Nevaeh Gilbert|D.Salvatore|TVD|1

Miss Mystic Falls~2

Gilbert Residence
I walked down the stairs with my dress in hand. Somebody knocks on the door and I went to go answer it. It's Alaric.
Nevaeh:"Hey."
Alaric:"Hi."
Nevaeh:"I heard you're driving."
Alaric:"Yeah I am. Let me get that for you." He takes my dress from me.
Nevaeh:"Thanks."
Alaric closes the front door,"How...how is Stefan?"
Nevaeh:"What do you mean?"
Alaric:"You know, he seems on edge."
Nevaeh:"He went through a lot, he was in bad shape for a while but he's bouncing back now."
We look at each other, and John arrives.
John:"Alaric. Hey buddy, what are you doing here?"
Alaric:"I'm the chauffeur."
John:"I thought I was driving."
Jenna goes down the stairs,"No need, we're going with Ric."
Nevaeh:"Are we ready?"
Jenna:"Yeah, I got your makeup bag and hair products."
Nevaeh:"Jeremy can ride with you, Uncle John."
~~~***~~~
Founder's Hall
Anna arrives, she goes outside. Damon rejoins her.
Damon:"In the running for Miss Mystic Falls?"
Anna:"Sometimes you have to wear uncomfortable heels to blend in. I remember this event from 1864, I was supposed to enter before everything happened."
Damon:"Ah, nostalgia's a bitch."
Anna:"If you're just gonna mock me can you please move along?"
Damon:"John Gilbert thinks your mom stole an artifact from Johnathan senior back in 1864."
Anna:"What are you, his errand boy?"
Damon:"I don't know what it is but I don't want him to have it."
Anna:"I could ask her but you know, you've made it pretty clear that you don't trust us so why should I even bother?"
Damon:"Because you want to stay in Mystic Falls and John Gilbert's in town, making that impossible. Find out where it is. He leaves, you can buy a welcome home mat."

All of the girls are putting on their makeup. Jenna is curling my hair, and Elena is getting her makeup done because she already did her hair.
Nevaeh:"Thanks for helping me."
Jenna:"Don't thank me until you're sure your hair isn't gonna burn off."
Nevaeh:"You know I remember when mom and I were first applying for this, she was so excited."
Elena:"So were you if I recall."
Nevaeh:"I was. She just made it sound like so much fun. Lots has changed since then."
Jenna:"I hate to break it to you, but it's a little late for cold feet."
Nevaeh:"I don't have cold feet. I just...I think I'd be enjoying it a lot more if she was here."
Jenna:"Well I tell you one thing, your hair would have a better chance of she was."
Nevaeh:"Okay, I should go out on my dress on. Elena make sure Jenna doesn't burn anybody with that."
I got up and leave to walk to the dressing room.

Jeremy is outside alone, and John joins him.
John:"You look miserable."
Jeremy:"Are there really a whole month of these events that I'm supposed to show up at?"
John:"You could fight it if you want but it's part of being a Gilbert."
Jeremy:"Yeah, you mentioned you know a lot about the family. You know anything about our ancestors Johnathan Gilbert?"
John:"Prolific writer, crazy inventor. Why do you ask?"
Jeremy:"Well, I read his journal."
John:"Is that right?"
Jeremy:"Yeah, I actually found it in all dad's stuff."
John:"Well, it's surprising. Most of them are all locked away."
Jeremy:"There are more of them?"
John:"Johnathan Gilbert journaled his whole life. Right down to the bitter, insane, drunken end. He had a lot of demons."
Jeremy:"And did you read them?"
John:"I've browsed, yeah."
Jeremy:"What did you think about what he wrote?"
John:"Crazy ramblings of a mad man, of course."
He turns his head and sees Anna, he looks at her.
John:"She's very pretty."
She looks at him and leaves.
Jeremy:"Yeah—uh—she's a friend of mine. Excuse me." He leaves.

I entered the dressing room to put on my dress. Amber is already there, she's nervous.
Nevaeh:"Are you okay, Amber?"
Amber:"I hate being the center of attention, I get panic attacks."
Nevaeh:"Do you need some privacy so you can change?"
Amber:"Actually I'm just—I'm gonna get some air."
She leaves and closes the door. I took my dress, I saw Damon in the mirror.
Nevaeh:"Hey, you can't be back here."
Damon:"We need to talk."
Nevaeh:"Does it have to be right now?"
Damon:"Normally I would have a completely different outlook of what I'm about to tell you but since it could really inconvenience me, I'll squeal."
Nevaeh:"What are you talking about?"
Damon:"Stefan's still drinking human blood."
Nevaeh:"What?!"
Damon:"Yeah, a month ago I would have rejoiced but with the council back on the alert, it is not a good time for Stefan to fly off the handle."
Nevaeh:"I know he's been a little edgy but he said that was normal."
Damon:"He has a fridge full of stolen blood bank contraband in the house."
I sat down on the couch,"Oh, my god."
Damon:"He has no idea what normal is, his entire existence isn't normal. Normal to a vampire is drinking human blood but he spent all this time fighting it when he should have been learning to control it and now it's controlling him instead."
Nevaeh:"I can't believe this. I mean, it's Stefan that were talking about here."
Damon:"Stefan on human blood, princess; he'll do anything, he'll say anything because he's not gonna want to stop. Trust me."