DAMON'S POV:
I had been wandering around after Stefan and Elena left to prepare their float.
By chance, I caught sight of a familiar head of hair. Long black hair, hanging straight down her back. I walked forward, a smirk on my face, and tapped her shoulder.
She turned around and when she caught sight of me, her eyes widened. "You," she said, looking surprised.
"What, did you think I was a dream?"
Her eyes shifted guiltily.
I raised a brow at her, still smirking. "I don't think your imagination is good enough to dream up this much attractiveness."
She laughed and then got serious. "You know that guy from last night that I told you about?"
I nodded. Oh I remembered. I remembered the way he screamed and the way that his blood had oozed between my teeth.
"He's dead. It was on the news this morning. They think he was attacked by an animal."
I tried to put on a concerned face. "There are a lot of animal attacks around this town."
"So what are you doing at this thing?" she asked, looking around. "Aren't you a bit old to be going to a high school parade?" If only she knew.
"I'm only 24, ma'am. I enjoy a good parade as much as anyone."
She chuckled and shook her head.
"So why aren't you with your friends?" I asked, looking around, for some reason grateful that she wasn't talking with anybody.
She shrugged, blushing. "I don't really have any. I just moved here. I'm new in town, remember?"
I vaguely remembered something like that. "So this is your first day of school?"
She nodded, lifting a slim hand to brush her bangs behind her ear where the front few pieces promptly fell back in front of her face.
I smirked. "Well, now you've got a friend," I leaned against the tree beside her.
She gave me an odd look, the dimple in her chin deepening as her hazel eyes brightened.
"Damon?" I heard a familiar voice ask, a note of panic obvious only to me.
Kaila's attention was turned away from me, but I kept my eyes on her. "Hello, Bonnie."
"Who's this?" I glanced up in time to see Bonnie's eyes nervously dart between me and Kaila. She thought I was toying with another girl just to get to her throat. Ahh, but this time the witch was wrong. I don't know why, but she was.
"Bonnie, this is Kaila Stevens. Kaila, meet Bonnie Bennett."
Bonnie stepped forward, a pleasant smile aimed at Kaila. "Hi. You know, you could come over here and sit with me to watch the parade if Damon's bothering you." She gave me a playful look that, to the untrained eye really seemed joking. But I knew she was just trying to get the girl safely away from me.
"Well, he's really n-"
"No, she's right," I said, staring Bonnie down. "Go ahead and make some friends." I turned to give her a sarcastic grin.
She hesitated. "Well… Okay."
Bonnie smiled at her and motioned for her to follow her over to the area she had staked out to watch the parade.
Kaila turned around before following after Bonnie. "I'll see you later?"
I lifted one side of my mouth in a half-smile. "Sure. Later, gator." I lifted my hand in a goodbye gesture as she walked toward Bonnie. I couldn't help but feel a little smug when I saw a guy or two watch her and then glance back at me, scowling darkly.
She would have no problem living in this town. At least I hope not.
KAILA'S POV:
Something I noticed about Damon Salvatore: he tended to use sarcasm in everything he said. Even when he wasn't being sarcastic. Just his tone indicated that everything he was telling you was either meant to be mean, or that everything was a joke to him. An ironically cruel joke, but a joke nonetheless.
Bonnie was a nice girl, she just seemed to have some kind of a problem with Damon.
I watched the floats go by as people cheered and I caught sight of Damon in front of us, waving to the Miss Mystic Falls float.
At the very top was a blond girl with a boy that looked vaguely familiar. He was the bus boy from the grill. Below them was a tan, beautiful young girl with another boy I didn't think I had ever seen. But he was looking right at Damon and scowling.
"That's my best friend, Elena," Bonnie told me, pointing to the tan girl.
"Who's that that's with her?"
"That's Stefan Salvatore. Damon's younger brother."
I deflated. That was his brother, and that was his brother's girlfriend. The one he had been talking about last night. Of course the incredibly hot guy I had befriended was in love with someone so gorgeous. My slim waist had nothing on her model-thin midsection. My straight black hair looked like a frazzled mess compared to her glossy brown curls. My freckly skin was merely that of a grade school child next to her aesthetic olive toned complexion.
"I bet she'd love to meet you," Bonnie said, distractedly, watching Damon's back suspiciously.
"Cool," I said, actually meaning it. Just because I was ridiculously jealous of Damon's feelings toward her didn't mean I wasn't going to give her a chance to be my friend.
The parade went by surprisingly quickly, and Bonnie was soon tugging on my wrist, guiding me down the high school halls. "Come on, she's this way!"
I just laughed and followed her. We turned a corner to see Elena and Stefan, walking hand-in-hand in our direction.
"Elena, there you are," Bonnie said on a sigh. "This is Kaila. She's new."
Elena's face brightened and she gave me a bright smile, holding her hand out to me. "Hi, its nice to meet you. I'm Elena Gilbert."
I shook her hand.
"I'm Stefan Salvatore," said the bronze-haired, friendly brother of possibly the most sarcastic person I had ever met.
I shook his hand as well. "Kaila Stevens. I've met your brother."
His expression instantly fell. His eyes darted to Bonnie, who I saw shake her head out of the corner of my eye. Then he gave me a controlled smile, though I could see the alarm in his eyes. "Well, I hope he didn't give you too much trouble."
I shook my head. "Oh, no. He was perfectly nice."
Elena looked confused and Stefan cocked a brow at me.
"Well, lets go and enjoy the festivities, shall we?" Bonnie asked in the awkward silence, gesturing down the hall.
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