Dear diary, I had another nightmare, but I don't think these are nightmares anymore, they feel too real. I was in the forest camping with my boyfriend when something attacked us. So now I am writing to take my mind off of that 'vision'. So today I feel different, I don't know why but my psychic feelings are getting stronger. I am scared that what I feel may be possible, I could talk to Bonnie, she'd probably understand. I don't know what's gonna happen between Tyler and I, because this morning is...different. There is change. I can sense it, feel it.

I'm awake. For the first time in a long time, I feel completely and undeniably wide awake.

For once, I don't regret the day before it begins.

I welcome the day...

Because I know...

I will see her again.

I will see him again. For the first time in a long time, I feel good.

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I put my diary away and open the curtains, I embrace the morning light. I am happy, living in the moment. I recall last nights event and I jump up and down, I even squealed like a girl. Then reality hit, I have to get dressed. What can I wear that today, something that Tyler would maybe like? No I got to dress, because I want to look good. I dres myself, then go to the mirror. Hmm I wear ponytails a lot, I do loose today, yes perfect. I'm done later than usual, I know this because Elena and Aunt Jenna are already in the kitchen.

"Do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" Jenna asked

"Depends on where you're going." Elena replies while grabbing the milk from the fridge.

"Pass the coffee please?" I ask

"Sure love" Elena says

"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference." Jenna says while fiddling with her hair, "hair up or down?"

Jenna puts her hair up.

"Sexy stewardess." Elena says

Jenna lets it down.

Elena pulls a face and says, "boozy housewife."

Jenna laughs, "up it is. You're feisty today."

"Yeah I agree, what's up?" I ask

Elena smiles, "I feel good, which is rare. So I've decided to go with it. Fly free, walk on the sunshine, and all that stuff. Where is Jeremy?"

"He left early. Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse." Jenna says

Elena and I look at each other confused, Jenna sees us.

"There is no wood shop, is there?" Jenna sighs

"No.", we say together

Jenna sighs again, "yeah."

Hospital

Jeremy stands outside Vicki's room. Looking concerned

A nurse came by and said, "you can't be in here, hon. Visiting hours don't start till 9:00."

"I just...how is she?" Jeremy asked, emotions are thick in his voice

"She's lost a lot of blood.", the nurse says while checking Vicki

"Yeah, but she's gonna be OK, right?" Jeremy asks hopefully

The nurse looked at him and said, "she needs her rest. So you come back later. Come on."

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So naturally I go from the most amazing morning to hell, in the face of last period, history. So to get my mind off Tannersaurus-rex, I think about Tyler. I have yet to see him again, maybe at after school I'll go look for him. Wait that will make me look too desperate, no I won't do that. When I see him I'll just be like 'oh hi' and smile. Thinking about him brings butterflies to my stomach. Oh no Bonnie's smiling at me, I think I'm blushing. I look to Elena, but she looking at Stefan, or their look at each other with doey eyes. I look to front, I feel Tanner's eyes on me. I get turned off so fast, its like thinking about a naked grandma, or that's what I heard straight guys do. Tanner smiles at me, that so creepy, in my mind he looks like the exorcist girl. I better pay attention before he asks me a question.

"Originally discovered nearly 5 centuries ago, it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over 145 years. Now, the comet will be its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration." I hear him say, but he stops and looks at the lovey pair, "Are we bothering you, Mr. Salvatore? Ms. Gilbert?", he asks

Elena and Stefan drop their gazes. The bell rings, thank god. I pack my stuff and leave, as I walk out the class I feel Tanner looking at me. He doesn't say anything he just stares, beyond creepy.

Anyway I get to my locker and Elena's already there with Stefan. I pack my books away while listening them.

"I brought it.", he says and hands her a book, "told you."

Elena looks surprised, "'Wuthering Heights' by Ellis Bell. You know, I can't believe she didn't use her real name."

"All the Bronte sisters used pseudonyms. It was the time. Female writers weren't very accepted then.", he says

"Where did you get it?" Elena asks curiously

"Uh, it was passed down. Through the family.", he says. That didn't sound very true

Elena smiles, "Ah."

Stefan smiles too and says, "I have lots of books. Go ahead. Keep it."

"Oh, no. I...but I would like to read it again. I promise I'll give it back." Elena says. At this point I leave to go find Bonnie

"Ok." I hear Stefan say, before I'm out of earshot

So I look around and find Bonnie with Caroline, they're talking. I stayed close in case I can get a moment her.

"I'm confused. Are you psychic or clairvoyant?" Caroline asks

Bonnie thinks for a bit then says, "technically, Grams says I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor so I kinda tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches? I don't think so."

"Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guy from last night." Caroline says dreamily

Bonnie laughs, "I didn't see him, you did. Why didn't you just talk to him?"

Caroline laughs, "I don't know. I was drunk."

I realised that I'm not getting a chance to talk to her, so I decide to go home. I'm walking and I see Jeremy push Tyler, and I walk faster to get there. When I get there Jeremy walks past me, I look at Tyler.

Tyler sees me and shouts after Jeremy, "damn, that was like a death threat.", he turns to the girls beside him,"Did you hear that?"

I shake my head, course he didn't feel the same. He just jumps from one person to the other, I angrily turn and walk after Jeremy.

"Harry! Harry!", he calls out to me, but I ignore him and carry on walking.

He doesn't run after me, I'm glad because I don't want to talk to him right now. I make my way home, to find comfort in my room. I may be angry now, but I know that when I get home, I'm going to cry.

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I'm sitting on the park table gathering my thoughts, Elena. She may look like Katherine but, she's nothing like her. Everyday I'm with her, the feeling to get close to her grows. I hear people talking, I have super hearing. It does get irritating, but I learned to control it. I hear Elena's voice, she's speaking to someone. Matt, i tune my hearing to listen to them.

"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Matt says, their talking about his sister

"That's good news." Elena says

"Yeah.", he sighs

"Did you get in touch with your mom?" Elena asks

"Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so...we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home.", he says

"Vicki's lucky that she's ok." Elena says,

Matt sighs, "I know, and now there's talk of some missing campers."

"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" Elena asks

Matt hesitates, "she said it was a vampire." My eyes widens briefly at this

"What?" Elena says shocked

Matt says, "Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters "vampire" and then passes out."

Elena says, "OK, that is weird."

"I think she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guy?" Matt asks

"Matt, the last thing that I want to do is hurt you." Elean says apologetically

Matt sigh, "you know, I'm...I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I want to be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night." I leave at this point. I have to get to the hospital.

In the history class

"As Jeremy's teacher, I'm concerned. All right? It's the third day of school and he's skipped six of his classes." Tanner says

Jenna looks at him in disbelief, "Mr. Tanner, are you aware that Jeremy and Elena's parents died?"

Tanner thinks for a bit then says, "Four months ago, a great loss. Car accident. Wickery bridge, if I remember correctly. And you're related to the family how? The, uh, mother's kid sister?"

"Younger sister." Jenna corrects him

"Right." Tanner smiled

"Yes." Jenna says, she looks at Jeremy's file again, "six classes? Are you sure? I mean, that's kind of hard to do."

Tanner then says blatantly, "Not when you're on drugs." Jenna gasped, Tanner then continued, "It's his attempt at coping, Ms. Summers. And the signs are there. He's moody, withdrawn, argumentative, hungover. Are there any other relatives in the picture?"

"I'm their sole guardian." Jenna says quietly

Tanner looks at her disappovingly, "Uh-huh. Could there be?"

"What are you suggesting, exactly?" Jenna says defensively

"It's an impossible job, isn't it, raising three teens?" Tanner asks

Jenna smiles confidently, "It's been tough, but, no, it's not."

"Wrong answer. It is an extremely impossible job, and anything less and you're not doing it properly." Tanner says

Hospital

I had some thing to take care of first, so when I finally get to the hospital Matt's already there. He is waiting with Vicki, she stirs and wakes up in a panic.

Matt jumps into action and tries to calm her, "Whoa! Vick. Vicki, hey. Vick, it's Matt. Hey, what's wrong?"

"No! No! Get off! No! No! No!" Vicki shouts

"Nurse!" Matt shouts and runs out the room in search of a doctor

Nows my chance, I use my vamp speed to get to her. I look into her eyes and start compelling her.

"It was an animal that attacked you. It came out of the night and jumped you. You blacked out. It's all you remember." I say

"It's all I remember.", she repeats

"An animal attacked you. You blacked out. It's all you remember." I compel again

"It's all I remember.", she repeats again.

I take my leaves just as matt finds a nurse

"Nurse! I need help! It's my sister." Matt says

The nurese looks at Vicki then says, "she seems fine."

Matt sees me leaving and follows me, I turn into the first room I see. Oh no, this is a blood donating room. I feel my face change as the hunger kicks in, I see a window and I make a quick escape. Now I can go home and tell Damon that I fixed his mistake.

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Caroline, Bonnie and I are at Mystic Grill, having girly talk. Its all about boys, cheer leading, boys, latestest trends and boys. It's the first time we talked like this since my parents accident, it feels nice to just hang with the girls. Right now we're talking about the comet, I asked what they thought about it.

Bonnie thinks for a bit and says, "Well, I was talking to Grams, and she said the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity."

Caroline laughs, "yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens.", then she look to me and asks, "So then what?" Referring to Stefan

"So then nothing." I say

"You and Stefan talked all night? There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind?" Caroline asks

"Nope. We didn't go there." I say

Caroline looks at me with disbelief, "Not even a handshake? I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut.", she says

I laugh and say, "We just talked for hours."

Caroline gets worked up, "OK, what is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already! Ok, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex!"

"Profound." I say

Then I thought about it and got up

"Where are you going?" Bonnie asks

"Caroline's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying what I was going to do." I say with determination.

I say my goodbyes, i get in my car and make my way over to the boarding house.

Gilbert Residence

"I picked up dinner. Tacos. I had an urge for guacamole." Jenna says

"No, I'm good, thanks." Jeremy laughs

"Eat anyway. It's a ruse. I want to talk." Jenna says

Jeremy starts to leave.

"Hey, you! Come. Sit.", Jenna commands and Jeremy sits down, "Back in school, freshman year, I could eat my weight in nachos, with extra cheese. It was my munchie food whenever I got stoned.

"You got high?" Jeremy asks surprised

Jenna smiles, "Yeah. And it worked. For a while. Never lasts, though. Hey, I'm not saying I wouldn't love to rail back and kick it, but with a thesis looming and a waistline expanding..."

Jenna hears the door close and sees that Jeremy is gone. She sighs and eat a nacho

Hospital

Matt is sleeping on a chair. Vicki wakes up. She throws a gelatin container at Matt. Matt stirs.

"What the..." He says

Vicki laughs, "Finally you're awake."

Matt smiles, "Hey. How are you feeling? You look better. I was worried before. You really had me freaked out with all that screaming."

Vicki looks at him confused, "wait, what are you talking about?"

"You don't remember?" He asks

"I feel fine." Vicki says

Matt smiles, "good, good. Doctor said you could come home tomorrow. Vick, what attacked you in the woods?"

Vicki hesitates, "an animal. What else could it have been?", she asks

Jeremy arrives and says, "Hey. How do you feel?"

"I'm OK." Vicki says awkwardly

"I...I'm gonna...I'm gonna go grab a coffee. Hey, Jer." Matt says, sensing that they want privacy

"Why are you here?" Vicki asks quietly once Matt was out of earshot

"I just wanted to see how you were doing." Jeremy says

"Did you see that look on Matt's face? That was suspicion. I don't want people to find out about us, Jeremy." Vicki says seriously

Jeremy sighs, "well, you gotta get over that."

"Tyler is finally showing some interest." Vicki says

"You have to get over that, too. Do you see Mr. Concerned? Tyler? Are you under there? No." Jeremy laughs

Vicki also laughed, then she says, "It's not cool for people to know. Ok? I'm older than you, and Matt and Elena would freak."

"No one's going to suspect anything. Why wouldn't I check on you? I mean, I'm the one who found you." Jeremy says

"You are?" Vicki asks surprised

Jeremy nodded, "yeah, I carried you out of the woods."

"Thank you." Vicki sas

"Yeah, you're welcome." Jeremy smiles

Salvatore Boarding House

I finally get to the boarding house and I start having seconds thoughts. No, I'm gonna do this. I get out of the car and walk up to the door and freeze. Am I really doing, I mean what if he's not here. I should just leave, I turn around. No I said I was gonna do this so I'm gonna do it. I turn back around and knock on the door. It opens and I look at it with confusion, is there anybody here? I walk inside.

"Stefan? Stefan?" I call out

A crow flew into to the house, I turn to see where it flew, but instead I see a man standing there. I had a fright and I say, "I...I'm sorry for barging in. The door was...open."

The man smiled, "you must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother."

"He didn't tell me he had a brother." I say

Damon laughs, "well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second."

"Wow. This is your living room?" I say in awe

"Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why my brother's so smitten. It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him." He said

"The last one?" I ask confused

Damon replies, "yeah. Katherine, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet."

"Nope." I say awkwardly

"Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up now. Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end.", he says smugly

"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end." I say defensively

Damon just brushes it off, "I'm a fatalist. Hello, Stefan."

Stefan ignores him, "Elena. I didn't know you were coming over."

I try to explain, "I know. I should have called, I just..."

"Oh, don't be silly. You're welcome any time." Damon interrupts, then looks at Stefan, "Isn't she, Stefan? You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some home movies. But...I have to warn you. He wasn't always such a looker."

Stefan looks at Damon, then at me, "Thank you for stopping by, Elena. Nice to see you."

I look betwen them and say, "yeah, I should probably go. It was nice to meet you, Damon."

Damon smiles, "Great meeting you, too, Elena."

I try to leave, but Stefan is blocking the door. He is staring at damon very intensely

"Stefan...Stefan?" I say trying to get his attention.

He moves out the way, I look at him one last time and I leave. I get in my car and drive home. I wonder what's up with them, they seem very tense around each other. Anyway they probably have some things to sort out. I turn on the radio and listen to some music on my way home.

Meanwhile at the Salvatore Boarding House

"Great gal. Whoo. She's got spunk. You, on the other hand, look pooped. Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess...hospital." Damon says

"Someone had to clean up your mess." Stefan says

Damon laughs, "well, were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember, if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks work right."

"How long was Elena here?" Stefan asks

"Were you worried, Stefan? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game, 'I'm a high school human'?" Damon says, mocking him

"I'm not playing any game." Stefan says

Damon laugh, "Of course you are. We both know the closest you'll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it."

"What kind of game are you playing, Damon?" Stefan asks suspiciously

Damon smiles, "Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won'tlaughs

Gilbert Residence

The drive took a few minutes, but I'm home now. When I enter I see Aunt Jenna in the kitchen. She asked me how my day was. I told her about the Mystic Grill and the boarding house.

"He's on the rebound and has raging family issues." I say

Jenna smiles, "well, at least it's an ex-girlfriend. Wait till you date a guy with mommy issues or cheating issues. Or amphetamine issues."

Just then Jeremy comes in, from where ever he was

"Jeremy? Jeremy, where were you?" Jenna asks sternly

Jeremy smiles clearly high, "more stoner stories? Look, Jenna, I get it, you were cool. And so that's...that's cool."

"Oh, no, no, no!" Jenna says angrily

She picks up an apple and throws it at him

"Ow! Why? Why...why did you do that?" Jeremy says rubbing his sore spot

"Listen up! Quit ditching class or you're grounded. No discussion." Jenna scolds

"Parental authority, I like it. Sleep tight." Jeremy laughs

Jenna sighs, I give her a sad look. Then we hear someone running downstairs.

"Shit, shit, shit. Motherfucker" Harry said as he ran into the kitchen

"Language!" Jenna scolds

"Sorry, I can't believe I forgot" harry says

"Forgot what?" I ask

"The candles! For the square tomorrow" Harry says clearly stressed, "I fell asleep, I didn't realize the time. I should have started sooner, now I'll never have enough time"

"Harry...Harry!" I get his attention and say, "Harry, breathe. You can do this"

He finally calms down

"Much better" I smile

"Thank you" he says

He gets four pots down and start melting wax. He prepares lots of candle molds. I smile at him and say my good nights and go up to bed. Jenna stays with him.

I wake up the next morning, its Saturday. I go downstairs and see three boxes of candles finished. Harry must've been working through the night and didn't sleep. I see him in the kitchen still busy.

"Morning Harry" I say

"Hey Elena, your coffee is over there" he says

I look at him questioningly

"I heard you coming down" he says

"How did you know it was me?" I ask

"Magic...I'm just messing with you" he laughs, then says, "your the only one still here"

"Where'd everyone go?" I ask

"Jenna went to pick up the pamphlets and Jeremy is who knows where, he's not himself these days" he says

"Yeah" I say

"You're on pamphlet duty" Harry says, changing the subject

"What?" I complain

"Don't worry, Bonnie's helping" he laughs

"Thank god" I say and both of us laugh

Mystic falls town square

Later that day bonnie and I are handing out pamphlets

"Something's wrong with Harry...would you like a program?" I say while handing out a pamphlet

"How do you know?" Bonnie asks

"He's keeping himself busy" I say

"Hi would you like a program? So he does that when he's troubled?" She asks

"Yeah, I think it's Tyler" I say

"Speaking of boys, how's stefan?" Bonnie asks

"I don't know" I say

I check my phon...nothing

"Tonight, night of the comet! Would you like a program?" Bonnie says trying to get people's attention

She turns to me and she sees me on my phone. I see that I don't have his number and he doesn't have mine

"Would you like a program? He didn't call, huh?" Bonnie asks

"Or text. But I realized we never even exchanged that stuff. We've never gotten to the texting part." I say

"That's an important milestone in any relationship." She says

"Isn't it? The timing is wrong, anyway." I say

"When is it ever right?", she asks

"I'm not ready, Bonnie." I say

"Who is?" Bonnie says

"At least I put myself out there." I say little defensive

Bonnie laughs, "Is that what you're calling it?"

"What do you mean?" I ask

"All I'm hearing is reasons why you can't." She says

Mystic Grill

"Vicki, what are you doing here?" Jeremy asks

"Fighting with Robert about my schedule. You'd think getting ripped up by a rabid animal would merit an extra sick day." Vicki says

"Are you feeling ok?" Jeremy asks concerned

"I hurt." Vicki says

"Well, the doctor gave you something, right?" Jeremy says

"The kid stuff. Nothing with an "o" in it. I think they were on to me." Vicki says

They laugh. Jeremy gives her pills.

"Here. Knock yourself out, literally." Jeremy says

"Thanks, Jer." Vicki smiles

"So you gonna, uh, watch the comet later?" Jeremy asks

"I hadn't really thought about it. But I could be talked into it. I'll meet you out there in a few." Vicki says flirtatiously

Tyler approaches them.

"Hey, Vick. How you feeling?" Tyler asks

Vicki rolls her eyes, "Like you care."

Vicki leaves. Tyler catches Jeremy looking at him in a mocking manner.

"What are you lookin' at, Gilbert?" Tyler says

Mystic Falls Town Square

Harry's candles are a big hit, everyone is walking around with one. Caroline comes to me with two candles.

"Hey, I got some candles." She says and she hands me one

"Hi. Thanks" i say, then i see Matt coming my way and i say, "Hey."

"Hey." He says as he lights my candle

"Thank you." I say

"You're welcome." He smiles

I walk around and light someone's candle, I look up and see Stefan

"Thank you. Hi." Stefan smiles

"Hi." I smile

"You know, that comet...it's been traveling across space for thousands of years. All alone." He says

I laugh and say, "yeah, Bonnie says it's a harbinger of evil."

"I think it's just a ball of...snow and ice, trapped on a path that it can't escape. And once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry about yesterday. I wasn't myself." He says

"You seem to spend a lot of time apologizing." I say

He laughs, "well, I have a lot to apologize for. Yesterday, that wasn't about you, ok?"

"You didn't tell me that you had a brother." I say

"We're not close. It's, uh...it's complicated." He says

I look at him and say, "Always. He told me about your ex. Katherine."

"What did he say? He asks

"That she broke your heart." I say

Stefan sighs and says, "that was a long time ago."

"When you lose someone, it stays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt." I say

Stefan sighs, "Elena..."

I interrupt him, "It's OK, Stefan. I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother? Check. Complicated ex? Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating, double check. It's OK. We met, and we talked, and it was epic, but...then the sun came up and reality set in. So..."

I blow out my candle and walk away

Mystic Grill

Vicki sees Damon and walks over to him.

"I know you." She says

"Well, that's unfortunate." Damon says

Vicki struggles to remember and says, "Um...I don't...I don't know how, but...your face. Excuse me. Sorry."

Vicki goes into the restroom and takes some pills. When she looks up into the mirror, Damon is behind her and attacks her. She screams.

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I'm so happy that my candles were a success, it took me the entire day. Now I can relax in this pisshole bar with my friends. Seriously what kind of name is Mystic Grill anyway? The owner must've been drunk when he named it. My mind is drifting again, I see Elena, but no Stefan. I wonder what's up, I have to catch up on the gossip. I see Bonnie, she waves at me, I still have to speak to her. Oh god, Tyler's here, when did he get here? No he's coming this way.

"Hey Harry" he says

"Hi" I smile

"I wanted to talk to you at school, but you walked away" he says

"Well you we're with your...girlfriends" I say

"They were just admirers, are you jealous?" He says

Art jerk, I keep my cool, "jealous? I have no reason to be jealous"

"Well anyway...", he says and change his tone to a seductive one, "we didn't get to finish what we started the other night"

"Did you want to continue?" I ask

"Yeah, why not" he says

"What about Vicki?" I ask

"Me and Vicki are over" he says

"Well if that's true meet me outside later" I say

"Hehe...it's a date" he smirks

Oh my god he's such a sexy demon, we go to join the others. Just then Jeremy comes in.

"Hey, has anyone seen Vicki?" Jeremy asks

"You're her stalker. You tell us." Tyler says

"I can't find her." Jeremy says

"She probably found somebody else to party with. Sorry, pill pusher, I guess you've been replaced." Tyler says

"What's with the pill pusher?" I ask

Tyler eyes soften, "Ask him."

"You wanna do this right now?" Jeremy asks

"Are you dealing?" Elena asks Jeremy

"She's never gonna go for you."

"She already did. Over and over and over again." Jeremy brags

"Yeah, right." Tyler laughs

Caroline looks at Jeremy and says, "you slept with Vicki Donovan? I mean, Vicki Donovan slept with you?"

Tyler laughs, "there's no way."

"And I didn't even have to force her into it." Jeremy says

"What the hell is he talking about, Ty?" Matt says loudly

"Nothing, man, just ignore him, he's a punk." Tyler says

"You know what, how about all of you shut up and help me find my sister?" Matt says

"We'll check the back." Bonnie says grabbing Caroline

"I'll check the alley" I say

"Me too" Tyler says

"I'll check the square." Matt says

"I'll come with you." Jeremy says

Elena grabs him, "Oh, no, no, no. You are coming with me. So that's your game now, dealing?"

"I'm not dealing." Jeremy says

"Look, I'm sick of the tough love speech, Jer. It's clearly having no impact." Elena says

"You and Jenna, between the two of you. Enough already!" Jeremy shouts

"We can stop if you want. Send you to a therapist where you'll be forced to deal with it or to rehab where you'll sit in group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart. Or you could talk to me." Elena says

"I vote for none of the above." Jeremy says

I sigh, "let's go" I tell tyler

We go to the alley, we don't see Vicki anywhere.

"Did you look over there?" Tyler asks

"Yeah" I say annoyed

Tyler sighs, "she's not here"

"Clearly" I say

"Ok what's you deal?" Tyler asks standing in front of me

"Nothing" I say and turn away

He turns me back to him, "no you're angry"

"Of course I am, what the hell was that? Were you trying to flex your muscle? Who were you trying to impress?" I say

"I just can't stand Jeremy" he says

"Why? Because he stole your girl?" I ask

"No, he didn't steal anything" he says

"Then what's your problem" I say

"I don't know" he says

I sigh, "let's go see if the others found her"

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I feel bad for not saying anything to Elena, I had some the think and I have to speak to her. I have to tell her how I feel, so now I'm looking for her. I'm in the square looking, but I see Matt coming my way.

"Hey." Matt says

"Hey." I say

"Have you seen my sister?" He asks

"No, sorry." I say

"I can't find her. She's missing." He says

"I'll keep an eye out for her." I say, and I try to walk past him

"Hey. I saw you at the hospital yesterday." He says

"Did you?" I say

"What were you doing there?" He asks

"Visiting." I say

"Visiting? You know, Elena and I, we've known each other for a long time. We might not be together right now, but I look out for her. And I'll always look out for her." He says

I hear a scream nearby, followed by Damon and Vicki's voices.

"You really have to stop screaming." Damon says

"No, please, stop. Don't..." Vicki cries

"Shh. I got you..." Damon says

"Excuse me." I say

I leave and go to the building where damon is. I use my vampire powers to jump onto the roof

"No! No!" Vicki cries

"Shh, I'm not gonna drop you." Damon says, then turns to me and say, "not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?"

"Let her go." I tell him

"Shh. really? Ok." Damon pulls Vicki to the edge of the roof.

"No!" Vicki shouts

"No, no, no!" I yell

Damon throws Vicki to me

"Ugh! Relax." Damon says

"What's happening?" Vicki cries

"I don't need her to be dead, but...you might." Damon tells me

"What attacked you the other night?" He asks Vicki

"I don't know. An animal." Vicki cries

"Are you sure about that? Think. Think about it. Think really hard. What attacked you?" Damon asks again

"A vampire." She whispers

"Who did this to you?" He asks

"You did!" She shouts

"Wrong!" Damon yells

"Don't." I say

"It was Stefan." He says

"Don't." I say again

"Come here." Damon grabs Vicki on both sides of her head.

"Stefan Salvatore did this to you." Damon compels

"Stefan Salvatore did this to me." She repeats

"He's a vampire. A vicious, murderous monster." He compels

"Please, Damon. Please don't do this." I beg

"If you couldn't fix it before, I don't know what you can do now." He says

Damon pulls off Vicki's bandage and throws her to me

"Aah!" She shouts

Damon looks at me disapprovingly, "ugh! Your choice of lifestyle has made you weak. A couple of vampire parlor tricks is nothing compared to the power that you could have, that you now need. But you can change that. Human blood gives you that."

"No!" Vicki shouts

"You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming "vampire" through the town square." Damon says

"That's what this is about? You want to expose me?" I asks

"No! I want you to remember who you are!" Damon yells

"Why? So what, so I'll feed? So I'll kill? So I'll remember what it's like to be brothers again? You know what, let her go. Let her tell everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls. Let them chain me up, and let them drive a stake through my heart, because at least I'll be free of you." I say

"Huh. Huh. Wow. Come here, sweetheart." Damon says to Vicki

"No!" She screams

"It's OK." He says,

Damon whispers something into Vicki's ear and she becomes fine.

"What happened? Where am I? Oh, I ripped my stitches open. Ugh..." She says

"You Okay?" I ask her

"I took some pills, man. I'm good." Vicki smiles and leaves

"It's good to be home. Think I might stay a while. This town could use a bit of a wake-up call, don't you think?" Damon says

"What are you up to, Damon?" I ask

"That's for me to know and for you to...dot dot dot. Give Elena my best." Damon smiles

Mystic Grill

Matt helps Vicki with her bandage.

"She said you found her wandering around." Matt says

"Yeah." I say

"So, um, thanks." He says

Caroline and Bonnie are seated at another table. I tap his shoulder lightly and go over.

"Ugh, it's just so much drama. Ever notice how the druggies are the biggest attention whores?" Caroline says

"Yeah." Bonnie says

"Excuse me. Hi." I say

"Hi." Bonnie says

"Um, have you guys seen Elena?" I ask

"I think she went home." She says

"Thanks" I sigh saddly

Bonnie then says, "I'm gonna give you Elena's cell number and her email. She is big on texting, and you can tell her..."I said so"."

"Thank you." I smile

Bonnie touches my hand and quickly pulls it away

"You ok?" I ask

Bonnie looks at me sadly, "what happened to you? That's so rude. I'm sorry. Excuse me."

She gets up and goes to the bathroom

"Yeah, she kind of wigs out. It's like her thing." Caroline says

I turn to leave and go home.

Gilbert Residence

Elena goes into Jeremy's room. Jenna is searching his room.

"Jer?" Elena calls out

"No, it's me, the hypocrite patrol." Jenna says

"What are you doing?" Elena asks

"I've become my worst nightmare. The authority figure who has to violate a 15-year-old's privacy. Jackpot. I see the hiding places haven't gotten any more creative." Jenna says

"What brought this on?" Elena asks

"Your ass-hat of a history teacher shamed me good yesterday." Jenna said

Elena laugh, "You got tannered. Been there."

"'Discover the impossible, Ms. Sommers.' Got it. Thanks. Like I didn't know I was screwing up." Jenna says

"You're not screwing up, Aunt Jenna." Elena says

"Yes, I am. You know why? Because I'm not her. She made everything look so easy. You know, high school, marriage, having you. I can't do it. I'm gonna say or do the wrong thing, and he's gonna get worse, and it's gonna be my fault. It's impossible." Jenna says sadly

Elena looks at Jenna then says, "This is just the fear talking. You're a little scared, that's all. We all are. I have to go do something. But are you going to be ok?"

Mystic Grill

Jeremy enters. He sees Vicki and smiles. Tyler walks up to her and they start kissing. Jeremy leaves with a sad look on his face.

Caroline is walking to her car. She hears something and stops. She gets to her car, drops her keys, and stands up. Damon is in front of her

"Oh...whoa." Caroline says in fright

"Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." Damon says

"No, it's fine. Um...I was hoping I'd see you again." Caroline says

"I know." Damon smirks

Caroline laughs, "cocky much?"

Damon smiles, "very much."

Salvatore Boarding House

Elena rings the bell and I answer it.

"Hi." I smile

She also smiles, "Hey."

"Would you like to come in?" I ask

"The comet's actually this way." She says

Elena goes out. I laugh and follow her

"Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier." She sayd

"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things...I didn't like it." I say

"See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, write in my diary, like I have been since my mom gave me one when I was 10. It's where I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should probably be telling you.", she says

"What would you write?" I ask

"I would write..."Dear diary, today I convinced myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that..." I'm scared, Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that...the world's just going to come crashing down, and I...don't know if I can survive that.", she says

I look into her eyes and say, "Do you want to know what I would write? "I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here.""

We move together slowly and she closes her eye. Our lips touch and she wraps her arms around my neck. The kiss deepens and wrap my arms around her waist.

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Mystic falls town square

I was laying on the grass, under the stars and watching the comet. I don't know why I'm here, but it just feels right. I'm not waiting for Tyler anymore, I've given up a while ago. I'm just here for me now. My phone rings again for the umpteenth time, its Aunt Jenna again. She's worried, of course she'd be, no one knows I'm here. Someone lays down next to me, I look at who it is, then look at the sky again. We lay in silence for a while.

"I didn't expect to come here" I say

"I saw you out here so I decided to join" he says

"Are you ok?" I ask

"No" he says

"You don't have to say anything Jeremy" I say, I turn and lay my head on his chest. I am still looking up with my one hand on my stomach.

"Are you ok?" He asks

"No" I sniff

He sighs, "why is our lives so hard?"

"I don't know" I say, I feel my tears come out.

He feels them on his chest and he puts his hand over mine and squeezes gently