The First Day:
"Alaric seriously go back to sleep!" Beth said pushing him towards them bed as she hurried to throw on her converse sneakers over he socks. He reluctantly sat back down near the top of his mattress. She had another weird dream last night. This time she was in a garden with the guy from before and another one. He looked liked the dark hair guy but was different. His hair was light brown, his eyes were green and he was younger around Beth's age. They looked enough alike to be brothers. Alaric's voice snapped her back into reality.
"Are you sure you don't want me to drive you? It's your first day and everything." He coughed out and Beth threw him a cough drop that he caught, barely. She knew that he needed to rest.
"No. Okay, you already enrolled me. I met some people who can help me around. Tyler's driving me, you gave me lunch money and you can barely finish a sentence without coughing. Sleep and rest. I'll be fine." She assured him. She hurried to feed Day when Tyler texted her to say he was outside. "All right, I'm leaving now. I'll call you if I'm out late, which I probably will be since I'm helping with the carnival. I'll see you later." She told him as she quickly grabbed her bag and left after Alaric said good-bye.
After getting there early to help out set up for the carnival with Elena, Beth had to face school. Luckily, Tyler was right there to help her. "Okay, first period is English. I have that with you so we'll walk there." He said with a smile. Beth sighed. "Don't worry. First day and then it's easy after that." He promised her as the walked off to class. By lunchtime she seemed to grow more at ease with the school. She was going to meet up with Tyler at the cafeteria after she put her books up.
She closed her locker and started walking to there. She saw Elena talking to a guy who was leaning on her locker. She could only see the back of him though and when Elena saw her she waved her over, excitedly. "Hey, Beth!" She smiled. "I would like you to meet my boyfriend, this is Stefan Salvatore. Stefan this is, Beth Brown." She introduced her.
He turned to shake her hand. Beth contained a gasp of surprise that she had. It was the same guy from her dream last night. He looked exactly the same expect his hair was shorter than in her dream. Stefan seemed to think she was familiar too. "Beth." She shook his hand.
"Stefan. Have we met before?" He asked curiously. He obviously felt the same thing about her. It was weird. He knew he had seen this girl before but he couldn't place her face. She was very familiar.
"I don't think so. I just got here a couple of days ago." She told him. Elena seemed to catch the weird looks from both of them. Stefan wasn't usually caught off guard like this. She would have to ask him about it later.
"So how's the first day so far?" Elena asked. Stefan put an arm around her shoulder not being able to shrug off that familiar feeling.
"Better, than I expected. Tyler's been showing me around. Which reminds me I have to meet up with him now." She said apologetically to them.
"That's okay. We'll meet up later, you're still coming to help at the carnival tonight, right?" Elena asked and Beth nodded. "Great!"
"Yep. I'll be there. I'll see you guys later. It was nice to meet you." Beth politely said to Stefan and he nodded. She walked off to meet Tyler and Stefan couldn't help but feel like he knew her.
The carnival came right after school. She decided to stay and help rather than go back home. She knew Alaric would need the quiet so he could sleep and get better. "Hey, will you bring these over to that booth over there?" Elena asked Beth holding a bad with a bunch of stuffed animals. "And then you'll be done, I promise!"
Beth laughed a bit. It was already dark out and the carnival was crowded. Screaming kids, and laughing teenagers filled the place. "Sure, no problem." She said as she left her. She walked over to the booth but the bag was slipping she felt fingers catch it. She smiled when she saw it was Tyler "Thanks."
"No problem." He said helping her by putting it behind the counter. "So how are you liking the carnival?" He asked as they walked away from it.
"Didn't really get a chance to enjoy if yet seeing as I've been busy since I got here." Beth said truthfully. He nodded. "Caroline wanted everything to be perfect so it has to be."
"That's definitely Caroline for you. She's a bit neurotic but we still love her." He told he and she smiled. "Now that you're done, come and cheer me on while I beat some guys at arm wrestling."
She laughed as he led her to the table away from the crowds and other booths. "You seem pretty sure of yourself."
"Well, I'm a confident guy." He said cockily and she rolled her eyes at him. He led her to the table that was already lined up with guys ready to fight him. There was another guy standing apart though. He looked a bit like Tyler. He was handsome and older. "Beth this is my uncle Mason." He introduced them.
"Just call me, Mason." He smiled at her as Tyler walked over to the table and got ready. He easily defeated the first guy up. Tyler raised his hands in victory. He got ready for the next round. He struggled a bit he eventually got him too.
"He's pretty good." Beth praised him a bit surprised because those guys looked just as big if not bigger than Tyler. Mason had a small smile on his face as though he knew something she didn't. They walked closer to the table. He walked up to Tyler and they shared a look before starting to wrestle.
Tyler was strong but Mason was stronger and he eventually got the upper hand and won. Tyler knew he lost. He walked away from the table. "All right, he's the champ! Who wants next?" He asked.
"Uh, Stefan wants to go!" A voice said. Beth looked around and saw Stefan standing next to an older guy. The same guy she dreamt about a few days ago. This was weirding her out. Standing side by side with Stefan she knew they had to be brothers they looked too similar. She felt a sense of familiarity about both of them especially him but she's never met either of them before. So why was she dreaming about them?
"Yeah, I'll give it a shot." Stefan said unenthusiastically throwing an annoyed look at Damon who just smirked at him, pleased.
"Go, Stef!" Damon said encouragingly as Stefan made his way to the table to fight Mason. Tyler moved back to be besides Beth. "Get him, Stef!"
"My brother over their thinks I can beat you." She heard Stefan say to Mason. He looked over at him and laughed.
"Your brother's wrong." He told him as they started. Beth could see both of their arms shaking as each of them tried to overpower the other but just like before Mason won. She thought it was kind of weird how Stefan looked a bit confused. He gave her a small smile before walking back over to his brother.
Beth actually enjoyed the carnival. She loved playing the games and just walking around. Even Tyler seemed to be having a good time as they shared cotton candy. "I still can't believe you ate that fried Twinkie! That is so gross!" Beth exclaimed making a face and he laughed.
"Hey! It was good. Don't knock it till you've tried it." He said defending his actions and she just laughed at him and he smiled back. Elena came up to them, looking slightly anxious. "You okay?"
"Yeah, fine." She said to Tyler and then turned to Beth. "Hey, I know said you would be home free but will you take these singles over to the corn dog stand?" Elena asked as soon as Beth agreed she gave her a short hug. "You're a lifesaver!" She said before walking away.
"Go ahead I have to get something out of my car anyways." Tyler told her and she said okay as they split up. She made her way over to the stand handed it to a young guy standing over there.
"I'm guessing Elena sent you?" He asked her as he took them and put them in the cash register, he barely looked up from the register. He had dark brown hair and brown eyes.
"Yeah, she's been pretty busy all night." Beth told him. "I'm Beth."
"Jeremy." He introduced himself, suddenly smiling when he looked up and saw her. He remembered her in school. She remembered Elena saying that she had a brother named Jeremy. This must be him. "I think we have History together. You're new around here right?"
"Yeah, just moved here a few days ago." She informed him.
"How'd you get tricked into doing this?" He joked.
"I know Caroline and since she's in the hospital, I told her I would help." She said to him and he nodded, automatically knowing the effect Caroline can have on people. "I have to go though but I'll see you around."
"Yeah definitely." He said enthusiastically. Beth walked away making her way back to where she left Tyler but stopped when she heard a voice calling her. She turned around and saw Matt coming towards her.
"Hey, what's up?" She asked him. He looked a bit confused and anxious. He hoped that Beth would know where Caroline was.
"I was just wondering if you've seen Caroline around. I saw her but then she just took off after a minute." He told her. "She was acting really strange."
"Caroline's here?" Beth asked. That was news to her since she told her they weren't supposed to let her out till tomorrow. And she never called her. "I'm sorry I haven't seen her. Hey, she's probably ok. She could have died maybe she's just feeling a bit off." She suggested to Matt and he nodded but she could still see him looking a bit concerned. "I'll look around for her." She promised.
"Thanks, Beth." He gave her a small smile as he walked away. Before, she could make another move she got a text from him saying something unexpected came up and he had to go. He said he's so sorry but he'll call her later. She knew it must have been pretty important if he took off like that.
She tried calling Caroline but she didn't answer. Her phone slipped out of her hand and before she could bend down to pick it up, somebody was already handing it to her. "Thank you." She looked up to who gave it to her. It was him. The guy from her dreams, the one talking to Stefan. It was even stranger to see him so up close. She didn't know him yet she felt as though she did. His reaction seemed to match hers, but more so. She was so caught up in staring at him she didn't realize he had a pointy stick in his hand.
Recognition passed over his face. "Elizabeth?" He asked. Beth took a step back, slightly confused on how he knew her name. His voice was full of shock but he could see she didn't know him. She looked the same as before, just a bit younger but exactly the same. Same warm brown eyes and same look she wore when she was confused. It was impossible that she could be here but here she was. He couldn't understand how she could have forgotten about him. "It's Damon."
