Cassie's POV

I woke up in the morning to see that Jeremy was in the bathroom brushing his teeth.

"Sorry." I apologized.

"No, I'm done." He stated.

"Do you always get up this early?" I questioned.

"They're organizing a search party for Vicki." He explained. Well they wouldn't find her, especially not during the daytime. Still he didn't need to be looking for her.

"Don't you have to go to school?" I asked.

"You're kidding." He remarked.

"I'm sure that she's fine wherever she is." I stated. "It would probably be a good idea to give her some space and go to school."

"Did you just say something?" He replied before he walked away. Well, that didn't work.

I got in the shower and then got dressed in a grey blouse over a pastel blue long-sleeved tee with a three-layered blue skirt, each layer being a different shade. I went to find Diana and discovered that she was downstairs, wearing a black lace long-sleeved dress.

"Did you hear from Stefan about Vicki?" I asked.

"Stefan and I broke up." She replied.

"I know that but he still could have told you if he found her." I pointed out. "We need to know where she is."

"No, he didn't say anything." Diana remarked. "Now we should probably head to school."

"We need to find Vicki." I argued. "Let's go and see Stefan to see if he's seen her. We can miss a day of school."

"You know I hate missing school." She pointed out.

"We don't even have a teacher for one of our classes." I reminded her. "I'm definitely going and it's probably a good idea for us to stick together in this."

"Fine, I'll come." She relented with a sigh. "For the record, I think we should stay out of this vampire business."

"We're already in it." I declared.

We then headed to the boarding and rang the bell, which was answered by Damon.

"Is Stefan here?" I asked.

"Yup." Damon replied.

"Well where is he?" I questioned.

"Good morning to you two, my twin witches." He greeted.

"We're actually not twins." Diana replied. That wasn't the point.

"How is it that you can be so arrogant and glib after everything that you've done?" I asked.

"Well how can you be so naïve and stupid to call a vampire arrogant and glib?" He replied with that smirk on his face.

"I'm not afraid of you." I answered. "Now where is Stefan?"

"He's upstairs playing 'The Rain In Spain'." Damon declared. What the fuck did that mean? He walked away and we stepped inside.

"Stefan?" Diana called.

"Yes?" He answered as he suddenly appeared downstairs.

"Where is Vicki because Jeremy and half the town are looking for her?" I inquired.

"She's upstairs." He explained.

"Well we need to come up with a reason why she's missing so people don't ask questions." I proposed. "What about she's in rehab?"

"Maybe it might be something worth considering." Stefan agreed. "Right now, I need to teach some things and she still can't go out in the sun. I don't really have a solution for that at the moment, but I need to keep her here for a while."

"How long is that?" Vicki interrupted from upstairs.

"We'll talk later." Stefan replied.

"Vicki, how are you?" Diana questioned.

"I'm fucking peachy." The new vampire answered.

Diana's POV

We went into the living room and sat at a table with Stefan and Vicki. I felt uncomfortable because I didn't want to be with the boyfriend that I had just broken up. He had a cup of coffee.

"Coffee is our friend. It warms our bodies and the caffeine gives us energy which helps distract us from the need for blood." Stefan explained.

"But what if I want to drink human blood?" She asked. I couldn't understand how a vampire could leave off animal blood, but I supposed if humans could live off a diet without meat, anything was possible. I wasn't sure if he should force it on her though.

"You're going to have to live with that urge and fight it one day at a time." Stefan remarked. That sounded like what they said to a girl in the institution that was addicted to pills.

"Ugh, don't go into any of this 12 Steps crap." She argued. "School counselor has already tried that and failed. It does not work for me."

"It can work." Stefan told her. "You just have to want it enough."

I wasn't sure if she did want it.

"So you've never had human blood?" She asked. I was a bit curious about that myself.

"It's been a long time." Stefan replied.

"How long?" Vicki persisted. It didn't seem like something she needed to know.

"It's none of your business." Cassie snapped.

"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away?" Vicki asked. "It's like I have a massive hangover and this no going in the sun thing is a bitch. I need more blood. I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead."

That definitely did seem odd. Stefan directed her to the bathroom and she got up and walked away. The situation was beginning to get uncomfortable.

"I'm gonna go get her some blood." Stefan announced. How was he doing that anyway? Did he have deer carcasses hung up on his wall or something? Did I really want to know?

Less than a minute later, Vicki returned.

"False alarm." The new vampire declared. "My body is really fucked up right now, but it's a good kind of fucked."

She pretty much swore as much as I did. I then noticed her taking out her phone.

"Who are you texting?" Cassie asked her.

"Jeremy." She replied nonchalantly.

"Vicki, you can't see Jeremy right now." Cassie stated.

"Don't you start. I'm gonna see whoever I wanna see." Vicki argued.

"Jeremy can't know that you're a vampire." Cassie said. "He could freak out or you could hurt him."

"I would never hurt Jeremy." Vicki remarked as she turned to my sister.

"We can't take that risk." Cassie replied. "You're going to have to let Jeremy go for now."

"Or what?" Vicki asked as she grabbed her by the neck. I had to do something. "Listen here, you perky little bitch, I will…glug."

She suddenly started choking from the water that I had filled her mouth with, causing her to drop Cassie. I grabbed my sister and ran out.

"That was nice work." Cassie remarked as she took some deep breaths. At that point, Stefan came out to see us."

"What's going on?" He asked.

"She threatened us, Stefan." I explained.

"She's on edge." Stefan told me. "Imagine every cell in your brain working all at once. It's not easy."

"How long is she going to be like this because I'd probably light her on fire if she does that again?" Cassie inquired.

"I don't know. It could be a while." He answered.

"Well long did it take you?" I asked.

"A while, but I didn't have anyone helping me." He replied. "The main thing is it's hard to resist certain people right now. Every emotion in your body can blend together into hunger. It means that she can't see Jeremy right now."

"Well we should probably get home." Cassie remarked.

"You two don't have to go." He responded.

"Stefan, it's probably good to keep us separate from Vicki right now because it could be dangerous for both sides." I proposed.

From there, we headed home. I wasn't sure what we were going to do while everyone else was at school. I was just glad that Jenna was in class and hoped that Elena wouldn't bust us.

Cassie's POV

That night, we headed to the kitchen for dinner. We needed to find a way to convince Jeremy to stay away from Vicki, especially since she wouldn't likely stay away from him. I couldn't help but wonder if there was a spell for it. I wasn't talking about messing with his free will, but maybe one to actually prevent them from touching.

"So I heard Matt heard from Vicki today." I stated.

"That's nice." Jeremy muttered. I sighed.

"Hey, do you guys wanna go to this Halloween party at school tonight?" Elena asked as she entered the kitchen.

"Sure, whatever." Jeremy remarked. He really seemed miserable from not being able to see Vicki. I couldn't help but wonder if the truth would be able to keep him away.

"Jeremy, Vicki needs to get better and you don't need to inhibit that." Diana suggested. "You saw what a wild trip she was on yesterday."

"Since my parents died, Vicki has been the one thing that has made me feel good and I'll be damned if I have to give her up." He said before he stormed off.

So we went to the school. Jeremy was wearing a hoodie, Elena was dressed in a nurse outfit, Diana was dressed as a gymnast, and I was a fairy.

Once we got there, we ran into Matt. He was dressed in some scrubs.

"Hey, you came in last year's costume too." He said to Elena with a smile. And we've got gymnast, fairy, and…you?"

Jeremy just walked away.

"What's his problem?" He asked. I would have thought that people just expected him to be moody.

"We got into a fight." Elena stated.

"Yeah, I got into it with Vick too. I almost didn't bring her." He replied.

"Vicki's here?" Diana asked. That wasn't good.

"Yeah, you can't miss her. She's a vampire." He responded.

The two of us ran off in search of her, probably leaving Matt and Elena very confused.

We searched the hallways. I texted Stefan to let him know that she was at the school. However, it seemed that he already knew because we found them together, with him holding her by the arm.

"Oh thank God." I stated with a sigh of relief. At that moment, Matt walked over.

"What's going on?" He asked. I couldn't help but wonder where Elena had disappeared to. Maybe she was with Bonnie and Caroline. I tried to figure out what to say to him.

"I told you to quit bothering me." Vicki interrupted as she broke free of Stefan's grasp.

"Vicki, stop." I ordered.

"He won't leave me alone, Matty." She remarked.

"You need to back off." Matt replied as he got in Stefan's face. I then realized that Vicki had taken the opportunity to run away. Diana and I ran off after her.

Diana's POV

We began to look for Vicki again. It definitely wasn't how I wanted to spend my Halloween.

"You know you're probably too tall to be a gymnast." Cassie commented. I couldn't believe that was what she was focusing on.

"There is a vampire on the loose. We don't have time to worry about that." I pointed out before noticed an open door. "Let's check there."

We went outside to where the buses were and found that was where they were. She looked feral and he looked terrified.

Cassie decided to act by swinging a board at her, but it broke against her and Vicki threw her against a palette like she was a ragdoll. I wasn't entirely sure what to do.

Suddenly, Stefan appeared and grabbed her. He did his best to hold her back, but she managed to elude him and get away. She disappeared and we looked around for her.

"Get inside." He ordered. I decided to listen and Cassie grabbed Jeremy's hand before we ran for the door. Unfortunately, Vicki managed to bite into my neck first and I screamed. She then stopped and I realized that Stefan had stabbed her through the heart. She began to turn grey and veiny before she fell to the ground dead.

"VICKI!" Jeremy screamed as he looked her over. "No, no, no, you can't be dead."

"Get him out of here." Cassie ordered. "I'll stay here and figure out what to do with the body."

Cassie's POV

After Diana, Stefan, and Jeremy left, I stood by the corpse. I was prepared to cremate her before Damon showed up. He looked rather smug.

"You did this." I spat. "You fucking killed her."

"You confuse me for someone with remorse." He declared. I prepared to attack before I noticed veins under his eyes. "You need to leave. You're making me hungry. I'll deal with the body."

I began to walk him with a bit of a limp. I wished I knew how to heal myself, but I didn't, so I would have to wait.

"Whoa what happened to you?" Elena asked me.

"Some fucker with fake blood squirted me." I lied. "Do you think that you can give me a ride home?"

"I am not sober enough to drive." She remarked. "I was probably going to get a ride with Bonnie. Here take these."

"No, come with me."

She handed me her keys and I headed home. I found that Stefan and Diana were on the porch.

"How is he?" I asked.

"He's a wreck." Diana replied. "I don't know what to do. He kept crying and I can't imagine how far he'll go."

"Wait, what's going on?" Elena asked.

"Vicki's dead." I relented.

"Oh my God, Jeremy's never going to get through this." She replied.

"There is one thing that we can do." I suggested. "Your can use that mind control to make him forget it happened."

"Cassie, I don't think that I'm strong enough for that." Stefan argued.

"I'll do it." Damon offered as he appeared suddenly.

"What?" I questioned.

"I'll erase his memories." Damon repeated.

"This is too weird." Elena remarked.

"You don't know what we are or what happened to Vicki. You were going to take a shower then go to bed." Damon told her. Her eyes dilated and then she looked around.

"Well, I'm gonna go take a shower." Elena remarked before she walked off.

"So what do you want him to know?" Damon asked.

"How about Vicki left town and he's not going to look for her. He's going to move on with his life and not be sad anymore." I suggested.

"Got it." Damon agreed before he headed upstairs.

"I don't know if this is right." Diana replied. "Who are we to decide what people do and don't know around here? It's not like we can forget."

"Would you want to forget?" Stefan asked.

"No, I don't." She admitted. Maybe things weren't over for them after all.

"Okay it's done." Damon stated. Maybe he wasn't as bad as I thought. Maybe he was changing.

So Cassie's beginning to see Damon's good side and both Jeremy and Elena had their memories wiped. Not to mention things have improved for Stefan and Diana. Please don't forget to review.