Chapter 1:

I looked at the Salvatore boarding house from the outside as I stood there, watching the day go by curling my brown hair with my fingers. The hot sun was burning my brown eyes so I used my hand as a shield. It was a Saturday so I had nothing to do. School was closed, Caroline was with Tyler, Damon was getting blood bags from the blood bank, and Stefan was away with Klaus. It's been a rough without him, although I learned that he obviously doesn't want to be saved. He told me himself while I was on one of my suicidal missions to get him back. Ever since then I kinda just stopped searching for him and tracking him down because, I wasn't going to just risk my life every time trying to save him when he doesn't even want to see me. All of a sudden my phone rang and interrupted my thoughts, I looked at the screen and it said, Bonnie in big bold letters covering the screen. I answered the phone and heard Bonnie's voice say, "Hey Elena! Where are you?"

"At Damon's why?"

"Oh, what are you doing there?"

"Nothing, just got bored so I came here but Damon went to go get more blood bags."

"Oh, well wanna come to the Mystic Falls Grill?" she asked.

"Sure, but I thought you were working on your magic?"

"Yeah, but I decided to take a break. Magic can get boring."

"Oh cool so I'll see you in five?"

"Yeah, bye!"

"Bye Bonnie."

I got out of my car and walked into the Grill looking for Bonnie. I couldn't find her. It felt nice to finally be able to walk into the Grill and not be scared of anybody was watching me or if Klaus or Stefan was there. Then I remembered the first time me and Stefan came here together. Everyone was here. That's when Stefan and I got to hang out as friends, even though I wanted to be more. After a while of thinking of Stefan, I frowned. I couldn't be thinking of Stefan all the time. He was old news! I had to forget him…but how? A fake smiled crept up my face as I saw Bonnie walking up to me. "Hey! I'm glad you came. And sorry I was in the bathroom."

"It's ok and me too. It's been a while since we could just do this normally," I said trying to keep a smile on my face.

"You ok, Elena?" She said.

"What? Yeah, it's just, I've been thinking about Stefan lately," I said.

"Ok come on. You have to forget about him. I mean, yeah, you guys had some good times but, that's over now. We need to find you a new guy. Maybe Caroline can set up with a guy."

"Why can't you?" I asked curiously.

"Because Caroline is in charge of that stuff." I giggled. "Well speaking of love life's, how's yours?" I asked trying to change the subject. "Well…it's ummm…good," Bonnie said.

"Oh yeah? Who's the lucky guy?"

"Darrel?" she said with a half-smile on her face. We both broke into laughter.

"Darrel? That's the best you can do?"

"What? And you can do better?"

"Uh, try Greg or Chris or Chad or Michael or…"

"Ok! I get it thank you very much miss know it all!" Bonnie said jokingly.

"Hey!" I said pretending to be offended.

"Just kidding," Bonnie said. There was a silence for a couple seconds but Bonnie broke it by asking, "So how's Damon?"

"What do you mean?" I asked with a puzzled expression on my face.

"Well, you know. How is he? Like are you guy's good friends now? Best friends? Maybe even more?" Bonnie said suggestively. When what she was implying processed in my mind I was offended in a way.

"What? Ugh! No Bonnie! We are JUST friends! I mean, just because Stefan is out of the picture doesn't mean Damon is in it. And plus, just because Stefan is gone doesn't mean I can just magically forget about him in a second. After all we've been through, he really means something to me and it's gonna take some time to get over him." I said with a sincere tone in my voice.

"Well, yeah, I know. It's just that the idea is out there and you know Damon will make a move on you. Plus, you're at his house all the time!" she said.

"Yeah I guess but there's nothing going on, believe me. And don't you, hate Damon? Why are you 'putting the idea out there'?" I asked.

"Well, I don't know I mean, once you take away the whole vampire part, he's a pretty good guy. Like, he watches over you, makes you laugh, and won't let anything happen to you. He cares about you Elena. Also, now he drinks blood bags so he doesn't hurt anyone. Which was the main reason I ignored vampires, because, everywhere they go innocent people die." She said. "But he doesn't kill anymore. You may think I'm trying to do something, but I'm just stating the facts."

"Yes, Bonnie, I know he's a good guy and maybe there's something there and maybe there isn't. But first I'm just focusing on one thing, forgetting Stefan. And until then, I can't just move on." I said. There was a dead silence then I sighed and said, "Ok, so maybe a guy may stop me from moving on in my love life but he won't stop me from having fun with my friends."

"Good! I'm proud of you. So wanna see if Caroline is done playing with Tyler? We could have a girls' night," Bonnie suggested.

"Great idea, and then you guys could spend the night at my place if you want," I said.

"Ok, I'll call Caroline."