Walking back into the house with Bonnie laughing. I feel lighter not as weighed down. She taught me some cleansing spells that I can use daily to keep the darkness at bay. My eyes immediately land on Damon in a puddle of his own blood and I dash over to him.

"Oh my god, are you okay?" I ask helping his lay back.

He groans in reply, and I notice the big wooden stake in his stomach. Hoping that I'm doing the right thing I clasp the stake and pull it out with all of the strength I can muster.

Coughing Damon rubs his stomach shaking his head. "Thanks redbird."

I wave him off and help him stand up. Together Bonnie and I get him on couch, and Bonnie hands him a blood bag. "What happened Damon?"

"Oh the usual. I pushed boundaries Stefan got angry. I just underestimated the ripper is all." Damon says airily as if this happens every day.

Wow. Unsure of what to do I just follow Bonnie's lead and sit down. Bonnie then starts chatting and I look between the two. Stuff like this really must happen every day. I feel bad for Elena always caught in the middle as she is. Speaking of Elena she walks through the doors. In really short shorts and a revealing top. She and Faye must shop at the same store.

Elena stops midstride and comes closer looking at me. "Who's she?"

"This is Diana, Stefan brought her over." Damon says looking at Elena with a mixture of hate and love.

Such a thin line and he's blurred it. Though the Elena in front of me doesn't seem like the Elena, Stefan wrote about. This one is definitely a vampire, and she's empty on the inside. Not really empty more like suppressed. I can sense her emotions, but they're stuck behind a barrier within her. A blockage. Opening my eyes I look away from Elena not wanting to sense that hollow feeling. It makes me cling to my scattered emotions. The attraction towards Stefan, kinship with Bonnie, irritation at Damon, and disturbance with Elena. Seems like the only true positives lie with Stefan and Bonnie. For the time I'm here I'll need to stick close to them. It might be tricky though considering Stefan never seems to be around, and Bonnie doesn't even live here. When Bonnie says that she has to go, I offer to drive her. Wanting to get out and away from the tension simmering between Damon and Elena.

"You know Stefan likes you right?" Bonnie comments staring out the window.

Stepping on the break slightly I make the whole car lurch. "What?"

"He came to get me for you, and that fight with Damon was over Stefan being protective of you." Bonnie says a slight smile on her face. "I think you two would be good together. I can tell you're good people."

Laughing slightly I shake my head. "Stefan probably just wants to feed on me again. Please that's all he wanted that first night. What could have changed?"

"Something in you reached past the ripper." She states her smile seeming to grow as I deny her claims.

Sighing I wave my hand in her direction. "You know him better than I do. Besides doesn't mean I like him."

"Yes you do," Bonnie teases her smile full and bright.

Leaning my head against the steering wheel I give up. "Fine Bonnie. I like Stefan, and he might like me. I doubt anything will happen though. He must still be hung up on Elena."

"Stop right there." Bonnie snaps giving me a disapproving glance. "Stop putting yourself down to avoid rejection. I get that Cassie did an ordeal on you, but vampires have more experience than witch boys ever could. Stefan knows a quality woman when he sees one."

Against my better judgment my statement slips out. "Yet he dated Elena."

"Easy, easy. Elena was my best friend. She's just turned off her emotions. After her brother died, she couldn't cope. Damon the idiot made her turn it off. Even though I brought Jer back. She's hasn't wanted to. So now we're stuck with that thing you met today. She was quality, sweet, caring, compassionate, and amazing. The kind of girl people laid their lives out for." Bonnie replies her voice hitting a somber tone as she looks down.

Coughing I feel my cheeks color in shame. "I'm so sorry, Bonnie. I had no right."

"It's fine. You're a newcomer, and hopefully you'll stick around a bit." Bonnie says then changes the conversation back to random babble.