Ava screamed loudly hearing the footsteps getting closer, she clenched her eyes when she felt something what she assumed to be a hand brush against her cheek, her blood was pumping around her body and her head was spinning, she struggled with her belt and screamed when she felt a hand around her throat, tears coursed down her face
"No, No, No" she cried out when the hand that was around her throat grip became firmer but then all of a sudden it was gone. Ava gasped she was breathing heavily, she leant forward towards the smashed window to see if she could hear anything. She screamed when a smooth hand cupped her cheek
"Ssh relax, how are you doing here?"
"Damon?" she whimpered her voice shook
"You're stuck" Damon murmured
"It's my seatbelt" she cried out tugging on it, the vampire easily pulled the door of the taxi off. "Where are you going?" she called out getting unnerved when she couldn't hear him
"Ssh, Ssh" he bent down and knelt down "I'm going to get you out" he could see that she was clearly terrified "I want you to put your hands onto the roof" she did as she was instructed sniffing as she did so "just like that, good girl" he reached forward and grabbed the seatbelt "ready?" she nodded but stopped since her head was thumping in pain "One, two, three-" with that he tore the belt off of her, before she could hit the ground Damon caught her. "Easy, easy I got you" he murmured picking her up bridal style "Can you stand?" he asked looking down at her "anything broken?"
Ava shook her head and groaned "What about Greg?"
"Who?" Damon frowned
"The driver-"
"I'll come back for him" he uttered and gingerly set her on her feet, his grip on her slackened and she tumbled forward into his chest, Damon looped his arm around her waist
"Ava? Ava?" her eyes were closed her breathing was slowing down "you're fading fast, listen to my voice and open your eyes" her milky green eyes were glazed over, he cupped her cheek, she felt his thumb brush against her bottom lip "What are you doing out here?" he asked wiping away her tears
"Elena" Ava closed her eyes "she….Stefan…she was crying….and said…." She was struggling to get words "something about looking like her"
"What?" Damon frowned but her knees buckled beneath her, he caught her and looked down at her face, he gently brushed aside her blonde curls, and looked around, he sighed "Upsy daisy" he scooped her up and walked down the dark path.
Ava groaned slowly waking up, she clutched her throbbing head and wondered what the hell was going on. Everything was a blur, she attempted to put the pieces back together, she remembered Elena calling her….she was crying she think-no wait she was definitely crying… she jolted recalling that she had asked her to come and pick her up. Realisation hit her she shot up but found herself buckled in
"Oh sleeping beauty is finally awake" her head snapped towards the sound of the voice
"Damon?"
"I'm right here princess" he smirked; her brows furrowed wondering what the hell was going on. She could tell they were in a car since she heard the sound of an engine running
"What's going on?" she asked managing to sit up, "where are we?" she swallowed trying to quench her dry throat
"Georgia"
Ava's eyes bugged out "What?!" she snapped "no, you're lying where are we?" her hand brushed against the door handle "DAMON?"
"Seriously we're in Georgia"
Ava groaned and feeling her head ache in pain
"How are you?" he asked catching the look on her face
"I…I-"
"Well there are no broken bones, I checked" he smirked seeing her face flush
Ava scowled at him "Aww" Damon cooed "so cute" he reached over and pinched her cheek she swatted his hand away
"Quit it" she pouted
"And aww you're pouting-"
"Shut up" Ava face forward she wanted to go home "wait" she paled "Greg? What happened to him-"
"He's fine, doesn't remember anything" Damon uttered.
Ava let out a breath of relief but she froze "He said something about a man…." She tucked in a stray curl "a man there was a man in the road. Who was he?" she patted around her pockets to find her cell but couldn't
"That's what I'd like to know" Damon frowned he had caught a whiff of the other vampire but before he could do anything he was gone.
"Gran-"Ava muttered she knew that the elderly woman was probably freaking out right now "we have to go back, pull over Damon. Damon stop the car" she shouted
"Ergh" Damon groaned rolling his eyes "you were much more fun when you was asleep"
"Damon-"
"Right, right" she felt the car slowing down and soon enough it had stopped. She unbuckled herself and quickly got out, Ava clutched on to the door as a wave of pain hit her, god she was stiff. She felt a pulse of air and jumped when Damon grabbed her arm, he crouched down so he could look at her face
"You ok?" he asked brushing aside her curls
"I'm fine" she grounded out and staggered away, being in close proximity to him was causing her pulse to quicken. "We have to go back" truth be told she didn't trust him one little bit, not after what he had done to Caroline and Lexi.
"Oh come on" Damon coaxed appearing in front of her, Ava could feel the sun on her skin "we've already come this far"
Ava frowned "Is there something wrong with you? I can't be here Damon; I have people who care for me and who are probably worrying." She poked him and grinned inwardly when she heard him hiss. She had poked him hard in the chest "I can't be here. I want to go home. This is kidnapping-"
"Don't you think you're being a bit melodramatic?" Damon asked
"How the fuck-"she batted his hand away when she felt him grasp her shoulder, but it didn't work "you took someone when they were unconscious without them knowing. That's kidnapping, you're not funny. I want to go home" she scowled. "Ergo I am not going to Georgia"
"Oh you're in Georgia" Damon told him "listen here princess" he surprised her by cupping her cheek "You can't get anywhere without me, I'm your ride"
"Why are you doing this?" Ava asked softly, causing his smirk to falter.
"You don't need to be scared Ava" he brushed his thumb across her cheek before she could say anything a familiar tune rang out,
"That's my cell how did-"
Damon hummed and pulled her cell out of his pocket, "Oh it's brother dearest"
"Give it" she went to snatch it but he took a step back and easily dodged her
"Nope" Damon grinned and answered her phone "Ava's phone….oh yeah she's right here…she's fine….you want to talk to her?"
Ava perked up "Give me the phone" she demanded and lunged forward but before she could blink she was flipped around and her front was flushed against the car, she grunted as Damon pressed himself against her "get off" she shouted
"I'm not doing anything to her Elena" she knew he smirking, "you tell my brother that we'll see him later" without another word he hanged up. Ava scowled and wriggled
"Ya know" Damon purred into her ear so that his lips brushed against the shell of her ear stilling her movements "the more you wriggle the more I want a bite. So behave" she stiffened when he laid a kiss on the underside of her jaw
"Back off Damon" Ava spat he sighed and took a step back, she spun on her heel so that she was facing him, the wind washed over her sending her blond locks flying, "No one knows where I am. We have to go back Damon" her voice shook
"Look" he tried to pacify her "we're almost there"
"Where the hell is that?" she snapped she wasn't at all happy especially being with Damon since hers and the vampire's previous encounters weren't all that pleasant
"Just a little place outside of Atlanta" he uttered "come on Ava, when was the last time you went on a road trip. It'll be fun. So quit the whining and get into the car" he ordered the last part. With that he walked over to the car and got in.
Ava glared at the ground "Get in the car Ava"
"Go to hell" she shouted back and walked off tripping over the roots,
"You're being childish" he drawled he let out a frustrated sigh when she didn't listen to him
"You're being a dick" she yelled back "I'm going home"
Damon swore and got out of the car and leant against it damn he thought, for someone small she sure was resilient "Get in the car"
"No" Ava picked up her pace
"How the hell are you going to get back to Mystic Falls anyway?" he was getting pissed "you can't exactly see-"
Ava scoffed "Lovely way to persuade someone, insult them. And I'll hitchhike home-"
"You're being stupid-"
"And you're an ass. Now leave me-"
Damon had enough, she yelped when she was lifted off of the ground and was flung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes,
"Damon let me go" she shouted and pounded her fists against his back,
Damon rolled his eyes "Behave-"
"Burn in hell" she thrashed in his hold "let go-" she abruptly stopped when she felt a stinging sensation on her bottom "did you slap my bum?" she asked gripping on to his shoulders
"Yep, but I prefer my other method which involves no clothes"
"Dick, put me down"
"Ok" with that he dropped her. Ava groaned when she landed on her bum
"You're such a prick" she scowled, Damon rolled his eyes and crouched down in front of her
"Ava you're stuck with me so let's-"
"Or you could take me home" she countered,
"Nope, we're nearly there anyway so make the most of it" Ava frowned he sighed and held her chin tilting her face up "I'll take you home Ava I promise"
She bit her lip "Will I'll be safe with you?" she asked quietly
"Yes" he replied sincerely
"What about that mind control thing?"
"Doesn't work on you" he responded, her brows furrowed in confusion "I think it's to do with the not seeing thing"
"Huh" Ava murmured so there was an advantage in being blind she had one final question "Can I trust you?" usually she would just delve into the person's mind to see if she could spot ill intention but that trick didn't work on him
"Get in the car" he uttered and without another word he walked towards the car. Ava closed her eyes and sighed knowing that she didn't have any other choice, with that thought she got up and headed towards the car, she held her hand out and trailed it across the car she stopped at the handle and with a deep breath she climbed in. She slammed the door shut behind her
"You were going to run again weren't you?" Damon smirked seeing the pout on her face
"I would but you're a vampire….and I'm not that stupid" Ava countered folding her arms across her chest
"Well that's good to know" he started the car and soon enough they were on the road.
Ava rested her head against the window; there was low music in the background,
"Would you stop?" she snapped getting annoyed
"What?"
"The tapping" she said through gritted teeth "You're so annoying-"
"And hot-"
"Arrogant-"
"God's gift to women-"
"A burden on the world-"
"Awesome-"
"Dick-"
"Sexy-"
"Mean-"
"That's how you finish it off?" Damon chuckled "and we were doing so well-"
"Shut up" she mumbled she had ran out of insults "so where's the taxi gone?"
"I pulled it to the side of the road" the vampire replied "I don't think anyone will bother with it"
Ava nodded and tucked in a stray curl behind her ear "Hmm, what about that man in the road? Was he a vampire?"
"From what I could tell? Yep he was"
"And you don't know him?" Ava countered playing with the hem of her top
"If I never met him I wouldn't know him" Damon glanced over to her "it's not like we all hang at a vamp bar and Grill"
"I know" Ava rolled her eyes the car swerve and the car coming to a stop, he shut the car off
"Where are we?" she asked getting out of the car hearing him do the same
"Somewhere we can get a decent drink" he uttered moving over to her side
"A bar? You brought me to a bar?" she asked getting annoyed "so let me get this straight, you kidnap me to bring me to a bar? Are you out of your freaking mind-no wait don't answer that" she snapped Ava ran her fingers through her tousled hair "you're mad, completely mad. In case you've forgotten, I'm not old enough so they won't let me in"
"Sure they will, here" he pressed a thin piece of metal into her hands
"My cane I thought-"
"I went back and got it, it's useful after all" Damon linked his arm through hers and guided her towards the building that had a large sign above it reading 'Bree's Bar'
As soon as they entered the bar, Ava was greeted with the sound of low music and a musky smell; she could tell that the bar wasn't that busy since it was relatively quiet.
"Right here" Damon murmured placing her onto a stool; she reached out and trailed her hand over the wooden countertop.
"Damon Salvatore" a female voice called out, she laughed
"Did she just jump over the bar?" Ava questioned but she didn't get a reply "Ok…"
"My honey pie"
Ava cocked an eyebrow and heard the distinctive sound of kissing "Oh god….that's right just carry on…never been this glad before about being blind" she muttered.
After a couple of minutes Bree was back behind the bar and Damon was now sitting next to Ava
"Listen up here everybody" Bree yelled, Ava heard the sound of clinking glass "here's to the man that broke my heart, crushed my soul, destroyed my life and ruined any or all chances of happiness" she set down the shot glasses in front of Ava and Damon. The blond reached out and lightly grasped the small glass; she wasn't one for drinking "drink up"
Damon downed his own drink and took Ava's she shot him a grateful smile, she shifted in her seat as Bree poured her another shot. "So how did he rope you in?"
"I'm not roped in-"
"Honey if you're not roped in then you're whipped-"
"I'll whip you" Ava muttered with a frown on her face causing Bree to chuckle.
"Either way dear just enjoy the ride, hmm Damon she's not your usual type but she sure is a cutie-"
"Swear to god no cheek pinching" Ava shook her head "and I'm not going on any ride"
"Fiery" Bree smirked at the vampire "I like it-"
"She may not look like it but she's a vixen in the bedroom" Damon wagged his eyebrows up and down, there was a resounding thump, he looked over to Ava and saw that she was face down on the bar, she had slammed her head against it
"Please never say that again"
Damon snorted, she sat back up he saw the slightly redden skin on her temple "and now you're probably going to end up with a bruise. Well done Ava-"
"Bite me-"
"Invite?"
"I hate you" Ava muttered
"Sure you do" Damon rubbed his thumb against her temple soothing the slight ache there. Bree had witnessed the scene and was surprised to say the least she had never witnessed being so….tender before.
Ava sighed "So how did you two meet?" she wanted to ignore the tingly feeling that was coming from her temple where he had touched it.
"Hold on honey, I have no clue who you are" Bree uttered "You know my name-"
"And you don't know mine" Ava finished off she held out her hand "I'm Ava Xenia" she Bree's hand wrap around her own
"Xenia you say?" Bree asked leaning forward, she canted her head to the side and studied the blond wondering why on earth didn't she see it before
"Yeah I know unusual name" she murmured she shifted so Damon dropped his hand and placed his elbows onto the bar. Ava tapped her fingers against her cane "So where did you meet him?" she repeated her question
"College" Bree answered her questions. Ava's eyebrows shot up to her hairline
"You went to college?" she asked in disbelief
"Why'd you find that so hard to believe?"
"Duh, you're Damon" Ava simply stated
"Be that as it may, but I've been onto a college campus-"
"Pervert" Ava snorted her lips twitched in amusement "you went there to check out the girls"
"Oh you got me sussed" Damon lips twitched into a smile and he shook his head and downed the rest of his shot.
"About twenty years ago when I was a sweet young freshmen, I meet this beautiful man-"
"You know you're just inflating his ego?" Ava commented "do it anymore and his head won't fit through the door"
"Hilarious" he poked her side causing her to jump, she would have slipped off the stool if he hadn't
"Why are you so annoying?" Ava bit out
"Because you're hot when you're mad-"
"Jesus stop with the sexual innuendos they're not funny" Ava scoffed leaning her cane against the bar, she placed her hands on the bar top
"I find them entertaining-"
"Pfft you find anything entertaining" Ava snorted
"I find you-"
"Can I get on with my story?" Bree asked loudly she could see that these two could literally go on forever; they do make an interesting pair though.
"Right sorry, carry on" Ava uttered and leant forward slightly, she heard the sound of a glass being set down in front of her
"It's a coke" Damon told her, she nodded and sipped the soda,
"So where was I-"
"You said you met this dick-"
"I believe beautiful man-"
"Whatever"
"Alright shut up" Bree silenced the bickering the duo "as I was saying I met this man and fell in love. And then he told me about his little secret, made me love him even more, you see I had a little secret of my own, I was dying to share it with somebody."
Ava quirked an eyebrow at that, she didn't want to go into her mind since her own one was slightly aching due to the crash, Damon leant over
"She's a witch" he whispered to Ava,
"Oh…good for you?" Damon snorted causing Ava to elbow him.
"It changed my world you know" Bree told her
"I rocked your world" Damon countered making the witch laugh.
"He is good in the sack isn't he?" Ava eyes bugged out
"Oh no….I….me and him…..sack?"
"Oh the blushing virgin-"
"I swear to god, my cane is going to go through your heart" Ava hissed, Damon smirked damn he loved riling her up she was fun,
"He's just a walkaway Joe" Bree down her drink
"Erm he's name is Damon-"
"It's an expression princess" Damon chuckled, Ava blushed in embarrassment. Bree set her empty glass down on the counter
"So what is it that you want?" Bree asked the vampire
"So what is it Damon-"
"Ava why don't you call Stefan? Or better yet Elena, your cell has been buzzing" Damon uttered pressing her cell into the palm of her hand
"Wait I want to know why-"
"Ah uh, no eavesdropping-"
Ava scoffed "Rich coming from you isn't it?"
"I know" she heard the sound of his stool scraping against the floor
"Damon-"
"You stay here and do not move, I don't need you to go looking for trouble-"
"Trouble usually finds me" Ava muttered "Damon-"
"Stay here" he instructed without another word he gestured for Bree to follow him to the other end of the bar he and the witch sat down, but he still kept a close eye on the petite blond.
Ava's fingers tips ran over the buttons of her cell, she dialled Elena's number and heard the ringtone
"Ava?"
"Yeah-"
"Oh my god are you ok?" she asked panic was in her tone "I…Stefan found the taxi and-"
"We crashed, Damon saved me-"
"He what?"
Ava smiled "I know shocking right?"
"What's that in the background-"
"Huh?"
"Is that music and-"there was a loud cheer from a group of college guys who were sitting at the other end of the bar "are you at a bar?"
"Erm…no-"
"Ava Xenia-"
"Alright, alright" she conceded "I am but its Damon's fault."
"He didn't hurt-"
"No, no I'm fine, did Gran call?"
"Yes, I told her you spent the night at my place and we went to school together" Elena explained, Ava slumped in relief that was one thing on her mind, she had no doubt that her Gran would literally hunt her down if she found out what happened.
"So you and Stefan-"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Elena-"
"You don't get it Ava, I am like the exact replica of his past love-we could be twins" Elena uttered, Ava frowned at that
"How does that work?" she asked
"No clue" Elena replied there was a moment of silence
"Well maybe you would have a clue if you talk to Stefan" Ava murmured running the tip of her finger around the edge of her empty glass,
"I can't do that-"
"Elena I've been in Damon's company for over an hour" she rolled her eyes "And I survived, so anything is possible"
Elena chuckled "Alright but are you sure you're ok?"
"Fine" Ava assured her
"Ok, maybe you should call Stefan; he's trying to get Bonnie to help find you"
"Ok erm….i don't know he's number or-"
"I'll text him to call you" Elena uttered with a quick goodbye she hanged up. Sure enough a couple of minutes later her cell rang
"Stefa-"
"Are you ok? Where are you?" the vampire asked
"I'm fine-"
"Tell me where you are and I'll come and get you"
"Erm….Stefan I'm somewhere in Georgia and I have no clue where"
Stefan scowled and took a deep breath "Ok, is Damon around?"
"He's talking to Bree so no"
"Ok, stay safe and tell him when you guys come back if you're hurt in any way I won't be happy"
"Bye Stefan-"she had a warm feeling in her stomach when she heard him say that, he really did care for her.
"Aww she's a cutie….and all on her own" Ava stiffened hearing those thoughts, her grip on her cane tighten, she licked her lips as she heard footsteps coming towards her, there was more than one, it took her a minute to realise that it was the group of rowdy college guys. She tensed up when she felt the seats either side of her being taken
"Hello sweetheart"
"Hi" she kept her voice curt hoping that they would take the hint
"You all on your own?"
"Is it any of your business?" she countered, the men laughed
"Oh this one's got a mouth, so honey fancy keeping us company" Ava shot out of her seat when she felt a hand slam down on her thigh,
"I got to go, my friend is waiting" in her rush she dropped her cane and swore, Ava went to pick it up but one of the guy's grabbed it before she could,
"What's this…oh no wait…." Ava swallowed feeling crowded "we've hit the jackpot gentlemen, tell me dear how many fingers I am holding up?"
Ava bit down on her lower lip and shook her head "Can't see?" he said in a mocking tone "well this is going to be fun. Grab her and be discreet-"
The man on her other side grabbed her arm in a bruising grip "Oww, let go" she hissed
"Don't think-"she slammed her elbow into his ribs causing the man to groan and abruptly let her go, she stumbled back the small of her back hit the bar
"Oh you're a fighter I like you-"
"Then you're going to love me" Damon growled,
"Look buddy-"
"Save it" the vampire snarled there were three men, caught what appeared to be the ringleader's eyes "touch, look or even think about her again I will find you and I will rip you apart" he smiled "Got it, so leave and never ever come here again. And take your friends with you" he compelled him.
"Gary-"
"Let's go" he practically ran out of the bar being followed by his very confused companions. Ava sagged against the bar; she jumped when someone touched her shoulder
"Relax it's me" Damon picked up her cane and gave her a quick onceover "You're not hurt are you?" she shook her head; he could see that she was paler. "You're scared-"
"No-"
"Ava-"
"Ok maybe a bit" she admitted
Damon frowned "I'll just-"
"No, no killing anyone-"he brushed passed her but she managed to grab his arm "Damon please just drop it" he saw the earnest look on her face and gave in
"Fine, hungry?" he asked grasping onto her hand and leading her to the other end of the bar. His didn't need a verbal answer since her stomach growled loudly.
"Don't say a word" she said to Damon whose smirk widened.
Ava and Damon were currently sitting at the bar, the petite blond was munching on her fry, the vampire had ordered them some lunch.
"So Elena looks like Katherine, or the other way round" Ava told him "she ended up upset, and called me to pick her up"
"Well that was a dumb move" Damon drawled
"What?" she swallowed the last of her fries "How-"
"No offence Ava but of all the people she could call to get her she called the one who can't see-"
"Ok that's a little bit offensive" she rolled her eyes she learnt not to get so annoyed at him "So if Elena is somehow related to Katherine does that make her part vampire?" she asked biting into her burger.
"Vampires can't procreate" he shook his head swallowing his own fry "but we love to try-"
"And there's the sexual innuendo" Ava rolled her eyes.
Damon chuckled "Kidding, but if Elena is related to Katherine it would mean she would of have to have a child before she was turned" he explained,
"Hmm" Ava bit down into her burger "So Stefan obviously knows that Elena looks like Katherine, that's what drew him in probably, so what he thought he could use her as some replacement or something?" she picked up her glass of water and too a few sips.
"Kind of creepy if you ask me"
Ava scoffed "Understatement, ergh" she scrunched up her nose in distaste
"What?" he watched as she pulled out a mushed up piece of pickle from out of her mouth
"There's pickle in this?" she blanched
"What's the matter? Don't like it?"
"No" she pushed her plate away making the vampire roll his eyes
"No need to not eat it all" he took her plate and lifted the bun pulling the pickles out for her when he was done he slid it back over to her "there all pickle free"
"Thanks" Ava couldn't help but smile at him, she started to eat again "wait how can you eat you're…-"
"Dead?"
"Yeah that" Ava nodded
"Not a bad word Ava, if I keep a healthy diet of blood in my system my body functions normally."
Ava quirked an eyebrow, she found it slightly unnerving that she didn't know what he was thinking "You're being nice, way too nice….is any of this real?" she asked.
Damon looked over to her "Eat your food"
Ava sighed and picked up her burger, she heard the sound of bottles clinking
"Here ya go honey" Bree exchanged Damon's empty bottle for a full one "Ava?"
"No she don't drink-"
"Says who?" Ava leant forward "I'll have one"
Bree looked over to Damon who shrugged his shoulders; the witch placed the bottle of beer besides Ava's hand
"There you go" Bree uttered,
"Thanks" Ava smiled her barriers opened up slightly she was curious about the witch so let her mind trickle towards the witch but she couldn't penetrate anything, it was a light buzzing. She brushed it off, and picked up her beer
"Cheers" Damon clinked his bottle with hers, Ava nodded and took a large gulp, she froze "No Ava swallow-"he grabbed her shoulders and turned her away from the food,
It was too late a spray of beer came out of her mouth "Ergh" she gagged "that's nasty, no beer ever eww-"she balked, it took her a second to notice that there was a stunned silence "what? I-"
"Your spray of beer hit someone" Damon whispered
"A nice someone?" Ava asked meekly,
"A biker by the looks-"
"Oh shit. Look dude no-"
"You little-"Damon immediately stood up in front of Ava as if to shield her, the man towered over the vampire but he wasn't fazed
"It was an accident-"
"I'll show her what an accident-"
"That'll be hard, I'm blind you moron-"
"Shut up Ava" the vampire snapped his eyes were focused on the man before him, since he had a dangerous glint in his eye
"I'm going to-"
"Go home and forget this ever happened" Damon said quietly so no one could hear the exchange, soon enough the bar went back to its usual noise. He dropped down beside the blond "I got a feeling I'm going to be compelling lots of people for you"
"And you do it because you like me?"
"You're not the worst person in the world" Damon countered they went back to eating "Bree, water for her"
"Ok we establish no beer but shots?" Ava grinned
"I like her" Bree grinned.
"On the count of three, one , two three" Bree declared loudly, Ava picked up her fourth shot glass and downed the contents, she jerked upwards and shook her head
"I win" she yelled loudly "you….I….shots-"
"She's drunk" Bree laughed Damon spluttered next to her
"No I'm not you are" Ava slurred "and Damy-"
"Damy?"
"Your new nick-name" she grinned "you need a bib? You big baby, big, big, big baby-"she slapped who she assumed was Damon's cheek but that wasn't the case
"Ava I'm on your other side" Damon shook his head, and gently grasped her hand and tugged her away from the random guy "What are you staring at?" he glared at the teenager who was leering at an oblivious Ava.
"Ava-"
"Ya know Damon can I see you?" he frowned in confusion but it was soon cleared up when she grabbed his face and ran the tips of her soft fingers down his face,
"So?"
"Hmm, strong jaw, straight nose-"her thumb brushed against his lips "oh soft lips-"
"What's your verdict then?" Damon grinned
"You're a hottie" she giggled loudly, "an ass but a hot one." She nodded vehemently "Another round?" she yelled out
"Honey you should be on the floor" a woman further down the bar laughed
"I'm on a stool" she shouted back "and my toler-tole-r-"
"Tolerance?" Damon offered
"That's the word" she slapped her hand down the on the bar "it's hard to say, well that word is up here" she pointed towards the ceiling. "WITCH-"
"Who are you-"
"Bree of course" Ava laughed "she's a witch-"
"She means bitch" Damon spoke over her knowing that the woman didn't want her secret out "Ava's too polite to say it"
"Yes…ok bitch more drinks" the people that surrounded them laughed.
"You can't play pool"
"My Gran said I could do anything I want" Ava shook her head she was more than buzz truth be told she was completely hammered "And I will" she grabbed one of the balls off of the pool table and chucked it. "Did it go in?"
"Damn good aim-"
"Yay" Ava cheered and spun around "I got it in-oh-"she stopped talking "buzzing-"
"What?"
"I'm buzzing" Ava frowned
"I think it's your cell"
Ava rummaged through her pocket and pulled it out "Yellow-I mean hello?"
"Ava are you drunk?"
"Elena?" she shouted into the phone as the night wore on the bar got busier so it was harder for her to hear
"I said are you drunk?"
Ava frowned still not hearing her "Am I having a fuck? Rude much, why would you say that I thought we….were friends-"
"No Ava, god go somewhere quiet" Elena said loudly into her phone.
"Ok" Ava picked up her cane "Hey where's the exit?" she called out
"To your left" the blond woman called out, Ava stumbled towards the door she used her other hand and splayed it across the wall in a poor attempt to guide herself, she grasped the door knob and pulled
"Huh-"
"Ava-?"
"Elena where are you-"
"Still on the phone" Elena said loudly
"Oh….the door isn't opening, open it please-"
"I'm not there"
Ava blinked furiously her mind was in a light daze and her stomach contents were swirling around "Then how am I talking to you huh? Now open the door" she demanded
"Ava we're talking on the phone, and if you're pulling the door try pushing-"
"That's the one where you push right?" she asked
"You are so drunk-"
Ava squealed "Yeah baby, I opened it" she stumbled out of the door.
She stepped out and felt the cool breeze against her skin "Ava-"
"I open-oof" she grunted and as she fell forward and dropped her cell, "oww" she sat up and rubbed her elbow
"Ava?"
"Elena where-"
"On the phone" Elena shouted, Ava reached out and reached out trying to find her phone, the side of her hand brushed against the device, she grinned finally managing to pick it up. She stood up
"Hello-ARGH-" she yelped when a hand slammed over her mouth her cell clattered to the ground, Ava felt an arm rap around waist and hoisted her up and was dragged away through a side alley.
"Ava?" Elena called out she was still on the phone; she shook her head and hanged up.
Ava shivered and her teeth chattered, she gripped tightly onto the ladder, she was scared since she had no idea where she was
"Ava?"
"Damon?" she called out whoever had taken her was a vampire after all she couldn't hear a damn thought coming from guy.
"What-"
"It's a trap run" she shouted, she heard Damon shouting out in pain. The unknown vampire picked up a metal pipe and repeatedly slammed it down on Damon's legs. Ava gripped on to the ladder and jumped, she pitched far too forward and fell onto her knees, and Ava scrambled onto her feet and ran towards the noise
"What the hell?" Damon growled as the other vampire poured gasoline all over him, Ava's nose twitched her eyes widened in realisation
"STOP" she shouted her momentary drunkenness was gone. Ava jumped when the vampire growled loudly, she stopped and breathed in she heard him once again pouring the gasoline
"Who are you?" Damon asked through gritted teeth
"Oh that's perfect you have no idea"
"Whoa hold on sure Damon's a dick but-"
"You're not helping Ava-"
"Shut up Damon" Ava snapped at him "What did he do to piss you off?"
"He killed my girlfriend" Ava's jaw dropped
"Oh…right carry on-"
"Ava-"
"Kidding, but whoa" she shook her head
The vampire shook his head and turned back to the man that was on the ground "What did she do to you huh? What did she do?" he shouted, Ava's heart was racing in her chest.
"Nothing" Damon grunted
"How-how, I don't get it" Ava called out, she may not like Damon but she didn't want him dead
"My girlfriend went to visit Stefan" he told her "and Damon killed her got it?" Ava's brows furrowed who visited Stefan? She was putting the dots together and vaguely heard Damon grunting. "Lexi?" Ava breathed "Lexi was your girlfriend? She told me about you. Well more to Elena but anyway I heard about you, but I thought you were human?"
"I was" there was a moment of silence
"But….wait she turned you?"
"When you love someone you want to be with them forever. You have to live forever"
"You turned because of her?" Ava asked quietly trying to figure a way to get Damon out of this mess, she balled up her fists when Damon shouted out again in pain "She loved you" she blurted out "and when it's real you can't walk away,"
"Well that's a choice that you're not going to have to make" he snapped
"Whoa wait don't hurt him" she took a step forward "don't hurt him please" she begged
There was the sound of a match striking; Ava swallowed "I'm doing you a favour"
"Listen, Lexi loved you, she was awesome and good, and then you must be good too. This isn't you; you're too good for this. I only spent a couple of hours with her but I know she wouldn't want you to do this. So please don't" she pleaded,
The vampire turned back to Damon and picked him up by the collar of his shirt and threw him across the empty parking lot. There was a resounding bang, Ava sighed in relief
"Thank you"
"It wasn't for you"
"For Lexi right?" Ava murmured
"Right" there was a pulse of air and he was gone
"Damon?"
"Right here" he grunted she followed his voice and stumbled over his legs and tripped, he caught her before she could hit the ground and got onto his knees
"Ava-"
"I don't feel well" Ava groaned clutching her stomach, the drinks were finally catching up with her
"Ava don't-"Ava felt bile rising up her throat and without another word she vomited all over his shoes.
Damon swore and rubbed her back "No more drinking?"
"Don't be a dick"
"You threw up on my boots-"
"I saved your ass" she countered attempting to get onto her feet but failed miserably, Damon rolled his eyes and got onto his own feet, he grabbed her by her underarms, and she stumbled
"What are you doing?" she screeched when her feet left the ground,
"You're going to take too long" he replied simply and carried her back to the car, he set her in the seat "I'll be back-"
"Wait where are you going?" she grabbed his arm
"I'll just be a second." He saw the frown on her face, and knelt down beside "Just a second"
"Ok" her grip on him relented; he slammed the car door shut and walked back towards the bar. Ava sighed and rested her head against the window; she wasn't as buzzed as she was before that was for sure.
Ava groaned she was beginning to wake up
"Ah once again sleeping beauty is awake" Damon drawled
"Huh?" her brows furrowed "Wait are we home now?"
"Getting there" he replied and reached forward and turned the radio up really loud
"What-"
"Trying to wake you up-"
"I'm already awake" she snapped and reached forward and managed to shut it off. "Why did you bring me anyway?" she asked "You could've-"
"Left you in the middle of the road, yeah no way" Damon scoffed "plus you're not the worse company in the world Ava, you should give yourself more credit"
Ava rolled her eyes but smiled nonetheless "Can't you answer a serious question?"
"I don't know, you was there in the road all damsel in distress like and….crying and…you're not the worse company in the world"
"Yeah but no more drinking" Ava uttered rubbing her temples,
Damon snorted and muttered "Lightweight" Ava slapped his upper arm
"Don't be mean" she pouted but then her lips stretched into a smile "I saved your life"
Damon smiled and shook his head "I know-"
"Ah huh, and don't you forget it" she grinned
"I won't" he chuckled the rest of the ride home was pleasant
"WHO'S THERE? IS IT A RAPIST-"
"GRAN IT'S ME" Ava shouted slamming the front door shut, Claudette exited the kitchen and eyed the blond
"Where were you?"
"Just a trip" she replied, she knew that it wasn't wise to lie to her
"A trip?" Claudette quirked an eyebrow "you hurt?"
"Nope"
"Alright well go shower and change"
Ava hurried up the stairs she had just reached the landing when her Gran called her name
"Yeah?"
"Skip school again and you'll get a spanking"
Ava shook her head and carried on towards her room, she shut her bedroom door behind her and leant against the door, and she kicked off her shoes and padded barefooted towards the bathroom.
Once she was showered and dried off she changed into a pair of flannel shorts and camisole, she felt thirsty so headed downstairs, Ava could hear that Gran was in the living room watching a movie, she passed the front door and was about to enter the kitchen when there was a knock on the door.
"Ava?"
"Yeah I got it" she opened the front door and was caught in a tight embrace "Elena?"
"Oh my god Ava" Elena took a step back and gave her a quick once over "thank god you're ok, you're not hurt or anything?"
"No I'm fine-"
"Good because the last time we spoke you sounded drunk-"
"Ssh" Ava hissed and grabbed her arm pulling her out of the house; she dropped down onto the porch swing "do you want me to get in trouble with Gran?"
"Right, god Ava I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have called-"
Ava scoffed "I would have been insulted if you didn't" she smiled "you're my friend Elena, and I'd help you whether you want me to or not" Elena smiled and wrapped her arm around the petite teen's shoulders and pulled her close, Ava sighed and rested her head against the taller girl's shoulder "So what happened? I mean Stefan found the taxi and-"
"Some guy was in the road, Greg swerved and we crashed, Damon came and saved me" Ava replied Elena's eyebrows shot to her hairline "That's it?"
"That's it" Ava murmured
"Should I tell her? I should….god I can't believe this….I-"
"Something on your mind Elena?"
"How do you do that?"
"I just do" the blond shrugged her shoulders "so spill"
Elena sighed she then proceeded to tell Ava what she learn today, to say Ava was shock would be an understatement, she was stunned
"Wait so you're adopted?"
"Yes I think so-"
"You think, Elena you have to be sure about this" Ava sat up and placed her feet on the porch railing "and you and Stefan?"
"Back on track" from her tone Ava could tell she was smiling "he told me he loved me for me, not because I look like Katherine"
Ava nodded "That's good, but Elena you should go and talk to Jenna she should know something" Elena sighed but knew that her friend was right
"Alright, see you tomorrow" she hugged her and walked off the porch. Ava stood up and grabbed the door knob "wait Ava-"
"Yeah?"
"Your cane" Elena pressed it into her hands "it was on the steps"
"Oh thanks" Ava bid her goodbye and shut the front door, she frowned she had totally forgotten about her cane, she thought she had lost it at the bar where she was snatched.
A smile came across her face, Damon must've returned it. Ava placed it in its holder by the front door and headed towards the living room,
"Are you watching Pirates of the Caribbean again?" Ava whined
"This is the third one" Claudette uttered
"But-"
"Sit down and shut up-"
"Gran-"
"Ava"
Ava sighed and dropped down onto the couch and set her feet on the coffee table, but Claudette pushed it off she rolled her eyes seeing the affronted look on Ava's face. "Oh shush Ava, you know the rules no feet on the table, now here"
A heavy book landed in her lap, Ava ran the tips of her fingers down the spine on her book, "Pride and Prejudice"
"Thought you'd like that" Claudette smiled, so like any other night she and Ava settled in front of the couch and spent the rest of the night just relaxing.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this Chap-Damon rescues Ava, and takes her with him to Georgia. When she wakes up she demands he stops the car, she ends up walking off and Damon carries her back. They end up bantering, she's annoyed when she finds out he takes her to a bar, she meets Bree and gets in trouble a lot. Ava spits out beer onto a biker, Stefan calls her and then Ava gets drunk where she ends up arguing with Elena on the phone, Ava ends up saving Damon but vomits on his shoes. He carries her back to the car, and finally Elena tells her what she found out.
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