Mr. Bernstein is currently dozing off as he talks about the revolution and it's entertaining to watch. He does that snore thing that turns into a snort when he realizes he's waking up. I hold back a giggle and continue doodling on my notebook. I draw your typical stuff like flowers and other doodles.
I eventually look up to see him asleep in his chair and people start sneaking out of the class. This was getting ridiculous. We need a better teacher than this if we wanna be prepared for quizzes and I still don't know why they're even keeping his old ass. I'm not even trying to be rude about it but it's kinda annoying not doing anything for the whole period. Sometimes I get bored of doing nothing and only having my notebook to draw in or leaving to use the restroom.
The bell soon rings and i'm happy about it. As I walk to my locker, I stop to see a flyer on the bulletin board. It's for dance classes and makes me remember dancing was something I enjoyed doing in my other life.
"Hey" I jump seeing Stefan behind me and I put a hand over my chest giving him a soft glare.
"Don't do that, Stefan, jesus" I close my eyes for a second as I try to calm down.
"Didn't mean to scare you, are you alright?" He looks at me in concern and it throws me off guard. Nodding, I bite my lip and look down at the flyer.
"Yeah, just saw this" I show him the poster and he examines it. Surprise is in his eyes as he looks at my small frame.
Okay I know I didn't look like I danced, or anything in that matter, but I was somewhat fit. I'm lying, I don't exercise four days a week, but here and there I did physical activities. Kickboxing and gymnastics was something I did growing up, and I did softball too. Putting my stuff in my locker, I listen to his response.
"Are you interested?, you just don't seem like-"
"The type right?" I close my locker and look at him. "Ballet and hip hop are two of my best genres in dance so does that tell you something?"
He continues to show he's surprised. "I can see you doing ballet I guess. Your feet are tiny for it" I roll my eyes and bump his shoulder playfully.
"Talk about my feet all you want, but that forehead of yours tops it" Stefan opens his mouth shocked and I giggle making him look at me.
He looks down at me and squints his eyes. "What's wrong with my forehead?"
A snort leaves me. "What isn't" Stefan touches his forehead and I giggle in my throat. "Relax, i'm sure you still get ladies with that forehead of yours"
"I guess. You still haven't told me what's wrong with it" Sighing, I stand on my tiptoes and I move his hand off his forehead and stroke a finger over it.
"You feel where my fingers are?" I arch a thick brow at him and he nods. "You have lines right there man, you shouldn't stress so much for a junior"
Stefan takes my hand off and holds it in his. "Is that the only thing wrong with it?" His gaze has so much emotion it makes me intake a deep breath.
Deciding to mess with him and ruin the moment, I pull away seeing we're at my class.
Looking at Stefan, I give him a small smile. "Maybe. I'll see you later" Without another word I head inside and take my usual seat in the back. I didn't know Stefan stood there and clicked his teeth before walking off while holding his hand where my touch lingered.
"Your not a cheerleader?" Stefan asks sitting next to me on the bleachers. I shake my head and put my attention on him.
"I'm close with Caroline but I will never touch a uniform" He laughs at this looks at the football team. There's a longing look in his eyes to be on the field and it makes me smack his shoulder playfully.
It would be good to be on the team, even if it's only for a little bit till Tanner gets killed. Atleast him dying will get Alaric to get here. Can't stay in this world without my favorite vampire hunter here.
"You should try out. I'm sure Tanner will give you a chance" I have to pretend I don't know about earlier.
Stefan looks at me. "After what I did in his class, he won't let me set foot on the field"
A laugh leaves me. "What did you do?" He tells me and it makes me shake my head. "Just tell him your good and tell him if you suck he can never give you a spot on the team again"
"Think that'll work?" His face is scrunched up and he has a hopeful expression on his face. Nodding I pat his back.
"I'm positive it will"
Eventually Stefan is suited and practicing like he did in the show and this time Matt and Tyler are easy on him. I smile watching him pass by them with ease and don't notice Elena coming up to me.
"I'm guessing you got him to try out for football" Her voice makes me turn to her. I give her a nod and a small smile as I look back at Stefan.
"He just needed a pep talk. Stefan should be wide receiver in no time" It earns a laugh from her at my enthusiasm and she sits down beside me. I notice her outfit and fake wonder why she isn't with the other team.
"I thought you were trying out for cheerleading?" It was something she told me she was gonna do and it made me fake shock and happiness for her, even though I knew she won't like it.
Elena frowns and shakes her head and messes with the hem of her shirt. "Couldn't keep up. I should've went to camp but I was too busy grieving" She says.
Looking at her, I get the flyer out my bag and give it to her. "You should take these classes with me. I'm sure it'll be a great stress reliever, and Caroline won't be there getting impatient"
This makes her smile and take the flyer looking at it. "I remember I took dancing with you when we were younger, the ballroom dancing for the Miss Mystic Falls pageant" Oh yeah, I remember Caroline telling me maybe once or twice we all prepared for this since we were wee little toddlers.
"Oh yeah, I used to love those things" Ballroom dancing is cool to me and I like doing a good square here and there with the right partner.
"This'll be like old times, so I guess i'll do it" Her wide smile is contagious and makes me return it. Damn, i'm falling under the Elena charm.
Quickly clearing my throat, I look at Stefan and change the subject. "Are you excited for the kickoff this weekend? We'll hopefully win this game finally"
She winces as she too thinks about how much sore losers the timberwolves are. "Yeah, Stefan seems good so maybe we'll win"
If we even get to play at all... Damon ruining the game by killing the coach actually sounds bad now that I think about it. I should probably keep Tanner safe by putting vervain in his drink or something, thats it! Damon and Stefan haven't started drinking vervain yet, which means one sip and the vamp is out.
"This time we will" I say more to myself as I see Stefan do a good tackle to someone named Owen. Ha.
Who spends nine months in the womb, only to come out and get named Owen?
I snicker at my own meme joke and get a weird look from Elena. She shakes her head amused at me and we continue to watch practice. A engine catches my attention and I see Damon's Camaro. I'm confused because Caroline isn't in it this time so like, what the hell?
Elena too looks and he hops out with his shades on. I watch him walk past the cheerleaders not giving them a glance. They gawk at him and Caroline looks over to me with a look and I subtly roll my eyes. He's walking towards me and isn't even bothering to hide it. I bite my lip as he stalks up the bleachers holding my gaze and even Elena is watching with curious eyes. This hot sun seems to have no effect on him as he's wearing his leather jacket and black jeans.
When he's infront of us, he bends his head slightly with a smirk. "Ladies"
"Damon"
"Whatcha doing here?" Me and Elena say our responses at the same time and i'm the one questioning him. This isn't right...Damon just popping up places to see me.
He smirks wider at my answer and sits next to me. He drapes a arm around my shoulders and pulls me close. "I can't see my beautiful honey bunch?"
My eyes roll at his pet name. "Arriving to this beautiful honey bunches school unexpected, yes"
His bright blue eyes look amusingly into my dark blue ones with a darker center. "And here I thought you would be happy me stopping by"
"If you want me to say I am so delighted that you drove all the way to my school when you could be doing something else to see me-" My smile drops off my face. "You befriended the wrong girl. I'm not one to play along, Damon. Cut to the chase when you tell me the favor you want"
"Touch crowd today. I need you to accompany me later, for dinner" Okay, I don't remember Damon doing this to anyone in the show...
"With who else?" It couldn't be Elena and them because that dinner never happened.
He grabs a strand of my hair. "Just me. A guy can't ask a pretty girl out to eat without a motive?" You can, I think to myself.
A huff leaves me. This had to be part of his plan but, what's his gain? I'm not dating Stefan so it can't be to show he can take me away as easy as he did with Katherine and Elena. It's not with this Elena and Stefan because she's apparently gay. All I can think of him gaining is a mildly pissed off Stefan because i'm his friend like Lexi is.
"When that said girl is close friends with your brother who you have issues with, yeah"
Damon rolls his eyes and waves a hand. "You're my friend too, but obviously I don't wanna settle for that so let me take you out. I can maybe change your mind"
"Tonight at eight but as friends" I tell him with a warning tone.
"To you Amatheia. I'll be on time so be ready at exactly that time" He gets up with a cheeky smile and it makes me roll my eyes. He kisses my cheek softly and heads down the bleachers before walking to his car. He looks at no one at all as he gets to his vehicle, and when he gets inside, he blows me a kiss making me turn away to ignore the stares and gossip I know will follow.
Elena smacks my arm and it makes me remember she was there. "What?" I say rubbing my arm. Jesus she was strong.
"Your going out with Damon knowing how tense his relationship is with Stefan?!" A grunt is suddenly heard and I turn to see Stefan on the ground for once. He must've lost his focus by listening to our conversation. I facepalm as some teammates ask if he's okay.
"I know what i'm doing Elena, you know I said as friends right?" She blinks at me but then crosses her arms.
"Obviously he doesn't think that. You should cancel" What? I thought she would be a little supportive now that this uinverse her doesn't like him.
Scoffing, I squint my eyes. "Your kidding right? I thought you would be telling me advice or how I should style my hair, not acting like this"
"Like what?" Not biting my tongue, I get up and look down at her.
"Jealous" With that I walk off and leave it at that.
Knock Knock
I frown wondering who's knocking on my door at this time. It was seven something so Damon would be here soon. I walk down the stairs in my stocking covered feet and open the door to see Elena on the other side. She has a apologetic look on her face and there's something in her eyes I can't figure out.
"Can we talk?" She asks rubbing her hands together. She's fidgeting on her feet and it makes me move to the side to let her in.
I close my door and as soon as I do, she starts to talk. "Look, I know I was wrong, and i'm sorry for that, but I just got upset"
"Why, Elena?" Me being barefoot makes her even more taller than me so I have to lift my head a little to look at her. She frowns as she thinks of her answer looking down at me.
"Because-because" Her mouth parts as she tries to find the right words. I wait patiently and bite on my lip in the meantime.
Why did she have to be so angry earlier over Damon? She barely knew him and only knew that him and Stefan had some sort of rivalry. If it was Stefan getting angry I would understand more because he knows the stuff Damon's did his years of living.
"I think I like you" Blinking I look at her. Silence settles in the air. I keep blinking at her as my mind processes what the hell she just said. Elena. Gilbert. Likes. Me.
"Holy shit" I inhale a sharp breath at my response and she bites her lip as rejection washes over her face. Her eyes water slightly and it makes me wince. "Elena-"
She starts walking to the exit but I grab her elbow. I turn her back to look at her because she couldn't just leave after saying that.
"Can you just wait for a second" I look into her brown eyes. She nods and breathes.
"Y-you don't like me back. I was afraid of this happening-" Her eyes close for a second.
I put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Whoa, I didn't say that" In my past life, I was- into guys and all...but girls were attractive to me. I wouldn't call myself bi, but experimental was more the word for me.
She looks hopeful and I hope I don't say the wrong thing here that'll have her avoiding me like the plague tomorrow. I liked being close with her and didn't want that dwindling anytime soon.
"It's not that I don't like you back, it's that I never really thought about a relationship or anything with you. I know we're close friends, but I just never thought about a girl in this way before"
It was the truth because I wouldn't think about someone like Elena being experimental let alone gay. I didn't know she would even look my way with how attractive everyone was here, and I saw myself kissing a girl, but not dating one and having a future with one...if that made sense.
"This was stupid of me coming here, I shouldn't have told you this, can you not change what you think about me?" This girl was freaking out infront of me and looked at me with wide eyes and pouted lips. Grabbing her hands, I feel her relax slightly and try to give her a small comforting smile.
"It's okay Elena, I won't think about you any differently. I'm sure this is just a crush that'll fade away soon"
Her face looks at me wondering why I would think that. I only thought that because i'm the only one who knows about her sexuality, i've gotten close with her, and sometimes when someone is understanding to you and makes you feel better about yourself and confident, you gain a crush on them. But in reality that's not it at all.
"B-but it isn't" She steps closer to me with my hands still in hers. "I genuinely like you and I think I have for some time now"
Gulping I look into her brow orbs and feel like I shouldn't have. The emotion swimming behind them make me inhale sharply and she waits for me to say something.
"Honestly Elena, I really don't know what to say. If you really feel that way...can you give me some time grasp on it?" My dark blue eyes look into hers and I see her nod but know that's not an answer she wanted.
Her face leans toward mines and I suddenly don't know what to do. Her lips touch my cheek but it feels intimate. They linger for a couple seconds and she's suddenly looking into my eyes again. Shit, she's talking.
"I'll give you time but just know that my feelings won't go away in the meantime" Her height difference to me is amazing.
She's looking down at me and there's something right behind her eyes that make me nervous. Her hands let go of mines slowly and it makes me remember she had to leave.
"Okay" I have no words and follow her to the door. She leaves and it's awkward as i'm quiet. Closing my door, I quickly head upstairs for the time and to get ready.
It's seven- forty-two when I get upstairs giving me eighteen minutes to be ready. I quickly slip my dress on taking my robe off and put on my heels. My hair was curled so I brush it into long waves falling past my back. I put some mascara and eyeliner on and dab on some blush to hide my real one.
Jesus that talk was- the doorbell rings interrupting my thoughts. I'm still not calm and hope Damon just thinks i'm nervous to go out with him. Grabbing my phone and keys, I head downstairs and open my door to see Damon in a black button down with his messy hair. Black pants hug his legs and he has dress boots on. I give him a smile and he grabs my hand kissing it.
"You look fantastic. Are you excited?" A small smirk is on his lips.
I shrug. "Depends on how this night will go"
"Oh i'm sure you'll love it" He says knowingly. I roll my eyes playfully and he offers me his arm. I take it and he guides me to his car. Being a gentleman, he opens my door for me and even puts my seatbelt on. I make a joke at him doing this to get lucky tonight and he chuckles.
Driving off my property, we go to the high end side of town and it makes me look at all the street lights on and fancy restaurants. We pull up to the sidewalk where valet was and he opens my door for me before handing valet his keys. I'm guided into a fancy bistro looking place and we head up to the lady at the front. The whole place only has a few people in it and when he tell them his last name, we're led to the private area with limited booths.
A sound of amazement leaves me as there's food already at the table with carts filled with more food. I blink looking up at Damon and he seats himself while I do the same.
"You didn't have to do thi-" Damon shakes his head and grabs a glass of bourbon off the table. I sip at the fruity looking drink.
"I wanted to. Not to be overly romantic or even to impress you, but to make you have a great night with a friend" The way he says friend makes me frown but I fix it.
"Well, your a great friend Damon Salvatore" I give him a smile and his mouth twitches holding my eyes.
We eat and chat with no awkwardness involved. He tells me a little about his past but he keeps it hidden about what year some of the things are. He tells me about some college party he went to a year ago, where a girl started twerking on the roof in her underwear while singing 'Dragon Tales' while Kanye West played in the background...and it made me choke on Mac and Cheese.
The night is a blur and by the end of the night, there was barely filled plates and only ice left in the glasses. He drops me off at home and there was one question burning my head the whole time.
"Why did you want to do this dinner Damon?" I look up at him but atleast i'm a bit taller in these heels.
Damon looks down at me and sighs. "I wanted to figure something out"
"And what was that?"
"What's so addictive about you, how do you make even the baddest question themselves, Snowflake" His tone is serious and he tries to mask his emotion. A large pale hand moves to stroke my chin and he kisses my temple.
"Have you figured it out?" My voice is low and I close my eyes as he whispers against my skin.
"Not yet, but you haven't left my grasp yet Amatheia" A shiver leaves me and I don't move until his touch is gone. I open my eyes and hold his eyes for a second.
"Goodnight, Damon"
"Sweet dreams, beautiful"
I leave the locker room after lacing Tanner's mug with vervain. I don't know if Damon will try to kill him tonight, but if he does, he won't be killed, just injured. I'm sure Stefan will be surprised and help his brother leave the scene, I just hope he gets to play the game still.
My body bumps into someone in the hall and it's a thin frame. "My apologies"' I lamely say. Who says that anymore?
They giggle and look down at me. "None taken" Elena looks at me with a smile and I gulp. Shit, it's been days since we had that talk and we've barely spoken, but it's one of the things I thought about. Other than Damon's interest in me ofcourse.
"Hey"
She sighs. "Hey"
It's about time we talk about it. I look around and quickly grab her hand taking her to the girl's bathroom. We'll get some privacy there because the school is locked for everyone but teachers and coaches. Port a potty's are outside for people so it's fine
"About the uh...talk" I lamely start. She sighs and nods her head.
"Yeah, I hope I didn't make things too awkward, and i've been giving you space it's just been...hard" Her mouth is in a frown and her eyes are slightly wide and it just makes me wanna scream.
She had no idea how adorable she looked and part of me wanted to actually feel those lips on my own, but the other part wanted to just hug her and give her reassurance. Walking closer to her, I pull her to me and wrap my small arms around her. She wraps her long arms around me frame and I feel them snake around my waist.
"You've been a really good friend giving me space and time to think about it. I came up with the decision that I don't think I can ever lose you as a friend, Elena. I've known you for forever and can't even think about leaving you without feeling guilt...but being more with you is just not the right time. Right now,I need to focus on a bunch of things that would give someone probably normal-stress and a relationship will make it complicated"
I know, I know. Miss "I'm not good with speeches and pep talks" Is actually giving a pretty darn good one. This one just came from me and I completely mean every word. Being in this world with these people make me happy and I learned I can actually belong with them and can't live without them now that I got a taste of this world. So if anyone tried taking me away, I would probably be pissed and cry. Cry more than be pissed though, i'm a baby...
Elena doesn't say anything for a minute but I do feel her breathing so that's good. Her arms suddenly squeeze me and it makes me lightly giggle because i'm ticklish.
"This sucks to hear but I know your going though things that you probably have a good reason to hide from me. I'm gonna be your friend for now because part of me thinks i'm the future,you'll give me a shot" Elena says and I can feel her smile as she talks. It tickles my neck slightly but then we break apart and her hands aren't on my waist anymore.
Smiling I give her a wink bringing playfulness into the conversations "You know I won't be able to resist you for long" She giggles and winks back at me. This feels good.
Clapping her hands together, she looks at the door. "Maybe we should get back to the game?"
Nodding, I link arms with her. "We definitely should" I had to make sure the game either continued or didn't. If Damon chose to feed from Tanner, part of me will be pissed but atleast hell just need bandaged.
The paramedics are here and it makes me wonder how much me and Elena missed. Apparently everything after Tyler and Jeremy fought happened but in different ways. Stefan and Damon talked but it had to be something different. They were nowhere to be seen and I wasn't surprised.
Tanner was currently amnesiac talking to the Sheriff about how he suddenly got attacked when he went to gather the team together. I'm sure the teammates are gonna get questioned.
I'm glad Tanner wasn't dead but I hope this makes him take a break from teaching. Elena walks over from Jeremy to me with a frustrated look.
"Jeremy is getting on my nerves. He fought Tyler and he's drunk!" I put a hand on her back and give it a couple pats.
"Calm down Lena, breathe" I say softly. She takes a deep breath and then gives me a thankful look.
Glancing over at Jeremy, she clicks her tongue. "I'm gonna have to sober him up at the grill and tell Jenna the game was delayed and we were hungry" She comes up with a good lie to tell their aunt fast and it makes me proud. Elena was a good liar.
Nodding I look over at the drunk and beaten up Gilbert. Some things can't be changed at all. "I think that's a good idea, mind me talking to him before you go?"
She shakes her head. "Go ahead, he needs you to talk to him cause he hasn't been himself lately. I'll be by my car so just send him over when your done"
Walking over to Jeremy, I frown at his injuries. "Jesus, you would think not fighting a football player would be a no brainer" I try to make a dark joke but it fails, earning me a glare. Jesus what happened it my supposed best friend? Elena was becoming a better friend to me then him.
"I'm not in the mood for your dark humor Ama, once again Tyler gets the girl and he was the one to start it!" He smacks his arms to his legs and looks at sad and has puppy dog eyes.
Oh c'mon! What was with these Gilbert's being all innocent and adorable?!
Leaning against the wall with him, I bump his shoulder. "If it makes you feel better, Vicki has the teeth of a donkey and Tyler looks like a gerbil" It earns a small laugh and it makes my mouth twitch.
Ofcourse Tyler was good looking, he just got better the more he grew his hair, and the more facial hair he had. And, talking bad about the two made my best friend feel better so...
Jeremy looks at me with a small smile. "I'm sorry we haven't been hanging out. Part of me wanted to talk to you but then I let Vicki tall me into not talking with you"
Wait what?
I suck my teeth and my eyes widen. "Whoa, Vicki told you to stop talking to me?!" My voice got higher and gained the attention of others. Ignoring them, I stare at Jeremy waiting for his reply.
He shushes me and talks in a bushes tone. "Calm down please, I don't know what I was thinking. I guess since she made it seem like she would actually choose me if I did and did her whole 'I have no one' thing...I fell for it and listened" He then apologizes and his tone shows he feels guilt.
Sighing I roll my eyes and stare at him for a second before smacking him upside the head. Because like I said earlier, what the hell?!
"Bro's before hoe's, dude" He rubs his head and nods licking his lips.
"Yeah, I know that now. Trust me, I am not going back to Vicki Donovan" Jeremy even raises a hand and crosses his heart and it makes me smile.
"Good. I expect food to win my heart back"
"You got it" He hugs me and I return it. Jeremy pulls away and I suddenly see someone very familiar behind him in the distance.
"Okay enough bonding time, Elena needs to sober you up a bit and get you home" I motion to the parking lot. He nods and we say our goodbyes before I leave the incident scene and head over to them.
Crossing my arms, I look up at Stefan and wonder where the hell has he been and why is he back here?! He's in his uniform and is holding his helmet as if he was here the whole time. It's getting cold so I regret not wearing sweats instead of thin jegging's.
"There you are, where were you?" He has the nerve to ask me.
I blink and look over at the scene of Tanner holding his neck while still talking to the Sheriff. "Stefan Tanner got attacked and everyone is here, where the hell have you been?"
He sighs and runs a stressed hand through his hair. He looks nervous and is trying but failing to hide he's upset.
"I ran off to get my nerves together and ended up having to take Damon home. He was drunk and needed a ride" This lie makes me frown slightly.
"Your brother looks like the type to get drunk, but at his brothers first game no. Is everything okay with him?" I play the concerned friend.
Stefan nods and frowns. "He likes to drink. I came back and noticed the Sheriff and animal control is here"
Pursing my lips, I hum and tilt my head slightly. "Yeah some animal attacked him. It was probably a rabid raccoon or something" Meanwhile, it was a very sarcastic vampire.
"Maybe, do you think the game is cancelled now?" As soon as he asks that, Tanner yells at everyone.
"Timberwolves get back to the field! I'm not letting some animal stop this kick off rim happening!" People around us cheer while the officers are making faces.
They can't say anything though because Tanner doesn't wanna go to the hospital and they can't cancel the whole thing over a animal bite when the person is still alive after the attack. It'll cause suspicion and anger if they do.
I snort and look at Stefan again. "There's your answer, go on an okay some football Stef" I ruffle his hair and he chuckles shaking his head trying to fix it.
This better be one hell of a game...
Author here and I just need to vent- Man you guys don't know how much I change my chapters, if you did you would call me a perfectionist lol. I was gonna do a lesbian scene between Elena and Amatheia in this chapter introducing the chemistry between the two. By making them basically fuck buddies because let's be real. Elena didn't exactly need a relationship in the show but she did need someone to have a strong bond with...and I feel like she would have that with Ama- making them friends with benefits kinda.
Let me know if you'll be open to that to give both the girls a break from love ;)