I shook my head as he continued to linger in my mind. Everything about him was hard to shake away. No matter what I did, I could never forget about him. I've tried everything but nothing seemed to work. He have saved my life quite a few times in the past, some from boredom, and some from real life or death situations.

I paused as I thought about that night. If it wasn't for Elijah then I would be dead. Burnt to the ground with my childhood home and my parents.

Sighing, I stared down into my black and white polka dot bowl. Why do I keep punishing myself by thinking about that day? Nightmares plague me, so thinking about it during the day would probably drive me to insanity.

"I need some aspirin." I was startled from my mental ramblings by Alaric. So he was still here. I thought he was gone. How long was I just sitting there staring into nothing? I tilted my head to the side as I regarded him. I shrugged. How was I supposed to know where it was? I haven't been here for a long time.

"Ask Elena. She should know where it is." I pointed to Elena who was still sitting at the table, eating her breakfast. Wow, she takes a long time to eat.

As Alaric stumbled to the cupboard, he almost tripped over his own feet. I walked over to the sink. If I'm going to be living here permanent, then I might as well offer my free time to do the housework, I decided. When I was younger, I would always offer to do the chores even though I was expected to. I loved helping people out.

Nodding to myself, I grabbed my black iPod touch. Opening my music, I selected my favourite playlist. I picked a random song. I smiled as 'I Don't Care' from Fall Out Boy blasted through my headphones. I squealed silently. This is my favourite song from Fall Out Boy so far. I swayed my hips as I dipped the bowl into the sink. Bubbles covered every inch of my arms. With some scrubbing, I made sure that it was clean.

Happy with my work, I wiped away the excess soap and water. I placed the bowl in the comforts of the cupboard.

I pulled my ear buds out, wrapping them loosely around my neck. I paused my music, noting that 'A Little Less Sixteen Candles..." was playing. Yes! Another favourite of mine.

When I peered up from my iPod, I could see that Elena was still eating her breakfast. Alaric was also sitting at the table, opposite Elena, holding his head. Must be a bad hangover.

I was about to play my music again, when I heard the door bell ring. Hmm. Who could it be? One of Elena's friends, maybe?

I shrugged to myself as I grabbed my water from the fridge. Closing the fridge door, I heard the front door close. Must be important. I treaded across the wooden floor to the stairs. However, as I went to step on the first step of the stairs, I heard a part of the conversation. Of course, I didn't mean to but I was interested.

"The medical examiner was killed-" My eyes widened as I pulled away from the door. I was taken aback. Somebody had been murdered. What did that have to do with Elena? Maybe something to do with Alaric? I crept closer, placing my ear lightly against the dark brown door.

"-found only one clear set," there was a short pause, "yours."

"What?" I heard Elena murmurded.

I gasped, stumbling backwards. In my shocked trance, I dropped my water. The shattering glass alerted my presence to the visitor and my cousin. I was so shocked that I couldn't hear the rest of the conversation. But, murder? No! I definitely knew it wasn't Elena. She wasn't like that.

The door was thrown open, causing a loud bang as the door smashed again the wall. Three people rushed into the house, making me jump in surprise. Two people stood there looking for danger and one was searching for me. Elena grabbed me by the arm and held me against her. What the-

I let out a little scream as the middle-aged woman pointed a gun around the room. So I wasn't particularly keen on guns or knives. I have had a bad past with them.

The woman appeared to be in a state of shock as she turned around to find me in a surrender position. Why was she in shock? Then it clicked, she hasn't seen me for a long time. I was slightly different from that day. Taking a closer look, I recognised her to be Sheriff Forbes.

I gave a small wave as she continued to stare. Feeling my shyness creep into me, I scurried into the kitchen to get away from the stares. After what felt like hours, I gathered my wits and pushed myself away from the table. As I was about to lift myself from the chair, Elena and Alaric came into the kitchen.

Elena came over to table and stood close to me. She had her phone on the table, calling someone. Who? I have no idea. Alaric was pacing around the table. Really wished he would stand still.

"So, you're the prime suspect." A masculine voice ran through the speaker. His voice sounded very familiar, but I just don't know where I heard it from.

"She doesn't think that I did it. She's just trying to find out why someone used one of my family's weapon to kill a council member."

"Well, why don't you just ask Ric if he's dirty little doctor had any access to the weapons."

Alaric opened a bag full of...weapons? What the hell was going on around here?

"You're on speaker phone, dick." Alaric was not happy.

"I'm just saying, first suspect is usually the right one. So don't get so defensive."

"Brian Walters was killed days ago. I-I didn't Meredith this stuff til last night."

Elena pulled out her hair, which I was totally jealous of. She had longer hair than me.

"It wasn't Meredith."

"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend. Ric saw them fighting that night."

Elena slammed her hands on the table, "it's not Meredith, okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with friends is that tragic."

"Who else knows about your secret little slayer stash."

Slayer stash?

"We've got weapons everywhere. Here, the school, my loft, the car."

"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us." Klaus? I know someone called Klaus.

"What if it was Stefan? He was crazy that night. You know, he was trying to get under Klaus's skin. He capable of pretty much anything." Stefan? Another person I heard of. Actually the Stefan I know, was a friend of Klaus's. Stefan Salvatore. Something was wrong when Elena spoke of that name. A bad past?

"Ah. It makes me nostalgic for the time when Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist. Anyway I got to go -" I blocked out the speech. A bunny snacking pacifist? What was wrong with him?

"Hey, where are you?"

"Tea with an old friend." He hung up. I was so confused. I looked up at Elena to find her staring at Alaric. She looked back to me then to Alaric and nodded at him.

"Maybe it's time to tell you the truth."