A few days later, I was in Elena's kitchen wearing a tropical pink dress and white heels. Damon was also there. He made his disdain for my sister known, and didn't seem to hold me in high regard either, but he hadn't tried to kill me, so that was a plus. I was currently helping Elena make some chili. I had decided it would be a good idea to make some female friends.

"I can't believe you're bringing chili to a potluck." Damon remarked. There was a potluck at my new home later in the day. Apparently those kinds of things happened in this town and in the mayoral mansion specifically. "Everyone brings chili. Hey Ric."

"What's up?" Ric asked as he entered the kitchen.

"What time do you wanna go to the Lockwood party?" Elena asked her stepfather.

"Those founders' parties aren't really for me." Ric replied.

"Come on, I could show you my room." I joked. Damon smirked as I then realized how sexual that could be. "That sounded better in my head."

"You can show up and there will nine other people who brought chili." Damon stated. I couldn't verify if it was true, because I've never been to a potluck before. At least I liked chili.

"It's an old family recipe." Elena declared. I can say that my family didn't have any old recipes.

"Yeah, I know. I knew your old family." Damon responded as he took a knife out. "They made sucky chili."

I couldn't help but wonder why Elena was with Damon's brother. There was a lot of tension between her and Damon. She even giggled playfully.

"Why are you here exactly?" Ric asked.

"Me or him?" I questioned.

"Both I guess." The teacher replied.

"Well I'm here because I wanted to make some female friends." I answered. I wasn't sure why Damon was.

"She knows." Damon answered. What did that mean?

"He thinks I'm going to break." Elena responded. Oh yeah, they had apparently seen her boyfriend who rejected her. "I'm not going to break. I'm just going to keep making chili and pretend that I didn't spend the entire summer looking for someone who didn't want to be found."

Well at least she did find him.

"She's in denial." Damon whispered audibly.

"I'm not in denial." Elena muttered angrily.

"No? You're still wearing his necklace." Damon pointed out as he fondled it. I think there was dead vervain in there or something. "Isn't this a reminder of your unbreakable bond with Stefan?"

Damon touched it again. Okay, did he have the hots for her or something? I then heard some noises coming from Jeremy's room. It's like he was talking to someone. Maybe he was on the phone.

The doorbell then rang. It was Caroline.

"I come bearing gifts." The blonde declared.

"Please tell me that's not chili." Elena groaned. I walked to the door and an African-American girl appeared by behind Caroline. "Bonnie!"

Suddenly there was a lot of hugging between the three girls.

"Who's this?" Bonnie asked.

"Laura." I told her as I shook her hand. Suddenly her grip on me tightened and I felt a massive headache. Was she doing it?

"Bonnie, stop!" Elena commanded.

"What the fuck was that?" I asked as the headache disappeared.

"I saw her hugging Jules." Bonnie explained.

"That's because she was my sister." I replied. I grabbed my bag and prepared to leave. "I'm not here to kill anyone to avenge her death. I know who killed her and apparently he's unkillable."

"Wait, I'm sorry." Bonnie apologized. "I assumed that you wanted to."

At that time, Jeremy came downstairs. I made the connection and realized that Bonnie was his girlfriend. The fact that she jumped into his arms added to that suspicion.

A few minutes later, we decided to mix Caroline's chili with Elena's chili.

"The problem with my dad's normal family means a really boring summer." Bonnie complained.

"Well after the last few days, I would kill for a normal family." Caroline responded. I would probably kill for any family. Wait…no I'm not saying anything about that. Caroline grabbed the pot pretty effortlessly and began to pour. "Since when did you learn how to cook?"

"Damon helped a little." Elena explained. I seem to recall him helping a lot. "Laura did too."

"Damon's helping you cook now?" Bonnie asked as if it was a bad thing. Did they not like Damon either?

"Both of you stop judging. He's just trying to be a good fr…" Elena started before suddenly screaming in pain. What the hell?

"Did I splash you?" Caroline asked.

"No, my necklace." Elena replied before she pulled it off her skin. There was some sort of burn mark. How did that happen? I've never seen a necklace burn someone before. "It burned me."

"Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it." Caroline declared. Yeah, I would agree. Elena took the necklace off. "I'm just saying if you're going to be cooking without Stefan…"

"Let me see it." Bonnie requested. Bonnie grabbed it and it apparently zapped her, causing Elena to drop it.

Not long after, we went to my new home. There were a lot of people and a lot of food, but Bonnie insisted that we found out what was up with the necklace first. Couldn't we wait to do that until after we ate? I was hungry.

"Okay, I have an identification spell that might be able to tell me what magic was used." Bonnie declared as she took a crusty old book out of her bag. I'm guessing it's her spell book. "It's going to take a while so tell me if anyone's coming."

"Can I get something to eat first?" I asked.

"So you're not like switching Salvatores, are you?" Caroline asked. What?

"What?" Elena mimicked my thoughts.

"Caroline…" Bonnie said. I wanted to eat, but I also wanted to hear this.

"Stay focused." Caroline ordered the witch. "As your friend, who worries for you daily, what is the deal with you and Damon?"

"There is no deal." Elena answered in confusion. "He's been just as focused on finding Stefan as I have."

"Yeah, but that doesn't make him any less Damon." Caroline stated. What did that even mean?

"Why does everyone seem to hate Damon?" I asked. "I mean he's a little unpleasant, but I don't see any reason to hate him."

"If we went into all of that, it would take until breakfast." Caroline remarked. "If my own father who I love dearly can't change me, no one's changing Damon, not even you."

"Why are we talking about this?" Elena asked.

"Hey guys." Bonnie declared as we noticed the necklace levitating.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm not doing anything." Bonnie remarked.

"Screw this, I'm getting some food." I declared as I walked away. It seemed that Damon was right about the chili thing. I don't see why they didn't just call it a chili cook-off. I noticed Damon talking to Ric.

"Let me let you in on a little secret." The vampire said. "Founders' parties are just an excuse for the council to go in the back rooms and plot against vampires."

"I think you need to take a beat with Elena." Ric declared. Why was everyone so against him and Elena? I decided to stop listening as they began to argue about it. I wondered which chili was the best. I went for the one with the best smell, which I guess happened to be the Lockwood recipe. The sheriff then took Damon away.

I think I made a good call on the chili. It was terrible. I couldn't say it was the best because I didn't want to try all of them, but it was pretty good. I then decided to go to my room. I still found it weird that I had a room in a place like this.

I decided to bring Caroline and Elena up to my room to show them around.

"Did Stefan ever tell you where he got the necklace?" Caroline asked.

"No and I never asked." Elena answered. I guess magical necklaces were something of importance. "Hopefully Bonnie will be able to figure it out."

"Please tell me it's time to go." Ric remarked as he walked up to us. I want to show them my room. I have a lot of cool stuff in there.

"Beyond, where's Damon?" Elena asked. Damn it.

"Probably off somewhere doing bad things to good people." Caroline said spitefully. "Consider me the honesty police."

Caroline then turned her head and looked frightened.

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's my dad." Caroline declared. What was he doing here?

"Why would he even show up here?" Elena asked.

"I don't know but I need to hide." Caroline declared. I smiled.

"I know just the place." I replied as I took her up to my room.

"Thank you." Caroline responded as she took a seat on my bed. "Wow you have…a Bieber poster."

"I have more than just that." I explained. "I've never had this much stuff in my room before. I've never been able to have a dresser for just my underwear and bikinis. I've never had a TV in my room. I've definitely never had a Blu-ray player."

"So Tyler told that you father used to abuse you." Caroline replied.

"Not as much as my mom." I answered. "We think it had something to do with the full moon. It seems to be that every potential werewolf is subject to it. I even had a lot less patience back then. Of course my period was pretty much synchronized with the full moon, so it could have been that."

At that time, Tyler appeared in the doorway.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Hiding out from my dad." Caroline answered.

"I thought showing her my room would be a good distraction." I added. "How was football practice?"

"Are you okay?" Tyler asked Caroline. Caroline nodded then shook her head. "Want me to kick his ass?"

I smiled and Caroline laughed.

"Yes." She responded. "No. I bought him the shirt that he's wearing and it is really expensive, but thanks for offering. You know through everything, he's still my dad."

"This is really awkward." I declared after Caroline leaned into his chest. "Could you take this to another room or something?"

"God you reek." Caroline declared. I wasn't going to say anything.

"What?" Tyler asked. They converse a little about it before he kissed her.

"Out of my room please?" I begged before Caroline's phone began to ring. I overheard everything and found out that Damon was apparently going to try to kill Caroline's dad. Okay, maybe I am starting to see why everyone doesn't like him. Caroline left the room rather quickly. "So can you get out?"

I decided to follow her and noticed that Damon was feeding from her dad. She threw him off and then threw him through a glass door.

"Daddy, are you okay?" Caroline asked.

"I'm fine." Her dad said. Caroline then fed him some blood.

"Let me teach this ass wheel a life lesson." Damon responded.

"Just get out of here." Caroline replied.

"Or what?" Damon asked. In response, Caroline slapped him. I have to admit that this was entertaining to watch. Maybe this was why the UFC was so popular. I don't know. He then threw Caroline on the desk and got on top of her. "I'm stronger than you little girl."

"Well I'm angrier." Caroline rebutted as she kicked him into the wall. She then grabbed her father and dashed out. At that point Elena showed up.

"Oh bummer. I love a good girl fight." Damon declared.

"You can't do this anymore, Damon, not in this town, not around me!" Elena yelled. I hoped it wasn't the kind of yelling that leads to sex.

"Why not?" Damon countered. "It's nothing I haven't done before. Why is it suddenly so important for everyone to keep me in check?"

"Because I don't want to be what other people think that you are." Elena replied.

"I'm gonna go now." I declared as I went back to my room. I still heard their fighting until I closed my door. I couldn't help but wonder if this was a common occurrence. Did Damon do things like this a lot? Had he tried to do it to my sister?

The next day, I was with Elena and Caroline in town square.

"I'm not to going I told you so." Caroline replied. I don't know why people say that because that is exactly what they're doing/

"Thank you." Elena replied.

"But I did tell you." Caroline stated. See?

"Caroline, we got it." I told her.

"Okay you and Damon were both right. I was trying to change him." Elena admitted. "But if he wants to be in my life…"

"No wait." Caroline interrupted. "It doesn't matter what he does. Damon's gotten under your skin."

"That's not true." Elena denied.

"Even I know it's true." I told her.

"Just admit it, Elena." Caroline urged in exasperation. It was kind of amusing. "You are attracted to him and all of his bad brother glory."

"No." Elena replied.

"Wait no you're not attracted to him or no you won't admit it?" Caroline asked angrily.

"I can't, Caroline." Elena shot back. "If I admit it…if I even let the thought in for just a second, what does that say about me?"

"That you're human?" I guessed. They both looked at me. "Sorry."

"No she's right." Caroline replied. "You are human Elena."

It was then that we noticed Caroline's dad. I thought it was amazing that she was able to forgive him for what he had done to her. I could never forgive my dad, not that it mattered. He then said something that was kind of upsetting. Basically because she's a vampire, she'll never be okay. Maybe it's a step in the right direction, but sounds pretty bad.

"So school's starting tomorrow." I declared. "What are we going to do about it?"

"Well we do have something fun planned for tonight." Elena responded. I could use something fun. I wanted something with no drama for the first since I came here. "Meet us at the school tonight."

I didn't know what they were planning, but for some reason I knew it would be memorable.

So next chapter is when Laura meets Klaus. But will she become a hybrid? Will she be able to love someone that she is sired to? Please don't forget to review.