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Elena's POV

The weekend goes smoothly, she spends most of her time at home, relaxing and thinking. The clarity spell is still in effect and things that had never been clear for her or that she normally wouldn't think about keep going through her. With each thought she continued to write them down and analyze them. The things that kept coming up though was her incompatibility for Stefan, her desire to tell her family the truth, and something just on the edge of her memory about Damon.

Later Sunday night, right before dinner, Stefan shows up. The two of them relax on her bed, discussing the just a few days before by the strange vampire that caused her to roll her car. Fear is one of her strongest motivators as she describes the situation to him. In the back of her mind though, the clarity is still going over detail by detail, so that she would be able to spot him by shape, or hear him by the way his boots moved. Eventually the conversation switches over to protection against the vampire, and the vervain items that Stefan has for her to give to her friends and family as she saw fit in order to protect them.

As the conversation wanes, Jeremy calls up to her that the pizza guy is there and she needed to bring the money, the four of them eat dinner before Stefan leaves for the night. Elena had not had a chance to tell them that they needed to talk about their relationship but she will do so and soon. After all, it's not fair to either of them at this point. With Stefan being elsewhere while the effects of the spell finally begins to fade.

Damon's POV

Sometimes the night is entirely too long, particularly when going through an old library attempting to find something that may or may not be there. By the time morning comes, books litter the floor just randomly laying wherever he throws them as he discovers they are not what he wants. Eventually Stefan comes wandering into the library.

"What are you looking for Damon?" he inquires.

"Not your concern," Damon replies, still going through books.

"No," Stefan answers and then continues, "but putting Elena in harm's way that is my concern."

"Hmmmm what are you talking about?" he comments, knowing full well that he is about to hear about the trip to Georgia.

"I am talking about Atlanta," Stefan responds, staring at him seriously.

With a cocky smile, he replies, "oh yeah, Elena had a blast." He still continues to go through the books, sure that eventually he would find his father's journal which hopefully gives the answer to where the spell book is.

With a shake of his head, Stefan opens his mouth and begins to speak in a cocky tone, "I get it, you're just bitter because one of us gets to be with the person we love , while poor Katherine is just out of reach, unless there is another way for you to get into the tomb. Is that what Bree said?"

He just continues to go over the books as he listens to his brother's pettiness. "Your pathetic when your fishing," he comments in response.

"You're transparent when you're deflecting," Stefan returns.

Finally, he turns to look at his brother, a lop-side smirk on his face, "don't you have school?" he inquires before going back to the books. The day seems to be going smoothly, if annoying because of the fact that he cannot seem to find what he is looking for. Finally he begins to wonder if the journal is not hidden elsewhere within the house.

Elena's POV

Morning comes sooner than Elena wants but she knows that her weekend of reflection is over. The spell had worn off the previous night while Stefan was there with a bang, causing her to have the same headache as when it was first activated. Preparing for school is almost a comfort after all of the thinking of the weekend. By time she has to go, she has her plan firmly incased in her mind, she will give Caroline, Jenna, and Jeremy pieces of the jewelry with vervain in it. As she leaves for the day she hands her aunt the bracelet she selected for her, for a moment Jenna is startled but shortly accepts the gift and hugs Elena as she leaves for the day.

Taking her aunts car, Elena heads straight to the school where she heads to class. At lunch time she catches up with Caroline. As they walk through the school campus she hands her the necklace and Caroline quickly puts it on.

Looking down at it, Caroline says, "it's so pretty, thank you." She pauses, letting go of it, "it will go with like everything. What's the occasion?"

Elena shakes her head as they continue to walk, "no occasion, it's just a little friend gift." She pauses for a moment on the word friend.

As the two girls come to a empty outside table, they set their stuff down and sit opposite of each other.

"Lesbian friend necklace?" Caroline joking ask, winking at her she continues, "kinky like that."

Elena smiles at her friend's antics, "your friendship is important to me."

Pulling out her lunch she smiles, inquiring, "why are you being so mushy?"

"Because," Elena begins, "you've been avoiding me. And I wanted you to know, whatever is going on with you and Matt," she pauses for a moment to nod, "it's okay."

Caroline's bubbly expression fades and a serious one crosses her face, "I was going to talk to you about that," she pauses to take a deep breath, "I was, but there is just not much to say." She shakes her head, still keeping her focus on Elena, "we hung out a couple times, but that's it. But," she pauses for another moment to collect her thoughts, "I just feel like we have peaked as friends."

When Elena does not immediately respond, Caroline begins to have a panic attack, "this is weird, I shouldn't be talking to you about this," she pauses looking down for a moment, trying to control the panic, nodding she repeats, "it's weird, it's weird right?"

Elena just smiles, allowing her friend to collect her thoughts before saying, "it's a little weird but if it is what you and Matt want than it is fine by me."

Looking at her inquisitively, Caroline says, "but it's all about you. Matt's not over you, so we all know it."

Elena shrugs, "I'm," she begins but pauses, the revelation of the weekend fresh in her mind, "Matt understands he has to move on," she decides to say.

Caroline just nods, slightly confused by the fact that her friend did not mention her boyfriend, was there something that she had not mentioned yet?

The two girls eat their lunch, sharing friendly chit-chat but both know that there is something else on the others mind, however in the renewed sense of friendship neither wish to bring it up. For Elena, the fact that she did not think of Stefan as her boyfriend automatically, causes her to wish to talk to him sooner than later. However, it seems that the soonest she will have a chance is after school tonight.

On Thursday after school, Bonnie and her head over to the Grill it catches a quick bite to eat. While there they discuss the fact that Elena is adopted and how she really does not want to talk to Jenna about it because she is mad at her for not saying anything. Part of their conversation also goes into details about the spell that Bonnie and her Gran had cast on Elena, she declines to answer, saying she still wants to think on it some more. They end the conversation after Bonnie points out that having a boyfriend who is a vampire hasn't thrown her off, what could be worse?

Eventually, Elena heads off to get stuff for the upcoming dance. She still is trying to figure out how she is going to tell Stefan that things are over between them without ruining their friendship.

Damon's POV

After watching and listening to the girls end their conversation, he waits for a moment for Bonnie to head towards the register before intercepting her.

Hostility pours from her as he steps in front of her, "what do you want from me?" she demands, starring directly at his face.

He nods his head once, a serious expression on his face, "I think we need a fresh start," he answers, trying to be charming.

Leaning forward a little she replies, "You tried to kill me."

He tilts his head sideways, quickly commenting, "But I didn't and if I wanted to I would have. Does that not count for anything?"

She lowers her voice, getting just a little closer, "you know I can start fires with my mind, fires kill vampires, right? Just stay the hell away from me."

Damon listens carefully, frustrated because he was trying to be polite and it is massively backfiring. When the bartender comes over to see what's going on, Damon decides to back off for the moment, there will be other times to deal with the witch. He can feel Bonnie's eyes on his back as he walks away and wonders when he will not automatically be the condemned one. He pauses just outside of the bar and listens to the small flirt that goes on between Bonnie and the bartender before shaking his head and leaving.

Elena's POV

Meanwhile, after getting a couple of accessories to go with her outfit for the decades dance, Elena is walking to her aunt's car when her phone starts to go off. She doesn't think anything of it and answers it normally, greeting the person on the other end. As she gets into her aunt's vehicle the voice on the other end makes a comment about her hitting him before and that she would not escape again. She heads directly home, slightly freaked out and writes in her journal before calling Stefan to tell him they need to talk.

The next morning she heads over to the boardinghouse to talk with Stefan about the vampire who was threatening her the night before. He hands her a pocket watch that she realizes belongs to her brother, when she inquires about it, he explains its special trick, the ability to detect vampire nearby and asks her to keep it with her so that she will have some warning. They discuss the watch and its history before he gently touches her check, he leans in to kiss her but she turns her head away so he kisses her check.

Sighing, she tells him that they need to talk and he agrees but wants to push it off until after the dance that night. She agrees but is mildly concerned that has been an entire week and she still has not had a chance to speak with him. She heads home where she finds her aunt getting ready for the dance as well. They discuss the car and the dance, before she cannot help herself in asking that her about the adoption. Jenna eventually answers with the version of the story that she knows.

Afterwards, she heads up stairs to get ready or the dance. Just as she finishes getting ready for the dance, she notices that the vampire compass-watch is going crazy, looking around the house, she doesn't see anyone so she calls Stefan only to have Damon answer the phone and tell her that Stefan should be there shortly.

Just after she hangs up the phone she hears a thump behind her as somebody grabs her shoulders. The next thing she knows, she's being spun around and a vampire is reaching for her throat.

"Elena!" she hears Stefan yell as she lets of a scream and he pulls the vampire away.

After Stefan throws the other vampire across the room it bolts out the door using its speed and he hugs Elena close, her nerves are on end because she had thought that she was safe within her own home. Agreeing it's for the best, they call Damon to have him come over so they can deal with the situation.