AU of Defined by the Past.
Kayla Rivers knew she was different from her family. Accidentally causing a fire that killed them all and left her as an orphan, Kayla gets a free ticket to the Salvatore School where she meets a girl with a similar past o...
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It was the first time Kayla felt comfortable at the school when she first found out that stupid book in the Stefan Salvatore's memorial.
'Kai Parker: The Demon of the Gemini'
Even the name was stupid. The content, however was not stupid. It held everything she needed to know about her sperm donor. It held everything she needed to know to blame the absent man for everything bad happening to her.
Kayla knew she couldn't take the book out of the mausoleum so she made sure to go there every night after Penelope was long asleep to keep reading the book.
It was when one night, Kayla found herself not alone.
There was another girl in there, reading one of Stefan's diaries.
"You shouldn't be out here" Kayla spoke after a moment.
The girl gasped in surprise, whirling around to face who startled her, her eyes slightly wide that relaxed it was another student who busted her breaking rules instead of the headmaster or headmistress.
"Neither should you" Hope Marshall pointed out. She was supposed to know she wasn't alone, she was a freaking tribid, right? Someone powerful, right?
"I have never followed rules before" Kayla shrugged by hiding a slight wince as the unwanted memories of her step father punishing her after breaking the rules flashed inside her head. That never stopped her from rebelling against him, however. "Rules are meant to be broken"
Hope's lips twitched slightly. That reminded her a little bit of her uncle Kol. Her heart ached slightly because of that. Because of her, her family couldn't be together again.
"Maybe, maybe not" Hope gave a slight shrug. "What brings you here, breaking the rules then?"
"Not a dead man's diary like you, it seems" Kayla answered, raising her eyebrows as her eyes went to the opened diary Hope was reading.
Hope pursed her lips, not wanting to reveal the reason why she was reading Stefan's diary.
It was her way to be close to her father after not being able to see him nor talk to him in the last seven years. It was her way of not doing something stupid to get his attention.
"He led an interesting life" Hope said instead. Kayla nodded, unconvinced. Hope noticed a book behind Kayla, frowning slightly, "Is that a book you were reading?"
Hope pointed to the book peeking out from under the couch in the room.
Kayla followed her gaze to where she had hidden Kai's book and made a face, "Yeah"
Hope walked closer, sitting in the couch, bending over to pick up the book, reading silently the name. "I've read it once"
Casually, Kayla sat in front of Hope, "And what do you think about it? I'm about half way in"
