TVD/The Originals One Shots (X READER)

Tyler Lockwood

You arrive at the grill with Elena and Bonnie at your side.

"Where do you guys want to sit?" You ask the girls.

"Anywhere's fine," Bonnie replies.

"Elena?" You ask again.

Elena's eyes are directed elsewhere though.  You follow her gaze and find what she is staring at. Matt and Caroline making out in the darkest corner of the room.

It's surprising Matt is giving in to Caroline today because he is usually so serious about work.

"Ew. It's cute and all that they're dating now but really? Get a room. " Elena says with a disgusted look on her face. 

You could sense the jealousy in her aura but you knew it would pass soon enough.  Elena was with Stefan after all.  That feeling of jealousy reminds you of the same old feeling you're used to. Things with your ex ended well but seeing him flirt with other girls and move on is a difficult task for you.  It had only been three weeks since your breakup.  And by your ex-boyfriend, you mean Tyler Lockwood.  The infamous effboy reputation he seems to hold bothers you but you never show this weakness.  Especially when you notice him in the corner of your eye sitting close to the bar flirting with some tall redhead. 

He sees you and gives you a look, you pretend not to notice though. 

"Bonnie, Elena. We should sit over there," you say to the girls while pointing to an open table just a small stretch away.  You and the girls make your way over to the table and sit down.

"What are you guys getting?" Bonnie asks you and Elena.

"I think just french fries and a Coke." You say flipping through an old tattered up menu left on the round table. You hope Tyler doesn't decide to come over here, it would be an awkward conversation and you definitely weren't up for it today.  But of course, it was inevitable.

"(Y/N)!" you hear yelled behind you. "How are you? I haven't seen you in a while!" Tyler says very formally and extremely nice which is a major change for his snotty almost cheeky persona.

"Hey, Tyler," you reply to his remark. "I'm good, just haven't been out much I guess. How about you? What have you been up to?" 

"Oh, you know, the usual I guess," Tyler replies.

What did he mean by the usual? Hooking up with girls, drinking until he passes out? Probably.

"So Tyler, how's your mom doing? Busy planning the next town event I'm sure." Elena pops in, trying to make the conversation less awkward for you.  You're grateful.

"She's good, I'll tell her you were asking about her." He says back, surprising you with his tone.

What has gotten into him? His personality has changed into a completely different person in the course of about three weeks.  You look back around to see Bonnie and Elena to see their faces.  Just as you thought, they both have looks of amazement.  This is not the Tyler you know.

"(Y/N)," finally bursts from Tyler's lips as if he was holding it in for quite some time. "Can I talk to you for a second? Alone." 

You can't talk for a bit while the thoughts of what he would want to talk about run through your brain. 

"Um, yeah I guess," you reply.

"We'll be here, (Y/N)," Elena says as you get up from the chair.

You start following Tyler to the small hallway where the bathrooms are located. What in the world would he need to talk to you about? If this was about your relationship you promised yourself to walk away.  You couldn't keep living with the constant fear of unfaithfulness.  There was a part of yourself though, that couldn't help but want it to be what you most feared.  Had Tyler changed himself so much in three weeks or was it all an act?  Even if it wasn't you didn't want a relationship right now.  

"What did you want to talk to me about?" you ask Tyler.

"I wanted to be alone with you," Tyler says first.

"Not this Tyler. We broke up," you say thinking about what you had thought before.  Don't give in.

You start to turn away but you feel a hand grab your arm.

"(Y/N).  I know that we broke up.  Of course, I know that.  But I can't stand seeing you and not being by your side.  It kills me every time I see you and I can't do it anymore (Y/N).  I can't." Tyler says almost begging.

Rage fills your mind and you can't help but spat back at him.

"It kills you? Do you think that I have an easy time seeing you waltz around all over town with a new girl every day? I think you need to get your priorities straight, I come in here almost forgetting about why we decided to break up, and it definitely wasn't because of something I did.  We broke up, Tyler because you couldn't keep a relationship. You couldn't commit to me. But I accepted that because I thought I knew how you felt, but truly I was sick and tired of it.  Thanks for bringing me back to the beginning, now I have to forget all over again." you turn, he releases the grip on your arm and you keep walking, tears almost make it out of your eyes but you hold them in.

Turning the corner back into the main bit of the restaurant you see a look on his face that you've never seen before.  A look of utter confusion and sadness.  He really believed that you would fall back into his trap, thank God you didn't.

You feel proud of yourself, you were done with effboys and you had proved it to yourself.  You close your eyes and rub your eyes to relinquish the last bit of you that wants to cry.  In the single moment you shut your eyes you feel something crash into your body.  All of a sudden you are on the floor and your eyes are open again trying to take in the situation. 

"Oh my God! I am so so so sorry!" You hear from the right side of you.  A guy sits on the ground next to you.

The guy wears a blue coloured t-shirt that reads "The Mystic Grill".  

You look over at him and he smiles in an apologetic way and you give him the same smile back.  

"It's okay, it was probably my fault anyway," you say to him. He climbs up onto his feet and sticks out a hand for you to grab, he pulls you up to your feet. 

"I'm Sam," the blond haired boy says to you. "I'm so sorry again."

"I'm (Y/N)," you reply to him with a slight smile on your face.  While staring at the cute boy in front of you, you see Tyler in your view and then completely forget he's there.