Back to Lucy's POV btw, just so you know . Please review and please don't be mean. My original characters have feelings and Lucy can get very angry. If you think something I've written is annoying/stupid/wrong/could be done better please tell me so I can improve the story and if you want something to happen please say. I don't own vampire diaries (or so you think).

Chapter 4

I wake up really early, not on purpose, I just can't really sleep. In America there is no school uniform! This is good but kinda bad seeing as I'm not really sure what to wear. In Scotland it was a shirt, tie and skirt. Simple. Here, well I don't really know what to wear. I opt for my usual denim skirt, tee shirt and a pair of sparkly converses. Casual but not too casual. I sit down to breakfast, the most important meal of the day and wolf down some cereal. My mum comes down at about 8.

"Hey mum when can you give me a lift to school" I ask

"You'll have to walk, I have a very important meeting and I don't want to be late" she says pouring some coffee.

"How am I meant to get to school?" I shout

"Walk?" she says dismissively while heading out the door "Don't wait up. Oh and I left money in the living room"

I can't believe she just left me on my FIRST DAY! So much for supportive parent! I pack up my bag and fish out a tiny map of the area. Its 8.15 when I leave, but I'm almost certain I'll be late if I even make it to school. I set off in what I hope is the right direction.

I am sooooooo lost. It is 20 to 9 and I literally have no idea where I am. I sit down on the kerb feeling utterly defeated when a car beeps it's horn at me. It stops and a small girl about my age with short almost black hair steps out. She's wearing red boots, a multi coloured skirt, yellow top with the words Not So Normal written on it and a red berrie.

"You look really lost" she says "I'm guessing your trying to get to mystic falls high?"

"Yep" I reply "And I am completely lost"

"Want a lift?" she asks. I nod, I have no chance of getting to school on time without a ride. I get in the car.

"You have a weird accent" she says starting the engine "Where ya from?"

"Glasgow" I reply "It's in Scotland"

"Cool" she says "So is this like your first day?"

"Yep" I say

"Isn't one of your rentals meant to be giving you a lift then?" she says

"Well work always takes priority over me" I say bitterly "I'm Lucy by the way"

"Pherenike" she says "WHAT THE FU . . ."

A bird hits the windshield and she swerves to the right. I grip my seat belt tightly, glad I've always been safety conscious.

"Okay that was scary" she says breathing hard. It takes us 5 more minutes of careful driving until Pherenike parks the car.

"We're here" she says getting out the car "I'll see ya around"

"Yeah see ya" I say as I head over to the administration building just as the bell rings.

American classes are very different. It's different exams, different subjects (well except for the basics) and they do loads of pop quizzes. At lunch I sit down at a bench in the grassy area of the grounds feeling exhausted and totally overwhelmed.

"Hey Lucy" says Pherenike sitting down opposite me "How did it go?"

"I think it went okay" I reply looking over to the concreted area of the grounds. A blonde haired girl and two guys stand talking to my history teacher Mr Saltzman. The black haired boy seems to be shouting at him. The brown haired guy turns and looks straight at me. Our eyes lock. I turn away looking down at the bench.

"See that guy over there, the black haired one, he's a total jerk" says Pherenike pointing

"Who are those people?" I ask

"Emm I think the blonde girl and the guy with brown hair are Elena and Stefan" she says "I don't know about the jerk though"

"Oh" I say and turn back to my lunch.

I get home and surprise surprise mum isn't home. I poke around the fridge and find something fairly edible. After a quiet dinner I decide to go for a run. Running helps me clear my head, makes me feel calm. It's getting dark so I decide to be quick. I cut across the road. I don't see the car coming. I try to screem but stand rooted on the spot like a deer caught in the headlights. Everything goes black.