It was time. Stefan's yearly visit too his fathers death who died by his own hands. He had been a vampire for over 100 years but still never got over the fact that he had murdered his own father. Golden son right?

Damon didn't come with him to the grave. He didn't nor ever truly cared for their father. He only accompanied Stefan back to Mystic Falls because he refused to leave his baby brother alone.

As he walked towards the grave, human style, he heard a crash, a flip, screams of a man, a woman and a young girl. Only his vampire hearing would be able to tell the difference.

Stefan didn't hesitate as he used his vampire speed to go to the bridge, in a moment his eyes landed on the car that was buried by the water. Stefan jumped off the bridge into the water, he swam as fast as he could to the drivers seat. There was a man there, barely conscious, but enough so to point to the back seat. Sitting there was... was... Katherine?

But Stefan despite having bad feelings for the vampire he couldn't deny this girl was most defiantly human. She was drowning as well. Stefan swam towards her and made the decision that changed everything.

"Are you completely sure Stef?" Damon asked pacing back and forth. His ice blue eyes filled with curiosity, anger worry.

"It was her, Damon. I promise on my life." Stefan pleaded, he was sitting on the couch that Damon was pacing in front of. Damon sighed but dropped onto the couch beside Stefan.

"I believe you," Damon admitted "That's why I'm planning on enrolling myself into Mystic Falls High school."

Stefan's eyes widened "But what if she recognizes you?"

Damon rolled his eyes "I thought you said she was human which means she is not Katherine?"

"But-!"

"No buts Stef, Ive made my decision."

"Your records are incomplete. You're missing immunization records, and we do insist on transcripts." Damon rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. This was getting annoying.

"You should look again. I'm sure everything you need is there." Damon compelled her.

"Well, you're right. So it is."

"Thank you." Damon smirked.

Damon began walking towards the balls bathroom only to "bump" into the Katherine look alike.

"No offense but isn't this the men's bathroom?" He asked.

" Yes. Um, I was just, Um—I was just—It's a long story. . . ."

The girl tried to pass and Damon chose to make way for her.

" Thank you." She muttered. Damon turned his head to see her speed walk away. That was not Katherine. Despite the small part of him wishing it was.

In the Mystic Falls cemetery Elena sat down and took out her diary.

"Dear diary, I made it through the day. I must have said, "I'm fine, thanks," at least thirty-seven times. And I didn't mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks, "How are you?" They really don't want an answer."

A crow appeared on the gravestone she sat in front of.

"Ok. Hi, bird. That's not creepy or anything," Elena stood up and waved her hand at the bird "Shoo!" The bird flew off.

"That's what I thought." Elena almost screamed as the crow reappeared and fog began to gather around her. Elena, in panic, began to run.

"Ahh!" She screamed as she tripped and fell. Getting up as quickly as she could she got up and saw a 10 year old boy. He looked familiar,not that she had seen him before but someone who looked like him...

"Are you alright?" He asked with concern.

"Were you following me?" She asked, soon feeling weird after. She was asking if a 10 year old boy was stalking her.

"No, I-a, uh, I-a just — I saw you fall." the boy stuttered.

"Uh-huh, and you just happened to be hanging out in a cemetery?" Elena berated herself for her suspicion.

"I'm visiting. I have family here." He said in a small voice unknown to even himself how true that statement was.

"Oh. Wow. Tactless. I'm sorry. It's the fog, It's making me foggy. And then back their, there was this - this bird, and it was all very Hitchcock for a second. That is the bird movie, right, the Hitchcock? . . . I'm Elena." She explained. Stefan's mind soon remembered her name on the list of names of the people in Damon's History, English and French classes

"I'm Stefan Salvatore." Elena paused in thought for a moment.

"You would happen to be related to-"

"Damon?" Stefan interrupted "He's my older brother."

"Oh," Elena nodded her head "We have History together."

"And English and French," Stefan added. Elena soon had a puzzled look on her face.

"How'd you know?" Stefan felt the color drain from his face.

"I sorta got bored and looked at my brothers class list," Stefan made up.

"..Right," Elena said but she didn't truly believe him. "Nice ring." she noticed. It was strange enough to see a ring on a guy but a child?

"Oh..." Stefan said flustered "Um, It's a family ring, yeah. I'm kinda stuck with it. It's weird, huh?"

"No, no. It's just, I mean, there are rings and then there's that"

Stefan didn't reply

"Did you hurt yourself?" He asked.

"Hmm?"

"Did you hurt yourself?" Stefan repeated.

"Oh, uh, I don't know." Elena laughed awkwardly. She pulled up her pant leg and saw the cut gushing blood.

"Oh! Would you look at that. That is not pretty."

Stefan turned away as his face began to change.

"Are you ok?" Elena asked, soon it struck her. What was Stefan doing here? He looked only 10.

"You should go," Stefan paused trying to stop his hunger "Take care of that."

"Really, it's nothing," Elena explained "But what about..." She turned around and Stefan was gone.

"Damon!" Stefan yelled as he ran into the Salvatore boarding house. "Damon!" He repeated.

"What is it?" Damon asked flashing in.

"I saw Elena."

"Whose that?" Damon asked

"The girl who looks like Katherine, her name is Elena," Stefan explained.

"I thought you were going to stay away from her?" Damon questioned harshly.

"I couldn't help it and I-I almost lost it."

"You what!" Damon bended down taking Stefan by the shoulders and looking him in the eyes "Stay away from her, Stefan-no just stay away from humans in general. Maybe you're not ready to be around them."

"But Damon-"

"No, Stefan..just no."

Damon stood outside the Gilbert household and went to knock on the door. But the door opened before he could.

"Oh," Elena said as she came face to face with Damon.

"Sorry, I was about to knock. I wanted to apologize for my brother earlier. I know he was . . . strange." Damon apologized.

"No worries. I get it, blood made him squeamish,"

"Something like that," Damon nodded " How's your leg? Stefan mentioned that you hurt it,"

"Oh, it's fine. Just a scratch, barely. How did you know where I lived?"

"Small town. I asked the first person I saw. I thought you might want this back." Damon handed her her diary.

"Oh, I must have dropped it. I-thank you." Elena thanked.

"Don't worry, I didn't . . . read it."Damon reassured.

"No?" Elena asked "Why not? Most people would have."

"Can't deny I wanted to." Damon shrugged "But Stefan convinced me not too, he said he wouldn't want anyone to read his."

"He keeps a journal?"

"Yeah, if he doesn't right it down than he whines to me about it." Elena laughed.

"Yeah. I'm just gonna. . .umm, you don't have to stay out there." She said. Damon tried to go in but he couldn't.

"I'm fine. Were you going somewhere?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, I'm meeting a friend," Elena explained " Do you want to come?"

Elena entered the Grill with Damon. Matt soon walked over to the,.

"Hey, I'm Matt, nice to meet you." he said as he shook Damon's hand.

"Quarter back I'm guessing? Don't get offended, I know because I used to be the quarter back at my old school." Damon explained and then added "Oh yeah, I'm Damon."

"Hey." Elena said sitting beside Caroline by the Grill.

"Hey." Matt repeated awkwardly

"So," Caroline said with intent interest in Damon " You were born in Mystic Falls?"

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

"Parents?" Bonnie asked.

"My parents passed away."

"I'm sorry." Elena apologized. Matt decided to change the subject.

"Any siblings?" He asked.

"I've got a young brother," Damon apex planned "Pain in the ass if you ask me."

"So, Damon, " Caroline asked "If you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow?"

"It's a back to school thing at the falls," Bonnie explained.

"Are you going?" Damon asked turning too Elena.

" Of course she is," Bonnie replied instead, despite her best friends annoyed look. Damon smiled at Elena and you know what? For the first time in a long time, she generally smiled back.

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness

Like resignation to the end, always the end

So when we found that we could not make sense

Well you said that we would still be friends

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over