Summary: In this chapter Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith are on the decorating committee for the Halloween dance. While they’re in the gym planning after school, the lights go out. Bonnie and Meredith go look for the janitor, and Elena stays in the gym. While Bonnie and Meredith are gone somebody else comes in the gym. Elena doesn’t know how he got there because all the doors are locked. The stranger talks to Elena for a while, but then Elena runs out of the gym to find Bonnie and Meredith.

 

Main characters: The main characters in this chapter are Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith.

 

Character development: Elena isn’t as selfish anymore. She’s starting to act more mature.

 

Setting: This chapter takes place after school at Robert E. Lee High School. It’s in the middle of October.

 

Quote:

“I want him to love me as much as I love him.”

Elena says this to her friends. She thinks that Stefan doesn’t love her as much as she loves him. Stefan loves her just as much, but he doesn’t show it like she does.


Vocabulary:
Druids: A member of a pre-Christian religious order among the ancient Celts of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland.
Grudging: Displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness.