Entry#3
"Dear Diary,
This morning feels….different. There's a change. I can sense it, feel it. For once, I don't regret the day before it begins. I will see Him again. The first time, in a long while, I feel good.
I rode to school again with Bonnie. She told me that she had babysat Caroline for most of the night. Caroline was drunk and it took several cups of strong coffee to sober her up enough to go home.
Sheriff Forbes had been called into work by the time Bonnie dropped Caroline at her house. Lucky for Caroline. Bonnie on the other hand, barely made it home in time to keep her curfew.
Typical Caroline. Not caring whether anyone else got in trouble because of something she did. Can't recall how many times I got grounded over something that wasn't even my fault all because Caroline thought it was fun to do.
Okay, okay, I can't blame everything on Caroline. Some of those times I even helped Caroline plan the pranks and other things that led to us getting into trouble.
Anyways, we arrived at school without any incident. Bonnie went to talk to one of our other classmates, and I looked around for Stefan. I didn't expect him to be in a crowd with other kids. He didn't strike me as someone who needed to be around others all the time.
I found him sitting on one of the picnic tables out front of the school. As I started across the lawn toward him, Matt Donovan stopped me. He looked like he hadn't slept all night. Maybe he hadn't. The attack on Vicki was really freaky. I couldn't imagine how I would feel if something like that happened to Jeremy.
I shook my head to clear the troubling thought away, and asked Matt how his sister was doing. Matt told me that Vicki was doing okay, but had told him the craziest thing. Vicki thought a vampire had attacked her instead of a wild animal.
A vampire? Really? I don't know if it's all those horror movies she loved making her think that or the heavy duty painkillers they have her on. Something must have shown on my face, because Matt grinned at me, and said he thought Vicki's story was pretty nuts too.
He saw Tyler Lockwood arrive and went to talk to him. I started back on my path toward Stefan, only to realize he was no longer at the picnic table. Disappointment flooded through me. I would just have to wait to see him in one of the classes we shared.