Lydia's POV

I happily sat at the table and started blowing bubbles through the straw of my drink, cherry coke. This made Caroline smile as Elena and Matt laughed. Stefan was grinning a bit at my childish display. I stopped as our food was brought to us by Vicki, Matt's sister. " Hiya Vicki!" She smiled, " Hey Lydia. You get any good pictures over the summer?" I nodded, " Yup! I'll have to bring my camera by the bonfire party and I'll show you and Tyler." She nodded and ruffled my hair making my whine and playfully pout. SHe laughed and set my plate that piled high with french fries and chicken strips. What, I like french fries and chicken.

" I will never understand how you can eat so much and never gain anything!" I laughed, " I can't help that I have a large metabolism Carebear!" She reached over and patted my head at the childhood nickname I have had for her. " So Stefan, are you gonna come to the bonfire? We do it every year to start off the school year." He looked to Elena and Bonnie and I locked eyes with grins on our faces as Elena said that she was going.

Next Night at the Bonfire( Cuz I am lazy lol)

I made sure that I had my camera and that my outfit looked okay. I had on a thin sweater that had different colored stripes on it and dark blue jeans. My hair was in a fishtail braid, and I had on my grey toms and a cute black scarf. I smiled at my reflection and headed downstairs. I met Jeremy and Elena at the door and we went in her Sedan. When we got there I frowned at all the alcohol but smiled when Tyler brought me over to a seperate cooler that had juices and sodas in it. " I know how you do not like beer so I made sure we had these." I hugged him and grabbed a Dr. Pepper before skipping over to Bonnie and Elena. " Hi guys!" They both looked at my drink before laughing. " HEY! Some of us don't care for beer ya know!" They both nodded, " We know Grace, we know. You like have control over yourself and that's perfectly fine!"

I sawe Jeremy stumbling away, obviously having already started getting drunk and I frowned. I followed after him to make sure he was okay to see him trip over something. " OH NO! VICKI!!!NONONONONO!!!!" I rushed over to him, " JER! C'mon we have to call 911! Carry her while I call!" He picked her up, carrying her out of the woods to where everyone else was and when Matt saw him he rushed over. " Don't worry Matt! I am calling 911 now!" He nodded in thanks as I called and Caroline's mother answered. I told her what was happening and she said they were on their way. When the ambulance got there they put Vicki on a stretcher and put her in and Matt climbed in as well.

He said he would call us with an update and I nodded in thanks as it appeared that Jeremy was starting to go into shock. " It'll be okay Jer. You found her in time." He nodded and we left the party with Elena, all of us worried for Vicki and Matt.

I was walking behind Matt and Elena after school to see if I could find out anything about Vicki. " Did Vicki say what attacked her last night?" Matt sighed, " Yeah, she, uh, she said it was vampires. Then she passed out again. I am going to wait till she wakes up again to see what really attacked her." She and I both nodded, though they couldn't see me. As they were talking I had seen Stefan out of the corner of my eye. I frowned when I glanced back and saw him not there. ' Weird, could've sworn I saw him just sitting there.' The rest of the school day went by relatively normal, besides Jeremy trying to pick a fight with Tyler. We walked into the Grill after school to meet with Bonnie and Caroline.

" Well why don't you conjure up that hot mystery man I saw last night?" Bonnie laughed as we sat down. " Oooohhh a mystery man huh?"Caroline smiled and nodded, " yeah he had these amazing blue eyes!" I giggled as Matt came up and took our orders. I stopped him and stood up, giving him a hug. He smiled thankfully at me before going to place our orders. " You know Elena, you should take the next step with Stefan. Don't wait for him, take charge!"

I saw how she thought about it before nodding her head and smiling. " Good idea Caroline. C'mon sis, lets go." I pouted, " Bonnie, will change my order to a to go one for me please and meet us at our place?" She nodded, " Sure thing Grace! I'll let Matt know for you." I smiled in thanks before Elena pulled me away and out the door to her Sedan.

We arrived at Stefan's house and I stared at it in awe. " Woah, this place is nice! It'd be great to photograph too!" Elena laughed at that, " C'mon sis." I nodded and followed after her. She knocked but Stefan didn't answer, " Guess Stefan isn't here sis. Maybe we should try later." She shook her head and suddenly the door creaked open. " Okay, totally not a horror movie cliche." Elena rolled her eyes at me as I frowned at her. She stepped in and I groaned. " Sis! Do you want to die?! This is totally something out of a scary movie. Besides, neither of us were invited so why are you going inside?" She ignored me and I huffed in frustration. " If I die, I'm haunting you!"

The door closed behind me and I pivoted around swiftly seeing no one. We turned around again and saw a tall male with black hair and really nice eyes. He smirked cockily at us both and I knew I would hate him due to his attitude.

" Well, hello there ladies." Elena seemed flustered by him and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes and scoff at the blatant arrogance. " Sorry, we're just looking for Stefan." He still smirked, " He's not here right now. You wouldn't happen to be Elena would you? I am Stefan's older brother, Damon. He talks about you alot." This caused Elena to flush, " He didn't tell me he had a brother."

" Well he isn't one to brag."

" We can just call Stefan later. Sorry to bother you." He looked at me then and seemed shocked by me. " Well no need for that, you both are more than welcome to stay till he gets here. I don't mind at all. I mean, it's great that he is dating again. I was worried for him since the last one." Elena looked confused, " the last one?" Damon nodded, looking crestfallen. " Oh yeah, Katherine was her name. She broke his heart." Elena looked really uncomfortable at that point, " Oh, you two haven't gotten to the exes conversation yet?" Elena shook her head as he muttered an oops. I frowned, not liking the vibe I got from him. " Elena, Lydia." We both turned around and saw Stefan there, glaring at Damon. " Oh sorry Stefan, Elena wanted to talk to you and I tagged along." He nodded, still not looking away from Damon.' We should, uh, we should go. We'll talk tomorrow Stefan." He nodded and stepped out of the way as we walked out.

" Well that was weird." Elena looked at me exasperated before we left. We got home and got ready for the comet celebration. I got dressed in a grey shirt and black skinny jeans. I tied a red flannel around my hips and put on my black shoes and met both Jeremy and Elena downstairs and we left. We met Bonnie, Tyler, Caroline, and Matt at the Grill. I was happy I could actually eat this time and practically inhaled 2 plates piled high with french fries. Matt and Tyler laughed at my enthusiasm for food as Jeremy and Elena sighed with affectionate smiles on their faces.

We headed outside with unlit candles to see the comet.

I smiled looking up at the night sky. " Man, wish I brought my camera. I could get an awesome picture of the comet." Caroline threw an arm over my shoulder, " Don't worry about it Lydia. This way you can focus just on the moment." I smiled up at her. Matt lit our candles, " Thanks, Matt!" He chuckled at my infectious smile.He walked off to find Vicki but moments later came back. " have you seen Vicki? I can't find her anywhere!" We both frowned and shook our heads.

We looked around for her but could not find her. About 15 minutes later Stefan shows up with Vicki. " I found her Matt." I sighed. ' Man what a weird day.'