CHAPTER 2

" But who could have invited you?" asked Caroline while she was texting at the same time.

" Caroline I swear I have no freakin' clue! I don't know if I should feel honored or creeped out about this. I mean, at the beginning I was like " Yes! I get to wear a fancy dress and feel like a princess", but then I went like " Crap! What if it is a trap?" said Stella.

" Well, the truth is that there is only one way to find out. You have to go. Besides, I'll be there, Caroline will be there and Matt, too. What could possibly happen? There will be so many people gathered, that the Mikaelsons won't try anything risky. And Esther doesn't like "accidents", so I hope that everything will be fine." said Elena in an attempt to convince Stella to come with them.

" I don't know. Something tells me that it's going to be a long night. In a bad way of course." Stella said still a little bit unconvinced.

"Oh come on! Don't be such a girl! What if the love of your life will be inside the ballroom? Are you willing to miss a chance of finding your prince?" asked Caroline with a dreamy smile on her face.

"Caroline are you listening to yourself right now? 'Cause if you are, you definitely need to pay a visit to that therapist of yours. The room will be full of vampires, which directly translates to danger. Do you think that I'll have the time to be romantic?" Stella asked with disbelief.

"Oh well, danger and romance always go together." Caroline said with a wink at her friend.

"Girls I'm sorry, but I have to go. Alaric will take Jeremy and I to do some blood tests. He's still trying to be a good guardian, so he does some weird and unnecessary things sometimes. See you tomorrow at the ball!" said Elena as she made her way through the exit.

"Bye Elena see you!" Caroline waved back. " Stella I almost forgot! I have to go too. My mom told me to pass by the police station to give me a lecture about the last chemistry test. As you can see it didn't go very well…"

" Caroline it's fine, I understand. Sometimes I wish my mom spent a little of her time to lecture me about a test, but no, she has to stay at the hospital until 11 p.m. It's really frustrating."

" Stella I don't mean to offend you, but you realize that what you're saying is completely irrelevant right?" said Caroline.

" Right. Sorry about that small outburst. Maybe we both need to see your therapist one day."

" Yeah" said Caroline with a small laugh. " See you!"

"Bye Caroline."

Stella sighed as she approached the bar. She just couldn't stop thinking about the reason that someone invited her to the damn ball. Nobody of the Originals knew her personally, or at least she thought so. Klaus was busy with his hybrids and wooing Caroline and Rebekah was desperately trying to make Matt fall in love with her. Then there was Elijah, but no way. What could he possibly want with her? As far as Stella knew, Elijah was the most noble of his siblings and always had an interest in the Petrova doppelgangers. The other one, the eldest one, was Finn, but the guy was in a coffin for almost a millennium , so there is no chance that he could have sent the invitation. And finally there was Kol. She had never seen him, but she had heard about him. Mostly form Damon and from Elena. According to them, Kol was malicious and wicked, emotionless with no regard for human life. Therefore, since she hadn't encountered him and since he was, well, evil, she couldn't think why he would invite her. Maybe he wanted to play her. Feed on her. Kill her, but where did he see her? And most importantly when?

" Could I have a coke please?" Stella asked the barman while she was thinking.

" Here you are. "

"Thank you."

" Actually, it's a treat from the man on your right, at the end of the bar."

" What?" asked Stella as she turned around to see the person who bought her the coke.

It was a young man in his early twenties. He had short brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. He wore a leather jacket and Stella could guess that he was quite tall. He was constantly looking at her with a smirk on his beautiful face.

Stella didn't know what to do. Sit next to him and thank him for the coke or just ignore him. He was a stranger after all and he could be dangerous. But she didn't want to seem rude, so she decided to talk to him instead. He was a bit charming, too so why not?

"Hey" said Stella, " Thanks for the coke."

"Hello there love. It's my pleasure" the young man said with an English accent. His voice was smooth like silk that sent a shiver to her spine.

So he was English, Stella thought. Interesting. Very Interesting.

" I'm Stella by the way." she said as she introduced herself.

" I know love. I have heard a lot about you."

" Really now? Only good things I suppose? But from whom did you hear about me?" Stella said a bit worried. Who was this guy?

" Ah it's doesn't really matter sweetheart. The thing is that I want to get to know you. You seem to be… different."

" Yeah well, I don't really like conversing with people that I don't know so why don't you tell me you name for starters?

" You'll find out who I am soon enough love. Don't worry." the guy said wearing the same smirk on him face as he did before. " See you soon." was all that he said before he grabbed his phone and left the Grill.

What the hell just happened?