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Chapter 2

Elena moaned as she glanced out the window, yesterday's sunshine turned into grey clouds and rain. 'Weather to match my mood, great' Elena whispered to herself. The day was going to be bad enough without the weather adding to it. Matt had been giving her puppy dog eyes all week since she broke up with him, but she couldn't stay with him, it wasn't fair to him because she didn't love him back. There were rumours going around Robert E. Lee High that he was planning on getting her back. She even overheard him saying "She'll be mine again, she just needs time", but Elena knew what she needed and that was to stay in bed all year and not have to face anyone.

"Elena, hurry up, you don't want to be late for school!" Aunt Judith called from downstairs.

"Just a minute", Elena examined her reflection, her golden hair flowed down her back, making her complexion look pale and her blue eyes seem brighter. She didn't need make-up because her beauty was so natural. She wore her new clothes she got from her trip to France, white blouse with tightly fitting jeans. She grabbed her bag and ran downstairs attempting to get out the door before she gets interrogated.

"Elena" Damn, I was so close this time.

"Yes?" she said not turning to face her aunt and keeping her hand on the door handle, getting ready to run if she needed too.

"You need to eat breakfast, you'll starve"

"I'll survive" she forced a smile trying to avoid the regular screaming match.

"I've noticed you haven't been going out with Bonnie or Meredith ever since…" she trailed off.

"What? Ever since my parents died", Elena said with more force than she intended.

"Elena, I'm just trying to say you're not acting like yourself lately, first you break up with Matt and now-"

"Matt? You don't know what you're talking about just leave me alone" she pulled at the handle, pulled back the door and ran. Elena couldn't understand it, she was getting more emotional everyday and taking it out on the ones she loved but she couldn't control it. When she finally walked through the gates to school her cheeks are flushed and she was gasping for breath.

"Elena, were over here!", Bonnie's chirpy voice, that usually made her happy to hear was making wish she could have stayed at home and sulked. She tried to control her breathing as she made her way over to the crowds of people that surrounded her two best friends.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Meredith asked in a whispered voice and stared at Elena with her knowing dark eyes.

"Don't worry about me, really Meredith, I'm fine honestly" Elena lied.

"Who is that?" Bonnie squeaked in a high pitched squeal.

Elena followed her gaze to a bright red, brand new Ferrari, with tinted windows; she squinted trying to recognize the owner. A boy, no Elena thought to herself, not a boy a man stepped casually out of the car. He had poker straight, jet black hair and wore a black shirt that hung in just the right way over designer jeans that complimented his body perfectly. To Elena he looked familiar but she didn't know why. He locked his car and turned and looked directly at her even from all the way across the parking lot he seemed to grab her attention. He smiled for an instant that could have been easily missed if she had been able to take her eyes off him. Then he turned and walked through the crowds of people at the front door, everyone making an effort to move out of the way for him, like he was royalty. Suddenly Elena was eager to get to class and didn't mind Bonnie's chirpy voice, she even forgot about her argument with her aunt. She only realised when the new, mysterious student was out her sight that the grey clouds that were threatening rain were replaced by the sun that was shining gloriously in the sky…