Hello, my lovely readers. Okay, so either everyone was out partying pre-Halloween last week or I freaked people out last week. Weak chuckle. But seriously if anyone has any questions about why certain characters are doing what they doing/have done, hit the review box at the end of the chapter and I will try my best to explain. Don't blink or you'll miss the Delena and Klaroline. ;) On with the show…

Chapter 6: Have a Good Day

Amara Gilbert knew that today was not going to be a good day because she was actually happy. Happiness in Amara's world equaled all things bad. Of course it did not help that her mother was practicing her "perky" teacher smile in the mirror that morning while her father left his gun on the breakfast table. Elena started waving it at Katherine, swearing it wasn't loaded and ended up shooting a wall behind Katherine's head.

That was Amara's cue to run out the front door. Running down the driveway, she made a beeline for her friend, Liv's, car. "Hey, Mara, ready for another day that will end in all of us wanting to hang ourselves?" Luke called from his placed beside his twin.

Amara grinned. "Of course. Are you looking forward to wiping the kids from Richmond up and down the court?"

Luke shrugged as Liv gunned the engine. "Well, Enzo was supposed to buy us all dinner if I own tonight's game but it looks like someone stole his money. Again. Try not hiding it in your locker next time," he called, turning to look at the British exchange student who had begun to grumble to himself from his place next to Amara.

"So, Mara, how is this new thing going with you and Kol Mikaelson?" Liv jumped in so that her brother and Enzo would not get into another epic screaming match.

"She's dating Kol Mikaelson?" Enzo asked, looking confused. "For how long?"

Liv started laughing. "Gee, Enzo, you're really not in the loop, are you?"

"Some of us have to earn money to not end up on the streets, ya know?" Enzo grumbled with a smirk as Liv giggled. "Why don't you go pester that geek, Tyler Lockwood?"

"Who's Tyler Lockwood?" Luke inquired.

Groaning, Liv pulled into the parking lot and nearly ran into Damon Salvatore. He glared at them and Liv held up her middle finger. When Damon parked in the spot that Liv wanted, she blew her horn at him and cursed him when she heard another horn echoing behind her. Turning around in her seat, Amara noticed Mason Lockwood with his nephew, Tyler, in the passenger seat. Liv growled and showed Mason the same sign of appreciation that she had shown Damon.

"Let's go," Liv snapped as she parked and jumped out of the front seat. "I need to find Anna. She's been on my case all week about being late to cheer practice."

"Bye," Amara called as the blonde cheerleader ran toward the school, her skirt bouncing.

"My sister is seriously screwed up," Luke muttered before looking at Amara who felt amused.

"Want to trade?" Amara inquired with a giggle.

"Anytime, sister," Luke replied. "Yo, Diego," he shouted as Diego appeared in the parking lot. "Got to go." He called over his shoulder as he disappeared to join his teammate on the basketball team while Amara rolled her eyes.

"Mara," Kol called, disengaging himself from a crowd of his brother, Klaus' groupies. "Good morning, darling," he murmured into her ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her in the air. When Amara did not squeeze him back as tightly, he pulled back and stared down at her. "Are you okay?"

Shaking her head, Amara forced a wide smile. "Nothing. It's nothing," she swore. But there was a knot in her stomach due to the buzzing sense of guilt that she felt. The guilt did not lessen when she caught sight of Stefan Salvatore who had his arms wrapped around Bonnie Bennett's waist who was laughing at something he said. Bonnie was attempting to open her locker but Stefan kept reaching up and grabbing her hands, holding them together.

For a moment Amara had a flash of herself and Silas. It was the spring of last year and they were happy. They were talking about going to the Spring Fling and Silas had been telling her that he was going to wear a pink suit to match her dress. The image made her giggle and Kol gave her curious look. "What's going on in that mind of yours?" he inquired.

"Who knows what goes on in the minds of women?" Enzo said with a grin and Kol smiled. "I mean look at those two. Isn't she dating Jesse something?" Enzo asked, indicating Bonnie and Stefan with a nod of his head.

"Bonnie?" Amara asked. "I think she dates whoever she wants. Besides she and Jesse won't last because he's cheating on her."

"With who?" Kol asked, his eyebrows rising as he examined the tiny teen in a pair of tiny shorts with a pair of boots that came up to her thighs. He only stopped when Amara slapped his shoulder.

"No one," Amara snapped with a frown. There was no way that she was going to tell him who.

"I don't know why it is that she keeps going out with all of those fools. She needs a decent, steady man in her life," Enzo was saying with a frown. "Someone to treat her right."

Amara's frown deepened. "Oh, Enzo, no. Not Bonnie. She's the one that you should be dating."

"What about Caroline Forbes?" Kol questioned Enzo as Caroline appeared with some guy named Jackson. Amara thought he might be in her drama class, but wasn't sure. He and Caroline were talking about something and Caroline threw back her head and laughed.

"She might already have a boyfriend," Amara told them, nodding at the blonde and dark haired teens.

"No, they just hang in the same crowd," Kol said. "You forget that Nik is Care's best friend."

"Why, no one knows," Amara joked, eying Caroline's baggy t-shirt with some kind of Mario brother figure. Or was that some kind of other… who knew what. The closer that Caroline got Amara could swear it some kind of werewolf. Well, that was not part of any game Amara was familiar with. Oh, well, that would explain why she had so little to talk about with the Forbes girl. Leave that to the messed up triplet, Elena.

Amara was so happy when the day whizzed by in a steady stream of boredom before she got to escape her classes and go home. Of course home was not a good place to be either. "Hey, loser," Elena called from her room. Amara looked up and was relieved to find that Elena was talking to Jeremy. "Gonna go to the game tonight or do the nuns not let you out to play? I hear that Miss Annie is going to be putting on quite the show in your honor at the after party."

Closing her door to prevent the noise of the ensuing yelling match, Amara was relieved to find that Kat was not home. The last thing she needed to deal with was walking in on Kat and whichever one of her rotating boyfriends or girlfriends she had brought home this time causing Jeremy to start in on another lecture on the sanctity of her body.

Jerking her closet open, Amara pulled out a new purple dress and a pair of ballet flats before closing the door. Dressing quickly, she took the time to brush her hair and reapply her eyeliner before running out the door, down the stairs and out of the house. Kol was waiting for her in his car with Klaus and Caroline. "Hey," Caroline called in a bored tone before she started talking to Klaus about some game. Is that all they ever did?

"Looking forward to the game tonight?" Kol called to Klaus who slowly tore his gaze from Caroline.

"Yes, I so look forward to it, brother," Klaus replied in a bored tone. "I simply am not that interested in watching someone throw a ball through a hoop."

"Where's your school spirit?" Amara questioned the football player. "I mean you expect us to support you and your games but you can't support Luke's game tonight?"

"He's your friend, not mine," Klaus snapped as he glared back at Amara. She was about to bite his head off when Kol pulled into the parking lot behind the gymnasium.

"We're here," Kol announced. Getting out, he ran around that car and pulled the door open for Amara. "Off we go," he said cheerily, sliding his arm around her waist.

Caroline was making a face while they walked toward the gym until she saw Bonnie and Jesse. "Hey, Bon," Caroline shouted, waving toward her friend, who walked toward them, dragging Jesse by the hand.

"Hi," Bonnie greeted everyone.

"Hey," Jesse added and Amara gritted her teeth but forced a smile. She could not get the image of Jesse climbing into her bedroom window and slipping into bed with Katherine out of her head. Everyone knew that he was a player but did he have to sleep with her sister? And now she had to keep her mouth shut or she would never hear the end of it from anyone.

Entering the auditorium, Amara was a little shocked to see that the place was packed. 'How many people could they get in here?' she wondered as she looked around and spotted Liv stretching close to the bleachers. That was probably why she didn't notice her sisters who were trying to avoid each other. Katherine was sitting with Jules, Brady and Mason while Elena was sitting with Andie and Alaric. She spotted the other chauvinist pigs, Aaron and Stefan sitting somewhere toward the middle, making hand gestures at the cheerleaders. Surprisingly, Tyler was there, too.

Caroline led their group toward Elena, and Amara felt her stomach sink as her sister grinned up at her. Yup, happiness was not going to be the reigning feeling for the day. "Look who showed up. Hey, Kol, when you get done boring yourself to death, you've got my number," Elena said with a flirty pout.

"Don't we all have your number, Lena?" Damon Salvatore asked, loudly, as he jogged down the bleachers. He waved at Vikki Donavon who waved back and then started glaring once he looked away.

Bonnie and Caroline sat on the bleachers with Elena and Andie while Amara chose to sit beside Kol who was next to Klaus who was next to Damon who was next to Jesse. Damon leaned forward and made some kind of comment to Elena who turned to stare up at him with a look of innocence before she placed her finger in her mouth.

Turning her head on her sister's antics, Amara stopped paying attention to the game until it was over. Then everyone was leaving and Kol was talking about the after-game party. Amara was not really in the mood to party. She wanted to go home. To just go home, pull the covers over her head and to not worry about all the crap in the world. But she put on a big smile and allowed Kol to pull her through the front door of the Salvatore's house.

Someone placed a cup in her hand. Amara started sipping, then she started gulping when Elena climbed on top of a table and started to strip. Moving out of the room, Amara gulped down the bile that was rising in her throat. She didn't drink that often and she probably shouldn't be drinking whatever was in this cup.

Going into the kitchen, she leaned against the sink and started to dry heave. "Oh, my God," she groaned.

"You okay, babe," someone called from behind her and Amara turned to find Silas.

"Silas," Amara replied with relief as the room spun.

"Yeah," Silas said with a smirk and then she felt confused as he placed an arm around her. "Want to go upstairs?" he asked.

"No," Amara snapped at him. "Get off of me, Stefan."

"Oh, come on," Stefan urged her as he pulled her closer.

"Off. Now," Amara said forcefully, shoving him away.

"Boring," Stefan groaned before he walked away.

Struggling to leave the party, Amara stumbled out of the kitchen and stared around her. Liv was standing at the end of the hall, talking to Diego and Amara wanted to get to her but her friend was walking away. Heading around the corner, Amara saw so many people. They were all talking and laughing. 'Was that Jeremy?' she wondered. He was talking to a blonde girl. 'Was that Genevieve? What did she do to her hair?' feeling a fit of giggles coming on, Amara kept walking.

Where was Kol anyway? She wondered as she kept tripping over her own feet. Continuing to walk across the room, she heard Vikki yelling at Damon. And there was Kat dancing with Jules. Oh, boy. Klaus was drunk. Or at least that was the only explanation that Amara could come up with for his duet with Alaric as they sang that song from the Titanic. Amara started to laugh when her stomach lurched.

"Oh, my God," Amara groaned. She needed to get the hell out of here. Where was Kol? Walking out of the house, Amara forced herself to walk toward the parked cars. Maybe Kol went back to his car to find something. Peering inside the vehicles, Amara placed her hand to her stomach. She was definitely going to be sick. And soon.

Coming closer to his car, Amara felt relieved until she noticed the steam on the windows. Maybe Klaus was using Kol's car with some random girl but she saw Klaus. Maybe he was super fast. Coming closer to the car, she forced herself to place her hand to the glass and wipe away the steam enough to see inside. There was Kol… and Elena. They were kissing and Kol wasn't wearing his shirt.

Forcing her body to move backwards, Amara ran as fast as she could. When she found a bush, she leaned over and threw up. Her boyfriend and her sister. 'Why, Elena?' she wondered as she fell to her knees. 'What did I ever do to you?' Sighing, Amara forced herself to her feet and stumbled a few feet away before she fell on the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?" a tall, dark haired man called. For a moment Amara thought that the man who was calling to her was Kol. But his hair was wavy. So this was not Kol. Who was this guy? She could swear she knew him as he leaned over her and his face came into view.

"Amara?" Jackson called. Yes, that was his name. He was a friend of Caroline's. What was he doing here? Why was he asking if she was okay? "Amara, are you alright?" Jackson asked again. Shaking his head when she didn't answer, he picked her up off the ground. "I'm going to get you out of here. Okay?" Amara leaned her head against his shoulder, having no idea what to say as Jackson carried her across the lawn.

Feeling blackness attempting to claim her, Amara was sure that she was right after all, happiness led to misery.

Hmmm… I hope no one was shipping Kol and Amara. So, tell me what you thought of Amara and Jackson. Are they shippable? And do you even know who Jack is? Ah, and what's up with Elena's flirting with Damon and then making out with Kol to mess with her sister? Will Damon and Vikki break up? Thoughts on Enzo's crush on Bonnie? Is he hopelessly in love with the wrong woman? And I want to know what you think of the new and "improved" Gilbert clan. There are a million clues to later plots.

Answers to reviews:

Magnolia123: Yes, they're teenagers, they're human and I changed their lives and personalities in the name of fun. I'm really enjoying playing with these two although we don't see them too much after this because it depends on whose telling story. We will see them individualy though and when we see Hayley's chapter there will more than likely be more Haylijah interaction. ;)

Amke00: I love Elijah so much and I love even more with each new episode of TO even when I want to jump through the TV screen and shake him. Hayley and Elijah are so much fun to write about in this story although we don't see too much of them interacting with each other for a few chapters and then there is one chapter where something happens that affects most of the characters in a shocking way. Thank you for the #.

ObsessWithElijah: Thank you. That is what I was aiming for. I never bore while being praised. ;) Yes, Elijah was rather devastated by Kat's actions in the background of the story. He was very much in love with who he thought Kat was and wanted to change him but Kat in this story did not and does want to change herself in case that means she loses her freedom. Elijah and Hayley hate each in the beginning of the story but then again so do Damon and Elena if that gives you a clue… I kind of skipped the first time Elijah is detention but there is a second time that happens because a group of the characters got to major trouble. I don't think we're going to see Gia because I kind of stopping off with season five of TVD and season one of TO. Otherwise we would have too many characters to deal with when there are already a ton. Poor Genevieve. She's in love with Elijah and he's treating her like crap right know. Ah, well.

JuseaPeterson: So, Damon is still with Vikki but it looks like they're moving toward a breakup. But Vikki is never the real obstacle between Damon and Elena because Damon has a big secret.

I tolerate Cami's character on TO. My eyes tend to cross when she's on screen because I keep trying to wait for them to make her character exciting like have her have a complete psychotic meltdown given that any rational person in the same position. Oh, well, I support my shows no matter what otherwise I would stopped watching TVD last season.

I hope you liked the little bits of Klaroline. I swear it's hard to give the focus to one character and to then include certain charters like my main people, Damon, Elena, Klaus and Caroline, because each character hangs with her certain people and sometimes they not the main people. Argh.

Elijah's crazy in this story and I wish I could write like a spin off of him being bad because I love this version of him. Genevieve is devoted to Elijah. Like she would form a cult of Elijah in this story and then make herself into the only member. Whether she'll she figure out that he's just not that in to her is another question. Hmmm… I will have to revisit Hayley's diary at some point past chapter fourteen or fifteen because there are tons of events in between.

Thank you.

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Peace,

Jessica