So I´m going to give this whole writing thing another try….

Chapter 1

It was late Sunday afternoon in the small town of Mystic Falls. Matt was doing his usual shift at the Grill when a dark haired girl walked in. She was wearing dark blue jeans a white t-shirt and dark sunglasses. She sat down in the bar and put the dark glasses on her head.

"Hi, I´m Matt, can I get you something?"

"Yeah, a job." She gave him a smile. Matt just looked at her.

"What?" She pointed towards the sign in the window.

"The sign says you are hiring, and I need a job."

"Oh, that. Well I can´t give you the job, I´m not the manager. But, I can give you a form to fill in."

"I really need this job; I mean I really really need this job. I happen to like food, and to buy food you need money and to earn money you need a job, ergo I really need this job."

"That bad huh?" Matt said feeling sympathy for the girl. She just nodded. "How about this, I get you some coffee and a burger and you can wait here, the manager should be here in an hour or two."

"I have no place to be so that sounds great." She gave him a huge honest smile.

Matt brought her the burger and gave her another curios look.

"You never told me your name."

"It´s Haley," She said with her mouth full. "This is seriously the best burger I´ve ever had"

It took almost an hour before the manager showed up, but with a little help from Matt by the end of the conversation Haley was hired as the new bartender. She was just about to leave when Matt called her.

"Hey, Haley. Where are you staying?"

"A little motel just outside the town."

"The Come and Stay?" She nodded in response.

"Yeah. It´s not the greatest place but it´s the best I can afford."

"It´s a dump, uhm, don't take this the wrong, but you could come and stay at my house…"

Haley´s jaw dropped.

"I´m not sure your family would appreciate that." Matt shook his head.

"No that´s just it, it´s just me. My mom is off with Pete or Paul or whatever his name is, and Vicki, my sister skipped town a couple of months ago. It would be nice with some company and a little extra money. The way I see it we both win…" She thought about it for minute.

"No tricks?"

"Promise, no tricks. I get off at 8, pick up your stuff and meet me here, I´m guessing you don´t want to stay at that place any longer than necessary."

"Yeah, I don´t mind having roommates, but when they are cockroaches, well let´s just say I´m not a fan."

As Matt headed off to the kitchen she yelled a "Thank you after him."

As she got in her car to go back to that hideous motel and pack what little things she had she smile to herself.

Maybe this isn´t such a bad place after all, she thought.

Just as the clock turned 8 she parked her car outside the Grill again waiting for Matt to come out.

He spotted her and walked over to her, looked at her car and frowned.

"What the hell kind of car is that?"

"It´s a Saab, it´s imported."

"I almost guessed that much. So are you ready?"

She pointed towards the window making him look inside the car.

"Man you sure have a lot of stuff." She smiled at him.

"Not really, it´s just clothes. I just have to ask one more time; are you sure about this? I mean sharing your house with me?"

"Yes, I am sure. It would be really nice to have some company again, since Vicki left it´s been really lonesome. And some help with rent isn´t half bad either."

"Okay, I´m convinced."

Haley followed behind Matt's car, and when they arrived at Matt's house he helped her carry all her clothes in to Vicki's old room.

"I can make some coffee while you unpack and maybe then we could set some kind of rules?"

Haley didn´t know what say so she just smiled and nodded. "Sure, give me a minute or two."

Fifteen minutes later they were sitting in Matt's living room.

"Soo, she said. Rules?"

"Okay, rules maybe isn´t the right words, how about understanding?"

"Sure." She was still unsure what to expect.

"What´s your last name?"

"Pierce. Haley Pierce."

"Matt Donovan. How old are you? If you don´t mind me asking?"

"Just turned 19. I get the feeling you would like to know a little more about the person you just invited to share your home?" She smiled at him again.

"Yeah. That would be nice."

"My name is Haley Pierce, I´m 19, I moved here 2 days ago from nowhere. I´m an army kid, dad died in Iraq, my mom and brother passed away a little over a year ago so I´m pretty much on my own… she stopped talking. Well I guess that´s about it."

"Wow, I´m sorry." Matt said honestly.

"Thanks, but it´s okay. How did I do? Did I pass?"

Matt chuckled. "I think you did. How about this. If one of us for any reason isn´t coming home for the night we let the other one know. If you use the last of something you replace it, first one up makes coffee and we respect each other's personal lives?"

She gave him a nod. "It´s a deal."

"Great. Then welcome home roomie." He gave her a huge grin. "Now I have to get over to Caroline´s I really think I need to break the news to her gently."

"Caroline? Your girlfriend I presume."

"Yes, when you get to know her I´m sure you´ll like her. It´s hard NOT to like her."

"I´m sure I will."

Matt went off to Caroline and Haley went to bed early, happy to actually have a real bed to sleep in and not just a crappy motel bed.

Okay, that´s it, please let me know what you think…