Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or The Vampire Diaries even though I sure wish I did. Also this is my first TVD fanfic so be easy with me please.

"Do you think it'll hurt?" Bonnie asked while staring at the imminent white light.

"I don't kno-" The white light consumed them and just like that they were gone.

3 months later…

Mystic Falls was bustling with life after all the new construction. The Mystic Grille expanded; there was a new fountain in the middle of the town square contributed by a certain ex-hybrid. Everything was better, the grass greener, the air just a little bit sweeter, and birds sung with life. The crime rates have dropped dramatically, seeing how the town had one of the highest homicidal rates around. But the lack of supernatural creatures, left the area resolved of killing sprees and wicked magic. So for the first time you could see the joy of Mystic Falls, because there was no funeral to attend every week. Although the Falls seemed anew, no one forgot their past. Especially one blonde cheerleader who built a mural of all the people they have lost within the last years. In the dead middle, are two faces easily recognizable by many people in the community. The girl had a big toothy smile, that made her olive green eyes bright. Next to her with his arm unrealistically draped on her shoulder was a pale man, with blue eyes so vivid they could pierce into your soul, and a smirk you wish you could wipe off. There sitting on a bench in front of the mural was a previously mentioned blonde who always started her day, admiring the mural. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply as if to commit the whole thing to memory and smiled. She stood up and pulled out her phone to snap a pic just in case her memory didn't suffice. Today was the last day she could wake up and see the mural because tomorrow she was heading back to Whitmore, which she was very excited for. She had took one last glance at the mural and left. She had a busy day scheduled ahead of her she had to make sure that everyone, was packed up and ready to go for tomorrow and knowing her friends none of them have even begun.

She knocked the door to a third floor apartment rapidly, after some shuffling around the door creaked open and Caroline found herself in front of a topless Jeremy who so clearly just woke up.

"Jeremy as much as I love toned abs, please put on a shirt."

"Caroline, what are you even doing here?" Jeremy yawned. Caroline pushed the door aside and made her way to the kitchen.

"I'm so thirsty, because I didn't hydrate this morning, which I usually never forget to do" She explained as she poured herself a glass of orange juice.

"What?" Jeremy said while rubbing his eyes.

"Well I guess I must have been to excited so I forgot, I can't wait for Whitmore!"

"Jeremy whose here?" Alaric stepped in, adjusting his eyes to the light. Caroline turned around sipping her glass; only too see that Alaric was half nude too.

"Jeez what is it with all this PG-13 nudity, actually I can't complain both of you are quite easy on the eyes, and by the way where did you get this orange juice it is the best!"

"Morning Caroline" Alaric and Jeremy stared at the all to energized blonde with bewilderment.

"Don't mean to come off as mean but what exactly are you doing here this early?"

"As good as you guys are to look at I'm obviously here for Elena, duh!" Suddenly the men of the room got quiet, slightly bewildered at her statement.

"Well where is she Awkward 1, and Awkward 2?"

"Caroline, Elena doesn't live here anymore…" Jeremy said while Alaric tried to quietly sneak away from what could soon become a hazardous area.

"What do you mean she doesn't live here, you guys all moved in together after.. What happened"

"Yeah but last month we decided things would be better if we separated ourselves a bit."

"You're telling me that Elena moved out a month ago, and I'm just hearing about this now! Also that you guys think it's a great time to be "separated!" Caroline growled the glass in her hand no longer safe.

"Look you wouldn't understand"

"Understand what?"

"What we're going through?" He regretted every single word that he just blurted out of his mouth, and thought how he could be so idiotic to think that he could possibly say that.

"I don't understand what it's like to have my best friend die?!" the glass exploded into a million chards and cascaded onto the floors like tears, "In case you forgot Bonnie (and Damon on occasion) were my friends too. So how dare you say, I wouldn't understand!"

"You know that's not what I meant?" He worded carefully as he stepped a little closer to her.

"Then what did you mean, mhm"

"I meant that.. Things have been different for me and Elena." Noticing that the blonde had calmed down just a tad he took the opportunity to drag her to the sink.

"What do you mean?" Jeremy turned on the faucet and Caroline finally released the few chards she had left in her hands. Her dark blood going down the sink along with them. Jeremy placed her hands under the running water, "It's just that Elena and I grieve differently and we felt better if we separated ourselves from each other." He proceeded to pick the glass out her hands although she had already started healing, and whipped her hands clean with a towel.

"Oh… and thanks" was all Caroline managed to get out, seeing that the conversation was a very sensitive subject for the Gilbert. Jeremy threw the hand towel over his shoulder.

"It's ok, I think it's better this way.. So we can heal at our own paces." Caroline didn't know what to say, so she hugged him. He was a bit surprised; it's been awhile since he had received a hug. But finally he returned the hug and it was nice, he even sighed a little with relief. Then Alaric walked in with a shirt on this time, and Caroline quickly let go of Jeremy being reminded that his half nude body was against her.

"Go follow his example" she exclaimed with a shove.

"Alright" he chuckled and went to his room. Caroline started to sweep up the glass as Alaric eyeballed her from the corner of his eyes wondering what happened in the kitchen.

"What?"

"Nothing"

"It looks like you want to say something"

"Nope, not me I'm just you know, making breakfast" He said as he made a show of cracking the eggs.

"uhh huh"

"Yup, by the way are you planning on staying for breakfast" By this time Caroline had finished her sweeping and there wasn't a glass in sight.

"No I don't think I can."

"No, you barge into my house this early the least you can do is stay for breakfast"

"It's that I have a schedule-"

"Nope you just made us put shirts on you're staying" Jeremy said as he reappeared with a white muscle shirt that was barely a shirt.

"Look I'm such a good a host, I'll even make you your favorite breakfast." Alaric told her with a grin on his face.

"Really you'll make me banana French toast coated with brown sugar and drizzled with AB+ blood on top of some low-fat whip cream, O and don't forget turkey bacon on the side." Alaric's eyes boggled at the very detailed order and Jeremy cringed a little at her request for blood.

"Yeah.. I could make that," Ric said incredulously.

"Great I'll set the table" she squealed and Jeremy went along to help her. They all ended up enjoying breakfast; it turned out Alaric was an amazing cook. He actually made Caroline's breakfast better than she had ever tasted, so she titled him her go to breakfast man. They had a nice conversation as the sun continued to rise, and they looked like a normal family on a normal day eating breakfast. Alaric asked them how their weeks had gone and even cracked some dad jokes and Caroline chatted on about her excitement for returning to college. Jeremy stayed relatively quiet, as he just wanted to relish in the moment, because in that moment everything was ok. Caroline enjoyed being there so much she forgot why she had came and ended up leaving with a smile on her face as she told Jeremy she owed him a glass.

It was when she was in her car that she realized she had no idea where she was going until she ended up at the Forwood Mansion. She rang the doorbell expecting Matt or Tyler to answer, but to her surprise it was someone else.

"Elena!"

3 months earlier

The light swallowed them and suddenly the pair was everywhere and nowhere at the same time. They were traveling at the speed of light, Bonnie's body was light as feather and she floated forward. Damon on the other hand seemed to become heavier the longer they traveled, causing him to stray, but they didn't let go of each other's hands. Soon their hands started to burn and it was as if something was telling Bonnie to let go of him but she knew better. A drumming began telling them that their destination was arriving wherever, that maybe. The drumming got louder and then Bonnie's head felt like it was gonna crack open if she did not let go of Damon's hand. She literally felt as if her head was tearing apart into two, she closed her eyes to concentrate on not letting go. Damon felt her slipping away so he grabbed on to her small hand tighter, all the while fighting of the sensation that felt as if his arm was set on fire by a thousand suns. The drumming banged on and on, as if approaching a battle, inside their heads. Bonnie let out a scream that could not be heard over the incessant drumming. Then it stopped, it all stopped; the drumming, the light, the burning. Damon opened his eyes and Bonnie fell to the ground in front of him.

"Bonnie!" He dropped to the ground quickly.

"Do not die twice in one day," he commanded, he checked her heart rate, glad to hear that it was still beating. Some blood had come out her nose he quickly wiped it away with his forearm.

"Alright it looks like, I'll be doing all the work, as usual."

He picked her in both his arms and her head fell next to his chest. Finally he looked around at his surroundings for the first time. The sun was bright here, and hills rolling with green. Damon recognized that he had been here before but only for a very brief time, so he commenced to climb the hill to seek shelter. The other side was a valley covered in trees with a glistening river running right through it, and the skies were the best shade of blue. Even Damon couldn't deny the beauty of the place, but he continued walking occasionally checking to see if Bonnie was still breathing. After what seemed like 3 hours of walking, Bonnie blinked her eyes to life although the rest of her body looked drained.

"Nice to see that you decided to wake up lazy"

"What?" she croaked still not aware of much, and wincing at the major migraine she felt.

"You're lucky your light, or else I would have left you stranded a long time ago." This is when Bonnie realized Damon was carrying her.

"Put me down, right now."

"I don't think that's such a good idea"

"Now" she commanded despite being frail, and her head still pounding.

"Ok whatever you say, Judgey." He swung her off his arms and planted her on the floor. She took one step forward, and fumbled to the ground.

"Told you bad idea" he proclaimed while catching her and picking her up once again. She glared at him with eyes of death, but even that was too much work for her. As much as she hated being needy, she did need his help. Damon smirked as he saw her come to the realization, how he could be so smug even in the afterlife baffled her.

"Where are we?" As she tried to crane her neck to see her surroundings but it hurt her too much.

"Somewhere you've never been."

"Thanks Captain Obvious" she croaked dryly and decided to give up on Damon, she tried staying awake but her eyelids gave way. A couple more hours later, the sun started to set and Damon decided to set up "camp". But the second he went to put Bonnie down she awoke once again. She convinced him that she was strong enough to walk now, her steps were extremely shaky so Damon decided to help her by letting her use his shoulder as a prop.

"Come on, I don't have all day"

"For all you know, you have eternity" Damon squinted at the fact that he indeed was dead. As Bonnie tried to hobble of in a different direction.

"Where are you going?"

"To that boulder by the river"

"Why?"

"Just help me get there" Too tired to understand her witchy logic he helped her towards the boulder, where she sat down. He sat down next to her afraid she'll fall to her death or double death or whatever he didn't know if they were capable of death in this place. Just as he expected she started tilting towards the river, so he quickly caught her in his grasp. At that moment Bonnie did something weird, she smiled. Not just a little smile, but a huge smile that made her look rejuvenated with life, and made her eyes sparkle. It made him feel queasy inside. He followed her eye line and before he knew it he was smiling too. Suddenly he understood why she wanted to sit there. Bonnie glanced ever so quickly at him and was surprised to see him have an authentic smile spread across his face. In front of them was a sunset no device or artist could capture. The skies were painted with vivid oranges, yellow, reds, pinks, and purples, and a crystal blue river that crashed ever so slowly against the rocks mirrored the sky below. A wind swept through the trees bringing the smell of pine and a shiver to Bonnie's spine. Damon noticed and brought her closer just a little more, realizing how cold her skin really was. Bonnie hadn't seemed to have notice or she didn't mind because she didn't have anything to say about the matter.

"Have you ever seen something so beautiful?" She said never taking her eyes of the picturesque sky.

"No" the word just slipping out of his mouth and it was full of pure honesty. Never in his long life had he seen something as beautiful as what he was experiencing now.

Minutes later Bonnie whispered into the wind "If death means staring at this sunset for eternity, I think I'm ok with being dead, even if it means being stuck with you."

Damon silently agreed, knowing very well that what she said was compliment. Bonnie placed her head on Damon's chest, surprising him but he didn't mind it frankly it was nice. A couple minutes later her head popped backup in shock as if she just realized what she had done, the sin she had committed.

"Da-mon… You're… human" She stated with her olive eyes staring at him with surprise as she had felt the presence of his heart, he averted his eyes to the sunset and replied tenaciously," I know."

I know this chapter was a bit boring but I hope you enjoyed and it'll pick up soon.