A/N: This would be, what you would call, a turning point. The point where girl meets mysterious new boy…anyways, here you have it, the fourth chapter! And to tell you the truth, I had to whip out my VD books- I have watched the show of recent, just to make sure that I do not have Damon's character wrong- tell me I don't. Ehem, so review please and thanks you so kindly!

She was going to blink, but the next second, he was gone. The guy was gone. He just said hi – and he knew her name! But then he just vanished, right after he greeted her. Right after he saved her…

She was somewhat slightly dazed. With the near death experience and the encounter with the dazzling guy, she almost forgot what she was doing. Almost.

Stefan, she thought, she had to go to Stefan. She wondered how much time she had wasted. She kept walking towards the woods, where she was sure Stefan had gone to. I should stop wasting time and get a move on.

She turned around in a corner, and bumped into someone. "Elena!" exclaimed the all American boy, steadying her, and looking at her dress. She looked pretty as ever, he thought.

"Hey, Matt! Why weren't you at the dance?" Elena asked, she was still a little tentative to talk to him, after their break up, she wanted to be friends with him still, but he just didn't seem like he wanted to be her friend anymore. She hated that though. She could talk to Matt about anything, he was kind and sweet and she did feel bad for doing that to Matt, but he deserved someone who liked him.

"Oh, I had work," Matt replied, scratching the back of his head. Elena knew him too well, he was…nervous, or frustrated with something.

"Everything going well?" she asked, politely just to make conversation, she hated it, the distance between them. They use to be so close.

"Fine as ever, Elena, fine as ever," Matt said, getting ready to leave, he sidestepped her and walked past her. Then he turned to her, "Where are you going, anyways? It's late outside for a girl to be out in the dark."

"I'm…" she didn't want to lie, but she had to, "meeting up with Stefan at his house. Nice talking to you, Matt, bye, and see you later!" with that, she hurried off, oblivious to the stare that Matt gave her, who was thinking two things:

One: she looked really good tonight.

Two: Stefan's house was not that way.

~XX~

Where could he be in this big mess of a forest? Elena thought, she was near the cemetery, and it was kind of giving her the creeps. Actually, she was very creeped out. No one in their right minds would be hanging out in the cemetery at night.

Except…

"Hey there, you lost?" called out a voice, and by the slur of the guys voice, she could tell that he was drunk. She fastened her pace and continued to walk faster. Maybe looking for Stefan wasn't the brightest idea. It was dark and almost midnight.

She heard a few laughs, and her heartbeat quickened. There was more than one person who could kill her. Oh this was just her night, she thought gloomily. She didn't think anyone would be at the cemetery at this time of day. Then again, her brother did come here, for some unknown reason.

She heard footsteps trailing her.

"We won't bite now, little lady," said one guy, who wasn't drunk. " We just want to have some fun, you know," and suddenly there was at least five people around her. Her heart hammered through her chest.

This has been one heck of a night for her. Where was her knight and shining armor when she needed him?

One guy took out a switch blade – they still had that nowadays, Elena thought grimly.

"Don't worry, we will have fun with you, and then we'll kill you," the same guy said, and Elena could make out the smile, which was disgusting and nasty, and she just wanted to cry. There was a small light flickering over the cemetery, showing her killers.

Then it all happened so fast, that all of them went down in a flash, Elena couldn't process it all. Maybe she had found Stefan.

But they guy wasn't Stefan. He was the guy from earlier. "Are you stalking me?" she blurted, the first thing on her mind. The handsome man gave her a smile, making her heart accelerate even faster.

"Hardly," the guy drawled lazily, his voice musical to her ears. This guy…

She looked at him, scrutinizing him. Realization dawning over her. "Let me guess, you're Damon."

"You guess right. I am pleased I am so famous nowadays," Damon said, flashing a megawatt smile and turning it off just as quickly. "Now, exactly where is my brother?"

"None of your business," Elena replied, although she did not know where Stefan was. This guy was Stefan's brother! Meaning…he was also a vampire. And maybe he was the most danger of all she faced tonight.

"Oh? None of my business, huh? Well, let me tell you something, Elena, it is my business when he is not here and you're in danger. I mean, really, if I wasn't here, you'd be a dead corpse right now," Damon said. "Feel free to admit it."

"Okay, yeah, thank you, you did save my life."

"Twice."

"Twice," Elena nodded, feeling flustered. She did wonder where Stefan was. Damon made her feel weird. Not a bad weird, but not too good either.

"Now, let us get to your house…"

Elena shook her head," Not with you."

"Oh, come on, the least I can do is escort you to your house. What? You scared of me?" Damon asked, looking at her with a piercing gaze. He cocked his head to one side slightly. Elena wondered if he was going to kill her. He could, so easily.

"I know what you did, to Stefan," Elena said quietly. Damon didn't respond. "Thank you, though."

Damon breathed in as she passed him, looking at the ground.

"Wonder what he spouted about me?" mused Damon under his breath.

~XX~

The next morning…

"Damon!"Stefan called, angry. "Damon! Come out here right now!"

"I hear you loud and clear, brother," Damon sighed, behind Stefan. Stefan turned sharply to Damon. "What do you want?"

"What happened last night?" Stefan asked his brother, crossing his arms.

"What happened? Now, wouldn't you like to know?" Damon smiled tightly. "But then again, you wouldn't, since you know, you doing the whole disappearing act and all." Damon turned to leave, but Stefan flashed in front of him.

"You saw Elena?" Stefan asked somewhat hesitantly.

"The Katherine look-alike? Uh, yeah. When did you find her? I bet when you saw her your heart just flew above the clouds and you immediately loved her since she looked so much like our Katherine," Damon responded. Stefan flushed. Her looking like Katherine was the main reason why he was attracted to Elena. "But, she isn't like Katherine." Damon's voice was low then, looking at his brother expectantly.

"I am going to talk to Elena later on in the day anyways," Stefan said, opening the door.

"Hey, Steffie," Damon called.

"What?" Stefan asked, about to leave the house.

"Just…watch out. The police are on to the killings. Don't do any vampire thing. You know, you should clean up nicer so they know that some other thing killed it," Damon said. Stefan froze.

"What?" Stefan asked, turning to Damon, shocked and confused, "what are you saying? I never killed anyone…"

"Oh yeah, you were always the little goody two shoer," Damon nodded, and then he, too was alarmed.

"Wait…It wasn't you?" Stefan asked. Damon rolled his eyes.

"I am not like you, I have perfected the art of cleaning after myself every kill," Damon said, and Stefan frowned, thinking about how many people Damon killed.

"Then…" Stefan's voice trailed off.

"Exactly. I think we have ourselves another frumpy dumpy vampire. Who cannot, obviously, clean up after themselves. It is as if they want to be known. Seriously, some stupid vampires," Damon shook his head, and walked towards the door where Stefan was.

"Where are you going?" Stefan asked, he could care less, but then, Damon didn't kill Elena, like he thought his brother would, which made him confused. His brother was definitely planning something. Something he didn't like.

"To catch that stupid vampire, of course."