Dear diary, this morning is different. There is change. I can sense it, feel it. I'm awake. For the first time in a long time, I feel completely and undeniably wide awake. For once, I don't regret the day before it begins. I welcome the day... Because I know... I will see him again. For the first time in a long time, I feel good.

Camila walks out of her bedroom, closing the door behind her before walking into the kitchen.

"Do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" Selena asks, looking at herself in the mirror.

"Depends on where you're going."

"Zayn's parent-teacher conference. Hair up or down?" Selena puts her hair up.

"Sexy stewardess." Selena lets it down while. "Boozy housewife."

"Up it is. You're feisty today."

Camila smiled at her aunt. "I feel good, which is rare. So I've decided to go with it. Fly free, walk on the sunshine, and all that stuff. Where is Zayn?"

"He left early. Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse." Selena pauses. "There is no wood shop, is there?"

"Nope."

Zayn stood outside Gigi's room at the hospital.

"You can't be in here, hon. Visiting hours don't start till 9:00." A nurse said, making Zayn jump.

"I just... how is she?"

"She's lost a lot of blood."

"Yeah, but she's gonna be OK, right?"

"She needs her rest. So you come back later. Come on."

In history class, Camila and Shawn look at each other while their teacher lectures them.

"Originally discovered nearly 5 centuries ago, it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over 145 years. Now, the comet will be its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration. Are we bothering you, Mr. Jauregui? Ms. Cabello?"

Camila and Shawn drop their gazes as the bell rings.

"I brought it." Shawn says once they're in the hallway, handing Camila a book. "Told you."

"Wuthering Heights by Ellis Bell. You know, I can't believe she didn't use her real name."

"All the Bronte sisters used pseudonyms. It was the time. Female writers weren't very accepted then."

"Where did you get it?" Camila asked, turning the book over.

"Uh, it was passed down. Through the family."

"Ah."

"I have lots of books. Go ahead. Keep it."

"Oh, no. I... but I would like to read it again. I promise I'll give it back."

"Ok."

Outside Dinah sat down next to Normani. "I'm confused. Are you psychic or clairvoyant?"

"Technically, Grams says I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor so I kinda tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches? I don't think so."

"Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that chick from last night."

"I didn't see her, you did. Why didn't you just talk to her?"

"I don't know. I was drunk."

"Hey, Zendaya. Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt. I was just wondering how Gigi's doing, since you guys are so close. Is she ok?" Zayn asked a few tables away.

"She's fine. Now get out of here."

"How bad is she? Do they know what attacked her? Is she going to make a full recovery? Was she happy to see you? What room number was she in?"

"I'm gonna kick your ass." Zenday said, clenching her fists under the table.

"Yeah, you keep saying that, but when are you actually going to do it? Huh? 'Cause I vote for right here and right now." Zayn pushed Zendaya against the table.

"Walk away, Zayn. It's your final warning."

"No, this is your final warning, dick. I'm sick of watching you play Gigi. If you hurt her one more time, I swear to God, I will kill you." He said, walking away

"Damn, that was like a death threat." She turns to the girls beside her. "Did you hear that?"

"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Harry said as he walked with Camila.

"That's good news."

"Yeah."

"Did you get in touch with your mom?"

"Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so... we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home."

"Gigi lucky that she's ok." Neither notice Shawn sitting on the table, listening to their entire conversation.

"I know, and now there's talk of some missing campers."

"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?"

"She said it was a vampire."

"What?"

"Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters vampire and then passes out."

"OK, that is weird."

"I think she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guy?"

"Harry, the last thing that I want to do is hurt you."

"You know, I'm... I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I want to be there when Gigi wakes up, get the real story about last night."

Shawn is quick to disappear.

Harry sat next to Gigi's bed, jumping slightly when she finally wakes up. "Whoa! Gigi. Gi, hey. It's Harry. Hey, what's wrong?"

"No! No! Get off! No! No! No!"

"Nurse!" Harry runs out of the room looking for a doctor.

Shawn walks into the hospital room and compels her. "It was an animal that attacked you. It came out of the night and jumped you. You blacked out. It's all you remember."

"It's all I remember."

"An animal attacked you. You blacked out. It's all you remember."

"It's all I remember."

"Nurse! I need help! It's my sister."

"She seems fine." The nurse says, seeing Gigi fine in the bed.

Harry frown as he sees Harry leaving. He follows behind him. Shawn enters a room with blood donors and blood bags. His face starts to change, but he leaves as quickly as possible.

Harry enters the same room. He looks for Shawn but he's gone.

"Hey. How are you feeling? You look better. I was worried before. You really had me freaked out with all that screaming." Harry says, walking back into her room.

"Wait, what are you talking about?"

"You don't remember?"

"I feel fine."

"Good, good. Doctor said you could come home tomorrow. Gigi, what attacked you in the woods?"

Gigi hesitates. "An animal. What else could it have been?"

"Hey. How do you feel?" Zayn asks as he stands in the doorway.

"I'm OK."

"I... I'm gonna... I'm gonna go grab a coffee. Hey, Zayn." Harry says, standing up.

"Why are you here?"

"I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"Did you see that look on Harry's face? That was suspicion. I don't want people to find out about us, Zayn."

"Well, you gotta get over that."

"It's not cool for people to know. Ok? I'm older than you, and Harry and Camila would freak."

"No one's going to suspect anything. Why wouldn't I check on you? I mean, I'm the one who found you."

"You are?"

"Yeah, I carried you out of the woods."

"Thank you."

///

"Well, I was talking to Grams, and she said the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity."

"Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens. So then what?" Dinah asked, a sour look on her face.

"So then nothing." Camila slapped Dinah's arm.

"You and Shawn talked all night? There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind?"

"Nope. We didn't go there."

"Not even a handshake? I mean, Chancho, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut."

"We just talked for hours."

"OK, what is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already! Ok, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex!"

"Profound." Camila stands up.

"Where are you going?" Normani asks, laughing lightly.

"Dinah's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying what I was going to do."

Camila walks up to the front door of The Jauregui Boarding House and knocks, looking around as it opens before she walks in.

"Shawn? Shawn?" A crow flies into the house, turning around quickly, jumping when she sees Lauren standing there. "I... I'm sorry for barging in. The door was... open."

"You must be Camila. I'm Laurem, Shawn's sister."

"He didn't tell me he had a sister."

"Well, Shawn's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Shawn will be along any second."

"Wow. This is your living room?" Camila asked, looking around the room.

"Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why my brother's so smitten. It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him."

"The last one?"

"Yeah. Karla, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet."

"Nope."

"Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up now. Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end."

"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end."

"I'm a fatalist. Hello, Shawn."

"Camila. I didn't know you were coming over." Shawn says, walking towards the two.

"I know. I should have called, I just..."

"Oh, don't be silly. You're welcome any time. Isn't she, Shawn? You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some home movies. But... I have to warn you. He wasn't always such a looker."

"Thank you for stopping by, Camila. Nice to see you."

"Yeah, I should probably go. It was nice to meet you, Lauren."

"Great meeting you, too, Camila."

Camila tries to walk out but Shawn is blocking her way as he stares at Lauren.

"Shawn... Shawn?" He finally moves and Camila walks out of the room.

"Great girl. Whoo. She's got spunk. You, on the other hand, look pooped. Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess... hospital."

"Someone had to clean up your mess."

"Well, were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember, if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks work right."

"How long was Camila here?" Shawn finally asks.

"Were you worried, Shawn? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game, 'I'm a high school human'?"

"I'm not playing any game."

"Of course you are. We both know the closest you'll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it."

"What kind of game are you playing, Lauren?"

"Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?"

"He's on the rebound and has raging family issues." Camila said, sitting down on the couch.

"Well, at least it's an ex-girlfriend. Wait till you date a guy with mommy issues or cheating issues. Or amphetamine issues." Selena stops talking as they hear the front door close. "Zayn? Zayn, where were you?"

"More stoner stories? Look, Selena, I get it, you were cool. And so that's... that's cool."

"Oh, no, no, no!" Selena throws an apple at him.

"Ow! Why? Why... why did you do that?"

"Listen up! Quit ditching class or you're grounded. No discussion."

"Parental authority, I like it. Sleep tight."

Camila stood with Normani as they were handing out pamphlets.

"Tonight, night of the comet! Would you like a program?" She turns to Camila. "Would you like a program? He didn't call, huh?"

"Or text. But I realized we never even exchanged that stuff. We've never got to the texting part."

"That's an important milestone in any relationship."

"Isn't it? The timing is wrong, anyway."

"When is it ever right, Mila?"

"I'm not ready."

"Who is?"

"At least I put myself out there."

"Is that what you're calling it?"

"What do you mean?"

"All I'm hearing is reasons why you can't." Normani frowns as she sees Dinah approach Lauren, shaking her head when the girl disappears.

"What is Lauren doing here? Why did she come home?" Stefan asked across town at The Jauregui Boarding house.

"Because I came home. She wants to make my life miserable. That's how she enjoys hers."

"Well, she's putting us all at risk. This girl in the hospital could talk."

"She won't. I took care of her."

"You're sure?"

"I'm not sure, Stefan. I don't know how well it worked. I'm not as strong as Lauren."

"So what happens if it doesn't work?"

"I don't know. I'll deal with it."

"Is she worth it? Shawn, this girl you came back for?"

"Gigi, what are you doing here?" Zayn asked, seeing her walk into Mystic Grill.

"Fighting with Robert about my schedule. You'd think getting ripped up by a rabid animal would merit an extra sick day."

"Are you feeling ok?"

"I hurt."

"Well, the doctor gave you something, right?"

"The kid stuff. Nothing with an 'o' in it. I think they were on to me." They both laugh.

"Here. Knock yourself out, literally." Zayn says, giving her a pill.

"Thanks, Zayn."

"So you gonna, uh, watch the comet later?"

"I hadn't really thought about it. But I could be talked into it. I'll meet you out there in a few." Gigi stops talking as Zendeya walks over.

"Hey, Gi. How you feeling?"

"Like you care." Gigi walks away. Zendaya looks at Zayn, catching him glaring at her.

"What are you looking at, Cabello?"

///

"Hey, I got some candles." Dinah says, flicking her hair over her shoulder.

"Hi. Hey."

"Hey." Harry says, lighting Camila's candle.

"Thank you." She uses her candle to light someone else's candle. She looks up and sees Shawn.

"Thank you. Hi."

"Hi."

"You know, that comet... it's been traveling across space for thousands of years. All alone."

"Yeah, Normani says it's a harbinger of evil."

"I think it's just a ball of... snow and ice, trapped on a path that it can't escape. And once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry about yesterday. I wasn't myself."

"You seem to spend a lot of time apologizing."

"Well, I have a lot to apologize for. Yesterday, that wasn't about you, ok?"

"You didn't tell me that you had a sister."

"We're not close. It's, uh... it's complicated."

"Always. She told me about your ex. Karla."

"What did she say?"

"That she broke your heart."

"That was a long time ago."

"When you lose someone, it stays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt."

"Camila..."

"It's OK, Shawn. I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated sibling? Check. Complicated ex? Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating, double check. It's OK. We met, and we talked, and it was epic, but... then the sun came up and reality set in. So..." Camila blows out her candle and walks away.

Gigi looks over, seeing Lauren. Feeling curious, she decides to walk towards her. "I know you."

"Well, that's unfortunate."

"Um... I don't... I don't know how, but... your face. Excuse me. Sorry." Gigi quickly goes into the restroom, swallowing a few pills. When she looks up into the mirror, Lauren is behind her and attacks her. She screams.

"Hey, has anyone seen Gigi?" Zayn asks, looking around.

Zendaya shakes her head at the younger boy. "You're her stalker. You tell us."

"I can't find her."

"She probably found somebody else to party with. Sorry, pill pusher, I guess you've been replaced."

"What's with the pill pusher?" Camila asked, hearing ebook the conversation.

"Ask him." Zendaya said, holding her hands up.

"You wanna do this right now?"

"Are you dealing?" Camila asked, staring at her brother in shock.

"She's never gonna go for you." Zendaya butted in.

"She already did. Over and over and over again."

"Yeah, right."

"You slept with Gigi? I mean, Gigi slept with you?" Dinah said, laughing.

"You know what, how about all of you shut up and help me find my sister?" Harry says, cutting the others off.

"We'll check the back." Normani said, quickly walking out.

"I'll check the square." Harry looked around the grill.

"I'll come with you."

"Oh, no, no, no. You are coming with me. So that's your game now, dealing?" Camila punched her brother's shoulder.

"I'm not dealing, Camila."

"Look, I'm sick of the tough love speech, Zayn. It's clearly having no impact."

"You and Selena, between the two of you. Enough already!"

"We can stop if you want. Send you to a therapist where you'll be forced to deal with it or to rehab where you'll sit in group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart. Or you could talk to me."

"I vote for none of the above."

"Hey." Harry said rubbing the back of his neck, walking towards to Shawn.

"Hey."

"Have you seen my sister?"

"No, sorry. I'll keep an eye out for her." Shawn goes to leave.

"Hey. I saw you at the hospital yesterday. What were you doing there?"

"Visiting."

"Visiting? You know, Camila and I, we've known each other for a long time. We might not be together right now, but I look out for her. And I'll always look out for her."

Shawn hears a scream nearby, followed by Lauren and Gigi's voices. "Excuse me." He sees Lauren and Gigi, he quickly jumps up onto the roof.

"You really have to stop screaming." Lauren spoke, trying to get the other girl to shut up.

"No, please, stop. Don't..."

"Shh, I'm not gonna drop you." She turns to Shawn. "Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?"

"Let her go, Lauren."

"Shh. really? Ok." Lauren pulls Gigi to the edge of the roof.

"No!"

Lauren throws Gigi to Shawn. "Ugh! Relax. I don't need her to be dead, but... you might." She turns to Gigi. "What attacked you the other night?"

"I don't know. An animal."

"Are you sure about that? Think. Think about it. Think really hard. What attacked you?"

"A vampire."

"Who did this to you?" Lauren asked, smiling to herself at the look on Shawn's face.

"You did!"

"Wrong!"

"Don't." Shawn shouted.

"It was Shawn. Come here." Lauren grabs Gigi on both sides of her head. "Shawn did this to you."

"Shawn did this to me."

"He's a vampire. A vicious, murderous monster."

"Please, Lauren. Please don't do this."

"If you couldn't fix it before, I don't know what you can do now." Lauren pulls off Gigi's bandage and throws her to Shawn.

"Aah!"

"Ugh! Your choice of lifestyle has made you weak. A couple of vampire parlor tricks is nothing compared to the power that you could have, that you now need. But you can change that. Human blood gives you that... You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming 'vampire' through the town square."

"That's what this is about? You want to expose me?"

"No! I want you to remember who you are!"

"Why? So what, so I'll feed? So I'll kill? So I'll remember what it's like to be your brother again? You know what, let her go. Let her tell everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls. Let them chain me up, and let them drive a stake through my heart, because at least I'll be free of you."

"Huh. Huh. Wow. Come here, sweetheart."
Lauren whispers something into Gigi's ear and she becomes fine.

"What happened? Where am I? Oh, I ripped my stitches open. Ugh..."

"You Okay?" Shawn asked.

"I took some pills, man. I'm good." Gigi stumbled away.

"It's good to be home. Think I might stay a while. This town could use a bit of a wake-up call, don't you think?"

"What are you up to, Lauren?"

"That's for me to know and for you to... dot dot dot. Give Camila my best." Lauren jumps off the building.

Dinah is walking to her car when she hears something and stops. She gets to her car, dropping her keys, she stands up. Seeing Lauren in front of her.

"Oh... whoa."

"Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you."

"No, it's fine. Um... I was hoping I'd see you again."

"I know."

Camila rings the bell and Shawn answers it.
"Hi. Would you like to come in?"

"The comet's actually this way." Camila turns around, Shawn following behind her. "Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier."

"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things... I didn't like it."

"See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, write in my diary, like I have been since my mom gave me one when I was 10. It's where I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should probably be telling you."

"What would you write?"

"I would write... 'Dear diary, today I convinced myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that...' I'm scared, Shawn. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that the world's just going to come crashing down, and I don't know if I can survive that."

"Do you want to know what I would write? I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here." Shawn leans in, finally kissing her.

Lauren kisses across Dinah's stomach. All of a sudden, her face transforms and she bites her.