A six year old Bonnie is playing in the flower bed with Luka Martin and Josette Parker. Out the corner of her eye she could see a boy sitting on the back porch watching them play. Bonnie stood up and ran over to him.
"Do you want to play with us?"
Though he looked hopeful when she first ran over his spirits died after she asked that question. "I can't, my mom and dad says I'm not allowed."
Bonnie pouted in thought. She wanted to include the boy in their fun but didn't want him to get into trouble. Her eyes lit up as she got idea in her head. "What if we read together?"
"Read?" He tilted his head quizzically.
Bonnie bounced up and down excitedly. "Yes! Do you have any books?"
"I think so." He smiled up at her.
His smile dimmed at the look on Bonnie's face. Bonnie took a few steps back at seeing Josette's father come up. Joshua reached down and snatched the boy up roughly.
"What are you doing out here? Why aren't you in your room?" His voice made Bonnie want to run to her Grams, he was scary.
"Dad I-"
Mr. Parker cut him off. "No Malachai, I don't want to hear it. I'm taking you back upstairs." He then fixed his glare on Bonnie. "Go finish playing with Jo."
Bonnie murmurred a yes sir and quickly walked away. Glancing back she caught Malachai looking back at her before casting his eyes downward and being pulled into the house.
Bonnie awoke to sunlight filtering in her room. Rolling over and grabbing her phone off the charger she saw that it read 7:02, with a message from Meredith.
Have some things to do so don't bother to stop by the house. See you girls in school.
After texting back an okay she flung the duvet off of her legs and proceeded to start her day. She was going to ignore that dream, all it did was stir up unwanted memories.
8:47, Bonnie hurriedly weaved her way through the throng of students to get to her math class. She spent too long in the shower and lost track of time making her almost late for first period. She dipped past Elena and Stefan who stood by the door talking as students filed into the classroom. Caroline and Tyler were in the back of the room snarking at each other about an upcoming game. Getting situated Bonnie felt her phone vibrate. Texts from her Grams about what she wanted for dinner.
As the bell rung Meredith came in quietly and took her seat behind Bonnie. "How come you never participate in Founder's Day?" She had been meaning to ask the girl for the longest, Meredith would always see the other two at the events but never Bonnie.
Bonnie abruptly stopped texting and swiveled around to face her. "Hi to you too Merry. Do you want the short answer or the long one?"
Meredith put her chin in her hands. "Oh somewhere in the middle." She replied dryly. "Buenos dias BB."
She rolled her eyes and tsked. "Sinvergüenza." She put her phone away, "but to answer your question it's an ancestor thing, my Grams usually has me going over family history with her on that day."
"That's actually a way better alternative." Meredith sat up straight now. "So you telling me your family built Mystic Falls or had something to do with it?"
"Built it."
"Neat." Meredith sounded genuinely impressed.
Ms Harmon tapped her ruler against the blackboard to get the class' attention. "Okay settle down. I know you kids are happy to see the same people you saw yesterday but now class is starting." Setting down the ruler she adjusts a few papers on her desk. "Open your books and turn to page 125." She puts an equation on the board. "Now who can answer this problem? If you kids did your homework last night you should know the answer."
There's a collective groan heard throughout the classroom. Meredith's hand shoots up but before she can answer a male voice quiets the room.
"403.2″ A tall dark haired boy leans against door frame, his clothing screaming 90s. His face is the epitome of nonchalance as his orbs scanned the class.
Ms Harmon adjusts her glasses. "That's correct."
The teens start whispering among themselves. Bonnie and Meredith heard a girl mutter that hopefully the new guy's not thirsting after Elena like the other one. Both girls snicker at the comment.
"How about you introduce yourself to the class?"
"Gladly." The young man gave her a mock salute. "The name's Malachai Parker, evil sounding I know, but I can assure you lot I'm not." He grinned cheekily and a few students chuckled. "By the way I go by Kai not Malachai."
Ignoring the new kid Bonnie was busy digging around her backpack for her math book, while doing so she could feel eyes on her. She took a quick glance up and locked eyes with him; He winked at her in return.
Bonnie felt her face flame. Meredith leaned forward, "Seems like someone has a new admirer."
She looked back down at her bag. "Shut up Mere." As Bonnie tried to ignore the stares she couldn't help but feel like she met him before.
"Take a seat Mr Parker." The teacher turned back to the board.
"Roger~" Malachai lopped over to the empty seat next to Bonnie and sat down. "It's been a while Bonster."
Caught off guard Bonnie dropped her math book on the floor. She whipped around to face him. "Bonster...that nickname only came from Joshua's son. This boy can't be him, not that scrawny kid who was always forced to stay inside at gatherings. Kai Parker, the kid that decided he was going to make her life a living hell at every coven gathering ever since she dared to interact with him."
He gave her a little finger wave, she scowled at him in response. Looking at his smug face Bonnie decided that the spirits must really hate her, that must be it. That's the only plausible reason the bane of her existence would even be here and not in Portland.
She put her head down on her desk, mumbling to herself. "This school year is going to suck."
A.N: Meredith Fell is actually Meredith Sulez-Fell in this story just to clear up any confusion. Her parents are divorced and her mother got remarried.