comfort zone ➳ the vampire diaries

chapter two

The first day of school.

It's nerve wrecking enough to start a new year of high school, but starting at a new school, in a new state? That's nerve exploding.

I walked into the front office to get my schedule, seeing a guy in a leather coat in front of me. I froze in place, feeling a weird vibe almost immediately from this guy. Bad guy?

He spun around, nearly bumping into me.

"Excuse me," we both said in sync, causing me to let out a soft chuckle. He gave me a nod and walked out of the office, the door slowly shutting behind him.

I got my class schedule as well as a locker and inhaled deeply.

Hello, Mystic Falls High.

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Stefan Salvatore.

That was his name; Stefan Salvatore.

He apparently had lived here as a child, but moved around a lot because of his parents. Everyone was talking about him now. They all mentioned that because of his last name, he was one of the founding families. The "founding families" were the original settlers of Mystic Falls, and from what I learned between third and fourth period, that was an important role in the community.

I walked out of last period as the bell rang, signaling the end of a very long day.

"I'm Caroline,"

I looked over at the girl who was stopped beside me.

"Tatiana," I replied, stopping as well. She looked familiar.

She was at the grill Derek and I went to last night!

"You're new, aren't you?"

She seemed... too nice.

"Uh, yeah," I answered, slowly starting to walk. She did too.

"Where are you from?"

"Pennsylvania,"

She nodded, like it could have some significance in our 'friendship', if that's what this was even becoming.

"Well, I noticed that Stefan Salvatore seemed to be.. interested, and I wanted to let you know I have dibs,"

And there it is.

"Oh, don't worry," I laughed. "You have other girls to worry about too, Caroline,"

I started to walk away, pulling my phone out of my pocket.

"Tatiana!"

I turned around, "Yeah?"

"Since you're new, maybe you could come to the bonfire with my friends and I tomorrow night? We don't bite!"

"Uh, sure?"

"Cool!"

I laughed to myself and continued walking. This should be good.