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Friday Night Bites Part One
1864…..
I see the warmth of the sun radiating through the drapes that are over the windows. Today is a day that I regretted before it came. Today is the Founders Ball. It will be filled with a tight coarsest and Emily, Katherine's hand-maid, pulling a brush through my wild curly hair. My father or one of my brothers will be escorting me to the ball this evening. Father doesn't trust any gentlemen in the town to even walk me home from education lessons. I have no idea what brother of mine will be escorting me tonight; I believe it will be the one that Miss Pierce doesn't want. I have many un lady like words that father would disapprove of when I describe her. She always seems to be taunting Damon and Stefan. Playing these different types of…mind games. A knock on my door releases me from my distraught thoughts. "Excuse me Miss Salvatore? Are you ready to begin?" The voice of Emily is light from the other side of the door. I pull myself out of my prison of sheets and blankets and walk over to the door to welcome Emily in. I smooth down my night gown as I lead her into my room. "Of course. Let's get this over with"
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My eyes open wide to see the sun rays letting them self into my bedroom through my open window. But today is not a day that I am regretting before it even begins. I have a study session with Jeremy today after school. I like to think of it as a study date though. I can't wait to see him today; we had an exciting night after Vickie stood him up. We talked until the closing of the grill and we were shooed out. We continued to hang out at Jeremy's house and we'd ended up watching Titanic. We made through half the movie before Jeremy fell asleep. I watched him sleep for a while maybe longer than I thought. He looked so peaceful; it seemed he had a perfect life in his dreams. But I also have my first art class of the semester today, which will be exciting. I pull myself out of the comfort of my bed and scoop up all the blankets and toss them back on the bed.
I skip over to my bathroom to get ready but end up tripping over a pair of legs but I catch my balance to see Damon sitting at my desk with my sketchbook in his hands. "You know what I find interesting is that you have old parchments shoved in here." He smirks. "Also I have to say, this boy that you have many sketches of looks awfully familiar. Maybe a certain Gilbert…" My brother doesn't have time to finish before I grab a pair of scissors and whip them at him not aiming in any pacific place. It ends up hitting him in the shoulder. He doesn't even flinch and just smiles and pulls them out. I yank my sketchbook from his grip as a few stray papers fall to the floor, but I'll pick them up later. "Stay away from him" I spat at him and storm my way into the bathroom slamming the door behind me. Damon just knows how to ruin someone's day even before it begins. I slide down the door and open to a sketch of Jeremy. I swear if Damon doesn't stay away from him I will personally rip his head off and burn him. I watch a stray tear land on Jeremy's left eye. After being in the bathroom for an hour, I stood there getting ready every other minute. I run out of my room grabbing random items and shoving them into my back pack. Stefan waits impatiently at the bottom of the stairs. He hands me my water bottle as I shove pass him .i grab it and head to the door. "Let's go" I mutter. I'm half way across the lawn when he catches up. "Morning to you too Miss Grumpy Pants" he laughs. "I'm not in the mood of laughter" I sigh. "One word…" he begins. "Damon" He says his name but I whisper it. He stops me and puts his hands on my shoulders and makes me look him in the eye. "You can't compel me" I remind him, I know he wants to grin but he keeps his stern face. "There is one word to describe Damon…" I cut him off. "Satan" he actually laughs and he walks ahead of me. "I was going to say jackass." I smile and wrap my arm around his shoulder and we walk to school as brother and sister.
We make our way to school and we hang out on the lawn at a table laughing until we see Elena and Bonnie and we make our way over to them. When we get there Bonnie gives us a weird look. It was the look she gave me when she had a witchy moment. "Good morning Elena, Good morning Bonnie" Stefan greets them as we stride over to them. "Um I gotta find Caroline. She's not answering her phone, so I'll catch you guys later" Bonnie makes up an excuse to leave but she doesn't look at Stefan nor I when she says that. When she leaves she gives Elena a weak smile. "Bye'; I Say but she doesn't look at me our returns a saying. "Bonnie Wait…" Elena calls after her but we all watch her ignore her as she leaves. Stefan looks at Elena, "She doesn't like me very much?" Stefan asks. Or me. "She doesn't even know you. She's my best friend. She's just looking out for me. But when she does she will love you." Elena reassures us as we walk toward the school across the green lawn. I use my vampire senses to look for Jeremy but I end up locating the idiot and Matt. "Look there's Elena and her new boyfriend, tagged along with Jeremy's stalker friend." Tyler says. What I am not the stalker in the Salvatore family. If any one should be called a stalker it should be Stefan for stalking Elena all summer. He continues, "Walking, Walking" I look at Matt and notice he is getting tensed up as he throws a football at Tyler. "Right into the sunset" Tyler says.
What the Hell is his problem; he enjoys making people feel terrible. No wonder he's into Vickie, they have the same thing in common. "You're a dick" Matt tells him off. But the idiot is not finished. "While you just stand there looking like one of those little yard trolls" he smirks. What idiot doesn't know what a gnome is? "Gnomes" Matt tells him. Thank you. I turn as Elena grabs my arm and turns me around, "Here's what were going to do. Are you two free tonight?" Elena asks. Stefan nods his head. Elena turns her head to look at me. "I'm just going to the library with your brother to finish a history report but I should be done before five." I tell her and shrug my shoulders. Her mouth is hung open. "Wow you are a miracle worker to get my brother to do homework, anyways perfect. Dinner, my house. 8:00." She informs us. "You, Alex, Bonnie and I. And she'll get to see what a great guy you are, and what an amazing girl Alex is. You guys will spend some quality time together mission accomplished. " She smiles at us. I all the sudden hear the sound of a ball spinning through the air toward us. I turn my head just in time to see Stefan turn and catch it at the last second. He smiles at Tyler and threw the ball back at him. When he caught it the pressure nearly knocked him over. Elena turns and gives Stefan an impressed smile. I pat my brother on my back and walk to my first period class.
The bell rings as I walk pass a bunch of stoners and notice Jeremy is there listening to his iPod shrugging Vickie off him. Good for him, I also notice he left is hair natural today. Not all spiked up, he looks pretty cute I sneak a smile and continue to Mr. Tanner's history class. I hurry in as the warning bell goes off and I scurry to my desk in the middle of the room and noting that Jeremy's will remain empty for the rest of the day. During class we get a lecture of the civil war. Already knowing the horrors of the war I decide to doodle in my note book. By the end of class I have a collection of cartoon flowers, scribble lines and smiley faces. "FYI class your history reports are due tomorrow. I expect everyone to be here so your each partner can receive full credit. Miss Salvatore I don't expect Mr. Gilbert to be showing up anytime soon" He gives me a little evil smile. As I walk pass his desk toward the door I tell him, "FYI Mr. Tanner Jeremy has a great conclusion prepared for you." I spat at him and leave the room. I don't ten to pay attention to the rest of the day because I'm just looking forward for my ninth period class, art.
Today we were given our first assignment, a simple sketch of a family member. I was thinking of drawing Stefan because he has always been there…well not always. I sneak through my personal sketchbook not the one we were given to in class and pull out a small parchment folded into a perfect square. As I unfold it reveals an image of a beautiful woman. My mother, it's hard to remember what she looks like because she passed when I was at the actual age of eleven years old. She died of asthma in the middle of winter. My father has never been the same after that, I never saw my mother's body after she died, it was all so quick. She seemed perfectly fine when she sang me asleep the night before. Instead of thinking my mother as dead I start to sketch her based of a sketch I did when I was a child so she can become alive again in the drawing. The door to the art room swings open to the last person I ever thought to walk into this room. Jeremy I don't know his middle name Gilbert. He goes over to the teacher and gives him a lame excuse but he buys it anyways. Maybe because Mr. Moose is so old he doesn't care anymore. I stop my drawing as the teacher hands him a sketch book and instructs him to sit at the desk in front of mine. I quickly avert my eyes and continue on drawing my mother. Every so often I glance to see what he's drawing knowing he probably won't be focusing on the assignment. I try to sneak a peek but his shoulder is blocking my view. He turns around and glances at me, but I turn my attention to my assignment. The bell rings and its finally the end of the day which means time to go to the library with Jeremy.
He's already out of the room but is waiting for me at the door. "Hey" he says flatly. I give a wide smile and offer him my arm. He sighs and smiles as I use my begging face which no one can resist, not even Damon. He takes my arm and we head toward the library. "I didn't know you could draw, I… uh took a look at the women you were drawing." He says. "Well you're the one that surprised me the most, you were the person I least expected to walk into that room.' I nudge him on the shoulder as we walk up the stairs to the library. He stares at me. 'I mean that in a good way." I quickly recover. "Well it's just the fine arts credit I'm required to take.' He shrugs. We make our way over to the computers as I log onto the one closest to the windows. I put my hand out as Jeremy hands me his thumb drive, "Thank you.' I say as I pop it into the computer. And on the monitor pops up our six and a half page essay, it was a complete success. "You know that 'art elective' you're taking is an advanced class" I tell him, knowing he doesn't want to tell me he can draw. "Must be a mistake in the scheduling." He tries to shrug it off but I will hold him to it. "Just so you know Tanner already informed me if you don't show up to class tomorrow he will fail both of us." I inform him as I get up to go to the printer and grab the report. "I'll think about it' he says it like he really doesn't care. "You better come it's the first major assignment for me of the school year. And in a new school I want to make I good impression." I complain. "I said I'll think about it." Jeremy says flatly. I give him a disapproving look.
We gather our materials at the computer desk we were at. "So do you want to go get something to eat at the grill?" Jeremy asks. I would so love to but It's getting late and I have to go over to his and Elena's house for dinner. "I would love to…but" he cuts me off. "But what?" "I promised your sister that I would have dinner with her, Bonnie and Stefan." I give him a weak smile. "So you can't hang out with me because you're going to my house to have dinner." He says confused. I laugh, "Exactly!" I laugh as we pass the grill. "I'll tell you what stop by my room later tonight so we can hang out. Promise?" he asks. "Promise." I hold out my pinky for pinkies swear. Jeremy looks at me like I'm a little girl but smiles and accepts. We go our separate ways as I turn I wave goodbye and Jeremy does the same. I quickly make my way through the town of Mystic Falls as I walk toward Jeremy and Elena's neighborhood to meet Stefan for dinner. I see him sitting on the front steps waiting for me. "Finally you're here." He says as he gets up and gives me a welcoming hug. "Well I had to rain check a date." I smile and Stefan gives me an odd look like I was insane. "What you actually thought I would never get a date in my life" I say surprised. He puts his hands up in defense as I knock on the door.
The first twenty minutes of dinner we all sat in an awkward silence. Stefan and I just played with our food most of the time. We can't eat too much human food doesn't react well with our selves. Elena finally speaks up, "So did Tanner give you a hard time today?" Stefan puts down the fork he wasn't using. "Well he let me on the team, so I must of done something right" Stefan says. Elena smiles glad for Stefan I smile as well because this is the first I heard Stefan playing football in decades. "Bonnie you should've seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball…" Elena was all excited to tell Bonnie about this until Bonnie said, "Yeah I heard." We then entered another awkward silence. Elena comes up with another ice breaker. "Bonnie why don't you tell Stefan and Alex about your family." She suggests. Bonnie puts down her drink. "Parents divorced, only child…" Bonnie lists things off until Elena buts in. "No about the witches." This gets Stefan and my attention. "Bonnie has a lineage of witches from Salem." Elena says. Bonnie actually looks at us and gives us a weak smile. "Elena don't. There not interested." Bonnie says. "Actually it sounds pretty interesting. I myself don't know much but I would like to learn a little." I say. Everything I just said is actually true. I tried to ask Emily to show me little spells but she always said there reserved for something. "Salem witches are heroic examples of independence." Stefan informs us but mostly he is speaking to Bonnie. She seems really happy by that statement. It seems like that made her entire day. I smile knowing she's happy. "Yeah they are." Bonnie says. The ding dong of the doorbell goes off and Elena gets up to go answer. We all get up to follow, we watch as Elena opens the door to reveal Caroline and Damon…he looks right at us and smirks. "We brought cake." Smiles Caroline.
