Anomaly [ELIJAH MIKAELSON] [1] [COMPLETED]

V - DADDY ISSUES

   "Well, I got in late last night." The Gilbert man shrugged. "Elena let me in."

   "You know, I'm uh, probably just gonna take off." Alaric piped after a moment, exchanging a look with the twins for a moment, before letting himself out.

   "I'm still confused here." Jenna said.

   "I decided to come back and stay for a while." John informed her simply.

   Jenna quickly shook her head. "Not here, you're not."

   "Actually, you can't stop me from living here."

   "Actually I can, as legal guardian."

   At that, the sister's exchanged a look, knowing exactly what John was about to do. And instantly, both of them had the same feeling of guilt building up inside of them, along with anger toward the man stood beside them. 

   There was a hint of cockiness to John's voice as he spoke, looking at the twins expectantly. "Yeah, about that...um, Elena, Audrey, you want me to explain the situation, or would you like to do the honours?"

   Jenna looked between the three of them, clearly confused and frustrated. "Okay, what's going on?" She snapped impatiently.

   Elena sighed, looking down for a moment before back up at their aunt, the guilt clear in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Jenna. We should have told you earlier, but--"

   "I'm Elena and Audrey's biological father." John cut her off bluntly. "There, now you know." With that, he put his cup down and walked out, leaving the three women alone in the kitchen.

   "What?!"

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     Audrey was mad.

   At this point, mad felt like an understatement. After John's abrupt announcement to Jenna, he'd left for the day, and Jenna was gone not long after him. It wasn't hard to tell she was hurt, now she knew Elena and Audrey had kept this a secret from her, and the way she found out had only made it worse. Upon hearing why John was back in town, was what had truly made Audrey lose her temper. 

   Apparently, Stefan had spent yesterday trying to track down Isobel, after Katherine told him she might have answers on Klaus. His search had led them him to John, who apparently had information that could help them, but he had yet to tell them anything. Stefan had done this despite Elena asking him not to, and despite her worries of what it could mean for the deal with Elijah. A deal Audrey had a lot more faith in than John Gilbert, who was not known for being a bastion of truth.

   "Where's John?" Damon asked as Elena let him in, immediately looking around the man in question. 

   "He's not here, he left." Elena informed him. "We don't know where he went. He just blew in, announced to Jenna that he's our dad, and then took off."

   Damon pulled a face at that. "That's public knowledge now?"

   "Apparently." Audrey muttered. 

   His blue eyes glanced between the twins. "Are you two okay?"

   "Yeah." Elena sighed, taking a sip of her coffee. "Jenna's head is spinning, but we're okay."

   "She's okay." Audrey corrected her sister. "I still debating putting his suitcase in yard and throwing a match on it."

   "Huh. So much anger in such a little person." The Salvatore mused, to which Audrey just flipped him off. "He said what he was doing here?"