Senior Year:

"You were supposed to be here at 6." Alaric told Beth. She stalked up to Elena and Alaric. Elena gave her a small wave. They were in the woods training, in front of a punching bag mannequin. It was already 8. Beth had her sunglasses on. She didn't want to wake up this early. Beth put a hand to her lips, signaling him to be quiet cause of her headache. "Come on, Beth. It's important for you to know this. How to fight, how to protect yourself."

"I was taking care of Day and I do know that, all that stuff. You're the one who taught me remember?" She reminded him as she leaned on a tree from where Elena was practicing on the mannequin. He practically drilled self-defense into her. "And why are we doing this so early? My head's going to explode." Alaric walked up to her.

"Yeah, well that'll make you more aware and that was a few years ago. You need to practice. It'll be just like riding a bike." He promised her as he grabbed her by the shoulders and positioned her on the side of the mannequin as Elena stepped to the side. He gave her a sleeve with 2 stakes in it. "Punch this as hard as you can and the stake should eject." She gave him a look.

"This would be way more fun practicing on Damon." She grumbled.

"Just hit the target." Alaric said, with a smile. She gave it a weak punch. "Come on, Beth. I need you to focus on this. This is important. You need to get back into this. You need be able to protect yourself from vampires." He told her seriously. Ever since she told Alaric what happened the previous night, he went overboard. She didn't tell him how close it was that she almost left again but it was enough to get him concerned, so she would do this for him, even if she thought she was okay. She sighed and nodded. Beth let out a deep breath before hitting the chest hard and the stakes popped out and impaled the mannequin. Alaric grinned. "That's my girl."

"W-what? How did you…" Elena trailed off. Beth gave her a sheepish smile.

"It's okay. It takes practice and we'll practice together." Beth assured her. Elena nodded. Elena asked to do this but Alaric needed Beth to do it. He needed to make sure that, even if she was a witch, she could still protect herself.

xxxxx

Beth got out of her car. She had her hair down and scarf on, to cover the bite mark. It was the first day of senior year. She just hoped that this school year would go well. Beth started walking towards the school when something scared her. "Beth!" She jumped and turned around to see a grinning Tyler coming towards her. He picked her up and hugged her and she let out a laugh.

"Don't scare me like that! And why are you in such a good mood?" She asked as he put her down. They had talked the other night and he had seemed kind of different. She just shrugged it off as him just dealing with being hybrid but he seemed, happy.

"We're seniors, Beth! We're alive. We're young! Life is good!" He smiled throwing an arm over her shoulder. Beth looked at him weird before she just laughed as they started to walk towards the school. "You okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine. Just taking everything in. Trying to get back to normal." She shrugged. He smiled at her.

"Well, it'll be better, especially since tonight's the bonfire. Best way to come back to school is a party afterwards!" He told her and she smiled. "It's going to be an awesome year. Don't worry." They saw Caroline and Elena talking up ahead and Tyler let her go to go say hi. Beth was kind of surprised when she saw Tyler just go up and kiss Caroline in front of Elena. And the look on Elena's face said that she was too. "Happy first day." Tyler greeted Caroline as Beth walked up. Caroline out her fingers to her lips.

"Is that blood?" Elena asked and Beth looked at her line of vision. She didn't notice that at first.

"Oh my God!" Caroline exclaimed as she grabbed Tyler his arm and shoved him into the boy's bathroom with Beth and Elena following after her. They closed the door behind them. Tyler was confused though.

"What's going on?"

"Your bloody t-shirt is what's wrong." Beth gestured to his shirt. Elena was checking the stalls to make sure they were empty.

"Vampire 101…don't wear your breakfast to school." Caroline told him hitting his shoulder. She didn't understand how he could be so reckless about that. If someone had seen him, there would be too many questions that they couldn't answer.

"Chill out, It was just a blood bag."

"From where?" Caroline asked.

"Rebekah hooked me up." Tyler explained. The girls all exchanged a look.

"Rebekah? And what are you even talking to her for?" Caroline asked outraged. She didn't see why that vampire who killed her was bothering her boyfriend.

"Klaus told her to keep watch on me. Protect his new asset." Tyler told them and Beth was surprised to hear, he seemed even a bit…happy about this. About becoming a hybrid.

"His what?" Beth asked.

"Why are you amused by this?" Caroline asked her boyfriend.

"I'm his first successful hybrid, Caroline. Don't you think that's the tiniest bit awesome?" He said as though it was obvious. Beth rolled her eyes. Of course he would think that but he was stupid to say that in front of Caroline.

"Oh, wow. I cannot believe you just said that." Caroline commented irritated. Beth and Elena both exchanged a look. It was going to definitely escalate into an argument and they didn't want to be here.

"So, we're going to go. Good luck." Beth told them both. She knew Tyler was definitely going to need it. Elena left and Beth was about to leave but Caroline caught her arm. "And I guess I'm not."

"No, tell Tyler. He's being stupid. Klaus is dangerous." Caroline told him.

"Yeah but he did turn me into a hybrid and did he ever hurt you?" He asked Beth. The two of them looked at their friend. Beth realized this was the reason people weren't good friends with couples.

"No, he did not hurt me but then again he needed me and yes Klaus is dangerous. He was relying on Bonnie and I to come up with a solution. But I have to go so bye." She quickly left the restroom before they could stop her again, only to bump into someone. She looked up to see it was Stefan. He was already holding Elena's arm tightly. "Stefan."

"Oh there's the other one. Just who I needed to see." He grabbed onto her arm too, yanking her to him. "I now have to keep an eye on both of you." He said with a sinister smile.

"Let. Go. Of. Me." Beth demanded. His grip was tight and it hurt. She didn't trust Stefan anymore. Not after Klaus made him turn off his humanity. The only reason why he wasn't going to hurt either of them was because of Klaus but she still didn't want to be near him.

"Let her go." Beth turned around to see Alaric coming up. He was looking pissed. He didn't want Stefan near Beth nor Elena. He knew how he almost killed Beth; he wasn't going to let that happen again. Stefan put his hands up in surrender but then pushed Alaric up against a locker.

"Stefan, stop it!" Elena hissed at him. Beth inconspicuously gave him a migraine, enough to make him stop but not enough to make him cower in pain. He quickly let Alaric go, grabbing his head with his other hand. He sent a glare at Beth before shaking the pain off. He turned back to Alaric.

"You're not going to want to get in my way. You hear me?" He told him. He backed away from them. "I will you all in history." They all exchanged a look with each other. Stefan being here was not good.

xxxxx

"Hey!" Beth looked behind her and saw Tyler jogging up to her. She stuffed the rest of her books into her locker. He leaned against the locker next to hers. "So…you still pissed at me?" He asked. He didn't want to ruin anything between them by fighting again, now that she just got back.

"Annoyed." She told him simply and he looked hopeful. "But not as pissed as Caroline is."

"Yeah, I know. She yelled at me practically all period. I just think that it's awesome, you know? I'm a hybrid, Beth!" He said excitedly. He wasn't being serious about this.

"I know Tyler, but it's not all fun and games. This is serious."

"Beth, you don't understand. I never have to shift again if I don't want to. Never! I never have to go through all that pain every month!" The way he said it, made Beth kind of understand. It must be torture to change against your own will. On some kind of level, she understood why he was thoroughly accepting this.

"I get that, Ty." She said. It wasn't something that she would have chosen and neither did he. So he was just happy he didn't have to deal with it. "I do. Just…just be careful. Please?" She asked him. Beth knew that Klaus would want to use him and Tyler would be more than willing to help.

"I will, Beth. Don't worry about me." He told her with a smile but she couldn't help but worry. The last thing she needed was for Klaus to take away her best friend. "Actually do worry cause I'm late for football practice." He told her walking backwards.

"I'll see you outside, Caroline's making wait for her and she has cheerleading practice." Beth said as she gave him a small wave and left to go outside. Beth was walking towards the bleachers with her head down, trying to put her notebook into her bag when she bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."

"Obviously." An English accent rang through out her ears. She looked up to see Rebekah standing there in a work out clothing. She had her hands on her hips, as she looked her up and down. It was remarkable how she still looked exactly the same.

"Yeah, well sorry." Beth replied. She so did not want to get into a fight on her first day, especially with Rebekah. She moved to walk past her when Rebekah stopped her.

"You dropped this." Beth turned and saw her holding her bracelet. The same one that Alaric gave her when she first came. She was holding it by the end as to not burn herself on the vervain. She looked at Beth expectantly waiting for her to take it. Beth took it and muttered a thank you before walking towards the bleachers.

Beth went to sit on the bleachers and started to read through her history book but couldn't help but look up. She saw Tyler and Caroline arguing about something again, while Rebekah was stretching with the cheerleaders. Suddenly, she heard shouting and cheering as the cheerleaders saw Rebekah do impressive flips and then a split. She purposely smiled at Caroline who looked angry. Beth turned back to her notes, after a few minutes she felt someone sit next to her. "Well, aren't you quite the scholar?" She looked up to see Stefan grinning at her. She rolled her eyes and tried to ignore him. "So, are you going to the bonfire tonight? Cause if I have to watch both human blood bags it'll be easier to do it in the same place."

"Just leave me alone, Stefan." She hissed.

"I'd love to do that. I really would except Klaus has told me I have to keep an eye on you." He explained to her and she tried to ignore him. Beth gathered her books and threw them into her bag. She stood up to walk away when Stefan grabbed her wrist. It was tight; she couldn't help but flinch at the pressure.

Stefan was definitely getting impatient. "You know, this would work much easier if you just worked with me, Beth. I'd hate to take it out on someone, oh like…. Alaric, for instance." Beth snapped his attention to him. If looks could kill vampires, Stefan would be six feet under. Her wrist was really hurting now but she didn't care. There were too many people out to use her powers.

"If you touch him, I will cause you the greatest pain you will ever feel in your life and then I'll do it again and again and again. Stay the hell away from him, Stefan." She snapped angrily. Stefan was about to retort something.

"I don't think my brother will appreciate you doing the opposite of what he asked you and hurting his girl." Rebekah stood up on the bleachers, to the left of Beth. "We both know Klaus needs her to be alive and well, Stefan. If I were you I'd let the girl go." Her tone was exactly threatening but she was more than warning him. Beth looked at him and then down at her wrist. Stefan did the smart thing and let Beth go. He flashed them both a grin before leaving them.

"His girl?" Beth inquired to the Original. Since when did she become 'his girl'? She would have been angry if she weren't happy that Rebekah stepped in to help get rid of Stefan.

"His words, not mine."

"Really? Well his mistake then." Beth commented.

Rebekah rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smile. This was Elizabeth. One of her pet peeves was being objectified. And if it were by Klaus, that just made it worst. "Right, his mistake then." Beth smiled back at her.

"Thanks for, um, with Stefan."

"Don't mention it. He's gotten cockier than I remembered. He won't hurt you again." Rebekah assured her. Beth gave her another small smile. "Well, I've got to go. I suppose I'll see you later."

"Yeah, sure. Bye." She walked off towards Caroline, while Rebekah looked at her before she left as well.