I just shrugged off Kaylene's warning. I decided that after that, I better not mention that he knew where I lived. That probably wouldn't fix the situation. Stefan seemed upset too. He and Kaylene gave each other strange looks. I tried not to worry about them, but I got a bad feeling from them.
"So, do you have any relatives here?" Elena asked me.
I almost said no, but realized that my step sisters counted as relatives, even though I didn't consider myself to be related to them.
"Yeah, I have two step-sisters: Courtney and Tiffany."
Kaylene coughed on the iced tea she was drinking because she was laughing. I turned to glare at her. I turned to see Elena laughing too and Stefan smiling. "Yeah, I know. Lucky me." I said flatly.
Kaylene held up a hand while she caught her breath. I rolled my eyes but smiled.
Elena composed herself first. "You have Courtney and Tiffany Reilly for step sisters? I am so sorry for you Hun. You have to live in the same house. I can't deal being on the same cheerleading squad. That's one of the many reasons I quit."
That made me laugh. "They made you quit the team? Wow, that's horrible."
Kaylene was still laughing beside me. I turned to her. "Stop laughing at me!" I acted like I was annoyed and hurt. It was obvious I wasn't really though. This only made her laugh harder. Her attitude was changing quickly, I noticed. Elena, Stefan and I just stared at her as she slowly but surely calmed down. Finally she took a deep breath and looked at me. "They are like your absolute opposite. I don't know which one of them I hate more. Tiffany is such a bitch whore all the time, but Courtney just follows her around like a lost little puppy dog. To put it simply, I feel sorry for you." Elena nodded in agreement with this.
"I know. They annoy me too." I said "Do you guys have any brothers or sisters?"
Elena nodded towards the boy sitting in front of her. It was Jeremy. I already knew that they were related. I just nodded towards Stefan, because I already knew he had Damon. I turned to Kaylene, but she was fussing with her iPod, so I let it go.
We arrived at the school at about the same time as yesterday. Elena and me walked in together again, and waved at Kaylene as she walked down the opposite hall. Elena and I chatted casually as we went in our lockers.
"I think that they are just too messy. Cats are pretty much hassle free." Elena said.
"Did you know that if you were to die, a cat would eat you, but a dog would starve by your side?" I stated.
"Really? Huh. I did consider getting one. I just don't think that I would make a good pet owner."
"Well what about your brother or your aunt?"
"They are always out and about." She sighed.
"Well, you could always bring him to my house. I always wanted a dog. Of course my brother would do anything for you." The sentence startled both of us. We turned to see Damon leaning on the locker on my right.
I was still a little confused about Damon. He seemed pretty nice to me when we had talked. Since then he has been snarky and had a 'too cool for you attitude'.
Elena just slammed her locker, grabbed my arm and pulled me away. "Sorry Damon, we have stuff to do. Go play somewhere else."
He grabbed my other arm. "Wait, I just wanted to talk to you guys. How about if you listen, I'll buy you whatever puppy you want?"
Elena pulled the arm she was holding. I jerked that way, but Damon wasn't letting go. "Go to hell Damon. I don't want to talk to you right now. Go away." She said.
Damon pulled on the arm he was in possession of. Elena moved a little bit, but held on. I tried pulling my arms back but they didn't even notice. I even tried pleading, but they couldn't hear me. "I'm not going anywhere. I don't know why any of you can't understand this." Damon retorted.
I tried leaning towards Damon's arm so I could bite him or anything to get at least one of my arms back, but I couldn't reach, or pull Elena closer. When I tried the other way, I got the same result. This was really hurting, and my books fell. People were staring at us, but no one helped, despite the faces I was making. "No one wants you here. Why can't you understand this?"
Elena and Damon were both glaring at each other. They obviously didn't see anything else. I was starting to really feel the pain. They pulled a little harder. I was now almost crying.
Finally, I wound up kicking Damon's shin. He didn't seem to be hurt, but I got his attention. He looked at my face, and let go. He was still scowling. "Sorry." He muttered to me.
Elena seemed to realize what she was doing once Damon let go. She quickly let go of my hand. "Sorry Serine!"
I just hung my arms loosely at my sides. It felt a lot better. "It's ok guys." I turned to Elena. "Come on, class is starting soon. We'll see you later Damon." I smiled up at him, and waved as I pulled Elena towards the classroom. I honestly forgot where it was, so I needed her to start leading soon.
Finally she started walking forward on her own. I turned in time to see Damon give me a little smirk and a wave. I smiled back. I faced forward, and walked into a huge kid, and landed on my butt in front of everyone. Why must Damon constantly be distracting me in this place?