The first class was tensed.
Elena kept throwing dirty glances at Veronica, angry glances at Bonnie and longing stares at Stefan…
Apparently, the younger Salvatore had taken Klaus' defence when Jeremy had and the human doppelganger held Veronica responsible for everything that had been wrong in her life during the last couples of days.
When Alaric interrogated Elena, she, of course, didn't have the answer because she was too busy looking at everyone else in the room. Alaric decided to let it pass and interrogated Veronica instead, wanting to see how the new girl would be doing. He had no idea she was one of the best student in Neptune high and that she never had a grade below A- in a class since 2nd grade. When the new girl gave the right answer, Elena's furious glances at Veronica seamed to have even more fire to it… Like she was trying to kill the young woman by the only power of her eyes…
When the bell announcing the end of the class rang, Elena made a sad face and went to speak with Alaric who nodded before she left the room.
"What did she say?" Veronica asked Rebekah, Bonnie standing close by.
"She apologised for not answering his questions… she tried to get his pity by blaming your arrival and the stress of what Klaus would do next…" Rebekah replied slightly angry.
"How dare she blame Klaus for this?" Veronica exclaimed angrily.
"That's Elena for you… She needs someone to blame for what's wrong in her life… her parents, her brother, Matt, me, Damon, Klaus… She always has someone to blame!" Bonnie said with a shrug of the shoulder and the three girls left the room for their next class, not noticing Stefan's pensive look at what he had overheard them say.
The rest of the morning went by without other problems.
Elena spent her time trying to get Stefan to forgive her whom she succeeded somehow and Veronica got to know Caroline a little better. Kol spent a lot of his time with Jeremy and they were on the way of being friends.
Tyler had already gotten closer to Weevil over the last couple of days and they both managed to convince their respective blond cheer leading vampire girlfriends to bury the rivalry hatchet and try to become friends.
Veronica ate lunch with Bonnie, Jeremy and Kol and had a lot of fun. She could see Caroline, Tyler, Rebekah and Weevil not too far away with Weevil and Tyler sitting so they could see her… It was in their instincts to protect her as Klaus' mate and she didn't know if she should feel happy about it or amused at their paranoia… Seriously, what were they expecting to see happening to her here? It was school after all…
But then Veronica remembered being locked in the truck of her car once in Neptune and all the others things that could happen and smiled… Weevil probably told everything to Klaus and he was just worried… She decided it was sweet and let it go, concentrating on Elena and Stefan coming their way.
"Are this seats free?" Stefan asked.
"I'm pretty sure they are owned by the school but if you want to borrow them I don't think they'll complain." Veronica said calmly, showing her spunk and that she wasn't affected by their behaviour. She was strong and was going to show them just how strong she was, even if she was just a human.
"Thanks. I figured it was time we got to know you better…" Stefan said.
"You're new to town and as the members of the founding families it is our job to get to know you and make sure you feel welcome and at home here!" Elena said in a sweet tone that surprised Veronica and Bonnie after she cut off Stefan.
Was this the same girl than the one who had been glaring at her in History? Bonnie looked just as surprised as she did so she decided to let it go and give the girl a chance to show what she was planning.
"What's going on Elena? Last night you said you'd rather die than be nice to Veronica…" Jeremy asked honestly.
His relationship with his sister wasn't the best lately and he wanted to know why she had changed so much. She spent all her free time judging and complaining about everyone. He was seriously getting tired of it. Maybe Alaric was letting himself be manipulated by her but he knew something had changed for his daughter.
"I don't know what you're talking about Jeremy! So Veronica, tell us a little more about yourself…" Elena said, royally ignoring her brother after that.
Veronica answered Elena's questions truthfully, never telling the girls things that could be used against her but making an effort to be the better person.
When lunch ended, Veronica went to her last two classes of the day.
Once again she had taken journalism and that class was the first she had after lunch. They were all impressed by her skills and since nobody in the class knew how to take picture nearly as good as hers, she was guaranteed to be published in every edition. She texted the good news to Klaus who was very happy about it and reminded her he would pick her up on time unless she made other plans. She told him that she didn't plan anything else and would meet him in less than one hour.
She had the last period with Bonnie and decided to talk to her:
"Hey Bonnie I was thinking, are there rules to the people you can contact? I mean the dead ones?" Veronica asked.
"I'm not sure… Why?"
"My father…I never got to say goodbye before he died and… Well, I was wondering if it's something you might be able to help me with…" Veronica asked.
"I think so but I'm not sure… your father was human and I've only contacted dead people who are on the other side, unable to move on… He's probably in heaven or whatever they want to call it… But I'll look into it okay?" Bonnie said.
"Thank you." Veronica replied as they entered the last class of the day: AP physics.
When class finally ended, Veronica said goodbye to Bonnie and she all but ran out of the school to join her love that was waiting for her on the hood of his car with a big smile and a hot cup of her favourite coffee.
Okay so this was a big one.
Should Veronica get to say good bye to Keith? How would you like him to respond to her new boyfriend?
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