Classes had started within a few weeks and I was so happy for the distraction. Life was getting back to normal, or at least as normal as it was going to get. Still I had a feeling that I wasn't being told everything about my parent's deaths. Many times Elena or one of the gang would show up unannounced just to "check on me" and Sheriff Forbes would only tell me that they were "still looking into it". Surely in this small of a town with enough people they should be able to find out what happened, couldn't they?

I spent a lot of time either studying at the boarding house with Jeremy or studying at my house with him. Since we were both in a lot of classes we saw each other quite a bit, and I even began to forgive everything that had happened. Occasionally Bonnie would be with us and I didn't seem to mind her presence. She was always so nice to me and out of all of Elena's friends I think I liked her the best. Funny how that happened.

Although I couldn't shake my feelings for Jeremy. I think they grew even deeper and I hated myself for it. There were nights where I'd wake up from a nightmare, the same scene over and over again of me finding my parents, and I would call Jeremy and he'd come over and sit with me no matter what time of night. That didn't help. If only he didn't give a shit, maybe that would help. I knew he'd never reciprocate my feelings. It was obvious how much in love with Bonnie he was and I didn't want to rock that boat.

One afternoon while we were studying at the boarding house Sheriff Forbes showed up. It was the same thing she'd been telling me for weeks "Nothing new, no new leads, but we think we're finally closing in on someone." and at this point it all sounded like bullshit to me. She finally left and I finally snapped.

"This is such bullshit!" I yelled out "You mean to tell me she can't find ANYONE...ANYONE related to what happened to my parents!? And the people my father worked with...they were killed too! AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT! ALL I KEEP HEARING IS HER TELL ME ABOUT SOME FUCKING 'LEADS' SHE HAS AND I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE HER ANYMORE!"

"Violet, calm down." Stefan had been in the room reading while I was there with Jeremy.

"Don't tell me to calm down! I think I've been pretty goddamn calm for months now! And no one knows a thing? More like nobody's telling me anything!"

At this point everyone had come downstairs to see what all the yelling was about. Elena had Bonnie and Caroline over to hang out and then Damon also appeared from whatever room he was in at the time.

"AND ANOTHER THING! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? You guys don't want me by myself, you're constantly watching me...and the other day I took a wrong turn to the bathroom and 3 of you showed up to redirect me."

Everything was coming out now. All of the annoyances from the past few months, all of the things that pissed me off...anything and everything I can think of.

"I think it's time to tell her what's going on here." Damon was the first one to speak.

"Damon not now! This isn't the time!" Stefan shot back.

"Well she's going to find out sooner or later! She's a big girl I think she can handle it! Besides...she's been hanging around us an awful lot she deserves to know." Damon came closer.

"Know what? What is it you're all keeping from me? Do you know what happened to my parents?" I was fuming. If they all knew and weren't telling me there's no telling what I was going to do to any one of them.

They all began arguing with each other about "she shouldn't know!" and "not putting her in danger!" and after a few moments of their bickering I had enough.

"LISTEN! Someone here better tell me what the hell is going on or I will REALLY lose my shit."

Everyone stood silent for a moment just staring at me. Apparently they must have thought I already lost my shit...little did they know.

"Alright...look, we'll tell you." Stefan began "But I think you'd better sit down."

Everyone sat in the living room making an odd shaped circle whilst sitting on the various pieces of furniture in the place.

"Violet...what I'm about to tell you...you might not believe. But hear me out before you freak out first, ok?" Stefan stated.

"Fine." was all I could even muster. I was still pissed.

"It wasn't random...what happened to your parents, or your father's work associates. They were attacked. Damon had mentioned that you thought it looked like their blood was drained from them, right?" Stefan stared right at me.

"What are you getting at?" I was becoming impatient.

"Well...the things that killed your parents...were vampires."

"I'm sorry...did you just say vampires?" Vampires? Did he really just say that? I couldn't have heard him right.

He cleared his throat and began again.

"Yes...vampires. Your father and his associates were doing...experiments on them. Trying to apparently turn them back into humans and we think some of them got pissed off and fought back and followed your father for a while and then attacked him when he was vulnerable at home."

"I don't think I'm understanding..." I was trying to process what the hell he had just said.

"Vampires. They're real. Oh and werewolves too, actually. And so are witches and ghosts...actually, anything you've read about in a book about mythical creatures is probably true." Damon replied.

I just stood and looked at them all for a minute. Were they serious with this? Were they playing a prank or something?

I turned and looked at Damon.

"Are you high?"

"No...I'm not high. This is serious. This is why we've all been keeping an eye on you, we don't want them to retaliate." Damon looked serious.

"He's right, Violet. I'm sorry you had to find out like this." Jeremy finally spoke.

"And just so you're in the loop...Jeremy here is a vampire hunter. Bonnie is a witch, and Elena, Caroline, Stefan, and myself are all vampires. Just think you ought to know." Damon smirked again.

Did he really think this was funny? I had enough.

"You know what...I'm done. I thought all of you people were my friends but this isn't even funny. You're making jokes when my parents are dead and no one knows a damn thing about it. I'm leaving."

I heard various people try to talk me down and explain that what they said was true but it was to no avail. I kept on heading towards the door. I was done with this conversation and done with all of them. I could certainly find more friends in Mystic Falls if I had to.

Before I even made it to the door Damon was already standing in front of it. Interesting...how did he get there so fast?

"Get out of my way, Damon. I'm over this."

He didn't move. I tried shoving him and pushing him but he was like stone, he wouldn't move no matter how hard I tried.

"You can't keep me here! I'll call the police and tell them what a bunch of whack jobs all of you are!"

"Good luck with that, sweetheart." he replied and grabbed my arm, pulling me closer towards him. Within seconds his face changed. His eyes turned black and fangs descended down from his face. He let go of me and I stumbled back.

"What the hell..."