The next two months went on and nothing spectacular happened until one rainy, Thursday afternoon. Elena called me in hysterics saying she needed to come over and talk to me "right away."

While I waited for her I thought maybe she found out something about my parents, or maybe it was something about Jeremy. I wracked my brain thinking of what it could be and tried preparing myself for the worst.

She showed up and was in tears and I led her to the living room to sit down.

"Elena...what's going on? Is everything ok?" I was worried.

"Stefan and I broke up!" well...at least nothing too terrible had happened.

"I'm...I'm so sorry, Elena. What happened?"

"He accused me of having a thing for Damon!" Damon? She had a thing for Damon? Wait...Jeremy did mention something about that, didn't he?

"Well...do you?" I asked.

"No!" she looked up at me "Well...not until...last night."

"Oh boy..." was all I could say.

"Stefan and I were arguing and we finally broke up and Damon was there and we had a few drinks and...well, you know. And now I'm so confused, I don't know what to do!"

"Wow" was all I could manage to say. I mean...if she weren't my friend I would probably tell her how I felt about a girl who breaks up with her boyfriend and then sleeps with his brother. But I wasn't about to go there. "That's about to get awkward with all of you living in the same house, isn't it?"

"Tell me about it. Ugh I just don't understand what happened." she sighed.

"Well...so where do you and Damon stand now?" I asked.

"I'm not sure." she responded. "I haven't spoken to him since we...well, last night."

"You might want to start there. And you owe it to Stefan to tell him how you really feel."

"Yeah you're right. Thanks for letting me come over and talk. I think I'll send Damon a text and meet up with him at The Grill." she replied.

"Why don't you just go back home and talk with him?" I asked.

"I don't want a replay of last night happening."

"Ah, I see. Good thinking!" I smiled back at her.

Elena left quickly, mumbling something about "call you later!" as she shut the door behind her.

I still was in shock from what she told me. She slept with Damon? Stefan seemed like a pretty nice guy, I couldn't imagine why she'd want to mess that up.

I shrugged it off and got ready and went to my afternoon class. Sure it was nothing more than a boring lecture, but I think that's exactly what I needed right now.

On the drive home my phone rang and I was surprised that it was Elena. I hadn't expected a call from her that soon.

"Soooooooo..." she began "Damon and I talked. We both agreed that it was a mistake and that it's not going to happen again. AND I also made up with Stefan and we're back together. Isn't that great?"

"Uhh...does he know that you slept with his brother?" I couldn't imagine Stefan being ok with that.

"No! I can't tell him...you can't either! And I threatened to kill Damon if he did, so no...no one can tell Stefan! I don't want to mess things up again. Stefan's a great guy, you know?"

"Yeah...I know." I couldn't believe she wasn't going to tell him! It wasn't my place, I was staying out of it. But I knew he would find out someday. "Well...I'm glad everything worked out for you."

"Thanks so much! I'm so glad you're here, it's been so nice being able to have someone to talk to who doesn't jump down my throat. I mean, Caroline and Bonnie hate Damon so it's hard to talk..." Elena trailed off.

"Woah...never said I was a fan of him, either." I chimed in.

"Oh come on. I know you don't hate him. Damon can be a good guy, too."

"When he's not sleeping with his brother's girlfriend?" I smirked.

"Remember you're supposed to be the friend who DOESN'T judge?" She replied.

"Okay okay, you're right. Well I'm glad things are better."

"Me too! Well I'll talk to you later, girl!"

"Bye!" I hung up the phone, still a little disappointed that Elena would do something like that, but who was I to judge?

I lugged my books and purse into my house and sat down on the couch. Tonight was going to be my "me" night. Nothing but myself, some food, drinks, and Pretty Woman. That movie could always make me feel better. Who doesn't love a movie about a millionaire falling in love with a hooker?

I woke up a while later to my phone ringing loudly. I went to grab it and realized it wasn't usually where I left it...and neither was my nightstand. I opened my eyes and realized I must have fallen asleep on the couch and slept there all night. That's going to feel good on my back, later!

"Hello?" I groggily answered.

"Violet, it's Stefan. I uhh...I need to talk with you. Can you come by the boarding house?"

It was Saturday so I had no classes, and no plans really.

"Sure I'll be over, give me a few minutes to get dressed and ready, ok?"

"Yeah that's fine." he sounded worried.

"I'll be quick I promise." I assured him.

"Ok. See you soon."

I quickly brushed my teeth and hair and dressed myself and rushed out the door. I couldn't imagine what happened now. Did Stefan find out about Damon and Elena? Is that why he wanted to see me? Wait...why would he want to talk to me about it? Would he even want to?

I wracked my brain the entire ride over trying to figure out what he seemed so worried about.

I sprinted into the house and was greeted by...everyone sitting in the living room. EVERYONE. Stefan, Damon, Elena, Bonnie, Caroline, Tyler, Matt, and Jeremy.

What the hell? This again? Now what were they going to tell me? Matt can turn into a cat?

"Hey, Vi." Jeremy smiled at me and came up to give me a hug. "Glad you're here."

"What's going on?" I asked as he guided me to sit on one of the couches.

"Sheriff Forbes will be here soon. I think we should wait until she gets here to talk." Stefan replied.

Sheriff Forbes? What the hell were we waiting for her for? Then it hit me...

"Is this about my parents? Did she find something out?" It had been MONTHS and there were still no leads or any details the police had found since that day.

"I really think it's best if we wait." Stefan chimed in.

"If you know something you better tell me now or so help me Stefan I don't care if you're a vampire or not I will rip your head off." I was beyond pissed.

The front door opened just as I got in his face, and in walked Sheriff Forbes.

"Ahhh Sheriff, impeccable timing. Almost had another homicide on your hands here." Damon remarked.

"Everything ok?" she asked, looking surprised.

"Everything is fine. What the hell is going on?" I backed away from Stefan.

"Well...we finally found something. Although I'm not sure if we can consider it a good thing."

"Why the hell not?" I knew I was being a bitch but I did not care at this point. Anything to tell me why this happened to my parents was going to be better than nothing.

"I think you should sit down." she looked at me sternly. I wanted to protest but I could tell she wasn't exactly thrilled at what she was about to tell me.

It took her a while to explain everything. They found a lair of vampires(a lair...they actually had lairs...i can't...) that were apparently pissed about my father and his colleagues working on a cure for vampirism. Why on earth they would be working on it at a college was beyond me but I decided not to ask, I was already getting confused as it was.

"So...why would they be pissed? A cure would be a good thing, wouldn't it?" I asked.

"Some vampires don't see it that way. Some of them want to stay exactly how they are." Stefan responded.

"What? Why would anyone want to stay like that? Uhh...no offense." I quipped.

"Who doesn't want to be a vampire? Eternal youth! We're young and sexy forever! And vital...you never grow old or tired. I, for one, love it." Damon stood up and poured himself a drink. "So we have to drink some blood once in awhile? Honestly, it's not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things."

"Yes well, I highly doubt everyone feels that same way, Damon. Not everyone who is a vampire thinks they're God's gift to...well, everyone." Bonnie snidely remarked towards him.

"Hey, I resent that! I AM God's gift to everyone. Who wouldn't want me?" he smirked.

"Can we please get back to the matter at hand?" Sheriff Forbes shot back.

"There's more? What else could there be?" I wondered.

"This part is kind of scary." She looked away from me.

"What else could be more scary than vampires, werewolves, and witches and on top of all of that, my parents dying? I mean really I think i've been through a lot of bad shit already." I retorted.

"There was a component in the cure they were working on that wasn't destroyed, and they're still looking for it."

"Well...what is it? We'll find it and destroy whatever it is." Matt, ever the good guy, stood up and walked over towards us.

"It's not that simple Matt." the Sheriff replied. She was silent for a minute until she finally looked at me."Violet...the component that they were using was blood...the blood of your parents...your blood. They killed them thinking they'd get rid of it all, but they didn't realize you wouldn't be there. They're going to try and kill you. You're next."