Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries! I do however own Ally Gilbert and all of her plot lines!
It had been four months since her parents died. Of course Ally admitted things had slowly gotten better with their Aunt Jenna there. Yet the pain of losing them was still there. Having Stefan be there for her over the summer had definitely helped tremendously as she had most certainly didn't know how she could have coped through this without him. But she wasn't sure if that feeling would ever go away. Yet here they were, first day of their new school year. Ally hoped that this year would be different, better even.
Sighing softly to herself quickly checking her reflection in her vanity mirror. Grabbing her parka and messenger bag from her desk chair she walked out of her room. Ally leaned against the door jam for Elena's room seeing her writing in her diary.
"Hey. Ready for today?" Ally asked as Elena continued writing not bothering to look up.
"I am. Well I hope so. New year, new me." Elena replied honestly causing Ally to chuckle softly.
"Good plan. I'll see you downstairs okay?" Ally said as Elena nodded her head yes before she walked away.
Walking down the hallway she stopped in front of her younger brother Jeremy's room.
"Hey. Ready for today?" Ally asked softly repeating what she had asked Elena as Jeremy turned to look at her.
"As ready as I'm gonna be I guess." Jeremy replied smiling over at her.
"Good. Coming downstairs?" Ally said relieved smiling back.
"In a sec. Gotta find my shoes." Jeremy said bending down so he could look under his bed.
"I'll see you down there then." Ally said chuckling softly. "Oh and if I were you I would check your closet."
As she said that she shuffled down the stairs grinning to herself after hearing Jeremy shout as he found his shoes. Walking through door to the kitchen she spotted a frazzled looking Aunt Jenna.
"Morning!" Ally announced brightly setting her messenger bag down on the counter.
"Morning, I can't believe I woke up late!" Jenna groaned rubbing her face with her hands as Elena walked into the room. "I was going to wake up early and make breakfast."
"Aunt Jenna it's okay, really!" Ally said leaning against the counter smiling at Jenna comfortingly.
"Toast. I can make toast." Aunt Jenna announced opening the door to the fridge.
"It's all about the coffee, Aunt Jenna." Elena said pouring herself a cup as Jeremy walked in.
"Is there coffee?" Jeremy asked as he walked over taking the cup Elena had just poured as Elena rolled her eyes at him.
"Your first day of school and I am totally unprepared. Lunch money?" Jenna said digging out her purse walking over holding out some bills towards them.
Ally smiled assuredly at Jenna as she and Jeremy each grabbed one of the bills.
"I'm good." Elena replied shaking her head pouring herself another cup of coffee.
"Anything else? A number two pencil? What am I missing?" Aunt Jenna said jokingly stuffing her wallet back into her purse.
"Don't you have a big presentation today?" Ally asked grabbing three granola bars out of the box on the counter.
"I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at... now. Crap!" Jenna said looking down at her watch pulling the ponytail holder out of her hair as Ally walked to stand next to Jeremy.
"Then go. We'll be fine." Elena promised as Jenna sighed smiling at them grabbing her purse and rushing out, she then turned to look at both of them. "You okay?"
"Don't start." Jeremy said scoffing taking a sip of coffee grabbing one of the granola bars out of Ally's hand walking out.
"Granola bar?" Ally asked holding out one of the bars as Elena took it from her gratefully.
"How about you?" Elena asked taking another sip of her coffee looking over at her. "You mentioned your mystery guy will be starting school today."
"I'm decent, but I'm sure today will be great. Well one can hope." Ally said semi-confidently ripping open the granola bar package taking a bite. "Yeah he is. We're meeting in front of the school so I can show him around."
"I'm with you on that! Bonnie should be here any moment!" Elena said nodding her head in agreement. "I can't wait to meet him. And I do love that shirt you're wearing."
"Yeah it's one of my favorites." Ally said looking down at her dark gray Rolling Stones short sleeved t-shirt and black skinny jeans as she heard Bonnie honk her horn alerting them that she was outside.
"So Grams is telling me I'm psychic. Our ancestors were from Salem, witches and all that, I know, crazy, but she's going on and on about it, and I'm like, put this woman in a home already! But then I started thinking, I predicted Obama and I predicted Heath Ledger, and I still think Florida will break off and turn into little resort islands..." Bonnie explained as they drove to school, Elena in front with Bonnie and Ally in the back.
"That is seriously so cool! Don't you think so Elena?" Ally exclaimed as Bonnie smiled back at her.
"Elena! Back in the car!" Bonnie announced looking over at Elena concerned.
"I did it again, didn't I? I-I'm sorry, Bonnie. You were telling me that..." Elena said smiling apologetically at Bonnie.
"That I'm psychic now." Bonnie explained tilting her head back smiling slightly.
"Right. Okay, then predict something. About Ally and I." Elena announced as Bonnie sighed softly.
"I see..." Bonnie said but was cut off by what looked like a bird smacking itself into the windshield.
All three girls gasped as Bonnie lost control of the car for a second, the tires squealing as it came to a stop.
"What was that?! Oh, my god! Are you guys okay?" Bonnie asked in shock looking at the two of them.
"It's okay. We're fine. Right Allycat?" Elena replied leaning back against her seat.
"Yeah I'm good!" Ally assured Bonnie smiling at her nodding her head up in down in agreement.
"Really, I can't be freaked out by cars for the rest of my life." Elena promised nodding her head.
"I predict this year is going to be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you both are going to be beyond happy." Bonnie announced sighing in relief as the three of them laughed quietly smiling.
Once they had gotten to the school Ally quickly told Elena she was going to find Stefan as Elena had been calling him before "her mystery guy." Luck was on her side when she spotted him walking towards the school.
"Hey stranger." Ally said softly but Stefan still heard her heading her way once he spotted her.
"Hey you. Ready to show me around?" Stefan greeted smiling at her as he stopped in front of her wrapping an arm around her shoulders giving her a side hug. "Nice shirt you got there."
"Yup! Oh thanks! Not the first time I've heard that today. Damn this is a powerful shirt." Ally replied smiling happily striking a pose causing Stefan to laugh at that.
"Well I need to register and get my schedule first, then I need to find my locker." Stefan said as Ally nodded her head in agreement at that.
"Sounds good. Office is this way." Ally said pointing her thumb behind her.
"Ah alright then." Stefan said turning them both so they faced that direction. "Let's go."
As they walked together Ally couldn't help but notice everyone was watching them. Especially the girls. But she couldn't blame them of course, Stefan was pretty easy on the eyes. And the shades he was wearing gave him an air of mystery about him. Once inside she led him into the office standing next to him as he handed the secretary his paperwork.
"Hold up. Who's this?" Ally heard someone say from behind her, turning she spotted Bonnie and Elena and she waved at the two of them before turning back around.
"All I see is back. But I'm guessing he's Ally's mystery guy." Elena said looking over at Bonnie shrugging.
Ally didn't hear the rest of what Bonnie and Elena were saying but she did hear Elena chuckling at it.
"Your records are incomplete. You're missing immunization records, and we do insist on transcripts." The secretary said reading over the paperwork.
"Please look again. I'm sure everything you need is there." Stefan said pulling his shades off causing the secretary to look up as he compelled her.
"Well, you're right. So it is." The secretary agreed looking back down at the paperwork before smiling up at Stefan.
"Nice one." Ally whispered to Stefan making him smile over him but out of the corner of her eye she saw Elena walk off. "Looks like Elena might need me so I'll see you in class if you did your schedule right."
"You know I did." Stefan replied before Ally walked away quickly just to see Elena duck into the men's room.
"Oh God..." Ally groaned softly looking over at Bonnie who smiled sympathetically at her. "Wish me luck Bon."
"Yeah you're gonna need it." Bonnie said before Ally followed Elena into the bathroom.
"You haven't seen crazy, Jeremy! I gave you a summer pass, but I am done watching you destroy yourself." Ally heard Elena say as she walked seeing the both of them as Jeremy tried to walk away from Elena as she pushed him back down.
"Elena." Ally said warning Elena that it was time for her to stop even though to some degree she agreed with Elena was saying but this was not the time for this as another guy walked past them out of the bathroom.
"No, no, no, you know what? Go ahead. Keep it up. But just know that I am going to be there to ruin your buzz every time, you got it? Jeremy, I know who you are. And it's not this person. So don't be this person." Elena said ignoring Ally as Jeremy glared defiantly at her.
"I don't need this." Jeremy said brushing past Elena stopping in front of Ally. "Get her to back off alright?"
"I'll try." Ally said patting Jeremy on the shoulder before walked out.
"Ally I was handling it." Elena said looking Ally pointedly as she walked past her.
"Didn't seem like it." Ally whispered to herself as she watched Elena and Stefan collide outside the bathroom. "Well that's one way to meet each other."
"Uh, pardon me. Um... is this the men's room?" Stefan asked as Ally walked past them leaning against the lockers watching them.
"Yes. Um, I was just, Um—I was just—It's a long story..." Elena stammered out as Ally held back a laugh at the mesmerized look on Elena's face.
Ally watched as Elena tried to pass by Stefan who went the same way, and it happened yet again when they moved the next time. Finally Stefan stepped aside letting Elena by.
"Thank you." Elena said softly walking past quickly looking back at Stefan who had walked into men's room without looking back at her.
"Interesting..." Ally said softly knowing Stefan could hear her before walking away to find her locker.
"Once our home state of Virginia joined Confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in Virginia's northwest region had different ideals than those from the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the Union." Mr. Tanner explained as Ally jotted down notes from the lecture although she already knew most of this already.
Ally was amused by the fact that Stefan had chosen to sit next to her during history class yet Elena kept looking back at him curiously yet he hadn't seemed to notice. Ally knew for sure that her sister had felt that immediate connection when she first saw Stefan yet if he had he didn't show it. That had definitely thrown her for loop. Just then she felt her cell phone buzz in her pocket as she quickly pulled it out noticing Elena do the same.
From BonBon:
HAWT-E. STARING AT U.
Ally groaned softly watching Elena look back at Stefan who was looking back at her as Elena quickly turned back around. Bonnie probably sent the text to both of them by accident. Her gut churning she sighed in annoyance as she tired to talk herself out of this feeling. She didn't understand why she was feeling jealous. Stefan was her good friend and there was no chance that he would never be interested in her with her sister in the picture.
After school Ally knew Elena would be heading over to the cemetery to write in her diary and Jeremy would probably head over to The Grill because Vicki was working there tonight. She had figured out that the two of them a little fling over the summer but Vicki was now with Tyler which irked her because generally she got along with Vicki quite well. But the fact that she was leading her little brother on a merry little chase pissed her off to no ends.
So Ally headed straight home first quickly so she could redo her makeup since she had taken a quick shower at school after gym class. She had just put the finishing touches on it when she noticed Stefan opening her window stepping into her room. She smiled at him in greeting setting the tube of mascara on her vanity table.
"So? How'd your first meeting with Elena go?" Ally asked turning around so she could look directly at him.
"Well we ran into each other at the cemetery." Stefan said as Ally snickered quietly turning around looking at him.
"More like you followed her there." Ally said making Stefan smile guiltily making her shake her head in amusement. "I knew it!"
"Fine I followed her!" Stefan admitted flinging his hands up in the air before setting them on his waist. "But it was going pretty good until well..."
"Well what?" Ally asked smiling brightly motioning with her hand for him to continue.
"She had tripped prior before we started talking. I could smell blood so I asked if she had hurt herself and after she saw that she had cut herself I ran off when I felt my face change." Stefan explained as the smile dropped off her face as Ally groaned in annoyance.
"Oh God... I'm so sorry Stefan." Ally said walking over wrapping her arms around his waist hugging him tightly.
"It's okay. I only came by to tell you what happened but Elena should be getting back home soon so I should leave." Stefan said hugging her back before pulling away smiling down at her.
"Aw well okay. Text me later okay?" Ally said smiling back at him.
"Oh Elena dropped her diary at the cemetery should I give it to you so you can give it back to her?" Stefan asked pulling Elena's diary out of his jacket pocket holding it out to her.
"And I'm supposed to tell her what? 'Oh hey Elena did you happen to lose your diary while you were at the cemetery? Well here it is! Even though I was nowhere near the cemetery today.' Yeah that'll work." Ally said sarcastically making Stefan sigh softly in resignation because he knew that she was right.
"Okay so bad idea. How about I stop by later and give it to her then?" Stefan suggested biting his bottom lip nervously.
"Now that's a good plan!" Ally said grinning happily at him as he sighed in relief.
"Okay good. I better get going. Call or text me if you need me okay?" Stefan said pulling Ally up and against him wrapping his arms around her waist hugging her making her laugh softly as she also wrapped her arms around his waist hugging him back.
Ally pulled away from Stefan when she heard the front door open smiling at him reassuringly before walking out of her room knowing Stefan had already left.
"Elena?" Ally asked heading over to the stairs looking over the banister.
"Hey." Elena greeted walking up the stairs slowly. "Can you get the first aid kit out for me? Kind of took a spill not long ago."
"Yeah sure." Ally replied rushing into Elena's room towards the bathroom.
Ally crouched down opening the cabinet door grabbing the first aid kit in there shutting the cabinet door behind her. She set the kit on the counter opening it as Elena walked in climbing onto the counter sitting down rolling her pant leg.
"Ooh lovely." Ally said looking at the small scratch on Elena's leg wincing slightly in sympathy.
"Yeah it's not pretty at all." Elena said pointing at the tub. "Hand me that washcloth please?"
"Sure." Ally replied walking over and grabbing the washcloth Elena pointed at handing it to her.
"Thanks." Elena said twisted the handle on the sink turning the water on sticking the washcloth under the tap wetting it a bit as Ally twisted the handle turning the water back off as Elena dabbed the scratch lightly cleaning it.
"Looks like it stopped bleeding so that's good." Ally said grabbing the small tube of neosporin out of the box she twisted the top off handing the tube to Elena who passed the washcloth to her as she then tossed it into the hamper.
Ally grabbed a bandage that looked the right size for Elena's scratch opening it and peeling off the paper tabs watching Elena apply a thin layer of neosporin on the scrape. She quickly laid the bandage on top of the scratch smoothing it down quickly.
"And you're all set." Ally announced smiling over at Elena who smiled back taking the top for neosporin from her twisting back on placing it back in the kit.
Ally had been at The Grill for about an hour playing pool with Tyler and Matt after Tyler had texted her earlier asking if she'd come join them which she had immediately said yes to. She had told Jenna who had asked that she wouldn't stay out late which she had promised she wouldn't. She had ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries and a Dr. Pepper which had just been delivered to her table a few minutes ago. Luckily Bonnie and Matt had joined her so she didn't have to eat alone as Tyler was still playing pool.
"How's Elena doing?" Matt asked looking at both Ally and Bonnie curiously as Ally sighed softly.
"Our parents died four months ago Matt. I can see straight through that little facade of hers. She's handling it as best as she can." Ally explained popping a fry in her mouth chewing on it.
"Has she said anything about me?" Matt then asked looking at Bonnie since Ally was eating and couldn't answer.
"Oh, no. So not getting in the middle. You pick up the phone and call her." Bonnie said shaking her head side to side adamantly.
"I feel weird calling her. She broke up with me." Matt said confusion written all over his face.
"Just give it more time, Matt." Ally said smiling at Matt sympathetically as she saw Elena walk in with Stefan following her. "Oh boy..."
"More time, huh?" Matt asked getting up from the table walking over to stand in front of Stefan and Elena holding his hand out to Stefan. "Hey, I'm Matt, nice to meet you."
"Hi. Stefan." Stefan said shaking Matt's hand before letting go as Matt and Elena awkwardly said hey to each other.
"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" Caroline asked now that she had joined them with Elena and Stefan at their table and Matt left to play a game of pool with Tyler.
"Mm-hmm. And moved when I was still young." Stefan replied simply as if he was used to being asked this.
"Parents?" Bonnie asked joining in at asking Stefan questions.
"My parents passed away." Stefan said as everyone looked at him sympathetically.
"I'm sorry. Any siblings?" Elena said not looking away from Stefan's face.
"None that I talk to. I live with my uncle." Stefan said smiling kindly at her as Ally immediately thought about Damon and understood why Stefan hadn't said anything.
"Ah good old Zach. He's awesome." Ally said as Stefan looked at her smiling thankfully.
"That he is." Stefan said agreeing with Ally nodding his head.
"So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow." Caroline announced as Stefan's eyes looked over at her.
"It's a back to school thing at the falls." Bonnie explained as Stefan nodded his head in understanding.
"Are you two going?" Stefan asked looking over at Ally first and then Elena.
"Of course they are." Bonnie answered for them before either of them could open their mouths as Elena smiled thankfully at Bonnie while Ally looked at Stefan cross-eyed making him chuckle in amusement.
"The Battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls." Mr Tanner explained walking around the front of the classroom before turning to look at Bonnie. "How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?"
"Um... a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." Bonnie admitted not knowing the answer and not looking a bit sorry about it.
"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett." Mr. Tanner said as Ally glared at him in contempt while Tanner turned his attention to Matt. "Mr. Donovan? Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?"
"It's okay, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it." Matt replied making the whole class laugh at that, Ally sent Stefan a smile who smiled back.
"Hmm. Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?" Tanner asked making Ally glare at him again wishing she could set him on fire but quickly burying the thought as swiftly as it came.
"I'm sorry, I - I don't know." Elena said shaking her head side to side apologetically as Ally sighed softly smiling comfortingly at her sister as she smiled back.
"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." Tanner said looking at Elena pointedly as Elena looked down at her desk.
"There were 346 casualties. Unless you're counting local civilians." Stefan reported causing Tanner to look at him as Ally whispered a thank you to him.
"That's correct. Mister...?" Tanner said as Ally snorted in amusement at the unhappy look on Tanner's face.
"Salvatore." Stefan said as Ally and Elena shared a smile.
"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?" Tanner asked curiously as Ally rolled her eyes at that.
"Distant." Stefan said simply not wishing to go any further on that subject.
"Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle." Tanner said waving his hands before walking over to his desk in front of the blackboard.
"Actually, there were 27, 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." Stefan said causing all the students in the classroom to chuckle at Tanner being proven wrong.
"Hmm." Tanner said softly as Ally smiled at Stefan proudly as he glanced over smiling back.
The rest of the school day went by as normally as it usually was. Ally stood next to Elena looking at Bonnie as they stood near the bonfire, a blue solo cup filled with beer even though a third of it was gone and she hated the stuff clutched in her hand. Sadly it was the only drink available at the party so she had just gone with it although she had promised herself to only having three glasses, and this was her first one.
"Just admit it, Elena." Bonnie prodded Elena making Ally chuckle softly in amusement taking a small sip of beer trying not to grimace.
"Oh, okay, so he's a little pretty." Elena admitted a small smile blossoming on her face as Ally scoffed smiling.
"A little pretty? Oh come on Elena!" Ally said nudging Elena's arm with her elbow playfully.
"He has that romance novel stare." Bonnie said as Ally nodded her head in agreement. "Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul."
"Hell yes!" Ally said grinning happily raising her cup in salute to what Bonnie said as Elena shook her head in amusement at that.
"So where is he?" Bonnie asked looking around but not seeing Stefan.
"Why don't you tell us, huh? You're the psychic one." Ally said as Bonnie let a small smile slip onto her face.
"Right, I forgot. Okay, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate." Bonnie agreed nodding her head as Ally took another sip of beer finishing it off.
"Wait, you need a crystal ball. Ahh." Elena announced picking up an empty beer bottle off the ground holding it out to Bonnie. "Ta da."
Ally watched as Bonnie took ahold of the bottle, her hand touching Elena's as Bonnie a sort of trance-like look on her face. She knew right then that Bonnie was having a real vision and bit her bottom lip nervously.
"What?" Elena asked when Bonnie abruptly pulled her hand back breaking out of her trance.
"That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow." Bonnie admitted as Ally's eyebrows rose in shock at that as Elena had a similar look on her face.
"What?" Elena said again making sure she had heard Bonnie correctly.
"A crow. There was fog, a man. I'm drunk. It's the drinking. There's nothing psychic about it." Bonnie said suddenly taking the bottle from Elena who was frowning curiously. "Yeah? Ok, I'm gonna get a refill."
Bonnie walked away before either of them could call her back. Just then Ally noticed Stefan walking over towards them as she smiled at him in greeting as Elena watched Bonnie walk away.
"Hi." Stefan said causing Elena to jolt lightly turning to look at him as Ally chuckled in amusement.
"Hi." Elena said smiling sheepishly at her reaction before.
"I did it again, didn't it?" Stefan asked as Ally looked between the two of them thoughtfully.
"Yeah. Although Ally must have seen you coming." Elena admitted looking over at Ally as she raised her cup in salute to that.
"Yup. And it was hilarious. Hey Stef." Ally said making Stefan smile at her brightly.
"Hey. I'm sorry. You're upset about something." Stefan said taking note of Elena's expression.
"I wouldn't say upset. Perturbed, more likely." Ally said shaking her head smiling mischeviously causing Elena to glare at her half-heartedly. "What?"
"No, it's- it's just Bonnie. She's... You know what? Never mind. You're... here." Elena tried to explain eventually she gave up smiling dreamily at him as Ally glanced between the two of them watching the scene unfold.
"Well I'm going to leave you two alone so you can carry on whatever this is between the two of you." Ally announced waving her hand towards them two of them causing the gaze Stefan and Elena had going on to break as they both looked at her.
"You sure Allycat? I don't mind if you stick around." Elena said smiling at her nervously. "Right, Stefan?"
"Not at all." Stefan agreed but Ally could tell he didn't mean it.
"Nah it's cool. I'm gonna go find Tyler. Have fun you two." Ally said smiling at the both of them before walking away.
Ally didn't find Tyler right away so she assumed he was off with Vicki somewhere. Don't get her wrong, Tyler was one of her best friends but she could knew his temper could sometimes get the best of him. Not that it was his fault since Ally knew that the Lockwood family carried the werewolf gene. She had found that out on accident getting out of Mystic Falls to go to New Orleans while on the Other Side when she witnessed George Lockwood shift one full moon. It had been the first time she had witnessed that but being a ghost she was safe from him attacking her.
"Ally." She heard someone say from behind her, turning she spotted Jeremy walking towards her and she smiled happily at him.
"Hey you. What's up?" Ally said hooking her arm through his as they walked side by side.
"Not much. I've been looking for Vicki." Jeremy said shrugging carelessly, Ally could tell by the smell of his breath he'd already had a few beers and was a little drunk but kept it to herself for now. "You looking for Tyler?"
"Yup. Haven't seen him since the party started." Ally said simply leaning her head on Jeremy's shoulder as leaned down kissing her hair as he usually did.
"I said no! Ow, that hurts!" The both of them heard suddenly and they shared a worried look and hurried forward as they rounded a bend in the forest Ally noticed Tyler had Vicki pinned to a tree and it was obvious it was Vicki who had spoken.
"Hey, leave her alone!" Jeremy demanded pulling his arm away from Ally's arm surging forward as Vicki pushed Tyler off him.
"You know, you're starting to get on my nerves, Gilbert." Tyler said walking over until he was face to face with Jeremy who was glaring fiercely at him.
"Guys, stop okay? Back off." Ally said walking over and placing a hand on each of their chests pushing them apart.
"Just go, Tyler, get the hell away from me." Vicki said adamantly glancing over at Jeremy and Ally quickly before looking back at Tyler.
"Come on Tyler let's get out of here." Ally said dropping her hands grabbing onto Tyler's arm with both hands pulling him gently.
"Wow. Vicki Donovan says no. That's a first" Tyler said as Ally's mouth dropped open in horror.
"Tyler!" Ally shouted at Tyler who looked at her seeing her look of disapproval sighing softly knowing he had gone too far allowing her to pull him away from Vicki and Jeremy.
Ally had left Tyler after talking to him briefly about him leaving Jeremy alone which Tyler promised he would if Jeremy did the same. Walking around the party she noticed Stefan walking through the woods alone so she walked towards him curiously wondering what had happened. Stefan immediately noticed her and headed her way.
"I finally got you alone. Shocker." Ally said making Stefan laugh at that smiling at her as they walked side by side through the woods. "What happened that you had to leave Elena?"
"Cute." Stefan said shaking his head in amusement. "Uh my eyes. They started to change so I told her I was getting drinks."
"Ah I see. It happens Stefan. Don't worry too much over it." Ally said grabbing his right hand with hers squeezing it comfortingly as he smiled gratefully at her.
"You're the best Ally. You know that, right?" Stefan swore squeezing her hand back, his thumb rubbing patterns across the back of her hand.
"Haha well I try." Ally said laughing softly smiling at him noticing Bonnie standing alone by the fire motioning with her free hand towards. "Do you mind if I?"
"No, go ahead. We can talk more later." Stefan said nodding his head understandably.
"Thanks. You should go find Elena, let her know you haven't disappeared completely." Ally said poking Stefan's upper arm playfully.
"Good idea. See ya later." Stefan replied chuckling letting go of Ally's hand walking away.
Ally watched Stefan walk towards Elena but groaned softly as Caroline went over before he could reach her. Knowing that Stefan would be able to handle himself she headed over to Bonnie smiling at her when she reached her.
"Hey. You okay?" Ally asked wrapping her right arm across Bonnie's shoulders.
"Yeah. A little freaked out about what I saw when I touched Elena. There's no way I'm psychic, right?" Bonnie said nodding her head sighing softly looking at her.
"Honestly? I think there are somethings out there you can never quite explain that don't make sense but that doesn't mean it's not possible." Ally explained as Bonnie smiled at her gratefully.
"How do you always know what to say to make me feel better?" Bonnie asked making Ally laugh at that.
"Because we're best friends, Bonnie. I know you just as well as you know me." Ally reminded her bumping Bonnie's hip with hers playfully laughing together.
"So true!" Bonnie agreed just they both noticed Elena walk off into the woods alone leaving Stefan alone. "Wonder what happened."
"I don't know..." Ally admitted shrugging her shoulders curiously waving her hand for Stefan to come and join them as he smiled heading over to them. "Where'd Elena go?"
"Oh she rushed off after your brother who looked pretty drunk." Stefan explained as Ally groaned in annoyance making both him and Bonnie to look at her sympathetically.
"Oh God... Knowing Elena she followed him to confront him. That'll only piss Jeremy off. I am so not following them." Ally explained groaning angrily at that rubbing her hands over her face. "I do understand where Elena's coming from but at the same time she's going about it the wrong way. We're all handling the loss of our parents differently."
"Yeah I have to agree, but Elena is Elena though. You two have different ways with dealing with things like this." Bonnie said nodding her head in agreement as Stefan smiled at Ally understandably.
"That's certainly true. Wait..." Ally said noticing Elena and Jeremy emerge from the woods carrying someone.
"Somebody help!" Elena shouted desperately as Matt looked up as Ally realized it was Vicki.
"Vicki?" Matt asked as he and Tyler rushed over to Elena and Jeremy as Jeremy placed Vicki down on the picnic table. "Vicki, what the hell?!"
"What happened to her?"
"Somebody, call an ambulance!" Tyler and Matt said in unison as a bunch of party-goers started to crowd around the picnic table.
Ally shared a look with Bonnie before rushing off pulling her cell phone out of her pocket to stand next to Matt. Quickly dialing 911 she pressed the phone to her ear blocking out everyone else making sure she could hear the 911 operator.
"911 how may I help you?" The operator asked from the other end of the line.
"Hi I need an ambulance at the falls near the bonfire, my friend Vicki was attacked. It looks like she was bitten by something and she's bleeding really bad." Ally explained trying to remain as calm as possible as Matt smiled at her gratefully for taking charge of this.
"I'll send one out to you right away ma'am." The operator said his voice deep and gruff as Ally heard the clicking of his hands flying over the keyboard. "I'll stay on the line with you until it gets there."
"Thank you so much." Ally said sighing in relief smiling at Tyler who had come up beside her, she placed her hand over the mouthpiece quickly. "The ambulance is on it's way."
"Ma'am how long ago did this happen?" The operator asked when Ally pressed the phone back to her ear.
"Not long at all I think. I'm not the one who found her." Ally replied looking over at Elena and Jeremy motioning for them to come over as they immediately did that.
"Can I speak to who did?" The operator asked as Ally looked at Elena asking with her eyes if she would talk to him as Elena nodded her head yes.
"Yeah, of course. One second." Ally said quickly passing the phone to Elena who took it from her.
Ally stood next to Elena as they both watched Matt get into the ambulance with Vicki as the driver shut the door behind him.
"Hey. We're going to go to Mainline Coffee, wait for news." Bonnie said walking over to them smiling kindly at both of them.
"I gotta take Jeremy home." Elena replied looking at Ally silently asking what she was planning on doing.
"I'm going to go with them, actually. I'll be home soon, I promise." Ally said looking at Bonnie who nodded that it was more than okay for her to join them as Elena sighed in resignation. "Will you tell Jenna for me?"
"Yeah of course. Come with me to talk to Jeremy really quickly?" Elena said smiling at Ally who smiled back nodding her head yes.
"Elena, there's no way I'm psychic. I know that." Bonnie explained as Ally raised her eyebrows at that giving Bonnie a pointed look. "But whatever I saw, or think I saw, I have this feeling."
"Bonnie, what?" Elena asked curiously but you could tell how nervous she was.
"That it's just the beginning." Bonnie finished looking at both of them cautiously before walking away to find Caroline.
"Well that was interesting." Elena said looking over Ally who nodded her head in agreement as the both of them walk over to Jeremy who's drinking a beer.
"Hey you." Ally said nudging his foot with hers making him try to hide his smile.
"Hey." Jeremy said back looking over at Elena cautiously as she stood next to him leaning against the picnic table.
"You okay? I called Jenna, she's on her way. Those people in uniforms, last time I checked, they're the police." Elena said as Ally rubbed her hands over her face sighing listening to what Elena said as Jeremy finished off his beer tossing the bottle over his shoulder. "People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jer. They just don't care anymore. They don't remember that our parents are dead, because they've got their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try, too."
"I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary. Is that - is that supposed to be you moving on?" Jeremy asked moving so he was facing Elena and standing next to Ally. "Ally understands how I feel."
"Elena it's not easy trying to move on when we're still grieving. It takes time." Ally said as Elena sighed softly reaching over grabbing Elena's hand squeezing it gently.
"Mom and Dad wouldn't have wanted this." Elena replied shaking her head thoughtfully squeezing Ally's hand back in thanks looking at the both of them hopefully.
Ally looked down at her white mocha latte that she had been nursing since she had gotten to the coffee shop there about fifteen minutes ago.
"Are you sober yet?" Bonnie asked holding her coffee cup in her hands sitting next to Ally who was sitting in between the two of them making Carolie look up from staring at the table, her head buried in hands.
"No." Caroline replied rubbing her hands over her face groaning softly.
"Keep drinking. I gotta get you home. I gotta get Ally and I home." Bonnie said taking a sip of her coffee as Ally did the same saluting Bonnie with her cup.
"Why didn't he go for me? You know, how come the guys I want never want me?" Caroline asked sadly making Ally smile at her consolingly because she understood where she was coming from, but while Ally had never been in a relationship before, Caroline has.
"I'm not touching that." Bonnie replied shaking her head adamantly.
"Don't worry about it Caroline. There are other guy's out there that will soon see you for the amazing person you are." Ally swore placing her hand on top of Caroline's squeezing it softly as Caroline smiled at her as she let go her hand taking another sip of her latte.
"If only you were right. I'm inappropriate. I always say the wrong thing. And... Elena always says the right thing. She doesn't even try! And he just picks her." Caroline said a light whine to her tone but Ally couldn't help but understand, but Caroline didn't know how Stefan and Elena were drawn to each other from the moment they met. "And she's always the one that everyone picks, for everything. It's the same with you too, Ally. And I try so hard, and... I'm never the one."
"How did I get into this? I've never been in a relationship in my life." Ally said defending herself raising an eyebrow as Caroline sighed softly.
"I'm sorry Ally. I didn't mean it." Caroline apologized as Ally smiled at her saying she forgave her.
"It's not a competition, Caroline." Bonnie said thoughtfully as Ally nodded her head in agreement to that sipping her latte.
"Yeah, it is." Caroline replied nodding her head yes.
Ally handed Bonnie some money to cover her drinks as Bonnie got up from the table to pay. Looking around the coffee shop she almost missed the flirty look and smile that Caroline was giving at the table across from them. Her heart beating faster nervously when she saw it was Damon, and he was looking at Caroline with his classic smirk that most girl's fell for. But that smirk had dropped the minute his eyes met hers. She knew what Damon was seeing as he stared at her in shock. She remembered when Katherine showed Damon a memory of her sisters back when she was Serafina using her mind manipulation when he was still human.
Mystic Falls, 1864
"I had two sister's once. One was younger while the other was my fraternal twin." Katherine said tracing patterns on Damon's naked chest as they laid in her bed after having sex. "Their names were Serafina and Daniela. Sera and I were just as competitive as you and Stefan."
"What happened to them?" Damon asked stroking her cheek with the pad of his thumb as she smiled up at him, it wasn't too long ago that Damon had discovered that she was a vampire.
"They both died. I was inconsolable." Katherine said biting her bottom lip as Damon fell for her fake sad look, Serafina scoffed in amusement walking into the room after knowing they had finished hearing what had been said.
"You cried for Mama, Papa and Daniela, Katerina. You most certainly didn't cry over me." Serafina said even though she knew no one could hear her. "Not that I saw anyway."
"What were they like?" Damon asked cautiously not knowing how Katherine might react to his question.
"I can show you." Katherine said simply sitting up from laying against Damon's chest.
"Show me? How?" Damon asked sitting up himself looking at her in shock.
"Vampires can go into people's heads and manipulate their minds. I can show you a memory of Sera, Daniela and I when she was alive." Katherine explained smiling softly at him as he smiled back happily. "Would you like me to?"
"Yes." Damon replied nodding his head yes as Katherine cupped Damon's cheeks in her hands closing her eyes.
Bulgaria, 1488
"Kat, Daniela come here." Serafina whispered waving her hand at both of them crouching in the tall grass in the meadow near their house, the both of them snuck over to her side as quietly as could Katerina took her hand that was waving in hers crouching with her as she pointed with her free hand. "Look."
"Oh..." Katerina and Daniela whispered in unison gasping softly taking in the sight of the baby fawn just a few paces ahead of them grazing at the grass at it's feet.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Serafina asked still whispering as Katerina nodded her head in agreement. "Seeing how beautiful such a simple creature can be makes me realize that the rest of the world can't be that bad. It must be."
"Ever the dreamer Sera, don't ever change." Katerina said still whispering smiling happily at her as she smiled back.
"Yes, sister please don't." Daniela said loud enough to startle the fawn as it dashed off causing the three of them to giggle together.
Damon gasped when Katherine pulled him out of the memory breathing heavily.
"Damon, are you okay? The first time can be overwhelming." Katherine said her hands still cupping his cheeks.
"I'm fine, I promise. That was incredible." Damon replied smiling at her brushing a loose strand of hair out of her face.
"Good. What did you think?" Katherine asked smiling softly at him wrapping her arms around his neck swing her leg so she straddled his lap.
"Both of them were so beautiful. Not as beautiful as you though." Damon replied thoughtfully smiling at her, his hands gripping her waist holding her against him.
"Hmm, they definitely were." Katherine said nodding her head in agreement before leaning down pressing a hot kiss to his lips. "Round two?"
"Ugh..." Serafina groaned walking out of the room disgusted.
Ally was brought out of the memory sighing softly looking down at her latte trying not look back at Damon. But her curiosity got the better of her and her eyes meeting his confused ones as he stared at her unabashedly. Thing's were about to get more interesting in Mystic Falls if Damon was going to be sticking around. More "animal attacks" were going to be happening for sure. Breaking his gaze she looked over at Caroline who was sulking yet again since Ally had gotten his attention more than she did. Sighing she took one last sip of her latte emptying her cup setting it down in front of her noticing that Damon had left.
"Ready to go?" Bonnie asked walking back over to them as Caroline looked up at her.
"Yeah I think we are." Ally replied smiling at Bonnie getting up from her seat pushing the chair back under the table as Caroline did the same.
Ally looked around cautiously as they headed out towards Bonnie's car unaware of Damon standing on the roof of the building watching them leave.
"Well, well, well... Thing's just got even more interesting." Damon said smiling widely as he watched Bonnie's car drive away unaware of the plan brewing in his mind.
A/N: So Stefan and Elena officially met! What do you think of Stefan and Ally's friendship? I am so psyched for this story! I have so much planned for it! I have polyvore sets up for the story under the same username. You can also find this story on wattpad!
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-Kay