The Kids Aren't Alright

Chapter 2

They say that sometimes life throws you curve balls, but one thing they didn't tell you about curve balls was that they sucked ass. This was the though process running through Damon's mind as he looked around the room that he was now expected to live in. It was a tiny piece of shit with multiple pluming problems (According to his new roommate who didn't contribute to the place by stinking it up with the smell of booze and weed) and what was worse was that it was fairy small in size. He knew he didn't have that much money to work with, but he at least expected his room to be a little bit better or for the student union to care a little bit more about it sighing he stepped into the hallway for a bit of fresh air. What he didn't expect however was to run into probably one of the most gorgeous girls she had ever seen.

She had long brown hair with these gorgeous brown eyes and she looked displeased and distraught about something or other. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was however the letter in her hand might have given him some clues as to why she was in such distress. What had happened to make this gorgeous girl so upset?

"I'm so sorry." she said sniffling and running her sleeve over her wet eyes.

"It's fine. Nothing I couldn't handle. Hey are you alright?"

"I wouldn't want to bother you with my tiny and minuscule problems."

"It wouldn't bother me what so ever."

"I doubt that."

"Then let's make a compromise here. You tell me what's up with you and I can share my first terrifying first roommate experience deal."

"I guess I could tell you seeing as how I'll probably never see you again after this. After all this is a big campus and they did put all of us in this shitty dorm when there are tons of other ones. "

"Go on."

"Well on top of having possibly one of the worst roommates I've had in my life, I just found out that none of my scholorships went through."

"That's tough."

"Espicially when you're studying medical."

"Do you know what you're going to do?"

"Not a clue. I never expected this to happen to me. Everything in my life usually goes so well and now this happens and I'm stuck in some country that's completely foreign to me with no real clue what to do with myself."

"I'm pretty sure you'll find your way."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because you seem like the kind of girl who doesn't give up when the world tosses her into a fight."

She smiled and Damon suddenly felt ten times happier than he had been before. Maybe he should get out of his room fairly often. That is if he stayed in the dorms for long. He thought that maybe going off campus would be his best bet there.

"Thank you I needed that."

"Anytime."

"Well I guess it's your turn."

"Ah. Right the awful horrible roommate story."

"Do tell." she said leaning against the wall instantly making her ten times more attractive.

"Alright so I get here and I'm already in shell shock from being in a new country and a new school and than I walk into my new dorm expecting my roommate not to be there, but oh was he there alright but he wasn't alone. No not only was he fucking one girl he was having a full on orgy in our dorm room. I've never seen so much boobs and dicks in my entire lifetime. I felt as if I was watching The Human Centipede."

"Shit. And I thought my roommate was bad, but you do know that's a cult classic right?"

"It still doesn't change the fact that it was gross as shit."

She laughed throwing her head back slightly making her hair cascade down her shoulders. It really was a lovely sight.

"What did he say to you after?"

"He just looked me dead in the eye and said 'Do you mind?' while one of the chicks were still sucking his dick. He didn't even care that I had just walked into that."

She shrugged. "Some people get off on that."

"Well I never thought I would meet one of them."

"We're bound to meet some strange people in our lives."

"True. So what did your roommate do that was so horrible?"

"That's a secret I'll never tell."

"Who are you now Gossip Girl?"

"You actually watch Gossip Girl?"

"Hey a good show is a good show."

"I think we're gonna be fast friends."

"And yet I don't even kn ow your name."

She smiled stepping closer to him and extended her hand out to him.

"I'm Elena Gilbert and you are?"

"Damon. Damon Salvatore."

They shook hands as she turned away.

"Well I guess I'd best be getting back. I'll see you around Damon."

"I sure hope so."

She smiled as she walked away leaving Damon to wonder if he would ever see her again.

Elena walked the corridors of the dorm after her encounter with a mysterious stranger. She didn't really know what she was thinking opening up to a mysterious stranger , but there was something about her that made her think that she could trust him and that in itself was pretty terrifying. She really didn't like trusting people, but something about Damon made her shape her way of thinking. And she kind of liked it.

But no matter how cute he was or how much she wanted to explore more with him she had more important business to attend to. She had to find a job and she needed to find her before she became millions of dollars in debt thanks to her passion to go to medical school, but where would she get the money so fast?

She sighed and went to her room deciding what she would do next.

Across the way from Elena, Caroline stared at her computer in disbelief not believing what she had just saw on her webcam. She thought that it would be a nice idea to Skype Tyler and see how he was doing only to find out that he had been cheating on her with his best friend Hayley the whole entire time. All he did was told her he was sorry before shutting off his webcam and breaking her heart at the same time. She had to do something to take her mind off of things.

She pushed herself from the desk as she got out of the dorm and went for a walk on the quad. It was a nice and sunny day which annoyed her to no end because she wanted the weather to be as dark and as gloomy as her mood, but she knew that the world didn't revolve around her.

What she didn't know was that someone in the distance was watching her.

Klaus stood by a nearby tree taking in the girl who looked as if she was having a bad day. If he wasn't new here he would have gladly went up to the blonde beauty and ask her what was wrong maybe even make her better, but instead he pulled out his sketch book to capture this moment. To capture the blonde beauty that he probably wouldn't see again.

Stefan stared at the school in amazement as he took this all in. He was really glad that he got the chance to have this experience. What he didn't expect was for someone to be hostile towards him his very first day.

The guy bumped into him obviously not watching where he was going as Stefan turned to see who he was. He had dark black hair and blue eyes that reminded Stefan a lot of his mothers, but he would ignore the guy who was now giving him a glare as if he couldn't believe that he was here. It wasn't Stefan's fault however. He was just really smart and ended up skipping most grades to go to college, but he guessed most people would be jealous of that why would this guy be the first.

"Watch where you're going?" he said bumping into him as a girl walked up to Stefan.

"Hey are you okay?" she asked holding an iced coffee in her hands.

"Never been better."

"Who was that?"

"No clue."

"Bonnie Bennett."

"Stefan Salvatore."

"So are you excited to be here?"

"More than you can imagine."

"Oh I can imagine."

They smiled as they walked to the campus while Enzo appreciated it in the distance he had a feeling that this would be a great year.