The New Girl In Town.
So this story has been a idea that I've been playing around with and I finally took the plunge to do it.
There was never a Peyton/Lucas/Brooke love triangle.
The setting is just before 1x04 in vampire diaries world and Brooke is the same age as Elena.
She sat in her new room, so this was home now, she was the new girl in town in the big fancy house but who was she supposed to be in this town where nobody knew her name.
Sure she could reinvent herself but she didn't want to do that she was Brooke Penelope Davis, daughter of Victoria Davis and Robert Davis, girlfriend of Lucas Scott and best friend to Peyton Sawyer but here she wasn't any of those things, she wasn't a best friend or a girlfriend, she wasn't even really a daughter.
She could hear her parents arguing, you can take the people out of the town but not the town out of the people, she thought to herself as she closed the door to her new bedroom, all her stuff had been unpacked considering she was the last thing to arrive from Tree Hill.
She remembered the day when her mother had come home and told her that they where moving to Mystic Falls, Virginia, there was no time for argument as soon enough her childhood home was on the market and movers where packing up her families belongings for the big move.
She had tried to make things difficult, she stayed away from home to avoid packing but that wasn't enough as they just packed her things for her without a care for her feelings.
The only nice thing they did was let her stay a extra week to say her goodbyes and then a car arrived to drive her to her new home.
Saying goodbye to her friends was extremely difficult for her, she had practically cried all the way to Virginia.
She had to stop the tears once the car pulled up in front of the house, her parents wouldn't understand why she was crying about moving from Tree Hill, they couldn't have been happier to move away especially now they had moved back to her mums hometown and had bought one of the most expensive houses in the area.
She wasn't surprised that when she arrived they told her she would be attending a party thrown by her mum's old friend that weekend.
A party so that her parents could pretend to be a normal loving family, a husband and wife who doted on one another with a beautiful daughter who they loved and cherished.
She never understood why they stayed together, all they did was argue and cheat on each other but they never separated, there relationship clearly wasn't based on love, she often wondered if there was a time her parents where happy and in love before there life turned into something of convenience.
If people really knew her parents they would be surprised they even had a child, considering she raised herself from the age of 14 when her parents spent less and less time at home.
She didn't really understand why they had to disrupt her life and move to Mystic Falls, her father was hardly going to be around considering his job kept him on the road or overseas pretty much all of the time and her mother was never going to be home, she spent most of her time in New York, avoiding any sort of relationship with her daughter.
She would have gone to explore but it was late and she was tired, it had been a long day and tomorrow looked to be even longer, she was going to be starting her new school.
She was excited by the prospect of meeting new people but she missed her friends in Tree Hill.
She opened the box she had brought with her on the car journey, leaving gifts from Tree Hill and took out one of many CD's Peyton made for her and looked at the case.
'The Brooke Davis Mix'.
She took the CD out of the case and put it into the CD player turning up the volume to drown at the sound of her parents raised voices.
The sound of her alarm was the first thing she heard that morning and she sat up slowly and turned it off before putting her feet on the floor and walking downstairs to get herself some breakfast as she walked downstairs, her dad was sitting at the counter with a paper in his hands he looked at his daughter for a moment and then back at the paper.
'Morning dad'.
She said as she poured herself a glass of orange juice and then left to go back to her room.
She got dressed pretty easily, she looked at her phone and she had a text messages from Peyton which she opened
Good Luck on your first day ,we all miss you my bubbly best friend.
Love You
Peyton
She closed the message and put her phone into her bag before heading back downstairs to find her parents waiting for.
This was a first, she thought to herself they didn't normally see her of on her first day of school.
'These are for you'.
Her dad dropped a pair of car keys in her hand and she looked at him.
'I already have a car'.
She reminded him but he didn't look that concerned.
'Well, we got you a new car that car wasn't exactly right for a Davis, so we sold it'.
She looked at them in disbelief that car had a lot of good memories for her and now they had sold it,instead of throwing a fit she smiled at them.
'Thank you'.
She didn't even look at them as she walked out of the house and towards the garage that stored her new car.
It wasn't the same baby blue as her old Volkswagen beetle, it was a silver BMX X5.
She didn't want this car, she wanted her old car, this car was all part of her parents statement to the new town and she didn't care for it all.
She got into the car and started the engine to be greeted by the sound of the automated voice of the Sat Nav, so maybe the car had one perk, she thought as pulled out of the garage and then drove down the long drive way and then pulled the car onto to the road.
As she looked around, she realised there weren't many houses near hers.
Well that was her parents for her buying the most expensive house in the area,
As she continued down her street, she saw a blue car disappear down a pathway.
With the help of navigation system she arrived at Mystic Falls High without any problem, she pulled into the car parking lot and searched for a empty space as she did she knew that all eyes where on her shiny car, she found a empty spot next to red Porsche.
She got out of her car and made her way through the students that all stood outside talking amongst themselves and headed into the building, she heard a group of boys whistle in her direction as she walked past them and towards the school office.
She was in and out of the principles office before the bell rang, she had her class schedule in her hand and was now attempting to open her new locker without much success.
She was still rattling the lock when hand appeared in front of her and suddenly her locker was opened and she turned to look at the mystery hand owner.
He was good looking, his hair was in styled disarray with soft green eyes and a warm smile.
'Thanks,I'm so used to my old locker, I still have the combination in my head'.
He nodded at her as she took a binder out of her bag and then put the bag into her locker.
'It's understandable, well welcome to Mystic Falls, I'm Stefan Salvatore'.
'Thanks, Brooke Davis'.
She said with a dimpled smile.
'Davis,that would make you my new neighbour'.
'I didn't think I had neighbours'.
'You do, I guess if you don't count the 30 trees that separate ours houses'.
'Well nice to meet you neighbour'.
'How you liking the area so far?'.
'I'm still looking for my escape route'.
He looked at her puzzled as they turned to walk away from the lockers.
'Why would you say that?'.
'It's nothing, would you understand if I was still upset about moving'/
'Yes but Mystic Falls isn't that bad'.
'I'll see if I survive my first day here before I make any judgements, I'm the new girl for the first time in my life, my whole life I've been surrounded by the same people'.
She replied as he walked beside her and he chuckled.
'Trust me it's not that bad, especially if you get to know the right people'.
'Well your the person to actually speak to me'.
'I hope I made a good first impression'.
'You did, so do you know where Mrs Foster class is I have her first period'.
'Your in luck that is my first class I'll show you the way'.
'Who is that with Stefan?'.
Caroline asked as walked into the school with Elena and Bonnie.
'Brooke Davis, she's totally hot'.
They both looked at Tyler as he appeared behind them.
'How do you know her?'.
'Her parent and my parents go way back, she's coming to the party at my house this weekend'.
They all looked at Brooke as she talked with Stefan.
'She doesn't seem to be having any trouble fitting in?'.
Elena looked at Caroline.
'Easy Caroline, you don't know her to already have a opinion about her'.
'Yeah, Caroline be nice, don't be jealous that she's going to be stealing every guys attention away from you'.
'I don't care about every guys attention, I have boyfriend'.
'Yeah,I'm sure Damon won't mine the upgrade I mean your hot but she's in total different league of hot, compared to you'.
'Whatever go be a dick somewhere else Tyler'.
'Touchy, I'm going'.
He laughed as he walked away and Caroline looked at Elena.
'She's not really hotter than me right?'.
'I'm not answering that'.
Elena and Bonnie said together.
'Okay seriously you and Stefan have been less than a month and you trust him the new girl'.
'Why, Stefan is being nice something you should try it sometime'.
She had got through her first few lessons fine, most of the student especially the boy population was very willing to show the new girl around.
She felt like the shiny new toy in the toy box, sure it felt strange not having Peyton or Haley in the classroom with her but she was trying to be okay with it.
When lunch time came around she headed outside to eat.
She heard someone whistling at her and turned to look at a guy who was to old to be high school student walking in her direction.
He tipped his sunglasses to get a proper look at her and then smirked.
'Your new'.
He commented removing his sunglasses and looked at her with piercing blue eyes.
'Good to those blue eyes of yours work'.
She replied while he chuckled at her comment.
'Sharp, I like that so new girl what's your name?'.
'Brooke Davis'.
'Well Brooke Davis, I'm Damon Salvatore'.
'Salvatore, are you Stefan's brother?'.
'I am, so you've met my brother'.
'I have, so what are you doing here aren't you a bit old for high school or are you just here to hit on high school girls?'.
'Damon'.
He turned his head and she heard him mutter something as Caroline walked out of the school building, when she spotted Brooke she turned her casual walk into a strut suited for the catwalk and Brooke laughed.
'I'm guessing the wannabe model is your girlfriend'.
He glanced at Caroline for a split second and then looked at Brooke again.
'Girlfriend isn't exactly the word I would use, would you believe me, if I said it's more serious to her than is to me, she drives me crazy99% of the time and I don't mean in the good way'.
'I could believe that, so what's the problem?'.
'She talks way more than I can listen and I am a good listener just not when it comes to her'.
'Right, well have you consider ending it'.
'Are you asking me to end my relationship for you?'.
'Don't flatter yourself, I have a boyfriend and unlike her I drive him crazy in the good way and even if I was available your not my type'.
'What dashing, gorgeous, irresistible'.
'Wow, cocky much?'
'Very much, but don't knock it till you tried it'.
They both stared at each other and then turned there attention to Caroline as she got closer to them, she stared Brooke down as she came to a stop by Damon pulling him into a unexpected kiss.
Brooke rolled her eyes at Caroline's unnecessary show of affection, which Damon noticed and he smirked at her reaction while Caroline just looked at her eyes full of jealousy.
'Hi New Girl'.
'Her name is Brooke'.
Damon corrected Caroline who looked at him stunned while Brooke tried not to laugh at the fact Caroline obviously didn't like that Damon knew her name.
'I didn't know you two knew each other'.
'Well we are neighbours, Caroline'.
He said with a smile that Brooke could tell was full of annoyance towards his blonde girlfriend.
'Caroline, it's nice to meet you'.
Brooke said with a sweet smile.
'Well I'll leave you two alone, Damon I'll see you'.
'I'm sure I'll see you around, neighbour'.
He said with a wink before she turned and walked away, leaving him standing with Caroline who was clearly seething from Damon's interaction with Brooke.
'You two seemed awfully friendly'.
'I was just getting to know my new neighbour'.
Her last class of the day was history and when she walked into the room, she was greeted by Stefan's friendly smile, which she returned as she took a seat near the window.
As she waited for the class to fill Elena walked in and winked at Stefan as she took her seat in front of Brooke.
Once the class began they where put into groups of three to work on a project about the towns history.
Brooke found herself without a group when Stefan waved her over to where he was sitting with Elena.
'You looked a little lost'.
Stefan said to her as Elena turned in her seat and smiled at her.
'Hi I'm Elena'.
'Brooke, is it okay if I join your group?'.
'Of course, you have just joined the best group Stefan is history buff'.
Elena said moving her chair so Brooke could sit down.
'Really that's good to know, so I didn't know you had a brother'.
Elena and Stefan both looked at each other and then at Brooke.
'You've met my brother?'.
'Yeah, Damon I met him during lunch, he's very full of himself'.
'That's one word for him'.
Elena muttered.
'What did he say to you'.
Stefan asked his voice serious.
'Nothing, he was trying to charm me it didn't really work out well beside I know how to deal with guys like your brother but I don't think his girlfriend likes me very much
'Caroline doesn't do well when someone else steals the limelight away from her and if you caught Damon's attention that's not going to go down well with her, she likes to rub it in my face that she got the other brother'.
'She's your friend'.
'Yeah, she's actually one of my best friends, she's a bit competitive so don't take anything she does personally'.
'I won't'.
'So we should really get to work on this project tonight'.
Elena said as they walked out of the class room and Stefan nodded in agreement as they stood outside the classroom'.
'I'd say study at my house but Jenna is cramming for a test so I'm trying to keep out of her way and not distract her'.
'Damon is at my house, so that's out of the question'.
'We can work on the project at mine'.
They both looked at her.
'Are you sure your parents won't mind?'.
'Of course not'.
She replied while thinking that they would actually have give a damn about her to even notice that she had people over.
When she arrived back home after school, the house was empty both her parents where out and there was a note waiting for on the kitchen worktop.
Gone to New York for business.
Back Thursday.
So it had started earlier than she thought, her parents had left her sooner than she thought, she didn't expect any less as she threw the note into the trash can and went upstairs to her room.
She had a date and she didn't want to miss it, she sat in front of her computer and adjusted her web cam and smiled when a mass of blonde waves appeared on her screen.
'Hey '.
'Hey, how was your first day?'.
'It was good, I've actually got some people coming over to study but I still miss you guys'.
'Well we missed you too, trust me with you gone, Rachel is making mine and Haley's life a living hell at practice'.
'I'm sorry, if it makes you feel better I upset a girl today by talking to her boyfriend'.
'Really?'.
She smiled as he appeared on the screen.
'Hi boyfriend'.
'Oh Pretty Girl, how I've missed seeing your face'.
'I've missed you too, come to Mystic Falls and rescue me'.
'I'm on the first flight out'.
'I'll be waiting, so tell me about your day boyfriend?'.
'My day was pointless without you, I missed your smile'.
Stefan wasn't surprised to find Damon in his bedroom when he walked out of the bathroom.
'What are you doing in here?'.
'Just waiting to talk to my brother about his day, so I met our new neighbour, she's look tasty, how do you think she tastes?'.
He asked with a smirk/
'Leave her alone'.
'Why so protective of her, trouble in paradise with the beautiful Elena after only three weeks?'.
'No, just stay away from Brooke she's not a toy you can't treat her the way you treat Caroline'.
'What makes you think I'd treat her the same way I'd treat Caroline, maybe she could be the one to tame my bad ways or maybe I could unleash her bad ways, I'm sure she has some hidden talents'.
Stefan didn't say anything as he picked up his bag and walked out of his bedroom with Damon following him.
'Study date with Elena?'.
'No, we are studying at Brooke's'.
'Threesome sounds kinky, well you kids have fun, I have a date with a blonde'.
She opened the door and smiled at Stefan.
'Hey, come in'.
He smiled at her as he stepped into her house.
'Elena called me, she's running late so for now it's just you and me'.
'That's fine, I set a study area in the living room'.
She told him as he followed her down a long hallway, past many rooms.
'Where are your parent
He asked as they walked into the living room.
'New York until Thursday, so it's just me'.
'Didn't you want to go with them?'.
'I didn't get asked, I came home and found a note, no how was your first day at school, did you make any friends just a note'.
'I'm sorry'.
'Don't be, I'm used to it, they hardly around when I lived in Tree Hill, why should it be any different now it's just going to take sometime to get used to it here, in Tree Hill I was never really alone there I practically lived at my best friend Peyton's house but here I'm alone and I hate being alone'.
'I understand, so tell me about Tree Hill?'.
They spoke about Tree Hill for a while,he saw her eyes light up when she spoke about Lucas and her friends, as he watched her talk about her life in Tree Hill he realised that she was smart, funny and a had a real amazing energy about her, so it was kind of sad that her own parents didn't even notice that about there own daughter.
Elena pulled up in front of Brooke's house and was amazed she thought that Stefan's house was big but this house was bigger than the boarding house.
She walked up to the front door and was surprised when Stefan opened the door and walked outside.
'Hey you'.
Elena greeted Stefan with a kiss.
'Hi'.
He gently caressed her cheek as he smiled at her.
'Sorry I'm late Caroline called and wanted to have a bitching session about Brooke'.
She noticed that Stefan didn't seem to like what she told him.
'What is it?'.
'Nothing it's just Caroline doesn't know Brooke, I feel bad for her you know her parents have gone to New York and left alone, she doesn't have any friends here'.
'Well this project will give us a chance to get to know her away outside of school and away from Caroline'.
'You finally made it'.
Brooke said to Elena as she walked in the living room with Stefan
'Yeah,I hope Stefan wasn't bad company'.
Elena said playfully while Stefan laughed.
'No he's good company'.
So that was the opening to the story, what did you think, I hope I'm doing a good job.
I went with a simple formula when interacting Stefan and Brooke but with Brooke and Damon I wanted to make it a little more.
With Caroline and Brooke I wanted Caroline to feel a jealousy towards Brooke but they will come to a understand later on in the story.
There are still more characters for Brooke to interact with, which will happen in the next chapter.
Reviews are good, they let me know I'm doing a good job.
