Anastasia laughs as she is spun around the dance floor by Matt. "So... Are you having a good time?"

"Better than I thought." She admits as she gets dipped before being pulled back up.

"What do you mean?" Anastasia shrugs as she looks up at Matt's blue eyes. She was always a sucker for blue eyes.

"I just didn't know it'd be this fun after all being single isn't the best thing in the world."

"Honestly I'm surprised you asked me to join you. I mean I bet there's a million of guys that would love to be in my shoes." Matt says, causing Anastasia to frown.

"Do you believe that there is only ever one person out there that you are meant to be with and in order to get to that one person you have to go through people who aren't them?" Matt frown as he looks at Anastasia.

"You mean soul mates?"

"Yeah, something like that."

"I don't really know. I mean I only ever dated Elena..."

"I just... I feel like that's true. The who soul mate thing because every guy that passes me is never... never the one I'm looking for. Every guy has some aspect that I like or some feature that I love, but they all don't have the ability to make me feel as if they're the one."

"How are you supposed to feel?" Matt asks.

"Like you're the only one that matters. Like your heart is racing a million times a second. Like in their eyes there is no one else in the room except you. I never felt like I mattered that much to people. I never felt like for guys I was the only thing that they cared for. That I was the person that helps them breathe and function and without me, it feels as if they're dying."

"That's an intense feeling," Matt says in a whisper.

"I know and I know the feeling is real because that's how my dad felt when he met my mom. It was love at first glance and after years and years of searching, he finally found the one girl that stole his breath. I want that. I want that one guy that manages to steal my breath, my heart, my soul." Anastasia doesn't realize how close her and Matt has gotten until she feels his breath on her lips. Her eyes lift to meet his and he stares down at her with such an intensity that it in deeds steal her breath.

"What do you feel right now?" She stares at him before leaning forward, closing the space, and laying her lips on his. His arms wrap around her and his lips work against hers. She feels many emotions within this kiss, but she doesn't feel the feeling that her father described. She doesn't feel desperate to have Matt close to her, feel the strong need to claim him, mate with him, she only feels enjoyment at kissing him, but that's all. She pulls away and Matt stares down at her. They both can see it in each other's eyes, they didn't really feel much.

"You only enjoyed the kiss."

"I'm sorry, Anya." She shakes her head, a smile on her lips.

"Don't be, we're not each other's soul mates, but I know we'll each find them eventually. Thank you for the wonderful evening, Matt, I had a lot of fun, but I think I'm just going to get and get a drink." She leans over and kisses his cheek. "You're too much of a brother to me." She says before walking away. Matt sighs and nods in acceptance, while Tyler watches from the other side of the dance floor, a frown on his lips.

Anastasia sips her wine as she hears Caroline's voice ringing out above all the noise around her as if her wolf is determined to hear Caroline. "Don't. Uh, she took it off and I got flustered, okay? I didn't know what to say and Anastasia's comment before tipped her off too. I don't even know how Anastasia knew, but I swear, okay? I did not tell either of them. I just told Elena that you didn't mean to hurt me." Anastasia's eyes widen when she realizes what is going on. She puts her glass down and heads towards the voice of Caroline.

She can hear Caroline's heart beating fast with fear, her breath shallow and quick. She can also smell Caroline's fear, which helps lead her to Caroline. "You make me crazy, you know that?" Anastasia hears Damon's voice, causing her to pick up speed. She can hear Caroline slowly calming down, but Anastasia knows Damon's words are fake, she can hear the sound of his heart beat. It's very faint, he's almost as good at Derek when hiding a lie, but she can still hear it, still hear the lie. "It's okay. I forgive you."

"I swear I didn't say..."

"No, don't. Shh, shh, shh."

"Mm."

"It's okay." Damon whispers as Anastasia finally catches her eyes on Damon and Caroline. "Unfortunately... I am so... over you now."

"No!" Anastasia yells just as she sees Damon bite into Caroline, but they're all too far from the party to be heard. Anastasia runs as Damon and Caroline fall to the ground. Damon either hears her and choices to ignore her or he's too into drinking from the blonde to even notice Anastasia. She reaches them in time to see Damon let go of Caroline, slightly choking, as he sits on his knees.

"What the hell?" He croaks out. Stefan stops Anastasia from continuing forward as Damon falls gagging to the ground.

"I knew I couldn't spike your drink, so I spiked hers." Stefan walks with Anastasia over to Damon. "Vampires can't handle vervain, it's like poison to us. It makes us weak and sick." He explains to her.

"Is she..." Anastasia crouches down to Caroline.

"She's okay. She'll live. She didn't loose enough blood. I'm going to take Damon out of here, lock him up, but you go and get help for Caroline, okay?" Anastasia nods as Damon and Stefan zipped out.

"Caroline? Are you okay?" Anastasia whispers as she crouches down to her. "Hey, come on, wake up." She forces herself to sound as if she just found her and that she doesn't know what's going on, not wanting to confuse her or sound as if she doesn't seem shocked by Caroline's state.

Caroline sits up and looks around, obvious fear and confusion on her face. "Caroline?" Anastasia whispers. "What happened? You're bleeding." Caroline picks up a strange looking jewel before looking at her. "What's that?" It almost looks similar to Anastasia's necklace except her stone is a moonstone.

"Caroline, how about we get you up, okay?" Caroline nods, her eyes already becoming teary as she pockets the crystal.

"Caroline?" Elena calls. "Oh, there you two are. I've been looking everywhere for you." She tells Caroline as she starts over. Caroline looks at Anastasia with tears running down her face.

"Caroline, it's going to be okay, we're not letting him get anywhere near you." She whispers as Elena walks over.

"Are you okay?"

"Damon attacked her, Elena. She's bleeding. I've been trying to get her to relax and tell me what happened, but she's shaking and she's scared." Elena looks at Anastasia before looking at Caroline.

"No, I'm fine." She says with her voice shaking and her hand going to her neck. "I'm fine." Her breathing picked up as does her fear.

"No, you're shaking. Caroline, what..."

"Caroline, just breath, sweetheart, just breathe," I whisper. "Everything is going to be okay."

"Come her." Elena pulls Caroline into her arms, which causes Caroline to finally break down and begin to sob. Elena comforts Caroline by hugging her, while Anastasia rubs her back.

"We're letting Damon nowhere near you." She promises. "We'll keep you safe."