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Wow! That sounded really serious over spelling mistakes.
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Damon
I loved my classes so far! I already learned most of the stuff we are learning because Stefan and I went to private school in Georgia and that was the best private school in the state.
Once the bell rang signaling lunch, which is before last period. I took my time packing my stuff even though I barely had anything to pack up since it was my first day. Before I was finished I felt a hand clap on my shoulder.
"Hello mate, you new around here" the boy said with a British accent.
He was had brownish blond hair and was about my height.
"Uh-yeah I just moved here from Georgia with my brother" I stuttered out
"Georgia huh, I prefer New Orleans but what can I say. I can see we're going to be good mates. I'm Niklaus Mikaelson but you my friend, can call me Klaus" Klaus said with a cheeky grin
"Damon"
"Well Damon, let's go to lunch shall we" Klaus said putting his arm around my shoulder and moving me in the direction of the door
"I-uh sort of told my brother that we would meet at lunch" I said shrugging his arm off my shoulder
"Invite him to sit with us" he simply said
I saw Stefan sitting on a bench outside of the cafeteria talking to some girl.
"Stefan" I called out to him
His head whipped around and he said goodbye to the girl and started walking towards us.
"Stefan, this is Klaus, Klaus this is my brother Stefan" I said
"Klaus Mikaelson" Klaus said sticking his hand out to Stefan
"Stefan Salvatore" he said talking his hand
"So you guys are the "Totally hot new boys" I've been hearing about all day huh" Klaus said
"Must be, unless there are other new boys" Stefan said while we walked into the lunchroom together.
From the corner of my eye I see someone waving at us.
"Ah there's my sister, I have to talk to her about Friday night's bonfire. You guys should come" Klaus said walking towards the girls and 'Oh god, there she is'
The girl from the morning, the girl I couldn't seem to get out of my mind for the whole day. There she is.
"Caroline, right?" Stefan said to the girl that was waving us over.
I wasn't really listening to whatever they were saying but I felt her eyes burning a hole through my head. The floor tiles are a pretty pattern.
Not until Stefan nudged me did I come out of my daze.
"This is my brother, Damon" I waved at the girls.
Then Klaus came and clapped us on the shoulder like he did earlier.
"Come on boys, we have stuff to talk about" Klaus said turning around but not before sending a wink over to Caroline.
"Hey, you guys should come to our bonfire Friday night" Rebecka said
"Oh I-I don't know. I have homewo-" I was cut off by Klaus
"Already ahead of you baby sister" he said without turning around.
"Yeah, we'll be there" Stefan said and followed Klaus, leaving me standing there with my mouth slightly open.
"Come on Damon" Stefan called after me, breaking me of my daze again.
I awkwardly smiled at them then went after Stefan.
"What the hell was that" I told Stefan once I caught up to him
"Damon, we're new here" he said
"So that means you accept a party invitation that I don't want to go to" I said
"No, it means we have to make friends and anyways did you see how that girl was looking at you?" He said the last part whispering. 'What girl?'
"What girl?" I said to Stefan as we arrive at a table with Klaus.
"Later" he mouthed to me and I sighed.
"Damon, Stefan this is my brother Elijah, Elijah Damon and Stefan are new here" Klaus said to another boy at the table with us.
"Is today your first day?" Elijah asked
"Yep" Stefan said
"Sit down than, come on we don't bite" Elijah said
"Is it only you guys, you know as siblings?" Stefan asked
"Did you already meet Rebecka? Well her and our younger brother Kol but he's a freshman and hangs out with Gilbert's little brother" Elijah said
"Um, who's Gilbert?" I said curiously
"Oh sorry Elena Gilbert" he said pointing at the table where she was already looking at me.
Elena. Her name is just as beautiful as her.
"Are you coming to the Bonfire Friday night?" Elijah said
Again with the bonfire thing, what is it anyways?
"What is the bonfire?" I said
"We do it every year; it's like a "Happy New School Year" celebration except with lots and lots of beer" Klaus said excitedly
Beer oh no I can't drink beer, I'm a wild drunk. The only time I drank beer was at my father's stupid parties, where Stefan snuck some upstairs and gave me some. I drank a bottle and I almost jumped out the window.
This isn't going to end well.
"What do you guys have after lunch" Klaus asked
"I have Math with Mrs. Myers" Stefan said
"I have History with um… Mr. Saltzman" I pronounced his name
"We have that too, we'll walk together" Klaus said excitedly
Elena
After lunch I walked with Katherine to History.
"He's cute huh, Damon" Katherine said
My head whipped to her and I could feel my anger bubbling up. Was it anger? Maybe territorial? Or jealousy?
"Looks like a good fuck" Katherine continued
I just nod because I can't trust myself to not explode on Katherine.
We get to Ric's classroom and Ric is talking to someone with their back turned to me. I sit in the back like always and Katherine takes the seat next to me.
"So what are you wearing Friday night?" Kat asked
"I don't know" I said 'What would Damon like?'
"Well, I'm wearing that low-cut black dress that I bought last week at the mall" Kat said
"Ms. Pierce? I hope you and Ms. Gilbert are having a discussion on Labor-management relations" Ric said
Katherine nodded her head quickly.
"You know what Ms. Pierce can you please exchange places with Mr. Salvatore" Ric said pointing at the seat in the front where some boy was sitting.
The boy got up from his seat and looked back at me and his eyes went wide.
'Damon' Great, now I have to sit next to the boy that just can't seem to get himself out of my head.
He walked up to the desk Kat was sitting and waited for her to get up. She scoffed at Ric and got up but not before giving Damon a wink.
He sat down and looked straight ahead until Ric started the lesson.
"Before we start the lesson of the day, we have a new student in our class, Damon Salvatore. Damon why don't you tell us a little about yourself?" Ric said
Damon got up from his desk then looked at the floor awkwardly. "Um… well I just moved here from Georgia with my brother and I live in the old Salvatore boarding house with my uncle. I was on the track and field team at my old scchool. Uh…my father's company built the Wickery Bridge here in Mystic Falls and yeah…"
He finished off and sat down again. I could see many of the girls swooning over him and the boys looking at him with jealousy. There goes that feeling that I had earlier with Katherine. Geez what is it with this boy? I haven't even had a conversation with him and I'm already Jealous of other girls.
"Your dad built the Wickery Bridge?" Ric said
"Well no, my dad's company" Damon said
"Very interesting because as you all know the Wickery Bridge was built in?" Ric said
"1977" We all said
"Good job guys now, on with the lesson" Ric said
"Ms. Gilbert see me after class please and uh you too Mr. Salvatore" Ric said
I sighed. I know what this is about, my grade. Ever since last year I just don't take school seriously anymore. 'But why is Damon here'
"Ric, you don't have to call me "Ms. Gilbert" you date my Aunt" I said playfully
"Well I have to be professional Elena and tell Jenna that our date is still on for Friday night" he said with a smile
"Anyways, you know what this is about Elena. You have to get your grade up in this class immediately and the only way to do it is with a tutor" he looked at Damon "I spoke with the counselor at your old school Damon and they said that you use to tutor kids after school that needed help in all subjects and since you were top in the class, I've chosen you to tutor Elena." Ric said looking at both of us now.
"What? No I can't have a tutor." I shrieked
"Elena if you don't pass this class you're not going to graduate, you're failing. Don't you understand that I'm doing this because I care, if it were any other student I would let them fail" Ric said exaggerated
"Fine but you owe me" I said to Ric and I remembered Damon was there. Damon is going to tutor me. Oh god 'Damon is going to tutor me' as in alone, in the same room, together. 'God help me please'
"Damon, I know tutoring someone is the last thing you probably have on your mind right now and I know this is your first day and all but-" Damon cut him off.
"It's okay, I'll do it" Damon said looking at me.
"Great, you know this is a responsibility. You guys need to work together and help each other out on both your parts" Ric said looking at us.
"I understand the responsibilities of being a tutor, Mr. Saltzman" Damon said clearly
"Awesome, now you guys start first thing tomorrow after school and today is Monday, that means that you have enough time to study for the test on Thursday. Good luck" Ric said and started shooing us out the door
Now Damon and I were standing in the empty hallway staring at each other, until he cleared his throat.
"Are you going to the parking lot?" He asked quietly
"Uh, yeah my friends are waiting for me" I said
"Oh okay I won't keep you" He said turning around
"No, Damon its okay we can walk together" I said nervously
"Um yeah okay. So…?" he started
"So your dad's company built the Wickery Bridge?" I tried for a conversation
"Yep, he always said it was one of his biggest accomplishments but during the summer they had to repair it because of a car accident" he said
I cringed at his words. My parents.
"My parents died last summer plunging off Wickery Bridge" I said softly. I didn't know Damon but I felt like I could trust him with such an important thing.
He immediately stopped in the middle of the hallway giving me a guilty look.
"Oh god Elena I'm so sorry. I should've been more sensitive, I'm sorry" he said looking down at his feet.
I smiled at him "It's okay Damon, you didn't know and I was curious. Don't give yourself such a hard time" I said to him as we continued walking to the exit.
"So tomorrow right? Should I go to your house or are you going to mine? I asked him
"You could come to my house if you like" he said
"Should I bring my stuff?" I said to him
"Yeah bring everything you have so far. You can come to my house and we'll do it slowly if it's still hard for you" his eyes went wide as he realized what he said.
Meanwhile I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe and I realize we're at the doors that lead to the parking lot.
"Oh no, that wasn't suppose to come out dirty. I'm sorry I-I didn't mean it like that I-I meant that if you have trouble keeping up, we could do it slowly" he said and I laughed even harder. I think my face is red now and I'm having a lot of trouble breathing as I open the double doors.
"That wasn't suppose to come out like that either, what I-I meant was-" I cut him off
"I know what you meant Damon. I'm just playing around calm down" I said and touched his shoulder.
I don't know what it was really. My hand? or his shirt maybe but I felt a spark and I'm positive he felt it too because we instantly stopped joking around and just stared at each other in the middle of the empty parking lot like crazy people.
"Elena" Caroline yelled from her car where she was obviously waiting impatiently.
"Uh got to run, my Aunt Jenna is expecting me at home" I said softly because if I'm being honest. I didn't want to leave.
"Yeah, yeah I totally get it. My brother is probably waiting for me at my car now too" he said "It was nice meeting you Elena, see you tomorrow?" he continued
"It was nice meeting you too Damon and of course, wouldn't miss it" I said getting on my tippy toes and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for doing this Damon, I really appreciate it" I said
"Ah- ye- yeah no problem, my pleasure" He said giving me a smile
"Bye Damon, see you tomorrow" I said before turning around and walking to my friends.
"Wow Elena, first day and he's already getting some action" Caroline said playfully with a big grin.
"Oh please like your one to talk. The first night you met Klaus he slapped your ass" I said teasingly
She gave me a look that said "Don't bring that up again, in your lifetime" and I looked out the window looking for Damon.
There he was walking up to Stefan with a cute grin on his face. 'Wonder why he's smiling?'
And you better believe that when I went to bed that night, I dreamt of blue eyes.
Well there you have it folks! Hope you enjoy reading it just as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Oh just if there is any confusion.
1)They're all seniors except for Kol and Jeremy.
2)The Wickery Bridge was probably built way before I said it was but let's just pretend it wasn't and Damon's father built it when he was in his early Thirties.
3)Founding families still exists
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