CENTURIES, stefan salvatore [1]

The Turning Point

CHAPTER 2: THE TURNING POINT

Mystic Falls High School

As the daughter of a teacher, you'd think Natalie Saltzman would be the nicest girl ever and always follow every rule. It was actually quite the contrary, as Natalie always found the bright side in it, as her father would never really give her too much of a punishment, like expulsion or suspension. And she had gotten pretty good at avoiding getting caught by other teachers, as they didn't care at all about Natalie and if she got in trouble or not.

But, just because her dad wouldn't be too pissed didn't mean that he wouldn't get pissed at all.

And Natalie knew that, and she would experience that when she was getting the books for her next class as Alaric leaned up against the locker next to hers. "Did you really think I wasn't going to notice that you were skipping class?"

Natalie sighed as she realized that she would soon get to feel her father's anger.

"Well, I was hoping but I didn't really think so, no." Natalie shook her head, knowing that if she would plead for less of a punishment she would only get opposite of what she wanted.

"Yeah, and since you're really late I also had some time to think of a good punishment which I know you're gonna hate." Alaric smirked, knowing that Natalie was most likely anxious on the inside as she had a cool exterior.

And as said, Natalie's cool exterior was still there as she was silently expecting something stupid like, giving him one of her knives when she had, like, twenty others. "Oh, what amazingly hurtful punishment did you come up with this time?"

Alaric rolled his eyes at his daughter's attitude, although being used to it by now. "You're going to the career fair with me."

Natalie's eyes widened as she knew that he knew that she would rather do anything but go to any stupid school arrangements. "You're kidding me, right?"

"No, this is my amazingly hurtful punishment. See you after school." the elder man waved at the brunette before walking off with a smirk as he was never really the best at punishments.

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Natalie wasn't a clumsy person, per se. When she was in action she could kick your butt without breaking a nail. But when it came to everyday life, she wasn't as good at keeping herself from running into incredibly handsome boys that were much, much older than they looked.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't really see where I was going and I'm really hoping that you didn't have something smash-able that I smashed because I'm not that rich... or giving. But that doesn't really have anything to do with this. Let's just say that I'm sorry." Natalie rambled as she noticed that it was the same guy from the day before, the guy who smiling at her personality. You know, the hot one.

The hot one chuckled, finding her to be very different from how she was the day before, but still finding the way that she was acting amusing. "It's fine, it was partly my fault."

"Ehm, no it wasn't." Natalie shook her head quickly, back and forth and back and forth, as she wasn't really sure what she was going to say as she had almost never seen someone this handsome (well, other than her ex-boyfriend, but that was a story she was not a fan of telling).

"I think I'll take some of the blame anyways. Sorry about that." he joked, although he was not really famous for his jokes, but he thought he'd try just this once.

Natalie held in a small laugh at his attempt of being funny. "Well, I'll consider forgiving you. But don't get your hopes up."

"You even thinking about it is enough," he smiled, studying his face before looking straight into her eyes, those eyes reminding his way too much of his girlfriend's. "So thank you for your consideration...?"