Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

Any similarities to S5 in the next few chapters are purely intentional as they suit my story. I am not writing S5, however there were some good points in that season which cannot be ignored and I intend to keep them in my story if they fit, just like I did with S4.

I hope you continue to enjoy the story.

September 2011.

Dear Diary,

How is the summer almost over, and yet I feel like I got nothing done? Damon spent most of the summer at Richmond with Jeremy, Ric and Stefan. Caroline and Bonnie stayed over almost every weekend, and even Matt joined us a few times. We had to stay there after the kidnap attempt on Damon. Ric contacted the Gemini Coven and they looked into the Travelers Coven. They don't have enough people strong enough to replace Joanna, so they won't come after us until around November. They're keeping an eye on them until then. So for the time being, we can live a fairly normal life, well as normal as it's going to get.

We met my new my new obstetrician, Dr. Jo Laughlin. She's a member of the Gemini coven and a specialist in supernatural pregnancies (yes these type of real medical doctors do exist). When I had my last scan, she was able to confirm Damon's suspicion that the baby was a girl, even though the coven had already confirmed this in the prophesy.

Damon and I eventually found a house with a separate apartment over the garage house near campus for Stefan who is is also joining us at college. He decided living in the apartment would give Damon and me some privacy. The house is a huge old antebelleum style house with seven bedrooms which has been modernized. Damon says it's similar to the house he and Stefan grew up in. Its huge size means it has room for Jeremy, Ric, Matt, Caroline and Bonnie to stay all at the same time.

Speaking of Jeremy and Matt.

Matt and Rebekah have been sending postcards all summer. They got back last week from somewhere in Europe, I couldn't keep track with their travels and what they were up to, and honestly, I'm not sure I really wanted to know. My initial concerns were as long as Rebekah doesn't hurt Matt, then I'm fine with it whatever they've been doing. After all, he's a grown man, he can make his own decisions,so who am I to judge? I think I was concerned after what she did to Damon for leading her on, but it seems she and Matt came to an understanding and because now she's leaving to go to New Orleans to be with Klaus and Elijah.

Yesterday Damon and I helped Jeremy move in with Matt at the old Lockwood mansion. I don't think I want to know what he and Matt will be getting up to. At least I can sleep knowing the local pizza place is now safe from going out of business in the next year or so.

Bonnie eventually found Tyler. Turns out he'd been helping a wolf pack in Tennessee. She needed to find him as she knew the protection spell she'd tried to put on him wasn't working. Something to do with him being on the run and not giving her permission to place the spell on him. Caroline told him Klaus had said he was no longer chasing him and that he could go to college. She said she was fine with their break up, but she got everything ready for him for college. Maybe it's guilt because I know she spent the night after graduation with Klaus, and I don't think they were up all night playing checkers.

I did ask her about it, I promised not to judge, after all I'm with Damon, but she was very coy about it. She had a huge smile on her face the next day so maybe Klaus has at least one redeeming quality, although he has had a thousand years of practice. Back to the Tyler issue, he hasn't actually said he's going to start college, but Caroline has everything ready and waiting for him. If he found out about her and Klaus, I doubt he'd ever speak to her again. So maybe it's for the best if he doesn't start college.

Bonnie and Caroline are sharing a dorm. Caroline has been trying to get Bonnie to help with decorating ideas. She even got a color palette, which Bonnie is refusing to engage in until they see their room. Bonnie needs to feel the karma first, or whatever it is. After Bonnie declined, Caroline then tried to help with decorating mine and Damon's new place. That lasted all of thirty seconds until Damon found out, and Stefan had to come to Caroline's rescue which ended up with a piece of wood in his stomach. It turns out Damon isn't a fan of the color yellow.

Speaking of decorating, now we know the baby is a girl, we've been starting to look at ideas for the nursery. I don't know what I was expecting of Damon, but he's had some wonderful ideas, although I initially thought the scariest one was him making the crib himself, until I saw some of his woodwork. Turns out he knows what he's doing with wood, and not just when it comes to staking someone. He's been finding the best pieces of wood and he's making some very ornate carvings. He's made some little rabbits and birds and unicorns, although I do have concerns about the horns, but he told me not to worry about that. At least it's keeping him occupied and out of trouble. It's a very different, gentle side I've seen to Damon. I really think he's going to make a great dad.

He's told me he won't let me see the crib until it's completely finished, he's just working on ideas for the moment. I guess I'll have to trust him. In the meantime I'm going to look around at what can be bought.

Speaking of the baby, when I don't wear my jewelry I'm huge. Damon loves it when I take the necklace off. He loves to feel my bump and says I'm sexier than ever. I'd like to say I'm not sure I believe him, I think he's just saying that, but her prefers my jewelry off than on, so maybe he's telling the truth. Whatever way it is, he's very excited about the prospect of being a father, something I never would have imagined of him. Although I guess I shouldn't be. When Damon loves, he loves passionately, fiercely and protectively, why would it be any different with his own child?

The other good news is Jo says I can drink alcohol (thank goodness). A vampire's metabolism works differently to a human's and as the blood is borrowed, it doesn't affect the baby in the same way. Also alcohol is part of a vampire's diet for curbing cravings and if I feel hungry my baby feels hungry. By drinking alcohol I wont feel as hungry and the baby will benefit too. I think that was one of the best piece of news I'd heard all summer.

Today I'm helping Bonnie and Caroline move their stuff into their dorm, with the help of Stefan. He and Caroline are growing closer, much to Damon's approval. I know Damon treat Caroline badly when he first came to Mystic Falls, and I think this is his way of making it up to her. Damon is definitely matchmaking, which is something I support. I know Caroline liked Stefan when they first met, I'm just not sure Stefan sees her the same way. I think he only sees her in the same way he saw Lexi, and I'm worried it will break Caroline's heart. Damon told me not to worry and he's working on it, whatever that means.

Jeremy and Bonnie started off well, and it has been going well over the summer, but I've got a feeling it won't last. I can' see them being together at Thanksgiving. Bonnie will be too busy with college, and Jeremy too busy playing on the Xbox with Matt. Although she never told me, I think Bonnie had reservations from the beginning and knew it wasn't going to last. At least they had fun together. I just hope when the time comes, they can be amicable about it.

Ric has been trying to find the lost ascendant. We know the Gemini Coven still has there's, although it's a secret as to where they are keeping it. Sheila didn't leave instructions with Bonnie or even Abby about where she left it. They've gone through her grimoires to see if there was any clue, but so far nothing. We're beginning to suspect Silas got the information from Professor Shane's mind and took it when he came back from the island. Which means the Travelers may already have one of the cures. They just need the Gemini Cure and Katherine. Elijah has upped the security on Katherine, and even Klaus is having his best people protect her, even if they don't know it or even get the chance to see her.

Other than searching for the lost ascendant, Ric has been trying to control his blood lust issues. Damon taught him snatch, eat, erase, although Ric doesn't really like the idea of hurting people, and he's not one for going to clubs. Instead Damon took him to some seedy bars off the beaten track and they found drunken deadbeats for him to feed from, before he compelled them to turn their lives around. It gave him a sense of purpose, so he doesn't mind too much, although he only does it at weekends.

Back to Damon and I. When we weren't moving house, decorating, matchmaking or helping our friends and family in various ways, we spent the summer having fun. Firstly we went to London to choose my engagement ring. Damon knew someone who would make up a ring to our exact specification, regardless of cost. The ring is platinum with an oval shaped blue diamond, surrounded by smaller diamonds, with more diamonds in the band. We also designed our wedding rings for them to be made up, ready for when we get married.

After that, we had a few trips to the beach, but mostly we spent the time either in bed making love, talking, planning ours and the baby's future, being a normal couple. We tried to make sure we kept any talk of our problems with Silas, the Travelers, missing ascendant and things out of the bedroom, which meant we spent as much time there as possible.

Overall, I had the summer of my life. I've never felt so happy. But in three days it will all be over as it will be my first day of college.

I just wish mom, dad and aunt Jenna were here to enjoy it with me.

Elena.

"Caroline just pulled up." Damon called, startling Elena as she closed her journal and put it in her bag before placing her gold locket around her neck, allowing her bump to disappear. Fortunately, her clothes magically adjusted with the necklace, so she didn't have to buy special maternity clothes, apart from bra, as it was only the bump itself which disappeared. The rest of her curves remained the same, including larger breasts.

"I-I don't have to go and help Bonnie and Caroline..." Elena sighed. "We can still have one more day together." she offered.

"Look Elena, you might not be moving into their dorm with them, but they want to feel your presence by having your input." Damon insisted. "You're still going to college. And if it wasn't for the prophesy, we'd be at the boarding house right now, and you'd be leaving me all alone, probably with Jeremy, while you drink cheap beer and protest things you don't care about." he said. "And although you've still got all of that to come, this is the closest you'll get to living on campus. That's unless you want to share a dorm with Witchy and Blondie while I take care of our little girl." he smirked. "And I'm quite certain if you don't go, I'm not going to get the opportunity to test whether we can have more children after this one." he added.

"Why?" Elena frowned.

"Blondie might have mentioned something about removing certain parts of my anatomy if I stopped you from going." Damon sighed.

"But you're not stopping me." Elena frowned.

"If you don't go she'll never believe me." Damon shook his head. "She's been dying for an excuse to...well you get the picture." he winked

"Okay, well at least I shouldn't be gone too long, so if there's anything you need, just call me..." Elena nodded.

"Oh I've got plenty to do here." Damon smiled. "You know, crib making and all." he said as he kissed her.

"You're up to something." Elena raised an eyebrow.

"Who me?" Damon looked up at the ceiling innocently before laughing as if he were joking. "Only kidding. I plan to practise being a stay at home dad, you know like watching trashy daytime TV." he smirked.

"Damon!" Elena slapped him on the arm.

"Just go Elena." Damon insisted as he kissed her on the lips. "I really wasn't joking about Blondie's threat." he said, opening the door so they were stood on the threshold.

"Fine." Elena sighed as she took his face in her hands and kissed him, before stepping back, with her hands hanging around Damon's neck.

"I love you." Elena whispered, placing her forehead against his.

"I love you too." Damon whispered back as he kissed.

"I've just had breakfast." Caroline called out. "I'm not interested in seeing it on my passenger seat." she added as Damon and Elena broke away from their kiss and laughed.

"I'm coming Caroline." Elena called out.

"Too much information." Caroline replied as Damon and Elena both burst out laughing.

Elena started to walk down the drive, but as Damon started closing the door, Elena rushed back in to kiss him one last time, before leaving. Damon smiled for a moment and waved at Elena as she finally got into Caroline's car and they set off for the dorm. The moment the car left, Damon got out his phone and began to send out multiple texts, saying the same thing. 'She's gone. The coast is clear.'

Exactly five minutes after Elena left, Stefan turned up at the main part of the house. Damon offered him a glass of bourbon, which Stefan took, before they sat down in the parlor.

"So have you let text Blondie to tell her you're going to be a no show today?" Damon asked.

"I did it just before I walked in the door." Stefan replied. "I waited five minutes, just like she instructed." he said. "Elena will think I'm going with you to search for wood for the crib." he raised his eyebrows.

"Elena thinks I'm up to something." Damon sighed as he took a sip of his whiskey.

"You are." Stefan frowned. "You're planning her baby shower." he said.

"Correction." Damon shook his head. "I'm carrying out orders Blondie gave out who is the one planning the baby shower." he said. "We are just her simple minions."

"Have you finished the crib yet?" Stefan asked.

"You mean cribs, as in plural?" Damon replied. "All four of them. One for here, one for the house in Richmond, one for the boarding house and one for the lake house." he explained. "All designed and made to look identical, except the color, or wood is to match the furnishings of the house. Pine for the lake house. Mahogany for the boarding house. White for the place in Richmond and pink for the one here." he smiled.

"You've been busy." Stefan raised an eyebrow.

"My little girl will get the best of everything." Damon smiled, just as there was a knock at the door. Damon got up and answered it as Ric, Matt and Jeremy walked in.

"I take it Elena's not here." Matt said.

"She's helping Bonnie and Caroline with the dorm. Then Caroline is planning to take her to a party tonight, while we get everything ready here." Damon replied. "The plan is for Elena to end up staying over at the dorm, then when she gets here tomorrow, it will be a big surprise." he grinned.

"Great idea." Matt nodded.

"Did Caroline give you the shopping list?" Ric asked as Damon took three pieces of paper out of his pocket and handed them over. Each contained a list of items for them to buy for the baby shower.

"How many people is Caroline planning to invite?" Jeremy frowned. "I thought you were keeping it small." he said.

"Caroline's idea of keeping things small don't usually match up with everyone else's idea of small." Damon shrugged. "That's not everything. Liz will be here soon to help with some of the other stuff." he told them.

"Fine." Ric sighed. "I guess we should get started on all of this shopping. Oh by the way, I checked, the Travelers haven't moved." he said as he turned and left, followed by Matt and Jeremy.

Elena and Caroline reached the dorm where Bonnie and Caroline were staying. There was already two cars parked outside. One belonging to Bonnie, one belonging to Sheriff Forbes, suggesting they'd already begun to make a start on unpacking. It was fortunate Liz was helping, as on the way over, as Caroline's car was absolutely full, and Elena knew it was only half of what she was bringing.

On the way there, Caroline had received a text from Stefan telling her he was helping Damon trying to find some wood for the crib. As Elena knew Damon was trying to matchmaker Caroline and Stefan, she didn't buy this excuse one bit. Especially as she suspected Damon was up to something, and had, by the sounds of things gotten Stefan involved somehow too, which was the discussion she and Caroline were in the middle of when they pulled up outside her dorm.

"I just don't understand why Stefan would suddenly pull out. It's not like him." Elena shook her head as she and Caroline got out of the car.

Just at that moment a hot looking guy approached them with a flyer.

"Excuse me, ladies. Party at Whitmore House tonight." he said handing Caroline looks a flyer.

"Don't worry, we'll be there." Caroline assured him. "Someone already gave me a flyer earlier."

"Glad to hear it. See you later." the guy said looking at Caroline as they watched him walk away as Elena raised an eyebrow.

"So you think Stefan is lying and is up to no good with Damon?" Caroline suddenly said, changing the subject. "What makes you think that? I mean, this is Stefan for goodness sake." she said.

"It's more of a...gut feeling. Maybe you should call him." Elena suggested.

"Absolutely not! He'll call when he's ready and able to come and help." Caroline insisted. "Or maybe he is lying and wanted some alone time away from you and Damon and your little love nest." she smiled snarkily, opening the trunk, pulling bags out and handing them to Elena.

"So you think I should just live with this nagging suspicion in the pit of my stomach?" Elena raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, Elena, that pit is called guilt. You feel terrible because you broke Stefan's heart." Caroline sighed, picking up the remainder of the bags and boxes before closing the trunk of the car. "Even if it was only a fake love because of a curse. All of this time people thought nobody loved Damon, when instead it turned out the women loving Stefan only seemed to fall in love with him because of a spell. Must suck not to have someone fall in love with you for you." she frowned.

"Nice try." Elena shook her head "Stefan and I left things in a good place. It's none of our faults all of this happened. Damon and I want him to move on and find a life. He no longer has feelings for me. Stefan just needs to find the right motivation to be with someone who can love him for him and not for a curse."

"It doesn't mean he hasn't been thinking about you shacking up with his brother all summer long." Caroline said as she opened the door to the dorm and Elena walked inside. "Just because he's not in love with you, doesn't mean he's not jealous of what you and Damon have. Just the other day Bonnie and I were saying how jealous we were of yours and Damon's sex li..." Caroline stopped and clamped her mouth shut.

"Hello..." Liz smirked. "Mom ears, still here." she said as Bonnie looked from behind Liz with a stunned expression on her face and Elena looked to Caroline before mouthing the word "Oops." at Caroline, as they all began to laugh and Liz quietly left the room.

"Bonnie, Caroline, we're in college." Elena said in wonderment.

"We actually made it. We're here!" Caroline frowned in surprise.

"And we're all here together." Bonnie cried as the three of them gathered round and gave a joint hug.

"Who needs help from guys anyway?" Caroline stood back and put her hands on her hips as they all laughed again. "If Stefan wants to shop for wood, he can shop for wood." she said before she started to go through the boxes on her bed, as Elena went over to join her to look at what Caroline and Bonnie had brought with them.

"You brought a panini press?" Elena raised an eyebrow.

"Small appliances, by the fridge." Caroline instructed, pointing towards the fridge without looking up, as Liz brought another box into the room.

"Okay, that's the last one." Liz announced. "All right, give me a goodbye hug before I change my mind and drag you home with me." Liz swallowed as Caroline hugged her. "You can call as much as you want, you know?" she began to cry.

"Mom, we'll be fine." Caroline insisted as Liz laughed and stepped back.

"Come here." Liz smiled to Elena as she pulled her in tight. ""This is where your dad fell in love with medicine, you know?" she said. "He would be really proud to see you here."

Elena smiled. "Thank you." she said. "Although I'm not sure he'd have been too happy to see me here as a pregnant vampire." she grimaced.

"Can you take the necklace off?" Liz asked as Elena smiled and took the necklace off. Suddenly her body changed shape and her baby bump appeared, as Liz's eyes widened. "I think he'd have come round eventually." Liz smiled. "His priority was for his little girl to be happy, and she is. Yes, it took a murderous ruthless vampire to make her happy, but we can't all be perfect." she laughed. "Damon will do anything for you. You are his number one priority. In some ways, he is Grayson's obvious successor as being the most important man in your life." she smiled. "Look after this little one, and take care of Damon. As much as he doesn't think he needs it, he really does need the love of a woman." she said as they hugged once more, before Liz pulled away and turned to Bonnie.

"Watch out for my dad won't you?" Bonnie asked as Liz pulled her into a hug.

"Of course I will." Liz smiled. "You know, your mom has been around a lot more too lately. I think she's trying to help him deal with you going to college." she said. "They'll both be fine as long as you're happy." she said.

"Thank you Sheriff Forbes." Bonnie smiled as Liz rolled her eyes.

"It's Liz when I'm not in uniform." she reminded her as they parted from their hug. Liz lingered for a long moment, trying to decide whether to leave or not, while they all looked at each other, before they all began to laugh.

"Okay, go! Before I change my mind and make you stay" Caroline insisted, pointing to the door.

"I'm going, I'm going! I love you. Bye, girls." Liz smiled as she left, closing the door behind her.

The girls turn to each other excitedly. "So? You two are now roomies, which means I think we should drink to something." Elena grinned.

"Well, I couldn't agree more..." Caroline replied as she opened her suitcase and pulled out a bottle of beer and two blood bags from a chill bag. She handed the beer to Bonnie and tossed a blood bag to Elena.

"To us, and college, and being functional vampires and a powerful witch." Elena held up her blood bag aloft.

"To the next chapter in our lives." Caroline held up her blood bag.

"To all of our future's, including the little one." Bonnie lifted her beer bottle up as Elena placed her blood bag down and put her necklace back on before picking her blood bag back up again. They clinked their bags and bottle in a mock toast when they heard a knock at the door. Using their vampire speed, they stashed their blood bags, back in Caroline's case and pulled out two more beers before turning to face whoever the visitor is. The door opened and a girl walked in, carrying lots of bags and a couple of boxes.

"Hey." the girl smiled.

"Uh, who are you?" Caroline asked looking at the girl with distaste for having the audacity of interrupting their private little party.

"Oh, I'm Megan." the girls introduced herself. "Your roommate." she added as Elena, Bonnie and Caroline look at each other, shocked and confused.

Damon was in the garage putting the bulk of the food shopping into the spare refrigerator for the upcoming baby shower when his phone rang. He checked the caller ID and saw Elena's name. She'd been gone less than an hour and she was calling him already. Smiling to himself, he answered his phone.

"Hot stud muffin here." Damon grinned. "What deviant sexual fantasies do you want me to bring to life tonight... oh gorgeous one." he smirked, turning his head as Stefan's car pulled into the garage.

"Umm...Damon, we have a problem." Elena said as Stefan got out out of his car, his phone in his hand and reading a text from Caroline with a frown on his head.

Damon looked at Stefan questioningly and Stefan held his phone up and mouthed the word "Caroline." in response.

"What's wrong?" Damon asked Elena as Stefan brought his phone over and showed him Caroline's message.

"Caroline and Bonnie have got a roommate." Elena whispered.

"What?" Damon narrowed his eyes and looked at Stefan with concern. "Wait a minute, how'd that happen?" he asked.

"There must've been a mix-up at the housing office." Elena told him.

"Compulsion...it's the unwanted roommate repellent." Damon explained.

"That's exactly what Caroline said." Elena agreed.

"Right, so then just compel her ass out the door." Damon shrugged.

"Damon, what's the point in going to college if we're just going to recreate what happens in Mystic Falls?" Elena sighed.

"Look at you, giving it the old college try." Damon said sarcastically. "But seriously Elena, who is she? She could be someone Silas has asked to keep an eye on you. Ric said the Travelers were all accounted for, but I don't trust the Gemini Coven yet." he said. "She needs to go." he insisted.

"I know, I know, but it's not my call to make." Elena sighed. "Bonnie isn't buying the compulsion idea. She suggests we keep an eye on her and see if she's just normal." she said.

"If she stays in that dorm, she won't stay normal for more than a week." Damon warned her. "She'll either die, become a vampire or be psychologically traumatized by Witchy and Blondie's judginess. It's for her own protection." he insisted as he looked at Stefan's phone. "So does that mean you're coming home early?" he asked, reading the text from Caroline which told them she was still taking Elena to the party, but she needed Damon to push Elena into going while she could form a backup plan for the baby shower.

"Caroline want's us to go to a party." Elena explained. "A meet and greet. But I don't know. Maybe I should just head home, put my feet up and see what my stud muffin can do to help me enjoy the rest of the evening." she said as Stefan tried his hardest not to laugh out loud at Elena's name for Damon.

"You should go." Damon urged her. "Stefan's here trying to unsuccessfully die from laughter, so I'm going to help him along and stake him. I'll probably be out all night in the woods burying him somewhere. You have fun. Get to know their roomie. Make sure she's not a Traveler. Going home early would look like a sure sign you're pregnant." he said.

"Fine." Elena sighed. "I'll go and get to know her." she said as she suddenly heard a choking noise which sounded like it was coming from Caroline. "Hold on a second." she said as she vamp-sped into the dorm from the hallway where she'd been sat talking to Damon on the phone. When she reached the dorm she saw Caroline choking, her face bright red, her lips chapped and water all over her clothes and the floor, which must have come from the bottle in her hand.

"What happened?" Elena asked.

"Caroline decided to try some of Megan's special protein water." Bonnie said with her arms folded. "Except the added ingredient isn't protein."

"It's vervain." Caroline croaked as she got a blood bag out of the mini fridge.

"I'll call you back." Elena said to Damon as she quickly hung up.

Damon turned to Stefan looking at his phone with concern after Elena had hung up.

"What was that all about?" Stefan asked. "Caroline just text to say there was a change of plan as they had a new roommate." he said.

"Yeah, about that." Damon frowned. "Caroline was just poisoned by their new roommates water. It contained vervain." he snarled.

"Traveler?" Stefan asked.

"Doubtful." Damon shook his head. "The last Ric heard this morning was they're all accounted for, unless there are ones the Gemini Coven don't know about."

"So who else could it be?" Stefan frowned.

"I dunno." Damon said thoughtfully. "The girl herself might not know anything. But whoever gave her the water does." he said as he sent a text to Elena. "Become her friend. Find out who gave her the water. She might be innocent, but I doubt her water supplier is. D xxx"

Caroline took large gulps from the blood bag, watching Caroline slowly recover right in front of her eyes with her vampire healing.

"Why would..." Elena started, but stopped when she heard approaching footsteps. Caroline, although not fully recovered, put the blood bag back in the fridge and took out a bottle of her own water, and bent back over, taking in deep breaths as the door to the bathroom opened and Megan appeared, wrapped in a towel.

"What's going on? Are you okay?" Megan asked, her voice full of concern as she stared at Caroline, who immediately straightened up as Megan walked over with a clean towel and to gave her.

"Yeah, she's, uh, she's fine." Elena nodded.

"What happened?" Megan asked, looking to the three of them.

"Water just went down the wrong pipe." Caroline winced. "I'm okay, really. I shouldn't have touched your stuff, I'm really sorry." she said apologetically.

"It's fine." Megan smiled. "It just sounded like someone was dying out here. Well, I'm glad you're okay!" she said before returning to the bathroom, and closing the door behind her.

"She knows who we are, she drinks vervain water!" Caroline argued quietly as Bonnie just stood in silence.

"That doesn't mean she knows about us." Elena insisted.

"Seriously? I share a bathroom with this girl!" Caroline whispered. "What if she's Traveler or a hunter, and she stakes me when I'm in the shower? Or she steals my daylight ring while I'm asleep and then I burst into flames when the sun comes up?!" she asked. "What if she's trying to get through me and Bonnie to get to you or Damon, Stefan or Ric?" she continued.

"Don't you think that, if she was a hunter, we'd be dead by now?" Elena folded her arms. "And the Travelers are all accounted for, she's not one of them." she added.

"I think we should lock her up." Caroline nodded. "You know, let the vervain get out of her system, and then we compel her to forget about us."

"Caroline, we're not kidnapping your roommate!" Elena said through gritted teeth. "The best way to convince her that we're normal, is to act normal. And do normal, human, freshman-y stuff." she frowned.

"Such as?" Caroline asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Get to know her. Find out where she got the water from." Elena relayed Damon's suggestion. "Whoever gave her the water knows about vampires. That doesn't mean she does." she said. "Shh...she's coming." Elena said as Megan walked back into the room.

"I'm going for a shower." Bonnie announced as she picked up a towel and headed off to the bathroom, while Elena sat on Bonnie's bed.

"So Megan." Caroline started. "I'm really sorry about the water. I'll replace it for you, if you tell me where to get it from." she said as Elena rolled her eyes at the obvious approach Caroline was taking.

"Don't worry about it." Megan smiled. "I've got plenty." she said without going into any further detail and turning to comb her hair in front of the mirror.

"Megan..." Elena smiled. "Are you going to the party tonight?" she asked.

"I was going to ask you about that." Megan replied shyly. "I only know one other person here, so I was wondering if I could tag along with you guys...that's if you don't mind. Unless of course you're going with someone." she added nervously.

"No that's fine." Elena looked pointedly at Caroline.

"Of course." Caroline replied with a fake smiled.

"Not sure if anyone else will be joining us." Elena sighed. You see Bonnie is dating my little brother, who's only seventeen and not here." she said. "I could ask my boyfriend Damon, but I doubt he'll go. He loves a good party, but he's busy with a project he's working on." she explained. "His younger brother Stefan might go if we ask." she said thoughtfully. "He's new here too." she added.

"Stefan is her ex." Caroline stage whispered to Megan.

"Isn't that a little complicated?" Megan asked, sounding dubious by the whole situation.

"Our split was amicable." Elena nodded.

"Seriously?" Caroline spat. "It was not!"

"Stefan and I are friends now." Elena ignored Caroline. "We're in a good place now. He even lives with us, sort of." she explained.

"So you're not staying on campus?" Megan asked as Elena shook her head.

"Damon bought a house nearby so he could be near me and his brother." Elena told her.

Megan then turned her attention to Caroline. "Do you have a boyfriend, Caroline?" she asked.

"I do. His name's Tyler." Caroline replied as Elena snorted. "He had to miss move-in day, but he'll be here for the first day of classes."

"Assuming he registers. And picks a dorm. And buys books." Elena said sarcastically as Caroline threw her a pointed look. "Oh come on Caroline. You said it yourself you guys were broken up." she said.

"That was before Tyler found out he..." Caroline stopped, realizing she couldn't exactly explain the real reason why they'd broken up in the first place, instead she decided to work with some of the truth. "...his mom died just before Christmas, and because of that he moved away. He told me he wasn't coming back and not to look for him." she told Megan. "But I did. He never officially said it was over, and I told him he had a place here."

"Did he say he was going to go to college?" Megan asked.

"He didn't say he wasn't." Caroline replied hopefully as Elena and Megan glanced at each other with a knowing look.

The party is well underway when Elena, Caroline and Bonnie arrived at Whitmore house. Megan had left early to meet the one person she knew at the college. Suddenly they were approached by the guy who had handed Elena the flyer when she arrived.

"Hey, I remember you." the guy from earlier said.

"Hey. Flyer Guy." Elena smiled.

"Jesse, technically, but 'Flyer Guy' works, too." Jesse grinned back.

"I'm Elena, this is Caroline and this is Bonnie." Elena said pointing first to herself, then Caroline and finally Bonnie.

"Nice to meet you." Jesse smiled at all three of them.

"Hi." Bonnie smiled

"Hi." Caroline smiled coldly and turned away without another word. Elena looked at Jesse apologetically before following Caroline, leaving Bonnie with Jesse.

"You can't be nice to the guy?" Elena growled.

"I'm with Tyler." Caroline insisted.

"Are you?" Elena asked. "Because he hasn't called."

"From the mountains of Appalachia?" Caroline asked sarcastically.

"I'm just saying, I don't want you to get your hopes up thinking that he's coming, when he hasn't really shown much interest." Elena sighed as they walked back to Bonnie who was now on her own, holding their place at the front of the line.

"Why don't we just go inside." Bonnie said as she stepped into the house.

When Elena and Caroline tried to follow they stop suddenly at the entrance to the house, unable to go any further, as if they were blocked by some magical force.

"What the hell?" Caroline cried.

"Someone must own this place. We have to be invited in." Elena whispered when suddenly Megan appeared at the door.

"Hey! I was wondering if you guys were gonna make it." Megan she grinned as Elena and Caroline stood awkwardly in the doorway as Jesse caught up with them.

"You guys going in, or...?" Jesse asked.

"Go ahead." Elena offered as Jesse walked around them into the house.

"Why are you guys just standing there?" Megan frowned

"We were just...Caroline?" Elena started.

"Waiting for someone." Caroline stated.

"It's Stefan. He's late." Elena lied.

"I was coming in to come and find you to let you know." Bonnie told Megan.

"Right. Well, I'm gonna go hang." Megan told them as she went back into the house, while Elena and Caroline's smiles disappeared.

"Like I said, she knows." Caroline said, narrowing one eye as Bonnie stayed inside to get them all a drink while they stood outside.

When Bonnie returned they stood outside the house, hovering as if they were stood there purposely. As there was no point in staying to meet and greet nobody, they decided to go back to the dorm. However as they'd agreed they were going to be with Megan, Elena insisted she call her and tell her they were leaving. Considering how loud the music was, it was of little surprise when Megan's phone went to voicemail.

"Hey, Megan, it's Elena." Elena said, deciding to leave her a message. "Just calling to let you know why we left, so call me when you get this. Bye." she said.

"Okay, I've got a better idea. When she leaves, we grab her." Caroline suggested.

"Or we could just let her know you weren't feeling well." Elena offered.

"Will you two stop it?" Bonnie asked. "I'm with Elena on this one." she sighed.

"Elena, Bonnie, she saw us stuck at the threshold, we might as well have flashed her our fangs" Caroline frowned.

"There's no way that out of the thousands of freshmen, we were randomly paired with someone who knows about vampires." Elena shook her head.

"Maybe it wasn't random." Caroline suggested.

"And Caroline brings out the tin foil conspiracy." Bonnie snapped taking a sip from her glass when suddenly Elena's phone began to ring.

Elena looked at the caller ID. "Megan's calling." she said before answering. "Hey, Megan."

"Elena!" Megan cried down the phone. "You have to help me! He's chasing me!"

Concerned about the level of panic in Megan's voice, Elena puts the phone on speaker as Caroline and Bonnie leaned in closer.

"Megan, who's chasing you?" Elena asked.

"Help me! Oh, my god!" Megan began to cry as they looked up at the upper storey of the house, where it sounded like Megan's voice was coming from, but they couldn't see anything unusual.

"We can't come inside...the line's too long." Elena frowned. "If you come out...where are you?" she asked.

"Elena, please help me!" Megan begged as Caroline took the phone and Megan started screaming over the phone.

"Megan, can you hear me? Get outside and we can help you." Caroline insisted when suddenly something fell to the ground beside them. All three of them turned around and stepped closer towards it. It, being Megan's body.

"Oh no." Bonnie clamped her hand over her mouth at the sight.

"Oh, my god!" Elena shook her head in disbelief.

"Who did this to her?" Caroline frowned.

"It's a vampire bite." Elena said blankly.

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