Evelyn Gilbert (TVD)

Kill or Be Killed

Evelyn

As I pack up my stuff from Caroline's, she walks into her room and speaks up.

"So, when you went home to get your stuff, did Elena tell you anything?" She asks as she sits on the bed.

"Just that she was really sad about the fight they had." I shrug. "Why, what's up?" I looked up at her to see she was lost in her thoughts. "Don't worry, Care." She snaps out of it. "I won't let anything happen to you, okay?"

"Okay." She nods with uncertainty. "But Katherine is stronger than us. How are you going to stop her from getting to me? She said she'll kill you before she kills me."

"If it gets to the point where I feel like we won't be able to do anything, then we'll have to tell Damon and Stefan about what's going on." She nods. "I stayed up all night to make sure she wouldn't show up. She didn't, but there's no telling if or when she'll show up again. I'm going to get more clothes for tonight. Do you want to go with me so we can go straight to the historical thing? Or do you want to meet up over there?"

"We can meet up over there," she says.

"Okay, I'll see you later, Carebare." I smile, putting my bag over my shoulder.

"You know I hate when you call me that." She chuckles, following me to the door. "I'll see you later, Eve." I wave to her.

~~~

"Hey, Evelyn." Nathaniel smiles as he walks to the table she's sitting at. Evelyn looks up and smiles at him.

"Hey, Nathaniel, what are you doing?" She asks as he takes the seat across from her.

"I just came to eat before going to the park to help out. What about you?" A waitress comes and sets the food down in front of him. "Thank you," he tells her before she walks away.

Evelyn picks up her basket of fries. "The same thing." She chuckles.

"After I finish, do you want to head there together?" He questions as he plops a fry into his mouth.

"Yeah, sure." She nods, smiling.

"Can I ask you something?" When she doesn't say anything, he continues. "Do you actually eat food? Or do you just order it to make it seem like you eat?" He smiles when she starts to hold back her laugh.

"I do eat food. I just had to get used to the taste." He has a confused look on his face. "After I turned," she whispers. "Food just has this taste to it. I don't know how to explain it. It's just, it was gross at first, but after a while, I started to get used to it." She nods. After they finish eating, Evelyn speaks up. "I hate to bring this up again. It's just that I feel like I didn't apologize right. I'm really sorry about making you uncomfortable when we hung out last time."

"No, it's okay. It's just...it brought up some bad memories of my dad. I didn't have the best childhood." He chuckles nervously.

"I'm sorry. I know that most people hate hearing that, and it doesn't help with anything–" He cuts her off.

"No, it's okay, really." He gives her a reassuring smile. "Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah." She nods.

~~~

Evelyn

"Thank you for letting me ride with you." I smile.

"Yeah, it's no problem. If you need a ride home, you can just text me." I nod, and he smiles before walking away. I see Elena and Caroline painting and walk over to them to hear Elena speak up.

"Then what happened?" She asks, looking up at Caroline.

"Well...I was a bitch. Which is par for the course with us." I pick up a paintbrush and help paint the pole Caroline is painting. She looks at me silently, asking what she should talk about, and I shrug.