Eve woke up to a sudden ringing of her phone. Eve let out an annoyed groan as she leaned over to her nightstand and picked up her phone.
"Hello?" Eve muttered groggily, not even bothering to look at who was calling.
"Bitch, are you still asleep?" Caroline's voice snapped. "Okay, I just wanted a good luck from someone who isn't Bonnie for the Miss Mystic questions today. Because I know you haven't wished Elena good luck too. So that means I'll have twice as much luck as Elena." Caroline chirped excitedly.
"Wouldn't Elena have Stefan wish her luck too?" Eve asked sitting up and yawning. The line went silent for a few seconds.
"Why do you have to say things like that?" Eve blinked at the tone.
"Hey, no, listen!" Eve said back quickly, realizing what she had just said and how it could have offended Caroline. "Listen, it's like five times de luck." Eve tried to bargain. "Since I'm five years older dan ya! I can also get Damon ta wish ya luck." Eve said as she jumped out of bed. The sudden burst of energy was to keep Caroline happy and unoffended. Caroline began to protest as Eve flittered to Damon's room. "Damon! Are ya decent?" Eve shouted as she knocked on his door. Damon opened the door in only a towel. "More decent dan I dought ya would be." Eve sassed as Damon raised an eyebrow at her. "Listen, ya need ta say good luck ta Caroline." Eve insisted, shoving her phone to his ear.
"Wha- Um...Good luck? You can do whatever it is that you're doing." Damon said slightly confused as Eve pulled the phone back to her ear.
"See! Now it's times 13 times luckier because of our age differences added together!" Eve said quickly into her phone. Caroline let out a slight laugh.
"You're an idiot." Caroline puffed out. "Thanks though. I'll text you how it goes!" Caroline said cheerfully into the phone. Eve let out a slight sigh of relief as her energy levels dipped again due to having appeased her uppity friend. "Now you kids be good." Caroline said suggestively before hanging up.
"What the hell was that all about?" Damon asked, amused by the whole ordeal.
"Dere askin' Miss Mystic questions today, I guess right now." Eve said glancing at her phone's screen to see the time of 10:15 AM. Eve shrugged, yawning.
"Did she wake you up?" Damon asked, a slightly amused look on his face as he looked the barely awake girl up and down.
"Did ya just take a shower?" Eve sassed back. Damon raised an eyebrow at the comeback.
"Evie, it's way too early to be so sassy." Damon muttered. "Especially without any clothes on." Damon sassed. Eve blinked before she realized the pajamas she was wearing. A blush rushed across her cheeks. She was wearing a large black shirt with white skeleton ribs on it and red boyshorts, that weren't visible underneath her large shirt. Her hair was probably a curly mess.
"I'm-I've got pants on." Eve snapped suddenly, slightly flashing her the boyshorts she was wearing to Damon who couldn't help but laugh. Eve let out an annoyed huff before turning to go back to her room, only for Damon to grab the back end of her shirt and pull her back towards his room. "Damon, I am not dressed or awake enough fer yer advances." Eve grumbled as she turned around to Damon who smirked down at her.
"What perfect timing then, because I'm not dressed but totally awake." Damon sassed. Eve blinked slowly at him, unamused. Damon rolled his eyes playfully at her. "Think you can be dressed in an hour to get coffee with me?" Damon asked, nonchalantly leaning over her.
"Aye, I can do dat." Eve said, turning to walk away again, only for Damon to slightly push her against the doorframe of his room. To his surprise, her heartbeat suddenly spiked. Sure, it had gone up slightly, but never to this extent. Damon raised an eyebrow as Eve tried to ignore the sudden heat flooding her face. Damon cocked his head slightly, a slight smirk slipping onto his lips. Eve let out an annoyed sigh. "If ya keep me here all day, I won't be able ta get dressed." Eve sassed to Damon, but kept her attention away from him.
"I'm having so much fun with you though, Evie." Damon smirked. "You know, we're both kind of indecent. Why not be fully indecent?" Damon asked slightly moving closer to Eve's face.
"It's too early fer dis Day." Eve groaned suddenly flittering herself out of the situation and away from the doorframe, and Damon. "I'll be ready, alright." Eve said turning to go back to her room quickly.
"Hate to see you go," Damon got out before Eve turned around and glared making Damon laugh. Eve rolled her eyes as she flittered to her room. As soon as her door was closed, she took in a deep breath. Nope. Damon didn't need to know that she had a weakness for being against a wall. Especially with the two being dicks to each other and making each other go veiny eyed. Eve turned her attention to her closet as she began rummaging to find something to wear for the day. And to ignore her still slightly fast beating heart.
Damon sat on the bottom of the stairs waiting for Evie. She always took so long to get ready, but he couldn't complain. With her hair as curly as it always was, it didn't surprise him that it took her longer. And she always had to like how she looked if she wasn't exhausted. The doorbell rang, turning Damon's attention towards the door. With a slight groan, he lifted himself off the stairs and walked over to the doorway. As soon as he opened it up, Johnathan Gilbert walked in.
"Hey partner!" John said cheerfully, walking past Damon. Damon rolled his eyes.
"What do you want?" Damon hissed.
"You haven't return any of my calls." John said back, as he walked further into the house.
"Most people take that as a hint." Damon snapped as he shut the door, turning around to see John.
"Where do we start looking for vampires?" John asked in a joking tone. Damon rolled his eyes. "And where's our other partner? Wouldn't want her attacked by any mean vampires under our noses." John said, turning back towards Damon.
"Why the act John? You obviously don't care about catching vampires, you're here talking to me." Damon snapped, ignoring his last question, already annoyed by his presence and his attention towards Eve.
"Actually, I care very much." John muttered.
"What did Isobel say about that? I mean, considering that she is one." Damon sassed, a hand going on his hip.
"Isobel and I share a mutual interest." Damon muttered out a sarcastic 'hmm' as John continued. "The original Johnathan Gilbert has an invention that was stolen by a vampire. That vampire was then burned alive in Fell's church, or so Jonathan thought and the invention was lost forever." Damon let out another 'hmm'. He was already tired of this Gilbert being in his house. Damon had plans to get coffee, not deal with him. "But then the vampires weren't killed, were they? They were trapped and now they're free, thanks to you which means the invention is retrieval."
"Well, what is it?" Damon asked pretending to be interested.
"The only thing that matters is that I want it back and you're going to help me if you want your secret safe." John muttered, sounding very smug about the whole thing.
"I mean, why bring me into it John? I mean, I don't know what you are talking about much less who has it." Damon muttered back.
"Oh come on Damon. You were around back then." John muttered back, turning back around towards Damon. "You know who these people are, what they look like. He was friendly with a woman who turned out to be a vampire. Her name was Pearl. Does that ring a bell?" Damon stared at him, not saying a word. He had no idea who Pearl was? He really didn't know everything.
"I'm not playing anymore." Damon snapped. "Get out." Damon growled, turning and pointing to the door. "Get out."
"I beg your pardon?" Damon wanted to laugh.
"You know, I only entertain this whole blackmail scheme thing of yours because I thought that you and Isobel could lead me to Katherine." Damon muttered as he walked towards the door. "But see, now I know you've no idea where Katherine is, because if you did you would know that Katherine and Pearl were best friends." Damon smirked back towards John. "See, you don't know everything, do you John?" Damon sassed back at him
"I'll tell the entire council what you are." John warned.
"Go for it!" Damon insisted, walking back over to John. "I'll kill every last one of them. Then I'll sever your hand, pull your ring off, and I'll kill you too. Do you understand that?" Damon warned.
"Ya know, he's not kidding." The two men turned around to Eve's voice. She wasn't looking very happy. Damon glanced back at her and flashed her a smile, but her eyes stayed glaring at John. "I suggest dat ya leave." Eve snapped, walking towards the two. "I'm not in de greatest of moods, so rather dan suggesting, I'm implorin' dat ya leave. Now." Eve snapped, grabbing onto John's jacket sleeve and pulling him to the door.
"Now, what got your pants in a bunch? Was it me or the mention of an old girlfriend that your 'friend' over there is clearly not over?" Damon saw Eve bite her cheek slightly, probably to keep herself from snapping his neck. Eve opened the door and shoved him out. "More so the latter than, sweetheart?" John asked as Eve slammed the door.
"Surprised you didn't kill him." Damon smirked only to feel the annoyed energy coming off of Eve in waves. Eve glanced up at him before she walked past him. Damon glanced down to the floor slightly before turning to watch Eve go up the stairs. She was mad at him. What all did she hear? "Aren't we going to get coffee?" Damon asked almost jokingly. Eve paused her walk up the stairs before turning around and walking back towards Damon. Jesus, she was scary when she wanted to be.
"Damon Salvatore. Ya are de stupidest man I have ever met." Eve hissed, running a hand through her bangs, as the rest of her hair was shoved into a single braid. "I try and help, I really do but, fock, what's de point if yer purpose in life is ta find a focking woman who never cared about ya?" Eve snapped as she stood in front of him. Damon tensed.
"Evie, listen, before you showed up, I wanted to find her out of pure love, but trust me, I want to find her for a completely different reason now." Damon assured, slightly annoyed that he was explaining himself to her. He shouldn't have to explain himself to anyone."I want to find her to kill her now." Damon growled. "I...I wasted my human life pining after her, even knowing that she was a vampire and knowing she was messing around with my baby brother." Damon muttered. "And I wasted a lot of my vampire life trying to get her out of a tomb she was never in." Damon snapped, still feeling bitter about it. "But now-" Eve quickly cut him off.
"Ya want ta waste even more of yer life tryin' ta find her and kill her?" Eve asked, irritation dripping from her tone. "Why in de hell should ya have ta look fer her." Eve let out an annoyed sigh. "Listen, Day, ya can do whatever de hell ya want with yer life. It's yer life. But don't come cryin' ta me when you find her and fall right back in love with her." Eve snapped. Damon shook his head.
"I won't. I can't." Damon insisted. Not after everything with the tomb especially.
"But now with Elena, ya can pretend she's a nicer version of Katherine, right?" Eve hissed. Damon stared.
"What the hell does Elena have to do with this?" Damon snapped back.
"She's de girl." Eve snapped. "Remember. De one ya didn't tell me about as soon as I got here?" Eve hissed. Damon rolled his eyes. "I'm not dumb, Damon." Eve sighed. "It all revolves around Katherine, but man it doesn't hurt dat Elena's a clone of de woman." Eve continued. "De only reason ya liked Katherine was her personality? If dat's de case, den I'm de queen of England." Eve snapped.
"Trust me, Eve, I don't like her. She's way too nice." Damon assured.
"God, dat must be like fockin' heroine to ya den." Eve snapped. "Katherine looks with a nice personality instead of a manipulative one." Eve laughed slightly.
"Are we really having this conversation?"
"Aye."
"Why not have this conversation with the guy that's dating her then?" Damon snapped. "It's all about Katherine, not Elena. The reason I came back to Mystic Falls. The reason Stefan came back to Mystic Falls." Damon muttered. "Being a literal doppelganger, we both wanted two different things. Stefan wanted to find out more about her and how she looked like Katherine, and I wanted to know how she was related and if she knew anything about getting Katherine out of the tomb." Damon suddenly snapped, annoyed that he literally just explained himself.
"And dat's it?" Eve asked, her arms folding. Damon rolled his eyes and nodded. "Ya are buyin' me coffee. I didn't get dressed fer nothin' today." Eve snapped as she walked around him towards the front door, nodding for Damon to follow. Damon turned with his eyebrows furrowed. "Ya know, dis would never have happened if ya had just told me about Elena when I first got here." Eve sassed. Damon continued to stare at her. Did she really just make the two fight because she wanted to know more about Elena?
"Why are you so dramatic?" Damon asked as he finally began walking to the door. Eve shrugged.
"If I wasn't', I don't dink we would be friends." Eve muttered.
"Would this be a bad time to say I've found four sheep?" Damon asked as he walked over to her. Despite still being upset, Eve couldn't help the smile that slipped onto her lips as Damon opened the front door and the two began walking towards his car.
"We agreed on five, Day." Eve tried to sound less upset, but it came out forced.
"Such a stickler." Damon muttered back. Eve let out a puff of a laugh. "Do you think all of our coffee dates will end up with one of us being grumpy?" Damon asked.
"I dought de first one wasn't a date." Eve muttered back.
"You look nice enough for it to be a date." Damon sassed. "I mean, your sweater has butterflies on it, Evie. You're cute." Damon smirked back at her as he walked over to the driver's side and got into his car. Damon glanced over and saw Eve roll her eyes. Damon couldn't help but smirk to himself as he saw the slight red that spread across her cheeks. The sweater was half beige and half black with the beige being on the top half with black butterflies and the bottom being black with beige butterflies. Ther skinny jeans matched the beige and her heeled boots matched the black. She was cute. She was always cute. Even with being a dramatic menace.
"Yer an idiot." Eve muttered as she sat down in the passenger's side.
"And for some reason, you still tolerate me." Damon sassed back.. He wanted to get off of this whole argument deal. Whenever Evie was in a mood, she made it known. Maybe in simple ways, but she still felt pissed.
"If I didn't, who would?" Eve sassed back. Damon let out an offended scoff, making Eve look over at him.
"You're absolutely right, which is kind of sad." Damon let out a small chuckle. "You can be mad all you want, but at the end of the day, you still have to be my friend." Damon said. "Or else I would be alone." Eve's eyebrows furrowed.
"No matter how mad you make me, Day, I don't dink I could stay mad at ya forever." Eve muttered. "Just...just give me a few hours." Eve sighed. "Maybe a few days." Eve shrugged.
"What about the sheep?" Damon asked. Eve shrugged.
"We'll see if even the sheep can get me out of me bitter mood." Eve muttered making Damon slightly pout. "Ya said it yerself, ya only have four." Eve sassed back slightly. It still sounded like it was forced. Damon had to find that fifth sheep.
The car ride was silent. Strangely, the silence wasn't as uncomfortable as Eve thought it would be. It was just silence, even with her mood being down. She was still kind of annoyed about the whole Katherine thing...and slightly the Elena thing. She was too good at arguments. Sure, she wanted to get off the subject of Katherine and find out about Elena, but she didn't expect the points that stuck out to her. Katherine and Elena were doppelgangers...and Damon surely didn't like Katherine purely for her personality. Which meant Damon must have a little bit of a crush on Elena because of her looks. And Elena was nicer than Katherine.
"Sure, Elena looks like Katherine, but I don't feel much for her." Damon said aloud, turning Eve's attention towards Damon as he drove. "With trying to find Katherine, I made her come into the tomb with me. You know, so Katherine would have some fresh blood." Damon said casually. Eve glanced over at him. "Just so you know." Damon shrugged.
"Ya don't have ta explain anythin' ta me." Eve replied back making Damon scoff.
"You had me fight with you so I told you about why I was in Mystic Falls. I don't have to explain myself, but it helps to get you off my ass." Damon sassed back. Eve stared for a moment before shrugging and nodding.
"I wouldn't have ta be on yer ass if ya would have just talked ta me and told me de whole story ta begin with." Eve sassed back. Being someone that hold grudges wasn't good. She knew Damon was trying, but she still felt grumpy about it all.
Damon parked by the grill and the two walked to the coffee shop together. Eve was still upset, but tried to ignore it. What more could she say to him? Damon was Damon, and nothing she said would ever stop him from being Damon. She didn't want to stop him from being Damon, because if he wasn't himself, he wasn't the person she had grown to love...as a friend. Eve turned her attention to her phone as the two walked into the coffee shop.
Caroline: The q&a went gr8! I m basically the most prepared. Sum girl in it had a dui and had 2 do manditory comunity survice lol as if
Eve: Lol. So have you learned the dance yet?"
Caroline: We r practicing l8r after skool. Matt has to work :/
Eve: Need a dance partner? ;)
Caroline: I askd Bonnie already, but if she drps out, u r def my nxt choice ;) x No h8, she was already in skool w/me
Eve couldn't help but laugh at it. She should pretend to be offended. But that never really works through text. Eve glanced up as she heard the familiar cashier's voice.
"The Hallmark couple is back." She smiled at the two. "Still as cute as ever, I presume." She smiled. Eve let out a slight laugh.
"Always." Eve smiled back. Damon glanced down at her. Eve glanced back up at him and shrugged.
"Bucket size, right?" The cashier smiled as she looked up towards Damon. Damon shook his head.
"Yeah, regular will still be okay." Damon muttered. "I just need the black coffee today."
"Oh, right." Eve muttered out loud as she realized she had to order now too. "De-um-"
"ChocoMocho?" Damon asked her. The name made Eve begin to giggle. Damon glanced up at the cashier and nodded.
"$9.25 for those." The cashier smiled, amused by Eve's amusement. "You two going to the Miss Mystic?" She asked as Damon pulled out his wallet and handed her a ten dollar bill and a quarter.
"Only if I give her five sheep." Damon said casually. The cashier's eyebrow rose as Eve simply nodded.
"I'm not cheap." Eve muttered making the cashier slightly shake her head and and give Damon a dollar back.
"You know, that sounds less like an actual budgeted film and more like a crack video." The cashier laughed as both Damon and Eve were confused by the term. "It's like a parody." The cashier smiled back.
"Oh no, we're old." Damon muttered down the Eve as the cashier walked away from the counter. Eve couldn't help but snort.
"Day, we've been old." Eve sassed back up to him.
"But we aren't keeping up with the hip new trends." Damon muttered. "We're old, Evie." Damon sounded more distraught than the first time, making Eve slightly nudge him. The cashier came over to the counter and handed the two their coffees.
"Well, have a good day." She smiled as the two began walking out of the shop. Eve's phone buzzed and her attention went back it it.
Caroline: o no r u mad me 4 not having u be my dance partner?
Eve: No lol, I was getting coffee.
Caroline: another date w/ him? Wut r u wearing? Something cute, i hope. Picz or its not real
Eve let out a sigh as the two walked down the street. Damon glanced down at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Come take a picture with me." Eve muttered. Damon's eyebrows furrowed. "Just do it." Eve muttered. Damon shook his head as he grabbed her phone and turned it around to the both of them. His arm wrapped around her instinctively as he took the picture, making a face as Eve couldn't help but snicker at him.
"Is that good or am I a photographer?" Damon asked as he handed the phone back to Eve. Eve looked at the picture and couldn't help but smile. Damon looked silly and Eve looked like she was laughing, which she was.
"It's okay." Eve said nonchalantly, making Damon slightly scoff.
"Why are you such a dream crusher?" Damon asked seriously. Eve raised an eyebrow at him, which made him smirk down at her. "Hey. I think coffee is the reason for our fights." Damon said as he began walking towards his car once more.
"Why is dat?" Eve asked as she caught up with him. Damon shrugged.
"It seems every time we plan on getting coffee, I bring up something I shouldn't and then it becomes about her. I just want to have coffee without having any issues, you know?" Damon asked down towards her.
"Coffee is de bane ta all evil." Eve said aloud. "Listen, Day, I'm sorry." Eve muttered as the two finally got to his car. "I should be de one suckin' up ta ya. I was kind of a dick." Eve shrugged. "Fer da right reasons, but what do I know." Eve sassed. Damon rolled his eyes at the last comment.
"Evie, I just want her to know how pissed I am. She has to know that I'm living my life now." Damon sighed. "I should have told you my intents with not killing Johnathan Gilbert in the first place instead of having you overhear it." Damon sighed. "He just kind of showed up talking about some invention from the original Johnathan Gilbert and brought of Pearl. He didn't know that Pearl was Katherine's best friend. So he doesn't know everything." Damon sighed out as the two stood in front of his car.
"I would have been just as mad, Day." Eve muttered. "Ya know how I feel about Katherine." Eve sighed. Damon's eyes slightly fell. "Day, I just want ya ta be happy. And she doesn't make ya happy. At one point, she did, but now, it's just pain." Eve sighed.
"I know, I know." Damon let out an annoyed sigh. "You're right." Damon muttered. "You're always right, Evie." Damon sighed. Eve let out an annoyed sigh before she grabbed onto one of his shoulders with her free hand and stood on his front bumper. Damon glanced up at her as Eve's lips quickly landed on his cheek.
"I am always right, and ya better not forget dat." Eve sassed as she hopped off his bumper and walked over to the passenger side of the car. Damon looked over at her as he walked over to the driver's side and opened only his door. A slight blush was on his face as he got into the car. Eve couldn't help but feel pride in making him blush. Was this how Damon always felt? It was empowering. Eve pulled on the passenger's door only to find it locked. "Oye, let me in!" Eve snapped as she hit the window. Damon cocked his head and mouthed 'What? I can't hear you?' before he started his car. "Damon!" Eve snapped as he began slowing backing the car up.
Friday
"I just don't know why ya like dis book so much Day." Eve muttered as she lay with her back on the seat of the couch and her legs up against the back of the couch. "It's just a bunch of dogs dyin' in Alaska because people are shitty with sled dogs." Eve grumbled as she continued reading Call of the Wild under Damon's begging.
"It's so much more though, Evie!" Damon exclaimed as he walked around the couch and sat down next to her. "What I don't understand is your fascination with the Wizard of Oz. " Damon sassed back as he held begrudgingly opened up said book.
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Eve corrected him. "I was 10, Day. De idea of magic was a fun idea fer a kid with a shitty family." Eve sassed back. "Now, be careful with dat. It's an original." Eve scolded making Damon roll his eyes.
"I know, I will." Damon said as he jokingly turned the pages carefully. "You know, It's kind of dark." Damon muttered, leaning against the arm of the couch.
"And de death of everyone a dog knows isn't?" Eve muttered back.
"Touche." Damon said aloud. Eve let out a huff of laughter before the two went quite, simply reading.
Eve's eyes trailed over the words in the book, but nothing was processing with her. She was too busy thinking about the Miss Mystic pageant. Tomorrow was the day, and Caroline was in a rush to try and get everything ready a day in advance. She had her dressed pressed and makeup ready. She had asked Eve to do her hair, which Eve thought was a bad idea. The two had very different hair types. Caroline had very straight hair while Eve's was curly and thick. Caroline had thick hair, but not to the century that Eve had been growing it out. But Caroline wouldn't take no for an answer. Thankfully, Caroline said she would be doing her own makeup, because she said Eve's makeup was 'basic'. Eve felt older and older every time Caroline brought up new words...which was almost everyday. Eve's phone buzzed. Eve grabbed it off the couch's arm. Speak of the Devil.
Caroline: I need ur help
Eve: What's up?
Caroline: Matt haz 2 wrk 2day. Again. And bon wont be here until 4. Cum dance w/me until 4 plz
Eve: I'm not too good at dancing though.
Caroline: dnt care. B here by 3:30
Eve stared at the text. That Matt boy won't be too good at this dance if he's never around to practice. But also shit. Eve couldn't dance. And this was important to Caroline. If she lost, the whole town would be dead.
"Damon, teach me how ta dance." Eve said abruptly rolling backwards off of the couch and landing on her feet. Damon glanced up from his book and raised an eyebrow before setting the book down.
"Eve, you haven't been able to dance in decades. You can't just learn overnight." Damon sassed. Eve scoffed as she glanced at her phone for the time.
"Okay, what about in an hour?" Eve bargained, making Damon raise an eyebrow at her with a skeptical look. Eve let out an annoyed sigh as she grabbed onto Damon's hand and pulled him off the couch. "Just a little. Caroline needs a dance partner fer her practice today, and with her havin' practiced more dan me, she won't get any use out of it." Eve puffed. Damon couldn't help but chuckle.
"Why don't I just go then?"
"Because she hates ya." Eve replied instantly making Damon nod in agreement. "Listen, if ya do dis fer me, I'll make the sheep count only four." Eve sassed as she turned and walked over to the stereo. Damon let out a scoff.
"We agreed on five. Nothing more, nothing less." Damon sassed back. "You said it yourself, 'at least five sheep.'. You were very terse about it." Damon muttered as Eve turned on the stereo, nearly jumping out of her skin as a loud rock song started playing. Eve quickly turned the volume down. "You know," Eve once more jumped as she turned around to punch Damon for being so close. "I don't think that's the song they're going to play for the dance." Damon laughed as he caught Eve's hand into his own as she tried to smack him. Damon tsked Eve as he changed the station of the stereo. "The number one rule of this dance is to not touch." Damon said seriously as he stopped on a classical music station and turned the music back up again.
"Yer de one touchin' me dough." Eve sassed. Damon glanced down at his and and quickly stepped back, looking offended. Eve couldn't help but laugh as she walked over to him
"Come on Day, ya never got ta use yer gentleman skills at yer own pageant." Eve sassed.
"You know, being mean to me surprisingly won't get you on my good side." Damon muttered as he held up his right hand. Eve looked at it. Damon let out a slight sigh. "Put your left hand up." Eve did so. "Now circle." Eve did so, trying to go to her right, only for Damon to stop her. "You're not the lead, Evie." Damon snickered as he slightly nudged her to turn the opposite way.
"But I will be today!" Eve said, dramatically budging her way right. Damon let out an annoyed huff as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her the other way.
"You want to learn." Damon stated as Eve let out a small huff of air as to not be going her way. "I'll get mixed up if I do it the opposite way. So, just for the first one, don't be a pain in the ass." Damon sassed as he let go of her waist. Damon put up his right hand again and Eve begrudgingly put up her left close to his. "Circle." Eve pondered going her way once more. "The left way." Damon sassed making Eve laugh as the two circle with their hands not touching. "Now, do the opposite hand." Damon said as he lifted his left hand up and Eve followed suit with her right hand. The two circled again, with Eve going the right way this time, with her head down looking at her feet. "You know, you're supposed to keep eye contact with your partner." Damon sassed turning Eve's attention briefly to him.
"I am not stepping on Caroline's feet." Eve stated seriously back up to him. "Can ya imagine hurtin' her feet de day before the pageant? She would kill me. I haven't survived dis long only to be taken out by a furious blonde teenager who lost a pageant." Eve sassed. Damon let out a laugh as he held up both hands.
"Okay, fine." Damon reasoned as Eve put up bother her hands. "Your left." Damon said aloud as he began to circle. Eve quickly moved her feet to catch up to him.
"Caroline was worried about dis?" Eve questioned aloud. "Dat was easy." Eve muttered as the two got to their original spots.
"I'm thinking she was more stressed about this part." Damon sassed as he placed Eve's left hand to his back and took her right. Eve couldn't help the defeated look that crossed her face as she slightly slouched.
"Caroline is focked today den." Eve muttered aloud as Damon stepped forward, making Eve step back. "If I kill her, den she won't have ta do dis." Eve muttered as Damon took a step back, slightly pulling Eve with him.
"Yeah, but then you would have wasted a week of hearing her talk about earrings." Damon sassed as he continued to lightly drag Eve around the empty space on the floor. Eve nodded as she stared down at her feet. Damon couldn't help but let out a small chuckled before picking her up and placing her feet on top of his. Eve let out an annoyed huff.
"Day, how am I supposed ta learn if ya just do dis every time we dance?" Eve sassed up to him.
"Hey, I'm sorry for wanting to be closer to you." Damon smirked back. Eve let out an annoyed laugh, ignoring the heat burning her ears. "Want me to come pick you up? Make Caroline think I'm totally in love with you?" Damon snarked. Eve rolled her eyes as the two danced around the room.
"Save de lovey dovey stuff fer Saturday. Ya can pick me up dough." Eve said. "And drive me dere."
"You don't know where the school is, do you?" Damon asked.
"Not in de slightest." Eve muttered back.
"Okay, so, remind me not to ever have you as a dance partner again." Caroline snarked as she walked Eve out of the school. Eve let out a laugh.
"I tried ta warn ya." Eve sassed. Caroline rolled her eyes playfully, if not a bit seriously as well.
As soon as Eve got to the school, Caroline was there to show her where the two would be practicing with a few of the other contestants. Caroline instantly made a comment about Damon driving her. Stefan had been there and said Elena would be late. After the first dance, Caroline asked Stefan to take over, who agreed instantly, after he got done laughing at the whole performance on Eve's half.
As the two waited outside, Eve watched as people left. Her attention caught Elena and some girl as the two made their way towards the school.
"Oh, hey Elena, Bonnie!" Caroline smiled cheerfully as the two got closer to the two. "Thank God you're here. I had the worst dance partner today." Caroline groaned as she hugged the girl. Eve let out a playful scoff. "But also a pretty good one." Caroline smiled towards Elena who's attention landed on Eve.
"Ya know, when most people trash talk others, dey wait until said person is out of earshot, Care." Eve sassed back at Caroline, making Bonnie laugh. "Hi Elena." Eve turned and wiggled her fingers at Elena who gave a 'friendly' nod back. Maybe it was because she was a vampire. What a vamphobe.
"Oh shoot, Bonnie, this is Eve, Eve, this is Bonnie." Caroline smiled, ignoring Eve's statement and introducing the two. Bonnie looked close to Eve's height. Short people squad. Bonnie smiled and extended her hand towards Eve.
"Nice to meet you." Bonnie smiled as Eve shook her hand. Bonnie quickly pulled her hand back. Eve raised an eyebrow at the sudden action, as did Caroline.
"I must have a shockin' personality." Eve laughed lightly as Bonnie forced a smile back at her. Tension filled the air between the four. A honk turned the four's attention to the road where Damon was in his car. He wiggled his fingers at the girls. A darker feeling filled the air now, mostly coming from Bonnie.
"Oookay, let's go in!" Caroline said quickly, trying to get rid of the tension. "Stefan's inside waiting for you. He was the good dance partner." Caroline sassed as she started walking back towards the school, once again dissing Eve's dance skills. "Okay, I'll text you the detz for tomorrow!" Caroline smiled cheerfully at Eve before turning her attention back to walking into the school. Bonnie and Elena stared at Eve for a little longer before looking at each other and turning to follow Caroline. Eve turned and walked over to Damon's car.
"Well dat was-" Eve got out before Damon quickly interrupted her.
"Shh." Eve raised an eyebrow before Damon pointed towards his ear. Eve glanced back at the trio as they entered the school and focused in on their conversation. Caroline's voice kept chatting, but Elena and Bonnie's voice were in whispers.
"Bonnie, I am so sorry. I know you're mad at Stefan, but trust me, I didn't know about this." Elena whispered.
"Caroline mentioned her to me, but I didn't know she was a vampire." Bonnie hissed. "A vampire that seems to be in cahoots with Damon."
"I know, I know, but trust me, I had no idea." Elena assured.
"We need to get Care away from her. She's dangerous. Anyone who hangs out with Damon on their own shouldn't be allowed to hang out with Caroline." Bonnie snapped.
"I don't know much about her. All I know is that Stefan called her down after the whole…." Elena cut off. "Listen, we don't have to talk about this now." Elena said gently back.
"Later." Bonnie snapped.
"Guys, come on, we have to start!" Caroline snapped as classical music filled Damon and Eve's ears.
"Man, dey don't like me." Eve muttered back to Damon as he started the car.
"It's because you like me." Damon muttered lowly. "May want to buddy up with Caroline while you still can with the Bennett witch back in the picture." Damon stated as he began driving back to the boarding house. Eve blinked. She had totally forgotten about Bonnie being a witch. She had honestly forgotten about Bonnie all together. Caroline was on a mission to the crown and didn't talk about anything that didn't revolve around that.
"I haven't even done anythin' ta hurt anyone here." Eve snapped back. "Okay, sure, drinking innocent people's blood, but I kept dem alive." Eve snapped again, becoming more and more annoyed at the thought of being disliked simply because of Damon. Caroline hated Damon, and yet Caroline was still friends with Eve.
"Maybe I shouldn't have picked you up." Damon muttered lowly. Eve shook her head.
"She knew. She shook me hand." Eve sighed. "She shook me hand and got dis look. Like I had just killed her family." Eve muttered.
"Well, technically." Damon shrugged, trying to be playful but it came off as forced. "Her grandma died because of me." Damon said. Eve rolled her eyes.
"Damon, ya have killed a lot more significant people den a grandma." Eve snapped. "Ya always joke about de 60's with me, but ya didn't have de cleanest hands den either." Eve sassed. Damon slightly tensed. "Didn't ya kill an entire family?" Eve questioned.
"Didn't you kill an entire Spartan army?" Damon sassed.
"At least. I told ya I didn't keep count." Eve sassed back.
As Damon drove into the boarding house's driveway, Eve's attention turned back towards him. He looked upset. Eve sighed as Damon parked the car.
"Damon. Ya may have killed her grandma, but I don't dink ya meant it by de way yer actin'." Eve said making Damon's eyes fall. "Damon." Eve said turning her body towards his before gently turning his head with her hand. "Did you snap her neck?" Eve asked as Damon tried to turn his head, only for Eve to cup his face in her hands and turn it towards hers once more. "Drain her of blood? Push her off a cliff?" Eve asked as Damon's eyes kept looking down.
"It was because of me though." Damon muttered.
"But not with her physical hands?" Eve asked. Damon rolled his eyes before looking back up to her, trying to protest. "No? Den ya didn't kill her yerself. Maybe because of ya, but not fully because of ya." Eve sassed. "Damon, if ya don't stop poutin', I'll have ta keep ya like dis all day." Eve sassed. Damon glanced up at her with a mischievous look.
"I could think of better places you could keep me any way all day." Damon smirked. Eve let go of his face and smushed it before getting out of the car.
Satruday
Eve woke up to the sound of her alarm clock beeping loudly. A groan left her throat as she forced herself to get up. She had promised Caroline that she would do her hair for Miss Mystic. The difference was that Caroline didn't have to be dressed and ready to go as soon as she got the the Founder's Hall. Eve rolled herself out of bed and went to her bathroom to get ready.
It had been a few days since Damon and her mini fight. She was basically over it. It still upset her, but only when she thought about it, which was why she wasn't thinking about it. Now she was thinking about how Elena and Bonnie were going to take her down in some way. And how they sort of threatened her friendship with Caroline. It had been decades since Eve had had a girlfriend. And it had been over a century since she was friends with someone who didn't know about vampires. Though back then, she herself was a human and didn't know about vampiress, but that was beside the point. The thing she was more upset with now was that Damon hadn't asked her to the pageant again. Not even as a joke.
Eve shook her head as she focused on braiding the top of her hair, pulling the remaining hair into a bun. After she was satisfied with her curly hair, she began doing her makeup. A simple royal blue eyeshadow with a slight smokey eye near the edges and blue underneath her eyelids with eyeliner and a short wing. Caroline would have been impressed, seeing as she thought the only makeup Eve could do was 'basic'. She quickly swiped on a nude lipstick before she got up and went back into her bedroom.
Eve walked over to her closet and pulled out the dress Caroline had picked out for her. It was a long dress with a white sequin design across the chest that had strands spread out, going down the dress slightly. Thankfully, there top, with its sequin glory, had a see-through top part so that there would be sleeves. Eve slipped on the dress backwards to zip herself up before wiggling her way around to the front and zipping the rest up. Eve turned back to her bathroom to see herself.
Caroline was right. She looked hot. The dress was tight fitting around the top, but very flowy near the bottom. It was a long though. Eve couldn't even see her own feet. Eve walked back out to her bedroom and grabbed the heels Caroline had made her buy. The heels were five inches with a similar white sequin design as her dress. Eve sat on her bed and pulled the heels on. Her attention suddenly went to her pillows. On top of one of them was a...sheep?
A little sheep plushie was sitting on her pillow. Eve nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard something hit her window. Eve quickly walked over to it and pulled back the curtains. Eve looked down to see Damon tossing large rocks in a suit. Behind him were four sheep. Eve opened her window.
"Damon Salvatore, what de fock!" Eve called down to him as she leaned out her window and couldn't help the laugh that left her mouth..
"Oh, fancy seeing you here!" Damon called back up to her casually. "I know it's a bit early, but will you go to this stupid Miss Mystic Pageant with me now?" Damon asked loudly. Eve's heart began to pound in her chest.
"I only count four sheep, Salvatore." Eve sassed down to him, not helping the smile that slipped onto her lips.
"Did you see the one on your pillow? Because I'm counting that as five." Damon sassed back up at her. "Are you going to go with me or not?" Damon asked. Eve couldn't help but laugh as she pulled her head back into her room and shut the window and curtains. She flittered outside. "Well, that was kind of rude, huh." Eve heard a she flittered in front of Damon talking to one of the sheep.
"Dis is de most ridiculous ding I've ever seen in me life." Eve laughed as she leaned down and pet the sheep that Damon had been talking to, ignoring the look Damon was giving her. "How did ya even pull dis shit off?" Eve asked as the sheep turned its attention to the grass beside him. Eve glanced up at Damon, only to see him blink and take a slight breath in
"I'm a really compelling guy." Damon breathed out. "So, are you going to go with me or not?" Damon sassed, as he folded his arms. Eve stood up and couldn't even fake a serious face.
"I guess." Eve tried to say seriously, but ended up smiling through it. "Ya are so dramatic." Eve laughed as she looked at one of the sheep again.
"I mean, an 'I guess' is better than 'try again'." Damon shrugged. "You-uh-you look nice." Damon sputtered out. Eve turned back towards Damon.
"So do ya!" Eve exclaimed as she walked closer to him and slightly tugged on his tie. "Proper gentleman." Eve stated as she pulled a curly white hair from his side. "With a side of wool." Eve sassed as she flicked the hair away from them.
"Okay Sam, you can come out now and take your sheep back." Damon called out. An old farmer came out from around the house with a big truck before getting out and calling his sheep. "A proper gentleman compels old farmers to bring four sheep to a house in the outskirts of town." Damon muttered out making Eve snicker. "Sheep are kind of creepy looking." Damon said aloud as he watched the four sheep walk over to the farmer without protest. Eve couldn't help but laugh at the comment and the whole ordeal. Damon raised an eyebrow at her as if she was crazy for finding any of this amusing.
"It's de eyes." Eve laughed aloud. "I shouldn't be as surprised as I am." Eve said as Damon started nudging her towards the house. "Are ya cold?" Eve asked as Damon kept nudging her.
"What? No, of course not, I'm a walking heater." Damon sassed back, slightly shivering. Eve rolled her eyes as she curled up next to him.
"What a gentleman." Damon coed back. Eve only then noticed his racing heartbeat. Eve glanced up at Damon as the two started walking back to the house. But Damon simply stared ahead of him. Maybe he was afraid of sheep. Strange, coming from a vampire who could easily massacre a whole town.
Damon sat on the couch in the living room replaying the whole sheep scenario in his head. Jesus, she was beautiful. But also kind of an idiot. It was early, true, but she didn't even make fun of how he stuttered to say she looked nice. Nice. Damon let out an annoyed sigh as he slouched back into the couch. Out of all the synonyms he could have used. N i c e . Ravishing, marvelous, gorgeous, dazzling, cute, hot, beautiful. Now all he could think of were synonyms for stupid.
"I thought you'd have left by now." Damon's attention turned towards Stefan in black suit with a dark purple undershirt. Even his clothes were getting darker.
"Nope! Thought we could carpool." Damon said cheerfully as he pushed himself off the couch. Stefan stared at him. "What?"
"Thought you were going with Eve." Stefan said, his arms crossing.
"Oh, I am, but she had to leave early." Damon shrugged. "So I thought, why not spend some time with my baby brother?" Damon asked. Stefan rolled his eyes. "Is it such a crazy thought that I want to hang out with you?" Damon questioned.
"Yes." Stefan muttered. Damon let out a scoff.
"I thought we could carpool and save the environment, Stef. Or do you not care about that now that you don't have to go into the woods and hunt Thumper and his pal Bambi?" Damon sassed, his own arms crossing to match his brothers. Stefan remained silent for a second.
"Listen, I'm fine. I don't need you babysitting me." Stefan snapped..
"Gettin' a bit snippy there, brother, did you have you fill of blood today?" Damon snapped back. Stefan rolled his eyes with an annoyed smile.
"I'm fine." Stefan muttered. "If we're going together, let's get going." Stefan muttered as he started making his way towards the front door.
"Someone who's fine shouldn't have to say it multiple times a day, brother." Damon sassed as he followed behind.
"I don't need you nagging me." Stefan snapped back at Damon. "We're taking my car." Stefan grumbled as he began walking over to his red 1963 Porsche. Damon let out a sigh as he followed. If not him, who else could nag him. Stefan was becoming more and more on edge. Maybe it was time to tell Elena. "Who is that?" Stefan asked aloud as he got to the driver's side of his car. Damon glanced up towards where Stefan was staring. The old farmer was just shutting the back of his trailer and walking to his truck. Damon couldn't help but begin to laugh. "Damon, who is that?" Stefan snapped, glaring at the old man.
"Relax, Stefan. He's a sheep farmer." Damon couldn't help but snicker out. Stefan glared over at Damon now. "Don't you worry your pretty little hero hair off, Stef. You wouldn't look good bald." Damon sassed as he got into the passenger's side. As Stefan got into the driver's side, he still looked annoyed. "Jesus, Stef, it was a joke on Eve to make her go to this pageant with her." Damon puffed out.
"You hadn't asked her until today?" Stefan asked, slightly baffled as he started the car.
"Well, not technically. I asked her Monday, and she shot me down."
"I bet your ego is still recovering." Stefan sassed. Damon let out a slight laugh.
"Yeah, it is." Damon said slightly staring out the window. Stefan looked over at Damon before he began driving to the Founders Hall. Damon raised an eyebrow back at him. Stefan glanced over and shrugged.
"Finally going after her?" Stefan asked. Damon looked over at him, slightly puzzled. Stefan let out a slight scoff. "Don't give me that look. If it hadn't been for Katherine, you and her would have been together by now, at least once." Stefan muttered. Damon rolled his eyes.
"Not everything is because of Katherine." Damon muttered back. Stefan muttered 'mhm' back. It wasn't because of Katherine. It couldn't have been. "I mean, I know I spent a lot of time trying to get her out of the tomb, but she has nothing to do with me and Evie." Damon sassed back.
"Yeah okay."
"She's not!" Damon grumbled back. "It's just a bunch of wrong place, wrong time, kind of situation." Damon insisted. "She's her own person, and if she really wanted to be with me, she wouldn't beat around the bush." He shrugged. Stefan looked back at him with his eyebrow raised. Damon let out an annoyed sigh. "As if you know anything about her." Damon snapped, suddenly annoyed that Stefan assume anything about Eve. The two weren't really friends. And the times they did talk, it sounded like one of them was a dick to the other and caused issues between them.
"We hung out in the 50's." Stefan shrugged. "She was with some Allen guy and she seemed pretty codependent with him." Stefan sassed.
"Aidan." Damon corrected. "She was with him for over 30 years, I think at some point, you become a little codependent. But that was with him. It's been like 50 years since he...passed." Damon shrugged, feeling uncomfortable talking about this with Stefan...with anyone really.
"Oh right, wasn't he murdered?" Stefan asked casually making Damon slightly tense.
"He was, but I wouldn't bring it up with Eve with such a casual tone, let alone, ever." Damon muttered. Stefan shrugged.
"It could make a good bonding experience for the two of you." Stefan shrugged.
"Don't." Damon snapped.
"You could talk about how Katherine broke your heart multiple times and she could talk about her past with a murdered boyfriend." Stefan almost laughed. Damon glared over at him. "I'm kidding." Stefan muttered, glancing over at Damon. Stefan rolled his eyes as Damon continued to glare at his brother, who started looking for a parking spot. Damon remained silent. Elena was learning about his little brother's blood habits today. Eve said it best. Stefan on human blood turned him into a 'dickhead times a billion'.
Remember how I said we were close to Miss Mystic. Lol. Next Chapter, I swear. What if I just skipped it. I won't but wouldn't that be such a dick move. Can you imagine. I'm cackling at the idea. Anyway! I hope you all enjoy! Once again, I will go more into more of Eve's backstory (Aidan) when the time is right. But for now, Aidan is a whisper of different time. Stick around and you'll get more teasers!
I know this story was on a hiatus (for literally a year I know I'm trash), but thank you Calllisto for commenting! 2 weeks ain't too bad of a waiting time, right?
Anyway, I hope everyone is enjoying!
-Nebula