To Change or Not To Change: Time Traveling AU

Note: So I lied. No chapter on Friday but only because I had to be at my Church around 8ish (am)! I left around 10 (am) that morning (Friday) to go to this Youth Getaway and I didn't get back until Sunday around 6ish (pm). I'm sleepy and I have a day camp at my church this week and I gotta be there at 7:30am each day! So forgive me for lack of update and if it's crappy! Now enjoy chapter 3!

Chapter 3: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Elena said goodbye to her friends at 3 o'clock, wishing she could go with them to pack. Instead, she had to go to detention. She walked into the room, expecting to find it empty, but instead Elena found someone inside of it— and it wasn't Mr. Tanner. The person turned and Elena found a woman with deep brown eyes, pale pearly skin, full lips and thick brown (almost black) hair. The woman reminded Elena of that actress Zoey Deutch.

She turned and she smiled weakly, "You here for detention too?" She asked.

"Um…yeah," Elena said as she walked forward, taking a sit. "I'm Elena Gilbert. Who are you, by the way?"

The woman smiled. "Ronda but I go by Roni." She said smiling. Elena nodded and they both jumped when Mr. Tanner entered as did Matt.

"NO talking!" He snapped and so began 'hell'.

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30 minutes later, Roni and Elena left the room. Roni looked so relieved. Elena turned to her. "So are you new to Mystic Falls? I've never seen you before,"

Roni nodded. "Kind of," she admitted. "I used to live here when I was little but then I had to move away."

"Alright," Elena smiled. Roni seemed like any other girl and after saying goodbye, the girls parted. Elena pulled out her cell and sent a quick 'I'm out of detention. I'll be home soon and start packing. –Elena'

Her mother Miranda sent an okay back and it was good enough for the ex vampire. With many thoughts swirling in her head, Elena thought of how her life was going to change. The clear answer was that she had her parents in her life, and Jeremy would never get into drugs the way he did. It was unclear if he could handle staying away from Vicki though.

In that moment, Matt pushed past both girls, and Elena realized just how much she had hurt him. "Matt—"

"Please don't talk to me," Matt snapped at her and she was startled by the bitterness in his voice. Of course he was bitter, but he usually was never this bitter with her. Elena fell silent as she watched her ex boyfriend storm off.

With a heavy sigh, Elena started heading home.

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At home, Elena found her mother in the kitchen finishing up dinner. She waved slightly to her mother who looked up. Miranda didn't say anything which Elena was thankful for. She sat down and watched her adopted mother move around the kitchen gracefully. She couldn't believe that she was so lucky to have her parents alive.

"Do you want to talk about today?" Miranda asked calmly, her voice motherly and sweet.

Elena paused. Did she? "Matt passed me a note in History," She began uneasily. "He wanted to know if I had cheated on him— which I haven't, but I broke up with him today because I'm not in love with him. I never really was."

Her mother looked at her. "When did you figure out you weren't in love with him?" Elena knew her mother had a dying hope that she would marry Matt.

"I…I think I like somebody else," Elena admitted.

"Who? Do I know him— or her?" Miranda asked, hoping to get the scoop from her daughter's love life. Even if Grayson pretended Elena wasn't old enough for boys— or girls, just relationships in general, Elena still had feelings.

The teen blushed. "No,"

Miranda frowned. "Does this somebody have a name?"

"Yes,"

"Are you going to tell me this somebody's name?"

"Err…."

"Elena Lillian Gilbert," Elena winced at her full name. Her mother did not look pleased. She hadn't heard Miranda use her middle name in a long time, as Lillian was for her dead grandma who went by Lilly more often than not. Elena had been her Lilly Jr. "Just who do you consider so important to break a young man's heart?"

Usually Miranda would never pray on her children's lives, but this was important as she always wanted Matt to be her son-in-law. "Mom—"

"No, I want you to tell me." Miranda firmly said.

Elena sighed, thinking this over. "He's new to town but doesn't want people to know he's back yet. Okay?" She said and her mother gave her the most annoyed look. She knew she would have to say his name. "His name is Damon."

Miranda didn't know any Damons. She however looked happy to know the name of the boy. She knew it was Damon was a boy, because a) the name and b) Elena said 'his'.

"Is he cute?"

"Mom!" yelped Elena by the suggestive look in her mother's eyes. By any means, Elena was not a stranger to sexual things (even if she hadn't done the act yet or at least in this time/body). She blushed darkly because this Elena would. And because her mother usually would never say such things or give Elena such looks.

Miranda smiled. "What? You know how you and your brother came to be. Do you really think your father and I—"

"Stop! I don't want to hear anything!" Elena covered her ears. In her mind, and like many others, her parents never did anything sexual. Her mother smiled fondly.

"Is it cute?" Miranda repeated with a less suggestive look.

Elena looked at her mother before nodding. "Yes,"

"Ooh goodie!" Miranda smiled brightly at this, and her words led to Elena rolling her eyes, "How cute?"

The brunette thought of how cute Damon was. Hearts entered her eyes, a foggy look entered as well, and a fond sweet smile formed on her lips, "So cute…sexy even! I can't stop thinking about him…."

Miranda was glad to hear her daughter's words. "I hope I can meet him one day,"

As do I. As do I. Elena thought.

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After dinner, and some packing for the night, Elena headed off to her best friend's house. She thought of what her friends and she would talk about. She thought of what she should say about Damon. But, what she didn't think would happen would be seeing Damon again.

She was walking down the street; it was barely past 6pm. As she was walking, a tall form was across the street. She felt her heart leap when she realized who it was.

Then, Elena remembered she was supposed to forget she knew him. She wanted to talk to him again but she couldn't. Now feeling down, she hurried to Caroline's.

Once she made it, Elena was down in the dumps. Damon didn't know she knew him and assumed she had forgotten him. It sucked! Caroline and Bonnie greeted her at the door and then led her to Caroline's bedroom to put her stuff down. The girls started chatting right away, Caroline's mom Liz dropping off some cookies (Oreos, chocolate chip), pop (Pepsi), popcorn and some chips (Salt & Vinegar, plain, BBQ). Their topic of conversation went straight to Elena's mystery man.

"What's he like?" Caroline asked, munching on an Oreo.

Bonnie looked over excitedly, not knowing about Damon's vampirism, sipping on her drink. Elena smiled softly. "Well…he's like…he's so interesting! I can't even explain him. He's like that tall, dark and dangerous guy you can't help but want even if everyone tells you he's bad for you!"

The girls made 'ooh!' sounds. Both knew exactly where their friend was coming from, as they had had their odd boyfriend or crush like Elena to her Damon.

Elena smiled brighter. "He doesn't want people to know he's in town yet so you can't say anything!" She reminded her friends strictly, but she lost her strictness because a piece of popcorn fell down her top. She reached down to get it back— every girl knew the struggle. Caroline and Bonnie laugh and Elena laughed with them as well.

She was hit with a realization. Elena hadn't had this much fun with her friends in a long time. It had been years. She hadn't been this carefree since before she met Stefan the first time. She hid her frown behind her glass as she took a drink of her pop. The topic changed to some guy Caroline had seen who had a cute bottom. Elena threw her thoughts in every once in awhile, but her thoughts were on Stefan.

How would her life change now that she knew she didn't need Stefan to be happy? How would her life change now that she knew his brother was meant for her? And the worst thought… What if Damon never fell in love with her because he had wanted something from his brother?

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The end of this chapter. Yes, short, but whatever! Next chapter I'm skipping to when Stefan comes into the picture. Next chapter will HOPEFULLY be longer. And I should update on Friday (which is in two days so SHH). Love you all so much and please review!

Nerdy~