I decided to wait a few days before calling Tim. He hadn't called me and I had assumed that he was embarrassed about what happened the night of the party. But I sucked it up and called him and wound up breaking things off. I hated to do it, he seemed pretty bummed about it, but it definitely wasn't fair. I knew I didn't have the right feelings for him. Maybe a fling would have been better, but Tim didn't seem like that kind of guy.

Even though I knew I wasn't in love with him, the breakup still made me a little depressed. I was back to being the odd one out without someone yet again and it sucked. Between that and the cold weather I wound up not hanging out much for a little while with anyone. Also, the migraines were getting worse. I saw my doctor again at one point and he prescribed me something stronger and it seemed to help them again, but it never took them away fully.

Spring finally came and I was starting to feel a bit better about things. The warmer weather always put me in a good mood and I agreed to go to the lake with everyone to celebrate the beginning of the season.

It was great seeing everyone, but I still felt like the odd one out. Even Matt finally had a girlfriend, her name was Molly and she was short and blonde but really sweet. Damon even showed up with someone. Spitting image of Elena of course, I wasn't surprised in the least.

I tried pushing my insecurity aside and just tried to enjoy myself. Jeremy seemed to try the most to keep me in a good mood. Bonnie was there with him helping, and I was grateful. Her and I had become close over the past few months, she checked on me often and knew I had been in a bit of a depression. My feelings for Jeremy still hadn't gone away, but I was having a better time being happy for the two of them and wanting them to be happy together. At least someone deserved happiness.

A few weeks later were finals and I was so swamped that I barely had time to hang out with anyone much. I missed Jeremy terribly as well as our study sessions, but at this point I needed to focus and as it was it was already hard enough with Tim being in some of my classes. He was never mean or nasty towards me after our breakup, but things were clearly awkward.

During finals my migraines seemed to become even more frequent, if that was even possible, so my doctor had me on daily medication to manage them. He said that it was mostly likely more stress from finals that was causing them to be more frequent, and they were nothing to worry about. The daily medication should help. But damn was it annoying having to take a pill daily just to manage them.

When finals were over I decided to have a small gathering at my house to celebrate. I invited the usual suspects, even Damon. He had left me alone after our last time together and I was happy that he seemed to respect my decision. Of course he wanted to bring a date. The same girl he'd brought to the lake during spring, her name was Becky. She really was gorgeous and resembled Elena quite a bit. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised since he still seemed to have feelings for her. If anything I understood. If I could find someone that looked like Jeremy I'd probably do the same thing.

"I'm so happy this semester is finally over!" Elena sighed as she plopped down on the couch in my living room "this one was tough. I can't imagine what next semester is going to be like."

"Same here. I feel like I haven't even seen you guys in forever." I replied, sitting down next to her.

We began discussing what we were planning on doing the next semester when we suddenly heard raised voices in the next room. It was Jeremy and Bonnie fighting, though about what I couldn't quite tell.

"Geez, I hope everything is ok. Doesn't sound like a good fight." I said, a bit concerned.

"They've been like that for weeks now, I'm not sure what's going on." Elena looked at me.

"Really? But they seemed so happy just a few months ago." I mentioned.

"I'm sure it's nothing. Every couple has their arguments." Stefan replied as he sat down in a chair across from us.

We moved on from the discussion back to the topic of classes.

"I wish I had the knowledge you have, Stefan! That way I wouldn't be so damn nervous about all of these classes and passing everything." I told him.

"You're a smart girl. You both are" he nodded towards Elena "You guys will be just fine, I have no doubt."

"Aww thanks babe!" Elena smiled towards him.

We hardly had time to continue our conversation when we saw Bonnie storm out of the house without even saying a word.

"Oh man...this one seems bad." Caroline replied as she walked into the room.

"Did you hear what they were fighting about?" I asked.

"No not really. I walked in kind of in the middle of it. They were already full blown yelling by then. I've never seen either one of them like that." she leaned against the wall.

Jeremy walked into the room and we all were silent, not knowing what to say.

"Sorry about that guys." he couldn't even look anyone in the face "I hope we didn't ruin the party, Violet. It's just a small thing. She just needs some time to cool her head, you know?"

"Yeah. Don't worry about it, Jer." I went over and gave him a hug "Maybe she'll be back later."

"Yeah, maybe." he returned the hug but didn't sound convinced about her coming back.

The rest of the night was spent on a much lighter note, thankfully. We played some games and had some drinks and it seemed like everyone was having a good time. Even Damon seemed to be in good spirits and didn't make too many off-handed comments to anyone.

By the end of the night I felt a twinge of a migraine again, but brushed it off. With the new medication I only felt the beginnings of one, it never seemed to get full blown.

I had been talking with Jeremy about him starting up in the fall semester again when he suddenly stopped me and had a concerned look on his face.

"Hey...are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine, why?" I replied, a bit confused.

"You're bleeding..." he put his hand up under my nose where apparently I had begun bleeding from.

As soon as he said it, the heads of every vampire in the room snapped around towards me.

"Shit" Jeremy spat out "Okay...everyone out. Party's over!" he did his best to shuffle everyone towards the door, with Matt and Tyler helping out.

For the most part they all complied, though it was obvious that they smelled the blood and had a battle in them to either come forward and tear me apart or leave. I was thankful that they all seemed to be able to hold it together and head for the door without much complaint.

"Maybe I should stay..." Damon was the last one to head for the door and his face was a mix of clear desire and yet there was some concern painted on his face as well.

"I don't think so Damon, out." Jeremy responded loudly.

"Well she's suddenly bleeding from her nose I think maybe I should stay...that can't be good." he tried moving closer but Jeremy put his hand up and shoved him closer towards the door.

"I'm fine Damon, please just go." I told him, grabbing a tissue and using it to hold my nose.

He stood in the doorway lingering for another moment until Becky tugged him away and shut the door behind them.

"Thanks for that." I sighed as I sat on the couch.

"No problem." he sat in the chair across from me. He had a worried look on his face. "Does that happen to you often? The nosebleeds?"

"Oh these? Eh...I get them from time to time I guess. Damn dry air in this house doesn't help." I kept my head slightly tilted.

He reached over to hand me another tissue and took the blood soaked one away.

"And the migraines...you still getting those, too?" he asked.

"Well sort of but they're better managed now." I responded, but I still saw the look on his face "Look Jer...I promise I'm ok. I've been seeing the doctor and he's been checking...everything is fine."

"I know...I just worry about you is all." he sat back a bit in the chair, seeming to relax a little.

"I know you do. Look...I'm better already, it stopped, see?" I held up the kleenex to show him. "All better." I smiled at him.

For a few moments we sat there not saying anything to each other, just relaxing and enjoying being in each other's presence.

Jeremy's phone vibrated and he checked the text that had come in.

"I guess Bonnie is still angry with me. You think I could stay here for the night? I think we just need some time to cool off." he seemed sad.

"Sure no problem. Let's get ready for bed." I began walking up the stairs to the bedrooms.

"I-I can sleep on the couch, it's no big deal." he stayed on the chair.

"Nonsense. You're my best friend. You're coming upstairs and we will chat about this Bonnie stuff like girlfriends...or...well you know, our equivalent of girlfriends, anyway." I went over to the chair pulling him up and dragging him up the stairs.

We both got ready and hopped into bed. Jeremy hadn't obviously brought anything to sleep in so it was just his briefs. Thoughts flew into my head that I KNEW I shouldn't be thinking. I allowed them to linger for a minute before I reminded myself that he's a married man. A married man who is married to a VERY powerful witch that I did NOT want to piss off.

"So..." I began as we both got on the bed "What's been going on with you two? You seem to be fighting a lot, Jer. It's so unlike you guys."

"I know" he groaned and put his head in his hands, then looked back up "Violet I don't know! We argue over EVERYTHING and I just don't understand why. Sometimes I think...I mean I shouldn't even say it..." he trailed off.

"Jeremy...you can tell me anything, you know that." I reassured him. I really felt awful that they were having such a hard time. They were so in love and excited about the wedding stuff.

"I...I mean a lot of people, and I mean A LOT, told us that it wasn't a good idea to get married so young. They told us to wait. But we thought we could do it. That we were the ones who would make it. I thought so, too. But I guess we just didn't think everything through." his shoulders were slumped as he told me everything.

"Jeremy...you don't think it's that bad, do you? You guys will get through this. This has to be normal for people to go through when they get married young. I'm sure you guys will be ok." I put my hand on his shoulder.

"That's the thing...we don't really have anyone to compare to, do we?" he tried to smile but it was the saddest thing i'd seen in awhile.

"Jeremy you guys will be ok. I know it. I can tell. The way you look at her...and the way she looks at you. You guys will be fine." I told him.

"I hope you're right, Vi. I really do." he replied "Now I don't mean to cut this short...but i'm beat. You mind if we hit the hay?"

"No by all means. And don't hog the covers! I'll kick your ass!" I told him, only half joking.

"Okay fine." he laughed as we got under the covers and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning when I woke up I didn't realize right away that Jeremy had pulled me into him in the middle of the night and was holding on to me. I didn't want to say anything, secretly enjoying the feeling of him holding on to me, but knowing he most likely thought it was Bonnie in his half awake state. I tried moving back slightly to get closer to him when I felt is hardness through his briefs and on my back. I tried moving away as quickly as possible but it still must have woken him up.

"Good morning beautiful." he smiled and opened his eyes. I was waiting for him to suddenly realize that Bonnie wasn't there with him, but his face stayed the same.

"Good morning." I replied, sitting up and feeling slightly awkward. I had to think of something to say to break the tension before it got any more awkward.

"So...do you want to go get some breakfast? I know the Grill is open, I think we've got an in since we know half the people that work there!" I joked.

"Sounds great!" his smile got even wider as he sat up and began getting dressed.

I drove us to The Grill and we had small talk on the way there. We didn't bring up the fights between Bonnie and Jeremy or his worry about my migraines and nosebleeds. Nothing too awkward at least as the time passed.

We arrived and sat down and quickly ordered. We were both starving and ordered probably way too much food but didn't really care. Matt was there and although he didn't say anything I could tell that he was dying to ask why Jeremy was still wearing the same clothes from the night before and why we had just so happened to show up together.

Halfway through our meal Jeremy's phone rang. "It's Bonnie." he looked up at me.

"You should take it. Talk with her and see what is going on." I told him.

"You're right. I'm going to go outside and take it. I'll be right back." he told me as he got up and walked out of the restaurant.

I sat back in the booth enjoying my meal and stealing bits and pieces of Jeremy's meal as well. I was in my own little world of wondering what Jeremy and Bonnie were arguing about lately and what they had been talking about now that I didn't notice that there was only one person seated at the table across from me until I looked up to see if I could flag Matt down to get more water brought to the table.

As I glanced over I noticed the man sitting in the booth across from me was tall, blonde, and pretty gorgeous...and staring and smiling right at me. Normally I would be flattered but there was something about him that made me a little nervous at the same time. They say always trust your gut in these types of situations so I gave a small smile and then went back to my plate.

I made it a point to ignore him so well that I hadn't noticed that he pulled up a chair right next to the booth.

"Good morning, love..." he drawled on. Great...he had an English accent. One of my weaknesses.

"Good morning." I replied back to him, taking a sip of my coffee and trying to be polite.

"Looks like you could use some company since you're boyfriend decided to take off." he smiled. Again it was a mix of flattery and uneasiness that I was feeling.

"Oh." I replied as I put down the coffee cup "He's not my boyfriend. He's just a friend. And he just had to take a phone call, he'll be right back."

"Not a boyfriend, eh? Lucky for me then." he smirked.

"I'm sorry...i don't even know you're name and you're trying to hit on me." I shot at him.

"You're feisty! I like that. You are absolutely right! Where are my manners? My name is Klaus. Klaus Mikaelson." he responded while taking my hand in his hand and kissing it.

"And what would your name be, darling?" he asked.

"Violet." was all that I responded with, starting to feel anxious and wondering what the hell was taking Jeremy so long.

"Violet..." he repeated, then looked me dead in the eyes "wouldn't you love to come with me and get out of here?"

I'd seen this before, when Damon tried it and it didn't work.

"No, thank you. I'd rather wait for my friend." I told him, breaking the eye contact.

"Huh...interesting! Well...I can tell when I'm not wanted. It was nice meeting you Violet. I'm sure I'll see you around again." he shot a wink at me before he turned and walked out the door.

A cold feeling washed over me, and his words rang through my head over and over again "I'm sure I'll see you around again" it sounded more like a threat than anything else.

I must have been in my own little world, I didn't even notice Jeremy calling my name until he snapped his fingers in my face.

"Earth to Violet!" I finally heard his voice.

"Jeremy...sorry." I shook my head, trying to rid myself of the uneasy feeling I had.

"Everything okay?" he asked "You look kind of pale."

"Jeremy...do you know someone by the name of Klaus?" I asked, hoping the answer was a 'no'.

The look on his face said it all. He clearly knew who I was talking about.

"Where did you hear that name?" his tone was serious.

"Who is he?" I asked, not answering his question, wanting to figure out what was going on first.

"I'm going to ask you one more time before we get up and leave, where did you hear that name?" he asked again, scaring me a bit.

"Jeremy...he was just here a minute ago talking to me. Who is he?" my voice went quiet.

"We need to get to the boarding house. Now." was all he said before he pulled me out of the booth we were sitting in and into the car, the entire way searching around and looking to see if anyone followed us.

We peeled out of the parking lot and Jeremy sped the entire way back to the house, making only one short phone call to Stefan while on the way.

"Stefan. He's here. In Mystic Falls. We're on our way to you now." and that was the entire conversation between them.

"Jeremy! What is going on? Who is Klaus?" I tried asking but he wouldn't answer me. His only response was that I'd know what was happening once we got to the boarding house. I kept trying to get some answers out of him but it was no use. He wasn't telling me.

Finally we pulled into the boarding house and Jeremy practically hovered over me until we got inside.

"Are you sure it was him?" Stefan ushered us into the living room.

"How else would she know his name? You know a lot of guys named Klaus that hang around Mystic Falls?" Jeremy replied.

Stefan must have made some phone calls because everyone else was already there waiting for us. These guys don't screw around with this stuff apparently. There was, however, a new face that I hadn't seen before. He was a bit older than the rest of the group, and for a moment I felt uneasy since I didn't know who he was.

"Violet...this is my old friend, Alaric. He's here to help. He's a hunter like Jeremy." Stefan reassured me once he saw my gaze fixed on the man I didn't know.

"Nice to meet you Alaric." I nodded "Now does someone want to tell me what the hell is going on? Who's Klaus? I take it he's not good considering you're all here."

"No, he's not." Damon stood up from his chair "We were hoping he wouldn't have gotten word about you, but it looks like he's found out."

"That's great. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHO THE HELL HE IS!?" I was getting angry. No one was giving me details!

"Klaus Mikaelson. He's an Original." Stefan spoke up.

"An original what?" I was getting annoyed. Half sentences seemed to be all that anyone was capable of at the moment and that wasn't enough for me!

"An Original Vampire. One of the first of our kind. Almost impossible to kill." Stefan explained.

"Almost. But they can still be killed." Damon chimed in.

"Okay so...how do we kill him?" I asked, still rather annoyed.

"That's the 'almost impossible' part." Bonnie spoke up. "See...the Original vampires can only be killed by one thing. A stake made out of the wood from an old white Oak tree. And of course the last one burned down a few hundred years ago. All of the others have been killed. Klaus is the only one left. Rumors have spread about where to find the other stakes that have killed the rest of his family, but that's all they are. Rumors. No one really knows or has seen any."

"Well that's just fantastic." I scoffed and plopped down onto the closest piece of furniture.

"Let's not give up hope." Alaric replied "I've put out some feelers and I'm working on trying to locate one."

"Bonnie...can't you do a locater spell or something to find one?" Caroline asked.

"No it doesn't work like that. With a person you need some type of object that belonged to them or a part of them like hair. An inanimate object is even more tricky and there aren't exactly white Oak splinters lying around that I can use." Bonnie sighed.

"We'll find one. I know we will." Jeremy assured me.

"So what do we do in the meantime?" I asked, a little worried about what the answer would be.

"Well you could stay here and we could keep an eye..." Stefan began.

"Oh no. Not this again! I am TIRED of being the damsel in distress all the time!" I retorted.

"Well we can't very well leave you on your own! Look what happened last time!" Stefan's voice got louder.

"We will figure something else out. I am not a child who needs constant babysitting!" I was really getting angry.

"Violet..." Damon's hand lightly grabbed my arm and turned me towards him "I don't want to be a dick here, but I don't see another option. We can't just feed you to the wolves...no offense Tyler!"

"No I'm staying at my house. You can keep an eye on my place or whatever, but I'm tired of not being comfortable in my own home. You know what? You two are hunters, right?" I nodded towards Jeremy and Alaric "Well then teach me how to fight."

"Vi that's not going to fend off a 1,000 year old vampire!" Jeremy pleaded.

"I know that. I'll still accept your help, but I want to be able to do something besides just stand around and look like a moron!"

"It can't hurt." Alaric responded.

"Alaric you don't get much of a say here since you don't even know her!" Damon shot him a look.

"Listen...everyone calm down." Elena stood up. "I agree with Violet. Jeremy, Alaric...you two teach her how to fight. We'll have someone with her at her house and a few people outside her house while the rest of us go looking for him. What's the harm in teaching her."

I was so happy to have Elena on my side. Bonnie and Caroline both smiled as well and no one else made a comment.