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*3rd Person POV*

"Vicky! Come downstairs! I need help with the rest of the boxes!" called Kaitlyn Elizabeth Matthews, Victoria King's roommate. "Victoria! Hurry it up, Logan's already here!" She hollered, the impatience clear in her voice.

"Okay, hold on! I only have a few more things to do before we go" Victoria yelled back at her roommate. She stood there staring at the empty blue room. 'I can't believe we're leaving this house after 6 years' Victoria thought. She picked up her suitcase and ran downstairs to Kaitlyn. "Can you believe that after all these years we're packing it all up and moving?" Kait said, her eyes looking glossy. "No, I can't, but we had to leave sooner or later right? Start brand new?"

They were moving from Washington to California to start a brand new life.

They had just graduated from college where both of them first met. Kaitlyn and Victoria had to sit next to each other in one of their classes and became friends when they had to become partners for a chemistry project. Pretty soon, the girls became best friends and roommates later on. They even realized that their fathers were business partners in NYC, their birthplace. Kaitlyn and Victoria had gone on a lot of different adventures, traveling from place to place.

It had been their dream to live in California. So, today, they were finally moving.

"Yes, you're right. Another adventure, right?" Kait asked, a hint of a smile in her voice. Vicky nodded. "Knowing how it's been so far, I'm sure it will be" She replied, and Kait nodded, grabbing her bags. The movers came in, taking the remaining boxes and putting them into the truck. The truck proceeded on, leaving the girls at the house. Kaitlyn closed the front door and locked it behind her, a little sad. Vicky stared back at the house. 'This is going to be interesting...' She thought to herself.

A loud honk distracted both the girls from their thoughts.

"Hurry it up!" Logan Matthews, Kaitlyn's twin brother, called. The girls looked up and ran over to Logan's jeep. "You two are the slowest moving females in history!" He complained, unlocking the car doors, letting them in. Kaitlyn sat in the front next to her brother, and Vicky in the back with the bags. "Oh, shut it, Sparky." Kaitlyn snapped at her brother, and he scowled at her. Vicky smirked in the back seat. Logan opened his mouth to speak, but Kaitlyn flicked his ear. "Don't say anything! Just drive us to the airport!" She said, picking at her blue and silver nails. Logan sighed, setting his blue-green eyes back on the road. He started the car, and he, Vicky, and Kait began to chat about their recent activities.

Once they arrived at the airport, they quickly checked in their bags and boarded the plane. Kait was putting the bags in the compartment as Vicky took off her jacket. She sat down, and Kait sat down next to her. Logan was in the row next to them, putting his bags away. Vicky stared at her blackberry, wondering what would happen in California. She wasn't like Kaitlyn, who was texting on her blackberry next to her. Kait would probably already have plans in California. Vicky...Well, she was basically the opposite. She really didn't have a lot of friends in Washington. She wasn't exactly good at dealing with people. Kait was one of the few people she trusted. Logan, too, but he was a different case. He was a major flirt, but adorable as well. Vicky started chipping off the black paint on her nails, when a cheery voice distracted her.

"Excuse me; do you know where seat 221A is?" Asked the voice.

Vicky and Kait looked up and saw a girl with brown hair and blue green eyes. She had a blonde streak in her hair, and had on jeans and a sea foam green tank top. Kait looked at her and smiled. "It's over there." She directed, pointing to the seat next to Logan. Vicky and Kait then exchanged glances. The girl was pretty, very pretty actually. 'Oh, great...Now he's going to scare her away.' Vicky thought to herself. The girl smiled warmly at Kait and Vicky. "Thank you." She said, sitting down next to Logan. Logan smiled at her. "Hey. I'm Logan Matthews." He said, and the girl looked at him. "Hi. I'm Melanie Salvatore. Nice to meet you." She said holding out her hand. Logan took it, and the two of them began to talk. Logan, by some miracle, managed to make her laugh.

Vicky and Kait stared at Melanie. This girl must've been insane! Logan was a major flirt! And, according to Kait, was extremely corny. "Oh, Melanie. This is my twin sister, Kaitlyn, though she prefers Kait. And that's her best friend, Victoria. But, she goes by Vicky." Logan said, and Melanie smiled. Vicky and Kait smiled back at her. "So, why are you heading to California?" Kait asked. "I'm visiting my brothers. I haven't seen them in a while, since they live in California." Melanie explained. "What about you guys?" She asked. "We've always wanted to come to California. We're moving here." Vicky said, and Melanie smiled. "That's cool. My brothers told me that it's really cool there." She said, and Vicky, Kait, and Logan nodded, interested. They began to speak more, getting to know each other better. Vicky eventually dozed off.

"Vicky, wake up. We're here." Kait said, waking Vicky up. "Already?" She asked. "How long was I out?" She asked. "Basically the rest of the flight. I told you taking those extra shifts would make you tired!" Kait scolded, and Vicky sighed. They got their bags out of the compartment, and got off the plane. Kait was staring and typing intently into her phone. "Aw! Jake said he misses me!" Kait said, and Vicky groaned. Jake was Kait's boyfriend in Washington. Vicky couldn't stand him. He was so...Ugh! He was super annoying, and completely full of himself. Kait, however, thought otherwise. To Kait, Jake was the best thing on earth. Vicky sighed deeply. "Did he now? Alleluia." She said sarcastically, and Kait scowled at her. "Hey! Be nice! I know he's not your favorite person, but...Please try and tolerate him?" She begged, her eyes glossy again. Vicky sighed; she hated crying. "Fine. Whatever, I guess." She replied, and Kait squealed, clapping her hands. "This is why you're awesome!" She said, and Vicky rolled her eyes, smiling.

"So, Mel, where ya' headed?" Logan asked in a flirty tone. "One of my brothers is supposed to meet me here. Then the other will meet us in the parking lot." Melanie replied, and Logan smiled at her. "Sounds cool." He said, and Vicky started to wonder. Why did Melanie sound so weird talking about her brothers? It wasn't in a mean way, but it was like...She wouldn't say too much. All Vicky, Kait, and Logan knew was that her brothers lived in Cali, and that was it. Vicky shrugged the thoughts off, and walked over to the airport's main gate. Logan, Kait, and Vicky had decided to wait for Melanie to be picked up. It turned out that they would be neighbors.

Melanie looked around, and her eyes settled on a guy who was standing casually, leaning against the main gate's counter.

That was him. It had to be.

'Wow...He really hasn't changed.' Melanie thought. "He's over here, guys!" Melanie called to Vicky, Logan, and Kait. They all nodded, and walked over to Melanie's brother. Melanie smiled at him, and he smiled back. "Stefan!" She exclaimed, running over to him, tackling him into a bear hug. He laughed and hugged her back. "Welcome back, Melanie." He said, greeting her. Vicky and Logan looked at them, smiling. Kait, however, was too busy staring into her phones screen. "Everyone, this is my brother, Stefan Salvatore." Melanie said, introducing her new friends to her brother. Vicky gave him a look. Boy, they had to be siblings. They looked almost exactly alike! Stefan shook each of their hands, and then turned to Kait. His eyes widened, and it was like his whole world stopped. She was...incredible. He hadn't looked at a girl like that in years! But she was just...wow. Vicky elbowed Kait in the stomach, and she looked up at her. "Oh, I'm sorry! I was just..." She started, until her eyes landed on Stefan. 'Oh my god...He's HOT!' She squealed in her head. 'Wait, what am I saying! I have a boyfriend!' She remembered, scolding her mind.

Melanie, Logan, and Vicky stared at Stefan and Kait, sensing their obvious chemistry. Logan, of course, had to ruin the moment. "Can the two of you just take a picture? Some of us have things to do!" He announced, and Vicky pinched his arm. "OW!" He hollered, and Vicky glared at him. Melanie let a giggle escape from her mouth. "Um, Stefan? It's not polite to stare..." She said, and Stefan blinked a couple of times. He turned to his sister, a bit annoyed. "Stefan, this is Victoria, Logan, and Kaitlyn. But, call Victoria Vicky, and call Kaitlyn Kait. They're new here, just moved in. It turns out they're going to be our neighbors." Melanie explained, and Stefan nodded, half-listening. He couldn't help but stare at Kait. Kait couldn't help but stare back. She stuffed her blackberry back into her purse, deciding to forget about her Washington world for a minute. Stefan walked towards her and greeted her with a flirty smile. "Hi, I'm Stefan. Nice to meet you, Kait." Stefan said, taking her hand and kissing it. Kait giggled and blushed madly, flirting back. 'Oh my gosh! What's wrong with me!' She yelled at herself.

Melanie rolled her eyes. "Oh, brother...Speaking of brother. Where's Damon?" Melanie asked Stefan, who looked infatuated by Kaitlyn. "Who's Damon?" Vicky asked, suddenly interested. "My other brother, Damon Salvatore." Melanie explained, and Vicky smiled to herself. Another Salvatore sibling? That would be interesting. "He should be here in a bit. But, knowing him, he'll probably be late. He said he'd be here before it got dark." Stefan said, and Melanie sighed deeply. "I love him, but I'm going to smack him if he's late!" She said, and Stefan laughed. "Relax. He seemed pretty excited about you coming home. He'll finally have his partner in crime back." He said, and Melanie smiled. "So, how have things been at the house?" She asked Stefan. She waited for a response, but never got one. Stefan was too busy staring at Kait. Kait was trying her best not to stare back, making small conversation with Vicky. "STEFAN! HELLO!" She hollered, and Stefan covered his ears. "What?" He asked, uncovering them. Melanie scowled at him. "Stop staring! You're going to scare her away!" She exclaimed, and Stefan scowled back at her. Little did Melanie know that Logan was doing the same to her.

"Maybe we should go get some lunch?" Logan suggested, and everyone shrugged. "Sounds good." Kait said, and Stefan stared at her even more. They walked to a restaurant, Kait talking to Stefan, and Melanie talking to Logan. Vicky sighed. She knew it would end up like that. No one noticed her. She sighed and continued walking, taking out her blackberry to play a game on it.

*Victoria's POV*

'Oh man! I just died!' I was playing the game "Pac-man" on my phone to pass the countless hours we were at the restaurant just talking. Well…Not me. Just the other four in our group. "Oh my lord! It's late and I bet Damon is so mad at us!" Melanie's frantic voice said. I heard the shuffling of bags and jackets which signaled that it was time to get up and leave. Once Kaitlyn got out the seat, I side-stepped out the booth. I grabbed my bag and remembered how heavy it was. 'What the heck did I pack?' I thought and went over my check list in my head as I followed everyone out the door. "DAMON!" Melanie yelled and dropped her bags onto the floor. She ran towards a skinny, handsome looking man next to a very expensive looking van.

Figures; expensive car covers the ugly personality.

"No, no, no, no, no! Why are you hugging me?" Damon said, lightly pushing her off him. She pouted and walked back in line next to Logan. I stood off to the side watching this whole episode. "I see you met some new friends" Damon said examining a stunned Kaitlyn and overly confident Logan from top to bottom. Of course he missed me, it's not like I wanted to be noticed anyway. 'He's not even that hot' I thought rolling my eyes and checking my phone. "Oh yeah! This is Logan and that's Kaitlyn". Melanie gestured to them both. "Then who's that?" I could feel Damon's eyes burning into my forehead, begging me to look up at him. "Oh! I totally forgot about her, she's so quiet. That's Victoria!" I looked up from behind my bangs and met his eyes. He smirked the cockiest smile, but I completely forgot about that once I concentrated on his eyes. They were the most beautiful and brightest blue I have ever seen in my entire life.

"Victoria", he whispered as he approached me without breaking our eye contact, "sounds evil". He picked up my limp hand and kissed it gently. "I'm Damon. Nice to meet you". I was completely stunned on how forward he was with me. Honestly, I didn't mind it, but it told me a lot about him. My voice was caught in my throat as I stared up at him with my cheeks burning and my eyes drying. "Anyway", he said, obviously getting bored waiting for a response, "time to go home, young children!" He strutted his way to his car, grabbing Melanie's bags on the way. "We're not young! 21 is not a child age" Mel said. "Oh, trust me! That's as young as it gets" Damon says. "Well, then we're all children! Except Victoria. She's the only 'non-child' in this group" Logan stated. I felt my cheeks fill with blood again when he put me on the spot. "I knew there was something special about her". Damon winked at me and I looked back down at my shoes. "Let me get that bag for you, Vicky" he lifted the large bag with ease and dropped it into the trunk.

Right as he was about to close it, Stefan opened his mouth to speak. "Wait! You forgot Katy's bag!" Damon gave him the funniest yet sexiest confused look I have ever seen. "Who said everyone was coming?"

"Damon."

"Stefan."

The two brothers started at each other for a few seconds, and Damon was the first to give in. "Fine". He grabbed Kait's bag and stuffed it into the trunk and slammed it shut. "Get in! Before I leave all of you here and drive I home" Damon half-yelled at us. I got inside the large van and sat in the back leaving Stefan in the passenger seat and Logan with Kaitlyn and Melanie in the middle. This could be an interesting ride.

*Kaitlyn's POV*

I've traveled around a lot in my life. I went around in different types of vehicles all the time. Mostly with my dad, of course, and that was always awkward. I thought that ride was as awkward as awkward gets. Boy was I wrong. No one spoke as Damon started the car. I found myself holding my breath again and again. I kept looking up at the Salvatore brothers. Stefan was...wow. I couldn't stop looking at him. He had the most amazing brown eyes that I kept getting lost in, and his hair was messy in the most adorable way. He was lean like Damon, but a little paler. His hair had different shades of red and brown, mixed together in the perfect combination. But, what the hell was I doing? I was the one with a boyfriend, right? One that I was in love with?

My thoughts, however, weren't as disturbing as the new Salvatore sibling. Damon was completely different from Stefan and Melanie. He was cocky, cold, and a total jerk. That was what I got from our first encounter, and I had a feeling my opinion of him wouldn't improve. However, he intrigued me in the weirdest way. I despised the silence in the car, yearning for a source of entertainment. I was never one for boredom, much less silence. I got a flashback of what happened between Stefan and Damon outside the car. What in the world was their issue? That's their form of agreeing? To me, they just looked gay. I mean, come on! Staring into each other's eyes? Excuse me for connecting the dots.

Vicky was staring out the window, and I noticed her glancing at Damon from time to time. Damon was doing the same, but in a sort of cool guy way. Three cars almost hit us because of Damon glancing back. I sighed. "Are you trying to get us killed!" I said, not realizing I had voiced my thought aloud. Everyone looked back at me. "I, um, my bad. I didn't realize I said that out loud." I said, looking down at my phone. I could feel eyes still on me, but I ignored them and looked out the window. Of course, my nose decided that it was the perfect moment to act up, and I sneezed. Everyone looked at me again.

I scratched my head and gave them a small smile. Stefan gladly returned it, and I felt my cheeks change color. Damon rolled his eyes. I raised my eyebrow at him. He looked at me from the mirror. "Is there a problem, Kait?" He asked nonchalantly, and I stared back. "No. Is there a problem with you? Or do your eyes just do that for fun?" I asked, the annoyance and sarcasm clear in my voice. Damon smirked and set his eyes back on the road. I stared at him, completely confused. "Look, I know I'm hot. But you should just take a picture, Kaitlyn. It'll last longer." Damon said, and Vicky looked up. Stefan rolled his eyes, glaring at his brother. I gave Damon a cold look. "Cocky much? Sweetie, you're not that amazing. My first opinion of you was: Wow, he's hot. I should get to know him. My opinion now: EW." I said, giving him an innocent smile. Stefan, Melanie, and Logan smirked. Vicky stared at me. She was looking at me like I was insane. Damon scoffed. "Great job, Stefan. You sure know how to pick 'em. Never thought I'd meet someone even more annoying than Melanie." He said, and Melanie hissed at him. I glared at him. I had just gathered my final opinion on Damon. I really did not like him. "I bet if you spent a day with yourself, you'd realize how off you are with that statement." I said, looking back out the window. Stefan tried not to laugh in the front seat, but Melanie didn't. She giggled out loud, and Damon shot her a look. She stared back at him, her glance narrowing. It took us almost dying three more times to get them to stop glaring at each other.

Damon parked the car in front of a large house that looked ancient. Logan stared at it like it was foreign, but I loved it. It was the most adorable house ever! It was rather large, and seemed to be just out of the city. Melanie jumped out of the car happily. Damon got out after her. "Well, it was very nice meeting you, Victoria. Logan, eh. Kaitlyn, ugh. Bye." Damon said, and Melanie shot him a look. "No, Damon. They're staying here for the rest of the day. We're going to be nice to them. We haven't had neighbors in a long time. Much less ones that we like." She said, snarling at him. He gave her a playful smirk. "Nice? You act like I'm not nice." He said, and Stefan sighed.

"You never are, Damon..." Stefan said, and Melanie nodded her head in agreement. "Whatever." Damon said, walking into the house. Stefan took my hand and led me inside the house. I smiled happily as his hand warmed mine. It was so perfect, and I felt my cheeks burn. Stefan smiled a smile that melted my insides, and I looked at my feet, trying to hide my blush. Melanie, Logan, and Victoria were behind us, talking briefly. I sighed happily, looking at my hand in Stefan's. I had never felt like this with Jake, and I had a bad feeling that I never would.

*Stefan's POV*

I smiled to myself as I led Kait into the house. God, she was beautiful. Her hand in mine felt so...right. I prayed I wasn't blushing as much as she was. Damon yawned loudly, walking upstairs. I made a mental note to stab him later. Why did he have to act so idiotic? Our sister finally comes home, and just because he's in front of two girls, he doesn't hug her. It wasn't like it'd be different if it had just been us three, but still. Melanie led Logan and Vicky into the living room, and they all sat down on the couch. I decided to take Kaitlyn on a little tour of the house, and she agreed happily. We were walking through the hall when Kait stopped.

"How many dining rooms do you people have?" She asked, the tease obvious in her voice. I smiled. "We have a lot of extra rooms, so I guess we just repeated that one room most of the time." I explained, and she shrugged. I showed her the rest of the rooms on the ground floor. Her eyebrow rose as I stopped at the stairs. "Stefan, what are you doing?" She asked, and I gave her a small smile. "I want to show you my favorite place in the house." I explained, and she smiled. "Sounds cool." She said, following me up the stairs.

I opened the door to my room, and she turned her head to look at it better. "Wow. A bedroom. Interesting..." She said, and I laughed. "Relax, Kait. This isn't it." I said, and she smirked back. "Thank the lord...So where is this special place?" She asked, and I took her hand again, leading her to the double doors at the end of my room. "Go ahead." I said, sensing her curiosity. She smiled at me and pulled open the doors. "Oh my god...It's beautiful." She said, stepping out onto the balcony. The balcony had a wide view of the ocean, and Kait rested her hands on the bars. "The view makes it my favorite place. Although it's nothing compared to this one..." He said, staring at her. She rolled her eyes playfully. "Corny, but adorable." She said, smiling at me, not bothering to hide her blush.

"So, what's the deal with your brother?" She asked, and I sighed. "Damon's...distant. I guess you could say he acts all bad boy type, and he's extremely rude. You're the first person I've seen who can resist him like that." I said, moving closer to her. "Well, he's not that great. So what, he has good looks. That didn't really change the fact that I wanted to smack him through the entire car ride...Sorry if that sounds a bit mean." She said, and I smiled. "Trust me; we all want to smack Damon multiple times every day. Don't worry about it." She smiled and then looked at me, curiosity in her eyes. "But, that eye thing...Does that happen often?" She asked.

I put my hands on the bars of the balcony and looked at the horizon, trying to avoid her question. I could feel Kait looking at me, waiting for an answer, and I shrugged without looking at her. "I guess it does. We have a lot of staring contests in this family..." I said simply. Kait looked unconvinced, but she shrugged it off. She turned around and looked up at the roof. "I bet the view up there is even better than the one from the balcony..." Kait thought out loud.

She walked over to the side of the house and placed her hand on it. She looked back at me with a mischievous smile, and I raised an eyebrow at her. "Didn't you ever wonder what the view was like on the roof?" She asked, and I shrugged. "Um, I guess so. Not really...Kait, what are you doing?" I asked her, noticing that she had her fingers in one of the cracks on the side of the house. "Wait, maybe you shouldn't do that. I'm not too sure about the footing up there." I said, moving to where she was. She rolled her eyes playfully. "Relax, Stefan. Do you believe everything you're told?" She asked in a teasing voice. "No, but I take it into consideration. Seriously, Kait. Don't do it. I don't want you getting hurt..." I said, trying to convince her to get down from the house's side. "I'll be fine, Stefan. Just chill." She said, ignoring me and continuing to climb up the house's side.

She, miraculously, got to the rooftop just fine. "Whoa!" I heard her say, and I immediately climbed up to where she was, putting my hand on her back to keep her from falling. She looked at me, smiling mischievously. "That was not funny..." I muttered, and she giggled. "Aw! Sorry, Stefan. I'll be good now..." Kait said, sitting on the roof's edge. She let her legs hang over the side of the roof, and I did the same. "See? It's even prettier up here..." She said, looking at the horizon from the rooftop. I sighed playfully. "I guess you're right. But don't ever do that again. It was only fun for one of us..." I muttered. She smiled. "If you're talking about almost giving you a heart attack, I found that very enjoyable. It was almost as fun as annoying your brother!" She teased, and I couldn't help but smile.

I heard a knock on the balcony door, and Kait and I looked down. "Stefan? Kait?" Melanie called. She looked up at the roof and smiled. "Sorry for interrupting, but dinner's ready. And Vicky and Logan are looking for you, Kait." She said, and Kait and I nodded. Melanie winked at me before she left, and I sighed. 'Great...One more sibling to tease me...' I thought. I jumped down from the roof and landed on the balcony. Kait stared at me, shocked, but she eventually caught herself. She jumped down from the roof, and I caught her in my arms. Our noses were almost touching, and she blushed a deep scarlet. "Um...Thank you." She said, and I nodded, setting her back on the ground. I took her hand again as we walked inside the house, closing the balcony doors behind us. I smiled to myself when she didn't pull away from my hand, praying I wasn't blushing like she was.