Third Person POV

Damon smirked. It had already found them. They seemed to think that vampires weren't partially human, in the sense of smarts or looks. Damon's emotions had never been shut off, but he had trained himself over the decades to not care. To be careless. Caring slowed him down, and emotions clouded his head. He took a swig of his bourbon, his icey eyes following the mayor and his wife as they exited the restaurant.

Caroline's POV

I adjusted the bag Elena had given to me before I left on my shoulder. Walking into school and waving at a few of my acquaintances, I headed towards Bonnie's locker.

"Hi!" I chirped, standing next to her.

"Hey Care!" she grinned at me, but her grin turned into a confused expression when her eyes settled on the bag over my shoulder.

"What's that?" I set my purse on the ground and handed her the bag.

"It's a Halloween costume Elena picked out for you. She wanted me to bring it to you." I explained, and she pulled out a witch-looking dress.

"Seriously?" she scoffed, and I looked at it for the first time. It wasn't too bad, but it had a matching pointed hat to go with it. An idea popped into my head, and I fished the necklace I had taken from Vicki's house out of my purse.

"This would go great with it!" I grinned cheekily.

Bonnie smiled a bit before speaking."Wait...isn't this the necklace Damon gave Vicki?"

I chewed on my lip and nodded. "I found it...um...somewhere. I told Vicki the last time I saw her but, um, she said it was okay if I kept it for while." I lied easily and scanned Bonnie's face for any suspicion.

She seemed to believe me and took it from me, slipping it into the bag I'd just given her. "Hey, have you seen Elena?" Bonnie asked after shoving the bag into her locker and grabbing some books for class.

"You know how she is about costumes. Do we know what she's wearing? What are you wearing anyways?" I shrugged in response when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Care, could you come and get Elena out of here? I don't want her to get hurt by Vicki, and she keeps provoking her." Stefan whispered quickly into the phone. I sighed, knowing I'd be missing the classes that I was already behind in.

"Fine." I groaned and fished my keys out of my bag. "You owe me though, big time. I'm already falling behind."

"Thanks Care." he sighed and hung up. "I have to head home..." I mumbled.

"Zach isn't feeling well and Stefan's dealing with his brother, so I have to go help him." I lied again, and a bitter taste was left in my mouth.

Bonnie nodded sympathetically.

"I understand. See you later, Caroline." she smiled at me and I forced a smile back, and headed to my car.

~later, at the boarding house~

I sat at the table with Elena, Stefan and Vicki. The two vampires were drinking coffee while Elena and I sat there in silence, listening to Stefan and Vicki talk.

"Coffee is out friend." Stefan said, sounding like a counselor.

"It's the caffeine. It circulates through our veins and warms us to the touch."

Vicki nodded before saying, "Well, what if I wanna drink human blood?" she eyed Elena and I for a moment.

Her question got a sigh out of Stefan. "You're gonna have to learn to live with that urge and fight it on a daily basis, one day at a time."

She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Oh god. Don't start with that whole 12 steps thing! School counselor has been down that road, and it doesn't work for me."

He sighed yet again. "It can work. It's your choice, Vicki." She thought for a moment before asking curiously, "So you've never tasted human blood?" I noticed Elena started to pay more attention at this statement, and she didn't look at them, but she was obviously more alert than before. I, on the other hand knew some about Stefan's past from Zach, and a bit that he had told me, but it wasn't much. Stefan glanced over at Elena before responding. "Not in a long time."

"How long?" she prodded and Stefan bit his bottom lip nervously. "Years and years. I'm not proud of my past behavior." he said vaguely.

Vicki nodded thoughtfully. Before groaning and raking a hand through her wavy hair. "Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? It's like I have a massive hangover..." she trailed off and glanced to the window, where the curtains were closed. "This daylight thing is a bitch..." she looked back at Stefan and practically demanded, "I need more blood. Where's your bathroom?"

Vicki furrowed her brows, scoffing. "I have to pee...why do I have to pee?" I heard her mumble, "I thought I was dead."

As she headed the direction Stefan had pointed. Elena, Stefan and I all met eyes and Stefan stood up abruptly. "I'm going to, uh..." he trailed off awkwardly and I assisted the awkwardness by saying, "Hunt for Vicki."

He looked at me and nodded once, partially in agreement, but mostly in thanks.

"Alright." he wiped his hands on his jeans and nodded at the both of us. "I'll be quick."

He left the room and I glanced at Elena, who had gotten up. I got up as well and walked over to her.

"Don't you think we should go to school now?" She rolled her eyes. "School can wait! I have to make sure Vicki doesn't screw up any potential relationship between Stefan and I!"

What?

"I thought you 'couldn't be with him'?"

I narrowed my eyes and Elena shrugged. "Oh, uh, yeah... I can't, but, I want to have the option if I um, change my mind." she mumbled and I nodded. "Oh." was all I said before Vicki re-entered the room.

"False alarm!" she announced, adjusting her midriff bearing shirt. "My body's feeling really funky." she walked over to the table and picked up her phone.

"It's a good funk, but it's weird."

"Um." Elena spoke up. "Who are you calling?"

Vicki glanced up, smiling slightly. "Jeremy."

I raised my eyebrows. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

The smile melted off her face and a scowl took its' place. "Are you sure you should question me?"

Elena rolled her eyes and butted in. "You can't see him anymore. It's not safe for him!" Vicki laughed.

"Oh, come on, girls! Don't you start that bull." she rolled her eyes. "I'm going to see whoever I wanna see."

My friend stepped forwards slightly. "Even though you could hurt him or out yourself?"

The newbie vampire looked offended. "I would never hurt Jeremy! He's my friend!"

"Yeah," Elena retorted. "With benefits." she looked disgusted.

"Vicki." I said softly, noticing her rising anger. "I know you think that, but I don't think Elena wants to take that risk."

Elena bobbed her head in agreement. "You have to let my little brother go."

I saw something in Vicki snap, and I slowly took a step towards the door that led to the hallway.

"Oh really?" she snarled, throwing her phone down. "And how long have you been planning the 'I'm better than you, stay away from my family' speech?" she crossed her arms across her chest. "I'm assuming it predates the whole vampire thing, am I right?"

I watched as Elena's small adam's apple bobbed as she gulped. "All I'm saying is...Jeremy cannot – is not – getting involved in any of this. I mean it Vicki."

Vicki snarled and rushed forwards, slamming Elena against the wall. "Or what?" I knew I had to get help from someone! Zach was still out of town with business, so I rushed to the front door to get my phone out of my purse, which was sadly in my car.

"Help!" I shrieked, running down the stairs. "Damon? Are you here?" I called again before running to the front door. I threw it open and stared wide-eyed at Klaus standing there, seemingly surprised that I was there. "Klaus, you have to help – Elena, - she's," I gasped out, when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"What? I'm fine." she said nonchalantly and I gaped at her. "But, you-" I mumbled, narrowing my eyes. She was just pinned against the wall by a vampire! How in hell was she free?

"I'm fine, Caroline. We just had a little disagreement is all." she smiled at me, then turned to Klaus.

"Hi, what do you need?"

"He's here to see me." a voice behind Klaus said, and I stood on my tip-toes to see Damon leaning against a column.

"Oh." Elena and I said, and we stepped to the side to let them in.

"Hello Damon." Klaus greeted, a wolfish grin appearing on his face. "Should we take this somewhere more...private?" he glanced at Elena and I.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" I mumbled. "We're just heading off to school, so we'll leave you two so you can have a private conversation." I flashed a smile at Klaus who smiled charmingly back, before grabbing Elena's wrist and dragging her to my car.

I told you guys Klaus would have parts here and there. You're welcome. Anyways, anybody curious about how Elena's acting? ;)