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Hi guys! Okay so I know I have some serious updating to do for my other stories but don't worry I am working on them. I've just been busy, and then there was writers block but I do have the new chapters written, I just gotta finish them up and post them. I'm also in the process of rewriting some chapters Secrets Within but I will post the new chapter first and then the rewritten ones. Anyways the story is gonna be based on the show but with twists and turns that you're gonna love trust me. I thought of this idea awhile ago and I know some people did this already but I'm pretty sure my story is nothing like the other ones. So before I get to the Disclaimer and the story I wanna give a big shout out and thanks to one of my best friends who helped edit and write parts of the story. Thanks again! You rock! Alright so without further ado I give you The Clara Diaries. Enjoy :)
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The Clara Diaries
Chapter 1
Dear Diary.
I didn't want to go back to Mystic Falls, it had too many bad memories, but for some reason I felt like I had to. Maybe it's because my brother is going as well...I don't know. Even thinking about Mystic Falls makes me shiver. It's sad to think that once over a hundred years ago I loved this place but now I never want to look at it again. Maybe this is a bad idea? In fact it would be the worst decision I ever made and yet here I am about to go into the place I once called home. Wish me luck.
Always,
Clara Salvatore
Walking through town made me feel nervous, frightened, angry, and a little excited all at the same time. I sighed; it also reminded me of how much it has changed. There are more buildings now than there was when I lived here all those years ago. Everything seemed so peaceful back then, so serene. It still is but now there's also sense of mystery and solemnness in the air. It's as if the elements are telling me there are dangerous secrets here and it's not safe to return to this supernatural town. I better run, get out now before all the secrets unravel and chaos occurs. But Mystic Falls is my home and I'm not running anymore.
I wish I could say I was ignorant to the secrets that consumed my life before. Before I was forced to run away from my beloved hometown. My life before I was a murderous vampire, feeding on the blood of innocent lives. Before all the tragedies that bestowed upon the Salvatore family name. But my life as a human was not that innocent. I kept secrets from my loved ones and those secrets put everyone I knew in danger. Secrets are a curse! It cost me and my brothers our humanity. Our mortal lives traded for an eternity of what? Shame. Being a vampire is a curse. We are forced to walk the earth day by day feeling guilty for the pain we monsters have inflicted. I wouldn't wish this torture upon even my worst enemy. However, it is the only way I know how to survive.
I sped through town using the trees to hide my appearance. I smirked, though it would be funny if someone did see me. How shocked would they be to see a normal looking fifteen year old girl zooming through town? They'd think I was super hero; I laughed at the ridiculous thought. Oh how wrong they would be. I couldn't let people see me anyway; I must keep my vampire secret hidden as long as possible. I can't risk the danger of arising any vampire hunters...or even other vampires. Speaking of other vampires, I wonder how Stefan would react to seeing his little sister in town again? Probably happy, at least I hope so. We've kept close these past few years and I was glad we did. I missed him. I miss Damon too but he's been...difficult and knowing him, he'll probably show up soon. I secretly hope he will.
I reached the house, well mansion, in less than a minute. I now stood at the door of the one place in the whole world I could call home, The Salvatore Boarding House. It was a large two story Tudor style house with brown and beige walls. It was surrounded by trees and had a gravel-like drive away. It was absolutely beautiful and I loved it a lot, it reminded me of when I was human. I listened intently to see if there was anyone inside. My nephew Zack wasn't home but Stefan was. I could hear him in his room pacing. I wonder what was going on up in that head of his. Out of my brothers and I Stefan was the calmest and quietest. Damon always teased him for existing in his own head, or being a "Brooding Forehead" as he liked to call him. I smiled at the thought, it was true though Stefan could be fun too but only on rare occasions, mainly when Lexi visits for our birthdays. We always had a fun time. Speaking of fun, how should I let my brother know I'm here? Hmmmm...I think I'll just surprise him. With a laugh, I quietly opened the door, I've already been invited in so I didn't have to worry about that. Swiftly and quietly, I ran through the house and up the stairs until I reached Stefan' bedroom. I was almost surprised he didn't hear me but then I remembered he's been drinking animal blood so his hearing isn't as strong as mine, especially since he's not even paying attention. I smiled and kicked the door open. Laughing when I saw Stefan jump and quickly spin around with great alarm on his face. Once he realized it was me he relaxed and smiled.
I grinned. "Hey!"
He laughed shaking his head. "Was that really necessary?"
I pouted folding my arms in faux annoyance. "What? No, Hi Clara! or Nice to see you Clara! I'm hurt Stefan."
He chuckled and walked over to me giving me a hug. "Hi Clara, it's nice to see you."
I rolled my eyes, breaking from his tight hug and hitting him lightly on the shoulder. "Ha ha very funny." He laughed.
I jumped on his bed and sat down facing Stefan as he walked over and sat next to me. "I'm surprised. I thought you said you never wanted to be in Mystic Falls ever again."
I smiled. "I know, but I figured since you would be here I couldn't just leave you alone, especially with our dear older brother who loves to pop in whenever he pleases. Because we both know you just love those visits."
He rolled his eyes. "Oh yes, very much." I giggled then sighed. Stefan and Damon claim to hate each other but I know otherwise, whether they want to admit it or not. They're just idiots who are blinded by anger and that witch of a woman Katherine. I hated her. She ruined my brothers, ripped them apart till they were nothing but broken pieces and tore us apart. I looked at Stefan, he had his attention focused intently on the clock. I smiled slightly. We may be broken in more ways than one, but we are still family and we still care about each other. I noticed Stefan moving suddenly. Slinging a school bag over his shoulders, I began to wonder, why? Oh no, he's not going to school...is he?
"Going somewhere?" I asked raising my eyebrows.
He looked at me then looked away. "Nope."
I smirked. "Then what's with the school bag….you're not going to school are you?"
He sighed. "Yes I am going to school but I'm not telling you why."
I got up from the bed. "Why?"
He opened his mouth to speak then closed it. He looked at me as if deciding what he should say and then sped out of the room. Ok he is so not telling me something. I followed him out moving faster than he was and beat him to the front door.
"What was that? You're so hiding something." I said still smirking. "You're not going because of a girl are you?" He didn't say anything; he just looked down looking slightly embarrassed. My eyes widened. No way. No freakin' way!
"Oh my god! It is because of a girl! No way! Who is she?" I cannot believe my brother has a crush on some girl and a human girl no less. Wait she's human right? Well yeah if she goes to the high school. It's not like I care anyway, I'm just happy because now Stefan can move on from Katherine and finally be happy. Then maybe Damon will move on too...at least I hope so.
"Clara!" Stefan yelled breaking me out my thoughts. I looked at him excitedly waiting for him to speak. "Look it may or may not be for a girl and if I told you anymore, you'd go on a rampage."
"Seriously? How can telling me be that bad?" I said rolling my eyes. Why won't he tell me already!
"I told you, you would go on a rampage." He said. "But honestly it's not that bad but you'll think it is."
I groaned. "Stop being confusing and spit it out!"
"Nope." He replied walking outside. Really? That's it. He's just gonna walk out and leave me in suspense wondering why he suddenly decided he wanted to go to school, here in Mystic Falls of all places, again? Well then I guess I'm gonna have to do some snooping around Mr. Never tells anybody anything. I shook my head and looked in the mirror that hung on the wall by the door. Whoa. I look like a mess. My dark brown hair was all over of the place from the wind and my clothes where a little rumpled. It's what I get for running for four hours. I sighed, I should probably change first. I ran up to my room and looked through my closet. It took me a couple minutes but I found the perfect outfit: A light gray bandeau style dress with a leather jacket and black ankle boots. I paired it with blue feather earrings and my usual silver locket and lapis lazuli necklace. I redid my make up by putting on some smokey eye shadow and some rose lip gloss then once I was done with that I brushed out my hair leaving it in its natural wavy self, grabbed my black purse and sped out of the house. Not even five minutes later I was standing in front of Mystic Falls high school. I smirked, now it's time to find Stefan and his secret love. I walked towards the school deciding if I should go inside or look around first. There were students everywhere so I'm guessing school hasn't started yet.
I started walking towards the school, determined to find Stefan. That's when I noticed him, a complete stranger to me. Yet I found myself starstruck and my steps faltered, eventually stopping as I watched him. It feels so stalkerish watching him like this, but I couldn't help it. He was so...breathtaking. I wanted to know him. I wanted him to know me. Still transfixed on his gestures as he stood up, I began to take notice of every detail. His short dark brown hair, his tall lean body and his eyes were the most beautiful shade of chocolate brown I have ever seen. But his eyes held a hint of sadness in them when he talked. Depression and despair was glazed over his face. He was also smoking, I didn't know what it was about him that had me standing here looking like a fool while kids all around me yelled at me to move out of the way, but I didn't care. The thought of knowing every detail about him overwhelmed me. I tried to snap out of it. I don't care if he was smoking or looked like a troubled teenager. I was determined to get to know him. Well actually I did care a tiny bit about the smoking part, he shouldn't be smoking at all but that didn't mean I didn't like him any less.
I began to make my first real step towards him when I noticed he was standing next to a girl; she had dark hair and eyes which were also glazed over. I sighed knowing she was probably high too. I wonder if he likes this girl. Or we're they friends? Wait why I do even care? He can be with whoever he wants to and it wouldn't faze me. Then why do I feel upset thinking of him with someone else. Was this is a crush? Suddenly there was this weird feeling in the pit my stomach as I watched him, it was a fluttering feeling and I all I wanted to do was to be with him. Listen to him talk and hear the laughter in his voice, see the smile on his face. Was I in love?
"Hey Vicki, I knew you'd be here with the crack heads." A guy said walking towards the two. He had dark brown hair and eyes, he also had a strong build like a football player. He probably was one. I narrowed my eyes at him feeling anger surge through me. I didn't like this guy; I could tell he was an ass. He walked around to the girl, Vicki, and wrapped his arm around her. I could see the boy I liked shift uncomfortably. I'm guessing he likes this girl which made me feel hurt and a little angry.
"Hey, Pete Wentz called." Football guy said to him. "He wants his nail polish back." I inwardly growled wanting to rip this guy's head off for teasing him. I had to control my anger because unfortunately for him I can rip his head off.
"Pete Wentz huh? How old school TRL of you, the whole Carson Daly thing." The boy I liked shot back. I giggled feeling some of my anger fade away. He was funny I liked that. Football guy went to lunge at him but Vicki stopped him. Good, if not for her I would have and he wouldn't like that very much. I smirked as an idea formed in my head. Giving my best smile I finally managed enough nerve to walk over to them.
"Ty, be nice." She said. "That's Elena's little brother."
He smirked. "I could still kick his ass though," Maybe, but I know I can kick yours.
"Hey." I grinned. They turned to look at me but I was looking at my brown eyed boy with a smile on my face. "I like the black nail polish, It looks hot on you." He smiled looking triumphant. My heart fluttered, he was absolutely beautiful. I gave him a wink and a smirk then walked away without even looking at the others expressions, because honestly I didn't care. His smile was all I needed.
Still smiling at the moment, I went into the school continuing my search for Stefan. I stopped by some lockers and focused my hearing. I rolled my eyes as I heard some people mention me wondering who I was but it was expected. I'm the new girl, no one knows who I am which is why people want to know but I don't want them to. It wasn't their business anyway. Ignoring their voices and a lot of others I finally found my brother. He was talking to some lady in the school office.
"All I see is back." I heard, distracting me from my brother's voice. It was a girl's voice and for some reason it sounded so familiar.
"That's a hot back." I heard another girl answer as I followed the sound of their voices toward the door of the main office they were looking into. I looked as well, making sure I stayed hidden by some lockers, and smirked at who I saw. Well if it isn't my brother Stefan Salvatore registering for high school. I chuckled, rolling my eyes and turned around deciding to wait for Stefan when I realized something. I looked back at the girls still clearly gawking at my brother and my eyes widened then narrowed in anger. Katherine. What the hell is she doing here? I growled, a part of me wanted to go over there and rip her heart out but another part of me wanted to know why she was here. I saw the boy I like from the corner of my eye walking through the hallway and Katherine was glaring at him. Wait what? Why did she care? I watched her follow him while her "friend" just stared at Stefan. I rolled my eyes and decided to follow Katherine. She walked into the boy's bathroom. I couldn't follow her in there but I was still curious. I moved towards some nearby lockers and took out my cell phone, pretending to look at it while I listened to their conversation instead.
"Great, the first day of school and you're stoned!" Katherine yelled angrily. Why does she even care? What is she doing here in high school of all places?
"No I'm not!" The boy I liked shot back. I sighed; even though I am completely confused as to why Katherine cares about him I'm glad someone's confronting him about this. I didn't like what he was doing, maybe I could help him. It would give me a reason to talk to him and maybe I could get him to stop hurting himself like this. I smiled, yeah I could do that.
"You need to chill yourself alright!" I heard him yell again. He sounded frustrated.
"Chill myself?" Katherine asked with a humorless laugh. "What is that stoner talk? Dude you are so cool."
"Stop! I don't have anything on me! Are you crazy?" He yelled annoyed.
"You haven't seen crazy Jeremy." She seethed then sighed. "I gave you a summer pass, but I am done watching you destroy yourself." I heard movement like he was walking away. "No, no. You know what, go ahead. Keep it up. Just know that I'm going to be there to ruin your buzz every time got it?" It was silent for a moment and all I heard was a toilet flush. Awkward. Katherine sighed again. "Jeremy I know who you are, and it's not this person. So don't be this person."
"I don't need this." He replied softly. He sounded so hurt, so...broken. And it hurt me. I wanted him to be happy, I wanted him to smile and I was determined to make that happen. I will make Jeremy happy again. I smiled at his name. Jeremy. I liked it, it fit him somehow. I saw Jeremy walk out of the bathroom looking angry and instead of walking to a classroom or his locker he walked right outside. He was ditching already? I bit my lip. Should I follow him? I could hear Katherine leaving as well and Stefan was walking this way but he couldn't see or hear me where I was unless he tried. I watched them interact with each other. Katherine looked embarrassed walking out of the boys bathroom and Stefan looked...well in love. I growled. Seriously Stefan? Then it hit me. Is this why he was here? To see her! I felt my eyes darken. How is she even here anyway? And why? I felt my fangs form and snarled. I wanted nothing more than to take a stake and-
"Clara!" I snapped out my thoughts and saw Stefan looking at me with wide worried eyes. He placed his hands firmly on my shoulders. "Clara calm down. That's not Katherine. Her name is Elena Gilbert."
"What?" I growled. "She looks exactly like-"
"I know." He sighed. "But she's not her, trust me sorellina." I searched his eyes, they were sincere and I knew was telling the truth, but how is it possible? They look exactly alike except for her hair which was straight but everything else was the same! They were like twins but from different centuries. Stefan put his hands on my shoulders silently telling me to calm down. I took a few deep breaths, closing my eyes and relaxing my nerves until my eyes were their normal green and my fangs were gone. Taking another breath, I opened my eyes and stared at my big brother.
"She's why you're here isn't it." I said my voice calm but firm. Stefan had a lot of explaining to do. "You're here because you like her! Because she looks like Katherine!"
He shook his head. "No, Clara that has nothing to do with it-"
"Yes it does!" I practically yelled. "Do not lie to me Stefan."
He sighed. "Alright, at first it was...but I do not like her because she looks like Katherine. I like her because she isn't Katherine."
"Stefan, please." I begged. "I can't take it if everything that happened with Katherine, happens again with Elena." He looked at me sullenly. I felt the tears swell in my eyes as all the memories of our past swirled before my eyes. "We are already broken brother, please don't break us more."
Stefan took my hands staring right into my eyes. "I promise you Clara, what happened with Katherine will never happen again trust me." I stared at him. Could I? Could I trust that Stefan wouldn't let that happen again? Could I trust that he truly likes Elena because apparently she's not Katherine? Honestly, I wasn't sure but I think he really liked her otherwise he wouldn't be trying to convince me that Elena was nothing to worry about. He hated Katherine as much as I did.
I sighed and nodded my head. "Alright Stefan, I trust you." He gave me a small smile in gratitude. I gave him a smile of my own before turning serious. "But that does not mean I trust her. I'm doing this for you Stefan, because I know you like her and I suppose I'll be nice."
He chuckled. "That's all I ask." Suddenly, I was wrapped in a big Stefan hug. I laughed and hugged him back. "Thank you."
"You're welcome big brother." I replied dramatically. We laughed and he let go of me just as the bell began to ring signaling school was starting.
"Well it looks like you have class." I grinned. "So, I'm gonna go. Have fun."
He rolled his eyes. "Right, because school is fun."
"Hey it was your idea to go to school not mine." I laughed. "Now I gotta go before a teacher sees me and asks why I'm not in class."
He chuckled. "You know you can just compel them right?"
"True." I said. "But I really don't feel like compelling anyone so...see ya!"
Stefan smiled and shook his head. "See ya later Clara."
I gave him another smile before speeding outside. I wonder what I should do? I don't want to go home and be bored all day like Stefan will be now that he goes to high school. I can't believe he' goes to school for that girl Elena. Wait why does that name sound familiar? I think I heard it somewhere before Stefan told me who she was. Oh, wait Vicki said it! Yeah when she told football dude to back off of Jeremy because he's Elena's little brother...wait what? Jeremy is Elena's little brother? Well the whole bathroom thing makes sense now. I was so lost in my thoughts; I didn't even realize I was now at a park. It was small and there weren't many people around. Actually, there were only four people here. Two of them were a couple, sitting on a blanket in the grass, the other was a women walking her dog and then there was a teenage boy sitting on one of the wooden tables who looked strangely familiar. Curious I walked a little closer and almost gasped. It was Jeremy! I couldn't help but smirk, he was ditching on the first day school, rebel much. Then something else occurred to me. Should I talk to him? Or should I walk away? Well I could talk to him, but what if he doesn't like me or what if when I try to talk to him he just ignores me? Why am I freaking out? I've talked to a lot of men before and they were easy. Why would it be so hard to talk to Jeremy? I sighed, knowing the answer. It's because for once I actually care about what someone thinks of me, because I want Jeremy to like me.
"Hey!" He yelled breaking me out of my thoughts. I looked at him. "Aren't you the girl who called me hot then walked away?"
Well that answers my first question. I gave him a smile and walked towards him. "Yup, that was me but I didn't call you hot, I said the black nail polish was hot, but you know whatever gets you through the day."
He laughed. "So I haven't seen you around, you new?"
I nodded. "Sorta. I lived here when I was little. I'm Clara by the way." I motioned to the spot next to him. "May I?" He nodded and I sat down. My arm accidentally brushed against his and I felt a spark go through my body. I looked up at him in surprise and I wondered if he felt it too because he was looking at me as well. I looked away and if I were human I would have blushed. I must really like him.
"Jeremy." He smiled and I felt my heart flutter. "So, why did you move?"
"Um, family issues I guess." I half lied. It was the truth but I wasn't going to tell him the real reason was that my brothers and I turned into vampires. He'd probably think I was crazy. I sighed. "I kinda don't want to talk about it."
He nodded. "I know the feeling."
I looked at him. "You do?"
He nodded. "My sister, she keeps pressuring me to talk to her about...things and I just don't want to."
I gave him a small smile. "Well, she's your sister, she's just wants you to be okay." He looked away and I could see he was getting frustrated. I sighed. "It's not good to keep things, bottled up you know. It's always good to have someone you can talk to, someone you can trust." He sighed and looked down. I saw a single tear fall down his cheek and felt my heart break. He must be really hurting and it hurts me to see him so...broken. I gently placed my hand on his shoulder giving him some comfort. He looked at me and my heart broke all over again. He looked so sad.
"My parents." He whispered. "They...died in a car accident" He stopped more tears fell.
"I'm sorry." I grabbed his hand, trying to ignore the butterflies I felt when we touched and squeezed it. I felt tears falling down my cheeks. "I know how you feel."
He looked at me. "You do?"
I nodded sadly. "My mother passed away when I was born and my father...if he ever was one died a few years ago."
"I'm sorry." He said quietly. "Wait what did you mean, what you said about your father?"
I sighed, I hated talking about my so called father. "He hated me. He hated my brothers too. I don't know why."
"How could he hate you? You're his daughter." He said confused.
I shrugged. "I don't know. He just did." It was quiet for a while before I added. "Is that why you do drugs?"
"What?" He asked sounding shocked and confused.
"Before I went up to you, I saw you smoking...and I saw the pills." I whispered hoping he wouldn't get mad at me for bringing it up.
"Oh." He said. "Yeah, it just helps ok and don't tell me it's bad and I should stop. I get that enough from my sister and my Aunt Jenna."
"I wasn't." I told him and it was true I really wasn't. "But I will tell you this. You may think it helps Jer, and maybe it does for a while but in the long run it doesn't. Because that hurt will still be there." He didn't say anything. I gave his hand another squeeze. "You'll get better Jeremy. Trust me, I know."
He took a deep breath but he didn't speak for a while. Then he turned to me and gave me a half smile. "Thanks."
"For what?" I asked confused.
"Talking to me, I guess." He replied. "I guess you were right, it does feel better to talk about it."
I smiled. "I'm glad I can help." I bit my lip as an idea popped in my head. I grabbed a pen from my purse and pulled his hand that was still in mine and pulled it towards me. He looked at me confused as he watched me write on his hand. When I was done, I reluctantly let go of his hand and he looked at it. "My number, if you ever want to talk."
He smiled. "Thanks." I smiled too. I felt a wind blow through the park sending me the aromas of the trees, grass, flowers and...blood. I sniffed the air picking out the blood from the couple in front of us who were now eating lunch, the lady who was sitting on bench and another one. It smelled sweet like honey mixed with some sort of flower...it smelled so delicious. Who was it? That's when I realized it was Jeremy. Oh no. I could feel my eyes darken and I quickly turned my head trying to conceal my fangs and control my hunger.
"You okay?" He asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I just...I gotta go." I said knowing if I stayed any longer I'd do something I would regret. I quickly jumped off the table. Once my face turned to normal again, I looked at him and gave him a smile. "See you later?"
He smiled and nodded. "Yeah." I gave him another smile and started to walk away. When I was far enough to where he couldn't see me, I sped home. I reached the house less than a minute later and ran into the basement were I kept my secret blood bag stash. I quickly grabbed one and drank from it. A few bags later I was refreshed and ready to go. I went up into my room and sat on my bed. What should I do? I checked the clock it was almost 10:30. Ugh I still have like four and half hours before Stefan gets out of school. What to do? What to do? I got up, making my way towards my walk in closet. I opened it. My room was pretty big. completely furnished with antique white wooden furniture including the bed, my dresser, side tables and bookshelves. My bed sheets were light blue and I had two old style lamps on each side table. I loved my room it reminded me of when I was human living accustomed to many old Victorian style furniture, but my new room had some new modern day touches. A few odds and ends things like a pink fuzzy rug, a purple phone which happens to match my brand new iPhone, some random posters of my favorite bands hung on the walls, and a "Smurfs" style lava lamp. My two bookshelves was filled with all my diaries, and a bunch of books I've read throughout the years. Yeah, my room is awesome but my closet wasn't. I frowned as I walked into it. I had a huge walk in closet. It was basically the size of a bedroom. There were clothes hanging in every corner of the room along with shelves of shoes and bags in between. In the middle of the room was a white vanity with a little sitting area. Ok so my closet was awesome too, the problem was there were barely any clothes in it besides the few that were in there. Well Stefan won't be home for a few hours so shopping mall here I come.
In less than two seconds I had grabbed my purse, walked out the door and into the garage. I saw my brother Damon's light blue Chevy Camaro convertible. Stefan has a bright red Porsche but he used it to go to school. I unfortunately didn't have a car yet but that doesn't mean I couldn't borrow Damon's car, it's not like he would really care anyway…. I think. I already had the keys that I got when I grabbed my purse so I jumped in the car and put the key in the ignition. I was about to turn it on when some sort of smell drifted through my nose...it was cologne, Damon's cologne. He may have not driven this car in fifteen years but I could still smell it. I sighed. I missed him a lot. I missed when Damon, Stefan and I would play football in the garden when were younger, laughing and running around without a care in world. That was over a hundred years ago and now we barely talked to each other. I don't even think I heard either of my brothers really laugh since 1864. I don't think I've really laughed since 1864. I sighed; a lone tear fell down my cheek. Someday we'll be a real family again. I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts and turned the car on. The engine roared to life and I began to drive out the garage, Once I was out I closed the garage door, put the top down, blasted the radio and I was off to the mall. I arrived at the mall about twenty minutes later. I parked the car and put the top up, jumped out and headed inside. I probably went into almost every store in the mall and compelled all the cashiers to give me the clothes for free. I know it was sort of wrong but I didn't feel like paying for anything. Lazy, lazy me. After about three and a half hours of shopping later I was ready to go home. I knew Stefan would be home soon too. In a much better mood, I happily walked to Damon's car and threw all the shopping bags in the back. I jumped in the car and only a half hour later I was home just in time to see Stefan pull up into the driveway. I parked my car the exact same time he did, smiling as I grabbed some bags and jumped out of the car.
Stefan got out of his car and looked at me, eyebrows raised. "Really?"
I rolled my eyes and faced him. "What I was bored and I needed more clothes but don't worry big bro I got a matching black shirt like you and Damon's so now we can have that family picture you always wanted."
This time he rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'm going inside now."
"Uh no your not." I stated with hands on my hips. "Someone's gotta help me put all my stuff into my room."
"Who said the someone has to be me." He retorted smirking at my annoyed look.
"Please!" I begged giving him a puppy dog look.
He sighed. "Fine."
"Yay!" I giggled clapping. Stefan laughed shaking his head as he grabbed some bags and we sped to my room. A few minutes later all the bags were in my room and all clothes were in my closet. Ah I feel complete. Once I was finished I walked down stairs to see Stefan about to walk out.
"Where ya going bro?" I asked.
"I was gonna go hunt. Haven't eaten in awhile." He said. I groaned.
"But I am so bored, Zack has been gone all day and you know I don't do the Stefan diet. It's so gross!" I pouted annoyed.
He laughed. "We'll go out and do something. There's this restaurant called the Mystic Grill. Lots of people hang out there. You could go there."
I sighed. "Fine." Then a thought occurred to me. What if Jeremy is there? Then I could talk to him some more. I grinned excitedly and Stefan looked at me confused. I laughed at his expression. "What can't a girl be happy that she actually gets to do something fun than sit around the house all day."
"Yeah, but a minute ago you we're just-you know what I don't wanna know. Have fun and no biting." Stefan says walking out the door.
I laughed. "I'll try my hardest." I heard him laugh again and then he ran off. Still grinning like an idiot I grabbed my purse and walked out jumping in Damon's car. I got there in less than ten minutes. Once I was parked I jumped out of the car, locked it and walked towards the restaurant/cafe/bar. It was a greyish green building with a beige canopy and the words Mystic Grill written in bright letters on the top. I've never been here before but I think Stefan has a few times. I walked inside and looked around it was a cool looking place and Stefan was right, this place is a definitely a popular teen hang out because it looked like almost everyone from the high school was here. I walked towards the bar and sat down taking in my surroundings when a waitress walked up to me. I didn't realize who she was until she looked up from her notepad. Vicki; That girl who Jeremy likes.
"Hi, Welcome to Mystic Grill. Would you like to order something?" She said with a look that said she didn't want to be here even though she was acting polite. It took everything in me not to say something snarky so I took a deep breath and gave her a smile.
"Hi, and yeah can I get a small coke please," I asked. Even though I knew Jeremy liked her and I was jealous I didn't want to be mean to her. Its obvious Jeremy cares about her and I know if I let my emotions take over I'd do something stupid. I don't want to hurt Jeremy. So if he cares about her then I'll have to be okay with her too.
She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, su-hey wait you're that girl from school earlier? The one who said Jeremy's nail polish was hot?" Crap. I was kind of hoping she wouldn't recognize me.
"Oh, yeah that was me." I smiled seeing as there was really no need to deny it. I shrugged. "What can I say I like guys with a little edge."
She laughed. "I don't think Jeremy is really edgy..." I sort of agree with her on that. He's more misunderstood and a little lost but hey I was making him look good. "Plus we kind of have a thing."
I raised my eyebrows curiously. "I thought you were with that other guy that was there...you know the one you were kissing."
"Oh, well that's..." She stopped looked at me then scoffed." Why am I even telling you this, It's none of your business anyway."
"True." She did have a point, though I really did want to know what she meant by that. "So, uh can I have my coke now please?
"Yeah, let me get that for you." She said.
I gave her a perky grin. "Thanks." She rolled her eyes and walked away. Now what am I gonna do? I heard the door open so I turned to see who it was and saw none other than Jeremy. Huh, saved by the boy. Thank you Jeremy! He must have saw me watching because he gave me a small smile. I'm sort of glad I'm a vampire at the moment because if I was human I would have blushed. I gave him a smile back and became surprised when he began walking towards me.
"Hey." He said once he reached the booth.
"Hey." I replied quietly which is weird because I'm never quiet.
He chuckled. "Long time, no see." I laughed. "So, I didn't see you at school except for the morning, does that make you a fellow ditcher?"
I grinned. "No, well…sort of. I'm not registered for the high school yet. Wait you went back to school? That's surprising."
He laughed. "Yeah, I figured it would get Elena and Aunt Jenna off my case for a while."
"Oh, well that's nice of you." We laughed.
"Wait so, if you're not registered for school yet, why did you go?" He asked confused as he sat down next to me.
"Umm….you're gonna probably think it's stupid….or weird…..or both." I replied sort of embarrassed.
He raised his eyebrows. "What? Are you one of those school nerds or something."
"Hey now don't be mean." I said giving him a playful shove to which he just rolled his eyes. I smiled. "But no, actually I sort of went to stalk my brother." I gave him a sheepish smile. I figured I'd just tell him straight up but you know tweak it a bit.
"And you were doing this because?" He asked a smile playing on his lips.
I rolled my eyes. "He was being an annoying older brother and he wouldn't tell me about the girl he liked. So I went to the school to see who it was like the good sister I am." I gave him a big grin and he laughed.
"Nice, did you find out who it was?" He asked.
"Yeah, but uh he said I couldn't tell anyone." I said not sure if I should tell him it was his sister Stefan was crushing on.
"I get it. Who's your brother anyway?" He placed his arm on the table and I smiled seeing my number was still on it.
"Stefan Salvatore." I told him. "Kinda tall, brown hair, green eyes….quiet and broody."
Jeremy nodded. "I think I've seen him around. So he's the broody type huh?"
I laughed. "Yeah, my brother likes to call him the 'Broody Forehead' he's-" I froze. Oh no, I didn't want to mention Damon yet. Maybe Jeremy didn't notice.
"Wait, you have another brother?" He asked surprised. Great.
"Um…yeah but it's complicated. I don't want to talk about it." I replied quickly trying to keep my voice calm. I don't think it worked because he looked at me unsure, like he knew I was hiding something but didn't want to say anything. I sighed; I was going to have to elaborate more.
"We haven't spoken in…awhile," I told him. "It's not something I like to talk about….and I don't want anyone else to know about him either. So please-"
"Jeremy?" A voice asked. I almost rolled my eyes, nice timing. I gave Jeremy a look silently finishing my question, he nodded and I let out a sigh of relief. I knew I could trust Jeremy, he wouldn't say anything.
"Hey Vicki," Jeremy said turning to her like nothing happened.
"Everything ok over here?," she asked looking at me. I raised my eyebrows. I'm guessing she doesn't trust me.
"We're good…just talking," I told her. Just then I heard two boys walk in. One of them was Football Dude and he was talking to a kind looking blonde boy with really pretty blue eyes.
"Hey? Is that the other guy I saw you with?" I asked curiously even though I knew the answer I just wanted to know his name.
"Tyler?" Jeremy asked. Bingo.
"Oh that's his name," I asked. "Whose Blondie?"
Vicki looked at me, "That's Matt, my brother."
"Oh oops," I replied giving her a sheepish smile "Yeah, uh I'm gonna go over there and drink my coke….uh bye."
"See ya," Jeremy called while Vicki just raised her eyebrows. I gave them a grin and sat down at a table close to where the pool tables were. I quietly sipped on my coke, which didn't taste that bad, when I heard a part of Matt and Tyler's conversation.
"I don't know, dude. He seems kind of sketchy." Tyler shrugged.
"Yeah, and I think Elena may have a thing for him," Matt said sadly. Elena? As in Jeremy's sister the girl my brother has a weird crush on. Does this mean the Sketchy guy is Stefan?
"Come on, bro. He's the new kid. She doesn't even know him and she probably doesn't like him. Chill, give her time." Luckily for me they're walking towards the pool table. I was still confused. Why was Matt so upset about this? Unless… did Matt used to date Elena?
"I guess but what if she does?" Matt asked.
"Then it's her loss. Plus it probably won't even work out. I mean did she see him? He's a total poser. Them dating wouldn't last five minutes." Okay what? By now I was angry and I wasn't gonna let football dude get away with calling my brother names so I stood up and walked over to them.
"Excuse me?" I snapped. The two boys looked at me confused.
"What?"
I inwardly groaned. "You guys were talking about the "Poser" Stefan Salvatore right?"
They still looked completely confused. "Yeah?"
"Why? You know him?" Football dude asked.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah I do, he's my brother."
His eyes widened. "Oh."
"Yeah oh, and I don't appreciate you talking about my brother like that so if I were you I'd watch your mouth." I sounded angrier than I really was but I couldn't really help that. Football dude looked like he wanted to speak but blonde boy cut him off.
"Look," Matt said. "You're right, we've shouldn't have said that. We're sorry."
I gave him a smile. Matt is definitely a sweetie. "I forgive you Blondie, but I won't forgive him until he apologizes for himself like a big boy." I turned to Tyler with raised eyebrows. Matt smirked, while Tyler rolled his eyes.
"I'm sorry. There happy?" He said.
"Not really, but whatever." I replied shaking my head. Boys.
"Hey, you're that chick who called Gilbert hot and walked off." Tyler said staring at me with wide eyes.
I looked at him. "Don't call me chick and yes that was me. How do ya do."
Matt laughed. "I'm Matt, and this ass is Tyler." Tyler glared at him but Matt just ignored it.
I giggled. "I know Vicki told me, I'm Clara."
"Vicki?" Matt asked. "As in Vicki Donovan?"
I nodded. "She's your sister right? I just talked to her a while ago and I saw her at school."
"Yeah she's my sister. Wow you must know everyone in this town now." Matt teased.
"Nah, I'm still new-" I froze catching a glimpse of piercing blue eyes and long dark hair. Is that…..but it can't be she's…..no it has to be someone who looks like her right?
"What's wrong?" Matt asked. "Do you know that girl too?"
I moved my gaze to answer his question. "No." I looked back to where the girl was and she was gone. "She just looks like someone I used to know…..um I have to go." I turned around and began to walk towards the door.
"Wait! Where are you-"
"I'm just gonna check on something….I'll uh talk to you later." And with that I ran outside and looked around, nothing. I sighed and leaned against the wall. She looked so much like Alice. I could have sworn it was her but it couldn't be. I wish it was her, so the four of us could be together again like the family we once were. I let out another sigh as Damon flittered through my mind. I wonder where he is. Stefan wouldn't want him here after all the trouble he caused and apart of me agrees with him but there's also this part of me that wants him here. We could be a family again if only my brothers didn't hate each other. I groaned why does life….or non-life have to be so difficult.
I lifted myself from the wall deciding I should go back inside. Matt is probably wondering where I ran off too. Chuckling a bit I walked inside and saw Matt and Tyler talking to some blonde girl and is that the girl who was with Elena earlier? The blonde girl walked off with Tyler while the other girl sat down with Matt and started a conversation. I sighed not knowing what to do until I sensed Stefan walking in with Elena. Turning around, I saw the two and gave them but mostly Stefan a smile.
"Hey big bro. How's it going?" I turned to Elena. "And who is this?"
He laughed. "Good and this is Elena. Elena this is my little sister Clara."
"Hi." Elena smiled.
I gave her a fake smile. "Hi, oh you're Jeremy's sister right? I met him earlier."
She looked at me confused. "You did? When?"
"Um at school. And before you ask why you didn't see me there it's because I was only visiting Stefan. I start school tomorrow." I explained slightly annoyed. Stefan raised his eyebrows with a smirk on his face. I rolled my eyes yeah, yeah I know I'm starting school. Meh.
"Oh cool." She said. It looked like she wanted to say more but Matt walked over to us.
"Hi, I'm Matt." He said to Stefan holding out his hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Hi. Stefan." My brother replied shaking his hand. Matt looked at Elena.
She gave him a small smile. "Hey."
"Hey." He said with no emotion in his voice. He turned to me and smiled, "Hey Clara."
I looked up surprised. "Uh, hi Matt." I wanted to remain inconspicuous since this felt like an awkward ex boyfriend ex girlfriend thing.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Elena asked.
"Sort of," I smiled ignoring Stefan's 'what did you do' look. "We met earlier, he was with Tyler….and then I sort of ran off."
"You ran off?" Stefan asked his expression turning to concern.
"Yeah, it's complicated. Um I'm gonna get something to drink." I said quickly. I looked at Stefan silently telling him I'll explain later. He gave me a quick nod that neither Elena nor Matt noticed. I smiled and walked towards the bar but then I changed my mind and sat at a table. I watched as Matt walk over to Tyler and Stefan and Elena sat down at some table followed by the blonde girl and the girl who was with Elena at school. I decided to listen in on their conversation. "So, you and Clara were born in Mystic Falls?" The blonde girl questioned.
Stefan nodded "And we moved when we were still young."
"Parents?" the other girl asked. I stiffened, my hand automatically went to my locket.
"Our parents passed away." Stefan replied. It was quiet and both the girls eyes moved to Elena's.
"I'm so sorry." Elena said quietly. "Any siblings besides Clara?"
Stefan shook his head. "None that we talk to." I clenched my locket. "We live with our Uncle."
I felt a hand on my shoulder and jumped. I turned to who had touched me and saw it was Matt who was now sitting on the chair next to me.
I relaxed. "Hi Matt."
"Hey, you okay?" He asked looking at my hand that was still around my locket. I let go and gave him a small smile.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I told him. "So, uh what brings you over here?"
He shrugged. "I saw you sitting by yourself so I'd thought I'd come over and talk to you. Oh is everything okay with whatever you had to check on earlier?"
"Thanks." I smiled. "And yeah everything's fine. What about you? You seemed upset earlier when you talked Stefan and Elena."
Matt sighed. "Yeah, Elena is my one of my best friends and ex-girlfriend. We broke up over the summer and I guess it's just hard seeing her with someone else." And that someone else just had to be my brother didn't it.
"I'm sorry Matt." I told him. "Breakups suck, but it will get better and at least you and Elena are still friends. I mean wouldn't you rather have her as your friend then nothing at all."
He nodded smiling. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Thanks."
"No problem." I grinned. "So who are those two girls talking to Stefan and Elena?" I already knew but I figured I'd ask that way I'll have a good reason for knowing who they are instead of knowing because I heard them introduce themselves to Stefan earlier. Stalkerish much?
"Oh that's Caroline and Bonnie. Best friends of Elena." Matt told her then grinned. "And now it's official. You must know everyone now."
"Nahh, I'm still the new girl." I smiled and leaned in closer to him and placed my hand on his shoulder. "You know I could use a tour guide if you're interested." I gave him a wink and tried not laugh as Matt's eyes widened and he backed up a bit.
"Whoa, uh I don't think I'm the right person for that, but hey there's this party tomorrow. It's a back to school thing at the falls. You should-"
"Matt!" A shrill voice yelled cutting him off. We turned to see Caroline who was glaring at Matt. Bonnie and Elena walked off in the direction of the pool tables to talk amongst themselves, leaving Stefan and Caroline in front of us. Caroline leaned close to Matt, obviously not realizing I (or Stefan) could hear her and hissed. "You can't just go around inviting anyone to this party!"
"Hey, I am not just anyone." I looked at Stefan. "Back me up big brother." I smirked looking at Caroline who looked shocked that I had heard her.
"Uh, actually I think you maybe a little too young." Stefan said with a glare.
I glared back at him. "I'm much older than you think."
"Wait, who are you anyway?" Caroline asks with a hand on her hip.
I smirked. "Clara, Clara Salvatore."
Bam! So what did ya think? Oh and I know the chapter is like super long but I had to split the episode up and this was the only place I liked. Anyways the next part I will post later today but until then please review and tell me what you thought! What else? Oh yeah! Some of the dialogue is from the show and I will prob use a mixture of the show dialogue and of course my own dialogue. Just thought I'd let you know just in case. Also, I got Clara's outfits from outfits I created on. They aren't posted yet but I will post them. And once I do I will give you the links for them. Alright that's all I got so please review and Thanks for reading!
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