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My mind slowly became alert to the sun streaming through the blinds in the dorm room. I started to kick the duvet away from me, sighing heavily. My head was pounding and nausea was sweeping over me in even the tiniest of movements, it increased when I finally opened my eyes. I saw black blobs float across my vision from the intense sunlight.

I'd been stupid enough to agree to go clubbing last night with my roommate, trying to get some "bonding time" as she called it, before semester started. I liked Caroline, despite being a slight narcotic, she was nice. She'd managed to persuade me into a drink, which turned into two drinks, three drinks… after that, everything was just a blur of lights, muffled sounds and bodies bumping and grinding into me. There was the vague memory in my head of slapping a boy away from me, throwing profanities at him.

I heard Caroline start to grunt, looking over at she was rubbing her eyes, whimpering about regretting drinking that much.

"Remind me why we went out last night and drank that much?" Caroline asked.

I couldn't help but laugh, climbing out of bed. My laugh was hoarse, a slight burning to the back of my throat.

"I don't know, it was your idea."

"Oh right… what's the time?" Caroline sat up in bed, yawning whilst stretching all her limbs out.

I grabbed my phone, unlocking it. My eyes widened in shock. I'd missed my alarm, shit! First day and I'm late… great start.

"Oh crap, Caroline! We overslept, come on, we need to go." I made my way over to her bed, dragging her out. She stumbled as her feet hit the floor, clamping her hand over her mouth, looking like she was going to be sick.. I pushed her into the bathroom just as I heard the tell tale signs of a bad hangover.

Grabbing a pair of dark wash jeans and white tank top that lay on the floor my side of the room, I got dressed more quickly than normal so I'd have an extra minute to apply mascara and bundle my hair up.

"Do I have time to shower?" I heard Caroline call, with a slight echo to her voice.

"No, Caroline! Did you not hear me? We're late. It's our first day and we are late."

I saw her head pop out the side of the bathroom, raising an eyebrow, whilst I put on a pair of black heels, right now I didn't have time to rifle through my unpacked pile of shoes for a more appropriate pair.

"Jeez, take a chill pill, Elena."

I glared in her direction, grabbing a dress strewn at the end of her bed and threw it at her. It landed on her head, in a comical style. I got such a look from Caroline, I couldn't help but laugh.

5 minutes later, we were both dressed, teeth brushed and making our way to our first lecture. Running in heels with a hangover made it slightly harder than usual. We shuffled into the lecture hall, heads hung low.
The professor raised an eyebrow at us.

"Nice to have you join us, ladies."

I sat down in a seat at the very back, Caroline following suit. I placed my elbow on the desk, resting my chin in my palm, trying to pay attention. I didn't have my laptop with me so couldn't take any notes but listening was better than nothing, right? It's not like we were going to have a test tomorrow, it was only the first lesson.

I'd come to this college to study history, luckily being granted with a roommate on the same course. I'd have to introduce myself to a few people on the course, to catch up with anything I'd missed.

Within 15 minutes, the lecture had ended. Whilst everyone packed their things up, I stayed behind, wanting to talk to my professor. Caroline went ahead, talking to some guy she'd just met walking down the steps. I was starting to think this might become a new habit of Caroline's. As long as she didn't bring guys back to the dorm, I wasn't gonna say anything.

Might as well try to make a good second impression on my new teacher. I walked down the many steps, lingering beside the desk. The professor looked pretty young, like he was just fresh out of college. From what I could see whilst he shuffled a set of papers on his desk together, his brown hair had been styled, rather than been naturally messy. I don't think he was aware of my presence, so I coughed politely to attract his attention.

The professor looked up from his papers, muttering a sorry. I finally caught a glimpse of his face, dark heavy eyebrows above deep brown eyes. He had a moment of confusion cross his face before composing himself.

"Is there something you need?"

"I was just wondering if there was anything I needed to catch up on?"

"Ah, you're the one that arrived late, am I correct?" he asked, a slight disapprove in his voice.

"Yeah, sorry about that-"

He cut me off, putting his hands in the air. "Look, you're in your first year, you're going to get drunk and get hungover. Just don't make a thing of it."

I bit my lip, feeling a pang of guilt.. At least he didn't make a big thing of it, maybe he really was only fresh out of college?

"Thanks, I suppose. So, about the work?"

"It's the first day, it's pretty much an introduction. Don't sweat it, just be on time tomorrow."

I nodded my head, turning to leave. As I was at the door, I turned round. He'd pulled out a pen and began marking something, or jotting down future notes for classes. His eyebrows had pulled together slightly with dedicated concentration.

"What's your name professor?"

"Salvatore."

Caroline plopped down on her bed, talking about the guy she'd just met in detail.
I was rubbing my temples, resisting the urge to sleep off the rest of the day. Her voice was getting increasingly louder, lights flashing in my vision.

"Oh shit." I grumbled, laying down on the bed as quick as possible. Great. A hangover and a migraine? Was someone up there trying to send me some kind of message? I shut my eyes tightly, an orange glow behind my eyes.

"Caroline, close the blinds."

"…They are closed, Elena."

"Ugh. Typical."

I could just imagine her pulling a face, now that would be typical. I'd only known the girl 2 weeks and knew every facial expression in the book of Caroline.

"What's wrong?" She asked, in confusion. I suppose from her point of view, I was just this mumbling wreck complaining about the blinds.

"Migraine."

"Oh, I knew someone back in my home town who got those!"

"Caroline! Noise. Keep it down."

"Oops, shit. Sorry Elena," Caroline whispered.

Time started to fly by before I knew it. Caroline had whispered that she was going out and would be back later, leaving me with as much silence you could get in a dorm room surrounded by noisy college students. I'd put on my trusty 'migraine mask' to block out the light. It was a black out eye mask, totally perfect for these situations.

I started to reflect back on home life, until it started to get too much for me, starting to feel like I was going to end up in hysterics if I thought of Jeremy any further. My blood pressure had increased, a thump thump thump in my left temple.

Eventually I must have fallen asleep, waking up in natural darkness, rather than artificial. Caroline unlocked the door, giggling in a hushed voice. There was another voice, this one deep. I didn't recognise it. She wasn't seriously bringing a guy back already?

"Shhh, she'll hear you," Caroline slurred.

Oh she is so in trouble.

"She'll hear you if you decide to scream… which you will," the other voice said.

There was a few 'oooofts' as the pair landed on the bed. I'll give them till 3… that's reasonable enough.

1…

Caroline let another giggle pass her lips.

2…

"Don't stop," she whispered huskily.

3…

I reached across to the bedside lamp, flicking it on. I sat up in the process, raising an eyebrow in preparation.

"Oh god!" Caroline shrieked, pushing the man on top of her body to her side. The man laughed, a deep rumble coming from his chest. I saw her try and pull her dress back down, which had at this point been around her neckline.

"Shit, shit, shit. Elena, I'm sorry."

"I think youshould go," I directed at the man beside her. He had hair as dark as a ravens feather, falling around his eyes. I noted that his face was defined, the most interesting feature being his ice blue eyes. Bet that was what pulled Caroline in.

He raised his eyebrows in response, smirking.

"Or maybe you should go?"

"Excuse me?"

"I said, maybe you should go."

I strode across the room, arms crossed. What a freaking ass. Where does he get off saying something like that?

"Oh I heard that part."

Caroline stood up, trying to put distance between me and the guy with her arms. Her dress was creased heavily, bra straps lingering down the sides of her arms. What a classy guy.

"Elena, please don't do this," Caroline whined.

"Caroline, you bring a guy home like that on the first night of school and I'm allowed to be like this. Now you-" I poked the guy in the chest, causing no reaction or flinch. "Need to go."

The guy began to smirk even more, eyes twinkling.

"Well aren't you the firecracker."

Caroline huffed. "Maybe you should go, Damon."

I smirked myself. "Well then, Damon, I think you've outstayed your visit. Bye now."
I waved at him, pointing to the door.

His eyes twinkled once more, whispering something in Caroline's ear. I only picked up on "next time" from the conversation. Better damn hope he's not getting a next time.

I followed him walking to the door, shutting it loudly behind him, probably hitting his ass on the way out. What an appropriate leaving.

Turning around, I crossed my arms again.

"That guys an ass. You seriously were going to sleep with him?"

"I thought you might be out!"

"'fraid not."

"Look, I'm sorry!"

Caroline's eyes widened, grabbing her mouth like this morning. She'd been drinking again then. Great.

She made a run for the bathroom, heaving over the toilet. I followed her in, grabbing her hair from around her face while she violently threw up.

"You gotta stop drinking so much, Caroline."

She groaned out something in reply through being sick at me, although nothing she said was understandable to the human race.

"Okay, maybe he was a dick," she said coherently.

I chuckled at her. "Glad you agree."

Hi guys! This came to mind one evening, thinking I should try out an all human story. Hope you enjoyed the introduction to it all! Be nice and review :)

Probably a bit generic with the whole college theme but I have my own crazy dramatic twist to this! (Would it be anything without that, haha?)

I thought I should clear up bits of the story before continuing:

- It's a Delena story, so don't panic! Damon's just a bit of an ass but isn't he always?
- Damon and Stefan are brothers in this; Stefan is about 10ish years older than him, so the roles are reversed.
- I can't explain too much on the Jeremy/Elena front just yet, so you'll have to wait to know about that and keep reading ;)
- Not sure if Bonnie will make her way into this story, if you guys would like her included though, she can be added in.
Most of the other characters however will appear in this story. By most, I mean the mains/sort of mains.

I think that's about it. New 'The Coldest Heart' chapter to come out later this week for those following it :)
Hope you all had a lovely weekend and stay safe!
nightssodivine x

P.S I'm from England, so I do apologise in advance if I've got any terminology wrong here. USA readers, if you have time to help me out with certain phrases that are used about college, I'd love you forever.