OK, so this chapter was a bit easier to write, and I hope you like it :) yet again, a few annoying text messages :/ sorry... but enough with that, here is chapter 7, and I hope you love it! :D

Elena sat at her desk trying to concentrate. But it was hard to focus with her phone going off so much—texts from Bonnie asking if she was still feeling bad, Caroline concerned about her situation with Matt, and Stefan worried about the little incident with the new student in the courtyard. She turned her phone off and sighed, looking up to see that the teacher had moved on to a completely different topic and she hadn't even noticed.

As she flipped through the pages in her textbook, she heard the door open and a kid walked in. He started to talk to Alaric, and when she heard the voice her head snapped up. There he was. Peter—the guy from the courtyard—in her class, walking back towards her grinning almost like Damon when he was up to no good. Her breathing hitched and she tensed when he walked past her, and of course picked the seat right behind her.

Setting his stuff down in the desk, he sat down and leaned forward. "Elena, what a pleasant surprise. Isn't this going to be fun?", he whispered loud enough for her to hear, but not enough for the people around or that stupid, nosy, vampire boyfriend of hers.

He could sense her heartbeat going so fast it could probably rip through her chest and smirked, loving the reaction he pulled out of her.

Elena was absolutely petrified, but she had no clue why. Maybe it was the dangerously suggestive comment he made when he sat down, maybe it was just intuition. But something told her it was more than a feeling. There was really something dangerous about this guy, and she needed to avoid him. But that was going to be pretty difficult since he was right behind her.

Stefan looked on at Elena and Peter as he walked to the back. She stopped breathing as he passed by, and her eyes widened in fear. When he sat down, he whispered something to her—but Stefan couldn't hear. Why the hell couldn't he hear? He was a freaking vampire!

He glanced over at Caroline and Bonnie, and saw them looking just as intent on their best friend, and also just as confused as Stefan. Even Matt stopped paying attention to the lecture and was focused on Elena. He was about to lean over and ask her what was going on, when her hand shot up in the air.

"Yes, Elena?" Alaric asked, looking concerned at the expression she wore on her face.

"I'm not feeling good, can I go to the nurse", Elena said. But she didn't sound sick—she sounded absolutely petrified of this guy she had just met an hour before.

"Um, sure. Go ahead and bring your stuff", Alaric said.

"Thank you", Elena stuttered before picking up her stuff and practically running out of the room. Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline, and Matt's eyes followed Elena as she fled the room. Stefan looked down at his phone, and saw that Damon had finally replied:

[What do you mean something's wrong w/ Elena?]

[Doesn't remember anything from last night, completely freaked out by new guy, and isn't wearing her necklace. Need I say more?]

While he waited for the reply, he sat there tensely. He got a text from Caroline asking him what the hell was up with Elena, and Bonnie asking why she had been so scared of the new guy. But it took ten minutes before Damon replied:

[New guy? And she isn't wearing her necklace? What the hell happened?]

Stefan quickly typed a message back:

[Seemed to know him, but didn't remember it—I think she was compelled. She ran out of class scared when he sat behind her b/c she was "sick". Find her and make sure she's OK.]

[Ok—but why aren't you going after her? Don't wanna miss notes for the test?]

[No. It would look weird if I just ran out after her in the middle of class. Just find her. Please.]

Damon got the last text and realized that he was serious-it wasn't the time for his jack-ass jokes. He quickly sent Stefan an "OK". He rushed out to his car, and started driving in the direction of Elena's house. He tried to cal]l her phone, but it went straight to voicemail. He automatically thought the worst, and picked up speed hoping he wouldn't get pulled over by Liz since he wouldn't be able to compel his way out of it.

Stefan sat in class, practically clawing his eyes out, waiting for the damn bell to ring so that he could help Damon find Elena. Of course, the one day Stefan decided to go to school they would have an emergency—go figure! But little did they know that this was only the beginning of what was going to be a very long predicament.

OK, see what I mean by the text messages? They just kind of irk me whenever I read them, but I had to write them in :P but I hope it was good, and as always, feedback is love, people! So read and review! :D

-kiki :)