Chapter One
Disclaimer: I do NOT own The Vampire Diaries. If I did, Damon would already be with Elena and they could live happily ever after! :)
I stared in my mirror and allowed myself to smile softly at my reflection. Today was the start to a new year, my senior year finally. I had waited for this day since my sophomore year. This was the year that I would finally be able to leave everything in this town behind. Everything that I had worked so hard for would be worth it when I finally got my acceptance letter into college and got out of here.
I turned to get my pink sweater just as my friend, Caroline started to call me. My smiled widened as I answered the call.
"Eeeeeleeeennnnaaaa! IT'S TIME!" If there was anyone I could count on to hate this small town anymore than I did, it was Caroline Forbes. Her mom was the Sheriff and they had always had a rocky relationship. Getting out of town and far away from her mom was number one on Caroline's bucket list. She wanted to live in a world of fashion and popularity, something that Mystic Falls did not have. I let out a small laugh; of course we would both want to be best friends. We both wanted out so badly, it seemed like everyone else could live here forever, but not us.
"I know, Care. We're going to rock this year."
"Rock it? We're going to own it, Elena! Now hurry up and come outside! You don't want to be late on the first day do you?" We both let out a loud laugh at that. We knew that if it was up to us, we wouldn't even be here right now getting ready to go to our own personal hell hole.
I hung up the phone, grabbed my book bag, and hurried down the stairs. I noticed my Aunt Jenna in the kitchen messing with the toaster and let out a chuckle. I loved my aunt to death, but that women could not cook to save her life, even if it was something as simple as toast. When she finally saw me she backed away from the toaster embarrassingly.
"Hey, Elena, I didn't know if you wanted some toast or something? I could make you something." I raised an eyebrow at the toaster then looked back at her and she slowly picked up her hands. "Okay, fine I know. How about a granola bar though?"
"A granola bar sounds fine, Jenna. Thanks. Caroline's here, though. So I'll see you later." I grabbed my breakfast bar and leaned in to give my aunt a hug.
"Okay, well I hope you two have a good day. I'm so proud of you, Elena. They would be proud of you, too. You know that."
I smiled at her and nodded, that subject was not something I could get into right now. Instead, I just waved goodbye at her and walked out my front door. I could only hope that today would be a good one.
Damn! It was already 7:50 and I still couldn't find my leather jacket. You have got to be kidding me! I have less than 10 minutes to be at the godforsaken school, and there was no way in hell I was leaving without my signature jacket. I ran my hands through my hair and let out a sigh. Way to start off the new school year, Damon.
"Damon! Hurry up; we're going to be late if you don't get down here." I rolled my eyes at my obnoxious brother's voice. Leave it to Saint Stefan to have to be at school early. I looked around my room one more time before finally giving up and making my way down the stairs.
"Wow, brother. Way to dress up for the first day of school." I looked down at my clothes and scoffed. Leave it to Stefan to make a comment about my clothes while he was the one wearing a red shirt with matching converse. How very stylish of him.
"What? This is a John Varvatos shirt. Don't be a dick, Steffy."
"I meant way to pick such amazing and bright colors to wear, because nothing says 'I'm happy' like the color black." I rolled my eyes at him. Here we go again…
"Well, sorry we can't all walk around in every color of the rainbow handing out hugs like a freaking Care bear." Stefan narrowed his eyes at me and I knew I had won this round.
"Whatever, can we just hurry up and get to school. Some of us actually care, you know."
I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed my keys before heading out the door. I could only hope that today would go by fast.
As Caroline and I pulled into the school parking lot I did a double take of myself in her car mirror. My long, brown hair was up in a pony tail and I had no make up on, as usual. My mom had always told me I was naturally pretty, and I had always believed her. I never wore any make up, only the occasional lip gloss and when Caroline forced me too. I smiled at myself for the second time that day and turned to face Caroline.
"Are you ready?"
"Please, Elena. I've been waiting for this day for a while now. I can't wait to get this year over with." She smiled at me before stepping out of her car. I closed the mirror and grabbed my bag from the back of her car. I was slowly opening my door as a blue Camero sped into the parking space next to ours and I had to quickly close the car door before I got hit. What in the hell was that?
Suddenly, a boy stepped out of the car and my breath got stuck in my throat. He was absolutely beautiful. I was almost sure he was new, because I surely would have remembered a face like that. He had long, raven black hair that fell across his forehead almost touching his eyes. Oh my goodness, those eyes… they were the deepest shade of blue, almost as if you were looking right into the Caribbean Sea and they were narrowed right at me. Shit.
I slowly opened my door as he stepped out of the way for me and I turned to face him. Well, damn! He was even more beautiful up close.
"I am so sorry about that. I didn't even see you coming. I just opened the door and there you were…" Great, Elena. Way to make yourself look like a fool, just keep blabbering on! Yeah, he totally doesn't think you're a freak or anything.
"Yeah, well, maybe you should watch out. I could have hit you, you know. The last thing I need on the first day of school is some clueless girl sitting in the hospital because of me."
My voice got caught in my throat. Was this guy serious? I was just trying to apologize to him here and he was blaming me? I hadn't even done anything wrong! I stared at him, my blood starting to boil, but before I could even respond the one voice I hated more than anything made an appearance.
"Damon! Damon! Hey!"
I turned my head to the right and saw Katherine Petrova. Oh, great! Just what I needed. Wait, Damon? That was his name? It sounded like the name of a serious, business man, not the name of an easy going guy. Huh, well it sure fit him. Wait! How in the world did Katherine know him? Oh, what am I even asking? This girl probably had her Hot New Guy Radar going off the moment he got into town. I wouldn't be surprised if she had already marked him as hers.
"Hey, Damon, you left your jacket at my house the other night." Oh, well there you go! I was right. Damn is there one guy this girl hasn't hit on?
I watched as Damon smiled at her and took the leather jacket out of her hands. They looked like a match made in heaven or perhaps, hell. They were both dressed in black from their head to their toes and from what I could tell; Damon was as much of an asshole as she was a bitch. Hell, they even had that same stupid smirk on like they owned the damn school and he hadn't even been here for ten minutes!
"Thanks, Kat baby. I thought I lost it." He leaned in and kissed the topped of her head softly as he greeted her. I cleared my throat as I suddenly began to fell very awkward.
Katherine finally looked at me and rolled her eyes. "Ew, Damon, what are you doing with her?" I wanted to rip out her curls and scream in her face but instead I just glared at her.
"Oh, I forgot about her. She was just standing in my way. I almost hit her with my car while driving in." I heard Katherine laugh and I had to refrain from going ten different types of crazy on her ass.
"Oh, too bad you didn't." I scoffed at what she said and even Damon looked at her kind of shocked, but before I could even say anything Caroline came up to us.
"Petrova, what are you doing here?"
"None of your business, Forbes."
If there were any two people who hated each other it was Katherine and Caroline. Ever since they were little they were always battling each other out for who was better, whether it was sports, fashion, or boys. Occasionally I was thrown into their little spats, but I couldn't stand Katherine so I was okay with it.
"Well, you're next to my car and it seems like you're bothering Elena. So I'm making it my business. Now, what are you doing here?"
Katherine rolled her eyes before answering. "Oh, please Caroline. I wasn't next to your car. I was next to Damon's, who happens to be with me so don't get any ideas." Caroline and I both scoffed at her words.
"Well, Kat, if he's with you than he must not be all that." Damon's eyes turned over to Caroline as he looked at her with rage. I guess he didn't take comments like that so lightly. "Besides, if I remembered correctly you're the one who goes after my sloppy seconds. Not the other way around."
Now it was both Katherine and Damon's turn to glare at Caroline. Damn that girl had some serious guts!
"Whatever, Caroline, I hope you have a wonderful day. I'll be seeing you around. " Katherine just looked me up and down. "Elena." Well, that was as close to a goodbye as I ever got from her. She walked away after her parting words and waited for Damon to join her.
He just looked at me as if he was actually studying me for the first time since he had seen me. I stood completely paralyzed under his icy blue stare.
"See you around… Elena." The way my name rolled off his tongue almost had me pass out right then and there. It was like I never wanted anyone else to say my name ever again, only him.
Wait. Elena. What are you talking about? This guy is a complete asshole! Remember, he's with Katherine. That should be a complete red light.
Before I could even say anything he was gone, walking away with the one person I couldn't stand.
I heard the bell ring and I was finally pulled out of my thoughts. I grabbed my bag from the ground and turned to walk to the front of the high school with Caroline.
Great, not even first period and already I had got into it with the bitch of Mystic Falls and even met and almost got ran over by the hot asshole of a new student.
This day way definitely not going as planned.