As the weekend ended, Elena and Stefan's dread grew. Monday morning arrived.

'Your not going to let him out of your sight are you?' Elena asked him, eyes concerned. He sighed. 'I'm not taking the risk- Alaric too.'

Elena frowned. 'How does he know so soon?' Stefan rolled his eyes. 'I asked him to help keep an eye on him.'

Elena sighed. 'Thank god... can't you just ask Alaric to expel Damon? It would be much easier.'

'-Then I'll just force myself back in.'

Stefan groaned and turned to see his brother, dressed in usual black attire. He picked up his black leather jacket from the sofa arm, shrugging it on.

'I'll behave.' He grinned. Stefan smirked. 'Since when do you ever do that?'

Damon's grin widened. 'When imbuing copious amounts of alcohol.'

Stefan resisted the urge to roll his eyes. 'I don't care- you're not going to school.' Damon sighed, and then grinned again. 'Hey- you can trust me, right?' he held a thumb up. 'Model student me?'

Elena and Stefan scoffed at the same time.

Damon groaned. 'Just trust me a little, yeah?'

The pair had identical, incredulous looks. 'Trust is earned- not just given out.' Elena said curtly.

Damon just rolled his eyes.

Alaric Saltzman sighed, looking down at his new list- two new students in his history class... and one of them just had to be Damon Salvatore.

Something was telling Alaric that his peaceful lunch breaks were no more.

Just then, the bell went off, signalling first lesson...

With the devil in disguise.

'Well hello Al.'

Alaric looked up from his marking to see Damon stood in front of his desk, arms folded. Alaric sighed and put his pen down.

'Damon.' He just said in defeat.

Damon frowned. 'What? No Kodak moment?' Alaric frowned now. 'Why?' Damon shrugged. 'The big bad vampires joining high school? Shouldn't you be worried just a bit?'

Alaric stood up, picking up the papers and putting them away.

'Not really.'

Damon scowled. 'But what about your students? Shouldn't you be thinking about their safety?'

Alaric just stood up and wrote "The Great Pyramid" on the backboard. Damon grimaced. 'Fascinating (!)' he just said, sitting down at the back in one of the two new seats.

'Is this history?'

Alaric turned to see the other new student. 'Are you Sapphire?'

'Yes. At least I got the right class on my first day!'

Damon looked up with a raised eyebrow- new girl? His expression slowly turned into a grin at the sight of her- she was tall, honey blonde haired, and as her name suggested, her eyes were a brilliant shade off sapphire.

And she looked lost.

Damon got up and walked over to her, grinning. 'You new too?' he asked her. she nodded. 'Yes...' she smiled. 'I'm Sapphire.'

Damon took her hand, bringing it to his lips. 'Damon.' He just grinned.

Alaric cleared his throat loudly, glaring pointedly at him.

Damon just grinned.

Things were really gonna get fun now.

A/N: Well... here we are! Chapter 2! Thanks for the attention- I wasn't sure whether or not this fic would interest anyone- glad it has :) next chapter up soon! X Nic