After a few minutes, I head back to the living area. Everyone is sitting on the lounges; Sierra almost sitting on top of Stefan. For half a second I begin to feel jealous and then I remember that I don't care, and snap out of it. Even Damon is there.
'Sierra was telling us about how you're interested in going to college.' Daniel says, patting the couch next to him. I smile as I sit next to him.
'Yeah. I haven't decided where I want to go yet. But I think I'll just apply everywhere and see what happens' I grin at Sierra from across the room. I know exactly what she's playing at.
'Well, someone of your status would definitely get into Yale if you applied.' Daniel says. I look at him.
'I don't want to get in just because people know who I am...' I swat him on the shoulder playfully. I hear sierra snort from across the room. That's actually exactly what I want to do, just not at Yale... I don't want to keep this conversation going so I quickly change it.
'So, what's it like, being how you guys are...' I say, acting as clueless as possible. I look around at them, they don't say anything.
'You're not supposed...' Damon begins but I hold up my hand to stop him.
'Yeah, but we do know. It's not like we have anyone to tell...' I gesture to Sierra who nods in agreement. '...You may as well tell us what its like, humour us.' I smile, and he doesn't return it. I knew it wouldn't last.
'Like everything it's got its pros and cons...' Stefan says quickly before Damon can get angry. '...however, it's not something I'd recommend becoming. If I had a choice I would've stayed human.' He says, a sad look comes over his face. I hear the pack mumble in agreement.
'So how old are you?' Sierra says, placing a hand on Stefans arm. He hesitates as he looks over at Damon. I'm sure he's nervous about telling "Humans" his age.
'Well, we were turned around the time of the civil war; Damon and I.'
'So, you've been around for a hundred years?' Sierra acts dumb.
'Closer to 150.' Stefan corrects her. She smiles lightly at him. 150 years isn't old but it's not young either. They'll know enough about things to keep up with me when it eventually comes out that were alike.
'And the rest of you?' I look around.
'We're between 50 and 100 years old. Geez Eleanor, don't you know it's rude to ask a man their age...' Daniel laughs next to me. I can't help but laugh too. He's so kind hearted and gentle. I might actually keep this one around.
'Sorry...' I say playfully. '...But what happened? How did you become like this?' I aim my question towards Stefan. Sierra tightens her grip on his arm and I frown a little.
As I look up, Damon has stood from the couch. 'We're leaving.' He says sternly before heading for the door.
'Wait, what? Why is that...?' I begin, but I shut up when I see the look on Damons face. He's paused to glare at me.
'We don't have to explain our lives to a bunch of rich city girls we met a few hours ago. This isn't happening.' He continues for the door.
'Damon, can you not...' Daniel tries to interject but fails.
'No. We are going back to campus now, and we won't be coming back again. Let's go.'
I'm shocked, my mouth hangs open.
'You guys don't have to leave yet, look we didn't mean...' Sierra stands up to address Damon.
'We can't leave yet, Leonardo Di Caprio hasn't arrived yet!' Daniel says. I can hear the hurt in his voice.
'I don't give a fuck.' Damon is furious; I can hear a growl building in his throat. 'If you don't leave now, ill have you expelled.' He heads out the door and slams it behind him. The pack has stood up by now and I look at them all.
'We're really sorry.' Marco says politely. I shake my head.
'Don't be its not your fault.'
'It's a touchy subject for Damon. Especially talking to humans about it.' Stefan says as he walks over to me. He shakes my hand. 'It was a pleasure to meet you, Eleanor Deveroux.' he smiles at me. They all begin to head for the door when I freeze.
'Wait! You guys can't just leave like this.' I say getting flustered. I can feel my chance slipping through my fingers by the second.
'We're sorry. We'd love to stay and get to know you more, but Damons got a large amount of authority in the academy. If he wants us expelled, it will happen.' Marco says. Of course, Damon the awful one has the authority to get us our letters, that'd be right...
'Why don't you guys come back tomorrow without Damon then?' sierra asks
Stefan shakes his head. 'We have to go back to campus tonight. It'll be at least another three weeks before were able to leave again; longer if Damon tells the headmistress about everything.'
I panic, thinking of a way to keep them here. This is falling apart at the seams.
'We'll drive you' I say quickly. 'Ill have a car brought around, and we'll drive you back.'
'Whoa no. No way. If the headmistress found out humans brought us back to campus and they knew our exact location, oh my god...' Daniel wipes his hands down his cheeks, dragging his eyes down in a ridiculous way with them.
'Guys, Damons ready to go. He's in the lobby waiting.' Roman says, listening intently through the door. He must have great hearing to hear him from the lobby. I'm running out of options.
I take a few steps towards Stefan, getting rather close to him. I see the look on sierras face change; but this is part of the plan.
'Isnt there something you could do? Youre not really just going to leave us here are you?' i say flirtatiously. I see him stiffen.
'Well, there might be something... but its horrible and none of us are going to like it except Damon...' he looks down at me. I smile.
'Do it. We'll play along.' Sierra smiles in agreement as she slides in between us. You don't care remember...
Stefan takes his phone out of his pocket and begins to text. We stand there anxiously for a minute, waiting to see what will happen.
I feel a tap on my shoulder and i turn to see Daniel. 'Besides the obvious bad parts of today, its been really great...' he whispers. '...Like, youve basically been one of my idols for as long as I've lived in New York; and i actually got to come to your house today. This is so rude and inappropriate of me...' He says, looking down. For a moment, i think he's about to kiss me even though he's gay, but i feel relief when he pulls his phone out of his pocket. '...Do you think we could stay in touch? I dont really have...' I interrupt him by snatching the phone from his hands. I cant stop smiling, he's so adorable. I give him my number and hand the phone back to him.
'I think we're going to be really close friends.' I say smiling. He smile widens to the point where it looks like it hurts.
'Alright its set...' Stefan interrupts, '...Lets go.' He opens the door, and i quickly grab my bag before we pile into the elevator. Neither sierra nor I have any idea what's going on, but I'm not worried. I can get myself out of any situation. We reach the lobby and find a large black land cruiser waiting for us out the front. Stefan opens the door and Sierra and i get in, followed by himself. Marco and Daniel get in through the boot, closely followed my Roman who has to sit within the boot itself due to lack of seating. Louis gets in the passenger seat. Damon puts the car in gear and in a few seconds we're moving.