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-Lighthope1
The year is 1976. Stefan Salvatore enrolled into the ivy league Yale University. On his way to register, he meets Norma "Nora" Perry. She is a waitress with the big dream of being a doctor. He's intrigued by her take on the world and who she thinks he's capable of being. The start of his "animal diet" forms. Damon Salvatore, on his journey to visit his brother, stubbles upon Maggie's Diner and it changes things.
Inspired by the Quote by Damon:
Boy, this country sure has dumbed down in the last hundred years. Why he wants to go to high school is beyond me. I mean in the 70's he went to Ivy League. Harvard I understood. Actually, no. I didn't get that either.
Nora's POV
It was too hot for a September morning in New England. My hair stuck to the back of my neck and my blue waitress uniform with its white lapel glued onto my body. I was hot, tired and irritable. I had been waiting in line for several hours in hopes to get into medical classes. These light blue go go boots my co worker had offered for me had been a mistake.
I thought being ranked as a junior would actually get me a change into the senior classes. I need them for medical school. I clasped my class card in a death grip as I finally could see the table of courses.
A few minutes later, I reached the table. I handed over my course selection card. A girl of about 20 looked at my name and selection.
"Norma Perry, Junior Level, I can only put you in two of your five requests." said the girl mechanically.
I sighed in defeat and went to grab my card. I knew they had openings but they were for the male students. Even with my grades and recommendations were exceptional, it was not good enough. It was never good enough. Even in Ivy League land.
"There has to be openings." I insisted. I was not going to leave this table without a fight.
The girl looked at me with a frown. "They are all full. We do have openings in our nursing program."
Stefan's POV
Today, I decided to be human again. I chose the highly respected Yale University. I planned to get a medical engineering degree. I had degrees of the arts and sciences but engineering was something I had not yet accomplished.
A girl with blond hair and wearing a waitress uniform stood in front of me in line. She clasped a course card in her hand in anticipation. I felt her heart beat accelerate as she argued with the girl at the course table. Her frustration began to send my mind and vampire instincts into overdrive.
I wanted just one bite. Just one taste of her life line would suffice.
I had to stop my thirst and suffocate myself from feasting in daylight. My only chance was to intrude on the conversation.
"You have got to have more openings." I insisted.
The girl looked down at her paper and shook her head. "There are no openings for anyone."
I knew better.
The girl in the waitress uniform huffed and babbled on about women's rights and how she wanted to be a doctor and not a nurse.
I leaned over the table. "Sir, please stand back" exclaimed the registration lady.
"Ma'am, please look at your list again. Look for two seats in each class on this girl's course list and enroll us if possible." I said while using my powers of compulsion to command her. My gut said no but something made me want to help this girl in the uniform.
"It's not going to work." The girl in the uniform said. "She already checked twice."
I smirked at the comment. "I think you will be wrong."
The girl at the table smiled at me and said, "I was able to find openings. I did not look at the back pages. Sorry for not catching the error earlier. Have a good day."
She handed the course cards back to me and the waitress girl.
Nora's POV
I looked down at the sheet speechless. I had all my courses fulfilled for once in my whole Yale career. It was all thanks to the handsome boy standing to the side of the line with me.
I pushed back a strand of my wavy blond hair. I did not know how to tell him thank you. Being a waitress you would think I had a way with words but rather at this moment I was not able to speak.
He smiled at me. "I am so sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Stefan. Stefan Salvatore."
I swallowed and found myself speaking words. "Thank you for everything you just did for me. My name is Norma Perry. Everyone call me Nora though."
"I guess we have all the same classes this semester." He said while placing his course schedule in leather bound notebook.
I bit my lower lip and caught a glimpse of his wrist watch. Reality came hurtling back.
"I am going to be late for my shift." I said rather flustered.
He ran his fingers though his hair and asked, "Where do you work?"
"I work at Maggie's Diner when I am not here." I said.
Stefan's POV
I watched the spunky Nora go from calm to frantic.
"I have to go Stefan. It was so nice to meet you. I guess I'll see you in class." She said while turning on her heal to walk towards the parking lot.
I half smiled at her disappearing figure. "Maybe Ivy League would help my state of being. So far I had survived my first day. Plus the company wasn't too bad."
Nora really could rock those go go boots.
