A/N So I hope you all are enjoying my little story. If so any reviews would be most appreciated. I see that you guys are reading it but I would love some feedback… Tell me what you like tell me what you don't like and tell me what you think I can do to make it better. Thank you for taking the time to read, it warms my heart and makes me the happiest girl in the whole world. I love you lots!

~Bonnie~

They crept through the crowd of high schoolers loitering around the clearing where the party was already in full swing.

"Can you find a place to park?" Caroline asked over Matt's shoulder.

"Yea I think so." Matt said slightly annoyed. It had been Caroline's fault they were so late getting there. She was 30 minutes late getting ready.

"There!" Katherine exclaimed two seconds before Matt passed what seemed like the only available spot.

The group groaned.

"Good job Matt!" Katherine said, sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Well maybe you should tell me more than two freaking seconds before I'm supposed to pull in." Matt hissed through clenched teeth.

Katherine sat back in a huff.

"There's a spot up ahead Matt" Elena said softly pointing to the opening. Matt smiled appreciatively and pulling into the spot.

"Yay! Elena to the rescue." Katherine sneered before hopping out and heading towards her group of friends.

Elena's face fell. She hated it when Kat got nasty. She had done nothing to deserve that comment, and yet Kat was upset. She sighed.

"Hey Elena! Caroline!" Bonnie said waving towards the two girls, gesturing for them to join her by the fire. They headed in the direction of their other best friend.

"Sorry about Kat, I don't know what her problem is tonight." Elena apologized to Caroline.

"Why are you apologizing for something she did to you?" Caroline asked confused.

Elena thought about it for a second.

"I don't honestly know." She conceded. As they reached Bonnie, Elena plastered a smile on her face. She didn't really want to discuss it with Bonnie.

"Hey guys!" Bonnie said enthusiastically.

"Hey Bonnie" They said in unison, and then laughed.

"So what are we drinking tonight?" Caroline asked.

"Looks like some Coors Light or Bud." Bonnie answered, offering both. After Elena and Caroline made their selection Bonnie put the rejections back.

"So…. The new guy." Bonnie hinted towards Elena.

"Yea what about him?" Elena said nonchalantly taking a sip of her beer.

"I saw you in History. You couldn't keep your eyes off him" Bonnie smirked.

Elena blushed hoping the darkness would hide it.

"I don't know what you're talking about I was paying attention to the lesson." She said looking at the ground. "Something you obviously weren't doing."

Caroline snickered, Bonnie turned beet red.

"Hello, Elena?"

Elena stood stock-still. Slowly turning around she came face to face with those green eyes, dancing with the light from the flickering flames.

"Oh, Hi, uh Stefan." Elena stammered out. "I didn't know you would be here."

"I was invited by one of the cheerleaders." He stated simply.

Caroline coughed suggestively.

"Oh excuse me, this is Caroline Forbes and Bonnie Bennett… my two best friends, guys this is Stefan Salvatore." She introduced.

"Stefan…. Nice to meet you." Caroline said extending her hand.

Taking it and shaking lightly Stefan nodded.

Elena turned to the cooler to grab a beer for Stefan.

"Coors Light or Bud?" Elena offered.

"Bud I guess" He said reaching for the bottle.

"So Stefan what brings you to Mystic Falls?" Bonnie asked.

"Well our Uncle lives in the old boarding house. We came to visit for the year." Stefan explained.

"You say we…. There's another one like you?" Caroline said with out thinking, and then blushed.

Stefan chuckled.

"Not exactly like me, my older brother, Damon, is visiting for a short time. He graduated a few years ago so he comes and goes as he pleases." Stefan clarified.

"So there are two of you." Bonnie joked.

"I guess in a way you could say that." Stefan smiled.

"Elena!"

Elena groaned inwardly. Please, please, not Katherine, she prayed.

Too late. Katherine sauntered up, clearly drunk. Leaning on Stefan's shoulder she looked him over.

"Well aren't you going to introduce me baby sister?" Katherine smiled.

Elena glowered. Katherine was 10 minutes older than she was and she never let her forget it.

"Katherine, Stefan, Stefan, Katherine." Said Elena through gritted teeth.

"How doooo you do." Katherine said with a mock curtsy.

Elena mentally face-palmed herself. God her sister was such a 'ho. Especially when she was drunk… and the guy was cute. Which Stefan was.

"Ok Kat I think you've had enough to drink and you need to go home." Elena said grabbing the bottle out of her sister's waving hand.

"But we just got here!" Katherine protested vehemently, wrenching her arm free of Elena's grasp. "Plus I just made a new friend, what kind of friend would I be if I just up and left him high and dry?" She sidled up closer to Stefan's side.

Stefan looked completely uncomfortable.

"Katherine why don't you go get Stefan a beer? I think he said he liked Bud. There are some more in the cooler by Tyler." Elena said trying to extract her sister from him. After she was successful Stefan seemed to visibly relax.

As Katherine happily complied Elena motioned for Stefan to follow her around the other side of the fire.

"She's a real piece of work isn't she?" Elena said running her fingers through her long brown locks.

Stefan cocked his head to the side. "It seems more like she's looking for some sort of approval." He observed.

"Yea that would be my parent's faults… and partially mine." Elena said with a sad sigh. "My parents were always comparing us asking her why couldn't she be more like me? We may be twins but we are two completely different people…. My parents didn't seem to understand that."

Elena turned to stare into the fire. She felt guilty for all the things that had happened to Kat and yet she knew it wasn't her fault. Yea so she was a straight A student that didn't mean that Katherine should be expected to be exactly like her. Katherine was more of the free spirit type, she passed her subjects but she didn't excel in any specific area.

Except for one Elena thought snidely.

"Stefan" Elena heard a new voice join their little two-some.

"Hey Damon what's up?" She heard Stefan reply. "Elena I want you to meet my brother Damon."

Elena looked up and directly into the iced blue eyes of her nightmare.

"You!"