A/N: I know this show hasn't been on for like five years now and from what I've seen so far the fandom is relatively small, especially when it comes to people who like Rory and write fics for him (me) but I actually got this idea for a RoryxOC story five years ago and now that I'm a better writer and I've had a dose of nostalgia I've decided to write it. Now I'm not sure how much inspiration I'll be able to get and keep to keep writing this fic but I'll see how much I'm able to do, which will at least half rely on feedback I get (If people actually like this story or not, so if by the end of this part you do please leave me a review or something to show that you do like my story so I know that I actually have readers who like it) and the other half on inspiration. Anyway sorry for the long A/N I just wanted to explain some stuff before I get to the story. And now here it is! I hope you enjoy!
Nicole walked through the halls of Whitechapel high school on her first day. She was a bit nervous to be honest. Being a sophomore she had already missed one year of connecting with people and making friends so she would most likely be alone for awhile, and possibly bullied. She was very shy and quiet and liked to read which made her a target for bullies. In fact she was about to run into some on her way to her AP English class. She saw a group of jocks walking down the hall with some pretty girls. They looked like seniors. Nicole quickly stepped to the side to let them pass, fear etched on her face. The girls looked at her and smiled, not in kindness but in a sort of satisfactory way, as if they were saying Good girl, you should fear us. Nicole let out a breath as they passed then noticed something that they had left behind. Or someone...There was a boy shoved in a trash can headfirst. Only his legs were sticking out. People didn't pay him much attention. Only a few chuckled as they passed by him. She felt bad for him but she wasn't too sure what to do. If she helped him out she'd probably be late for class. But being someone who was the victim of bullies a lot herself, she felt bad for him and wanted to help. She sighed and went over to the trashcan and with some effort pulled it over so the boy could get out. But he still had some trouble. His shoulders were too wide so he couldn't get out on his own. She pulled on his legs and with some help from the boy he soon got out and she met the boy she saved, and he met his savior. The two stared at each other for a few minutes. The boy was covered in trash. Unfortunately some of it had gotten into his otherwise bleach blonde hair. He had very fair skin and light blue eyes. He seemed harmless enough. He was wearing a short sleeve flannel and a superman symbol t-shirt underneath. This kid was definitely a dork. No wonder he got picked on. The girl was somewhat similar. She had fair skin and blonde hair, except hers was a bit of a dirty blonde color. And her eyes were brown, not blue like the boy in front of her. She was wearing a red t-shirt with some flowers on it and dark jeans, and she was the most beautiful thing the boy had ever seen. "Are you okay?" She asks him softly, still a bit nervous. He doesn't say anything. He just stares. And starts to raise up a bit taller than her as if he were floating. In a quick jerk he stands up on his feet and offers his hand to her, and nods to answer her question, certain that if he spoke his words would fail him.
"I'm fine." He stutters and Nicole takes his hand and he pulls her up, bringing her close to his chest and his face in doing so, making them both blush before he quickly let go of her hand and stepped back, not wanting to offend her. "I've never seen you around here before. Are you new?" He asks and she nods, too shy to speak to him. Then she looked up at the clock and seemed worried.
"I'm going to be late..." She says sadly. Rory looks at her and bites his lip, debating on what to do.
"What classroom are you in?" He asks, deciding to do it even though he might regret it later.
"219. Do you know where it is?" She asks and he smiles and nods.
"Yeah it's not too far from here." He lies, using her lack of knowledge about the school to his advantage. "As thanks for getting me out of that trashcan I'll get you to class on time, but I'll need you to close your eyes first." She looked confused at first, thinking this might be a trick. But if it were why would he trick someone who just saved him from being bullied. And the thought of walking in late to her first class with all of those eyes staring at her pushed her to close her eyes and trust this boy. All in one moment she felt like she was being picked up, a brush of wind blew the side of her head and then with a short stumble she was in front of her classroom door.
"How did you do that?" She asked him.
"Not important." He shrugs it off. He looks behind Nicole and sees some of his friends, giving him strange looks. "I'm Rory by the way." He says and holds out his hand to her.
"Nicole." She says and he smiles. "Thanks for getting me to class."
"Thanks for getting me out of that trashcan." He says and laughs, Nicole does too a bit.
"I'll see you around Nicole." He says and walks away, Nicole watching him with a smile on her face as she walks into her class.
"What the hell was that?" Sarah asks Rory, grabbing his arm before he could walk away.
"What was what?" Rory asks, trying to play dumb.
"Using your super speed to bring that girl to her class!" Sarah whisper shouts. "You should know better than that! Do you want to get reported by the council!"
"I had to help her!" Rory explains. "She helped me out of a trashcan and was going to be late to her class because of it!" He explains. "And I don't know if she's one or not. I'd say most likely not since she didn't use super speed to get to class herself."
"What you did was even worse then! You should be more careful!" She says and smacks his arm again. He rubs it gently.
"Relax. She doesn't suspect a thing." He assures Sarah and then the bell rings and the girl sighs and goes to class, him doing the same.
Little did they know that she was starting to suspect something. All throughout class she couldn't think about anything but her encounter with Rory. How had he done that? Was this class really that close? If so why didn't she see it? Granted she hadn't looked at the number on the rooms behind her. Maybe he was just being playful? But he didn't seem like he was being playful. She felt something sticky on the back of her arm and noticed there was some of that strange substance there. It was some yogurt that was on one of Rory's arms. So he had touched her...The bell rang, interrupting your train of thought as Nicole got up to leave for the day.
A few minutes before, Ethan was in math class and suddenly his body froze and his eyes turned white. He had a vision of a girl with dirty blonde hair, brown eyes and fair skin, laying down on a bed or a couch or something and a familiar blonde was on top of her and had his mouth on her neck, biting and sucking. The girl was wincing and moaning and the boy on top of her was holding her down like she was prey as he feasted on her neck. "Rory..." She croaked out and he looked up at her, his eyes a golden color. The vision ended there. Everyone looked strangely at Ethan.
"Are you okay Ethan?" The teacher asks and Ethan nods his head frantically.
"Fine. Just got lost in thought for a minute." He says, shaking off how nervous he sounded in his voice. The teacher nodded and then continued to teach. As soon as the bell rang Ethan bolted out the door. He needed to find his friends and tell them what he just saw. He found Benny, Sarah and Erica outside. "Guys! I have something I seriously need to tell you! I had a vision about Rory!" He exclaims.
"What happened?" Benny asked, concerned.
"He's going to drink a girl's blood..." He says and everyone's eyes go wide.
"What?" Benny asks in shock. "Are you sure? Rory doesn't..." He looks around and leans into Ethan "Feast on people..." He whispers and backs away.
"He did in my vision." Ethan says.
"Are you sure it was Rory and not another vampire?" Sarah asks, slightly worried that her ex might be causing trouble again.
"It was definitely him. I saw his face and the girl moaned his name."
"She moaned it?" Benny asks and Ethan nods. "And his mouth was on her neck?" Ethan nodded again. "Do you think maybe he was just giving her a hickey?" Benny suggests and Erica looks disgusted.
"Seriously?" She asks and scoffs. "We're talking about Rory here. A scrawny little geek who gets dumped in trash cans and spends all his time at the comic book store. There's no way he could get a girlfriend, much less a girl to let him do that."
"Aside from the very mean suggestion Erica gave," Ethan says in a flat tone to the girl. "There's another thing...His eyes were golden."
"If his eyes were golden than that means his fangs were definitely out." Sarah says and looks down.
"I can't believe Rory would do something like this...There has to be more to this vision." Benny declares.
"Someone or something must force him to do this sometime in the future." Ethan says.
"What did this girl look like?" Sarah asks.
"She had blonde hair, brown eyes and fair skin." Ethan describes.
"I saw Rory with a girl today who looks just like that..." She says and everyone stares at her in shock. "He used his speed to get her to class on time."
"That idiot! What if someone from the council saw!" Erica whisper shouts.
"Okay well we need to find him and keep a close eye on him from now on." Ethan says and everyone nods in agreement. They all look around for him but they don't see him come out of the school. "Where could he be?"
"Oh he walked by about five minutes ago." Benny says. "He was running, it looked like he was trying to catch up to someone."
"WHAT?!" They all shout at him.
"Why didn't you tell us!" Ethan scolds him.
Nicole gasps in surprise as Rory jogs up next to her as she had just crossed the street. He flashed her a smile and tried to act smooth. "'Sup babe?" He asks and nods his head at her before tripping on a loose rock and falling over. Nicole laughed.
"Right now me, from your point of view." She says and his eyes go wide and his mouth gapes.
"That was such a good pun!" He says and stands back up. She smiled and shrugged as he stood back up. "Where have you been all my life?" He asks dreamily and Nicole blushed. This boy was so sweet and adorable. She noticed something in his hair.
"New York City." She says and reaches her hand up to gently brush the offending object out of his hair. But he suddenly started getting taller and she had to stand on her toes to reach his head. He quickly grabbed the fence next to him and sank back down. Why did he always do that when he got nervous? "You still had part of a wrapper in your hair."
"Thanks." He says and blushes. "Do you want me to walk you home? It's kind of dangerous to walk around here alone..." He says in the most non-threatening way possible. He didn't want to scare her, and if Jesse or any vampires came after them he probably wouldn't be able to fight them off but he hoped he could at least hold them enough for her to run off to safety. Thankfully it was a sunny day so that probably wouldn't happen but still...Why was he getting so protective of her all of a sudden?
"Thanks..." She says and seems a bit scared. Dammit Rory you freaked her out! He thinks in his head and curses. Nevertheless she walks next to him as they leave the school. "Why are you wearing sunglasses?" She asks him.
"My eyes are really sensitive. My doctor says I should wear them whenever I'm in the sun or else I could go blind." He lies.
"Oh that sucks I'm sorry." Nicole says and he shrugs.
"It's not that bad. I like to think they make me look cool." He says and tries to put a little swagger into his walk. Nicole laughed.
"You're such a dork!" She laughs and he does too.
"Is that a bad thing?" He asks and she shakes her head.
"Not at all..." She says and he grips a stop sign to keep from floating away. She was amazing...The two walk in silence for a bit.
"Where do you live?" He asks.
"In a farmhouse a few blocks away. My dad raises show horses and I ride." She explains.
"That sounds awesome!" He says. "I'll race you down the street!" He says playfully and takes off.
"Hey no fair you didn't say when you'd start!" Nicole calls after him and starts to catch up but he still beats her. "That wasn't fair!" She scolds him and hits his arm.
"Okay fine do you want to race down the next one?" He asks and Nicole nods. "Okay, one two..." He takes off but this time Nicole has learned his tricks, she takes off after him and she makes it to the end of the block and he makes it there a lot later, panting. "I was just tired from the first race..." He says and takes deep breaths to get his breath back.
"Sure..." Nicole says and he stands back up. How could he have been so fast earlier today but really slow now? Nicole noticed that her classroom was all the way on the other side of the school from where she had been this morning. As the two walk down Nicole's street he starts to feel a bit strange. He was getting a craving, and something smelled really sweet, making that craving worse...He looked over and noticed it was coming from Nicole. Her scent was intoxicating...He shook those thoughts out of his head. He just needed to get her to her house and then he would go find a squirrel or something to eat. "Thanks for walking me home." Nicole says when they reach her house.
"No problem..." Rory says and smiles. "I'll see you around school..."
"Wait!" She says and he turns around. He balled one of his fists, trying to suppress the bloodlust growing within him. "This may sound strange since we just met but can I have your number?" She asks. Rory forgot his craving and broke out in a grin. He gripped the gate in front of her house to keep from floating away. They exchanged numbers and then she gave him a hug. His eyes went wide and he slowly hugged her back. But then his craving returned. Her scent was driving him nuts. His nose was close to her pulse. He could hear her heartbeat in his ears and his fangs came out, mere millimeters from her neck. At the last second before he bit her he ran off. Nicole looked around, shocked. It was as if he had just disappeared. "Weird..." She says and walks inside the gate.