I don't want to go to school today. I don't want people giving me pity looks. I just want to get my parents back. Unfortunately, that will never happen They're dead. They aren't coming back. My mom was the only one who understood what I felt when I killed a vampire. My dad helped me pick up the body and hide it. I will never be able to to do those things with them again. My mom will never welcome my teary-eyed, regretful self back home and sooth me until I fell asleep in her arms. Nothing will ever be the same. My parents died. It's not a broken leg. I'll not just wake up one day totally healed.
Maddeline Gilbert closed her pink diary shut, the one that Elena had given to her as a birthday present this past June for their seventeenth birthday, after Maddeline had just wanted to stay in the house, mope, and eat chocolate ice-cream. That was one of the things that Maddeline loved about her sister, she could make her feel better in the smallest way and trust her, Maddeline needed to feel better.
She got off the bed and straightened her dress, both Elena and Bonnie Bennett had forced her to go back-to-school shopping and Maddeline had decided on a short white dress that had two straps circuling her neck. Almost immediately after she stood up she fixed the six-point snowflake sky blue topaz with white sapphires necklace pendant on her neck. She had had the necklace for as long as he could remember and wore it everyday.
She picked up, her book bag and paused for a second before she pulled out the box from under the bed and hid two small stakes in the bottom of her purse. If anyone asked they were for her woodshop or art class. "Stop being so paranoid, Maddie," she murmured under her breath. "Its Mystic Falls, nothing bad ever happens here."
She bounced down the stairs and noticed that everyone was already in a frenzy. Elena was drinking a cup of coffee and Jeremy was jiggling his leg back and forth with a dazed expression. Maddeline frowned feeling a lump in her throat, she had caught Jeremy smoking weed once during the summer, but she had let it slide. They were all grieving in their own way.
Elena spended her time with Bonnie, Maddeline hunted vampires and collected vervain, and Jeremy, well Jeremy liked hanging out with the stoners and while Maddeline had given him a free past for the summer, she was going to put a stop to it right now.
"Crap," Aunt Jenna shrieked as she accidently dropped her papers, Maddeline helped her pick them up. "Thanks Maddie sorry I'm such a wreck, do you need anything lunch money? Your brother and sister practically eat and breathe coffee."
"No thanks, Aunt Jenna I'm fine."Maddeline laughed, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her, between college and taking care of three kids Aunt Jenna could barely think straight. Maddeline needed to help her more often. "Go, you're late already."
"Bye, guys." Jenna called over her shoulder as she grabbed her car keys.
"Hey, Mads need a ride?"Elena called to her twin. "Bonnie is picking me up."
Maddeline shook her head, and Elena already knew the answer. Her on-and-off boyfriend Tyler was coming to pick her up, they had been inseparable since kindergarten. Just like clockwork, there was a honk. "Ty's here, see you guys later."
Elena turned to Jeremy who was still watching grumpily at his coffee cup. "Are you ok?"
Jeremy ignored her as he turned towards the exit.
"Hey,"Elena grabbed his arm and narrowed her eyes at him. "I'm watching you."
"Fuck off," Jeremy scowled as he pulled away, dragging his backpack behind him.
"Hey," Maddie said as she entered Tyler's SUV.
"Hey. How are you? I mean if my parents died, then I wouldn't want to go to school," Tyler said without having restarted the leaned in and kissed her deeply, a kiss that turned into many more and they pulled away 2 minutes later.
When Maddeline saw he was about to speak so held up her hand. "Shut up and drive."
The Cullen "children" were seriously something. They were patient. They were tolerant. They were beautiful. It was as if they had everything. But when it came to school...well that was a different story. They weren't so patient and could snap with just being annoyed once.
Edward looked up from his conversation with his "siblings" against their cars, just as a black SUV came into view in the parking lot. The driver parked it perfectly in the parking that was the closest to the main entrance. Shortly after, a seventeen-year old boy with slightly tanned skin and shirt black hair emerged from the driver's seat with a short, beautiful blonde on a mid-thigh length white dress. When they encountered each other, the boy wrapped his arms around her waist. "Mmm, just let's go to the stoner pit and make out." The boy asked her to be met by an immediate "no."
"I'm going to see the girls."Maddeline declared as soon as she entered the building. She gave him a peck on the cheek and ran to where her sister was.
She arrived just as her blonde best friend approached them. ''Elena, Maddie. Oh my god.'' She wrapped her arms around the twins, holding them tightly to her chest. ''How are you? Oh, it's so good to see you again. How are you? How are they?''
''Uh, hi. We are over here,'' Maddeline said shortly, giving a small wave.
Elena gave her twin a pointed look. ''We're fine. Thank you.''
Caroline smiled sympathetically at them. ''Really?''
''Yes. We're fine.'' Elena assured rolling her eyes a little.
''Oh, you poor things!'' Caroline exclaimed and threw her arms around them in another bone-crushing hug.
''Okay, Caroline…''Elena said pleadingly.
She pulled away. ''Oh. Okay, see you guys later?''
''Okay'' Bonnie called as Caroline spun around. ''Bye!''
''No comment. I'm going to find Tyler.''
Later that day, Caroline and Maddeline were walking into the Grill with Bonnie. They were meeting Elena there. "His name is Stefan Salvatore,"Caroline informed them. "He lives with his uncle up at the old Salvatore boarding house. He hasn't lived here since he was a kid. Military family, so they never settled in one place for too long. He's a gemini and his favorite color is blue."
Bonnie was a little awed at her friend. "You got all of that in one day?"
Caroline grinned. "Oh, puh-lease, I got all that between third and fourth period. What do you think of a June wedding?"
"Uh, nice..." she said.
"And what about the Cullens?" Maddeline asked remembering how the bronze-haired gaze pierced into her back.
"That was harder to find out. They are the adoptive children of Dr. Cullen and his wife. The blonde ones are the Hales. They are the children of Mrs. Cullen's late sister. The pixie-like one is Alice. Jasper is the one who seems to be in pain. Emmett is the one who could be a weight lifting champion. The girl who could be a challenge for our popularity is Rosalie. And Edward is the one with the looks of a god. Who, may I add, seems to be interested in you." Caroline giggled making Maddeline blush fiercely.
They saw Matt by the pool table with Tyler as the three of them slid into a booth. Maddeline walked towards them, stopped midway, gave Tyler a wink and walked back to the booth.
"So, Care. How's your love life going?"Maddeline asked trying to make a conversation.
Caroline perked up at the topic of romance. "Well, Jacob Browne was flirting with me today-"
"Douche bag," she commented. Caroline's face fell. "Go on."
As Caroline rambled on about her love life and Sam Walters (a very handsome jock), Maddeline excused herself and went to the bathroom.
"What's up with her?" Caroline asked, watching Jessica run to the bathroom.
"She's just... complicated," Bonnie said.
"Wow. And I thought she was complicated before." Bonnie shot her a look. "What?"
Tyler and Matt were walking over to them. He took a seat on one of the chairs. "Hey."
"Hi," Caroline chirped.
"Uh, how're the twins doing?" Bonnie noticed how awkward the topic was for him.
"Their mom and dad died," Bonnie replied, trying not to bring up the whole break-up situation. "Elena's putting on a good face, but it's only been four months. And everyone knows how Maddeline is. She puts a good face, but probably cries herself to sleep."
Both jocks nodded understandingly. "I feel a little bad, you know. Avoiding Elena after the accident. She needed me."
"She broke up with you." Matt flinched at the blonde's statement, it wasn't exactly an easy thing for him to hear. He tried to put it at the back of his mind so he could get on with his life.
He smiled a little at Caroline. She may have been insensitive, but she had her heart in the right place. "Has she said anything about me?"
Bonnie shook her head and gave Caroline one of her scolding looks as she opened her mouth to respond. "Oh, no. So not getting in the middle. You pick up the phone and call her."
"I'd feel weird calling her," Matt stated. "She broke up with me."
"No one's asking you to," Caroline assured him. Her expression became judgmental all of a sudden. "Wait, do want to get back together with her?"
Matt was taken aback. "Um..."
"Oh my God!" Caroline exclaimed, covering her mouth with her hands. Bonnie thought she was over-exaggerating. "You do!"
Matt looked away from her, a little ashamed. "Give it more time, Matt," Bonnie said to him.
He nodded to her, but at the real wrong time, the new guy, Stefan, entered the Grill with Elena and Maddeline.
They always did have 'great' timing, Bonnie mused.
"More time, huh?" Matt said angrily, getting up and striding over to the three of them.
"Ooh," Caroline said worried. She was beginning to get annoyed when Bonnie shot her yet another one of her looks. "What?"
Matt offered his hand to Stefan. "Hey, I'm Matt, nice to meet you."
Stefan shook it firmly. "Hi. Stefan."
Elena nodded to him. Maddeline was already walking back to the booth.
"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" Caroline asked Stefan, who was currently under interrogation.
He nodded. "Mhm. And I moved when I still young."
"Parents?" Bonnie inquired.
"My parents passed away."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Any siblings?" Maddeline questioned, sending an obvious glare to Elena, who returned it with a mock glare. They both withheld their laughter.
"None that I talk to," Stefan said. "I live with my uncle."
"So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow," Caroline said, she had also been taken with Stefan's charm and hot back.
"It's a back to school thing at the falls," Bonnie informed him.
He looked to Elena. "Are you going?"
"Of course she is," Bonnie but in.
Elena smiled softly, smitten with the boy in front of her.
No one noticed that mysteriously, Tyler and Maddeline had disappeared off the interior of the Grill.
Maddeline moaned as Tyler kissed her neck, but when his hands went to the zipper of her golden dress, she pulled away.
"If you want me, then wait for the bonfire." She whispered in his ear.
"The Battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?"
Bonnie straightened up as Tanner's unhelpful gaze landed on her. "Um... a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot."
The class laughed, but Tanner wasn't amused. "Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Donovan? Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?"
Matt smiled goofily. Elena felt old feelings rush back. Everything shattered because of that one mistake. "It's okay, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it."
"Hm. Miss Gilbert?" The two of them looked up. "Maddeline?"
"Eh..." She peeked into her history book, only turning over the corners.
"No cheating," he said stonily.
She plopped back into her chair, making it bounce back. The class laughed once again. "I'm... unaware of that particular question."
Great, now my English is failing, she snapped at herself.
He sighed. "Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?"
Elena was just as oblivious as the rest of us. "I'm sorry, I-I don't know."
"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, girls. But the personal excuses ended with summer break."
In their view, that wasn't fair at all. It was like putting a timer on their grieving period.
The teen heartthrob that was Stefan Salvatore apparently had a brain inside that pretty head of his. "There were three hundred and forty-six casualties. Unless you're counting local civilians."
Tanner was impressed by what Maddeline could see. "That's correct. Mister..."
"Salvatore."
"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?"
"Distant."
"Well, very good. Except..." A smirk crept up on his face. "...of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle."
"Actually, there were twenty-six, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founder's archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts. Mr. Tanner."
The class 'oohed' and laugh as Mr. Tanner glared at him. "Hm..."
At the party later that night, Maddeline was chatting with one of the girls she knew from French. She saw Stefan arrive. "Uh, excuse me."
She followed after him. He noticed her and shot her a smile. It was odd... how he looked at her. It was like he saw her before. Like he knew her for years. She brushed it off. "Hey! You made it!"
Stefan nodded. "I did."
"Well, how about we get you drink?" she offered.
"Well, I'm-"
"Come on," she urged.
He was looking past her. Maddeline followed his stare, which led to Elena and Bonnie. Elena. "I... I'll talk to you later," he said, marching past her.
Her fake, cheery smile fell as soon as he was out of view. "Right."
Caroline walked up to her and handed her a drink. "Elena?"
Maddeline nodded slowly. She was tired of being passed over for Elena. Before Matt, every other guy she was interested in preferred Elena. Tyler was the only one who didn't prefer Elena over her. He preferred Maddeline and with a reason. Whereas Elena was kind, selfless and probably still was a virgin, Maddeline was flirty, seductive, sassy, she had no fear of boys. Maddeline could recall in their sophomore year at the beginning when Elena had broken up with her first boyfriend because he was ready to take the next step. Still, after that, he never said anything bad about Elena or something, he just stayed cool. That's something that bothered Maddeline. If it had had been her, he would still have stayed quiet, but only because she was popular.
Maddeline scoffed angrily. "It's always Elena."
Caroline downed her drink quickly as Maddeline gulped down hers. "Tell me about it."
Once she finished her drink, she placed it on the table beside her. "It's always her. Always. Maybe I should just give up even trying!"
Caroline was very sympathetic, having been placed second to Elena many times before. "Believe me, I get it, uh..." She pointed behind her.
Maddeline furrowed her eyebrows and turned around. "Tyler?"
Caroline clicked her tongue, not liking being put in such an awkward position. "I'll leave you guys to it."
Grabbing her drink, Caroline took off, leaving the two of them alone. "We...uh, you promised me something."
Maddeline rubbed the nape of her neck. "Yeah, uh. Let's go to the woods"
He let out a laugh. "Yeah, we should."
Tyler was smirking as he eyed her up and down. She was wearing a black mini skirt, with a golden strapless corset on top. Her breasts were deliciously peeking out. Her lips were painted blood red.
Tyler pushed her towards the tree and captured her lips on a fierce kiss. Se responded eagerly before pulling away.
"I brought a treat." Maddeline said. She move her hands around her body. "Easy access. No underwear."
Tyler looked disbelieving. "Seriously?" Maddeline only nodded before pulling him for another kiss.
Edward had gone hunting. He needed to get blood in his system. Surely, he would never find a mountain lion, but he might find a deer or a rabbit.
On his way to the middle of the forest, he saw a couple wildly making out against a tree.
The boy pushed her towards the tree and captured her lips on a fierce kiss. Se responded eagerly before pulling away.
"I brought a treat." She said. She moved her hands around her body. "Easy access. No underwear."
He looked disbelieving. "Seriously?" The girl only nodded before pulling him for another kiss.
Edward actually felt sick. How could a girl have so little respect to her body? How? She seemed like a self-centered, petty little thing.
He remembered having seen her at school. How every boy seemed to have been dying for her attention. But she would only pay attention to one.
And before he continued hunting, Edward promised himself he would never let himself fall for her.
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