Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries and never will because if I did, the show would have ended after season three. But I do own Rowen Matthews and any other characters that I make up.

A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Here's the Friday Night Bites episode! Enjoy!


Rowen's POV…

I let out a sigh as I took the towel out of my hair, letting my now wet hair to fall to my shoulders. I had gotten up early to get ready for school, which consisted of taking a shower before going to my room to get dressed. It wasn't too, too early. It was around seven o' clock so I had about an hour and thirty minutes until school. Lizzie and Max were already awake and downstairs. I could hear their voices in the kitchen. Their voices carried. They could be loud when they wanted to be- especially Lizzie. I wasn't sure what they were talking about, but it had something to do with who was going to wake up Desire. I made sure the towel was wrapped around me tightly as I leave the bathroom. Before I could even head towards my room, I hear Lizzie calling my name.

"Rowen! Are you done with your shower?!"

"Yeah Lizzie!" I call back. "Why?"

"Because a friend of yours is here! He's up in your room!"

My eyebrows furrow in confusion. Stefan was here? That's weird… I wonder why he's here.

"Uh okay!" I call back to her.

There was silence, so I knew that she had heard me. With that, I head over to my room and once there, I open the door and am shocked at who I find lying on my bed with his arms behind his head and a smirk on his face. It was Damon Salvatore. As I slam the door shut behind me, I ignore the lustful look in his eyes as he looked me up and down, taking in everything. I knew that I should give a damn about him seeing me only in a towel, but I couldn't bring myself to. All I could think about was how in the hell did he get in my house?

"Get out," I tell him through gritted teeth. "You can't be here."

"Aw! And here I thought you missed me, Buffy." Damon's smirk widens when I glare at him heatedly at the nickname.

"I didn't," I spat out as my grip on my towel tightened. "How the hell did you get invited in?"

Damon didn't say anything as he slowly got off of my bed. Before I could even blink, he had me pinned against the closed door, his entire body presses against mine in a way that makes me tingle all over. I manage to hold back the small moan that was begging to escape at the feeling.

It was then he presses his lips against mine and I didn't miss the way they molded perfectly against mine. Like the kiss we shared on the roof at the comet party, he runs his tongue against my bottom lip, begging for entrance into my mouth. I don't give it to him because I wasn't going to let the same thing happen twice, me giving into his perfect kisses.

His kisses made me feel things that I hadn't felt in a long time and that scared me. After a while of trying to get his tongue into my mouth, Damon gives up. That was something I didn't expect- but the next thing he does makes that go away quickly… He buries his face into my neck and presses soft kisses there. Every so often, he would nip at my skin causing me to moan out loud. But then his face is gone from my neck and he is kissing me again.

Because of me moaning, he was easily able to slip his tongue into my mouth. I try to use my tongue to push his out of my mouth but this doesn't work and his tongue curls around mine and he starts the battle of dominance. I didn't give much of a fight. I was trying to not make this go far…but I finally give up and press my lips hard against Damon's and I fight back against his tongue. I feel him smirk against my lips as his arms wrap around my waist and he presses my body hard against his.

I could feel his growling erection and I couldn't help but moan as he presses it into my core causing me to grow even wet than I already was. I start to move my core against his erection to find release. His arms move from my waist and I felt his hands go all the way to the bottom of my towel. He hiked up the towel to my waist and using one of his hands, he slips two fingers into me and I gasp because of how quickly he did this. I feel his fingers moving in and out of me and I try not to scream.

Thankfully he covers my mouth with his lips when I finally let out the scream, which got muffled because of his lips on mine. I moan as I start to move my hips against his hand as he continues to push his fingers in and out. I bury my hands in his hair and tug hard on it, this time causing him to moan against my mouth and me to smirk. Just as I was about to cum against his hand, he breaks the kiss and his face changes before my eyes. Before I could even scream, he threw his head back and bites into my neck…

Screaming, I awoke from my dream panting and I could feel that the pit of my stomach and my thighs were all tight and bothered. My chest moves up and down with every pant I take. What the hell?

I ran my hands through my sweaty hair, which feels disgusting against my fingers. But I don't pay attention to do it because all I could think about was that dream… Why the hell did I have that dream? Someone must be messing with my head. My head snaps to my window. It was still dark outside but I could make out the form of a crow and my eyes narrow at it. It seems to smirk at me and I realize what had happened. Damon Salvatore had made that dream happen…

'Damn him!' I scream in my head.

I blink once and the crow is gone. My jaw clenches together tightly as my eyes flash with anger. I want to scream at the top of my lungs. Who did he think he was…messing with my dreams like that? I was gonna have to have a talk with Stefan about his damn brother… But I quickly get rid of that thought. I didn't want him to know about it because then he would worry. Though I haven't known him for long, I know that he would worry about it if I told him about the dream and the kiss we shared up on the roof when he saved Vicki from Damon.

My thoughts are broken by the sound of my bedroom opening. I look up to see that it was Lizzie. She looked tired. It was obvious from the way she looked and the way she was rubbing her eyes as she looked at me worriedly.

"Are you alright? I heard you screaming," Lizzie tells me as she stops rubbing her eyes.

I force a smile, "Yeah…I'm fine Liz. I just had a bad dream."

"Oh … do you want to talk about it?" she asks and I shake my head.

"No, but thanks for asking, just go back to sleep," I tell her softly.

She nods and she tells me goodnight before she leaves my room, closing the door behind her. I let out a sigh as I sink back under my covers and rest my head on my pillow. I close my eyes and I slowly fall back to sleep. Thankfully without any dreams about Damon Salvatore…

It was in the morning now and I was in the bathroom, getting ready. I already had my clothes on which consisted of a spring street top in burnt orange and it had a simple belt around the waist, blue skinny jeans that fit me really well, and black Stuart Weitzman trooper flat boots with a buckle on the upper part of the boot and the shaft of it. I was also going to wear a black tall biker jacket because it was going to be somewhat cold outside today, but it was downstairs in the closet near the front door. The bag that I was going to have was in my room.

It was a black leather-look stud tassel across the body bag. It went perfectly with the outfit I was wearing. Right now, I was putting on my make-up. I usually didn't wear much of it, but it was enough to make me look decent. After I put on my make-up, I head back to my room to get my purse. I quickly grab my purse as soon as I go inside my bedroom since it was on the dresser that was nearby my bedroom door. I make sure that all my stuff is in the bag. After that, I leave my room and head downstairs.

"I'll see you after school!" I call to Lizzie and Max as I pass the kitchen to the front door.

She leaves the kitchen and meets me over at the closet- where I was now putting on my jacket.

"Are you going to that football game tonight?" she asks me.

I look surprised. I didn't know there was going to be one. I shrug.

"I don't know," I say. "I might. I'll tell you if I will."

She smiles and nods before she heads back over to the kitchen. Once my jacket was on, I put my bag across my upper body like it was made to do but before I could leave, I hear my name being called. This time it was Max instead of Lizzie. He threw me some keys that I caught easily. I look down at it confused. This wasn't Max or Lizzie's car… But I quickly realize what it was and I look up at him, beaming.

"You got me a car!" I exclaim unable to hide my excitement.

He nods and grins at me, "Yeah. I thought that you could use your own instead of using mine or Lizzie's all the time." Then he looks at me seriously, "But be careful. It's expensive."

I nod enthusiastically. "Thank you!" I tell me him and I go over to him and hug him tightly. As I hug him, I whisper in his ear, "Thank you."

I pull back from the hug and beam at him again. I quickly leave the house to check out my new car.

-0-

As soon as I parked my new car (which was bright red mustang), I got out of the car and I see Elena and Bonnie heading over to the school. Quickly, I close the door and I manage to catch up to them.

"Hey guys," I tell them brightly and they smile at me as I fall into step with them. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Bonnie thinks I shouldn't be dating Stefan," Elena tells me as she gives Bonnie a look.

"Hey, I'm not saying don't date the guy," she protests. "I'm just saying to take it slow."

This statement makes me wonder if Bonnie knows about Stefan being a vampire… I shook my head immediately because there was just no way. I was pretty sure I was the only one who knew about Stefan's big secret.

"Bonnie has a point Elena," I tell the brunette causing her to look at me as we continue to walk towards the school. "I mean, what else do you know about him besides what he's told us?" She doesn't say anything and so I add, "But that's the point of dating someone. Getting to know them."

She nods at what I said, agreeing with me. She looks over at Bonnie and says,

"Besides Bonnie…you were the one who told me to go for it."

"Now I'm saying take it slow," Bonnie continues to press.

Elena looks slightly hurt and Bonnie winces at the sight of it.

"Why the about-face?" she asks.

Before she could say anything, I interrupt. "I'll see you guys in class," I tell my friends, not wanting to be a part of this agreement between the two of them. I didn't do teen drama…

Bonnie nods and smiles at me, but it looks forced. "Yeah, okay," she says.

I give them a hug before I continue to head the way to the school. I was almost there, but I saw Stefan heading my way. No doubt he was heading over to Elena and Bonnie.

"Hi Rowen," Stefan greets me with a smile.

"Are you going to see Elena?" I ask him. When he nods, I ask, "Does Bonnie know about you being…" I glance around to see if there was anyone around and I look back at him and whisper, "A vampire."

Stefan looks confused so that answered my question, "Uh no, why do you ask?"

"Well apparently, Bonnie told Elena to go for it with you but now she's saying to take it slow, so I assumed that she knew about the whole vampire thing," I answer with a shrug. "I mean why else would she tell Elena to take it slow if she didn't know something."

"You didn't tell her, did you?" Though the question wasn't in an accusing tone, it sure felt that way…

In response I snap out, "No! Of course not! I told you that I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about it and I didn't."

Stefan winces. "Sorry Rowen," he apologizes. "I didn't mean anything about it."

"I know, I'm sorry," I tell him softly.

We stare at each other for a moment before we burst out laughing for some strange reason.

"Come on," I manage to say through the laughs as I loop my arm through one of Stefan's. "Let's go see that girlfriend of yours."

He laughs again and nods as we head in the direction that they were in. It wasn't that much longer until we met up with them. Elena looks surprised to see me.

"I thought you were going to class," she says to me.

"I was, but then I met up with Stefan," I explain as I nod in his direction.

Elena smiles at him a little bit shyly I might add. He smiles back.

"Good morning Elena," he tells her. Then he looks at Bonnie and tells her the same thing.

"Hey," Bonnie greets back awkwardly. "Um, I got to go find Caroline. She's not answering her phone. So I'll talk to you guys later." She quickly leaves ignoring Elena when she told her to wait.

I look after her, concerned and confused. If Bonnie didn't know about Stefan, why was she acting that way? Talk about weird… The sound of Stefan's voice breaks my thoughts.

"She doesn't like me very much," he says to Elena.

"Really, what gave you that idea?" I couldn't help but say sarcastically.

He rolls his eyes at me but he looks amused at my sarcastic statement.

"She just doesn't know you," Elena reassures him. "She's my best friend. She's just looking out for me. But when she does get to know you, she will love you."

"Just as much as I do," I say.

Though she didn't say this, I know she was thinking it. And Elena blushes at my statement causing me to smirk. I look over at Stefan and saw he was trying to hold in his laughter. He obviously saw the blush on his girlfriend's face too. But as quick as the blush came it went and Elena changes the subject, her eyes were sparkling as if she had come up with an idea.

"Here's what were gonna do, are you free tonight?" Elena asks Stefan.

"Yes."

Elena grins, "Perfect. Dinner. My house. 8 o'clock. You, me, and Bonnie." She looks at me, "You can come too if you want. Maybe if Bonnie sees someone else who likes Stefan, it might make her like him easier."

"Yeah that sounds good to me," I tell her and Elena grins at me.

-0-

I tap my fingers on the desk with a bored expression on my face as Mr. Tanner talked and talked and talked. I never knew how boring history could be until I got Mr. Tanner as a teacher. How could anyone be in this class and not get bored. I could hear a side conversation going on between Stefan and Elena, about how he should be on the football team. As we walked to class, Tyler Lockwood (who was nothing short of a jerk) threw the football at Stefan and Elena despite the fact Matt tried to get him to stop before he could do that. But that failed…

Luckily though with Stefan's vampire speed (though no one knew it), he managed to catch the football before it hit them. It was pretty funny to say the least. Elena and I couldn't help but laugh loudly at the shocked looks on Matt and Tyler's faces. But this caused Elena to suggest that Stefan join the football team. Something that Stefan wasn't budging on. As I continue to tap on my desk, I look over at Bonnie who was I sitting by and saw that she was writing something down.

"What are you writing?" I whisper to her.

Bonnie looks up at me startled and she covers the notebook. "Oh…it's…nothing," she tells me pausing at each word so I knew that it was defiantly not nothing.

But I didn't push her to tell me. I nod and go back to pretending to pay attention of class while still tapping on my desk.

"Stop tapping your desk Miss McLaughlin," Tanner snaps at me with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Sorry," I mutter to myself as I discretely roll my eyes but I'm sure he saw it if the scowl was any hint. But so I wouldn't get in trouble, I stop tapping my desk as Tanner spoke again.

"World War 2 ended in…Anyone got anything? Miss Juan?"

The girl he was talking about pretended not to hear him and Tanner held back a sigh.

"1945," Tanner says.

I jump slightly at the sound of Elena's voice as she whispers to Stefan,

"FYI our team sucks, they could use you."

"Can't," Stefan replies in a whisper too as he smirks slightly, sort of looking like Damon but it was more of an amusing smirk.

"Pearl Harbor?" I hear Tanner say as he looks at Elena, clearly wanting her to reply to this.

"I'm a loner," Stefan says with the amused smirk still on his face.

"Miss Gilbert!" Tanner says loudly getting Elena's attention.

"Hmm?" Elena looks confused.

"Pearl Harbor?"

Elena now looks nervous, "Um…"

"December 7, 1941," Stefan answers for Elena who instantly gives him a grateful look.

"Thank you Miss Gilbert," Tanner says sarcastically.

Stefan didn't catch the sarcasm as he thanks Tanner somewhat cheekily…at least I thought he didn't. I could be wrong.

Tanner chuckles but it's not amused. "Very well," he says. "The fall of the Berlin Wall?"

Stefan instantly replies, "1986."

Tanner looks surprised and I hold back a laugh. Because it's really hard to make Tanner surprised…at least that's the impression I got from him.

"I'm good with dates, sir," Stefan explains with a light shrug of his shoulders.

"Are you? How good? Keep it up to the year. Civil rights act?"

"1963."

"Martin Luther King?"

"'68"

"Lincoln?"

"1865."

"Roe vs. Wade?"

"1973."

"Brown vs. Board?"

This kept on going. It was funny to see them going back and forth like this… It was finally the last question. I surprised myself by actually listening.

"Korean War?"

"1950 to 1953."

"Ha!" Tanner shouts with a grin. "It ended in '52."

Stefan shook his head, "Actually, sir, it was '53."

Immediately Tanner demands someone to look it up. It was guy and he tells Tanner,

"It was…" He pauses as he searches the answer on his phone. When he found it, he looks up at Tanner and says, "1952."

Tanner looks dumfounded and I finally let out the laugh that I had been holding in.

"Go Stefan!" I cry ecstatically as I lift a hand in Stefan's direction for a high five.

Stefan chuckles amused as he slaps my hand. Tanner scowls just as the bell rang. Students instantly left the classroom. Stefan, Elena, and I were the last three out.

"How did you know all of that stuff?" Elena asks amazed.

"Years and years of crosswords puzzles," Stefan replies simply.

Stefan and I share a secret grin which was unnoticed by Elena.

-0-

Bonnie had cheerleading practice after school and I met up with her outside to just watch the practice because she asked if I wanted to come and I told her yes. As we walked to the practice with Bonnie already dressed in her cheerleading practice outfit, I decide to warn Bonnie about the plan Elena had to get her to like Stefan.

"I wanted to tell you that Elena's planning on asking you to eat dinner with her," I say giving her a look, thinking she would get what I was saying.

"What's that look…?" Bonnie, at first, says confused but then she realizes what my look was for and groans, "Don't tell me. Stefan's going to be there too?

I nod, "Yeah he is." Bonnie looks stressed and I pat her on the shoulder as I say, "Don't worry. I'm going to be there too. So when Elena tells you about it, just go along with it and at least try to be excited. Elena really wants you to like Stefan. He's a great guy…just give him a chance."

"Fine," Bonnie gives in with a sigh. She looks over at me and shakes her head with a smile on her face, "Have you've always been able to convince people to do something so easily?"

"Nah, not all the time…mostly just friends," I tell her, laughing lightly. "My parents are stubborn. I usually can't convince them of anything…not that they even give a shit about what I do."

Bonnie looks sympathetic, "You don't have a good relationship with your parents?"

I shake my head, "No. Not really. They act like they care but I know that they don't…the people who really do care is Max and Lizzie."

"I'm sorry, that must be tough," Bonnie says.

I nod but don't say anything else. A while later, Bonnie was sitting on the ground stretching her arms and legs with all the other cheerleaders around her. I stood close to her so I wouldn't get in the way of the other cheerleaders. I notice instantly that there was no Caroline in sight. Wasn't she the head cheerleader?

"Where's Caroline?" I ask Bonnie.

"I don't know," Bonnie replies worry in her voice as she glances at me while still stretching. "I've tried to call her but she's not picking up."

I frown. I hope that she was okay... I look up and grin at the sight of Elena heading our way.

"Elena!" I say brightly causing Bonnie to finally notice the brunette.

"Oh my god, you're here!" Bonnie exclaims with a grin of her own as she got to her feet and hugged her friend tightly for a moment before breaking away from the hug with the grin still on her face.

"Yep, I can't be sad girl forever," Elena says as she starts to stretch with Bonnie. "The only way to get things back to the way they were is to do things that were. Oh and your coming to dinner tonight."

"Okay," Bonnie tells her with a nod. "Is Stefan gonna be there too?"

Elena looks surprised. But the surprised look disappears from her face as she looks over at me.

"You told her, didn't you?"

"Yeah," I reply. My friend gave me a look and I instantly protest, "Hey, at least she's agreeing to come. If I hadn't told her and convinced her to come, she wouldn't be coming. I told her to give Stefan a chance."

"I'm not upset, Ro," Elena reassures me with a laugh. She gives Bonnie a thankful, "Thank you Bonnie…for giving Stefan a chance. You'll be glad that you did."

"I doubt it," Bonnie mutters under her breath so quietly that Elena didn't hear her. Clearly she says to Elena, "Have you've seen Caroline? I've called her but she's not picking up."

Elena looks concerned when she hears this, "Really? That's not like her to be late?"

"I'm gonna try her again," Bonnie says to herself as she goes to get her phone out.

Suddenly, I hear the sound of a car and I look up. Instantly I freeze up at the sight of Damon in a blue car with Caroline in the passenger seat… I purse my lips together. This isn't good at all…

"Uh…" I hear Elena say. She had obviously noticed Care with Damon too.

Bonnie must have took notice too because she exclaims in a slightly loud voice, "Oh my god. That must be the mystery guy from the Grill."

"That's not a mystery guy, that's Damon Salvatore," Elena says as she stood up with Bonnie.

"Salvatore as in Stefan?!" Bonnie looks shocked and surprised.

Damon's blue car stops right where we were and Care got out of the car, closing the door behind. I watch as Damon's eyes follow Care as she goes over to us and says to Elena in a cheeky voice,

"I got the other brother."

I miss Care talk to the other cheerleaders as Damon looks at me with a smirk on his face. I scowl at him for a moment before I look over at Elena and Bonnie.

"I've got to go, I'll see you guys later at Elena's," I tell them.

Elena and Bonnie nod. With that I leave to go to the by car. Before I could even get far enough, Damon drives in front of me blocking my path.

"Move out of the way Salvatore," I spat out as I glare at Damon.

Damon just smirks at me. I let out an exasperated sigh as I continue to glare at Damon. Shaking my head, I go around Damon's car and start to head in the direction of my car. But then I stop in my place when Damon says,

"You know, you're mom was so nice to invite me in your house."

I turn to face him quickly. "What are you talking about?" I demand.

Damon's smirk deepens as he replies, "Well I saw that your mom was bringing in groceries and being the great guy that I am, I helped her bring them in."

"You stay away from Lizzie and my brother," I growl at him as my hands clench into fists at my side. "They're not involved in any of this." I didn't give him a chance to reply as I face forward and stomp the rest of the way to my car ignoring the fact that Damon was staring after me.

Once I was over to my car, I reach to open the front door of my car but I jump when Damon appears in front of me, still with that damn smirk on his face. I try to twist his arm to get him out of my way but him being the vampire and apparently knowing what I was about to do, he quickly turns me around so that I'm pressed against the car and he grabs my arms and move them above my head with his body pressed against mine.

Again I try to get him off of me by trying to hit him in the place where the sun don't shine but again he stops me from doing so by grabbing my leg and hooking it around his waist.

"Get the fuck off of me!" I growl loudly, struggling to get out of his grip but this didn't work. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs to get someone's attention but there was no one around the parking lot.

"You know Rowen …" Damon leans forward to purr this in my ear while his grip on my leg tightens causing me to wince slightly but I still had a glare on my face, "I love tough girls and you defiantly fit the bill." He moves his face away from me but not before he nips on my neck causing me to gasp lightly.

Damon finally lets go of me and heads in the direction of his car. I lean against my car as I watch Damon drive away.

Damn that Damon Salvatore… I shook my head and get into my car.


Third person POV…

It was after the football tryouts and he was back at the boarding house when Stefan walks into his bedroom as he slips on a shirt. But he suddenly stops in his place at the sight of Damon. His older brother was sitting on a chair with his legs propped up on a table in front of him. He was reading from something. He didn't look as he speaks up,

"How were tryouts? Did you make the team?" Damon glances at his brother from the corner of his eyes as he smirks slightly, "Very Emerson of you, the way you reveal your soul with so many…"

Stefan zooms to Damon and rips the diary out of Damon's hands. This causes Damon's smirk to deepen as he says,

"Adjectives."

Stefan's eyes narrow at Damon as his grip tightens on his journal, "What are you doing here?"

"I've come to apologize," Damon replies, not bothering to get up from his seat but he did stop propping his feet on the table.

His brother looks serious so Stefan couldn't tell if he was telling the truth.

Damon continues speaking, "I've been doing some soul searching, and…I want us to stop all over. We need to put the past behind us. You're my little brothers." He gets out of the chair and goes to stand in front of Stefan, still with the serious look on his face, "And if you want to live a normal human life, then I want that for you. Maybe I can do it too. That I can learn to be a non-living living person. Maybe there's hope for the both of us."

Damon manages to keep his face serious, as if he was being serious about what he was saying, but this doesn't last, He breaks into laughter causing Stefan's eyes to narrow even further. Damon pats Stefan hard on the shoulder and starts to leave but stops and turns around when Stefan says,

"You know, it doesn't have to be this way, Damon."

Damon smirks. "Of course it doesn't," he agrees. He changes the subject instantly, "I saw Elena, BTW. That means "by the way"." He adds as if Stefan didn't know this, "She was at cheerleading practice. She looked so perky in her little shorts, shorts."

Stefan lets out a low growl at that and Damon holds his hands up in surrender.

"Simmer down, I didn't go near her," he tells Stefan. He smirks then, "Rowen, on the other hand…"

Stefan's face hardens at the mention of his new friend. Though she knew about vampires and could handle herself as she was a vampire hunter, he still felt very protective. Especially since Damon seemed to have taken an interest in her…

"You have seen the dream I gave her when she was sleeping this morning, how she moaned my name when I fucked her…"

Stefan growls loudly as he starts to charge at Damon but his brother was too quick for him and was gone before he could do anything. Stefan's hands curls into fists as he glares at the place where Damon once was.


Rowen's POV…

"I'm leaving!" I tell Lizzie and Max as I enter the living room where they were watching TV at.

Lizzie looks up at me from her spot on the couch with a confused look on her face, "Where are you going?"

"To Elena's house," I reply. "Remember, she invited me to eat dinner with her, Bonnie, and Stefan."

Lizzie nods when she remembers me telling her this when I got home from school. "Alright," she says. She smiles at me, "Have fun Rowen. Tell Stefan, Elena, and Bonnie I said hi."

I smile back. "I will," I tell her. I look at both of them then, "I'll back later."

Lizzie and Max nod. I smile at them one last time before I head over to the front door. Before leaving, I open the closet next to the front door to get my jacket. I slip on the jacket - it was the one I wore today at school - once I get it and I open the front door only to look surprised when I saw Stefan standing there with his hand poised to knock.

"Stefan, what are you doing here?" I ask confused.

"I thought we could walk over to Elena's together," Stefan answers.

But he had a serious look on his face and I frown, "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong." The look on his face begs to differ but I decide not to say anything.

"Alright if you say so," I say slowly as I walk past him and Stefan closes the door behind us.

We head in the direction of Elena's house, not say anything.

"Did it really happen?" Stefan suddenly asks.

I look over at him confused but he wasn't looking at me. "Um…did what happen?" I question.

"Did Damon give you a dream this morning?"

I try not to blush as I remember what happened in the dream. "Yes," I finally say in a quiet voice. "But whatever Damon told you? It didn't happen." I quickly tell Stefan when I see the dark look on his face. I pause for a moment before I ask tentatively, "What did he tell you about the dream?"

"That he gave you a dream of him and you having sex with each other," Stefan answers.

"That's what he told you," I say, a disgusted look on face. "I can defiantly say that didn't happen. He probably only said that to get on your nerves. Even though I haven't known him for that long, I know he enjoys doing that."

Stefan stops walking suddenly which caused me to stop walking too. I watch as he pulls something from his pocket and he holds it out towards me. It was a beautiful heart shaped locket necklace with a sparkling center.

"What's this for?" I ask as I took the necklace.

"This has vervain in it," Stefan replies. "As you know, vervain keeps vampires from compelling you. And I thought that you could use it. I don't want Damon to compel you to do what he wants so just keep it on you at all times." His eyes look into mine pleading.

I give a small nod and I put the necklace around my neck, clasping it together with some difficulty. I move the necklace around so that the locket was resting on my chest.

"Thank you," Stefan tells me softly.

"You're welcome."

We walk the rest of the way to Elena's house. Once there, Stefan rings the doorbell and after a couple minutes, Elena opens the door with a surprised look on her face. Her eyes glance down and I follow her gaze to mine and Stefan's connected hands which somehow got connected on the rest of the way to Elena's house. I knew it was just a friendly gesture from both our sides but Elena didn't know this. So I wasn't surprised when I saw her eyes flash with jealousy. But it came as quickly as it went. Elena smiles brightly, mostly towards Stefan though.

"Come on in guys," she says.

Stefan and I walk inside and Elena closes the door behind us. A while later, we were sitting at the dinner table eating dinner…in awkward silence. Like none of us knew how to start a conversation. It was mostly awkward because of the fact that Bonnie didn't like Stefan. I decide to break the silence.

"So Stefan, how did the tryouts go?" I ask.

"Yeah," Elena says looking relived that someone started a conversation. "Did Tanner give you a hard time?"

"Well he left me on the team, so I must have done something right," Stefan answers with a light laugh.

Elena giggles as I tell Stefan with a smile on my face,

"That's great Stef."

Stefan nods in agreement as he smiles back at me.

"Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today," Elena says, looking over at Bonnie. "Tyler threw a ball right at him, and…"

"Yeah, I heard," Bonnie cut in quickly.

And another awkward silence followed… I would have said something but I didn't know what to say. Luckily I didn't have to as Elena was the one who broke the silence this time.

"Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" she says.

"Um divorced, no mom, live with my dad," Bonnie answers while picking at her food.

"No, about the witches," Elena says. Bonnie starts to protest but Elena's voice drowns her protest out as she looks over at Stefan, "Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool."

"Cool isn't the word I would use," Bonnie says dryly.

"Well it's certainly interesting," Stefan tells her. "I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s."

"My family came from Salem."

Wow… Salem witches. I didn't know much about Salem witches. Just about the Salem witch trials and how back then when people suspected someone to be a witch, they would put them to death. Which was something I thought was cruel. No one should be killed over something that makes you special.

"Really? Salem witches?" Stefan says surprised.

Bonnie nods, "Yeah."

"I would say that's really cool."

It was Bonnie's turn to be surprised, "Really? Why?"

"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and non-conformity," Stefan explains with a smile.

Bonnie smiles back, "Yeah, they are."

Elena shares a look with me. I stifled a laugh. Looks like Elena's plan was working so far… Suddenly I hear the doorbell ring. A confused look appears on Elena's face.

"Are you expecting someone else?" I ask Elena confused.

Elena shook her head, "No… I wonder who it could be." She gets up from her seat and heads in the direction of the front door.

Having a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach, I give Stefan a look. He seems to get what I was trying to say because he stands up and goes in the same direction Elena went with me close behind.

"What are you doing here?" Stefan and I demand at the same time when we get to the front door only to see Caroline inside the house and Damon was standing outside.

Damon smirks, "Waiting for Elena to invite me in."

"Oh, yeah, you can…"

"No, he can't," I interject as I glare at Damon. "I don't know what you're planning, but get the hell out of here."

Damon looks amused and I growl under my breath.

"What Rowen is trying to say, he can't stay," Stefan says. He gives his brother a look, "Can you, Damon?"

"Get in here," Care demands.

"We were just finishing up," Stefan tries again.

Elena gave Stefan a 'what the hell are you doing?' look as she says to Damon, "Its fine. Come on in."

Damon gives me and Stefan a smug look as he enters the house. But I just glare at him in response. But he just gave me a wink, not at all looking bothered by my glare. After he walks further in, Damon looks at Elena.

"You have a beautiful home, Elena," he tells her with a charming smile.

"Thank you."

Damon's eyes flashes to mine and he smirks at me before he went in the direction of the living room where Caroline went. Elena followed Damon too leaving me and Stefan standing there. We share a look and I sigh as we walk towards the living room.

-0-

"I can't believe that Mr. Tanner let you on the team," Caroline gushes to Stefan from her spot next to Damon on the large chair that was close to the couch where me, Stefan, and Elena were sitting at. "Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it."

"That's what I always tell him," Damon says agreeing with Caroline but I knew he didn't mean it. "You have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go get it."

"Yeah, Elena was so lucky today," Caroline says in a sort of bitchy tone. "It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines."

I give Caroline a disbelieving look. Geez what the hell is her problem?

"I'll work with her," Bonnie quickly says but something in her tone of voice tells me that she was used to this. "She'll get it."

"I guess we can put her in the back," Caroline says to herself.

"You know, you don't seem like the cheerleader type, Elena," Damon speaks up.

Elena smiles to herself as she drinks her coffee.

"Oh, it's just cause her parents died," Caroline says to Damon. "Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase. She used to be way more fun." She laughs but she stops short at the look on Elena's face and she went on to say, "And I say that with compete sensitivity."

I snort quietly to myself. If you did, then you would have said that in a sensitive voice.

"I'm sorry Elena," Damon says in a soft voice, but I knew it was fake. He just wanted to get on Elena's 'good side', "I know what's it's like to lose both of your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die."

"We don't have to get into that now," Stefan says in a hard tone.

"Oh you know what, you're right Stefan. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up."

I knew that Damon was talking about Katherine. Seeing the look on Stefan's face, I couldn't help but grab his hand and squeeze it in a friendly, comforting tone while leaning into his side. I miss Damon's narrowed eyes.

-0-

"Matt tries, but he's just having a hard time," Caroline was saying to me and Stefan. Bonnie had gone into the kitchen to help Damon and Elena who were in there. "You have to understand that they were each other's first. You know, like, from the sandbox." She smiles and takes a sip of her drink.

"That's a really nice scarf," Stefan says, looking at the scarf around Caroline's neck.

I just took notice to it once Stefan said something. I give him a confused look wondering where he was going with this.

"Mm, thank you, it's new," Caroline accepts his compliment with a smile as she plays the end of the scarf.

"Can I see it? I mean, would you mind taking it off?" Stefan questions her with a serious look on his face.

I was still confused. Why would Stefan want to see the scarf?

"Oh I can't."

"Why not?"

Caroline looks nervous and it made me very concerned. Stefan must have felt the same way because he says to her in a concerned voice,

"You okay?"

"Um…All I know is that I can't take it off," Caroline replies, still looking nervous.

I open my mouth to say something but Damon coming into the room made me close my mouth.

"What are you three kids talking about?" he asks as he went over to sit on the arm of the chair that Caroline was sitting on.

"I was just commenting on her scarf," Stefan answers Damon's question with a hard look in his eyes.

"Mmm." Damon hums as he glances over at me for just a second before he looks at Caroline. "Hey, you know, um, Elena and Bonnie are finishing up with the dishes. Why don't you see if you can help?"

Caroline laughs as if Damon was joking, "Does it look like I do dishes?" she gave Stefan and I an amused look.

"For me?"

Caroline looks back at Damon and shakes her head, "I don't think so."

I watch as Damon's eyes dilate while looking into Caroline's eyes. I knew he was compelling her. It was then I realize why Stefan wanted to see that scarf. Damon was using Caroline as a blood bank. My hands curl into fists as I glare at Damon who wasn't paying attention as he says to Caroline still looking into her eyes,

"Go see if Elena needs help in the kitchen."

"You know what," Caroline starts off when Damon's gaze breaks away from hers. "I'm gonna go see if Elena needs help in the kitchen."

"Great," Damon says with a smirk as Caroline got up from her seat and left the living room. As soon as she was gone, Damon looks over at me, "You should go too; I need to talk to my brother alone."

"Oh I don't think so," I snap out. "Whatever you have to say to Stefan, you can say to me. Because that's my friend in there that you're using as your own blood bank so I'm sorry that I want to be here when you talk to your brother." Though I was snapping this out, it was quiet so that Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline couldn't hear.

Damon just smirks at me and I instantly want to smack it off of his face.

"Rowen, just go," Stefan says causing me to look at him.

His eyes were pleading. Though I wanted to stay in here and hear what Damon had to say, I decide to just go. But I was going to hide so I could listen to their conversation.

"Fine," I grumble to the two brothers. I get up, give one last glare to Damon, and leave the living room. But I quickly hide behind the wall near the living room so I could hear everything.

"They are people Damon, she's not a puppet," Stefan says to Damon in a hard voice. "She doesn't exist for your amusement, for you to feed on whenever you want to."

You tell him Stefan! I cheer in my mind, internally punching a fist in the air. But I knew that this wouldn't mean anything to Damon. And I turn out to be right when I hear Damon give a light laugh.

"Sure she does, they all do," he says.

I peer out into the living room so I could look at them too. Thankfully they don't take notice to me.

"Alright you had your fun," Stefan snaps. "You used Caroline; you got meet Elena, good for you. Now it's time for you to go."

"That's not a problem." Damon smirks when he says this, "Because…I've been invited in and in case you didn't know, Rowen's mom invited me in too."

Stefan's face darkens at that and I wince at the sight of it. Great, Damon just had to tell him that didn't he? I roll my eyes.

"So I'll come over to Rowen and Elena's houses tomorrow night and the following night and I'll do with your little cheerleader and your friend whatever I want to do it." Damon continues to smirk at Stefan as he leans towards him saying, "Because that it what is normal to me."

-0-

I turn to Stefan once we were both at my front door.

"I'll see you tomorrow Stefan," I tell him. I go to open the door when I felt Stefan grasp my shoulder. I look at him just as he speaks up,

"Lock the door and the windows just in case Damon decides to come visit you, okay?" Stefan looks right into my eyes to show me that he was serious.

I nod, "I will." That's what I was planning on doing anyway…

I give him one last smile before I go inside my house, closing the door behind me.

-0-

I found myself walking in a cemetery. It was dark and spooky. Normally I wouldn't be scared of the dark but there was something about this night that was oddly unsettling but I didn't know what it was and I found myself wanting to get out of this place as soon as possible before something bad happened.

The air seemed to get colder and colder as I walk deeper into the cemetery and I didn't have a coat on because for some reason I was in my pajamas and since I didn't have a coat, my body kept on shivering and I wished that I had a coat. Suddenly I hear the sound of a crow cawing in the distance. This makes me start running as fast as I can in the opposite direction, hoping that this would be the way to get out of the cemetery.

But I only ran for a couple minutes because I trip over my feet and this instantly reminds me of when Mr. Saltzman saved me before I knew about vampires. As soon I get back to my feet, I look up and there in front of me was Damon Salvatore and his face was in vampire mode. I couldn't help but gasp and my first instinct is to run but then I remember that I was a vampire hunter and could easily take him on.

With that thought in mind, I start to fight Damon. He put up a really good fight like I expected but I end up winning. But before I could even start to run again, I feel someone grab my leg and pull me to the ground and then a body being pressed against mine. I knew it was Damon and I try to fight him off before he could even think about kissing me. Of course this doesn't work and Damon slams his lips onto mine in a bruising kiss.

For some reason I instantly return his kiss and press my lips harder against his. Damon growls against my lips in response as he runs his tongue across my bottom before he takes my bottom lip in between his teeth and tugs on it hard. I moan letting him slip his tongue into my mouth and I move my tongue to find his.

It doesn't take long to find it and we start a battle for dominance. His hands run down my side and because of the thin tank top that I had on, I could feel his warm hands against my skin and I moan against Damon's lips again at the feeling as I let my legs wrap around his waist. Suddenly his hands are gone from my sides causing me to groan in disappointment but this doesn't last long as one of his hands made his way up my stomach to my breast and he squeezes hard making me moan and buck against his growling erection which I felt against my thigh.

Damon moans and squeezes my breast even harder and I gasp loudly because of this. Heat polled between my legs and my legs tighten around Damon's waist and I continue to rub against him wanting to release the pressure I was feeling. My hands went down to the buckle of his pants and I expertly unhook the belt and throw it off to the side. His hand disappears from my breast and I felt him to the same thing to me that I did to him. Except he unbuttons my pants and I stop moving against his erection while Damon lifts his body off of mine so he could slip my pants. As soon as my pants were gone, the cold air hit my hot skin and I shiver.

But nothing happens because I found myself waking up, all wet and bothered. My chest was going up and down. It was only just a dream. I sigh as I sit up in my bed, running a hand through my hair.

"That dream was good wasn't it, Buffy."

The hand in my head freezes at the sound of the cocky voice and I quickly turn my head to the side. And sure enough there was Damon Salvatore staring at me with a smirk. I screamed and quickly grabbed the comforters to cover myself.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" I scream at him.

"Well, I wanted to come over to see you and those cute pjs."

"Shut up Damon and get out of here!"

"Did you like the dream? Shame you woke up too soon. We almost had sex," he says with a smirk on his face.

My eyes grew bigger when I heard what he had said. "Excuse me, there is no way in HELL I will have sex with you."

"Really, because in the dream you were begging me to take you... I mean, you did allow me to take your pants off."

Holding back a loud scream, I quickly grab the stake that was by my bed side but I end up not using it because his pupils dilated and a dazed look appears on my face. I totally forgot that my vervain necklace was on my bedside table.

"Go back to sleep and when you wake up again, you won't remember this moment or the dream I gave you," Damon says as he looks straight into my eyes.

My eyes slid closed and I fell back against the bed, falling back to sleep, missing Damon who sneaks out of my room through the window.

-0-

It was in the morning and I found myself stumbling my way into my bathroom once I wake up from my sleep to go take a shower before the football game today. I ended up deciding to go to this thing because I had nothing else to do today and I didn't really want to stay home all day and do nothing. Once I was done with my shower and got out, I grab a nearby towel and wrap it around my wet form before grabbing another one to wrap my hair with it. I hear a knock on the bathroom door so I call out,

"Who is it?"

"It's Lizzie. Elena Gilbert's on the phone."

I move quickly over to the bathroom door and open it up, revealing Lizzie as she holds the home phone out towards me.

"Thanks Lizzie," I tell her quickly before closing the door. I move the towel away from one of my ears so I could put the phone to my ear.

"Hey Lena," I say brightly but there was some tiredness to my voice. "What's up?"

"I was just wondering if you're going to do the football game," Elena replies.

I nod even though she can't see it, "Yeah I'm going. I'm actually done with my shower."

"That's great," Elena says and I can hear the smile as she says this. "I could pick you up and we can go together."

"Sounds good to me," I tell her. "Just give me an hour."

"Alright. See you then. Bye Rowen."

"Yeah, bye Lena."

I hung up the phone and sat it down on the sink. I exit the bathroom to finish getting ready in my bedroom. I was finished with getting dressed, drying my hair, and putting on a little bit of makeup in thirty five minutes. Surprisingly I was excited to be going to a foot game but I know it was because at my old school I didn't have any friends so I didn't really go to the school functions but now being here in Mystic Falls, I actually had friends that I could go with to these sort of things. I was wearing a good outfit to wear to a football game which was a white tank top with a pullover fleece hoodie to go over the tank top and a pair of dark wash vintage skinny jeans and for shoes I was wearing simple white sneakers. I glance at the clock and see that it was almost an hour since Elena had called so I knew she was going to be coming soon.

Leaving my bedroom, I go downstairs and once I get down stairs, the doorbell rings. A smile came on my face immediately.

"I got it guys!" I call to Lizzie and Max wherever they are and go over to the front door and I open it up and sure enough there was Elena but she wasn't in her cheerleading outfit.

"Hey Rowen." Elena grins at me as she gives me a tight hug and she pulls back seconds later and she sees my frown, "What…what's wrong?"

"Why aren't you wearing your cheerleading outfit? Are you on the team?" I question her.

"I quit," Elena answers instantly with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Oh okay. Why?"

"It's not me anymore. That part of my life is done." Elena looks sad by this fact but she shakes out of it and smiles at me, "Come on, and let's go before we're late."

I nod and call to Lizzie and Max one last time, "I'm leaving for the game guys! I'll see you later!"

"Have fun Rowen!" Lizzie calls back seconds later.

"I will!" Sharing an excited grin with Elena, I loop my arm around Elena's and we head over to her car to go to the game.

-0-

Before I knew it, it was mid-day and I found myself talking happily to Elena at the football game (it hadn't started yet, it was sort of like a pregame party), having a really great time. But our talk is interrupted by the sound of a familiar voice.

"Hey guys."

Elena and I both look up and see Stefan heading his way over to us, dressed in his football jersey.

"Oooh, look at you, you look hot in your jersey," Elena says flirtingly as Stefan stops in front of us.

"Eh, I've seen better," I say nonchalantly but I wink at him to show I was joking.

"Haha you're hilarious Rowen," Stefan tells me sarcastically but he grins at me and I grin back while Elena shakes her head. He looks at Elena and finally notices she's not in her cheerleading outfit, "What happened? No more cheer leading?"

"I quit, I'm a quitter," Elena says simply.

"No, hey—"Stefan takes her hands in his and looks into her eyes, "You suffered a great loss. You're not the same person. You should be looking ahead. You should be starting over, okay?"

"He's right Elena," I say and Elena looks over at me then Stefan and nods.

Stefan continues speaking, still looking in her eyes, "I hope you don't think this is too soon or too weird, but… I, uh, I wanted you to have this." He pulls out a box and opens it revealing a beautiful necklace.

And from the secret look Stefan gave me, I figure out that this necklace had vervain in it just in case Damon compels her. I was just glad I had my necklace too so that it wouldn't happen to me either. I decide to leave.

"I think this is my cue to leave," I say with a grin and a wink before I leave the lovebirds alone.

Nighttime…

I made my way through the screaming crowd as Mr. Tanner made his football speech introducing Stefan. I had stood with Elena for a while during it but got bored so I decided to go off and find something to do. Once I was through the crowd, I took notices to Jeremy Gilbert who was drinking with who -I guess - were his friends. I wasn't really sure. They could have been just acquaintances. As if he felt I was watching him, Jeremy looks up and meets my eye but looks away seconds later, taking a swing of his beer. I head over there and ignore the cat calls of the boys around Jeremy once I get there.

"Can I sit?" I ask, gesturing to the seat next to him.

Jeremy just shrugs at me which I took as a yes so I sit down next to him. As soon as I sit down, he holds a beer bottle towards me to polite I guess. I normally didn't drink – well I did – but not as much as I used to. I take the bottle and I easily open it up and took a swing of it before I wipe my mouth with the back of my head.

"Did Elena send you over here to check on me?" Jeremy asks, annoyance in his voice, as he looks over at me.

I just stare at him for a moment then shake my head, "No, she didn't Jeremy. I just came over here because I was bored. That's it."

"Whatever," he mutters.

I didn't like his tone. "Look," I say sharply. "Your sister and aunt may take this kind of a crap but dude, I'm not going to."

Jeremy looks at me with a glare and opens his mouth to retort at me but was interrupted by the sound of Vicki Donavan's voice,

"Wait, no!"

I look up and so does Jeremy only to see that Tyler was heading our way with an angry look on his face but Vicki was trying to stop him by standing in front of him and trying to push him back by the chest.

"Tyler, no!" she yells at him loudly.

But Tyler pushes her out of the way. "Oh, what do you care?" he snaps at her and Vicki stops trying to stop him.

He starts walking again towards Jeremy – who goes to stand – but I try to stop him by grabbing his arm. Because of me being a vampire hunter, I always seem to know when a fight was about to take a place and there was defiantly going to be one. But before I could even grab his arm, Jeremy stands up and walks towards Tyler who stops in front of him while the boys who were with Jeremy stood up too. There must have been a glum look on Jeremy's face when he looks over at Vicki because Tyler smirks and says in a patronizing voice,

"Don't look so down. You can have her when I'm done."

Jeremy throws the first punch, hitting Tyler right in the face. Tyler didn't waste any time on hitting him back. Vicki was screaming at them to stop as a crowd forms while I try to jump in the middle at stop the fight but on accident, Jeremy shoves me to the ground and he flips Tyler on his back but Tyler does the same thing and starts punching Jer. It was only a matter of time until Stefan and Elena were over here.

And just like I thought, they appear and Stefan pulls Tyler off of Jeremy.

"Hey, he's down! Enough!" Stefan exclaims at Tyler.

Tyler was about to punch Stefan but although I knew it wouldn't have any effect, it didn't stop me from quickly getting in the middle and I caught his fist with my hand. His eyes widen at my quick reflex.

"Stop it!" I snarl at him, shoving him as hard as I could.

It was then that I felt myself being shoved out of the way and my eyes widen as a broken beer bottle had cut Stefan's hand.

"Jeremy, no!" Elena shouts as she rushes over to her brother while Matt told Tyler well yelled at him,

"Tyler, knock it off!" I guess he had started to go after Jer again and Matt had to stop him.

I get off of the ground and go to Stefan whose hand was bleeding.

"You idiot, what the hell were you thinking pushing me out of the way like that?" I snarl quietly but the worry was in my voice. "Elena saw you get cut and when the cut is gone, she's going to be asking questions and I know for a fact that you don't want her to know about your secret right now…"

"Hey, your safety is important too," Stefan snaps at me. "Not just Elena. If I didn't push you out of the way you would have gotten cut."

I just sigh in response and open my mouth to say something but Elena rushing over to Stefan interrupts me.

"Oh my god, your hand!" she cries hysterically as she tries to see the cut but Stefan quickly hides it behind his back.

"No, no, no, it's fine," he says trying to get her attention away from his hand.

But it didn't work.

"Is it deep? How bad is it?" Elena questions as she manages to get Stefan's hand out from behind back but he still kept it closed. "Come on!"

She gets Stefan's hand open and her eyes widens obviously seeing that the scar was gone.

"But…I saw it, it was…" Elena sputters as she tries to figure out what happened.

"It must have been your imagination, his hand is fine," I tell Elena quickly.

"But I saw it happened, his hand was bleeding!"

"I'm fine Elena, see," Stefan says as he shows her his hand. "I'm fine."

But she didn't give up what she saw…which wasn't surprising at all.

"No, no, no I … saw it. The glass cut your hand. It was…"

"It's okay," Stefan tells her hurriedly. "I'm okay." He changes the subject, "It's almost kick off time, alright? So, um, I'll see you after the game." He looks at me for a moment before he quickly leaves leaving me with Elena.

"I gotta talk to Bonnie," Elena mutters to me.

Before I could say anything, she leaves hurriedly and I sigh. Well this could have gone better…

-0-

Elena had ended up not locking her car so I was able to get inside of it. I went over here to get a water bottle. It was in the back of the car where I was at right now. Once I got my water, I turn around and I groan inside my head at the sight of Damon Salvatore who was looking at me with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?" I ask in a snappy voice as I cross my arms over my chest. "I didn't really peg you to be the kind of guy to go to high school events."

"There's a lot you don't know about me, Rowen," Damon says mysteriously while doing this weird eye thing. "And besides Caroline invited me to come since you know we are basically dating."

"Yeah if you call 'dating' using her a blood bag then yeah, you're defiantly dating," I say sarcastically as I roll my eyes. "If you dating her then, shouldn't you be with her instead of bothering me?"

"Because I'm hiding from her," Damon says this in a whisper as if it's some big secret he's sharing with me.

"And why is that exactly?" I ask pretending to be interested when I'm really not.

"I needed a break. She talks more than I can listen."

"Then break up with her if she bothers you so much," I tell him as if it's the most obvious answer in the world and it was.

"Well that would be the easiest choice, wouldn't it?" Damon muses with a fake thoughtful look on his face. It disappears seconds later and he now has a wicked smirk on his face, "But then I wouldn't have my personal blood bag."

"You're disgusting," I spat at him.

He just smirks at me. "You didn't think I was 'disgusting' last night," he teases.

"It was a dream, asshole, meaning it wasn't real," I point out. "If it happen in real life, I would be so disgusted by it."

"Right," Damon drawls out in a way that makes me want to smack him.

It was then a question popped in my head that I immediately blurt, "What is your intention with me?"

Damon doesn't answer my question. I guess it was because he didn't really know what it was.

But he did say something that made me scoff out loud,

"I may have intentions but so do you."

"Right," I drawl out the same way Damon did.

"You find yourself drawn to me," Damon continues as he looks into my eyes with a smirk on his face. I scoff again at this, "You think about me when you don't want to think about me. You even dream about me."

I would have pointed out that it was only because he made the dream happen but before I could, his pupils start to dilate. Just to mess with him, I put a fake dazed look on my face.

"And right now…you want to kiss me." Damon leans towards me and I lean in too but before his lips could touch mine, I quickly maneuver behind him and I bend his arm behind his back and I shove him against the car while still keeping his arm behind his back so my body had to press against his.

I look at his face and he looks astonished by the fact I didn't get compel and I smirk.

"And this is why you shouldn't try to compel a slayer," I tell him with the smirk still on my face. The smirk falls from my face and I had a hard look on my face and I spat at him, "Now you fucking stay away from me and don't you even think about getting near Elena. I will kill you if you go even a centimeter towards either of us."

I let him go and Damon falls to the ground and looks up at me, still astonished. I give him one last smirk before I turn a heel and walk away leaving him staring after me.


Third person POV…

It was later on after the big fight when Stefan was heading to his car to get something. But he stopped at the sound of Matt Donavan's voice.

"You gonna be able to play?" he says as he and Stefan fall in step with each other.

"Oh, yeah, I'm good," Stefan tells him.

Matt nods and says, "Uh, what you did back there…"

Stefan stops and looks at Matt who continues once he was looking at him.

"You had Jeremy's back."

"Ah, he's a messed up kid," Stefan tells Matt softly. "Somebody's gonna look out for him."

His team mate nods in agreement, "I know." He changes the subject and looks Stefan in the eye as he says, "This week at practice … I was a dick."

"Had your reasons."

"No excuse." Matt holds out his hand towards Stefan and he immediately shakes it. He lets go of Stefan's hand and smiles, "Good luck tonight. We're lucky to have you."

Stefan smiles back and Matt leaves. Once Matt was gone, he hears some clapping coming from a corner. He looks and it turns out to be Damon who was hiding in the shadows.

"Isn't that nice?" Damon says sarcastically as he continues to clap his hands. Stefan joins a team, makes a friend. It's all so, "rah, rah, go team, yeah!" He pumps his fists in the air as he pretends to cheer.

"Not tonight," Stefan says in a hard voice. "I'm done with you." He turns to leave but finds Damon in front of him.

"Nice trick with Rowen tonight," Damon tells Stefan with a smirk while his brother just stares at him confused. "Let me guess…vervain in the necklace."

Stefan realizes then he's talking about the necklace that he gave Rowen. Damon must have seen Rowen and found out the hard way about. He almost smirks at Rowen must have done when Damon tried to compel her to do something.

"I must admit, I was a bit surprised," Damon says with a smirk. "It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion." He then adds, "Where'd you get it?"

"Does it matter?" Stefan moves past but stops when Damon says, the smirk clear in his voice,

"Guess I could seduce her the old fashioned way like I've been doing. Or I could just…eat her."

Stefan doesn't face Damon for a couple minutes thinking about Damon and Rowen. If it was someone else other than Rowen or Elena, Damon wouldn't have hesitated in killing that person but both girls were alive…and with Rowen being the one who had been around Damon more, he didn't once try to harm her other than the time when they first met. Stefan realizes then that Damon must feel something for Rowen …he actually felt something for someone who wasn't Katherine… And another thing he realizes is that Damon wouldn't hurt Rowen. Stefan smiles slightly to himself. His brother did have humanity in him like Stefan always knew he did.

"No," Stefan finally says as he turns towards Damon who's looking at him expectantly. "You're not gonna hurt her, Damon."

"No?"

Stefan walks towards Damon with a serious look on his face as he says, "Because deep down inside, there is a part of you that feels for her." He stops in front of Damon, "I was worried that you had no humanity left inside of you that you may have actually become the monster you pretend to be."

"Who's pretending?"

"Tell kill me."

"Well, I'm…I'm tempted."

"No, you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it, and yet, here I am. I'm still alive. And there you are. You're still haunting me. After 145 years. Katherine is dead." Damon's eyes flash with hurt but he looks away from Stefan but his brother still continues, "And you hate me because you loved her, and you torture me because you still do. But this girl – Rowen – is making you feel something after all these years and that my brother is your humanity."

"Salvatore! What the hell?!"

Stefan turns to see Tanner heading his way with his arms spread out and an angry look on his face.

"We got a game to play!" Tanner yells.

"If that's my humanity…"

Stefan looks back at Damon and his brother continues,

"Then what's this?"

Before Stefan could do anything, Damon zooms over to Tanner and bites his neck causing the teacher to scream.

"No!" Stefan exclaims with wide eyes but it's too late.

Damon drops Tanner onto the floor. It was obvious the teacher was dead and Damon looks back at Stefan – whose eyes were still wide – with his face still changed and blood all over his mouth. He smirks at his younger brother.

"Anyone, anytime, anyplace." And that's the last thing Damon said before disappearing leaving Stefan there for a couple minutes before disappearing himself still shocked about what happened.

It wasn't that much longer until someone – Matt – found Mr. Tanner and the police and the ambulance came. While the ambulance takes Mr. Tanner away, Bonnie Bennett stands there watching the scene take place. And she takes notice to the numbers that she had been seeing in her head over again. The number 8 was on a licenses plate of a car, the number 14 was on the immatricualtion's car, and the number 22 was on the ground. This causes Bonnie's eyes to widen and a scared look crosses her face.


Rowen's POV…

When I heard about Mr. Tanner's death, I was shocked but not really upset. I never really liked the teacher. I knew that Damon had something to do with this so I was quickly trying to find Stefan. I found him heading towards Elena who was with Jeremy and her body was shaking.

"Stefan!" I call and Stefan stops in his place and turns to me. I quickly got over to him and saw the look on his face and I knew instantly what happened, "Damon killed him, didn't he?" I ask this in a whisper.

Stefan just nods and we stay quiet for a moment as if to silently mourn Mr. Tanner's death. Once that was over with, we quickly got Elena. We invited Jer to come with us but he denied us and left to go god knows where. Now we were at Elena's car but I was inside Elena's car. I silently watch Stefan and Elena talk outside. Once they were done talking Elena got into the car and starts the engine.

"Do you want me to drive?" I ask Elena quietly.

Elena doesn't look at me and she shakes her head, "No…I'm fine to drive."

I nod and don't say anything else for the rest of the ride. When I got home, I was immediately enveloped in a tight hug by Lizzie and Max.

"Rowen! Thank god, you're alright!" Lizzie cries as she hugs me tight.

I squeeze them back just as tightly. "Yeah, I'm fine," I whisper as Lizzie and Max pull back from the hug.

I look at them and they both looked terrified and that was the last thing I wanted.

"I'm going to go to bed," I tell them quietly. "It's been a long day."

Lizzie and Max nod and they takes turns kissing me on the forehead. I give both of them one last hug before I head upstairs to try and get some sleep.


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