Cruel

Chapter five

Eve was alive again, Jolie was the happiest girl in the world, she had waited for almost 200 years but it was worth it.
The two hugged and then Eve looked at Jolie scanning her from her head to her toes "JOLIE! is this some kind of joke?"
"Eve..nono..this is real..You are alive again.."
"oh I know that, I was wondering if the way you look is some kind of joke.." she looked around and noticed that her friends, the Salvatore brothers were there watching "and in front of two men." Damon and Stefan laughed and Jolie killed them with the eyes.
"Jolie..I am super happy to be here, alive, still breathing, my heart is beating, I can move, smell, touch..and this is amazing..but what are my eyes seeing? go get dressed! shame on you! I shouldnt even been telling you this..My poor heart, my little sister.."
Jolie looked at herself in the mirror and she understood what her sister meant.
She was wearing a white mini skirt and and a short top of the same color, that meant that her belly button was showing, the fact that she was wearing dr martens didnt help, Jolie didnt think about it, she should have planned it out better.
"Oh Eve..This is fashion..Girls wear this kind of outfit these days..isnt it amazing?"
"yesyes amazing..And whats that red nail polish im seeing?"
"red nail polish..Dear sister you..slept for something like two centuries..you have to update."
"Oh my word, that is true! Jolie! you have to help me! what do people these day do?"
"mmh people go to school, hang out with friends, go shopping.."
"Oh Heavens! I need a place where I can go and learn all of that stuff..You mentioned school..Can I go there?"
"sure, well..You are college age but since you..werent around..I guess you could look like an high school student..Senior perhaps..You could go there..I'll have to come with you just in case, I'll help you out and I'll make sure we'll have the same schedule..but first..you need to shower, you smell like death..After that we are going to talk a lot."
Eve didnt know what to say so she just nodded and hugged her sister.
"I missed you so much, Jolie, you dont even imagine."
"I missed you so much too..Come I'll show you where you can refresh yourself, I'll also lend you some of my clothes..Yeah dont worry I have something else that will cover you more than Im covered..I hope."
They arrived at the guest's room where Jolie slept, she took a pair of skinny jeans and a sweater, clean underwear and a towel and led Eve in her bathroom.
Eve couldnt stop herself from looking around, she had to admit it: modern houses looked so much better than what she was used to.
She wasnt sure about the items of clothing..Did girls really wear those trousers? did they wear trousers at all? and what was that..what her sister dared to call skirt? Didnt she feel ashamed of going around like some kind of harlot?
humanity was supposed to improve as years passed but..judging by the fashion..it didnt.
Jolie showed her how running water worked, how to turn it cold and turn it hot.
She decided to use magic eventually.
Magic..Eve missed using magic so much..
In a way or in another Eve managed to shower, she closed the tap and the water stopped running, she wrapped herself in a towel and looked herself in the mirror, she still couldnt believe she was alive again..
•••
Jolie grabbed a book and started reading it, it was her favourite: Twilight.
The reason why she liked it so much was because she found it ironic, Stephenie Meyer's talent was ridiculous.
In her mind vampires were beautiful, lovely creatures who couldnt hurt anyone..The love story Edward Cullen and Bella Swan shared was amazing and she wished she had a love story like that..Someone who loved her unconditionally and protected her everytime she needed it..Not that she needed protection of any kind but having someone who would risk their life for you..
"Ehm Jolie..Could you help me please? I cant.."
Jolie put her book down and got in the bathroom, she could expect anything but she surely didnt expect Eve with a bra on her head, her right arm stuck in the air and her left arm trying to reach the center back hooks part of the bra.
"Dont you dare to laugh."
"Eve, hahaha you're funny..uuh I wont laugh. I Promise."
"you better..Come on, help me."
"Coming.."
After Jolie helped her sister getting dressed they were finally ready to spend some sister-sister time.
Jolie updated Eve with the basics..The new technology, the president, women rights progression..The world war one and two..
"You missed out a lot..I havent even told you half of the history.."
"woah..Yeah I missed out a lot..But I will learn everything I have to learn to be a woman of the modern era."
"Ah sister! I cant wait to see you try..But I'll help you, dont worry!"
"Thanks, I guess."
"Oh come here and hug me, sis"
"sis?"
"sister."
•••
Eve woke up to the light of the sun coming from the window and the tweets of the birds, she smiled and got up, there was a strange thing on her night table that was flashing a red light that read 6.24..How was that thing called? alarm? something like that..It read the time..That was cool but she asked herself what was wrong with watches.
She got dressed with the clothes Jolie got her the previous day, she braided her hair in a simple bun and wore a simple pair of shoes black with white shoelaces, she missed those times when there werent such things as shoelaces..
But then she realized it was kind of tying corset's laces.
She knocked on her sister's room but as she was hearing no noises she decided to get in. Little did she know.
Jolie was leaving a trail of wet kisses on Damon's chest, Eve could not believe her eyes.
"JOLIE! FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" Eve yelled covering her face, Damon rolled his eyes up, bothered by the interruption of the moment. "Sorry Damon" Jolie whispered and looked at her sister who was still covering her face.
She decided it was better for her to get dressed and talk with Eve outside of her room.
•••
"You are not married with Damon, are you?" Eve rebuked her before she could open her mouth "No, Im not married with him but come on, it's 21st century, no one cares about that anymore..its called being friends with benefits..You also can have one for your own."
"friends with benefits uh?"
"yeah..it means we are friends with a special..ehm relationship."
"I saw that.."
"..Good..We better go to school or we'll be late, Stefan is coming with us..Are you ready to get in your first car?"
"whats a car?"
"you'll see my dear sister, but now what do you want for breakfast?"
"whatever modern girls have for breakfast, I guess."
"good, we dont have much though because everyone here's a vampire except for you so..yeah."
"alright."
•••
School went alright, Eve met Jolie's friends and realized that her sister was right about fashion, every girl was wearing similar clothes to Eve's and Jolie's, some girls even wore high heels (can you believe that?) and everyone walked around with no shame in their faces.
Eve tried to learn modern attitude as quick as she could but it was so hard, everything was so difficult..She wished there was a spell to go back in time to not feel out of place..
She was glad to see that there was Bonnie Bennett, a witch, she looked exactly like Emily..She was also the one who brought her back to life..She would never thank her enough.
At the same time Elena was really sweet, she accepted her for what she was, helping her whenever Jolie couldnt and that was very lovely of her, she didnt know what to think of Caroline though, she was nice and all but sometimes she was too superficial.
School in general was fine even if it was a little bit boring, except for history, that was interesting, she realized how much she really missed out.
Jolie didnt really bother telling her a lot of things, thanks God Mr Saltzman was very patient.
When school finally ended Jolie decided it was time for Eve to go shopping.
"I cant keep lending you my clothes."
•••
The mall was a great adventure.
There was music everywhere, girls with plenty of bags from different shops, Eve was lost.
"what is this noise?" Eve asked as they entered an H&M.
Baby by Justin Bieber was on.
"Oh, yeah..Thats Justin Bieber!"
"Whats a Justin Bieber?"
Jolie laughed so hard she cried "Eve, Im so sorry, I didnt mean to laugh at you like that, I keep forgetting you came to life just yesterday..Justin Bieber is the most famous teenager of the moment.."
"oh.."
It took them a lot of time to finish shopping.
Eve still had to get used to the new fashion, The high heels shoes were off limits, there was no way she was going to wear them.
"Why are military shoes on sale? And why are they red?" she whispered pointing to Dr Martens.
"theyre fashionable..Im also wearing them." She said pointing at her feet, she was wearing black ones.
"right, I forgot about that."
•••
At the end they ended the day with a sandwich at the Mystic Grill.
"Ohh Jolie..I didnt get the chance to ask you, what happened to my grocery? do you know?"
"we are here, it became the Mystic Grill.."
Eve didnt reply, she was kind of disappointed..but of course it had to happen something like that..
"So did you enjoy your first day in the modern days?"
"Let's see..I learnt a lot of things from the moment I woke up: I now know what a friend with benefits is, how school works, Im glad that boys and girls dont have to study in different classrooms, what a mall is, what a Justin Bieber is..I have bought mini skirts, converse, tops, I didnt dare to look at make up and high heels..Im sorry but I still dont like that and as long as I can choose something else..I wont wear those things, not now at least, I think I will have to get used to everything before I can wear them..I still dont know how a televisiòn works or a cellphone..but I will eventually."
"its television..And just say phone, its how everyone calls it even though cellphone is the proper word."
"television..good to know, and now lets taste this..Coke"
"cheers!" Jolie said and smiled.
She was so happy her sister was with her again, she had missed her so much..