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A little bit later, they ended up having to get a bigger table since Elena and Charlene joined once their food was brought out. It started out as a double date but now felt like a group outing, which Megan was fine with it. Hanging out with friends was just as normal as going on a date with a really amazing guy. At the moment, they were all busy watching Jenna, Kelly, and Damon drinking away their sorrows or whatever they were drinking away.

"At least they're having fun." Caroline commented dryly.

Elena shook her head, unable to help but feel amused by the whole thing. It was pretty funny…in a way.

"They're drunk, of course they are." Elena said.

Matt laughed. "Remember when Elena and Charlene's parents busted us here after homecoming?"

"Oh my god, yes!" Caroline said, laughing at the memory.

"I totally forgot about that." Charlene giggled. Though they were laughing about it now, it wasn't very funny when it happened.

Megan hadn't been there, but she remembered Charlene telling her all about it on the phone. Though it had only been Matt and Elena who had been totally plastered but Charlene had gotten in trouble too since she was there with them. Her best friend had been so mad about that.

"What happened?" Stefan asked, putting an arm around Megan's shoulders.

Elena eagerly explained what happened along with Matt. "Well, we were wasted; it was the first time I ever got drunk. I blame Matt."

"Her parents got seated at the next booth."

"And Matt had me to pretend that I was choking so we could get away." Elena grinned over at him.

"But of course, since they were drunk, they had forgotten that our dad was a doctor." Charlene couldn't help but add in.

"We still tried though even when Charlie had told us it wouldn't work." Elena giggled, patting Charlene on the shoulder. "But anyway, he jumped in to save me. And I ran, slipped on the wet floor and bit it in front of everyone." She turned her head towards Matt, grinning again. "Remember that? Three stiches, a hangover for days, and I was grounded from seeing this one for a week."

"I was grounded too, even though I didn't nearly as drunk as Matt and Elena, which by the way, still pretty mad about that." Charlene scowled at the ex-couple playfully.

"Really still?" Elena asked in a fake exasperation. "I've apologized over and over for that."

"Still doesn't take away the pain." Charlene pouted, putting a hand to her chest.

She giggled, shoving the blonde in the shoulder playfully. "Shut up."

"Never."

Elena shook her head before looking over at Matt and they smiled at each other, their gazes lingering a bit. Abruptly, Caroline stood up.

"I'm gonna go to the restroom." She said. "Elena?" She gave Elena a pointed look as the brunette looked at her confused, but didn't argue with her about it, getting up out of her seat to follow Caroline to the bathroom.

Megan shared a worried look with Charlene, but they both decided to leave it alone and let Elena and Caroline deal with the Matt thing on their own.

At the bar, Jenna noticed the group of teenagers and ducked her head down. "Hide." She hissed to Kelly. "We're not here."

Confused, she leaned down towards her. "Why? Where'd we go?" she asked, her voice a little slurred.

"Children under our car. Five o'clock. This is not good."

Kelly turned her head, finally seeing them. It sobered her up immediately.

"Damn!" she mumbled, cursing her breath.

Elena and Caroline were gone for a little too long, so Charlene decided to go check on them. She hated seeing the two friends fighting even if Elena was confused as to why the blonde was pissed off at her. By the time she got to the bathroom, Caroline was running out with Elena right behind her.

"Caroline!" she called after her.

"Guys…" Charlene started to say, but it was too late as they had already run past her. It made her sigh as she turned back around to head back to the table.

She had made it halfway there when someone grabbed her by the arm. She tugged back immediately but he kept a firm grip, snapping her head to the person that grabbed her. Charlene met his gaze and he looked like he had just seen a ghost.

"Abigail?" he questioned.

She froze at the name. "No, you got the wrong person." Charlene answered. "Sorry."

He frowned, still staring her down. It made her completely uncomfortable. Finally, he let go and she rubbed her arm.

"My mistake." He said.

She forced a smile. "No harm done." Quickly, she got out of there, joining the group back at the table. "How's everything going?" She asked the group as she still felt the tension from Elena and Caroline. She was still spooked by what happened but tried to not let it show. Which she failed at, at least for Megan, who could tell something was wrong.

"Are you okay?" her best friend mouthed.

"Later." Charlene mouthed back as Stefan answered her question.

"Matt's cheating." He teased, looking over at the quarterback.

The blonde smirked, putting his arm round Caroline's shoulders. "No need. I'm awesome."

Everyone laughed, except for Charlene who was lost in thought about the man who called her Abigail. Stefan finally noticed something was wrong and moved towards her.

"Everything okay?" he asked under his breath, so the rest of them couldn't hear, except for Megan.

"Yeah, of course, everything's great." Charlene said as she pulled out her phone, typing a group message to Stefan and Megan. That man over there called me Abigail.

Stefan headed over there, but the man was already gone. Charlene stared at the spot where he once was as she wondered who he was. Was it one of the tomb vampires? It had to be because who else could it be. She probably should tell Stefan about the tomb vampires being out, but she wanted to leave it alone for now. She would tell him tomorrow.

After deciding to leave the grill and go to the boarding house, Charlene joined Stefan in Megan's car while Megan went with Elena, Matt, and Caroline. They pulled up to the boarding house and put it in back. Charlene stared out the window, still thinking about the man.

"Char?" She turned her head towards Stefan. "So, you didn't recognize him, you haven't seen him before?"

Charlene shook her head. "No, I haven't. If I had, I probably wouldn't be so freaked out, then again, he did call me Abigail, so either way I still would be."

"Want me to tell Megan to call this night off? Send Matt and Caroline home?"

"No, of course." Charlene shook her head as if the idea was just ridiculous and it was. "This day was supposed to be all about being normal and forgetting about our everyday lives. So, whatever or whoever that man was, we can save it for tomorrow."

"If you're sure…"

"I am." Charlene said stubbornly.

"Okay." Stefan smiled in amusement. His smile was infectious, so she couldn't help but smile back. The sudden light behind them signaled that Megan, Elena, Caroline, and Matt were here. "That's them. Come here." He opened his arms up for a hug.

Immediately, Charlene took the offer as she hugged him tightly back. Stefan really was a good man. Megan was lucky to have him and she was too as he was becoming such a good friend to her.

Stefan broke the hug, kissing her on the forehead before letting go completely as he got out of the car. She took a deep breath, the got out of the car herself. They all went inside the boarding house and Matt along with Caroline looking around in amazement.

"This is so much better than watching Damon visit cougar town." Caroline said, voicing everyone's opinion. It was definitely something Charlene wanted to forget. "No offense." She added, looking at Matt.

"Don't remind me." He told her as he made a face before looking at Stefan. "Man, I've always wanted to see what it looks like in this place."

Stefan chuckled. "Yeah, I guess it's a bit much."

"Yeah, my entire house could fit in here, like twice."

"Feels like I've been here before. It's weird." Caroline mumbled.

Charlene changed the subject, clearing her throat. "Hey, how about we watch a movie or something? I vote for the Notebook."

This made Caroline perk up. "I second that!"

However, the boys were paying attention as Matt took notice to Stefan's miniature car collection. Of course.

"Whoa, these are great." He grinned, heading over to them.

"This is uh, a little hobby of mine."

"You actually have a hobby? I learn something new about you every day." Megan teased, and he gave her a smile.

"I did the entire Mustang series when I was 9." Matt said proudly.

"You like cars?"

"It's an understatement."

"Come with me." They took off, and all three of the girls shared a look.

Megan shook her head. "I guess that's a no to the movie."

"Men and their cars." Caroline snorted before following after Matt and Stefan with Elena beside her.

Charlene walked along with Megan. "Well, I guess being a vampire doesn't matter when it comes to cars."

"Tell me about it." Megan agreed. "But I wonder what Stefan has to show me. Maybe it's that car Stefan swears he has."

"I guess we'll find out." Charlene laughed, linking arms with her.

"Guess so."

Megan stood outside of the garage with Elena, Charlene, and Caroline while Stefan opened it up and went inside.

"Prepare yourself, my friend." Her boyfriend said with a grin as he went over to what she guessed was a car and he pulled the tarp off of it, revealing the bright red mustang underneath. Megan's mouth dropped.

"This is the car you've been hiding?" she asked him, looking at her boyfriend in disbelief. Her disbelief faded after a moment and she eyed him with a smirk. "I think you just got even hotter."

Stefan winked at her.

"Wait, how do you have this?" Matt asked curiously.

"Got passed down through the family." Stefan opened the door, peering inside for a moment.

"Why don't you…I mean…why don't you drive it?" Matt asked, heading over to Stefan's side.

"Well, it doesn't run. I mean, it's not that I could figure it out."

Caroline made a face. "Why would you keep a car that doesn't run?"

"Be more of a girl right now." Matt teased, and she laughed.

"Hey, want to come to take a look at this for me?" Stefan asked as he went back to do just that.

Matt talked while he did, "Elena, remember that old Camaro your dad used to have?"

Elena smiled, "Of course."

"I built and built that engine 20 times."

Caroline crossed her arms. "I don't like sports cars; they're too hard to make out in."

Megan nodded eagerly in agreement. "Oh, most definitely."

"It wasn't that bad." Matt said, not thinking about what he was saying as he stared at Elena.

Immediately, Caroline was hurt, and she hurried it out of there.

"Nice putting your foot in your mouth, Matt." Megan said, shaking her head before hurrying after Caroline with Charlene and Caroline right behind her.

"Alright, roast beef, turkey, what do you want?" Jeremy asked as he held them both of in his hands.

Anna laughed from her spot on a chair at the end of the counter. "Let's do the work. Pile it high."

"Okay," Jeremy said with another laugh as he headed back over to the cooking place. He sat the things in his hands down before looking at Anna. "Will you grab the bread for me?"

"Okay," Anna answered as she went over to get the bread.

Jeremy cut his hand with the knife, causing him to gasp out in pain. Anna turned to him and froze at the sight of the blood on Jeremy's hand.

Her eyes widened. "What are you doing?" she asked, freaked out.

"It's just a cut." Jeremy said, looking calm. "Can you hand me that towel?"

Anna looked uncomfortable. "I—I can't," she said nervously.

"You got a problem with blood Anna," Jeremy said as he showed her his bloody hand and started to walk towards her, seeing the nervous look on her face. "What's the matter? It's just blood Anna."

Before he could even blink, Jeremy was pushed against the fridge by the neck.

"What are you doing?" Anna demanded angrily as her face changed.

He grinned. "I knew it." He showed his bloody hand, "Go for it."

Anna looked back and forth between Jeremy and the bloody hand. But the need for blood won out in the end and she grabbed his hand, beginning to drink from the wound.

"Jeremy!" The sound of Jenna's voice caused Jeremy to rush away, going to the doorway of the kitchen.

"Jenna!" Jeremy exclaimed, putting his hand behind his back. "What's up?"

"Regret," Jenna said. He looked at the window where his aunt nodded. "Make sure you lock that up."

Jeremy looked back at her, quickly nodding, and she disappeared up the stairs. He went back to the kitchen only to find that Anna was nowhere in sight.

Charlene went back inside the boarding house to get a drink, feeling pretty good about today. Nothing went wrong today, except for the man that thought she was Abigail, but even that wasn't too bad. Neither was seeing Damon getting chummy with Kelly Donavan. That was more gross than anything else.

That was a sight she definitely want to see again.

Too bad luck wasn't on her side. Because as soon as she turned the corner, she froze in place at the sight of Damon and Kelly, kissing passionately in the hallway with the older woman pressed against the wall.

Seeing this made her feel sick to her stomach, and jealousy was the next emotion she felt. She also felt betrayed even though she shouldn't be…so much for nothing bad happening.

Charlene wasn't the only one shocked.

"Mom?!" Matt exclaimed, shocked.

"Damon?!"

The two broke apart, and Kelly's eyes widened at the sight of Matt.

"Oh my god, Matt!" she gasped, pushing Damon away from her. "Oh my god."

"You got to be kidding me." Megan mumbled as she glanced over at Charlene, already figuring out how she was probably feeling. Charlene didn't meet her gaze.

Kelly quickly grabbed her things and ran past Elena and Stefan, who were just coming into the room but had seen everything. There was an awkward silence for a moment before Matt broke it, even though the air still felt weird.

"I got to…" he trailed, his face turning slightly pink, clearly embarrassed by the entire thing, and Charlene couldn't blame him one bit.

"It's okay, go." Caroline told him.

"I'll take her home." Elena reassured Matt.

He gave a weak smile as he turned to Stefan. "Thanks man." He handed him the keys to Stefan's car before he left the boarding house.

Everyone glanced at Damon, but Charlene's stare was the most intense. He took a drink, not meeting her gaze.

"I need to go." Charlene muttered, turning and immediately leaving without sparing a second glance at Damon stupid Salvatore.

After walking the girls out the door, Stefan headed back to the living room only to see that Damon was sitting on the couch. The oldest looked up at his brother and rolled his eyes at the look on his face.

"Don't look at me like that." Damon snapped, unable to help but roll his eyes again.

"Are you crazy?" Stefan asked as he shook his head in disbelief.

"Save the lecture. Look…"

Then suddenly the window crashed as Fredrick jumped through it. He charged towards Stefan and stabbed him with piece of glass. Damon jumped off of the couch and started to fight with Fredric. Just as Stefan removed the glass from himself, Beth-Anne appeared and the two began to fight one another just like Damon and Fredrick. After fighting a little bit, Beth-Anne pushed Stefan to the floor.

Quickly, he took the leg off of a wooden chair that had fallen to the floor in their fight and stabbed Beth-Anne in the heart, causing her to grey immediately. Damon threw Fredrick across the living room. But he quickly got off of the floor. Fredrick looked at Stefan and Damon then at Beth-Anne who was now dead. Before Stefan and Damon could do anything, the vampire zoomed away.

"Damn it," Damon cursed to himself.

Stefan was touching his wound where Fredrick stabbed him at, wincing. "I remember them from 1864." He said, his breathing ragged. "They were in the tomb."

"Yeah…about that."

Stefan gave his brother a look of disbelief as they both looked at each other.

Matt headed towards the living room, angry and pissed off at his mom.

"Matt…" Kelly followed her son to the living room, tears in her eyes. She stopped, looking at Matt, who was now sitting on the couch, "Matt…"

"I don't want to hear it mom," Matt snapped, looking up at Kelly and she immediately went silent.

"Matty, please…" Kelly pleaded speaking again but was cut off again by her son.

"Do you know what was doing tonight?" Matt didn't wait for his mom to answer as he continued, the emotion clear in his voice, "I was having fun, you know, trying to forget all the crap that I have to deal with every day. Just enjoying a night with my friends. And then, there you are…" He stood up facing his mom and spoke again, still sounding emotional, "wasted at the bar, where I work by the way, to pay the bills that you don't pay. And then you're off acting like a freaking kid! Hooking up with some guy who is half your age." He blinked back the tears and his voice cracked, "I'm the kid mom. You're supposed to be one responsible of me."

"I know, Matt." Kelly said emotionally.

Matt just slowly shook his head at her as he left the living room, leaving Kelly standing there as she wiped away tears from her eyes.

Megan slowly entered Charlene's bedroom where she was buried under the covers. "Charlene…are you gonna be okay?" she asked quietly.

"I don't know…" her best friend muttered. "I don't even know why I'm upset…"

"Yeah, you do." Megan told her as she went over to the bed, sitting down on the end of it.

There was silence as Charlene's head popped up from under the sheets. "Yeah…I know…" she sighed, surprising Megan that her best friend was admitting it. "But I can't feel this way about Damon, I can't. He's a horrible, horrible person. I can't have feelings for him. He's done horrible things, he turned me into a vampire, he killed Vicki, he killed our aunt…I…I just can't…but I do…"

Megan could her friend was getting emotional, so she climbed into the bed and pulled her into a tight hug. Charlene buried her face into her chest.

"It's going to be okay…" Megan muttered into her ear. She hung onto Charlene's tightly, never letting go, even as they fell asleep.

Jeremy entered his room and jumped at the sight of Anna, getting scared immediately. "What the hell?!"

"I could have killed you!" Anna exclaimed back, getting right to it.

He said nothing for a moment. "Yeah, but you didn't." He said as he started to slowly walk towards her.

"I should have…"

"But you didn't." Jeremy reminded her again.

Anna shook her head in disbelief, stepping back from him. "How did you know?"

"I knew this girl Vicki," Jeremy said, stopping in front of her. Anna listened intently as he continued, "She was attacked by an animal, a bite to the neck. She started acting crazy … weird and it seemed like on drugs, but you showed me those articles." He took a deep breath. "And then I saw your face and how it changed the night at the cemetery when I kissed you…"

"You know you can't tell anyone right?" Anna said, changing the subject.

Jeremy chuckled dryly. "Who would believe me?"

"You'd be surprised." Anna mumbled, but loud enough where Jeremy could hear her, thinking of his sisters.

He stared at her, a curious look on his face. "Why didn't you…kill me?"

"I don't know," Anna admitted honestly. "Maybe I'm a sucker for a guy like you…"

"Like what?"

"Lost," Anna simply said. She then went on, asking two questions that she had been wondering since this thing with Jeremy happened, "Why would you confront me about it? Why would you risk it?"

Jeremy's gaze turned sad. "Because if it was true, maybe it's true about Vicki." He looked her right in the eye, now looking more serious than Anna had ever seen him. "And also, because…I want you to turn me…"

TBC...

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