Taylor's POV

I woke up. I knew that Stefan was dealing with Damon, but it still hurt that he couldn't find five minutes for me. I went to the bathroom to find…Vicki. How did I forget that Jeremy had let her sleep over?

"I'm almost done." She replied, mouth full of toothpaste. I almost lost my appetite.

"Did you know that Jeremy brought a girl home?" I asked Jenna and Elena who were seated at the table.

"He could try harder to hide her, but yeah." Jenna explained. "I also want to tell you girls I won't be home for dinner."

"You're going out with Logan?" Elena teased. I felt bad for her.

"I'm going to torture him." Jenna corrected.

"So have you heard from Stefan?" Elena asked.

"I also got was one lame voicemail." I frowned. I wasn't going to imitate him before I poured some cereal.

"You should call him." Jenna suggested.

"He's the one with all of the secrets, he should call me." I explained. "I hate that he hasn't even had the grace to see me once in the last three days."

Ashley's POV

Bonnie and I were in Caroline's room as she prepared for school.

"I remember the party." She remarked. "Damon came up behind me and was kissing my neck…or biting it. I passed and Ashley found me. I have all these holes in my memory. Maybe I let him bite me."

"You shouldn't let someone bite you, Care." I told her. The good news was the bruises were healing. "It's not kinky. It's weird."

"Can we stop talking about this?" She requested. She looked at Bonnie. "What's with the candle?"

"Nothing." Bonnie replied. I think she was trying to light it. She had no idea how her powers worked. She then noticed the talisman. "What's this?"

"Damon gave it to me…or I don't know but I found it." Caroline said.

We went to school and Caroline already started to plan for the carwash. It was good that she was focusing on something else. I had a feeling that I would be there.

Taylor's POV

I was with Elena and Bonnie before Ashley came over.

"It's like nothing happened." Elena commented.

"Well if she focuses on other things, she'll be able to move on quicker." Ashley opined.

All of a sudden, Stefan walked over.

"Hey girls, we have to do that thing in that place." Elena remarked as she pulled Ashley and Bonnie away.

"I'm sorry I haven't called." He apologized.

"I'll live." I replied.

"I was dealing with Damon." He explained.

"You told me that, but couldn't you at least have the decency to call?" I asked. "I haven't seen you in four days."

"You have the right to be upset me with me." He remarked. "Can I explain it?"

Sure." I agreed. I then realized something. "Want to meet at the Grill at 4:00?"

"I can do that." He declared.

"Stefan, where's Damon?" Caroline asked. "He needs to apologize over his disappearing act."

"He's gone, Caroline." Stefan simply said before he walked away.

"You don't need Damon. I told her."

After school, I met up with Ashley.

"Do you think I'm acting too much like Elena?" I asked her.

"What do you mean?" Ashley inquired.

"Well I'm just finding that my actions are mirroring Elena's." I explained.

"Why do you think that you're doing that?" She questioned.

"I think it's because I think if I act like Elena, he'll like me more." I answered. "I'm not sure if he'd like me for me. Does that make any sense to you? Am I crazy?"

"I think that when he does that dinner thing, you should tell him what you're like too." My friend suggested.

"So how's Caroline holding up?" I questioned.

"I think she's getting better. I just wish that she wouldn't let Damon out." Ashley stated.

"We can't leave Damon in there" I told her. "If we do, Logan probably kills Stefan."

"I know." Ashley pointed out.

Later, I went to the Grill and found Josh was there. I don't know why I bothered going so early. I knew he was going to be late.

"Are you looking for someone?" My ex asked me.

"Stefan." I answered.

"Haven't seen him." Josh replied. "If you want to play pool while we wait, I'm game."

"Okay." I agreed. I don't know why. I sucked at pool. Maybe this would be a chance to really to know him. "So my aunt and your uncle, how crazy is that?"

"It's not as crazy as it would be if we were still together." He commented

An hour later, we were still playing.

"So why is he so late?" Josh asked. "It's not nice to keep a girl waiting."

"I don't want to talk about it." I declared. "It's weird talking about boys with you."

"It's not like we were never friends." Josh remarked.

"Okay, I like Stefan, but I just feel that we don't know each other that well." I told him.

"Well, all I know is that he's great at football." He commented. "I also think he's a nice guy."

It was then that he arrived.

"I'm sorry I'm late." He apologized. "I got held up."

"For an hour?" I asked.

"I'm gonna go." Josh remarked.

"I'm really sorry." He said again.

"Stop saying sorry!" I yelled. Well that definitely wasn't Elena like. "Just tell me what's going on?"

Before he could say anything else, the old man showed up. He was Tiki's grandfather I think. While I'm on the subject, who names their kid Tiki? I walked away because he had something better planned.

I went into my room while I waited for him. I knew I needed to clear the air and the kitchen was the place for it. I need to open up to him just like he is going to do with me.

"You look upset." Jeremy commented. I glad he was in a better mood, even if he was with Vicki.

"Things between me and Stefan are really tense." I stated.

"Well maybe you should get something to eat." He suggested. I went downstairs and there he was in the kitchen.

"Why are you in my kitchen?" I asked.

"Jeremy told me you love chicken parmesan and I am a good cook, being of Italian descent." He explained. "I even make my own mozzarella, but tonight it's store-bought."

"You can't just make me dinner and pretend everything's okay." I remarked as I walked closer to him.

"I know. I'm gonna tell you some things about me." He replied making some cuts. "If you're going to dump me, you should know who you're dumping."

"I never said I was." I pointed out.

"Well I'm gonna start with Veronica. She was the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen, until now." He replied. Aww. "Everything about her was perfect. She made me feel so special. She was fun. Of course she was all good. A lot of times, she could be very bad. Damon and I don't know who was with her first. We both did some things that we probably shouldn't have and now he is eternally angry at me for them. I miss her, but I've come to terms with the fact she's gone."

I then joined in the cooking.

"I love to read, especially Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is my favorite of all time." He explained. "I love Seinfeld, but Happy Days was the best before it jumped the shark. Movies, I love Taxi Driver and anything Scorsese. I love a little everything music wise: Dylan, Patsy, Willie, Kanye, I even like that one Miley song."

"'Party in the USA' or 'The Climb'?" I asked as I began to cut . I always wondered this.

"Party in the USA" He replied.

"So now I want to tell you about me. I always feel kind of inadequate around Elena. Sometimes I try to be like her. I like to read too. I am a huge klutz, but you already knew that. I like to make jokes that no one laughs at, and I like to music that is kind of embarrassing. In other words, I'm kind of a dork and I was afraid you wouldn't like me if you knew the real me." I explained. I wasn't paying attention and accidentally cut myself. "Fuck! This is why I should never handle a knife."

I went to wash my finger. I forget that it kind of ruined the dinner in the show. I keep forgetting things until they happen. I didn't look in the window so I wouldn't see the vamp part. I hoped we could still eat. I realized he got better and I kissed him again.

Ashley's POV

I was in my room doing homework when suddenly a crow appeared at my window. Was Damon trying to find Caroline's? I still don't know how he managed to do that.

The next day I went to the car wash. I went a white tunic, black vest and shorts also sunglasses. Caroline was explaining the rules to Elena who was at the cashbox.

Taylor's POV

I was preparing to get ready. I decided to go all out and wore a blue and white striped bikini with a blue sarong. Stefan came up to me. He wasn't exactly dressed for the part.

"The event is called Sexy Suds." Caroline told him.

"Did she just scold me?" He asked.

"I think she just wants everyone to see that sexy bod of yours." I suggested. This is wanted to see. "Do you need any help with it?"

I noticed Logan was there. I wasn't looking to go anywhere with him. I wasn't going to play the game where I didn't know that Stefan was a vampire. I have to admit, he was good at what he does: both journalism and being charming. Jenna seemed to be eating it up. I wish I could tell her that he was only dating her so he could steal Jeremy's watch.

Stefan and I were working on a car together. I wish it could have been sexier. I'm betting that if I tried to wash it with my body, I would slip off the hood and hit my head on the pavement.

"So how did you get those rings?" I asked. It would make him think I was interested.

"It's a family ring." He explained. "It's from the Italian Renaissance."

"I'm guessing it's like stuck on your finger because you never take it off." I joked.

"Something like that." He replied.

"That stone looks familiar." I replied. "Is it a lapis lazuli?"

"Yes." He replied. "How'd you know?"

"I'm a girl. I know jewelry." I explained. If he could play up Italian stereotypes, then I could joke about female ones.

Ashley's POV

I was washing cars by myself. I do not like being out in the sun this much. I knew Caroline was about to leave because Damon was going to call her to him somehow. I still didn't know how he did that. It seems like Damon had all of these abilities that the writers just forgot about as the show went on.

"Hey, Ash, can you get some more towels?" Caroline requested. I sighed and went inside the school. The lights were out and it wasn't creepy at all. I went towards the janitor's closet and I found the door was locked. How was I supposed to get the towels? I walked around and I swear I heard Damon asking me for help. He was doing it to me. I needed to get away before I was under his spell. After a little while, I found myself…walking.

I walked toward the boarding house. I needed to get Damon out. I needed to get Damon out. I knew that it was wrong, but I needed to get Damon out.

Taylor's POV

"So is there anything that you wanted to tell me that you didn't get a chance to last night?" Stefan asked me.

"I cannot get enough of CW shows." I remarked. "I mean I watch just about everything. So what kind of TV that's on right now do you like?"

"Well I stick mostly to comedy." He admitted. "I like Big Bang Theory, Scrubs, and How I Met Your Mother."

"Your there's a movie like How I Met Your Mother." I remarked. "It's called Definitely, Maybe. It's basically what the show would be like if they didn't focus on the wacky friends and just talked about the actual story of how he met her mother. I mean are the friends' lives really that important? I don't think the kids care."

"Okay…" He replied.

"Sorry, I sometimes rant about what's wrong with things." I remarked. Back home, Ashley had been on the receiving one when I went into a diatribe about how wrong Bonnie was for Jeremy.

"Also, I want to set my brother up with my best friend." I added. "Now you know pretty much everything there is to know about me. So what does Salvatore mean anyway?"

"It means savior." Stefan replied. Yeah, that name fit him since he had saved me from the car accident.

Ashley's POV

I reached the boarding house. I had to go inside and let Damon out. I had to find him and let him out. It was what I had to do. I heard his voice calling me toward him. There was a crow, but I didn't pay any attention to it. The door wouldn't open, so I found another one and opened it. I closed the door and walked down the stairs. I walked down the hallway before I found the cell where he was being hidden.

"Why did you bring me here?" I asked as I looked at him.

"Because it didn't work with your sister." He replied. He got us and walked over to the door. He was in pretty bad shape. "I need you to open the door. I need you to open the door."

I needed to open the door. He needed me to open the door. I began to unlock before Zach came and snapped me out of my trance. Oh my god, I was in the boarding house. Damon hadn't used Caroline to get him out. He had somehow used me. I then noticed the door was open and Damon was rushing out.

"Run!" Zach commanded. He didn't have to tell me twice. Damon quickly broke his neck as I hightailed it out of there. I ran out into the sun, thankful that he didn't have his ring.

Taylor's POV

I'm glad that I didn't leave because I was having a good time with Stefan. I then knew something else was supposed to happen, but I wasn't sure what. Then I noticed Bonnie was staring at a puddle and it suddenly turned into fire. Stefan and I were the only ones who noticed. He rushed over and snapped her out of the trance.

I told Stefan goodbye and went home. As soon as I got there, I got a call from Ashley.

"What's up?" I asked.

"We have a problem." Ashley replied. "You know Damon did that thing to Caroline?"

"Yeah…" I replied. I suspected that she would have let him out by now.

"He didn't do it to Caroline. He did it to me. I don't know how to he did, but one minute I was at the car wash and the next thing I remember I was running for my life." Ashley explained. "Taylor, this is a big problem. I don't know if I want to still be here."

"We don't know how to get back." I explained. "I have to go. I have to go see Stefan. I can't take this anymore. I need him to know that I know."

"Be careful." She instructed.

I went out to the car and drove to the boarding house. I knew I would be okay because Damon should be at the cemetery. I went to the door as it opened and saw Stefan holding the stake that he planned to use to kill Damon.

"Stefan…I know." I told declared. "I know you're a vampire."

So I heard some complaints about Taylor being too much like Elena and I made her realize it. Also, Ashley got her wish when she asked for Caroline not to let Damon out. I definitely wasn't the way that she wanted. And I answered the question of which Miley song Stefan was referring to. Please don't forget to review.