Summary:
Nineteen years old Nora moves to Mystic Falls to restart her life. She soon becomes friends with Elena, and thereafter her friends and also the Salvatore brothers. She's completely new when it comes to love, and has a bigger chance of being able to deal with the secrets of the town than falling in love with someone. But her life doesn't know how to be easy.

A/N: To have the story turn out like I want it to, it won't really follow the show, but it won't differ enough to be an AU, so: Elena and Stefan are a couple, the tomb vampires have been killed, they know about the Lockwoods being werewolves, they don't know about the originals.

Please note that this chapter is basically only here so that you'll get to know a little about my OC, the following chapters get much more interesting!

CHAPTHER ONE: THE ARRIVAL

The rain is pouring down this boring Friday afternoon. Fridays usually aren't this boring, but I've spent the whole day behind the steering wheel of my car. Running away isn't exactly the phrase I'd use for what I'm doing, I'm nineteen, old enough to take care of myself, and I've graduated from high school, so there're no problems there either. Besides, my parents surely wouldn't be surprised when they woke up to find the note I left on the kitchen table. They also must've heard me running around my room packing yesterday, and they should've seen when I went into the storage room to get the suitcase.

Now to why I'm doing this, my life was hell. I like to think past tense, considering I'm leaving in order to get a life I can find worth living. My parents only knew how to be disappointed with me, no matter what I did, I wasn't good enough. And when they weren't complaining about me, they ignored me. I didn't have any friends where I used to live either, so I wasn't leaving anyone behind. What had gotten me through the last years in school was music, and Pierce the Veil are currently blasting in my earbuds to make the time easier to deal with.

My goal is Mystic Falls, and honestly, I'm not sure why I chose that town. I heard they mention it on the news, and the name sounded like the name of a town I could live in, so then it was decided. I'd been thinking Europe before, but the traveling part could be problematic for me. Not because I think my parents would report me missing or something, but because I've never been to an airport in my entire life.

Though I'm more of a spontaneous than a planning person, I've bought a house here already. My grandparents left behind a lot of money when they died, and they had made sure I would get modt of it. Thankfully, not only was it enough to buy a car and a house, but also to survive at least a year without working. My parents weren't happy about it, but there had been nothing they could do to keep the money away from me. I'll of course try to get a job as fast as possible. Preferably something like a restaurant, since I have quite much experience of working at places like that.

My previous life had been busy, I guess that's part the reason I could go through it. School, work, homework. And of course a lot of time on the Internet. So many kids like me suffered from depression, I'm glad I didn't. Sure my life was a hell, that's what I'll always call it, but it was never more than I could manage.

I park my car outside the house and walk up to the door. The keys are in my pocket, I've been the owner of this house for quite long actually. I unlock the door before heading back to the car to get the two suitcases. The people that lived here before me had been a great help, they'd gotten all furniture necessary for me, I of course paid them for it. This means there is a bed in the bedroom, there're chairs and a table in the kitchen, plus things for cooking and eating. The living room has a couch with a small table in front of it, and a TV.

First thing to do will be unpacking the suitcases, then I'll have to go grocery shopping. I walk into the bedroom, put the suitcases on the bed, and struggle a while to open them. They're full with clothes. Black skinny jeans and band tees, mainly. Two leather jackets, and two pairs of black converse. Some shorts, black of course, and a black dress. I'm not the type of girl to wear dresses, but this one was okay, I got it from my grandparents just a month before they died, and I wore it to their funeral.

I sigh, sitting down on the bed. I don't feel like unpacking now, I'd much rather go to sleep, but I know it needs to be done.

After nearly half an hour, the clothes are all in the wardrobe, and I feel like I could pass out any moment. But first, some things need to go to the bathroom, hairbrush, makeup, stuff for showering, and some more. After putting everything where it belongs, I go to leave the suitcases in the spare bedroom. Then back to the bathroom for a quick look in the mirror. My hair is a blonde mess that reaches to my waist, my eyes are gray, and for the moment really tired looking. I'm not even wearing makeup, so I quickly put on some eyeliner and mascara before going back to my bedroom to grab my purse. Shopping time.

A/N: So this's the first chapter, I promise the following will be more interesting, and Nora will get to meet at least one character from TVD.
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