A/N: I apologize in advance is Kai seems out of character at all in this chapter or any chapter really. Also, even though, I'm pretty positive there are no spelling errors, if there are, I apologize. And I know there are some in the previous chapter that I really should go fix. Oh, and disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Diaries or any of it's characters, if I did, then the show would be taking a very different route than it currently is. Okay, carry on. And thanks for the reviews. And another thing, if you guys ever have any ideas for this, don't be afraid to message me.

October 2nd, 1985

Kai had to get up for school, which he didn't exactly feel like going to today, especially since he had a bit of a hangover. He and this girl Mary went to a part the night before and there was beer. A lot of it. He forced himself to get out of bed and get dressed. He grabbed a pair of navy blue cargo pants, a white long sleeve shirt, and a lighter blue graphic t-shirt. He changed out of his pajamas and into the clothes he'd picked out, then he went into the hallway to go wait for the bathroom to open up. Kai heard Jo in the bathroom.

"Hurry up! I don't have all day, you know?" Kai said to her. He was late on the waking up part of the day. He didn't need to be late for anything else today.

Jo took her time in the bathroom. It had been about 20 minutes that she'd been in there before Kai had even gotten out of his room, and then, another 5 minutes since Kai told her to hurry up.

"You know what? I'm gonna go tell mom that you've been in the bathroom for over 20 minutes." Kai said threateningly. Jo quickly finished up and got out. "You're such a baby." Jo said as she walked passed Kai.

Kai smirked. I always win. He thought to himself. Then, he proceeded into the bathroom. He fixed his hair, which was a mess from the pillow. Kai also brushed his teeth, then he went down stairs.

When he got to the kitchen, Kai looked through the cabinets for something to eat. He finally grabbed some bread and put it in the toaster. When the toaster made it known to him that the bread had been toasted, he grabbed some jam and a knife and put the jam on the bread.

Jo and Kai left to go to the bus stop, which was down the road. Once they got to school, the twins went their own ways. Jo had about 3 or so very close friends that she talked to every day, and then, about 8 or so not as close friends, maybe they were just acquaintances, Kai wasn't sure. He was sure, however, about how many friends he had, which was none. He had Mary, but they were only acquaintances.

Kai didn't mind being a loner though, in fact, he sort of enjoyed it if he was being honest. There were less people to secrets from this way. When Kai was younger, it bothered him that Jo had made a friend within the first few minutes of being on the bus on the first day of Kindergarten, but now, he was more than okay with having no friends. He had more important things to worry about anyway, like, magic for instance. Kai was very confident that he'd win the merge on his and Jo's 22nd birthday. So, naturally, he was always trying to learn new spells. It was a little more difficult for him though, since his father wouldn't allow anyone to give Kai magic.

Mary walked up behind Kai and put her arms around him. Did he forget something about last night's party? Kai was confused. He thought that they were just acquaintances and yet, here she is acting like they're dating.

"Uh, Mary, why are you acting like we're dating?" Kai asked.

She giggled and then said, "Cause we are silly. Don't you remember last night?" She paused. "Oh….you don't remember do you?" She asked Kai after realizing that Kai clearly didn't recall the details of the previous night.

"Uh, not exactly. Mind refreshing my memory?" Kai said.

Mary reminded him of what happened the night before at the party. Apparently, Kai had gotten pretty tipsy, maybe he was even a little drunk, and he had asked her out after telling her how she turned him on.

"So, you said yes to me even though I was drunk off my ass?" Kai asked. Why would she say yes when she knew I wasn't even sober? Kai couldn't figure that one out. And he was a little embarrassed that he had admitted to finding her sexy enough to get hard from.

"Uh, yeah, maybe I wasn't in my right mind either now that I think about it." She recalled being very high at the party.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Kai sounded offended.

"Just that I was up in the clouds when you asked me and since, I well, since I think you're hot…." Her cheeks went red with embarrassment. She hadn't meant to admit that detail out loud to him.

"Kai, can we just forget about this and go back to being acquaintances?" She asked. Kai nodded his head and they went to first period.

The day went by pretty fast. Kai was sitting down on a bench just outside the school. He was waiting for Mary so that they could talk. Come on, what's taking so long? Kai wondered. And why am I so nervous? It's not like Kai was a stranger to flirting with girls, and he wasn't even flirting with Mary, so why the hell was there a weird feeling in his stomach and why were his palms getting sweaty? Ew, that's gross. Something's wrong with me. I must be coming down with something.

Kai's heart started to beat faster when she finally walked through the double doors that led outside from the school. Yeah, something's seriously up with me. I'll have to get that checked out by a doctor. Kai thought to himself.

"Hey." Mary said quietly.

"Hey." Kai was unsure of what to say next. That's a first.

"So, why'd you wanna talk to me?" She wondered out loud.

"Uh….honestly? I just wanted to hear your voice." Kai hadn't meant to say that. Woops.

"Oh…..Kai is there something you wanna tell me or are you gonna make me guess?" She asked.

Kai thought for a minute about what he wanted to say to her, but either nothing was coming to mind or everything. He wasn't sure if he wanted to tell her that he thought he might be crushing on her 'cause even he wasn't sure if he was or not. Kai started playing with rings on his fingers and he was looking down.

Then, he looked up at her through his lashes and said, "Would you, uh, maybe wanna go on like a date or something? Like, maybe this weekend? Just the two of us. Like, dinner and a movie? You don't have to say yes, if you don't want to. I don't even know what I'm saying. Forget it. Just uh, nevermind. Come on, let's go home." Kai rambled on like a little school girl with a crush.

Mary spoke up and told Kai that she'd love to go on a date with him. Kai's eyes widened for about a second and then, he told her that they'd go to the movies and see whatever she wanted to see and, then they'd grab a bite to eat.

"Could we see Jagged Edge?" She asked.

"Isn't in it like rated R?" Kai asked knowing very well, that it was. He actually really wanted to go see it.

"Yeah, so?" Mary said. "Uh, okay we'll have to get some fake IDs." Kai said.

"Already done." Mary said proudly.

"What? How?" Kai asked.

"I know people, remember?" She said.

They walked to Mary's house. "You can't come in, not today anyway. My dad likes to know in advance when I bring a guy home. But on Saturday, you're welcomed to come inside." She said.

"Yeah, I get that. Totally fine. I'll see you tomorrow, Mary." Kai said sweetly. And then, he leaned in to kiss her cheek and say goodbye. After that, Kai went home.

Saturday, October 5th, 1985:

It was 6:45pm. Kai was trying to find a nice outfit to wear, but he couldn't find anything. He went to Jo for some advice.

"Hey, wanna help me pick an outfit for my date?" Kai asked. Jo's eyebrows shot up in surprise for two reasons, one being that Kai was going on a date, and the other, was because he was asking her for help. Wow he must be pretty desperate. If he's coming to me for advice. Jo thought to herself.

"Uh, okay. I guess. Do you have any ideas or were you expecting me to pick out an entire outfit for you?" Jo asked.

"I have a few ideas." Kai told her.

"Where are you going and who's the girl?" Jo asked as she got up from her bed and walked with Kai back to his room.

"Her name's Mary and she's in our grade. Brunette, long brown, wavy hair. Uh, green eyes. Caramel looking skin." Kai walked into the wall just outside his room.

"Ow. Where'd that wall come from?" He asked.

"It was always there, stupid." Jo said. Kai got up.

"So, you really like her, huh?" Jo wondered if Kai simply wanted to hook up with this girl or if he actually liked her.

Kai wasn't really sure. "I don't know. Every time I'm around her I have this weird feeling in my stomach. I think she makes me sick, which is like, ew gross." He said.

Jo laughed a little and then, rolled her eyes. "You're an idiot, you know that, right?" Jo asked.

"Well, since we're twins I guess that means you're an idiot too, doesn't it, Jo?" Kai asked Jo.

"I meant that you're an idiot because you don't even know that the feeling you get around means you're crushing on her. And from the sounds of it, you're crushing pretty hard, Kai." Jo told him.

"What? I don't do crushes. That's it, I'm cancelling the date." Kai said walking over to the phone.

Jo quickly panicked. "What? You can't cancel, that's messed up. Think about how she'll feel." Jo said.

"Forget about how she feels, I feel like she makes sick, and if that means I'm crushing on her, then screw it, I'm not going." Kai told her flat out.

"You're a dick. It's no wonder you have no friends." Jo said as she left Kai's room.

Was that why? He always thought it was because he just didn't talk to many people. He was still cancelling this date. Kai grabbed the phone and hoped that no one else was using the phone. Oh, thank god. No one else was on the phone. Kai thought. She answered after about 20 seconds.

"Who is this?" Mary asked.

"It's Kai. I uh, I don't feel so good. Could we uh, reschedule? For like another day?" Kai lied. He never planned on talking to Mary again.

"Uh, yeah, I have other plans anyway. See you in school on Monday." And then, she hung up the phone and left wondering if he had hurt her. Oh, well, he didn't want any friends anyway.