I woke in the morning to find that Cassie was in the shower. I still couldn't believe that we had agreed to stay. I went downstairs to have some breakfast. I wasn't sure if I was just supposed to help myself, but I put some coffee on in a pot. It was at that time that a guy with long brown hair walked into the kitchen. He was about my age. He must have been Elena's brother that no one mentioned.

"Who are you?" He asked me.

"Diana, I don't know if Elena or Jenna said anything but my sister and I are staying here." I explained.

"No one told me about that." He declared before he walked off. I had to admit that was a bit strange.

"Who's the cute guy that just walked by?" Cassie asked as she entered the kitchen.

"I don't know his name but he's Elena which generally means off-limits." I pointed out.

"Why do you have to be such a buzzkill?" I questioned. "So it looks like we're going to school this morning. Are you ready?"

"No, we've been busy all summer." I pointed out. "We don't ever know what this school is going to want."

"So we'll just go with the basics, transcripts, immunization et cetera." She replied. "So you want all As, right?"

"Why do I have a feeling that you're not going for that?" I responded.

"You're the perfect one." She pointed out as Elena came into the kitchen.

"So how did you sleep?" Elena questioned.

"It was okay." I responded. "You didn't tell us you have a brother."

"Well Jeremy's not exactly the most social person." She explained. "So are you two sophomores?"

"Juniors, actually." Cassie answered. It looked like we were skipping a grade. Well it did mean that we wouldn't take as long to graduate.

Later in the day, we went to History. We had been assigned to some guy named Mr. Tanner. People grimaced when we asked for his room. It definitely seemed that he wasn't exactly well-liked around the school.

When we got to class, he started by asking around the class to see if anyone knew about some Civil War battle that happened here.

"Who can tell me how many people died? Miss Bennett?" He asked, looking at Bonnie.

"I'm not sure." Bonnie answered as she twirled her hair "A lot, like a whole lot."

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Miss Bennett." He replied. He definitely seemed like a jerk. He looked to a blonde guy in a letterman jacket. "Mr. Donovan, how would you like to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?"

"That's okay, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it." The guy responded. I couldn't help but giggle. At least he was honest about it.

"Elena, surely you can inform us about one of the town's most historic events." The teacher continued. If I had a textbook, I could have looked it up.

"I'm sorry, but I can't." Elena replied nervously. He then proceeded to tear into her. That seemed like it was just uncalled for.

"There were 346 casualties." Stefan interrupted. I happened to think he was very attractive. "Not counting local civilians."

"That's right Mr.…?" Tanner replied.

"Salvatore." Stefan answered. He then went on to show that he was very smart, possibly smarter than the teacher. I had no problem being with a smart guy. It would probably better than being with that jock.

That night, Cassie and I ended up getting invited to this party in the woods that apparently was a back-to-school tradition around town. There was a lot to drink.

"So I saw that you were making googly eyes at Stefan in class." Cassie told me as she handed me a beer.

"I was not." I argued. She just glanced at me. It was hard lying to someone that you've known all of your life. "Okay, so he's a little cute."

"He's more than just a little cute." She responded. "You know if we're going to be staying, it wouldn't hurt to get some men in our lives."

"I don't know, having guys around might mean them figuring out our secrets. You know that's not something we want." I pointed out.

"Well, he's coming this way." She told me. "You need to make sure that you look hot."

She then walked away and Stefan walked over.

"Hi, I don't think we ever got the chance to formally meet. I'm Stefan Salvatore." He declared as he held his hand out.

"Diana Blackwell." I responded as I shook it. "So have you lived here long?"

"I actually just moved back." He explained. "So where did you and your sister come from?"

"We've been all over lately." I answered. I figured that he probably wouldn't believe that we had escaped a mental institution by using magic. I then noticed the waterfalls that I assumed the city was named after. "Wow, those are amazing."

"Do you want to see them up close?" He asked. I nodded and he took me to a bridge that had a much better view of them. If I was alone, I would have seen what I could do to them. I had parted a river where I used to live. One of my favorite spells was purifying water. It really was my specialty.

"I can see what the Founders were going with." I commented. "They definitely have a mystical feel to them."

"So what's your story?" He asked. "How did you and Cassie wind up here of all places?"

"Well we lost our parents when we were young, which meant foster care. Eventually, we ran away and this is where we ended up. She's been the one person that I could always rely on. I don't know what I'd do without her."

"So are you two going to be staying here?" He questioned.

"We'll stay as long as we're welcome." I remarked before I noticed something weird going on with Stefan's face. "Are you okay? There's something wrong with your eye."

"There's something in it." He replied before he looked away. "I'm going to go get another drink."

He walked off suddenly and I decided to see if mess around a little since no one was watching. Cassie was usually the reckless one, but I did know how to let loose every now and then. I looked at the stream and began to focus, creating a small whirlpool.

I few minutes later, I saw him again at the party. His face seemed to be returned to how it was before he left. I wasn't entirely sure what happened to him, but it looked like it was over. I also began to look around for Cassie.

"So what's the story of that mark on your hand?" Stefan asked, referring to the burn mark that

"It's something that Cassie and I have both had for a long time." I explained. We had no idea what it meant, but I knew they would sometimes glow when we used our power.

"WE NEED AN AMBULANCE!" I heard Cassie scream before I rushed over to see her and Jeremy carrying the waitress for the Grill. She was unconscious and bleeding from the neck.

It didn't take long for the ambulance, police, and animal control to arrival. They were saying that it was an animal attack.

"So what happened?" I asked Cassie.

"I found her and I was getting ready to see if I could heal her before Jeremy showed up and he was freaking out." She explained.

"Well it's probably better that you didn't try to heal her because you could have made it worse." I pointed out. We hadn't yet tried healing spells on humans and our results with animals had resulted in a bit of a mixed bag. "Hopefully they'll be able to help her."

"So where did Stefan go?" She asked.

"I don't know. He just took off." I answered. At that moment, Bonnie came over to us.

"Hey, we're gonna go mainline some coffee." She declared. "Do you wanna come with?"

"No, I think we're just going to head home." I declared. I don't know if it was appropriate to call it home, but maybe it potentially could be. She walked away and we decided to hitch a ride with Elena and Jeremy.

It was late and I was preparing for bed when I couldn't help but notice Stefan from the window. I decided to go down and answer the door.

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"I know it's late, but I just wanted to make sure that you were okay." He responded.

"I'm fine. So would you like to come in?" I questioned.

"Yes." He stated before he stepped inside.

So this chapter is in Diana's POV. You may be wondering how she invited him. Well Jenna's offer to let them stay as long as they wanted, made them residents and thus available to invite vampires in. Please don't forget to review.