#v:imonlyhuman

"um excuse me." elena felt awkward asking a stranger to help her reach the very top shelf, but on said shelf, was her favourite cookies. "I'm sorry to bother you, but could you get that box of cookies for me please?" she asked in her most kind voice. usually she had damon or stefan with her. but this time, it was just her, and to her luck there was a tall man in the same isle as her.

it was midnight, and currently, elena was on the phone with caroline. elena had, had one of her nightmares from the night of the crash and usually she called caroline for comfort. knowing their other best friend bonnie would most definitely be asleep. "I know it's not fully my fault, I didn't know what would happen. but care, I can't help but feel like it is fully my fault." she was a mess, her face was red and puffy, she knew the makeup she forgot to wipe off before bed was smeared over her face. "is there any chance you can just come over?" she asked, knowing just talking on a phone was never enough. sometimes you just needed a best friends hug to know everything was okay.

“hi, my names elena, are you new here?” it wasn’t everyday that elena came across a new face in mystic falls. and she felt it was her job to make sure everyone felt welcomed.

every morning HAD to start with a cup of coffee. or at least in elenas eyes it did. silently sipping at her cup when she couldn't help but overhear the man in front of her on his phone. he was talking about finding a place, and that was what brought him to mystic falls. the friendly stranger side of elena started to form as she waited patiently for him to end his phone call before getting up and introducing herself. "hi, my names elena." she began, "I actually live here, I can show you around if you'd like?" she offered.

“officer jake!” elena called. she had just stepped outside of the coffee shop when she spotted him. “did you want a coffee?” she asked, “you’ve been working all day, and some of the teenagers here aren’t as nice as they used to be.” she pointed out. “I can pay, it’s the least I can do since you protect this town so well.”

her eyes scanned the small coffee shop. there were a bunch of familiar faces. but one stood out the most. she could tell they were new, she had never seen him around before. and though she was weary from just finding out that vampires existed, she walked over anyways. “— uh hi!” her lips formed a welcoming smile. “are you new here?” she asked. of course he was, but she also didn’t want to just assume.

the moment elena woke up that morning, she KNEW it was going to be a good day. she wasn’t sure if it was because that day was finally sunny, or if it was because that night seemed extra calm. the moon shined bright in the sky. which added extra effect to the outside of the grill. she spotted her friend lexi across the mystic grill. she had grown to like lexi, she was fun, and not to mention she was stefans close friend. which meant that she was good. not a mean or bad person. “lexi?” she questioned as she approached the blonde. “what are you doing here?” the grin never faded as she asked.

anger was clearly evident on her face. the bruises and bite marks that covered her best friend carolines neck and arms was startling. and she knew exactly who was doing it. she had spotted damon not far away in the slightly crowded grill. “this is your first and final warning, stay away from caroline.” she warned lowly. before she had learned that stefan and damon were vampires, she wouldn’t have thought much of it. but now that she knew, it angered her to no extent that he would take advantage of her like that. “I saw the bruises and bite marks damon, stay away from her.” she kept her voice low, she was angry, but that didn’t mean she wanted the whole grill to know he was a vampire.