So this is a story about my OC character, Zoey Gilbert. She is Elena's fraternal twin sister. She has black hair with red streaks. She's spunky, sarcastic and a bit of a partier. Her best friends are Tyler, Caroline (though there more frenemies right now), and Vicki. This chapter is pretty slow but it'll pick up in the next few ones. I hope you like it! I've never really done any fanfiction before, so don't be too mean! :P Review please

Finishing putting on my mascara, I dragged myself down the stairs into the kitchen.

"Is there coffee?" I hear Jeremy ask, as he takes the cup from Elena. I grab it from him, taking a sip.

"It's you're first day of school and I am totally unprepared." Aunt Jenna says as she bustles about around the kitchen. "Lunch money?" Jeremy takes it all, but one look from me has him handing half over.

Elena reminds Jenna of her thesis presentation and she leaves the house in a rush.

Jeremy takes the coffee from me and I take an apple and bit into it as I see Elena give Jeremy a concerned look. "You okay?"

"Don't start." He says rolling his eyes and leaving.

"I'm worried about him." Elena tells me.

"He's fifteen, Elena. He lost his parents and now he's doing drugs. Let him deal with things in his own way. He'll be fine. A little weed and some alcohol never hurt anyone."

She gives me a disapproving look, laced with concern. "I'm worried about you too."

"Don't be. I can handle myself. Now if you excuse me, I have to go give our little brother a drive to school before he decides to skip, and wouldn't that be a shame?" I smirk and walk out the door, following my brother.

…

First day back at Mystic Falls High and I already want to shoot myself in the head, and we haven't even started class yet.

I see Tyler Lockwood and Vicki Donovan making out, hold down the bile rising to my throat, and go over to them. "Look what we have here. My two best friends are screwing again. Terrific."

"Ah, now don't be like that." Vicki says, as Tyler smirks at me.

"Fine. As long as when you two have babies, I can be godmother."

Vicki laughs, while Tyler frowns and rolls his eyes. "Like that'll ever happen."

"Come to the bathroom with me, Zoey?" Vicki says, taking my arm and dragging me away from Tyler. "So you've been best friends with Tyler for forever right?"

"Yeah, since we were five." I reply as we walk down the school hallway.

"So do you think that…" Vicki trails off looking at something in the distance. I follow her glance and see a guy wearing a black leather jacket who I've never seen before. "Who's the hottie?"

"I have no idea." I say just before the bell rings. Vicki leaves to go to work and I head towards my first class; history.

…

"I'm going to the grill!" I call to Aunt Jenna, as I grab my leather jacket. I open the door and go to walk out, but almost slam into the new guy from school. "Oh!"

"Sorry, I was about to knock. I'm Stefan Salvatore. Is Elena Gilbert here?" Of course he wants Elena.

"Yeah, hold on a sec. ELENA! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE, THERE'S SOMEONE AT THE DOOR FOR YOU!" I yell up the stairs. "I got to go, but it was nice meeting you Stefan."

"Yes, it was nice meeting you too. Ah, sorry I didn't catch your name."

"Oh, right. I'm Zoey; Elena's fraternal twin sister."

He smiles at me. "Well it was a pleasure meeting you Zoey."

…

"So did you find out who the hottie was?" Vicki asks later that night, at the Mystic Grill where she works.

"Stefan Salvatore. He lives in the old Salvatore boarding house and apparently he already has a thing for my dear twin sister."

Vicki rolls her eyes. "Don't they always." She says snidely and takes a tray over to a table.

I walked over to where Tyler and Matt are sitting. "Hello boys." I say, as I plop down into the chair next to Tyler. He puts his arm around me.

"You know Zoey, we were just talking about you."

"Oh really? Good things I hope."

"The best." Matt speaks up. I smile at him. I've always liked Matt, as a friend. He's a sweet guy and didn't deserve Elena dumping him. But we had just lost our parents, and like I said earlier, we all have our own separate ways of dealing with it.

Vicki comes over and puts our food on the table. She turns to Tyler. "Do you need another refill?"

"I'd love one." He replies, making me want to throw up. Not because I'm jealous, I'm not, but Tyler has always been my best friend and me and Vicki have gotten close the last couple months and they aren't good for each other. Though I love Tyler, he can be a dick, and he's just going to end up hurting her.

"Please tell me you're not hooking up with my sister." Matt asks Tyler.

"I'm not hooking up with your sister." Tyler says with a straight face, but it's an obvious lie.

Matt can tell to. "You're such a dick."

"Yes you are." I agree.

…

I sit in History class, drawing on my page not listening to a word the teacher is saying.

I had played pool with Tyler and Caroline for a while last night. But Caroline and I had got into a fight, so I decide to head out. Caroline and I have been best friends since we were kids, as well. But we have always had a very on-and-off friendship. We either love or hate each other. The last few months we've hated each other.

"Zoey, why don't you tell us the answer." My history teacher asks. I look up at him.

"Answer, sir?" A few laughs and sniggers are heard in the room. I smirk, lean back in my chair, and stare down my teacher, daring him to say something.

"Get your head out of the gutter Ms. Gilbert, or you will be spending every day in detention this year again."

"Oh but I so enjoy the quality time it gives us." I finish with a wink.

He clears his throat. "Elena, surely you can enlighten us on one of the town's most significantly historical events."

My sister shakes her head. "I'm sorry. I, I don't know."

"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." I glare at him as hard as I can. I don't think I have ever wanted to smash a teacher's head in as much as I do right now. I'm the troubled twin. He can say that to me, but not Elena. She didn't do anything wrong.

Stefan speaks up and makes Mr. Tanner look like an idiot. I laugh and smirk at him. He got what he deserved. And I am really starting to like Stefan Salvatore.

…

"Cheer up Jer." I say to my little brother as he watches Vicki and Tyler head off to the woods. I know that he has a thing for her, they probably even hooked up already and him following her around like a lost puppy was only going to get him hurt.

"I'm fine." He says as he gets another beer and walks off.

I sigh, down my beer and get another one as well.

…

About an hour and three beers later, I run into the one and only Stefan Salvatore. "Hey, having fun?" I ask him.

He smiles at me. "Yes, actually I am. You're sister's very nice."

I raise my eyebrow at him. "Nice, huh? Don't worry, everyone falls for her charms, it's not just you."

"Am I that obvious?" he laughs.

"Yeah, kind of. It's okay, I won't think of you as a lesser person." I joke. It feels nice to be able to joke and talk comfortably with someone without having to talk about dead parents.

"Hey there you are!" Caroline comes up to us, completely ignoring me. "Have you been down to the falls yet, because they are really cool at night and I can show you, if you want." She says seductively.

I scoff. Stefan doesn't seem impressed.

"I think you've had too much to drink." He says.

"Well of course I have. So…"

"Caroline. You and me, it's not gonna happen. I'm sorry." Stefan smiles at me slightly and leaves to go be with Elena.

There is awkward silence for a moment. "Care…"

"Don't." she cuts me off and storms away.

"This is not turning out to be a very good night." I say to myself and go over to get another beer.

I stop when I see Elena chasing after Jeremy in the woods. Rolling my eyes, I follow them.

"Jeremy. Jeremy!" Elena calls.

"Elena he's fine, just leave him alone." I call after her.

"Stay out of this if you're not going to help Zoey." She snaps at me. "Jeremy, where the hell are you going?"

"I don't want to hear it. Ah!" I watch as Jeremy falls to the ground. "Vicki… no."

"Oh my god, Vicki."I lean down, taking in the blood on her neck. This can't be happening. She has to be okay. I go to check for a pulse on her neck but she wakes up.

Jeremy takes her in his arms and carries her and I hold her head. Elena runs ahead screaming for help. All I can think is that she's going to end up six feet under with my parents.

"Vicki! Vicki, what the hell?" Matt comes rushing forward.

"It's her neck, something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood." Elena tells him.

I push my black hair out of my face, keeping my hands on my head, trying to keep it together. I notice Stefan in the crowd. He looks shocked and concerned but there's something else there. Fear. Knowing.

He turns around and leaves hurriedly. I push my suspicions away and focus back on the scene before me.

…

I watch as Vicki is loaded into the ambulance, with Matt right behind her. I rub Jeremy on the back, hugging him, and kissing his forehead. I let go and bring him and I back a beer.

Elena comes a few minutes later, trying to comfort him, but he won't let her. She starts talking about our parents and how everyone else has moved on and we have to try too.

I groan internally. I'm sick of everything being about our parents death, like that is how we are now defined. I miss them, of course, but talking about it doesn't help, it just brings fresh wounds to the surface.

Jeremy and I are different sides of the same coin. Elena will never understand how to help him because he isn't the same boy he was before the accident and she just can't accept that.