OMG guys sorry I took kinda long. I've been focusing on Smoke & Mirrors and then I took a little break from fan fiction but now I back and writing again with a brand new chapter! Oh btw in the story when Jeremy and Clara are texting, Jer's text are in bold and Clara's text are in Italics. Okay, that's all I got to say for now so sit back, relax and enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 2: Night of the Comet

Dear Diary.

I don't think I can find a word to describe the past few days in Mystic Falls. It's been nice to see my old home and how much it changed but then there are those memories that I just can't seem to get out of my head both the good and the bad. Both driving me crazy until my head is pounding and I can't think. So many feelings flow through me that half the time I don't know what to feel except with him. He makes me feel so well, alive. When I think of him everything is brighter and better but I'm afraid. I've never truly loved someone before….but maybe this time it will be different. Maybe this time it will be better.

Always,

Clara Salvatore

I walked through the school halls anxiously. I haven't seen Jeremy all morning and Stefan has been hanging with Elena so I've been pretty much on my own the whole day. I sighed, really missing Alice. If she were here, at least I'd have someone to talk to.

"Hey Clara!"

Confused, I turned around but smiled when I saw who it was. Aw, how could I forget about Matt. He was the only friend, I guess besides Jeremy that I made here. Well there's Caroline, Elena and Bonnie too but I didn't really feel like we were friends.

"Hi Matt!" I smile. "How's Vicki?"

"Good." He says. He looked tired and I could see he was worried.

"What about you?" I ask. "You okay?"

He sighs but nods. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'll feel better when Vicki is out of the hospital."

"Don't worry Matt." I tell him. "She'll be fine."

Damon flashed in my mind and I frowned. I hope Damon stays away from her; I don't want either of them to get hurt even more than they already are. Speaking of Damon, I wonder what he's up to….actually I really don't want to know.

"Clara? Clara?" Matt called snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh sorry. I was just thinking about what happened. It was so horrible….sorry that's probably not helping." I say half lying. I was sort thinking about what happened, but I felt bad for bringing it up. He didn't want to remember that.

"It's fine." He says but before he could continue, Tyler and some other boy on the football team beckoned him over. "Oh, I gotta go. Football Practice. I'll catch you later, okay?"

I nod smiling. "Of course, see ya later Matt." He gives me a smile and wave then walks away. The bell rings signaling next period, I groan and head to class. Whoever invented school, sucks.

I roll my eyes as I walk out of Mr. Tanner's class. He's so annoying sometimes….well all the time. I grab something from my locker then go outside. My eyes widen when I see Jeremy yelling at a surprised but angry looking Tyler. I was debating whether or not I should listen in when Jeremy turned around walking away from Tyler. He saw me and his eyes widened in surprise but he smiled.

"Hey Clara." Jeremy says walking over to me.

"Hi Jeremy." I smile. "Uh, is everything okay with you and Tyler? You guys looked really mad."

He scoffs. "Depends on your definition of okay."

"You guys really don't like each other huh?" I say as we start to walk.

"Nope." He says. "But I don't want to talk about that asshole."

I smirk. "So, what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know….what about you?" He says looking at me. "Tell me something about yourself?"

"Um….well I have two brothers-"

He rolls his eyes. "Something I don't know about you."

I giggle. "Well, I can speak four different languages….that includes English."

"Really?" Jeremy asks surprised. "What? Besides English."

I chuckled. "Um, well there's Italian, Spanish and Fren-whoa!" Out of nowhere Stefan grabs me pulling me away from Jeremy who looks at us confused.

"Stefan! What are you-"

"We need to talk." He says cutting me off. "Now."

I nod still confused, and then turn to Jeremy. "Sorry, looks like my brother needs me. I'll talk to you later okay?"

"Um, okay. I'll see ya later." He replies.

"Bye Jeremy." I say. He smiles then walks away. I turn to Stefan but before I could speak, he speeds us to his car. I looked at him annoyed.

"Okay, what the-"

"Vicki told Matt that a vampire attacked her." Stefan said cutting me off.

My eyes widened. "What! How do you know?"

"I heard him telling Elena. Look I have to go to the hospital and erase her memory." He tells me.

I nod. "Alright, I'll go with you-"

He shakes his head. "No, you should just go home."

"What why?" I ask confused.

"If we both go it will look to suspicious." He replies. "Please?"

"Fine." I agree. "But, how do you know it will work Stefan?"

He sighs. "It won't be strong, but it will work."

I arrive at home and park the car in the drive way. I would have sped home but Stefan said it would be easier if I just took the car instead. I guess he's right, if he wants a quick get away from the hospital. I really hope his compelling works. I step out of the car, keeping the keys in my hand as I grab my bag and walk to the door. I was just about to unlock it when it opened revealing none other than my idiot brother Damon.

"Well, hello baby sis." Damon smirks. "How was school?"

I roll my eyes and walk inside. "Shut up Damon."

"Is that any way to talk to your older brother?" Damon replies as he closes the door and turns around.

"Is there any way to for you to be less annoying?" I retort throwing my bag on the couch. I notice his leather jacket sitting on the couch and frown when I see a speck of red substance on the sleeve. I immediately get the scent. It's blood.

"Damon." I say picking up the jacket and turning to him. "What's this?"

"A jacket?"

"No shit." I say. "Don't play smartass with me Damon. I am talking about the blood on the sleeve!"

"Huh, I must have missed that when I was cleaning up from my….breakfast." He smirks. "Whoops."

I groan. "Damon! You can go around attacking people like that! You shouldn't be doing it all! What if some finds out there are vampires in Mystic Falls!"

He grins. "Like Vicki?"

I look at him. "How did you-"

"She saw me." Damon smirks. "Accidentally of course but whatever, it's Stefan's problem now."

I frown. "Do you we really have to go through this every time? Can't you just get over Katherine already?"

The smirk falls from his face. "What about you? You still hate her don't you? Isn't that why you stayed away from Mystic Falls, because you didn't want to remember our tragic past?"

"You know exactly why, Damon." I reply my tone hard. "But you're right. It was. Not anymore though, I stopped running. I'm trying to move on, I wish you would to."

His face softens. "You shouldn't have to, none of that was your fault."

"I know." I sigh sadly. "But that doesn't stop me from thinking about it, from feeling that pain over and over again. It's something I have to live with for the rest of my life."

"You don't have to you know." He says quietly. "You can turn it off."

"Like you did? It doesn't help Damon. You know that." I tell him.

"I'm sorry," He says. "You don't deserve that pain..." He trails off, my eyes widen did he just apologize? He never apologizes. Did I really get through to him? "But this doesn't have to do with you."

"It doesn't have….it has everything to do with me! I'm your sister and-are you even paying attention!" I yell glaring at him. His eyes were focused on the door as if he heard something. He didn't answer so I sighed and listen too. Oh, someone was walking towards the door. But who-

He smirks. "It's Elena."

Before I could answer Damon grabs my arm and speeds us upstairs and into his room. Ugh, really again!

"Damon! What the hell!" I exclaim.

He rolls his eyes and smirks. "Relax, I want my presence to be a surprise."

I groan. "Really, Damon?"

"Yes, now stay here." He says but before I could reply he already left the room. I groaned and plopped down on his bed. A few seconds later I hear crow and roll my eyes. Really Damon? Really? I didn't really feel like listening in on the conversation so I took out my phone and decide to text Jeremy.

Hi, sorry about earlier. My brother just needed help with something.

It's cool. Siblings can be annoying like that.

Tell me about it. Both my brothers are annoying me right now.

Both? I thought you said you didn't talk to Damon anymore?

I froze. Crap, I wasn't supposed to tell him that but I suppose it's not a big deal, it's not like we're trying to keep him a secret or anything….well kinda.

I didn't, but he's here now and being annoying as hell.

Wow, someone's pissed. What happened?

I began to type a reply when I heard the front door open.

"Hello Stefan." I hear Damon say.

It was silent for a minute before I hear Stefan tell Elena he didn't know she was coming. I frown the tone in his voice was hard, as if he was holding back his anger….which he probably was. I should get down there just in case there's a fight….again. Sighing, I quickly text a reply back to Jeremy.

Um, I'll tell you later but I gotta go. I'll talk to you later, k?

Ok, talk to ya later Clara.

I smile then head down stairs putting my phone in my pocket.

"You on the other hand looked pooped." I hear Damon say as I get downstairs. Elena had already left and now Stefan was just glaring at Damon. "Did you overexert yourself today? Let me guess. Hospital."

Stefan walks down the steps leading out into the living room. "Someone had to clean up or mess."

"Well were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work?" Damon replies. "Remember if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks don't work right."

"How long was Elena here?" Stefan asks ignoring his words.

"Are worried Stefan?" Damon smirks. "Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game: 'I'm a High School Human?'"

"I'm not playing any game."

"Of course you are." Damon states. "We all know the closet you'll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it."

I frown. "That's not true."

Damon smirks. "I was wondering when you'd speak up. Why so quiet Clara? And you know I get why Stefan is playing human but why are you? Why are you so determined to be human Clara."

I look at him "I just….I just want things to be normal again."

Damon raises his eyebrows. "It's a little too late for normal dont'cha think?"

"Maybe, if you stop with this whole revenge thing, it won't be." I tell him. "If you ould just-"

He rolls his eyes. "We had this talk earlier baby sis, that's never gonna happen. Get over it."

I didn't know whether to cry or scream. Why is he so frustrating? Didn't he know how much it hurt to hear him say things, for him to act like he just doesn't care about anything or anyone. Does he even love me anymore? The thought made my heart quiver. What if he doesn't?

"What kind of game are you playing, Damon?" Stefan challenged referring to what they were talking about earlier.

Damon smirks. "Guess, you'll just have to wait and see, wont you?"

He starts to walk away and I notice something horrible. We're all matching! We all wore black v-necks with jeans (mine were skinny jeans) and some kind of black shoes.

I groaned. "Aw man! Were we matching the whole time!"

Damon stops and both boys look at me. "Huh?"

I motion to our clothes. "We're all wearing matching outfits! I mean what is this twin day!"

My brothers roll their eyes.

"Is it really a big deal?" Stefan asks.

"YES! Who wants to match their siblings!" I exclaim.

Damon shakes his head. "You're such a girl."

"Ugh, whatever. I don't feel like changing." I reply.

"Really, all of that for nothing?" Stefan says.

"Shut up." I say sticking my tongue out walking back up the stairs.

After a few minutes of looking through my new clothes, I finally found a cute outfit to where for the Night of the Comet thing later tonight. I decided to keep my dark wash jeans, and paired it with a black tank and a white crop top shirt. I curled my hair a bit, added some turquoise rose hair clips, gold, white and turquoise bracelets and threw on a pair of Steven Madden Troppa turquoise combat boots.

Once I was done I walked to Stefan's room only to find him walking out looking fustrated.

"Stefan, you okay?" I ask concerned.

He nods. "Fine, are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's go." I smile walking down the stairs. He follows me down and to his car. We were just pulling out of the driveway in his red Porsche when a not so good thought enters my mind. "Hey, have you seen Damon since this afternoon?"

"No." Stefan replies.

I sigh. "Why does that worry me?"

"Because, it's Damon." Stefan says. "Just don't think about it. Think about seeing Jeremy, instead."

I look at him trying to hide the blush on my face. "What?"

He smirks. "Oh you know what."

I roll my eyes. "Do you really want to talk to me about boys, Stefan?"

He frowns. "No, not really."

I laugh. "That's what I thought, besides it's not like anything is going to happen. He likes Vicky. And the last real relationship I was in…ended horribly."

He scoffs. "Please, he was a jerk anyway."

I groan. "Oh yeah, there was him too."

Stefan's eyes widen. "Him too? Who else were you with?"

What? What is he-oh crap! Why the hell did I just say him too! He's not supposed to know about that, at least not yet anyway.

"Huh? Oh I was just thinking about this other guy I dated like years ago, but that wasn't really a relationship anyway…not that he was either."

"Oh, yeah he was a asshole." He says but I could tell he wasn't completely buying my story. I'm glad he let it go though. I'd figure I'd tell him someday, but right now it hurt too much to even think about it.

We arrived at the Grill, a half an hour ago and I was completely content sitting outside watching the Comet. Stefan was somewhere with Elena, I didn't really want to know and I know Jeremy was here too but he was with Vicki and I couldn't be around them both. I sigh, pushing away my thoughts and focus on the stars. It reminded me of when I was young and my brothers, Alice and I would sneak outside during the night to watch the stars and to catch the lightening bugs that fluttered through the grass. Life was so simple then, if only it was like that now.

"Clara!" A voice called pulling me out my thoughts. I turn to see Matt walking towards me.

I smile. "Hey Matt."

"You okay, you look a little out of it." Matt asks concern clear on his face.

I laugh. "I'm fine, I was just thinking."

Matt nods and holds up his lit candle towards mine. I had grabbed one earlier but I never got the chance to light it yet. I nod and hold up my candle allowing him to light it.

"About what?" He asks.

"Memories." I reply. He looks at me confused. I laugh. "When I was little my brothers and sister and I used to sneak out of the house at night so we could play longer. We'd try to catch the lighting bugs and watch the stars. I remember I always begged my brothers to let me keep some of the lightning bugs we caught but he always said no because dad would know we snuck out. So, we would just let them go. Life was so simple back then. No worries, no stress."

He nods. "Tell me about it….wait, you have another brother and a sister?"

I nod. "Damon, he's the oldest out of all of us…..and my sister…." I stopped feeling tears form in the corner of my eyes. My throat tightened as the moment of that dreadful night flashed in my mind.

"What is it?" Matt asks softly.

I took a deep breath. "My sister's name was Alice. She….died."

Matt frowns. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

I shake my head. "No, it's alright, it's not your fault. You didn't know. Besides it was a while ago."

He puts an arm around my shoulder. "That doesn't mean, it doesn't hurt. Everything will be okay though, you just have to stay strong. For yourself and your brothers."

I sigh. "Yeah, I know. It's just ever since…..that night…..everything broke apart. My dad….left, and my brothers….they aren't themselves anymore. I mean I know I changed to but….we can't even stay in the same room without fighting. And it just gets worse, I mean my brothers hate each other….I just…. "I stopped realizing I was ranting. I looked down feeling sheepish. "Sorry….you probably don't want to hear all that."

"No, it's okay." Matt says. "I still meant what I said, though. My dad left me and my sister too, and mom leaves and comes back all the time and it's usually just us. Vicki is doing drugs and drinking all the time….it's hard for me to handle sometimes. But, I can't give up on myself or my sister. She needs me me just as much as I need her. You brothers are the same whether they want to admit or not. They need you and they need each other just as much as you need them. I may not know exactly what you went through but I know it's hard and you'll get through it. It just takes time."

You know, he's right. Even though I only told him half of what really happened that night, and even though it hurt every time I thought about it and every time my brothers fought I knew I had to be strong. I just had to keep fighting and keep believing things will be okay again. I can't give up.

"Thanks Matt, and I'm sorry about your family….it must be hard for you too."

"No problem, and yeah it is. But I'll get through it, just like I said."

I smile. "Yeah you will. I know it."

"What are you psychic now?" He teases.

I laugh. "Nah, I can just tell. But seriously thanks I mean I know I already said that but, I really needed that."

He squeezes my shoulders. "What are friends for?"

I beamed. "Yeah, of course."

He smiles. "Hey, I'm gonna go inside and get a beer, you want one?"

"What happen to me being too young?" I laugh.

He smirks. "I think we both deserve a good drink to calm the nerves. Alcohol is good for that?"

I grin. "Well, alright then."

He laughs and walks off towards the Grill. I turn around and glance back up at the stars when I see my Damon standing on top of a roof a wicked grin on his face. Why is Damon on the roof? And why does look like he's planning something evil? Frowning, I speed through the crowd of people hanging around outside and head to the roof without a single person seeing me.

"Damon, what are you-" My eyes widen seeing Vicki hunched over on the ground, hysterically crying as her covered her bite with her hand. My body stiffens when the smell of blood reaches my nose. My eyes flickered back to Damon.

"What the hell Damon!" I screech.

He smirks. "Hello, baby sister. I see you've made a new friend. Matt is his name isn't it?"

Vicki head snaps up as she turns to me eyes wide, but she doesn't say anything.

I frown. "It's not polite to eaves drop big brother."

Damon laughs. "No, but it's fun. Relax, this isn't about Matt anyway." He turns to Vicki and grabs her arm and pulls her over to the edge.

My eyes widen. "Damon stop! Don't-"

"Will you relax, I'm not gonna do anything…." He grins. "Yet."

"No! Please don't!" Vicki pleads.

"Shh. It's okay I got you." Damon says. He brings her over the edge more but he still kept a firm grip on her arm.

"Please don't hurt me! Please!" Vicki cries trying to pull away from him.

"Damon!" I yell about to run over but he turns to me eyes fixed in a hard glare.

"Not one move." He says.

I stop. "Why?"

Before he could answer Stefan appears next to me.

"Not bad." Damon smiles. "Have you been eating bunnies?"

Stefan frowns. "Let her go."

"Really?" Damon asks looking down at the street below than back at Stefan and me. He shrugs. "Okay."

Stefan and my eyes widen as Damon goes to literally let go of her. "No!"

"No!" Vicki screams. "Please!"

Damon rolls his eyes pulls Vicki forward and throws her towards us. Stefan catches her bringing her softly to the floor.

"What's happening?" Vicki cries trying to craw away from Damon.

"Don't worry." I assure her. "Every things going to be okay."

"Or is it?" Damon replies. "I don't need her dead…..but you might."

Stefan and I look at him confused. Damon smirks and looks at Vicki.

"What attacked you the other night?" Damon asks.

She looks at him. "I don't know. An animal or something."

"Are you sure about that?" He says. "Think. Think really hard."

I look at Damon. Please don't tell me he's going to do what I think he's going to do.

"What attacked you?" Damon asks again.

Vicki's eyes snap towards Damon. She moves backward. "Vampire."

"Who did this to you?" Damon yells.

"You did!" She screams.

"Wrong!" Damon replies.

"Don't." Stefan says.

"Damon, please stop." I plead.

Damon glances at us then back at Vicki. "Stefan."

"Damon, don't." I say again.

Damon picks up Vicki and grabs her head making her face him. "Stefan Salvatore did this to you."

"Stefan Salvatore did this to me." Vicki repeats as if in a trance. He's compelling her and if we don't stop this, everyone will know who we are and we'll be killed. Is this really what Damon wants?

"He is a vampire. A murderous, vicious monster." Damon continues.

"Please, Damon, please don't do this." Stefan begs staring at our brother in fear.

"You couldn't fix this before, I don't what you're gonna do now." Damon says. He rips Vicki's bandage off revealing the bite Damon gave her. I immediately turn way, holding my breath. Damon throws Vicki at Stefan and I quickly back away.

"Your choice of life style." Damon begins throwing Vicki's bandage at him. "Has made you weak."

I watch Stefan worriedly as he fights the urge to bite her and drink her blood.

"A couple of vampire parlor tricks, is nothing compared to the power you could have." Damon tells him. He wants Stefan to drink, but I couldn't let that happen. It would ruin Stefan if he did.

"What you mean you're stupid fog and your crow?" I ask. "Yeah real cool Damon."

He growls. "I wasn't just talking about that. I was talking about strength." He turns to Stefan. "Strength that you now need." Stefan eyes turn black. "But you can change that. Human blood gives you that."

I turn to Stefan. "Don't give in, Stefan. You know you can't do this."

"Oh and you can?" Damon asks eyebrows raised.

I frown. "I don't feed from humans Damon, you know that."

He grins. "Right, you feed from a blood bag."

Stefan throws Vicki away from him causing her to land in a heap on the floor.

"You have two choices." Damon states. "You can feed and make her forget or….you can let her run screaming, "Vampire!" through the town square."

"That's what this about?" Stefan says looking up at him. "You wanna expose me?"

"No!" Damon yells. "I want you to remember who are!"

"Why? So, what? So, I'll feed. So, I'll kill." Stefan stands up. "So, I'll remember what it's like to be brothers again? You know what? Let her go. Let her tell everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls. Let them chain me up, and let them drive a stake through my heart because at least I'll be free of you."

My heart fell. Has it really come to this? Damon remained unfazed. He stared at Stefan a moment before chuckling and shaking his head.

I walk up to him and place a hand on his shoulder. "Damon, please."

He rolls his eyes, shoving my hand off of him. "Of course, you always take his side."

"Damon-"

"Don't." He says moving towards Vicki. He pulls her up and starts whispering in her ears. Vicki's wide eyes calmed and she looked around confused.

"What happened?" She asks. She groans placing her hand over her neck. "I ripped open my stitches."

"You okay?" Stefan asks as Damon goes back over to us.

She nods grinning. "I took some pills, man. I'm good."

With that she got up and walked away.

Damon looks around. "It's good to be home, I think I might stay a while. This town could use a bit of a wakeup call don't you think?"

Stefan looks at him suspiciously. "What are you up to?"

"That's for me to know and you to….dot, dot, dot." He smirks. "Give Elena my best."

He walked away going who knows where. I stood there confused, hurt and worried. Damon was definetly up to something, but something was bugging him. I just wish he open up more and stop pushing me away when I try to talk to him. It make everything a hell lot easier on everyone. I glance at Stefan who looked just as conflicted as I was. He looked at me, then sighed.

"Let's go." He says. I nod and the two of us speed off the roof. Suddenly, what Matt said about being strong…didn't seem so easy to me anymore.

I sighed as I leaned against a tree in the park. Stefan went home a while ago but I didn't want to yet. I needed some time to think. The whole moment on the roof went through my head over and over again. I hate how much Damon and Stefan fight. Why can't they just be like they were before, best friends, brothers who cared and loved each other. But, after what Stefan said…..would he really rather die than have to deal with Damon? I mean, I know how Damon is but I know he still cares for me and for Stefan. I know Stefan feels the same. Just the way he said it, it scared me. Have they pushed each other so far that they would never reconcile again?

"Clara?" I look up to see Jeremy walk over to me. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, why?" I ask quietly.

He frowns. "You're crying."

Confused, I touched my hand to my face and felt the tears rolling my cheek. I guess I was so caught up in my thoughts I didn't realize I was crying.

"Oh, yeah I just have a lot on my mind." I reply wiping my cheeks. "No, big deal."

"Apparently it is, if you're crying about it." Jeremy says sitting down next to me. "Come on, you can talk to me."

I shrug. "I don't know. It's just my brothers' fight a lot…..and it really sucks."

"All siblings fight Clara." He replies.

I shake my head. "Not like my brothers. They can't even look at each other without fighting. They say they hate each other. I know it isn't true, but I'm scared."

He looks at me. "Scared of what?"

"That they're too far gone to ever come back."

Aww, poor Clara she just wants her family to be happy again :( Man, I forgot what an ass Damon in is first season, well he still is but he's changed a lot. You gotta love him though lol Anyway please review and tell me what you think! Thanks for reading!