Arabella Gilbert ♡ TVD

Bringing Out The Dead

"Good morning." Arabella greeted cheerfully as she walked into the Gilbert residence, a flask of coffee in hand. Elena was just descending the stairs, shoving her hair into a low ponytail.

She walked into the kitchen and her green eyes landed on her history teacher, he looked very dishevelled as he frantically searched through the cabinets.

"Morning, Ric." She said, she placed her bag down on the counter and took a drink from her travel cup "I don't recall you been drunk last night?"

"We have aspirin in the top cupboard." Elena told him before she nudged him out of the way and reached up to grab the pills "here, take two."

"Thank you." Alaric thanked with a grateful smile before he turned back to the older Gilbert twin "I wasn't that drunk when I left but then Meredith came over and we got a little carried away." He said. He poured himself some water and swallowed the pills before draining the glass empty.

"You don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over." Elena said sipping on her hot mug of black coffee.

"Oh I know." Alaric said as Arabella poured some more caffeine into her leopard print thermos "But I do feel guilty for whiskey dialling her at two am."

"No you didn't?!" Arabella asked in amusement "Jesus Ric, I'll be suprised if you see her again."

"Ignore her, Alaric" Elena said sending her sister a scolding look. Arabella raised her hands in defense whilst still trying to hold back a laugh at her poor looking guardian "What did she say?"

Alaric poured himself another glass of water and chugged back the contents "Well as soon as these aspirin kick in and I remember the conversation. I'll let you know."

Suddenly the doorbell rang and Arabella walked over to it, her high heels clicking on the hardwood flooring as she approached the front door. She swung it open and sent a dazzling smile to the person standing on the otherside "Hey, Liz. Is everything okay?" She greeted as she stepped out onto the porch, followed by Elena and Alaric.

"This is an unconventional conversation we are about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it." Liz replied as she held a clear evidence bag in her hand.

"Of course." Alaric nodded his head in agreement.

"I'm assuming you heard that our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Wickery Bridge fundraiser."

"Yeah, Brian Walters." Arabella mentioned earning sceptical looks from the Sheriff, her twin and Alaric "What? Damon told me. We don't keep secrets from eachother... Why?"

"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart." She said holding up the bag for them to see.

Alaric walked forward so he could take a closer look inside the see through bag "Thats one of ours." He admitted "Well its from one of the sets from your Parent's lakehouse."

"That's why I'm here. I haven't told anyone but forensics ran it for prints and found only one clean set." Her eyes landed on the older Gilbert twin "Yours."

"What? That's insane! Why would I stake a random stranger in the chest?"

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"So, you're the prime suspect, huh?" Damon joked through the phone as Arabella walked through the woods.

"She doesn't think that I did it. She's just trying to find out why somebody used one of my family weapons to kill a council member."

"Well I asked Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons and he got all defensive." Damon said.