The book of Ellie (remake)

Three

  I sit in history class. I hear the words Mr. Tanner are saying, but I'm not really listening. All I can think about is Stefan.

  I mean should I go for him? Or should I just let Elena have him?

  "Miss Gilbert?" Mr. Tanner asks me. He pulls me out of my trance.

  I look at him with a confused expression on my face.

  "What's the answer Eleanor?" He asks me. He knows that I wasn't paying attention, why is he calling on me.

"I would prefer if you called me Ellie." I tell him respectfully.

"Okay...Ellie. What's the answer." He says with annoyance in his voice.

  "There was 346 casualties. Unless your counting local civilians." Stefan chimes in.

  I turn and give Stefan a grateful look.

  "Thank you Mr. Salvatore. But there were no civilian casualties in this battle." Mr. Tanner says smugly.

  "Actually there were twenty-seven sir. Confederate soldiers fired on a church thinking of weapons but they were wrong. It was a night of great loss." Stefan corrects him. "The founders archive is stored in the civil hall if you would like to brush up on your facts, Mr. Tanner." Stefan adds on. I cannot believe he just did that.

I turn and give Stefan a look of gratitude and impression.

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"Come on Ellie! Just say it." Bonnie demands whilst laughing.

"Okay so maybe I do like him." I tell her laughing too. We're at that party that I said that I didn't want to go to. But Bonnie is making it twenty times more fun.

"He's got a really nice jawline." I say giggling.

"Wait so where is he?" She asks me.

I shrug my shoulders and begin laughing even harder. I think I'm officially drunk.

"Wait wait." I pick up a beer bottle that's on the ground next to me. "Use your psychic powers Bon." I say through laughter.

"A crystal ball!" She exclaims while laughing too. She reaches over to grab it from me. The moment she touches it her laughter fades.

So does mine. "What?" I ask her. My tone has completely changed. I'm serious now. And so is she.

"Nothing. Nothing. I'm just drunk." She says and her laughter comes back.

I slowly nod my head slowly.

"I'm going to get a refill." Bonnie tells me while standing up.

"Okay." I tell her as she quickly walks off. That was weird.

As Bonnie walks off another person fills her spot. A man.

"High school parties. They're so boring." His british accent brings excitement to my ears.

I give him a small innocent smile. "Yeah. I only came hear for the free beer." I joke.

I take the man in. His dirty blond hair and dark blue-green eyes contrasts with his pearly white skin. And he looks so perfect.

"I prefer the more expensive stuff." He tells me.

I give a small chuckle and take a sip from my red solo cup. "Who are you? I've never seen you around Mystic Falls before." I ask him trying to make conversation.

I can't help but notice the way he stares at me. Almost as if he knew me.

"I'm not from here." He tells me.