A/N: Okay, I decided to add Rephaim as a member of the group. He's in human form in this story, just to let you know.

A few minutes later, Rephaim came in the room. "Hey, what'd I miss?"

"Actually, you're just in time for this book club thing." Stevie Rae told him. Then a thought occurred to her. "Um, you've read books before, right?"

"The Gilcrease had a library. I'd read in my free time when I was healing." Rephaim explained. "A lot of interesting things that humans have written about."

"Don't forget you're just as human as I am now." Aphrodite said.

"I actually liked most of them. The one about the girl who could see the ghost of her sister was interesting."

"Well, you see, we're having a discussion on a vampire book series." Stevie Rae explained.

"I've read a lot of those books, too. Though they are far from the truth."

"But they're still entertaining." Stark pointed out.

"I'd have to agree with you on that." There was an awkward silence. Rephaim sat next to Stevie Rae.

"Okay, so let's start with The Awakening." Aphrodite said.

"I did not like Elena at all in the beginning." Erin said.

"Why, just because you have a similar appearance to how she's described?" Aphrodite asked.

"Because she acts like a total bitch in this book." Shaunee filled in for her.

"Yeah, she sort of reminds me of Aphrodite."

"Hey!"

"Guys!" Zoey said, getting up to intervene if necessary.

"I'd say she's more similar to that psychic girl." Venus said. "You know, having weird visions and all that."

"Please, she is my least favorite character." Aphrodite said. "Though, she's also somewhat relatable."

"What I don't understand is why that Caroline girl is so mean to her former friends." Rephaim said.

"I didn't get it, either." Stevie Rae explained. "I think she was just jealous of Elena's popularity."

"Yeah, it was hard to figure out why she was being so cold to them." Stark added. "Especially on the first day back at school."

"Let's not forget there's so much that happens in the first few days or so." Zoey added.

"Yeah. What did you guys think of Stefan at first?"

"He's like this deep person and at the same time he just wants to fit in at this school." Damien said.

"Yeah, well, who doesn't want to fit in?" Zoey asked. "It's what we all wanted when we first got admitted here."

"With a few exceptions." Stevie Rae pointed out. She held onto Rephaim's hand. He smiled at her.

"But he's also got some complications of his own, being vampire in a school full of humans." Jack pointed out.

"He tries to avoid Elena because she looks exactly like the girl he fell in love with when he was human." Rephaim said. "I guess the memories must've been too painful."

"It's a lot worse when you find out that…" Damien began. Erin put her hand over his mouth.

"Please, let's try not to ruin the rest of the series right now." Erin told him.

"Sorry. Sometimes I get ahead of myself."

"We've all been there." Zoey said.

"I felt so bad for Matt when she broke up with him." Stevie Rae said.

"I agree with you on that, girlfriend." Kramisha said.

"True, but she felt like she didn't belong with him." Damien pointed out. "I mean, she still likes him, but he just wasn't the right guy."

"I know. But you know what it's like. It's how you find out who you're really meant to be with." Jack told him.

"He reminds me of Heath." Zoey said. "He's always willing to help her, even if it hurts to be around her."

"That's right. He was a football player, too, wasn't he?" Venus asked.

Stark took Zoey's hand. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good. I was just having a moment, you know?" Everyone else suddenly felt uncomfortable. Finally, Rephaim changed the subject.

"What about that part where the girls ran out of the cemetery?"

"Oh, that was so scary." Stevie Rae said. "I got goosebumps just reading it."

"Yeah, you know what else?" Aphrodite asked. "We never figured out who was chasing them."

"I always assumed it was you-know-who trying to scare them." Zoey said.

"Yeah, same here." Shaunee said.

"And here." Erin added.

"I always thought it was that other person using her powers to chase them." Kramisha said.

"Well, I guess that's something we could argue about all day." Jack said.

"Let's not forget the scene before it." Aphrodite said. "That Meredith girl might be cool, but she's also kinda weird."

"I liked Meredith." Shaunee defended. Kramisha and Stevie Rae agreed with her.

"Personally, I prefer Bonnie." Erin said.

"Yeah, but still. Who does a blood oath just to help her friend get some guy?" Aphrodite asked. "If I remember, Mer's the one who came up with the idea."

"I think she was just trying to cheer her up after that incident." Rephaim said. "But I do agree that it may not have been the best idea."

"It was a little over the top, but what did you expect?" Stevie Rae asked. "Were they supposed to just let her fall apart?"

"Of course not, but swearing not to rest until she made sure they were dating and for her friends to help her with anything relating to it is a little extreme." Aphrodite said.

"Yeah, I kinda didn't get it." Kramisha agreed.

"I think it's supposed to symbolize their bond." Zoey said. "From what I know from some of the ritual books here, using blood in a spell is normally used to bind something."

"Like keeping to your word, no matter how bad it gets." Stark said, following her.

"Yeah. If I remember, Bonnie got scared because the blood pact meant sticking to that oath no matter what happens." Damien added.

"Well, from what I got from the bridge scene, she scares really easily." Rephaim pointed out. "She even gets scared of her own visions."

"Can you blame her?" Aphrodite asked. "My visions get kinda scary, too. Predicting an accident or death that can be prevented is not fun at all." There was a silence.

"That's true." Zoey said. "Although yours come from the Goddess."

"At least she's not descended from the druids or Wiccans or whatever they are." Erin pointed out.

"Still, either way it sucks." Aphrodite pointed out.

"Okay, we can compare you with this book character all day or we could start talking about the actual book itself." Stevie Rae said. "What do you think?"

"Yeah, this is getting kinda off topic." Zoey agreed.

"Besides, not like we can't talk about Aphrodite when she's not in the same room." Shaunee pointed out.

"Very good point, Twin." Erin added.

"Yo, Dorkamise Twins, focus on the book discussion and not me!" Aphrodite yelled, frustrated.

"I think we all need to take five." Zoey said. "What do you say, meet back here in a few minutes?" Everyone agreed and got up from their seats.