Wide Awake

Elena stood out on the football field, waving her pom-poms. She looked happy, and maybe she was happy. Or a better word- content with her new life. Of course, she did not start completely over. Her name was still Elena Gilbert, she was still from Mystic Falls and she still talked to her friends and family-sort of. A few postcards from her vacations, so they never knew her exact location, and a few facebook messages. She avoided visiting, and she avoided talking about the past.

"Yeehaw, come on longhorns!" Elena and Stevie-Rae yelled at the top of their lungs, "Kick some Gator Tail!" They posed for a picture for the school website. They were always in pictures, but Elena had blocked most of the pictures from Mystic Falls people.

It was moments like this where she could pretend that she was human. Where all of her friends could pretend they were human, of course Stevie having the best flexibilty on the cheer team was not human. In their quite large house lived Stevie-Rae, Parker, Elena, James, Hannah, Wren, and Hayley. Wren and Stevie-Rae were brother and sister, Parker was the campus player and James and Hannah were together. Hayley got around, at least that's how Elena put it when she had to explain her living situations.

The game ended with yet another win, which would be celebrated by drinks at the bar. "Wren, carry me" Elena put her lip out, "Please"

"To the bar?" Wren laughed at her "No way"

"To the house, silly" Elena was not in the mood tonight, she had to study for some stupid paper. And plus, it was the third of the month. "It's the third"

"Oh, yeah!" Stevie-Rae laughed "Your favorite night"

"Yeah, okay it's not like that and you know it"

"Do I?" Stevie-Rae winked, "Go Wren"

Wren sighed, picking Elena up and started carrying her home. "Why the third?" He asked "It's a weird date, don't you think?"

"Only as weird as you make it, I like the third" Elena subsided all her thoughts, on the third she got this haze over her thoughts. It was pure excitement.

"I get the meaning of three, but-"

"I started school on the third last year" Elena laughed "It was the start of a new life, a better one." Wren silenced after that, when they were standing in the drive way- Elena thanked him.

"We haven't even met this guy before..." He started, "but I know what you're going to say."

"It's private" Elena whispered, "It's better people don't know"

"Is it?" Wren was being difficult, but eventually he left. Elena knew that Wren felt for her, and she was careful about it. She never led him on, or she tried not to. She made it a strictly brother-sister relationship. But he did not seem to understand fully. She did not want to hurt him.

When she walked into the house, he was standing there going through the CD's lined up in the rack. His eyes met her's in one of those ways that made her heart flutter with sentimental emotions. Elena dropped her pom-pom's on the floor running into his arms. "I missed you last month" she whispered, again- this was not a normal relationship. Elena wasn't even sure she knew how to have a normal relationship.

"Me as well" Kol said, kissing the top of her head. "Do you have any food in this joint? Did I get that right?"

"If you want to get beat up in the Bronx..." Elena snorted, "I'd get a refund"

"I might consider it" He shrugged, "How have you been?"

"Same old me" Liar. "You know how it is"

"I saw that video of you, impressive- I never used to take you as much of a party girl" Kol laughed, and Elena sensed something was wrong. He was making small talk, and he was using words that he never would. Usually it was more romantic than conversations. Not that everytime they met up like this they ended up sleeping together, because that was rarely the case. But usually it was a kiss on the lips, an I missed you more than you missed me and stories of what he had been up to, vs what she had been up to.

"What's wrong, Kol?" She asked the question, moving closer to him "You are hiding something important"

"I need a favor that destroys the idea of relocation" Kol smiled to himself "Would you like to be my date for a wedding, surely the wedding won't go through but hell, might as well attend"

"Depends on who's wedding it is" Obviously, it was someone's in Mystic Falls.

"Klaus's" Kol looked up at her, face sober as ever.