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Chapter Four| Creepy Girlfriend

2009

THE WEEKEND WENT BY QUICKLY WITH ATHENA LOCKED IN HER ROOM WITH HER BROTHER JOINING HER WITH THE BRIBE OF PIZZA, and after the boy gave Sirius baked chicken the two let the boy join them in a Star Wars marathon. They made plans to watch Harry Potter the following weekend.

Athena and Jeremy stayed away from Elena and their Aunt Jenna the entire weekend, since the two wanted the youngest Gilberts to talk about their feelings. And the two continued ignoring them, so Athena drove to school in her green Bronco with Jeremy.

The younger Gilberts were eating in the back of the Bronco with the trunk open. Athena parked her car at a park. They were eating in silence until the girl asked a question.

“Do you think it’ll ever get better?”

Jeremy looks at his sister with wide eyes, shocked that the girl subtly brought up their parents. He knew just like him, Athena didn’t like nor want to speak about their parents death.

The boy sees the look in Athena’s eyes. He could see the girl’s genuine curiosity, and also saw the anger in her eyes. “I think that… we’ll never get to the way we were before, but we’ll grow and become stronger people once this dark cloud passes. Once we let it pass.”

Athena hums, looking out to the empty park in front of them. “I’m tired of being angry, Jer. I just want… to be happy.”

“You will be, ‘Thena.” Jeremy says, wrapping his arms around the girl. The two hug for a moment, it being the most contact the girl has had in months, and Athena pulls away. “Ew, you know I don’t do this mushy bullshit, Jer.”

Jeremy chuckles letting his sister pull away from him. He watches the girl jump off the bed of the truck, and adjusts her skirt before turning to him. “We should get to school. Wouldn’t want to be late.”

“Can we be late?” Jeremy asks, whining. The boy complies and helps his sister clean up the bed of the truck, throwing away their garbage. “Nope. I heard you’ve missed six classes already.”

“Please, don’t lecture me.” Jermey says, scoffing. The girl climbs into the driver's seat as he gets into the passenger seat, and the girl looks at Jeremy starting up the Bronco. “I’m not. I’m just letting you know that I heard Tanner called Aunt Jenna in about you.”

Jeremy groans, leaning his head against the headrest. “Great.”

The two didn’t speak about anything on the drive to school only sang - more like screamed - to The 1975. They almost missed their first classes. But the Gilbert girl made it to her class just as the last bell rang. She was sitting in her history class as Mister Tanner spoke to a sleeping class.

"Originally discovered nearly five centuries ago it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over a hundred and forty-five years. Now, the comet will be its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration."

Athena was drawing in her sketchbook - not much of a surprise since it wasn’t her favorite class. She seemed to be in her own little world. It almost seemed like she wasn’t really there.

"Are we bothering you? Mister Salvatore? Miss Gilbert." The man adds making Athena look up from her paper, only to see he was not looking at her, but her sister. Thankfully, the bell rings.

Athena jumps out of her seat and out the door wanting to get away from that classroom with the irritating man. She catches up with Caroline and Bonnie and hears the part of their conversation.

"I'm confused. Are you psychic or clairvoyant?" Caroline asks, looking at the Bennett girl. The blonde notices Athena and loops her arm with the girl. Bonnie smiles at the Gilbert girl, and answers the blonde’s question. "Technically, Grams says, I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it, but she was looped on the liquor. I tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches, I don't think so."

"Yeah, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guy from last friday." Caroline says, smirking. "Ohh, new boy toy?" Athena says smiling, wiggling her eyebrows at the blonde playfully.

"Maybe, If Bonnie helps a girl out." Caroline says, looking at the Bennett girl. "I didn't see him. You did." Bonnie says, rolling her eyes with a smile on her face.

"Why didn't you just talk to him?" Athena asks, raising an eyebrow. She knew the girl always took the chance to speak to someone good looking. "I don't know. I was drunk." Caroline says, making the two laughs.

• • • •

"They're keeping her overnight, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Matt says to Athena who asked about Vicki during their lunch break. The two were walking around the school.

The girl’s heels clicked on the cement as she walked. Athena hadn’t worn heels since her parents funeral, but she woke up wanting to wear heels. The girl decided on a black v-neck, light washed jeans, and animal print heels.

"That's good." The Gilbert girl says, nodding. The blonde, blue eyed boy sighs, running his hand through his air. "Yeah."

Athena hums, and thinks about the Donovan’s absent mother. "What about crazy mama?"

"Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend. So we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home." Matt says, shrugging. He knew he didn’t really need the woman, in fact he thought that his sister and himself were better off without the woman. "I’m just glad she’s okay." Athena says, looking up at the boy.

"Me too… And now there's talk of some missing campers." Matt says, remember the words he heard on the news that morning. "Did she see what kind of animal attacked her?" She asks, curiously.

"She said it was a vampire." Matt says amused, yet confused. "What the hell?" Athena stops walking. The two stop, as the girl looks at the boy wanting to know more.

The blonde male nods. "Yeah, she wakes up last night, mutters, 'Vampire,' and passes out."

"That's not weird." Athena says, sarcastically. The girl couldn’t help but think, out of all the things the girl could say, attack her, and she says a vampire. A creature that isn’t even real. It just confused Athena the more she thought about it.

"Think she was drunk.” Matt says, shrugging, then he sees the new kid sitting at a bench. “So, what's up with Elena and the new guy?"

"I have no idea, but I'm going to find out." Athena said, as she smirked looking at the back of Stefan’s head. "Don't scare the guy now... I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I wanna be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night." Matt said, walking backwards.

"Alright, I'm going to go bury a body. I-I mean make a friend." Athena says as the boy gives her a look, before turning around with a roll of his eyes.

"I guess I'll play nice." Athena says smiling, cheekily. "Good girl!" Matt yells, chuckling.

The girl turns back to where Stefan was sitting on a bench only to see he's gone. Athena frowns trailing her eyes to see if the boy was walking around, but it was like he completely disappeared.

"So, my sister wants to date a ghost?” Athena says, raising an eyebrow, but the girl shakes her head at the thought. “God, this town keeps getting weirder and weirder as the days go on."

• • • •

The school day came to an end for the students of Mystic Falls High School. When the Gilbert girl’s got home, Athena let Sirius out and fed the dog. They were then asked by their best friends to meet them at the Mystic Grill.

It took a while, but Elena convinced her sister to let her drive them. Athena agreed hesitantly, but climbing into her sister’s car nonetheless. Thankfully, the older Gilbert didn’t talk about feelings instead they talked about Vicki and Elena letting her sister talk about the book she was reading at the moment - The Diviners.

Athena and Elena saw their best friends sitting outside the Grill with fries and tea already at the table for Athena. “Oh, food.”

“Hello, to you too.” Caroline says, glaring at the girl playfully. The girl hums with fries in her mouth. The three girl’s began folding flyers for the comet as Athena drew in her sketchbook tuning out the girl’s until Bonnie began talking about her Grandmother, that’s when she became curious.

"I was talking to Grams. She said the comet is a sign of impending doom. Last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity." Bonnie says, explaining to the girl's her interest in the comet that was going to happen the following day.

"Mm. Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens." Caroline says, scoffing at her best friend. "My kind of woman." Athena said with a smirk, making the girls laugh.

"So, then what?" Care said then turned to Elena who was talking about her night with Stefan. One that Athena didn’t really want to hear about, but listen nonetheless. "So then, nothing." Elena says, shrugging.

"You and Stefan just... talked?" Athena asks, curiously. "There was no sloppy first kiss, or touchy-feely of any kind?" Caroline says, not believing the girl.

"Nope, we didn't go there." Elena says, shaking her head. "Not even a handshake? I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Okay? You are supposed to share the smut." Caroline says, almost offended.

"Okay, sister here, and gross." Athena says, disgusted. "We just talked for hours." Elena says shrugging, ignoring what her sister said.

"What is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already. Okay, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex." Caroline said, ignoring the looks she got from Bonnie and Athena. "Profound." Elena says glaring at the girl, playfully.

"Let them go on a couple dates first, I mean come on." Athena says, shaking her head. Sure the girl didn’t care if people slept together the first time they met, but if her sister really likes the guy - by the looks of it, she did - she thinks her sister should get to know Stefan before sleeping with him. "Says the seventeen year old virgin." Caroline says with a roll of her eyes.

"You know what, I'm happy being a virgin. Maybe I want to lose it someone I actually want to be with, not just someone I can't even look in the eyes the next day." Athena says, raising an eyebrow at the blonde.

"Where are you going?" Bonnie asks Elena, watching the girl stand and push in her chair. "Caroline's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying I was gonna do." Elena says nodding to herself, then walks away.

"So, you’re just going to ignore what I just said about being a virgin and proud?" Athena yells after her sister. "Shhh! That's not something you yell to the world." Caroline says, shushing the girl, and hits her arm.

"Oh my god. Like it affects the whole world that Athena Gilbert hasn't been deflowered." Athena says rolling her eyes, sarcastically. The girl’s eyes then wided with realization. "Oh, fuck she's my ride.” The girl runs towards her sister’s car, as the other girl’s laugh behind her. “Goddamn it, Elena!”

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Chapter Three| Little Hunter

2009

“THE BATTLE OF WILLOW CREEK TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF THE WAR IN OUR VERY OWN MYSTIC FALLS. How many casualties resulted in this battle?.... Miss Bennett?" The history teacher says, boring the class to death.

It was Friday, and Athena couldn’t be happier. She didn’t care about the party and didn’t want to go but a certain blonde was forcing the girl to go. But, the way she saw it, was that it was an easy way to get free booze.

"Um… A lot? I'm not sure. But, like, a whole lot." Bonnie says, nodding, hoping it would please the man. Athena chuckles, looking down at her sketchbook. Today the girl wore a pink lace top - that Caroline got her -, black cargo pants with a belt buckle, a cropped jean jacket, and black tennis shoes. She was having a bad hair day, so the girl also had on a black bucket hat - one that she stole from her brother.

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Miss Bennett.”

Athena scoffed at the man. No one particularly liked the man, especially when he was an asshole to anyone and everyone. Including the quiet kids. “Mister Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your jock stereotype?" The man says, turning to a laughing Matt.

"It's okay, Mr.Tanner. I'm cool with it." Matt says, getting laughs from the class.

"Athena? Surely, you can enlighten us about one of the town's most historical events, And not just the fictional greek gods and goddesses." Tanner says turning, to the girl that was still drawing in her sketchbook. "Gods and Goddesses history, I know. But this History is a bore, sorry." Athena says shrugging, carelessly.

"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Athena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." Tanner says, making everyone go silent. The girl looks up from her book with a glare on her face. "Well-"

"There were three hundred and forty-six casualties, unless you're counting the local civilians." Stefan says, cutting the girl off making her friends sigh in relief. "That's correct, Mr...?" Tanner says, turning to the boy.

"Salvatore." Stefan says, nodding to the man. "Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?" The man asks, curiously.

"Distant." Stefan says, almost hesitantly. The youngest female Gilbert picked up on it, and tilted her head at the boy. There was no reason to be hesitant, but the boy was. It was as if he was choosing his words wisely.

"Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle."

"Actually, there were twenty-seven, sir. Confederate soldiers fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. And they were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founder's archives are in Civil Hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts Mr.Tanner." Stefan says, smartly. "Did Mr.Tanner just get Tannered?" Athena says laughing, as soon as those words left her mouth everyone seems to break and laugh along with the girl.

• • •

The moment Caroline and Athena parked, the blonde ditched the Gilbert girl and spoke to other people. Athena wasn’t too mad about it, since she didn’t feel like socializing at the moment. Instead the girl began looking around for the good booze.

"Where is all the good liquor when you need it." Athena says groaning to herself, straightening the jean jacket. She’d been wandering around looking in coolers, and no luck it was all beer. Not even the good kind, it was a cheap liquor.

"’Thena, hey." Tyler says, walking up to the girl. "Hey, Ty." Athena says, absentmindedly as she continued opening the group of coolers in front of her

"What are you up to?" Tyler says, looking down at the girl. Athena sighs standing up straight, and looks at the boy unamused. "Is that your way of asking if I'm okay?"

"A way is which I hope you won't bite my head off like everyone else?" Tyler says, hesitantly. "I won't if you point me to the good stuff," Athena says, smirking.

"This way my lady," Tyler says, walking her over to the coolers where Vicki is standing. "Hey, lady Donovan." Athena says, smirking at the girl.

"Hey, How-" Vicki starts.

"Don't start Vics. I actually like you. Don't make me want to rip your head off, too." Athena says, seeing vodka and other juices. The girl sees strawberry lemonade and sprite, and mixes the two and adds a larger portion of vodka. Athena hums, taking a sip from the solo cup, and nods to the two teens watching her. "I'm going to leave you, two. Don't do something I wouldn't do."

Athena didn’t feel like walking around the drunk teens, and decided to walk into the woods. Tyler and Vicki watch the girl’s body disappear into the darkness. The boy makes a mental note to tell Elena where the girl was.

"She's a lot off work." Tyler says, turning back to the female Donovan. "But you gotta love her."

The Gilbert girl let her feet guide her to the same spot she was earlier that week. The spot her father brought her two countless times. The same spot she met a stranger. Athena took a seat on a large rock, and drank what was in her cup in silence.

That silence was soon broken by a snap of a branch. Athena jumps up, spilling the contents of her cup on the ground from the shock. “Who’s there?”

Athena knew how stupid she sounded, like a white girl from a horror movie. But she couldn’t help it. Her question was somewhat answered, as the man from earlier that week walked into the moonlight. “Hello, stranger.” A man says, smirking at the green eyed girl.

“Oh, it’s the creep.” Athena says, rolling her eyes at the man, as she still had a cautious stance. “Scaring girls in the middle of the woods seems to be a normal thing for you.”

"Only the gorgeous, green eyed ones.” The man asks, looking the girl up and down. A smile grows on his lips hearing the girl scoff. “You know I never got your name.”

"You scream 'Stranger Danger' so I'm not gonna tell you." She says smiling, sarcastically at the man. "Will it help if I tell you mine?" The man asks, with a tilt of his head.

"How do I know you're not using a fake name?" She asks, making him laugh. "I'm Damon. Damon Salvatore." The man says smirking, holding his hand out for the girl to shake.

"Okay, now James Bond." Athena says rolling her eyes, downing what is left in her cup. "I said my name. I'd like yours." Damon says, stepping closer to the girl.

The girl sighs, and nods at the blue eyed man. "Athena Gilbert… You happen to be related to Stefan Salvatore?"

"Yes. My brother actually." Damon says, with a sigh of displeasure. "Nice, he apparently likes my sister and I need something on him." Athena says, straightening her jean jacket.

The man shakes his head chuckling, but nods nonetheless."Alright. Ask-"

"Jeremy!" They hear a yell. The voice sounded like Elena which worried and confused Athena.

"Uh.. I have to go." Athena says, turning to Damon. The man grabs onto the girl’s arms, stopping her from leaving. He looks into the girl’s angry, green eyes.

Athena frowns, and looks at the man confused as he spoke. "You never saw me. You came to look at the view, nothing else."

The girl pushed the man away from her. “What the hell, asshole!”

Damon looks at the girl in confusion, and is shocked that the compulsion didn’t work. The girl scoffs, rolling her eyes at the man. “You really shouldn’t go around manhandling girls like that. That’s a one way street to having a girl kick your ass.”

"Jeremy!"

Athena doesn’t say anything else, and runs in the direction of the yell. The girl ran, jumping over fallen branches, and moved branches out of her way. She sees Elena following their brother as he walks away from her. "Jeremy, where the hell are you going?" Elena says, looking down to not trip over anything.

"I don't wanna hear it." Jeremy yells angrily, looking back at the eldest Gilbert. The moment of distraction caused the boy to trip over a log and onto the ground. Athena runs faster, and stops abruptly beside her brother and sees a bleeding Vicki Donovan.

"Vicki? No." Jeremy says, looking down at the body below him. "Oh, my God, Vicki." Athena says with wide eyes.

Athena pushes her shock away, and jumps to help the girl. "Let's go. Jeremy pick her up, we need to help her."

"Somebody help!" Elena yells, as the three Gilberts break through the forest trees. Everyone turns to the three, and Matt Donovan runs towards them confused with Tyler right behind him. "Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?"

"What happened?" Matt asks, looking at the three Gilbert’s. "Someone, call an ambulance!" Athena yells, to no one in particular.

"Everybody back up. Give her space." Tyler says, pushing people away. "It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood." Elena explains holding the girl's neck.

"Vicki, come on, open your eyes. Look at me." Matt says, to the girl. "They're on their way." Bonnie says, with her phone in her hand.

The minutes before the ambulance went by as a blur for Athena. Once the ambulance came the two youngest Gilberts sat on a bench in silence with Elena standing in front of them. Only breaking when Bonnie walked up to them. "Hey, we're gonna go get coffee and wait for news."

"I gotta take Jeremy and Athena home." Elena says, motioning to the two that sat on a bench.

"I'm right here." Athena says, throwing a rock at the girl’s feet. It went ignored, making the girl groan and her brother to laugh at her childish antics. The boy had his headphones in and was blasting music not wanting to hear anyone's voice at the moment, and when his sister moved sharkly it broke him from his thoughts.

Athena ignored the conversation going on between her sister and their best friend. She rested her head on her brother’s shoulder, and kicked her feet on the rocks below her feet.

"You okay? I called Jenna. She's on her way." Elena says, looking at her phone as Bonnie left. Athena ripped the headphone out of Jeremy’s ears, gaining his attention. “Bitch.” Jeremy says, hitting the girl’s thigh.

“Jerk.” Athena says, hitting the back of her brother’s head. The two began hitting each other, making their sister groan as she tried to stop the two from hurting each other. “Hey, stop it!”

The younger sibling sighs and takes a drink of the beer they grabbed in unison.

"Those people in uniforms? Last time I checked, they're the police.” Elena says, jokingly. She sighs watching her sibling ignore and down the beers, tossing the bottles into the metal barrels behind them.

“People are gonna stop giving you breaks, Jer. They just don't care anymore. They don't remember that our parents are dead. They've got their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try, too. And being a smartass and getting angry isn’t going to solve your problems, Athena."

"Says the girl who sits in the cemetery writing in her diary." Athena says sarcastically, looking at her sister with bored eyes. "Is that supposed to be you moving on?" Jeremy adds.

"Mom and Dad wouldn't have wanted this." Elena says, looking at the two. "Don't be so hypocritical, ‘Lena." Athena says, rolling her eyes.

The three made it home, Athena went straight to her room with Sirius. While she changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt, Sirius jumped onto the girl’s bed getting comfortable. Seeing the dog sleeping Athena opened her window and climbed out to the roof to look at the full moon above. "Elena says we need to move on… I hate it."

“You hate everything, little hunter." She says mocking, her father's deep voice. The girl then sighs, tiredly. "Yeah well I hate you the most. Leaving me in the place we call earth, more like hell."

"I feel like I'm dying more and more each day. I want to feel alive." Athena says, softly. She plays with her necklace trying to stop herself from getting angry. "I've lost you. I can't lose myself, either. But tonight feels different, I feel like I actually have hope. I... Just don't know what for."

Athena’s mind was racing, but she couldn’t concentrate on one thing. So, she sighed and looked down at her hands seeing the chipping black nail polish. She focuses on the thought of her mom painting her nails every weekend, and now she had to do it herself.

The girl sighs, and looks at the moon thinking of her father. "I love you… from our first war to our last."

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Chapter Two| Stranger Danger

2009

THE DAY WAS GOING BY VERY SLOW FOR ATHENA GILBERT. Yet, she was able to escape for lunch and missed the period after lunch - which was gym. She didn’t do anything interesting, but she went home to pick up Sirius and drove to the forest preserve.

Athena hiked through the woods going off the man made path and taking her own path that she and her father blindly made when the girl was younger. A time when her anger was at an all time high, the father went hiking with the girl in hopes it would clear her head. Just as Sirius was another attempt at calming the storm inside the girl.

Sirius was trotting a little ways ahead of the girl who was jumping over a fallen trees - glad she put on her converse she had in her car for emergencies - and continued walking adjusting the straps of the bookbag on her back. The bag was full of what she saw as essentials, a sketch book, blanket, and food for not just herself but for her dog. Athena also carried an aluminum bat in her hands, ever since she and her father had a run in with creeps in the woods the girl always brought a bat with her just in case.

The girl stopped at the edge of a cliff and looked out to the man made lake in front of her. She laid out the blanket she brought with her and the food she got on the way. Athena opened the container of fruit and baked chicken she had for Sirius, and poured some water into a portable bowl she brought for the dog.

It was a small treat since she hadn’t been to this spot since her parents death. Athena patted the dog’s head then let him eat as she sat in silence letting her phone vibrate from beside her with the texts and calls from her sister and the friends she convinced to text her.

Athena didn’t want to speak to anyone but she did text Caroline and Jeremy that she needed to clear her head, but she was fine. She didn’t care to read their reply as she continued to eat her chicken tenders and fries in silence.

The wind was cold from the lake in front of her. Sirius sat beside the girl closing his eyes, enjoying the silence. Athena on the other hand had racing thoughts, but didn’t really know what she was thinking about - if that makes sense - she just stared at the lake blindly. Soon she felt the need to draw and picked up her sketchbook to the next blank page.

She drew in the book blindly, letting her hand lead her.

The silence broke with a stick breaking behind her. Athena’s pencil breaks as she comes back to the present, and Sirius stands alerted by the noise. She doesn’t move while listening as another branch breaks, and the girl jumps up with her bat in hand ready to strike whatever made the noise.

Sirius growls then a man walks out. The dog stops growling and sniffs towards the man cautiously. Athena glares at the leather chad man in front of her. The man’s hands raised in surrender, watching the girl’s calculating eyes trail over him and the dog that could attack him. “Whoa, there. I’m not going to hurt you.”

“No. You’re not going to hurt me because I’d hit you before you do... But sneaking up on a girl in the middle of the woods isn’t exactly helping your case.” Athena says with the baseball still in her hands. “Okay.” The man trails off, sitting on the large rock beside him.

Athena raises an eyebrow at the man, and scoffs. “Do you need something?”

“No… Just came to enjoy the silence.”

The girl mumbles curses under her breath about how annoying the man is for choosing her spot in the entire forest behind them. It amused the blue eyed man, watching the girl pack her things angrily.

“You don’t have to leave.”

Athena sighs, running her hand through her hair. “Yes, I do.”

The girl nods at the stranger and walks in the direction of her car with blue eyed man following a little ways from the girl. Sirius kept looking back at the man but followed his person nonetheless. The bat rested on her shoulder ready to strike the man if he were to attack.

“I never got your name.”

The girl hears as she steps onto the parking lot. “And you won’t get it! Bye, stranger!”

The man chuckles watching the girl get into her car and drive away from him. “I’ll get that name.”

The second half of the day went back fast for Athena - thankfully - and she ended up hanging out with Caroline at her house letting the girl rant about the new kid, the name couldn’t remember.

Athena tuned the blonde out as she drew in her sketchbook again, but she heard the blonde girl ask her to go to the Mystic Grill with her and Bonnie. “Elena will be there.” Caroline says, trying to convince the girl.

“That’s not very convincing.” Athena says, boredly. The blonde rolls her eyes at her blunt best friend, and sighs. “I’ll buy you fries.”

“Why didn’t you start off that way. Let’s go!” Athena says, grabbing her light washed jean jacket. The two girl’s climb into the blonde’s car.

The Gilbert girl’s mood seemed to have become happier as they sang - screamed - to the music playing on the radio. Caroline was going to enjoy the happier side of her best friend while it was around.

The blonde wanted the happier side of the Gilbert girl to be around more often and around more people, but the blonde knows about the inner demons the girl faces in her head. And sometimes those demons took over the girl’s mind. But Caroline knew that she only knew the surface of what the girl thought. It saddened her that Athena might not open up to her or anyone about what runs through her head.

“Bon-Bon.”

The Bennett girl turns and sees a smiling Athena walk up to her with Caroline behind her. “Hey, ‘Thena.” The girl says surprised, looking at the blonde questioning the green eyed girl’s mood change.

Caroline shakes her head at the girl, to not ask the wrong thing that might send Athena’s mood down again. The blonde turns to Athena. “Why don’t you go order us drinks and get your fries.”

“Okay.” Athena says, nodding then turns to the Bennett girl. “Want anything?”

“Uh, coke?” Bonnie says, smiling. The girl walks towards the bar as Caroline sits at the table with Bonnie. “Someone’s happy. That was a much nicer greeting than what I got this morning.”

The blonde sighs, nodding at the girl. “Bad morning. There were too many emotions from other people today. I don’t think she knew what to do with them, so she came out as grouchy. But when we got to my house she was quiet. I think she was coming back down to earth, and now she can feel her own emotions again. Thankfully, when the sun went down it was happy emotions she felt today.”

“Is she getting better?” Bonnie asks, softly. The four used to be so close, but over the summer Caroline stuck to Athena, while Bonnie stuck to Elena. “I didn’t hear about her snapping at someone today.”

“I think she’s… trying to understand what it is she is actually feeling. She was never good with emotions before the crash. What makes you think she’ll understand and accept the grief she is forced to feel now?” Caroline whispers, looking at the green eyed girl.

Athena was talking and joking with Vicki Donovan. She was laughing at the joke the Donovan girl said, making Caroline smile. “She’s getting there slowly but surely.”

Caroline sees the green eyed girl walking back to the table, so she clears her throat. “Anyways, back to more important things.”

“Important things like what, Care-Bear? I think a sane person’s definition of important can be different to what you see as important.” Athena says teasingly, getting a glare from the blue eyed girl. The Gilbert girl sat across from the blonde. “Boy’s.” Caroline says, smiling.

“I’m not surprised.” Athena says, under her breath. “Go on then, tell us everything you know.”

Vicki came over with the girl’s drinks, fries, and chicken tenders that the Gilbert girl ordered. Once the girl left Caroline spoke as Athena began eating. "His name is Stefan Salvatore.”

“That’s his name.” Athena says with a snap of her finger. She went ignored as the blonde looked and Bonnie. “He lives with his uncle at the Salvatore boarding house. He hasn't lived here since he was a kid. Military family. They moved around a lot. He's a Gemini, and his favorite color is blue."

"You got all of that in one day?" Bonnie asks, raising an eyebrow. "I got all that between third and fourth period... We're planning a June wedding." Caroline says sighing, happily.

"You know some guys actually like to tell the girl these kinds of things. Not for the girl to already know… Did you know that?" Athena says tilting her head, mockingly. "What do you know, you don't even have a boyfriend." Caroline says, rolling her eyes at the girl.

Athena scoffs, and mumbles. "Maybe, because your drama is enough for me to steer clear of the opposite sex."

"Alright, enough you two." Bonnie says, waving her hands at the two. "I am going to talk to Tyler." Caroline says, getting up and walking to the boy at the pool table.

"’Thea?" Bonnie says, raising an eyebrow at the girl. "Oh come on! Don't you start too. You’re supposed to love me." Athena says, pouting at the girl.

"Hey." Matt says, walking up to the girls. "Hey." Athena says, smiling at the new distraction from Bonnie’s lecture.

"How's Elena doing?" Matt asks, softly. "Damn, straight to the point I see." Athena says, only to get ignored. She rolls her eyes at the boy, and dips a chicken tender into the ranch before taking a bite.

"Her mom and dad died. How do you think? She's putting on a good face. It's only been four months." Bonnie says, with a small shrug. "Has she said anything about me?" Matt asks, curiously.

"Oh, no. So not getting in the middle. You call her." Bonnie says, shaking her head. "I feel weird calling her. She broke up with me."

"Grow a pair." Athena says snorting, taking a drink of her raspberry tea. "Ignore her. Just... give it more time, Matt." Bonnie says, just as Elena walks in with a certain new boy.

"More time, huh?" Matt says, then walks up to Elena. Athena makes an ‘ooh’ing sound, clapping her hands at the drama about to unfold - hopefully. "Oh, beat his ass Matty Blue!"

"Athena!" Bonnie says, hitting the laughing girl. "Hey, I'm Matt. Nice to meet you." They hear Matt say to the new kid.

"Hi... Stefan." Stefan says, shaking his hand. "Hey." Elena says, to Matt smiling.

"Hey." Matt says, walking away without another word. "Goddamn it, Matt. Don't you love me?" Athena says, as Matt walks by.

"Yup. That's why I ignored you, ‘Thena." Matt says winking, getting a pout from the girl. “Rude.” Athena mumbles.

"Elena!" Bonnie calls, making her and Stefan walk over to them. Then Caroline walks over smiling.

"Just in time I see." Athena says sarcastically, knowing Caroline wants Stefan. She really wished her best friend wasn’t motivated by boys, but she still loved the girl nonetheless. "Play nice." Bonnie says, hitting the girl’s leg

"I am nice." Athena says, getting a look from the beautiful dark skinned girl. "Kind of nice?"

"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" Caroline asks, Stefan after the group sat in silence for a few moments. "Mm-hm. I moved when I was still young." The boy says, nodding at the blonde.

"Parents?" Bonnie asks, curiously. "My parents passed away." Stefan says, looking between the Gilbert girl’s.

"I'm sorry." Elena says, looking at Stefan. "Aren't we all." Athena says bitterly, as she spun the straw in her glass. They all could visibly see the girl's happy mood going down.

"Any siblings?" Caroline says, changing the subject. "None that I talk to. I live with my uncle." Stefan says, turning back to the blonde.

"I'm going to need something stronger if we're going to continue this very boring conversation." Athena says, standing. "Sit." Bonnie says, pulling the girl down.

"Why." Athena whines, making Stefan smile. "So, Stefan, if you're new, you don't know about the party this friday." Caroline says, bring the attention back to her.

"It's a back-to-school thing at the falls." Bonnie explains, smiling at the boy. "Are you going?" Stefan asks, turning to Elena.

"Of course she is." Bonnie says, smiling. "I'm not." Athena says, bored with the whole conversation. She was playing with her straw spinning it in her glass, boredly.

"Yes, you are." Caroline says, smirking. "Bonfire with annoying and horny teenagers?... Pass." Athena says, sarcastically.

"There will be liquor." Caroline deadpans. "I, now, will be going." Athena says smiling, brightly.

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Chapter One| Bullshit

2009

“ATHENA GILBERT! You better be up when I get up there! Don’t make me get the water bucket!”

The teenage girl shoots up in her bed. Her hair is sticking every which way. The shaggy black dog jumps off the bed alamed by the yelling in the usually quiet home. “You wouldn’t!” Athena yells back to the woman.

“Watch me!”

The girl pauses as if testing the woman, then she hears her Aunt Jenna in the hallway bathroom filling up a bucket. Athena jumps out of bed and runs to her own bathroom. “I’m up!”

Athena washed up, and put on some mascara and chapstick. She looks at herself in the mirror and sighs at her tired reflection. “You got this, ‘Thea. It wouldn't be the first time people ask 'Are you okay?', 'How's your family?'. All the stupid questions, and you will not snap." Athena says, to herself.

"And now I'm talking to myself... Great, I'm turning into Elena." The girl says groaning, walking back to her room. Athena looks at her dog who was laying on the bed. “Lucky asshole. I want to sleep.”

The girl grumbles to her dog about being lazy, but she goes ignored as the dog huffs at her. Athena looked through her closet and found what she wanted to wear for the day. She puts on a yellow top, black and yellow plaid pants, black heeled boots, and she tossed her black jean jacket over the top. Athena left her hair in his natural waves then moved onto jewelry. She placed it on a watch and silver rings and necklaces, then grabbed her black bag on her way out her room.

"Your first day of school, and I'm totally unprepared... Lunch money?"

Athena hears Jenna say as she makes her way down the stairs to the kitchen. "Thank you." Athena says, grabbing the money in which the woman held up - giving one of the two twenties with her brother.

"Thank you." Jeremy says, smirking at Athena. She knows he'll either buy drugs or food, most likely the first one. But she let him grieve his own way just as she did. "Shut up." She says, pushing the boy away when he kissed her cheek. The girl then then walked to the back door to let the dog out.

"Anything else? A number two pencil? What am I missing?" Jenna says, mostly to herself. Athena and Jeremy down there coffee they’ve stolen from their sister. "Don't you have a big presentation today?" Elena says, attempting to pour her third cup of coffee.

"I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at.... Now. Crap." Jenna says, looking down at her watch. "Then go. We'll be fine." Elena says, letting Jenna run out the door. It was silent in the home for a moment and they all enjoyed the calm before the storm, until the eldest sister spoke up while Athena filled her dog’s water and food bowl.

"You okay?" Elena asks, looking at the youngest Gilbert. "Don't start." Jeremy says in annoyance, walking out the house with a slam of the door.

Athena sighs, and goes to the door and yells to the black dog. “Sirius! Breakfast!”

The dog runs into the home happily and runs to his food bowl. Elena watches her sister wash her hands, and speak up as the girl grabs a hand towel. "’Thea?"

The green eyed girl grabs her house keys from the counter, patting Sirius’ head on her way past. "Nope, sorry not sorry, but you're my sister not my councillor."

"Bonnie-" Elena starts.

"Care’s picking me up!" Athena yells, walking out the door to her best friend who was waiting. “See you at school!”

"How-" Caroline starts, as her best friend gets in the car. "Finish that sentence and i'll rip your tongue out." Athena says pointing, and glaring at the blonde girl.

"Alright." Caroline says, throwing her arms up starts then backs out of the driveway. "Just... Crying and talking about it isn't going to bring them back, Care." Athena says, after a few minutes in silence.

"Okay, I'll stop but it might make you feel better?" Caroline says, as she pulls into the parking lot. "Wanna make me feel better?. . . Help me feel alive." Athena says, with a double meaning. They climb out of the car and meet behind the car.

"Come on, Care. You can go ask how Elena is doing." Athena says, as they walk towards the school. "Yeah and maybe she won't bite my head off." Caroline says, playfully glaring at her best friend.

"Sorry, not sorry." Athena says shrugging, making them both laugh. "Hey, I have to go talk to Katy. She wanted to talk about the bonfire." Caroline says, looking around for said girl.

"I don't like Katy." Athena says, disgusted. "I know."

"Fine. Go away. Cheat on me with... Katy. Just know I gave you the best sixteen years of my life!" Athena yells dramatically after Caroline, as the blonde walks away. "I don't know her!"

"First day of school and already embarrassed Caroline in the first hour... Check." The girl says, walking through the doors happily. "God, can't people mind their own goddamn business." She says, seeing the looks she was getting. She then runs into someone much to her dismay.

"Seriously? Can't even walk the goddamn halls without someone irritating me." Athena says, to herself. "Sorry.” The stranger mumbles, as he steadies himself and the girl.

“It’s whatever.” Athena says, adjusting her bag on her shoulder, then looks up at the boy. The girl looks at the boy who had sunglasses on his face. She tilted her head at the boy curiously having never seen the boy before. “Who are you?”

“Uh, I'm Stefan Salvatore." The boy says, putting his hand out.

"New?" Athena says, raising an eyebrow. Only to get a nod from the boy making her sigh knowing she should act nice, so she puts on a bright smile. "I'm Athena Gilbert."

"Like the-" Stefan starts. "Yup. Goddess of war, half-sister of Apollo and Artemis, and the daughter of Zeus and Metis." Athena says, almost annoyed.

"Right." Stefan says, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. "You know it's pretty stupid to wear sunglasses indoors. Has anyone ever told you that? It's like you're trying to draw attention to yourself with the whole dramatic 'I'm too cool for school' bullshit." She says seriously, stunning the boy. The girl seemed to be proud of herself and nods at the boy.

"I'm walking away now… Bye." Athena says, walking away spotting her sister with Bonnie at her locker. The green eyed girl sighs, and walks up to the two. "Hey Bon-Bon."

The two girl’s stop talking and watch as the green eyed girl goes through her locker. Elena was hoping one of their shared friends would get the girl to talk about her feelings, but she failed to get Caroline to talk to the girl about the crash. It wasn’t that Caroline didn’t care about Athena, the blonde just knew how the girl’s brain worked.

Bonnie kept shaking her head and Elena - who was motioning for Bennett to speak to Athena for her - but she sighed, giving into the eldest Gilbert’s request. "Hey, ‘Thena. How-"

"Are you really going to waste your breath? My answer is always the same." Athena says, rolling her eyes. She shuts her locker and smiles at the Bennett girl. “I’ll talk when I’m ready. Just… let me be for now.”

"Right." Bonnie says smiling, she’s missed the blunt comments from the Gilbert girl. The three walk side by side towards the direction of their first class. "Hold up. Who's this?" The Bennett girl stops in front of the office.

"All I see is back." Elena says, with a tilt of her head. Both Gilbert’s hum looking at the boy in the office. "It's a hot back." Bonnie excuses.

"New kid. I just talked to him and I already forgot his name." Athena says, with a hum. It was only eight in the morning - ten minutes before class started - and the girl was already bored out of her mind. "I'm sensing Seattle, and he plays the guitar." Bonnie trails off, ignoring the girl’s comment.

"You're gonna run this psychic thing into the ground, huh?" Elena says, smiling. "Psychic?" Athena says laughing, looking at the girl.

"Pretty much." Bonnie says, shrugging her shoulders jokingly.

"Jeremy, good batch, man."

Athena hears a boy say from down the hall, then she sees Jeremy walk to the bathroom. She doesn’t think too much about it and ignores it but her older sister - by a few months - can’t seem to let the boy slide away.

"I'll be right back." Elena says, then storms off into the boy's bathroom. "Elena! Seriously!" Athena says with a groan, as she follows after her sister.

The girl bumps into a boy as he storms out of the bathroom, she sidesteps the boy and continues her way into the boys bathroom after Elena. Athena walks past the wall and sees Elena standing behind Jeremy who was at the sink.

"Great. It's the first day of school, and you're stoned." Elena says, grabbing the boy's shoulder and turns him to her as she checks his eyes. "Elena, chill out." Athena tries.

"No, I'm not." Jeremy says, scoffing as his eldest sister. "Where is it? Is it on you?" Elena starts to check the boy, and patting down his sweater.

"Stop. Chill yourself, all right?" Jeremy says, pushing his sisters hands away from him. "Chill myself? What is that, stoner talk? Dude, you are so cool." Elena snaps.

"Elena stop!" Athena says, stepping in between them. She hated when her sister became hypocritical. Athena and Jeremy knew the girl continued to sit in the cemetery alone, while they stayed in the rooms. "I don't have anything. Are you crazy?" Jeremy says, looking down at the middle sibling. Sadly, she was the shortest of the three, but she held her own.

"You haven't seen crazy, Jeremy. I gave you a summer pass. But I am done watching you destroy yourself. No, you know what? Go ahead, keep it up." Elena shouts looking past her sister. "Elena enough! You're our sister not our mother... She died in that goddamn car crash!" Athena snaps, pushing her sister away from them.

It becomes tense between the three as they look at a temperamental Athena. The girl always had anger issues, but she had her father that helped her get that side of her under control. Whether it was boxing classes, art, meditation, and everything under the sun, all of it went out the window when her father died. He was the main reason way the girl didn’t lash out, and now that he was gone… the girl became unpredictable.

"Athena-" Elena says, trying to put her hand on the girl’s shoulder but Athena flinches away. "Walk away, Elena, before you make me angry." Athena snaps, glaring at the girl.

Elena looks between Jeremy and Athena, and sees the glares directed towards her making her sigh. She nods, and walks out the bathroom without another word. Athena lets out a breath she didn’t know what was holding and leans against the sink as if to bring herself back down to earth.

"I'm sorry." Jeremy says, softly. He watches as the girl’s shoulder raises and falls as she breathes but he gets a weak shrug in response. "We've all got our own coping mechanisms. No one can tell you when to get over something."

The five minute bell rings making the girl stand up straight, and turn to her brother. "Look I got to get to Tanner's but uh… Please just get to class… For me?"

"Sure." Jeremy says, kissing his sister's head.

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killerqueen-18 · 4 years

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Epigraph

If you assume that the

B I G B A N G

happened gratuitously,

you’re talking about magic,

not science.

- R.C. Sproul

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Playlist

Stay with me ~ Sam Smith

Perfect Picture ~ Bea Miller

The Night We Met ~ Lord Huron

Devil In Me ~ Halsey

idfc ~ blackbear

Mad Hatter ~ Melanie Martinez

The Ballad Of Mona Lisa ~ Panic! At The Disco

E.T. ~ Katy Perry

Sweater Weather ~ The Neighborhood

Cold Shoulder ~ Adele

A Teenager In Love ~ Dion & The Belmonts

all the good girls go to hell ~ Billie Eilish

New Angel ~ Niall Horan

Haunted Heart ~ Christina Aguilera

Black & Blue ~ James Tw

So Good ~ Dove Cameron

Don’t Cry ~ Ruel

Nintendo Game ~ Alessia Cara

To Be So Lonely ~ Harry Styles

Walkin’ After Midnight ~ Patsy Cline

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Cast

Marie Avgeropoulos ~ as ~ Athena Gilbert

{A Girl That Wants To Be Found}

“I have the power inside of me. One that I don’t really understand, but they do! They understand. So, yes. I have to trust them.”

Athena was a girl that lost the anchor to her sanity. She had this anger that she didn’t understand. Now she was wandering for a new purpose. She wanted to be understood even if it came from a “Evil” man.

Emeraude Toubia ~ as ~ Hera King

{A Girl That Wants To Be Loved}

“There was a time where I felt free. I wasn’t looking over my shoulder every second. I wasn’t worried about walking out the door and it being my last. I was happy I’m trying to be that girl. Let me be that girl.”

Hera was a girl that ran as her father was being slaughtered. She and her brother are powerful beings with the power of goddesses and gods before them. They’re still learning to be the goddess and go they are meant to be.

Matthew Daddario ~ as ~ Hades King

{A Boy That Just Wants To Be}

“You can’t ask as to protect her. She’s your sister Athena, but you’ll have to learn that Goddesses and Gods protect there own. When will you understand the only people that care about your safety is us.”

Hades was a boy that held anger towards the people that hunted down his father. The people that put fear into his sister. But he couldn’t take his anger off them, seeing as his father took them with him in death.

Jensen Ackles ~ as ~ Alaric Saltzman

{A Man That Wants To Have Answers}

“Your mother and father would be so proud of the two of your. Sure this wasn’t the life they wanted for the two of you, but you two are so strong. You can push through anything.”

Alaric was a man that lost his close friend and took in his children along with his wife. That was until he lost her too. He had a love-hate relationship with his Goddaughter and Godson they were smart as well as smart-asses, but they were kind. They also made great drinking buddies.

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Big Bang

As a general scientific principle

it is undesirable to depend

crucially on what is unobservable

to explain what is observable

as happens frequently in

B I G B A N G

cosmology.

- Halton Arp

Cast

Playlist

Epigraph

Chapter One| Bullshit