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Hi guys, my apologies for the long wait. The last few weeks have been really busy but I wrote an extra long chapter to make up for the long wait. I hope you enjoy it and I am always open for feedback and suggestions of any kind! :)

CHAPTER FOUR

I was woken up by someone banging on my door. "Maggie, get up! We've got to get ready for school!" I heard a voice say which didn't sound like Ben's voice at all. Suddenly, I remembered where I was, got out of my bed and slowly made my way to the door. When I opened the door, I saw Elena standing there who was already fully dressed, holding a steaming mug of coffee in her hands. "Morning." I said with a yawn and gave her a tired smile, having not really gotten much sleep the night before. "Hey, did you sleep well? You look a bit tired." she asked and handed me the coffee. I sighed. "Nope. I had trouble falling asleep. Had too much on my mind." I said while thinking about her weird conversation with her boyfriend Stefan last night. I wasn't really a morning person, but I didn't want to be rude either so I made my way downstairs to the kitchen with Elena trailing behind, to eat some breakfast.

Jenna was already in the kitchen. She, too, was still wearing her PJs and was apparently trying to prepare some breakfast for us but was failing miserably. I chuckled and walked over to see what she was trying to cook. There was a pile of burned toast and something that looked like it could be an omelette. "Here, Jenna. Let me help you." I said and softly moved her out of the way. She thanked me and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in her hands.

I looked at the mess she had made and decided that I wouldn't be able to save any of it, so I turned around and asked "Anyone up for pancakes?" The other two cheered and as I started looking through the cupboards, I hurt a door open upstairs and a few seconds later Jeremy came down the stairs into the kitchen. "Did someone say pancakes?" he asked and let his eyes hopefully wander around the kitchen, stopping on the omelette-like-food in the pan. "That's not the pancakes, right?" he asked with his eyes fixed on Jenna's breakfast, a disgusted look on his face. We burst out laughing and Elena explained my pancake plans to him while I started to mix the correct ingredients in a bowl.

Ten minutes later, I had prepared about a dozen delicious looking pancakes and everyone enjoyed their breakfast while Jenna asked me some questions about my old school and about what subjects I was planning on taking here in Mystic Falls, before she went upstairs to get dressed. After a few minutes chatting with Elena and Jeremy, the doorbell rang and Elena jumped to her feet. "That must be Stefan! He is a bit early though, I thought we had at least another half an hour left…" While Elena went to open the door, I started to collect the used plates and carried them over to the dishwasher. I heard how Elena opened the door and decided it wouldn't hurt to quickly put the dishes away before meeting her boyfriend until she said "Damon. What the hell are you doing here?" Oops, apparently not her boyfriend I thought and chuckled to myself, while I tried to fit everything into the dishwasher.

When I looked up and turned around, I let out a small scream. Right in front of me stood the most beautiful man I had ever had the fortune to lay my eyes on. He was tall, had black hair and ice blue eyes which were looking down at me with an amused twinkling in them. "Holy cricket, you scared me." I said with a nervous laugh and held my hand out. "Hi, I'm Maggie." In my head I was trying to ignore the fact that I was still in my PJs and hadn't showered in two days while I tried to look at him as confident as I could. He smirked, took my hand in his and brought it to his lips. "Damon Salvatore, pleased to meet you." He winked at me and I quickly ripped my hand out of his grip which was surprisingly strong. I hated it when guys were super flirty. He was just way too forward and I wasn't ready to let anyone in at the moment.

I gave him a fake smile and quickly strolled past him and Elena, telling her that I was gonna get ready for school in my room, but he caught my arm and made me turn around. "Not so fast, princess. I haven't had any time to admire your beautiful outfit yet." I looked down at my pyjama shorts and wide, baggy t-shirt and narrowed my eyes at him. "Listen, pretty boy. I know you think you can get me with your flirty comments and playing the bad boy but that's not gonna work on me, okay? I know exactly how you "bad boys" work, so do yourself a favour and leave me alone, okay?" I ripped my arm out of his grip and nearly run to my room, slamming my door shut.

Standing in front of the mirror, I examined myself. I wasn't too fond of how I looked but there wasn't anything I could do about it. It took me at least five minutes to decide what to wear on my first day at Mystic Falls High so I had to hurry up in the bathroom. In the shower, I tried to relax but all I could think about was Damon and his stupid try to flirt with me in front of the rest of the family. He reminded me a lot of my ex-boyfriend, Jared, who had been exactly like him at the beginning and me being a naïve fifteen year old girl, had fallen straight for his act before he dropped me like a hot potato after cheating on me for three months with my best friend. To say I had trust issues was an understatement, especially because I found out about the whole thing the day after my parents funeral.

My thoughts got interrupted by Jeremy who was knocking on the door to ask if he could use the bathroom so I quickly wrapped myself in a towel and made my way over to my bedroom to get dressed. I decided against wearing any makeup which I didn't like anyway and quickly packed my bag for school before quietly walking towards the stairs.

Suddenly, I heard Elena say "Leave Maggie alone, Damon. She's been through a lot of shit and she doesn't deserve being pulled into this." He however let out a low chuckle. "Pulled into this? Newsflash Elena, she is already deep in this shit. She lives with you. How long do you think will it take her to figure out that something is going on, hm? But being the kind and generous person that I am, I will try to leave her alone. But don't expect too much from me, okay? Remember I'm the "bad boy" as she so poetically put it and bad boys do bad things."

I stopped dead in my track and listened to their conversation. "Damon, please. Katherine is still on the loose, Stefan and I are fake fighting and Jeremy wants to get involved in everything. So can you please be my friend and listen to what I tell you because I-"but Damon held up a finger to stop her and turned around looking in my direction. "You do know it's rude to listen to other people's conversations, right?" he asked me and raised one eyebrow at me. I flushed of embarrassment becaus I got caught and send an apologetic look in Elena's direction.

Ignoring Damon completely, I walked down the stairs to the door to put my shoes on. "When do we have to leave Elena?" I asked her while slipping on my boots. "We have about ten minutes left. I'm gonna meet up with Stefan really quickly but we will drive to school separately." I heard Damon chuckle but decided to ignore it. "Why do you have to drive to school separately?" I asked curiously. Elena opened her mouth to answer my question, but Damon beat her to it.

"Because she and my dear brother are fake fighting as you probably overheard while you were spying on us from upstairs. There's a crazy, jealous bitch on the loose who they're trying to trick. It's none of your business though, so don't worry your pretty little head about it, princess." I scowled at him and put my arms on my hips.

I obviously wasn't doing a very good job at looking intimidating because he merrily smirked at me and looked down at my small body. "Okay, Damon, let's make some things clear here, okay? First of all: I am NOT your "princess". Second of all, I wasn't spying on you guys, I just happened to be upstairs while you guys had a conversation which I obviously wasn't allowed to hear for whatever reason. And third of all: if Elena and her boyfriend are fighting, how is it your business?"

Damon took a step into my direction but I didn't back down and simply glared up at him. Elena was watching the exchange with a slightly amused but at the same time a little scared look on her face. "Look little girl, you do not want to mess with me. I am much older and stronger than you might think and it's none of your fucking business what's going on in my life and what I have to do with Stefan and Elena, alright? Let's make a deal: I stay out of you life and you stay out of mine and no one's gonna get hurt." He smirked down at me and then said "And remember: curiosity killed the cat."

With a final, threatening look in my direction and a smirk in Elena's direction he strolled towards the door and opened it, only to find another really attractive guy standing in front of the door who was glaring at him. "Well hello Stefan, what a surprise to see you here." he said, his voice heavy with sarcasm. "Damon." Stefan replied with a worried look in Elena's direction, entered the house and protectively pulled Elena in his arms. "What are you doing here?" he asked Damon angrily and his green eyes basically send daggers Damon's way. "I was just on my way out." Damon replied with a smirk and walked through the front door. Wow, they seriously had some issues in their family. On the porch he turned around one last time. "Good bye, Elena. Nice too meet you, princess." he said with a wink in my direction, got into his car which was just as beautiful as he was, and drove off.

There was an awkward silence and then Stefan stepped forward and held out his hand. "Hi, I am Stefan, Elena's boyfriend and Damon's brother." I smiled at him. "Nice to finally meet you, I'm Maggie. "