4|Family Ties
I wake up and walk down the stairs, through the living room and into the kitchen to see Elena and Aunt Jenna. The TV News was on and Jenna seems to hate it more than ever because of her own words.
"Scum ball. Scum bucket." I grabbed orange juice from the fridge and Elena came inside, and I had questionable look on her face.
"Who are you talking to?" Elena had a look on her face and was behind Jenna.
"Him." I grin and sit down on a chair with my orange juice in a cup. Jenna hinted to the TV Guy and I just silently drink my orange juice.
"The news guy?"
"Also known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your Mom's ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Me and Elena almost bust out laughing and Elena looks back at the TV, grinning walking over to the table.
"Oh, no way. You and him? He's cute."
"He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him," Jenna glares at the TV and turns it off,"What are you doing with that?" My eyes turns to Elena and a box on the table.
"I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it.....to the founder's council for their heritage display." Elena was cleaning one of the stuff and I frown a little bit and look at my cup, half way empty.
"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna picks it up and I smile a little, looking at it.
"Mother used to tell me stories about that ring and how much you wanted it Aunt Jenna as a girl."
"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring."
Jermey came in the kitchen and kisses the top of my head and then digs in the box across from me and looks at the pocket watch.
"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" Elena snatched the pocket watch from Jermey and places it back in the box.
"You're not gonna find out." Jermey seemed slightly annoyed and goes towards the fridge.
"That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away."
"I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy," The doorbell rings and Elena looks at me,"Can you continue to polish them? Mrs. Lockwood expects me to give it to her when I'm done. Thanks!" Elena gets up and walks to the door.
I shrug my shoulders and sit where Elena was sitting and polish the things that were inside the box. Jermey sits next to me, watching me carefully. Aunt Jenna was making some breakfast for everyone.
"Jermey what? I'm just polishing some things, stop staring at me like that."
"I'm sure you are just perfectly fine with Elena doing all this. It belongs to your Aunt and Uncle too! You can't be okay with this."
"Jermey it's just a loan. We'll get it back as soon as possible and place it back in the deposit to keep it safe."
Aunt Jenna sets the breakfast in front of me and I shake my head, smiling properly.
"No thank you Jenna. I'm not hungry that much anymore, but Jermey can have it. Well I'm done with the box." I held the box and walked upstairs to the bedroom. Elena and Stefan were talking about the party while I placed the box on the top of Elena's drawer. Elena pats a seat for me to sit next to her and I sit down, smiling warmly at Stefan.
"How about tomorrow night? Will you be my date to the Founder's Party?" Elena smiles and Stefan looks at her.
"They still do that?" He places one of his shoes back on. Hmmm, you naughty naughty kids. If I had known any better well let's just say that the condom I happened to supply them with is still on Elena's bed stand and untouched.
"Have you been before?"
"No, the Salvatores don't get invited anymore."
"Well, this year, there's this heritage project that meant a lot to my mom. She was really involved in the founder's council, and it was her favorite party. I know it sounds really boring, but—"
"I would be honored to accompany you, Miss Gilbert."
"The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Salvatore. But Lyanna here doesn't have a date and I was wondering if maybe, just maybe, Damon could take her?" Stefan paused and looks at me. It's time to work my magic on not having a date.
"Elena, really I'm fine going alone. I said I'd go to the next party or thing just to know people. Please. Stefan I'm sure Damon is great but I don't want to be his date, I'm fine being a third wheel. Please." Elena nods her head and Stefan smiles.
"I have to go, but I'll see you two at school?" We nods our head at the same time and Stefan kisses Elena, right in front of me, eew. Get a room kiddos! Oh wait....they are in a room. Well in that case....
After he left, Elena looks at me and goes to her closet, pulling out a white medium size box and places it on the bed. I looked at her and gasps when she revealed a dress inside it. My Mother's dress when she went on her first date with my Dad and it was a Ball thing that she was invited to.
"Ho-how did you...?" Elena smiles and hands me the box.
"I saw it in the basement and figured you'd want something to wear to this Founders Party, you are a Gilbert after all." I hugged Elena and smile.
The dress was a beautiful color of pink and the fabric work was incredible. Flowers attached to most part of the dress and the back was showing covered from below the waist to the butt area.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh my god and I thought my sketch book was the only thing I had left of her." I noticed a necklace around Elena's neck and smile.
"Well, well, well, now where did you get that beautiful necklace?" Elena touched it and smiles.
"Stefan gave it to me yesterday, for good luck charm." I smile and smell it.
"That's some good herbs, it smells really good."
Elena smiles more and walks over to her drawer and gently takes the box, as the bell door rings again for the second time, only Jermey beat us to the door. He sees it's Tyler and tries to close the door but Tyler holds it open, I came to Jermey's side and studied Tyler. Something about him seemed off.
"I'm here for my mom. I was supposed to pick up a box of stuff." Elena came in time just to save these two from emerging into a fight at my door.
"Right here. Please be careful." Elena hands Tyler the box and Jermey couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"Yeah, be careful with it, dick." I slapped Jermey on the arm and Elena looked between them both with pleading eyes.
"Hey! Not now, okay, guys? Please?"
"I'm fine. He's just being a punk."
"Don't call him a punk you asshat!" I shouted in Tyler's face.
"I got your punk." I looked at Jermey and slapped him again on his arm.
"Jermey! Look, Tyler, maybe you should go. Tell your Mom that I'll see her tonight."
Elena and I go into the kitchen and sit in comfortable silence. That was until Bonnie came in the house and smiled at us. She always does this hair and nails thing before a party or date. I sat in silence and looked at Bonnie taking out her things.
"Delicate flower vs. naughty vixen."
"Tough call. Can we mix them?"
"Look at you, getting all pretty for your date. You seem happy-ish."
"I am...ish. Tonight's going to be a good night. But don't let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to tell me as soon as you walked in the door."
Bonnie takes out nail polish and Elena held out her hands.
"What if I tell you in the morning? I don't want to ruin the night."
"Bonnie, out with it."
"Okay, but it has to go in the vault, because Caroline will kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed. Apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story."
"Uh-huh."
"Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?"
"I know that they both dated her and that's why they have issues."
"Yeah, they both dated her, only she chose Damon. And that drove Stefan mad, so he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon."
"That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's."
"I just wanted you to know."
"Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business."
"Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That is your business."
"Stefan is none of those things."
"Yeah? How do you know?"
Elena looked like she was going to respond but nothing came out of her mouth. It's true, Elena had just known the guy for a few months now but we couldn't learn anything about him. He just shuts off that part about his family or pass relationships. Elena was in deep though after that, Bonnie smiled at me and looked at Elena's nails.
"And what about you? Anyone that sparkled your life since you got here in Mystics Falls?" I looked at Bonnie and shrug my shoulders.
"No, not really. I'm going single pringle to this thing. Not that I'm going to enjoy it or anything." Bonnie smiles and looks at me.
"You just need to meet some guys. I'm going alone, care to accompany me?"
I nod my head and smile at Bonnie. Once they were done with their nails, we had gone into Elena's room and started putting on make up on our faces. Talking, Laughing, and having Fun until Elena gets a call. I walked to the door of the bathroom and listened to Elena's conversation, as her facial expressions changed.
"Hello? Hi, Mrs. Lockwood. What do you mean? It is? Are you sure? 'Cause I saw it. Let me check. Mm-hmm. I will find it and bring it. Ok. Bye." Elena stood up and placed the phone on her bed and walks past me and Bonnie.
"What's wrong?" I shrug my shoulder and follow Elena into Jermey's room.
"The one you stole from mom's box. Look, Mrs. Lockwood just called me, freaking out. It was on the list, Jeremy. And she can't find it, and she thinks she's the one who lost it." Uh-Oh, I smell trouble.
"Maybe she did. Maybe Tyler took it."
"Don't even play that card. Jeremy, you took it. If I go online, am I going to find it on eBay? Is that how you pay for your pot?" Elena squint her eyes and Jermey looked like he could kill.
"Screw you," Jeremy gets up and gets the pocket watch,"I would never sell this, ok?"
"Then why did you take it?"
"Because it's supposed to be mine. Dad said it goes to the firstborn son. His father gave it to him, and now what?" He slams it in Elena's hand. I looked at him sadly and Elena had a guilt look on her face.
"And he was going to give it to you."
"Yeah." Jermey is annoyed now and I couldn't help but stay in his bedroom when Elena almost left but turn turns around and looked at Jermey.
"Look, Jeremy, it's still yours, okay? Mom promised Mrs. Lockwood. What do you want me to do?"
"Just take it and get out."
The two looked at each other angrily and Elena left, leaving Lyanna and Jermey alone together. Once Jermey saw Elena left he goes over to me and starts to cry on my shoulder. I cradle him and play with his hair, feeling his pain.
"Oh Jer, it'll be alright. You'll be alright. God I'm so so sorry, I wish you didn't have to feel this pain. You'll get it back, ok? You just need to communicate with Elena more, that's all. Yeah?" Jermey nods his head and I get up,"I have to get ready for the party. I'll see you afterwards hopefully."
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Before we left, Elena took the pocket watch and went into Jermey's bedroom. I smile and looks at myself in the reflection. My hair was braided and brought up like a crown on my head. Elena came behind me and smiles.
"We're quite the Gilbert looking girls aren't we?" I smiled and nod my head.
"Yes, but you look rather beautiful yourself. But this dress, God, I cannot thank you a million times over Elena."
"Your welcome. Now Stefan and Bonnie are here. Shall we?" I laugh and grab my clutch off from the bed.
"We shall."
We meet up with Stefan and Bonnie downstairs outside the porch. It was rather beautiful drive as we all carpooled together. Elena and Stefan was ahead of me and Bonnie. I was behind them as Bonnie wandered around. We entered the resident of the Lockwood's and I faked a smile to Mrs. Lockwood and nod my head, following Elena.
We reached a place where our parents wedding bands where on display and I couldn't help but stare at my Mother's. Stefan came behind us and he stood next to Elena, looking at her parents wedding bands.
"Your parents?" Elena nods her head and sighs.
"There's a lot of history here."
Their hands found a way to each other and entangled it together. I walked to the first registry and started to read it out loud.
""The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration." Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names—Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan Salvatore?" I looked over at Stefan and Elena with a confused look on my face.
"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually." We turned to see Damon and Caroline. Stefan grew protective of me and Elena pretty quickly. I could see Stefan stiffing.
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stefan and Damon looked into each other's eyes and it seemed like a battle was going on inside there.
"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family." Elena smile and I look at Damon who was wearing a grin, while looking at me.
"Well, I'm bored. I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me." I glared at Caroline and sigh. She really can't be appreciative of what she got, can she?
"Mm-hmm."
"Could I just borrow your date?" Bitch, you got one.
"Oh, uh..." Well this is awkward as it can get....
"I don't really dance." Stefan protested and Damon grins before letting his tongue on the loose.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him. Waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all." Damon was seriously giving me a bad vibe now.
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?"
"It's up to Stefan."
"Well sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer."
Caroline took Stefan's hand and left me and Elena alone with Damon.
"I want to apologize to you for being such a world-class jerk the other night when I tried to kiss you. There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm...Acting out, trying to punish Stefan." He tried to kiss Elena?! Ooooh just say the word Elena, just say it! I really want to kill him badly, just say the word Elena!
"For what?"
"It's all in the past. I don't even want to bring it up. Let's just say that the men in the Salvatore family have been cursed with sibling rivalry. And it all started with the original Salvatore brothers."
"The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here—"
"The Battle of Willow Creek." I replied cutting him off, Damon looked at me amused and I kept on talking," I know, we talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside."
"What the history books left out....was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive. Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." Shivers ran down my body and I looked at Damon. Elena left since she couldn't take it anymore because of Damon's weird vibe.
"Who was in the church that they wanted to save?"
" A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?" I gasp inside and looked at Damon.
"Look, I'm sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you, but I can't get in the middle of it, Damon. Stefan and Elena....they're really happy now and I just...I hope you two can work it out."
"I hope so, too."
I left Damon inside the room and my breaths were shaky. Very very shaky. Everything kept chanting I'm in my head all over again. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman? What is Damon up to? Is there something he isn't telling me? Why do I get a strange weird vibe from him? I shake the questions out of my head.
Damon walks with me back outside to Elena and Stefan. Caroline looks at me like I did something with Damon or something. Elena smiles at me and I sigh.
"What'd we miss?"
"We were just chatting. Drink, Damon?" Stefan offers Damon but I could tell there's a bit of a rocky tension between these two now, as their eyes were battling one another like earlier inside.
"No, thanks, I'll pass." After this weird tension, Elena looks at Stefan with a smile on her face.
"Stefan, do you have another dance in you?"
"Absolutely." Stefan takes Elena out to the dance floor and I smile.
"They look so cute together."
"Don't talk, please."
"I-I'll be inside. It's getting quite chilly out here." As I was going to move, Damon grabs my arm and I look at him,"Damon, Damon let me go!" Stefan who was dancing with Elena, sees this happening. Elena and Stefan came to me and Stefan eyed his level with Damon.
"Let her go Damon, let her go or I swear I'll hurt you in so many ways that you will not be able to imagine."
Damon releases my arm and Elena takes me inside the house. We find an ice cream bowl that's big enough for three people and go find Bonnie.
We found Bonnie and now sitting on the floor, eating the ice cream that was half way melting and talking about our problems tonight.
"This is my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter."
"It's not your fault. I just—I feel terrible because I said that I wouldn't get in the middle of it, and then that's exactly what I did. I got all snotty." Can't blame me, they're brothers they should be able to work it out for God Sake!
"Elena, honey, there you are. I notice the watch still isn't in the collection."
"Oh, um, I'm sorry, Mrs. Lockwood. I, um, I couldn't find it. I guess it's still packed up in my parents' stuff somewhere."
"I see. Well, please let me know if you do find it."
"OK." Elena was clearly bothered by Mrs. Lockwood's request for the pocket watch. What could be so important about it, that she has to act like a bitch to receive it? And why is she such a moody bitch? I wonder if someone just dropped her as a baby or a toddler cuz that'll explain some of the brain damage and her annoying ass tongue.
After the Lockwood bitch left we continued to eat the ice cream and talk, about boys this time. Isn't this what you always do anyways? Complain about boys, gossip, and eat junk food?
"What's going on between you and Damon?" Elena asks and I look at her shocked.
"Nothing, nothing at all Elena! I told you I'm not interested in anyone anytime soon." Bonnie looks at Elena and back at the almost empty bowl of ice cream. Elena nods her head and I sigh,"I couldn't even get anyone to dance with me. See, there's no point in dating me when you can't even get a dance."
"Lyanna, lets go use the girls restroom. Bonnie we'll meet you for a ride later." Elena gets up and Lyanna walks to the powder room, seeing Caroline inside.
"Hey."
"Hey. So how are things with Stefan?" Snob much Caroline? But of course Elena was polite.
"Great. Just great."
"Really? Well, my radar must be off, 'cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes..." I looked at Caroline's neck and sees something.
"What is that?"
"Hmm?" I try to lift her scarf up but Caroline pulls it back down,"Don't!" I lift her scarf up and sees a bad bite mark.
"Oh god, Caroline, what happened?"
"Nothing, okay?!"
"That is not nothing! Did somebody hurt you?"
"No, okay, nothing. It just...My mom would kill me."
I pull down her shawl and sees another bite mark on her back, that was grabbing Elena's attention.
"Did Damon hurt you?" Oh great Elena, just brilliant. Assume Damon did this and just make sure he's founded guilty. But I couldn't help but get mad and not because she was being abused or mistreated but because no one should have to go through with this.
"No! Of course not! Just leave me alone. Okay, Elena, Lyanna?!"
I walk outside and see Damon. I pushed him, grabbing his attention and said something that happened to just kick inside me.
"There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Caroline or I will go straight to her mother, the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her you asshole!" Damon was shocked to see me all up in rage and I left, to outside the house and looked back on it.
This terrified me a lot. What kind of monster is he? Why is he doing this? And what does he gain out of all this? More importantly, who is he?
All I know is that I'm happy to be heading home with Elena and Aunt Jenna. I didn't want to think or speak of Damon Salvatore ever again. May he rot in hell.
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Uh-Oh I smell troubleeeeeeee! Oooohhh Damon, your in big trouble you baddie 😜.
So basically Lyanna is more confident in this chapter and I'll mention it now if I haven't mentioned it earlier that Lyanna and Damon are on a hate and like kind of friendship. It's not really a friendship just someone they both know. Their romance won't be brewing up anytime soon and yes I'll keep torturing y'all with the romance because that's how I like my characters to be.
Also in this book I've decided to have Damon kind of liking Elena but not like in love with her. I'll also warn you now if I haven't warned you before that this book will be a combination of the book series and the TV Show. I don't want it to be all like the TV Show because that's not how I planned it to be. Also, I've been receiving questions about if Lyanna is a doppelgänger or if she's related to Katherine, the answer is: you have to wait till season 2 maybe season 3 for those answers.
(Keep notifications on for the second chapter that'll be published tomorrow when I rise up from my sleepy grave! Joking joking, it's supposed to be a pun for vampires. I'm not very good with puns for vampires🤷🏻♀️)
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