"So wait-"Ava exclaimed, she, and Matt were waiting for Elena to return. The doppelganger was checking on Alaric "you two found the Ricster with a knife sticking out of his gut?" she asked.
"Yep…it was weird Elena had to kill him" Matt uttered.
"Damn" the fairy shook her head "And I thought my night was bat shit crazy" she said.
Matt looked down at her "You're all dressed up-"
"Now you notice" she rolled her milky green orbs, "I've been standing here for about twenty minutes"
"Your clothes weren't at the top of my priority" Matt uttered, he saw Elena approaching them. "There she is-"
"Who?" Matt jumped out of his skin and shrieked, Ava giggled loudly, god she missed surprising people with her tricks "Ava-"
Elena bopped her on the back of the head gently "Stop scaring Matt" she scolded.
Ava pouted "Matt is the one that scares easy here-"
"Hey" the jock exclaimed slightly offended. "Anyway how is Mr Saltzman?" he asked.
Ava licked her lips "Ya know…I think you're the only one who calls him that anymore" she uttered.
The hospital wasn't busy at all, so there were no people bustling around at all. Elena shouldered her bag,
"Resign to spending the night under observation…as long as I place the locks in the house. And Ava has to stay with me-"
Ava cocked an eyebrow "How comes?" she asked. "My house wasn't broken into"
"Yeah…no there's a serial killer out there Ava. And you're house is next to mine. So you are spending the night-"
Ava could tell by the tone of her voice that there was no room for arguments so she sighed "Fine, we have to pick up Coco though" she yawned "Let me say bye to Ric-"
"No Ava-"but the fairy rushed off, towards Alaric's room. "Hey Ricster-"she grinned at the hunter
"Hey Ava-"Alaric groaned. "You look pretty-"
"Yeah thanks for that" Ava uttered moving towards the bed. "How are you? Besides being killed and that…but you are good right?"
Alaric chuckled and shook his head "Yeah other than that…and I'm stuck in the hospital" he added.
Ava nodded "Yeah not the greatest place to be" she leant against the control panel of the bed. "The food is super crap-"the fairy froze when she heard the sound of something mechanical. And then Alaric's loud swearing. The bed had moved into an upright position but he was still tender from his wounds.
"Oh Ric you said bad words-"Ava started.
"AVA STOP MOVING THE BED-"he yelled. "Make it lie flat-"the petite blond hurriedly did what he asked. Ava clumsily pressed the touch sensitive buttons, but all she did was raised the bed. "I'll be back-"she rushed out of the room. Elena and Matt were at the other end of the corridor. And looked up startled seeing Ava running out of the room.
"Ava-"
"Ric's bed is moving" Ava said. Elena shook her head and ran into the room.
Soon enough the trio were walking down the hallway, Ava sighed and was pouting at the ground. Elena's arm was linked with hers.
"I can't believe he did that" she huffed, the doppelganger and the jock exchanged amused looks. "Banning me—"
"You made his bed nearly crushed him" Matt laughed. The history teacher had ordered that if he did in fact end up in hospital again then Ava was to be supervised, if she wasn't she'd be banned.
"Ric was being a drama queen" Ava muttered "did you guys here from Bonnie and her mom?" she asked.
"Yeah" Elena replied "earlier, they're fine."
A shudder ran down her spine, Ava couldn't help but have the feeling that they were being watched. She pulled up her barriers but didn't detect anything. She was brought out of her musings when Elena dragged her forward.
"And Caroline?" the fairy asked, she had heard about the blond vampire losing her father. Ava opted to spend the day with her, since she knew what it was like to lose someone.
"Yeah she's holding it together considering how close her and her dad were-"they rounded a corner, "any idea who is behind these attacks at all?"
Elena frowned and shook her head "No, Sheriff Forbes said there are no suspects at all." She murmured they were nearing the exit the hospital. Ava stopped causing both Elena and Matt to stop as well.
"Ava?" Elena frowned
"Everything ok?" Matt asked.
"Is…there someone following us?" the fairy asked she had that eerie feeling that someone was watching them.
"No, come on Ava you're tired let's go" Elena gently grasped her hand and led her outside. Ava felt the cool air against her skin. They were outside in the parking lot.
"So how are you doing with everything?" the doppelganger asked the jock "I mean you keep getting dragged into all of this…"
"Yeah it's not fun is it?" Ava questioned, truth was she had forgotten about having a relatively normal life nowadays, well she was fairy after all. Damn she thought it felt like eons ago that she was burdened with normal teen problems.
"Honestly…"Matt said "all I have to deal worry about is showing up at the Grill for my shift" they came to a stop when they got to Elena's car.
"Thanks for everything that you've done today" Elena said she was grateful for having Matt around.
"Just get home safely" Matt smiled "and make sure Ava doesn't have too much sugar"
"Hey-"Ava huffed; he opened the car door for her. The fairy clamoured in and was followed by Elena.
"Buckle up" the brunette uttered. Ava did just that and kicked off of her heeled shoes. "So we're going to pick up Coco, the dog is potty trained right?" she asked as she started the car.
Ava rolled her eyes "No he pisses everywhere-"she said sarcastically. Causing Elena to roll her own eyes, "of course he is potty trained."
Elena waved at Matt, seeing his truck departing "So Elena…you do have popcorn right?" she asked. Elena looked at her friend incredulously "You…went to a dinner party…"
"And-"Ava was cut off when they hit something. "Elena-"
"I have no clue" Elena rushed out of the car to see what she had hit. The fairy hastily unbuckled her belt and ran out after her. "Ava there's no one there-"she murmured "get back in the car now." She ordered the younger teen.
"Fine-"
"Drive much-"a familiar voice snarled Ava's eyes widened realising who it was. She heard the sound of a body hitting the side of the car. The petite teen rushed towards the two females.
"Rebekah-"Elena groaned as the Original had an iron grip around her throat making it difficult for her to speak.
"Surprised?" Ava was beginning to panic, she knew one thing and that was she was no match for an Original "you drove a dagger through my back! It hurt-"
"Whoa Rebekah cool it you psycho" Ava shouted trying to attract her attention. "Elena did a bitchy move but…don't kill her-"
"Ava stay out of this. I have nothing against you" Rebekah sneered down at the doppelganger "her on the other hand-"
"ARGH-"Elena screeched.
"ELENA-"Ava shouted and before she could inhale she felt a surge of power going through her, it was coupled with fear and panic for her friend. Elena gasped when white light erupt from Ava's hands it miraculously hit Rebekah sending her careening across the parking lot. Ava gulped and felt the tingling sensation in her hands
"Ava?" Elena swallowed; the teen looked just as dumbfounded as her.
"I…fuck-no clue what happened" Ava admitted. She took a hasty step back when she heard a low snarl. Elea looked over to Rebekah.
"Rebekah-she-don't hurt her-"
"I'm not mad at her." Rebekah smiled sweetly "I heard stories about faes unable to control their ability when they're emotionally distressed. She has an excuse. You on the other hand Elena don't-"with that she launched herself at Elena but before she could get to her she was intercept.
"Elijah" Rebekah breathed as her brother pinned her to the car.
Ava immediately relaxed hearing his voice. They were…well really Elena was safe. "Leave" he commanded when she didn't move he added "Are you challenging me?"
"So sexy-"Ava muttered under her breath.
"You're pathetic" Rebekah drawled.
Ava's jaw dropped "Hey…I'm not pathetic-"she felt a pulse of air alerting her that the female Original had gone. "Rude much" she mumbled
Elijah turned to the two females "Well, I believe we have some catching up to do" Ava was in awe.
"You are my favourite" Ava grinned "come on, you can talk and treat us to some drinks." She grabbed Elijah's hand and dragged him of…in the wrong direction.
Ava blinked feeling something wet on her cheek. "Argh-"
"So it lives." Damon drawled, he and Stefan arrived here earlier after the phone call from Elena. As soon as the pair of vampires entered the house they immediately spotted Ava, she was fast asleep on the couch with her teddy bear like robe wrapped around her.
Damon had made sure to take several pictures as well as Elena. The doppelganger gushed when she caught sight of the blond, what made it even more adorable that Coco was fast asleep on Ava's chest, well had been till the fuzzy creature woke her up by licking her.
"Elijah?" the fairy blinked and sat up.
Damon scowled "Elijah? Why the hell are you saying his name?" he said a shot of jealousy hit him.
"Because he is…so sexy and I wouldn't mind if he licked me." Ava yawned and wiped the drool off of her face with the back of her hand. "Damon you don't live here."
Damon rolled his eyes and pulled her onto her feet, once Coco was set on the ground. He ushered the half asleep teen into the kitchen, and Elena set some breakfast down for Ava.
"So what's up?" Damon asked. The doppelganger went onto explain what Elijah had told her and Ava a couple of hours ago.
The fairy took a chunk out of her waffles and listened to the conversation. "It was their mother Ester that was sealed in the coffin" Elena said putting away some cleaning supplies.
"As in the Original witch-chew Ava you're going to choke the way you're going" Stefan said sternly to the younger teen.
"What?" Damon scowled not liking these turn of events at all "how is she even alive? Thought her hybrid freak of a son ripped her heart out like a thousand years ago."
Ava swallowed "Nope…the big bad witchy is alive" she declared. Grabbing her cup of oj, she took a sip and set it back down.
"I don't know" Elena uttered "I'm guessing she had a couple of connections in the witching community-"
Ava tutted "Witches are fickle, they go on about balance of nature and all that crap. Yet they allow an ancient witch to be resurrected." She said.
"Got that right" Damon wholeheartedly agreed with the fairy.
"Hmm…but Elijah says she wants to live in peace with her family." Elena stated "including Klaus."
"Let's just leave them alone. If they want to play happy families let them." Ava uttered "They're lucky that they still can have that-"
"Wait-"Damon frowned "so you want Klaus to live. Are you forgetting that he's using yours and Elena's blood to sire himself a species-"
Ava rolled her eyes "No I didn't" she snapped annoyed that once again he was making presumptions. "The whole point of Klaus doing this hybrid crap is because he doesn't want to be alone…"she slumped in her seat "we've all done things so we're not alone. If he has his family back he'll leave us alone."
"No dice" Damon snarled, "after everything he's done…he can't be trusted."
"That coffin was the only thing that kept him ripping us to shreds." Stefan pointed out
Ava sighed and finished off her meal "Well his mom could sort that out for us" she countered.
"Anyone else feeling a little used right now?" Damon asked.
"No Elijah promised us that he or his family wouldn't hurt us" Elena stated/
Ava placed her plate on the sink and wiped her hands on her flannel trousers. "I'll be back-"she called over her shoulder. But she had only taken one step forward before the raven head vampire was in front of her.
"Oi what the hell?"
"Where are you going?" he asked.
Ava frowned "I don't need to tell you anything nor have your permission to do what I want, now if you excuse me-"she went to step pass him but he grabbed her by her upper arm.
"Where there are Originals running around I can" Damon growled.
Ava scowled "You wanna know where I'm going? Fine I'm off to have a pee-gosh" she stalked pass him walking down the corridor. The raven head vampire sighed and rubbed his temples he looked up and frowned seeing the looks on both Elena's and Stefan's faces.
"What?"
"You're suffocating her Damon" Stefan drawled. "You can't cage a person like Ava-"
Damon scoffed "I'lll deal with my girl the way I want" he snapped
"Ava is a free person and at the moment she isn't your girl. I believe she asked for you to give her some space. You should have enough respect to do that" Elena sniped, she hated seeing her friend torn up emotionally by the likes of Damon.
Ava's feet pounded down the stairs, she had just finished up in the bathroom and was heading back to the kitchen where the others were. She just passed the front door when the bell rang. Ava frowned and heard the sound of the letter box going. She scooped up the envelopes and felt two. She automatically ran the pads of her fingers across it, and felt the brail on one.
"Elena mail" Ava hollered. She heard footsteps coming her way.
"Ava-"
"Here" the fairy shoved the envelope into her hands. "We've got mail-"she exclaimed excitedly she hadn't received mail in eons.
Ava felt the thick envelope and pulled the tab, Elena did the same. "It's an invitation" the doppelganger uttered. "Please join the Mikealson family this evening seven o'clock for dancing cocktails and celebration" she read out.
"Yep" Ava nodded "same message" she uttered running the tips of her fingers against the brail.
"Who the hell are the Mikealson-"
"Who cares" Ava grinned "it's a bloody ball-"she could have bounced on the spot.
"The Original family" Elena replied answering Stefan's question.
They were by the front door, "It's not bad enough that they're moving here but now they want a house warming gift" Damon scoffed.
Elena flipped her invitation over. "Wait there's more on the back-"the fairy flipped her own but felt nothing. "Elena I think it's time we finally meet Ester-"
"Aww" Ava pouted "she gets something extra…ah who cares? A freaking ball" she skipped off into the front room.
"If Ester wants to talk to me maybe I should find out why" Elena said, Ava plopped down on the couch besides Coco and scooped the puppy up.
"Yeah and if ya don't talk to her…we can drink" Ava grinned petting the chocolate Labrador.
"No both of your ideas are dumb" Damon scowled coming to lean on the couch behind Ava. "She already tried to kill Elena once, and you Ava? You're crack to a vampire and you want to waltz in there?" he scoffed. "No way in hell."
Ava's jaw clenched once again Damon was showing that he didn't trust her at all. She wasn't a child.
"There's a reason Ester is here. Why can't Elena go see her huh? And I can go if I want" Ava sniped
"Ava's got a point-"
"I always do" the fairy drawled.
"-as I was saying, Bonnie was allowed to open that coffin for a reason. There's more to this than just some family reunion." Stefan shrugged his shoulders.
Damon's brows furrowed "Can we go back to the part whether you care that either Elena or Ava lives or dies?"
Ava rolled her milky green orbs. "Ava can do what she wishes. I don't own her Damon-"Stefan uttered. "And if Elena wants to go see her let her."
"See…thank you" the petite teen exclaimed. "See looks like someone is on our side" she jumped onto her feet.
"Stefan has a point Damon. We can do what we want, and I want to find out what Ester wants-"
"And I want to go to this ball" Ava finished off "I even got an invite-hey-"she yelped when the raven head vampire snatched the brail invite out of her hand. "Bitch…paper cut-"she glared in his direction.
"No" Damon growled "Ava you're pretty much useless when it comes to protectinh yourself. Your powers whack out and Elena you're human. Neither of you can't protect yourselves" he stated.
Ava sniffed "Fine I'll go" Stefan said "I'll see what she wants."
The fairy pouted "If Stef goes I'm gonna go. He pissed off every Original" she muttered.
Damon shook his head and then snatched Elena's invite out of her hand "I'll go-"
"No I wanna-"
"End of story" the elder Salvatore snarled. Elena's eyes widened when she saw Ava's face flushing in anger.
"Get my good vases away from her-"the doppelganger yelled but it was too late. The fairy in anger picked up the lamp and threw it onto the ground.
"You're acting like a child-"Damon grabbed her wrist dragging her out of the front room. "Go home now-"
"Fuck you" Ava scowled "You're treating me like a child I am going-"she squeaked when he grasped her by her face.
"Damon-"Stefan was about to intervene but the look that his brother shot him halted him.
"You are not going end of story-"Damon glared down at her.
Ava scowled "Why-"
"Because I'm not going to risk losing you" he said softly, but the fairy was too angered and frustrated. She wrenched her face out of his slackened grip.
"Fine. Fine. Fine-"Ava stomped up the stairs.
"Ava-"Elena called "Where are you going?" she said from the bottom of the staircase. She, Stefan and Damon were all gazing up at her.
"I'm going in Jeremy's room…and no one is allowed in there" she shouted and ran up the rest of the stairs.
"Come on Ava…have some of your fries" Elena coaxed the still sulking blond.
Ava sighed, she, Elena and Caroline were at the Grill. They were discussing the Ball that was going to take place this evening. Turns out since Caroline was a member of the Founding families she was also invited.
"Fine" the fairy muttered and shoved a fry into her mouth and chewed. "I wanted to go" she said under her breath. "If it's an Original ball you know it's going to be epic" she added taking a sip of her soda.
"Hmm…it's just weird you know" Elena said
"It's just some twisted Cinderella fetish" Caroline insisted, she still wasn't feeling too good after her father's death. So the fairy didn't blame her for her sour mood. "And why does the evil witch want an audience with you?"
"Yeah" Ava nodded "why not me…I'm only the fairy" she rolled her eyes in exaggeration causing the blond vampire to giggle.
"There's only one way to find out" Elena uttered
"Yeah by going…but Damon is a dick so he's not letting us" Ava picked up another fry and shoved it into her mouth. Elena sighed and placed the whole plate in front of her.
"Hmm…you told Damon and Stefan you weren't going-"
"Which is more reason to go…and I already secured a dress" Elena said sheepishly.
Ava's jaw dropped "Oh…I didn't…cow."
Caroline eyed her blond friend "Ava if you want to go just go for it" she said
"That means pissing Damon off-"
"Which you don't want to do since you two are broken up" the vampire said. "Thanks for telling me by the way." Ava could tell by the tone of her voice that she was hurt.
A small bout of guilt welled up in the fairy, she realised that she and Carolina hadn't actually talked to one another for a while. "I didn't tell you did I? Sorry Care"
"No you didn't tell me. Remember in freshmen year we made a pact. Once you Ava got a boyfriend you would tell me the details…but you didn't" Caroline frowned.
Ava licked her lips "It was Damon…and I didn't think. Sorry Care"
Caroline smiled "It's ok."
Elena sighed and placed her elbows onto the table-top "Everything was so much easier before." She murmured.
"Oh…how nice…careful you two. Elena might be nice to your face but she could end up driving a dagger through your back" Rebekah drawled.
"Ha-"Ava snorted and yelped when Caroline whacked her on the back of the head.
"What are you doing here?" Elena snapped, looking up at the female Original. "I know your mom's rules. No snacking on the locals."
"Get over yourself Elena it's not all about you. Hope to see you tonight Ava" Rebekah smirked and waltzed off.
"She told you Elena-"
"Ava-"
"Kidding" Ava raised her hands in a sign of surrender. Elena shook her head and her eyes followed the Original. Caroline followed her gaze and her eyes widened seeing what Rebekah was doing. She was handing the jock an invite to the Ball.
"She's inviting Matt to the Ball? Why is she inviting him?" the blond vampire asked.
"Probably to get this reaction from us?" Elena ventured.
Ava downed the rest of her soda "Or…she could like him. Matt is a catch ya know…that kind of rhymes" the fairy grinned.
Ava sighed and dug through her pockets pulling out her house keys. Elena was getting ready for the Ball, and Caroline went to do the same. The vampire offered to swing by and help her but the fairy wasn't too sure…plus she didn't have a dress that was suitable for this event. Her boots clacked against the wooden floorboards.
She groped around for the lock and took a step forward. Her foot collided with something on the floor. With a frown on her face, Ava held out her hands. She deduced that it was a large box.
"Huh…"she muttered and picked it up. She kicked the front door shut behind her and dumped the box on her coffee table. "Hey Coco" she greeted the over-excited puppy, he was yapping around her ankles.
Ava touched the box, and felt the silk material she tugged causing the bow to become undone. She reached out and felt a satin material, her brows furrowed in confusion wondering what on earth this could be. Ava picked up the card and her fingers trailed over the brail words.
"Red would look gorgeous on you. Come to the Ball and save me a dance. Yours fondly Klaus" she said aloud. Ava bit her bottom lip oh she wanted to go to the Ball, everyone else was going and the fairy didn't fancy staying inside what with a serial killer on the loose. "Ah what the hell Coco, I might as well" she exclaimed. Ava rang Caroline; she knew that the blond didn't fancy going on her own as well.
"Hey Ava what's up?" she asked, the petite teen could hear her bustling about on the other end, she was no doubt getting ready.
"Well…I was wondering is your offer still open?" Ava said wringing the silk bow in her hand, "you want to help me get ready for the ball? We can go together and-hello?" she frowned when she got the dial tone. "What the-"there was a knock on the door and before the fairy answered it the front door swung open.
"Ok" Caroline skipped over to her; she had her own gown in a garment bag. Ava scrunched up the note in her hand. "Let's move we've got a lot of work to do-"
"Hey" Ava exclaimed as she picked up the box "that's offensive-and-"
"It's true" Caroline shoved her up the stairs "and-oh wow your dress it…surpasses mine. Where'd you get it from?" they walked down the hallway.
"It was a gift…come on I want to get to the ball-"
"And we've got to get you from looking like a hobo to Cinderella-"Caroline was totally in her zone, one thing that the blond knew of was style and makeup.
"I hate Cinderella, she's the worse princess. No backbone and-"
"Ok no we're not going to get into a debate about Disney princesses. Now strip-"Caroline ordered.
Soon enough Caroline stepped back to admire her handy work, she was just adding some clips into Ava's blond mane.
"There all done…now go put your dress on" Caroline uttered.
"I forgot how bossy you were" she grouched.
"I would so hit you but I don't want to ruin your hair" the vampire said. Ava rolled her eyes and padded barefooted towards the bed where her dress was laid out. "Care?"
"Feet first" Caroline instructed, Ava did just that and pulled the gown up "and now for the laces spin-no not in a full circle-"
Ava smiled sheepishly and stopped; Caroline grinned and easily did the laces and took a step back when she was done.
"So going to describe?" the fairy asked.
"Of course" Caroline grabbed her earrings. "I the lovely Caroline Forbes did my utmost best to make the usual raggedy Ava Xenia-"Ava pouted "into a beautiful butterfly-"
"Alright Care" she uttered "stop with the metaphors."
The vampire giggled "Alright, so you are wearing a full length gown, that's blood red and has a sweet heart neckline. Just beneath your bush is a diamante design. Your hair is in a sleek up do, and your make up is light. And you're wearing red lipstick." Caroline said "Now let's go"
Ava felt the cool air against her skin and sighed, picking up the skirts of her dress. Caroline was right beside her
"Ok four steps up" she whispered to her friend. Ava nodded and together they entered the Mikealsons manner. The fairy was bathed in warmth and could hear the music and chatter.
"Catch you later Ava-"
"Wait what?" she asked
"Tyler is calling me" Caroline grinned "I haven't heard from him for a while" before the petite teen could say anything the vampire rushed over.
"She blatantly is going to have phone sex with him" Ava muttered under her breath and smoothed down her dress.
"I had no idea you was into that sort of thing sweetheart-"an accented voice purred into her ear. Ava jumped out of her skin causing the man behind her to chuckle.
Ava clutched he chest "What the-stupid vampire" she exclaimed.
"How do you know I'm a vampire-"she felt him purposefully brush his body against hers as he moved to stand in front of her.
"Well all vampires have one thing in common" Ava commented
"Oh?" she could tell by his accent that he was an Original, but she was slightly rusty on who it was. "And what's that?"
"You all have to sneak up on people…and you've got the whole arrogance thing going for you" she added.
"Hmm…seems like you know me already, I'm Kol Mikealson-"he took her hand in his and startled the fairy when he kissed the backs of her knuckles.
"I'm…erm Ava…that's me-"she fumbled with words.
"Erm Ava…that's me. Pleasure to meet you" he teased her and found it delicious when her cheeks tinted pink.
"It's Ava-"
"The resident fairy" Kol murmured, she noticed that he didn't let go of her hand. She swallowed,
"You know-"
"Ah but to be fair you also know my secret-"he countered.
"Touché." Ava uttered she pulled her hand away, for a brief second his grip tightened but he let go.
Ava smiled and stood there, bloody hell she wished Caroline hadn't gone off; it was more than unnerving to be in a crowd where she had no clue where anyone was.
"Ah Ava" her heart thudded when she recognised that familiar voice. Damon was here, "you showed up-"he moved to stand beside the fairy and didn't miss the look on the other vampire's face.
"Damon Salvatore-"he held out his hand "have we met?" Kol ignored his hand and smirked at him.
"I've met a lot of people" the Original stated "and unlike this lovely creature here-"he nodded towards Ava. Damon's eyes hardened "You don't stand out. See you soon Ava." He kissed her cheek, causing Damon's upper lip to curl into a snarl. Kol smirked his eyes held a challenge without another word he left.
"Wow…so you got burned" Ava smiled "Lovely party…the music sounds-"
"What the hell are you doing here?" Damon growled at her "you're not supposed to be here."
Ava nodded fervently "But I am here…and Elena is here…and so is Caroline. All my friends are and so am I…except Bonnie where the hell is she?" she got off topic.
"Not the point and surprise, surprise-"Damon said frustration laced in his tone when Stefan strolled over to them. "You're here Stefan-"
"Glad to see you made it Ava" the younger Salvatore smiled serenely
"Wait-"Damon's eyes darted between the pair "you knew she was going to show?" he asked.
"No I had a feeling. You telling Ava to do something, she would tend to do the opposite" Stefan uttered, his eyes settled on Elena. "Catch you later-"he made a beeline towards his former girlfriend. If he played his cards right, then perhaps there was a chance between him and Elena.
"Ava go home now, it's too dangerous-"Ava wrenched herself free out of his vicelike grip.
"No I'm here and I'm staying" she scowled "If you don't like it tough" she stalked off.
Ava weaved through the crowd, bumping into various people. She headed towards the bar area
"Ava-"she heard Elena's voice floating towards her. The doppelganger gently took Ava's wrist guiding her forward; Ava felt her gloved silk hand. "So I saw your tussle with Damon-"how could she miss it? The couple were right by the entrance doors. "He's-"
"Not being nice" Ava said. "Is there any alcohol right?"
"Glass of Champaign in front of you" Elena informed her. Ava grasped the flute and took a sip, she sighed feeling the bubbly liquid sliding down her throat. "Good?"
"They have awesome taste" Ava admitted.
"Elena Gilbert and Ava Xenia-"the fairy heard another accented voice "I'm Finn Mikealson, may I speak to you Elena?"
"Sure-probably something to do with Ester. You going to be ok?" Elena thought clearly, Ava nodded so with that the doppelganger swept away.
Ava leant against the bar "Kid you look like you want to go home already-"the barman chuckled.
"Hmm…I would but the drinks are too good…-"
"Terry" the barman said "oh…"
"What? Noticed the blindness?" she drawled.
"I have to get back to work" he bumbled off, Ava rolled her eyes she didn't really care that the man became uncomfortable.
"Scared another man off? Seems you can't keep one-"
"Oh for fucks sake" Ava groaned "Tiki two words…piss off" she said.
The dark skinned girl leant against the bar standing beside the teen. "So…having man problems-"
"Hmm…what are you doing here Tiki? This is a classy event, unless you're looking for clients" Ava smirked.
Tiki scowled "I thought they wouldn't let you in…being blind an all. " Ava ignored the sting of her words. She was once again reminded that she didn't really belong here. First Damon was constantly trying to get rid of her but now Tiki? "So where's your family-oh wait you don't have any" she taunted.
"I thought they don't let animals in…yet here you are" Ava smiled sweetly.
"Unlike you Ava I have a date. I'm not a loser…like you and the rest of your psycho family was" Tiki sneered, Ava's grip on the half full flute of Champaign tightened.
"Well you know what Ava? When anorexics see you they think they need to go on a diet" Tiki spluttered, the Ball was still going on. Chatter and music filled the air.
"That doesn't even work, I have a healthy weight…oh my god Tiki-"she said adapting a startled expression, "What…what's that ugly thing on your neck?"
"What-?"The other teen asked panicked
"Oh it's your head. And you dumb shit I'm blind and you fell for that ass-"Ava giggled.
Tiki scowled and surprised the other teen by shoving hard. Ava tripped on the hem of her dress so she was sent tumbling on to the ground. The taller girl cackled and without further ado Ava struck her leg out causing Tiki to fall.
"In your face bitch-"Ava sniped
"You're such a whore Ava-"Tiki screeched and launched herself at Ava. She managed to hit the smaller girl in the face. But the fairy didn't back down and elbowed her hard in the ribs, she flipped them over and punched Tiki hard in the face. There was a crowd gathering around
"You're such a fucking psycho Ava-"Tiki screeched.
"Well why don't you go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself-"Ava retorted. She was wrenched off of the other girl; Ava felt a vice like grip on her waist.
"Control your bitch Salvatore-"Tiki spat.
Damon was the one the grabbed the fairy, "Back off-"he snarled at the other girl. "Shows over-"he snapped at the crowd, he didn't miss the way the Originals, par Ester since the woman hadn't arrived yet nor had Klaus was staring at them, before he could say anything Elijah had captured the room's occupants attention.
"Err if everyone could gather please" Elijah called, he literally shoved Ava towards the crowd, Stefan managed to catch the blond he noticed the enraged look on his brother's face. "Welcome and thank you for joining us-"Elena stood in front of Ava, "you know whenever my mother brings our family together like this it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance-"Damon spotted Ester on the grand staircase
"Do you see who I see?" he whispered to his brother
"Oh yeah" Stefan replied.
The fairy focused back in on Elijah's speech "tonight's pick is a centaury's old waltz. So if all of you could join us in the ballroom, please join us." People scattered intended to get partners for the dance. Ava wasn't too surprised when Stefan literally swept Elena away.
"So Tiki was-Oww-"Ava hissed when Damon grabbed the fairy by her wrist in a bruising grip and dragged her aside,
"What the hell Ava?" Damon snarled
"What? She started it-"Ava argued
"Don't talk" he spat. "God Ava do you ever think?" he sneered "is there anything in here-"he lightly tapped his fingers against the side of her temple. "Do you have a brain?"
Ava swallowed "What-"
"You start a fight in a middle of a Ball? In front of a family of Originals. Is that why you came huh? To cause trouble?" Damon questioned. She opened her mouth about to say something but once again he cut her off. "You can't dance Ava. You can't even freaking see anyway" that hurt her. "I can't protect you here…not against them. You're just a liability" he spat.
Ava's face crumpled telling the vampire he went too far. "Ava-"
"Leave me alone-"the fairy shoved him away, and went to storm pass him. "You don't want me here. Why don't you go dance with someone who can see huh?"
"Ava-"Damon groaned, god he needed to cool off. He decided to leave her for now.
But Ava pushed pass him and scurried into the ballroom, she held out her hand and let it trail across the room.
The ball room was a grand place; Ava heard the music starting and sighed. Seems like she would be on the side lines once again.
She felt a shadow on her, "Now this won't do. The whole point of a Ball is to dance love-"Klaus had heard the whole argument between Ava and Damon, and couldn't help but feeling a twist in his gut when he saw her hurt expression.
"Go away Klaus" Ava muttered.
"Well I would-"Klaus nodded glancing over his shoulder seeing that the people who were to open the dance was already lining up with their partners "but you see I need a partner and I remember requesting a dance" he murmured.
Ava bit her bottom lip "Hmm…ok, but I have no clue how to dance" she warned him.
"It's all in the leading" Klaus assured her. He didn't miss the look on Damon's face when he spotted. The Original merely smirked at him and winked.
Ava could hear the music beginning to get louder "The key love is to relax, and let the music guide you" he whispered into her ear. He took her hands in his "now step…step…step-"he murmured instructions into her ear. "Face forward and bow your head-this part is easy" Klaus's breath washed over her face, he spun her around "and rest your hand on my shoulder" Ava could feel the warmth radiating off of him and felt his large clamp down on her hip. "It's all in the leading."
Ava couldn't help but smile as they began to waltz, she cringed when she stepped on his toes "Sorry-"she apologised
"No need to be" Klaus chuckled "it's not the first time a woman has trod on my toes, I'm just thankful that I can heal quickly" he said holding onto her; he could tell that she was still a bit tense, but who could blame her? She was dancing with the devil himself. "I'm glad you came" he said sincerely
"Hmm…everyone else was here…except Bonnie" she muttered as an afterthought. Klaus chuckled
"So I couldn't help but overhear your argument with Damon-"
"Don't" Ava snapped she didn't want to speak about her relationship or lack-of with Klaus of all people. "Just don't…it's complicated."
"Alright then." He twirled her around "Let's move onto more manner subjects then. Like how ravishing you look in that dress."
Ava snorted "Ok…you have the cheesiest lines ever….but I didn't have time to shop exactly now did I?-"
"Why not?" Klaus questioned, he enjoyed her company and this is one of the times when the fairy hadn't been completely hostile towards him.
"Wasn't sure I was going to come, odd isn't it? Practically all of Mystic Falls had a ball gown ready for this" Ava said aloud. The music began to pick up
"Not too odd." Klaus said as they moved around the other dancers. "You're not that bad of dancer."
Ava smiled at him "Not too bad right? Gran had instilled it in me to at least learn some dancing. That was before we would end up drunk and in a bar brawl" She murmured.
"Your Gran sounds like one of a kind" Klaus declared and grasped her hands and they pulled apart
"She was." Ava grinned, he then spun her out, and she felt familiar hands clasp her.
"Ava-"
"Damon" she said stoically.
The vampire sighed "I was a dick"
"You always are" she countered, Ava felt much more at home in Damon's arms than with anyone else. He took her hand in his and placed his other on her hip, holding her Klaus, unlike Klaus there was no tension on her body.
"I know…it's-when I love someone or care for them I get protective." Damon rested his temple against her, which caused him to slouch ever so slightly. "You are a sitting beacon here princess."
"You don't need to always protect me Damon." Ava murmured tilting her face up, her nose brushed against his chin, they waltzed around the room.
"I would feel better if you and Klaus-"
"Nope no words please." Ava cut him off. "Let's just enjoy ourselves Damon." she rested her head against his chest. Damon's hand light stroked her hip.
"You look stunning by the way if it isn't obvious" he pressed his lips against the shell of her ear. Ava smiled
"And I bet you look…what's Katherine's word? Dashing in a suit" Ava complimented him. He grasped her hands and took a step back before pulling her close.
"Try not to beat someone up" he dropped a kiss on her cheek and spun her out.
Ava found herself in someone else's arms. "Please let it be Elijah…let it be Elijah-"
"Well hello sweetheart-"
"Oh damn. It's Kol" Ava huffed and wasn't as close as she had been with Damon. Kol merely quirked an eyebrow
"Love the enthusiasm you show." Kol drawled as they moved with the other couples.
"I try" Ava quipped.
Kol found her oddly enticing, similar to that of how he felt about Alvina, but that Xenia had ended up choosing Klaus over him. And from what he witnessed beforehand, of her and Klaus's interactions seems like history was repeating itself. But then again Ava wasn't Alvina and she seems rather fond of that common vampire, Salvatore.
The music died down, and Ava took a step back. "Well I'm off to get a drink" she excused herself and wondered off.
Ava sighed and bumped into someone.
"Ava-"
"Elena" she recognised the doppelganger's voice. "You know where the bar is?" she asked.
Elena chuckled "Yep, come on." She grasped Ava's hand and led her to the bar. "Here we are."
"Thanks" Ava smiled "So you and Steffie huh? Getting it on right?" she wagged her eyebrows up and down suggestively.
"Ava you can't do the whole perverted thing…it looks so wrong" Elena uttered, from over Ava's head she saw Stefan nodding at her. Telling her that their plan was on, "Ava I was hoping you'd do me a favour-"
"Oh boy" Ava started "look Elena…it's ok if you're a lesbian I don't mind. Being gay is ok-"the brunette teen's jaw dropped at that.
"No" Elena said loudly, and blushed seeing that they were getting a few odd looks. "I'm not a lesbian-"
"Whoa whoa whoa-"Ava exclaimed "no need to be homophobic about it-"
Elena mentally slapped herself "I know. And I'm not-"
"It's ok, did you know Tiki is a closet lesbian-"the fairy said loudly. Knowing that said girl had just walked pass them.
"You're a lesbian-"Ryan, he was Tiki's date for the evening.
"No I'm not-"Tiki spluttered "Ava-"
"Look" the fairy shook her head "that's why she is so obsessed with me. She stalks me, she knows my name-"
"Everyone does-"
"She stood outside my room whilst I was getting changed" Ava added.
Ryan stared at his date for a full minute before stalking off muttering something about 'Closet lesbians.' Tiki scowled "Thanks Ava-"she snapped and ran after her date.
"You're welcome" Ava hollered and giggled, now that was fun.
Elena shook her head "Ok, right I need your help." She said "I need you to distract Damon whilst I speak to Ester." She said the witch's name in her head. And knew Ava got the message when the petite teen nodded.
"Cool I can do that…but if he pisses me off-"
"Just keep it pleasant" Elena added, and saw Stefan waving her over. "Remember Ava."
Ava nodded and with that the doppelganger flounced off. The fairy sighed she was there for a minute wondering how she would get Damon to be distracted. She knew that he would suspect something immediately. He always seemed to be able to read her so easily.
"Ava Xenia" an accented voice murmured.
"Finn Mikealson" Ava recognised his voice "isn't this deja-vu?" she asked.
"Excuse me?" he asked a look of confusion on his face, he waved the barman over and indicated for him to bring some Champaign over.
"Oh…erm it's a saying" Ava uttered "So nine hundred years right? Damn…what did you to do Klaus to piss him off?" she asked.
"My brother…is easily wound up." He handed her the glass of bubbly. "Here you go" for the next couple of minutes they chatted, Finn decided to leave once he was sure that the fairy had drank all of the Champaign he'd given her.
Ava took a step back away from the bar, she frowned feeling slightly woozy. She shook her head
"Ava?" Matt spotted the blond she looked slightly pale "You ok?"
"Hmm…I think I had too much to drink" the fairy's words slurred slightly.
"Yeah" Matt laughed "I can see that. Come on I think you need some fresh air." He grabbed her hand led her to the backdoors; the back yard was just as grand as the rest of the mansion. "Ava-"
"It's cool, I'll be back in a bit" she assured him, she walked out and sighed the fresh air entered her lungs making her feel a bit better. Her mind was still slightly fuzzy. Ava walked down the path and gripped onto the stone banisters when she felt a step. Her heels crunched against the gravel path. The night sky was clear and it wasn't extremely cold, her ears perked up hearing a neighing noise.
"No way" Ava breathed "they've got freaking horses." It wasn't a secret that the fairy was an animal lover; she cautiously moved closer to the neighing noise and raised her hand. She grinned when she felt the creature nudging her hand with its noise.
Ava ran her fingers through its fine hair. "Hello" she smiled "you're a pretty thing…well I'm guessing." She added and continued to stroke the creature. Ava was completely absorbed in the horse that she was oblivious to the fact that someone was approaching her from behind.
"You like horses?" Klaus asked coming to stand beside her, he chuckled when she jumped "And your get startled easily-"Ava slapped his arm.
"Yeah no thanks to you." She scoffed
"So Ava-"
"Nope" Ava brushed him off and went back to petting the horse "I'm not talking to you till you tell me why you invited me here or why you gave me this dress. Was it just to get back at Damon?" she asked.
Klaus cocked an eyebrow "I'm not petty enough to get back at Damon this way. The reason I invited you here Ava is because I fancy you." He said seriously.
Ava's jaw dropped "But…the way-the way you treated me beforehand it's not like someone who likes the other. You used me. Compelled me. And sired me." She frowned.
Klaus closed his eyes "And I regret it." He admitted "I offer my apologies Ava; as soon as you became sired to me I wish I never have done it."
Ava bit her bottom lip anxiously she didn't know what to say, what could she say? "You find that hard to believe don't you? You find it hard to believe that I fancy you, not because you're a fairy but just for you being yourself. Don't you?"
Ava licked her lips "Yes" she admitted.
"Why?" Klaus asked "You're beautiful, you're full of light. And I actually enjoy your company. You make me laugh, you make me smile."
Ava shook her head and spun around so she was facing in his direction "Well…I'm with Damon-"
"Are you really?" Klaus countered taking a step towards her "I thought yours and his relationship was over-"her lips thinned. "Haven't you ended things?"
Ava scowled "Yeah because of you, and his got freaking major issues" she snapped.
"So you're not spoken for?" Klaus asked.
Ava sniffed and spun around on her heel, causing her ball gown skirt to flare. She raised her hand and stroked the horse's head. Klaus knew he hit a nerve so decided to change the subject. He came to stand next to her, the side of his arm brushing against hers. He ran his large hand against the horse's neck.
"Did you know Ava that horses are the opposite of people" Klaus stated his breath fanned against her bare shoulder. "They're loyal. My father hunted me for a thousand years and the closest he's ever gotten was the day he killed my favourite horse. He severed its neck with a sword as a warning." Ava was sickened by that. Wondering how could someone do that to their own child, granted that Klaus wasn't Mikael's son biologically but still he raised the hybrid. Ava's hand fell away from the horse and she surprised the Original by taking his hand in hers. She gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Have…ever considered just talking to your father? Without going all crazy" she asked softly. Klaus chortled
"Mine and my father's relationship was a tad bit more complex. Yours and-"
Ava shook her head "I can barely remember my parents they passed away when I was either four or five. But I did speak to him once, he came to help me with that sire bond-"she let go of his hand. Klaus found himself missing her touch. "But I had to let him go again…I did it without regret. Something I think you didn't do." Ava uttered "and by the way I do like horses, but prefer dogs." She took a step back to the mansion. "I should go back, it's getting cold." Before he could call out to her, she practically ran back up to the mansion.
Ava staggered and nearly fell on her face when she tripped, what the hell was going on? She felt the world growing dizzy around her.
"Ava?"
"Finn?" Ava's eye drifted close and she collapsed the Original caught her before she could hit the stone floor. Finn scooped her up and blurred them into one of the in the mansion that his mother occupied. She had just seen the doppelganger who was willing to be part of her plan.
"So a fae at last" Ester murmured handing her son a syringe. Finn took it and with ease pierced the fairy's skin with the needle. "There kind is remarkable" she brushed back Ava's fallen curls, Finn draw some blood from her. It was required for the ritual to work they would need the fairy's blood.
"Mother why the secrecy?" Finn asked curiously handing her the syringe full of blood, he pricked his finger using his fang, and placed the smallest amount of blood against Ava's skin leaving it unblemished. The amount of blood was so miniscule that it would affect her at all, since she was didn't consume it.
"Faes are tricky creatures Finn" Ester said pouring Ava's blood into her bowl "Alvina was smart last time, she was against her kinds blood being used but once I did use it. She fled from this realm. I believe Ava may be the same. She'll be against the notion of tying you all as one, and Klaus seemed to have ensnared her already." The Original witch uttered, Finn noticed the blond teen's heart beat picking up,
"She's beginning to wake." Finn uttered,
"Take her back" Ester instructed him, she smiled her plan was in motion. Her son nodded and scooped her and blurred back to where he found her.
Ava stumbled and leant heavily against the inn table she shook her head and was hit with a wave of tiredness. She swallowed her mouth felt dry.
"Ava?" Klaus took her arm; he frowned seeing the hazy look in her milky green eyes. "You-"
"Fine" Ava shook her head and pulled herself free. The older Mikealson brother he needed to get the fairy away from Klaus. "I'm fine. Can you see Damon?" she asked wondering where the hell was the raven head vampire. Klaus felt a shot of jealousy hit him when the other vampire's name fell from her lips.
"No" Klaus snapped "my mother is about to make a speech, come along." He ushered her to the main foyer where everyone was gathered. Ava inhaled and frowned as another dizzy spell hit her. What the hell? She thought. She wondered where Damon was, wanting him to take her home.
There was the sound of a spoon hitting a Champaign glass, Ester was gathering everyone's attention. From her perch she immediately spotted the fairy and noticed the teen's sluggish movement the drug was still affecting her. She had gotten Finn to lace Ava's drink with a substance to make her tired.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen" Ester announced, smiling down at the crowd "waiters are coming around with Champaign-"just then a waitress approached Ava and Klaus, he grabbed two glasses and pressed one of the flutes into the fairy's hand.
"Thanks" Ava murmured, she was getting worried for Damon, she knew she was supposed to distract the vampire but it was hard to when she couldn't even find him. She felt the cool glass against her palm.
"It provides me with no greater joy than to see my family back together as one." Ester held up her Champaign glass "I'd like to thank you all for being part of this spectacular evening. Cheers" she said. "Cheers" the crowd echoed and raised their glasses. Klaus turned to Ava and clinked his glass against hers; she smiled and took a sip of the beverage, and hummed it tasted odd, nothing like she'd have before it was tasty nonetheless.
Ava downed the drink and sighed, she staggered slightly, and the hybrid caught her weight, "Ava?" he frowned.
"I'm fine-"
"You shouldn't drink anymore tonight." He chuckled "come, I've got something you may be interested in."
"It's not something creepy or-"
"No" he took her hand, and slid her arm into the crook of his. Klaus then led Ava away from the rest of the party. "Come on Ava? Or are you too scared?" he dared her. This effectively steeled the fairy's resolve
"Nope let's go" Ava steeled herself. She hated when people thought she was weak.
Ava began to get anxious when she realised that she was completely alone with him. She licked her lips, and felt the carpet beneath her shoes,
"Step-"he told her, guiding her into the room.
This room was warmer than the others, the fireplace was lit. "So" Ava pulled her arm away from his, she wringed her hands together. "What did you want to show me?" she asked.
"One of my passions, something that I believe you share. Take my hand Ava" Klaus murmured. She pressed her lips together and held out her hand. He raised it up, and her eyes widened feeling the brush strokes of a painting.
"Paintings?" Ava asked, she was oblivious to Klaus still holding her hand "you like Art?" she questioned. She pulled her hand free. "Wait you stole it didn't you? So the guards there aren't on vervaine?" she said.
Klaus chuckled "Well that's there mistake."
Ava nodded, and was reminded that this Original could get anything he wanted or desired. It put her on edge. "And this dress? You stole it o bought it?" she asked.
"Bought" the hybrid answered "It was of a similar design of a dress that a princess has worn who was almost as beautiful as you"
Ava snickered "You are soooo soooo cheesy" she exclaimed a moment of silence settled over them. She bit her lip, "So erm…do you have any sketches or paintings?" she asked curiously.
"Actually one of my landscapes is hanged in the ménage" Klaus murmured taking another step towards her. "Not that anyone would notice." He looked over to her "Have you been?" he asked.
Ava lips twitched she shook her head "I've never been anywhere" she admitted "but I would love to" he could hear the longing in her voice.
"I'll take you" Klaus stated, she quirked an eyebrow and shifted leaning her hip against the table.
"Yeah right" she scoffed.
"Wherever you want, Rome, Paris, Tokyo-"Ava laughed causing a beaming smile to come across his face. He was listing all the places she desperately wanted to go and visit.
"Wow…-"her smile slid off, knowing that this will never be "that won't happen."
"Why not?" Klaus asked moving so that his chest brushed against hers, she swallowed feeling his callous hand cupping her cheek.
"Because…I have a home here Klaus. People who want me here…I won't be some fatuation for them." Ava murmured. "You don't have any real feelings for me…I know that. And you know what? It's ok because it's the same for me"
Klaus brow's furrowed together "If you never had any inkling of feelings for me why are you here? Why are you wearing that dress? Why did you dance with me?" he said backing her against the wall. "Face it Ava you feel something for me…and I feel something as well unlike you I want to embrace it. This can prove it-"before she could blink he pressed his lips against hers. Ava was startled and gasped giving him ample opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth. The fairy blinked and pulled back.
"You felt something Ava-"he grasped her face, her hands grabbed his
"Even if I did it makes no difference" she snapped "I don't love you Klaus...I don't know what I feel for you-"her voice turned softer "but it's always going to be Damon for me. I'm sorry." She swallowed and pushed his hands away; Ava ducked underneath his arm and fled from the room.
Ava walked across the foyer, she wanted to go home. She wanted to go back to the Boarding House that was where she belonged. She didn't care that she lost Caroline on Elena during the night, she just wanted Damon.
"Ava" Damon stormed towards her. She spun around on her heel "What the hell?" he was beyond furious. "Was you part of it? Elena's plan?"
"Oh…you heard about that." Ava muttered
"Yeah I did. It was a big mistake for you to come here. We're leaving-"he grabbed her arm by her wrist.
"Oww" Ava exclaimed "you're hurting me-"
"Well maybe it would teach you a lesson" he snapped. She wrenched herself out of his grip.
"Look I know-"
"No you don't" Damon sneered "Stefan broke my back…-"her eyebrows shot to her hairline.
"Sorry ok. But Elena and Stefan did have a point. It was their plan-"
"I'm trying to keep your friend alive. Or don't you care?" Damon spat.
Ava scowled "Of course I care. But this was there thing. You are too overprotective-"
"I want to keep you alive" he uttered getting into her space "And Elena-"
"They kept you out of the plan because you were a liability Damon happy?" Ava snapped. But regretted the words as soon as they came out of her mouth.
"That's ironic isn't it?" he questioned. "If Ester didn't see you Ava why did you come? Come to think of it where did you get this dress from?" he asked.
Ava licked her lips "It was a gift-"
"From?"
"Klaus" she said quietly, if he didn't have heightened hearing he would have missed it.
Damon took a step away from her "So you're accepting gifts from the psycho hybrid? Huh?"
Ava fought the urge to rip her hair from her scalp "Yes I did. I wanted to go to the Ball so I did. At least Klaus wanted me here not like you" she snapped
"Are…do you have feelings for him?" Damon asked bluntly.
Ava opened her mouth "Are you mad?" she exclaimed "Are you really that insecure? I don't have feelings for him-"
"You're lying" Damon stated "You hesitated Ava-"
"Why don't you trust me?" Ava snapped "You're always going on about how you love me but you don't trust me. And you're mad because I spent time with Klaus?"
"No" Damon snapped "I'm mad because I don't think you realise how much I love you"
"Well maybe that's the problem" Ava blurted out. But then mentally berated herself why on earth did she say that? "Damon-"
"I care too much. Now that is irony-"Damon went to walk pass her but she grabbed his arm
"Damon-"
"Why don't you go back and cosy up with your Original? Huh?" Damon sneered wrenching himself out of her hold. "You made it clear we're over-"
"Damon-"
"Hey" Caroline exclaimed her eyes darting between the couple "have you guys seen Matt?"
Ava sighed and leant against the bar, she was sipping another glass of Champaign. She let out a puff of air…this evening was turning downhill fast. She raised the glass to her lips about to take another sip but froze "Ava….Damon…Kol….entrance outside…quick-" Ava frowned and dropped the glass attracting Stefan's and Elena's attention as well as the Originals,
"Ava?" Stefan approached the teen. But she brushed pass him and ran towards the entryway. She shoved the doors open just as there was a resounding cracking. The younger Salvatore appeared behind her he witnessed Damon snapping Kol's neck.
"Damon what are you crazy?" he spun around as the other Originals, and Elena came out. His eyes remained on Ava.
"Maybe a little, but far be it from me to cause a problem" Damon sniped "Ava why don't you get back to your Ball and your precious hybrid" he said with venom and stalked off.
"Ava?" Stefan had dropped Elena off home; he was going to join the doppelganger once he knew where to take Ava. "Where do you want to go?" he and the fairy was sitting in his red car.
Ava bit her lip "I don't know" she admitted.
Stefan frowned and took her hand "Ava what happened?" he asked.
"Same as always Damon jumped to conclusions…and I think there's something between Klaus and I but I don't want that" Ava confided in Stefan. She could always rely on him, Stefan wasn't too surprised he saw the way his brother was unknowingly pushing Ava into Klaus's arms. And the hybrid was more than welcoming.
"It's ok to have feelings Ava…but who do you want to be with? That's the important question" Stefan said
"Take me to the Boarding House Stefan" Ava uttered a smile came onto her face. She was going to show Damon how much he meant to her. She was going to prove to him, that she was with him and he had nothing to worry about…they needed to talk.
"Ok" Stefan started the car and pulled out of Elena's driveway. "Just talk and knowing Damon he'll listen." He said.
Ava nodded and they drove to the Boarding House, soon enough they were at their destination.
"Bye Ava" Stefan called as she slammed the car door shut.
Ava took a deep breath and walked up to the Boarding House, she didn't bother knocking since she usually just walked in.
"Damon?" she called and frowned not getting a reply, he must be in his room she concluded. So with that thought Ava picked up the skirts of her dress and trudged up the stairs. She strolled down the hallway and came to a stop at Damon's door…here goes she thought.
The fairy was about to knock but froze when she heard a grunt and a gasp she heard the distinct sound of kissing, Ava pushed open the door revealing Damon and Rebekah making out against the wall.
"Ava-"Damon swallowed seeing the teen there he was running on bourbon and ad judgement but immediately started to sober up seeing the devastated look on Ava's face. "I-"
Ava blinked hard, her eyes filled with tears it didn't take a genius to figure out what was going on. "It didn't take long did it?" she choked out pressing her lips together. "So who is she-"
"Ava-"
"Oh an Original…"her heart sunk. "I should have guessed." Ava backed up "I should go…leave you two to it-"she spun on her heel and ran down the corridor.
"Damon-"Damon blurred off after her and appeared in front of her causing Ava to crash into him.
"Ava please listen we didn't-"
"You don't need to explain. I was the one who said we needed space in the first place right?" Ava said, her voice shook "I-leave me alone Damon" he grabbed her arm pulling her to him. But she let out quiet sob.
"Please let me go…I don't want to be here right now" Ava whispered. Damon felt a pang go through his chest and he very reluctantly let her go.
The fairy didn't waste any time and bolted out of the Boarding House. Leaving Damon to stare after her. He hated himself what the hell was he thinking? He knew fucked everything up that was a given. He acted before he could think, and now he may have hurt the one person who truly loved him for being himself, and he was irrevocably in love with Ava.
"Damon?" Rebekah walked out of his room "You-"
"It was a mistake." Damon snarled the Original walked up to him and eyed the vampire.
"You really do love her don't you?" she asked
"More than anything…it's always going to be Ava" Damon stated. "You should go. You shouldn't have come here Rebekah."
Ava dropped to her knees at a very familiar spot. She was at Claudine's grave and her dressed fanned around her as she leant her back against the gravestone.
River of tears trailed down her face. So Damon had moved on….to Rebekah of all people? She said they needed space but she wouldn't have thought that he would go this far. Ava thought that she meant more to him than that.
After all the things they've been through…she pulled her knees up to her chest…she was super confused. Why couldn't everything be simple? She felt someone sitting down beside hers.
"So…this is the second time I've found you here. It's becoming a habit love-"
"Please Klaus…I don't want to talk" Ava said recognising the hybrid's voice "I have nothing to say to you."
Klaus canted his head to the side and his eyes roamed her tearstained face "He broke your heart didn't he?"
Ava sniffed and face away from him, she stiffened when she felt his arm coming around to rest on her shoulders. She relaxed a tiny bit feeling the warmth coming from him.
"I don't want to think about that" Ava uttered softly. Her head resting on his shoulder.
"Then don't I've got some alcohol" Klaus shook the glass bottle in his hand, Ava heard the liquid sloshing around.
"Bourbon?" Ava asked, that was Damon's favourite drink.
"You know Ava it's good to have a change, Single Malt whisky is my preferred drink" Klaus uttered unscrewing the cap. Ava couldn't help but think there was a double meaning in his words. "Here-"she felt the bottle being pressed into her hands. Ava raised the bottle to her lips and sighed. Now this was something tasty.
"How about I tell you the time I went to France and tried to steal the Mona Lisa?" he asked.
He wasn't disappointed when he saw the small smile on her face. "You're such a dick" Ava uttered "trying to steal a piece of Art?"
"Hmm…how about I tell you of the time when I tried to steal the Michael Angelou statue?" he asked, she broke out into giggles. He was getting her mind off of Damon.
"Yeah I would like to know that." Ava nodded, and so for some time the pair swapped stories at Claudine's grave.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this Chap-So much happened. At the beginning Ava gets ban from Ric's room when she plays with his bed. Rebekah attacks Elena, Ava shoots out light and Elijah arrives. We find out Damon and Elena are taking pictures of a sleeping Ava where she dreams of Elijah. Ava gets an invite to the Ball. She wants to go, Damon says no she sulks. Ava, Caroline and Elena are in the Grill, Rebekah appears and has no grudges against Ava. A gift arrives for Ava at home, Caroline helps her get ready. We see minor interaction between Ava and Kol. Damon is pissed off that she showed and Ava gets into a fiight with Tiki (Did anyone notice their cameos in A Rose Among Thorns?)Damon is horrible to her, she dances with Klaus where he guides her. She's at home in Damon's arms. She wants Elijah but gets Kol. Finn spikes Ava's drink, she goes and finds horses. Ava's blood is taken. There is a speech, Klaus shows Ava his art, and then kisses her. She tells him it's always going to be Damon. Damon and Ava argue and he walks off. Ava goes to the Boarding House, where she finds Rebekah and Damon who are kissing. (No way would Damon sleep with her) He says its always Ava for him. Ava is at the grave, where Klaus once again finds her. He tells her to try something new and they talk.
Next Chap-All my children...Ava stuck in a cave with Rebekah and Elena.
So this chap was extra long so please REVIEW
