T i m e l e s s {book one}

➖chapter twenty-nine➖

Rebekah and Davina sit in the Grill, each holding an envelope with their names written elegantly on them.

"Wait, so when you graduate, people are obligated to give you money? Ugh, I wish I was graduating," Davina sighs and rests her head on her hand.

"I mean, you did go to high school for, what, two days? That should count for something, right?"

"Heh, Matt, let's be serious. I ditched school before the first bell even rang," Davina chuckles. "But the question is, why aren't you participating?"

"I don't have a whole lot of family."

"I'm pretty sure that counts for all three of us here," Rebekah remarks. "I don't think it was my mother's dream to see me in a cap and gown. What about you?"

"Let's just say that I'm not crossing my fingers for a graduation check. Hey, have either of you talked to Elena since she's gotten her humanity back?"

"Pfft, are you kidding? She's obsessing over killing Katherine now, so I have no interest to talk to her. In my opinion, it's just one more thing to be annoyed about," Davina huffs.

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Later in the day, Davina was practicing her pool skills when Elena brushes past her, which causes her to miss the shot. "Excuse you?"

Elena glances briefly back at Davina before taking a dart from the wall. "My bad."

Davina snorts before faking a smile. "So, what are you doing?"

Elena throws the dart forcefully and it lands right on the bullseye. "It's not complicated. See that dartboard? I'm picturing Katherine's face."

"You know, you're basically shooting yourself," Davina laughs. "In case you haven't noticed, Katherine's face is the exact same as yours."

"I don't care," is Elena's great comeback. Rebekah then strolls over with a bottle of liquor.

"Drink. You're putting everyone on edge." She hands Elena a shot glass, which gets downed immediately. "So, your emotions are on, they're just dialed to rage."

"Look, Rebekah, I get that we had our Thelma and Louise thing back when I had my humanity off, but let's make one thing clear. We're not friends."

"Bitch," Davina murmurs in a sing-song voice under her breath and then pours herself a shot. The lights in the Grill suddenly all go out and the wind picks up outside. Debris is flying through the air and objects are breaking not too far away. Davina goes outside, along with Caroline. "Great, power's completely out."

"I'll call my mom. Maybe she knows what's going on." Caroline goes back inside just as a police cruiser goes by, sirens blaring.

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Davina was forced to join Damon, Elena, and Stefan in their search for Bonnie, who had conjured the Expression Triangle. Everything was going fine until Elena went all lone-ranger and stabbed Damon with a stake before speeding into the high school basement. She's about to help pull it out when a voice speaks up.

"Need some help?"

Both their heads spin in the direction of Alaric's voice. Davina smiles but then frowns in suspicion. "So, this is either really good or really bad."

Alaric laughs and kneels next to Damon so he can pull out the stake. "It's good to see you both."

"I'd say the feeling was mutual, except that a lot of people aren't exactly who they say they are," Damon replies.