Innocence

Chapter 2: Meeting The Salvatore Brothers

I could not stop staring at this guy that just walked in. Bonnie snapped me out of my fantasies of him, and she said, "Hey Damon. What are you doing in the history classroom? You haven't been to school in over 450 years. Actually I don't think you've ever been to an actual school before." Bonnie said. 450 years? That must be a joke...but let's just go back to the fact that his name is supposedly Damon. He never answered Bonnie's question, and started to stare at me for a while. His green cat-like eyes were looking into my soul. I looked down to my notebook. It's pattern was checked with the colors of purple and light blue.

After a few moments of silence in the room, Damon said, "So Bon Bon, who's this chick next to you?"

"This is Scarlet Rose Iona." Bonnie said.

"Oh. Hello beautiful. Would you care to take the time to get to know me better?" He replied.

"Uh, I'm flattered. I really am. But I'm just not sure if I can trust you enough in order to do that." I said to him.

"Well, I'll still win her heart anyway." He mumbled to himself.

"I heard that." I replied. The bell rang, and everyone started to pour into the classroom.

So many cute boys walked into the classroom. Maybe this school is right for me. Bonnie tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a girl that was walking in. "That's Rebekah Mikaelson. None of us really like her. I don't know if you'll like her either." Bonnie said with a snotty tone. I knew that she didn't like her. Rebekah sat down next to me.

"Oh well look who it is. Bonnie! How was your weekend?" Rebekah asked her.

"None of your concern." Bonnie replied.

"Feisty are we?" She said under her breath. She looked at me and said, "Hello darling. What's your name?"

"I'm Scarlet Rose Iona." I said.

"That's a pretty name." She said. "Oh look! It's Damon. Damon, please don't tell me that your the teacher subbing for Alaric." She said, groaning.

His eyes shot up at her and he said, "Oh your just like every other girl who's seen a guy they hate subbing for their best friend." He said. The bell rang again, and everyone sat down. "Hello, my fellow history students. I will be your substitute for Mr. Saltzman today. My name is Damon Salvatore. Just call me Damon, or whatever you want works. But the one thing you can't call me is asshole, and any other names associated in that region."

"Oh please, you know that you are an asshole, so why don't you just admit it." Rebekah said.

"I kinda just did. There you go." He replied. He turned around, wrote his name on the board, then went into his suitcase/bag, and grabbed a folder and set it on the table. He opened it up and said, "So, Mr. Saltzman has a packet for you that you all need to complete and it will count as a test grade. You can use the Internet or a textbook; whichever you prefer. But it is due by the end of the period." He said still looking at me. "Scarlet come up here." He said in a demanding tone. I got out of my seat, and he handed me the stack of packets. "Hand these out, and I want to see you in the hallway."

I did as I was told, and I met him out in the hallway. He took a while to say something to me. Finally, he said: "You look so familiar it's not even funny." I just looked at him. We stared at each other for a moment, and he said, "You don't have to do the assignment. I'll tell Rick." He said like he knew who I was talking about.

"Who's Rick?" I asked.

"Mr. Saltzman. His first name is Alaric. I call him Rick." He said, "Hey. Come to my house after school. I can introduce you to my brother."

"Um, would that be appropriate?" I asked concerned.

"Totally. I'm just a sub." He said.

"But your like 30 years old. That would be weird. I'm 16." I said defensively.

"Actually, love bug, I'm much older than that. I'm actually 500 years old." He said. I looked at him like he was joking and scoffed. He said, "No I actually am 500 years old. I'm not joking around Scar." He said.

"Don't call me that." I said.

"What's wrong with you? Calm down." He said as he started to lean in to kiss me. I tried to push away from him but he was too strong.

All of a sudden, someone said, "Yo, Damon. Stop bothering the new girl please. I think she's clearly showing you that she doesn't like you in that way."

"Oh come on. Every girl I've seen has had the hots for me and wants to hook up." Damon replied.

"Well it looks like I'm the first that doesn't." I said. The man that interrupted us walked over to me, pulling me away from Damon.

"Did he hurt you?" He asked.

"No. But who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Stefan. Damon's brother. I can tell by the look on your face that you've been totally creeped out by him." He said softly, siding with me.

"Yeah, I guess you can say that." I replied. Stefan held out his hand, and I grabbed it, and he was guiding me into the classroom again. We sat down in the back, and he helped me with the whole packet that Damon gave us. Stefan and I talked all period, and Bonnie would look back at us, and she smiled.

"How are you liking the school so far?" He asked.

"It's been good." I replied.

"I never got your name." He said, sounding like he was flirting with me. I mean, I'd let him.

"I'm Scarlet Rose Iona." I said.

"Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful name. Can I call you Scar? Is that ok?" He asked.

"Yeah! That's fine. Go ahead!" I said. He glanced over to my notebook and saw my schedule.

"Scar, can I see your schedule? I wanna see what classes I have with you." He said. I nodded and handed him my schedule, and he examined it closely. "I have every single class with you." He said happily.

"Yay!" I exclaimed. I had just realized after I said that, that he had gotten very close to me. I looked into his brown eyes, and his sandy blonde hair. He caressed my cheek, and I shook. It was the first time a guy had touched me on my cheek. He was about to kiss me when.....RRRRRIIIINNNNNGGG!! The bell rang, and it totally ruined the moment. But, none the less, I almost kissed Stefan Salvatore....