The next evening Elena had asked Stefan to come over so she could tell Jenna about vampires and Jeremy about her being adopted. The talk about vampires went fine, if you don't count Jenna not believing her and Jeremy at first and then her freak out at Stefans vampiric face when Elena told him to show her some proof.

Telling Jeremy she was adopted went a lot better than she thought it would. Jeremy had hugged her and promised that she was his sister no matter what and that he loved her. If Elena had cried a little at that the others were kind enough not to say anything.

"So, vampires are real." Jenna muttered for the fifth time. "And one is sitting at my dining table right now."

"You okay, aunt Jenna?" Jeremy asked carefully.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, just need to prosses right now." Jenna nodded. "You can talk about whatever you want and I'll pipe in if I have questions or something."

"I wonder who the man in the road was." Elena wondered after a few minutes.

"I don't know." Stefan said with a shrug. "Do you remember anything else about him?"

"I wish." Elena muttered. "I never saw his face; he was wearing a hoddie. All I can remember was these black boots coming towards me."

"I got you some vervain." Stefan pulled out a wooden box. "I know you already have an armband and that you gave Jeremy a ring and Jenna a necklace but you can also put vervain in food, that way if you ever lose your armband you don't have to worry if you somehow lose it."

"What is vervain?" Jenna asked. "And what do you mean Elena gave me a necklace with it?"

"Vervain is an herb that prevents vampires from compelling you, which is basically a form of mind control." Stefan explained patiently. "And Elena put some vervain in your necklace to keep you safe."

"Thank you." Jenna smiled at Elena.

"You are very welcome." Elena smiled softly, then she turned towards Stefan. "Thank you for all off this."

"I just want you all to be safe." If Stefan was human or full of human blood, he would be blushing but one of the only perks of drinking animal blood was that he seldom had the ability to blush. "There's another vampire in town and until we know who it is and what he wants, we have to be careful."

The doorbell rang and Jeremy offered to go get it so Stefan and Elena could keep explaining to Jenna.

"Hey, that'll be $22." The pizza deliverer said as he pulled out the pizza from the bag.

"Oh, right, just come in and I'll go and get the money from the kitchen." Jeremy told the man as he walked towards the kitchen. He didn't notice the smirk on the mans face or even register that he had said the two words that shouldn't be said 'Come in'.

"Hi," Elena smiled brightly as she came to pay for the pizza. She held out $40 and said, "Keep the change."

"Thanks." The man smiled at her. "And you have yourself a good night."

"I wish you the same." Elena beamed as she closed the door.

XOXOXOX

The next day Elena and Caroline were walking in the front courtyard of the school while Elena filled Caroline in on everything that had been going on.

"So, wait," Caroline stopped walking and giggled. "You made out with this Bree woman, not once but twice?!"

"Yep." Elena smirked.

"Does that mean I can introduce you as my wife or my lesbian best friend now?" Caroline almost bounced in place.

"I'm not a lesbian though." Elena smiled.

"Darn." Caroline laughed.

"But you are allowed to introduce me as you 'Emotional Support Bitch' if you want." Elena joked with a laugh.

"Oh, I am definitely using that!" Caroline crowed.

"Anyway, how are things with you and Matt?" Elena smiled at her best friend. She really loved Caroline, she was such an amazing person and she hated how they treated her in the show.

"We've hung out a couple of times, that's it, but..." Caroline hesitated, then she took a deep breath and continued. "I just feel like we've peaked as friends. And I don't think Matt is over you."

"I have told Matt that I'm a different person since the accident and he'll just have to accept that." Elena told her. "He knows that he has to move on and who better with than you?"

"I'm so glad that you are my best friend." Caroline wrapped Elena in a hug. "I feel like I can talk to you about anything."

"On that point there is something I need to tell you." Elena sighed. "But I also need to tell Bonnie so could the three off us maybe meet up at the grill later today?"

"That works for me." Caroline smiled. "Care to give me hint?"

"It has to do with me and my parents." Elena hinted. "But it's not bad, not really."

Later that afternoon, Elena, Caroline and Bonnie was sitting at a table at the grill eating dinner as Elena tells them both about her being adopted.

"I can't believe that you are adopted." Bonnie muttered quietly. "I didn't see that coming."

"Not like it matters." Caroline shrugged. "You are still the same person and I, we, still love you."

"I love you guys too." Elena smiled at them. "But things get weirder. I looked at my birth certificate, it lists Miranda and Greyson Gilbert as my birthparents. None of it makes sense."

"But you said Jenna would tell you what you wanted to know when you were ready, right?" Caroline asked and Elena nodded her head.

"First of all, the Elena I know would always want the real truth, good and bad." Bonnie insisted.

"And second?" Elena asked with a small smile, she knew Bonnie was right about that one.

"You just found out that your male best friend is a vampire, so unless your birthparents are aliens... How bad could it be?" Bonnie looked at her.

"Unless her birthparents are veelas, like form Harry Potter." Caroline joked. "That would explain so much though."

"I don't know if that is a compliment or not." Elena laughed.

Caroline just wiggled her eyebrows with a smirk and stood up to walk over and talk to Matt.

"I'm going to have to go to the store." Elena sighed as she told Bonnie that. "My outfit for the dance is severely lacking in accessories."

"You do that." Bonnie chuckled. "I'll pay the bill."

"Thanks Bonnie." Elena smiled. "I'll pay next time."

Elena waved at Caroline and Matt as she walked out of the grill. As she walked towards her car her phone started to ring. She pulled her phone put of her bag, "Hello."

"Hello Elena." A male voice said from the other end.

"Hey, who is this?" Elena asked.

"You hit me with your car." The man told her and Elena froze. "Is that a new one?"

Elena started to look around her for the person she was talking to. She spotted the man in the hoddie approaching her from the other side of the parking lot.

"You got away from me last time." The man growled. "You won't next time."

Elena quickly got into Jenna's car, started the engine and sped off down the road, right past the man who watched her drive off with a smirk.

She quickly drove to the boarding house to talk to either Stefan or Damon about what happened. Luckily for her both Salvatore brothers were home and as she told them about the call she started to pace in the library.

"Why me?" Elena asked when she was done retelling her story, more annoyed than scared. "What does he want with me? And if he's trying to kill me, why call first?"

"We are predators, Elena." Stefan told her slowly. "We hunt, we stalk and it's often more exiting then the actual kill."

"Take this." Damon walked over to her and gave her Jeremys pocket watch/compass. "As you know this tracks vampire and this way you'll know if you are in danger."

"Thank you, Damon." Elena kissed him on the cheek, then she groaned as she saw the time. "Ugh, I better get home so I can shower before the dance."

"I'll pick you up at your place." Stefan smiled at her as she walked out.

When Elena walked in, she met Jenna who was dressed in a cute '50s outfit and cleaning the living room.

"Cute outfit, aunt Jenna." Elena complimented.

"Thank you." Jenna smiled. "By the way, I talked to the insurance company and your car is totaled. You can keep using mine until you have taken your test for the motorbike."

"Thank you, aunt Jenna." Elena smiled. "So, looking at your clothes I assume you're going to the dance?"

"Alaric asked me to help chaperone." Jenna smiled.

"Chaperone, huh." Elena smirked. "Back in my day we just called it a date."

"Funny." Jenna laughed and blushed.

"Hey aunt Jenna?" Elena asked hesitantly. "I think I'm ready to hear about everything now."

Jenna sighed and sat down with Elena on the couch. "Your dad was about to leave the office one night when a girl showed up. She was sixteen, a runaway and about ready to give birth." Jenna told her softly. "He delivered her baby and gave her a place to stay, but a few days later, she disappeared and there you were. Your parents were trying so hard to have a baby, but it just wasn't happening and all Miranda ever wanted was to be a mom."

"So, my biological mother just left me there?" Elena asked sadly. "With two unknown people who could be in a satanic cult for all she knew."

"Elena..." Jenna sighed.

"Whatever." Elena sniffed. "Why were my parents' name on the birth certificate?"

"Your dad was a doctor, Elena." Jenna said as if that explained everything and it did. "He took care of it. They didn't want to lose you, so they kept it quiet, told as few people as possible, but if anyone ever wanted proof, they had documentation."

"What else do you know about her?" Elena asked quietly. "The girl?"

"Just her name." Jenna smiled sadly. "Isobel."

XOXOXOX

Elena looked in the mirror as she put the finishing touches to her '50s hair style. She walked into the bathroom to put a few hairpins in and then some hairspray. She had left the vampire compass on the bed and sadly the sound of the needle starting to tick was muffled. When she was done with her hair, she walked over to her closet to retrieve a pink scarf that would work well with the rest of her outfit.

"Hey, Jenna? Jeremy?" Elena walked over to the door and stuck her head out in the hall. When she doesn't get an answer, she assumed that they had already left for the dance. That is when she finally heard the compass ticking.

Elena quickly walked over to it and picked it up and looked at the needle moving, indicating that there is a vampire close by. She dialed Stefans number as she walked out of her room and down the stairs.

"Stefan's phone." Came Damons voice on the other end. "How my I help you?"

"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked slightly worried.

"He's on his way to you." Damon told her. "He forgot his phone."

"Oh, thank God." Elena breathed out a sigh of relief. "The compass was spinning but it must just be picking up Stefan. Thanks Damon."

"You're welcome, Elena." Damon said as he hung up.

Just as Elena hung up the phone a man jumped down from the ceiling. Elena spun around and gasped and before she could react the man grabbed her and moved his face towards her neck as his eyes turned black with veins under them.

"Elena!" Stefan called out as he pulled the man off her and threw him over the couch, making Elena lose her balance and fall to the floor.

"Are you okay?" Stefan asked worried after the hooded man had vamp-sped out of there.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Elena reassured him as he helped her up from the floor. "You got here just in time."

Fifteen minutes later Damon walked through the door and made his way over to Elena and Stefan who were sitting on the couch.

"How did he get in?" Damon asked even as he tried to subtly check if Elena was okay.

"He was invited in." Elena told him softly.

"He posed as a pizza delivery guy last night." Stefan explained.

"Well he gets points for that." Damon muttered and Elena snorted while nodding in agreement. "Did he say what he wanted?"

"No, he was too busy trying to eat me." Elena told him then added quietly. "And not in a fun way."

Damon chuckled deeply making shivers run up Elenas spine but she ignored them. So, sue her, she would dare anyone not to shiver when someone chuckled like that.

"And you have no idea who this is?" Stefan stared accusingly at his older brother.

"No, I don't." Damon declared and when Stefan looked unconvinced, he continued. "Don't look at me like that, I told you we had company."

"You think there's more than one?" Elena asked slowly.

"We don't know." Damon admitted as he sat down on the armrest of the couch.

"Damon, he was invited in." Stefan said again and Damon nodded understanding at what Stefan was hinting at.

"Then we go get him tonight." Damon declared and then he turned towards Elena. "You up for it?"

"What do I need to do?" Elena looked determined.

"Let me and Stefan escort you to the dance." Damon told her. "And we'll see who shows up."

"That's a bad idea." Stefan muttered.

"This house isn't safe until we get this guy." Damon remined him. "For anyone who lives here. It's worth a shot."

"Let's do this." Elena gave a decisive nod and stood up. "I'll be with the two of you so I'll be safe as can be."

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