Chapter 1

Elena sighed as she opened her eyes to a new day. Life really was perfect now. Well, almost perfect. She had Stefan, and she had her friends at school and her newest best friend Cassandra Mason. But, even though she fully belonged to the glorious vampire beside her, she missed the firendship of his brother. The equally gorgeous Damon Salvatore. It really was strange that they hadn't seen him in 100 years. She wondered what he was up to.

Stefan grinned at her, tracing her lips with his thumb. "Good morning lovely love." He cooed kissing her quickly. "Another morning, followed by another day of school."

"You love school though." Elena teased jumping up from his arms and dashing towards the walk in closet she insisted they had put in after the old boarding house had to be rebuilt.

"Why would I love something that I have relived hundreds of times?" Stefan replied following her.

"2 reasons." Elena quipped pulling on a bright red t-shirt. "First, I'm reliving it with you." She giggled glancing at him quickly before diving into a rack of jeans. Stefan laughed and followed her, but she wasn't there. Confused he looked around listening for her but she had gotten really good at sneaking around lately and always used any chance she got to hide.

"Elena? What's the second reason?" He asked still craning his neck to try and find her.

"The second reason is," Finally Elena leaned back into the closet backwards staring at him upsidedown while she held onto the side of the door. "Cassie's there, and whether you like it or not you think of her like a little sis and you love her." She teased.

Stefan rolled his eyes even though what Elena was saying was perfectly true. "Cassie is perfectly capable of taking care of herself."

"Why are you telling me this when you were the one that dragged us away from that party two weeks ago?" Elena called back to him from somewhere downstairs. Stefan chuckled pulled on a white t-shirt with his leather jacket and plain blue jeans before following the sound of her voice.

"Come on love, we have to get to school." He grinned grabbing her hand and heading towards the door. Elena rolled her eyes but allowed him to lead her our the door. Then suddenly as the door swung open their whole world spun.

"Damon?" Elena gasped wide eyes.

And it was Damon leaning against the wall outside the door. He looked the same as he had 100 years ago, Elena thought. He still had that messy black hair, those black haunting eyes, and that arrogant smirk that almost always graced his lips.

"Elena, Stefan." He greeted straightening up to his full height. "I thought it was about time I stopped by for a visit."

"Damon, it's good to see you." Stefan greeted, actually meaning it for once. Damon nodded at him and then entered the boarding house.

"So, what's the plan? Shall we tour the town?" Damon asked jumping easily and gracefully onto the couch and grinning at them.

"Actually, Damon, we have to go to school. Or else we'll be late." Elena explained gesturing to Stefan and herself. It would be disaterous if Damon went to school with them. All he'd be doing was hunting out his next victim and horror would come back to the town-

"Great I'll tag along." Damon stated flashing his teeth before hopping back up and running out the door to his ferrarri. "I'll drive!"

Stefan and Elena glanced at each other wide eyed. They couldn't let Damon loose against a sea of teenagers. But there was no saying no to Damon so they followed him and climbed into the car. The second they touched the taned leather seats Damon floored it and the car shot out like a bullet.

Stefan remained silent, but Elena was thinking as quick as she possibly could. She only had so much time to make sure that Damon stayed away from the one human she didn't want any where near him.

"Um, Stefan, do you know where we're supposed to meet Cassie this morning?" She asked as innocently as she could hoping that Damon wouldn't pick up on her scheme.

"The usual place I'm sure." Stefan answered automatically, but Elena felt him tense up at her name and knew that his older brother instincts were kicking in.

"Not to interupt but who's this Cassie?" Damon asked, just as he turned sharply onto the main road. Elena panicked. The school was only seconds away, she had to think fast.

"Cassie is my best friend. She's the sweetest kindest person you will ever meet. And she's got a heart of gold." She explained, and hey some of it was true so maybe Damon won't go anywhere near her.

"Best friend?" Damon questioned pulling into the school parking lot.

"Yeah. She's a straight A student too, always studying." Stefan cut in catching on to Elena's plan. Elena had to stop herself from laughing at his half lie.

"You would be proud of that." Damon shuttered parking the car and shutting off the engine all in a few seconds. Elena relaxed, Damon never stayed anywhere long lately, and she hoped that for the week or so that he probably planned on staying they could manage to keep Cassie away from him, or more importantly keep him away from her.

Stefan helped Elena out of the car and then the three of them headed towards the front door. Damon looking around seemingly bored but really searching for who he could have as a quick snack. Damon wasn't stupid, he knew what Elena and Stefan were trying to do, but he really doubted that this Cassie was much different from what they explained. He would have no interest in her, so why not go along with their little plan?

Elena stopped at her locker for a moment before they continued on to what Damon guessed was the library. As they walked through the halls Damon noticed several different girls who were... worthy enough for a bite, and seeing as they, along with every other girl he passed, kept glancing over at him and giggiling he figured it would be only too easy to get them. But who to start with?

While Damon was pondering this Elena had already led them into the library and was walking up to the main desk already. "Good morning Mrs Wood."

"Good morning Elena dear." The older woman greeted grinning. Mrs Wood had to be at least in her eighties with her hair that white and her skin that wrinkled, but she was as healthy as anyone and still seemed ready to live a long time. "And hello to you to Stefan."

"Hello Mrs Wood." Stefan greeted nodding at the old lady. Damon kept quiet silently using his mind to make Mrs Wood think she remembered him so they wouldn't have to go through the whole introductions thing. "Is Cassie around?"

"Oh yes, yes. She's always here, you know that by now. In the back reading that god awful book of hers." Mrs Wood laughed and waved them in, smiling at Damon politely as they went.

Always in the library? Damon thought. Well I was right, I wouldn't want anything to do with her.

In the back of the library there were only two people. Both of them girls. Damon figured that the slightly plump one wearing large glasses that kept sliding down her nose, and what looked like a running suit was the Cassie he was supposed to stay away from. No problem there. The other girl, on the other hand caught his eye.

She was laying on top of a long wooden table with her head hanging off of the side and a book sheilding her face. Her long black hair almost touched the floor. She was wearing a dark green tank top and tight black low rise jeans that rested nicely on her hips. Thanks to Damon's excellent vision he could easily see what looked like half of a tattoo on her left hip, and a full on snake tattoo that was running up her right arm.

Delisious, He thought, I've found my snack.

Suddenly the girl sat up and set the book down stretching her arms up over her head. Her hair was a mess but somehow it worked for her, infact it worked so well Damon could feel his canines start to sharpen. Then she turned around jumping off the table and looked up revealing light blue green eyes, full pink lips, and a long creamy neck with all of the blue veins perfectly visible.

"Hey Elena! Hey Stefan!" She grinned strutting over. Damon froze. This was the Cassie that he had to stay away from?! Not fair!