Constant

Chapter 1: Lovers no more, Friends Forever

    She really didn’t know how it happened, no she did know how it happened, but no one knows that. When asked, she says the complete opposite. She had no idea how it happened. How her love for him went away. She’s sat down countless times, wondering how it happened, when it happened, and how she was going to break it to him. She didn’t want to hurt him. That wasn’t one of her life goals. He was more than just a boy to her. Though the love went away, he was considered the one boy that gave her something different; a lover and friend. And it hurt her to think of how much pain she was going to cause him. But she knew it needed to be done; she just didn’t know when she would do it.

      Elena Gilbert sat on the plane home from her summer vacation. Her Chocolate brown locks sat in a messy bun that gave her a cute look, even though she gave no thought to her appearance. Her soft hazel eyes stared out the planes window, her mind on some many things at once. The more dominant, was her summer vacation. Paris was amazing; the amazing food, the wonderful shopping, and the boys. ‘Yes, mustn’t forget the boys’. She thought. They were in abundant in the wonderful city. All varying in features; some had fly-away hair, some had perfectly coiffed hair. Some had blue eyes, others green. The variations went on and on. But every time she thought of one of the handsome young men that looked her way as she walked, she felt a stab of pain.

     ‘I haven’t even broken up with Matt yet. How the hell can I even think to look their way?’ But that was always pushed aside as irrational thinking. Thinking. She did a lot of thinking in Paris. It’s what made her decided that Matt just wasn’t the one anymore. ‘I like him…but is it love?’ ‘Maybe what I thought was affection was just friendship.’ And thoughts of the same nature began to unravel in her mind until she came to a sound conclusion (or what she thought to be a sound conclusion); He’s only a good friend, and nothing more.  It broke her hurt to think of what she had to do, but she knew she had to do it.

     ‘I feel like something is going to happen soon. I just don’t know what it is. I feel like…like it’s going to all go downhill, I just can’t explain it.’ With that thought in my, Elena pulled out her Diary from her carry-on bag, and began to journal. A task she decided to take up after her parent’s death.    

     Soon, the ride was over, and Elena was in home room, packed bags forgotten. She only had one destination in mind; the soft lush feathery feeling of her bed. Once her head hit the pillow, she was out like a light, her problems all but forgotten until the next time she awoke.

        Soon, two days had passed, and it was finally time to return to school. Elena skipped to the bathroom, wanting nothing but the feel of the warm spray hitting her body, waking her up so she could start the day. After washing up, she went to her room where she changed into a brand new outfit that she picked up from Paris; tight high-waist skinny jeans, a white shirt, a black cardigan with a matching waist belt and ChristianLouboutin short boots. Though her outfit was simple, it drew attention to all the right places. After applying her makeup, she stared at herself in the mirror.  Seeing that she was acceptable, she grabbed her Christian Dior Granville Medium Tote, and made her way down stairs. Once down, she grabbed a granola bar, kissed her aunt Jenna on the cheek, grabbed her Brother Jeremy’s arm, and made her way out to the car that was waiting at the curb. Upon making her way to it, her two best friends Bonnie and Meredith pulled her into a group hug.  Once the hug was finished, they looked over each other’s outfits. Bonnie’s hair was pulled back into a ponytail, her curls falling down her back. Her white sun dress, that was equipped with yellow flowers, stopped just short of her knees. From there, her long smooth legs were accented with nude colored tights, flowed down to her Patent leather MARC by Marc Jacobs ballerina flats. Meredith’s outfit was more a mix of the two. She wore a blue cardigan over a white ruffled Kim Kardashian top with blue high-waist jeans that melted into a pair of white high-heeled Manolo Blahnik’s.