Audrey was in her dark jeans and white hoodie. She was walking outside with Bonnie and Elena. She was in her own world staring at Matt and Tyler throwing a football. Tyler was running. She felt a slight sting in her heart. God why was she in love with him? He was such an ass.
"I'm not saying don't date the guy. I'm just saying take it slow," Bonnie said to Elena. They were talking about Stefan.
"You were the one who said to go for it," Elena said and frowned.
"Now I'm saying take it slow," Bonnie answered.
"I think you should take it slow," Audrey said also. She sighed and continued, "I'm not saying you shouldn't date him, I'm just saying don't jump in bed with him too soon."
"Why the about-face? Audy usually you're the one encouraging me," Elena's words made Audrey silent.
"It's not an about-face. You're single for the first time in your entire high school career. It's the perfect time to play the field."
"Oh, because I'm so that girl. Seriously, what are you not saying?" Elena almost yelled to Bonnie.
"It's stupid," Bonnie said and looked at everywhere else but Elena.
"Bonnie..."
"Elena, let it go," Audrey sighed and it made Elena just open her mouth.
"I accidentally touched Stefan. And I got a really bad feeling," Bonnie finally spat out. It woke Audrey's fascination.
"Is that it? Bonnie."
"It was bad bad!" Bonnie said.
"Is this the whole witch mojo thing again?" Audrey asked and raised her eyebrows.
"You know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about my best friend's new boyfriend," Bonnie said and smiled softly.
"And I love you for it, I do. But I feel good. It's been a hard year, and I'm starting to kind of feel like things are getting back to normal again. And you know what? Stefan is a big part of that," Elena said back to her.
"Isn't this just lovely?" Audrey asked and rolled her eyes at her. She put her bag on a better position on her shoulder and walked away from them. She had had enough sister bonding time today.
The whole day was just a blur. Mr. Tanner's history was boring as always, except the fact that Tanner and Stefan had a little competition on some kind of dates which she didn't pay much attention. All summer she had been like this and again she was in her own little bubble. She didn't want any attention what so ever. It was better if she was just left alone.
She walked through the school halls and looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It would be the time for cheerleader practice and Audrey wasn't in the mood. She walked to her locker and opened it. She stuffed her books in it and looked at her gym clothes. White minishorts and a black hoodie. She sighed and took the bag out of the locker. She eyed it for a while. It was time to stop being the sad little girl who lost her parents. It was time to prove that she was alright.
She walked cheerfully through the field to the spot where the practice was. Her normal cheer clothing on and her hair on a ponytail. Bonnie and Elena were already sitting on the ground stretching. The sun was shining bright and Audrey placed her hand over her eyes to stop it for blinding her.
"Oh, my God! You're here!" Bonnie said.
"Yes. Can't be a sad little girl forever. It's time to get things back on track," Audrey answered. Elena hit herself on her thigh like she remembered something.
"I was just about to tell Bonnie that she's coming to dinner tonight," Elena smiled and made Audrey frown.
"I am?" Bonnie asked in surprised tone.
"Mm-hmm. You, me, Audrey and Stefan. You have to give him a chance," Elena tried.
"Well I really don't have an option because it's in my house," Audrey said and dropped down on the ground. She scratched her arm, it was itchy.
"Tonight's no good. Have you seen Caroline? I texted her like a hundred times," Bonnie deflected.
"Don't change the subject, Bonnie Bennett! You're going to be there," Elena said and stared at Bonnie with a commanding look. "And so are you!" Elena almost shouted and pointed at Audrey.
"I could never ditch my sister's new boyfriends meeting. Besides I've already met him, Elena," Audrey said and grinned. "Stefan Salvatore, I met him in history a couple of days ago."
"So, now it leaves us Bonnie," she said and turned her look to the dark haired girl. She rolled her eyes and threw her arms in the air.
"Fine. I'll go," Bonnie sighed.
"Good."
Audrey smiled to Elena and Bonnie and looked at her legs. They were a bit lighter than Elena's and Elena was a little taller. They weren't exactly same looking but kind of similar. Although everyone said they looked exactly alike. They got up from the ground and started stretching whilst standing. A car slowed down and it made Bonnie, Elena and Audrey turn their heads. A dark haired man and a blonde girl exchanged a short kiss on the front seats of the blue convertible.
"Caroline," Audrey breathed and frowned. The man looked at Audrey and smiled to her wickedly, it gave her goose bumps. She turned her gaze to Caroline but she still felt the man's look. It made her breathing heavy.
"Oh, my God. That must be the mystery guy from the grill," Bonnie gasped. Audrey heard Elena sigh deeply.
"That's not a mystery guy. That's Damon Salvatore," Elena stated. It made Audrey and Bonnie both gasp in surprise.
"Salvatore, as in Stefan?!" Bonnie hissed and leaned towards Elena and Audrey. Caroline hopped to the team and smiled like an idiot.
"I got the other brother. Hope you don't mind," Caroline whispered to Elena and smiled with an annoying face.
"Sorry I'm late, girls. I, uh, was busy. All right, let's start with the double pike herkey hurdler, what do you say? And 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Elena, sweetie, why don't you just observe today? Ok? Keep going! Ok. Do it again from the top. And 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8."
Elena and Bonnie were in the kitchen making food and Audrey was preparing the table in the dining room. She had her hair open and wavy, her hair wasn't like Elena's, while hers was wavy and curly Elena's was just straight. She had a black sweater and jeans on. She put four plates out and four glasses. Obviously four forks and knives as well. After she was done, and it looked good enough the doorbell rang. She heard Elena walk past her over to the door.
"Exciting!" Audrey mocked and Elena turned to her and showed her her tongue. Elena invited Stefan in and they walked to the dining table. Stefan sat to one of the chairs and so did Audrey.
"I'm going to bring the food," Elena said and shrugged with a tiny smile.
"So Stefan," Audrey started, "I think you like Elena, a lot."
"Well..." he started and Audrey chuckled.
"It's okay, but if you hurt her, you are going to have to deal with me. I'm her twin and we look out for each other. You probably know because you have a brother."
"We don't really talk that much," he said. An awkward silence landed on them and was broken by Elena and Bonnie who brought the food. They all sat down on to the table and chatted about everything, well not everything. About Bonnie's relatives and either Stefan was very interested or he was just trying to get on Bonnie's good side.
"My family came by way of Salem," Bonnie said and took a piece of the food.
"Really? Salem witches?" Stefan questioned. Audrey squinted her eyes at him. What was so interesting about Bonnie's heritage to Stefan?
"Yeah."
"I would say that's pretty cool," Stefan said and nodded to her.
"Really? Why?" Bonnie asked.
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity," Stefan explained and amazed Audrey.
"Yeah, they are," Bonnie breathed. Great he had Bonnie on his side. Audrey didn't know why she didn't like him, she just didn't. The sound of the doorbell caught everyone's attention and Audrey noticed, especially Stefan's.
"I wonder who that could be," Elena said and started to get up.
"Don't worry, I'll get it," Audrey said and got up herself. She walked to the door and opened it to see Caroline with Damon. She frowned.
"Yes?" Audrey asked.
"Surprise Audrey! Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought dessert," Caroline shouted and giggled at the same time.
"Okay?"
"Hope you don't mind," Damon commented with a crooked smile. Audrey heard Elena and Stefan move next to her.
"Actually-" Audrey started but Stefan cut her off. Caroline walked inside as Stefan spoke.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan questioned with furrowed brows.
"Waiting for someone to invite me in," Damon uttered and smiled to Audrey. His gaze was burning Audrey. She didn't understand why someone she didn't even know would cause that kind of feelings in her.
"Oh, yeah, you can-" Elena started but Stefan cut her off as well. He clearly wanted nothing to do with Damon.
"No, no, no. He can't, he can't stay. Can you, Damon?" Stefan said, clearly with another meaning behind his words. Caroline seemed annoyed from all the talking, though ironically she was the one always talking.
"Get in here," Caroline said to Damon.
"We're just... finishing up," Stefan tried to say.
"It's okay. If they want to join, they can join. Come on in Damon," Audrey breathed deeply after that sentence, like it was hard for her to say 'Come on in Damon'. Audrey backed a few steps to let Damon walk in.
"You have a beautiful home, Audrey," he said and stepped over the threshold with a huge grinn in his face.
"Thank you," Audrey said and smiled softly. After they cleaned the table they went into the living room. It was really awkward to Audrey and Bonnie because they were the only ones without a boyfriend.
"I cannot believe that Mr. Tanner let you on the team. Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it," Caroline said but after that realized that Audrey had been with Tyler.
"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 tried to be inspiring.
"Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines," Caroline said and glared at the ceiling like she was thinking something deep.
"We had to deal with something else than cheerleading, Caroline," Audrey said and Elena sighed. She always was protecting her, always. No matter who said something Audrey had Elena's back and vice versa. There was no breaking of that bond. Caroline just stared at Audrey who looked at her annoyed.
"No offense Caroline but it's not like the routines are hard," she added and left Caroline think of her words.
"You know, neither of you seem the cheerleader type," Damon said and Audrey leaned back in the couch which she was sitting on. This conversation just made her very uncomfortable. She felt her phone buzzing constantly in her pocket but she didn't want to look who was so eagerly texting her.
"Oh, it's just 'cause their parents died," Caroline said and in that minute Audrey lifted her shocked gaze to the blonde girl. It was like she had no brains, she didn't think what she let out of her mouth. "Yeah, I mean, they are just totally going through a blah phase. Audrey and Elena used to be way more fun. If you could just see these girls partying, OMG," Caroline pressed a lot of weight of her words on the 'OMG'-part. After vomiting all those words she realized what she had actually said.
"And I say that with complete sensitivity," she continued with an apologizing look. Audrey rolled her eyes and lifted her gaze fast to Caroline.
"I'm sorry. I know what it's like to lose both your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die," Damon said but he didn't sound truly apologetic, it was just as if he was playing with the whole thing.
"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon," Stefan reminded him and started just stare at him.
"Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring Katherine up," Damon said and Audrey glanced at him. The buzzing in her pocket started to get annoying. She pulled the phone out of her pocket and got up from the couch. She walked next to the stairs and leaned on to the wall.
"Excuse me," she let out before leaving her company to answer the phone. Tyler was now calling her.
"What?" she asked as she walked over to the kitchen.
"Listen Audey. I know you are mad at me but open the door."
"You are behind my door?" Audrey whisper yelled into the phone.
"Just, please," Tyler pleaded.
The door was gently knocked and it made Audrey sigh.
"I'll get it!" she yelled to her friends in the living room. She walked over to the door and opened it leaving a tiny gap for her to go to the porch. Tyler was standing there with flowers. Audrey ran her hand through her hair and she bit her lip.
"What are you doing?" she asked and Tyler caused a little smile on her lips.
"Here," he said and offered the flowers to her. She took them but let them hang on her hand, not caring about them.
"Tyler, I-"
"No, I'm talking," he said and inhaled deeply.
"I know I screwed up, okay. But I still beg for you to forgive me, please. I deserve another chance," he said but it just made Audrey chuckle. She placed her hand on her forehead and looked at him. She was biting her lip so she wouldn't cry.
"I was going through a hard time and you screwed with Vicki. I can never forgive you. You don't deserve another chance Ty," she said and let out one tear. She threw the flowers on his lap and turned her back on him. She heard him leaving as she opened the door. She glanced back and saw Tyler's dark hair blend into the darkness of the night. A sigh got out as she got back inside. She hit Damon on the way in. He grabbed her arms and it forced Audrey to glance up in his eyes.
"If you don't mind," Audrey said quietly and it made Damon let go.
"You probably should wipe that tear off of your face," he said with a crooked smile. Audrey wiped it and gritted her teeth a little.
"Happy?" she asked and lifted her gaze to Damon's eyes and from there it dropped down to his lips. It took many seconds for Audrey to wake up, it felt like she was hypnotized by him. It was just something she couldn't describe.
"I'm going to go see if Elena needs help in the-" her sentence was cut off as she just left the moment but her stare was on his lips the whole time she spoke to him. She gulped and walked to the kitchen through the living room. Bonnie and Elena were cleaning and it seemed like they were all done so she just took a water bottle from the fridge.
"I'm going to my room," she said and Elena nodded approvingly. She jogged to the stairs and said goodbyes to Caroline and Stefan. She didn't even look at Damon but a smile on his face just told everything.
She walked up the stairs and made her way straight to Jeremy's bedroom and knocked on it. No answer. She knocked again and with no answer, again, she knocked again. The door opened and a very grumpy Jeremy looked at her under his brows.
"What?" he asked angry.
"Elena told me you were stoned on the first day of school," Audrey said and crossed her arms. Jeremy grunted and tried to close the door. Audrey got her hand between the door and the doorframe so the door didn't close.
"Jeremy do you think this is a game?" Audrey asked and forced herself into Jeremy's room.
"No I don't," he said with his voice clearly full off amusement.
"Jeremy I get it. You smoke because you get away from the reality. Well sucks bad Jeremy because eventually you are going to have to deal with your emotions and you are going to realize that this was just a stupid phase in your life. This part could ruin your future. So stop acting like a brat and deal with it," Audrey said and the whole time she looked at him straight in the eyes. Jeremy had gone from amused to annoyed.
"What do you care anyway?" he asked.
"I care because you are my little brother. I care more than your friend Vicki," Audrey said and turned around. She walked out of Jeremy's room and walked to her own. Her water bottle still in her hand she threw herself on her bed and closed her eyes. It had been a long day and she was tired.
Audrey walked through the crowd, pushing herself through. She was in no mood for a football game and she didn't even know why she was there. Well of course she knew, because Elena had made her go. Tanner was yelling something to cheer the crowd. She saw Tyler walking to Vicki, well didn't take him too long.
"And the central high lions are what's for dinner!" Tanner shouted. Audrey glared around to find Elena but neither was she or Bonnie nowhere to be found.
"Wait, no! Ty! No," she heard someone scream. Her head turned immediately on the voices direction. She saw Tyler walking up to Jeremy and Vicki looking at them without doing anything. Audrey started running to them and heard Tyler obviously threatening and bullying Jeremy. Audrey just felt an over blow of emotions. Jeremy struck him and they began to fight. Vicki was shouted them to stop.
"Tyler, stop it! Tyler! Tyler, stop! Stop it! Stop, you're hurting him! Tyler! Tyler, stop! Tyler! Stop it! Tyler, stop!" Vicki shouted to them. Tyler just kept hitting and hitting and hitting.
"Tyler stop it!" Audrey shouted and she was about to get between them. Stefan took her by the arm and went next to Tyler. He grabbed him by the wrist.
"Hey, he's down! Enough!" Stefan shouted to him. Tyler's fist swung to Stefan's face and it made Audrey gasp. She had her hands over her mouth. Stefan didn't seem to be bothered by Tyler's punch and it made Tyler look scared. Jeremy grabbed a broken glass bottle and tries to strike Tyler.
"Jeremy!" Audrey shouted and tried to stop him. Tyler moved out of the way and Jeremy hit Audrey in her palm. She pulled her hand to her and bit her lip so hard and felt the blood come into her mouth. Her palm was bleeding badly. Jeremy dropped the bottle and rushed to Audrey.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry," he said and grabbed Audrey by her shoulder's. When Audrey stared at her palm she could feel the pain and the wound was bleeding fast and badly. She could feel Elena run next to her and yelling something to Jeremy. He looked helpless.
"It's okay Jer," Audrey said and smiled. She fell back and felt someone take a hold of her. She fainted.