oo soon from when I went to bed did my alarm go off or that's what it felt like. I rolled off my bed and decided to tell Josh that I was going to walk to school today; I really didn't want to talk to him today anyway. I got dressed in what do you know a pair of light blue skinny jeans, a black tank top, red hoodie, and a pair of black ankle boots. I turned on my straightener and made my way into the bathroom to brush my teeth. While on my journey to the bathroom, I smelt eggs and bacon, I do love my bacon. I decided to continue on my journey to brush my teeth which took about 2 minutes. I went into the kitchen to find my brother making breakfast. I haven't had a decent breakfast in a while. "Morning Lil' sis," I heard Kaleb say. "Morning," I greeted back to him "Want some breakfast?" he asked. "Sure," I responded. "Ha-ha ok," He said while dishing me up a plate. "You still like catsup on your eggs?" He asked. I shook my head in response. He squeezed some Ketchup on my eggs. How he still remembered I have no idea. "Thanks," I thanked him. I ate the eggs and bacon in about 5 minute's yea a little fast, I still had my hair and make-up to do. "Nice hair," Kaleb said with an amused smile. I only assumed my hair was insanely wavy and if anything touched it then it will probably pull it in. I went back to my room and started to straighten my hair. It took about ten minutes; I also put my hair into a braid in the back. I put on my usual make-up and grabbed my book bag and almost made it out of the door when I heard a "Want to a ride?" I heard my wonderful brother offered. "Why not," I answered. "After you," Kaleb told me. I opened up the door and saw his car. It was a black Camaro. It was beautiful. "Are you going to get in or just stare at it?" He sarcastically asked. "Can't I do both." I retorted. We got into the car and I told him how to get to the school. We got there in a little under 2 minutes opposed to my 8 minute walk. "What time do you get out?" He asked. "3:15; Why?" I asked "Well I'm going to pick you up." He told me. "You don't have to do that." I tried to protest. "I'll be waiting here at 3:15." He told me while flashing one of his smiles. "Have a good day at school." He added. I just rolled my eyes. "Bye." I told him. I didn't notice all the stares until I got out of the car and I immediately felt like a test mouse. Everyone was staring at me. Not the good kind of stares but the more of the awkward who is that stares. I kept my head down while shouldering my book bag. I made my way into the school and into my homeroom which is my first hour to. Good ole' English, for me it really wasn't that hard. So I zoned out, "Kristine...Kristine" I heard someone call. "Huh," I replied. "What's the definition of epi?" Mrs. J asked. "Upon, besides, among." I answered. "Good job, pay attention a little bit more." She added. The bell rang shortly after again this class went by fast. It was health, I zoned out again. Before I knew it the bell rang again. History yay. I ran into Jeremy again today while walking to History, though this time I didn't actually run into him. "Hey, you should sit next to me." He voiced. I nodded my head in a yes. He seemed to smile after that. We took our seats in the middle. "How about them Mets," I heard Jeremy "What?," I asked with a laugh in my voice. "I've heard that's a good conversation starter." He admitted. "Am I interrupting something?" I heard Mr. Saltzman ask. "No Sir," I spoke. He carried on with the lesson. I really didn't bother to pay attention today anyway. After history the day went by fast again, and I was in Vocal. We got our assignments, and it was prepare a song that felt like that's going to be hard. We got partners for this assignment; I got paired with Zach which wasn't bad at all. "Hey, so I was thinking how about I play guitar and you go solo?" He asked. "Why not." I added with a nervous laugh. "Oh don't be nervous, you got one of the most powerful voices here." Zach said trying to boost my confidence. "Thanks, Zach." "Any time short stuff," he teased. You know sometimes I'm sensitive about my height. But that wasn't today. Oh my gosh I just thought of the perfect song. "Misguided Ghosts by Paramore," I told Zach. "What?" He asked "The song, and it's pretty much acoustic so yea we are gonna sing that." I stated. "You're the boss." He said and went to go tell the instructor before anyone else took it because that would be embarrassing. "He said we can go practice in the auditorium until school is out if that's cool with you." Zach told me. I nodded and grabbed my bag. He grabbed his guitar and we made our way into the auditorium. He started tuning his guitar. I taken that he already knows the song. I was busy look up the lyrics even though I knew the song. I just didn't want I get them wrong. "You ready?" He asked. I responded with a "yup." He started off with a 1234
I opened my mouth to sing
I'm going away for a while
But I'll be back
Don't try to follow me
'Cause I'll return as soon as possible
See, I'm trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe
We all learn to make mistakes
And run from them, from them
With no direction
We'll run from them, from them
With no conviction
'Cause I'm just one of those ghosts
Travelin' endlessly
Don't need no roads
In fact, they follow me
And we just go in circles
And now I'm told that this is life
That pain is just a simple compromise
So we can get what we want out of it
Would someone care to classify?
A broken heart and some twisted minds
So I can find someone to rely on
And run to them, to them
Full speed ahead
Oh, you are not useless
We are just
Misguided ghosts
Travelin' endlessly
The ones we trusted the most
Pushed us far away
And there's no one road
We should not be the same
But I'm just a ghost
And still they echo me
They echo me in circles.
We finished when I heard some clapping. It was Klaus. Does he live here at the school or something. He made his way down to the stage. Polite mood on. "Hi, may we help you?" I asked with the most polite voice I've only used once. "Oh please don't mind me darling. I was only checking out what I was funding. Sounds like a very good arts program." He told me. "Thank you," I answered. Saved by the bell. "We'll I must be going," I told Klaus. "Of course." he answered. I exited backstage. Zach was already gone probably sensing what was going on. I ran into a solid wall or person should I say. I really need to stop running into people. If it was Klaus I was going to flip. Instead I found it was Josh. "I thought you were going to walk to school this morning?" Josh asked. "I was," I answered shortly. "Then who gave you a ride today?" Josh asked again. "Friend," I simply responded. When did he get all so prissy? I never told Josh that I had a brother mainly for the fact that it hurt everything I thought about him. "Now, if you will move, I got to go." I impatiently told him. When he didn't move I glared up at him. "Move, Josh." I commanded. "Fine, then at least let me give you a ride home." He asked. "No," I told him, "I already have a ride." I told him honestly. He didn't move. "Just fucking move already Josh" I said with my temper raising. "Fine, but I expect a call 8 minutes from now. If not I'll track you down." He threatened. What the hell has gotten into this boy? All the protectiveness. "Deal, now move." I answered. He finally moved. Thank you. I made my way outside of the school. I saw Kaleb's car and smiled to myself. I climbed into his car. "Hey Krissybutt," he greeted me. I huffed as a response. "That good huh." He added. We both smiled at me. I seem to be doing that alot since he's been back. We made it to the house in 2 minutes again. Crap I got to call Josh before he uses some senses to 'track me'. I grabbed the house phone and dialed his number. He didn't pick up so I left a voice mail "Hey dick, you told me to call on 8 minutes." With that I hung up. I'm still a little pissed at him for not telling me stuff.
2 hours later
I was up in my room doing homework. When Kaleb walked in, "I know how teenagers get pissy when parents don't knock, but I'm your brother so that doesn't apply to me." He said. Ass. "We need to talk about dad," he said. My heart rate began to accelerate. "We don't need to talk about anything that you don't want to." He said. My heart and breathing slowed down. "It's about his funeral. While you were at school I was arranging it. The life insurance will cover it. It's set for Friday." He told me. I nodded in thanks. I felt my eyes start to prickle up. Before I knew it I was crying and Kaleb held me. "Shhh, it's gonna be ok. I'm here now. I won't let anything happen ever again. "He tried to comfort me. After 3 minutes of crying, I stopped and wiped my tears. "There's no food in the fridge. Why don't we go down the grill?" Kaleb suggested. I agreed and went to go wash my face to get rid of any evidence that I was crying. We went inside of the grill and were seated and none other than the booth besides us was Elena, Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline, and Tyler. Son of a "Hi Kristine," a bubbly voice that only could belong to Caroline said. I looked up to see that's she was standing at the end of the booth. "Hi," I said meekly. She never was mean to me actually she stuck up for me one time. So major brownie points to her. "Who's your friend?" She asked. Before I had a chance to answer Kaleb did so for me. "Kaleb Driscoll." He stated Way to go Kaleb use our last name. "Wait, as in Kristine Driscoll?" Caroline asked using my name as a reference. "Yes, I'm her brother." He stated. There is going to be uproar pretty soon. "Hey Kristine, will you come with Elena and I to the little girls room." Caroline said without any room left to argue. Oh geez. I followed Caroline into the bathroom while Elena followed. Once we got in there. "What is going on?" She questioned. I stared at her. "Why do I have to tell you Caroline? I barely know you." I told her. "Or you for the matter." I said while looking at Elena. "You do know that he's a vampire." Elena said. "Yes I knew that. And no he didn't compel me. He is my brother that no one here knows about until now." I confessed. "Why do you guys even care?" I asked. "Because we think Klaus is after you." They confessed. "Why would he be after me?" I asked generally confused. "We don't know that yet. But until then stay away from Josh. He can't disobey Klaus." She told me. "K. Now can I go and eat?" I asked.
