Ariana goes on a roadtrip with the imortal hybrid. When she returns what will happen? What friendship or relationships will change? (Based on season 3 of tvd)
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Ariana woke up before Stefan did, she quickly sped into the Mikealson mansion before speeding back to the Salvatore mansion. She opened the curtains slowly and walked over to Stefan's side of the bed. She gently shook him awake. "Let me go back to sleep." "No I need your help." "With what?" He responded as he sat up. "Picking out an outfit for the decade dance." "Shouldn't we be heading to school?" The reminder made Ariana pause before smirking at the boy. "We could be late." She suggested in a sing song voice.
"I don't have a choice, do I?" Stefan asked with an amused voice. "No" she chirped as she entered the bathroom to change in her first outfit. The two spent the entire morning picking out an outfit for her. As Stefan was helping Ariana pack all her unchosen outfit options he decided to ask a question he'd been pondering as of late.
"So, do any of the others get to know about your new status as a hybrid?" He spoke in a soft voice, knowing the weight of the subject. Ariana let out a sigh as she packed up the last of the clothing. "I don't know. I guess if it's necessary I'll tell them. I'm just a little worried not all of them will take it as well as you did." She spoke, eyes trained on the floor as she began to pick at her nails due to the sudden nerves that hit her.
She'd just realized she hadn't fully talked with everyone, just the Salvatore brothers. She'd have to apologize to Caroline, she knew she'd done some horrible things in her desperate attempt to protect Klaus. Her and Elena had a lot of issues right now, Ariana simply planned to burry the hatchet and move on. They didn't have to be best friends but she wanted to at least get rid of that tension in the air whenever they were around each other.
Stefan, noticing her nerves, wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Hey, it's alright. You don't have to tell anyone until you're ready." He reassured her while rubbing her shoulder his arm. Something about the way he comforted her made Ariana feel like something clicked, but she couldn't tell what. She brushed the feeling off as she hugged Stefan tightly, breathing in his cologne before parting and heading to school.
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Ariana made her way to the gym where she knew she'd find Caroline setting up for the dance that ended up postponed for some unknown reason. She decided to listen in on the conversation for a little.
"Yeah I asked Matt to help Jeremy reajust. He got him his old job back at the Grill." Elena told Caroline, looking at the pair actually getting along. "That was nice of him." "Jeremy has got a lot on his mind. The whole thing with Alaric has got him really stressed out." "You sure it has nothing to do with witnessing you and Damon getting hot and heavy in a skeevy motel?" Ariana's brows raised at that, she knew Elena and Damon had something going on but she didn't think it would develop this quickly. "I didn't tell you that so you could torture me with it." "Aww, what are friends for? So who are you bringing to the dance?"
Ariana decided to finally enter the conversation. "We'll I'd imagine Damon, right?" Ariana questioned with her arms folded. Elena and Caroline's eyes widened, both at her sudden appearance and realizing she'd heard their conversation. "Ariana I-" "It's okay Elena. Me and Damon haven't been a thing for a while. I'm over him; he's all yours. If you want him, that is." Ariana spoke in her usual calm tone and Elena seemed to relax at her lack of anger.
"So who are you taking?" Ariana posed the question again as Elena considered her question for a second. "I thought you, me, Caroline, and Bonnie were going as girl dates?" She more asked than answered turning towards Caroline for some form of confirmation. "Hm, Bonnie has a date." "What?" The other two asked at the same time. Ariana with a smirk and Elena with a look of slight disappointment.
"Jamie called and wanted to see her so she asked him." Elena simply hummed in response. "So here's a thought, why don't you ask Stefan?" Ariana shifted uncomfortably at the thought. It just felt wrong to her. "I can't ask him on a date, I just made out with his brother." Elena explained with a troubled look. But Caroline was not taking no for an answer. "All the more reason! Look you're supposed to be figuring out what you want, that's what Stefan wanted you to do, right?" Caroline explained her thought process.
"Yeah, but-" "But nothing! I've watched The Bachelor, okay? Fair is fair. It is Stefan's turn." Caroline argued. "His turn? So what? The Salvatore brothers continue to pass her back and forth until she eventually chooses one of them? That's not really fair to make them go through that." Ariana explained her thoughts on the matter. "Stefan deserves at least a chance." Caroline defended. "Yeah and you're not biased or anything." "I'm sorry, but Stefan is your epic love. And I'm not going down without a fight." Caroline finalized.
Ariana couldn't help but think it was funny how a few months ago she would've said the same thing. Now she wasn't so sure. It just seemed a little too cruel to watch both brothers desperately cling to Elena while she played with both of their emotions, purposefully or not.
Ariana pulled Caroline aside later that day and apologized for her manipulative and harsh actions. Caroline of course forgave her and the two were now as close as ever.
(SorryCarolinedoesn'tgetamonologue,I'mtoolazy)
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Ariana had gone back to the Salvatore house with Stefan to hang out. She was laying down on his bed as he was sitting up and they were talking before Stefan got a phone call from Elena. Ariana could guess what it was about. "Hey...do you, do you have a second?" She heard Elena's voice through the phone. "Yeah, everything alright?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I just, um...I wanted to, uh...Caroline and I were talking about going to the dance and, um...Okay look, I know where we're at, you and I, and I know it would be stupid to even think that we could go back to the way things were, but I'm going to the dance and I'd like to go with you." All Ariana could think the whole time Elena was talking was how this was the most painful moment of second hand embarrassment she'd ever felt.
"Um, I'd love that." Stefan said simply. Ariana just rolled her eyes at how he always let her drag him on. Elena hung up and Stefan had a small smile on his face and Ariana looked at him with a blank face. She was about to say something when another voice interrupted her. "I'm thinking gardenia corsage. Wrist obviously, you don't want to accidentally stab her in the chest with the pin. Now, that could get messy." Damon spat before leaving.
Ariana simply sighed before she began to get ready.
