Bonnie's P.O.V.

Damon and I arrived at my house at a record time. There was a silence between us after we stopped. I turned to look at his blank face. "I had a great time today. Thanks for letting me come along."

He shrugged in response. "It's nice to have some fresh blood in our group." He smirked as if there was a deeper meaning to the statement. "But I would prefer if our next outing was more…private."

I swallowed at the tone of his voice. "Private?"

"You know…just the two of us."

I shook my head, confused. "Aren't you seeing someone?"

He then got a confused look on his face. "What?"

"The blond you were with at the Grill."

His confused look was taken over by a smug expression. "Oh, her," He said in a passive voice. "She's not an issue."

"You mean you're not with her?"

"No, I'm not really the dating type."

My eyes narrowed, "Why?" I asked, ignoring the fact that he had just asked me out.

"They're useless." He answered shortly.

For a brief moment, our eyes met. "You were hurt," I whispered, instantly regretting it. I didn't even know where that came from. It was like something I just knew…or felt. I noticed he was now staring at me with an unreadable expression covering his face. He must have thought I was crazy. Now filled with embarrassment, I turned my gaze away from him. "I'm sorry," I said, sheepishly. "I don't know where that came from." He remained silent and I took that as a sign to leave. With one last glance toward him, I exited the car.

Entering my house, I threw my bag to the ground before heading upstairs. I stopped at the doorway when I saw my mom on my bed. I also noticed the familiar book in her hands. She looked up as she noticed my presence. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I've tried reading the incantation. The powers they…they didn't come." I looked at her face and realized she had been crying. "I have no way of protecting you from this."

"Mom -" I didn't get a chance to finish because she cut me off.

"So," She paused, bringing her eyes to meet mine. "I'm going to help you."

Managing to contain my shock, I spoke. "What made you change your mind?"

"I've been running from this life for a long time. Now, it's time for me to stop." She placed the book on my bed carefully. "And I won't let you do this alone."

I lowered my eyes to the floor. "You really think I can do this?"

"Yes, I do." She stated firmly.

Her words sent a feeling of determination through me. I smiled as I looked back up at her. "Thank you, mom." She smiled as she made her way over to me, wrapping me in a warm hug. After we pulled apart, I looked to the book on my bed. "So…where do we start?"

She guided me to sit on my bed. "Tell me everything Emily said."

"She said that an evil is coming and it's trying to wipe out the McCullough line."

"Did she tell you what it was?"

I nodded, "Vampires," I replied, opening the book.

"Vampires?"

"I never thought they existed."

"From all the stories I've heard over the years, I figured they weren't a myth."

"So have you actually seen a vampire?" I asked, looking through the book.

"No, but I was just told many stories about them." My mom answered.

I stared down into the book. "How many pages are in spell book?"

She laughed at my question. "I don't know; I never counted. And it's called a Book of Shadows."

I scoffed at the name. "Really? I thought it would be something cooler."

"It's been passed down many generations. It's been the responsibility for the current McCullough witch to add to it."

"So now it's my turn." I stated. The things in this book were written by powerful witches, who had experience with the supernatural world. I could never be as powerful as them.

The next day, I went to school feeling better about my new predicament. As I walked into my second hour I noticed Mr. Meyers at the board. He looked up as I came in and smiled. I awkwardly smiled back as I walked further in to the room. I started to make my way to my seat before his voice stopped me. "Ms. McCullough?"

I turned back to face him. "Yeah?"

"I would like to talk to you after class." I stared back at him with a confused expression. "That is if you don't mind."

I thought for a moment before nodding. Mr. Meyers was a teacher. Also too nice (and hot) to be a vampire. "Sure," I said before heading to my seat.

Caroline gave me a smirk while I sat down. "What was that about? Are you hot for teacher?"

"No, he wants to talk to me after school." I said, "And he's too old for me."

"No way," She responded, "He's twenty-five at the oldest."

"Still no."

"Hmm," She breathed eying me. "So…I didn't see you at lunch yesterday."

"Oh," I couldn't tell her I was hanging with the people she considered to be her enemies. "I went home early - family stuff." I said shortly.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, it was nothing big."

"Good."

Mr. Meyers began teaching shortly after. At the end of class I said bye to a sly-looking Caroline before making my way over to the front of the class. After the last person walked out he turned to me, a boyish smile covering his face. "I hope I didn't creep you out yesterday."

I straightened at his words. "What do you mean?" I asked, feigning ignorance.

"When I called your name, it sounded familiar to me." I nodded, urging him to continue. "I thought about it after I met you and remembered. I once knew this women who taught at a university I used to go to. Her name was Evelyn McCullough, are you two related?"

I sighed, his explanation showing how silly I was being. "Yes, she's my grandmother."

"She's a great lady. She taught me lots of things about the Irish culture and her religion." He explained, running his hand through his messy, blond hair. "You can see why I was taken aback by another McCullough here in my class."

I smiled as I took in his response. "Thank you for telling me."

"No problem," His eyes traveled to the clock on the wall. "You better get to class." He said handing me a late slip. I nodded before taking the paper and leaving out the room.

I spent third hour joking around with Sage and Meredith. I hated telling them I couldn't have lunch with them. Besides their issues with Caroline, I also was still too embarrassed to face Damon.

At lunch time I sat down next to Caroline and Matt as usual. "Long time, no see." Tyler said as he sat down next to me.

"Hey Tyler." I said, still not sure how to act around him.

"Missed you yesterday."

"Yeah, I had to cut out early."

He nodded after my response. "Well, you're here today." He said, flashing me a smile. "You wanna hang out tonight?"

I was taken aback by his blunt question. He had asked me out before and I knew this was coming…but I got a weird feeling from it. "Umm…where?"

"My house…the Grill…anywhere."

"Okay," I said, surprising us both. "We can go somewhere after school."

"Cool," He said before joining in a conversation between Dick and Raymond.

I nervously smiled as butterflies filled my stomach. This would kind of be my first date. And the thought of it reminded me of the fear I felt when I first arrived in this town.

Damon sat watching Bonnie with interest. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was special about her, besides that she was a witch. He hadn't brought up the car incident to any of the others, mostly because it wasn't their business. He also wasn't really that sure of what had happen. Trying to sound as casual as possible he turned to face the group. "Meredith, you never told me why you made us spend the day with a human, and yet you got nothing out of her."

Meredith sighed as she turned to face him. "I realized that Bonnie's different. She's not like that witch Emily."

Damon smirked at her answer. He turned his head back to her and noticed she was now talking to the Smallwood boy. "What's she doing with him?" He said in a distasteful tone.

The rest turned their heads to Bonnie, who was sitting and smiling at Tyler. "I don't know," Elena stated in the same tone. "I thought she had better taste."

"Something about that kid always freaked me out." Sage said

"It's like he's an animal." Meredith said, "I think it's his teeth. They look like they belong to an animal."

Everyone except Damon laughed. He listened in to the conversation that was going on. Something indescribable went through him as Bonnie accepted Tyler's date invitation. Something that made him want to eat the Smallwood boy.

Bonnie's P.O.V.

I met Tyler after school and climbed into his car. We had decided to spend the day at the Grill. As we sat in our booth, my eyes turned to Tyler. He had looked like I felt. I tried to shake the idea that he could be nervous, but his face seem to contradict that. "Tyler, are you okay?"

He looked up and met my eyes. "No…Yes…I'm fine."

I laughed at his response and raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

"It's just…I've never exactly done this before." I shook my head in confusion, urging him to continue. "You know…dating."

I stared back at him as my confusion grew. "But I thought you dated lots of girls." I remembered Caroline telling me how popular he was with the girls at school.

"I have," He said quickly. "I mean I didn't exactly date them. It was mainly just sex."

I flushed and looked down at his statement. Is that what he expected from this 'date'? "Tyler…I'm not…"

He looked up in alarm. "No!" He said, hurriedly. "That's not what I want with you." He laughed, catching his mistake. "I meant I never did this with any of them." He gestured around us. "I don't want to screw it up with you." I smiled at his words. I didn't press the topic anymore, and suggested that we give our orders.

The rest of the meal seemed to fly by as we talked. After we finished our meals, I received a text from my mom asking me to come home. I already assumed the reason my mom would want me home. I apologetically told Tyler needed to get home, he understood my reasoning, to my surprise.

As we exited the Grill, I had realized that my first date was almost over.

I sighed as Tyler stopped his car in front of my house. I turned slightly in my seat to be faced with him. "Thanks for today. I had fun."

"Me too," He said, "We should do it again."

I thought for a moment before nodding my head. "Definitely."

Our eyes met after I spoke. At that moment, I had completely forgot who we both were as our lips touched. Maybe it was the fact that it was my first kiss, or that it felt amazing, or maybe it was both. After what felt like hours, I finally pulled back, gasping. I looked at Tyler's face. "I'm sorry," I said, "I didn't mean to…jump…you like that."

His lips curved into a smirk. "No complaints on this end."

I felt a smile tugging at my lips as I took in his answer. With one last wave I left his car and entered my house. I watched as he pulled off, smiling after him. After his car was no longer visible, I turned around. I was met with the sight of my mom looking at me expectantly. I managed a weak smile. "Hi mom."

"So, who's the boy?"

Crap!

A/N: Question for you guys: How long do you want Tyler in the picture? The evils coming soon and should he be in action or on the sidelines? You decide.