Elena slumped down on Bonnie's sofa. Lately, her life seemed to be one thing after the other and it was exhausting.
Bonnie looked at her friend with a sigh of sympathy. Elena had been different recently, Bonnie couldn't remember the last time she had seen a genuine smile on her face.
"What's the point?" Elena asked the room.
"Elena?" Bonnie questioned.
Elena looked at her best friend close to tears. "I'm so tired Bonnie." Elena replied. "I don't want to fight anymore. There's always something going on, whether Klaus is trying to kill someone or Stefan and Damon are tearing me apart." Recently, the Salvatore brothers had been even more overbearing and each trying to win Elena. She didn't want to be treated like a prize, so she had made the decision that she would not pursue either of them. She loved them both, Stefan her 'epic' love and Damon had managed to weasel his way into her heart. She loved them both. But she wasn't in love with them. Not anymore. Things has changed and Elena had changed. She didn't want to destroy the bond between the brother's, they needed each other more than they needed Elena. Besides, Elena had found her attraction to a certain noble Original growing furiously over the past few months. She didn't expect anything to ever come from her attraction but she couldn't be with either of them knowing where her true feelings lie. With Elijah.
"Elena…you can't give up. You have an amazing future ahead of you. Things won't always be like this." Bonnie looked at her imploring her to believe her words.
Elena shrugged. "How can you know? I could be dead tomorrow. So could you, or Caroline or Alaric."
Bonnie shook her head. "Don't think that way Elena."
Elena stared at the wall, Bonnie's words not making her anymore positive.
Suddenly, Bonnie had an idea.
"Wait!" Bonnie exclaimed "What if I can give you a glimpse of your future and you can see or yourself that better things are coming."
Elena looked intrigued. Bonnie smiled encouragingly.
"You can do that?" Elena asked dubiously.
"Yeah, I found a spell in my gram's grimoire! It seems pretty simple."
Elena thought for a moment. "Okay let's do it!" What else did she have to lose.
Bonnie gathered the ingredients needed for the spell whilst Elena breathed slowly and waited to see what the future held for her.
A few minutes later, Bonnie had finished gathering the ingredients for the spell and had set up 8 candles in a circle, Elena sitting in the middle. "Okay, I just need a drop of your blood to make the spell work." Bonnie said as she handed Elena a pin.
"You sure you know what you're doing?2 Elena asked at the same time as pricking her finger.
"Elena don't worry; the spell will let you see through your future self's eyes without even leaving the safety of the circle." Bonnie reassured her.
"How far into the future, Bonnie?"
"Five years seems like a good amount of time. Surely trouble must have died down by then." Bonnie said trying not only to reassure Elena, but herself as well. She hoped she didn't mess this up. The future had to be better, they were supposed to all be happy. Bonnie wouldn't let Elena be miserable the rest of her life.
"Okay. Are you ready?" Bonnie asked trying not to seem nervous.
"As I'll ever be." Elena replied.
Okay. This is it. Elena thought. Let's see what the future has in store for me.
Bonnie began chanting and the flames from the candle grew until Elena had to shield her eyes. Suddenly blackness surrounded Bonnie. She lit the flames with a flick of her wrist and gasped as Elena was gone.
"Elena?" Bonnie called out to the empty room. Silence. "Oops…" Bonnie picked up her phone and dialled Caroline's number. The blonde baby vampire was going to kill her. How had she managed to lose Elena? How does someone lose a person?
Meanwhile.
Elena frowned as she was no longer sitting down in Bonnie's living room, but stood again a wall. Correction. Pressed against a wall. By a man. She closed her eyes and tensed as a low growl emanated from to body pressed against her. What had Bonnie gotten her into? Elena thought as the figure pulled their face from the crook of Elena's neck with a feather light kiss and stared into her eyes with concern. Elijah?