Chapter 2: It Was a Hot Back.
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"Whispering.
Morning keep the streets empty,
For me."
Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty for Me.
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The next morning, Skylar was awoken by the sound of her cell phone vibrating away on her bed side table.
Groaning, she picked up the phone to check the caller ID, not surprised by the name that crossed her screen. Her best friend was never one to care about how early or late it was for anyone she was trying to reach.
"Hey, Care." She mumbled, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Skye!" The bubbly blonde almost yelled through the phone. "Hurry up and get ready, we're going to get breakfast at The Grill before school today, so we can come up with a way to get Stefan Salvatore to fall in love with me."
Throwing her head back against her pillow with a sigh, Skylar replied "C'mon, Care, surely you can see how this is going to end?"
"With a June wedding?" She asked. "Yeah, I can."
Snorting out a laugh, Skylar simply said "You're impossible." Before she heard her friend use the car horn. "Wait, Caroline, are you driving right now?"
"Yeah, why?" Caroline answered, not seeming to understand why Skye was shocked.
"Your mom is the sheriff. How can you be so nonchalant with breaking the law? Talking on the phone whilst driving gets people killed, Care."
The young Lockwood could almost hear the blonde on the other end of the phone roll her eyes. "It's fine, Skye. So, you'll be ready in 10 minutes, yes?" She asked, hope clear in her voice.
"Fine." Skylar sighed. "I'll see you when you get here. You better bring coffee."
Hearing a swift laugh over the phone, she hung up, rubbing a hand down her face before she turned to her little furry friend who had spent the night on one of her pillows.
Splinter stood frozen looking at her as Skye's eyes scrunched in confusion, until she saw the small piece of poop next to him.
"Why would you do that?" She asked the small animal. "All I do is love you."
"Wakey-wakey!" Tyler shouted, sprinting into the room before coming to a halt by her bed. "Oh, you're already awake."
Glaring, Skye got out of bed and put Splinter back in his cage for the day, checking to make sure he still had food and water. "Caroline already beat you to it." She explained, over her shoulder.
"The hell, man? She should know that mornings are my turf." He mumbled. "You know you still have to go for a run with me, right?"
"Can't" She smiled back. "I have to be ready in less than 10 minutes for Caroline getting here. So, unless you want to see your sister naked, I'd suggest leaving." She finished her sentence, grabbing the hem of her pyjama top.
He was gone within seconds.
Pondering why she had never played the naked card before to get Tyler to leave her alone, she started getting ready for her day.
"Maybe I'll sleep naked." She mumbled to herself. "Won't get woken up anymore."
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"Caroline, Stefan seemed really down to earth yesterday." Skylar said as the waitress brought over their breakfast. "I really think that he'd prefer a chilled-out girl. Don't try so hard."
"That's easy for you to say." Caroline argued, stabbing her salad with her fork. "You're the unavailable one. If you so much as blinked at a guy he'd jump at the chance for a shot with the girl who nobody can have."
Sighing, Skye chose to just eat her pancakes with bacon and try to get the conversation off of the new guy. "What about Matt? He's a good guy."
Caroline's fork full of salad stopped half way to her mouth, her eyes focusing a glare onto her best friend. "Did you really just suggest our friend who is pining away for Elena?"
"He has to get over her sometime." She mumbled. "And if you really insist on making this whole thing between you and Elena a competition, what better move than to make it work with the guy she couldn't?"
The blonde's eyes shifted from side to side in contemplation, before she shook her head of the idea. "No." She said, firmly. "It's Matt, that'd be too weird."
"I think it'd be a great idea. But okay, I get it." Skye replied, taking a sip from her drink, taking a look around The Grill. "There aren't really any guys here just now to steal your attention."
Scoffing, Caroline shook her head. "We know all the guys in town, Skye." Her eyes widening at a realisation. "But maybe that's the problem. We should go on a trip!" She suggested eagerly. "We'd be able to meet some new guys, maybe some more interesting guys, hotter guys."
Skylar highly doubted that would be the case, not understanding why her best friend couldn't just wait until college to find a guy. Surely there would be a range of guys for her to fawn over when she'd found a new home away from Mystic Falls. Very few people ever moved to the small town, and even fewer left. Go far enough away and you'd be capable of meeting a whole bunch of new people.
"Anyway," Caroline whined. "You're meant to be helping me come up with a plan for Stefan, not try and focus my attention on some other guy. Come on, what would you do?"
"I think you and I both know exactly what I'd do." Skye stressed, finishing her breakfast. "I'd do nothing. Because devising a plan to trap a high school boy, or any boy for that matter, into a relationship is insane."
Rolling her eyes, Care pushed her plate to the side. "Whatever. You've seen the guy, it's going to take so much more than that to get his attention."
"Sure." She caved, hoping that it would just end the conversation. "Fine. Ehh, I'll just meet you at the car, okay? I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick."
"Alright."
Once Skye was finished, she made her way to leave The Grill, checking her bag to make sure she had everything she needed before they went to school. As she stepped out of the door, she accidentally nudged into someone who was walking in.
"Sorry." She quickly said, turning to face them.
But the man didn't turn around, walking off towards the bar without even the slightest acknowledgement that anything had happened. Maybe he had bumped into her on purpose, not caring about his actions.
As she watched him walk away, she couldn't help but take in his appearance, mind flashing back to the previous night; to the man she was sure had been staring into her window. This guy was dressed from head to toe in black, a leather jacket covering his upper body.
Surely, she was imagining things. It made no sense for this man, who Skye was certain was no resident of Mystic Falls, to have been stood outside of her home in the gardens watching her from a distance. She had never met him before, why would he gaze into her balcony?
Then again, the idea of a strange man staring into her bedroom amidst sudden fog was exactly the kind of horror story that everyone was told as a child.
Jumping at the unexpected sound of a car horn behind her, Skye spun around to find that Caroline had brought the car around.
"Come on you slacker, we're going to be late." Caroline called out, giving Skylar a confused glance as she got into the car. "What took you so long?"
"Did you see that guy?" She asked, turning to look back at the building she'd just walked out of.
"What guy?" Caroline asked, setting off for the school. "Was he cute?"
Shaking her head with a small sigh, Skylar knew that Caroline wouldn't care about the dangerous aspect, and instead would come up with her own idea of some steamy scene from an adult film. "Never mind… It was nobody, it doesn't matter."
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At lunch, Skylar sat discussing classes with Elena and Bonnie. Unfortunately, French was their only subject that they had together, Skylar mostly having Caroline and her brother with her. Surprisingly, Stefan Salvatore had a few of the same classes as her, much to Caroline's delight.
"I just don't understand why they still keep Tanner on as a teacher." Bonnie said, twirling the straw in her drink. "I get that he's a good coach, but he's the worst person to teach students."
"Tell me about it." Skye sighed, "I used to love history growing up, now the thought of going into the History classroom makes me want to forget everything that happened before the present day."
Elena's eyes lit up in recognition. "You did, didn't you? We leant you some of my family's old journals before."
"Yeah." She smiled. "I honestly think one of your ancestors was slightly insane though, you better hope you didn't get any of his genes."
Elena let out a small laugh before her eyes drifted across the cafeteria.
As Bonnie noticed who her friend was staring at, she grinned. "Speaking of History, you should have seen Stefan in there today. He completely put Tanner to shame."
"Really?" Skye asked, glancing to the Salvatore boy on the other side of the room.
"Yeah, it's true." Elena confirmed. "Stefan seems to really know his stuff, Skye. He might even be able to give you a run for your money."
Skylar gave a sad sigh, leaning her head on her hand. "Tanner doesn't even let me speak in class. That man doesn't care about teaching anyone, he just wants to embarrass students."
"I guess that's what makes him a good coach." Elena shrugged. "It was pretty great though, maybe he'll think twice about picking on someone again."
Or he'll make it his mission to catch Stefan out." Skye suggested. "Knowing Tanner, I'm pretty sure he's going to do that."
"Please tell me you're not all talking about classes when we have a much-needed break?" Caroline sighed as she sat down at the table. "There is a party tonight, prioritise."
"How is everyone getting there?" Elena asked. "Bonnie already said that she'll be a designated driver for the two of us."
Caroline beamed "Matt said that he'll take me, Tyler and Skye. So that all works out."
"What?" Skye cut in. "I already told you I'm not going, Care."
The blonde gave her best friend a sad look, placing a hand on her arm, not too far from the scar. "Skye, it's been a year, I know it'll be hard, and we all miss Gabriella, but you have to come."
At the mention of her old friend's name, Skylar flinched.
"I won't be drinking, Skye." Bonnie assured. "If you want to leave at any point, I'll take you home, okay?"
"Please?" Caroline begged from her side. "Even if it's just for a little while?"
Twisting the charm on her bracelet, Skye shifted. "I don't know, guys. I just, I don't think it's a good idea."
"Well if you change your mind," Bonnie started, placing her hand on Skye's. "The offer is there."
"Thank you." She sighed, gathering up her stuff. "I think I'm gonna go get some air, I'll see you all later, okay?"
With that she walked away, leaving her three friends to watch her with sympathetic glances.
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"If it would make you feel safer, I'll drive." Tyler offered later that night.
Caroline had gone to him with the news that Skylar was refusing to make an appearance at the party. Everyone knew that if someone had a chance to get through to her, it was her twin brother.
He had been the one to first convince her back into the car after the accident. And for a good while he was the only one that she would get into a car with, later agreeing to let Caroline drive. Although it wasn't often that she would. It had taken everything in her to climb into Caroline's car that morning after knowing she'd been on the phone on the drive there.
"Tyler, it's not just that." Skye sighed.
"I know." He sighed, sitting beside her on her bed. "I know, Skye. I get it, I know what party this is."
It was the same party.
The accident had occurred a year ago after the exact same party; the back to school celebration at the falls. Gabriella had been drinking, and Skylar had refused to let her drive home alone. Looking back, she knows she should have tried harder, convinced her to wait for a lift, but her friend had refused to wait to go home. Gabriella's boyfriend had broken up with her only minutes before they had left the party, Gabby couldn't be stopped.
"I just don't want to go to this one, Ty. I'll go to the next party." She sighed, twirling the charm of her bracelet once more.
"Please?" Tyler asked, softly. "You're not going to be able to get past it if you can't face it, Skye. And you know that next year, our final year, there will be no stopping Caroline from dragging you to this party." He reasoned. "Don't you think it's best to go to this one, even for a little while? Ease yourself back into it this year before you have to go to it next year?"
Thinking it over in her head, Skylar could understand what he was saying. It did make sense, and she couldn't hide from this party; she had to face it. Skylar knew she wouldn't want to miss anything from her final year at the school and she didn't want to spend this party next year being uncomfortable and afraid.
"Okay." She whispered, nodding slightly. "I'll go, but can you please drive us there?"
"And drive you home as early as you want." He confirmed, wrapping his arm around her in comfort before leaving to call Matt and Caroline to tell them what was happening.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.
It would be okay.
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Caroline and Matt had arrived not long after, Caroline refusing to let Skylar dress as she would every day. They managed to come to a compromise, Skye being able to keep the ripped jeans as long as she ditched the beanie and wore a nice top.
"You look so much better without that stupid hat." Caroline whined as they arrived at the falls. "I really wish you'd just let your mom take you shopping."
Sighing, Skylar picked up a bottle of water off one of the tables at the tree line, watching as her brother and Matt walked off to find their jock friends. "Do you really want us to start a conversation about mothers?"
With a scowl, she shook her head motioning towards Elena and Bonnie. "You go ahead, I'll be right back, Shelly said that she needed to tell me something."
"He has that romance novel stare." Skye heard Bonnie chuckle as she got closer to them. "Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul."
"Why am I not surprised that the conversation is already about the new guy?" She laughed.
Elena grinned as she pulled her in for a hug. "You made it." Pulling away, she sent a mock glare towards Bonnie. "Bonnie is just trying to get me to admit that I'm smitten with Stefan."
"You mean you have to admit it?" Skylar asked, feigning confusion as she looked towards Bonnie. "I thought it was obvious that she wants to have his children?"
"That's what I'm saying!" Bonnie giggled. "See? I told you it wasn't just me."
Elena rolled her eyes half-heartedly. "You're both wrong. I just think he could use a friend."
"Where is he anyway?" Bonnie asked.
"I don't know, you tell me, you're the psychic one." Elena replied.
"Right, I forgot. Okay, give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate."
Looking between the pair, Skylar had no idea what was going on. "What's happening?" She asked, eyebrows furrowed.
"Bonnie's Grams is trying to convince her that she's psychic." Elena explained, before her eyes widened. "Wait! You need a crystal ball!"
"If that isn't the cliché." Skye snickered, noticing an empty beer bottle to the side. "Here." She said, handing it to Bonnie.
Before anything else could be said, Bonnie's eyes widened in horror as their fingers grazed each other. As she started to hurriedly explain her vision about a crow, Skye wondered if there was any chance that Bonnie's Grams had been telling her the truth. She thought back to the crow on her balcony the previous night, the man who she could have sworn was stood watching her… And the Gilbert journals that had been brought up earlier that day.
She had read about a woman named Emily Bennett. In one of the journals, Elena's family member, who she'd been convinced was insane, had written about the rumours that Emily was a witch. Skye had just passed it off as the rantings of a man who had a few screws loose, but with what she was hearing at the moment, maybe it wasn't so far-fetched after all…
"I need a refill." Bonnie said, darting off into the crowd.
"I thought she wasn't drinking?" Skye asked Elena, both watching their friend rush off.
Elena sighed, "She's not."
Skye caught a glimpse of Stefan coming up to the pair. Deciding that it was best to leave them to flirt amongst themselves, she excused herself to go and find Caroline.
Wondering around, she watched as her fellow students all downed bottles and cups of beer and spirits, hoping that they all had a safe way of getting home. Off to the side of the big bonfire that was lit, she could see a guy standing on his own, a bottle of water in his hands.
Jason.
Gabriella's boyfriend. Although, she supposed it would be ex-boyfriend.
"Skye, were you forced here like me?" He asked as he noticed her walking up to him.
Shrugging, she leaned on the tree beside him. "I was told it was better to face the memories head on rather than run from them."
"The guys said something similar to me." He explained, "Apparently it would be the biggest mistake of my life to miss my last ever back to school party."
The pair stood in a comfortable silence, watching the fire for a while. They both appreciated having someone else there that understood how hard it was to be at this party, to try and focus on anything but the person they lost.
"I still think about her every day." He said, suddenly, looking into his bottle of water. "I still can't believe she's gone. I can't believe it's been a year already."
"I know." Skye sighed. "Everyone else seems to have just forgotten about it."
Jason glanced over at his friends, all doing shots and shouting different words of encouragement to each other. "I figured it was better for me to come, make sure I could get them all home okay."
"Tyler has agreed to not drink, make sure I can get home." She replied. "I could drive myself, I guess, but…"
He nodded his understanding, she hadn't had the confidence to drive herself since the accident. "The scar looks better."
Glancing at the pale line, she took a deep breath. "Yeah, I guess. It's like the universe just wanted to make sure I'd never be able to forget what happened."
"Apparently it'll keep getting easier to move past it all." He said, his tone turning slightly resenting. "At least that's what my dad says."
Squeezing his arm in comfort, she gave him a small smile.
His eyes darting over to the forest edge drew her attention to the other side of the clearing.
"It's like they have no shame." She scoffed, watching as Tyler and Vicki disappeared into the tree line. "The noises I've heard from his room… They're permanently etched into my memory."
Jason let out a slight laugh. "It's really good to talk to you again, Skye." He said. "The people I hang around with, they just don't seem to care about the important stuff."
"I get that." She muttered. "You have my number if you ever want to talk, especially around this time of year."
"Thanks, Skye." He replied, gratitude clear in his gaze.
"Now, I'm going to go find my friends." She told him, looking around to see if she could spot anyone. "If I have to watch my brother come out of those woods with twigs in his hair I might actually throw up."
"I'm sure they're just having a nice, deep, meaningful conversation." He struggled to say.
Raising an eyebrow at him, she smirked. "Jase, you're a good guy, but you are a terrible liar."
The pair laughed as they separated, Skylar finally noticing some of her friends off to the side of the party. Caroline, Matt and Bonnie all seemed to be in a conversation, Caroline looking slightly frustrated with the male.
As Skylar looked over in the direction of Matt's gaze, she noticed Stefan and Elena standing together on the bridge.
"How are you doing, Mattie?" She asked, giving him a small hug as she greeted him. "You okay?"
"I'm alright." He said with a meagre smile as she rested her head on his shoulder. "It's just strange seeing her with someone else so fast, you know?"
"I'm sure it is." She said, "But as I said before, you should try moving on too. There are plenty of girls at school who would love to date you."
"When she broke up with me, she said that she wanted to be alone… I thought that she meant that." He said with a sigh. "Ow."
Skylar had pinched his arm. "I told you, negative reinforcement. I don't like causing you pain, but this is getting ridiculous."
"I just don't understand what happened." He argued.
"A God moved into town." Caroline quipped from the side.
Skye looked at her with hard eyes, thinking that her friend wasn't really helping the situation. "I'm sure that's not what happened."
"I mean, I guess she's allowed to move on as fast as she wants, it's just hard seeing it." Matt said, looking over at the pair on the bridge.
As they all looked over, they watched as Stefan swiftly walked away, Elena turning to watch him go.
"Maybe he rejected her." Caroline smirked.
"Yeah." Skylar snickered. "Cause people reject Elena."
"Well maybe he's not like the others in this town who fall at her feet." Caroline argued, "No offence Matt."
"None taken." He sighed, "I think I'm going to go get another drink."
As Skylar watched him walk away, she saw Caroline looking over at the bonfire that everyone was gathered around. There was no doubt that she'd be off trying to find Stefan soon.
"I think I'm going to try and find Tyler." She said, hoping to miss the awkward rejection that Caroline was no doubt going to receive. "Hopefully with his pants on."
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Wandering around the party, she couldn't find Tyler anywhere. She was sure that they would have at least finished by now if they had gone to do what she thought they were. She knew what she'd have to do, she just didn't want to.
"Okay, Skye." She said to herself, "Don't be a baby."
Walking into the forest, she searched for where they could had gone. But nobody appeared to be out there. Maybe they had gone home? Maybe they realised that doing it outside where animals do their business isn't exactly an erotic experience.
Turning to go back to the party, Skye noticed fog starting to twirl around her ankles. Where had that come from? It had been a clear night until then. The world around her suddenly became eerily silent, as though the animals that once lived in the trees all decided that it was too dangerous for them and had to escape the area.
Glancing over her shoulder, she felt like someone or something was watching her. Her mind flashed to nature documentaries where they spoke about the prey, how some of them would freeze, suddenly aware of a predator stalking them. It was how she felt at that moment, as though the predator was waiting for the right time to pounce and end her life; she was terrified.
"Why did I come into the forest?" She whispered to herself, as a crow landed on a nearby branch.
The fog, the crow… All that left was…
The silhouette of a man emerged from between two trees, making her take in a sharp breath.
Skylar didn't bother taking the time to try and figure out any defining features of the person shrouded in darkness. She ran. She ran until the edge of the tree line came into view, until she knew that she was safely close to the entire student body of Mystic Falls High. Giving one more glance behind herself, she paused.
The fog was gone, as was the person she was sure she'd seen.
"What the hell?" Skye asked herself. Maybe she was starting to lose it, first she thought she saw a guy in her back yard and now this? The Lockwood girl didn't understand any of it.
Turning to go back to the party, she jumped as someone came crashing towards her.
"What the?" Skylar inspected the girl, now laid on the floor. "Caroline?" She asked.
She lifted the blonde up into a sitting position, leaning back against one of the trees. "Why does he not want me?" Caroline asked, tears starting to fall down her cheeks.
Great, she had been rejected. And in a wonderful turn of events, had gotten herself absolutely wasted to try and deal with it.
"Caroline, I find myself repeating something I said just this morning." Skye started, lifting her to her feet and wrapping an arm around her to keep her steady. "Your mother is the sheriff. You can't just get drunk like this, she'll have my head for letting you get this way. Not to mention the dangers of getting drunk in the middle of the woods and wondering off alone, what if something happened to you?"
"Like she cares." She mumbled as they walked towards the crowd. "She probably won't even be home anyway."
"Bonnie!" Skye called, noticing their friend stood alone watching the fire. "Help me."
The scar on her arm itched, dragging her mind towards the memories of that night.
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"Why doesn't he want me?" Gabriella asked, struggling to stand. "All I did was love him."
Skylar wrapped an arm around her friend, helping her towards the car park, hoping to find someone who could get them home safely. "Gabby, this stuff just happens, it's not your fault."
"He dumped me, Skye." She cried. "We've been together for three years and he just broke up with me, just like that."
Skylar didn't really know how to respond, having never been through anything like that herself.
As the parked cars came into view, the pair came up to Skylar's car. "I need to get home." Gabriella moaned, opening the car door.
"Is that really the best idea?" Skye said, her mind hazy. "Maybe we should wait for someone."
"I'm fine!" Gabby snapped, "I just need to get home."
Skylar sighed, knowing she wasn't capable of driving herself. "Well, I'm at least going with you." She said, getting into the car.
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"Yeah, okay." Skylar said over the phone. "I'll see you soon."
Her and Bonnie had decided to take Caroline over to The Grill, hoping that a few cups of coffee would sober her up enough to take her home. She was certain that her mom wouldn't be there to see what state she was in, but neither Bonnie nor Skylar were ready to take that chance.
"Who was that?" Bonnie asked as Skye took a seat next to her.
"Tyler." She answered. "Apparently something happened to Vicki. It's really freaked him out. He said he's not comfortable with me being out just now, so he's going to come and pick me up and take me home."
"Oh, wow." Bonnie said, concern crossing her features. "I'll go call Matt, see how he's doing."
"Alright." Skylar said, watching as Bonnie got up and went to make the phone call.
Caroline had her head resting on her arms on the table, having recently finished her rant about how everybody chooses Elena and how nobody ever wanted her no matter how much she tried.
"You've got to stop this weird competition with Elena." Skye said to her. "She doesn't even know it's happening, you don't need to constantly compare yourself to her."
"But she gets everyone." Caroline sighed into the table.
Skylar looked around, trying to come up with some kind of argument to make her feel better. "Maybe you should focus on school just now? If you have to beat her at something, then just aim for that."
"Ugh, I don't want to win at being a nerd." She whined, raising her head to look at her best friend.
"I take slight offence at that, but okay." Skye said, twirling the charm on bracelet. "You can't help that they like each other. Something must have just clicked between them, that's no one's fault. If you have to blame someone then blame the universe."
All she got in response was a glare.
"Glaring doesn't make you any more attractive."
"The universe sucks." Caroline snapped.
Sighing, she took hold of one of her hands. "Care, you're a good person… Deep down. And I'm sure that if you stopped trying so hard then it would be so easy for you to find a guy." She said. "You're pretty, funny and have amazing party planning skills. Any guy would be incredibly lucky to have you."
"Yeah, if Elena rejects them first." Caroline scoffs, looking over at the table behind them.
Skye watched as a smile stretched over her face, her attitude becoming flirtatious.
"Caroline," She started. "I'm not even gonna turn around to look at whoever you're smirking at but I'm telling you right now to give it up."
"Shh!" She glared, before turning back to smile.
Just as the temptation to see who she was looking at was starting to get the best of Skye, Tyler appeared at the side of our table.
"Hey," He said. "Are you ready to go home?"
"Yeah." She answered with a soft smile, rising to her feet. Leaning down to give Caroline a hug goodbye, she gave her a stern look. "Text me when you get home and call me in the morning, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah. Sure." She responded quickly, only half paying attention.
As the Lockwood twins were leaving, Skylar turned to look back at the guy who had clearly caught Caroline's attention, but all she could see was his back.
The same back that she had found herself looking at this morning as she left the Grill. Skye couldn't help but wonder what his face looked like. Only being able to see his back was so frustrating. But she had to give him one thing, the way his leather jacket clung to his shoulders…
It was a hot back.
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Sitting down on the edge of her bed, Skylar stroked Splinter's fur.
The crow had returned to her balcony, resting on the railing much like it had the night before. Her mind thought back to the party, where Bonnie had looked panicked. How freaked out her friend had looked when describing the crow that she'd seen in her vision.
Skye was sure that she hadn't actually seen many crows in Mystic Falls before. She had definitely never had one sit at her window. And now, when people started to get attacked and killed, when Bonnie had started seeing crows in her mind, when she had started losing her own mind and seeing a specific guy every which way she turned… A crow had started to make her balcony railing its new home on a night.
"I think it's time for bed, Splint." She said, placing him into his cage. "I'd let you sleep on my other pillow again, but last night you proved you just can't be trusted."
Splinter squeaked, almost in protest, as she closed the cage door.
Laying down, twirling the charm of her bracelet, she had an awful feeling.
She felt like something terrible was going to happen. She just didn't know when…
But it was going to be bad.
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A/N: There will be more about the accident, etc, as the story progresses.
It won't be long until she meets Damon, as those who read the original first six chapters already know.
As you can see, I've added a bit more from the original write, just cause the accident just seemed to be brought up out of no-where in the original piece in like chapter 7 and it made me angry, so I figured I'd go back and edit and stuff. It also convinced me to change who Jason was and how that all comes about and everything.
Thanks to all those who are reading this story. Highly appreciate it!
~ fawningfantasy x