The Heavenly Appeal {A Vampire Diaries Fan Fiction}

{13} Forgiveness Is Divine

Whoo! Past the plot's New Year! -Her Lady

Chapter Thirteen

Forgiveness Is Divine

=-Mystic Falls, Virginia-=

2010

After days of pure supernatural action, I had one day of normalcy - or the closest I could get to it. When it had been a Monday - days after the winter holidays, school was ever eager to have us back again. I was guilty for avoiding Elena and Stefan; they had tried to get me alone from Caroline, but I stuck to my second cousin like glue throughout the day - not that Caroline minded or anyone else noticed something wrong since we always appeared close. With her human company, I also spent more time with Matt and even sometimes with Tyler and his group of popular friends, particularly the girls Sarah and Aimiee.

I had made a note to myself if I ever needed drunk people to hang out with, those two girls would be the first on my list on who to call. They were like every other girl who worried about possible zits, clothes, and boys - not vampires, witches, or the safety of their families. This is something I'm lacking, I reminded myself.

In the middle of the week, Caroline had this amazing idea of a group date later on after school. She wanted time with Matt and she offered to let me go with them as Tyler as my friendly date. As puzzled as I was about her sudden change of heart about Tyler, I was actually thinking of asking him after lunch. Then my second cousin mentioned that she had also invited Elena and Stefan. If that was their way of trying to talk to me, I was not impressed and I had refused to go on with her plan; instead, I spent the rest of the day with Tyler on my own terms.

We had held our own small private party in his house, inviting his regular clique plus the two girls I grew acquainted with. They didn't seem displeased when they discovered that I was the addition to their usual crowd. I had somehow made a name for myself in school as the new city girl who made the trends and not followed them - due to my blunt and flirty exterior, but I wasn't exactly in yet. It had only been when Aimiee asked me if Tyler and I were dating when I abruptly turned a little petulant. The cups of water in the room froze into ice under my agitation, and I hadn't known how to turn them back into liquid. Thankfully, most of them had been too drunk to notice.

Someone had seen Tyler and I get out of the janitor's closet yesterday and the news spread out like wildfire without our knowledge, but it explained the stares we had received during the whole school day, and the warm welcome Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood had given me when Tyler and I were prepping the party stuff in his living room. Since I was related to Elizabeth Forbes by blood, I was technically a member of a Founding Family, and with my model of a mother and an old money father, they instantly accepted whatever relationship they presumed was there between their son and I. I had asked Tyler of his thoughts about this and he made it clear we were just friends in his eyes, not really caring what everyone else thought.

I agreed as well, but my emotions were getting the better of me. My influence over wind and water was going out of control and they acted up again when I heard about my younger brother. I would've hung out with Winslow the next day - he was always my first choice, but he and Nicole Armstrong had actually gotten serious during the days I was preoccupied. He had claimed he was busy for different projects, but I knew better thanks to the other rumors going through Mystic Falls High. They weren't dating yet, but Caroline had told me they were seen making out yesterday in Mystic Grill. A lunch date?

In wariness with what had happened in New York, I would've totally scorched this girl alive if I didn't realize that I was being quite unfair to my younger brother. Nicole was clearly his rebound girl. For now, I had allowed them to have their fun. I just really hoped for Nicole's sake that she didn't cross paths with me without Winslow around. Then again, I really hoped she did too.