Vicki was waiting in the parking lot at the school. She had no idea why she came out there, but it wasn't long before Tyler came out. "Hey, Tyler."

"Vic, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"I snuck out of the house." Vicki admitted.

"You what?"

She pulled her jacket closer to her. "Please don't tell anyone."

"Are you on drugs?"

"No."

"I heard about those attacks. I'm glad you're okay." Tyler told her. He put his arms around her. "Did you see what happened?"

"I remember seeing a shadow, but that's it." Vicki said. She knew she couldn't tell him what really happened.

"Want me to give you a ride back?"

"I don't know. What if Matt sees me try to get back in?" Vicki pointed out.

"Why'd you come out here in the first place?"

"I honestly don't know. Maybe I just wanted to let you know I was fine, I don't know."

"I don't care if we get busted. I'll take you back home." Tyler told her. Vicki hesitated. Then she noticed someone else there.

"Stay away from me." She said, seeing nothing but the person's shadow. He stepped into the light.

"It's just us."

"Stefan?" Tyler asked. He turned to Vicki. "What is going on?" She shrugged.

"Relax, nobody's going to hurt her." They turned around to see Damon standing nearby.

"How do we know we can trust you?" Tyler asked.

"That's why my brother's here." Damon told him.

"Damon, I told you to stay out of this and to trust them." Stefan reminded him.

"How do we know we can trust them? She almost got hurt." Tyler looked at Vicki.

"I'm fine, really." Vicki said. "I was just helping Elena with something."

"You're barely passing school." Tyler pointed out.

"It was a community service thing." Vicki told him. "You are so slow sometimes."

"Look, I just wanted to talk to her about what she'd seen." Damon said. "But given how things are, it can wait."

"Do we really have to do this here?" Stefan pointed out.

"Look, we don't know if we can trust those two." He told him. "If we can't, we're going to have to take them down."

At the Gilberts', Elena woke up in her room after a night of barely any sleep. She headed to the bathroom, where Jeremy was. "Sorry."

"It's fine. I'm done."

"You're up early. Is something wrong?" Elena asked him.

"No, I'm just concerned about Vicki." Jeremy said.

"You know, she'll probably show up at tonight's party."

"I know, it's just, now that she knows, who's to say she might not accidentally tell anyone when she gets high?" Jeremy pointed out.

"I've thought about that, too. But I don't know if telling her was such a good idea."

"Do you regret telling Stefan?" Jeremy asked. Elena looked at him for a minute before answering.

"I didn't tell him, he figured it out." Elena pointed out.

"Whatever. Either way, we'll probably be dead." Jeremy told her. He walked off, leaving her staring at him in surprise.

At home, Matt was with Vicki. "Vic, where were you last night?" Matt asked.

"I was here."

"That's a lie, I know you snuck out again."

"I went to see Tyler. After yesterday, I wanted to see if things were okay." Vicki explained. "I promise, I'm fine. But there are some things I just need to figure out." She left the house.

Over at the Boarding House, Vicki sat down in the living room. "So, why'd you ask me to meet you here? Shouldn't we have just gone to the Sheriff's office?"

"That's too dangerous." Stefan pointed out. "Compared to my brother, she'd put you on the spot."

"Not to mention they wouldn't want anyone to know about this." Damon added as he walked in. "I know, because they covered up the murder of the guy that nearly killed you. Aka, Logan Fell."

"What? Why would he kill a high school student like her?" Stefan asked.

"I think he was after one of the Gilbert kids." Vicki shuddered at the memory. Damon noticed. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just a little cold." Vicki told him.

"It's okay, you don't have to lie to us." Stefan explained. "We know."

"Please, you only just found out about this, what, yesterday?" Damon pointed out.

"You are not helping." Stefan told him.

"Hey, just trying to point out that they did reveal their secret to both of you at the same time." Vicki and Stefan looked at each other.

"They said they didn't hurt people." Vicki said.

"They don't. Not usually, anyway." Stefan told her.

"How do you know that they're telling the truth, anyway?" Damon asked.

"I know that everything she said was true." Stefan said, careful not to tell him about the lie detector ring. He turned to Vicki. "Do you believe that they were telling you the truth?" She nodded. "Then you know you can still trust them."

"We can't trust them. They're vampires."

"Yeah, who got that way because they were attacked just like Katherine." Stefan pointed out as he started walking away. Damon froze. Stefan knew he'd struck a nerve by bringing her up.

"I am so out of here." Vicki said. She hurried out the door as the guys just looked at each other.

A few hours later, there was a knock at the Gilberts' House. Elena opened the door to find Damon. She groaned. "What do you want?"

"You haven't seen that Vicki girl, have you?"

"No." Elena told him. "Why does it matter?"

"Look, I know your little secret. One wrong move and I could turn you in."

"What's stopping you from taking me right now?" Elena asked.

"My brother somehow has the idea you guys have humanity. Maybe I want to see if he's right." Damon told her.

"I'll let you know if I hear anything from her." Elena told him. "But she isn't here."

"Elena, I'm going to the office." She heard her aunt call from upstairs.

"I'll see you later, Aunt Jenna." Elena called back. She turned to Damon. "She doesn't know anything about this. You'd better go before she sees you and assumes the worst." He left without saying a word to her. She turned and went back upstairs.

"Is everything okay?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, he's gone." Elena said. "Now what are we going to do? Matt's probably worried sick."

"Hey, everything will be fine." Jeremy told her. "But I'm just as worried about what could go wrong as you are."

"Well, we know what to do if it comes to that." Elena said. "Are you sure we can trust her?"

"I can hear you, you know." Vicki told them. "By the way, thanks for covering for me. I thought I'd never get away from him."

At school, Tyler ran into Matt. "Hey."

"Hey."

"I saw Vicki last night." He told him.

"I know. She tried to avoid the subject this morning." Matt said.

"She seemed a little shaken."

"Wasn't she in the cemetery the night those guys…" Tyler cut him off.

"I don't know, but it's probably better not to mention it." Matt nodded. "And now she's ditching school. Something's up with her."

"Whatever it is, we've gotta help her get it together." Tyler pointed out.

Caroline approached Bonnie carrying two bags. "I have your costume. It's in here."

"Seriously?" Bonnie asked, looking at the witch outfit.

"Come on. Can someone please be excited that it's Halloween?" Caroline asked. "I just wanna have fun, you know?" Bonnie noticed a familiar amber crystal.

"Hey, isn't this Damon's?" Bonnie asked.

"Oh, no. I can't believe I forgot to return it that night." Caroline said. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I let you borrow it, though. It matches your costume. So, what's Elena going as?"

"I don't know. I've been with Grams all weekend." Bonnie told her. "Maybe she's with Stefan."

"Maybe."

Back at Elena's, the siblings were with Vicki. "Look, I really hate lying to people, but there's no way we could let him know you were here." Elena told her.

"So, you weren't lying about not hurting people, right?" Vicki asked.

"You're safe with us, Vic." Jeremy told her. "Besides, I wouldn't do that again."

"That was you in the cemetery, wasn't it?" She said. "And that night I blacked out, were you responsible for that, too?"

"No." Jeremy said. "I mean, I was there, but you had already fallen over by the time I saw you."

"So, you don't drink human blood?"

"No, we do, just not from the human."

"How's that even possible?" Elena looked over at Jeremy. She wondered if Vicki was pretending or if she really was as dumb as she looked.

"It's a long story that I'm not happy to talk about." He told her.

"Wait, how come you can walk around in the day? Shouldn't you burn?" Vicki asked. "On second thought, I don't wanna know."

"Why don't you just sit down and I'll be back in a few minutes." Jeremy said. He headed downstairs. "Trying to make her understand is giving me a headache."

"You know I didn't come here just to hide from Damon, right?" Vicki asked as soon as he was gone.

"I don't get it. Why else would you be here?" Elena asked.

"For Jeremy." Vicki said.

"What?"

"I've still got feelings for him, Elena." Vicki explained. "I want to be with him, no matter what."

"Are you sure? This is a big decision. You should probably think about it." Elena said.

"I know. But I don't want to break up with him just because he's a vampire and I'm..." Vicki said.

"You don't want this, Vicki." Elena said. "Neither of us wanted this kind of life. Trust me, you don't want to turn."

"But I do. How long have you been planning this speech? Before we broke up?" Vicki asked.

"Look, neither of us wanted this. It's a curse, Vic." Elena told her. Suddenly, Vicki grabbed her and tried to push her away.

"Look, you dumped my brother for no good reason. I still see you as the little bitch who broke his heart, even though I can see the real reason for it now." Vicki told her. "And I love Jeremy, and I'm willing be with him even if it means becoming a vampire. Are we clear?" Elena released her arm in self-defense and walked away from her.

"You okay?" She turned and saw Jeremy.

"She threatened me." Elena told him.

"What happened up there?" Jeremy asked. "I know she has issues, but…"

"She wants to turn, Jer." Elena explained.

"What?"

"She's willing to give up her life just so she can be with you."

"I'd never do something like that to her." Jeremy told her. "She's already unstable enough. If you think she's crazy now, what'll happen if all that gets magnified?"

Elena nodded, realizing the disaster they'd have on their hands. "You know what this means, right?"

"Yeah, I know. And it sucks. But I can't risk her getting hurt or worse, killed."

"I'll be right back." Elena told him. She walked out of the room.

Jeremy
went upstairs. "Hey."

"Hey." Vicki said. "I'm guessing you spoke with Elena."

"Yeah."

"You don't agree with her, do you?" Vicki asked. Jeremy didn't answer her.

"Vicki, you should head home. Matt's been really concerned about you lately." Jeremy told her.

"What about…"

"I don't think he'll head back to your place now." Jeremy said. "We'll talk later, okay?" Vicki headed downstairs. Jeremy heard the front door close.

"She just left." Elena told him from the bottom of the stairway.

"I know. But who knows what'll happen later?" Jeremy pointed out.