𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 : 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐎𝐍

TWENTY FIVE

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓, 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 was packed full of students and residence for the Halloween party. Liam was still a bit bummed that he won't be able to go home for thanksgiving or get to see his grandparents but that's to be expected when Felix Williamson is involved.

“Stop sulking. I know you're dead Hope isn't here, but we're still here,” Penelope says to Liam. She hooks her arm into his giving him her bright beautiful smile. That's how she got Greg to fall for her. He would've had a crush on her if she wasn't such a good friend. She's way better a friend, than a lover it seems. “I'm not sulking, I'm just bored.”

“We just got here. You can't seriously be bored already. Come on, let's go get ourselves a drink.” Penelope tugs and pulls him away from Greg and Daniel, towards where the drinks. Unfortunately for them, they only served punch for the teenagers, the adults, however had their own alcohol. But somehow Penelope was able to get them both two glasses of beer. He didn't know how, but he didn't ask any questions. He just gulped it down and the burning feeling felt amazing to him. Liam hated alcohol but now it tasted like absolute heaven.

“Is it good?” Penelope asks staring at the now empty glass. “Yep.” Penelope gives him her glass, and she walks off to get her another one. He's happy she didn't ask him what's wrong because he didn't want to talk about it.

“You're Liam Salvatore, right?” The boy turns to see two girls behind him. One had curly hair, which kind of reminded him of a bird's nest and the other one had blood-red hair. The curly haired girl smiles shyly at him while the other one, just gave him sultry eyes. “Who's asking?”

“Oh, I'm Anna and this girl is Aisha,” the redhead says pointing at the shy girl. Liam looks at Aisha and he smiles at her. She seemed more decent than her friend. “My friend here wanted to ask you something.”

Liam looks at Aisha, and she immediately looks down fidgeting with her fingers. “I like your ghostbusters costume.”
The Salvatore boy already forgot about the costume he had on. “Thanks, I like your gladiator costume. You look awesome by the way.”

“Thanks. I didn't think anyone would actually get it right. They thought it was spartan, I don't even know why though,” Aisha says looking at her costume. “Spartan and gladiator outfits looks absolutely nothing alike though.”
“I know right.”
Liam frowns when he sees the redhead is now gone and it seems Penelope disappeared into the crowd too. The boy looks back at Aisha. “It seems your friend abandoned you and my friend is nowhere to be found. You want a drink?”

Aisha nods her head. The two walks towards the table with the punch. He hands the glass to her and she thanks him. The punch didn't have the same effect the alcohol had but it had a sweet sour taste. Aisha looks up at Liam, and she asks, “Do you go here?”

“Mystic Falls High? No. I am with the snobby rich kids, Salvatore boarding school,” Liam tells her. Mystic Falls High School hated them, and he understood why the Stallions hated them. “Oh, Salvatore. The school was named after your dad, Stefan Salvatore?”

“Uh, no. It was the Salvatore house before it was even a school and how do you even know about my dad? And how did you know he was my dad?” Liam asks suddenly interested how she knew this. She seemed like a sweet girl, but she seemed a little stalker-ish. It honestly wouldn't be the first time he had a stalker.
“Well, your dad is pretty famous and your family was kind of one of the founders. Yeah, I know my history,” she says when she sees the surprised look on his face.

“You surely do? Are you new in town?”

“You can say that. I moved into town two months ago. I'm the new girl here in Mystic Falls High,” Aisha chuckles taking a sip of her drink. “The same with me. I moved here, I think a few weeks back. It was actually weird to be back in this town.”