Here's where that first M rating comes into play...

Chapter 3

The next morning I woke up in a good mood. Something different from the past few months. Maybe living here wouldn't be so bad. At least I already knew some people here, I wouldn't have to completely start over again.

Dinner had went well the night before. My father came home and we laughed and he told us stories about his new job and how excited he was. Yeah, this move wasn't going to be so bad. I was feeling it.

My phone rang late in the afternoon and I didn't recognize the number. Generally I didn't answer if I didn't know but I answered it anyway.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hi….Vi? It's Jeremy. Elena gave me your number, I hope you don't mind."

My heart skipped a beat. "No I don't mind! What's up?"

"I was just wondering if you were coming to the party tonight? Was hoping we could do a little catching up if you were there."

"Yeah I'll be there. Elena's picking me up around 8:00." I told him.

"Great! I can't wait to see you! I can introduce you to some of my friends too you'll probably remember some of them like Matt and Caroline and….well Tyler, I'm sure you remember Tyler. He really hasn't changed much but we can just ignore him if he gets too drunk." he laughed.

"Alright, sounds good. I'll see you tonight Jer."

"Ok Vi. See you later."

That whole conversation had my mind reeling. He couldn't wait to see me? The feelings were definitely mutual on my end. Normally I'd call up a girlfriend and gab for hours about it. But all of my friends were already off to college and I wasn't exactly going to call Elena up and gush about her brother. Talk about weird.

I helped my mom clean up the house until dinnertime and then I started getting ready for the party. Mom was helping me pick out an outfit to wear.

"So….you want something that'll get attention but nothing too revealing…..don't want anyone thinking you're easy!"

"Mom!" seriously….who talks to their daughter like that? Well…she did.

"Here, this will look great on you." she fished out a tight fitted red off the shoulder top from my closet. "Put some gray jeans on and wear some heels and you'll look great!" I had to hand it to her, it looked great. She always knew how to dress.

"Hey kiddo" my dad knocked on my door "Just wanted to see you before you went off to your party."

"Sure dad. Come in."

"My little girl…..so grown up. I hope you have a good time tonight. Call us if you need anything. Your mom and I are going to be here spending time together." he gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"You know I will"

The doorbell rang.

"That must be Elena. Ok I've gotta go! I should be home….uhh….."

"Not too late, please. I'll worry all night." my mother hugged me.

"Ok I won't. I'll text you and let you know I'm still alive" I laughed.

I ran down the stairs and opened the door and sure enough, it was Elena.

"Wow…you look great! She replied once she saw me.

"Thanks! So do you!"

"Thanks! Now let's get going we don't want to be late!"

We both walked to the car and didn't say much. We started driving away and I broke the awkward silence. "Promise me you won't leave me at this party. I'm not going to know anyone there!"

Elena laughed "Don't worry I won't. Besides, you remember Caroline Forbes. She went to school with us."

"Yeah we weren't exactly in the same group of friends, Elena."

"Well don't worry about it. She's changed, and for the good!"

"Well that's nice. Hey….what about Vicky Donovan? She was in the class that Jeremy and I were in together. Will she be there? It'll be nice to see another familiar face." I asked.

"Ohh…uhm. I guess you haven't heard." the smile from just a few moments ago had quickly disappeared.

"Heard what? Did she move?" I asked.

"No uhh…Vicky passed away last year."

"Oh….wow. I'm sorry. I didn't know. How did it happen?" I was shocked. I hadn't known, I hadn't even thought about her in years. I felt kind of bad for even asking at this point.

"It was an accident. Her brother Matt will be there, do you remember him?" she was trying to change the subject, probably too much for her to talk about.

"Yeah I remember him. He was always a really nice guy."

The rest of the car ride was filled with small talk and her trying to explain to me who would be there and me not really remembering everything but just nodding anyway so I didn't seem rude.

It only took us 10 minutes to get from my house to the Boarding house. There were already a ton of cars parked in the driveway and on the street coming up to the house. It was a pretty big house. I had only seen it once before when I lived in Mystic Falls, and it was on the way out of town as we left.

"Wow this place is huge!" I exclaimed as I got out of the car.

"Yeah it is. And it's filled with a bunch of old junk that they try to pass as decorations. Just pretend you like it."

I laughed at her as we started walking up to the house.

"Elena…..nice to see you've brought your little friend again." the guy from the Grill was standing in the doorway.

"Ugh, speaking of old junk…." Elena muttered.

I didn't quite get the joke, so I just ignored it. "Damon, is it? Nice to see you again too." I tried being polite, although he did kind of annoy the hell out of me just by looking at him. He was one of those guys who knew he was attractive and probably figured he could get any woman he wanted. So….not even my type at all.
"Oh that's sweet, you remember me! I must have made a lasting impression. And you're name is…..wait…I think I remember…..Violet, right?" he smirked.

"Yep that's me." I responded.

"Ok Damon. Move along, we just want to get inside and see everyone." Elena pushed passed him.

"Calm down Gilbert, I'm just the welcome committee." he shuffled aside and let us through the door.

Well Elena was right….it was filled with a lot of old junk passed off as decorations. But hey….not my house, so I didn't really care. I was too busy scanning the crowd for the only other person I knew there, Jeremy. So far I hadn't seen him in the first few minutes.

Elena already had a few people come up to her to say hello. She was talking with them for a few moments and then I heard "Vi…..Vi hey! Come back to us!"

"Oh…sorry. I was just looking for….err….someone I might know."

"Well this here is Caroline Forbes." the blonde next to her smiled and held out her hand.

"Hi! I know you probably don't remember me but it's nice to see you again! Any friend of Elena's is a friend of mine! Except Damon…but that's besides the point." she smiled and I shook her hand.

"And this here" Elena put her hand on the shoulder of the girl next to her with short dark hair and big brown eyes "Is Bonnie Bennett."

"Hi Vi, Elena's told me a lot about you. It's nice to finally put a face to the name." Bonnie shook my hand.

"It's nice to meet you both!" I replied to them.

"Did you want a drink?" Caroline asked.

"Sure, that'd be great." I responded.

"Let's go get one together." she replied. This might not be so bad. Caroline certainly wasn't the same person I knew when I was in school with her. She was stuck up and snobby and now…she seemed really sweet.

We walked over to the bar area and she asked what I liked "Anything fruity that will kill the taste of alcohol" I told her and she laughed and handed me some sort of pink concoction.

"Thank you." I said as I took a sip. Not bad, can't really taste much alcohol at all. Better be careful with that, it could be bad in the end.

"Starting the party a little early, aren't we?" I turned to see Jeremy standing behind me.

"Jeremy hey!" I smiled.

He came in for a huge hug and held me there for a minute "I was hoping you wouldn't chicken out! I'm so glad you're here!" he pulled away and smiled back at me.

"You know I never back down from a challenge." I joked.

"Yeah you haven't changed much. Except you got taller and you're pretty damn cute now."

"How dare you!" I feigned shock "I was always cute! You just refused to notice."

"You were cute for a kid I guess….." he replied.

"And what kind of cute am I now?" I asked…hoping for the response I wanted.

"Well I see you two have caught right back up from where you left off." Caroline interrupted before Jeremy could answer. "I'm going to go and mingle. I'll see you later, ok? If you need anything just come find me." she yelled out as she walked away.

I turned back to where Elena had been standing with Bonnie and didn't see her.

"Great." I mumbled.

"What?" Jeremy asked.

"Oh….nothing." I responded. Hopefully I'd find her sometime during the party and make sure I stay close by. "So Jer, what's new with you?" I tried making small talk.

"Not much. Just school and working at the Grill."

"Are you excited about going to the same college as Elena? Or are you worried she'll crush your game while you're there?" I smirked.

"Nah I'm not worried about that. " he said.

We stood there for a few minutes without saying much, just sipping our drinks and watching the party happen around us.

"Hey let me introduce you to some people, ok?"

"Sure" I followed him through the crowd.

He stopped at the pool table that was in the corner of the room.

"This here is my buddy Matt. Matt say hi to Violet…she used to live here, she was in the same grade as Vicky and I."

The blonde guy on the far end of the table looked up from his pool stick. "Hey Violet It's good to see you again. Hope you're having a good time." he smiled. Matt certainly got a lot cuter also. Blonde hair and blue blue eyes.

"And this guy on the other side here is Stefan, Elena's boyfriend. I'm sure she's told you all about him."

"Hi Violet, it's nice to meet you. Elena's been so excited that you're back. I hope no one here has scared you away yet." he smiled and shook my hand.

"Well I think your brother tried but I don't scare that easily" I smiled back.

He laughed at the joke and replied "Yeah Damon's a lot of talk, don't let him get to you. Most of us just try to ignore him as best as we can."

We stood there chatting away with the two guys while they played pool. I was still scanning the room for Elena or even Caroline but there were so many people it was hard to tell who was who at this point.

"Well someone's drink is empty!" I heard a voice behind me "Someone get this girl here another drink!" and he took the empty cup out of my hand.

"That there is Tyler." Jeremy explained "Another one we just sort of tolerate most of the time."

"Shut it, Gilbert. You know you all love me." Tyler replied.

"Ahh, here we are. Another drink for you, my lady." he handed me another pink drink. "I don't think I got your name."

"I'm Violet, a friend of Elena and Jeremy's. I went to school with all of you." of course most of them wouldn't remember me.

"Wait…..Violet? Not the same Violet with red frizzy hair and freckles?" he looked confused.

"Yep, the same."

"Wow….you…..uhh…"

"I THINK what Tyler is trying to say is, you grew up pretty nicely." Jeremy responded.

"Yeah, yeah that's exactly what I was trying to say." Tyler was getting closer.

I was beginning to feel uncomfortable. Where the hell was Elena? I told her not to leave me at this party alone. Who does that anyway?

"Uhhh Jeremy…..I think I'm gonna go find Caroline, ok?"

"Yeah sure. I think I saw her by the front door. Want me to go with you?"

"No that's ok I'll be fine." I just wanted to get away.

I headed towards the front door but then I veered left and up the stairs. I needed to find a bathroom or a bedroom or something where I could just relax for a few minutes. I shouldn't have come to this party where I barely knew anyone.

I walked past a few closed doors and then found one that was ajar. I went in and closed the door behind me, hoping no one would come looking for me.

I looked around for a few minutes. I have been known to be a somewhat nosey person so I walked around the room looking at everything and finally coming up on a picture frame. It was Elena and Jeremy and their parents. On the stand next to it was a notebook with a ton of drawings on the front cover. How ironic that I found Jeremy's room out of all the ones I walked by.

I set my drink on the stand and sat on the bed and pulled out my phone. It had been a few hours already and I sent my mother a text letting her know I was fine and added that I was "having so much fun!" ….I didn't want her to know I was bored out of my mind.

I was too busy looking down at my phone to notice the door had opened.

"Hey there."

I jumped at the sound of Jeremy's voice.

"Sorry…I didn't mean to scare you." he laughed "I saw you come up here. Not having much fun, are you?"

"Parties aren't exactly my thing. Although these drinks are pretty wicked. What the hell is in these things? Two of them and I'm already buzzed."

"I'm not sure….probably a lot of vodka." he responded while sitting on the bed next to me.

"Hey….do you remember that one summer when I had a sleepover and you were the only girl I invited? I didn't even think twice about it until Elena mentioned it."

"Yeah that was awkward. Thank god for her coming and saving the day, eh?" I laughed and kicked my feet up onto the bed.

"This past year has been…really crazy. It's nice to have someone just…..normal around, you know?"

"I'm not sure 'normal' is the best word for me," I joked.

"No you're definitely normal…and sweet."

"You don't get a lot of normal, sweet girls here in Mystic Falls?" I asked.

"Definitely not." he replied

His hand suddenly went for my hair and started twirling it around his finger.

"Uhm…Jeremy, are you feeling ok?" I was assuming at this point he was a little buzzed, himself.

"Yeah…sorry." he jerked his hand away.

For a few minutes there was just awkward silence between the two of us while we sat on the bed next to each other. This night was turning out to be even more strange than I originally thought. Forget not knowing anyone, I didn't think I'd be sitting in bed with the only other person I knew…..who still gave me butterflies in my stomach to this day.

I should have left. I should have just gotten up and walked out of the door and mumbled something about needing to get home before it's too late. But my body didn't seem to want to listen to my brain and so I still sat there on the bed.

"Violet?" I turned to see Jeremy staring at me with a look on his face I've never seen before.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Do you think…." he trailed off, and then suddenly came forward and kissed me. It was an intense kiss I was not expecting at all, but between my hormones racing and the alcohol I reciprocated the kiss.

He pushed me back on the bed and crawled on top of me while continuing to kiss me. It was all happening so fast my head was spinning and I wasn't about to stop.

But then Jeremy sat back up with an alert look on his face "I'm sorry…I'm sorry we shouldn't….I don't know what the hell is wrong with me." he began to look worried.

"Jeremy….no hey, look. It's ok….it's fine. Can we just….." I didn't even finish my sentence, I reached up and grabbed him by the neck and pulled him back down on top of me and kissed him.

Things were getting heavy and clothes started to come off. For a brief moment I thought what would happen if someone came in but at this point I didn't care.

He seemed like he was so hungry for it and I couldn't help myself.

Suddenly we were both naked and out of breath and he looked right at me.

"Are you sure? Is this ok?" he was nervous and shaking and at this point I could tell he was definitely a little buzzed from the alcohol.

"Yeah…it's fine. I swear." it was more than fine.

He entered me at a slow pace, not wanting to hurt me. It felt so amazing and I just needed more.

"Please Jeremy!" I pleaded, urging him to move, go faster, ANYTHING.

He seemed to finally relax and snapped his hips forward, and I moaned into his lips as he continued to kiss me.

His hands were all over me and with every thrust he'd make I'd meet his and it felt amazing.

I knew I wasn't keeping quiet at all, I couldn't even focus on anything but Jeremy and how amazing everything felt. My pleas and moans seemed to only entice him even more and he wrapped his arm around my waist, his thrusts even deeper than before.

He grunted with every thrust, telling me how "beautiful" and "perfect" I was.

I could tell he wasn't going to last much longer, and neither was I. A few more thrusts and I came, yelling out his name as his lips made their way down my breasts, kissing them as I rode out my orgasm.

Soon after he buried his face in my chest and moaned as he reached his orgasm.

Panting and gasping for air, he collapsed on top of me and we laid there for what seemed like forever.
After finally catching my breath, I was the first one to speak. "Wow." was all I could manage. I mean…I really was not planning on coming to this party to have sex with Jeremy. Ok MAYBE in the back of my mind the thought had come across once, but I didn't actually think it was going to happen.

"Yeah…that's how I'd sum it up, too." he laughed and rolled over onto his back.

I sat and stared at him for a few minutes, drinking in the sight of him. He was gorgeous. Who would have thought that gangly boy from when we were young would grow up to look like this?

"Listen" I broke the silence "I really should get going. My parents will probably start to worry."

"Oh I see, so it's just wham, bam, thank you ma'am and you leave me?" he was beaming.

"Well if you want more where that came from…." I winked at him.

He had a strange look on his face for a split second, almost as if he was sorry about what happened, but it went away just as quick as it came and he was smiling again.

"Alright. Do you want me to take you home?" he asked.

"Nah, I'll be ok. I'll find Elena, she promised she'd drive me home anyway."

We both got dressed and headed downstairs together.

"You sure you'll be able to find her?" he asked me, yelling over the music that was blasting. Was it louder than before? It seemed like it. Or maybe it was just me.

"Yeah I'll be fine. I'm sure someone knows where she is!" and with that we hugged and parted ways.

Of course no one knew where Elena was. Not Caroline, not Bonnie, and not Matt. I couldn't seem to find Stefan or….even Damon. And by this point it seemed like Jeremy had disappeared as well. I saw Tyler off to the corner talking to some guys but I wasn't nearly that desperate.

"Looking for someone? Me, perhaps?" I whirled around and saw Damon standing there. Funny….I hadn't seem him a second ago.

"Where'd you come from?" I asked.

"Oh you'd be surprised at how quickly I can move from place to place." he had that smirk on his face that just made you want to slap him.

"Yeah, actually I'm looking for Elena. She is supposed to give me a ride home." I told him.

"Elena's not going anywhere tonight. She's upstairs with Stefan and I don't think they want to be disturbed anytime soon."

"Great" I muttered. Now what the hell was I supposed to do? I guess I could call a cab.

"Hey, you know what? I'll drive you home." finally he stopped smirking at me.

"No…really, that's ok. I'll call a cab or something."

"You call a cab and they'll for sure call the cops and bust everyone for underage drinking. And it's dark out, you shouldn't walk home alone. Come on I'll take you. Don't worry, I won't bite you." he winked at me.

My mother always warned me about getting into cars with strange men. But I really didn't think Damon would ACTUALLY try anything. It's not like I had much of a choice, anyway.

"Fine." I replied

I was hoping for a silent ride home but apparently that was asking far too much.

"Soooooo…Violet. How'd you enjoy your first Mystic Falls party? I hope it lived up to your expectations. No one got killed, which is always a plus." he laughed.

"It was nice. I enjoyed myself." I kept looking out the window hoping he'd get the hint that I just didn't want to talk.

"I bet you did." I heard him mutter.

"What?" I asked "What did you say?"

"Oh…nothing. Hey, I'm sorry you got ditched. I've gotta warn you though, Elena's kind of like that sometimes."

"That's just great. I guess I'll just make sure to drive myself to and from future events then." Not gonna lie, I was a bit pissed. I told her not to leave me by myself...she KNEW I didn't really know anyone there...and she goes off to have sex with her boyfriend and forgets all about me. And her boyfriends creeptastic brother is the one to give me a ride home. I should have just went and looked for Jeremy.

"Yeah that's probably a good idea. The cab drivers around here are pretty shady too, I wouldn't want anyone having to deal with them. But look...if it happens again, I'll give you a ride home it's no big deal." He actually seemed...kind of sweet for a minute.

"Well...thanks. I do appreciate it."

We sat in silence for a few minutes. I was hoping we could stay that way for the rest of the ride...I was still pissed and tired and a little buzzed and just not in the mood. Of course Damon wasn't having any of that.

"So...how do you like it here so far? People nice to you?" he asked.

"Uhh...it's fine, I guess. The town is still just as pretty as I remembered. The people are nice...although Tyler creeps me out a bit." I laughed.

"Yeah keep those instincts of yours on high alert. He is a creep, you should stay away from him. I've been trying to tell Caroline that for a while now."

"Wait...are Tyler and Caroline dating?" I asked. They didn't seem like two people who would even bother with each other let alone date!

"Yeah off and on for a while. I know...so not each other's type. Although, you know who's an even weirder couple? Bonnie and Jeremy. How in the world they came to be together is beyond me. Elena didn't even know for the longest time. Her best friend and brother are hooking up and she was oblivious." He was smiling while telling his story...but my heart sank.

"Wait...Bonnie and Jeremy are...but I thought?" wait...did I just sleep with Jeremy...while he was dating Bonnie? Why didn't he say anything?

"Yeah but I think they're on a break. They're another pair who are on and off constantly. They were upstairs fighting just before we left. You wouldn't know why, would you?"

Yep I knew why. Because I'm an asshole. Well no...technically Jeremy was the asshole...how could he have not told me about them? Just what I need too...Bonnie pissed at me and I hardly even knew her. I would definitely be having a conversation with Jeremy tomorrow.

"No I don't know. I talked with him earlier but he didn't even mention Bonnie to me." I tried hiding my voice as it cracked. I held back the tears too, he certainly didn't need to know what had happened.

"Well here we are, M'lady. You're home. I hope you enjoyed your ride...and remember it's always great to tip your driver!" he winked at me.

"Jesus Christ..." I muttered...I did crack a smile at him.

As I turned to the door to open it, I looked up to my house and noticed something.

"Hey...does that door look open to you?" I asked.