Chapter 1

Disclaim : I do not own Vampire Dairies. Or any songs, movies or artists or phones or phone applications I refer to in this fanfiction.

Author's notes

Some of this story might be confusing. From where I am we have a Police Service.

You get the clerks/civilian who work inside with the paperwork and Support part, the starting rank is a level 3 and is usually an Admin Clerk (AC). Clerks can get promoted up till level 8 which would be an Chief Admin Clerk (CAC). It is very rare for a clerk to speak to any officer unless that are the direct commander to the clerk. (It's got something to do with respect)

The officials/ people in uniform works as follows:

Level 5 – Constable (Cst)

Level 6 – Sergeant (Sgt)

Level 7 – Warrant Officer (W/O)

Level 8 – Lieutenant (Lt) From level 8 and up are officers

Level 9 – Captain (Capt)

Level 10 – Major (Maj)

Level 11 – Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)

Level 12 – Colonel (Col) From level 12 and up are senior officer

Level 13 – Brigadier (Brig) / Station Commissioner / Commander

Level 14 – Major General (Maj Gen)

Level 15 – Lieutenant General (Lt Gen)

Level 16 – General (Gen)

Elena's POV

My name is Elena Gilbert and I am the equivalent of trouble.

My background wasn't all sunshine and roses and it might be the reason why I am this troubled but well I really didn't care. You see my parents passed away when I was around 16. My older brother Jeremy who is 7 years my senior took me in and looked after me. After finishing high school I had odd jobs here and there never really finding something that I was into.

Lucky for me my brother got me a job in the Police Service. Now I'm a 20 year old still living with my single brother in our 2 room apartment working at Mysticfalls Police Station as an Admin Clerk. Not that I'm complaining because the pay really isn't that bad nor are the people I work with. The problem is that I'm tired. I'm tired of my life. I mean seriously all I get is shit and for what? Nothing.

I am currently sitting in my office busy with performance ratings when my Captain walks in. She's a friendly lady but she really likes to stir and poke her nose in where it doesn't belong. Currently there are a few changes at the Station and people were shifted around. I was at Personnel Services and a week later I am being moved to Career Management still in the Human Resource environment but still no one consulted me.

"Elena, did you finalize the annual Performance report." My jaw almost drops because she never asked me to do it, she asked my co-worker Klaus. But who am I kidding Klaus never did anything. He was only here for the sake of receiving a pay check every month. I had nothing against Klaus he was a really nice guy and cute in a really tortured way but he was just fucking lazy.

"No Captain. Wasn't Klaus tasked to do that?" I asked almost rolling my eyes. She sighs out of frustration.

"I'll do it myself." She mutters leaving the office. What a bitch right? I just couldn't wait until 15:45PM them we would stand parade and we would be on our way home.

I look at the clock and it's 15:40PM. I start to pack up my stuff and clear my table before shutting down the computer. I stroll over to the Leave office and I sign off before heading to the board room. It's mid-July and it warm, the weather was dreadful and I couldn't wait for summer to be over with and winter to come. I hated the warm weather. That reminded me I had a day's leave that I needed to take Friday.

I walk to the boardroom and everyone is seated waiting for the senior officer to take parade. Colonel Forbes luckily appears and she reminded every one of the team building in 2 weeks' time and that the annual performance agreements must be finalized by next Friday.

She says a prayer and then dismisses us. I rush to my vehicle that's parked just outside the station and turn up my stereo as I roll down the windows and make my way home. It's Wednesday so it's Jeremy's turn to make dinner. As I park my car I shut the windows and lock all the doors before walking to the front door and entering our home. It consisted out of 2 sleeping rooms, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and a living room. We didn't really need anything else.

I go directly to my room and place my handbag on my vanity. I tie my hair in a bun and quickly get dressed in some shorts and a T-shirt and my running shoes. This was the routine every day from Monday to Friday. I grab my phone and plug in my earphones before I start my playlist that I jog to. I'm out of the front door as Jeremy walks in and he just nods his head at me as I walk out to the road.

Jogging was the only thing that I did to keep in shape, that and not eating a lot. I didn't really have an appetite. I start to jog and usually I did around 2 miles depending on my mood and the heat. My friend Caroline stayed about 4 blocks from us. She was one of my closest friends wait let me rephrase that, I was her best friend… But the feeling wasn't mutual from my side. I jog past her house and it seems that she's not home yet. She worked at a local car dealership as a Service advisor.

Strange way how we became friends. I had this one boyfriend back in high school. Tyler Lockwood was his name. We dated for like 9 months then we didn't have any contact anymore after I fucked his brother Mason. Big no-no, but I didn't regret it at all. We weren't in the same school but who cares, 2 years later I was out on a date and we ran into each other. He hadn't changed a bit. We exchanged numbers and a week later we went out for drinks and we ended up at his house. Once I took a look around I noticed, hell he had a girlfriend. So I told him I was going home because the only way this would end up was with me and him in his and her bed that they shared.

After that Tyler and Caroline invited me to a few parties and I got to know her and we became good friends. But Caroline wasn't with Tyler anymore because she found out that he was indeed cheating on her with a few other girls. Idiot. I round the corner and our flat is in sight. I smile and push the last few feet. When I walk into the house Jeremy smiles at me.

"How was your day at work?" he asked as he's busy making pasta. Shit pasta again? We had Pasta Sunday.

"Captain is up my ass again. Don't know what's her problem." I say taking my earphones out and switching of the music.

"Don't worry about her." Jeremy replies and I nod my head as I kick off my shoes and walk to the couch where I take a seat and switch on the television.

"How was your day?" I ask as I surf the channels yet there is nothing to watch. Stupid cable.

Jeremy throws the mince with the mushrooms he has already cooked and looks at me. "It was okay. Not too much work." Jeremy was the manager at the Grill, From Monday to Thursday he worked from 08:00AM to 18:00PM, on Friday to Sunday he had to work the night shift from 12:00PM to 00:00AM. We sit in comfortable silence for the time being until dinner is served. I don't eat a lot and Jeremy knows that.

After dinner I wash up the dishes and retire to the bathroom where I take a long and relaxing bath with some bubble bath, sometimes I even read a book and a few times I've fallen asleep but that was nothing new. When I'm finished I move to my room and close the door behind me. I walk to my dresser and open the second drawer.

So everyone has a bad habit or two right? Well mine was in my second drawer. And no I am not addicted to sex and I am not pulling out a vibrator so keep calm. My little bad habit was prescription meds… I enjoyed the feeling I got as soon as they kicked in and I just wanted to fall asleep and have no dreams, no nightmares, and I felt like I could sleep forever without a worry in the world. Yes I am addicted to medication, well the ones that make you sleepy. I swallow the tablets with some water from my bedside table and I get into bed. This was what I did every night. It was the one thing that I couldn't wait to do until I got home.

As I lay in my bed I grab a book and start to read but as the pills kick in I can't remember that I read a paragraph and I need to read it again and again and again until I can't keep my eyes open and I am in a blissful dreamless sleep… This was my routine that I did every day.

It might be wrong on so many levels but I wanted this. And believe me when I say I will have it.

Waking up still drowsy with cotton mouth was nothing new to me. I still functioned. The thing was my future really looked bleak. I had no dreams or ambitions. If I could I would sleep every second of every day but if I didn't go to work I wouldn't get money to support this bad little habit that I have. But don't judge me because you barely even know me and what I've been through.

Sometimes my habit affected me at work, one of the side effects are my mood swings and that I was really sensitive, but I was a woman after all and we had mood swings and shit like that right? Right. And I would be sleepy a lot, I would usually just go into the store room at work and sleep for about an hour or two not like anyone noticed right?

I didn't know how wrong I really was.

Thursday morning. I hate week day mornings. I mean seriously. But I pull myself out of bed and get dressed for work, my usual skirt with a nice top and heals. I loved heals. And everyone always teased me about them but I liked them, they made my legs look longer. And I felt super-hot in them. I get into my car not even bothering to greet Jeremy because it's like 06:15AM, he only wakes up at like 07:00 AM and I like to be at work early.

The drive is short and I find a parking space in front of the Station without a problem. As I walk in I am greeted by the client service centre. I even get a cat whistle to which I just smile and wave before walking up the one flight of stairs and then down the long hall to my office. I pass the corridor to the Station Commissioners office and see that the door is unlocked and the lights are on which is strange because the Brigadier (That is the rank of the Station Commissioner) usually arrives at 07:00AM and then he inspects the holding cells and the registers and that was his daily routine. I shrug it off.

In my line of work you had the civilians meaning the clerks and the people who do all the paper work, we worked in Support Service. Then you got the officials who are the people working in uniform. They either worked for Visible Policing or the Detectives. We even had levels. Like me, I was a level 3 clerk and that's the lowest you get, that's basically the starting point for the civilians. But for the officials, they start at level 5 and then you are the rank of a constable.

Every one works under a commander, like I work under my Captain and my Captain falls under Colonel Forbes and Colonel Forbes is under the command of that Station Commissioner which is in our case a Brigadier and he is a Level 13 which means he gets a really, really big pay check. It would be very unlikely for me to ever speak to anyone above a level 7 except for my Captain which is a level 9. So me ever speaking to the Station Commissioner would never happen in this lifetime or the next.

I walk down the hall and finally reach my office, I pull my keys from my hand bag and struggle a bit to get it in the key hole, but I soon master it and unlock my door. I walk in and go sit at my desk switching on my computer. My cell starts to ring the familiar tone of Nicki Minaj and Stupid Hoe. I sigh, how could Caroline even be awake at this godly hour?

"Hey Care." I greet and wait for the ecstatic blonde to start blabbering.

"Elena! Guess what!?" she almost screeches into my ear. Damn girl I could get hearing damage or some shit.

"Matt asked you out?" I asked sounding a bit sarcastic.

"No…." She replies a bit softer before taking another breath. "I'm working on that." She finishes and I nod my head as I roll my eyes. She's been working with the guy for like a year and he liked her but it's like she couldn't put two and two together.

"Okay but what did you want to tell me this early on a Thursday morning while you should still be sleeping?" I ask and patiently wait for her reply.

"After work we are going out! Put on something sexy, these new guys just moved in about a week ago and I saw them and they are to die for." O-Kay Caroline is totally sex deprived. She needed some cock and soon or this will be going on for a long time.

"Yeah sure. But I need to go before you mom get here and give me shit about shit I haven't finished yet." I reply. Okay so Colonel Forbes was Caroline's mother… It sucked because I couldn't really be rude to Caroline because her mother would do something to me either charge me or take disciplinary steps against me, you never know.

"Thank Elena. See you around 17:00PM. Okay?" She asks.

"Yeah see you Care." I say and don't even bother to say bye as I end the call placing my phone on the desk. Whoo! Party with Caroline, something to definitely look forward to. Okay I'm just being sarcastic.

I start on some typing that needed to be done by Monday, so doing it now would make less work for Monday and seeing that I wasn't going to be here tomorrow. I knew the typist wouldn't do my typing. I mean serious she couldn't even spell station and she's been a typist her whole life, got like 11 years' experience. Colonel Forbes had to stand in front of all the Officers in the boardroom and spell station because the stupid typist couldn't spell. Sometime I wonder about the people that they gave jobs to. Where they really the right people?

I mean Klaus was just here because he played football for the police team and then he broke a finger about 6 months ago and now he can't play anymore so he's just sitting around doing nothing. I look up at my clock and it was around 06:55AM. Still had 30 minutes until we had to stand morning parade. Basically a meeting just to see who's at work, who is late and to give out any information that they deemed important. What a waste of time.

I hear a gentle knock on the door and Colonel Forbes walks in followed by an extremely attractive gentleman. "Good Morning Elena." She greets and I smile at her as I stand up. Only officials stood up when an officer entered a room but I just felt that it showed some respect so I was the only civilian to ever stand when an officer entered.

"Good Morning Colonel." I greet back and the gentleman who is dressed in a simple yet elegant black suite looks up at me. He couldn't be older than 24 maybe 25. I think I might be drooling. But my mouth is closed so I know I am not. I wonder who the gentleman could be. Maybe a new co-worker I can seduce into my bed. It would be the first time. I didn't really go for guys at my place of work because I knew how police men were.

"Brigadier, this is Admin Clerk Gilbert, she works at Career Management. She does the performance agreements to the duty list and duty rosters. She is a bright young mind and the youngest at the station." I almost fell over. Did she just call the young man a Brigadier? That must be absolutely absurd. How did he fly through the ranks so quickly? It usually took like 15 to 20 years before a Constable ever reached the rank of Colonel much less Brigadier. Unless daddy was a General and got him the post. The thought almost made me sour. "Elena, this is Brigadier Salvatore, he is our new Station Commissioner."

At first I'm not even sure what to do, I feel somewhat intimidated and awkward but I straighten up. "Good Morning Brigadier." I greet looking at him straight in his eyes. I'm not sure if I should do that but it felt like the best approached.

He just glances at me and nods his head at the Colonel not even saying a word. What did I offend him by looking into his ice cold blue eyes? Seriously? At least the previous Station Commissioner would greet you back. What a fucking ass hole. We are probably going to have hell with him. He's probably going to change everything now.

I am pretty fucking irritated the rest of the day because everyone is running around talking about the new Station Commissioner. Damon Salvatore. The 24 year old Brigadier. He studied at Harvard since he was 17. He was a straight A-student. Whoopty Fucking Do. He was an ass in my eyes. Currently he's having a meeting with all the officers in the boardroom. And they've been in there since 08:00AM.

Lunch came and lunch went, not like I ate anything. Klaus even came to my office and sat down at the opposite desk. "Hey Elena." He greets and I just look up from my computer screen towards his direction to acknowledge him.

"Hey." I greet anything but politely.

"Your view on our new Station Commissioner?" he asked and I can't hold my tongue as I start to blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

"Daddies probably a General at Head Office and got him the rank of Brigadier. Now he probably feels superior to everyone because he's a 24 year old Brigadier and the Station Commissioner of Mysticfalls." I say without skipping a beat and Klaus raise a brow in amusement.

"I take it you don't like him?" Klaus asks.

"I just don't have time for people who think they are worth so much more than just us mere humans. I mean seriously just because you're a level 13 doesn't mean you can look down at others." It was true. Even Generals that I have met treated people like the same and now that man waltz in here and he thinks that he's better then everyone.

Klaus smiles at me and this is the first time that we are actually conversing in a real conversation. "Remind me never to get on your bad side." He states and I look at him again and I can't help the smile that is now on my lips. "You smoke?" Klaus asks and I frown because I didn't really smoke, never saw the use of it.

"Not really why?" I ask and he rises from his seat.

"Wanted to ask you if you want to join me for a smoke break." He extended the invitation a bit more, well I don't take tea times nor lunch times, and maybe if I took a drag it would help me calm my raging nerves.

"I could always start you know." I say as I stand up and he joins me. I follow him down the stairs and to the smoking area as he offers me a cigarette from his packet, at first I hesitate and then take one and place it in my mouth. He light's his lighter and offers it to me and I light the cigarette. I inhale deeply and I start to cough hysterically as I pull the damned thing from my mouth.

Klaus is off to the side as he laughs at me and I raise a brow and he stops al together. "I didn't say anything." Klaus states innocently and I roll my eyes at him.

"Yeah, yeah, I never said that I was a pro at this. So leave me be." I say as I start to puff. Or well that's what you call it when you are not really smoking and your just wasting a cigarette. But Klaus didn't say anything about it any further and he kept his eyes from me as we stood opposite each other. "So what's your opinion?" I ask looking at him.

"I haven't met him yet but he looks like a stuck up rich boy." I smile at his statement. It wasn't as harsh as mine but it was truthful I would give him point for that.

"I just wish this day was over with. You know?" I ask and Klaus nods his head in agreement.

"Any plans for tonight?" he asks and at first I'm curious why we are conversing but I let it slide.

"Yeah going out with Colonel Forbes daughter, might even go to the Grill for some drinks." I think he almost chokes from the smoke he just inhaled as he stare at me.

"Colonel Forbes has a daughter? And your friends with her? I mean what does she look like, could I join you?" he asks when he recovers from his whole ordeal. And I just shrug because what's the harm? Klaus is an innocent wanna be football player. He couldn't hurt a fly right?

I turn on my heel and look over my shoulder at the blond who's killing his smoke. "Yeah she's a cute little blonde with a bubbly personality, you should meet us at 19:00PM at the grill." I say and with that I head up towards my office to finish of some paperwork and silently pray for the time to pass.

It's 15:40PM, Brigadier Salvatore was still in a meeting with all the officers thus we could not stand parade and I slipped away without anyone noticing, that is. Either Brigadier Salvatore really liked his own voice and he was doing all the talking or the station had too many problems for one man to handle at his age. Not like I'm worried nor did I care. As long as I did my work, got paid and had my secret habit, I was happy.

I took my time to get home and then I took a quick shower and got dressed in a pair of jeans and a low cut tight fitting black top that showed just the right amount of cleavage. I paired it with some black heels and let my hair fall down my back. Hopefully this would be sexy enough for Caroline.

I get into my car and drive over to Caroline's house. Caroline didn't have a car yet so that meant I was the designated driver always but that didn't stop me from getting my drink on. She's waiting for me on the porch and when she sees me she smiles brightly as she hops into me car.

"Hey." She greets with a smile and I smile back trying hard not to roll my eyes at her.

"Hey Care, ready for tonight?" I ask as I start the car and we start to drive in peak hour traffic towards the grill. I didn't understand why we had to be there so early. That only meant we would start drinking earlier.

"I can't wait! You should have seen those guys! I mean they are drop dead gorgeous!..." I tuned out to her blabbering about the men she had seen and focused on driving. It was a 20 minute drive to the Grill and she kept on and on about these guys. I mean seriously didn't anything interesting happen other than seeing these men. "And then Stefan said that he would get us here…" Okay I missed that.

Who the hell was Stefan and why would she just invite random people to party with us without consulting with me first. Okay well I did invite Klaus. "Yeah, I invited one of my co-workers as well. If you don't mind." I say as I unbuckle the safety belt and open my door.

"Well I guess the more the merrier? Right?" she asked and I nod my head at her like you would do to a child that just got a question incorrect but you feel too mentally exhausted to correct them.

"Yeah totally." I say and I lock my car as we make our way into the Grill, there are a few people already here. Jeremy was still here and I head towards him first. "Hey Jer." I greet giving him a one sided hug over the counter.

"Hey Elena, you and Caroline going to stay out tonight?" he asks and I just nod my head. "Cool, I'll get some take out and head home, I'm beat. See you tomorrow?"

"Yeah Jer, love you." I say as he turns his back on me and walks towards the kitchen. I turn back towards Caroline who has already claimed a booth for us. I walk over to her and sit down opposite from her. "So what's your drink of choice tonight?" I ask as I grab the menu and scan it for a few minutes before a waiter walks over to us. Caroline decided on beer. That meant that she would be sloshed by the forth one and that she's probably going home with a guy… Poor guy.

I choose to start my night of with a jam-jar. I mean I like things that are huge and that fills me up. Don't be naughty I'm not talking of anything sexual.

The night is un-eventful so far and Caroline has now switched to cocktails. I'm on my 2nd jam-jar for the evening and I usually stop at the third. Around 19:45PM Klaus arrives and I introduce my co-worker to my annoying friend and they hit it of pretty well much to my surprise. They start their own conversation without even involving me, I totally feel like the third wheel so I take my drink and start to move to the bar where I sit down and greet the lovely bartender.

I turn around and I observe not noticing the gentleman standing to my side. "Don't you have work tomorrow?" I hear his words but don't bother to turn towards him because a guy that was worried about me being at work the next day was a waste of my time.

"Nope… Got this thing called annual leave, where a person can stay at home or go on vacation. Not like you would understand." I say taking another sip from my jam-jar, it starts to slurp meaning that my drink is finished and I should probably get another. I turn around towards the bar and call the bartender. "Maybe I should get a fish bowl Ric… These Jam-jar's aren't doing anything for me tonight." I say as the sandy blonde bartender walks over to me.

"Elena you know Tequila and Stroh-rum is not a good combination for you." Ric states as he raises a brow towards me.

"What!? You don't like it when I'm friendly and not bitchy cause that shit instantly puts me in a good mood." I reply back winking at the man who I have known since I was 16. At first Ric sighs and I can see that he wants to resist my request.

"I'll buy the lady a fish bowl, if you just get me a double of your best bourbon." The gentleman to my side states. Ooh a rich boy buying me drinks, I can't resist that at all.

"One fish bowl and a bourbon coming up." Ric sighs as he turns his back on us to mix the alcohol. I scoot over to the gentleman beside me and put on my most flirtatious look I have and I look into ice blue eyes...

At first I am too shocked to say anything because next to me is Brigadier Salvatore which is buying me a drink and I basically gave him attitude. "Um… Thanks…. Brig….." I couldn't even finish the word Brigadier as I stared into those icy blue eyes that sent chills up and down my spine.