Ava's nose twitched feeling something cool running down it, she groaned and swatted the thing that was tickling her nose away. She relaxed once again when the sensation stopped. She hummed and rolled over snuggling into a source of warmth.

"Now this is nice" a familiar voice drawled

"Hmm I know" Ava mumbled, and was about to doze off again, her eyes shot open feeling an arm wrap around her waist "Who-"

"It's me"

"Damon? What the fuck are you doing here?" she snapped and scrambled on to her knees.

"Don't you remember?"

"What?" she asked, he was laying down on her bed with his arms behind his head

"Well you got drunk and you made a pass at me, and me being me I took you up on it…" he smirked seeing the growing look of horror on her face "took you up on it…and-"

"And what?" she asked beginning to panic, she jumped when he grabbed her hand

"And we had passionate hot sex" he grinned

"WHAT?"

"I can prove it" he grasped her hand, Ava felt bare skin touch the palm of her hand as soon as it made contact she shrieked and hastily moved back, she yelped when she tumbled backwards Damon grabbed the back of her camisole and hauled her back on to the bed

"Oh my god you're naked" she slapped him away "I don't remember anything and-" the rest of her words came out muffled since she placed his hand over her mouth instantly shutting her up. she grunted feeling his body pressed against her own

"Relax just kidding" he laughed hovering above her, she glared in his direction "I'm fully clothed-so if I move my hand would you stop screeching like a banshee?" Ava nodded, as soon as she felt his hand remove itself she slapped him and grinned hearing him yelp.

"Dick why the hell did you do that?" she shoved him off. Damon rolled his eyes and sat back onto his knees

She scrambled into a sitting position her back resting against the headboard

"Because it was fun. Plus you should've seen your face-"

"Does it look like I can see my face?" she snapped swinging her legs out of her, the pads of her feet felt the cool wooden floor

"Alright bad expression" he collapsed back onto her bed "anyway-"

"Wait how the hell did you get in here?" she frowned

"Your gran-"

"My gran hates you" she stood up moving towards her closet "no way in hell she would let you come in" she scoffed.

Damon smirked watching her from his position on the bed "She would if she didn't know it was me"

"Oh god you disguised yourself?"

"Yep"

Ava shook her head her finger trailed over the labels and opted to wear a white blouse and a mint green coloured skirt

"Ya know you should wear skirts more, I'm guessing you got a great pair of legs-"

"And for that" she rolled her eyes "I'm going to wear a pair of tights. Why are you here?"

"I'm here to take you to the boarding house"

She frowned "What? why? I-"

"Because you're going to help me, Stefan and Elena to find out where the grimoire is"

She scrunched up her nose "How am I going to be helpful? I-"

"You make things fun. Now go get ready-"he instructed

She scowled "You can't tell me what to do" Ava felt a pulse of air in front of her she jumped when she felt two heavy hands land on her shoulders

"I can just drag you Ava to the Boarding wit you just wearing your itty bitty shorts and your little vest" she shifted when he played with the strap of her top

"But I don't want to go" she whined and even stomped her foot, sounding like a five year old.

Damon couldn't help but smile at her antics "Aww you're adorable-" she poked him

"Dick-"

"Go get ready, I'll be waiting."

"Damon-"

"I can strip you down and shove you in the shower"

"That's harassment" she scowled and stormed off with her bundle of her clothes "You PERVERT" she screeched slamming the bathroom door shut. She huffed hearing him laughing loudly. Ava shook her head sending her blond locks flying, she brushed her teeth and turned the shower faucet on, she placed her hand underneath the spray of water and when she felt the water getting warmer she stripped out of her clothes and dumped them by the door where her hamper was.

Ava stepped under the spray of water and had a quick shower since she didn't trust Damon in her house. She dried herself off and quickly dressed. Ava opted to quick blow dry her hair and decided to leave it out. She felt around in her drawer and picked up a bobby pin. She clipped her strands of hair away from her face. When she was done she exited the bathroom

"Damon?" she called out and frowned when she got no reply, Ava slipped on her shoes and grabbed her bag from the rack and hurried downstairs

"Damon-"

"Right here-"she screamed when he prodded her back. the vampire laughed

"Not funny-"

"It was" he chuckled, she rolled her milky coloured eyes "Where are you going?" he asked as she went to walk off to the kitchen but he grabbed her hand

"To have breakfast?"

"Nope you're coming with me, and your Gran is out so there's no one to cook for you-"

"Damon"

"Now"

"I hate you-"

"I know you do princess now come on, if you're good you can sample of my famous Salvatore omelette-"

"Damon-"

"You're not going to win this so come on" without another word he grabbed her cane and tugged her out of the house.

"How are we going to get there? Driving or-"

"Nope" from the tone she could tell that he was he was smirking

"Damon-"

"We're running-"

"What-"she found herself being lifted and the wind whipping through her, Ava screamed all the way.


"I think you busted my ear drum" Damon set her on her shaky feet, and placed his hand on her back when she wobbled

"You're such a prick" she snarled as the vampire led her into the boarding house

"You-"

"Shut up"

Damon rolled his eyes "alright, apologies no clue you're not accustomed to going that fast-"

"Figured that out?" she said dryly "now when are you going to give me my breakfast-"

"Seriously?" her stomach grumbled loudly causing him to snort and her to blush.

"Damon-"

"Alright just a pit stop to Stefan's room" Damon grasped her hand and they climbed up the stairs

"Why?" she asked as they walked down the corridor

"Elena's there-"

"Wait are they-"

"Nope, they're just hanging there" he lied,

Ava huffed and they entered the room

"Rise and Shine" Damon grinned

"Damon? Please-"

"What are you-Ava-"

"Whoa-"Ava's face flushed realisation hitting her "Oh my god they're naked-"she slammed her hand over her eyes

"You're blind-"

"Shut up dick" she snapped and spun around, embarrassed about the whole situation "You said they were hanging out-"

"They are-"

"Naked" she hissed "and you are a bigger pervert than I thought" she muttered under her breath. "Can I go-"

"Nope, and you two stop being smutty" he smirked at the couple who were wrapped up in sheets.

"Get out of here—"

"Ok" with that Ava ran off

"Ava no the desk-"

"Oww" she groaned slamming into Stefan's desk that was in the mood, she landed on her bum

"Ava?"

"I'm ok" the petite blond grumbled "I'm just on the floor"

"Get out, and this time don't let Ava run off like that" Elena shot the elder Salvatore a glare pulling the sheet further up.

"If I haven't seen it before I'll throw a dollar at it" Damon smirked glancing over to the blond that had her back to them "Now listen you to Ava-"

"Whatever" Ava muttered not wanting to move at the moment in case she bumped into something else, she had no clue of the layout of his room, she did however listen to what the vampire was saying

"We got some very important business to discuss" Damon started

"And it has to be right now?" Elena asked glancing over to Ava

"Well we have lots to do, now that we're all friends-"

"I'm not your friend" Ava said dryly

"Oh no Ava you're my sex kitten-"

"Did I mention that I hate you?" she snapped getting irritated

"Several times" Damon smirked "anyway we're all working towards a common goal, so…" he got on to his feet and grabbed Ava by her underarms and pulled her onto her feet, and handed Ava her cane "we need to find the journal, to get the grimoire to undo the spell. So first things first, since you are Elena Gilbert you're on journal duty, and Ava can help-"

"Huh? How the hell-"

"You've got nothing today" Damon drawled "and from what I know about you, you're probably going to be hanging at the Gilbert's today"

Ava cursed under her breath and lightly kicked her foot against the ground

"Since when am I helping?" Elena asked

"Well Stefan's helping and you've take up residence in Stefan's bed, ergo…"

"You or Ava don't have to do anything" Stefan uttered "anything you don't want to do-"

"I'll look for it, anyway Ava you're staying at mine right?"

"Yep" she replied popping the 'p' "Gran I think is spending the day with….oh crap I can't remember his name"

"Brilliant granddaughter you are-"

"Shut up Damon" Ava snapped

"Ok" Elena called out not wanting to be subjected to Ava's and Damon's bickering "I'll look for it today."

"Good"

"How do we know that this journal will hold the location for the grimoire? We're really going to take the word of that vampire? He seems a bit of a dimwit"

"I'll say" Ava muttered tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear

"We don't have any other options" Damon snapped

"Ok what is a grimoire?" Elena asked sitting up.

"It's a witch's cookbook"

"Cookbook?" Ava cocked an eyebrow she managed to locate the desk and hopped onto it, she swung her legs back and forth "So witches get together and share recipes or…"

"No" Stefan chuckled "every time a witch cast a spell is unique onto itself, and every witch would document their work-"

"So it's a spell book?" Ava drawled playing with the hem of her skirt

"I like to call it a cookbook" Damon countered

"Don't really care about what you like-" she jumped when he tugged her hair, she had no clue that he was right next to her

"What about that vampire? Dimwit obviously" Stefan commented "wasn't working alone so whoever's out there knows who we are"

"And I don't like it" Damon bit out "that disadvantage, so…" he clapped his hands "chop, chop" he grabbed Ava by her wrist tugging her onto her feet "You know I kind of like this whole ménage foursome thing going on it's got a bit of a kick to it."

"Where are you-"

"Got to feed Ava-"

"Not a dog Damon" she rolled her eyes

"Sure, don't screw it up" the vampire called over his shoulder as he guided Ava out of the bedroom, "so that was funny, you slamming into the desk-"

Stefan and Elena both her a thump and then the sound of Ava laughing loudly

"You pushed me down the stairs" Damon shouted

"You deserved it" they heard Ava screaming back and then her squeaking

"Did he just-"

"Threw Ava over his shoulder?" Stefan shook his head "Yep"

"If we leave them two on their own in the house, it'll be in ruins" Elena muttered pulling her boyfriend down.


Ava found herself sitting in the Salvatore kitchen, listening to the sound of Damon cooking

"You're not going to poison me or something?" she asked

Damon rolled his eyes "If I wanted to kill you Ava then you'd be dead. Plus poison? No way I'd used that sucky method to kill someone. I'd do something that'll cause me pleasure"

"Eww" Ava scrunched up her nose in disgust "do you have to make everything sexual?"

"It's more fun when it is" he responded "why don't you learn your surroundings?"

Ava frowned "Why?" she asked

"Well" Damon smirked placing the plate in front of her; he then sat on the stool opposite her "since we're best buddies you're going to be hanging around here more often…so you should learn the layout of the house."

Ava cocked an eyebrow and shook her head, "No-"

"Yes. Now eat"

"You're so bossy" Ava muttered as he handed her a fork

"I know, and commanding as well as sexy, hot-"

"And you talk so much crap"

Damon rolled his eyes and flickered some of the bread at her. he chuckled when he saw the pout on her face.


Ava entered the Gilbert kitchen

"Hey" Elena greeted "What happened? You just-"

"Had to check if Gran was home yet" she replied sitting down at the kitchen table, when she had finished her meal at the boarding house, Stefan drove both Ava and Elena home.

"Is she?" Elena asked

"Nope, so I'm crashing here" Ava plopped down on the vacant chair besides Stefan "so what are you guys doing?"

"Not much, looking for the journal. So you and Damon spent the morning together" Elena commented glancing over to Ava who was munching on an apple she picked up from the fruit bowl

"He made me breakfast" Ava uttered swallowing her bite.

"Did he seem odd?"

"He acted like an ass as usual" Ava took another bite "he didn't mentioning anything about you know"

"So he still believes that we're still trying to help him?" Elena asked Stefan

"I don't think Damon knows what to believe, trust isn't something that comes naturally to him" Stefan commented,

"Well then someone must have screwed him over pretty badly for him to be like that" Ava murmured, Stefan glanced over to her, he noted that she was far more perceptive than he first thought.

"You know what? I think Damon really believes that every move he makes and everything he's done he's done for love" Elena said going through the box, "it's twisted but…-"

"Kind of sad" Ava finished off, she felt pity for the vampire and a small bout of guilt since they were trying to pull the wool over his eyes.

"There are other ways to get the things that you want" Stefan said seriously "you don't have to kill people, Damon has no regard for human life, he enjoys inflicting pain on others." Ava frowned at that

"He's not a complete monster Stefan, no one can be. There's always a story behind someone" she said quietly, the vampire placing his hand over hers

"I know that" Stefan uttered "but after a hundred and forty five years, every single time that I have let my guard down and let Damon back into my life he has done something to make me regret that, I'm not going to make that mistake again."

"So what do you think would happen if the tomb gets opened?" Ava asked licking her lips "and Damon gets Katherine back?" Elena watched on she like Ava was also awaiting Stefan's answer

"I think that no matter what Damon promises a lot of people will die."

Ava got the feeling that Stefan was right, she gave out a small sigh of reservation and hopped onto her feet, she headed towards the fridge since she was thirsty.

"That's Jonathan Gilbert" Stefan said leaning over Elena so he could see the picture. Ava poured herself a drink and walked over to the couple, she stumbled against Stefan but he lightly placed his hand on her shoulder

"What's this?" Elena asked "here Ava" she handed it over to the blond knowing she would want a feel. Ava ran her digits over the metal device her brows furrowed

"Is…is that am muzzle or a mask?"

Stefan frowned as Ava handed it back over to Elena; she sipped her juice as Jeremy entered the kitchen.

"Hey" the younger teen greeted them "What are you guys doing?"

"Hiding our stash of pot-"

"Ava-"

"Really-"

"No" Ava snorted "but we all know Jeremy now wants some"

Jeremy shook his head "You're mean-"

"I know-"

"Ok enough" Elena called out chuckling and Stefan shook his head

"So what are you guys really doing?" Jeremy asked again seeing the piles of boxes that were strewn around the kitchen

"I'm going through some stuff feeling sentimental. Dad had this old family journal thought I'd dig it up" Elena explained

"Jonathan Gilbert's journal?" Jeremy hopped on to the counter as Ava moved around to dig into the cupboard "Ava-" he yelped when she accidentally slammed the door into the side of his head "what are-"

"There's pop tarts-"Jeremy rolled his eyes and pulled out the snacks for her and handed it over to her "now I know why Ava came, she's here for the free food-"

"Yep, that's the only reason I came here" Ava drawled

"Wait, the journal what do you know about it?" Elena asked bringing the topic back on hand

"Oh I just did a history report on it. "

"So where is it now?"

"Oh I gave it to Mr Saltzman he wanted to see it" Jeremy replied, there was a moment of silence which was broken by Ava who munched loudly on a pop tart-

"Sorry"


"Ava- wake up" Jenna shook the blond teen's shoulder, she was lounging on the couch besides Jeremy "Oh-did you get into my pop-tarts?"

"What? No" Ava denied

"Ava the evidence is written all over you face-"

"Shut up Jeremy. I…you love me Jen don't ya?" Ava used her puppy dog eyes "so you're not going to scream right?"

Jenna rolled her eyes and lightly pinched her cheeks "I won't, here your Gran is on the phone" she handed the phone to her and headed back to the kitchen where Damon currently was.

"How the hell did you do that?" Jermey asked "If it was me who ate all the pop-tarts, she would have gone mental-"

"I perfected the art of giving the puppy dog eyes, you should. You literally can get away with murder" she grinned mischievously "and-"

"AVA I'M ON THE FREAKING PHONE" Ava yelped and dropped the phone onto the ground

"Argh who-"

"It's your gran-"Jenna laughed, as Jeremy cackled next to her

"Shut up-"

"WHO ARE YOU TELLING TO SHUT UP-"Jeremy hastily shoved the phone into her hands

"Not you Gran" Ava said into the phone

"THEN WHY ARE-"

"OH MY GOD STOP SCREAMING-"

"OW…Ava-"Jeremy grabbed his ear as Ava shrieked next to him

"Sorry your fault-"

"What-"

"Jeremy" Jenna cut in "don't argue" Jeremy rolled his eyes and leant back in his seat

"So Gran are you coming home tonight or-"

"I and Greg are going to have a couple more rounds of se-"

"Ok, ok" Ava cut her off "I get it, you definitely don't need to tell me" her cheeks were flushed pink, Damon stifled his laughter since he could hear the whole conversation "So are you coming home tonight?"

"Yep, should be home before midnight bye and-oh Greg right there, faster-"Ava eyes bugged out "harder-"

Ava threw the phone away from her,

"Oww my face-"Jeremy grabbed his nose "Ava what the fuck-"

"Jeremy language" Jenna yelled out from the kitchen "What happened-"

"Gran's having sex while she's on the phone with me" Ava yelled attempting to get rid of the mental image in her head

"I…did she broke my nose?"

"Eww-"Ava swallowed and forced down the bile that was trying to come out of her mouth. Jenna sighed and rushed over to them, she gave Jeremy a once over

"It's not broken" she assured the teen "Ava-"

"Oh god I think I'm going to be sick" Ava balked, Jenna rubbed her back

"It's ok Ava-"

"Why the hell are you comforting her? She nearly broke my nose" Jeremy snapped

Jenna rolled his eyes "Imagine hearing your gran getting it on-"

"Ok got it" Jeremy muttered. Ava sighed as Jenna went back to the kitchen to talk to Damon leaving the two teens behind. "So you ok?"

"Yep, I just have to think about something else" Ava collapsed back into the seat, she felt the remote-control brush against her hand

"Let's watch some T.V" Jeremy said,

"Or we could listen to music" Ava uttered flicking through the channels, she would listen to see if anything interest her and Jeremy would comment on where they should keep the channel on.

"Ava go back, the Terminator is on-"

"No way" Ava snorted "I don't want to hear that-"

"Ava-"

"I'm the guest so-"

"You practically live here. now put it back on-"

"No way-"

"Give it-" Jeremy reached over trying to snatch it off of her but Ava was resilient and held it aay from him, the tousled on the couch

"No-

"Ava's grip tightened "JENNA- JEREMY IS BEING MEAN-"

"SHE'S NOT GIVING ME-"

"One of you is going to get hurt" Jenna chided "Stop-"she rolled her eyes seeing wrestling teens

"Argh you elbowed my face-"Jeremy cried out.

"Get off" Ava grunted

"There's a spider on you-"

Ava screamed and literally shoved Jeremy off and leapt off the couch, and banged her head against the coffee table

"Uh oh" Jeremy muttered "Ava-"

"Prick there was no spider was there?" she rubbed her head

"Nope" Jeremy smirked seeing that she was ok

"Take it" she thrust the controller towards him and stalked off.


"Ava?" Jenna was sitting on the counter as Damon chopped the tomatoes "You got hurt-"

"Your nephew is a little shit" Ava muttered opening the fridge and rummaged through it, she grabbed a can and sniffed scrunching up her nose slightly. "So what are you two nattering on about?"

"That my father never approved of anyone I dated" Damon commented and rolled his eyes hearing Ava giggling

"Ava?" Jenna cocked an eyebrow

"Sorry" she emerged from the fridge pink face "erm….just remembered something funny"

"Ok"

Damon knew that wasn't the case, she was most likely laughing at him "Carry on Damon" she leant against the counter besides Jenna

"Right, which only made me want them more" he smirked "what about you?" he asked Jenna who was swirling her wine around her glass

"There were a few guys-"

"More than a few" Ava scoffed and jumped when she got slapped upside the head

"Anyway there were a few guys, Logan isn't the only loser I dated-"

"I'll say remember James? Gran told me had a slick back thing going on" Ava snorted, Jenna chuckled

"Yeah he was an ass. But Logan was the worst"

"Did they ever found him? Isn't he missing?" Damon commented. Ava fiddled with the hem of her skirt shifting slightly knowing that Logan had been turned

"He isn't missing" Jenna uttered "He's in the Bahamas working on his tan. Very entitled that one, he marches to his own drum" she downed the rest of her wine, Damon saw the empty glass and poured her some more wine "He's a Fell they're all snooty."

Damon chuckled as Jenna fixed Ava's hair slightly since it came out of its clip because of the fight with Jeremy, she tugged the back of Ava's top and positioned her so that she was in between her legs.

"Oww" Ava hissed when Jenna started to finger comb her blond locks

"You should be owing you got so many knots" Jenna murmured smoothing down her hair, Damon watched on quietly he could clearly see that Ava was important to all the Gilberts, it was as if she was part of the family

"What about you Ava? Ever been out with a guy?" Damon asked.

"Once" Ava admitted

Jenna laughed "It was a disaster, the guy was so boring and her gran was hilarious-"

"What happened?" Damon had a small grin on his face.

"Well-"

"I'll tell it" Ava cut her off, as Jenna finished fixed her hair, she leant back against the older woman "We went to the Grill, and was going to have lunch but Gran, Jenna, Elena and I think Jeremy showed up-"

"Yeah I did" Jeremy called out from the living room.

"What happened?"

"Well he was talking, talking and talking-"

"All about himself" Jenna interjected

"Yep, and Gran just yelled out boring and gave him a dressing down. She told him he was never going to get laid by the rate he was going" Ava finished off, Jenna laughed and lightly grasped the ends of Ava's hair.

"Hello Elena" Damon drawled, Elena entered the kitchen and looked around at the room's occupants

"Hey" Jenna exclaimed looking over her shoulder "where have you been? We're cooking dinner-"

"Not really, Jenna's drinking and he's doing the cooking" Ava uttered

Elena stood beside Ava leaning against the counter

"Is Stefan with you?"

"He'll be here soon" Elena replied


"Ava get the plates please, I'm just going to call Stefan and ask where he is" Elena said hurrying out of the kitchen.

"Ok" Ava walked over to the cupboards and ran her finger down the edges of the plates. She picked up a stack and headed in the direction of the dining table, "oww-Damon" she snapped bumping into his "don't do that"

"Don't do what?" he moved over to the stove

"You know what" she countered setting the plates down onto the table, Jenna and Jeremy were watching the t.v. "you did that delibaretly-"

"I was going to the sink" he defended himself poorly

Ava rolled her eyes "Whatever" she muttered

"Speaking of Stefan-"

"We weren't" Ava retorted

"No but you and Elena was where is he? He's missing family night" Damon uttered as Ava laid down the plates, she used one of her hands to feel around for the cutlery "which I am enjoying immensely"

"Sure you are" Ava commentated; there was a moment of silence

"Is it real?" Damon asked making her freeze and her brows furrow

"Is what real?" she asked

"This new sense of brotherhood?" he asked tasting the sauce "can I trust him?"

Ava swallowed silently cursing why was he asking her? She was a shitty liar she babbled for too long.

"Yeah you can trust him" she replied curtly tilting her head down she was now fiddling with the napkins, she felt a pulse of air behind her so turned around

"Can I trust him?"

"He's your brother, so you should. Anyway how the hell should I know?" Ava uttered licking her lips

"Because you and him are literally like best buds so-no don't do that" he lightly grasped her chin when she was about to turn her face away "Can I trust him?" he repeated "answer me honestly."

"Erm….well-"

"Of course you can" Elena said hearing his question, she could see Ava was struggling

"Ava?"

"Yes ok" she snapped and headed towards living room.


Ava yawned she was sprawled out on the armchair and could hear Damon and Jeremy playing a video game, Jenna had given her a book that she had left behind beforehand.

"I thought you'd never played this before?" Jeremy said

"I'm a fast learner, quick reflexes." The vampire uttered

"Or it's because you're a vampire" Ava muttered under her breath and turned the page. Damon smirked at her and carried on playing, there was the sound of the phone a ringing, Jeremy paused the game and hanged up on the person, Ava shifted in her seat

"Who are you dodging?" Damon asked as they started the game again

"This girl Anna, she can be…er…persistent-"

"You want me to go and slap her down?" Ava asked

"No, I don't want her to end up in hospital, I saw you take down Tiki at the dance" Jeremy grinned "It was awesome-"

"It felt awesome" Ava smiled back

"So this girl" Damon murmured "Is she hot-"Ava scoffed "What?"

"That's the first questioned you would ask"

"Well what would you ask?" Damon countered

"Is she a nutter? Or has a strange fetish?" Ava uttered

"Who would ask that?"

"I would-"

"Yeah take relationship advice from the one person who hasn't been on a date-"

"Hey-"Ava snapped "I went on one-"

"With the most boring guy on the planet apparently-"

"He wasn't that boring-"

"Jenna nearly fell asleep when we were listening to the conversation-"

"Shut up Jeremy"

"Oh my god would all of you shut up?" Jenna shouted from the kitchen hearing the bickering that was going on.

"Anna's weird-"Jeremy answered Damon's question

"Hot trumps weird- trust me" Damon smirked Jeremy laughed

"You can't tell him that" Ava rolled his eyes "personality, now that's an important factor-"

"That is such a girl answer-"

"I am a girl" Ava scowled

"Hmm ….yeah I can see that, those hips sway-"

"Oh my god" she blushed "what the hell?"

"You guys are like an old married couple-"

"Ergh, do you want me to go and throw up?" Ava balked at that

"We would be a hot married couple-"

"Shut up Damon" she snapped as Jeremy and Damon laughed and went back to her book. After a couple of minutes the doorbell rang

"That's Stefan" Elena uttered heading towards the door, Damon followed on her heels.

Ava remained where she was and carried on reading her book

"Dude?" Jeremy exclaimed as the vampire walked off. "Ava want to play?"

"Erm…No" Ava rolled her eyes; she got off the armchair and plopped down beside him "Can we do something different?"

"Like what?"

"Hmm…." Before she could say anything Damon, Stefan and Elena strolled back into the room

"So" Damon dropped down on the armrest "I heard you found a really cool journal-"Ava frowned she thought that Stefan had gone to get it from Mr Saltzman "from back in the day, who else did you show it to?"

"Huh?"

"Don't ask questions just spill" Damon snapped

"You're kidding me right?" he scoffed

"Jere did you tell anyone else other than Mr Saltzman about Jonathan Gilbert's journal?"

"Why is everybody so obsessed with that thing?" Jeremy asked pausing the game

"Who else is obsessing over it?" Ava questioned leaning forward "who did you tell Jere?"

"Just that girl"

"The weird one?"

"The one with the possible weird fetish?" Ava added on

"Yeah Anna"

"Who's Anna?"

"That's what I want to find out" Damon uttered looking back over to Jeremy, just then the phone rang Elena went to answer it. "How do you know her?"

"I just know her, she wants me to meet her at the Grill tonight" Jeremy said

"Perfect, I'll drive" he grabbed Jeremy by the arm and pulled him onto his feet "Ava-"

"No" Stefan stood in front of her "she's staying here."

"Stefan-"

"No Damon, she is staying here." Stefan said seriously

"Fine" Damon shrugged his shoulders and ushered Jeremy out of the house. When Stefan was sure that his brother had gone he turned to Ava

"Why didn't you go?" the blond asked "he could get the journal-"

"He can't I've got it" Stefan pulled out the pile of papers "come on"


Ava was currently lying on Elena's bed listening to Stefan and Elena talking as they went through the pages of the journal

"Got anything?" she asked

"Well here's a reference that he wrote about Emily, the Fell family believed it should be I not them who protected the witch's spell book. But I feared that she would haunt me to the hereafter, it mocked my fear but it was Giuseppe Salvatore…" Ava sat up

"Is that your father?" the blond asked

"Yeah" Stefan replied taking the pages off of her "it was Giuseppe Salvatore who removed my fear, he told me he would protect the secret of the spell book he said he would carry it to his grave" he read out.

"I'm thinking you know where it is" Ava uttered

"Yeah I do"


Ava shivered she was standing in the cemetery beside Elena, the blond was holding onto the torch

"Why wasn't your father buried in your family's tomb?" Elena asked glancing over to Ava to make sure she was ok

"It wasn't built until well after he died" Stefan replied walking passed them with a flaming torch,

"Are you sure the Grimoire is in there with him?" Ava asked shifting from one foot to the other.

"As sure as I can be"

"Great"

"Wonderful" Ava muttered licking her lips, hugging herself

"Elena, Ava I can do this on my own" the vampire glanced between the pair

"And I said I would do whatever I can to help-"

"And I can't exactly leave since you're my ride home" Ava added "but yeah I also agreed-"

"And I appreciate it-"

"This town is my home Stefan, my friends and family are here, you're here" Elena shook her head "I don't want that tomb open any more than you do"

"Ditto" Ava nodded agreeing wholeheartedly with her friend "So start digging"

"Ava are you-"

"Going to hold the torch up" Ava held it up higher to prove her point; she had left her cane back at the Gilbert's house since Elena had been guiding her.

"I'm sorry you have to do this" Elena uttered looking at her boyfriend

"I know"

Elena and Stefan started to dig into the ground as Ava stood by.

Soon enough Ava heard the sound of Stefan hitting his shovel against a coffin

"Ava" Elena called out, the blond held out her hand and pulled the taller girl out of the hole they both stood on the edge of it, and Stefan glanced up at them

"What?" he asked seeing the look on Elena's face

"Not many girls can say they've done this-"

"Well yeah I agree, digging up a coffin, isn't exactly what everyone does" Ava drawled "So you going to open it?"

Elena took the torch off of Ava and walked ahead of her so she could peer down at the casket, she made sure the blond was a few feet back since she didn't want Ava to accidentally to fall in. Stefan pulled the lid off revealing the skeleton of his father,

"You got it?" Ava asked

"Yes" Stefan replied grabbing the grimoire and shut the lid he leant against the edge of the hole and tore it open as Elena crouched down beside him

"Well what do you know" Ava jumped hearing the voice call out from behind her, she spun around in that direction "this is an interesting turn of events" Damon snarled at the trio. Ava swallowed Stefan hurriedly got out of the hole

"I can't let you bring her back" Stefan uttered Ava licked her lips anxiously "I'm sorry"

"So am I" Damon stated, Elena stood behind the younger Salvatore clutching onto the back of jacket, she was slightly afraid after what Damon had told her about getting rid if anyone who got in his way "For thinking even for a second I could trust you"

"You are not capable of trust" Stefan spat "the fact that you're here proves that you read the journal and was planning on doing this yourself."

"Of course I was going to do it by myself because the only one I can count on is me" Damon shouted the last part. "You made sure of that many years ago Stefan" his icy blue eyes landed on Elena and then moved on to Ava. "Elena I should have known you would have sided with Stefan, but you Ava, you had me fooled"

Ava blinked hard and bit her lip feeling the pit of her stomach clenching at the tone of his voice "I thought Ava….that we was friends or something at least"

She swallowed and tucked in a strand of hair

"So what are you going to do now?" Damon asked bringing his attention back onto Stefan "because if you destroy that now, I'll rip one of their hearts out" he gestured towards Elena who was still holding on to Stefan and Ava who was a few yards back.

"You won't kill them" Stefan shook his head.

Damon's lips thinned and he blurred behind Ava wrapping an around the gasping blond teen's throat, she

"Ava" Elena cried out seeing the terrified look on Ava's face, Ava clutched onto his arm trying to ease his grip

"I can do one better" Damon growled and bit down on to his wrist, he shoved his bloodied wrist against her lips and forced her to swallow, Ava struggled in his hold as tears ran down her face. she was scared

"Give me the book Stefan-"

"Give it to him" Elena shouted she ran forward but Stefan grabbed her

"Or I am snapping her neck and we'll have another little vampire running around" Ava balked this tasted terrible, in fact it felt like she was burning on the inside

"Let her go first" Stefan pleaded he was getting desperate Damon removed his wrist but kept his arm around her throat

"The book" he snapped

"I am not giving this to you to until she is standing right beside me" Stefan snarled

"The problem is I no longer trust you to give it back" Damon shouted causing Ava to whimper, blood smeared her lips and she was panting for breath

"You just did the one thing that ensures that I will" Stefan nodded, Damon gestured for him to hand the book over, "Ok" Stefan dropped it down to the ground when he did Damon glanced down at a petrified Ava, he kissed the back of her head and let her go, lightly pushing her towards Elena and Stefan.

Ava took a step forward Stefan grabbed her arm and tugged her towards him. He hugged her close and she clutched onto his jacket, Elena rubbed her back and glared at Damon who looked oddly regretful

"Ava-"

"I want to go home." Ava murmured as Stefan kissed her temple

"Ok" he murmured, he shot his brother a look and scooped up Ava knowing she would find it harder to walk without her cane. "Let's get you home"


"Ava you ok?" Stefan asked he and Elena were helping her up onto her porch stairs, the blond was oddly quiet, and it worried them since she was usually such a chatter box. But then again she did get threatened to be turned

Ava nodded and knocked on the door, "Fine" she muttered the door swung open

"Ava-" her gran exclaimed "what? is that blood-"

"It's nothing" Ava pushed passed her and ran upstairs she stumbled towards her bathroom, she was far from fine, her eyes felt like they were burning as well as her insides, she grabbed onto the edge of the bathroom attempting to steady herself but her knees buckled beneath her

"Elena?" Claudine uttered looking at the brunette "what?"

"Nothing-"

"Do not lie to me" the elderly said sternly "This concerns my Ava so tell me" she commanded

Stefan stepped in seeing that Elena was struggling to get the words out "Damon gave Ava his blood-"

"What?"

"Well forced her I think she's upset-"

Claudine paled hearing that

"Claudine-"

"You should go home"

"Claudine-"

"Bye" without another word she slammed the door shut leaving behind a baffled looking Elena

"Stef-"

"She's just worried come on let's get you home"

Claudine ran up the stairs two at a time "AVA?" she shouted and could hear whimpering coming down the hallway. She ran into Ava's bathroom "Oh god" she saw her pale sweaty grand-daughter

"Ava-"

"Gran I don't feel good" Ava whimpered

"Ava-"Gran gasped when she lurched forward and vomited up blood "AVA" the blond collapsed into a heap and convulsed on the ground.

"Fuck" Gran swore and holding Ava's head in place, "Listen Ava, Ava-"she panicked feeling the blond teen's temple she was burning up.

Ava cried out her hands slammed against her eyes "Gran what's….what's happening." She sobbed

"Listen to me Ava-"

Ava arched off the ground and felt slams of pain thrashing into her, she screamed loudly.

"Ava-"

"I'll give her my blood" Stefan blurred into the bathroom, he had come by to see if Ava was here since Anna had snatched Elena as soon as he was outside the house he could hear screaming

"Let me-"

"No" Claudine spat "hold her legs down"

"But my blood-"

"Vampire blood is what's done this to her" she looked down feeling Ava stilling and going limp, Stefan leant forward and felt for a pulse

"Gran…?"

"I'm here honey" she stroked Ava's blond hair away from her face

"What do you mean vampire blood has done this to her? It's supposed to heal-"

"Ava isn't normal, come on get her to bed" Stefan nodded and scooped the dozing blond up and set down on the bed "

"What do you mean she isn't normal?" Stefan asked looking down at the blond whose eyes were beginning to fall shut

"She can tell you that, but never ever give her vampire blood."

"Why?"

Gran sighed pulling off Ava's shoes she then proceeded to pull the covers over her small form, when she was done she turned to look at Stefan "Ava cannot have vampire blood because she's allergic to it. It will have the opposite effect on her than on normal people."


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So in this Chap-Ava gets a wake up call from Damon. He takes her to the Boarding House where Elena and Stefan are, and then cooks her breakfast. He insists that she learn the layout of the kitchen. Ava spends the day at Gilberts and eats most of their food. She and Jeremy end up wrestling for the remote-control. Gran calls her. Jenna attempts to sort out her hair whilst talking to Damon. Her and Damon end up bickering throughout. Ava, Elena and Stefan dig up the Grimoire. Damon threatens to turn Ava. Ava can't have vampire blood, it has the total opposite effect on her. And Stefan knows for sure that she's different.

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