Hey, everybody!I want to thank you sooo much for reviewing, its really helping me keep going on my stories :) speaking of stories, if you've been reading my other story, "Revenge of the Kat", you would be aware of my extreme withdrawal symptoms I've been experiencing since the beginning of the hiatus a week and a day ago... I've been writing more, so that's good news for you guys, but this dumb five week long break is driving me INSANE! We have 33 more days til the show comes back, and I've barely lasted eight. How will I survive? Anyways, I hope you enjoy chapter 12, so here it is!

Elena froze in disbelief. How could it be possible that the same vampire at the grill was the one taunting her at school and trying to kill her at home? She paused and realized the truth—in her life, anything was possible. Hell, a unicorn with rainbow hair could fly into her room right now, and it wouldn't have been as confusing as some of the other things life had thrown at her. "So he tried to kill me twice…"she muttered under her breath, still trying to work through the logistics of everything.

"Twice? Elena, what are you talking about?" Stefan inquired, thinking her dream had been a memory from the grill.

"Once at the grill, and then when I got home last night. Oh—and I guess tonight, too", she stated, utterly shocked that she had seen this guy less than thirty-six hours ago, and he had already tried to kill her three times.

"Wait, your dream was from last night?" Stefan exclaimed. "I thought you remembered what happened at the grill!"

Elena glanced up at the two people staring at her. Damon still looked utterly pissed-off, and Stefan looked concerned and confused—but just as angry as Damon.

"No. He drugged me, I think. Then when I woke up, he attacked me", she whimpered, tears beginning to drip down her face again. Stefan pulled her into a hug, and brought her face up to his.

"It's okay, Elena. We aren't going to let him get away with this again. We'll stay over tonight, to make sure he doesn't come back. You're going to be okay, everything will be fine", Stefan comforted, and after a while he could feel the upset girl in his arms start to calm down. After a few minutes, she was completely calm, and when he looked down she was fast asleep.

"What the hell are we going to do?" Damon asked.

"I don't know. That guy threw me half-way across the yard with the flick of a wrist—I don't have any idea how we're supposed to stop him."

The two brothers glanced at each other, and then at the exhausted Elena. Worry was etched all over her beautiful face, even in sleep, and they silently vowed that the days of danger were going to come to an end soon. With that, Damon told Stefan he'd patrol the house, threw a worried look towards Elena, and hopped out the window—wishing in his head that it was him holding her, and not his little brother.

As rays of sunshine hit her face, Stefan could feel Elena begin to stir out of her deep-sleep. He had stayed all night, watching her to make sure that bastard didn't come back to hurt her. Damon had checked in a few times to make sure she was doing okay, but she was fast-asleep every time. As he gazed at her, she yawned and slowly opened her eyes.

"Good morning", he said, smiling just a bit at her. She didn't look as worried as she had last night when she finally passed out from sleep-deprivation.

"Good morning", she agreed happily. But fear, concern, and confusion began to creep back over her features. "Did he come back?" she shakily asked.

"No, he didn't. I think he's going to play it cool now that we know who he really is", Stefan assured her. She seemed to calm down, but suddenly a gust of wind blew through the open window and she jumped as if she had been electrocuted. When she realized it was just Damon, she began to relax and sighed.

"So, how did our girl sleep last night?" Damon inquired, trying to bring some lightness to the currently-tense room.

"Let's just say I've had better nights", Elena stated, yawning again. She started to stand up to start getting ready, but as soon as she did the world started to swim before her eyes. She put a hand to her head, but could already feel herself falling swaying when Stefan caught her.

"Woah, maybe we should take it a bit slower", he suggested as his concern grew.

"Stefan, if I miss another day of school I could get in serious trouble."

"Oh yeah, I'd be pretty scared of a social worker, too, when I have an evil vampire trying to kill me whenever I turn around", Damon joked—receiving a glare from Stefan and a pillow in his face from Elena. Stefan helped her get out of bed, and when he was sure she could walk without passing out, he agreed to leave so that she could get ready. Damon jumped out the window, and Stefan was about to follow when he turned to her again.

"I'll be back to pick you up in about an hour, okay? We'll stay around your house to make sure Peter doesn't try anything", Stefan assured her. Elena nodded, and walked into the bathroom to get take a hot shower.

An hour and a half later, Stefan and Elena arrived at school. Helping her out of the car, she smiled at him.

"Stefan, I promise I'm fine. I'm feeling much better", Elena assured him. She grabbed her bag and closed the door. When she turned around, he was right in front of her, and she smiled. Standing on her toes, they kissed quickly. But Stefan could tell that she was scared, even if she wouldn't admit it.

They started walking towards the school, weaving in and out of kids. A few freshmen bumped into them and scrambled off after apologizing. She saw a kid lighting up under the tree in the front, and a few kids studying on the front table. She glanced over and saw Tyler and Matt throwing a football—in the exact spot where Tyler had tried to hit Stefan with one just a few weeks earlier.

It seemed like just another ordinary day at school. But when Stefan and Elena walked inside, a young girl ran into them and tried to mumble something under her breath. The girl looked up at the couple, but her eyes immediately went straight to Elena and she gasped, wide-eyed and shocked.

Stefan was confused, and when he looked down, he saw that Elena was too. She had never met the girl, but she looked at Elena as if they were related—like she had known her all her life.

"Oh-oh my god", the girl stuttered, "You—you're the girl from the grill—the one that tried to help me."

So, pretty cool :) I decided it was time for our mystery girl to make her re-entrance into the story :) you'll find out who exactly she is next chapter, and what she remembers from the night at the grill. As always, feedback is love, people :) so read and review!

-kiki :)

ps: is it April yet? :(

Damon grimaced, and knew he had to tell her the truth. "Well he's the reason why you don't remember. And he's the reason why you stopped breathing and passed out at the grill. Peter was the vampire that almost killed you that night."