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.

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It had been a couple days since finding out about everything, and it was enough time for Megan to process everything. At least the thing about Demetria, Abigail, and Katherine. The whole adoption thing was harder to get over. That just made her entire life seem like a lie. She wasn't a Bennett, and Bonnie wasn't her sister…but Charlene was. Her best friend was her sister. She definitely never expected that one at all. Yes, Charlene had always felt like a sister to her, but being blood related to her was so crazy. Tough thing was, Megan still hadn't told Bonnie about it as she was afraid of her reaction. They weren't related by blood either, but they were by marriage. Still, she was sure it would still be hard to hear they weren't related period.

Megan would tell her but not yet. Not when there was even more to worry about, considering the new threat on their hands. She was settled down on Stefan's bed, leaning back on her elbows, and talking about what occurred when she was ran off the road.

"Do you have any idea who that man could be?" Megan asked, staring up at the ceiling. She had been raking her brain, trying to figure out who it, but honestly, how could she know? The only vampires she knew was Stefan, Charlene, and Damon. Oh, and Lee, but she knew it couldn't have been him since he had showed up after the fact. So, who could it be?

Stefan took her hand and tugged her up, so she was sitting up. "I don't know," he answered. "Do you remember anything about him?"

"Not much." Megan admitted. She wished she did. "All I remember is that he was wearing black boots. It was too dark, so I couldn't see his face." She groaned lowly in frustration, wishing she could remember more about him. "Sorry…"

"It's okay." He assured her, kissing her forehead. Megan gave him a weak smile, and he changed the subject. "I brought some vervain for, um – for you." He let go of her hand and grabbed this box at the end of the bed before opening it up as Megan peered inside. "Also, I have some for Charlene to give to Jenna and Elena, and this bracelet for Jeremy." He handed the bracelet over at her and she examined it for a moment, then looked back at him. "And a few extra ones for friends."

"So, it doesn't have to be in just a necklace?" Megan asked curiously, touching her necklace with her free hand.

"No, it can put in any kind of jewelry. Or, you can even put it in food or drink, but as long as it's in you or on you, a vampire can't control you." He handed her a vial, which she figured had vervain in it.

"That's good, especially if there's a new vampire in town." Megan said, picking up a dried-up branch of vervain from the box. Then, she realized that Stefan had missed someone. "What about Bonnie? Wouldn't she need vervain too?"

He shook his head. "Since she's a witch, she can't be compelled by vampires."

"Then that means…I don't really need the necklace." Megan pointed out. She was a witch.

"No, you can go without it. I gave it to you before I found out you were a witch."

Megan nodded. He had a point there.

"Got it, but I won't take it off." Megan reassured him, guessing that's what he was thinking. She gave him a smile. "I love it too much."

Stefan smiled back. "Good."

Her smile widened slightly before she leaned in to kiss him. It was a brief kiss, so it didn't last long. Megan pulled back and she got off the bed.

"I'll see you later, I'm eating dinner with Elena and Charlene." She told him, kissing his cheek. Before she could leave, her boyfriend spoke up.

"How are they doing with everything?" he asked, concerned.

Megan sighed, remembering the last conversation with them. One that had Elena crying, and her and Charlene comforting her. Elena was taking this harder than Charlene. Her best friend was upset, yes, but not nearly as much as Elena.

"They're doing as well as they can be." Megan finally answered Stefan with another sigh as she sat down at the end of the bed. "They're still not talking to Jenna. They're pretty mad at her." She couldn't blame them. She was kind of mad at her too, for not telling her Charlene was her sister. But she wasn't too mad since it was supposed to be her adoptive parent's job to tell her. Since they weren't around, it would have been nice to be told to the one adult who knew about it.

Stefan nodded in understanding, and Megan stood up again.

"See you later." She told him.

"Be careful."

"I will." Megan gave Stefan one more kiss before she left the boarding house and got into her new car.

She made it to the Gilbert house and didn't bother knocking as she headed into the kitchen, giving a quick hi to Jeremy, who was sitting on the dining room table, sketching.

Charlene was there, quietly reading on one of the stools in the kitchen. She looked up though when she heard Megan come in. Charlene smiled slightly.

"Hey." She greeted."

"Hi." Megan smiled and sat down in the stool next to her. "How are you doing?"

"Good as I can be." Charlene sighed, turning to the next page in her book.

Megan just nodded. She honestly didn't know what to say. Ever since finding out about her and Charlene being sisters, it felt weird when they were in the same room together. Megan broke the silence as she hoped to fix the awkwardness.

"Are we okay?" she asked softly.

Charlene looked up, startled. "What? Of course, we are. Why would you ask that?"

"I don't know…" Megan mumbled. "It's just…ever since finding out about us being related…it's been weird."

"What? No, it hasn't."

Megan said nothing. Was it just her then?

"There's nothing weird about it, Megan." Charlene said, grabbing her hand and squeezing it tight. "You're my best friend, you have been like a sister to me, and now we really are, and I'm so excited about that."

"Really?"

"Yes. Really." Charlene squeezed her hand again. "And who cares if I'm adopted, Elena will still be my sister, even if we're not biologically related. But now, I have two of them."

Megan's eyes couldn't help but well up with tears. "Char…"

Seeing the tears in her eyes, Charlene instantly pulled her into a hug. When she pulled back, Megan saw that there were tears in her eyes too.

"Great, now we're both a crying mess." She joked, wiping her eyes as Charlene wiped her own.

Her best friend…no sister, chuckled. "I blame you for it…" she joked right back.

Megan gave a hearty laugh. "Okay, I'll take the blame for it."

Just then, the doorbell rang and a few minutes later came Jeremy's voice.

"Char, I need the money!"

Charlene shook her head. "Okay, coming!" she called back. "I'll be right back." She told Megan. She left the kitchen, but Megan followed behind her.

The pizza guy was inside the house and had just sat down the box of people when they came into the foyer.

"Hey." Charlene greeted. "How much did you say it was?" She received her wallet from her purse, flicking through the bills inside of it.

"Twenty-two dollars." The pizza guy answered, taking a glance at Megan.

Immediately, she stiffened. There was something about him that didn't feel right, but she didn't know what it was. She did know she didn't like it at all as she crossed her arms over her chest protectively.

Charlene gave him the money. "Okay, here you go." She smiled kindly. "Keep the change."

The pizza guy nodded, taking the money. He smiled as well as he walked backwards out of the house.

"Thanks. And you girls have a good night." He looked at Megan again, seemingly to smirk at her knowingly.

She pursed her lips as Charlene closed the door behind him. The blonde turned to her, seeing the look on her face.

"Are you alright?" Charlene asked, concerned.

Megan shook her head as soon as she asked. "I'm fine…just being paranoid, I guess."

Charlene nodded slowly, still looking concerned, but she made no other comment, thankfully. She picked up the pizza.

"Elena, dinner!" Charlene called up the stairs before heading back into the kitchen.

Megan stood there for a moment, staring at the closed door. She frowned as she wondered why she got such a bad feeling from this guy. Megan shook her head. Maybe she really was just paranoid… Shaking her head again, she went into the kitchen too.

The next day, Stefan headed towards the library. As he walked up, there were books of all kinds haphazardly across the room. Finally entering the library, Stefan saw Damon throwing books to the ground as he searched through the shelves. He was obviously looking for something.

"What are you searching for, Damon?"

Damon stopped in his searching to look at his brother. "Not your concern." He said before he started searching through books again, only to throw them off to the ground when it wasn't the one, he was looking for.

"No, but putting Megan in harm's way is my concern," Stefan told him seriously.

"Mmm." Damon flipped through the pages of a book he had in his hands, not looking at his brother. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Atlanta," Stefan answered.

Damon finally looked away from the book to glance at Stefan. "Oh, yeah." He said with a smirk. "Megan and I had a blast."

Stefan shook his head, amused. "I get it. You're just bitter because one of us gets to be, and poor Abigail is just out of reach. Unless there's another way for you to get in that tomb." He paused for a moment. "Is that what Bree told you?"

"Your pathetic when your fishing."

"And your transparent when your deflecting." Stefan retorted.

Damon looked at him. "Don't you have school?" he questioned annoyed as he grabbed another book off the shelf.

Stefan just smiled and walked out of the library with Damon staring after him.

The school bell rang at Mystic Falls High School, signaling the end of class. Students got up from their desks and started to leave the classroom. Jeremy still hadn't left yet as he was still packing up. Just then, a paper was put on his desk, stopping him from what he was doing. Jeremy was stunned to find what grade was on it. It was an A. He looked up at Alaric, who was smiling down at him.

"Surprised?" Alaric said as Jeremy picked up his essay. "It's a good essay. Your thoughts are clear, and your argument is laid out. It's just uh…" He laughed. "You don't actually think there are vampires in Mystic Falls." He went back to sit down at his desk as Jeremy spoke.

"No…" He said. "I mean, I think statistically there's been more animal attacks, mysterious deaths, uh, people gone missing, more than any other place in the whole commonwealth of Virginia."

Alaric smiled at his theory. "It's conjunction, but creative which is why you got the 'A'." He told Jeremy as the boy finished packed up his stuff. "I just wouldn't get too, uh, caught up in the whole conspiracy theory of it all."

"Ah, I won't." Jeremy promised as he started to walk out of the classroom but was stopped by Alaric speaking.

"Oh, uh, Jeremy the source that you cited for the 1860s info…" Alaric looked through some notes on his desk. "Uh, Jonathan Gilbert…?"

"Oh, my ancestor's journal." Jeremy said, fixing his bag over his shoulder.

Alaric nodded. "I'd really like to see that sometime."

"Really?" Jeremy asked, surprised.

Alaric grinned. "A first-person account of the Civil War." He said. "It's like porn for a history teacher."

Jeremy took out the journal, smiling slightly. "If you think my essay's creative, wait till you get a load of this." He reached into his bag to grab the journal before placing it on his teacher's desk.

"Thank you!" Alaric called out as Jeremy left the room.

Charlene met up with Elena at her locker, handing out the bracelet Megan gave to her to give to her sister.

"What's this?" Elena asked curiously, taking it from her.

"A bracelet." Charlene answered simply. It earned a look from Elena, and she laughed. "Okay, not just any bracelet. It has vervain in it."

Elena's eyebrows furrowed at the unfamiliar word. "What's that?"

"It's an herb that keeps vampires from compelling you." Charlene explained. "I already gave one to Jeremy and to Jenna." Elena gave a scowl at the mention of her aunt, causing the blonde to sigh. "Are you ever not going to be mad at her?"

"No." Elena said instantly, crossing her arms. "She lied to us, Charlene. She didn't tell us we were adopted…and we're not even sisters. How can I forgive her for that?"

Charlene said nothing, knowing Elena had a point. But it wasn't completely Jenna's fault. Miranda and Greyson told her not to say anything. If anyone, it should be them they were mad at, but that wasn't that case. It was hard to be angry at someone when they weren't apart of your life anymore.

"I don't know." Charlene finally said. "But we can't be mad at her forever. She's the only family we have left besides Jeremy." That was the last thing she said on the subject as she changed it, handing her a necklace. "Can you give this Caroline since you'll be seeing her later? It has vervain in it too."

Elena nodded. "Okay. I will." She said nothing for a moment. "What do we need these for again?"

"It's just for safety purposes." Charlene told her. "Just in case that vampire ran into Megan's car shows up."

Elena nodded in understanding. "Has Megan told Bonnie yet? You know, about her being adopted?" she asked suddenly.

"No, I don't think she has yet." Charlene responded. "I think she's too nervous to tell her."

"Nervous? Megan?" If you knew her, you would know Megan was never nervous about anything.

Charlene nodded. "Yep. I can't blame her…I feel the same way about telling Jeremy." She was nervous about his reaction. Would he be pissed? Sad? She just didn't know.

Elena went silent at that and Charlene knew she felt the same way. The school bell rang, ending their conversation.

"I'll see you later." Charlene told Elena, kissing her on the cheek. "I love you."

"I love you too."

Charlene smiled in response before leaving to go on to her next class.

Later at the Grill after school let out for the day, Matt Donavan sat at the bar, filling in an application for a job there. He didn't notice Ben McKittrick, an old student at Mystic Falls, walking over to him from the other side of the bar. Matt only noticed him when he sat down a tray of glasses down on the counter and spoke to him.

"Matt Donavan." Ben said with a grin, causing Matt to look up. "What do you know?"

Matt grinned. "Ben McKittrick. What's up man?"

"Rough season, bud?"

Matt nodded, leaning his chin against his hand. "Yeah. It's kind of hard to recover when you have to forfeit half your games."

"You gonna be working here?" Ben asked, placing his elbows on the counter as he leaned in towards Matt and glanced down at the application.

"Yep, following your footsteps." Matt responded with another grin. "Well, minus the state champion ship."

Ben shrugged. "Well, we can't all be football gods."

"Yeah."

"So, what's the plan? Cook line?"

"Busboy."

Megan sat with Elena, Bonnie, and Charlene at the Grill, having dinner with them. Elena was just telling her sister about the fact her and Charlene were adopted. Megan stayed silent for the most part about that.

First of all, because she already knew about it, and second of all, because she decided not to tell Bonnie about her being adopted too. She wanted to tell her when it was just her and Bonnie. It was just something she needed to tell Bonnie alone. Megan picked at her food as Bonnie spoke up, shaking her head in disbelief.

"I can't believe your both adopted." She said as she shook her head again. "I never saw that coming."

"Yeah, us either." Charlene said, shaking her head too.

Elena frowned. "Yeah…and it gets even weirder. We both looked at our birth certificates and it lists Miranda and Greyson Gilbert as our parents. None of it makes sense."

"Which is why you ask Jenna."

Elena groaned in response.

"She's right, Elena." Charlene agreed with Bonnie, placing her hand on her sister's shoulder. "We really should have Jenna about it."

Elena glanced between the two of them. Megan figured the brunette figured both of them were right but hesitated to agree with them.

Megan finally decided to speak up. "Both of them are right." She said, causing Elena to look over at her. "I know your mad at her, but first of all, the Elena we know would want to know the truth. Good or bad."

"And second of all?"

Bonnie took over for that one. "Second of all, you just found out Megan's boyfriend is a vampire and your sister is one too. So, unless your parents are aliens, how bad could it be?"

Megan chuckled at the alien part as Elena stood up from her seat, deciding to change the subject.

"Ah, okay, look, I have to go to the store. My outfit for the dance is severely lacking accessories."

"I'll go with you." Charlene said as she got up from her seat too. She glanced at Megan. "You want to come with? You know how horrible I am at these kind of things, I could use the help."

Megan laughed. "Sure. I was just about to ask." She stood up as Bonnie spoke up.

"Okay, I'll pay for the bill." She offered. "See you guys later."

"Bye."

Megan gave Bonnie a kiss on the cheek before leaving with Elena and Charlene. Once outside, she headed over to her car with Elena and Charlene in tow since they were going to take a car together. As she reached into her purse to grab her keys to unlock the door, her cellphone rang with an unknown number on the caller id. A gut feeling told her not to answer it, but Megan answered it anyway.

"Hello, who is this?" she asked. She noticed Char and Elena giving each other curious looks.

"Hello Megan."

Megan frowned again. "Um, yeah, that's me. Who is this?"

"You hit me with your car."

As soon as those words left his mouth, Megan froze as she realized who it was. "What do you want?" she demanded, her voice raising bit. It caused Charlene and Elena to huddle close to her. She ignored them as the guy spoke again.

"Is that a new one?" he asked, completely ignoring her question. "And I see Elena and Charlene are with you too. I didn't get a chance to meet them. I was hoping it would be all three of you in the car. That way I had the chance of meeting all three of you."

"What do you want?!" Megan demanded again, raising her voice even louder.

"Megan!" Elena cried out her name in fright.

Megan whirled around, spotting a man in a black hoodie, approaching the three of them.

"And you might have got away the last, but you won't next time. Especially since I have all three of you now."

"Get in the car!" Charlene shouted as Elena hurriedly did as her sister said once Megan unlocked the door. They all gathered in the car and hurriedly drove away.

Charlene was actually behind the wheel because Megan was too shell shocked to drive. But she managed to shake out of it to call her boyfriend. Once he answered, Megan spoke up, unable to stop the fear from escaping her tone of voice.

"Stefan…we have a problem…"

TBC...

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Unpleasantville, Part 2