Every female in the room screamed- every male gasped and stared in shock and fear at the shattered window.

Damon had snarled and grabbed Charlotte, forcing her to stand behind him as he took a protective stance in front of her.

Oh for fuck's sake!- Charlotte thought angrily. She growled and moved him away from her- and looked at the shattered window. A brick had been thrown through it.

Damon and Stefan looked around- but there was nobody with guns or anything threatening. But the Charlotte noticed Lee staring wide-eyed at the window.

He had the stick in his hand.

Men have wonderful ways of self-defense- Charlotte smirked silently. Lee looked away from the window and at her. He quickly said he was going to go look for Kian and Sam, and then he was gone.

And then something else caught her eye- a note sticking to the brick. Nobody else had seen it yet- not even Damon or Stefan. They were in conversation with Blondie Girl, Ginger Girl, and Blondie Boy. Ginger Girl was talking hysterically, her body shaking in fear.

All eyes were on Ginger Girl. So Charlotte seized her chance.

She leant down and quickly picked up the brick- no humans saw her, they were too busy talking in excitement and fear to their friends. Even if anyone did notice her, they would only think she was examining the brick.

Charlotte swiftly took the note off- it was a small post-it sticker. Dropping the brick again, she crumpled the note in her hand to read later.

"Something is really wrong, Stefan! That brick wasn't just an accident or teenagers, it was him!" Ginger Girl was saying when Charlotte looked over at the small group that had formed to her left.

Christ- Charlotte thought annoyed. It's only a brick- it's not as if a giant elephant was thrown through the window. Hmm...elephant. Is Ginger scared of bricks? I might make her dream about an elephant holding a brick. She'll go mad.

"Let's go back to the boarding house, Bonnie. You'll feel better there," Stefan said, comfortingly patting Ginger Girl's shoulder

"How on earth am I related to you," Charlotte said. How could she be related to such a pathetic little pansy?

Stefan glared at her.

"You should come too," he said. Everyone turned to look at Charlotte. Ginger Girl looked even more frightened.

"And why would I wanna come with you?" Charlotte asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Because whatever this thing is, it'll be coming after all of us. Including you. Not to mention it's scaring Bonnie very badly," Stefan said coldly, nodding at Bonnie- who was now beginning to form tears in her eyes due to fear.

"Hmm. That doesn't seem like a very hard thing to do," she said, turning her steel gaze onto Ginger Girl.

"Do you even know her name?" Stefan asked, furious.

"Nope."

Stefan looked so angry and stroppy Charlotte would have laughed if Lee, Kian and Sam hadn't of come back at that particular moment.

"Ready to go?" Lee asked her.

"We're still talking," Damon said harshly, but Lee just shrugged and walked away with the rest of the boys.

"What?" Charlotte said- getting impatient.

"You need to stay safe, Charlotte," Stefan said, getting over his recent anger and becoming serious.

"Uh-huh," she said, uninterested. "Well, I can take care of myself. You may need a babysitter, but I don't," she told him. Then her cold voice changed to a cheery and happy tone- and she said: "Bye!" And walked away from the group of oh-so-happy people.

"Hey," she heard Lee say behind her.

"Hi," she replied, turning round to see Kian and Sam with him.

"So, home then?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, I'm bored."

When they were all walking on front of her and walking- she un-crumpled the note in her hand. Through the creases of the paper, she saw the words:

Woods. Midnight.

And it was signed with a K.