I stared at Elena. There was something she wasn't telling me.
"Just...you don't want to get mixed up with me."
"Oh really? Because I probably do." I said. "And please, I need some friends. I don't know what you think you're protecting me from but believe me I'm far worse off going into that high school alone." Elena just sighed and led me up to her room where we talked and watched TV. I guess I convinced her.
"So," I said after a while. "What is it that was so bad about you and your friends?"
"It's...I can't tell you. I'm sorry. You can still hang out with me at school but...that's all. You can't-I won't let you have this life too." I just stared at her but she turned her attention back to the TV.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
I walked through the front doors of Robert E. Lee High School with Elena and robotically followed her to her friend's locker.
"Bonnie, this is Ashley my new neighbor. Ashley, this is Bonnie."
"Hey," I said.
"Hi! Are you going to be hanging out with us?"
"Yeah I guess but there's some dastardly secret that Elena is refusing to tell me," I said jokingly, trying to ease the tension, but I only seemed to stress the two of them out more. Crap.
It was 2 weeks later and Bonnie, Elena, and I were all having a sleepover at Elena's house. We had all gotten (kinda) close even though Elena and Bonnie had refused to tell me their secret.
There was a knock on the door.
"I wonder who that might be." I said and answered the door, Elena and Bonnie following me. Standing in the doorway were two extremely hot older guys, probably college boys. But what were they doing here?
"Stefan." Elena said to the less hot guy (lol).
I turned to look at her. "Do you know them?"
"Yes," she said. "this is Stefan, my boyfriend. And his brother, Damon." I stared at Damon as he and Stefan walked in. Damon was so hot that he made Jeremy look like a leper. And I wanted him.
