Thank You for showing all the love; the reviews, follows & favorites, I appreciate it!
Pairings: Kol/Bella, Rebekah/Stefan, Klaus/Hayley, Elijah/Davina, Matt/Caroline, Bonnie/Jeremy, Damon/Elena
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Twilight nor its characters.
She left the rest of her stuff in her baby, figuring she'd unpack later and quickly headed up to the guest bedroom that essentially belonged to her. After all, she had spent multiple summers sleeping in this very same bedroom while visiting her favorite aunt and cousins. She sighed as she looked around, noticing the little trinkets still left in the places she had left them in the last time she was here; everything she'd left over the years seemingly fit right where it needed to. This room was undoubtedly hers even if she didn't officially live here.
She set her bag down before ruffling through it in search of something suitable to wear for her first night back in town and found the perfect outfit; a combination of her bad and sweet side that matched her personality perfectly. She smiled as she headed to the shower, stripping, and quickly but thoroughly washing up; excited to go out and see if anybody would recognize her. She dried off and wrapped a towel around her before walking out of the bathroom and noticed the rest of her stuff had been brought out of her car and now was set on her bed with a note that read:
Lazy ;-)
She smiled before she called out a thanks to her cousin, receiving a 'whatever' in return before she dried off and dressed in her outfit: a red graphic t-shirt with blue, ripped skinny jeans, topped off with a brown leather jacket and flats. She watched herself in the mirror before adding a red headband to her curly brown hair and nodding to herself. She looked good, if she said so herself.
She grabbed her purse and keys, calling out to her cousin that she was leaving before climbing into her baby and speeding off. Excited was downplaying the way she felt as she drove to the Mystic Grill. She hadn't been there in ages.
She parked and walked in, noticing multiple unfamiliar scents inside the building making her cautious. She glanced around as she made her way to an empty booth near the exit in case things went bad. A tall blonde, scruffy looking guy, and a dark-haired guy seemed to be in a heated argument. She tried not to stare but their aura was something she had never seen before. Regular Vampires were usually a pale yellow color underneath the color of their emotions while wolves were a dark red color, but the blonde had some red and weird mixture of brown and orange in his. His companion was no better with his aura a brown and orange mixture missing the red that the blonde had. It was unnerving to not be able to automatically know who and what they were. The blonde looked up and caught her eyes as she was unbeknownst staring at them while stuck in her thoughts and she quickly looked away. Where was the waiter?
"Hi, what can I get ya this evening?" A friendly blonde —
"Caroline! How are you?" Bella asked with a smile and a hug to the blonde.
"Good," she said looking weird until recognition sparked in her eyes.
"Whoa, Bella! It's been a while! I'm good how are you? You grew up! How was Forks?" Caroline said with one breath, pulling back from the petite brunette that was previously holding her in a death grip.
"Good and Forks was … interesting to say the least. How about you? What's been going on around here?" Bella asked curiously sitting back down in her booth gesturing for her friend to do the same.
"Gosh, it's been busy," Caroline said with a sigh that made Bella suspicious, I guess Caroline noticed too because she was quick to add; "but it's also been exciting, I guess you could say." She said with a worried full smile. Bella nodded smiling at the blonde, more determined to uncover all this towns secrets more than ever.
"So, ready to order?" Caroline said looking uncomfortable.
"Yes," Bella said with a nod before closing and handing her menu to Caroline.
"a water, fries and the garden salad, please. No onions."
"Great. I'll be right back." Caroline said with one last smile before walking away.
Bella stared after her a while. It was unusual for her cousins and old friends to deliberately lie to her about … anything really. it wasn't like them. She glanced back at the odd creatures she had been staring at earlier and noticed that the blonde and brunette was already staring at her and she quickly looked away again. After a few moments, she had deemed safe enough to glance again and saw them get up to leave. The brunette ignored her while the blonde winked at her, making her shift in unease. Yeah, definitely something going on in this town.