The Falls; Nighttime: Stefan arrives at the party, but can't see Elena, so he uses his bionic vamp hearing until he tunes into Elena and Bonnie comparing him to a romance novel hero. He smiles, but before he can get to them, he's waylaid by Caroline -- who is trying way too hard. I'll just add here that I keep seeing comparisons between Caroline and BtVS's Cordelia Chase, but really? I think she's just a Harmony. Anyhow, when Bonnie pushes the psychic angle with Elena -- Elena grabs an empty beer bottle to serve as a crystal ball. Bonnie grabs onto the beer bottle and Elena's. She feels something akin to a charge move through her and opens her eyes wide. Pulling her hand back as if from flame, Bonnie tells Elena that when she touched her, she saw a crow, fog and a man. As Elena tries not to lose it, Bonnie insists that she's just drunk and needs another drink. That should help. After she disappears, Stefan shows up and once again surprises Elena.

Across the party, Vicki and Ty make their way into the woods, as Elena and Stefan walk across the (Christmas-light) lit footbridge, and dither about what qualifies as acceptable party conversation. After it's clear Stefan's not into chit-chat, Elena admits that last spring, her parents' car drove off a bridge into the lake. Seated in the back, Elena survived, but her parents did not. Stefan likes his crows' feet, so he squints. "You won't be sad forever, Elena," and we cut to...

The Woods: Ty is forcing himself on Vicki when Jeremy approaches and breaks it up. After Ty insults Vicki, he leaves, and then Vicki berates Jeremy for...saving her. Okay. In her view, Tyler's drunken attempt at date rape bothered her far less than Jeremy's kindness. "You want to talk to me, get to know me, see into my soul, and screw and screw and screw, until you're done with me." Jeremy asks if that's what she thinks. Vicki says, "That's what I know."