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Dear diary,

I know it's been a while, I forgot about you. I'm sorry. Today's a new day, a fresh start. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile will say "Hi, I'm much better, thank you." I just want to put everything that happened behind me and move on, but I will never forget.

I let out a huge sigh today was going to be better. It has to be. I finished putting my books in my bag and headed down the stairs to the kitchen. "Toast, I can make toast?" I heard my aunt Jenna call. I smiled, she was trying too hard.

"It's all about the coffee, Aunt Jenna." I called as I entered the kitchen, "Morning family." I added. Elena was sitting with a mug of coffee in her hand swirling it around in the cup, deep in thought. Jenna just gave me a small smile as we both looked at Elena. "Is there coffee?" I heard from behind me. "Nice to see you too, Jer." I laughed. My baby bro, I loved him so much. He was handling this worse than Elena and I had been. He's distant and always hiding in his room more often.

"Ohh, hey Ally." My brother grinned. "So… is there coffee?" he continued to ask. I just laughed and pointed over to the coffee on the stand. "Anything else? Lunch money, a number 2 pencil?" Jenna asked as she wandered round the kitchen frantic, looking completely stressed out. "Don't you have a big presentation to day?" Elena added. Good one Elena, add to the pressure. I sniggered. "I'm meeting with the thesis advisor at… now. Shit!" she shouted. "Just go, we'll be fine, Jenna." I told her as I placed my hand on her shoulder to reassure her.

Elena and Jeremy left the room, bonnie was outside for Elena and Jeremy was probably going to bunk off first period. "I'll just walk, shall I?" I shouted after Elena as I heard the door slam. God she was annoying. I saw the news come on to the T.v, it was a missing person's report. I hope the find them, safe.

Mystic Falls High School, god I hate this place. Everyone was treating Elena, Jeremy and I different because out parents died but I hated it. I like to be left alone have my own personal space but this was horrible. "Hey! Hey Alana!" I heard someone shouting behind me. "Hey Alana, did you not hear me?" It was Caroline, my best friend. "Sorry Care, I was zoned out. What's up?" I replied. "How are you? It's great to see you. How is she? Is she good?" she asked Matt very fast. God when did he get there. "Caroline, I'm right here. And I'm good, thank you." She smiled. "Really?" she added. "Caroline, I'm fine. Much better." I smiled. I don't think I was convincing as she pulled me into a very tight grip and squeezed me hard. "Caroline, I can't… breath." I struggled to get out.

"Ohh… ha, sorry Ally." She smiled as she released me. "I gotta run but I'll see you guys later?" I just smiled and nodded to her and she disappeared into the crowd. I forgot Matt was beside me. "No comment." I smiled to him. "I agree." He smiled back. "It's great to see you, Ally." He hugged me. A gentile hug as if I would shatter if he touched me.

"It's great to see you too, Matt. Have you seen Elena yet?" I asked. The smile suddenly dropped from his face. Still a sore subject I mumbled to myself. "You have to talk to her Matt, your one of her best friends." I punched his arm, getting a quiet moan from him. "Yeh well I was her boyfriend until she dumped me." He moaned. "Seriously Matt, our parents died and you're still sulking over the fact that she dumped you? Grow a pair and deal with it." I quietly shouted. A few head turned and Matt started to go red in the face. "Sorry Ally but you know what I mean. It's still so raw for me to talk to her about it." I just gave him a gentile squeeze on the shoulder and smiled. I understood.

Elena P.O.V

I saw Jeremy head into the bathroom; I headed straight for the door. I saw him putting in drops. Jeremy what are you doing to yourself, I moaned. I grabbed his face, trying to see if he was high or not. "Great, it's the first day of school and you're stoned." He pushed my hand away and looked at me annoyed. Yeh you're the annoyed one here, I thought to myself. "Hey, no I'm not." He said. "Where is it? Is it on you?" I pulled at his jacket trying to find something, anything. "Will you stop, alright?! You need to chill yourself." Chill myself? What is that stoner talk? Dude you are so cool."

Jeremy moved back more, "Look, I don't have on me. Are you crazy?" he pushed. He was getting it now. "You haven't seen crazy, Jeremy! I gave you a summer pass, but I am done watching you destroy yourself. No, no, no, you know what? Go ahead. Keep it up. But just know that Alana or I will be there to ruin your buzz every time, you got it? Jeremy, I know who you are, and it's not this person. So don't be this person. I felt like I got through to him, that he understood that he can't keep doing this shit to himself, to us. "I don't need this." He waved his hands in the air and stormed out the bathroom.

I looked in the mirror, that's when it hit me. Shit, I'm in the boy's bathroom. Gross. I fixed myself and headed for the door; I opened it and took a sharp right… straight into someone. God, today isn't going like I planned. "Uh, pardon me. Um… is this the men's room?" the guy asked me. He was cute… very cute. Back to reality, Elena. "Yes, um, I was just, um – it's a long story…" I could feel my face going red as he gave me a kind smile and nodded. I tried to pass him but we moved in the same direction. We both shared a look and then he moved to one side letting me pass. "Thank you." I said, barely a whisper.

History went by fast, Bonnie Kept texting me about Stefan.

'HAWT-E. STARING U.'

Subtle Bonnie, very subtle. I giggled. Stefan and I shared a few glances throughout the class; he was even cuter with each glance. Once the school day was over, I made my way to the cemetery. I guess you could say this was my place to think, to gather my thoughts. It was quiet, peaceful. I started to write in my journal when I heard a loud screech beside me, god. It gave me a fright, there was a crow sitting on my parents headstone, cawing.

"Ok. Hi, bird. That's not creepy or anything. Shoo!" I called and waved my hand in its direction. The bird took off with one last caw. "That's what I thought." I praised myself. I turned around to notice the bird was back and fog started to ascend from nowhere, I bent down to grab my things, once I had all my things I pulled my bag over my shoulder. I turned around to leave, there was a man standing behind a tomb. I ran.

"Ahh!" I yelled as I rolled down a hill. I stood to get up when I noticed someone in front of me. "Are you ok?" the voice asked I looked up. It was the guy from earlier. "Were you just following me?" I questioned. He started to babble, "No, I-a, uh, I saw you fall." He finally got out. I furrowed my eyebrows, "Uh-huh, and you just so happened to be hanging out in a cemetery." I replied. It was a little weird I thought. "I'm visiting. I have family here." Nice Elena, God I could slap myself right now. "Oh, wow. Tactless. I'm sorry. It's the fog, its making me foggy. And then back there, there was this bird and it was all very Hitchcock for a second. That's the bird movie, right, Hitchcock?... I'm Elena." I smiled after babbling on. "I'm Stefan." He smiled. "I know we have history together." "And English and French." He added. "Right." I smiled.

"Did you hurt yourself?" he asked me, suddenly frowning. "Oh, uh, I don't know." I walked over to a tree stump and perched my leg on top, I could feel blood running down my leg once I rolled up my trousers. "Oh! Would you look at that. That's not pretty." I complained, examining my leg. I looked over to Stefan who was turned around, "Hey, you ok?" I asked. He didn't turn around, "You should go. Take care of that." He told me quietly. "Really, it's nothing." I replied, rolling my trousers back down. I turned around to see nothing…he was gone.

Alana P.O.V

Thank god school was over. I don't know where Elena was she just disappeared after school. I walked up the steps to my house. I could hear Jenna singing from the kitchen, I smiled. "Hey Aunt Jenna, nice vocals." I laughed as I sat on the stool and poured some coffee. "Why thank you." She replied mockingly, I rolled my eyes. "Bye Aunt Jenna…" I stretched out the 'Jenna' in my voice. "Wait. Where are you going? You just got here." She called after me, a slight upset tone in her voice. "To get changed out of these clothes. Elena and I are meeting Bonnie and Care at the grill in 20." I yelled back. I was half way up the stairs when I heard the door open. "Hey, Elena. You still coming to the grill?" I asked with an upbeat tone. She smiled at me and nodded a 'yes'. "Are you ok?" I felt like something was a little off with her. More than usual. "Yeh. Yeh I'm fine, just a weird day." She said as she rubbed her knee. "Tell me about it." I laughed as we walked up the stairs laughing.

'WHAT IS TAKING YOU GUYS SO LONG?!'

I received a text from Caroline. So impatient, I moaned under my breath. "Come on Elena, Caroline's giving me a headache before we've even left." I called in a moaning tone. I could hear Elena laughing, "I'll be down in 2. I just need to find my shoe!" she yelled from her room. I didn't reply as I heard the door knocking. "I'll get it!" I yelled. Jenna just laughed as she headed for the kitchen. I had a huge smile on my face as I answered the door. "Can I help you?" I asked the guy. Wow, he was very good looking. "Sorry. Uh." He looked lost, staring at me as if I was an alien. "I'm Alana." I told him, hoping to make him feel better or at least talk. "Sorry, does Elena live here?" he asked. Of course he was here for her, they always were. "Yeh, do you want me to go and get her for you?" I asked, trying to be helpful but trying to hide my annoyance. "No, no, its fine. Could you just give her this." He handed me Elena's journal. I looked at it as I took it from his hand, I furrowed my brows. "Don't worry, I didn't… read it." He clarified. I smiled as I looked at him. "No? Why not? Most people would have." I asked.

It was true. Most people would have. People are just too nosy now a days. "I wouldn't want anyone reading mine." He replied smiling again. Before I could ask anything more, Elena came down the stairs. "Stefan? What are you doing here?" she asked as she fixed her dress. I waved her journal in her face. "My journal, I must have dropped it. Thank you." She smiled at Stefan. I pulled on my shoes and stepped off the stairs. "Sorry, were uses going somewhere?" he asked, slightly frowning. "Yeh, were meeting friends." She answered. "You should come." I told Stefan. He looked a little shocked by my proposal. "That's only if you want to." I clarified trying not to sound weird, considering I just met him. He smiled at me and then nodded. Elena smiled but tried to hide it. She liked him, I could tell. Stefan, Elena and I headed for the grill in my car; we had general chit chat but nothing more…