Chapter 4

After finally having some blood, Caroline decided to call it a night. Not that she needed sleep, but she had been going through the normal routine of sleeping at night for so long, it had become a normal thing for her. But tonight she couldn't find peace in her sleep. Her dreams were invaded by flashbacks and memories she had long since hidden from her mind. Things of the past.

After tossing and turning for what seemed like hours, Caroline finally relented and got up. She decided maybe she should write in her diary. She hadn't written for a while. The same old mundane things she wrote about her getting boring, and nothing new happened to her worth writing about. But tonight was different.

Dear Diary,

Well today wasn't as bad as I had thought. Good news? I have a feeling this will be a good school year. Bad news? I'm not the only vampire here. I met one today, well actually I was attacked and utterly appalled by him, but needless to say I plan to stay as far away from him as possible. His name is Damon. He has hair as black as a ravens wing and eyes as blue as the summer sky, but underneath I can tell he is nothing but trouble. And then he had the audacity to try and seduce me. ME. I just..ugh.

Anyway, that's not the reason why I'm awake at 5 am. Since I've been back home I have this uneasy feeling about me. Home. It's changed so much. Why wouldn't it? It's only been…well never mind how long it's been, but what used to be MY home is now a small town that not a lot of people know about. It's been centuries, so I don't know why I'm surprised. That's the way things are. They change and age with time. They live and die. It's an endless cycle. It's not supposed to be broken. At all.

Since being back, memories have flooded back to me. Remembrances of things past. A life I once lived and fantasies of what could have been. My dreams are invaded with faces and flashbacks. So much that sleep does not come to me. My dreams are all the same. I'm surrounded by my family, my loved ones, and him. The one who has haunted me for centuries. The problem is…I awake before he speaks. He only smiles and locks his eyes with mine and he opens his mouth and then…my mind tells me again…it is nothing but a dream…

The sun shine peering through the window told Caroline another day had begun. Thankfully vampires didn't need a lot of sleep, because if they did, Caroline would look a "hot mess." Caroline chuckled at her attempt at 21st century speech, she'll stick to the classical way of speaking, thank you very much. "Time for round two.."

After a shower and a nice rabbit for breakfast, Caroline made her way to school. Right now, her dreams and flashbacks and the rude vampire next door would have to wait until after. It was time to be teacher, she can be everything else later.

So here is chapter 4. I hope I got into the "diary" part of this story. I want to show that she is still quite old fashioned with her speech and vocabulary. As you can see, being back where she was born is resurrecting things that she has put to rest. Have fun guessing who "HIM" is ;) Also I plan to upload 2 chapters a day. So be ready! Reviews are wonderful! If you have any suggestions as to where you would like the story to go from here, I am all yours! Thank you my lovelies :)