"So is everyone going to be there at the football practice" I asked Dawson, a team player
"Yes, and very excited for the game this weekend" he said, we said our goodbyes and I made my way to Tyler and Matt
"And there is Elena with her new boyfriend. Now, what are they doing? Oh, they're walking, walking, walking. Yep. Right into the sunset." Asked Tyler
"You are a dick" said Matt
"Don't rub it in his face" I said hitting on his head
"Ouch" he said rubbing the spot where I hit..
"What am I supposed to do Ty, she made her decision" said Matt disappointed
"No" I said to Tyler sternly
"what?" he asked
"I know that look. You are not hitting him with a ball" I said and he pouted. Did he really pout?
"You are no fun," he said going away.
"Hey Renee" someone said coming up to me. What was his name again?
"Hey Jared" I said with a friendly smile. He was in my arts class
"Hey,so I wanted to ask you for sometime now. Are you free this weekend? I would really like to take you out on a date" he said rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"Sorry Jared.." I started but he stopped me saying "I know you still like Colton and you are not ready to find a relationship" but I cut him off.
"I was saying, I can't make it on weekend as we have a football match. How about a rain check" I said. He was cute and freaking handsome.
"Sure. Just name the date and time" he said smiling.
"How about the founders party, will you be my date" I asked
"It will be my pleasure" he saida and we said our goodbyes
Later that day, we started practicing for the match as the cheerleaders were practicing on the other side of field. Stefan joined us after a while
"Hey Stef, ready to compel Mr. Tanner" I said and he looked taken aback
"What..what?" he asked
"He is not going to agree with you easily of what Matt told about your conversations. So you need to persuade him" I said noting to myself that I should keep my mouth shut..sometimes.
"Sure" he said uncomfortable. Now I made him awkward.
"Would you like me to come with you" I asked him referring to Tanner
"I think I can handle it" he said
"Alright, he will say the varsity trails are over and what not but all you have to do is show him you are good at this and he will take you in" I said and he smiles saying a thanks and left.
Just then I saw Damon Salvatore coming in his car with Caroline. I made my way when Bonnie was saying to Elena "That must be the mystery guy from the grill"
"Mystery guy? Why haven't I heard of him" Elena said. Oh I forgot, she didn't go to his house as Stefan was already at the grill the other day.
"That's not a mystery guy. He is Damon, Stefan's brother" I said making my presence known to them "And before you say anything, I met him at the grill yesterday and I didn't know Stefan had a brother until yesterday night"
Caroline got out of the car kissing Damon and making a comment to Elena saying "I got the other brother hope you don't mind" And Elena gave her a look not impressed
"Whats with you Salvatore brothers and getting girlfriends on their first day of introductions. Maybe I am a lucky charm to you" I said to Damon as he got down the car as well
"Hey Renee. Maybe you are" he saw the clothes I was wearing "You play football? I expected you to be a cheerleader" he said with his usual smirk
"Nope. Not my thing. That's Stefan's girlfriend's thing" I said pointing at Elena who is still watching us
"You must be Elena? I am Damon, Stefan's brother" he said to her
"Stefan didn't tell me, he had a brother" said Elena
"They have bit of a bad blood" I said to Elena.
"And how do you know that?" asked Damon
"I am very good at observing. The atmosphere around you both was tense and super awkward" I said to him. Before he could say anything Tanner called me as practice will start again and I said quick goodbyes to them and left
Stefan joined the practice and successfully made into the team as wide receiver. There was no problem in the game. Tyler didn't act like douche for Matt's sake and everything went peaceful. As I changed my dress to go home, Elena came to talk to me
"Yes?" I asked raising my eyebrow
"I wanted to invite you to my house tonight for Dinner. You, me, Bonnie and Stefan" she said
"What will I do with junior year students?" I asked
"I wanted to say Sorry to you for the way I acted and this is one way" she said. I don't want to deal with the awkward dinner
"Its alright Elena, I forgive you. You don't need to invite me anywhere" I said smiling
"But I will believe that when you come tonight and even Bonnie and Stefan like your company" she said pleading
"Fine. Tell me the time" I said finally giving in
"Hey Renee, thanks for coming and trying to make this less awkward" said Bonnie
"It's alright. However I still don't understand why you don't like him" I said to her chuckling. Just then the door bell rang and Elena left to open it "that must be Stefan" she said
After a while, I found myself werewolf ass sitting in the dinning room with a ex ripper, doppelganger and a witch.
"Let me just name the million other people I'd rather be having dinner with right now" I said Stefan's future dialogue when I saw the tense atmosphere. And everyone shot me a look.
"Did Tanner gave you hard time today" Elena started trying to make a conversation
"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right." Stefan said "And my team leader gave me a recommendation"
"OH! Come on you earned it" I said to him
"Well you gave me the push, otherwise I wouldn't have tried" he said smiling
"Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. He was so good on the field, and..."Elena said looking at the witch
"Yeah, I heard." Said Bonnie cutting her off in the middle
"Why don't you tell Stefan about your families" said Elena
"Well, You know about me. Mayor's daughter, Quarterback in football, social butterfly" I said
"Um, divorced. No mom. Live with my dad." Said Bonnie and I gave her a look "really?" now I feel shitty.
"No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool." Said Elena
"Cool isn't the word I'd use." Said Bonnie
"Of course, it's cool. Do you have a broom and wand in your attic" I asked excited and she shook her head chuckling
"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." Said Stefan. Nerd, I muttered with a smile
"My family came by way of Salem." Said Bonnie
"Really? Salem witches?" asked Stefan intrigued.
"Yeah." Said Bonnie
"I would say that's pretty cool." Said Stefan
"Really? Why?" asked Bonnie
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Stefan explained
"Yeah, they are." Said Bonnie smiling
"Guess you won her over" I said to Stefan and he smiled. Just then someone rang the bell "way to spoil a moment Damon" I thought
"I wonder who that could be." Said Elena getting up to check the door
"Surprise! Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought dessert." Caroline's voice sounded
"Oh." Elena said
"Hope you don't mind." Damon's voice said
Is that Damon and Caroline" I asked getting up as well
"WhatWhat are you doing here?" Stefan asked. When did he leave? Isn't he supposed to be stealth about this
"I swear I saw you in kitchen just now" I said to Stefan
"Really?" Damon asked smirking at Stefan who seemed nervous "and I am waiting for Elena to invite me in.
"Oh, yeah, you can..." Elena started
"No, no, no. He can't, uh...he can't stay. Can you, Damon?" asked Stefan. "Bad blood" I muttered
"Get in here." Caroline said impatiently
"We're just...finishing up." Stefan said
"It's fine. Just come on in." Elena said
"You have a beautiful home, Elena."
"Thank you." She said closing the door
"So Damon, what do you do, if you don't mind me asking" I asked him as we all sat in the living room.
"I took over our family business. We have wine factories" he said
"That explains your designer clothing. You wore John Varvatos yesterday and today it's Paul Smith" I said.
"Ofcourse you know. You are from Lockwood family" he said smirking. I knew it because my pops used to have a few and my Step mom Gracie would take me to shopping when she had to buy a gift on special occasions. We are not fully loaded but we can say we are upper middle class. However, now the Lockwood family has most of the property in Mystic falls. Some of my clothes are designer wear. Like 40 percent of them. But I can't be surprised because we throw a lot of parties and they were bound to be a few classy ones.
" I cannot believe that Mr. Tanner let you on the team. Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it." Said Caroline after a few minutes and I narrowed my eyes at her. But calmed down since she is under Damon's influence
"That's what I always tell him. You have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go get it." Said Damon
"Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines." Said Caroline
"I'll work with her. She'll get it." Said Bonnie
" I guess we can put her in the back." Mumbled Caroline and I raised my eyebrow
"You know, you don't seem like the cheerleader type, Elena. But you do" Damon said looking at me and Elena
"Oh, Renee has always been different than others and for Elena it's just 'cause her parents died. Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase. She used to be way more fun. And I say that with complete sensitivity." Caroline rambled
"I'm sorry, Elena. I know what it's like to lose both your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die." Said Damon
"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon." Said Stefan with a strained voice
"Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up. Mmm." Said Damon. Just then my phone rang and I excused myself
"Hey Matty blue, everything alright?" I asked
"Renee, I think you need to come to grill. Tyler's angry. He had a fight with Jeremy" said Matt
"Sure, I will be there in 10 minutes" I said
"Hey, I need to go guys. Sorry. Apparently your brother and mine got into a fight" I said making my way to living room where everyone is sitting.
"is it bad" Elena said
"No. Nothing serious. I just need to calm Ty" I said to her and she nodded
"You are leaving?" asked the older Salvatore
"Yeah but I will see you tomorrow. I am sure you will be there for your brothers first match" I said but I really didn't want him to come and munch on my coach. But he will come anyway.
"Of course" said Damon
""Bye Stef, Care, Dames, BonBon, Lena" I shouted as I made my way outside the house
"Where is he?" I asked Matt as soon as I entered the grill. He pointed at the direction and I went there.
"Ty, are you alright?" I asked sitting next to him. He relaxed as soon as he saw me
"It's just that dick. He is pushing my buttons and my temper is not exactly helping me" he said
"I understand" I said "but you can't kill him"
"Why because his Elena's little brother" Tyler said sarcastically
"No because then you will become a hairy dog" I said and we both chuckled. Anger long gone
"Let's play pool" I said dragging him
"Didn't you say you will be going to Gilbert's house tonight" he asked playing
"I did. And it was totally awkward. Damon came uninvited and Stefan didn't like it. Totally tense atmosphere. I thought Stefan will rip Damon's head out" I said
"So you should be thanking me" he said
"Yes. Thanq Tyler for getting in a fight with Jeremy and trying to become a alpha male" I said and he snorted. "Leave it already" he said.
"ok,ok,ok, Let's be honest here. In the past, sometimes we used to let other teams come into our town and roll right over us! But that is about to change. We've got some new talent tonight starting on the offense, we got new captains, a good wide receiver and I'm gonna tell you right now. I have only one thing to say to you...Your Timberwolves are hungry." Said Tanner. He didn't made any comments on Stefan like in the plot and Tyler didn't get angry. He didn't start a fight with Jeremy and Stefan didn't get cut. I just hoped Damon doesn't kill Tanner and we could play the game tonight. But No, he had to kill him. Poor coach. I couldn't even do anything. All I did was thought him as a fictional character and moved on. Because if not now, he is bound to die sometime soon, with all this nonsense going on and will go on. I think in this past week I came to the realization that I can't save everyone and save yourself when there are people without humanity running around. But I will keep my promise no matter what. I will live a perfect life and will look after Tyler for however long I stay here.
The school gave us holidays after Tanner's death as it can be dangerous for people and students when there are animal attacks going on. The next day after Tanner's death Tyler came barging into my room with a crazy idea in his mind.
"Renee, wakeup" He shouted entering my room on the Sunday morning
"It's 6 for godsake" I shouted into my pillow
"Yeah. And you need to get ready, we are going to be late for our road trip" he said
"Why did I not hear about this road trip before" I said still sleeping
"That's because I planned it last night. We are going to New Orleans" he said
"New Orleans" I said sitting up, my sleep long gone "Why are we going there?"
"Well yesterday, when the game got cancelled because of that animal attack, I kind of got angry at the Vampire. That got me thinking about our family secret. I want to know more about it. Before you go shouting at me, I wanted to be prepared on what's going on here and what will go on, we need to take some precautions before we loose something more precious. Like you. I can't loose you. If I can do something in my power to do it, I will do it"
"Tyler, I am happy that you want to protect me. I really am proud of you but the deeper you dig, the more problems you get into" I said slowly
"Renee we are already in this mess. Vampires are in town. We dont know how many and we dont know why they came here. They can still keep coming in next years. Even if Vampires weren't here, we still have a problem of our own. We can't say what future will bring us. If you don't want to come, I will understand" he said
"When did you prepare this speech?" I asked him
"Is that a yes" he asked avoiding the question
"Are you stupid. Do you really think I will send my little brother on his own when he goes to twilight zone. Now get out, I will get ready" I said pushing him off the bed.
"No need to worry about Mom and Dad. I told them we want to take a few days off from blood and Gore" said Tyler going out.
"Of course you did" I said going into closet and taking a few things to pack.
"Hey, how many days are we going for" I asked
"I don't know. We should be back by founders party" Tyler said
"But thats after a week" I said.
"Yup. So pack according to that" he said from the hallway
"Be safe" my TV Mom said as we sat in the car
"We will" I shouted back holding the steering wheel and ready to release the clutch.
"Bye Mom"Tyler said kissing her cheek and sitting in the passenger seat "Let's go" he told me
"You still didn't tell me why we are going to New Orleans" I asked once we passed the Mystic falls sign
"According to my research, New Orleans also has these mysterious animal attacks and some unusual things are going on there and the police have no clue about it" said Tyler
"So we are going to a place where Vampires are crawling and probably witches" I said
"And werewolves" added Tyler and I groaned. There are werewolves but they must be in there wolf forms and witches must still be there. They will perform harvest a year later I think. "Live a little Rii"
"I am so going to regret this idea" I said out loud turning the radio on.
So that's my next chapter. New Orleans here I come.
Let me know what you think about this.
Byeeee.