Reincarnated Love

Chapter 5: Pilot/The Night of the Comet

EDITED Aug21

"Toast? I can make toast," Jenna suggested as she frantically flew around the kitchen.

"It's all about the coffee Aunt Jenna," Elena said whilst pouring a mug.

"Or the tea if you don't want to end up a jittery caffeine addict like Caroline," Brea quipped and Elena smirked.

"Is there coffee?" an emo Jeremy asked as he arrived downstairs.

"There's tea? Drink the tea Jer, join the cult with me," Brea suggested as he snatched Elena's cup from her hand.

"Your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared. Lunch money?" Jenna offered.

"I'm good," Elena replied as Jeremy snatched the money and handed Brea half.

"Anything else? A number two pencil? What am I missing?" Jenna rambled.

"Don't you have a big presentation today?" Elena asked.

"I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at... now," Aunt Jenna panicked when she realised the time. "Crap!"

"Then go," Elena said.

"We'll be fine," Brea reassured with a smile at her aunt as she ran out the door.

"You ok?" Elena asked Jeremy as Brea rolled her eyes.

"Don't start," Jeremy scoffed as he walked off.

"What did I do?" she asked Brea.

"You have to be his friend," she suggested. "Not a concerned parental figure. It's not what he needs. He needs someone to talk to, not someone to tell him what to do. He's a teenage boy, they're not meant to be pleasant to be around."

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"Matt!" Brea said tapping him on the shoulder to get his attention away from his earphones in the schoolyard.

"Hey," he said hugging his friend. "How are you feeling today? All good? Any pain? Did you sleep ok?" he asked concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Walk with me to class?"

"Maybe if I walk in with you Tanner will be nice to me this year," he smiled.

"Dude Tanner will never like you... is that Jeremy?" Brenna asked spotting him smoking in the stoner pit.

"Oh yeah, and that's my big sister attached to Tyler's face," Matt grimaced as he spotted Vicki with Tyler.

"Urgh, that's so gross. Attack our siblings time?" Brea suggested with an eyebrow wiggle.

"I'll pass, don't really want to get involved with whatever Vik's doing with him. I'll see you later though," Matt said walking off as Brea stormed toward Jeremy.

"Jer!"

"What?" he snapped.

"I'm not Elena and I give you a free pass most of the time because you're my brother, but please, not at school Jer," Brea said ripping the cigarette out of his mouth throwing it on the ground. "Hey, Ty," she greeted as he walked past.

"Hey Gilbert, looking good as per usual," Tyler replied flirting to which she just rolled his eyes, he was deliberately trying to annoy her brother. Jeremy just groaned and stormed away from the two of them.

"Urgh, you idiot now he's gone," Brea groaned as she watched her brother runoff. "You're so annoying," she smiled as she headed off to class.

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As Brea was leaving the classroom she bumped into the new kid. "Oh bugger, sorry Stefan," she laughed and walked off. She got a few steps before she halted and pivoted around to face him. "I'm sorry, did I just call you Stefan, sorry. That's weird. We've never met. Umm, what's your name?" she asked.