I do not own The Vampire Diaries. I only own Tiffani.

Story Start

We walked into the grill and I immediately looked at all the people spread throughout the place. My eyes landed on a familiar group of girls, but I only cared to see the bubbly blonde who was excited chatting away about probably a school function or a boy. Rolling my eyes, I followed my aunt to a table, since she obviously hadn't noticed her daughter yet.

A guy came over to our table and he looked a little familiar. Our eyes locked and I immediately remembered him. "Matt," I whispered and recognition flashed in his eyes as well.

"Tiffani," he shouted and next thing I knew I was pulled out of my seat and into a tight hug. "What are you doing in town? I mean, it's so good to see you, but seriously, you haven't visited in years," he exclaimed as he set me back down on my feet after we had gained a lot of attention in the restaurant.

"Hey Matt, well I'm going to live here now, well at least for a while. I'm staying with my aunt and cousin," I answered and I saw him smile at my aunt before probably looking at Caroline.

"You're not going to go around breaking everyone's noses again this time are you?" he asked and I could tell he wanted to laugh.

"Only if I deem it necessary," I said with a wink as I cracked my knuckles.

"God I've missed you," he said and gave me another hug. "Food is on me tonight, order whatever you want," he said before saying he had to go get our drinks.

"Well looks like Matt remembers you, good. You'll have a friend to run around with at school," my aunt said before lighting up when she noticed Caroline approaching us. "Hey Caroline, I was hoping you would be here. Tiffani's here," she said even though Caroline was looking straight at me.

I rose an eyebrow at her when she stood there without saying anything. I could see out of the corner of my eye that her friends were staring at us unnervingly. Seeing that Caroline wasn't going to say anything, I finally said, "Well are you going to hug me or are you just going to ignore that I'm your cousin again?" I smirked when I saw a flash of embarrassment go through her.

"I'm sorry about that," Caroline whispered before pulling me into a hug. "I've missed you," she said as she pulled back. "When did you get here?" she asked in a more bubbly tone.

"Just about an hour ago, your mom picked me up and then we dropped my stuff off at the house. What's good to order here? I'm starving," I said and pulled her into the booth seat beside me. "Also, how have you been?" I asked and she smiled immediately already sensing that I forgave her for years ago. There was no point in holding onto a grudge after she apologized.

"The burgers are pretty good," she said and started looking through the menu with me.

I could see my aunt smiling happily at the two of us. We used to be this close when we were younger, but then of course my cousin focused more on being popular than caring about her family. Hopefully, how she was treating me now showed that she had changed into a better person instead of a bitchy Barbie doll.

"Hey Caroline, your partner in crime is back in town, should I be worried?" Matt teased Caroline when he came back over with mine and my aunt's drinks.

"Always," she teased right back as she looped our arms together. "This whole town should be worried now that Tiffani is back in town. Oh but please don't give Elena and Bonnie a black eye again," she said to Matt but the last part was for me.

"I make no promises," I said as I glanced back over at Elena and Bonnie, who were still standing by the pool tables with two guys. One looked familiar but I couldn't place the other one. "Wait a second, is that Jeremy?" I asked and I heard my aunt groan.

"Oh no, you and Jeremy seriously tore this town apart, don't do that again," she said but I was already moving Caroline out of the way so I could get out of the booth and go over towards the pool tables. I happily just smirked at Elena and Bonnie who were looking at me as if they didn't know who I was. I just smiled at the unknown guy before stopping directly in front of Jeremy.

"I'll grab the gasoline," I said looking at him seriously. I watched as a big smirk appeared on his face.

"I'll grab the matches," he replied and then pulled me into a tight hug. "I've missed you, Tiffani. What brings you to town?" one of my best friends in the whole world said as he couldn't quit smiling at me.

"Well first of all, sorry for not talking as much as we should, but my parents are splitting and I decided to get away from both of them. So I moved here. I hope you can share this town with me. I know you're probably creating enough chaos here," I teased him and he just gave me another hug. "Sorry about your parents," I whispered and he hugged me tighter.

"Sorry about yours," he whispered back and I just smiled softly as I hid my face in his shoulder.

"Hey, come join us, I'm about to get some food and you know I can never eat a whole hamburger. Want the other half?" I asked and laughed as he practically drug me back to the table. I ignored the curious look from the new guy and the annoyed or confused looks from Elena and Bonnie. I'm sure they would remember me eventually, and then they would remember those beautiful black eyes I gave them too.

"So are you ready for school tomorrow?" Caroline asked after everyone had gotten settled at the table, ordered food, and Matt had brought it out to us.

"Never ready for school," I muttered before grabbing a French fry off Jeremy's plate.

He just glared at me when I tried to grab another one. "You have your own fries, and anyways, you do the best in school. Don't complain about dreading it, that's my job," he said before stealing one of the pickles off my burger. "This is for the fry," he said and laughed when I just punched his arm.