"Jenna are you aware of what's going on upstairs?" Alyssa heard Elena ask as she walked into the kitchen.

"Uh-huh" Jenna responded unsurprisingly calm to Alyssa.

Elean however did seem to be surprised by the lack of concern, "And you have no objection"

"He could be a little craftier about it, at least make an effort to sneak her in and out. Oh and just so you know, I won't be home for dinner"

Alyssa closed the fridge and walked over to her sister and aunt. "Don't tell me you actually agreed to go out with the guy."

"What guy?" ELena asked out of the loop.

"That news reporter Logan fell." Alyssa turned to her to fill her. "He and Aunt Jenna had a thing once upon a time and now he's back trying to win her over. He asked her out on a date"

"I've seen him. He's cute"

"He is not cute. He is anything but cute and yes I've agreed to show up and torture him. Have you heard from Stefan?" She asked Elena changing the subject.

"Not since he left that very vague message three days ago. "Hi, umm, Elena, I have something to do. I'll uh, explain in a few days," She answered mimic Stefan.

"That's a really bad impression of him" Alyssa pointed out the same time Jenna asked "have you called him"

"Nope. Not going to either."

"Are you okay with everything?"

"No, I'm not ok with any of it. But I'm not going to cry about it either. You know I was going to write in my diary this morning and then I thought what am going to write? Honestly, I'm not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stop spinning because of some guy."

"Ok then"

"I'll be fine."

"You know you never told me how your plan to dig up dirt on Stefan went" Vicki said inquisitively as Alyssa emptied the contents of her locker. "Were you able get anything out of his brother?"

"No," she said disappointedly, "the jerk never showed up" she had waited over an hour at the grill for him just him to stand her up. "Which was probably a good thing after what I heard, " she had heard some rather unpleasant things about him regarding his relationship with Caroline.

"Does that means you're giving up on your quest to find out what he's hiding, if he is hiding something?"

"Oh he's definitely hiding something," she just wasn't sure what that something was and she was determined to find out what that something was. "And no, I'm not" if anything she was more determined to find out the secrets that they were hiding.

"Even if he is, don't you think Elena should be the one to find out what that is for herself?"

"I'm just trying to look out for her. We might not get along but she is still my sister. I don't want see her hurt."

"You think Stefan would hurt her? He seems like a nice guy."

"All guys seem like nice guys in the beginning and then they turn on you and end up face down in a ditch with your head chopped off" she closed her locker and turned to Vicki.

"How could you be face down in a ditch if you have no head?"

"You know what I mean"

"What I know is you watch too many murder mystery special's" they lean up from the locker and walked towards the only class they shared together.

"Hey, those murder mystery special's are very educationally"

"Right cause Mystic Falls is just crawling with psychopathic murderers" Vicki said as they walked into class.

"Laugh now but I'm telling you there's something going on with the Salvatore brother's and for Elena's sake. I intend of finding out what that something is"

Matt caught up with Alyssa outside of class but she didn't appear to be in the mode to talk for she brushed past him and headed straight for Caroline who was talking with a group of girls from the cheer team about the upcoming sexy suds carwash.

"Hey, Caroline" the other girls left as she approached which she thought was a good thing giving what they had to talk, "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, but first I need know if you're committing to this carwash this weekend" she asked but Alyssa knew that Caroline wouldn't exactly give her a choice either way. But if saying yes meant that they could get on with the conversation she wanted to have then she was all for it.

"Yeah, sure. I'm in."

"Good, cause the athletic department really needs this after what happened to Tanner and so could the squad." she closed her locker and turned back to her. "Now what do you want to talk about?"

"Damon Salvatore, I heard from Elena what happened at the founders party. I was hoping you could tell me exactly what happened."

"Why do you care?"

"Your Elena's friend and she cares about you. And you've been really good to us after our parents died. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." To really sell it she added, "Plus he told me somethings about Stefan and now I don't know whether to believe him or not and I was just wondering if you could help clear some stuff up."

"Like what?"

Alyssa looked behind her at the crowd of students lingering in the hall and new that it wasn't the place for them to be discussing it and suggested that they talked somewhere else about it so they wouldn't get heard or seen by Elena. Saying She didn't want it getting back to her that she was questioning one of her best friends about her boyfriend and his brother.

Caroline agreed to the change of scene. Her need to stay up on current gossip outweighed all.

"What do you want to know?" Caroline asked once they were seated at the tables outside of the school.

"What happened to you the other night? Elena said that she saw bite marks all over you and that Damon was behind it"

"I don't know. I can't remember much from the party. I remember Damon coming up behind me and he was kissing my neck or biting my neck. I passed out."

"For him kissing your neck?"

"Yeah, I don't know. I can't really remember much. It's theirs gaps in my memory."

"Have you seen or talked to him since then"

"No, I wanted to but when I asked Stefan about it he had said that Damon was gone. That he left town and he wasn't coming back"

"Well maybe that's for the best" she said reaching over and grabbing her hand even though she didn't believe that he really skipped town. "If he was hurting you then you should stay away from him."

"But he wasn't hurting me, at least I don't think he was." But she didn't sound so sure. "Maybe I let him bite me."

"Why would you do that?"

"I don't know. All I know is that Damon's gone and he's not coming back."

But Alyssa wasn't too sure how 'gone' he really was.

Alyssa pulled up outside of the Salvatore boarding house shortly after school let out and after dropping Elena off at the grill to meet Stefan. She wanted to get some answers and after talking to Caroline she had more than she did before with less answers and she was even more determined than before to found them out.

She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer and when it open she was surprise at who had, "Stefan?" she said surprised, "I thought you were meeting Elena"

"Then why are you here?"

"I'm looking for Damon. He was suppose to meet me yesterday and he didn't showed and I talked to Caroline and she said that he was gone and I thought I don't know maybe I would come see for myself"

"What do you want with Damon?"

"It's personal, you understand that don't you. So is he here?"

"Sorry, he left town"

"Yeah I heard that," she crossed her arms, "but I'm not exactly believe it."

"I don't know what's Damon told you but he isn't a good guy and you should stay away from him."

"I know. I heard about what he did to Caroline. I know he can't be trusted." She wasn't delusional about it. "I also don't exactly trust you either. I know you're hiding something from Elena and I'm going to find out what it is." She warned him. "Before you hurt her." She turned and walked away.

"Hey I called you like twice," Matt said to her as she met him at the grill. "Where were you?"

"I had something I had to do" she vaguely said taking off her jacket and hanging it on the back of the chair.

"Sounds serious" he said in hopes that she would give more detail.

"It was, have you seen Elena" she turned to him after her she hung her coat on the back of the chair.

"She was waiting for Stefan"

"Yeah she said they had to talk when I dropped her off. But I don't want to talk about that." She had thought enough the two of them in the past few days. "All we ever talk about is Elena and Stefan or Vicki, I want to know know what's going on with you." She leaned in fully absorb whatever he had to say. "I want to know every boring detail."

Alyssa returned home after spending the afternoon catching up with Matt and doing nothing in particular. It was a welcome relief to her otherwise family centered thinking.

"Jenna," she called hearing noise coming from the kitchen. "I thought you were going to be out with Logan tonight" she stopped inside of the kitchen door. "What the hell?" Elena was in the kitchen with Stefan who had his back to her. "Your face"

"What?" he began to wipe at it. "Do I have something on my face?"

"No," she studied him silently for a bit but saw nothing out of the ordinary. "I thought I saw...You know what never mind I thought Jenna was in here but I guess she's still out with Logan so I'll just let you to get back to your date." She turned around and left the kitchen.

"You came" Matt greeted Alyssa wth as she approached.

She sat down her bag and removed her shirt. "You doubt I would?" She placed her shirt in her bag and set it beside the car Matt was standing in front of.

"I thought you would have more important things to do than spend an afternoon washing cars."

"It's for charity," she said picking up a sponge from the bucket. "Plus Caroline would kill me if I bailed. It' a new and improved me remember." She looked over to him see him staring at something and turned her attention in that direction to see Elena with Stefan. She nudged Matt shoulder to make him look away. "Hey, no more of that torture pinny stuff remember."

"I'm just observing"

"Well observe the dirt in front of you." She hit him with a wet sponge. "It actually needs your attention."

"Have you guys seen Elena?" Stefan came up to Matt and Alyssa.

"No," Matt shook his head, "not for a while"

"You think she might have went home?"

"I'm not sure." Matt answered not being to give him any more than that.

"Thanks," he said and walked away.

Alyssa walked up as he was leaving. "What was that about?"

"He's looking for Elena." He turned to her and answered.

"That seems to be the theme of the day" She commented and he looked at her confused. "I was looking for Caroline but I couldn't find her. I think she bailed. And that means we get to too, which is a good thing cause I'm starving."

"Burgers at the grill?"

"I was thinking more of something closer to home." He looked at her curiously.

"See told you," she grabbed his plate off the counter and sat it in front of him. "Closer to home" She sat down in the chair in front of him. "Have you talked to Vick?" she asked after they were silently for a few minutes.

"Not since yesterday," he said after chewing. "Have you heard about her and Jer?"

"Heard, know, saw," Matt raised his brow, "I accidentally walked in on them the night of the founders party. Definitely won't be on my top lists of things I ever one to see again."

"I thought you were are for them" he remembered what she had said the night of the comet.

"I am, I think he would be good for her. I just don't want to see you know that." She got up and walked over to his fridge and grabbed two cans of soda.

"Yeah, I don't need the visual," she sat down back in front of him and popped the top on the can.

"It's not a pleasant one."

"Why are the people in our lives so messed up?" After a brief pause.

"I don't know," she had been asking herself that question a lot lately. "But if they weren't our lives would be completely boring."

"Would that be such a bad thing?"

"No, it wouldn't. It would actually be nice, to not have to worry."

"Think that'll ever happen?"

"No, not a chance but we can always dream."

"Hey, have you talked to Vicki?" Jeremy asked when Alyssa as she passed by his door.

She stopped to answer him, "No, not since this morning. Why, you two have a fight?"

"Something like that"

"Sorry haven't seen her. I just left Matt's and she wasn't there"

"I'm worried about her"

"Don't be, I know Vicki, she's probably off on a bender but she'll call once she has a chance to cool off. I wouldn't worry."

But it turns out he should.