The party was huge.

It was held in the mayor's house- which was more like a mansion than a house- and Lee was right: lots of teenagers were going. They were dressed up too- in dresses and smart shirts.

"I'm still gonna be bored. Eventually." Charlotte said to Lee.

"Don't worry, I brought the stick," he smirked at her, as he pulled the twig out of his pocket to show her.

She smiled.

They were stopped at the door of the house, and were asked for their names. The snotty old woman ticked their names off the list, all the while shooting Charlotte envious glances.

Someone's got the green-eyed monster- Charlotte silently laughed.

"I think that creepy woman was jealous of you, Charlotte," Kian said to her as they walked through the large front room.

"Me? Why would she be?" Charlotte asked innocently.

"Because you look pretty and she's...well, she's old," Sam said.

Everyone laughed, except Charlotte who just smirked. You have no idea how old I am- she thought slyly.

The party was much more to Charlotte's taste than any of the other parties she had been to in Fell's Church. It was decorated with lots of cream, silver, and gold- with sparkling chandeliers that hung everywhere. Charlotte loved the place.

"So what do you guys wanna do?" Sam asked, looking bored already.

"Yeah. And there aren't many hotties about," Kian whined.

Men. Hardly in the door, and moaning already.

"Free food," she said, trying to keep the boys amused for a while to stop their whining. Christ, she felt like their mom sometimes. Which was not good.

"Oh! Yeah!" Sam happily said.

The childish faces of Sam and Kian instantly brightened as they made their way towards the tables of food that were laid out.

"Not going for the food?" Charlotte asked Lee.

"Don't leave a lady to mingle a party on her own is what my mom always says. And now I see why- you could get attacked," Lee laughed.

Charlotte smiled at him. But that smile faltered when she glimpsed two of her favorite people in the corner of the room- yeah sure. As if.

Stefanie and Mr. Luvvy-Luver.

Oh, yipee.

And to put the cherry right on top of the cake, Blondie Girl, Blondie Boy- Matt?- and Ginger Girl were with them. Was she ever going to get a day without them?!

And her brothers were staring at her. Blondie Girl turned around to see what they were gawking at, and her mouth dropped open.

Charlotte rolled her eyes, annoyed, and shot Blondie Girl a glare.

"So, where do ya wanna mingle?" Lee asked, oblivious to Charlotte's anger.

"Er, shall we take a look around the rooms?" Charlotte wanted to get away from her brothers. They were dragging her good mood down and stepping on it with dirt-covered shoes. Their presence was annoying to her- she was all set for a good night looking gorgeous, and now they were here to ruin it all.

Lee nodded and started to walk with her to the next room- when suddenly Damon was in front of them.

"Hello, little sister," Damon smirked.

Charlotte gave him an ice cold glare.

"You have brothers?" she heard Lee ask. Then he added, "You never told me."

"Oh dear dear," Damon said, now turning ice cold eyes on Lee. "And you are?"

"Lee. Charlotte's roommate," Lee replied, sounding confused.

Stefan snuggled up to the lovely scene, and stood beside Damon, staring at Lee.

"I'm Charlotte's brother too," Stefan said, still staring.

"Why did you not tell me about your brothers, Charlotte?"

Charlotte opened her mouth, away to tell him that they had lost touch, but decided against it.

"Because they're bastards." Ah, the wonders of honesty.

Damon laughed, but it was filled with a coldness that Lee didn't seem to detect, and Stefan just stood there looking at her like a little hurt puppy.

"Oh," was all Lee said.

Blondie Girl sidled up and stood beside Stefan.

Why do I seem to attract idiots?- Charlotte asked herself. Maybe it was a birth defect.

"Hello again," Blondie Girl said to Charlotte- who just looked at her. Then she gave Lee a friendly smile and said:

"Hi, Lee."

"Hi, Elena. How was your birthday?" Lee seemed relieved to get out of the shitty conversation that the Salvatore brothers had managed to rustle up.

"Oh, it was...err, unforgettable," Blondie Girl concluded, her gaze cutting to Charlotte.

Charlotte tried hard not to smirk at the scenes of Elena's birthday that were playing inside of her head- but was unsuccessful. That night was one of Charlotte's favorites- she loved to scare humans.

"You're the worst sister ever," Stefan said- shaking his head in defeat.

"Sometimes you say the sweetest things," Charlotte sighed.

She looked over Stefan's shoulder and saw that Ginger Girl was back to her staring ways again- was the girl gay or something?!

Charlotte lost her smile and glared in Ginger Girl's direction- who jumped about five feet into the air, embarrassed to be caught staring- and ran away into a different room.

Charlotte giggled, causing Lee- who was mid-conversation with Elena- to turn and smile at her.

"Something funny?" he asked.

"Nope."

"Did you put something down my pants? Cause it would be a lot like you to do something like that..." he looked at her suspiciously.

"Nope."

And then another blond girl showed up to their oh-so-interesting conversation.

She was very posh, Charlotte noticed, and she seemed like a girl that is never said no to. Her blond hair was immaculate, and she was pretty in that American Cheerleader type way- but her beauty was nothing compared to Charlotte's. Her dress was designer, but it had a design of flowers on it- which sort of made her look old- while Charlotte's dress formed to her figure perfectly, and was in a simple design.

The new girl smiled at everyone- but it was in that false-sweet, bitchy type way. Then her gaze came onto Charlotte and she froze.

The girl had obviously thought she was the prettiest at the party- and now she realized she wasn't. She looked Charlotte up and down- taking in her perfect face, and expensive designer dress- and she pursed her lips. Charlotte nearly laughed: the girl looked so pathetic.

"Whose this?" she asked, trying to regain herself, but shuffling her body in a way that showed she was jealous.

"Caroline, this is Charlotte, Stefan and Damon's younger sister," Elena answered, her eyes glancing to Charlotte- obviously wary of her temper.

"Hmph," the prissy queen said. Never mind 'Caroline', Charlotte was going to call her Prissy Queen instead.

"So, you're Italian too?" Prissy Queen asked, sticking her nose up at her.

Charlotte blinked.

"Duh," she said. Dumb as well as bitchy- Charlotte thought. She heard Damon chuckle, and Stefan and Elena were fighting smiles.

Prissy Queen looked mad.

"Hmph."

That noise was starting to become irritating to Charlotte.

"So how are you all related?" Prissy Queen asked.

What. The. Fuck.

This girl was the thickest she'd ever seen, and she'd met a lot of thick girls.

"You blonde's; it's like talking to a brick wall with you people," Charlotte said, shaking her head.

Everyone but Prissy Queen was fighting laughter- all except Charlotte and Damon: Charlotte because she was actually being serious and Damon because, well, he's Damon so he burst out laughing anyway. Elena said 'hey!' at first, but then she fought laughter so hard she had to cover her face with her hand.

Prissy Queen was looking furious. Lee must have noticed this as he said to Charlotte: "Champagne?"

Okay, Charlotte's come up with quite a few nicknames so I wanted to make a list of them so that you guys all know whose who:

Blondie Girl = Elena

Blondie Boy = Matt

Ginger Girl = Bonnie

Tall Girl = Meredith

Prissy Queen = Caroline

Stefanie = Stefan

Mr. Luvvy-Luver or the Luuuurve Machine = Damon

Wow, I've just realized that's quite a lot of nicknames!