Juliet Gilbert lost more than her parents that May night. She lost her brother to drugs and her best friend to her sort-of boyfriend. All she had left was her sister, aunt, and her sister's friends. Then came September. Stefan Salvatore showed up in...
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"Where are you going dressed like that?"
"The Grill. Caroline's throwing a party," I told Elena. You would think that she would have already known, though.
I grabbed my jacket and quickly scribbled a note for Jenna. After I knew I had my key, I locked the door behind me and headed to the Grill. It was a fairly long walk, but I could manage- even in heels.
From down the street, I could tell people were having a good time. Which was good, considering if people weren't having a good time, then neither was Caroline.
As I walked in I spotted Bonnie walking away from a pouting Caroline. I knew she was probably the one at fault, but if I didn't console her she would somehow destroy the party- and I just got here... so.
"You okay?"
Caroline looked at me and changed her pout into a smile.
"I'm fine."
She turned away from me and got lost in the crowd but I saw her smile fall back into an angry pout.
Not wanting to stand alone, I did a 360 trying to spot a familiar face. I didn't recognize who he was with, but I saw Stefan on the dance floor. Despite my sister dumping him, I made my way over to the pair.
"Hey Stefan, hey Rebound."
I generally like being nice, but my sister's ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend doesn't deserve my respect.
"Not a rebound, J."
"Stefan," I said, patting his shoulder. "It's okay. I mean, I know it must be hard, but at least you're trying to 'move on'."
He tried to say something else but I started talking again.
"He's being so brave." I wrapped my arms around his shoulders in a side hug as I addressed the blonde standing with us. "It must be so hard."
I could feel Stefan shaking his head but I refused to give up the act. The blonde was starting to hold back a laugh. This made me think that she really wasn't a rebound- oh well.
"How do you make it through the day, Stefan? How?"
Now the blonde couldn't hold back her laughs.
"Why didn't you fall in love with this one, Stef?"
Her question took me off guard. Did she think I was cute?
"Why do you think I'm cute? I'm totally single- Hi my name's Juliet." It seemed as if her slight, indirect compliment made me really attracted to her.
"Lexi."
"J, I thought you were dating Tyler," Stefan said.
Who?
"Right, Tyler, him. I'm sorry- I was wrong. It appears I am in fact in a relationship."
Now, I can't tell you what she was thinking- but what I was thinking was; 'Wow she's really pretty and I made her smile, wow.'
