The Secret Circle series is one of my favorites by far. I hope that y'all enjoy it. This chapter is a little iffy, I couldn't seem to get it just right, but i figured that it would be okay. I sadly do not own any of the beautiful characters, the only characters that I am able to claim are Kathrine and Granny, the rest all belong to the very talented L.J. Smith.

Please R&R, perhaps very kindly. I know its not totally awesome, therefore i do not need that pointed out to me.

Thank You =]

Amy

I tried to keep my eyes on the road as I steered my beloved 1969 Ford Mustang Coupe up the eastern coast, getting directions from my Granny every few miles. It was actually a little difficult, because I was too busy watching all the different snowflakes falling on the windshield. We were headed for New Salem, Massachusetts. Which was apparently a small island connected to the mainland by a bridge, Granny had been very vague with the details. She still hadn't really told me why we had to move there, I was a little excited since it was my birthplace, but I'd never seen it before in my life. Not to mention, moving there meant a whole new school, so I was also very nervous. I glanced out of my window at the huge evergreens that were covered in snow and smiled to myself, because even in all the confusion, it was nice to be able to start over. At my old school I didn't exactly fit in, so maybe I could get in with a group of people and have a nice last half of Senior year. My name is Kat, and I'm 17, with long wavy auburn red hair, and dark green eyes.

"Kathrine Marie Smith!" Granny snapped suddenly, bringing my attention to her. "Quit day dreaming and listen to me! Take this exit." She said, knowing me all to well. I grinned sheepishly, doing as she instructed.

"Sorry Granny." I muttered, as we crossed the bridge that would lead to our new home. "What was the name of our street again?" I asked as we drove through a small, ancient looking town. I almost expected to see pilgrims walking around, instead of the teens that were roaming around.

"Its not a street." She snapped, and i hid a smile waiting for her answer. "It's Crowhaven Road." And as if saying the name had summoned it, it loomed just ahead. "Now it'll be the third house on the left." She added as we passed by the first house on the road, a beautiful Victorian style. The second one was the same style, but not quite as kept up. The garage was open revealing a skeletal car, and knees sticking out from under it. As we passed the two houses, I thought I saw some curtains in the window move, but it could have been my imagination.

Almost as soon as I parked, my Granny was out of the car and ready to walk down to one of her old friend's house. She had claimed that she missed them quite terribly, and insisted on seeing them now because just a couple of weeks ago, one of the elderly women of the street -and apparently a life long friend- had passed away. She handed me the house key and told me that she would be back soon and hurried off down the road. I turned around to face the giant house, taking in all of the features. Like most of the houses on this road, it was a two story Victorian, with chipping paint. The house itself was white, while the shutters and molding were a dark navy blue. Sighing, I returned my attention to my car and started pulling boxes from the back seat. We had sold all of our old furniture, because my Granny said that these old houses already had the old, super bulky, furniture from way back when, so the only thing they had to bring were the essentials. I had just loaded my arms with a couple boxes and was about to head inside, when I turned around i was so surprised to see a girl standing there that i almost dropped the boxes.

"Sorry," she said with a polite smile, "I didn't mean to surprise you. My name is Diana." She was about my height, slender, and had long white blond hair, and bright green eyes, just a few shades lighter than my own.

"Oh, no it's okay." I replied, with a slight smile. "I just wasn't expecting to see you." I added, and she laughed.

"And you are...?" She asked, when I had forgotten to give my name.

"Oh, haha. I'm Kat." I snorted at my complete moron-ness and set the boxes down. Man this wasn't awkward at all..

"Well, Kat...I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. I live in number one." She explained.

"Oh, that's cool. It's nice meeting you, by the way." I said trying to remember my manners, as she glanced around.

"Are your parents home?" She asked, just making conversation.

"I actually live with my grandmother." I corrected. "She's visiting old friends up the road." I added, her eyes widened.

"Old friends?" She asked curiously, I nodded once confused by her reaction.

"Yeah, Mrs. Quincey? They were good friends back before I was born." I explained and her eyes grew even wider.

"Oh. Well Kat, I have to run. See you later." She said, and she practically ran back to her house, leaving me standing there staring after her.

"Well, that was weird.." I muttered to myself as I headed inside loaded up with boxes.

Once all of the boxes were unloaded, I pulled the key charm off of my necklace and headed for my car. Under the back seat was a hidden compartment, and I dove into the car and pulled out a thick green, leather bound book. My prized possession, it meant more to me than my car did, which is saying a lot. It was my book of shadows, and it had been passed down in my family, so the last ones to have it before me were my parents. And again when i turned around someone was standing there for the second time today. It was Diana again, and this time she had a shorter girl with short wavy copper colored hair, and big blue eyes. I let out the breath that hadn't been able to escape, and managed a smile.

"You got me again." I stated, clutching my book to my chest, and Diana smiled. I glanced at the girl next to her and nodded a hello.

"This is Cassie, she lives up the street in number twelve." Diana explained and Cassie waved shyly. "We were wondering if you wanted to come over to my place for dinner." She added. I looked up the road in the direction my Granny had gone earlier, still nowhere in sight.

"Sure why not. Just let me run this inside." I said. I followed them passed the house next to mine where the knees had been poking out from under the skeleton car when we first drove in. Now there was a figure bent over a workbench. It was then that I realized that it was the skeleton of my car, a '69 Mustang Coupe. It made me smile.

When we got inside Diana's beautiful house, she led us into the dining room, made us sit, and began bringing out dishes. When she sat down she and Cassie began filling their plates, and I tried to do the same while making polite conversation.

"Where are you from?" Cassie asked, finally deciding that my one word answers weren't enough to satisfy their curiosity.

"Um, well I was born here. My granny and I moved around a lot. We're coming from Georgia." I replied, glancing between the two of them as they eyed each other.

"What grade are you in?" Diana asked, like she had just remembered I was there.

"Twelfth." I answered. "What is the school like?" I asked, and they looked at each other again.

"Well...It's been having some problems, actually. They should be fixed soon though. Do you start tomorrow?" Cassie asked, and I nodded as someone knocked on the front door. It was Cassie who got up to answer Diana's door. I must have looked confused because Diana explained.

"It's her boyfriend Adam." But her voice sounded kind of hollow, like she was sad. I was about to ask if she was okay, when Cassie returned holding the hand of a tall guy with wild red hair almost the color of mine, and friendly blue-gray eyes.

"Hey Diana..How..." He trailed off when he saw me, eyes widening. "well hello there?" He said, and the three of us girls laughed.

"Adam, this is Kat." Diana introduced us, and Adam reached toward me and I grabbed his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Kat." He said, and I smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Adam."

"Your the one who just moved in right?" He asked sitting in the chair next to Cassie. "I saw the Mustang in the driveway, Nick will be jealous." He added and Cassie giggled. I glanced quickly at Diana who was still smiling, but had gone quiet.

"Nick?" I asked, directing the question to Diana. She shook herself, as if she had been thinking of something else.

"He lives in number two, he's a senior too." She explained. "You'll probably meet him tomorrow. I think he has auto shop the same time you do." She added, and Adam stared at me skeptically.

"Auto shop?" He asked, and as much as I was starting to like him, I couldn't help rolling my eyes.

"Really? You're one of those guys?" I asked incredulously. His eyes grew wide.

"Well, no...it's just that..." He stopped when he noticed Cassie glaring at him too. Diana was biting her lip to keep from laughing.

"Girls can work on cars too." Cassie snapped in my defense.

"I...I'm sorry." He said to all of us, and the tension in the air started to disappear. "So you're a senior?" He asked, wisely changing the subject, I nodded. He would be forgiven for now. I had a feeling that whatever evening he and Cassie had planned had been ruined though.

Soon after Adam arrived, he offered to drive Cassie home, and they left after polite goodbyes. Diana started clearing dishes from the table, and I jumped up to help. Once we had everything off of the table, I insisted on scrubbing the many dishes while she dried them. We continued in companionable silence for a while, just passing the dishes to one another. I felt like I had unexpectedly made a friend, but there was something that was bothering me, and I had to ask.

"You and Adam used to date?" I asked out of nowhere, and her head jerked up toward me, and she nodded.

"Pretty much as long as we've known each other... but he and Cassie are soul mates." She added. I nodded this time, staring her in the eye.

"You know, it's okay if you still have feelings for him. You did just say that y'all were together for a long time." I said softly, and her green eyes filled, and then totally surprising me, she threw her arms around me and began to sob. I patted her on the back saying that everything would be okay. Eventually she calmed down and soon after walked me out saying that she would meet me on the steps in front of the school tomorrow. With that I headed back to my new home hoping that everything would fall into place the way it was supposed to.