Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries and never will, but I do own Charlene Davis and Megan Swann and any other characters I come up with.

Author's Note: Hope you love the updated version! :D

Charlene managed to get back home. Megan disappeared somewhere and she didn't find Elena anywhere. So much for being a best friend.

She groaned as she walked on her foot. It was a killer. Charlene got to the kitchen, still wobbling. There, she saw Elena, Megan, and Aunt Jenna.

Jenna tended to a wound of Elena's knee.

"What happened?" Charlene asked, getting Megan's attention.

"Char!" she exclaimed in relief as she rushed over to her and gave her a hug only Megan could give. "What the hell happened to you?! I found Elena after you didn't return to the car and we searched for you, then there was this crow and…"

"Wait, a crow?"

"Yeah, and there was this fog everywhere! We couldn't see anything at all! And Elena hurt her knee, and we thought we were done for, but we ran into Stefan! It didn't last long though, he got weird when he saw Elena bleeding, it was weird!" Megan said all of this in a rush, if Charlene wasn't her best friend, she wouldn't have understood a weird she had said.

Charlene nodded. "That is weird…"

"Yeah." Megan said, out of breath. She looked down and noticed her knee, and the way her ankle was twisted. "What happened?"

"I hurt my ankle…and my knee…just being my clumsy self." Charlene said slowly, but the look in her showed there was more to the story. She wasn't gonna say it with Jenna and Elena in the room.

Megan got it with just that one look and Charlene turned her attention to Elena as she walked over. "Are you okay?" she asked her sister.

"I'm fine, still just a little freaked out." Elena responded.

"Maybe stay away from the graveyard for a little while." Charlene teased. Elena looked at her, exasperated. "Oh, stop being so serious. I'm just teasing."

Her sister just sighed. "I know, sorry."

Charlene patted her on the shoulder. "It's alright."

"I guess it's your turn?" Aunt Jenna inquired with a teasing grin as Elena hopped of the counter and Charlene took her place with a little help from Jenna.

"Yeah, thanks, too bad you can't help with the twisted ankle." Charlene expressed.

"No…but I can give you medicine for it, that's all I can do." Jenna told her with a laugh.

"Right."

Megan relaxed on her best friend's bed, arms above her head as she watched Charlene get ready to go to the Grill. They were meeting Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline there.

"Are you sure you want to go? We can just chill here, eat junk food, and watch movies." Megan suggested, worry in her tone. She wanted to go, maybe she would run into Stefan again, but she didn't want to go if Charlene didn't want to.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Charlene slipped on her red leather jacket. "If Elena can try to get back to normal, so can I."

"If that's what you want to do." Megan told her, trying to suppress her excitement.

Charlene turned her head with a small smile. "You can be a little more excited."

With that, she squealed with excitement. "Thank God!" she exclaimed. "I thought I'd have to go by myself!"

"You would have had Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline." Charlene reminded her.

"Well yeah, and I love them, but it wouldn't be much fun without my best friend, you know."

Charlene nodded and smiled softly. "Thanks."

"Of course. I love you, Char."

Her smile widened. "I love you too."

Just then, the doorbell rang. Charlene went to leave and go get it, but Megan stopped her.

"I can get it." She chipped happily.

"Okay."

Megan left her friend's room and headed downstairs, to the front door. The door rang again, causing her to swing open the door, revealing Stefan on the other side.

"Stefan." Megan was surprised to see him.

Stefan smiled. "Hi Megan."

She shook her head and smiled back. "Hi! Well, this is a surprise. How did you know I'd be here?" She was a bit suspicion and it probably showed in her voice.

"It's a small town…I asked around." Stefan offered.

Megan didn't think anything by it. "Oh…okay…"

"I wanted to apologize for earlier. I know it was strange."

She waved it off. "It's okay, Stefan. You're not the only one who feels icky around blood."

"Icky?" An amused look crossed his face.

Megan rolled her eyes. "Oh, shut up." She laughed. "It's a word." She shook her head, biting her lip as she stared up at him. "So, uh, what are you doing here?"

"I thought you might need these." Stefan held up her keys.

"Where…" It took her a moment to realize she must have dropped them at the cemetery. "Shit, thank you." She flashed Stefan a grateful look. "Thank you for bringing them back."

"No problem." There was a pause. "Well, I should go…" Before he could, Megan stopped him by grabbing his arm. The same feeling went through. The same one she had when she first met Stefan Salvatore.

"I…" she lost her train of thought, getting lost in the feeling for a moment until Charlene broke it.

"Megan, I'm…" She trailed off as Megan turned around and saw her best friend with Elena right beside her. Her best friend's sister looked embarrassed, but also a little jealous. However, Megan didn't comment on that part, or rather didn't even notice. "Oh…" She shifted on her feet awkwardly. "Um…am I interrupting?"

"No." Megan managed to say. "I was just about to ask Stefan if he wants to come to the Grill with us." She looked back at her. "If that's okay."

Charlene smiled. "Um yeah, Stefan, you should come."

Stefan smiled at them both.

Megan beamed, taking her keys from Stefan. "Great! I'll drive."

After parking in the parking lot of the Mystic Grill, the place where most of the teenagers hung out after school and during the weekend. Charlene followed slowly behind Megan and Stefan with Elena close beside her. She watched as Megan talked animatedly to the object of her affection. Obviously, her best friend was interested and Stefan seemed to be interested in her. At least Charlene hoped he was. The last boyfriend Megan had broken her heart. His name was Josh, he had been in the same grade as the rest of them had, but moved away in the middle of freshman year. It had broken Megan's heart to see him move away, so Charlene hoped that this time around, her best friend wouldn't get hurt in the end.

"What's going on between Megan and the new kid?" Elena asked in a whisper, breaking Charlene's thoughts.

The blonde shrugged. "I don't know…I just know she's interested in him."

"Mm."

"Why?" Charlene asked.

"No reason." Elena responded quickly and faced forward.

Charlene frowned. "Are you interested in him?" No response, so she took that as a yes. "You just broke up with Matt, Elena. You can't be interested in someone so quickly."

"Why not?"

She shook her head, deciding not to respond as she didn't want an argument to happen between them. They already disagreed about what to do with Jeremy and his drug problems. Charlene wanted to leave him alone and let him get over this obstacle by himself. Elena, however, wanted to get him to stop and kept bothering him about it. It obviously wasn't helping, but her sister was stubborn as hell and wasn't gonna stop bothering him about it.

Luckily, Elena didn't press it.

They went inside and Megan waved excitedly over to their group, Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt.

"Hey guys!" she said bubbly as Stefan stared at her with a slight smile on his face.

And Matt stared at Elena with that wounded puppy dog look. Charlene felt bad for him. She knew that he was in love with Elena and was heartbroken about them breaking up. Charlene couldn't blame him, but she knew in the long run Elena had done the right thing. It was better than her sister just stringing Matt along, like she had done before their parents died.

Charlene glanced at Elena to see if she had noticed the look on Matt's face. She did if the look on her face was any hint. Her sister looked as if she didn't know if she should go in or not. Megan and Stefan were already half-way to the table as Charlene spoke.

"Come on, Elena." She said softly. "I know it's awkward being around Matt now, but really, it's gonna be fine."

Elena sighed. "I know…" she looked up at her older sister. "Do you think he'll stay mad at me forever?"

"No, he won't be. It's only been six months since you guys broke up. It's just gonna take some to get over." Charlene told her wisely. She was always wise beyond her years, at least that's what she got told a lot by her parents.

Her sister nodded, smiling slightly. "Thanks sis."

Charlene smiled back. "Of course." She told her, giving her a one arm hug before locking her arm with her sister. "Now, come on."

Together, they went over to the table and Matt had already stood up, leaving the table.

Elena smiled sadly as they sat down and Charlene stared at her sympathetically. She patted her sister on the shoulder as Caroline spoke up.

"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" she asked, eager to learn about the new kid. Though knowing Caroline Forbes, she already got all that information between third and fourth period. Charlene shared a amused look with Megan, knowing her best friend was thinking the same.

The smirk on Megan's face just proved that fact.

Charlene stifled a laugh as she leaned against the palm of her hand. Stefan nodded.

"Mm-hmm. And moved when I was still young."

"So, have you've been a lot of places?" Megan asked with a gleam of interest in her eyes. She loved Mystic Falls, but always wanted to go and travel the world.

Stefan smiled. "A few places actually."

"That's awesome." Megan said excitedly. "I love it here in Mystic Falls, but I would love to travel one day. You know, when I have a job, and money, of course."

He chuckled. "Yeah, that would help."

Megan giggled, like a school girl. "Yeah."

Caroline cleared her throat hard, gaining their attention. She looked annoyed, but managed to keep a smile on her face.

"What about your parents?" Caroline questioned.

"Caroline." Bonnie gave her a look.

"What?"

Stefan shook his head. "It's fine." He tapped on the table. "Uh, my parents passed away."

Charlene could sympathy with that and so could Elena.

"I'm sorry." Elena apologized with a sad smile. She glanced at Charlene, then back at Stefan. "Any siblings?"

"None that I talk to. I live with my uncle."

Caroline changed the subject, seeing how uncomfortable Stefan looked with the 'sibling' subject. "So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow."

"It's a back to school thing at the falls." Bonnie added in.

Stefan turned his attention to Megan, staring at her. "Are you going?"

Megan blushed at his staring, but nodded with a bright smile. "Yeah, I'd never miss the back to school party."

He smiled back as they stared at each other.

Charlene smiled to herself as she watched them. She was glad to see Megan interested in someone again after so long. Charlene just…hoped that Stefan wouldn't hurt her.

TBC...

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Pilot, Part 3