" elena , wake up ! " I heard my mother's voice for the tenth time , she's waking me up for my first day of school . I hate school ! It's full of people pretending to be something they are not and saying things they don't mean . That's why I never really fit in. My name is elena gilbert , I'm a seventeen years old teenager living in mystic falls , a small town in georgia where everybody knows each other since childhood , so there's no way for me to hide anywhere !
I got up finally and it was late , I ran to my closet and picked the first thing I saw . I dressed up as fast as the lightning , I brushed my teeth and tied my hair into a pony tail . It wasn't really how a seventeen years old teenager should wear in her first day in school .
Caroline forbes , my best friend since kindergarden spent a whole week looking for an outfit to charm the whole school . she propably woke up at 5 am to get ready . As a cheerleader , she was one of the most popular girls at school , every boy's dream was to be noticed by her , that's why tyler lockwood , her boyfriend , was considered one of the luckiest guys in our school , maybe the in world . I never understood why is she still befriending me , I mean she is the hottest girl in school , I'm the nerd no one want to talk to , or even notice .
Since my dad , grayson gilbert passed away three years ago my life turned upside down , we were so close to each other spending every moment of our free time together , reading, playing around , walking in the woods which were his favourite place in the whole town . He used to say that he finds peace looking at the trees , the blue clouded sky , feeling the wind touching the skin of his face as if it was caressing him . He used to say that he always felt that he belongs there , as if he had lived a thousand lives in there and he will continue to live a thousand more . when he died , we burried him there , near the ruins of fell's church where he used to sit and read for hours . He was a writer , a brilliant one . he used to find inspiration in the smallest thing : my mother's smile , the rain drops and even the cries of my baby brother jeremy.
his death shattered me , it took me by surprise . one minute he was here , the next he wasn't and I suddenly felt so empty and so lost , so I burried myself in books , becoming like a worm . somehow I felt closer to him that way , sharing his passion . sometimes I would even visit his grave and bring a book with me and start reading outloud . Maybe he can hear me , I was never a believer but , sometimes faith is the only thing left for us to be able to carry on .
I finally reach mystic falls 'one and only high school , it was where my parents studied twenty five years ago , where I study now and most likely where my children will study if I will ever have children . sometimes I feel blessed to be nobody , at least they won't notice my clothes or my messed up hair . and as I was walking in the hallway I found bonnie bennett , one of the few people that I enjoy their company . She is my best friend for as long as I can remember along with Caroline and Matt Donavan who always considered me as his little sister .
Bonnie wasn't like Caroline , sometimes I think they are the opposite of each other , she was calmer , somehow stonger and more mature . she wasn't popular but she wasn't a nobody either . she was simply bonnie . she didn't need popularity to feel good about herself , but I'm sure if she wanted it , she would have it I mean she was beautiful with hear brown skin and her olive , cat-alike eyes . she looks at me confused , or maybe surprised and then she moves towards me and she says " what the hell happined to you ? ". I knew I didn't look the most beautiful girl today , but I didn't know I look that horrible . " If Caroline ever saw you she will freak out , you look like you were fighting in a war " she continues , she knew that I wasn't intersted in looking pretty , but looking like that , all sweaty wearing a t-shit twice as big as I am and having my hair all messed up is a whole different story . I didn't notice that when I was leaving the house . I was literally running since my mother couldn't drive to school as she was busy . Bonnie drags me to the ladies room and tries to fix what can be fixed . she tried to make my hair as presentable as possible and put some make up on my face to hide how pale I am . At least know I don't look like I just got out of a cave !
As I was leaving of the ladies room followed by bonnie , I hit a hard strong chest . Oh boy ! it's definitly one of the jocks , the last thing I needed was a problem with a nacissistic , self-centred teenage boy who thinks the world is at his feet just because he knows how to kick a ball . and then I hear a voice saying " watch it gilbert ! " and I recognize the voice immedialy . It's stefan salvatore , my worst enemy.