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"Caroline, why did you bring her with us?" I heard Elena ask as we all stood around one of the pool tables at the Grill.

"Because she is my cousin, and I'm not going to shut her out of my life like I did before," Caroline snapped and gave me a quick glance, but I just acted like I couldn't hear them.

I was too focused on watching out for a certain vampire that needed a good stake to the balls. My eyes lit up when Damon stepped into the restaurant with Mr. Saltzman again. The two walked straight for the bar, but I noticed Damon throw a smirk my way. I just kept my face blank when he looked at me. I wanted him to keep thinking that his compulsion had worked.

"Hey do you guys want something to drink? I'm going to go get a water and say hi to Matt?" I asked even though I really didn't turn to look at anyone, especially not Stefan, who kept staring at me.

"No thanks," some people said and I casually walked towards the bar.

I put a smile on my face and decided on a fun tactic. Mr. Saltzman saw me first so I made sure to approach him. I stepped between where he and Damon were sitting, and I kept my back slightly to the rude vampire.

"Hey Mr. Saltzman, great class today," I said as I discreetly slid a knife out of my front pocket. Mr. Saltzman was distracted when Matt walked over to ask my drink order, and I took that moment to strike. I smiled at Matt as I quickly stabbed Damon in the thigh with the knife. "Hey Matt, can you get me a water please?" I asked him as I heard Damon intake a hiss of breath and a slight growl. I slyly looked behind me to see a glaring Damon.

Matt handed me the water and I accidentally tipped it over on Mr. Saltzman's pants. I turned to fully face the angry vampire now and I got close to his face. "Next time you want to bite someone, it better not be me, you asshole. You're lucky I didn't have this thing blessed and covered in holy water," I growled before removing the knife and walking away from the bar. I didn't even look back. I just waved to the others and left the restaurant. A happy smile stayed on my face as I heard someone following me. I knew it had to be Damon, but when I turned around, it was someone new and unexpected.

He was a little bit taller than me with curly blonde hair, ice blue eyes, and a smirk on his face. He just had this aura about him that made me feel excited but scared at the same time.

"Hi," I said since neither of us were breaking the silence yet.

"Hello, boyfriend troubles in there?" he questioned and motioned back towards the bar.

"No, just having to teach a jerk a lesson," I said with a shrug trying to be casual, even though I felt like I was staring down a predator the whole time.

"What kind of lesson?" he asked and he took a step closer to me. "Not to bite you," he suggested as he moved hair away from my neck, which revealed the bite marks.

"Get away from her," someone shouted, which broke the strange moment I was having with this guy. The person who yelled was Stefan. I was surprised to see him, Caroline, Elena, Bonnie, Damon, and even Mr. Saltzman standing there glaring at the man in front of me.

"Well love, it seems like our chat is over for now, until next time," the stranger said before disappearing quickly from sight.

A tense silence filled the quiet street as I looked at the group, who were staring at me anxiously. I gave a big sigh and ran a hand through my hair. "Caroline, why couldn't you have told me that vampires are in this town?" I questioned and almost laughed at the range of expressions on everyone's faces. "Oh don't play dumb, I was bitten by that ass last night, so of course I'm going to remember that he's a vampire. I'm guessing that stranger just now was also a vampire since he ran out of here so quickly," I said as I walked towards the others.

"I can't believe you bit my cousin," Caroline shouted and hit Damon in the chest.

"I compelled her! She shouldn't remember anything from last night," Damon growled as he rubbed his chest and glared at Caroline.

"Well guess what, it didn't work. So who is going to explain what all is going on?" I asked but my eyes stayed on Caroline, who was looking stressed, annoyed, and sheepish at the same time. "Cousin dear, share what you know about this town or I might do something drastic to your wardrobe," I threatened and smirked when my cousin gave in.

Let's just say that I wanted to know what was going on, but the drama that I had to listen to for the next few hours at the Salvatore home was not what I expected. I was about ready for someone to put me out of my misery when the story once again revolved around another Elena drama. "Maybe she should just die. It would solve a lot of issues," I thought but kept my thoughts to myself. I wasn't happy how Caroline had been treated throughout all of the stories, but I couldn't change the past. I could however make everyone's lives a living hell for how they treated my cousin, who I also just found out was a vampire. "Now she's vampire Barbie," I thought with a chuckle.

"So," Bonnie said when silence filled the living room and everyone was staring at me.

I took in a deep breath before chuckling. "This town is just more interesting now, but you, yeah you, you seriously need to get your crap together," I said and pointed at Elena, who gave me an affronted look. "I'm not going to get into all this mess or whatever, but I will be here for Caroline and make sure you jackasses don't mistreat her anymore. She's my cousin, and one of the best people I know. She deserves to be treated better," I said as I stood up and walked over to sling an arm around my cousin's shoulders.

"You still love me even though I'm a monster?" Caroline whispered and I hugged her to me.

"If anyone here is a monster, it's Damon, not you," I whispered as I ran a hand through her hair. I also flipped off Damon when he growled at me. "Now, let's go home, eat ice cream, watch chic flicks, and stop worrying about the Originals, whoever they are again," I said and started leading her to the front door of the house, where her car was parked. "Bye," I shouted before slamming the door shut. "Well that was a lot to take in, but I still love you. Slightly jealous that you're a vampire and I'm not, but I'll survive," I said and laughed when Caroline just rolled her eyes at me before pulling me into a big hug.

"I'm so glad you're here and that you know. It was killing me to hide this from you," she whispered and I just patted her back.

"Don't worry. I'd never hate you over something like this. Anyways, I'll be your partner in crime now. You don't have to worry about those jerks anymore. They only mistreated you anyways," I muttered as we got in the car and drove home.

Caroline shouted that she would get the ice cream and movies ready, while I went to my room to set my school stuff in the floor and to change into pajamas. Something on my slightly open windowsill made me pause as soon as I entered my room. I slowly walked over and grabbed the envelope and flower that were sitting on the windowsill. The note only had a K on the front, and the letter was simple.

"Until we meet again, love," I read softly before looking at the window, and I didn't see anyone.

"This town just keeps getting interesting," I thought as I set the flower on my night stand and hid the note in one of the drawers. "Very interesting," I thought as the stranger from earlier flashed in my mind.