis shouts out after a moment, still reading.
"Stefan!" Her sister calls back from the other room.
"Is he hungry?!" She asks loudly and she can hear a laugh in response from the other room.
"We'll have some later!" Elena calls back before Stefan has the chance to, then Alexis hears footsteps going upstairs and Alexis laughs at them, shaking her head. Not even a few seconds pass before she hears a voice call out.
"Hey, Lexy." He greets her as walks into the kitchen. He sees her sitting on the counter, reading while stirring food in a pan, still in her pajama's with her hair thrown up and the bruises have faded mostly but still mark her skin lightly. She knows that voice and there is only one person that calls her that. She looks over and a huge smile breaks out on her face, in a toothy, sweet, grin. He's caught for a moment he thinks looks beautiful and adorable especially when she looks at him.
"Hi, Matty" She beams at him. He must of walked in right after Stefan did, she thinks. Since what happened Matt's been around the house quite a lot lately and Alexis has absolutely no problem with it, she enjoys it. With him being around more, them talking more, they've gotten closer to each other after the incident and it feels so right. She jumps off the counter, putting both wooden spoon and book aside. He laughs softly, making his way closer and she pounces, wrapping her arms around his middle.
He wraps his arms around her, smiling and still laughing softly as he does so. Arms still loosely around Alexis when she pulls back Matt looks up and to others in the room. "Hello, Jenna, " He nods politely at Alexis's aunt before looking over to Jeremy. "Hey, Jeremy." He greets him and Jeremy nods.
"Are you hungry? I cooked lunch." She grins at him. Jenna watches the two interact with each other and it's so obvious now, at least to almost everyone but the two of them.
Lunch was nice and after that her and Matt sit in the lounge room as they talk. She isn't sure what to do about Tyler, she knows it was an accident though it happened and she went to hospitable, her unborn child was put in danger. She sighs, it's a decision that she's unsure of. Tyler's offered Alexis 'compensation', thankful she didn't sue of or cause an uproar about it, but in a way it feels wrong to take the money because of a mistake and they already paid for her medical bills.
"What should I do, Matty?" She questions. Matt looks at her and he knows they could use the money, they could use it allot, though it is a little weird coming from Tyler's parents because of what Tyler did.
"We'll be okay, either way it'll be okay... but we could use it." He tells her softly and it's completely true. They'll get by with or without it. In the grand look of things the amount, when you put it next to expensive for a kid, it isn't that much but it's enough that it'd seriously help them. Jenna has already told Alexis she should take it. He's part time at the grill right now, which he's making some but not exactly enough though he can always pick up more shift now that football season is probably been forfeited because of coach Tanner's death.
If they really needed to they could get by on just Gilbert money for a while, the Gilbert's aren't rich but they do have some money, more than average in the town. Alexis doesn't have much access to her inheritance though, he has no idea how much she was left but he doesn't want them to rely on it and he thinks it'd feel wrong to do that. Kids are so expansive, of course people say that but it's never really shown, not in movies or TV and if the do it's usually which only mention it for a short time. It's real though.
"I know." She nods slowly, she has to make up her mind soon, she knows that. She presses her lips together and Matt puts a hand on her arm, nodding at her reassuring her, before he suggests they watch TV.
Later on, Matt walks out onto the porch and Alexis stays in the open doorway. Matt's leaving and Alexis has to call her Uncle John to check in before meeting Bonnie and Caroline at the grill in an hour. Matt pauses in his steps, they just said goodbye but it seems he has forgotten something as he turns back to look at Alexis. He has that look on his face that gives her butterflies in her stomach.
"Actually, I have a question." He tells her and she quirks a brow.
"Yes?" Alexis asks him and she tilts her head to the side, looking at him.
"Would you like to go to the founders party with me?" He asks her and she looks at him thoughtfully, but her eyes are happy and her lips are quirked up in a small, sweet, smile. Her smile is always so sweet, so truthful and pure, at least it is whenever she is with him. Her lips part and he can see the question also dancing on her features so he cuts in clarifying what he meant. "Like.. on a date...with me. I mean, if you want it to be one." He tells her, a little slower, carefully and hopefully.
"I'd like that very much." She admits shyly, her eyes flicking down and he's swears her cheeks are tinted a rosey red colour. She swears his are too.
She calls John after he heard what happened to her he's been checking up more. She can tell he wants to tell her something but it confuses her as he never completely does. The phone call doesn't last too long but he can hear in her tone she sounds excited and happy so he lets her get back to whatever she was doing, he's happy she's in such a great mood.
She feels giddy, she can't keep the smile off her face as she throws on some clothes before heading down to the grill to meet the girls, looking forward about telling them about what just happened. She walks into the grill and first face she sees is Vicki, her relationship with Vicki has changed and it obvious by the fact Vicki goes out of her way to greet and hug her.
"Hey, Vicki." Alexis greets the working waitress and aunt of her unborn child.
"Hey, how are you and the little one?" Vicki asks, the girl is trying to get better. After Vicki stood up to Tyler that night for Alexis Vicki has started taking a few slow steps in the right direction as she's starting to realize maybe she's been a bit wrong with some of her choices. Vicki lacks follow through in allot of things but she is trying to fix at least the main problem which is drugs. It's not pot like Jeremy, it's pills for her. She's slowly trying to ween herself off stuff and Vicki she's doing pretty good. From getting high at least once or twice a day to once every two days. It may not seem like much to others but it is, it's the start.
"Good, really good." Alexis smiles at her, Vicki smiles back through she seems a little distracted. "You?"
"Tyler's around with his parents. Just avoid them so they don't taint your good mood." Vicki tells her. Obviously Tyler being around has tainted Vicki's mood as Vicki just wants nothing to do with him anymore, he treated her like trash and what he did to Alexis was the final straw and showed her his true light. Alexis knows Vicki probably won't stay away from Tyler because as said Vicki tends to lack follow through.
"Not staying long, Just going to talk to Care and Bon' for a few minutes."
"See ya."
"Later, Vic." Alexis farewells her as the waitress gets back to work before she heads over to the girls. "Hey girls, what you talking 'bout?" Alexis asks as she slips into a chair and the two girl look at her, noticing the smile that can't seem to fall off the girls lips.
"Founder's party tonight..." Bonnie trails off because she and Caroline can clearly see how happy Alexis is. "You look happy, really happy." Bonnie observes, arching a brow in her best friend way, Alexis and Elena have allot of the same tells. Plus, the past two weeks Bonnie and Alexis have also gotten a little closer while Caroline's running around with Damon. Alexis's smile widens at the mention of it and Bonnie narrows her eyes at the mom-to-be. Alexis offhandedly thinks Caroline is acting strange, she has been for awhile now."Spill. What happened?" Bonnie demands and the blonde girl also finally speaks up.
"To be specific, what happened with you and Matt?" Caroline asks with a knowing smirk on her lips, having known it must be Matt, but she looks really curious. Alexis is smiling as she looks between the two other girls who lean forward.
"Matt asked me to go with him to the Founder's party as a date."
"Seriously? That's amazing!" Caroline gasps, eyes wide and excited. The blonde has a huge grin on her face, looking so happy for her friend because she knows how much it means to her friend, there's a edge of concern in her eyes but Alexis doesn't see that, just the excitement she feels reflected back.
"Wait, It'll be your first date, right?" Bonnie asks, smiling and realization on her face. She doesn't know much about the Matt and Alexis story but she knows this is a good thing. Alexis nods, sliding back in her chair.
"Yeah." It's going to be her first date, she's never been on a date before and it's kind of really exciting. She's about to continue when she catches sight of Tyler's father looking over, but he doesn't see her looking. "God, I'm so excited but I have to go though well talk about this before the party, okay?"
"Why are you going?" Caroline questions, eyes wide as Alexis stands
"Tyler and his parents." Alexis admits. She didn't feel like exactly confronting that issue just yet, she'll wait to when they are all together. She doesn't want her mood to sour, ro stress about what she's going to do about that at the moment, plus she has to find something to wear for tonight.
"I'll come over later." Bonnie promises while Caroline just says something about Damon that makes Alexis frown slightly before she heads off.
She gets home and she's in the kitchen, about to get a drink from the fridge then tell Elena what happened with Matt when Elena looks at her sister curiously. "So, You and Stefan are close?" Elena asks though she already knows this. The two of them sort of had that instant connection, thankfully was a different type of connection to Stefan and Elena's, but in both sisters case it was someone you knew you had to have in your life, someone that comes into your life and is exactly what you need. Alexis's case, he's a friend that she needed, whether she knew she needed that or not. Alexis nods at that but lets out a sigh.
"Yes, but I promise I am not in love with this one and I have no intention on stealing your man." Alexis swears because it's true and Elena knows that but she finds it funny that was the first thing Alexis said in response.
"No, no, I mean it's good you two get along so well." Elena giggles, shaking her head and Alexis beams at her.
"He's been a great friend, he even actually did his half of that project and we turned it in early." Alexis tells her thoughtfully with amusement in her voice, happy that he actually came through on his promise to help with that.
"So , he's good in your books?"
"I think he's a good guy." The younger girl nods, she's still smiling like crazy, she can tell Alexis is practically bouncing to tell her something. Elena looks at her, tilting her head.
"Okay, now tell me." She demands Alexis softly with a smile.
"Tell you?" Alexis plays dumb for a moment, she should know Elena can read her like a book, better than anyone else.
"Why you're smiling so much?" Elena explains, arching a brow, still smiling.
"Matt asked me to the Founder's party as a date." Her voice goes higher a pitch and she looks so excited and Elena can't help but feel excited for her sister too.
"That's incredible! Wait, Oh my god, your first date! We have to find something for you to wear." Suddenly there's a knock at the door "Give me a minute, It's probably Tyler picking this up." Elena tells her grabbing the box of family heirlooms from the table but Alexis thinks about it for only a moment before reaching out and taking it from her sister's hands.
"Let me." The pregnant girl tells her sister who suddenly looks very unsure.
"If you're sure..."
"Just stay here." She tells Elena and starts to head to the door. The next thing she hears is a thud sound and a curse. She hurries over to see Jeremy standing in the door way, she pushes him to the side only to see Tyler clutching his noise. Jeremy just socked him in the face as second ago. It takes Tyler great strength not to swing back at Jeremy, he actually half expected this to happen when he's mother asked him to go to the Gilbert house but the reason he didn't swing was Alexis's voice. "Hey!" She scolds as she interrupts them again. She can see he's still tense but almost every ounce of fight in Tyler's body disappears when he hers her voice as he clutches his nose.
She puts a hand on her brothers chest, pushing him back when he tries to get to Tyler again. She looks between them, eyes wide and shaking her head. "You two, no more fighting!" She scolds them in a warning, looking between them with a look that dares them to argue with her on that.
"Fuck's sake, I'm here for my mom. I was supposed to pick up a box of stuff." Tyler groans, Jeremy didn't hit him too hard, his nose is bleeding slightly but not like crazy and will surely be bruised but it is not broken.
"Right here. Please be careful." Alexis tells him as she offers it, he nods and takes it.
"Yeah, be careful with it, dick." Jeremy hisses at him and Alexis is quick to look a her younger brother.
"Hey! What did I just say." She scolds her brother.
"I'm fine, he's just being a-" Tyler doesn't finish that, he seems to think better of it.
"Jeremy, go! I need to talk to Ty for a minute."
"I won't leave you alone with him." He thinks that's probably the most ridiculous thing he's heard all week.
"Please, Jer." She pleads and he knows she will not let it go so he caves.
"Fine, but I'm in the next room." He shoots Tyler a warning look before heading off. When Jeremy's out of sight she turns back to look at the raven haired teen before her.
"Are you okay? Do you need some ice for that?" She questions, concern on her face when he drops his hand from his face.
"I'm fine but I'm so sorry, Al', I really am. I swear I never meant to hit you." Tyler doesn't want to hurt her again she could see that by how all the fight left him when her heard her voice in fear of accidentally hitting her again. He screwed up so bad that night, it was his probably his biggest regret the moment he realized what happened. He had let his emotions get the better of him, he often does because there's always this anger inside of him, like an animal clawing to get out and it's so hard to control.
"I know, it just...I know you didn't mean it though." She struggles to find the words, looking at him and presses her lips together. He looks guilty, she can see it in his eyes. She tilts her head letting out a breath. "It's not okay that it happened but I forgive you."
"Then take whatever my parents offered." Saying sorry doesn't feel like enough, he isn't used to apologizing and since he's apologizing for hitting and knocking out a pregnant girl? He knows it's going to take more then 'I'm sorry.' She shifts her weight from one foot to the other, looking uncomfortable.
"I don't kn-" She starts, crossing her arms over her chest but he cuts her off.
"Just take it, Alexis." He tells her.
"I-"
"Do it, then I know you and I are fine also then my parents will finally chill." Maybe he's insisting because he's parents have not stopped annoying him about it but still. The Lockwood's pay there problems away but she hasn't made this like a huge problem, it's hard choice, she was fine with them only paying the medical bills but then offering that? She understands why but almost wishes they didn't. Their parents were close, maybe that's why they're insisting.
"We're fine." She assures him, trying to stress that point.
"So you'll take it?"
"Fine." She caves with a sigh. She doesn't really want to accept money from them because of Tyler's and her actions. She feels weird about it but, as Matt said, they could use it.
"Good." He tells her.
"Tell your mom I'll see her tonight. Now, are you sure you don't need ice?" She worried that he's hurt and he is still surprised even though it's like her to be worried. He just shakes his head.
"I need to get home, see you around tonight." He tells her and she says goodbye to him before closing the door. She leans against the closed door and lets out a breath, huge smile on her face, because she has a date to get ready for.
Thanks for reading, OMG A DATE! YAY! I think opposed to any other date the Founder's party was the way to go- formal date thing and it means allot to her- Also so yes i've been changing Vicki character up slightly and I am trying to stay true to her as i do think this is how she'd be in this circumstance! Let me know if you think that! -As i look back between episode 3 and 4 I actually guess there was about maybe around 2 weeks in between them so that's why it's 13 week 5 days now instead of like 12 week something like i said at end of last chapter. (Sorry for any mistakes again I'm still a little distracted rn)
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