The last time I was in Mystic Falls it was with my mom. We were visiting my uncle at the Salvatore mansion. Now I'm going back because he's dead. It actually happened a few years ago, but I didn't hear about it until now because I was traveling with my mom. We can never seem to stay in the same place for a long time. This is my senior year, and she wants me to go to school instead of being homeschooled. She wants me to go to Mystic Falls and live in the Salvatore mansion. My uncle did leave it to me in his will. I just never really knew what to do with it until now. I honestly hate Mystic Falls, but it's what my mom wants so I'll do this for her.

I get to the mansion and there is a car parked there. I'm not sure what it's doing there. I unlocked the door and there were two guys standing there and looking at me like I was crazy. They looked familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. One looked like a cocky jerk and the other one looked like a brooding loner. Why were these two guys in his uncle's house? Then the cocky one said," Who the heck are you?"

I replied," Alex Salvatore…who are you?"

They both looked confused.

"Why are you here?"

"My uncle left me this house in his will."

"He died a few years ago."

"I know, but I've been on the road. I'm here now though, and the house is in my name. Now who are you?"

The other one interjected, "I'm Stefan Salvatore and this is my brother Damon."

I asked," Wait…are we?"

Damon replied," Yes…we're related."

"So what are we going to do about this?"

Stefan answered," There's enough room for all of us, and the house is technically yours now."

We finished the details of the living situation. The house was being signed over to me tomorrow. While talking to Stefan it hit me. I had met them before. I met them the last time I was here to visit my uncle. I was around six at the time, and they looked the same as they did now. I knew this could only mean one thing. They were vampires. My uncle had told me about vampires. They were nasty creatures that my family use to hunt. It all started with Giuseppe Salvatore. My uncle use to make me study the history of Mystic Falls. I also remember that Giuseppe had two sons, and their names were Damon and Stefan. His uncle also told him that now their only purpose was to keep this house for them. He always described them as horribly nasty things. I mean Damon could be, but Stefan seemed nice. When I met them my uncle said that they were relatives that were staying for a while. I always got a bad feeling from them. They creeped me out. Because of vampires my uncle made me learn to fight. He knew he was too much of a coward to face them, but he didn't want me to be one to. I was a fairly skilled fighter, but I didn't want to fight them. Maybe I wanted to hit Damon, but I didn't want to kill him…not yet anyway. I would like to finish my senior year without any fights or death. Maybe I could just ignore the vampire thing. I could just pretend I knew nothing. If either one of them provoked me then I would fight. Until then I would appear to be clueless.

The next day Stefan and Damon stood outside the house while I was signing the papers for the house. I knew as soon as I signed the papers they couldn't come inside until I invited them in. In my head my uncle was saying to not invite them back in. It did sound tempting, but I decided I would invite them inside. I realized that it would be kind of awkward if I didn't invite them in and then an invisible barrier was keeping them from entering. That would be suspicious, so I would have to invite them inside without it seeming too weird. I walked to the doorway and said," Welcome to my new house. Please come in." I guess I succeeded in not looking suspicious. I think they were actually relieved that they didn't have to ask to be invited inside. I could tell that they weren't entirely sure how much I knew. I liked that I could keep something from them.

Today was my first day of high school in Mystic Falls. I didn't really get along with many of these kids when I was younger. I remember getting into a fight with one of them. His name was Tyler Lockwood. He was a total jerk and he probably still was. Then again he was probably captain of the football team to. There was one person that was nice to me. It was after the fight with Tyler that I met her. I had a broken nose, but Tyler got a broken arm. I think I won. The girl was so nice. She helped me stop the bleeding. Her name was Elena. She was really nice. I had a crush on her, but she was dating some kid named Matt at the time. I know we were all only six, but she said they were in love. I'm curious to see how it worked out.

I walked to my locker. Obviously I was nest to Stefan because we shared the same last name. Everyone kept asking me how we were related. I just told them that we were cousins. It could be true if you added a few greats, but I wasn't sure. I knew Stefan wouldn't argue with me over it anyway. The girls in Mystic Falls were beautiful. I hadn't seen Elena yet, but I was still looking. So far I've met a girl named Caroline. They're really no point in talking to her as soon as she mentioned that she was Tyler's girlfriend. Even if we were friends I knew that Tyler and I would have way too many problems. I wanted to avoid him for as long as I could.

I went to history class. My teacher's name was Alaric Saltzman. What a strange name. Next to me was a kid drawing. He looked vaguely familiar but I couldn't place him. I thought I should make some friends, so I introduced myself. Turns out I did know the kid. It was Jeremy Gilbert. It was Elena's little brother. He actually liked Jeremy. He was the only kid he had fun hanging out with. Jeremy remembered me to. We chatted until class started. He was pretty cool. I may hate the idea of living in Mystic Falls, but at least now I had a friend.

I was going to walk home right after school, but then Jeremy asked me if I wanted to hang out. I agreed. We headed towards the football field. I wasn't sure why he wanted to hang here. We stood under the bleachers, and then I saw Jeremy pull out a joint. Now it made sense. Jeremy was one of those stoner kids. It didn't bother me that he was. Actually I thought I would feel a little better living in a town with nothing but vampires if I had something to calm me down a little. It really did help. We watched the practice while we were there. Honestly, we weren't watching the football practice…we were watching the cheerleaders. Jeremy was telling me about his girlfriend Bonnie. She looked cute, but that's all I would say or do. I noticed Caroline. I saw that she was cheering for that Jerk. Turns out Jeremy wasn't to good friends with Tyler either. I continued to look around at the cheerleaders then I saw her. She was beautiful. She had long flowing blonde hair. I'd never seen her before, but she looked amazing. I asked," Who's that?"

Jeremy replied," No way man." You don't want to get involved with her."

"I'll decide that. Who is she?"

"That's Rebekah."

"Rebekah. What's so bad about her?"

"You don't want to know."

I didn't push the subject. To be honest I kind of quit listening after I heard her name. I wanted to walk over there and say hey, but I felt a little too calm from the smoke. I decided against it. First impressions are kind of a big thing, and I didn't want to mess it up. After the practice we met up with Bonnie. She could tell that Jeremy had been smoking again, and she was furious. She drove us home. When I got home Stefan and Damon were both there. Damon was drinking, which seemed like usual for him. Stefan was looking at me. I figured Bonnie had called him. I wasn't any of his business, but Stefan seemed like one of those guys who cared about everyone and what happens to them. To my surprise Stefan didn't say anything. He just gave me that stare, which sucked. I walked up to my room.

I decided to go out for the night. I noticed that it was a full moon. They say full moons bring out the crazies. I went to the Mystic Grill. It looked like everyone had the same idea. The only ones I didn't see were Tyler and Caroline, and I didn't care where they were. I saw Jeremy arguing with some girl. I figured that that was Elena. She also looked beautiful. Mystic Falls was full of a lot of beautiful women. Then she started to walk towards me. I wasn't sure what she wanted, but considering her speed it wasn't good. She said," I'm so sorry my brother did that to you."

I was confused.

I replied," He didn't do anything. I wanted to do it."

She looked at me like I was an idiot. I probably was.

"Why?"

"Personal reasons."

"Which is none of my business. I'm so sorry for prying. Wait…don't I know you from somewhere?"

"Yeah…you probably don't remember me without a broken nose."

"Oh Alex. Of course now I remember. I didn't know you were back in town."

"Yeah I'm living with my cousins until the end of the school year."

"Oh…who are your cousins?"

"Stefan and Damon Salvatore."

"Wait…you're a Salvatore?"

"Yeah…why?"

"Well…I'm kind of dating Stefan."

"Really? He didn't tell me."

We talked for a while. I never pictured that the vampire would have a human girlfriend. At first I wondered if Elena was a vampire, but every sign pointed to human. I hung out with Jeremy for a while. He told me how overprotective Elena was. Then I saw Rebekah come into the grill. She looked radiant. I was speechless. I left Jeremy to introduce myself to her, but I was interrupted. Some jerk got in my way. He saw that I was going for her, and he laughed like I was being naï didn't seem to notice me. She called for the guy standing in front of me. Apparently his name was Nick. I didn't like the way he looked at me. If he wouldn't have walked away I probably would have started a fight. I have a temper problem. People were starting to leave the Grill. I saw that Rebekah was sitting alone, so I walked over to her. She looked at me with a confused look. I wasn't sure why she was confused. I sat next to her and said," Hi. My name's Alex."

"Hello. I'm Rebekah. Sorry about my idiot brother."

"No worries."

"So…you're the Salvatore's cousin."

"Yeah."

"So how are you liking Mystic Falls?"

"Honestly?"

"Yeah."

"It kind of sucked…until now."

She burst out laughing.

"Was that your attempt at a pick up line?"

"Maybe."

We both started laughing.

"Well at least you're honest. So if Mystic Falls sucks why did you come?"

"My mom wanted me to."

"Ok. Now tell me the real reason you came?"

"Honestly?"

"Yes… I want an honest and serious answer."

"My dad."

I didn't like to talk about this, but she brought it out in me.

"Does your dad live here?"

"Maybe. I don't really know."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"Well my mom is a Salvatore. Some guy from Mystic Falls knocked her up when she use to live here, and she won't tell me who he is. I want to know who he is, so I can know who I am."

"Wow."

"I don't know why I just told you all that."

"It's okay. I understand what it feels like not knowing who you are."

She smiled at me.

"Well I got to go. It was nice talking to you."

"Bye."

"Would you want to do this again sometime?"

I was shocked.

"Yes."

She smiled and walked away. I finally walked home. It was a crazy night and a full moon, of course. When I got home I felt amazing. Rebekah was awesome. She might actually like me, and I actually liked talking to someone. I've never really done that before, but it was nice. Maybe living in Mystic Falls wouldn't be that bad after all.