Eve let out a sigh of relief from the loveseat in the study when Stefan's music finally stopped. She was all for him trying to detox from human blood, and the music was alright, but after several hours of the house being filled with the loud music, Eve had had enough. Trying to read with rock music was hard to should have gone to tell him to turn it down, but Damon offered. As soon as she agreed, it hit her what a bad idea that could be with Damon being all for him drinking human blood. Footsteps turned her attention from her book as Damon walked towards her, a small glass of blood in his hands.
"Well, he's not doing any better." Damon muttered casually lifting Eve's legs up and sitting on the opposite side of Eve on the loveseat with her legs on his lap. Eve didn't even look at him as she continued to read.
"I bet dat blood didn't help." Eve muttered, turning a page. Damon chuckled lowly. That was a good enough answer for Eve. "When's yer secret vampire meetin'?" Eve questioned.
"An hour. And I wouldn't say it's mine, since you're coming." Damon muttered. Eve put down her book and raised an eyebrow at him. He turned slightly, a smirk on his lips as he casually drank from his glass. "Oh, didn't I tell you?" Damon asked. "I got you in. Liz trusts me a lot." Damon shrugged. Eve simply raised an eyebrow at him to tell him that she didn't believe him. He let out a sigh. "I spun her a story of how I saw you stake a rouge vampire to save me last week. She thinks it would you would be a 'great addition'." Damon quoted 'great addition'. "I'm thinking it's more because you're friends with Caroline and you can protect her." Damon shrugged. "Plus, I think I can get the Lockwood's to unintentionally invite you into their house so it will be easier to get you into their house tonight." Damon said nonchalantly. Eve raised an eyebrow at him.
"A few dings," Eve said, putting a bookmark in her book and setting it down behind her. "Where is de meetin'? Is it casual? Do I need ta be invited in?" Eve asked. Damon raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm more surprised that you're okay with this all." Damon chuckled. "It's the Founders Hall, so you don't need to be invited in. It is just casual, so you better not dress to impress. I imagine that's hard for you." Damon smirked back at her. Eve rolled her eyes at the comment, a small smile slipping. "Is that it?" Damon asked, moving Eve's legs once more to stand up.
"Not quite." Eve said turning to put her feet on the ground and looked up at him. "Was dat yer way of askin' me ta go ta de Founder's Day with ya?" Eve sassed up to him. "I mean, ya mentioned it earlier dis week, but never did ya ask me ta go with ya." Eve continued to sass as she stood up. "Dat was shite, Day." Eve poked him in his chest. "Caroline told me about tonight a week ago. It's a good ding we went shoppin' or else I wouldn't have had anythin' ta wear." Eve said, crossing her arms. Damon shrugged slightly.
"I just kind of assumed you'd go with me. And if you needed, I would happily help you pick our a sexy little dress with you for tonight." Damon smirked down at her. Eve rolled her eyes and poked his chest once more.
"Try again in a few hours, Salvatore, maybe I'll say yes." Eve sassed nudging him slightly out of her way to leave the study.
"So you're saying you already have a dress?" Damon asked with a slight whine in his voice. Eve let out a snort as she left the study and walked up to her room.
She had already showered, which was a good thing. She was slightly annoyed with Damon for only telling her about having to go to a vampire meeting an hour in advance. She would have dried her hair if she knew she was going to go to a meeting. Her hair was very curly. Eve let out a small annoyed sigh as she tried to run her hair through her curls before she went to her closet. When Caroline was back she was going to have to go shopping with her to get more clothes. Eve looked around and found a red skirt and a white top with slightly poofy sleeves. It wasn't very casual, but if this was her first impression, it had better be one where people questioned Damon's story.
Eve quickly slipped out of her lazy clothes and into the skirt and white top. The white cloth was thick and wasn't see-through, to Eve's delight. Eve pulled out a pair of white cross strapped high heels and a red over coat before throwing them on her bed and walking over to her dresser and pulling out pantyhose and pulling them on quickly. They were seethrough, but they made her feel more secure when she wore a skirt. Eve turned towards her bathroom to grab a red pearl necklace. Eve glanced at her clock to see how much time she had left. Maybe five minutes. Eve quickly pulled out her eyeshadow and did a quick highlight of her eye before swiftly putting on a black wing. Eve looked up at her reflection, satisfied with her makeup, but not her hair. Eve let out a small puff before trying to put up the mess into a let out an annoyed puff of air before giving up on trying to put up her hair. Eve quickly brushed her teeth.
"Evie, are you ready?" Damon's voice carried into her room. Eve quickly went to her bed and put on her heels. "Evie?" Damon asked again, this time, Eve heard footsteps begin to walk towards her room. Eve slipped on her overcoat and walked to her door quickly. "Evie, do you want to be late to the secret vampire meeting?" Damon asked as Eve opened the door to her bedroom, where Damon stood. Eve jumped slightly.
"Christ, Day, I'm ready, let's go." Eve huffed out, walking past him. Damon didn't follow right away. "Day, come on." Eve turned slightly to see Damon simply staring at her. "What?" Eve asked.
"I'm just confused on what you think is casual." Damon smirked walking up to her. "But any day I get to see you in a little skirt, I'm not gonna complain." Damon winked down at her as he held out his arm for her to take. Eve rolled her eyes, despite the slight burning of her ears.
"It's more fer when I get dere. I want people ta question whether or not yer tellin' de truth about me killin' a vampire." Eve sassed as she looped her arm with Damon's. Damon let out a small scoff.
"The real joke would be on them," Damon said as the two walked down the stairs. "You never staked a vampire, you ripped its heart out." Damon snickered. Eve snorted slightly. "Your wrists are looking better." Damon said lightly. Eve glanced down at her wrists. There was still an outline of where the ropes had been, but it wasn't a deep red anymore, which was progress.
"Blood will do dat to ya." Eve sassed back at Damon as the two walked out of the house. Damon let out a chuckle.
"Don't tell Stefan that." Damon snickered. Eve rolled her eyes at the comment.
"Day, ya shouldn't encourage him ta drink human blood." Eve scolded as Eve took her arm back from his and went to the passenger side of his car. "He doesn't do well with it. And since Lexi's gone, dere's no tellin' how he'll get off it." Eve continued as Damon unlocked the door and got into the driver's side.
"He'll be fine. And if he's not, I'll kick his ass." Damon smiled sincerely as Eve got into the passenger's side. Eve rolled her eyes at him as she straightened her skirt slightly. Damon glanced over at her before starting the car. Eve raised an eyebrow at him. Damon raised an eyebrow back. "What?" Damon questioned as he put on his seatbelt. Eve shook her head slightly, turning and putting her seatbelt on. "Evie, I don't think we should play this game." Damon said aloud as he began to drive.
"What game?" Eve asked, slightly cocking her head. Damon raised an eyebrow at her. "What?" Eve asked. Damon rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on Evie, that skirt?" Damon asked. Eve raised an eyebrow at him before she understood what he was talking about. When she realized, she began to laugh.
"Oh my God!" Eve cackled aloud. "Ya need ta get laid, Day!" Eve continued to laugh as Damon let out an annoyed huff towards her. "I'm not wearin' dis fer ya Damon. I'm wearin' it cause I look great in a skirt." Eve sassed back at him.
"I know, that's the problem." Damon sassed back. Eve continued to snicker to herself.
"If I'd have known I'd win dis game so easily, I would have worn a shorter skirt." Eve teased. Damon rolled his eyes, his hands gripping the wheel a little tighter. Eve let out another snort. "Dis is sort of me payback den." Eve said aloud. "Fer all de times ya jokingly flirt with me." Eve sassed. Damon glanced over at her with a raised eyebrow.
"You think I jokingly flirt?" Damon smirked. Eve shrugged slightly, still amused by the whole situation. "Oh, my dear Evie." Damon drawled out slightly with a low chuckle. "Every time I flirt, there is no joking." Damon muttered. Eve simply rolled her eyes back at him as he parked in front of the Founder's Hall. "Evie, we don't want to play this game." Damon muttered again.
"And why's dat, Mr. Salvatore." Eve asked playfully, turning to face him fully. Damon turned slightly to face her now as well.
"Because I recall you losing," Damon said cheekily. Eve slightly squinted her eyes at him. "And, as much as I didn't mind you being on top of me and kissing me, by any means," Damon smirked as Eve's cheeks burned from the sudden memory. "I would rather you stay around then kiss me and run off." Damon muttered as Eve's head slightly lowered in embarrassment. "Plus, I like to know I didn't break first." Damon sassed aloud. "Now, let's go talk about vampires." Damon smirked as he got out of the car.
"Hey, wait a minute." Eve snapped as she got out of the car and quickly walked to catch up with him. "Okay, first of all, I was drunk. So I don't dink it counts fully, and second de reason I 'ran off' was because I had ta deal with dis crazy man who was tryin' ta kill me." Eve snapped as the two walked up the stairs to the Hall. A police officer greeted the two as the walked past him. Damon glanced down at Eve before rolling his eyes.
"We're not playing this game, Evie." Damon muttered as the two walked into the building. "Now try not to blurt out that you're a vampire, alright?" Damon sassed back down at Eve. Eve glared up at him as she followed him into a room full of people. The two walked in while Liz was talking.
" The coroner's office has officially ruled Vicki Donovan's death a drug overdose. Her family has been notified." She said lowly to the crowd. "The truth will stay in this room and we can put this behind us." She said as Damon slightly pulled Eve to a less populated part of the room.
"Thank you, sheriff." A man wearing a suit muttered. Eve nudged Damon slightly and raised her eyebrow.
"Mayor. Lockwood." Damon whispered down to her. Eve nodded slightly as Liz came and stood on Damon's opposite side. Eve waved at her slightly causing Liz to smile.
"And on to a more pressing issue, John Gilbert has asked to say a few words." Damon's head instantly snapped towards the man that walked over to the Mayor and shook his hand. "Welcome back John, it's good to see you." The mayor said warmly towards him.
"Hello everyone, it's wonderful to see you, I wish it were under better circumstances." The man known as John said as he stood in front of the group. Eve glanced up at Damon as he turned slightly towards Liz. "As a founding family member I find it's my duty to report some very distressing news."
"He's a Gilbert?" Damon muttered towards Liz. Liz nodded slightly.
"Elena's uncle. His name is John, but I call him Jackass." Liz muttered back with scorn. Eve held back a laugh at how sour she had become just by seeing this man.
"A hospital blood bank in the neighboring county of Amherst has reported several break ins over the past two weeks. 7 hunters, 4 campers and 2 states employees have been reported missing as well. All of this within a 75-mile radius of Mystic Falls." John continued to speak in a very serious tone. It did sound serious. Vampires were scary. The thought almost had Eve burst out laughing.
" Okay okay, no need to get alarmed right at this moment." The mayor spoke up once more, his hands raising in defense of whatever John was saying.
" Meaning he doesn't want to cancel the Founders' Day Kick-off Party." Liz muttered to Damon once more. Eve saw where Caroline got her attitude from.
" You think all of your problems are over but I'm here to tell you, nothing's been solved." John muttered again. Eve leaned towards Damon.
"Dis is all very cryptic." Eve muttered. Damon glanced down at her, a small smirk lighting up his once serious face.
"Vampires are very serious thing, Evie." Damon muttered back.
"Now, though we have welcomed an alumni of our council, I think it might be best to introduce our newest member." The mayor stood up in front of everyone an announced. Eve's amusement dropped as she heard him talk about her. This wasn't something she was prepared for. "Miss Branigan if you would, could you please come up and introduce yourself." The mayor smiled towards Eve. Eve look in a small breath as everyone's eyes fell on her. Eve walked up to the front.
"Um...Hi. Me name is Evelyn Branigan." Eve introduced herself and slightly waved. The mayor came and put his arm around Eve, much to Eve's discomfort.
"Now, Miss Branigan, Damon has told us about you, but not in full. He only told us that you were able to take down a vampire that was about to kill him." The mayor said proudly. Eve could only nod slightly. "But he didn't tell us the full details. Care to add onto what you did?" He asked. Eve's eyes met Damon's cautiously.
"Well, what all did he tell ya? I don't want ta repeat." Eve asked. Hopefully this wasn't a test, if it was, she was sure she wasn't passing.
"Oh, well, Mr. Salvatore told us that you and him were on some date of some sort and out of nowhere, one of those monsters came out of the shadows and tried to compel him, but you were quick and pushed him away. That made the monster mad enough to show it's fangs. That's when you grabbed a stick and ran it through the bastards heart." Eve tried not to look shocked by his story. "What made you think you should stab the thing?" The mayor questioned.
"Well, first of all, it wasn't a date." Eve muttered aloud. "But, besides de point. I just...Damon told me some stories about monsters, but I never believed him, until that night." Eve lied quickly as the whole room seemed to believe the story instantly.
"What made you go for the heart?" A voice spoke up. Eve turned and saw John as he stood with his arms crossed. "I mean, I don't mean to sound rude, but you don't look strong enough to even break the skin, let alone bones." He muttered with a glare. Eve bit the inside of her cheek slightly, annoyed by his accusation.
"I was livin' in Los Angeles before I came ta visit Damon. I took self defense." Eve sassed back. John simply rolled his eyes at the statement. "If ya don't believe me, Mr. Gilbert, I would gladly show ya." Eve said lowly. The group muttered with each other as John once again rolled his eyes and walked up to Eve. The mayor's arm dropped from her shoulders as John stood in front of her.
"Please, I'd like to see this self defense in action." John snapped. "Unless you're not up to it. I mean, that outfit can't help any." Eve's hands balled slightly.
"I can still do it. Dat's de point of self defense." Eve smiled sweetly at him. "Please, come at me." Eve smiled. "I'll even turn me back." Eve said turning around. She could feel him roll his eyes. She was going to enjoy taking him down. Eve took in a small breath as she felt hands suddenly grab her by the shoulders. Eve quickly turned and took John down easily, her heel slightly against his cheek as she held onto he arm. Clapping turned Eve's attention back to the group of people. She quickly let go of John's arm and backed up from him, bowing slightly.
"Well, that was something!" The mayor said aloud to the group. He reached down to help John up. "Thank you Miss Branigan for the demonstration, we'll see you at the Founder's party tonight, correct?" He smiled earnestly as Eve nodded back and walked back over to Damon. A small smirk was plastered on his face.
"I need to stop off at Elena's." Damon said aloud as the two got into the car. Eve raised an eyebrow at him.
"And ya want me ta what, wait in de car?" Eve sassed. Damon shrugged slightly.
"That's why I'm saying it out loud. Do you want to go babysit Stefan or do you want to meet the Gilberts?" Damon questioned.
"If dey're all like Elena, I'd rather not." Eve sassed back. Damon let out a slight snort. "I'll go take care of Stefan, unless ya don't want ta drive me back." Eve shrugged. "Whatever's easiest." Damon glanced over at her and shook his head.
"You're too easy to please. I can only hope it's like that when I get you to a bed." Eve's head snapped towards Damon's. Damon casually winked at her as he began to drive.
"Don't want ta play, my ass." Eve muttered under her breath. Damon raised an eyebrow at her slightly.
"Oh, you think that's part of the game?" Damon questioned with a low chuckle. "Oh my sweet Evelyn," Damon smirked back at her. "If you really want to play this game, I'm not going to go easy." Damon muttered. Eve let out a snicker.
"I thought you didn't want to play this game, Day." Eve raised an eyebrow and smirked at him.
"You've given me no choice, Evie. That skirt was a round one sort of game changer." Damon shrugged. "I mean, if you're going to play dirty, I can up my ante." Damon said lowly. Eve only rolled her eyes at him.
"Day, I just wanted ta wear a skirt, it wasn't supposed ta be a challenge." Eve sassed. Damon rolled his eyes at the comment. "I swear, Day. We don't have ta play any games." Eve chuckled. Damon shook his head.
"No, no, I don't believe you. You started this whole game when you got me all veiny eyed." Damon muttered. Eve only raised an eyebrow at him.
"So what's at stake, ya have ta be sexually frustrated until ya have ta get laid?" Eve sassed. Damon let out a low chuckle as he drove into the drive way of the boarding house. "Because I dink I already won if dat were de case-" Eve sassed before Damon parked and quickly pulled her face towards his. Eve's breath caught as her face instantly lit up.
"I like the stakes of one of us breaking." Damon said lowly, dangerously close to Eve's lips. "I've been doing this for a decades, Evie. I don't plan on breaking anytime soon." Damon muttered.
"Yer face says somethin' else, veiny eyes." Eve breathed out. Damon pulled back slightly and raised an eyebrow.
"It seems we're at a draw." Damon muttered with a smirk as he let go of her face. Eve's hands flew up to her face as she felt slight veins protruding her cheeks. Eve let out a small annoyed groan as she turned to look at the side mirrors to see how bad it was. "Go babysit my baby brother, alright?" Damon smirked as Eve looked back at Damon. Eve rolled her eyes as she pushed his face slightly and got out of the car.
Damon took in a deep breath once Eve closed the cars door. He leaned his head back against the seat before glancing over to make sure Eve got into the house alright. His eyes wandered as he watched her walk. Damon let out an annoyed groan as he turned his head. This was torture. She was torture. A skirt? Seriously? Damon turned his car around and started to drive to Elena's.
He couldn't keep doing this to himself. He needed to get laid. But every time he even got close to getting laid, Eve popped into his head and nagged him about who he was trying to get with. Whether the girl was nice or not, Eve's voice nagged him. It was probably just his subconscious really nagging him to stop playing these stupid games with Eve and just admit that he cared about her. But that would mean he would lose the game and he was too damn stubborn to let Eve get a victory over him. Even if it meant he had to play this stupid game until the end of days, he would do it for her.
Damon took in a deep breath as he parked outside of Elena's house. He needed to calm himself down. But all he could think of was Eve. Damon let out an annoyed sigh as he forced himself out of his car. As he walked up to Elena's door, he made a list of things he shouldn't think about. Don't think about Eve in a skirt. Don't think about Eve without a skirt. Don't think about Eve at all. Damon knocked on the door. Elena opened the door quickly.
"Oh good, you're here." She sighed out.
"You ask, I come, I'm easy like that." Damon muttered as he walked into the house. Elena put her finger to her lips as she nodded towards Jeremy before pointing to the stairs. "No, Elena, I will not go...to your bedroom with you!" Damon said loudly before Elena grabbed his arm and pulled him up the stairs. Damon couldn't help but chuckle as she pulled him up the stairs. As Elena lead him to her bedroom, Eve popped into his head. Damon took in a slight breath. "Ah, just like I remember." Damon muttered with a smirk to annoy Elena.
"Stop messing around." Elena muttered seriously as she closed the door. Damon rolled his eyes before going over to her bed. He picked up the teddy bear on the pillow and plopped himself down, holding the teddy bear in his arms.
" Did you know that your uncle has been kicking it with the Founders' Council?" Damon asked aloud. Elena turned towards him, her eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.
"What?" She asked. Damon let out a single 'yup'. " Perfect, we'll just add it to the growing list of how everything is falling apart." Elena sighed. Damon looked behind her and saw a broken lamp. Damon held the teddy bears arm out to point at the mess.
"What happened right there?" Damon quesitoned, squinting at the scene. Elena glanced behind her and looked at the mirror.
"Uh...nothing." Elena denied. " Look Damon, I'm worried about Stefan." Elena said walking towards the bed. Damon raised an eyebrow at her. "He says that everything's okay but he's clearly struggling. How long is it gonna take before he goes back to normal?" She asked as Damon fiddled with the teddy bear's arms.
"A few days, give or take." Damon said aloud, knowing he had no idea how long it would take. Elena sighed.
"It's been a few days." She said cautiously.
"Give then, I don't know." Damon shrugged. "What's the big deal?" Damon asked as he got out of the bed.
"He's not himself, Damon." Elena said as Damon walked past her and gave her the teddy bear. Damon walked over to her dresser.
"Well, maybe the problem is he's spent too long not being himself." Damon shrugged as he opened the dresser and pulled out a bra in amusement. Elena sighed, quickly grabbing and shoving the bra back in the dresser and closing it.
"Please don't make me sorry for asking you." Elena muttered as Damon continued to snoop around her dresser.
"It is what it is, Elena." Damon muttered taking a picture from the mirror over her dresser, much to the irritation of Elena as she tried to grab it back. "The Stefan you know was 'good behavior Stefan'," Damon muttered as he walked towards the window before turning and facing Elena again. "'Reign it in Stefan', 'fight against his nature into an annoying excessive level Stefan'," Damon rolled his eyes as he spoke. "But if you think there isn't another part to this then you have not been paying attention." Damon pouted out as Elena grabbed the picture from him.
"He is not you." Elena muttered. "Not even close."
"Well, he doesn't want to be me." Damon muttered as Elena went and put the picture back in its original spot. "That doesn't mean that deep down, he's not." Damon muttered as he walked past Elena and out of her room.
"You and Damon done sucking face?" Eve heard Stefan's gravely voice as she closed the door to the boarding house. Eve rolled her eyes as she turned around to see Stefan on the couch.
"Ya done bein' addicted ta blood." Eve snapped back at him. Stefan nodded his head slightly at the quick comeback. "How's the drinkin' helpin'?" Eve asked as she took off her overcoat and folded it with her arm. Stefan nodded again without answer. "Dat good den?" Eve asked as Stefan held up a class.
"It's helping a little." Stefan muttered. "I mean, I still want to go out and eat everyone in town, but you know." Stefan sighed. Eve walked over to him and threw her overcoat to the opposite couch and sat beside him.
"Yeah, dat happens." Eve muttered. Stefan let out a scoff as he took another drink. "Well, I mean, it doesn't happen ta normal vampires, but, ya know." Eve shrugged. Stefan rolled his eyes as his head fell back against the couch.
"I don't want to go to the stupid Founder's Day party tonight." Stefan whined aloud. Eve rolled her eyes at him as she stood up. "Hey wait, can you get me some more alcohol?" Stefan asked, moving his head too quickly from the back of the couch and closed his eyes. Eve rolled her eyes as she saw the bottle on the table in front of him. She grabbed it and took his glass.
"Yer such a child." Eve sassed as she poured him another glass.
"An alcoholic child." Stefan muttered as he took the glass from Eve. "I can see why you gave Damon so much alcohol when you got here now." Stefan muttered as he tried to stand up. Eve grabbed his hand and helped him. "I should probably get ready. It may take all night." Stefan groan. Eve rolled her eyes at him as he tried to steady himself.
"Come on, ya big drunk baby." Eve laughed as she held his arm and led him to the stairs. Stefan let out a huff of breath. "God Stef, ya can't hold yer liquor for shite." Eve sassed as she walked up the stairs with him. Stefan rolled his eyes as he took a long drink of his whiskey.
"You're right." Stefan muttered as they got to the top of the stairs. "If you hear me throwing up, please don't help me, I'm going to shower." Stefan muttered as he started making his way to his room. Eve let out a small snort.
"Okay, because de shower wouldn't indicate dat yer naked er anythin'." Eve sassed. Stefan simply waved his hand as he continued making his way towards his room. Eve rolled her eyes as she went to her room to get ready for the party.
Oops, it's been a long time. Sorry. I've been really busy. I got a job! At Walmart! It isn't bad but when I work a lot I tend to want to die. BUT YO HERE IS A NEW CHAPTER. If it's not good, I'm sorry. It's been a while since I've worked on this. But! I have went back and edited every chapter! Yooooo! So I'll do that when it's not 2 am tho (because its 2am and i don't work tomorrow so I'm being trash lol).
Shoutouts to SomebodyWhoCares , galwidanatitud, and sloksing45!
Thank you all for reviewing, it made me work on this in my spare time even when I was very tired! Yay! I love you. Okay. I'll try and keep my regular updating of once a month. Because I love you!
I'll be starting college in August (wowkillme) but that means I don't work except for the weekends, and I get out of class by 1 so that's pretty rad. I can actually write! Yay! Okay, I hope you liked this rushed (andshittysorry) chapter! Next will be the Founders Party!