"ACHOO" Ava sneezed loudly, "ergh-"she groaned feeling her nose dripping. She clumsily reached out to her night stand to pluck a tissue from the pile of used one. She blew hard and groaned, it was in the middle of the night and the Fairy had spent the last couple of hours sneezing and coughing in her bed.

Surprisingly all three vampires, including Rose were heavy sleepers. Ava was sure what was going on with the other female though, she swore she heard that she had got bitten by a werewolf or something. "ACHOO" she flopped down on her bed and pulled the covers over her head. Ava was wearing her bear-like robe and had even pulled the hood up. She felt like crap truth be told and she was freezing her ass off.

"Bloody cold" Ava sniffed and burrowed in her covers, she was visibly shaking and groaned, her head was thumping and she felt all clogged up. She rubbed her chest it felt as if it was burning. "ACHOO"

Ava wiped her nose and clamoured out of bed, and scrounged around for her fuzzy bootie slippers. She felt the thick material against her skin and slipped them on, which took a few minutes. Ava grabbed her box of tissues and staggered out of her room,

"Damon" she called her voice was nasally and also sounded stuffy. Ava blew her nose loudly and made her way into Damon's room. "ACHOO" she shoved the door open and made a beeline straight into the vampire's bed.

Damon groaned feeling something hitting him; he opened his eyes and sighed when he saw a familiar blond.

"Ava it's three in the morning" Damon muttered "go back to your-"

"It's cold" she mumbled and literally climbed onto him since the vampire was radiating warmth. Damon frowned when he felt her shaking. The vampire reached over and turned his lamp on.

"Ava-"

"Don't move" her voice came out muffled, abruptly Ava sat up "ACHOO-ACHOO-ACHOO-"

"EWWW" Damon yelled "AVA COVER YOUR MOUTH-"

"What the hell is going on here?" Stefan blurred into the room, he took in the sight of his shirtless brother who was being straddled by Ava. "Ava-?"

Instead of replying to Stefan's question, Ava paled her stomach lurched "No-"Damon scooped her up and blurred them both into his bathroom.

"Ava the toilet-"he didn't get to finish his sentence since Ava vomited into the toilet bowl, both vampires gagged at the smell. Damon rubbed her back as Stefan held her hair out of the way.

"Done?" Stefan frowned

"Yea-"she wasn't though, Ava once again vomited into the toilet. She slumped against Damon who easily picked her up and headed back to his bed.

Stefan moved over to the bathroom cabinet and grabbed a cup as well as the mouthwash. Damon lowered Ava onto the bed as Stefan sat on the edge of the bed. The raven head vampire quickly left the bedroom to get something

"No Ava don't go sleep-"Stefan seeing the blond beginning to doze off. "Here-"

Ava muttered something and felt something being pressed against her lips, "Just slosh it in your mouth and spit it out-"he instructed. "No Ava-ergh-"she spat the mouthwash all over the floor. "You're lucky you're cute" he grumbled.

Stefan frowned as he took in Ava's state, her cheeks were bright pink, and her nose was pink. And she looked as if she was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. He also could see her visibly shivering. Stefan pressed the back of his hand against her temple and winced, Ava was burning up.

"You're sick" Stefan frowned

"No you are" Ava muttered as the vampire gently pushed in to a lying down position.

"Doesn't make sense Ava" Damon strolled into the room, with a thermometer in his hand. She opened her mouth to retort but he stuck it in her mouth under her tongue. "Don't move"

Ava sighed and after a few minutes he took it out, his and Stefan's eyebrows shot to their hairline as they read it.

"Yeah you're sick-"Damon muttered "and you look it" Ava pouted and rolled over.

"How about we get some sleep and hopefully you'll feel better" Stefan yawned, he was tired and knew at the moment they couldn't do much.

"Fine-"her replied came out muffled "ACHOO-"she sneezed into the pillow, causing Damon to balk.

"Don't wipe your nose on it; this is vintage-"Damon snapped pulling the pillow from beneath her head.

"Go to sleep both of you" Stefan said and left, but not before kissing Ava's temple.

"You have vintage pillows? You sure you're not gay-"she yelped when he swatted her Pyjama clad bottom.

"Not the point" Damon rolled his eyes and plucked up a tissue and wiped the mucas off of her nose "Go to sleep-"

"I'm cold" Ava whined, Damon shook his head and slid into the bed beside her. She didn't waste any time and snuggled into his chest. The vampire could feel Ava's skin radiating heat off. "So cold-"

Damon shifted so that Ava was sprawled on top of him her face was tucked into the crook of his neck, his arms came around her.

"Damon…you're like a giant teddy bear" Ava muttered already dozing off.

"Lovely" Damon muttered and was about to drift off to slumber but the blond let out loud hacking coughs right beside his ear. "This is going to be a long night" he muttered

"ACHOO-"

"A very long night."


Ava frowned, where the hell was she? She thought, like always the blond wasn't able to see. She felt a breeze wash over her and sighed. It was so quiet and peaceful; wherever she was she was outside since the fairy could feel the road beneath her bare-feet. She froze hearing the sound of whimpering coming somewhere beside her.

"Hello?" she frowned hearing someone sniffing. Ava stepped forward and held out her hands to guide her way round. She felt the trunks of the trees, so she was somewhere in the wood. "Hello? Are you crying"

"Yes" it was a little girl, she sounded so familiar

"Why?" Ava felt the girl clutch on to her hand she gently stroked the top of her head and felt the soft curls.

"It's my mommy and daddy. They're hurt and-"

"Where are they?" Ava frowned wanting to take the distraught little girl back to her parents she sounded so scared.

"Down the road" Ava crouched down in front of the girl "Are you hurt?"

"My eyes and-WE HAVE TO RUN-"she screamed causing Ava to tumble backwards

"What?"

"GET UP GET UP-"the little girl cried and grabbed Ava's hand, she pulled the teen onto her feet. The fairy found herself running through the woods, her breathing came out in pants and she felt the wind hitting her. The little girl was pulling her fiercely

"Why are we running?" Ava yelled

"They're coming, they're coming-"the girl sobbed, Ava could hear something or someone following behind them. Whatever it was it speeding up. "Who are you-"

"I'm Ava-"the little girl introduced herself. Ava eye's widened was that girl her? She yelped when she tripped over a rock and was sent flying onto the ground.

"AVA-AVA-AVA! RUN! THEY'RE COMING-"

Ava screamed and bolted upright; she gasped and tumbled out of the bed. Damon sped into the room along with Stefan.

"Ava-"


"They're coming-"

"She's hallucinating" Stefan could see that she was in a feverish state. "Ava-"he grabbed her shoulders but the blond yelled and attempted to hit him.

"Let go-let go" Ava cried tears ran down her face. Damon shook his head and pulled the thrashing blond into his lap.

"Ava-"

"I want my gran" Ava sobbed.

"I'll get her something to drink" Stefan murmured, Damon rocked her back and forth, and felt her temple. It was still blazing hot.

"You are so going to be stuck in bed all day" Damon muttered

"Noo" Ava whined "there's a carnival today and I wanted to go" Damon rolled his eyes

"You're not leaving the house" he ordered.

Ava groaned and pressed her face into the crook of his neck. "It's so cold" she muttered.

"Well it's a good thing I set up the fire in the parlour" Damon easily picked her up, he knew that she wasn't her usual self when instead of shrieking at him like she would have done, Ava only snuggled into him. He made his way down the stairs and into the parlour where a pale Rose was sitting.

"Looks like we got two sickies today" Damon drawled plopping the blond don next to the other vampire. He picked up the quilt and placed it over Ava's shoulders.

Rose glanced over to Ava and scrunched up her nose when the fairy blew her nose loudly, "Not on the quilt" Damon gently swatted her hand away and pressed a wad of tissue into her hands.

"She doesn't look too good" Rose commented

"Neither do you." Ava sniffed and huddled into the quilt.

"Can't you just give her your blood?" Rose asked, Ava sighed quietly feeling the searing heat of the roaring fire in front of her.

Damon cocked an eyebrow "If you think I can I wouldn't? Ava is allergic to vampire blood. Now we know it's down to her being a fairy" he drawled "I'll be back" he rushed off.

"So that part is true?" Rose questioned, she was shaking slightly the werewolf bite had gotten worse.

"Yep" Ava coughed "do you know anything else?"

"Only from stories" Rose wiped her sweaty brow, groaning feeling a pang of pain coming from her shoulder. "I heard…don't know if it's true but they have their own world, where their powers are more pronounced"

Ava frowned "What'd you mean?" she questioned wiping her runny nose.

"I mean…I'm not too sure though but I heard they got another power something to do with light coming out of their hands-"she couldn't help but snort when Ava raised her hands "It's a story Ava-"

"I know, I know but it sounds awesome" she exclaimed, "let's see if it works"

Rose watched on as Ava scrunched up her face and a look of pure concentration crossed her face,

"Anything?" the blond asked "I can't totally feel-"

"Ava stop that you look constipated" Damon drawled as he entered the room once again, with a blood bag and a bowl of soup.

"Ass" Ava huffed "I was showing off my cool fairy powers-"the raven head vampire snorted at that.

"Yeah…you don't have any. Here" he made sure the bowl of soup had a thick cloth underneath it so Ava wouldn't burn her hands. "Spoon-"

Ava scooped up some of the thick liquid and swallowed "EWW its gross what the hell-"

"its tomato soup" Damon shook his head, she went to place it on the coffee table but the vampire cleared his throat. "You have to eat all of it-"

"Nooo" Ava whined

"Yeees…"he mimicked her tone. The blond pouted and carried on sipping away her soup, Ava sloshed the liquid around her mouth, and it wasn't too bad.

"I was born in 1450" Rose announced "that makes me 560 years old"

"Erm thank you for sharing. We should all get things off of our chest…I like cheese" Ava added "And Elijah has a sexy accent".

Damon rolled his eyes. "Well" he said to Rose "if you were a bottle of wine-"

"So what you'd drink her?" Ava scrunched up her nose "that'-ACHOO"

"No Ava you don't get it" Damon uttered.

Ava leant back into the sofa and pulled her knees up to her chest; she wiped her nose and went back to her soup.

"It means I can die" Rose murmured, Ava slowed down her sipping and her brows furrowed "I lived long enough-"

"Then you of all people should know that there is so much more to see" Ava licked her dry lips.

"You know if you're going to be like this-"Damon picked up a glass and poured the blood into it. "I will kill you myself, just to put me out of your misery."

Ava scoffed "Nice di-"she couldn't even finish the rest of her sentence since she let out hacking coughs. Damon snorted and rubbed her back "I think I'm dying" she croaked and blanched realising what she had just said "No offence Rosie"

"Only you can mock the sick" Damon muttered.

"Oh shut up" Ava rolled her eyes

"Eat your soup" the raven head said "And Rose no more being mopey. It's just a little werewolf bite-"

"A fatal werewolf bite to vampire-"Rose chuckled in disbelief.

"Well according to legends which is a notoriously highly unreliable source" Damon countered handing her the glass of blood, from the corner of his eye he could see Ava, and noted that her cheeks were still flushed, and that her nose looked dry probably from all the wiping she did.

"Now there's a big contradiction" Rose scoffed seeing the confused look on his face she further elaborated "you got a contradiction staring right at you…well she's slurping soup."

"I'm a contradiction?" Ava cocked an eyebrow "You do know that my name is Ava right?"

"Yes I do know" Rose shook her head "but there were legends about the Faes around for centuries, and it is obviously true we have one right in front of us"

"Drink up after all blood heals" Damon smirked,

Rose nodded and took a sip, "Yeah it does feel like it's working."

"That's good then" Ava sniffed and wiped her runny nose much to Damon's annoyance on the quilt.

"Let's have a look" he gestured for Rose to turn around which she did. He peeled back the robe and gaped at the grotesque looking wound.

"How is it?" Rose asked the only sound that could be heard was Ava slurping her soup.

"It's definitely better" he stammered.

Ava snorted "He's lying, you're not that great and-"

"Shut up Ava" he snapped causing her to frown. "It's better, right Elena?"

"It looks horrible" the doppelganger thought, Ava tucked in a stray curl and set the empty soup bowl down on the coffee table.

"It's erm…not bad" Elena stuttered shouldering her bag, her dark eyes darted over to Ava and she frowned. "Ava you're sick?"

"No-"

"Yes" Ava, Damon and Rose said all at once "She's sick-"

"Don't tell her that" the blond hissed "Elena gets all-"

The brunette rushed over to her and pressed her palm against her temple "You're burning up" she muttered "and sweaty and-"

"Stop" Ava lazily swatted her away "she gets all mother hen and I'm-ACHOO" she sneezed. Elena stumbled back and spluttered "did I do it in her face?"

"Yes…"the doppelganger snatched the napkin out of a grinning Damon's hand and wiped her face. "I have to help Caroline help with the Barbeque-"

"Oh so it's not a carnival?" Ava sniffed wiping her nose; the tip of her nose was pink as were her cheeks "barbeque is better. I fancy a burger and fries and-"

"You're not going" Damon told her. Ava groaned loudly and slumped into the couch "you're being a child Ava-"

"You're being a dick-"

"Yeah because I'm keeping you home when you're sick?" he cocked an eyebrow

"Finally" Ava exclaimed with a puff of air "I am perfectly fine you're just being-ACHOO, ACHOO, ACHOO" all three of them cringed when Ava used her sleeve to wipe her nose. "I'm fine-"

"Nope. Since you and Rose are both sick you can keep each other company" Damon told her. "You can be each other nurse maids…I got outfits-"

"Shut up pervert" Ava sniffed blowing her nose. She cuddled into the quilt. The raven head vampire smiled and kissed the sick blond on her temple

"Oh you know it. Anyway Stefan told me to make sure you drink this" he held up a bottle of cough syrup "and this..."he held up another bottle "should help break your fever. Well resting would me be more effective"

"I should go.-"

"Wait where's Stefan?" Damon asked looking at the doppelganger, Elena tucked in a stray strand of hair. "He left, I need you to talk to him he's convinced he has to find Isobel"

"Why's he gone to see that skank?" Ava muttered, as Damon polished a spoon, he sat on the edge on the coffee table so that he was right in front of the fairy. He poured the cough syrup on to the spoon. "But I think we should go to Elijah"

"No can do" Damon glanced over to her "open up Ava-now." he ordered seeing the expression on her face. "I'm with Stefan on this one. Now don't you have to help Barbie with some preppy crap?"

"Get well" Elena said to Ava and Rose "drink plenty of fluids Ava." she glared at Damon and walked out.

Ava cringed feeling the medicine sliding down her throat, it was thick and slimy. "Eww…it's gross, gross, gross-"

"Swallow" Damon said firmly, and waited till the fairy had done what he said. When she did he moved onto the next bottle. "Now this one"

By the end of this whole thing Ava was pouting, causing Damon to roll his icy blue eyes "It'll make you better" he pecked her on a cheek. "And I got some things to do. So keep each other company" he said walking off.

Ava frowned and scrambled onto her feet, she was worried about Rose truth be told. "Wait here Rosie" she sniffed and stumbled away. Rose cocked an eyebrow and wondered where she was going.

Ava chased after Damon "Damon?" she whispered and tightened the quilt around herself. The vampire stopped in the hallway. "Is Rosie going to die?"

"Probably" Ava felt Damon's breath fan over her temple alerting her that he was right in front of her "The werewolf bite caused some sort of an infection it's getting worse."

Ava frowned "Damon isn't there a cure?" she asked hopefully.

"I don't know Ava, I'm not an expert in that field" he snapped. He saw the dishearten look on her face.

"Sorry" she mumbled wiping her nose.

"Death happens Ava, you of all people should know. People come and go the sooner she dies the better" Ava's head snapped up hearing that. "It's gloomy as hell in here"

"You're such an ass" she spat "she is-"

"Some person you did not know before Ava. You're not her friend remember that" without another word he turned on his heel and left a fuming fairy behind.

"Moran" she muttered and waddled her way back into the parlour. "Rosie" Ava declared "You want to sing a duet with me? It'll make us feel better"

"No" Rose snorted; she wondered how the fairy could be so chipper even when she was sick. Ava let out a large yawn "Maybe you should be resting"

"Ergh" Ava flopped down on the armchair and curled up. "I am tired" she mumbled and sniffed "Rosie…wanna play twister?"

"No" Rose downed another glass of blood.

Ava sighed and pulled her hood up even higher "Ya know Rosie…tomato soup ain't all that bad" Rose slumped on the couch; she could tell the next couple of hours were going to be tiring.


"And finally one bottle of beer on the wall. You take one down and pass it around and now there's…no bottle of beer" Ava finished off "Tada" she and Rose was still in the parlour,

"Lovely" Rose croaked and yawned.

Ava frowned "Come on you're tired you need to rest"

"So should you-"

"Yeah but I'm feeling better" the blond held out her hand "so come on, I'm taking you to bed" she grinned "ACHOO, come come-"

"Where-"

"Well you need to rest, and I know where the most comfortable place to sleep is" Ava wiped her nose and felt Rose's hand in hers, before they left the parlour.

"And that is?" Rose and Ava slowly made their way down the hallway, the fairy could only hear their footsteps and Rose's ragged breathing.

"Damon's bed. He has such a soft mattress" she added on. "So what else did we learn today?"

"That you can't stop talking even when you're sick?" Rose groaned she was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. Ava rolled her milky green eyes and shook her head.

"Nope silly. It's that the bottle of beer song stays in your head for a while" they arrived at Damon's bedroom; Ava was leading the way to the large bed.

"Yeah well that tends to happen when you start that song five times over" Rose muttered.

"It's hard sometimes to remember" Ava huffed; she reached out and felt the top of the covers. She pulled them back. "How're you feeling now?" she questioned.

"I hate this, I'm a vampire. I haven't had a cold in centuries" Rose muttered

"Well first time for everything" she sniffed and her grip on the glass of blood tightened as the sick vampire climbed in to the bed. The blond set the glass down on the nightstand "just rest Rosie...you want you me to take your robe."

"Sure…can you help me?" Rose asked Ava nodded and reached out and grabs the edges of the robe, and helped the vampire out it. "When a vampire dies, it's supposed to be quick and sudden. Certainly not drawn out with an illness-"

"At least you know that…well…." Ava dropped the robe on to the foot of the bed

"You have no clue where you're going with this do you?" Rose muttered

"Nope, but I know another thing Rosie and that is that my robe is way cooler than yours. It has ears on the hood" Ava uttered fluffing the pillows attempting to make the vampire comfortable, but all the fairy did was skim the wound causing Rose to hiss. "Is there a snake-"

"No it's me" Rose winced

"Oh ok…anyway what was I saying?" Ava muttered, she placed her hands on the vampire's upper arms and attempted to ease her back.

"Ow Ava you're hurting me" Rose groaned, she knew that the blond didn't do it intentionally; in her own little Ava way she was trying to be comforting.

"No you're hurting yourself. And I'm helping you" Ava grinned "ACHOO-"

"Seems like your fever broke" Rose commented "that little nap helped"

Ava's brows furrowed together, she plopped down on the edge of the bed making herself bounce. Which in turn cause the vampire to jolt causing the vampire to hiss. "Snake?"

"No Ava it's me"

"Oh" Ava frowned "Well you should stop that" she tucked in a stray curl, she sniffed "anyway-ACHOO, ACHOO-"

"Oh Ava you got stuff coming out of your nose" Rose uttered leaning into the pillows; she watched on in amusement as Ava picked up the edge of Damon's sheets and wiped her nose.

"He won't need to know that" she sniffed, her nose was still clogged up, but Ava didn't feel that much pain in her joints and her mind wasn't as foggy as before. "So…erm…want me to sing?"

"No" Rose chuckled "So how come you live with Damon and Stefan? Or was it-"

"Nope" Ava shook her head for the first time Rose saw what appear to be a sombre expression cross the fairy's face. "I use to live with my gran…but she died-"

"Oh sorry-"Rose could see that she struck a nerve

Ava smiled sadly and shook her head "No it's fine. She was awesome crazy as hell though-"

"Even more crazy than you?" Rose uttered

Ava wiped her nose and cleared her throat, "Way more crazy, we would end up in jail like at every social event."

Rose snickered at that "Sounds…wow. I would've wanted to meet her."

Ava smiled "She was special-"

"Maybe I'll see her on the other side or-"

Ava scoffed "Now you made things really depressing in here Rosie. You're not going to die so chill"

Rose shook her head "Such a human thing to say" she muttered, but Ava heard her.

Ava made a buzzing noise "Incorrect I'm a Fairy…damn I'm never going to get use to saying that" she huffed.

Rose chuckled and shifted so that now she was laying down facing the blond. "So what'd you think of Damon's room? Boring huh?" Ava said

"No it's-"

"Just say it Rosie" she smirked swinging her legs back and forth

"Ok I expected silk sheets" Rose muttered. Ava snickered at that

"If there were I would have been freaked out. Now how about we play Cluedo?" she suggested.

"The game that you play with Damon? And every time you lose you flip the bored over?" Rose asked, she didn't miss the pout on the fairy's face. That episode happened a couple of nights ago, Damon and Ava was playing Cluedo and when things didn't go Ava's way she flipped the whole board over.

"Ok, Damon cheated" Ava pointed out "hmm…how about Jenga? Awesome game and-"

"Didn't you kick the tower over when you played with Stefan?" Rose muttered her eyes were drifting close, she wouldn't put it pass the blond to carry on talking if she fell asleep.

"Ok that's not true. Stefan bumped the tower on purpose" Ava muttered and folded her arms across her chest.

Rose smiled slightly "You're lucky you're know-"Ava quirked an eyebrow and wiped her nose, she coughed for a second, she was called many things but lucky wasn't one of them.

"How?" she asked curiously

"No one has ever loved me the way you're loved" Rose murmured. Ava faltered she never thought of that.

"I'm sure you had someone Rosie. Trevor?" she wanted to believe that the vampire had someone special if she didn't than that's sad.

"He was my best friend nothing more. We spent all of our time running from Elijah. I just never thought of setting down roots" Rose said, Ava tucked in a stray curl behind her ear. She sniffed and cleared her throat. "The whole idea of family isn't compatible with being a vampire."

Ava let out a huff of air causing her bangs to fly up "Well drink this-"she reached out and the grab the glass of blood she had set down beforehand "before things get too depressing."

Rose took the drink off of Ava "Why are you so eager to give up? Well not you, Elena really"

Ava rolled her eyes "We're not giving up…well maybe Elena isn't fighting but nope, not giving up and-"

"Then what do you call this deal with Elijah?" Rose countered.

"It's a deal, we behave and he'll…it's the only option ok?" Ava frowned.

"It's your easiest option"

"Now that's mean. I don't want anyone to end up dead because of me. That's the reason why my Gran left me and I really don't want to live through that again." Ava said lowly she wiped her nose

"So do you really think your witch friend helped destroyed the moonstone?" Rose asked as Ava hopped off of the bed and pulled the covers up.

"Well from past mishaps…I don't think she did." Ava admitted tucking Rose in. "But she got help from another witch so who knows?" she shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh too tight" Rose winced.

"It's a good thing" Ava grinned and took a step back, the vampire pulled out her hand that held the glass of blood. One thing she did know for certain was that Ava wouldn't make an ideal nursemaid.

"Elena is really determined to die isn't she? And you're willing to risk yourself being taken away-"

"I won't be. Now want me to get some ice-cream. I heard it could help with sore throats…hmm maybe-"

"If Klaus has anything to do with Ava. He will take you, one way or another. He always wanted a Fairy-"

"He sound like some weird collector or something" Ava muttered

"Ava I still ran and you're not trying. Both of you going to be doomed if you don't fight" Rose said, the blond could hear the shift of blankets

"I can fight. Well I probably won't go up against a vampire. But still Gran had taught me the art of kung fu." Ava nodded "well…was it that or judo? It all kind of meshes up together here-"she idly tapped her temple.

Ava yawned loudly and wiped her runny nose. The shaking had lessened and Ava didn't feel as cold as she did before. She had ditched the quilt so was now only wearing her robe and fuzzy pyjamas. As well as her fuzzy booties. "How about we sing-"

"Ava I'm tired, and you should go take another nap" Rose said her voice was laced with tiredness. Ava hummed "I'm guessing that's a hint for me to go?"

"Finally saying something smart"

"Bitch that was harsh" Ava hopped off of the bed and made her way across the room, she was going to take a nap since it would help. The fairy was just at the doorway when she heard Rose.

"No stop wait" the vampire called out.

Ava turned around "Erm…so you do want to sing? Ok…let me think…oh I got one, everywhere I'm looking now-"

"Tell them to prepare the horses" Rose cut her off; she rolled her head in Ava's direction.

"Erm…that's not part of the song…and wait horses?" Ava frowned "You must be really tired. Go sleep Rose" she blew her nose into the wad of tissue she was holding onto. "I know I need to" she yawned.

"Trevor don't be so stupid-"Rose mumbled, Ava's eyes widened realising that the vampire was hallucinating. "We're never going to make it there before the sun."

Ava inched closer and could hear the sheets moving, she was startled when the vampire gasped loudly "Ava-"she cried out. The blond rushed over to the vampire "Ava I need more blood-"

"Yeah sure here" she clumsily reached over to the nighstand and picked up the glass and handed it over. Rose took it and downed the contents but as soon as it entered her mouth it came back up.

Ava cringed hearing the vampire vomit, she rubbed her back but Rose yelped ""Oh damn the bite…hold on." she needed something to clean the blood off of the vampire. Ava jumped off of the bed and ran into Damon's adjoined bathroom; she grabbed a cloth and soaked it.

"Hold on Rosie I'm coming" Ava called she could hear Rose coughing. "Who'd thought it" she muttered under her breath wiping her nose "the sick taking care of the sick"

Ava rushed out back into the room, and frowned when she didn't hear anymore coughing. "Rose?" she called "cough or something woman" she uttered her hand dropping to her side. "This is freaky" she swallowed and canted her head to the side feeling a pulse of air behind. She spun around and yelped when she was slammed and pinned to the wall.

"WHERE IS SHE?" Rose roared in her face.

Ava clawed at her hands she had dropped the damp cloth and started to panic when she was lifted off of the ground "WHERE IS SHE? WHERE IS KATERINA? THIS IS ALL HER FAULT"

"KATHERINE IS GONE ROSE. IT'S ME AVA" the thrashing blond shouted "ROSE STOP, ITS ME AVA KATHERINE ISN'T HERE-"the veins around her eyes disappeared.

Ava gulped in air and rubbed her throat when the vampire let her go "Ava?"

"Yes woman" she rubbed her throat "It's me Ava"

"Oh my god" Rose stumbled back "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry-"

Ava shook her head "It's fine, you're fine" she assured the vampire "you're not the first vampire that went bat-shit crazy on me" she offered a smile.

"I don't know what's happening to me" Rose cried

"You're ok Rosie, come on let's get you to bed" Ava held out her hand and felt the vampire take it. The fairy led Rose to the bed "Ava this way" Rose muttered "It's my mind-"they were moving over to the large bed.

"You just went mental for a second" Ava said attempting to be comforting. Rose climbed back into the bed

"Don't be scared of me Ava-"

"Chill. I can't be scared of you. It's fine" Ava smiled and remained where she was which was at Rose's bedside "You just need to rest. Everyone says that works" she added on.

"I'm scared" Rose said, Ava could hear the clear vulnerability in her tone.

"You're ok Rosie, I'm here" Ava uttered.

"Here where's here?" Rose said starting to get up again but Ava managed to push her back down.

"Damon's bed" she replied swallowing, Ava didn't know what to do.

"I want to go home" Rose cried.

"Oh crap don't cry" Ava muttered she wished Elena was here, the doppelganger would be much better than her at this; she racked her brain trying to find a way to help the vampire. "Oh…tell me about it. You're home" she sat down on the edge of the bed, idly playing with the sash of her robe.

"Salyester, thirty kilometres south of London" Rose hummed, Ava could tell that the vampire was calming down somewhat "all fields, trees and horses" the vampire's eyes drifted closed.

"Sounds amazing" Ava breathed; she hadn't been out of this country her whole life. She was hoping once she graduated high school her and gran would go explore the world, and most likely to cause chaos.

"When you live long enough everything disappears" Rose pressed her face into a cool pillow. Ava stroked her fingers through the vampire's short hair "So much time wasted I wish I hadn't been so afraid" after a minute the room was filled light snores coming from the vampire.

Ava quietly hopped off of the bed, and decided to head to her own room to catch up on some sleep.


"Ok" Ava declared walking back into Damon's room; her arms were laden with clean sheets and a quilt. "I got bored and I couldn't sleep. So here I am. Did you know that's a Beyonce song?" she said and paused for a second. "And you're not here? Are you here?" Ava hurried over to the bed and held out her hand.

She felt around and there was no vampire. The fairy dropped the fresh sheets and blanket on to the bed "Rosie?" she called and moved into the bathroom. There was no sound coming from there either. "Oh shit I lost her" Ava muttered.

Ava turned on her heel and exited the room; she stepped out into the hallway and walked down the corridor heading towards the parlour.

"Rosie?" Ava called there was no noise coming from here either. "Oh come on. Rosie come out please I promise not to sing to you anymore" she said getting more and more worried. Where the hell was she? She thought. "Bloody Damon. It's supposed to be my sick day" she huffed wondering what to do. "Huh, call him" she muttered.

Ava pulled out her cell from her pocket; Gran had ordered it for her so the number was in brail. Damon had set his number on her speed-dial listed as number one. After pressing a few buttons she raised it to her ear. She ended up getting his voicemail.

"Damon come home. There's something wrong with Rosie. And guess what? I don't think she likes my singing and-"she stopped talking when there was a loud crashing noise coming from the basement. "Bye oh yeah this is Ava by the way" she hanged up and made her way down to the basement. Ava could feel the hard gritty ground beneath her fuzzy booties. She felt the draft against her skin as she walked down the damp corridor. Ava's feet pounded against the floor, she yelped when she slipped on something and landed on her back.

"Oww" she groaned and sat up "what the hell?" she muttered and reached out to see if she could find what she slipped on. Ava felt a plastic bag; she touched the edges and the top and frowned as she got onto her feet. "Blood bag?" her brows furrowed.

Ava carried on walking down the corridor and came to a stop hearing the sound of slurping and snarling. She paled "Rosie?" she called out quietly.

"Katerina? Where is she?" Rose was already getting onto her feet. Ava backed up

"Holy shit" she knew that the vampire had completely lost it so turned on her heel and ran, she swore when she bumped into something hard, she gripped the edges and pulled it hard. Creating a barrier against her and the vampire.

"BAD ROSIE IT'S ME AVA-"she heard snarling and sprinted up the stairs, she emerged and knew that there was a study to her right. She could hide in there. Ava grabbed the door handles and they rattled the doors were locked. "Oh come on, now this is just bad luck" she scowled.

Ava spun around and could hear Rose coming towards her, the blond backed up "Rosie! Rosie! Chill woman-"she held up her hands in a sign of surrender. "If you want I and you can have a bitching session about Katherine, if it makes you feel better. I would say…erm- can you stop coming towards me!"

Ava swallowed her heart was hammering in her chest; she let out a quick sigh of relief when she couldn't hear footsteps heading towards her. "Good…now and ARGH-"Ava yelled when the vampire pounced on her. "ROSE STOP-"

Ava screamed and felt Rose pressing her into the floor "OWW THAT'S MY FACE."

"Just a bite" Rose licked her lips "I never had Fae blood before-"

"ROSE GET THE FUCK OFF OR…I'LL BITCH SLAP YOU" Ava shouted she was beginning to get scared and more terrified. She knew that if the vampire drank her blood she didn't know whether she would stop. "I SAID GET OFF-"Ava felt a surge of power going through her. Rose screamed in agony and clutched her head.

She scrambled away from the fairy; it felt like her head was ripping in two. Ava didn't waste any-time and scrambled onto her feet. She sprinted down the hallway heading towards the front door, her hand closed in on around the doorknob but before she could open it she was slammed face first into it. Ava yelped feeling an explosion of pain when her nose hit it. Rose snarled and forced her around, she lunged forward but Ava dug her fingers into the wolf bite making her scream.

Ava kicked her off and sprinted up the stairs and slammed the door shut in the first room she arrived in. which turned out be Stefan's room, she scrambled around and wiped her sweaty brow with the back of her hand the blond clumsily locked the doorknob.

"Heavy need something heavy-"she muttered and ran further into the room, she held out her hands and pulled hard. But grunted "Ok too heavy" she huffed, it turned out that she was attempting to pull Stefan's large bookshelf. Ava moved onto the dresser and pulled that instead. She shoved it against the door praying that this would prevent the vampire from coming in.

She stumbled back and knocked over a chair "Oww leg my leg" she whined clutching it. "Oh damn" she huffed realising who's room she was in. Since there was books everywhere around plus she had felt a round table, and only one bedroom had that. "I'm stuck in the boring roof"

Ava ran over to the large windows and pulled the curtain apart; she felt a cool metal handle and noted that these weren't windows but glass doors.

"Oh snap Stefan's got a balcony" Ava took a couple of steps back "jump?" she leant against the stone balcony and frowned. She thought better of it since she knew she would probably end up breaking her ankle if she did. Ava ran back into the room and tripped over the chair, she winced when she managed to break it. "Ergh no way." She picked up the chair leg and jumped when the doorknob rattled. Rose was still out there, Ava backed up even more when she heard banging on the door.

"Ava I know there's no Katherine here" Ava swallowed nervously and cringed hearing Rose coughing loudly and it sounded like she was throwing up. "Ava please I need your help-"

"Oh" the fairy stomped her foot "why did she say please? Look Rosie stay out there and wait for Damon. Ok? And don't eat the frozen yoghurt in the freezer" Ava added "Rosie? Rose-"she nearly jumped out of her skin hen the doorknob rattled again.

"Ava-"

"You stay out there. Just go back to Damon's room" Ava shouted she didn't want to risk stepping out of the room and ended up getting drained dry. "Just stay there"

Ava moved around the room and slid down against the wall "Worse sick day ever" she muttered under her breath, her eyes drooped "ACHOO, ACHOO, ACHOO-"she let out a pitiful groan and slumped against the wall feeling the pang of pain go through her nose.

Ava sniffed and wiped her nose she felt a thick liquid and could tell it was probably bloody, it didn't feel broken, she drifted off.


Ava's eyes snapped opened, she frowned in confusion "What the-"she was still clutching the chair leg. "Rosie" she muttered and scrambled onto her feet. She cleared her clogged up throat and headed towards the door. Ava leant against the cabinet and she had dragged in front of the door, she waited a second to see if she could hear anything.

"Ok good" the fairy muttered. This would have been so much easier if she was able to read a vampire's mind. Ava grunted as she shoved the dresser out of the way, her hand trembled slightly as she grasped the lock. "Don't be in front of the door, don't be in front of the door" she muttered under her breath and very slowly Ava opened the door.

She grasped tightly on the wooden chair leg, she took a step forward and let out a quiet breath when she wasn't pounced on, so Ava concluded that Rose wasn't lingering at the door. With more confidence Ava fully stepped out of the room and squealed when her fuzzy booties caused her to slip down the polish stairs.

"Oww…bloody Stefan had to have stairs" Ava grunted and stumbled onto her feet. "And dropped my weapon-"she huffed and picked up the chair leg. She padded down the hallway holding onto the make-shift stake. "Ok please don't be at the end of the hallway Rosie. I don't want to die like this-"she muttered and made her way down the hallway. "I want to go out in an epic battle, like-huh how would I want to die like?" she mused.

Ava shook her head and forced herself to pay attention she had a potential volatile vampire around the corner.

Ava frowned feeling the breeze wash over her, her eyes widened realising that the front door was wide open. Either Stefan or Damon was home or Rose was gone.

Ava stiffened feeling a pulse of air behind her. Without thinking she spun around and whack whoever was behind her in the face causing the person to cry out.

"Die son of a bitch die-"Ava yelled and raised the chair leg again "Or I'll spit on-"

"Ava-"the chair-leg was snatched out of her hands.

"Damon?" Ava sighed and launched herself at him, she hugged him tightly, and Damon wrapped his own arms around her and placed his hands on her shoulder forcing her to take a step back. He frowned seeing the dry blood around her nose. He pulled out a tissue and easily cleaned her up.

"You ok?" Damon asked

"Lovely, you know what I'm amazing" she said sarcastically

"Where's Rose?" the raven head vampire frowned looking around, probably it wasn't a good idea to leave the little fairy on her own.

"I…I did not lose her and-"

"Ava!" Damon said seriously.

Ava frowned "I don't know Damon" she admitted. "But wherever she would go would probably be somewhere packed. Since she was slurping all your blood bags away and-oh dam" Ava paled "Rosie probably went to the barbeque. There are loads of people-"

"Come on" Damon grabbed her arm and led her out of the house

"Wait I'm going to the barbeque-"

"Yes but only to help track down Rose" Damon said as he slammed the front door behind them. And pulled out his car keys.

"I can't even get a corn-dog-"

"You're sick-"

Ava pouted "I so wanted the corn-dog" she muttered under her breath.


"Wait here" Damon ordered her he could see the Sherriff waving him over. He and Ava arrived at the barbeque; the blond could hear the marching band and the chatter of her peers. "Don't get in trouble" he uttered and without another word he walked off but not before handing her a corndog.

Ava bit down on the treat and pulled down her barriers hoping to catch a glimpse of Rose through someone's mind.

"Well, well Ava I'd thought you would put more of an effort in your outfit"

"Oh my god. Are you like in love with me?" Ava said frustrated, she couldn't concentrate of tracking down the sick vampire if Tiki was being her usual self which was annoying.

"What?" Tiki asked "I'm saying your outfit looks tacky-"

"Oh my god" Ava exclaimed attracting more than a few stares "I'm sorry Tiki but no I don't love you-"

"No-"Tiki spluttered "I not-"

"I know you like me but I'm not a homosexual." Ava pretended to have a look of sadness on her face "It's ok if you're in love with me. But I'm not gay so stop it Tiki ok? Stop it" she ordered.

"What-"

"Girl just leave her-"an elderly man called out hearing what was going on.

"She's not a lesbian-"another man added on "I can set you up with someone in my choir or-"

"OH MY GOD I AM NOT GAY" Tiki shrieked, like always Ava had managed to swing things around.

"SHE IS IN DENIAL" Ava yelled "You can have this" she shoved the corn dog into Tiki's hand "just don't take it as a sign of love. I pray for you Tiki"

"Oh bless you child" the old man yelled. Ava bowed and turned on her heel leaving the other teenage girl with the old people she headed further back away from the other teens.

"Ava" Elena called running over to her "You should be in bed and you're-wait you're wearing you pyjamas?" she asked

"Ssh" Ava hissed "I'm trying to find Rose now let's see if any humans have passed her-"

"Find Rose?" Elena frowned "Oh my god did you lose her?"

"No I didn't she ran off. Now-"

"There you are" Damon rushed over to the pair of teens "take this-"he handed Elena the stake. "Now we have to find her-"Ava wasn't listening, she finally found something interesting, and she latched onto the person's mind

"Where did Eddie go? OH MY GOD…HIS BODY…SOMEONE HELP-IT'S A MONSTER-"

Ava cried out in pain and clutched her head

"Ava?" Elena said alarmed. Damon grabbed the fairy's arm to stop her from falling. Ava's knees buckled

"What-"

"I know where Rose is" Ava shouted before Damon could get a firmer grip on her the blond sprinted towards the parking lot. Elena gasped catching sight of Rose biting down on a woman's neck tearing her throat out. "Hold her-"Damon grabbed the back of Ava's robe and hastily pulled her back. She stumbled into Elena's arm. The vampire approached the other one.

"Rose STOP" Damon shouted attracting the female vampire's attention. She flew at him but Damon flipped them over so that he was pinning Rose to the ground.

Ava swallowed all she could hear was crying and screaming. Elena clutched onto the fairy's arm.

"Stop Rose" Damon roared staring right into Rose's face "It's me. It's Damon-"

Rose stilled she was coming back to her normal self, she saw the look of fear crossing Elena's face and Ava's pale face. She spotted a body further away from her and saw that it was unmoving; things were slowly sinking into her.

"Did I do this? oh my god" Rose cried.

"You did-"

"Not helping Ava" Elena hissed slapping her hand over her mouth shutting the nervous blond up.

"I didn't want to hurt anyone" the female vampire sobbed. Ava swallowed and hastily wiped her own face, she didn't like the sound of the vampire in pain. In an odd way Ava had grown to like Rose, she was another female in the Boarding House.

"Make it stop, make it stop" Rose cried, Ava's breath hitched hearing her. "MAKE IT STOP"

"Come on let's get you home" Damon scooped Rose up. "Come on" he looked at the blond and could see that she was clearly upset. He nodded to Elena and gestured for her to take Ava.


Ava bit her lip, Elena had gone home since Jenna had called her. She lingered in the doorway of Damon's room. Her hands were wringing the wet cloth she held.

"I'm sorry Ava—"

"Oh…erm no it fine. Well not fine since you're kind of dying…I mean-whoa-"Rose couldn't help but chuckle hearing the fairy rambling

"Ava-"Damon sighed.

"I mean I got a cloth since you're probably sweaty" Ava walked further into the room till she was at Rose's bedside. Her arm brushed against Damon's. "And that's sort of gross." She muttered. Ava then plopped the cloth down on Rose's temple and wiped it. Damon cringed seeing the force that Ava was using.

"Let me" Damon gently batted her hand away and wiped Rose's forehead. The female vampire's eyes darted between the pair. She wondered if they could see how perfect they were for one another? Rose hadn't known them for long but saw that they were perfect for each other, in and odd and quirky way.

"Why did you-"

"Because you suck at cleaning things up" Damon muttered.

Ava scowled "Dick, Rosie-"

"I never wanted to take a human life" Rose said out loud "that's the worst part about it. The need to kill, the thirst-"Ava listened intently "the pleasure what it brings after…it wasn't meant to be." Damon frowned saddened at what was happening to the other vampire. "It hurts-"Ava licked her dry lips, she sniffed and wiped her runny nose.

"Then stop talking about it" Damon snapped and walked off, Ava frowned and dropped down on the edge of the bed.

"Damon is a lot like me" Rose murmured "He wants to care and when he does he runs away"

Ava hummed thoughtfully "I'm sorry Ava about today-"

"It was the most interesting sick day ever Rosie" Ava uttered, she felt sad, so sad "you need to keep fighting and tell Elena the same"

"I will" Ava sniffed tears welled up in her eyes "just-"right then the vampire coughed loudly, Ava leant over her and rubbed her back

"Why are you so nice to me?" Rose gazed up at the fairy.

"Because I'm awesome like that and because I'm human…sort of" Ava smiled at her, she could tell it was forced but the blond made the effort. "And I-you're my friend Rose. It was two girls against two guys here."

"Hmm, you can never forget it what's it like to be human" Rose said softly sweat marred her face "it haunts me, I'll never forget that. It was a privileged to have met you Ava. I always wanted to meet a fairy and you certainly didn't disappoint."

Ava knew that the vampire was saying to her, so she surprised the vampire by launching herself at her. The fairy hugged her hard. "Look after yourself Ava" she whispered into the petite teen's ear.

"I will" Ava moved back just as Rose let out a cry of pain making her stumble back

"Damon-"the fairy called out as Rose starting to cry and scream in pain.

"Ava go" Damon shouted pushing passed her and climbed into the bed beside Rose, where he held her down.

"Damon-"Ava swallowed hearing the other woman screaming and crying.

"Go to your room now" Damon shouted at her. Ava jumped in fright and turned on her heel and left, she sprinted out of the room and slammed the door shut of her own room. Ava slid down against the door and used her hands to cover her ears. She could hear Rose screaming and crying. Ava pressed her face into her knees and wondered when it would all stop.


Ava got onto her feet and opened her door, she had spent the last hour or so sitting by the door, she didn't hear anymore crying. She tightened the sash of her robe around her waist and made her way towards Damon's room.

"Damon? Rosie?" Ava said walking into it, it was eerily quiet; the blond shivered feeling a cold breeze go over her. She wiped her runny nose and approached the bed. Ava placed her hand over the pillow where Rose was resting and felt the cool material; Rose had been gone for a while.

Ava sighed sadly and took a step back. She knew that Rose was gone and she wouldn't be coming back. She had to wait for Damon or Stefan, so with that thought Ava slowly made her way towards the parlour. When she arrived she headed for Damon's liquor cabinet. Ava poured a glass of bourbon, it wasn't for her, and it was for Damon she knew he probably would need a drink after today.

Ava plopped down on the couch and waited.

Her ears perked up when the front door slammed shut "Damon?" she called

"Ava I told you to go to bed" Damon snapped

Ava held up the glass of bourbon "I got ya a drink so-"

"And I got you your cough medicine" he countered. "And you should be sleeping"

Ava rolled her eyes "I feel fine just stuffy." She cleared her throat "Damon here, I wanted to be here for you" she uttered.

"Look Ava I appreciate the gesture" he took the drink "I'm just glad It's over-"

Ava frowned "Now you're not. I know you. Rose was your friend as well Damon and mine. You don't mean that"

Damon forced back his surge of anger he didn't want to be mad at the wrong person "Ava please just go to sleep. Tomorrow is a whole new day"

"Damon I'm your friend and you say you know me so well, well I know you. You're hurting. Don't shut yourself of-"

"What do you want from me Ava?" he snarled causing her to jump "You want to hear how I cared about Rose? How I'm upset?" he grasped her by her shoulders. His icy blue orbs roamed her face "Well I'm not-"

"You are such a liar Damon Salvatore. You pretend you don't care but you do. You do care you-"

"I feel Ava. I do feel and it sucks" he growled he abruptly let go of her causing her to stumble "What's worse is that it should have been me. Jules was coming after me"

Ava frowned and tucked in a stray curl "You feel guilty don't you?" she asked quietly

"That would be human of me wouldn't it Ava? Human of me. Get one thing through your skull Ava. Rose was not your friend. Don't get attach to people so quickly. That's one of your downfalls Ava you're so naïve and think everyone is your friend. Sooner or later Ava people will hurt you and leave you" he said harshly.

Ava felt a pang go through her heart at that. "Go to bed Ava" he snapped. The blond nodded and was about to leave but she turned back and surprised the vampire by hugging him.

"No matter what you say Damon…I trust you not to leave. You're more human than you think" she breathed, Damon clenched his eyes shut. Even when he did put her down she keeps coming back for him. "You're not on your own…you prick" she muttered and scuttled off to her room. Damon's lips twitched hearing her swear at him, he shook his head

"I've been alone for so long Ava. I don't know if you can change that" he muttered.


Ava rolled over, she couldn't sleep. She was a mess of emotions; she didn't want to be on her own. That was the one thing that Ava feared to be left on her own, when Claudine died that's what hit her the most. Being on her own.

She was sprawled out on her large bed all on her own. Ava swung her legs out of bed and felt the cool wood beneath her bare feet. She crossed her room and walked passed Damon's room; she waited there and knew he wasn't there since the room was utterly silence.

Ava walked further down the hall and up another staircase. She stepped into the room.

"Stefan?"

Stefan groaned and opened his eyes he saw Ava hovering at the foot of his bed, "Hey Ava what's wrong?" his voice was hoarse from sleep.

"I…I don't want to be on my own" she whispered. Stefan could see that she looked so vulnerable.

"Come here Ava" he patted the empty spot beside him. Ava heard this and clamoured into the bed. She rested her head on his shoulder and snuggled into his side. "You're afraid of being alone?"

"Yes" Ava muttered pressing her face into his shoulder.

"You're not alone Ava." Stefan kissed the crown on her head. "You're never going to be alone. I promise" he said sincerely

"You mean it?" she looked so young he mused. The vampire pushed stray curls off of her face.

"I mean it" he smiled, he knew about Rose's death and knew that it seem to hit the fairy hard.

"Thank you" Ava said feeling safe and secure with him. Soon enough the pair fell asleep.


AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.

So in this chap-Ava is sick and sneezes on Damon, Elena. Damon puts her to bed. She has a dream/memory where we see a young Ava running. Ava and Rose are sick so stick together. Ava sings to Rose. And we learn that Ava is a sore loser and can't play jenga and we all know she's got a crush on Elijah. She shows Rose Damon's bed. Rose loses it for a moment but Ava deals with it. Ava goes to sleep but wakes up and finds out Rose is gone. She calls Damon. Ava finds Rose and run, we see Ava using her fairy power (more on that later) Ava contemplates jumping out of the window. Ava and Damon go to the school, where she meets Tiki. Ava tracks Rose down. Ava says goodbye to her. Ava and Damon talk. A moment between Stefan and Ava in the end.

Next Chap-Ava and Caroline get in trouble. And Ava once again annoys a group of kidnappers.

BTW-Readers of 'We could have had it all' may have to wait for a few weeks since i want a wait for the next couple of episodes to come out so i can see what to write. But this fic will be regulary updated. So more funny Ava moments are coming.

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