Power Inside *The Vampire Diaries*

Chapter 13

Startled of what I found was enough to make me want to return to class to distract myself.

I was walking almost in a daze as I stopped at my locker. Classes had already began but I wasn't ready yet to meet our new History Teacher. It made me remember how Tanner had died and the way Matt and I found him. That night I wasn't feeling right. I had walked to the parking lot where coincidentally Tanner's body was. It made me wonder since when I've been Bansheeing deaths.

I shook my head when the bell rang and I began walking to the classroom on my way to find Bonnie. Unfortunately, she wasn't there making me sigh and turn around but not before someone called out to me

"Excuse me" I turned around, watching a man walking towards me. I mentally flinched as I was caught. Never had been a good sneaky person. "You go to this class, don't you? I had one student who didn't show up"

I cleared my throat awkwardly, "I'm sorry I missed your introduction. I wasn't feeling well enough and when I did, I realized it was too late..."

My new History Teacher chuckled, shaking his head slightly. "It's alright. No hard feelings. I just wanted to inform you I'm not gonna be like your last teacher. He seemed to held a grudge against every student" I made a face, looking down "I want a clean slate, Miss. So, I'll pretend you did assist to my class"

I looked up surprised, "Oh, wow. Really?" I asked blinking

He smiled "Yeah. And like we're pretending. You surely remember my name's Alaric Saltzman"

I nodded eagerly, "Of course, Mr. Saltzman"

Mr. Saltzman chuckled, "Until next class then, Miss..."

"Soomers" I offered, smiling slightly feeling much better now "Jillian Soomers"

Mr Saltzman nodded, turning around. "Farewell, Ms Soomers"

I breathed in relief, chuckling turning around and walked away

~8~

Feeling slightly better, I walked among the other students hugging my arms around myself when I came across Matt

"Matty Boy" I greeted, smiling at him.

Matt chuckled, scratching the back of his neck, "Hi, Jilly girl"

"How's Caroline?" I asked knitting my eyebrows together, "I know it was unfair of me asking to keep an eye on her that early but..."

"Hey, Jill. No problem" Matt stopped me, shaking his head. "She's fine. A little awkward though, cause she wasn't presentable"

I facepalmed, "Oh, great. I should had probably warned her you were coming"

Matt grimaced, "Yup. Her same reaction. She mentioned something about regretting her decision of you two becoming friends again? That friends didn't do that to each other"

I didn't look up, still face palming "So that girl is suing me for actually looking up for her. Fantastic" I said sarcastically

"Not that angry, actually. She actually told me it was nice of you. Of course, that's exactly what I was wondering... Since when you two became friends again?"

"Since apparently last night" I breathed, looking up. "We talked. We expressed our feelings blah blah, and then we made peace"

Matt smiled, "About damn time"

I rolled my eyes, fixing the grip of my school bag in my shoulder. "Whatever. Listen, I gotta go. But see you around, later?"

Matt nodded, shrugging "Yeah, see you Jill"