Hey, this is my first Vampire Diaries fanfic, its an AU
please read the chapter and reveiw, its the only way i will know to continue xoxo
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"Blue jeans, White shirt,
Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn"
'There are so many subjects to pick from' Caroline exclaimed while busily flicking through the pages of her booklet.
Elena nodded and smiled at Caroline's frazzled state.
'Have you seriously already picked?' Caroline asked watching Elena discard her own booklet in the bin.
It was the first day of year 11 and the school curriculum had expanded allowing for a wider variety of subjects to be chosen from. Some found this expansion better others found it stressing and confusing (others being Caroline).
Elena smiled at her friend 'I am taking History, Spanish, Drama and Biology as my extra subjects' she stated
Caroline took a deep breath and pouted 'How am I supposed to know if I'd rather study Dance or Drama without even trying either of them?' she asked Elena as if it was a life or death situation.
'I don't know Car' but think about it later because we have a year meeting in the auditorium that starts…' Elena checked her watch 'now' she instructed before dragging Caroline by the arm into the meeting. She scanned the room for a familiar face.
'Oh, there's Bonnie!' Caroline whispered while waving to their other best friend Bonnie. The two girls shuffled through the rows and sat on the two seats that Bonnie had saved for them.
'Hey' Elena whispered with a wave.
'Bon, Do you think I would be better at dance or drama?' Caroline asked not taking her eyes away from the booklet.
Bonnie put a finger to her lips, instructing Caroline to be quiet as the meeting was beginning. Caroline scowled and continued to wildly flip through her subject-booklet.
Mrs. Leep came upto the microphone and tapped on it with her fingers. It let out a painful squeaking noise causing Elena and most of the other students to cringe.
'Oops.' Mrs. Leep muttered; she coughed to clear her throat and tried to stand tall. 'Welcome back to Mystic Falls High School for your 11th year, we have new students, new teachers and new subjects' she smiled
'The new subjects are crap!' Caroline called out in a grumpy voice before sliding back in her chair- she was obviously still finding it hard to pick.
'Well then; Miss Forbes, please keep your opinions to yourself or share them with me over a lunchtime detention' Mrs. Leep instructed.
Caroline rolled her eyes and sat back up in her seat. Elena peered at the teachers sitting behind Mrs. Leep. There were the dorky Maths teachers wearing their patchy toupees and button-up Hawaiian shirts, the skinny PE teachers who always seemed to be wearing Lycra tank tops, sweat pants and sneakers. Elena noticed and recognized a lot of other teachers including Alaric Saltzman. Her eyes stopped when she noticed a teacher who she had never seen before. He had dark hair that Elena noticed he kept tousling with his fingers, piercing dark eyes that were mesmerizing. Even from her distance she could tell that he was extremally good-looking. Elena blushed that she was thinking this way. She glanced at her friends quickly to make sure they didn't notice her checking the new teacher out.
Bonnie was concentrating on Mrs. Leep who was talking about study habits and other tips for succeeding the year. Caroline had given up on the booklet and she was now busily texting someone on her mobile, her hand covering the phone from any teachers with wandering eyes. Elena was knocked back into reality when she heard the high-pitched static noise from the microphone. 'We have a few new teachers staring this year as well' Mrs. Leep told the students waving her hand to the row of teachers sitting behind her. A few of them waved at the students with a daggy flicker of their fingers. Elena couldn't help but to let out a smirk. She noticed that the good-looking teacher didn't wave but he let out a sexy grin and nodded to the crowd of students.
'We have a new faculty members in Dance, Mathematics, English and Drama' Mrs. Leep explained.
Elena tried to pick which teachers would be teaching which subjects.
Caroline suddenly leant over to Elena and whispered 'Check out the teacher with the dark hair' she quietly groaned sexually.
Elena stifled back a giggle and nodded. 'Yeah, I guess' she muttered back, still staring at the good-looking teacher that Caroline had now noticed as well. He suddenly caught Elena's eyes in his glance and he winked. Elena quickly darted her eyes to Mrs. Leep. Did he seriously just wink at her? They were in an auditorium with hundreds of students. 50 girls probably thought that he was winking at them; Elena shook her head- ignoring his flirty gesture. For the rest of the meeting she kept her eyes glued to Mrs. Leep.
Mrs. Leep decided to end the meeting by organizing student study groups for everyone. Elena heard Mrs. Leep call out a few names 'Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Millie Harvard, Tyler Lockwood, Tom Ruse' she read off the paper. Caroline squeezed Elena's hand whispered into her ear 'I hope you are with us!' Elena nodded but when the last few names where called she knew that her name wasn't one of them. Elena was in a group with Matt Donovan. She cringed at his name, Matt and her had broken up a while ago and it was still quite awkward- they were able to say "HI" and make minimal conversation but she still felt like she had to scrape her brain to find topics to talk about with him when he was around. The others in her group included a few kids that she knew from previous years and Stefan Salvatore- he was a new student, Elena had seen him this morning and she had been introduced to him by Caroline- (she seems to know everyone)
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They had to go to study group before classes began, Mrs. Leep said that it was a good way to "Learn about what subjects people recommend, make new friends and have a quick break before subjects start". Elena thought that it was a bit strange that she wanted us to all make new friends. Most of the students had known each other since day 1 in grade 7, its not like anyone was a struggling social outcast.
Elena edged her way out of the auditorium and met up with her study group in a free classroom. She peered into the classroom and saw that everyone was already there. 'Hi' she greeted awkwardly, it would have been so much better if she had Bonnie and Caroline with her.
'Hey Elena' Matt greeted her softly. Elena dodged his eyes and looked at the ground. Stefan pulled up a chair for her. 'Thanks' Elena said while sitting on the chair. Stefan stared at her, Elena could feel his eyes inspecting her face, and her face began to blush under his heavy eyes. 'Its Elena, right?' he said
'Yeah, Your Stefan- I remember'
Stefan nodded 'its my first day, I moved from this weird school in some crap city'
Elena giggled 'That must be hard on your parents, packing up your entire life and moving it across the state'
Stefan moved his chair closer to Elena 'Nah, I don't live with my parents. My mum died when I was little and my dad is very…uh, never mind. I moved out with my brother'
'Does he go to this school as well?' She asked curiously
'He is a teacher here; I don't know why he became a teacher though. He isn't exactly the most kind and gentle teaching person I know' Stefan chuckled.
Elena laughed, Stefan seemed so sweet and kind- she literally couldn't picture his brother being anything different.
Study group ended and Elena realized that she had spent the entire time talking to Stefan, when the bell rung through out the classroom acknowledging the end of study group Elena peered up and saw that everyone else was texting or listening to their iPods, Her and Stefan were the only two people that had actually talked.
First class was history. History was normally fun and interesting to Elena, but today Mr. Saltzman didn't seem in the mood. He kept picking at his nails and muttering things under his breath. Most students accepted this as a perfect opportunity to text and listen to music- normally Elena would jump at the opportunity to get out of class but today she felt genuinely sorry for Mr. Saltzman and his crappy mood.
Elena met up with Bonnie and Caroline for lunch break.
Caroline swooped down to their usual table. 'Hey Tara, Hey Luke!' she waved at a few students who walked past the table. Bonnie rolled her eyes and began to pick at her salad. Elena saw Stefan walk through the cafeteria door. 'Hey Stefan' she waved giddily to him. Elena quickly sat down- oh god. Her mad waving and cheesy grin probably deflected her straight back to an eager year 7 persona. Stefan didn't seem to notice the awkwardness of her actions as he smiled at her and took her greeting as an invitation to come over.
'Is this seat taken?' He asked hovering over Bonnie's shoulder. She looked up from her salad and shrugged. Stefan immediately sat down and smiled at both Elena and Caroline. Elena scratched her nails on the table and darted her eyes away from Stefan. 'So has anyone had my brother for a class yet?' he asked
Bonnie and Caroline shrugged 'What subject does he teach?' Bonnie asked
'Uhhm, He teaches year 10 and 11 drama. He has always been really into classic movies and these weird old French films' Stefan replied
'I love French films' Elena breathed quietly- still facing the table
'Really?' Caroline asked.
Elena nodded. She loved the old films, with classic plots with classic actors. Bonnie and Caroline were more into the whole Jake Gyllenhal love stories- Elena liked watching them as well but for her it was merely evaluating the plots. Did anyone's life really turn out like one of those "kissing in the rain" films?
'Damon is really into this French film called Delicatessen- It's really strange' Stefan laughed, rolling his eyes as he thought about his brothers interesting choice in movies. Caroline and Bonnie both giggled as they attempted to pronounce the name of the French film. Elena kept her head down; she kept her eyes glued to the funny brown mark on her apple. Elena actually loved that film- her opinion was probably not accepted though seeming as the other three were finding the name absolutely hilarious.
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The last class of the day was drama; Elena had decided to walk the long way to class. She wasn't in the mood for performing and acting, her mind kept wandering to other things and she felt tired not energetic and definitely not exciting. Elena walked down the empty corridor. She brushed the rows of rusty lockers with her fingers and stopped outside her classroom. She peered into the open door and could see all the students busy working in groups, their were loud squeals of laughter and people talking over the top of each other in different accents and dialects. Elena leant against the doorframe and watched all the students; she couldn't see a teacher in the room. Elena had studied drama once before, she dropped it in year 9 and 10 though because it stopped being fun- she struggled to maintain a character as her mind became overwhelmed with questions, instead of finding the creation of the character and making decisions based on love Elena tried to find logic explanations for every scene she performed. This reflected in her life back then, Elena stopped seeing the fun in life but merely questioned the reasons of change. The beginning of the New Year, Elena had decided to inject the fun back in her life, she took up old hobbies and was determined to make more friends and maybe experience some real love.
Elena suddenly felt her arm tense as a warm hand grazed her upper-arm. 'My class is supposed to be allot better if you actually go inside the classroom' a voice whispered to her. Elena jumped around and was immediately faced with a smiling teacher. Elena's eyes widened as she realized it was the good-looking teacher whom she first noticed in the auditorium that morning. She smiled back at him 'I like the view from here'
The teacher laughed and tousled his hair with one of his hands. Elena noticed how much better looking he seemed up close. 'All right then; Stay where you are.' He shrugged
Elena kept her eyes glued to the teacher 'I will come in soon.' She said lightly
The teacher nodded his head and looked up at her innocently 'I know you will' he said looking over his shoulder and continuing into the classroom. He suddenly stopped and turned to face Elena again 'What is you name?'
'Elena' she replied
'I'm Mr. Salvatore' he replied, a small smile played over his lips.
Elena's eyes widened. This was Stefan's brother; She felt slightly confused though- Stefan described him to be more arrogant and defensive where as even in the few words they had shared, Elena found him to be intriguing, gentle and kind. He was different to most teachers, instead of forcing Elena through the classroom door, he allowed her to choose whether or not she attended. This made her feel like she once again had control of her choices.
Elena leant back on the doorway and looked into the classroom, her eyes drifted over to Mr. Salvatore who was sitting on the edge of his desk reading through a book as the students around him practiced another acting exercise. He suddenly looked up and caught Elena's gaze in his own. She smiled at him and he smiled back.
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