There was a knocking at my door and my sister at the other end telling me to wake up "Theresa get up" oh how I wish It would stop but unfortunately summer was over and that means getting up in the morning and going to hell. Summer wasn't the best I lost my parents in a car accident and the messed up part was that I survived and they didn't but I have to learn to be strong so I write in my diary i got when i was little when I'm feeling sad. Its the start of junior year for me and Elena see were not twins I'm actually a couple months younger than her my birthday is in February so I'm right in the middle so our parents decided to put us in school at the same time.
"I'm up Elena I'll be down in a minute" I love my sister but she can get on my nerves her and Jeremy but what can I say there my brother and sister that's there job. "Good you don't want to be late Bonnie said she'll being leaving her house in 15 mins" once I heared Elena leave I went and got my diary. Dear diary, today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile will say "I'm fine, thank you." "Yes, I feel much better." I will no longer be the sad little girl who lost her parents. I will start fresh, be someone new. It's the only way I'll make it through. I took a long look at myself in the mirror and thought today was a new start so after I took a quick shower I don't have to do much to my self since I have natural curly hair and I don't really do makeup only on special occasions I decided to wear my cute spring dress with a jean jacket and my white converse you can say I'm kinda girlish. Let's see I'm 5'2 and half and me and Elena have some similarities like our brown hair and eyes and smile.
After I finished getting ready I went down stairs and heard my aunt jeanna say "Toast I can make toast" oh aunt Jenna she was trying her best to be a good guardian to us it was hard for her taking on the roll of mom and dad when your so young but she tried her best and that's all we could ever ask for."It's all about the coffee, Aunt Jenna" Elena says " ya no thanks i think I'll pass I don't like coffee plus it stunts your growth" I say " I think it's too late for that" says aunt Jenna. Her and Elena start to laugh "hey! you guys don't know I could grow a little more" before Elena and aunt Jenna can respond Jeremy comes down stairs and says "is there coffee?"
"your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared, lunch money?" Aunt Jenna says "I'm good Elena replies but that doesn't stop Jeremy from taking some which I highly doubt that money's for lunch then I remembered and say " don't you have a big presentation today?" I'm meeting my thesis advisor at she looks at her watch... now... crap!" "Then go we'll be fine" I say she looks at us and smiles and hurries out the door. Then I hear " you ok?" From Elena and Jeremy responds and says "don't start" and walks out the door gosh Elena let the kid breathe I understand your worried but you do this all the time to him but I don't really say anything cause I don't want to be a nag to her so I just say " It's gonna take time for him be the way he used to be not just him but all of us" she looks at me with understanding smile. [MISSING PERSONS: BROOKE AND DARREN BEHIND elena on tv].
We hear Bonnie honk and once get out the door I yell shotgun and jump in the front seat and say "hey Bonnie good old pal of mine" she just smiles at me and laughs. Elena gets In and says " I don't know why you bother yelling shotgun you always beat my to the front seat any way" I look at her and smile and say " now where would be the fun in that if I didn't say it" she just rolls her eyes and Bonnie starts to drive. "While Bonnie is driving she's telling me and Elena how her Grams says she's a witch or something but i start to space out looking out the window. "So Grams is telling me I'm psychic. Our ancestors were from Salem, witches and all that, I know, crazy, but she's going on and on about it, and I'm like, put this woman in a home already! But then I started thinking, I predicted Obama and I predicted Heath Ledger, and I still think Florida will break off and turn into little resort islands. . .Theresa! Back in the car". I tune myself back in and her and Elena are looking at me and I say "I did it again, didn't I? I-I'm sorry, Bonnie. You were telling me that. . ." "I'm psychic now" "Right. Ok, then predict something. About me and Elena" "I see..." but before she can finish what she's saying a crow comes out of nowhere and hits the car and she sorta swerves and then bonnie says "What was that?! Oh, my god! Theresa, are you ok?"
Her and Elena look worried and I say " It's ok, I'm fine" but Bonnie doesn't seem too convinced cause she says "It was like a bird or something. It came out of nowhere" "Really, I can't be freaked out by cars for the rest of my life" I reasure them "I predict this year is going to be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you are going to be beyond happy". Bonnie says out of nowhere and I cant help but think maybe shes right.
we pull into the school drive way and i just sit there for a moment and think here it comes time to face the music everyone staring at me and asking if im fine but thing is i doubt they really mean it but before i can think any further about this i hear elena say "Theresa are you coming" i nod my head and get out the car well it had to happen sooner or later. "Major lack of male real estate. Look at the shower curtain on Kelly Beech. She looks like a hot — can I still say "tranny mess"?" bonnie comments and i replay "No, that's over." "Ahh, find a man, coin a phrase. It's a busy year." i just smile and shake my head at Bonnie. Once we are by the lockers i look and see Matt i wave at him but he just turns his head "he hates me" I say,
Bonnie shakes her head and Elena says "That's not hate. That's "you dumped me, but I'm too cool to show it, but secretly I'm listening to Air Supply's greatest hits." i cant help but laugh alittle. then out of now where i hear " Theresa,Elena. Oh, my god" oh man should i run now dont get me wrong i love Caroline but she can be a bit too much. As soon as she reaches us she gives Elena a big hug and then me " How are you? Oh, it's so good to see you. How are they?are they good?" she says looking at Bonnie "Caroline, I'm right here. And I'm fine. Thank you." i say "Really?" she says "Yes. Much better." Elena says. "Oh, you poor thing" Caroline says and then hugs me one last time " Ok, Caroline" i say she finally lets go and says "Oh! Ok, see you guys later?" while walking away and Bonnie says "Ok! Bye!" she then looks at me and Elena and i say "no comment' and Elena shakes her head agreeing with me and Bonnie says "I'm not going to say anything."
As we start to walk past the office Bonnie puts her hand up in front of me and Elena and says "Hold up. Who's this?" i look and say "all i see is back" "It's a hot back" bonnie says and me and Elena look at eachother and just laugh. "I'm sensing Seattle, and he plays the guitar" "You're really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?" elena says "Pretty much" but i dont pay much attention cause i look and see Jeremy by the boys bathroom with some guy and i hear him say "Jeremy, good batch, man" Elena sees it to but i say "I got this and ill be right back"
the last thing Jermey need is mother dearest on his case as im walking i hear "Please be hot." from Bonnie i just smile as soon as i enter the boys bathroom this guys says "Whoa! Pants down, chick!" so i say then pull ur pants up idiot. I then go to jermey and say "your so lucky im here instead of Elena but seriously jeremy i heard what that guy said, look i get it mom and dad are gone and its hard for you so your trying to cope with it but in all the wrong way do you really think they would want this from you cause i dont and i know aunt Jenna and Elena dont" just when i thought i was getting through to him he blocks me out and says "ya whatever i got to go" i then walk out of the boys bathroom and i dont see where im going and i run into someone not just anyone the new guy and let me tell you Bonnie wasnt wrong he was hot "Uh, pardon me. Um. . .is this the men's room?" i hear him say and i then look and think oh god this is a great way to meet someone "Yes. Um, I was just, Um—I was just..my brother—It's a long story. . . ." I say he just smiles and then i hurry up and try to pass him but we end up going the same way so he stops and moves to the side so i can pass i say "thank you" and go straight to history class which new guy happens to be in.
"Once our home state of Virginia joined confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in Virginia's northwest region had different ideals than those from the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the union." says but all i hear is blah blah blah. i turn my head and see the new guy looking at me so i pretend to look at the clock like i was seeing how much time we had left. i then get a text from bonnie and it says "HAWT-E. STARING U." i just look at her and shake my head but when i turn alittle to see he is! but i think its just a coincidence.
After school Elena goes home with Bonnie they dont bother to ask if im coming cause they know where im going. once i get to the cemetery i go sit by my parents grave and write in my diary, Dear diary, I made it through the day. I must have said, "I'm fine, thanks," at least thirty-seven times. And I didn't mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks, "How are you?" They really don't want an answer. Then out of nowhere a crow appears on my parents grave "ok thats not scary movie like,shoo" i say it then flies off and i say "That's what I thought."
but out of nowhere The crow reappears and fog starts to ascend around the cemetery. A man is standing behind a tomb, oh hell no im out this is some creepy shit so i run im not about to be murdered in a cemetery but clumbsy me doesnt see where im going and i end up triping and falling down alittle hill when i get up infront of me is Stefan oh ya his name is Stefan i found out from bonnie " You ok?" stefan says i then think maybe it was him back there so i say "Were you following me?" he looks at me like huh and he says "No, I-a, uh, I-a just — I saw you fall" i think ya he probably thinks im crazy now so to break the ice i say " Hi im Theresa" he smile at me and says "Im Stefan" "I know. We have History together." im a creep. he replies "And English and French." wow can you say awkward i should of known that so i just say "right" a little uneasy.
Stefan starts coming closer toward me and im thinking what is he doing but he just pulls a leaf out of my hair so i say thanks i then notice he has this big ring on so i say "Nice ring." he looks at his ring and then at me and says "Oh. Um, It's a family ring, yeah. I'm kinda stuck with it. It's weird, huh?" " No, no. It's just, I mean, there are rings and then there's that." wow way to go Theresa. "did you hurt yourself" stefan says i look down at my leg and see what hes talking about " Oh! Would you look at that. That is not pretty." i say stefan then turns his head from me gosh i didnt think it looked that bad so i say "are you ok" he then looks back at me and says " you should take care of that' i look down at it to see how bad it really is and say "Really, it's nothing" but when i look back up hes gone ok then .When I get home i walk in and say "man down" and fall on the couch elena looks at my leg and shakes her head and goes to get a bandaid.
Me and elena are about to leave so she says to aunt jenna "were meeting Bonnie at the grill." aunt jenna says "Ok, have fun. Wait, I got this. Don't stay out late, it's a school night" i look at her and laugh and say "well done,aunt Jenna" Elena opens the door and theres Stefan shes hi to stefan and then looks at me with a little smirk and winks at me i just roll my eyes she says she will be waiting. stefan then says to me "Sorry, I was about to knock. I wanted to apologize for my disappearing act earlier. I know it was . . . strange." aww how cute of him "No worries. I get it, blood makes you squeamish." i say "Um, something like that. How's your leg?" he changes the subject "Oh, it's fine. Just a scratch, barelybut to be safe had elena get me a bandaid. How did you know where I lived? " "It's a small town.
I asked the first person I saw. Um, I thought you might want this back" he says handing me my diary "Oh, I must have dropped it. I-thank you." i hope he didnt read it "Don't worry, I didn't . . . read it" well that answers that question "No? Why not? Most people would have." i say "Well, I wouldn't want anyone to read mine." he has one too so i say " you keep a journal" i say journal cause its more manly diary is what girls say. "Yeah, if I don't write it down, I forget it. Memories are too important" he says i look at him like wow so true " "Yeah. I'm just gonna. . .umm, you don't have to stay out there" i say but he just stays there well ok then so put the diary away and he says "I'm fine. Sorry, were you going somewhere?" i come back and say " Yeah, I'm meeting a friend. Do you want to come?" he agrees when i come outside Elena is gone wow she would.
At the grill matt comes up to Bonnie and Elena and says "Hows Theresa doing" they give eachother a knowing look and bonnie says "Oh, no. So not getting in the middle. You pick up the phone and call her" he looks down and say "I feel weird calling her. She broke up with me." Elena smiles at him and says "Give it more time, Matt"then matt looks over and sees Theresa walk in with the new guy and says "More time, huh?" and he walks over to them... Me and stefan walk in and i see matt walking over to us oh shit he doesnt look happy, when he comes up to us he says " Hey, I'm Matt, nice to meet you" to stefan and stefan says "Hi, Stefan" and shakes his hand. Matt then looks at me and i say "hey" and he says "hey" a little cold and then walks away well that was a little awkward.
i see Bonnie,Elena and Caroline so we go sit with them and the first thing Caroline does is interrogate Stefan oh great here she goes. "So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" "Mm-Hmm. And moved when I was still young" "Parents?" bonnie says he then looks down and says "My parents passed away" oh man poor bonnie you can tell she felt bad for asking so i say "I'm sorry. Any siblings?" he looks at me and says "None that I talk to. I live with my uncle." hmmm which mean he does but doesnt want to talk about it. " So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow" caroline says oh great i know where shes headed with this and stefan looks at us like what? so bonnie says "It's a back to school thing at the falls." and the stefan looks at me and says " Are you going?" before i can even answer elena says "of course she is" stefan looks at me and smiles
back at hell "The Battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?" says bonnie looks up at him and says " Um . . . a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." "Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Donovan? Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?" hes such an ass "It's ok, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it." matt says he then looks at me oh great he would "Hmm.
Theresa? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events? man i didnt know this answer and i knew he was gonna have some snooty comment to say "I'm sorry, I-I don't know." i say and then he goes and says something i wasnt expecting "I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Theresa, But the personal excuses ended with summer break." he says looking at Elena and me i look at him like are you serious so i say " excuse me i lost my parents not a freakin pet you jacka-" but i was cut off by stefan who says "There were 346 casualties. Unless you're counting local civilians" looks at me like you got lucky man i just roll my eyes at him and he then looks at stefan and says " That's correct. Mister. . .?" "Salvatore" stefan says "Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?" stefan says "distant" "Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle." oh of coures everyones wrong and your always right "Actually, there were 27, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founder's archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts. Mr. Tanner." stefan says, way to go stefan you show him the look on his face was price less
were at the party and Bonnie and Elena are trying to convince me i have the hots for stefan "just admit it Theresa' bonnie says i just smile and say " Oh, ok, so he's a little pretty" and elena says " He has that romance novel stare". then bonnie says " so where is he so i tell her " I don't know. You tell me, you're the psychic one." "Right, I forgot. Ok, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate."elena then says "Wait, you need a crystal ball." shes right so i grab and empty beer bottle and hand it to bonnie and as soon as she touches my hand she spaces out and then abruptly pulls her hand back from me i look at her and say "what?" she then looks at me and says " That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow." i look at her and say "what?" elena is looking at us like what is going on bonnie then says "A crow. There was fog, a man. I'm drunk. It's the drinking. There's nothing psychic about it. Yeah? Ok, I'm gonna get a refill." ok what hell how did she know that when she runs off elena goes and follows her. i then turn around and stefan is there out of nowhere he scared the shit out of me he says "hi' i say "hi' he then looks at me and says " I did it again, didn't it?" i look at him and smile and say "yeah just a little" stefan then see the worried look on my face and says "I'm sorry. You're upset about something." wow hes good so i say " Oh, uh, no, it's- it's just Bonnie. She's... You know what? Never mind. You're . . . here." he smiles at me and says "im here"
we start walking and i say to stefan "You know, you're kind of the talk of the town" he looks at my and says "Am I' and i look at him and smile and say "Mm-Hmm. Mysterious new guy, oh, yeah." he laughs a little and says "Well, you have the mysterious thing going, too. Twinged in sadness." its like he sees right through me so i say " What makes you think that I'm sad?" " Well, we did meet in a graveyard." point taken so i say " Right. Well, no, technically we met in the men's room. You don't want to know, it's. . . .it's not exactly party chit-chat." he then looks at me and says "Well, I've never really been very good at, uh, chit-chat" well here it goes he was going to find out how it happened sooner or later " Last spring. . my parents' car drove off of a bridge into the lake. And I was in the backseat and I survived, but. . .they didn't. So that's my story." i say he looks at me and says "you wont be sad forever,Theresa" hopefully he was right.
he then changes the subject and says "I like Bonnie, she seems like a good friend Elena too.' i smile at him and say " Best friend in the world." he then looks over at matt and says "And Matt, he can't seem to, uh, take his eyes off of us" i look over and say "Matt's that friend since childhood that you start dating because you owe it to yourselves to see if you can be more." "and?' stefan says "And then my parents died, and everything changes. Anyway, Matt and I, together we just, I don't know, it wasn't, um. . .it wasn't. . ." "passionate" he says i look at him and say "No. No, it wasn't passionate. . " i look at stefan and it looks like his eyes are changing but that cant be so i say "Hey, um, are you ok? Um, Your eye, it just, it's-" he then hurries and say " Oh, um... Yeah, no. It's, um, it's nothing. Um, are you thirsty? I'm gonna get us a drink" and leaves
well ok then i guess ill wait here like a loner or not cause her comes matt " Looking for someone?" hes says " hey" i say "When you broke up with me (oh shit here it comes ), you said it was because you needed some time alone. You don't look so alone to me." matt says. look matts a really nice guy but i started to see we just didnt click i try to reason with him and say " Matt, you don't understand. It's-" but he cuts me off and says "That's ok, Theresa,You do what you have to do. I just want to let you know that. . .I still believe in us. And I'm not giving up on that".."matt" but he starts to walk away wow that was just great
i look over and see Caroline talking to stefan but when stefan walks away from her she doesnt look to happy when he walks over towards me and i say "I was wondering who abducted you, but now I know." he looks at me and says "Is she like that with, uh, all the guys?" i reassure him and say "No. You're fresh meat. She'll back off eventually. i look over and see jeremy walking into the wood all drunk great better get him before elena "God, you gotta be kidding me!"stefan looks at me and says "what is it"
My brother i say,The drunk one? stefan ask That would be the one. Excuse me. i say Need some help? Trust me, you're not going to want to witness this. Jeremy! Jeremy! i yell Jeremy, where the hell are you going?I don't want to hear it!jeremy yells back Yeah, well, too bad be happy its me after you! i say then jeremy trips i look and see that it was vicki's body he triped over she's been bitten. vicki? No! Oh, my god, it's Vicki! jeremy says Oh, my god! i say shocked what did this to her
Somebody help! i yell running out of the woods with vivki and jeremy and then matt rushes over and says Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?! then tyler comes over and says What happened to her?Somebody, call an ambulance! matt yells to the crowd around us. Everybody back up, give her some space! tyler says to 's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood i say to them then some guy comes up to us and says Put this on her neck. matts by vicki telling her Vicki, Vicki, come on, open your eyes, look at me.
Poor matt i start to look around the crowd and may eye contact with stefan but as soon as he sees whats going on he hurry ups and leaves well that was weird. as soon as the ambulance came the cops showed up and i hear elena giving jeremy a lecture about them not caring that our parents are dead and that he should try to move on i dont pay much attention to the them im just tiered of them always going at it
As soon as we get home i got straight to my room and write in my diary Dear diary, I couldn't have been more wrong. I thought that I could smile, nod my way through it; pretend like it would all be ok. but i guess i was wrong i wanted to someone without pain someone alive But it's not that easy. The bad things stay with you. All you can do is be ready for the good. So when it comes, you invite it in, because you need it. I need it.
i look out my window and see stefan i smile and pont to the door i go downstairs and open the door and stefan says I know it's late. But, uh. . .I needed to know that you were ok. i look at him and say You know, for months, that's all anyone's wondered about me. If I'll be ok. stefan looks and me and ask What do you tell them? That I'll be fine i respond. Do you ever mean it? stefan questions. Ask me tomorrow. It's warmer in the house. We can talk. Would you like to come in? i say. stefan looks at me and smiles and says yes.