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

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School was pretty boring the next day besides Stefan looking at me like I was going to try and stab him next, while Elena looked ready to rip out her hair or mine. I just ignored both of them. I was more focused on just enjoying the day and having a good time at school with my cousin, who also looked stressed out. I knew that the group probably wouldn't tell me everything that they were worried about in this vampire-filled town and the Originals, but that was fine with me.

If it was super important, then I'm sure Caroline would tell me or I would figure it out on my own at some point. I was curious about the Original vampires though. It turns out that the new girl, who had recently joined our classes, was one of the Originals. She didn't talk to me much, just the usual, pass me a pencil or share the textbook, but I did notice her smirk a few times when I put Elena in her place. The new girl's name was Rebekah Mikaelson.

"I still can't believe you did that to Damon," Caroline said as we were all walking out of the school.

I just shrugged and pushed my bag back up on my shoulder. "He deserved it," I said before scanning the parking lot. I kept feeling like I was being watched today, but I never saw anyone staring at me when I glanced around.

"Well we have some things to discuss at Stefan and Damon's house. I'll see you later," Caroline said and gave me an apologetic smile when she then said that I should just go home and be safe.

"Bye, have fun! Maye Elena will get eaten alive by a pack of wolves or something else," I shouted back and laughed at the scandalized look she gave me. "You know you want to laugh," I shouted again before she disappeared. "Guess I'm walking home," I muttered and started walking down the school steps. I was almost to the parking lot when someone walked up beside me and looped our arms together.

"So you hate Elena too," Rebekah said as I noticed that she was the one I was now walking with to the parking lot. She was also steering me towards the car that she drove to school.

"Hate is such a strong word. I prefer the term loathe. She's just a whiny brat in my opinion," I answered with a shrug as I allowed the original vampire to lead me to her car. I knew she was a vampire, and I knew my cousin and her friends would freak out if they saw this. However, I had no issue with Rebekah or her family, and if Elena and her group were smart, then they would realize that killing an original could enter an entire line of vampires, namely the Salvatore line.

Rebekah gave a small laugh before we stopped beside her car. "Have they told you what I am?" she asked seriously and I nodded. "So why aren't you acting like they do to me?" she continued.

"Well first of all, I don't really know you and I'm not going to judge you based on what other people say about you. Secondly, you haven't been cruel to me so I'm not going to be mean to you. Last but not least, I think Elena and the Salvatore brothers are idiots for wanting to hurt you and your family. If any of the originals die, then so many vampires will die as well. That fact isn't clicking in their little minds," I answered truthfully, and she kept staring me down almost waiting for me to have a nervous tick to reveal a lie or something.

Rebekah took a moment to reply, but when she did, she surprised me. "Come over to my house tonight. I haven't done it yet, but I've heard that high school girls hang out together and watch movies or talk about boys," she said not breaking eye contact with me. "Or are you afraid that I'm going to eat you?" she asked and smirked when I laughed.

"That sounds like fun, Rebekah. I'd love to come over," I said and she gave me a bright smile before we got in her car and she started driving to her house.

"This place is beautiful," I said in awe when we finally pulled up to her home. I made sure to send a quick text to my aunt that I was at a friend's house so she wouldn't send out a squad car looking for me.

"Thanks, oh, my brothers might be around," she said as we exited the car and started walking to the front door of the house. "Don't worry about them though, best to just ignore them really," she finished as we went inside.

I was definitely in awe of the entire house as we entered the foyer. The whole house was gorgeous but it had this tense air to it. Rebekah led me to the living room and immediately tossed me the remote. She said that I could pick whatever normal teenage show I wanted so I just turned it onto one of the normal channels. I wasn't the biggest fan of television shows so hopefully this would be fine with Rebekah.

"Well, well, well, we meet again," a familiar voice said, which made Rebekah give an annoyed noise and I turned around to see the man from last night.

"Hello Klaus, this is my new friend, Tiffani, don't hurt her," Rebekah said not even looking at her brother.

"Your friend," he said contemplatively as he moved around the couch and took a seat by me. "Hello, I'm Klaus Mikaelson, nice to see you again, Tiffani," he introduced himself formally this time. He gave me a smirk when he placed a kiss on the top of my hand and then on my wrist.