Ava shouldered her bag and waltzed into the Gilbert house
"Honey I'm home-"
"You don't live here Ava" Jenna called out making the blond roll her eyes; she dumped her cane and her bag by the front door and skipped into the kitchen.
"You're so nice Jenna, now what we're eating?" she plopped down on a stool at the table, Ava's nose twitched as she sniffed the air "Hmm I smell eggs….oh and some bacon"
"Yeah Ava you know how you always ask why do you always get compared to a sniffer dog?" Jenna asked as she set a plateful of food in front of the teen, Ava picked up the fork and dug in "and I always reply how I don't know?"
"Yeah" Ava's reply was muffled since her mouth was stuffed with food "What's the point?"
"Yeah I get the resemblance now" Ava squawked when Jenna ruffled her hair
"Jen-"
"Did Claudine leave early today?"
Ava swallowed "Yeah how'd you know?" she asked downing the glass of juice that was beside her hand
"Because I know your grandmother and no way in hell she would let you leave the house with hair like this" Jenna snorted, she could see Ava's poor attempts to run a brush through her thick hair. It looked like something had landed in it. She rolled her eyes
"Jenna-OWW" Ava shrieked when Jenna tore a brush through her hair "oww….owww-"
"No owing" Jenna lightly bopped her on the back of the head and carried on brushing but this time much more gently and tied it into a high pony tail "There ya go; now you don't look like a homeless bum"
Ava rolled her eyes "Thanks Jen, good to know that's how I was before" she drawled
"You're welcome-"
"I was being sarcastic-"
"Oh my god, who was screaming?" Elena ran into the kitchen, she could hear yelling from upstairs
"Oh ok-"
"Wait so it sounds like I'm being murdered and your response is 'oh ok'?" Ava uttered finishing off her breakfast, Jenna and Elena exchanged amused looks
"Were you brushing Ava's hair?" Elena asked buttered a piece of toast
"Yep-"
"Explains the screaming, and Ava you wasn't getting killed-"
"Felt like it" Ava pouted and rolled her shoulders back and forth. "whatever so-"
"You're going to the launch party?" Elena asked finishing off her breakfast
"Do you know who I live with?" Ava snorted getting onto her feet
"Ah" Jenna grinned "yep, Claudine will-"
"Tie me down and drag me there. You know it's just another reason for her to get hammered?"
Elena laughed along with Jenna "Yeah I think everyone knows-"
"So you're-"
"Giving you a ride there and a ride back" Jenna finished off "Last time we left you two to get your own ride a cop car pulled up-"
"One time thing" Ava uttered "I'm sure we can do this-"
"Ava seriously? Claudine got done for indecent exposure"
Ava couldn't help but laugh "Not funny-"Jenna said sternly
"Kind of-"
"A little bit-"
"Ok it was freaking hilarious" Jenna rolled her eyes. God that night was going to stay with her for the rest of her life. A tearful Ava, a drunken Claudine. She glanced at the time
"You guys better leave-"
"What?"
"You're late"
"Oh crap. Come on, if I'm late that Tiki bitch-"
"Ava-"
"I mean girl would probably go tell Ms Harris" Ava literally ran down the corridor and grabbed her stuff "That woman hates me-"
"You told the world she was having an affair with the coach" Elena followed after her
"No need for her to hold a grudge though" Ava pulled on her jacket and shouldered her bag
"Wait you forgot this" Jenna hurried after them shoving Elena's book in her bag as Ava pulled open the door,
"Oof-"she grunted. Ava slammed into a hard figure and would be sent tumbling backwards if the person hadn't caught her wrists
"Ava, good to see you haven't change-"her eyes widened recognising that voice "always bumping-"
"Creepy John? I mean John." Ava blurted out "I mean you're not creepy, well you kind of are. According to Jenna you have this freaky stare. She hates you well most of the town does. Gran literally wants to spit-"
"Ava stop talking" Elena hissed cutting the rambling teen off
"Thank you" Ava whispered "because this is really awkward and-humph-"the rest of her sentence came out muffled since Jenna decided to take it upon herself to shut the petite teen up but shoving a cherry red apple in her mouth.
"Uncle John hey" Elena said greeting the man
"Elena good to see you-"
"Yeah you to-"
"She doesn't mean it" Ava took a big chunk out of the juicy apple and licked her lips
"Ava be quiet"
Ava rolled her eyes and leant against the front door listening to the conversation that was taking place.
"You made it" Jenna stated
"I said I'd be in by noon" John brushed Ava and entered the house
"You say and what you do are two typically different things" Jenna muttered
"Oh burn" Ava grinned, Elena snorted and shook her head as Jeremy trudged down the stairs
"Uncle John" the youngest teen greeted his uncle and patted him on the dark "What's up?" he strolled pass Ava "I'm taking shotgun-"
"No way" Ava shouted after him
"Yes way." Jeremy yelled at her and sprinted down the driveway
"Ava no-"Jenna rolled her eyes it was useless, Ava sprinted after Jeremy and they could hear grunting and shouting,
"So nothing has really changed has it-"they all looked over to the squabbling teen when there was a loud SPLAT
"AVA YOU PUSHED ME-"
"SUCK ON IT JEREMY" Ava shrieked back cackling loudly, Elena bit down on her bottom lip seeing Jeremy on the ground covered in mud. The blond hurriedly got into the car just as Jeremy grabbed her ankle. Ava kicked out hitting him in the nose
"FUCK-"
"NO SWEARING AND JEREMY GROW A PAIR YOU'RE NOT EVEN BLEEDING" Jenna shouted.
"Elena-"
"Yeah I got it, make sure Ava and Jeremy don't kill each other-"
"JENNA" Ava shrieked "JEREMY IS PULLING MY HAIR-"
"I WANTED SHOTGUN-"
"Good luck Elena" Jenna wished her knowing that the teen would need it since she was dealing with literally two children.
"Ergh-"
"What?" Elena asked she and Ava were at their lockers pulling out their textbooks.
"I just realised we're at school-"
"And?"
"We have to learn" Elena snorted and shook her head. The hallway was filled with students who were also scrabbling for their books.
"Ava that's the whole point of school" Matt said appearing next to the pair "Elena what's wrong?"
"Uncle creepy John is back in town" Ava supplied shutting her locker door.
"And apparently his visit is open ended" Elena uttered, the blond leant against her locker and lightly tapped the tips of her fingers against her cane
"Uncle John? Never really liked that guy" Matt muttered.
Ava snorted "Does anyone really like him?"
"True" Elena nodded
"I'm here for moral support if you need me" Matt uttered smiling at the brunette
"I'm not I'm going to be taking the piss out of it-"Ava grinned, making Elena roll her eyes.
"Thanks, not you Ava"
Ava slumped against the locker and pouted "Mean Elena, you're mean-"
"You was mean to me" Elena uttered
"Yes but I can be since I can get away from it"
"How's that then?" Elena asked
"Because I'm adorable" Ava grinned making the other two laugh, Matt sighed and dropped his arm around her shoulders
"Ok, impromptu hugging" Ava uttered, he dropped a kiss to her temple
"Thanks Ava and you to Elena, for everything you guys done for Vicky's funeral" Matt uttered,
"It was no problem" the blond shook her head, truth be told it somewhat eased her guilt about lying to him.
"So is Caroline still baking for you around the clock?" Elena asked changing the subject
"She's around at her dad's. Which is a good thing because my mom was going to strangle her when she dropped off more lasagne" Matt said
"I would, have you guys ever tasted the Forbes lasagne?" Elena linked her arm through Ava's the bell rang
"How was it?" Matt asked they weaved their way through the throngs of students
"Terrible, Gran got food poisoning. She had things coming out of both ends if you know-"
"Yes Ava we do know what you mean" Elena spoke over her.
"Ava, Elena could you stay back for a minute" Alaric called out as the class was dismissed. Ava shoved her recorder in her bag as well as her books.
"What did you do Ava?"
"How comes you always blame me?" the blond hissed back, she could hear her peers all walking out of the classroom
"It's always you-"Elena uttered. Ava got onto her feet and both she and Elena approached the teacher's desk
"Now-"
"Ok Ric say it straight, you kicking me out of class?"
"What-"
"I just want you to know it was my Gran's idea to fake her signature on that report-"
"Ava-"
"She says that I to practise forgery, so-"
"No Ava" Alaric spoke over the rambling teen "wait you forge signatures-"
"It's a hobby anyway, but I'm sure you don't want to talk about that" Ava rushed out
"Wait-"
"Shut up Elena"
Alaric stifled his laugher and shook his head; one thing was for certain things would never get boring with Ava around.
Ava hopped on to the desk and placed her cane in between her knees.
"I wanted to show you this" Alaric pulled out a piece of paper from his desk drawer "I made a copy of the paper that Jeremy wrote for me. I think you should take a look at it." he handed it over to Elena
"What is it?" Ava asked
"Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Vampires in Mystic Falls" Elena read out. Ava frowned her brows furrowed in confusion
"What? Jeremy wrote this?" Ava asked
"He made it very clear that he didn't think this was real" Alaric pointed out
"Well I hope you're right. I've done so much to protect him from all of this" Elena uttered, Ava swallowed
"So how do you deal with it?" Alaric took the paper off of her and set it back down on the desk
"What do you mean?"
"With all the lies and the secrecy, you have to lie to everyone that's important to you"
Ava licked her lips "Gran knows what's going on, but with everyone else its hard. You just have to deal with it" she simply shrugged her shoulders.
"Plus" Elena added on "It's not safe for them to know the truth so yes I keep it from them but it's only because I love them"
Alaric nodded and got onto his feet "I think Stefan's a good guy but…err at the end of the day he's still a vampire."
"I know it's hard to understand he would never do anything to hurt me" Elena uttered
"Right-but he's still a killer" Ava heard his thoughts; she didn't think of Stefan as a killer no, he was her friend brother almost.
"Gran?" Ava called out slamming the front door behind her. She waited for a second to hear if Claudine was around. Nope she wasn't in the house. She dumped her things by the front door and headed towards the answering machine, usually if Gran went out and didn't inform Ava before she left she would leave a message on the machine.
The device was located in the living room on the corner desk. Ava's hand trailed over the top of the machine and pushed the button
"Hey Ava it's me-wait shit should I say my name first?" Ava snorted and shook her head. Every single time this'll happen "ok wait let me do this again. Shit how the fuck-ok-OH MY GOD THERE'S A GIANT SPIPDER NEXT TO YOU-"Ava jumped out of her skin "only kidding. LOL, that means laugh out loud-"
"Dear God woman get on with it" Ava muttered
"Anyway it's me-I mean Claudine your gran. Ok….well I'm out on a date with Greg tonight so fend for yourself….kidding nah I told Jenna you're going round theirs to have dinner. So have fun and don't break anything there….what else?...oh and be nice to Jeremy-ok don't do the last one. Bye…how do you turn this shit-BEEP- you have no new messages. End of messages"
"Huh, that's shorter than the last one she left" Ava muttered under her breath, seems like she was going the Gilberts for the night.
"Bitches I'm home-"
"Ava no swearing" Jenna shouted from the kitchen, Ava shed off her jacket and dropped her cane to the ground. She walked down the corridor and sniffed the air "Hmm chicken noodles?"
"God you really are like a sniffer dog" Jeremy muttered
"Ha ha Jeremy. You hear that? That's my sarcasm laugh" Ava stated "dick-"
"Oh I'm never giving you my pop-tarts again"
Ava scoffed "What you hid them?"
"Yep and there's none left" Jeremy smirked, Jenna and John exchanged amused looks watching the duo
"Was your hiding place in the airing cupboard?"
"What how-"
"That's right bitch I know where you hide them-"
"Well you obviously didn't eat them all" Jeremy uttered as Ava unknowingly plopped down next to John
"Nah I spat all over the tarts" Ava grinned
"EWW" Jeremy screeched and hastily wiped his tongue
"So you ate my spit"
"Jenna-"
Jenna burst out in a fit of giggles and clutched her side as she laughed "Oh my god" she gasped
"So is it just us three? Where's Uncle Creepy John?" Ava munched on a bread roll
"Uncle Creepy John is right beside you" John stated as the doorbell rang, Jenna hurriedly left the kitchen to get the food.
"Hey John. Love the hair-"
"Ha ha ha. That's my sarcastic laugh"
Jeremy laughed but yelped when Ava booted him in the shin "So food?"
"Ava pass the fried rice-"
"I was going to eat it"
"You have more than enough-"Jeremy went to snatch the box food away from her but Ava had a death grip on it "Let go"
"No you let go" she snapped
"We paid for the food-"
"And I'm a guest so-"
"You're no freaking guess, you practically live here" Ava uttered and tugged the cardboard box but Jeremy tugged even harder
"Alright kiddies enough-" John called out just as the words left his mouth the box of egg fried rice split sending the contents flying all over the eldest Gilbert.
Jenna sniggered as both Jeremy and Ava went completely still "Oops, erm...well that was Jeremy's fault-"
"How the hell is it my fault? You ripped it-"
"Hey you helped" Ava uttered grabbing another carton of food "plus…"she said through a mouthful of noodle "he totally won that tug of war"
Jenna snorted as Jeremy smiled, "Oh my god Jere are you proud?" his aunt asked. John rolled his eyes and left the kitchen to get clean up.
"Yeah-"
"You should be. I've got so much to teach you Jere" Ava grinned
"No, no teaching him anything Ava. I don't want you to corrupt him-"
"He's plenty of messed up all on his own way" the petite teen snorted. After a couple of minutes John had returned with rice free hair and a clean shirt. He made sure to sit at the other end of the table away from either Ava or Jeremy.
"So Ava are you going to the party?" John asked emptying the contents of the white box onto his plate
"I am, but not willingly" Ava replied taking a sip of her glass of water "Jere?"
"I have no interest in the founder's day kick-off party" Jeremy snorted
"Sure you do its tradition" John swallowed his food
"Far be it from us to break from tradition" Jenna commented from her spot at the counter
"The Gilberts have been part of this town for over a hundred fifty years. One of the founding families-"
"God this sounds like a history lesson" Ava muttered making John shoot her a dirty look. She could feel his gaze on her and rolled her eyes. "John your creepy medusa eyes won't work on me" the blond called out
Jenna snorted
"Anyway back on track the Gilberts are one of the founding families and with that distinction comes certain obligation-"
"God he is so lame-"
"Yeah you are so lame-"
"Ava-"
"Shit was that out loud wasn't it?" Ava uttered her cheeks were blooming pink.
"Yeah but so true" Jenna said swallowing a dumpling.
"Including going to the party" John finished off, knowing with Ava round he'll probably have a hard time of getting words out. "One day when you can appreciate the significance. I will tell you all about your heritage"
"Hmm the Gilbert family legacy" Jenna commented "I forgot how sacred it was. I'm not a Gilbert so I was never cool enough to hear it"
"Don't worry Jen; you don't need to be a sucky Gilbert. You're part of me and my Gran's clan" Ava uttered "we are way cooler."
"Why does she hate you?" Jeremy asked his uncle
"Because they had sex together" Ava replied for him causing them all to gape at her, she didn't sense looks of disbeliefs and just carried on eating
"Is she-"
"Yeah we use to sleep together" John shook his head thinking how the hell did Ava knew that.
Jenna threw a packet of chopsticks at her and took Ava's plate off of her
"Hey Jen" Ava whined.
Ava groaned and shifted, she frowned feeling her covers were stuck under something. She pulled hard and groaned when it wasn't shifting. The blond pulled hard again and yelped when she tumbled off the bed. Before she could hit the ground however an arm came around her waist and hefted her back onto the bed.
"You know you drool a lot-"Ava eyes bugged out hearing a voice, she felt a weight on her so instinctively reached out and grabbed the closest thing to her which turned out to be a lamp, she smashed it against the person's head.
"Fuck Ava-"
"Damon?"
"Yes Damon" he said through gritted teeth and pulled his hand away from the place she had hit him. He saw blood-"what the hell-"
"Hey I should be asking you that. You perverted-you're still on me" Ava uttered feeling his body pressed against hers
"I am-"Damon smirked down at her
"Going to move?"
"No, you're very comfortable" he leant down so that his lips were right beside her ear. Ava felt a shudder run down her spine feeling his breath on her "and soft, and you smell delectable"
"Piss off" Ava rolled her eyes pushing down the butterflies in her stomach "and get off" she pushed him. Damon very reluctantly rolled off of her and laid down beside her.
"So why are you here?" Ava asked letting out a yawn
"I'm bored-"
"Huh, good answer. But go annoy someone else"
"Nope you're more fun" Ava shifted and licked her dry lips
"I am fun thank you for that compliment. Now go away-"
"Did I mention how charming you are?"
"Did you know your pick up lines are shit-"
"You got a potty mouth-"
"You kill people-"
"I think you're sexy-"
"I think you're a dick-"
"I so want to strip you naked and take you right here and right now"
"No comment" Ava uttered "You are literally too perverted to talk to now"
"Ha I won" Damon grinned he had fun bantering with the blond. He slid his fingers down her arm and picked up her hand. He compared his to hers. The vampire could see the contrast clear as day. Hers were small and delicate and oh so soft. Whilst his were large callous and strong looking
"You didn't win-"
"Yes I did-"
"No I didn't-"
"Yes-"
"No-"
"I hate you-"
"You think I'm hot-"
"Never seen you before in my life-"
"You said that when we were in Atlanta-"
"I was drunk-"
"Doesn't mean it's not the truth-"
"Go away-"
"Fine I will" Damon rolled off of the bed and jumped on to his feet, he pulled on his leather jacket Ava sat up frowning now that was easy "but not before I do one last thing-"
"And that would be?" she questioned
"This" with that he dropped a kiss onto her cheek causing her skin to tingle "See you tonight at the party" she felt a pulse of air and knew that he was gone. Ava flopped down on her bed; her heart was racing in her chest. Stupid Damon she thought.
Making her feel things she most certainly shouldn't be. She was about to doze off again but her bedroom door slammed open
"Ava what the- what why are you in bed still?" Elena shrieked and tore the blankets off of her
"Why the fuck does everyone insist on waking me up" Ava scowled curling up into a ball
"Come on-"
"No-"
"Please I need you-"
"And I need to sleep" the blond countered "now shoo go-"
"I'm going to tell Jeremy I'm adopted-"
"I'm up" Ava swung her legs out of her bed. "Meet you downstairs-"
Elena rolled her eyes "Now you get up-"
"I'm nosy" the petite teen yelled out from over her shoulder.
Ava found herself walking in between Jeremy and Elena. Jeremy had linked his arm through Ava's arm.
She used her cane and swung it in a low arch to make sure she didn't come into contact with any stray branches or logs.
"I can't believe mom and dad didn't tell you that you were adopted" Jeremy stated. Elena had explained to the teen what had happened.
"I'm sure they would've eventually" Elena uttered; Ava tucked in a stray curl and tripped, Jeremy grip on her tightened for a moment to steady her.
"But why were you worried about what I thought?" he asked her
"Because….-I don't know it's weird"
"Good answer Elena" Ava uttered causing the other girl to pinch her. Ava shivered it was a good thing she wore a thick coat.
"Going your whole life thinking you're related by blood to someone"
"Does it bug you we're not?" Jeremy asked as they walked down the pathway down the woods along the edge of the large lake that ran through the area.
"No Jere you're my brother that's all that matters" Elena uttered sincerity ringing through her words.
"Mine as well" Ava added
"Er…Ava you're an Xenia-"
"Ok, ok I just wanted to be part of the moment" the blond said. Jeremy laughed and shook his head
"You are family" Elena grinned "Like the little sister I always wanted-"
"Yeah I don't share that sentiment" Jeremy scoffed, Ava's response was to push him over.
"Oww"
"Shame-"
"Jeremy don't" Elena scolded god these two couldn't be left on their own for two seconds without getting into a fight or in trouble, he grunted and got onto his feet. "So Mr Saltzman mentioned how great you're doing in history now."
"Yeah, yeah he's been really helping me out" Jeremy nodded "He gave me some extra credit and stuff…"
"He loved your vampire paper" Ava commented, Elena was relieved that Ava had somehow had brought that into the conversation
"Yeah, he thought I had a clever angle."
"What drew you to that subject matter?" Elena asked "Does he actually believe that there are vampires? Oh god I hope he doesn't"
"Oh I don't know boredom? Or maybe I'm just as nut as the long line of Gilbert crazies?" Jeremy grinned, Elena snorted
"The Gilberts aren't crazy."
"Easy for you to say you're not one" Jeremy smirked at her
"Ouch-"
"Oh Elena it's true, your lot are completely crazy.-"
"As if you can talk Ava, I bet you and Claudine by the end of the party will both be in a cop car" Jeremy declared "and I believe I'll take this" with that he snatched her cane off of her.
"Jeremy" Ava shouted "I bloody need that. Gran will murder me-"
"Well then come and get it" Jeremy shouted sprinting away "Follow my voice-"she bolted after him "and go straight-"
"No AVA-"
"OWW" the petite teen shrieked and crashed to the ground. Ava had ran head first into a tree
"Oh my god Jeremy" Elena shouted running over to Ava she was relieved to see there was no serious damage
"What the fuck Jere?" Ava clutched her head
"Paybacks a bitch huh? That's for kicking me in the face"
"You little prick-"
"Ha ha-oh shit" Elena watched as Ava literally tackled the other teen to the ground.
"Ava why do you have a twig in your hair?" Claudine asked she was helping Ava get ready for the party. The elderly woman was already dressed and ready to go and was just helping Ava with her hair
"Oh crap, I thought I washed all that out" she muttered under her breath "Jeremy's fault-"
"What did the little dick do?" Claudine asked fluffing up Ava's curls she opted leave the teen's loose
"He made me run face first into a tree-"
"Ah huh, and what did you do?" she asked bending down in front of Ava since was sitting on the edge of the bed. Claudine pulled out a tube of lipstick. She gently held Ava's face and applied the lipstick
"I spat in his box of pop-tarts. What colour is this?" Ava asked
"Hmm…then he had every right to do that. This is red, it matches your dress. Which is gorgeous by the way, it's a knee length blood red dress the bodice has a lace overlay and full length lacy sleeves" she described the dress to Ava. "Ta da, you're all done. Now let's go. Greg is giving us a ride there"
Ava walked into the Founder's Hall; Claudine had very forcefully made sure she had taken her cane. She groaned quietly when someone barged into her shoulder nearly knocking her over but an arm came around her waist. She did drop her cane though.
"Watch it dick" Damon snapped glaring at the portly man who hurried away seeing the ferocious look on the raven head's face.
"Thanks" Ava mumbled one thing she hated about these parties were that most of the people who attended this type of event were mostly snobbish.
"Let me" Damon picked up her cane and gently pressed it into her hands. "Milady you're looking hot in red"
Ava laughed "Well Damon you're….Damon so…."
"Hot. Just say it Ava" he goaded her as they walked up the stairs
"Fine you're hot. But that compliment doesn't really count since it's from me-"
"Which makes it count more" they had arrived at the landing of the next floor
"Aww you're being sweet in your own twisted way….ok who are you? And what have you done with the real Damon?"
"Ha ha ha" he said sarcastically and gently turned her around so that she was facing him "but kidding aside you look beautiful-"
"You want a bite don't you?"
"Damn I'm being nice-"
"But you're Damon-"
"Yes and I can occasionally be nice" Damon rolled his eyes "everyone will be gathered in the last room on your left. There's a free bar-"he kissed her on the cheek surprising her "Have fun-"
"Wait where are you going?"
"I'll be there in a sec. now kindly remove that stick up your ass-"he slapped her bum causing her to slam her heeled shoe down on his foot making the vampire yelp. "Have fun" he wheezed.
"Will do Damy" she grinned and skipped away.
Ava followed Damon's instruction and entered a room; she knew Gran and Greg were milling about somewhere. As soon as she entered the room she could hear the low music and the voices of several people chattering.
"Ava-"Stefan grinned spotting the petite blond "How are you?"
"Are you drunk?" she asked smelling his breath as it washed over her.
"Nope- now come" he ordered and grabbed her hand and dragged her over to the bar "Now what would you like to drink? Vodka tonic? Coke and rum or-"
"Or maybe I can't….I am underage-"
Ava uttered hopping onto a barstool
"Nah…yo barman" Stefan called the man over "One whisky and one bourbon…you seem like a bourbon person. Did I ever tell you that?"
"No Stef-"
"Sorry I can serve her she's under-"
"I want you to give her as many drinks as she wants" Stefan compelled the guy
"Holy fuck you are drunk-"
"It curbs the cravings" the vampire explained as the two glasses of alcohol were set down in front of him "Go on Ava I dare ya-"
"Oh-"
"You chicken-"
"Fuck no—"
"Then drink"
"Fine" Ava picked up her glass and downed the contents; she shook her head feeling the fiery liquid burn down her throat. "Ah…you know Stef you're right I'm a bourbon person…barman hit me-well not literally because that's just screwed up-"Stefan snorted
"She wants another drink" Stefan said and sure enough another glass was set in front of her. By the time Elena arrived Ava had drunk three glasses of bourbon. The blond was a complete lightweight.
"Oh shit Elena's here" Ava said
"What? how did-"
"My awesome power" she grinned sloppily "Now…no-"
Stefan waved Elena over "Act cool and not drunk-"
"I am not drunk-"
"You're off to a good start. And now act it" Stefan grinned. Ava nodded seriously she was buzzed one thing was for certain at least it had taken the edge off attending the party.
"Hey" Elena greeted the pair
"Hi, hello" Ava spun around on the stool but wobbled so quickly clung on to the edge of the bar
"Ava are you drunk?"
"No"
"Elena" Stefan kissed her
"Ok you're drunk" Elena stated Ava giggled but immediately stopped "ok you're both drunk-"
"No you are-"
"Ava that doesn't make sense-"
"Neither does your face" the blond uttered "barman-"she ordered another drink "and don't bitch Elena….people are telling me to have fun and…."
"Ok, ok, just know that we're taking both you and Claudine home-"she had managed to catch sight of Claudine downstairs at the first floor bar, the way the woman was going she was going to be totally hammered before the end of the night.
"Who's Claudine?"
"Your gran" Elena stated in disbelief and mentally wondered how much did Ava had to drink; she counted four glasses and saw that the petite teen was now on her fifth.
"Her name is Claudine?" Ava scrunched up her nose slightly
"Well what did you think it was?" Stefan asked grinning his head off
"Gran"
"Ha classic"
Elena shook her head she wasn't going to lie the pair of them were amusing as hell, "so the drinking Stefan?"
"Ah ok it may seem weird but it's really helping me. Alcohol takes the edge off" he explained glancing over to the dance floor
"You're totally that drunken high school guy who sneaks in booze"
"I totally am" Stefan nodded
"And he's my bitch" Ava commented causing Elena to giggle
"Ok no more drinking for you" the vampire waved the bartender over and compelled him not to serve the blond any more drinks
"Stefan?"
"Yeah?" he asked sipping his drink
"You are no longer my bitch" Ava pouted and spun around on her stool, Elena grabbed her arm stopping the teen from doing a face-plant
"It makes the cravings go away, so I think we should enjoy it. Would you like to dance with me?" Stefan offered her his hand
"You hate dancing" Elena pointed out I usually have to beg you-"
"No, no you usually have to beg the sober Stefan the drunk Stefan you don't have to"
"Man I hate that guy" Ava muttered under her breath and got onto her feet, her cane was resting against the bar.
"Who?" Elena asked
"Sober Stefan pisses the cra-"
"Ok" Elena spoke over her. God that girl can ramble on even where she was drunk
"I am not drunk-"
"I didn't say anything"
"You were thinking it" Ava nodded folding her arms across her chest
"What are you a mind reader?" Elena snorted glancing over and saw that the dance floor was empty and that everyone was just standing around
"Yes." Ava answered "I am a mind reader and…I'm allergic to kiwis-"
"Ok you are drunk and there's no one dancing" Elena shook her head.
Ava rolled her eyes and "Because the music is shit-"
"Ava's right they need better music" Stefan uttered nodding his head
"My bitch is smart-"
"I'm your bitch again?"
"You can be" Ava grinned and staggered against the bar
"Yay…."he said softly "I'll be right back"
Ava leant against Elena "Are you checking out his ass?"
"No and-"
"Ava you're plastered already?" Kelly appeared beside her "and that's not going to happen. I tried to bribe the guy with twenty bucks and a date he said Carol Lockwood had complete control over the music choices"
"Ah now that's a woman who's definitely has a stick up her ass" Ava uttered.
"I like drunk Ava she's fun-"Kelly laughed. The blond smiled
"I like you when I'm drunk. You're not a total bitch" much to Elena's surprise Kelly actually laughed "now if you wanted control over the music thingy Kelly all you had to do was flash your boobs, here I'll show you" Ava declared and was about to lift her dress up but Elena grabbed it and tugged it down
"Oh my god Ava no bloody flashing" Elena hissed, Kelly laughed loudly causing the other party goers to look at them. They all heard the music change
"Good god-"
"Oh I love this song" Ava squealed
"Come on Ava" Stefan grabbed her by the hand and swung her out on to the dance floor, she laughed as Stefan literally lifted her off her feet and then dipped her down. Damon strolled over to Elena who was watching on
"Have I entered a world where Stefan is fun? And what the hell is going on with Ava? She never moves like that with me" Damon uttered
"They both drunk." Elena rolled her eyes "wait are you jealous-"
"No" Damon denied. Elena smirked
"You totally are" she laughed
"Oh come on that's completely inappropriate. Stefan hands above her freaking waist" Damon called
"Shut up Damon. Stefan's my bitch" Ava shouted back
"Hell yeah….what's was it Ava hoes before-"
"Bros" Ava nodded
"Wait did I get called a hoe?" Damon asked Elena
"Yeah and….oh crap no Ava there staircase is that way" Elena literally sprinted towards the ditzy blond.
"So Claudine and Greg are making out somewhere in a dark corner" Jenna laughed, she, Elena and Ava were in the middle of the dancers
"EWWW gross. You know Gran has a lot of sex-"
"Is she drunk?"
"Your face is-"
"What?"
"Jenna don't" Elena shook her head and glanced over to her left "history teacher coming this way" she whispered to her aunt
"How do I look?" Jenna asked
"Hot" Ava replied
"Beautiful" Elena uttered.
"Hey" Alaric greeted them "I've been looking for you" he smiled at Jenna
"A total pick up line" Ava whispered loudly
"I haven't seen you in a while" Jenna uttered "How are you?" she asked him
"Yeah I'm well….things have been a little crazy-"
"Understatement did you know Jen that Alaric's like a female version of buffy? Crazy right-"
"And Ava's totally wasted" Elena laughed nervously discreetly elbowing her
"Ow what the fuck?" Ava yelped "god I might be suffering from internal bleeding" clutching her side causing Elena to roll her eyes
"Ok well…you want to get a drink?" Alaric asked Jenna
"Sure-"
"He wants you to suck his di-"Elena slapped her hand over Ava's mouth shutting her up,
"Have fun" Elena smiled and literally shoved Ava over to the bar "you stay here until we have to go"
"What?"
"Elena-"Matt called her over
"Stay Ava" she instructed with that Elena waltzed away.
Ava rolled her eyes and dropped down on a bar stool, her cheeks were pink and her eyes were glossy. She had only sat down for a few minutes before Matt approached her like her he was completely plastered
"Ava-"
"Matty-"
"Wanna make out?"
"Fuck off I'm not that drunk" Ava snorted
Matt laughed "Ok, dance?"
"Hmm-oh ok" he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the dance floor, and spun her around. "So Ava-"
"So Matt" she mimicked
"I really-"
"Oh god I need to sit down" Ava grumbled and walked off
"We haven't even danced for a whole minute-"
"Argh" was her strangled reply and she took her previous seat at the bar, "Barman-guy-dude-chick-whatever water please" she ordered.
"Someone looks like they had too much" Damon uttered seeing Ava face down on the bar.
"Please don't talk-"
"Ah the buzz wearing off?"
"Oh god I think I'm going to puke" she muttered, the vampire rubbed her back, she felt his warm hand on her back
"How about some juice that-"he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as Ava grabbed the glass beside her which belonged to the man who was on her other side and puked into it
"Eww-"
"Sorry" she shoved the glass back to the man who shot her a digusted look and left. Damon laughed
"Holy crap you really can't hold your alcohol" Damon chuckled and ordered another glass of water. "And your cheeks are bright pink" he muttered lightly touched her temple. It was clammy and warm
"Hmm and you're cool" she muttered sleepily and much to his surprise snuggled into his chest. Damon's eyes widened and rested his chin on top of her head. He could hear her breathing evening out he rolled his blue eyes
"First time she's been willingly close to me she passes out" he muttered under her breath. Elena approached the pair helping herself to some snacks
"So Ava got drunk-"
"Blame Stefan" Elena cut him off she glanced over to the pair and noted that Damon looked more than comfortable in fact he looked like he was enjoying himself.
"Ava wake up"
"Huh-"
"Ow" Damon yelped, Elena had startled the blond and caused her to slam her head beneath the vampire's chin "Fuck-"
"No you fuck off"
Elena shook her head and passed a bowl of snacks over to her "Here some food Ava"
Ava muttered something under her breath and chewed on the miniature size pretzels.
"Do you know what your brother's been up to?" Elena asked him
"I would but Ava's a lovely distraction. Plus I've been preoccupied with yours" Damon replied and took the pretzels off of Ava "catch Ava" he threw one and it landed in her mouth
"Huh-"
"Wait what do you mean?" Elena questioned
"He's been asking questions about Vicky Donavan's death" he told her, Ava licked her lips, her throat was dry and she had a thumping headache
"He knows that her death was an overdose-"
"Really? 'but sheriff she was buried who would do that?"
"That's a crap impersonation" Ava snorted but stopped feeling a pang go through her temples. Damon rolled his eyes and tugged Ava towards him and lightly started to massage her aching temples, eliciting a small sigh from her.
"I could compel him but he's wearing vervaine" Damon uttered as Ava slumped against him
"No I don't want you to compel him I mean it" Elena said seriously "I'm not going to do that again, I'll deal with him"
"Ok" Damon plucked a rose from the vase beside him and weaved it into Ava's hair "don't say that I didn't warn you. And don't let her drink anymore. Catch you late" he dropped a kiss on her temple and was gone.
"Ava-"
"I got a headache" Ava muttered
"Ok stay here I need to talk to Jeremy, Ava?"
"Yeah, yeah I got it" Ava shooed away and felt Elena brushing pass her. The blond rested her chin on her hand and yawned. Yeah she wouldn't be moving for a while.
"Ava"
"Matt-"
"You sobered up?" Matt asked
"Sort of" Ava admitted "You?"
"Getting there. Is it bad that I'm having fun?" he asked quietly. Ava frowned and held out her hand he knew what she wanted and grabbed hers giving it a small squeeze
"Nope Matt, you need to have some fun. And from your breath I can tell that are"
Matt laughed "Thanks. I need some air you wanna come with me?"
"Wait I need to pee first" Ava uttered; she got onto her feet and felt a wave of nausa over her.
"Come on then" he grabbed her hand and led her through the crowd.
She felt the air hit her skin cooling it somewhat; they had only taken a few steps when she heard Matt
"Oh my god"
"What?" Ava asked
"Mom?" Matt charged towards his mother and Tyler who were making out "they're….they were…making out? what the fuck?"
"Holy crap" Ava muttered
"What the hell?" Matt threw Tyler away from his mom
"Dude chill-"
"Matt-"
"Mom" he shouted and punched Tyler in the face. a fight broke out between the pair. Ava could hear something shattering and grunts
"Ok….there's a fight and someone's getting their ass kick" Ava shouted "Help-"
"Crap" Alaric appeared dragging Tyler away from Matt. Ava could hear groaning and rushed over
"Matt?"
"Yeah" he groaned, she dropped to her knees beside him and lightly touched his face
"You bleeding?"
"Hmm"
"Crap" she could hear the mayor telling people to get back to the party "Matt-"
"I need to get out of here" he ran off.
Ava sighed and shook her head.
"Ava?"
Alaric helped her onto her feet "Come on, the mayor is about to make a speech" he muttered "and I think your gran is there"
Ava stood beside Alaric they were near the back of the crowd
"Thank you everyone for joining us" the mayor quietened down the crowd "in a few moments we will officially begin the countdown of the coming founder's day upcoming celebration and it's a very special one this year. The 150th birthday of our town" they were cheers and whistles "and I would like to welcome back into our town favourite sons to have the honours of ringing our charters official bell John Gilbert"
There was a loud boo "Oh my god" Ava muttered
"Your Gran-"
"Yeah and she's hammered" she whispered to Alaric.
"150 years of community prosperity family, we take care of each other and look after each other. Protect each other. It's good to be home-"
"GET OFF THE STAGE-"
"OH MY GOD GRAN STOP TALKING"
"You guys shouldn't go out in public" Alaric muttered under his breath as the crowd glanced over to him since they thought he was with the Xenia's.
"We've been told that, I need a drink-"
"No alcohol" Alaric yelled after her.
Ava was about to take a sip of her ice cold water but it was snatched away from her
"What the-"
"Ava we need to get out of here" Gran said picking up the cane
"What? Why-ergh what did you do?" Ava sighed and yelped when the elderly woman literally dragged her off the stool
"Bye Carlos-"Ava shouted to the barman
"My name is Ben-"
"Carlos suits you better"
"Ssh"
"Gran what did you do?" Ava hissed as they pushed through the crowd, Claudine glanced over her shoulder and swore
"Well…erm remember Greg?"
"How could I forget?" Ava snorted "oww" she hissed when Gran shoved her
"Anyway the prick is married and I kind of lost it" they were now outside, Ava could hear the sound of sirens
"Oh shit Gran-"
"I smashed his car window and he called the cops and-"
"HEY YOU STOP" an officer screamed
"RUN" Claudine screamed and both Ava and her sprinted pass John, Damon and Alaric who were having an intense stare off
"What the hell?" Alaric muttered they all watched as both Ava and Claudine were chased by two burly cops.
"GRAN-"
"RUN AVA FUCKING RUN-OWW" Claudine screamed "my ankle" she dropped to the ground
"Gran-"
"Ava go on without me"
"Ok" Ava ran
"No you little shit come-RUN AVA THEY GOT A GUN-"
"WHAT-?"
"250 VAULTS ARE ABOUT TO BE EMITTED THROUGH YOUR BODY IF YOU DO NOT STOP-"
"WAIT WHAT-"
"SUSPECT IS HOSTILE-"
"HUH-"Ava shrieked feeling bolts of electricity running through her system she dropped to the ground
"Hey" Alaric shouted rushing forward "Damon what are you-are you fucking recording this?"
"Duh, this is priceless-"Damon laughed.
The trio watched as Ava and Claudine were dragged off to a cop car
"Does this happen often?" Alaric asked John who watched the whole thing on with amusement
"It wouldn't be a party if those two didn't end up in a cop car. So one of you are going to bail them out" John turned on his heel and left
"Oh crap-"
"You Damon-"
"Why?"
"Because you got the cash and I got none to spare" Alaric replied. Damon rolled his eyes
"I got a feeling this is going to happen a lot this month" the vampire grumbled
Alaric snorted "Yeah we got a whole month of these types of parties"
"It was funny though"
"Got that right" they both laughed.
Ava was far from amused
"Ava-"
"Save it gran I got zapped by a stun gun" Ava snapped
"It was funny? Ok no." Claudine said seeing the look on her granddaughter's face. The officer started the car "Where'd you get the flower from?"
"Damon-"
"Aww-"
"Don't coo-"
"He fancies you" Claudine said leaning back in her seat, she and Ava were both cuffed together
"Gran shut up"
"Ok" there was a moment of silence, Ava leant her head back god she didn't feel well "So was you going to leave me?"
"Yeah?"
"Oh I'm teaching you something"
Ava couldn't help but laugh making Claudine giggle but the petite teen stopped as they went over a speed bump. Her stomach lurched
"Gran? I don't feel well-"
"Hey we need to pull over she's going to-"Ava vomited all over the floor making Claudine screech, "this is going to be a long night" she muttered under her breath and rubbed Ava's back.
"You got that right" one of the cops muttered.
Ava groaned and slumped in her seat. Damn she thought Jeremy was right she somehow did end up in a police car.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this Chap Ava and John meet again. She's got a nickname. Ava admits Gran makes her forge signatures. There are moments throughout with Ava and the Gilberts. Ava goes to the party. Stefan gets her drunk. Some Damon and Ava moments. Ava and Claudine end up at the back of a police car. After Ava's been zapped by a stun gun. Damon records it all.
Next Chap-Another party (lets hope Ava and Claudine don't end up the police station again)
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