Chapter 1

August 30th, 2010 . Monday morning.

Its 5am. My alarm went off across the room, i pulled back the covers of my sheets and sighed. I walked over and turned of my alarm and stretched my body out. I walked over to my large closet and picked out a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt. I went to the bathroom and did my makeup and hair, when i was done i thought i would go see jeremy. I walk to his room and notice his door is slightly opened. I looked through the crack and he was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at a picture of our mom and dad. I leaned againt the door frame and frowned, jeremey hasnt been the same since the day our parents passed. He never wanted to talk, he just wanted to be alone.

"hey jeremy" i say as i walk into his room. he doesnt even look up at me as i do so, he just continues to stare at the picture intensly.

"hi" he mumbled.

i sit down next to him and look at the picture. It was my mom in the park together, sitting on a bench , with jeremy and i. My dad had his one arm around my mother, and the other one around me. My mom had her head leaning on my fathers shoulder, with jeremy in her lap. I was 6 at the time, jeremy only 5.

"look at your smile, its crooked and you have a few teeth missing" i whispered.

a moment later, jeremy chuckled. it was so nice to hear him laugh, i havent in over months.

"well atleast im not wearing butterfly shoes" he joked.

i looked down at the picture, and for a fact, i was wearing purple and pink butterfly shoes. i use to love wearing them, i thought i looked "cool" in them. I got them for my 6th birthday because i use to love catching butterflies with my mom.

"shut up" we both laughed this time. "well you gotta get ready, jerm. we have to leave soon." i rubbed his shoulder for a moment then decided to leave him alone and go downstaires.

My aunt Jenna was in the kitchen with her head on the counter.

"jenna?" i asked.

no response.

i realized she fell asleep so i gently shook her until she had wakened.

"oh , sorry elena. i-im just not use to getting up this early" she yawned afterwards.

"its fine."

"is jeremy ready?"

"he will be soon."

she simply nodded her head. she poured herself some coffee, and offered me some. i kindly declined it. i sat at our table and ate my cereal, but my mind wandered somewhere else.

whats it going to be like this year? with out my parents? will people treat me differently at school? or even tease me? i didnt want any of that to happen. i just want to be treated like before, i dont want peoples simplithy. My aunt Jenna took us in when my parents died in the crash, we rarely saw her before then so it was hard on all of us. She doesnt have any kids of her own, so she wasnt use to being a parents. so sometimes it mostly seems like im on my own, because jeremy never wants to be with us. I feel alone, i just want my parents back. i cant still here the sound of my parents screaming , the car crashing, the car hitting the water, everything. i wake up in the middle of the night because i have such horrible nightmares. Bonnie and Caroline have been there for me, but i need an adult. Jenna is nice and caring, but i still feel like i barely know her. But i dont have any other family, so im grateful Jenna took us in. I just wish my parents never died.

I hadnt noticed that Jeremy came down and was now sitting next to me, also eatting breakfast. I got up and rinsed out my bowl, and saw that jenna was falling alseep, again. I put my bowl away and walked over to her.

"Jenna. you can go back to bed, i can make sure both of us get to school."

"are you sure?" she barley mumbled.

"yeah. now go back to bed."

She gave us both hugs , and wished us luck. When it was time to go, jeremy and i got our things and i drove us to school. I pulled into the parking lot , and parked in my usual spot. Jeremy and i both just sat in the car, neither of us wanted to do this. I looked over at jeremy, and he was looking out the window. I reached across and grabbed his hand.

"were gunna do fine, ok jerm? if theres any problem, just come get me, ill be there."

he looked at me for a few moments and nodded. he grabbed his things and got out of the car. i sighed, i knew it would be expecially hard on him. I gathered my things and walked into the building. I saw lots of familiar faces, some stared at me, but most didnt. And i was grateful of that, like before, i dont want peoples simplithy. I saw Bonnie at her locker, and walked over. She closed her locker and when she saw me, she smiled and ran to me. We both hugged for a long time, i havent seen her since before the accident. I didnt want to see anybody at that time.

"Elena! oh god , its so good to see you. how have you been?" her excited voice, emidently went serious.

"im doing better." i smiled, that is the truth.

Bonnie went on rambling about things she did over the summer, and how met a boy. I honestly did miss Bonnie, shes the only one that truly understands me. She can make me feel so much better about my self, just by talking to me. But she lives with her grams, her father kicked her out of the house, and her mom left when she was a little girl. I remember when she was kicked out by her father, she was a mess. I felt so bad for her, she lost most of her family then, but luckly her grams took her in. Bonnie and her grams have a close relationship, i was surprised, because they rarely ever saw eachother before.

As were walking, i spot Caroline talking to a group of guys, as usual. Bonnie is still talking but i couldnt help but call out Carolines name. When she heard me, her whole face lit up. She too, like bonnie, gave me a huge hug. She bombared me with tons of questions. All i did was laugh, i missed bonnie a lot , but i also missed Caroline. Shes also my best friend, but shes more of a girly-girl. She in lots of clubs, popular, crazy, and fun. She always knows how to have a great time. Caroline also tells me that Matt was looking for me.

Matt is my Ex. But even though things didnt work out, we were still close friends. I wouldnt consider him as my best friend. But he was a really close one. We looked around, but couldnt find him. Finally, Bonnie spotted him talking to another guy at hsi locker. We walked over and he was happy to see me. I talk with him for a few minutes, until i remembered he was talking to someone else. I looked over to my left, and saw a tall lean guy. He was looking at me, like he was confused, but i caught his stare with mine. I stared into his gray-green eyes.

"Oh sorry Elena, this is Stefen." Matt mentioned.

I held out my hand. "nice to meet you, im Elena Gilbert"

He smiled, gorgously, and shook my hand. "Its a Pleasure, my name is Stefen Salvator."

"Did you just move here?"

"Yeah, i moved her a few weeks ago."

"nice" i say goodbye to both of them, and walk to class with Caroline and Bonnie. Caroline had a different class so she had to leave, but i have class with Bonnie. We walk to first period, as the bell rings, and sit down towards the back. The room started filling up slowly, then, Stefen walked in. He saw me and smirked, the desk next to me was empty, so he sat in it.

"Looks like we have class together, Mr. Salvator" i say teasingly.

He laughes and nodds. "I guess we do , Mrs. Gilbert."