"This is your lunch ok?" Liz told Caroline as she handed the packed lunch to her daughter, tearing up a bit as she still wasn't ready watch her daughter leave for her first day in a real school.
"Thanks mom."
"You do remember your cellphone number right? And mine? And of course, I also placed 911 in your phone just in case for emergencies."
"Mom," Caroline laughed at her mother's antics. "I think its pretty easy to remember 911."
"I'm sorry!" Liz hugged her daughter tightly. "Its just that its your first day and I'm so nervous and I'm not used to not being there for you."
"I'll be fine mom." Caroline patted her mothers back reassuringly. "I mean, how hard can it be right?"
"You're right." Liz sniffed, letting go of her daughter. "You're right." She repeated, as if to reassure herself.
"Alright, off I go." Caroline said walking towards the front door.
"Make good choices!" Liz called out as the front door closed behind Caroline.
I guess it's natural for parents to cry on their kid's first day of school. But not when your kid is already 17 years old. Caroline Forbes was homeschooled for as long as she can remember. Her family's totally normal except for the fact that her parents divorced when she was a toddler and since then her mom worked as a cherrif and handled a number of non profitable charities in a local town in Africa, where she lived almost her whole life. And its been great. Her life was fairly peaceful. But her mom got a job offering in Virginia which was too good to pass up. That was goodbye Africa.
And hello Mystic Falls.
Caroline sighed as she entered the doors of Mystic Falls High. She was nervous but then she shrugged her nerves off and walked along the corridoors towards her first class. How hard could it be right?
"Hi! I'm a new student here. My name's Caroline Forbes." She approached a girl that was standing by the door.
The girl just gave her a cold look. "Talk to me again and I'll cut you."
Caroline was shocked to say the least. What did she do to deserve such treatment? But she just ignored the jab and moved towards one of the empty seats.
"You don't wanna sit there. April Young's boyfriend is gonna sit there." A guy with piercing eyes suddenly said. Caroline was immediately shoved to the side as a guy walked past her and sat on the seat she was about to take.
"Hey sexy legs." Buff guy said to who Caroline assumed was April Young.
Caroline walked to another empty seat but Piercing-eyes immediately said, "He farts a lot."
"Hey guys! How's first day so far?" A man suddenly entered the classroom just as Carolne turned to look at him, causing coffee to spill everywhere.
"I'm sorry!" Caroline exclaimed bending down in an attempt to save the spilt coffee.
"It's alright, dear. I'm a magnet for bad luck." The man smiled then proceeded to take off his sweater.
"Mr. Shane?" Piercing eyes suddenly spoke up.
"My six pack is showing, isn't it?"
"I suppose so."
"This is such a trip." Mr. Shane said as he pulled down his shirt and finally got rid of his coffee soaked sweater. Suddenly noticing Caroline standing beside him, his face lit up in recognition. "You're the new student, right?"
"Yes. My name's Caroline Forbes. I'm really sorry about the coffee."
"It's really no big deal." Mr. Shane smiled. He seemed like a kind professor, Caroline thought. "Now, if you would take a seat next to him that would be great so we could move on to today's discussion." Mr. Shane pointed to the seat behind the guy who farts. Caroline had no other choice but to sit there. Maybe piercing-eyes guy was joking right?
The first day for Caroline was a series of disasters and her getting yelled at.
"You can't go to the bathroom in the middle of class!"
"Tie your blonde hair in a pony tail!"
"Take a seat, young lady!"
"No eating in class!"
"No drinking!"
She walked around the cafeteria finding a vacant seat but almost all the tables were full. She sighed. She had no other choice than to eat in the toilets.
Caroline had a lot of friends in Africa.
But sadly, none at Mystic Falls.
The next day, Caroline's spirits were totally deflated. She could only hope that her second day would turn out to be better than the first. And that she could actually make some new friends today.
"Hey." Piercing-eyes guy suddenly tapped her shoulder.
It took Caroline a second to respond because she was too shocked to absorb the fact that someone was actually talking to her in this school. She immediately smiled and turned to her seatmate. "Hi."
"Is this your natural hair color?"
"Yeah."
"Its beautiful."
"See, this is the color I want." The guy said to the girl who sat in front of him while continuing to touch Caroline's blonde blocks.
"This is Stefan." The girl smiled at Caroline. "He's almost too gay to function."
"Don't listen to her." Stefan shook his head while he rolled his eyes.
"Nice wig, Bonnie." A guy who just walked in class suddenly shouted. "What's it made of?"
"Your mom's chest hair!" Bonnie, which Caroline assumed to be her name shouted back. She then turned and smiled at Caroline, "I'm Bonnie."
"I'm Caroline." Caroline smiled back. She immediately liked them. "Do you know where room G is?"
"I think its in the back building." Stefan said, eyeing Bonnie.
"Yeah, that's in the back building. We'll show you the way." Bonnie winked.
"Thanks!" Caroline beamed at them. She happily sighed as Mr. Shane entered the room to begin the lesson for today.
Caroline sighed happily as she hoped that maybe her second day won't be as bad as her first.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter!:) I think we all need a little cheering up after Kol's tragic death.