My name is Alexis, and I have recently just moved to Mystic Falls. Mystic Falls is a small town in Virginia. My mom recently got a job here. Great I have to start all over again. I thought our last move was the last of it. I'm tired of making "fresh starts" as my mom always calls it. When I start to complain she'll say something like "Oh honey, this is your chance to make new friends and explore new things." Okay, I love my mother to death, but I'm tired of making new friends and starting over. When I try to get close to somebody I always get hurt because a couple of weeks later she's got to get a new job so then we are on the road again to a new place and a new life. I'm just getting sick of it. I'm a junior( I'm 16 years old) and I think I deserve to stay somewhere for the rest of my remaining high school years. At least try to be a normal teenager( as hard as that might be for me). I've never been normal. My mother raised me as a single mom for most of my life after my father abandoned us. So I had to take on certain responsibilities that most kids usually don't have to do during their childhood. So with that I've grown up very mature for my age and never quite on the same level as my fellow peers. I've also always been a bookworm, always had my nose in a book, and very private. So that also makes it hard for me to make friends and well lets just say the boy department isn't very open to me either. I'm mean they notice me. I'm not the prettiest girl in the world, but I'm definitely not the ugliest. I'm about 5'5 and slim, I have grayish blue eyes and long thick brown hair, I have a heart shaped face and a fair complextion. But with my reserved personality guys don't really seem to have interest in me.

I started to help move boxes from the U-Haul to the new house. It wasn't a bad place I mean I've lived way worse. It was an old Victorian house. The outside was painted white and was chipping off, it had a large porch, and had a big oak tree shading it. The inside was pretty nice. You could tell the last owners fixed it up a bit. Their was new hardwood flooring and freshly painted walls. I started heading up to my room with some of my boxes. It was a pretty normal sized room.

I was dreading tomorrow. Great a new school. Again. I'm the new girl again. 'Suck it up Alexis', I told myself, 'theirs not much you can do about it.' I knew though that this town wasn't going to be much fun anyway. I mean how much excitement could their be in just a small town.

(Next Day)

I drove up to Mystic Falls High School. It looked just like most high schools nothing special. I got out grabbed my stuff and walked up to the entrance. I was wearing a black short sleeved t-shirt with a white cardigan, and my favorite jeans with my black boots over them. I walked in and headed to the office and grabbed my schedule and locker combination. I put some of my stuff in my locker and headed to History which was my first period.

I introduced myself to the history teacher, Mr. Saltzman, and went to a desk somewhere in the middle. I ended up sitting by a girl who had long, straight brown hair and brown eyes.

"Hi my name is Elena. You're the new girl right?" she said

"Yeah my names Alexis" I said.

"Its nice to meet you" she said.

"You too."

Huh? Maybe I can find some friends here.

I went through the rest of my other 3 periods and it was time for lunch. I went through the line and got my food. This is when I start to hate being the new girl cause you never know if your going to sit with someone or just by yourself. I was sadly going to look for a place to sit by myself. Then I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw that girl Elena.

"Hey Alexis, why don't you sit with us."

Well at least I don't have to sit by myself today. I walked over there and sat down. I actually didn't have a bad time. I was really getting along with Elena. And I met some new people. There was Stefan, who was Elena's boyfriend( he seemed nice), Caroline, who was a little obnoxious, Bonnie, who seemed a little up tight for some odd reason, and Matt, who was Caroline's boyfriend and apparently Elena's ex-boyfriend (but there didn't seem to be much tension there). They seemed like pretty good people to hang out with. Maybe I could even become friends with them if I stayed long enough.

Other than lunch everything was pretty much boring. I finished my classes and to the Mystic Grill.

(Mystic Grill)

After school I drove to the Mystic Grill. Yesterday I had seen a "Help Wanted" sign. Hopefully I would get the job since I could help pay bills because I know we will need more money and maybe have a little extra cash. I went inside and got a application. I ended up seeing Elena, Stefan, and the rest of the gang. I walked over there.

"Hey" I said as I walked up.

"Hey" they all said.

"So what are you doing here?" Elena asked.

"I'm just signing an application here. I saw the help wanted sign and I could use the extra cash." I said.

"Oh, that's cool," Caroline said," Matt works here so if you get the job you both will be working together."

I just nodded. I started talking to Bonnie about our English homework when suddenly everyone went quiet and started to tense. I looked over at what they were staring at out of curiosity when I saw him.

They were all staring at a guy who had to be around his early twenties. He was probably one of the most gorgeous guys I had ever seen. He had dark brown hair that was almost black and the most piercing blue eyes I had ever seen. He was wearing a black shirt and leather jacket and a pair of jeans. Even though it was a simple attire he made it look like it just came off a runway.

I turned to Elena. "Who is that?"

Stefan answered instead. "That is Damon. He is my older brother."

As if he heard what we said he turned to look at us. He started to walk over. Matt seemed to suddenly get to work and Caroline and Bonnie decided to leave as if they had some bad case of food poisoning. I wonder what was wrong with this guy. They all seemed to despise the very thought of him.

"Hello Elena, Stefan." Then he turned to me. He kept staring up and down me like he was trying to analysis everything about me. It made me feel uncomfortable.

"Uh do you have a problem?" I asked him, annoyed.

"No. I'm afraid we haven't met. My name is Damon. And you are?"

"My names Alexis. I just moved here." I said.

"Oh well welcome to Mystic Falls." He said.

I could almost tell why everyone was so tense. He had an air to him that just didn't seem right. Like he was dangerous in some way, and the way he stared at me was like I was something to eat. I had met guys like these and I wasn't going to be fooled. He was probably one of those guys that probably took advantage of girls. I didn't like it.

Thankfully Stefan saved us.

"Hey well Damon we were just on our way out so we will see you some other time." he said.

"Okay then well I'm going to have some fun." he said and walked off. Before he left he looked in my direction and winked.

I just rolled my eyes. Yup I was probably right about him. He might have good looks but he couldn't fool me.

Me, Stefan ,and Elena walked out of there. I was going to head to my car when Stefan stopped me.

"Hey I just want to warn you about Damon. I would stay away from him as much as possible if I were you. He's dangerous."

"Yeah I kind of got that vibe from him."

Stefan nodded. He then pulled something out of his pocket. It was a necklace. He handed it to me.

"What is this?"

"It's something to protect you. Elena has one too. I know it doesn't make sense but believe me it will keep you safe."

"Why do you care?"

"Because I can see that you're a good person and that your becoming really good friends with Elena. I know she would want me to give this to you."

"Well thank you. Your right it doesn't make sense to me, but I appreciate it."

He nodded.

"Well I will see you at school." I walked off and headed to my car. I tried not to get emotional as I drove home. Maybe it would be different here. Maybe I will actually have true friends here. It was starting to feel like home. Almost.