Chapter 2: A Feeling

Elena closed her locker after school and hefted her bag on her shoulder; she jumped when she say Stefan on the other side. "Oh! God you scared me." She tittered nervously. He always seemed to pop up out of nowhere.

Stefan had the decency to look down bashfully. "Sorry, I should probably start alerting my arrival." He joked with a half smile.

Elena chuckled. "Yeah, that'd be nice." She heard Bonnie call her name as she approached. "Kinda like that." She teased him. "Hey, Bonnie."

"Hey…hi Stefan." She greeted him formally. She felt really uncomfortable around him for some reason.

He smiled kindly. "Hello Bonnie…did you guys need a lift?" Stefan asked courteously.

Bonnie glanced at Elena quickly. "I brought my car."

Elena glanced back at Stefan. "Yeah and I'm going with her…we're cramming for that test." She explained apologetically. "I'll see you tomorrow?" she questioned as she hugged him and kissed his cheek.

Stefan nodded. "Of course." He smiled and gave a wave to Bonnie.

Bonnie smiled tightly and linked her arm with Elena's as they quickly left the hallway. "Whoa, Bon…what's the hurry?" Elena asked as they got outside.

She shook her head. "I don't know, I just get this weird vibe from him." She rushed out, slowly her pace as they approached her car. She got in and threw her bag in the back.

"From Stefan? Why?" Elena asked perplexed.

Bonnie shrugged. "I don't know…it's like a really bad feeling." She shuddered a little. She wasn't sure if she should tell Elena what she learned over the summer from her Grams; she didn't think she would believe her.

Elena looked curiously at her friend. "Is everything okay, Bonnie?"

Bonnie looked up with a scared look on her face. "If I tell you something do you promise to believe me?" She had to tell her. Elena was her best friend, she couldn't keep this contained to her herself and her Grams…plus if her feeling was right than she needed to warn Elena.

"Absolutely…you've really got me worried, what's going on?" she tried to keep herself calm. She didn't want to freak Bonnie out by freaking out herself.

Bonnie sighed, and threw the car into drive, making her way back to her place. "This summer…I spent a lot of time with my Grams." She started hesitantly. "Remember how I told you that I had I had ancestors from Salem?" she glanced at Elena to see her reaction. All she did was nod, waiting for her to continue. "Well…according to Grams they were witches. I mean she told me that before but she was always really drunk." She chuckled.

Elena gave Bonnie a look of awe. "So it's true…you come from a line of witches?"

She smiled and glanced at Elena. "I am a witch." She pulled into her driveway and parked the car. The two of them got out and made their way up the porch. "Grams didn't want me to tell anyone, but I couldn't keep this from you." Elena was silent as she followed Bonnie up to her room, taking in all this information. It made sense; all the funny feelings and the weird coincidences, it all added up. Bonnie let Elena into her room and closed the door behind her. "I wanna show you something." She exclaimed in an excited tone. She hopped onto the bed and grabbed the small fluffy pillow sitting between her bed pillows.

Elena joined her on the bed and sat across from her eager friend. Bonnie used a pen to stab a hole in it before tearing the pillow open and letting the feathers float to the bed. "What are you doing Bonnie?"

"Just watch." Bonnie raised her hands over the feathers and lifted them slowly in the air, bringing the feathers up with her. Soon all the white quills were floating around her room spinning and fluttering lightly.

"Oh my God." Elena breathed out in shock and feeling this excitement for her friend that made her break out in a beaming grin. She looked all around the room before gazing at Bonnie. "This is unbelievable!"

Bonnie slowly brought all the feathers down and smiled at Elena. "I know…I've learned a couple other new tricks too." After a minute she looked seriously at the brunette. "Elena…that feeling that I got from Stefan…it has something to do with me being a witch. Grams said it was a warning." She informed reluctantly. How do you tell your best friend that her new boyfriend is dangerous?

"A warning for what?" Elena asked swallowing hard. Damon words came back to her: lies…obsession…not healthy.

Bonnie sighed. "Danger…every time I touch him I feel cold, I feel death." She admitted quietly. At Elena wide eyed expression she continued. "I'm sorry Elena…I know you don't want to believe this…"

Elena shook her head. "No, Bonnie I believe you…then what Damon said was true." She mumbled to herself.

"Who's Damon?"

"Stefan's brother…he said Stefan had this obsession with me, that I should get out while I can." It sounded so silly to her. That Stefan would be so obsessed with her in this short amount of time, that he could even be cable of being so dangerous…he was always so calm and reserved and sweet.

Bonnie frowned. "Maybe he's right…Elena what do you really know about him?" she prodded.

Elena shrugged. "Not much…he's pretty private about his life. I know he has a brother, and his uncle's name is Zack. I know about his ex girlfriend Katherine who apparently is the love of his life." She rolled her eyes with the last statement, as she played with a feather.

"That's not really a lot." Bonnie responded. "Maybe you should take a break from him."

"I don't know…I really like him, and maybe he's just guarded that way. Everyone has a past." She defended gently. Elena told herself she'd give it one more chance to find out what Stefan was being so secretive about and if he didn't provide the answers she needed then she would take both Damon and Bonnie's advice and just leave it alone.

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The next day was a Saturday, and Elena was waiting for Stefan to come over to hang out. She prepared herself for the talk that she was going to try and have with him. About this Katherine.

When Elena heard the doorbell ring she came into the hallway and pulled the door open to find Stefan on the other side. "Hey, come in." They walked into the living room and got comfy on the couch in front of the TV. They chatted for a while about school before Elena changed the subject. "Can you tell me about Katherine?" she asked casually.

Stefan's good mood slowly faded. "Why? I already told you I was over her." He answered shortly. His voice held no emotion, but had an edge to it that put Elena off.

She shrugged and tucked a leg under her as she turned towards him. "I know, but she was a part of your life once…you never tell me about your past." She dropped her eyes to her hands in her lap.

Stefan sighed. "That's because it's my past. I don't like to rehash it." He stated impatiently. Why did everyone want to bring up his past with Katherine? First it was Damon, then Katherine herself, and now Elena. "Why are you so interested in Katherine?" he questioned in a gentler tone than before.

Elena didn't like the way he seemed so aggravated by her question. It wasn't like she was pestering him about it, she was just curious, and his attitude was making her a little nervous. "Well Damon implied-"

Stefan looked at her sharply with a deep frown. "You're talking to Damon now?" he exclaimed in disbelief.

"He gave me a ride home yesterday." She explained quietly.

Stefan shook his head. "You should stay away from him, he's dangerous." His voice was firm and held no room for discussion.

Elena was so confused. Damon was dangerous, Stefan was dangerous…she didn't know what to believe anymore. That was such an odd word to use; dangerous…it implied something she wasn't sure if she was ready to explore. "Dangerous?" her confusion turned into anger. "Well at least he opened up more than you do!" She shot back raising her voice. "What is going on Stefan? Why do I feel like I'm missing something?"

He couldn't believe his brother. Planting seeds and words in her head like that, turning her against him. "Nothing, Elena, just drop it!" he bellowed. His eyes turned red around the rim and the skin under his eyes tightened.

Elena's eyes widened in shock. "Whoa, your eyes…are you okay?" she tried to get a better look, but Stefan turned away.

Stefan calmed himself down and stood quickly. "I'm fine. I should go." With out another word he left, leaving Elena sitting there shell shocked. What was going on? What was he hiding and what happened to his face? That wasn't normal was it?

She knew what Bonnie said, but Elena just couldn't give up until she knew what was going on. She was way too curious for her own good. Making her decision Elena jumped up off the couch, grabbed her keys and headed for the door.

Stefan walked to her house so she knew she would make it to the Boarding House before him. She just hoped that it wouldn't be awkward. She made the drive to the Salvatore house a nervous wreck, her hands gripping the steering wheel so hard her knuckles were white.

She pulled into the driveway and ran up to the door, knowing she didn't have much time. She knocked loudly. Seconds later, Damon opened the door with his black button up undone. He smirked at Elena sexily as he leaned on the door. "You just can't stay away can you?" he teased.

Elena sighed ignoring the comment. "Is Stefan here?" she asked anxiously.

"Just left." Elena frowned in puzzlement. "He went for a run." Damon explained smoothly. He was tempted to tell her he was hunting bunnies, but decided he wanted Elena to stick around a little, and telling her that was sure to send her running. "You shouldn't be here."

Elena chose to overlook what Damon said, he was probably mistaken. He couldn't have just been here if he had just been at her house…he wasn't superman. "I needed to talk to you." She stated off a sigh.

Damon frowned. "Bout what?" He opened the door for her so she wasn't standing out of the stoop. She walked into the living room and Damon followed her, not so subtly checking out her ass. His eyes quickly looked away when she turned around to face him.

"I want you to tell me everything." Elena announced determinately as she crossed her arms.

Damon rolled his eyes. "Well that's specific…wanna vague that up for me?" his voice oozed with sarcasm.

"Stefan is being evasive and I know there is something he isn't telling me." She knew that she shouldn't be doing this. She was invading Stefan's privacy by asking his brother to divulge all his secrets, but she needed to be sure she was making the right decision. It didn't once occur to her that she trusted the opinion of a man she knew for two minutes over her supposed boyfriend. "I want to trust him, but he's not making it very easy."

"Come on Damon…tell her what she wants to know." Elena frowned at the voice that sounded a lot like her own.

She turned around and was left in shock for the second time that day. The figure behind her was a spitting image of herself. The only difference was her style of clothes and the curly locks of hair. "What?" Elena breathed out looking at her mirror image with astonishment.

Kat smiled charmingly. "Hello Elena, I'm Katherine. God you are so pretty." She commented conceitedly as she canted her head to the side.

Elena shook her head. "How is this possible?" she glanced at Damon who had an amused grin on his face. "Damon…" she called to him begging for an answer.

"Do you see what I mean now? Do you see how he's using you as a replacement?" he prodded stepping closer to her.

Elena shook her head, bring a hand to her temple. "I don't care about that right now; how do we look exactly alike?" she addressed Katherine. "I don't understand."

"You're my doppelganger; an exact replica of ones self. It's a long story." Kat responded with a wave of her hand. "Maybe you should ask your witch friend to do a little research."

"You know Bonnie?" Elena questioned. How did she know she was a witch if I, her best friend, only found out yesterday? "How did you know she was a witch?"

"We know a lot of things." Damon piped up. "The question is…what do you know?" he raised a brow at her. "You wanna know what Stefan's hiding? Why you look like Katherine? Honestly, I don't think you can handle it." He claimed as he walked over to the wet bar and poured himself a drink.

Elena glared at his back. "I can handle it."

Before she could even blink Damon was in front of her an inch away from her face. "Are you sure?"

Elena stumbled back in alarm. "H-how did you do that?"

Damon shrugged before taking a sip of his drink. "Just a perk to what I am." He sauntered closer to her as she continued to move away from him. "What we are…still this you can handle it?"

Elena put on a brave face, and stood her ground, looking between him and Katherine. God…she was the curious cat that was about to get killed. "Yes." Katherine sped to her, and Elena held her breath as she started into her own eyes. Katherine's eyes turned red before her and veins popped under them. Elena couldn't believe her eyes. When her double opened her mouth, Elena saw the sharp teeth descend from her gums.

It was all making sense now. Bonnie's warning of death, Stefan's constant popping up out of nowhere, the way he was so closed off and secretive about his past…the way his eyes changed when he got mad at her today. "You're vampires…" she whispered in shock.

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A/N: Sooo Elena knows now! How does she handle it, and what comes next? Stay tuned to find out. Thank you for all your reviews! I love them!

Vanessa