-You gonna watch the eclipse?
Bonnie flushed in embarrassment as she scrambled to quiet her phone, it was supposed to be set on vibrate. She hated being that person who thought they were above the rules. "Sorry." She mouthed to Sheriff Forbes.
"So, like I was saying.." Liz continued as Bonnie stashed her phone away. She saw Damon shoot her a look out the corner of her eyes, but didn't bother to engage. The vampire had been extremely moody lately, ever since his ill-fated run in with Kai that left him lying in the street with a snapped neck. She knew his ego was hurt, but that was something he'd just have to get over.
Her gaze wandered over to Stefan who perched on the arm of the chair Caroline was sitting in. Or maybe it was because he had to deal with his little brother showing up unexpectedly. The brooding vampire had come back a week ago and even though Bonnie had been a little pre occupied with coming back to life and dealing with selling her father's house and moving into her Grams' cottage, even she could tell that something was off about him.
"Any questions?" Bonnie tuned back in just to hear the chorus of 'no's'. She'd have to ask Caroline what was asked later, but for right now, she just wanted to hurry up and get this meeting over with. Bonnie dug her phone out and was in the midst of replying to Kai when she felt a gust of wind and Damon was looking over her shoulder.
"Why is he texting you about the eclipse?"
"Why are you all up in my business?" Bonnie shot back.
"Because that's what he does" Stefan called out from across the room, "My big brother likes to imagine himself as the top dog. Your FBI agent knocked him down like he was nothing, so naturally he feels the need to reestablish his dominance over all of us."
"Stefan!" Elena admonished.
Caroline tossed her hair over her shoulder, "It's true and he should say it."
Bonnie stifled her laugh and escaped outside while the vampires inside squabbled amongst themselves.
-Probably not. I'm not much of a star gazer.
She answered Kai's text while sitting at the grill waiting on Jeremy to finish his shift. Ever since she was brought back to life, he'd been pulling out all the stops to show how sorry he was for not doing anything to bring her back. She had told him that it was okay and that she didn't blame him, but he still persisted in trying to make it up to her.
-Did you know that not only are they pretty to look at, they're also a source of power for many types of spells?
-No, I did not know that.
-Well, consider that your one magical fact for the day. Insert "the more you know" gif.
-You are so old.
-Ouch.
Bonnie grinned, she knew that would get to him.
-Tell me more about using the eclipse as a power source. Does it matter the type of eclipse, or….
-Yeah different ones can power different spells. Jo's got some sort of book here that has the different types of eclipses, I'll see if I can find it and let you know what it's called.
-Has your coven ever used it as a power source?
-…
Bonnie frowned as she watched the dots appear then disappear. It went on that way for minutes, until he answered with one word.
-Yes.
Okay, touchy subject. Bonnie surmised. She decided to let that go, choosing to ask about his family instead.
-How's Portland? Was your coven surprised by you having your own magic?
-Oh, that's not a story to tell over text.
