Mystic Falls, Virginia
Alex runs downstairs so quickly that Theresa stops her. "Alex? Where are you going?" She is sitting in the kitchen, still in her pajamas and bathrobe, drinking a cup of coffee like she did every morning. Her hair was pulled up into curlers.
Alex saw her mother and groaned. Did she always have to look like that? It was already noon! When was she going to get dressed? Well, at least Alex knows where she gets her laziness from...
"I, uh, I'm heading over to the Mystic Grill?" She states matter-of-factly.
Theresa raises her eyebrows. "Yes, but you were just there last night. What's the rush?"
Uh oh...How is she going to answer that? Her mom can't know she's going to get her wand, because she wasn't allowed to bring it in the first place. "I'm, uh, meeting some friends."
Alex starts to turn toward the door when her mother speaks once more. "The friends from last night?"
"Sure."
"I'd like to meet them."
Crap...
"No offense, Mom, but that would just scare them off. I don't want to spend my whole summer hanging out with you."
Theresa gets that 'mad' look on her face again, which makes Alex frown. "Saying 'no offense' does NOT make it any less offensive."
"Sorry, Mom. Erm, when should I be back?" She decides she's going to take Mason's advice and try to listen to her mother's rules. Maybe if she does, she can go home earlier than planned. Let's face it - she hates it here.
She shrugs, "Just come back in time for dinner. I would like one meal with you this summer."
Alex smiled and ran out the door. Wand, here I come.
When Alex walks up to the Mystic Grill, she sees a preppy looking blonde girl standing at the door and handing out flyers. She wonders what they're for...Maybe something interesting is in this town after all.
She walks up to the girl (who is a lot taller in person considering she's a good four inches taller than Alex. She reminds Alex of that girl Elena she met last night. They're about the same height), and the girl smiles at her. "Hi! My name is Caroline Forbes and there is a fair tonight with games, rides, food, all kinds of stuff." She hands Alex the flyer. "You should come."
Alex puts on the most real smile she has worn this entire time. "Yeah, I'll be there."
Alex starts walking away when Caroline calls after her. "Hey! Are you new or something?"
Man, this town must be small since everyone can tell I'm the new girl, Alex thinks.
"Yeah, but I'm only staying for the summer. My Mom has a house here. I'm Alex Russo."
She smiles wide. "Welcome, Alex. If you need help finding your way, just let me know. Oh, and the fair is in the town square, which is right there" -she points- "if you didn't already know that."
"I didn't know that...Thanks, I guess."
This time, Alex turns and walks into the grill and the door closes just as Caroline says 'hi' to another complete stranger. How she was able to trust people she did know, Alex has no idea.
She walks over to the booth in which she was previously occupying and is unfortunate to see that a couple is sitting there already. Well, she has to make up some excuse to look around the floors. She snaps her fingers, the perfect plan popping into her head.
Alex walks up to the couple and they look annoyed. The girl narrows her eyes. "Are you here to take our orders or what?"
"I don't work here."
"Then will you go away?" The boy says.
"Actually," Alex says, "I seem to have lost a contact. Mind if I check the floors?"
The girl shrugs. "Whatever. But be quick."
Alex's eyes narrow. If she has her wand, she will turn that girl into a fog without the slightest feeling of guilt. She hates her already. She's obviously not much of a people person.
She gets onto her hands and knees and looks under the table, patting the ground as if she were looking for a contact that she doesn't own, or even need for that matter. She frowns when she sees her wand is not there. Dang. But she pretends she found her contact since the rude couple is staring down at her. "Found it." She stands and pretends to wipe dust off on her shirt.
"It's about time," the girl says, rolling her eyes obviously.
"You know what?" Alex has seriously had enough. First she gets in a fight with her mother and has to stay in the awful town for three whole months, then she has to drive a drunken man home who pins her against the wall in inhuman speed and strength, and now she has to deal with this bitch? Hell no. "I don't care if you don't like the fact that I had to look for a contact that I misplaced. You're a witch, you know that?"
"What did you just call my girlfriend?" The boy asks as the snob gasps, bringing her hands to her mouth in a way-too-dramatic manner.
"You heard me, jock." She looks back to the girl and smiles wickedly, insults running through her head. "I mean, she isn't even that attractive. Can't you see that giant zit forming on her forehead? Oh, and speaking of her forehead, it's abnormally large isn't it?"
The girl lets out a shocked scream and her hands shoot to her forehead. She stands up. "Bitch." And with that said, she runs off to the bathroom screaming.
Alex turns to the boy and waves 'good-bye' to him. He has offended look on his face, but she doesn't care. She had to take out her anger one someone, and better them than her mother.
Alex walks up to the bar, remembering how she tripped on the stool last night and fell to her hands and knees. That must be when the wand flew out, she thinks to herself. She rests her arm on the bar and the same bartender from the night before is there. She lets out a groan and walks up to Alex as she wipes a glass dry.
"No kids allowed."
"Again, I'm not buying anything."
"I don't care. Damon isn't here this time, so get away from my bar!"
Alex sarcastically puts her hands up in surrender and takes a step away, removing her arm from the counter. "There. I'm not technically at your bar anymore."
Alex thinks she stomps her foot like a child who doesn't get what she wants and walks away. Alex rolls her eyes and turns in the direction where she fell. "It has to be here...Please be here. There is no way I can go back to that house."
She gets on her hands and knees once more, wishing the people who run this place will dust and mop more often. Something shiny catches her attention and she goes up to it. Her red wand is under a seat, sticking out by the tip. She picks it up and wipes the dust off of it with her hand. She smiles. "Gotcha."
By twelve thirty - only thirty minutes after she left Justin in New York - Juliet finds herself standing a few feet from the Mystic Grill. She had a satisfied grin on her face. She absolutely adores the vampire speed.
She runs up (human speed) to a blonde girl handing out flyers. "Caroline."
A huge smile forms on Caroline's face and she brings Juliet into a hug. "Jules! How are you? I haven't seen you since I was a kid and you were...The same age."
Juliet smiles at her cousin. They're related, even though Juliet has been a vampire for hundreds of years. Beforehand, however, she had a sister how ran away after she refused to become a vampire like Juliet and her parents. After that, she created a huge line of relatives. Caroline was the latest generation. It's ironic, however, that Caroline just so happens to be a vampire as well. So much for the continued bloodline...
Except Caroline is a different kind of vampire than Juliet. Just the kind she is about to warn Alex about. Although, Caroline seems to be nothing like them. She's still sweet and tries to be as human as possible, except for the fact that she has to drink blood to stay strong.
Juliet releases from the hug. "Yeah, I've been in New York for a few years now. I'm dating this guy who is the sweetest thing."
"Oh! Good for you!" Caroline sounds genuinely happy for her. "So why are you here all of a sudden and not with this guy of yours."
"I was just with him, but I have to talk to someone."
"Who? Maybe I know this person."
"Oh, you wouldn't. She just got here." Juliet starts looking over Caroline's shoulder and into the grill to see if she sees Alex.
"Her name doesn't happen to be Alex Russo, does it?" she asks.
Juliet's eyes widen. "You know her?"
"I just met her. Sweet, but bitter type of girl. Long, curly black hair, kind of short." She describes.
Juliet nods. "That's her. Where is she."
"In the grill."
Juliet nods a 'thank you' and darts into the grill, searching the room for Alex. She finally sees her wiping the dust off her wand. Why the heck is she holding it up in public like that? Is she trying to expose herself? "Alex!" Juliet calls from across the room.
Alex looks up and frowns with wide eyes when she sees Juliet run up to her. Juliet reaches her in moments.
"Why are you here?" Alex asks.
"I came to warn you." Juliet says.
"About what?" Now, Alex takes her wand and puts it in her back pocket, hiding the rest of it with her red flower tank top.
"This town is not a normal town, Alex." Her voice lowers to a whisper. "Like in Waverly Place, there are supernatural beings here, though they are much unlike the ones you know, and some love."
Alex thinks of Mason, her werewolf boyfriend.
"I'm not the only type of vampire out there, Alex. There are others, much stronger ones. And they all reside here. You must be careful because you never know who is a vampire and who isn't. The vampires here, unlike my kind, kill for their blood. Well, most of them. They're eyes turn to a demonic red with black veins from the bottom. Their teeth are much larger than mine, and therefore can bite into the toughest of skin. They can run at the speed of light and they cannot walk in the sunlight. However, most these days have a special item they use that lets them walk in the sun and not get burned. Are you following me?"
Alex's mouth hangs open. Her mother brings her to this town to leave magic and supernatural behind, but this town is full of that stuff? Of course, she thinks.
"Just vampires?" she asks.
Juliet shrugs. "You can never be sure, but I know vampires are here. This is the place I was turned, you know, way back when. That's why I hate coming here, but I had to warn to you. You'll be careful and cautious around these people, won't you?"
Alex nods. "Yeah."
She smiles. "Good. Well, I have to get back to New York. Justin is waiting for me." She waves before leaving in the blink of an eye.
Now, Alex stands alone, staring into nothing. How is she supposed to take this news? She can't seem to think. Maybe she has to do something non-supernatural related. She pulls out her phone, dials speed dial 2 and waits. "Mom? I was thinking...Maybe we should go see a movie or something."
Yes. A distraction and time away from magic is what she needs.
