Hello guys,

So since I am still blocked on the other Vampire Diaries story, I wrote this one instead, enjoy! (this one is better than the other one)

Alex.

Paper Rings (You're The One I Want)

It was not ideal.

Alexandra knew it, Zach knew it, Stefan Knew it, hell even Damon knew it. But there was nothing else to do, not now that her mother was dead, not now that would-be-Sarah or Gail didn't seem to exist, or that Alexandra had been born too. Alexandra Salvatore was not supposed to exist and everyone knew it.

Stefan had tried to convince Zach to give the girl up for adoption, he had, but Zach had been devastated by not-Gail's untimely death, that Stefan didn't have the heart to take the baby away and compel his 'nephew'. Damon for his part had been distant and had expressed his distaste for the baby. And thus in the twentieth night of August of the year 1993, Alexandra Salvatore had been born.

Which sucked.

Alexandra was sure of that, it sucked big time, Damon had left after murdering a lot of people and Stefan had stayed behind to help Zach with the newest addition to the family, which was weird as fuck. Alexandra was a sentient baby, or not a baby at all, but a grown ass woman trapped in a baby's body with all that came with being a baby.

At first she didn't understand much, not at all, but as she continued growing she realized just what had gone down in her life and where she was. Mystic Falls, supernatural central, and she was a Salvatore. She was beyond screwed. But everything was not that bad, Zach was a half decent dad and he tried his best. Stefan had left just after she had been potty trained and Damon had just been there for her birth, all in all, it was a great.

She lived in a huge house, which she loved, the Salvatore Boarding House had to be her favorite place in the whole wide world, her room made her feel like a victorian princess and she loved it. Since there was not much she could do as a child, she had decided to live her life and just go where the world took her.

With Zach's pushing she became friends with Caroline Forbes. To be honest, Alexandra loved the blonde girl, the girl was bubbly and sweet and it only made Alexandra want to protect her. Of course Alexandra also knew Bonnie Bennett and Elena Gilbert and so the four girls had a sort of an odd friendship, but Alexandra's best friend was Caroline, end of the story.

As she continued to grow up, Alexandra began noticing that she took after her uncles, with green eyes and black hair, she was a strange mix of Damon and Stefan, it weirded her out a little bit, but she had to admit that she was a cute child. That said, she quite liked her Uncle Stefan, he never failed to show on her birthday and christmas and she often called him and loved to tell her about her days, if only to bother him a little.

When she began middle school she began hanging out with Tyler Lockwood and Matt Donovan, since she was not as interested in gossip as Elena and Bonnie were, although due to Caroline's pestering she had joined the cheerleading squad and after pestering her dad, he had allowed her to take Karate and Boxing classes. Tyler and Matt were fun to be around. The trio became pranksters and soon enough no one in school was safe.

As High School neared, she realized that her peaceful times were coming to an end, with that she threw herself to her trainings, she was already flexible enough thanks to cheerleading and she could also pack a punch, or so Tyler had said when she had broken his nose due to him stealing her first kiss in freshman year. She then had kissed Matt if only to say that he had taken her choice for her second kiss, the three of them had been awkward around each other for around a week until Alexandra had cornered them both and threatened to beat the shit out of them if they didn't go back to being friends again.

Logically, Alexandra knew that Elena's parents were going to die. Which is why she had refused the girl's offer to take her home that night, she had watched how Elena had left and then had decided to approach Matt once she was sure that Caroline was not doing something stupid.

"You know, she might come around," Alexandra said, making her friend jump, she smirked at him as he turned to face her, a scowl on his face, "Or she might not, cheer up Matthew, if she leaves she doesn't deserve you."

Matt huffed at Alexandra and crossed his arms, she continued smirking, "Is this your attempt to make me feel better?"

"Ah, no, I don't do teen drama, I would have called Tyler for that, this is me being your benevolent best friend," she said.

Matt rolled his eyes at her but accepted the one armed hug that she offered, "Thanks Alex, I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Die of boredom, worship Elena more than this whole town seems to do, I mean, don't get me wrong, I like her, she's a nice friend, if a little judgy but people seems to like her too much," Alexandra said, gesturing with her hands.

Matt chuckled at her, "Maybe you're just jealous."

"Me? Alexandra Alexandra Salvatore, jealous of Elena Gilbert? Ha, I'd like to see that day, Matt, hun, she wishes she was as fun as I am," Alexandra said with a grin.

"Of course," Matt conceded, Alexandra smiled at him, "Why don't I drop you home?"

"Sure, let me go look for Care, can't leave her behind or Liz would kill me," Alexandra said, Matt nodded and the dark haired girl left to look for her friend.

At the end Tyler ended up leaving with them, so they squeezed themselves into Matt's old truck and he drove first to Caroline's home, since she was the nearest to the Bonfire Party. When they rolled up to Caroline's home, Liz Forbes was outside waiting for them, she asked them to step out of the truck and proceeded to tell them about Elena's accident.

Three out of four teens were struck, while one was doing a fantastic job to hide her apathy. After Matt promised to drive safely, Liz let them go. The trio remained silent on the way to the Salvatore Boarding House, Alexandra looked at her two friends.

"I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow," she said softly, Matt and Tyler nodded, she squeezed Tyler's hand before she ran towards the huge driveway of her home.

The first thing she noticed was the red vintage porsche parked next to her mustang, she had to hide a smile as she walked towards the door of her home. She opened the door and walked in, her feet taking her to the parlor where Stefan was standing talking to her father.

"Sup!" she greeted the two men, they turned to look at her, Stefan with a smile and Zach with a slight frown on his face.

"Isn't that shirt a little too tight?" Zach asked, Alexandra snorted and fixed her jacket and pulled down her shirt.

"Is it okay now, dad?" she asked, a smirk on her face.

"Of course, Jaybird" Zach said fondly, she walked up to him and hugged him before turning her attention to Stefan.

"Uncle Stef! You know, you look pretty fly for a dead guy," she said as he pulled her into a hug.

Zach made a strangled sound on his throat as Alexandra let go of Stefan, "by the way little miss, you're late."

"Oh yes, about that, Sheriff Liz stopped us at her place while we went to drop Care off, apparently Dr. Gilbert took a dive with his wife and Elena," she said nonchalantly, Zach looked surprised for a moment before he looked at Stefan.

"Was this the family you were telling me about?" Zach asked, Stefan nodded and Zach returned his gaze to Alexandra, "Alex, remember what he talked about, sensibility? Tact? I swear you and Caroline."

"Yeah, yeah, I know, people don't like it when we do that, anyways, Matt was a little spooked, tomorrow's the funeral so we have to go, since I'm Elena's friend and all that," Alexandra said dismissively.

"You know her?" Stefan asked, Alexandra nodded.

"She's been my friend since elementary school, cause Care and I didn't like her much in kindergarten, nowadays we're like casual friends, her best friend is Bonnie Bennett, although they're both a little judgy," Alexandra explained.

"Judgy?" Stefan asked amused, she nodded.

"They are really critical of my friendship with Matt and Tyler, and to be honest I never asked their opinions about it, but we get along well, I guess," Alexandra crossed her arms and shrugged, "what about you, Uncle Stef? What brings you to Mystic Falls? My birthday isn't for a couple of months and you promised to take me to Disney World again this year."

Stefan smiled at her and nodded, "I'm sure it can be arranged, I'm just visiting, although I think I'd like to stay a while."

"Cool!" Alexandra said, then yawned, "Well I'm tired, so goodnight dad, goodnight uncle Stef."

Alexandra disappeared upstairs to her room, to be a teenager in a house and place that soon would be full to the brim with vampires, what a thought.