The Owl Gilbert

1:4: Founder's Party

I'm at home in the kitchen with Jenna and Elena as we're watching the news. "To repeat, the animal terrorizing Mystic Falls has been caught." Logan Fell, the news reporter says. "Scum ball. Scum bucket." Jenna says. "Who are you talking to?" I ask, confused. "Him." Jenna says, tilting her head to the tv. "The news guy?" Elena asks. "Also known as Logan 'Scum' Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna asks. "Oh, no way." Elena  says as her and I both laugh. "You and him? He's cute." She says. "He is not cute. There is nothing cute about him." Jenna says as Elena sits down, going through old stuff as Jenna turns the tv off, and polishes the old pocket watch. "What are you doing with that?" Jenna asks. "went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Elena says and Jenna picks up a wedding ring with her ring hand. "Is that Grandma Beth's wedding ring?" I ask. "Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Elena says and Jeremy walks in. "How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" He asks, taking the ring with his right hand and Elena takes it back with hers. "You're not gonna find out." She says. "That stuff is Mom and Dad's. You can't just give it away." Jeremy says, walking to the fridge. "She's not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." I say and the doorbell rings. "I got it." I say and walk to the front door, and open it with my right hand, seeing Stefan, and I swallow hard. "Hi, are you okay?" He asks, concerned. "Uh.. yeah. I'm fine. Elena, it's your boyfriend." I say and look at the ring on his finger, and realize Damon has one as well.

I'm in the kitchen with Elena and Bonnie as she dragged me to get ready for the Founder's Party. "Delicate Flower vs. Naughty Vixen." Bonnie says, holding up nail polishes in both hands. "Tough call. Can you mix them? I'm not a girl, so don't ask me." I say. "Look at you, getting all pretty for your date. You seem happy-ish." Bonnie says. "I am.. ish. Tonight's going to be a good night. But don't let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to tell me as soon as you walked in the door." Elena says, walking over to us as I'm sitting down at the table and so does Elena. "What if I tell you in the morning? I don't want to ruin the night." Bonnie says. "Bonnie, out with it." I say. "Okay, but it has to go in the vault, because Caroline will kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed. Apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story." Bonnie says. "Uh huh." Elena says. "Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?" Bonnie asks. "I know that they both dated her and that's why they have issues." I say. "Yeah, they both dated her, only she chose Damon. And that drove Stefan mad, so he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon. Dimitri and her both turned against Damon." Bonnie says. "That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's." I say. "I just wanted you both to know." She says. "Anyway, his past relationships are none of our business." Elena says. "Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That is your business. Both of yours."  Bonnie says. "Stefan is none of those things." Elena says as Bonnie paints her nails. "Yeah? How do you know?" Bonnie asks.

I arrive to the party with Stefan and Elena in a suit and tie and we see Mayor Lockwood. "Hi, Mayor Lockwood." Elena says, smiling at him and he walks over to us. "Hey! Hey, guys, come on in." He says as we smile at him and walk in, past the threshold. "Thank you." Stefan says. "Have fun." Mayor says and walks off. "I haven't been to this place in a long time." I say and look at them both. "I'm gonna go be a social outcast somewhere else since I let you drag me to this party. Oh, and by the way. I won that essay championship. First place." I say and she hugs me. "Maybe we should call you 'The Owl Gilbert.' It does have a nice ring to it." She says and I laugh along with her and Stefan high fives me. "Great job, Adam." He says and I walk off to find a drink that isn't alcoholic.

I'm walking around the cheese and grapes area with a small plate, and grab some crackers, and see Damon walking over to me. "Hello, short stuff." He says and I roll my eyes at him. "Gonna try and kiss me again with that weird eye thing you do?" I ask and eat a grape, and he steals one. "No, I've actually came to apologize about that. I was being a dick." He says. "Yeah, you were." I say and eat a cheese cube. "Maybe drinking some vervain will make you come to your senses." I say and start to walk off, and he grabs my right wrist. "What all do you know?" He whispers. "I know a lot. And I'm guessing you walk in the sun because of that ring on your finger." I say and walk off and see Jenna sipping on champagne and talking with Logan Fell. "Oh, thank God. Bye Logan." She says, looping arms with me and we walk off to the dessert bar, and I hand her a water bottle with my right hand. "Drink about three of these so you don't get a hangover." I say and she smiles at me. "Did I ever tell you that you're the easiest to handle?" She asks. "No, but thanks." I say and grab a brownie with my right hand, and take a small bite. "Ooh, peanuts." I say.

I'm walking around and see Damon walk towards me, and I start walking the opposite way, and he appears in front of me. "Slow down, short stuff. I'm not here to bite. I really am sorry about the other night when I tried to kiss you. An apology from me is rare. There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm.. acting out, trying to punish Stefan." He says. "You don't have a therapist, do you?" I ask, crossing my arms at him. "Nope." He says, popping the p. "Now, you're clearly not on vervain, so how come you can't be compelled?" He asks. "Is that a bad thing?" I ask, confused. "No. It's just never happened before. The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here--" He says and I interrupt him. "The Battle of Willow Creek." I say. "Right." He says. " I know, we talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside." I say. "What the history books left out was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive." He says and walks over to the mini replica of the old church. "Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." He says. "Someone shot you? Who?" I ask. "My own Father." He says. "And who was in the church?" I ask and think for a moment. "Katherine and Dimitri?" I ask. "Katherine, yes. We never found Dimitri's body." He says. "I really am sorry, Damon. I hope you and Stefan can work things out."

I'm walking with Damon to Elena, Stefan and Caroline. "What'd we miss?" Damon asks. "We were just chatting. Drink, Damon?" Stefan asks, offering a drink to Damon that's in his right hand. "No, thanks. I'll pass." Damon says. "Stefan, do you have another dance in you?" Elena asks. "Absolutely." Stefan says, setting his drink down and they walk off to dance. "They look so cute together." Caroline says. "Don't talk, please." Damon says and Carolinr sips her drink that's in her right hand.