Only Human
It wouldn't be a exaggeration to say how Matt and Elena had trail blazed through high school. Everyone looked up to them. The perfect couple. For a while Matt felt content. His grades were up and he had what seemed like the perfect life. He was finally able to live the kind of life he had always wanted. Not fallen prey to the one fate had decided to lay before him. Just like his parents had. He was making his own way through life...then everything changed.
Stefan Salvatore. The new kid in school. Before Matt knew what was happening his entire life had changed. In a matter of months he split from Elena. Vikki, Matt's sister, was murdered and he was now faced with the reality that creatures of the night were real. All too real. Vikki ... loosing her was like loosing a part of himself. It had felt like someone had shoved a fist through his gut and tore out his heart. Nothing had been the same since then. Nothing had felt the same. No Elena to turn to, Taylor was going through his own loss and adjusting to life as a werewolf and his rebound girl Caroline was finding her toes as a newly created vampire. It was like a bad joke, one he was the butt of.
Matt thought back to those early days as he was cleaning down tables at the Mystic Grill. The grill was due to open if a few hours. He'd taken on more hours over the last few months to try and block out all the crazy shit that had been going on in and around town. It was hard to not blame Stefan Salvatore for everything that happened. Hard not to hate Elena for ditching him for Stefan. Seemed to Matt that everyone had evolved except him. It was tough not to feel as if he were being left behind. They were free to live their lives however they liked, no matter the cost...no matter who got hurt in the cross fire.
' Shit'. Thought Matt. He looked down at the table he'd been cleaning, a part of the wood was sticking up at the side and he'd grazed his knuckle on it. It was bleeding. He was angry. He was pissed off. The pain felt good. He watched his finger bleed. Happy to feel it. To be human. His eyes narrowed as a thought struck him...he may not be supernatural or a creature of the night but he was good at wearing masks...maybe there was something he could do after all. ..