This is for @Rachm265  

         As a witch, I think that it's important to follow the rules. There are rules for a reason. They help balance nature and when nature is out of balance it destroys everything around it. When Stefan Salvatore and his brother Damon arrived into town it took me awhile to warm up to him. I'm not really the kind of person who goes out of her way to make friends, I just don't really feel the need to talk to everyone. Everyone knows who everyone is in this town anyways and my dream is to get out of this small town as fast as possible. But spending all of your classes together but one means that you have to talk to them occasionally. And getting partnered with them often means that you need to develop at least some sort of acquaintanceship. 

     This is exactly what happened to Stefan and I. We smile at each other in the halls and there is even the occasional bit of small talk here and there but eventually he seemed to be everywhere. Near Bonnie, my only witch friend, near the popular kids, the unpopular kids, the stoners, if you name any typical high school group I can honestly tell you that I've seen him there. So it only seemed to be natural that he would start being more friendly with me too. First the small change from instead of a small smile in the halls it was a wave or even a hello, then he moved to sit near me in every class we shared and the usual owners of those seats were not pleased at being displaced. Then he started asking me questions in class and asking me about my life. Eventually I grew annoyed.

     "Enough Stefan. Why is it that you seem to feel the need to bother me everyday? I'm perfectly fine with sitting here by myself and listening to music." 

     "It's just that, ever since I moved here I couldn't connect with anyone. Not enough to be friends anyway. I've tried every group to try to see where I fit in. The stoners, the loners, the popular kids and the unpopular kids. Nobody clicks." Well that explains why I've been seeing him everywhere. "I usually just sit in the corner listening to music and getting through it day by day waiting for the next deployment. But since my parents died and I moved in with my uncle I figured that I should at least try to make a few friends." Great. Now I feel like the bad guy for snapping at him. 

     "Fine, I guess we can give this whole friendship thing a shot."

   "Oh however can I thank you for doing this grand favour to me." Sarcasm, I like it.

     "Okay, I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but I don't really know how this whole starting a friendship thing works. What do we do?" 

     "Well firstly we can check embarrassing story off of the friendship checklist. But other than that we just get to know each other." And get to know each other we did. I can name off Stefan's favourite colour, food, movie and book as well as the reason for why he keeps a journal. 

     It's been 3 months since then and Stefan and I hang out everyday. He's my best friend and before him I didn't know what I was missing. Our friendship is built on honesty and trust but I've been keeping a big secret from him. It's not that I mean to but I can just never find the right time to tell him. I mean how do you tell someone that you are a witch? Do you approach it casually like 'hey, how are you? Oh, by the way I'm a witch.' No. That would just freak him out. I'm surprised that he's even still my friend after finding out that I'm transgender. That usually scares most people off. They make it seem like I was lying to them by not telling them right away but he was very accepting of it. 

     "Hey."

     "Hey Stefan. What's up?" Okay, here it goes. Today is going to be the day that I tell him.

     "I need to tell you something." He seems nervous which is odd because Stefan is always very sure of himself. Honestly it's kind of annoying how sure of himself he is.

     "Okay, what is it?"

    "I know that this is kind of out of the blue but in my experience it's better to just get it out then sit there and let it fester. Okay here it goes, I'm in love with you." That took an unexpected turn. I expected him to tell me that he doesn't want to be friends anymore but nope. "Say something."

     "You can't be in love with me. You barely know me!" 

     "I know almost everything about you."

     "I've been keeping  a huge secret from you."

     "Bigger than the fact that you're trans? I don't think so. Well then, out with it. What's the big secret?"

     "I'm a witch. Mind you not a very strong one since I can't sense things that the rest of my family can but still. I'm a witch and I'm proud of it."

    instead of being surprised or shocked he laughs. "I knew that already. "

     "What do you mean you knew that already? That is my most closely guarded secret. How did you know that?"

    "I'm a vampire. It's always in my best interest to know who are supernatural creatures when I move somewhere new. Bonnie's also a witch."

    "Wait, you're a vampire?" I ask incredulous.

    "Yes. So unless you have another excuse I'd like for you to say something substantial about my earlier statement."

     "What I have to say is that......I need time to process this. This changes everything." I say before turning and walking away.

     Me being a witch might not change anything for him but him being a vampire changes everything for me. Witches are supposed to hate vampires. That's the unspoken rule. They came along and threatened our very existence. And rules are there for a reason. Especially when it involves supernatural creatures. Everything is in place to keep the balance. 

    For the next week I try my best to ignore Stefan. That's hard when he's in almost every class. I switch seats and take a different route to class so that I don't see him in the halls. Despite everything that I do I feel hollow and lonely. I never really noticed how much I had changed in the last few months but now it's clear that I have. So what if he's a vampire? That doesn't actually change anything does it? It is an unspoken rule which means that I can elect to ignore it. He has been nothing but accepting towards me so now I need to do the same thing towards him.

     I knock on the door of the Salvatore Boarding House. "It doesn't matter." I say as soon as Stefan opens the door.

     "What doesn't matter?" He asks confused.

     "That you're a vampire. It doesn't matter because I love you too." And with that, he kisses me.