Chapter 2 - What Comet? Lets build a Fort! Yay! Vervain!

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Two days later

@ The Gilbert Residence

My Vervain arrived yesterday so I spent time last night mixing the liquid into some ink that I bought and then I went to a tattoo parlor and asked them to use my ink for a Phoenix Tattoo on my stomach.

However to be safe. I also have powdered vervain mixed into coffee grounds, I have some linquid vervain mixed into Jenna's perfume and hair supplies.

I have vervain mixed in Jeremies cologne and shampoo.

I'm considering mixing it into the laundry detergent too.

Maybe I should put some on the cleaning supplies too and on the doorknobs? ?

Am I being to paranoid?

Uggghhhh I don't wanna look like Kathrine ... or Elena really.

As I walk out of my considering what to do with my hair so that I look different from Kathrine (and Elena) but then I hear Jenna ask me...

"Do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" She asks me looking hopeful and nervous."

"Depends on where you're going Dear Aunt." I say back to her.

"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference. Hair up or down?" She asks me. Jenna proceeds to pull her hair up.

" Uh, Sexy stewardess." I respond to the updo.

Then Jenna lets her hair down, it'd be cute styled though...

"Boozy housewife or Sex hair. It looks a bit wild like that" I say too her, because really, it does look a bit wild.

"Up it is. You're feisty today." She says back with a smile.

"Well, I guess I feel good today you know? Which I guess is rare. Sorry, Where is Jeremy? Aunty?" I ask back.

"He left early. Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse." She says with slight confusion on her face, then she pauses, realization sets in. "There is no wood shop, is there?" She asks me saddened and frustrated.

"No Darling Aunt, there isn't." I say back.

"Yeah." Jenna responded back with a downtrodden expression.

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Hospital

3rd POV

Jeremy is standing outside of Vicki's hospital room.

The nurse comes up to him and says, "You can't be in here, hon. Visiting hours don't start till 9:00."

Jeremy stutters, "I just...how is she?" He asks nervously.

The nurse replies, "She's lost a lot of blood."

"Yeah, but she's gonna be OK, right?" He asks hopefully.

The nurse replies gently, "She needs her rest. So you come back later. Come on." The nurse leads him away.

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Mystic Falls High School

Mr. Tanner is lecturing the class and I'm trying to ignore the world, Mr. Stefan keeps glancing at me so I finally turn and smile back because then maybe, just maybe he'll stop.

"Originally discovered nearly 5 centuries ago, it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over 145 years. Now, the comet will be its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration. Are we bothering you, Mr. Salvatore? Ms. Gilbert?" He asks after he catches me smiling back at Mr. Stefan.

The bell rings and we finally get to leave that class, thank the gods, Mr. Tanner is, well, he's boring.

Stefan walks up to me and says "I brought it." And hands me a book I've never read before.

"Wuthering Heights" by Ellis Bell. You know, I can't believe she didn't use her real name. Are you sure you want me to borrow this? I might hate the book you know, I've never read it." I say skeptically.

Stefan says " the Bronte sisters used pseudonyms. It was the time. Female writers weren't very accepted then and well, if you don't like it then at least you tried to read it."

"Where did you get it?" I ask curiously.

Stefan says awkwardly, "Uh, it was passed down. Through the family."

"Ohhh, family heirloom then huh? Impressive." I say back with a light smile.

"I have lots of books. Go ahead. Keep it." He says to me.

"Oh, no. I...can't, Mr. Stefan, if I like it maybe then I would like to read it again, but I can't keep it, after I try to read it I promise I'll give it back."

"Okay, and uh, Elena, it's just Stefan, not Mr. Stefan "Stefan says sounding a little put out and frustrated.

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3rd POV

Caroline asks Bonnie, "I'm confused. Are you psychic or clairvoyant?"

"Technically, Grams says I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor so I kinda tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches? I don't think so." Bonnie answers back to her.

Caroline replies sarcastically , "Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guy from last night."

Bonnie replies back irritated, "I didn't see him, you did. Why didn't you just talk to him?"

"I don't know. I was drunk." Caroline replies.

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3rd POV

Jeremy walks up to Tyler, "Hey, Tyler. Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt. I was just wondering how Vicki's doing, since you guys are so close. Is she ok?"

"She's fine. Now get out of here." Tyler replies, as if it didn't really matter.

Jeremy getting frustrated asks, "How bad is she? Do they know what attacked her? Is she going to make a full recovery? Was she happy to see you? What room number was she in?"

Tyler feeling threatened by Jeremy says, "I'm gonna kick your ass." While advancing on Jeremy.

Jeremy replies even more frustrated and a little angry "Yeah, you keep saying that, but when are you actually going to do it? Huh? 'Cause I vote for right here and right now." Then Jeremy walks up to Tyler and pushes him, wanting to fight.

Tyler pushes back and says, "Walk away, Gilbert. It's your final warning." He says back threateningly.

"No, this is your final warning, dick. I'm sick of watching you play Vicki. If you hurt her one more time, I swear to God, I will kill you." Jeremy replies feeling protective of Vicki, then he walks away.

"Damn, that was like a death threat. Did you hear that?" Says Tyler as he turns to the person beside him.

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I walk up to Matt, it'd be impolite not to see how she's doing, knowing what's going to happen regardless.

"Hey Matt. How's Vicki?" I yell out to him and ask.

He says softly, while looking sad "They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow."

"That's good news." I say to him, happy he'll be able to have his sister home soon.

"Yeah." Matt replies relieved.

I ask concerned "Did you get in touch with your mom?"

Now he looks down and says sadly "Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so...we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home."

"I'm sorry Matt, you and Vicki deserve better then that" I say sadly and then turn to walk away.

Neither of us seeing that Stefan is sitting on a table listening to their entire conversation.

Matt stops me by speaking up and saying, "I know, and now there's talk of some missing campers."

"Oh, that doesn't sound good. Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" I ask, already knowing.

Matt replies sounding exasperated "She said it was a vampire."

"What?" I reply curiously, oh hunny if only you knew.

Matt says, "Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters "vampire" and then passes out."

" Hm, well, maybe someone did attack her, and because of her neck wound she thinks it was a vampire?" Maybe if I clue him in him and his sister would be safer?

Matt then replies " Maybe, but I think she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guy?

"Matt, we're friends, I hardly know the guy you know? I can't, I can't just jump into a relationship." I say with a frown.

Matt replies with "I know, I just, you know what never mind, I'm gonna go, I want to be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night." He says hastily.

Stefan disappears after he hears Matt say that.

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3rd POV

Jenna is sitting in Mr. Tanners classroom now.

"As Jeremy's teacher, I'm concerned. All right? It's the third day of school and he's skipped six of his classes." Mr. Tanner says frustrated.

Jenna replies hesitantly "Mr. Tanner, are you aware that Jeremy and Elena's parents died?"

Mr Tanner replies dismissively, "Four months ago, a great loss. Car accident. Wickery bridge, if I remember correctly. And you're related to the family how? The, uh, mother's kid sister?" He ends rudely.

"Younger sister." Jenna replies back feeling annoyed.

"Right." Mr. Tanner replies with suspicion.

"Yes. Six classes? Are you sure? I mean, that's kind of hard to do." She asks with disbelief.

"Not when you're on drugs. It's his attempt at coping, Ms. Sommers. And the signs are there. He's moody, withdrawn, argumentative, hungover. Are there any other relatives in the picture?" Mr. Tanner asks sounding frustrated with the conversation.

"I'm their sole guardian." Jenna says back, feeling belittled.

"Uh-huh. Could there be?" Mr. Tanner asks with hope.

"What are you suggesting, exactly?" Jenna asks starting to get defensive over what he's implying.

"It's an impossible job, isn't it, raising two teens?" He asks smartly.

Jenna reply's calmly "It's been tough, but, no, it's not."

He replies almost proudly "Wrong answer. It is an extremely impossible job, and anything less and you're not doing it properly."

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Hospital

Stefan's POV

Matt is waiting for Vicki to wake. When she does she takes a gasping breath.

Matt says worriedly "Whoa! Vick. Vicki, hey. Vick, it's Matt. Hey, what's wrong?"

Vicki sounding scared says "No! No! Get off! No! No! No!"

Matt freaking out and not knowing what to do walks out of the room quickly and yells "Nurse!"

I sneak into the her room and I get right in-front of her so that I can compel her.

My eyes dilate as I compel her saying, "It was an animal that attacked you. It came out of the night and jumped you. You blacked out. It's all you remember."

Vicki responds monotone "It's all I remember."

I repeat, so that hopefully the compulsion stays "An animal attacked you. You blacked out. It's all you remember."

"It's all I remember." Vicki replies with a monotone voice again.

I hear Matt yell out

"Nurse! I need help! It's my sister."

They're heading back to the room now

The nurse says "She seems fine." After they come into the room

Vicki is laying in bed. But Matt sees me leaving. He follows me speed up. I accidentally enter a room with blood donors and blood bags. My face starts to change, but I leaves as quickly as possible so that Matt doesn't find me.

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Right away after school I go to a store so that I can pick up some scissors, some hair ties and some light brown hair dye.

I head home and I take the scissors and cut it just below my bust, the cut is probably a little crazy looking, but that's ok. Then I cut some bangs from where my eyes are to where my mouth is.

I take out the hair dye and go through all that fun stuff and once my hair is dyed a light brown then I braid it into a side braid. Much better!

However my changing eye color is randomly peaking through my brown eyes now. . How odd. I'm wearing a pair of black leggings, combat boots, a black tank top and a green sweater.

I walk to the Grill.

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Mystic Grill

I walk into the Mystic Grill wondering why I didn't just say no to this meet up, but maybe that would've been suspicious. But if I'm dreaming does it make a difference?

But this feels so real. Maybe it's an extremely long vivid dream or a very vivid coma?

"Hi Bons, Caroline, it's nice to see you both." I say politely.

Bonnie looks at me, "You look different. Did you get contacts? Because they look kind of Green, blue and brown right now." She says looking confused.

"Yes, I dyed my hair a lighter brown. Maybe my eyes always had those colors and it just wasn't noticed because of my dark hair." I state plainly.

"You braided your hair too, you never braid your hair and your shirt is looser then you normally wear" Caroline pips in.

I comment simply "I decided to try a new style and I prefer my hair braided and out of the way."

Bonnie decides to change the subject with "Well, I was talking to Grams, and she said the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity."

Caroline responds sarcastically, " Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens. So, Elena I heard Stefan was at your house a few nights ago. . So then what"

I stop myself from rolling my eyes as I say "Nothing, we talked then I fell asleep "

Caroline says with disbelief "You had Stefan at your place all night and you only talked and fell asleep? There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind?"

Oh my god, hormonal teens.. ugh. "Nope. I don't know the guy very well Caroline, so no, no we didn't do anything else except build a blanket fort ok?"

Caroline asks again "What? Are you five? So? Not even a handshake? I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut."

I respond feeling a little frustrated. "We just made a fort in the living room and sat next to each other and talked, Care, we weren't even on the same side of the living room when we slept."

Caroline asks curiously "OK, what is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already! Ok, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex!"

"Ugh, Caroline, I just met him, I don't know him, what if he's abusive, a killer or a rapist or something? I don't know him, therefore I can't trust him with my body. I respect myself to much for that. " I state firmly with narrowed eyes as I start to get up.

Bonnie looking shocked by my reaction stops me by asking me "Where are you going?"

I let out a sigh, "I'm irritated and I'm going to give Mr. Stefan his book back, he let me borrow it earlier and I finished it throughout the day."

I hear Caroline ask Bonnie "Mr. Stefan?"

Sounding very confused. However I didn't hear Bonnie's response because I was out of The Mystic Grill by then.

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I walk quietly to the boarding house with my headphones in. Music going through my eyes as I go.

The song I'm Alive by Shinedown comes on and I can't resist dancing, the beat alone is amazing and so I am probably embarrassingly singing along with the music of course. It's good stuff.

Of course I eventually arrive, however I may have accidentally took a wrong turn or two beforehand? Who knows and who cares?

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Salvatore Boarding House

Of course the moment I get to the front door a wonderful song comes on.. so I'm randomly outside their door singing and dancing to Immortals by Fall Out Boy

At this point I don't really care if I'm making a scene, if it's a dream and I die maybe I'll wake up or I'll die and end up elsewhere maybe? Who knows. Regardless I don't care.

So I turn around and knock on the door like the randomly embarrassing lady I am and I patiently wait and randomly dancing to music as I do so, it's rude to walk into a friends house with permission you know?

Then the door creeks open slowly. I'm assuming it's Damon's doing, he's rather dramatic as it is you know.

I continue to stand there and decide to close the door again, it's wrong to enter a friends house without permission.

I point at the door and say in a sarcastic tone, "You don't open yourself to random strangers Mister, it's naughty, I'm sure you understand that" I then huff and proceed to cross my arms like an angry adult child. Well technically I am an adult but that's all schematics.

I say in a loud voice through the door, "Mr. Stefan, I wouldn't feel right walking into your home without your permission... OHH, oops ... I should've called too... sorry Mr. Stefan I apologize for not calling beforehand..." I turn abruptly to leave and I bump into a hard chest and almost fall over.

I need to learn to pay attention to my surroundings better I think...

I look up... "ohhh PRETTY Blue Eyes! Shinny, sparkly, pretty!!"

I say with excitement almost bouncing up and down, not even realizing he was holding me since his closeness almost knocked me over.

His face looks between annoyed and amused. . .

"Right" he replies with an awkward laugh then after a couple seconds.

Then I noticed he was holding onto me and I froze, how long has he been holding onto me... would he, would he let me go if I told him to?

I pulled back abruptly out of shock and slight fear and almost fell over so he of course grabs me around my arms again to steady me.

Now he looks between amused and something else. "Are you okay?" He asks as he releases me.

I step away some, I'm closer to the front door now.

"Uhhh, yeah I'm just Yeah, sorry, I was here to see Mr. Stefan" I respond fidgeting a little.

"Ah, You call him Mr. Stefan?" He asks with amusement.

"Well, uh, yeah?" I say, though it comes out more like a confused question.

"You must be Elena then, I'm Damon his brother." He says with a arrogant smirk now on his face as he opens the door behind me and grabs my hand to drag me over the threshold. I freeze momentarily at the touch, then he looks back at me curiously and then I take a deep breath and finish following him in, besides death wouldn't be too bad right? Ehh, it is a dream right?

"So, your the family he doesn't really talk to then huh?" I state as more of a fact then a question, already knowing the answer.

Damon replies "Well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second." While pulling me into the living room.

"Uh, I uh, well, What a nice uh, couches you have?" I don't even know what to say, I could give him his book back tomorrow instead right?

He doesn't respond for a second then he says "Right, couches, uhh, I see why my brother's so smitten. It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him."

"Huh? Ohh, no he can't be, see, we're friends and uh, he's Mr. Stefan and I'm me and I can't, uh , I don't, I just met him, I uh." My face is scrunched up I'm confusion, shouldn't this topic have been avoided? We're not dating and I'm not trying to date him, it's not like we can trust each other enough. Besides I'm dreaming, not dead right? Maybe I should talk to Ms Sheila?

Damon of course is looking confused by my reaction for a second decides to continue on "Yeah. Katherine, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet."

I reply irritated by him now, "No, you actually have to be dating someone to have the ex's conversation together you know, I mean Jesus Mr. Damon, I just met him. I mean, come on now, what if he's abusive, a rapist or a mass murder or something?" I say with frustration.

He sounds like my other dream friends, basically demanding I have sex with him or date him. It's important to be friends first isn't it? Ugh, people in this world...dream? Are kind of annoying, pausing a second I say out-loud to myself ...

"Wait, shit, they're brothers, I probably can't trust him either." Then I start mumbling quietly to myself, "We need to make forts, making forts makes friends and friends are good. Right?" I scrunch my nose up, thinking.

Damon just raises an eyebrow, it's not like he can admit to hearing what I was mumbling under my breath, maybe he'll think I'm crazy? Then he says with slight frustration and annoyance in his tone "Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up eventually and it's just Damon Missy, not Mr. Damon. "

I can't hold back a snort as I reply sarcastically "Right, because me stating that we're not dating is SURLY a sign that we'll be talking about his ex's Mr. Damon. " I say while rolling my eyes.

Damon looks more annoyed now starting to step into my personal space then he says "It's JUST Damon." Then he pauses and says excitingly, "Hello Stefan"

Stefan speaks to me instead saying " Elena. I didn't know you were coming over."

I reply sheepishly while rubbing the back of my neck. "Yeah, uh, it's your book, I finished it and uh, Damn you guys have some thick tension going on in here and it's ruining my concentration" I say with frustration rubbing between my eyes..

Stefan looks pointedly at Damon and then looks at me and says "Did you enjoy the book? Sorry me and my brother don't get along well"

"Oh, we get along splendidly" Damon says with sarcasm

"Right" I reply with slight amusement, looking between the brothers, I decide to take action. I look at Stefan in the eyes and say determinedly

"Mr. Stefan, I've come to a decision," I pause for dramatic affect, then continue saying, "we're going to make a blanket fort in your living room right now, and Damon has to join, you know, get rid of the angry between you two because, wow, just WOW, it's not healthy you know. I'm gonna call my Aunty know Kay? .." I look between the boys and they seem almost frozen in place.

Damon seems to be coming out of his shock and says in a awkward voice "R-Right , we'll uh, (cough) start gathering blankets?" Damon finishes in confusion, not entirely sure how to respond.

Stefan is still in shock and has not moved out of the way yet because he keeps starring at Damon. So I walk up to him.

"Mr. Stefan...Mr. Stefan?" I say waving my hand in his face but he still doesn't move so I go really really close to the side and try to slip past him, once he feels my body trying to move past him carefully without bumping him he scoots over so I can finish going through.

However he doesn't completely move out of the way either like I expected of bunny Stefan, so I stiffly move past him as close to the wall as I can to try not to bump him. But he almost seems determined for his body to touch mine somehow. Weirdo...

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3rd POV

Damon feeling frustrated by her and amused says, "Really, you let her call you Mr. Stefan? And making forts? It's like she's five and doesn't even know you want her." (He laughs)

"Did you know she was dancing on our front porch when she got here? Sure it was hot but, damn Stefan, she talked to the door when I made it creek open, you'd think it was a naughty child or something."

Stefan replies feeling amused and nervous, not sure about Damon's motives, "I asked her to stop calling me that" (then he laughs awkwardly) "yeah, from the way she's been lately acting lately I'm not surprised, I think if a song came on that she liked during the middle of a fight she'd start singing and dancing. But, uh, yeah the door scolding is a bit weird too," (Stefan pauses for a second, then continues) "I wonder if I need to look out for her talking to inanimate objects more often, it didn't seem like something she did." Now feeling even more amused and a bit worried for her, what an odd girl.

Damon snorts, "She probably would too, I'm not sure if I should be concerned or assumed by her attitude" (shaking his head he starts saying mockingly) "Oh poor Stefy, the girl you want is totally oblivious to how you feel and cautious about anything relationship wise it seems." (He claps his hands) "So, Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess...hospital."

Stefan says feeling frustrated too says, " Someone had to clean up your mess Damon"

Damon asks curiously, "Well, were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember, if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks work right."

Stefan thinking again asks in concern, " How long was Elena here?"

Damon now feeling upset with Stefan says "Were you worried, Stefan? It's not like she's not coming back in a few minutes you know, she has talk to her Aunty. What? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game, "I'm a high school human"? Besides the blanket fort-sleepover thing is all her idea, why are we going along with it by the way? Ahh, that's right, because for some reason it feels oddly wrong to tell her no... she's just so...innocent... no, naive? Ehh, maybe it's innocent." Damon stops talking feeling at a loss of words now.

Stefan, now feeling defensive says, "Damon, I'm not playing any game with you, did you compel her, is that where the random fort idea came from?"

Now Damon can't help but getting mad at Stefan for automatically accusing him of things, does he always have to think the worst of him? Besides a fort, REALLy?"

So Damon, while feeling very offended by Stefan says, "Of course you are. We both know the closest you'll ever get to humanity is when ..." but before he can say any more they both hear Elena yelling out to them while practically bouncing up and down while running over to them and then jumping onto Stefan's back in blind excitement, hugging him around the neck yelling out,

"DAMON, STEFAN, SHE SAID YES ISN'T THAT EXCITING!!!!!!! YAY!!!!! A BLANKET FORT, OHH WE CAN PLAY GAMES OR DANCE, DO YOU HAVE BOARD GAMES? WE CAN SWAP SOME MANLY STORIES AND IN THE MORNING IM MAKING WAFFLES AND IM SOOO SOOOO SOOO EXCITED!!!"

Both are shocked silent again as she hops off Stefan back and gives Damon a big hug too while hoping up and down.

Both boys clear their throats, surprised by how she's acting . . .

Stuttering out... "Uhh, y-yeaah, your uh Aunt said yes?" They both ask curiously and at the same time, shocking each other again.

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I look up at Damon, realizing that I'm still hugging him. I let go of him quickly, looking sheepish I say, "Uhhh," (I giggle a bit) "Yeah, she said something about me being happy and acting weird? I guess forgetting where you live and forgetting your way around town isn't normal?" (Looking down I continue, feeling embarrassed) "So uhh, she said not to do anything bad" (now I'm blushing while rubbing my neck) "you know, uhh," (I look up and both brothers look like they're trying not to laugh) "well, you know, so I had to explain how we're friends and not going to do that," (pausing not wanting to offend them I stutter out) "uhh, not that I'm opposed to threesomes, I've always been curious, but, uhhhh, I mean we just met..."

I'm interrupted by Damon then "Right, wait, you forgot where you lived and your way around town but you're going to be staying here for the night?" Sounding really confused by what's going on.

"Well, I didn't try to forget and it just happened, at school you know, in my dream I fell down the stairs, besides Bonnie showed me around, Sure she wanted to take me to the hospital but nah, but uh, yup, we're going to be best friends now, won't that be exciting?" I ask happily, looking at both of them I'm Bouncing up and down.

Damon asks in disbelief, "You had a dream about falling down the stairs and then you forgot where everything was?"

"Hehehe, sorta? I mean I'm still not completely sure where everything is but my sense of direction is terrible so... and uhh, I had to look at my class schedule again and I had to look really really freakin hard to find the locker number too, it was rather annoying." I say, still feeling frustrated about the whole ordeal.

Stefan peps in then, sounding concerned "and you didn't consider going to the hospital to get that checked out?"

Feeling put out I say, "Of course not, I'm probably perfectly fine and if I'm not then uh, Oh Well?" I finish saying sheepishly, hopefully I'll be out of this, whatever it is soon anyway. Then again it's not like they know them I'm dreaming, in a coma or possibly got transferred into an alternative world in someone else body no less or something.

"Okay, how about how your eyes aren't fully brown anymore?" Damon asks with a raised eyebrow curious.

"Because my Dream Fall decided my brown eyes didn't have enough diversity so now it can be either Green, Blue or somewhat Brown?" I answer desperately.

Both boys start chuckling at me. So I am full on pouting and in honor of Stephany Tanner I say "How Rude" and turn away. Of course now they chuckle more, muuhawhawhawhaw operation better brothers Salvatore is a go!!!!

Excitingly I start jumping "Let's get what we need for the blanket fort! It'll be fun and stuff, I'll find heavy stuff around here and you two can grab blankets and move the furniture so we have our fort place!" I start grabbing stuff, seeing the boys not moving I say "Come on Mr. Stefan and Mr. Damon it'll be fun!!!"

Both boys look at me and laugh a little then both look at each other and say "Fine, But don't call me Mr." then they look at each other again.

I chuckle, "It's like you two are twins haha" then I say "Perhaps once more Mr and Mr. Salvatore's.

Both boys now look amused and go to gather things as I'm grabbing heavy things to hold down the fort.

After I gather everything Damon and Stefan come back in carrying blankets and pillows.

"Yay! Let's set it up!" I say to them.

We rearranged the living room and now we're sitting under the blanket fort, Stefan is sitting on my right and Damon on my left because both boys aren't very good at giving space yet... we're going to have to work on it, but before I can mention it Mr Jack...or Zach? comes in looking upset, then he freezes seeing us under a blanket fort like children. He blinks a couple times.

I look back and forth between him and my boys(because they ARE my friends now regardless of if they want to be, then I say. "It's called a blanket fort Mr. Jack...I mean uh? Mr. Zach?

"Ms. Gilbert?" He blurts out looking confused, then upset.

"What is she doing here, did you compel her to come over? To build uh... a uh..." now he's looking perplexed again so I interrupt and say again.

"It's a blanket fort Mr. Zach, and no they didn't compel me, not that they could really..." Then I put my pointer finger to my lips and tap it thinking... both boys are looking at me wide eyed now though... huh... should I have acted confused? Nah... oh maybe I should take a shower, showers are warm... nah.

"Ohhh, sorry I forgot you were all here" I say sheepishly when my mind comes back into focus and they're all looking at me very confused. .. is the confusion permanent?

Me feeling a little put out by their stares starts randomly talking. . .

"Oh please, come now boys," (now I'm pouting and rolling my eyes ) "I'm either having a wacky dream where you're both Vamps from Vamp Diaries because I fell down the stairs and landed in a coma or i fell down the stairs, died and now I'm Elena," (then I pout even more) then I whisper "Oh God, why did it have to be Elena? I'd much prefer Bonnie or an OC really." I turn my head in horror, the reality of the situation catching up to me and I start banging it on Stefan's shoulder out of frustration.

Everyone else in the room is frozen in shock. . . .

I say "So no comet going then?" I ask after a while of shocked silence then I look to Damon and say "and no using Caroline right Mr. Day?" I ask him looking torn between anxious and hyper.

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Damon's POV

I am looking at her, then her words registered with me

"And no using Caroline right Mr. Day?"

Her head is tilted now, her mixed colored eyes looking at me with innocence and anxiousness.

I stutter out "R-right" god why am I so caught off guard by her, she's just so random.

How did she know I was going to use her friend?

I start reaching my hand up to pull her face to mine so I can compel her for answers but as I lift my hand towards her face, Stefan and Zach look at me in worry, Stefan is sitting alert now, wondering if I'll try to hurt her, but then I see her flinch as my hand comes towards her face and she turns her head away as if I was going to hit her, then my hand freezes in mid air, I don't move it, I don't want her afraid.

My face scrunches up in confusion, why does she always flinch or freeze? I put my hand down and sigh, how am I supposed to be THE bad guy if she keeps making me feel so... confused... yes confused We're sitting in silence now.

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Authors Note

Alright so, this is only my second chapter and OBVIOUSLY I didn't come up with vampire diaries so I own absolutely nothing except the SI in Elena.

This WILL deviate from the show.

SOME elements will be the same. SOME words might be close BUT the chapters will be more like guidelines for me so that I know where I SHOULD be at.

Like in this chapter, she's not dating Stefan, she's not at the comet, neither are the boys, she didn't have that conversation about ex's with her Aunt.

Some things you won't see.

If it doesn't say who's POV it is then it's HERS.

Her personality right now is Timid and seemingly ready to turn into invisible air or a bouncy fairy castle (random bouts of happiness or random excitement or random anything Is to be expected but her personality WILL be different and counter-active.) How she reacts will be different and won't always be the same in the same situation.

Maybe in one bad situation she'll be scared and scream or maybe she'll just burst into random fits of giggles as a way to cope, or just because she can. Self preservation isn't really her thing.

Right now the pairing is

Damon x Tyler x Elena x Klaus x Kol.

However there is a possibility of this becoming a

Klaus x Kol x Elena X Damon x Tyler x Kai.

But we'll see. I can only put four people on the description thing though.

She may intentionally or unintentionally provoke those around her. Yup, yup and she'll do it with pride, despite her timid nature she DOES enjoy arguing and definitely enjoys play fighting or fighting in general)

She's a bit of a walking, talking counteraction really.

You tell her she's not allowed to do something she might just do it to piss you off just because.

Despite what she's been through in her previous life (which I'm sure you can guess a little) she is still rather naive and innocent like but she's also not, she's FULL of counteractions. She doesn't understand flirting, she's just really REALLY innocently nice that may come off as flirting to others.

Sometimes she'll be vicious. Sometimes she might be very uh, what's the word?careless with her own self.

She doesn't find much self worth in herself, but it's the harder situations where you'll see her being very different from her normal personality.

She'll be strong (maybe not physically, she's only human compared to them) but she'll be vicious with words for sure and creative or she'll be acting downright bored. Or maybe she'll be extremely excited about possibly dying, so excitingly so that it might be a big creepy.

She's loyal though and generally honest(but right now she IS convinced she's dreaming so that'll be covered next chapter)

She doesn't like backstabbers. But if backstabbing becomes the morally obligated reaction she will.

She Doesn't really care if she lives or not. Really she doesn't. Sure, sure she'll fight to live because she just will. But she's accepting of it also. Maybe to the point of provoking it just for fun?

This will NOT be a perfect story, there will be Grammar mistakes, plot holes, random things that make no sense, punctuation will probably be in the wrong place and occasionally there and their will be mixed up.

However it will be relatively entertaining with random moments of insanity or hilarity and may run far far far away from the plot eventually that we won't know WHERE the plot has gone.

Thank you (if you read that)

See ya!