A/N: Thanks for reading! Please, please, please review what you think of the story! This is a bit of a filler chapter, before we go into the deep end.

O.B.S! This chapter contains psychical abuse.

Chapter 13 - Porcelain Skin, Glass Heart

~X~

Harper Bellose was losing her mind, she really couldn't believe what was happening in her life at the moment.

Because at the same time as she is possible having her first ever romantic relationship with her crush, Matt Donovan, the whole entire world had supernatural beings in it. She was probably a supernatural being. And she was totally freaking out about it. She felt scared and alone and no matter how much she wished that she could just turn to Tyler and ask, 'what are we going to do now?'. She knew that she couldn't, because this was her crisis and she had to start relying on herself for answers.

What were Harper going to do? Be as normal as she could be in this situation. To be frank, she wasn't Stefan Salvatore's friend nor his brother's. As long as she kept away from them everything would be fine. Vicki had been gone for a while now once again, and this time the police had stopped their search under the sheriff's orders.

Matt had been totally destroyed, Harper and Tyler had tried to be there for him. But it was hard, when he kept everyone in his life on an arm length distance.

It had been a normal day at school, Harper had been battling her heachaches as they came and went. Each one erratic and odd. Some mere imagines flashing in front of her, others long and painful, which showed her short periods of event she neither knew were the future or the past. Tyler had been monitoring her close, seeing as her eyes would nowadays go completely white and she would mumble, almost like sleep talking. She had no idea of how to control it.

They both still didn't know the reason to their memories, and that they were completely intact from being 'erased'. Not even the books her grandmother had sent over told her anything about vampires. It was diaries, several of them, but none told her anything about the supernatural.

"Good morning everyone" The new history teacher strode in with false confidence, smiling awkwardly to the group as they all hurried to sit down. Harper sat at her new seat at the back of the class, as far away from Elena Gilbert and her gang as possible. Including Matt.

"Alaric Saltzman, it's a mouthful, I know" Harper zoned out as the new guy nervously rambled on, her focus on her biology paper due next week was much pressing anyways. The class went by anyways, and Alaric, or 'Ric' as he preferred. Kept talking about his name and german history.

An hour later the bell rang, and Harper was almost done with her paper. All she now needed to do was to type it out on her laptop and hand in it. She smiled to herself as she packed up.

"Ms.. Ms. Bellrose? Yes, Bellrose, please stay back a while" Some snickered as they walked passed her, mostly those seeing her work on other stuff rather than the teacher. Matt smiled and patted her shoulder as to comfort her, but that didn't help at all.

"Yes?" Harper sighed, she knew the talk that was coming.

"I looked at your records from Mr. Tanner, is there something you need extra help with during class to focus? Or maybe a tutor in the subject?" He asked, looking at her like she was too slow to even get what he was talking about.

"No, I'm fine. During the period of multiple substitute teachers I got the hang of the subject, and I have my brother to help me as well" Harper said and looked away from him. Ric looked at her with eyes of pity.

"Brother?" His eyes furrowed. " I thought you lived in foster care?" He stated and touched the file on his desk. It was probably her school file that the principal had given him for this meeting.

"I'm about to be adopted, and the bond I have with my new family is not something important to you. I will get better in class" Harper said and looked into his eyes. Tired of the conversation, she walked out the classroom and headed for the exist. She was done for today, and would go home to finish the rest of her homework.

That's when her heart broke. As she went outside, Matt was talking to Caroline, or rather, Caroline was shouting at Matt for him sneaking out of her house after he had stayed there, cuddling with her. Matt Donovan, Harper's huge crush that had kissed on the halloween party, and who had texted her each day to say cute things and flirt with her. That Matt had also slept with another girl. And of course that girl just happened to be the most popular girl in school, second place only to his ex, Elena Gilbert.

"Oh" Harper said, Matt and Caroline turned to her. Caroline's eyes widened and looked between her and Matt, she had known about the thing between them, but hadn't really cared in the heat of the moment. She groaned as she realised she had so broken the girl code.

"Harper-" Matt tried to talk but Harper just ignored him and hurried right past him.

~X~

Night had fallen as at the Lockwood Manor, and Tyler now knew what his best friend had done. To be honest, he kinda knew this would happen, but he wasn't that big of an asshole to just say 'told you so' to Harper. She had been sitting in the living room, sulking together with Tyler. When Richard came through the door ragining.

"Dad? What's wrong" Tyler asked and stood up. But Richard wasn't listening, he was just walking back and forwards beside them. Fuming.

"Dad!"

"What?! It doesn't matter to you Tyler. I'm just a bit mad from work" Richard said and continued to walk as to calm himself down.

"Well could you do it somewhere else, you are scaring Harper" Tyler stated and pointed to the black haired girl, shaking while looking in between them.

"Does it look like I care for her? Huh? Does it look like I care about the orphans feelings?!" Richard shouted out, making Tyler mad as hell.

"Do not talk to her like that! She is part of the family too" Tyler shouted, getting aggressive towards his father.

"She will never be! You hear me, that freak is not a Lockwood!" Richards burst out.

"Shut up! You piece of shit" Tyler was ready to get into a fist fight with his father, and everything seemed to slow down. Harper, quick on her feet, raced to stand between them. The impact of Richards fist against her cheek was hard. That blow would've probably end up on Tyler's shoulder, but she had blocked it.

"Harper!" Tyler caught his sister as she was about to hit the floor. Carol came running in, and gasped at the situation.

"R-Richard.."

"We will say nothing of this, she was stupid to come between me and my son. It's her own fault" The man stated and walked out of the room. Carol ran towards her children, calling 911 in the process. She met eyes with Tyler, who was ready to tell the truth about Richard. But Carol shook her head, and pleaded with her eyes to handle the situation and so Tyler let her. The only important thing was Harper.