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Julia sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror, she looked good in her latex jeans and shirt, she had dressed up for Stefan and just hoped that he would be there to pay attention to her and not to her sister, but unfortunately, she would not be even there to attend the party. Just after Elena had left with Tyler and Bonnie and she herself was about to leave she had thrown up luckily only on the sink and there was no way that she could go there when she had an upset stomach. Elena the concerned sister she was had rung her up and it was with great regret that Julia informed her that she was not going to be able to attend. So it left her with one thing except for self-pity and yes she was doing a re-run of the twilight saga.

At the party later that night, Caroline was chatting with one of the girls she knew from French. She saw Stefan arrive. "Uh, excuse me."

She followed after him. He noticed her and shot her a smile.

"Hey! You made it!"

Stefan nodded. "I did."

"Well, how about we get you drink?" she offered.

"Well, I'm-"

"Come on," she urged. She looked around to see Bonnie chatting with Elena and her holding a bottle in front of her.

" Caroline, I think one of your friends is calling you over there," Stefan said, successfully distracting her and slipping away to meet the one for whom he had bothered to go to this party, materializing before one Elena Gilbert.

"You know, you're kind of the talk of the town," Elena said to Stefan as they walked side-by-side through the party.

Stefan quirked an eyebrow. "Am I?"

Elena nodded. "Mhm. Mysterious new guy, oh, yeah."

"Well, you have the mysterious thing going, too. Twinged in sadness," Stefan commented.

Elena's head snapped over to him. "What makes you think that I'm sad?"

"Well, we did meet in a graveyard," he pointed out.

"Right." Good point... she hadn't thought of that. "Well, no, technically we met in the men's room. You don't want to know, it's... it's not exactly party 'chit-chat'."

He smiled kindly. "Well, I've never really been very good at, uh, 'chit-chat'."

Elena took a deep breath as she told him the tragic happenings of four months ago. "Last spring... my parents' car drove off of a bridge into the lake. And I was in the backseat and I survived, but... they didn't. So that's my story."

They stopped, getting lost in each other's eyes. "You won't be sad forever, Elena." But their moment was broken when they heard someone shout,' No'.

"Wait, is that, is that Vicki .." Elena said as she rushed into the woods, Stefan following not long after.

"You know, you're starting to get on my nerves, gilbert. It doesn't matter if you are Elena's brother.." Tyler was saying before Vicki pushed him off.

"Just go, Tyler, get the Hell away from me," she said.

"What's going on here?" Elena asked spotting her younger brother.

"What going on is Elena that your asshole of a best friend was forcing himself on Vicki," Jeremy said as he looked at the duo.

"What, Ty?"

"He was just drunk..." Vicki said in protest.

"Really you are still defending him," Jeremy asked as Tyler walked away.

"I am so sorry Stefan, I just need to check on Tyler..." Elena said as she rushed in the same direction while Stefan went back to join the party.

"Ty wait, wait "

"What is it now Elena huh, What do you want.." as he continued walking

"My friend, that's who I want" she replied. Tyler stopped in his tracks and sighed as he leaned against a tree.

"I am still alive the last time I checked not like Uncle Grey.."

"I miss Dad too... but the Tyler I know although he is a bit of an asshole," they both chuckled at that, "would never force himself on anyone"

" Its... I don't know what's happening to me at some nights I just feel so angry"

"Yeah but that's not an excuse to you know..."

" Yeah, I know. I will apologize with flowers ."

Elena chuckled as she looped an arm through his, "Let's go find the others"

" Hmmm, by others do you mean a particular new student, good with history and everything..."

"Shut up"

Back at the party things were mostly the same, Stefan still rejected Caroline's advances although perhaps a bit sooner as he answered questions a guy from school was asking him, all merely fabricated stories none the truth.

"Hey, looking for someone," Matt asked as he approached Elena.

"Hey"

"When you broke up with me you said it was because you said you needed some time alone. You don't look so alone to me."

"Matt you don't understand, it's.."

"It's okay Elena. You do what you have to do. I just want to let you know that I still believe in us. And I am not giving up on that."

"Matt, Julia was not able to attend she had an upset stomach."

" I know she called me" he replied walking away.

"I like Bonnie, she seems like a good friend," Stefan said as he approached her with a drink. Elena unconsciously smiled.

"Best friend in the world although she is more closer to Jules."

"And Matt, He can't seem to, uh, take his eyes off of us."

"Matt's that friend since childhood that you start dating because you owe it to yourselves to see if you can be more."

"And?'

"And then my parents died, and everything changes. Anyway, Matt and I, together we just; I don't know, it wasn't, um... It wasn't,"

"Passionate."

"No. No, it wasn't passionate."

They were again gazing into each other eyes when they were interrupted by a sharp cry,

"Somebody help!" Jeremy panicked cry cut through the loud music as he carried Vicki in his arms.

"Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?" Matt exclaimed, rushing over to his sister, pushing the crowd that had formed, who had a bite mark on her neck.

"What happened to her?" Tyler inquired as he came rushing there and looked at Vicki in horror and guilt.

Matt ignored him and yelled, "Somebody, call an ambulance!"

"Everybody back up, give her some space!" Tyler said.

"It's her neck," Elena said. "Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood."

A boy handed Matt a bandage. "Put this on her neck."

"Vicki, Vicki, come on, open your eyes, look at me," Matt begged and he looked up to see Stefan Salvatore turning back and running.

"What's going on?" Zach Salvatore asked as the youngest of the two vampire brothers rushed into his house. Although he already dreaded the answer.

"Someone else was attacked tonight, Zach, and it wasn't me," Stefan said. He slammed his bedroom door. There was a crow... in his bedroom. Only one person that he knew used effects like that. "Damon."

Damon was standing out on the balcony. He smirked. "Hello, brother."

"Crow's a bit much, don't you think?" Stefan asked.

"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog," he boasted.

"When'd you get here?" Stefan inquired.

"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school." Stefan rolled his eyes at his brother's difficulty in giving straight answers. "Your hair's different. I like it."

"It's been fifteen years, Damon," he stated, almost nostalgic.

"Thank God. I couldn't take another day of the nineties. That horrible grunge look did not suit you. Remember, Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads." Stefan found himself annoyed finally he had felt happy, complete in a long time and he was not going to let Damon destroy this

"Why are you here?" he pressed.

Damon put on a fake pout. "I missed my little brother."

"You hate small towns," Stefan said. "It's boring. There's nothing for you to do."

His signature smirk appeared on his face. "I've managed to keep myself busy."

"You know, you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you."

"Ah. That can be a problem... for you."

Stefan narrowed his eyes at him. "Why are you here now?"

"I could ask you the same question. However, I'm fairly certain your answer can be summed up all into one little word... Elena."

"Julia, how are you feeling? " she heard Elena's voice ask her as she felt annoyed at having to pause at the part when Edward was about to break up with Bella in her movie.

"Much better, why ?"

"Are you good enough to drive and spend some time outside?"

"Why what happened?" she sat up hearing the tension in her sisters' voice.

" There has been another animal attack."

"Oh my God! Who?"

"Vicki, Matt has taken her to the hospital, I think he wouldn't mind some company I would have gone but Jeremy.."

Julia cut her off, "I am going there, don't worry."

'Bye. Be careful. I love you." With that Elena canceled the call as Julia rushed to her car and drove to the hospital. On reaching there she found Matt sitting on a chair she sat beside him and held his hand, he leaned gratefully into her touch. No words were needed and Julia was 90% percent sure that if she opened her mouth she would say something stupid so she let the silence prevail, unlike Elena who would know what to say in such a situation.No stop it, no comparison you need to be there for Matt. The silence lasted until her phone rang up, it was Elena.

" You reached."

"Yes, I am there"

"Tell Matt, I have already informed Kelly."

"Will she becoming?" Matt questioned suddenly.

" She said she will try if Pete's schedule is free, she will pray for the speedy recovery," Elena replied.

Matt scoffed. "Of course"

Elena cut the call and looked up at Bonnie.

"Yup, she's there."

Bonnie said. "We're gonna go to Mainline Coffee, wait for news."

Elena nodded. "I gotta take Jeremy home. "

"Elena, there's no way I'm psychic," Bonnie said suddenly. "I know that. But whatever I saw, or I think I saw, I have this feeling..."

"Bonnie, what?" Elena questioned, pressing for her to continue.

"That it's just the beginning."

"She took my breath away, Elena. She's a dead ringer for Katherine." he said, as he stepped towards his brother. "Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?"

"She's not Katherine," Stefan said.

"Well, let's hope not," Damon replied."We both know how that ended. Tell me something, when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?"

"I know what you're doing, Damon. It's not gonna work," Stefan snapped. For a hundred years, Damon had tried every so often to get him to break his diet, usually, it didn't work. Unless he brought fresh human blood into the picture.

"Yeah? Come on. Don't you crave a little?" He proceded to hit Stefan.

"Stop it," Stefan growled.

"Let's do it," Damon said. "Together. I saw a couple of girls out there. Or let's just cut to the chase and let's just go straight for Elena."

This apparently hit a nerve as Stefan pushed him back

"Stop it!" Stefan began to yell.

Damon continued to taunt him. "Imagine what her blood tastes like!" Black veins crept up to Stefan's green eyes, which had now transformed into a much darker shade. "I can."

"I said stop!" he screamed and then growled

He vamped up on Damon and threw him out of the window, shattering glass in the process. He landed on the ground, but he couldn't find Damon.

"I'm impressed." His brother was standing, not a scratch on him. "I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole face thing. It was good."

"You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go, people die."

Damon shrugged like it didn't matter to him and it probably didn't to him."That's a given."

"Not here. I won't allow it."

Damon looked pleased, which irritated his brother to no ends. "I take that as an invitation."

"Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?" Stefan begged, supressing his anger.

"I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word," he said as if talking about the weather.

"Just stay away from Elena," Stefan warned.

"Where's your ring?" Damon smirked once again as Stefan looked down and found it missing.

"Oh, yeah, the sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and, poof, ashes to ashes"

" Relax. It's right here." He gripped Stefan's throat after picked up the ring and slid it onto his finger, and threw him against the garage door.

"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again. I think we woke Zach up."

"Sorry, Zach," Damon said and went his way whistling a merry tune.

Julia doesn't remember how long she just stayed there holding Matt's hand the exhaustion waiting for her down as she held Matt's hand.

"She's okay you may see her now .." Doctor Meridith fell came and told them."We just have to keep her for a day or two she lost a lot of blood, although their will be no scars."

"Thank you, doctor," Matt said

"It's my pleasure," she said and walked off.

"I have to go home Matt, Jenna will be worried. See you tomorrow."

Julia drove to the driveway of her house and saw Elena standing on the door and talking to a guy, Oh my God was he, Stefan Salvatore?

"I know it's late." he was saying, "But I needed to know that you were okay.'

"You know, for months, that's all anyone's wondered about me. If I will be okay," she replied

"What do you tell them?"

''That I will be fine."

"Do you ever mean it?"

"Ask me tomorrow. "

And then I did not care to eardrop again as I saw her invite him in, already knowing what was going to happen. I told every cheerleader and popular girl in the school that I had dibs on Stefan Salvator, the new guy but it seemed that I forgot to inform my very own sister, back in the outside world everyone may look up to me and I may try to be the best of them all and I may even achieve it but at home I know that no matter what I will do I will always be number second for what I did Elena will always do it better and with that I went to bed full of bitterness, anger and disappointment. My hopes crushed and dreams broken.