Chapter 3- Friday Night Bites

My very recently bought alarm clock's loud shrills startled me awake. I staggered to my bathroom and looked into the mirror. Dark shadows were very visible below my blue eyes. I wiped my smudged make up off and stepped into the shower.

I had spent all night tossing and turning. Who was that man? He had known my name. My full name. He had said he had been searching for me for 200 years? The last time I checked I had only been on this Earth for the last 17 years. The thing I can't forget is the warmth that flushed over my body, the minute he had laid his wrinkly hands on me. It was breath taking, even somewhat liberating. I forgot everything during the brief second. I had spent all night thinking of plausible reasoning for what had happened. Maybe he was a old geezer that had had too much to drink at the Grill? That was the only one that made a little bit of sense. I agreed that he was just a drunk man that got a bit too handsy.

I scrubbed myself in the shower and shampooed my tangly blonde hair. I got out the shower and looked at my alarm clock. Shit, I thought to myself. I was so going to be late for school. It was nice outside, so I threw on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.

Elena wasn't picking me up today, something about meeting Bonnie early at school. I ran downstairs and grabbed my converse. Gabe hadn't made it home last night, he went off with creepy Johnny. I would probably see him later in the day.

I wasn't going to mention the creepy old man incident to him. Gabe was known to unnecessarily stress at times, and as I had thought earlier, he was probably just some old drunk guy. No big deal.

I slipped on my white converse and began to walk to school, picking up my pace because I didn't want to be late for school.

I really surprise myself sometimes. I got to school EARLY. Yep, not even late. I'm really good.

I saw Bonnie and Elena talking on the grass so I decided to go over to them. I wasn't going to mention the whole old guy thing until I knew more about it.

"I accidentally touched Stefan. And I got a really bad feeling." Bonnie said cautiously. I had missed something. But damn, she had touched Stefan? Lucky.

"Whoa, am I missing something? You touched Stefan?" I decided to make my presence known.

"Not like that Liv." Bonnie grimaced.

"Is that it?" Elena asked cooly.

"It was a bad bad feeling Elena!" Bonnie stressed. She was seriously getting into this witchy mojo stuff.

"Is this the whole witch mojo thing again?" Elena asked. MIND READER.

"Was just thinking the same thing 'Lena. It's like we are telepathic." I motioned between our two heads.

"You know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about my best friend's new boyfriend." Bonnie smiled.

"Aw you're so cute Bon!" I tapped her on the head. This was quite a difficult manoeuver as I am at least 3 inches shorter than her. Bonnie gave me a weird look.

"And I love you for it, I do. But I feel good. It's been a hard year, and I'm starting to kind of feel like things are getting back to normal again. And you know what? Stefan is a big part of that." Elena smiled at us.

Aw I liked seeing my best friend happy. She seriously deserved it.

I saw Stefan walking over to us and I began waving, quite uncooly.

"Yo Stef! My buddy!" I shouted.

He chuckled, "Good morning Olivia." He turned to Bonnie and Elena, "Good morning Elena, Good morning Bonnie."

Bonnie looked away, "Hey, um, I gotta find Caroline. She's not answering her phone. So I'll see you guys later." She walked off. She's acting so weirdly.

"Bonnie, wait..." Elena tried to stop her.

"She doesn't like me very much." Stefan grimaced.

I gasped, "Stef! How can anyone not like you?" It was not possible, there had to be a reason for her madness! I said the first thing that came to mind "Maybe she's on her period?"

They both looked at me strangely. They obviously did not think that was the case.

Elena shrugged my comment off " She doesn't know you. She's my best friend. She's just looking out for me. But when she does, she will love you."

"Yeah Stef, you are extremely lovable." To show my appreciation I gave him a hug. God he smelt so good.

Elena laughed and came up with an idea, "Here's what we're going to do. Are you free tonight?"

Stefan automatically said "Yes."

"Perfect. Dinner, my house. 8:00. You, me, Liv and Bonnie. You and Bonnie will spend some quality time and she'll get to see what a great guy you are. Mission accomplished." Elena looked proud of herself.

I was about to comment on her smugness when Tyler launched a football at Stefan from behind, it was going to hit him, until Stefan instantly turned around and caught it.

"Woah Stef," I complimented him. He smiled and threw the ball back to Tyler. Tyler fucking Lockwood, no one's gonna hurt Stefan on my watch "I would run Tyler, otherwise I'm going to stick that ball where the sun does not shine" I screamed at my ex-boyfriend.

He put his hands up in surrender and backed away. I was like super threatening.

We were walking into school and still could not get get over what happened outside.

"Stef! That was crazy! Have you played in the SuperBowl or something?" I asked my buddy. I was super impressed by his football skills.

"I agree. That throw was insane. I didn't know you played football." Elena said.

"I used to. It was a long time ago." Stefan replied.

"So why don't you try out for the team?" Elena suggested.

"That's a great idea!" I agreed. Stefan was still establishing himself in our school. Being on the football team would definitely help with that.

"Yeah, I don't think so." Stefan replied. Fine then Stefan, be that way.

"So you don't like football?" I asked. He was skilled and that would really be the only reason why he wouldn't try out for the team.

"No, I love football. I think it's a great sport. But in this case, I don't think football likes me. You saw Tyler over there, and we both know how Matt feels." He said glumly.

"Ignore Tyler, he's a dick. And Matt needs to get over the whole Elena break up thing" I said matter of factly. Aw my poor Matty was not dealing well with the Elena break up, but after this amount of time, a girl could only have so much sympathy.

"Yes I agree. They don't know you. To them, you're mysterious loner guy. Wouldn't hurt to be part of. Make some friends." If he didn't listen to me, he would probably listen to Elena.

"Says the girl who spends her alone time writing in a cemetery." Stefan retorted.

"Ha! Burn! Elena he thinks you're a loser!" I teased my best friend.

She mockingly glared at me "Hey, come on. There's more to me than just gloomy graveyard girl. There's a whole other Elena that you have yet to meet. She was into everything, very busy."

"Yeah, sure" I teased.

"Well, I look forward to meeting her. And when will that be?" Stefan asked.

"Soon. She's working on it." Elena smiled.

We were in History with Tanner. My nemesis Tanner. We were in a glare-off when he decided to start the lesson.

"World war II ended in... Anyone got anything? Miss Juan?" He asked a girl I didn't really know.

"1945" The girl instantly responded.

Elena was talking to Stefan about how our team sucked and it needed him.

Tanner asked "Pearl Harbour?" He searched for a victim and found one who was distracted by a very pretty boy. "Miss Gilbert?"

"Hmm?" Elena wondered.

"Pearl Harbour?" Tanner repeated.

"Um.." Elena mumbled.

"God Elena, don't anger the beast!" I said. The class snickered while Tanner glared at me.

"December 7th 1941." Stefan helped Elena out.

"Thank you, Ms. Gilbert." Tanner put empathise on Elena's name

"Stef you are a silly one" I mumbled

"anytime." Stefan nodded

"very well." Mr. Tanner challenged. "Fall of the Berlin Wall."

"1989." Stefan instantly "I'm good with dates, sir." he shrugged

"Are you?" he raised his eye brows "How good?" he looked around the class "keep it to the year." he challenged "Civil rights act?"

"1964." Stefan replied

"John. F. Kennedy assassination?"

"1963."

Mr. Tanner's smile dropped "Martin Luther King?"

"1968."

"Lincoln?"

"1865."

"Roe vs. Wade?"

"1973."

"Brown vs. Board?"

"1954."

"The Battle of Gettysburg?"

"1863."

"Korean War?"

"1950 to 1953."

"Ha!" Mr. Tanner thought he'd caught Stefan out "It ended in '52."

"Uh, actually, sir, it was '53." Stefan retorted.

"Ooh William, he got you good," I was glad Stefan was showing up my nemesis.

"Look it up someone, quickly." Mr. Tanner ordered

"It was 1953." A guy from the other side of the room announced looking at it on his phone

"HA, Tanner you lost!" I screamed with delight and high fived Stefan, who returned it quite reluctantly.

The three of us were walking down the hallway discussing what had just happened.

"How did you know all that?" she asked astounded

"years and years of crossword puzzles." Stefan joked "It's a loner thing."

Crosswords had always stumped me, maybe he could help me sometime? After school? Alone? In my bed?

Bonnie, the rest of the squad and I were on the opposite side of the football field from the footballers. We were warming up and getting ready for practice. However, Caroline, my co-cheer captain wasn't here.

"Hey, I'm not complaining. I've tried to explain to the coach I can run the squad fine without Caroline. Now I guess it's my time to prove it, " I was so ready to show up Caroline Forbes. We had always been rivals, even when coaching the squad. We were always at each other's throats. It was our thing.

Bonnie and I saw Elena walking over. She had been missing practice ever since the death of her parents, and we kinda assumed she was done with cheerleading. But we were pleasantly surprised that we saw her here.

"Oh, my God! You're here!" Bonnie shrieked excitedly.

"Yep. I can't be sad girl forever. The only way to get things back to the way they were are to do things that were. Oh, and you're coming to dinner tonight." Elena was determined to get Bonnie to like Stefan. I was going to back her up because, I mean, come on! It was Stefan! He was perfect!

"I am?" Bonnie tried to get out of it.

"Oh hell yes you are Bennett." I really wanted Bonnie to like Stefan because it was seriously awkward otherwise.

"Mm-hmm. You, me, Liv and Stefan. You have to give him a chance." Elena reasoned.

"Tonight's no good. Have you seen Caroline? I texted her like a hundred times." She replied sharply.

"Don't change the subject to Caroline! You are so going Bon, don't even try and get out of it! I know where you live!" I pointed my finger in her face.

"Fine, I'll go," She reluctantly agreed.

"Good," Elena happily said while stretching out her legs.

We stretched for another ten minutes, and I was done waiting for Forbes. It was my time to shine.

"Okay everybody get up," I shouted. I loved being in control.

"Seriously, Where is Caroline?" Bonnie asked.

"Don't know, don't care. Okay girls lets start with the double pike herkey hurdler!" I didn't care where Caroline was. She was probably with Damon. I didn't care.

"Uh," Elena was pointing to behind me. I saw Caroline and Damon arriving in a blue Camaro with the roof down. Caroline leaned over and kissed Damon.

"Oh, my God. That must be the mystery guy from the grill." Bonnie exclaimed.

"That's not a mystery guy. That's Damon Salvatore." Elena clued Bonnie in.

"He's a douche Bon," A hot one may I add though.

"Salvatore, as in Stefan?!" Bonnie exclaimed.

Caroline left the car and bounced over. I was still watching Damon. He waved his long muscular fingers at me and smirked. I responded by raising my middle finger. He laughed and drove off.

"I got the other brother. Hope you don't mind." Caroline said smugly. She sauntered towards me "Sorry I'm late, girls. I, uh, was busy. All right, let's start with-"

"Oh hell no!" I interrupted the tall blonde girl "You were too busy kissing Damon for practice so I took charge. Back off!" No way was I letting Caroline walk in and take over. No.

Caroline was taken aback but nodded her head and let me take charge.

"Okay girls, as I was saying lets start with the double pike herkey hurdler, what do you say? And 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-" I shouted before I was interrupted my Caroline. God.

"Elena, sweetie, why don't you just observe today?" I turned and glared at her, "What? She was struggling. I don't know about you Olivia, but I only accept perfection on my squad." I rolled my eyes at her while Elena moved from the front to the back.

I shrugged Caroline off and continued "Keep going! Ok. Do it again from the top. And 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8."

Elena, Bonnie and I were sitting in Elena's kitchen preparing for dinner with Stefan. I had texted Gabe earlier telling him I was going to be home late. He hadn't replied yet. Weird.

"You explain it. Last night, I'm watching Nine-o, a commercial breaks come on and I'm like, I bet it's that phone commercial. And sure enough, it's that guy and the girl with the bench, he flies to Paris and he flies back. They take a picture." Bonnie trying to convince us how she really believed she was a witch. Sheila really is starting to lose it.

"Oh, come on. That commercial's on a constant loop." Elena reasoned.

"Yeah Bon, that shit commercial's never off the TV" I backed Elena up.

"Fine. Well, how about this? Today I'm obsessed with numbers. 3 numbers. I keep seeing 8, 14, and 22. How weird is that?" Bonnie retorted. I was getting bored of this witch mumbo jumbo so I zoned out when Bonnie began discussing more witchy things.

I was beginning to worry about Gabriel. It wasn't like him not to answer his phone. We would usually text throughout the day but he hadn't answered a single one of my texts. It didn't help that I thought that Johnny guy, even though he was beautiful, gave off a creepy vibe. But I didn't need to worry yet, Gabriel was known for going MIA for a day or two. If he wasn't home by the time I got home tonight, then I would begin to worry.

My worrying was interrupted by the doorbell. Elena went to answer it.

"Showtime," I waggled my fingers at Bonnie as she rolled her eyes.

The four of us were eating Elena's Grill bought food. Got to give her credit, I wouldn't want to eat food Elena makes, so at least she though ahead. Stefan was trying hard to make conversation but Bonnie was making it extremely difficult. We were currently talking about the football incident.

Elena was telling Bonnie the story. "Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him, and..."

"Yeah I heard." Bonnie cut her off. She was being so rude.

An awkward silence happened.

"Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" I tried to break the awkward silence.

"Um, divorced. No mom. Live with my dad." Bonnie said quickly.

"No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool." Elena tried to increase Bonnie's interest.

"Cool isn't the word I'd use." Bonnie said sheepishly. Yeah, it's kinda far-fetched.

"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." Stefan shared. Man, this guy was full of knowledge.

"My family came by way of Salem." Bonnie seemed like she was actually getting into the conversation with Stefan.

"Really? Salem witches?"

"Yeah"

"I would say that's pretty cool."

"Really? Why?" Finally Bonnie was getting interested.

"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Stefan smiled warmly at her.

"Yeah, they are." Bonnie smiled back.

Then the doorbell rang. Fuck sake. The conversation would definitely be disrupted.

Elena and I got up to answer the door. Elena opened the door.

Fuck.

Damon and Caroline stood there.

"Why the fuck are you guys here?" I shrieked. I was so not in the mood for these assholes.

"Nice to see you to Liv" Damon smirked.

"It's Olivia to you, asshole" God he got on my nerves.

"Surprise! Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought dessert." Caroline said excitedly as she barged past me into the house.

"Oh" Elena spoke. She was full of words, this one.

"Hope you don't mind." Damon continued to smirk at me.

"Yeah we do, so leave," I was about to slam the door when Stefan appeared.

"What are you doing here?" he glared sternly at his brother.

"Waiting for Elena to invite me in." He retorted.

"Oh, yeah, you can..." Elena said lamely. I rolled my blue eyes.

"No, no, no. He can't, uh... he can't stay. Can you, Damon?"

"Yeah Damon, please say you can't stay," I backed my buddy up. I didn't want Damon to be here.

"Get in here." Caroline tried to get Damon in.

"Shut up Caroline." I didn't want her here either.

"We're just... finishing up." Stefan reasoned.

"It's fine. Just come on in." Elena sighed and Damon walked in.

"Ugh," I groaned loudly.

Damon smirked at me and said "You have a beautiful home, Elena."

"Thank you," she replied.

As Elena, Caroline and Stefan walked ahead of us, Damon whispered in my ear "Almost as beautiful as you, Miss Reece."

I stopped and flicked him on the nose as hard as I could "Don't talk to me." I stalked off towards the dining room with a smirking Damon following.

God, this was going to be a very long night.

Thank you for reading! I had to split this chapter into 2 parts as it was going to be so long! So I will try and post the rest of it soon!

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