My Dramatic Life 2.1...
Title: My Dramatic Life
Genre: Drama and Romance
Category: Vampire Diaries
Character 1: Elena G.
Character 2: Damon S.
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own TVD! ABC does...
A/N: Hey guy's thank you SO much for the first people, who read, alerted, favourite, or commented. It really made me so happy! That made me start the next chapter right away, but I was suddenly shocked with the fact that I really didn't have anything in mind! And apparently I am so crazy and somehow have forgotten what my story was about and I had to read the previous chapter to fuse that spark (does that even make sense? I mean to refresh my memory) NO JOKES! SO sorry for not updating sooner! All I can say is that I was lazy and I was forbidden from using my phone. I will be putting a 'Previously on My Dramatic Life' because I know you guys forgot everything, and WHO would want to re-read the previous chappie? Enough ranting... Sorry this is just a boring filler chapter.
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Previously on "My Dramatic Life": "So sorry, but I'm late for my flight. Nice meeting you." Elena hurried towards her gate.* "Are you stalking me?" she asked Damon. He looked nonchalant, "Nope, just seeking an education at NYU." She froze. That was where she was going.* "Ah well we are on opposite ends of the hallway at least."* "This won't be a dull year after all.
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"Come on Elena!" Caroline whined, "Why can't you come to the welcome party tonight?" Elena turned her head around to look at the wide-eyed girl. "Because I need to start preparing for my classes."
Caroline sat on the edge of the empty bed and sighed. "Our courses don't start till next week! You could always do whatever you need to do then!"
"You aren't going to stop begging me till I say yes, right?" Caroline beamed "Yes! Does that mean you will come?" She looked hopefully at her friend. Elena sighed and braced herself for the crushing of a hug she would receive, "Fine." Coralline squealed and gave a bone crushing hug to the innocent girl on the opposite bed. "Oh well." thought Elena.
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Caroline helped Elena prepare for the evening. She ran to her own dorm, where she grabbed at least 6 dresses and her big makeup box. "Go try this one on." She told Elena, who was tired of trying on dresses. When she came back out of the bathroom, the blonde was rummaging through the makeup box, searching for a particular shade of pink. "How about this dress?" Elena asked, causing the other to jump in surprise as she had not heard the brunette approaching. "Wow" was all she could say. She was wearing an above knee strapless bright blue dress with hints of turquoise. A thick dark blue belt was wrapped around her waist, where the material then puffed out. It fit her just right and didn't show off her curves, much to Elena's comfort.
(A/N: Link at bottom!)
"Perfect," Caroline said in awe. Within a mili-second, her mood changed to bossy. "Sit on the chair." She commanded, already extracting a hair brush from the oversized box. Elena obeyed, watching through the mirror as her birds nest was transformed into an elegant style. Her chocolate locks were combed up into a decorative bun, fastened with 'invisible' hair grips. A few strands that were limply hanging out at the sides were curled with an iron curler and a simple glittery pin was inserted at the side.
"There," Caroline said with a smile, patting the last piece of hair in place. "Thanks Care." Elena stood up to hug her friend. The said girl beamed, "now time for the makeup!" She began, only to get cut off. "No," she said firmly, "you are going to change into YOUR dress while I do my own make up." Seeing the pouty face, she also added "It's getting late, and we'll miss out all the fun!" Caroline shrugged and bounced into the bathroom with her dress. "Sure" she chirped. Opening the oversized box carefully, Elena peeked in. In all sorts of shades and brand was all the makeup a girl could ever want. Taking out an eyeliner crayon, she looked into the mirror and began outlining the bottom part of her eyes. She heard Caroline come out of the bathroom and takes a few cosmetics out of the box before making her way to the other mirror to start on her hair and makeup.
Finishing off with a swipe of clear lip gloss over her light pink lips, Elena turned to see her friend starting her makeup. "Wow! Caroline I love your dress!" She was wearing a strapless pink dress that tightened around her waist, and then puffed out in layers, with the last one black with ruffles. Her golden locks hung loose past her shoulders in tight, yet natural curls. The said girl looked proud. "Thanks! Your makeup looks fantastic." Elena walked over to the other and took a light shade of pink lipstick and applied it to the perfectly shaped lips, then applying a natural makeup technique to her eyes. "It's perfect!" Caroline said, standing up to give her friend a quick hug. "Now time for jewellery and shoes!" She exclaimed, pulling Elena toward a mysterious bag that Elena hadn't noticed before. Opening it, Caroline extracted at least 8 pairs of shoes and an equivalent amount of blue velvet boxes. "Try these on." the blonde advised, handing the other a pair of sparkly turquoise blue heels. Elena tried them on, but they outshone the dress. "No, I don't think these will work." She looked among the other pairs. "How about these?" She asked, reaching for a pair of midnight 5 inch heels with a simple design. "Not bad." Caroline commented, adjusting a strap. "How about these for me?" She held up hot pink 6 inch heels with a crises cross sparkly front. "Those would be perfect." The brunette smiled.
Within the next fifteen minutes, they sorted out their jeweller and purses. Caroline was wearing hoop earrings with no necklace, while Elena had long, dangly earrings and a simple locket. After fastening her chain, Elena looked over to Caroline. "Thanks for the dress, shoes, and jewellery. Now, it's my turn." She walked over to her chest of drawers and bent done to open the last drawer. She took something out and stood back up, closing the drawer with her foot. In her hand were two (I) things. In one hand was an elegant black clutch with black sequins sewn on the top flap. In the other hand was a beautiful dark blue clutch that had a simple flap and sequins that were sewn in a butterfly pattern. "We're both lucky I actually (I) had these colours." Caroline didn't say a word, but rushed toward her friend. "Thank you!" She said, hugging her. "You're welcome, but also thank (I) you for the amazing dress and everything." She replied, hugging her friend back. "Now let's go, we're getting late!" She grabbed the others hand and they both rushed out the door, nearly bumping into a couple.
"Vicki!" Caroline said in surprise. She looked at her boyfriend, "Tyler." She acknowledged stiffly, then turning back to Vicki. "When is Matt coming down?" Vicki thought for a few seconds before answering, "I think he's already downstairs." She noticed Elena standing behind Caroline, "Hi, I'm Vicki Donovan." She introduced herself. "I'm Elena Gilbert. Nice to meet you."
"Tyler Lockwood." The gentleman on Vicki's right introduced himself too, giving a handsome smile. Elena smiled back and then they all set off for the party
(A/N: IT SUCKS!)
When the foursome reached the party, they were all surprised to see that the party was in full swing. Caroline noticed Matt in a corner and rushed off, while Vicki and Tyler disappeared. Elena looked around; spotting Bonnie in an olive-green dress that had a belt and flowed out till her knees. "Hey Bonnie. "She said, approaching her friend. "Hi Elena! "She surveyed her friend up and down, "Nice outfit! "Elena smiled, "Thanks, Caroline helped." As the pair walked amongst the crowd, "Bonnie grabbed two glasses of beer and gave onto her friend. "Girls got to have fun. "She winked, downing her glass in a single gulp. Elena shrugged and followed her example. Sitting down at a table, they watched as everyone danced to the tunes in the flashing lights. "Hey,"Bonnie heard someone approach her. He was handsome, with black hair and brown eyes, matching his skin tone. "Care for dance? Name's Chris." She looked up at him with smile "Sure. "She put her hand in his and they walked over to the dance floor. Elena sighed and stood up, gaining interest in a nearby drinking game. "One, two, three, go!" everybody cheered as a girl and a guy she remembered as Luke, began swigging down multiple cans of beer. Luke was tall and had sandy brown hair. He wore black pants and a blue shirt that matched his eyes, which was also un-tucked. As a buzzer sounded two minutes later, another round started. As soon as the girl started to show signs of tipsiness, the crowd cheered as Luke raised his hands in victory. Suddenly, she felt herself being pushed toward the competitors table. "Oh no." she thought, panic taking over her.
She had never been the competitive time, neither the type who would have fun playing crazy games, such as this one. Adding to her terror was the fact that she became VERY easily. This was not going to end well. "One, two, three, go!" the onlookers cheered yet again. Elena was competing against a Lana Bachman, whose hair was red and had green eyes. Apparently she was slightly bossy, but was able to be everybody's friend. Within 4 cans, Elena already felt the urge to throw up. She put her half-finished sixth and ran in her tottering heels toward the nearest bathroom she could ok, being half drunk, and ready to throw up, of course she couldn't see the BOYS label on the bathroom door. But so what? She rushed into a cubicle, growing up for all she was worth. "This is terrible." She moaned in disgust, she hated being drunk.
Just as she stood up and started to smooth out her dress, she felt another wave of nausea coming over her. Just as she let it all out again, a certain person walked into the men's bathroom. Elena felt terrible. As if it wasn't enough that she couldn't stop spilling her guts out, her hair kept getting in her way. Trying as she could, it was pointless, but then it did move away. Her hair was pulled back gently and her back was rubbed in circles. After the big, huge mess was finished, she turned to see who had helped her. Of course, it was the infamous Damon Salvatore. He helped her up, "Are you alright?" He asked out of genuine concern. "Yeah..." she groaned out softly. He helped her to the sink where she washed her face thoroughly, not caring if her makeup was wiped away. "Thanks." She said gratefully to him, making her way to the door. She still wasn't steady, so she hung onto the door knob as she felt dizzy. "Careful." Damon said, holding on to her shoulders and steered her out of the pub. They walked the short distance back to their building ever so slowly, just to make sure Elena wouldn't fall again. Up in the elevator to level two, they reached her door. "Where is your key?" He asked her. She began searching in her clutch that had produced a strap during the party so it could be hung over her shoulder. She took out a key and began fiddling with the lock until it clicked open. "Thanks." She repeated, sounding drowsier. "Night." She turned around and walked into her room, but not before giving Damon a quick hug.
Caroline woke up with her head blasting like crazy. She had somehow managed to change into her comfy PJ's when she came back to the apartment at 3 am. "Good morning." Said Bonnie. Caroline looked at the clock, which said 1:15 pm. "As morning as it will ever be." She grumbled, a wave of nausea hit her. "Oh no." She dashed out of bed and ran to the bathroom where we all can guess what happened. Hangovers suck.
Meanwhile in room 208
(Elena's if you don't remember and have to go back and check... just like me =)-) ,
The same thing was happening. Elena woke up with a massive pounding in her head. She was aching all over and her lounge felt heavy. She knew how to deal with morning-afters, so she steadily stood up and slowly walked into the bathroom. Stripping off her clothes, she stepped into the shower tray and turned on the nozzle. Cold water splashed against her, instantly waking her up and getting rid of the uneasiness. Switching the temperature to hot, she grabbed a bottle of body scrub and squirted some in her hand. Rubbing it all over, she felt relieved. Turning the water yet again to cold, she scrubbed hair shampoo in her hair, closing her eyes as the water embraced her. Elena washed her hair thoroughly and then stepped out of the shower, wrapping a big, fluffy towel around her. She already felt better. Pulling on jeans and a grey jumper with NYU across it, she was about to pull her hair into a ponytail when her mobile rang. "Hello?"
"Elena!" She heard an excited voice yell into the mouth piece. "Hey Lexis!"
"You remember me! "Elena rolled her eyes at the comment "Of course (I) I remember you! Who could ever forget you?" She heard laughter on the other side of the phone, both of them were thinking of the exact same moment. "I still hate you for that." Elena pouted over the phone. She had given trying to tie her hair up so she just left it opened and exited the room to go downstairs, "But you know you love me!"
"Yeah yeah Lexis. So what's going on in the fall?" She heard a sigh over the receiver. "Nothing much, though Jeremy doesn't seem to be missing you so much." she ended in a joke. Going down the elevator, she waved to Elise, who returned the gesture with a smile. "Ha-ha."
"So how's the Big Apple hmm?"
"What's the Big Apple?" Lexis sighed, Elena could almost feel the habitual rolling of eyes she always did. "New York City dumb-ass"
Elena gossiped to Lexis about New York, entering a coffee shop by the name of 'The Grey Dogs Coffee Shop'. She pulled open the door and was surprised with the sight of half the student population (sarcasm duh) of NYU crowding at tables and couches. Spotting Bonnie sitting at a table with Vicki, she joined them after ordering a cafe late. Elena said a quick goodbye to Lexi before sitting down, "Hey guys." Vicki looked knocked out, yet Bonnie was surprisingly un-affected. "Hi!" Bonnie replied cheerily, taking a bite of a croissant. "Where's Caroline?" Elena asked. "Dragging her backside downstairs." Vicki drowsily muttered. A bell rang out and Elena stood up to get her order, and came back again. Just at that moment, the entrance to the café and the three-some (well, two-some since Vicki is dead to the world...) saw Caroline and Matt walking in, hand in hand. Detecting the group, they are their way over and sat down on the double couch. "Hey." They both said, simultaneously in tired voices.
"Why does everyone seem so dead?" Bonnie exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air. "Because you are the only (I) one who didn't drink so much." Matt pointed out, letting out a yawn. "Hmm" Bonnie slouched down her chair. Elena sipped her scalding coffee quietly and scanned the crowd. Most of them looked dead too, except for a particular person. "Hey Damon." Elena greeted. Damon turned to see the said girl, "Hey!" He gave a smile. "Thanks for yesterday." She said shyly, most unlike herself. Smirking, "No problem" he said.
Back up in her room, Elena started planning out her courses into her daily planner. She picked up the picture of her parents that was on her side table and scanned it thoroughly, trying to memorize the faces of her loved ones.
*flashback*
BEEP BEEP (I) she waited once BEEP BEEPS (me) twice...
"Hello?"
"Hey Jenna!" Elena said into the receiver.
"Elena!' Jenna said with surprise, but still sounding happy. "Settled in?" It had been an hour since Elena had just fully moved in. Bonnie and Caroline had pin-pointed all the close coffee shops, bookstores, groceries, and such.
"Yeah... turns out Bonnie are here!"
"Really? Wow, small world. When do your classes start?"
"Tuesday." Elena confirmed. There was a small pause of hesitation before Jenna said something else. "Your parents would be proud." She said. Elena was quiet. It had only been 4 months since she had lost her parents to an accident. She sniffed, "I wish they were here."
*end flashback*
Silent tears slid down her face as she remembered what her aunt had said. She wanted with all her heart for her parents to be here now. To talk over the phone and to have her mother fuss over her instead of Jenna. Wiping her tears away, she put the picture down and stood up. She went out the door and left to pick up a good book from the 'Elmer Holmes Bobs Library'. But not before taking one last look at the picture on her side table.
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Back to the story! I am so not happy with this chapter. Sorry, not that long. I HONESTLY don't know where this is going. I only have the Christmas break and New Year's Eve part planned out. I don't even know the ending :(
Caroline's dress (without space): h t t p : / / s 5 . t h i s n e x t . c o m / m e d i a / l a r g e s t _ d i m e n s i o n / E 2 7 3 D 5 5 2 . j p g
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Elena's dress (instead of yellow, its royal blue and no straps): h t t p : / / w w w . j a k s f l o w e r g i r l d r e s s e s . c o m / c c 1 0 6 _ t u r q u o i s e . j p g
P.S. Constructive criticism, good hearted criticism, bad criticism, downright rude criticism, and so-rude-ur-mama-would-disown-you-criticism are perfectly damn right for me!
PPS I didn't review it, im just not bothered
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