A/N - I decided to make this chapter the first day of school for Alex and Tori, so there no confusion. But for this chapter and many more, I'm going to adjusted the episodes so it can to fit the story.
Chapter Two: Friday Night Bites Part 1
"7...8...9...10...ready or not here I come!" I heard a small child voice shoutout from a distance. As I look around me, I notice that I was in a beautiful garden surrounded by all different types of flowers. With lilies, roses, bellflowers even gardenias, so many. I probably couldn't even name them all, I started to run around the garden, looking for the voice. I noticed a long, green vertical wall made out of a bush trees, that was cut and shaped perfectly. It had to be about Ten to twelve feet tall.
"Marianna! Come out, come out wherever your are." I guess who ever was looking for me, believed we were playing hide and seek. I guess this wasn't the worst dream to be stuck in, most of the time, it's a nightmare these days. I saw a plump bush from afar, so I rand and hid behind it. As I Laid flat on my stomach and look down to see that I was in a royal blue dress, with gold and white accents lining it. I looked up, to peek my head out from the right side of the bush, only to see that there was no one out there. I guess I was in the clear, besides, I was always good at playing hide and seek or man-hunt. No one could beat me.
"Got you!" I turned my head up to see...me, younger me. Smirking down at me, she was wearing a lilac dress, with gold lining and her hair down in long curly waves.
"Uhh-uhh." I was speechless, it was me... was this some type of, weird, twisted fantasy dream? Maybe it had something to do with my nerves. Yeah. It was because my nerves and everything is okay now. It's just, the new move and all the pressure I was feeling.
But I only shook off the weirdness I was feeling deep within my gut. "Yeah. Yeah, I guess you got me Kat." I said nervously, she only reached her hand out to me and I grabbed it in return, to pull myself up.
"You know, I'm better at this game then you are." Wow, Cocky much. It was just a game.
"Yeah. I guess you are." I said flatly, as I went to pull my hand away, but she only held her grip tighter. I look down at her hand over my wrist, and look back up at her Suspiciously. She had that same smirk on her face, just one with more devious intentions now. Okay.
"And you can't beat me." Okay! This was getting a bit more freaky, then I thought.
"What?" I was taken back by her response, as I look into her brown almond eyes. Only to be met with blood shot ones, with dark veins running beneath them. What the fuck! I try to pull away again, only to be met with resistances. While She only pull me toward her, as sharp fangs pop out her mouth and as she lunge for my neck and bit into.
"Ahhhhh..."
"Alright girl's, up and at em, you don't want to miss your first day at a new school!" As my eyes shot right open, to see my mother barging right into my room and walking right back out...Okay. just a freaky dream, haven't had one of those in a while. I had prayed, that they would stay away and that I wouldn't have to deal with those any more, but I guess I was wrong. But I was fine now! I was fine. Just a good dream gone bad, nothing to worry about.
"School started a few days ago...can't you just tell them we can't make it?" Tori yawn in a whining noise, as she preceded to roll over with her back facing the door. For someone who was actually excited about a new school, she was the one complaining about getting up and going. I guess we shouldn't have stayed up all night watching shameless and the Simpsons. But here I was, trying to be the responsible one and failing at it the first chance I get. Well, at lease I never claimed to be, but it was expected of me...But I wonder, did my parents ever enjoy the pure torture of seeing us wake up to the first day of school. My dad was a college history teacher, majority of his career and My mom was a high school English teacher for her's.
I decided to just sit up and get this day over with, as I started to push the covers off me. "Come on were gonna be late." I said to Tori, as I roughly shook her, until she sat up.
"Since when do you care about school?" She ask me, while reluctantly sitting up, with squinted eyes and a wearily look on her face.
"I don't. But New year-" I was about to say, until she put her pointer finger over my lips.
"Don't say new year, new me. Not your style." She stated simply while cutting me off, then preceded to remove her finger from my lips.
"Well then."
"Shot gun. I'm hitting the bathroom first." Tori said jumping out of my bed and walking right out of my room.
I just laid right back on my bed. "Huh...Today will be different." I whisper to myself, while looking up at my bedroom ceiling. It's just has to be. I hope. I pray it will be. I finally decided to get out of bed and look through my clothes, that I had pulled out from yesterday...I really need it today, to be a good day.
"Don't forget, I have to go to the principal office and talk to him about my class. So you are both are on your own getting your class schedules at the front office, okay." My mom said while getting her morning coffee ready and moving around the scattered boxes, that filled are kitchen. The movers had got finish really late, so we didn't have enough time to unpack all of the boxes yet, and plus my mom didn't want us all to miss are first day at a new school. I heard her and her heels clicking on the wood floor as I walked into a very unorganized and messy kitchen, to find my frantic mother and Little Sister at the breakfast table talking.
Tori only smirked at her. "No worries mother dearest, we have it all covered." She said in a cheery voice, while shoving cereal in her mouth. While I grabbed my ruby red suede jacket and putting it over my black long sleeve shirt and a matching red tight mini skirt that hug my curves, pairing it with a big black glossy belt that covered my hips and black sheer leggings, and black ankle sock heel boots and my red leather messenger bag. I had on light make up and with a red lip, and had my black hair down, in loose curls that stop over my shoulder.
"How do I look." I ask them, then twirled a around for the two of them to see my whole outfit. Which I was proud of, the first day of school, might as well look good.
"Like a..."
"Emo version of Barbie." My mom said simply, cutting Tori off, then taking a small sip of her coffee. I turn to my sister with a shock look, since when did are mom know the word emo...and plus, I look fabulous.
"Wow mom...a little less dramatic please? And plus I like it, you look edgy." Tori said with a small smile on her face and laughter in her voice, then taking a big bite out of her cereal.
"Appreciated Tor...And I was going for hottopic, but thanks mom. Tell me how you really feel!" I said sarcastically, while stepping into the kitchen fully, and walking over to the white, wooden painted cabinets and grabbing a glass to pour myself a cup of orange juice at the counter.
"It's not that. I just want you to make a good impression for your first day of school is all." My mom said in her over concern parental voice, walking over and kissing both my cheek. I pull her hands away softly, but still hailed on to them and bringing them down between us, while looking up in a scrunched up face.
"Since when have I not made a good impression on people and beside this is my way of expressing my individuality, from your typical small town girl next door." I said trying to prove a point. Plus, she knows I look good. Red is my color.
"I'm on Alex side with this one mom, I'm pretty sure none of them been to a doll kills before, they only know about bloomingdales and banana republic." Tori said teasingly, while getting up from the table and grabbing her bag as she walked towards the kitchen entrance and getting ready to leave.
"What's wrong with Bloomingdales and Banana Republic?" Mom ask looking between us.
"What about Tori? She's not exactly dress like a southern belle either." I said pointing a finger at Tori, who stoped and looked at me confused. If I was going down by the fashion police, she was to. Mom looked at Tori up and down, who had on a olive green jacket and a black dress with pink, olive green, and light gold floral pattern on it. And a black lace tank top underneath the dress and fishnets leggings and black lace up ankle comeback boots. Tori has her dark brown hair down in loose curls and was wearing light neutral makeup on and her black leather shoulder bag.
"Your right...the last time I let you both go back to school shopping with my credit card." She stated to us while getting her teacher bag and purse together for the day. She manage to get a job at the same high school that were attending, due to the fact that the old English teacher is going into retirement, so it all kind of work out in are favor.
"Your one to talk mom, you look like your ready to go report the weather." Tori said, I only snorted at her comment. My baby sister had the pristine gift of being the queen of sass and clap-backs.
"They'll smell the new blood on you, and single you out and try to take advantage or over-throw you." Trying to poke fun at her, Tori shaking her head in agreement.
My mom had on a black jacket and matching slacks, with a blue and white striped blouse, with a loose bow around the collar and black heels to match. She had her dark brown hair down in a wavy hairstyle, with natural makeup. She looked annoyed, that we were joking around from her dismay. But we were just picking with her, because we know she just wanted us to fit in and make some friends. I believe the best way to do that is be are selves and not try to fit in with the crowd, but stand apart from that as independent people. Plus me and Tori are decent enough that will draw in a few nice people, hopefully for one of us, pacifically her. Besides, we've done this so many time now, we already have the gist of it down pack.
"Me! I look fine! And plus, I'm not about to taking fashion advice from hotmess and forever toddler over here...Come on, let's go before we're late." She said to us, before taking a look at her watch on her wrists and checking the time as she softly push Tori out the kitchen entrance. I was taking this as a good omen, that I won't regret the day before it's even started. The day haven't eventually started yet anyway, so it's seem god is looking out for me, now all I need to do is make it through the rest of school day and I'll be fine.
"Danm mom, that's cold, forever toddler. Really!" Tori said while laughing and walking to the front door. I just shook my head and drained the rest of my orange juice, before putting my glass in the sink and following them out the front door.
"Language Victoria...And I don't look like a weather-women. What do you want me to look like a cougar or a real housewife?" She said opening the front door and walking outside towards the car.
"Mom, I'm pretty sure their both the same thing." Tori stated while giggling, as she open the door to the back seat then getting into the car and closing the door right behind her.
"Yeah mom, I'm pretty sure the real housewife's don't wear polyester." I said casually, with a small smile appearing on my face. Then opening the door to the passenger side and getting in as well.
"God, why couldn't you give me sons? At least they would pretend to listen to me, and give me fake compliments when needed it." My mom said while looking up at the clear blue sky.
"Don't we already do that!" Tori said.
"Oh, be quite you." Mom said with a small smile on her face. While getting into the car and closing the door behind her and starting the engine and taking off down the road. This was good, starting are day off like this. I'm not going to lie, I was feeling kind of nervous about the day, a new school in all, but having this morning with the both of them, laughing, joking around. It made me feel optimistic and hopeful for this new beginning, life, are family, even the future.
"Okay here we are. And don't forget to get your class schedules from the front office." My mom said while parking in front of the school building, Tori got out of the car and started to make her way towards the school doors. I was about to take off my seat belt and do the same, but before I could do that, my mom lightly grabbed my left arm and stop me.
I turn my head to look at her suspiciously. "I'm going to go find a parking space. But Alex, I need you to be home right after school, your car will be here today around four clock, okay." She said firmly, while looking at me intently, but I could tell she was trying to gently about it.
"Yeah, I got it." I said grouchy, while unbuckling my seat belt, but before I could even try to attempt to get out the car again, my mom stop me. What's was with this women today, as I took at look down at her hand, then looked right back up at her. I had a feeling were this conversation was headed and I knew that I wasn't going to like it. I'm already feeling nervous and the last thing I need it was for her to be all over me.
"Sweetheart, Just try to have a nice day okay?" My mother said lightly.
I only kept my face neutral, while trying not to give any emotions away. "Is this your way of telling me to be social, make friends, without saying those words." I questioned her suspiciously, as I eyed my mother.
"No." I gave her a raised eyebrow and a are you serious look written across my face. I knew that their were still worried about me, but they could at lease have a little faith in me. Who knows I might make one friend today, before completely pissing them off.
"Okay yes...I'm just trying to encourage you to adjust, that's all." She said simply as we both looked ahead, adjusting. Sounded easier said then done, I couldn't help but remind myself about all the stuff that had happened a few months ago, most of it in school.
"I'm trying." I whispered out, as I faced my mom and lightly grabbed her right hand and squeezing it once. Trying to reassure her, that I am not a china doll, that I am not easily broken. Not anymore.
"I know it's going to take us all sometime, but will get through this, together." She smile lightly. God I hope so, we really need it a fresh start, I needed a fresh start. With my dad being gone, all he had left us was a big hole to fill and a lot of empty space for it.
"Alex are you coming?" I heard Tori called out to me, I turned back to her.
"Yeah, I'm right behind you." I yelled back, then taking one more looked at my mom.
"I'll see you inside." I said quietly, while taking a step out the car and walking towards Tori. Hopefully my day gets better, because I can't take anymore of trying to make it get that way. Lord knows I need a miracle.
I was late. Scratch that. I was really, indefinitely, can't even make up a lie why I'm late. Tori ended up getting us both lost trying to find the main office, then I had to make sure that she got to her classes and me to mines. It was bad enough when I had got lost for my other classes. But now, the one class I been dreading going to all day, I had to be late for. I just hoped my new history teacher was the understanding type for new students, maybe I'll throw in being a part of one of those founding families. Maybe he might take it easy on me, I had finally to made it to my history class as I knocked on the door once and heard someone say come in, so I walk into the class and turn to close the door behind me.
"Your late." I didn't even turned yet, as I heard a rough, deep male voice bit out from behind me, as I slowly closed the classroom door...Okay, Here we go.
"I know. I'm sorry that I'm late, today is my first day and I just..." I was saying while turning to face my teacher, but stop as I looked around me. To see that there was a bunch of people looking at me and not in that "hey we have a new kid in are class way." But in the shocked and confused written across their faces way. Grate, the new kid on the block. Just what I need it was for my first day, in pretty much a foreign place to begin with...is to be singled out.
"Moved here..." I had stopped speaking, as I realized that everyone wasn't paying attention to me, but to another student. I look closely as my eyes caught a familiar pair, ones that looked identical to my very owns. Exactly identical to mines, but more then that we look absolutely a like, but there were a few things that didn't quite fit. Like are clothing style was different and are hair colors and lengths as well, but besides all of that, she had my face. She looked at me and I looked at her, it was like looking in a fun house mirror. The only difference was that almost everything looked the same, but different in other in certain places...Weird. Maybe Tori was right, we're witches or genies. But can someone please tell me that this has nothing to do with my dream last night, because I'm really hoping, that this was a big coincidence.
"And you are?" My history teacher ask me, taking me out of my trances. I turned and look back at him, to answer his question.
"Alex...Alex Fell." I said with confidence filling my voice. As I looked around me, to see people in the classroom whispering in small voices and looking at me weirdly. I just kept my focus towards the history teacher, Mr. Tanner. I had heard some rumors about him at the front office. That he's was a world class jackass and a bit of a dick to about every student that was in his class. I just didn't know that he was my new history teacher. But, I tried to respect all my teachers do to the fact that My parents are teachers themselves. But this guy, I can already tell, is a bit of an asshat who I was going to clash with. He then looked me up and down questionably, then turn to the brown haired girl who shared my face then looked back to me. I guess he and everyone was trying to figure out how we look alike, little did they know I was to.
"Fell...huh." He looked at me eerie, as his gaze didn't leave mines, as if he was trying to solve a complicated puzzle. "So do you have any relation to the founding family by any chance?"
"The Founding Family?" I ask with a puzzled look across my face. I didn't pay to much attention, to when mom and Tori were talking about this town and it's history, while in the car ride over here or at home. I was just preying to god to not have any awkward moments or a panic attack, like the one I'm about to have right now.
So no, I don't know to much about everything here and wasn't interested in knowing anything, anytime soon. I was barely making through this morning without having a nervous breakdown in front of mom and Tori, let alone a full classroom of students that I don't even know. In all honesty, I was more freaked about the girl that shared my face, then not being fully prepared or interested in a flash card lesson about the town history and it's fun facts of the day. I slightly turn my head to look towards the class full of kids who were looking at me, like I just walked right out of a horror film, then I slowly turned my head back toward to Mr. Tanner.
"Oh. Yeah. Uhm, on my dad side, I believe." I said nervously trying to look anywhere but at him and the crowd of kids staring me down. Grate. I just got done lecturing mom, on not letting a bunch of little high school punks take advantage of her and here I am, looking like a tiny gold fish in a kiddy pool filled with Blood thirsty sharks.
"You said your father is a part of the Fell's Family right...close relation or Distant?" Tanner ask me, I felt like I was attending qa session or having a very awkward talk with my therapist about my day.
"Distant. His name was Daniel Fells." I said softly to Tanner, still awkwardly standing in front of the classroom. I just wish this day could be over with already, now I just wanted to crawl underneath a rock.
He look taken back for a moment. "Daniel...You must mean Mystic Falls high school one and only Danni Fells, best wide receiver we ever had." Tanner said with an impress look on his face. I didn't even know my dad played football, he all ways warned me about dating football players and always telling me not to get my hopes up with those type of guys, even though I never listen to him. But little did I know, he was actually one of those guys. But I couldn't help to wonder, what else I don't know about my father.
I only nodded my head. "Yes, he was." while trying and failing not to look like a crybaby, in front of completely and utter strangers. We tried not to bring up my father so much, the pain was still fresh there, like a cut to the wrist. But I couldn't help but miss the man I use to call dad, my tutor, my friend.
"Was?" Tanner ask me, with a raised eyebrow. I was trying not to remember that my father was gone, I was trying to make it through the day. But not only did I just remember that me and my family is apart of one of the town's founding families. But now I'm just finding out, that my dad was one of the town's golden boys and a football player. Just my luck, now I'm going to have a bunch of fake sympathy welcomes, from a bunch of townies. I wonder if Tori was having the same problem as me, not just with the new school, but not thinking about dad. She seem so normal and put together about it, she was probably breezing through her day.
"He recently passed away, a few months ago." I said in a quietly, trying to keep my voice from breaking. Trying to keep myself from falling apart from the seems, I wasn't going to give anybody the satisfaction of seeing me cry, especially since I'm the new kid, but I also didn't want anything to get back to my mom about me crying.
"So that means you should have some knowledge about the towns history." Tanner ask, while sizing me up. I look nervously around the classroom at the other kids, who look either sorry for me or gleeful to see what awaited me under Tanner's pressing gaze. My stomach started to turn as I look to face Tanner, then down at the floor and shrugged my shoulders. Trying and failing to keep my hart rate down, but I couldn't, the room felt tight and small.
"You know what? We were just talking about. Pearl Harbor. What date did it a Occurred?" He ask me quickly, don't get me wrong, I'm glad he change the subject, but that still didn't mean I was prepared. I had a clear plan, stay out of sight, mind my own business, and get through the day. That was it. That was all I had to do. But nope, it couldn't be that easy for me. Couldn't it? but I couldn't breathe, my brain felt like it was running on a treadmill and my thoughts couldn't keep up with it. Breathe, just breathe Alex.
"Um...um." I was trying to think of something, anything, but I couldn't. I looked down and saw that my left hand was shaking lightly. Come on Alex, pull yourself together. I just-I just couldn't. Just because my parents were teachers, doesn't mean I paid attention to every class I took, or absorb any information for that matter...breathe, breathe-just breathe, don't overthink it, it's just one question, right?...then realization hit me, like a tone of bricks, he was trying to scrutinize me in-front of his Students, the nerves of this guy. I was about to call this dude every name in the book, until.
"December 7, 1941." I hared a male voice say, I turn to look at a boy, not just a boy, a really handsome one at best. With the deep green eyes that I have ever seen, and light brown hair, that look softer then a feather pillow. He had a tone, but muscle body and he was sitting, one sit from the girl who look like me.
"Thank You, Miss Fell." Tanner said, try to sound sarcastic and play it off, but came off more annoyed. I try to suppress a smile on my face, but was failing, even the other kid in the classroom was giggling and smiling at the boy response, to Tanner question.
"Anytime." He said smiling back at me. I looked down with smile on my face, the girl who look like me was smiling too. But, by the look, that was on Tanner face. I could tell, this duel was far from over.
"Very well, The fall of the Berlin Wall?" Tanner ask the boy, who answered the question for me.
"1964. I'm good with dates, sir." He said confidently with a small shrug, then started to leaning back into his desk.
"Are you? how good?" Tanner ask circling in on the boy. "Keep it to the year. Civil Rights Act?"
"1963."
"John F. Kennedy assassination?"
"1963."
"Martin Luther King?"
"'68."
"Lincoln?"
"1865." The boy said, I was impressed. It seem every Question Tanner throughout at him, he had an answer for it. I know it wasn't humanly impossible to get some of them right, but all of them. I mean, I seen it before, with really smart kid in my class, that actually study to achieve greatness. But this was amazing, mother would be shock, even my dad to see this.
"Roe vs. Wade?"
"1973."
"Brown vs. Board?"
"1954."
"The battle of Gettysburg?"
"1863."
"Korean War?"
"1950 to 1953."
"Ha! It ended in '52." Tanner said triumphantly, with joy in his voice. I looked stun my his reaction, any teacher would had love, to have a student like that. But then again, Tanner was a first rate asshat, who love crushing high schoolers spirts, it seems like.
"Uh, actually, Sir, it was '53." The boy said with caution in his voice, not knowing how Tanner would reacted to his Challenge. I look at him nervously, wondering why he would challenge Tanner in the first place, but mostly wonder why he would stick up for me, the new girl.
Tanner look around. "Look it up, somebody. Quickly." As me and everyone else grabbed their phones and text books out, trying to find the answer. Then I got the biggest smile on my, as I hared a kid say to Tanner.
"It was 19...53." A boy in the back of the class said, with a smile on his face and everyone started to get a rowdy in the class room. Tanner turn toward me and look at me with pure disgusted written a cross his face.
"Take a set in-front of Donavan." He said annoyed, I turn from him and found a blonde hair boy with blue eye with his hand raised slightly. I walk over and noted the girl who look like me, that she was watching me. I brushed it off and took my sit at my desk, then turn towards the boy with the nice blue eyes and shook his hand. He most be a jock telling my his varsity jacket, wow just what I need a golden boy. But I will try to be nice and at least try to make one friend here, guess it wasn't bad that he was a little cute.
"Matt." He said with a small, but worm smile on his face.
"Alex." I said sweetly and returning the smile back. Then I towards the girl, who I look like and shot her a wink and smile, then turn towards the chalk board, to begin my boring history lesson.
The belle ring, which means that class was finally over with and oh boy, was I glade. Today wasn't to bad, beside the little hiccup with Tanner, but over all I made thought the day and that all that matter. Now all I have to do is go home and watch trashy reality shows, and unpack the rest of my room to avoid talking about my day. I was just getting up from sit to leave.
"Miss Fells do you mind staying back." I looked up from my bag, to see Tanner behind his desk.
I look around to see everyone else leaving, but caught the eyes of the boy who's crush Tanners reputation staring at me. I had caught him and my look a like staring at me a couple of time, which result in Tanner making them pay for it. So maybe he wasn't so bad. "Uhm-Sure." Turning back to Tanner, I kind of knew where this conversation was headed it. He wait until the other student left the class, until it was just us. Tanner got up from his desk and walk to the door and closed. "You just move here correct?"
I got slightly nervous. "Yeah-look I have to go, but If this is about what happened today then-" I was trying to explain myself, not really in the mood for an after school lecturer.
He move from the door towards his desk, is eyes not leaving mines. "This not about what happened today. It's about your school records, I read your files." He said taking a sit behind his desk, reaching for a certain full beige folder that I know all to well...it's only been one day and my past is already gets brought up left and right.
I sighed lowly with frustration. "Look I went through a ruff patch, but I'm get myself together."
"You barely made it though your sophomore year, not to mention all the other stuff that happened as well." He said while holding my file, I wish I could just burn it.
"I did summer school, I-"
"I know that, but that not the point here." He stated while placing my file in the bottom cabinet of his desk, probably with every other students he had it out for. "Just like I told miss Gilbert, the summer is over no excuse anymore."
"Yeah I get it." I nodded my head. Complete asshole.
"Just because you're mother is a teacher doesn't mean you can get away with whatever you want, and don't take being a fonder as a get out of jail free card." Tanner kept going, I don't even know the my family members, yeah I joke about using it but I wasn't. And what's the hell he was, a mind reader.
"Got it." I say border and walk out the class, storming my way down the hall. I was completely done, with the never ending run down of my past mistakes. I don't need to take this shit, specially not from him, he doesn't even know me.
I just needed to get the hell out of here, because now I feel like punching something. "Hey...hey wait up..." I hard a out of breath female voice from behind, I frustrated I stop walking and whipped my head back. To see it was the girl who look like me jogging over and a brown skin girl right behind her, who looked just as out of breath as she was.
I should have since this coming. "Hi. Can I help you?" I asked rigid, tying not come off as a bitch. While nervously looking between the two girls, I all most forgot about her, the girl who look like me.
"Yes, yes you can." The brown skin girl said, looking between me and my look alike. I look at her nervously, kind of know we're this conversation was going, but then I noticed the boy with green eyes how stuck up for me in class. He was waiting a few feet way, leaning against a wall and was staring at me like he seen a ghost, and a little confused. I brought my focus back to the two girls in-front of me. "What's up?" I said in casually voice, with a shrug of my shoulders.
"You...Me...uhm." My look alike ways try to get out, but was stumbling over her word. As shock, confuse and wonder was written a cross her face.
"You both look a like." Her friend pipped in, looking between the both of us.
Lightly nodded my head and lightly biting down my lip. "Yes, we do."
"How is this possible? I don't understand." My look alike was going, while shaking her head back and forward with confusion on her face, she looked like she was about ask me another question until.
I was about point out the obvious that I didn't know until I hared my name. "Alex let go. We're gonna be late getting your car." I turn to see Tori a yard away, waving her left at me. I was about to walk away until, the brown skin girl said.
"Wait, wait...uhm, come to this address tonight at 8:00, we're are having dinner tonight with her boyfriend and we can all get know each...please come." She said frantically writing down the address and handing it to, I took the piece of paper and look down at it, while turning to walk toward Tori.
"Uhm...Okay then, I'll see you both tonight then." I said backing to them shaking my head up and down in agreement. While I was walking backwards away from, then turn fully to leave to Tori.
"Wait what's your name my?" My look a like called out to me, I turn to look at her while still walking away.
"Alex." I called back to her.
"Elena." She called out, with a small smile on her face, waving me off. Good I wasn't weirding her out.
"I'm Bonnie." The other girl said, waving her hand back to me.
"Cool Elena. Bonnie. I'll see you both tonight then." I said they both smile at one another then to me.
Elena. Her name is Elena.
Elena P.O.V
"Do you think she will show? What if she doesn't?" I ask Bonnie frantically while moving around the kitchen, trying to prepare dinner for tonight. Not only do I have to try to and convince Bonnie that Stefan is a good guy, but now I was more nervous because of what happened in class this morning. I just met a girl who looks exactly like me, who could possibly, maybe even be my twin for all I know.
"Elena She will show and beside she looked just as freaked as you did today." Bonnie said reassuring me while walking over to me and handing me salad forks, for the to-go food. I hope so, It couldn't have been a coincidence. I mean, that we both look exactly like, it couldn't have. Maybe it was sign... a sign that I wasn't alone, and that thing we're maybe changing for better. Maybe With her and Stefan showing up, maybe thing was turning around for me, the universe was finally giving me a break.
"Your right, I'm over reacting. Tonight is about boning, you and Stefan, me and Alex." I said with hope in my voice. It was important to me that Stefan could get along with Bonnie tonight, she my best friend and she's like a sister to me. But it's also important for me to find out everything I want to know about Alex, she look like me and could possibly be related to me. And I want to know all about her before I get my hopes up, but even if we aren't related I still want to know her. A part of me wanted to know her.
Late must seem to be the common theme for me today, not only was I almost late with meeting the people who was delivering my car here. But I'm just as late for Elena's dinner party, it was weird for me...to care about things like this. A dinner party, I mean normally I wouldn't, but I do. I guess it was because of the curiosity of why me and Elena look so alike and the dream I had last night. At fist I blown it off as a freak Friday, fun house mirror dream, but now this changes everything.
My my had stead late at the school, to get her class lesson ready for tomorrow, Tori change are plans for adventure around the town, to staying at home decorate her room. I didn't tell her or mom about Elena, not yet. Not until I have all the facts and to see what type of person she is. I can't let her into my family life yet, not without know her for myself first. But my mind was going crazy about the entire situation, switch a birth, Twin...doppelgänger, I don't know. So many questions, no answers. And I don't want to go and confront or accuse my mother of something, not without having all the facts first.
So I pull up to the house a cross the street, as I was parking I noticing four cars was around Elena house and driveway. When she mentioned dinner with her, Bonnie and her boyfriend, I just assume it would be the four of us. I got out and walk over to the house, with sweaty hands and with my nerves jumping. I hope she wasn't mad at me or thought that I was a bitch for being late, maybe she might understand. I Knocked on the front door, I hard foot step approaching, and then door open to see Elena standing on the other side of it. She smile right up at me, ushers me in, I walk towards her and walking inside her home and looking around.
"Hey, sorry I'm late...I had to sign a bunch of paperwork for my car." I said, looking at her with a small smile face. Sister indeed.
"That okay, we just finished up dinner. But we're having dessert in the living room...I can make you a plate if you are hungry?" Elena offered me, while taking my jacket. I didn't have time to change, but she didn't seem to mind me being late either, which was nice. Specially after the day I had and the unwanted lecture from Tanner.
"Sure, that would be grate." I said, following her into the living room. To see the girl Bonnie and Stefan from history class, who I presume who was Elena boyfriend and a blonde haired girl and a boy with black hair sitting in the living room as well.
"She made it! Everyone this is Alex." Elena announce to everyone in the room, then gesturing to me.
Elena walk me towards the living room. "Alex this Stefan, You remember Bonnie from earlier and this is Caroline Forbes and Stefan older brother Damon Salvatore." I stop right beside Elena and gave them a small wave. I will try, not only for my own curiosity, but for my family. Because I have to know, if I could trust her.
"Elena, you didn't say you had a twin sister." Damon said with a confused look on his face, then shot Stefan a smirk. Beside curiosity and wonder, shock and confused seem to be going around today as well it seems.
"Oh my god Elena, she looks exactly like you." Caroline said with a surprise on her face, while looking between me and Elena. As Elena sat next to Stefan, while I walk over and took a sit next to Bonnie, who hand me a plate with pie on it.
"Alex is actually a Fells." Elena clarify to Caroline, and everyone turn towards me confused.
"On my dad side." I clarified. But to be totally honest I didn't know that for sure now, have to look it to that.
"But Elena a Gilbert-I don't-" Caroline said confusion, look between two of us. I'm pretty sure me and Elena, were both confused to know end at this point, I didn't understand either. It was mind boggling, actually. I look around and caught Damon staring at me instantly, something in my gut was telling to watch out for him, not matter how hot he is. He stop staring at, then looked at Stefan with a cocky smirk. What up with them.
"So tell us about your self, Alex." He ask cutting Caroline off while still looking at Stefan, Stefan shook his head slightly with a look of annoyance on his face. I'm pretty sure he's completely done with Damon, by what Bonnie said this morning at school it was suppose to be her, Stefan and me at this dinner not him and Caroline. I look around at all over them, I don't have to tell them about all my past, just the basics.
"Well I was born in Riverdale, it's a small town just like this own. Growing up my family moved around a lot, so we never really stayed in one place. My father was a historian, but also a college professor, he taught history his entire career. And my mother is a high school English teacher, she also work at are school now." Summing up my life, that all the major things that happened.
Stefan turn and looked at me. "Welcome To Mystic Falls then Alex." He said with a worm smile on his and hold his glass to me in cheers.
"Thank you Stefan."
"So why did move here?" Caroline ask me.
"My mom got a job offer, plus it was my father dying wish we move here." I said trying to keep my voice evenly and making sure to keep eye contact. It was my dad wish and mom did get a job offer. But it wasn't the whole truth and I know I shouldn't start a brand new life with lies...But-my eyes hit Elena's, and what I saw staring back at me was the look of pain and deep understanding. I felt a little bad, I know it wasn't a complete lie, they don't need to know my whole life story.
Sadness coved her face, my face. "I'm sorry for your lost Alex." She said with sympathy in her voice and neutrality coving her face. We just stared at each other for a bit, with understanding passing between us, and without muttering a word to each other. It got quite In the room, until Caroline decided to change the top, which I was grateful for.
"Anyway Stefan, I cannot believe that Mr. Tanner let you on the team. Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it. She said laughing slightly, taking a sip of her drink. Good. better conversation, that didn't involve me. It wasn't like Caroline hasn't been doing some of the talking the whole night anyway.
"That's what I always tell him. You have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go get it." Damon agreeing with her almost mockingly towards Stefan, while placing his hand on Caroline keen. I couldn't shake this feeling of mutual dislike between them for some strange reason.
"Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. It's only because you missed summer camp." She said plainly as the room got awkwardly quite again, at least it was because of me. "God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines." Caroline said to mostly to herself.
"I'll work with her. She'll get it." Bonnie common, reassuring Caroline that everything will be okay. I didn't feel like chiming in, I barely could even function talking about my dad, so I decide to keep my mouth close and avoid the attention. Plus I didn't know what to say, I don't know them that well. But I could tell that Bonnie, Elena and Caroline were best friend, since forever it seem like. And Stefan and Damon are brothers, with bad history and a estrange relationship obviously.
"I guess we can put her in the back." Caroline counted to herself, then next looked at me. While Elena look shock at Caroline statement, while I got nervous as her attention focus on me.
"You should tryout for the team Alex, I'm pretty we can find space for you." Caroline ask me I try to avoid her gaze, oh boy. I could already tell that Caroline was one those people, who don't take rejection well. I had to let her know that I wasn't interested, maybe not now or never.
"You know, you don't seem like the cheerleader type, Alex. Neither do you Elena." Damon said looking between me and Elena, then me and Elena shared a look.
"Oh, it's just 'cause her parents died." Caroline blurt out bluntly, trying to explain the situation to everyone. Know I understand why Elena gave me that look earlier when she has given me her condolences about my father, she lost people to.
"Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase." Caroline said causally and look a twin Elena who look down for a bit. "She used to be way more fun...And I say that with complete sensitivity." Caroline said catching herself at the end, it seem like Caroline means we, but was a bit of an airhead at times. I highly doubt that Damon was interested or even cared about me and Elena being cheerleaders.
"I guess they make two of us then." I said out to Elena, trying to clear some of the awkwardness out of the room. Elena looked up at me with a tight lip and nod her head and I gave her a small smile back.
"I'm sorry, Elena and Alex, I know what it's like to lose both your parents." Damon said out to us sounding sincerely.
Damon look to his brother, who look just as clam as a feather. "In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die." He said out the blue, then looking between me and Elena again as he took a sip of his drink. While eyeing Stefan down, who started to look a little nervous. But for some weird reason, I didn't understand why or what he said that rubbed me the wrong why. Maybe it was the way he said, probably just that.
"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon." Stefan said calmly, while trying to stop Damon from continuing on with the topic of death. I was starting to regret coming here, You'll thing with all the pain I had to endure that death wouldn't effect me. Well I guess we were both wrong.
Damon only smirk at him. "Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up. Mmm." He continued, completely ignoring Stefan request to stop talking. Well That wasn't awkward at all and I had a feeling it was going to be a long night.
A/N: okay chapter two part 1: I hope you guys enjoy, I know this chapter was a bit long, so let me if you guy prefers the chapters to be long or short, so I can adjusted them if need be or make parts out of them. I also would like to hear you thought on Alex, Tori and Laurel to, I'm going to try my best to include them as much as possible, but they will place roles in the story. I'm just trying find good way to fit them in this season. I'm going to try and update at least twice a week if I can, just trying to keep it Consistence. Don't be shy give me your thoughts leave a comment If you want and review.
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