Call it fate
Chapter 3: The dinner
A/N: A little heads up: scenes that occur in here, are actually from Season 1, and with Jenna, but I figured that those scenes were perfect for right now, so please bare that in mind. Also, I don't own anything except for my OC. Any grammatical mistakes are all mine.
After her argument with Elena, she walked up the stairs and into her room. She walked over to her bag that was laying on her bed, and took out a blueish jumper and black jeans and let her hair hang loose. She thought back to her fight with Elena, she was right. Maybe she shouldn't have left. She wasn't the only one who had trouble dealing with the death of their parents. But then again, everyone has their own way of grieving, don't they?
Alisha turned the music on, and started dancing. She needed to relieve some of the emotions that were bottled up inside. She always did that, turning on the music, freeing herself from whatever kind of emotion that was controlling her. After a while she turned the music off and fell down on her bed, stared at the ceiling and closed her eyes. Thinking about how life turned out. It seemed like she couldn't escape the town where she obviously belonged.
Alisha sighed and looked at the clock, it was only a quarter past five in the afternoon. Suddenly the doorbell rang, “I'll get it!” Alisha called to Jeremy's room and walked down the stairs.
When she opened the front door, she was surprised to see Damon standing there, holding a big smile on his face. “Damon? What are you doing here? Dinner isn't ready yet.” Alisha said surprised, and moved aside when Damon walked in. “I know, I decided to help.” He said and walked nonchalantly to the kitchen, Alisha following soon after.
“What's for dinner?” He asked and Alisha slowed down her pace, boiling some water and grabbed a cup and teabag before answering. “I was thinking about making home made tomato soup.” She said and poured some water into the cup and turned around so she could look at Damon, who smiled. “Tomato soup it is, where are the tomatoes?” Alisha nodded her head to the fridge behind her and she felt him brushing slightly against her in order to reach the refrigerator.
Alisha moved to the counter top and sat on it. Her eyes followed Damon's movements, him looking around for a knife and a cutting board. After a while he found it and put it on the counter top on Alisha's right. He started cutting and after having stared for a while, Alisha decided to break the silence. “So, how about you? Are you dating anyone?” Damon smirked and looked at her, “Why? Are you interested?” He asked smugly and Alisha rolled her eyes. “I didn't mean it like that. Just curious, seeing as my sister is dating your brother.” Damon nodded and looked down at the tomatoes, shoving the cut tomatoes to the side before looking back at Alisha. “I'm not dating anyone. Actually, to tell you the truth, my parents died, just like yours. A little while longer ago, that is..” He said. “Oh.. I'm sorry to hear that.” Alisha said and Damon gave her a comforting smile. “My father never approved of anyone I dated.” He suddenly said, “Which only made me want them more, of course.” Damon smirked and Alisha laughed and nodded understandingly. “What about you?” He asked and picked up the tea pot and refilled Alisha's now empty cup. She smiled briefly at him, “Not dating anyone either.” She said and Damon turned around, throwing away the remainders of the tomato that we didn't need. Suddenly he said, “Hello Elena” and Alisha turned around confused and saw Elena standing in the doorway. How did he hear her coming? She thought and saw a questioning expression covering her features.
“We're cooking dinner.” Damon stated and turned back around so he could look at Elena. “Stefan with you?” Elena shook her head slowly, “Um, he'll be here soon.” Then she met Alisha's eyes.
“Alisha, can I talk to you for a second?” Elena flickered her eyes to Damon, “Alone.” She said and Damon raised his hands in defense. “Alright, alright. I get the hint, I''ll go and bother Jeremy.” He said with a smirk, winked at Alisha and walked into the living room, taking a seat on the couch next to Jeremy.
Alisha glided down the counter top and sighed. “Look, Alisha. I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I shouldn't have said that to you. It's just that my emotions are all over the place, and I happened to take it out on the wrong person.” Alisha nodded, “It's alright, I understand. I'm sorry for leaving you and Jeremy as well.” She said and Elena gave her a crooked smile and the girls hugged.
Alisha leaned over the counter top and smirked, looking at the back of Damon's head. “He's ridiculously hot.” Alisha whispered to Elena and Elena grinned, looking back and forth between Damon and Alisha, “He's an ass.” Elena laughed and Alisha laughingly shook her head whilst walking out of the kitchen, down the hallway and to the toilet.
After relieving her needs, she heard faint whispers coming from the kitchen, and as she neared, she saw Damon leaning closely to Elena, “Then you understand what I will do if anyone gets in my way.” She heard him whisper before he broke away from her and turned his head to Alisha, giving her an all too obvious forced smile.
Elena quickly walked out of the kitchen, making her way over to Jeremy. “Mind telling me what that was all about?” Alisha asked and Damon just shook his head and smiled, “Just a little bickering between your dear sister and me.” Alisha looked at him skeptically before deciding to drop the subject.
Alisha walked over to the sink and washed her hands before turning around, she started to walk but Damon bumped into her. “Oh. Mm.” Damon mumbled. She scoffed and shook her head laughingly, “Don't do that.” Alisha said. “Do what?” He asked her innocently. “You know what. That move was deliberate.” Damon stirred the soup and looked over his right shoulder. “Well, yeah. I was deliberately trying to get to the sink.” Alisha grinned and leaned against the counter top.
“Why did you lie to your sister earlier?” Damon suddenly asked serious. Alisha looked at him, debating whether or not she should tell him. “Can I trust you?” She asked and she heard him chuckle. “No, but go ahead and say what you were planning to tell me anyway.” Alisha rolled her eyes and sighed. “There was this.. weird thing happening.. Like, the man that I hit stood up perfectly like nothing happened.” Alisha said and stood on her toes, grabbing a few plates out of the cupboard and walked over to the table, placing the plates on the dinner table. All of a sudden she felt cold air quickly bypassing her, and when she turned around she was suddenly very close to Damon. “What do you mean, 'stood up perfectly'?” He asked, his eyes intense, waiting for her response. “Well, you're probably not going to believe me when I tell you this.. but he sort of snapped his bones back into place, a really creepy sight.” Alisha said, adding an awkward chuckle to relieve some of the tension.
Damon was about to say something, but the ring of the doorbell was heard. “That's Stefan.” Elena said and both Damon and Alisha walked to the front door, him arriving a second earlier, Elena following soon after and Damon opened the door. The two brothers stared at each other, Stefan not looking very pleased to see Damon in their house, and Damon held his usual deceiving smile. “Well, come in Stefan.” Damon said and stepped aside, causing him to lean into Alisha, their shoulders brushing against each other. Stefan walked inside and Elena walked with him into the living room. Shortly after Damon and Alisha followed after, and they all took place at the dinner table.
A few awkward glances were shared between the five of them, and Damon looked smugly at his brother. Alisha decided to take her first bite of her meal, Jeremy following soon after. Slowly but surely enough Alisha tried to get some conversation started, Damon slowly following her lead, just like all the others.
The dinner was short, with a lot of tension, but they all survived well, and soon enough Stefan and Damon decided to head home. “The dinner was great, thank you once again for inviting me, Alisha.” Damon said with a broad smile and Alisha chuckled. “No problem at all, Damon. You once again thank you for saving my life.” She said gratefully and he just smiled at her, and walked away with his brother.
“Good night Alisha and Elena.” Jeremy said and walked up the stairs. “Jeremy wait! Come and help clea-” Elena started to say, but Alisha put a hand on her arm, “Let him go to sleep. It's been a rough day, it's not much to clean. You should go to sleep as well, I'll finish things up here.” Alisha said but Elena shook her head, “No, I'll help you.” And Alisha nodded, both walking to the dinner table, piling the plates and bringing them to the kitchen, rinsing them with cold water and then placing them in the dish washer.
They bid their good nights to each other and walked to their respective bedrooms, Alisha quickly getting rid of her make up, and slid into her pajamas. A simple tank top with cotton shorts. She slid under the covers, and turned the lights off. Her thoughts started to drift off to today and yesterday, it's been crazy. First she heard that an extremely important person in her life passed away, then she got into a car crash, and then she met those two extremely handsome guys. Mystic Falls had always been a troublesome place, but that it could get this bad in just one and a half day? She didn't expect that. With those thoughts on her mind, she slowly drifted off to sleep.
That was until she suddenly woke up, her windows crashing hard, her curtains blowing freely through her room. Alisha turned the lights on, sitting up confused. She was certain that she closed her windows before going to bed. Not thinking much of it, she stood up and walked over to her windows, closing them once again and walked back to her bed, got in and fell asleep quickly.
Around nine o'clock her eyes started to open, and she stretched her body. Slowly she sat up, got out of bed and walked into her bathroom. She took a quick shower, did her make up and dressed into black jeans with a wide white cropped top, the word 'Monster' plastered on the shirt in black cursive letters and she put on her black wedged boots. Her hair was tucked into a high ponytail, and she added some accessories to complete her look. Alisha had always been the type to dress up fashionably and today was no exception. It's not like she disliked simple fitting clothes, not at all, sometimes she did like it, but compared to her twin sister, she was the one paying a bit more attention to her looks.
When her look was complete, she walked down the stairs, bumping in to a very stressed out Elena. Alisha scrunched her eyebrows in confusion, “Elena? What's the matter?” She asked worriedly, she never liked it when her twin sister acted up. A very forced smile formed on Elena's lips, shrugging it off by saying: “Nothing, everything is alright. It's just that Damon has a fever, and Stefan is out getting some medication. I'm just worried, that's all.” Elena said, not at all sounding worried when she mentioned Damon. Alisha looked at her disbelievingly and was about to say something, but got interrupted by the front door opening and Caroline speaking up, “So, Damon got bit by Tyler and is now dying? And Stefan is out there bl-” She stopped mid-sentence when she saw Alisha standing next to Elena. Bonnie closed the front door, looking worriedly at Caroline. Caroline cleared her throat and put on a fake smile. Gosh, what is up with people fake smiling lately, Alisha thought and eye rolled internally. “Oh, hey Alisha.” Caroline exclaimed but Alisha wasn't buying it. She wanted to know what was going on.
Tyler biting Damon? That makes no sense. Hell, in what kind of way biting him? The only thing that Alisha knew was that she was confused as hell, and if there's one thing that she doesn't like, it would definitely be confusion. So she demanded an explanation and turned to Elena, “'Lena, what the hell is going on?” Alisha said and Elena just shook her head. “Nothing, Al. Caroline was just metaphorically speaking.” And Alisha just raised an eyebrow in disbelief. “So, the metaphor is that Tyler just randomly jumped into this situation, and Damon is just dying in pain because of his fever and Tyler nibbling on his arm, or whatever? Honestly Elena, what the hell is that for an excuse.”
Elena just sighed, “Alisha, just stay out of this. It's none of your business.” Alisha opened her mouth to argue with her, tell her that she in fact did, but she knew better than to do so and just decided to eat some breakfast.
So that's what she did, she silently sat by, watching everyone's moves closely, observing the situation whilst going on with her life as well. Alaric had passed by a couple of times, but the relationship between Elena and Jeremy didn't seem as smooth as it probably had been before Jenna's death.
After a couple of days observing the mysterious atmosphere, the doorbell suddenly rang, and Alisha - who just came walking down the stairs – opened the door to see no other than Damon Salvatore himself. By the looks of it, he seemed to be much better, and whatever fever he had, had seemed to pass. His usual smile was plastered on his face, but some worry lines were very clearly positioned on his forehead.
She expected to see Stefan with him, but to her surprise, he wasn't there. Alisha wondered where he could be, she hadn't seen him once in the past few days since Damon's fever had started. She however got snapped out of her thoughts when Damon spoke up: “Is Elena at home?” He asked her, urgency in his voice. Alisha nodded and he walked in, brushing past Alisha and loudly yelling up the stairs: “Elena! Get down here!” Then he walked into the living room, waiting against the couch for Elena to come downstairs. Alisha closed the front door, and moved to the kitchen, deciding to give the two of them some privacy.
Elena had came down the stairs, and they were now faintly whispering to each other, trying as best as possible to keep their conversation to a minimum, but Elena had slipped and said a little too loudly: “We have to find him, Damon!” And just that one simple sentence triggered Alisha's already immense curiosity. Damon tried to shush her, but Alisha had already walked into the living room, more than desperate to know what was happening.
“Please, just tell me what's going on.” Alisha asked, nearly begged them. It's not like she was some sort of young child, hating to be left out. It's just that she was so confused with all that was happening, that she just needed to know the truth. Whatever it might be.
“Alisha, I thought I told you to stay out of it.” Elena said sternly but Damon just stared at Alisha seriously. “Tell her.” He said, making Elena snap her head towards him. “Damon, no sh-” She started to say but was interrupted by Damon turning his body to hers, looking her in the eyes. “Elena, she's going to figure it out sooner or later anyway. It's better for her to know as soon as possible, considering the consequences that this situation will bring.” He said and Elena kept opening and closing her mouth, before finally muttering a quick “Fine.”
Damon nodded and walked over to Alisha, who was starting to grow nervous. What could be so serious that there was made such a huge fuss over it? Anticipation started to flow through her body, eager to finally know what's going on. She embraced herself for what he was about to say, preparing for the worst.
“Now, Alisha. I need you to listen to me very carefully, because what I'm about to say is not some sort of joke, so please take it to heart.” He said, staring intensely like he always did when they were looking at each other.
“Damon, compelling her won't work. I put her on vervain.” Elena said and Alisha saw Damon rolling his eyes, “I'm not compelling her, Elena. I'm just saying something.” He said annoyed.
“Compelling? Vervain? What are you talking about?” Alisha asked confused. “Nothing important, we'll explain later.” Elena said and Alisha focused her eyes back on Damon.
The annoyance left his face, which turned serious once again. “Stefan and I are vampires, Alisha. And my brother is out there, ripping people apart, draining them from their blood. All because of some lunatic hybrid, trying to turn Stefan into his murder buddy. So we need you to be very, very careful Alisha.”