From Dusk to Dawn
A/N: I don't own anything except a laptop and a weird imagination. Thanks for reading; this is my first fan fiction so please be kind J
Bonnie awoke from the same nightmare she had been having for the last month. Not in control of her own body Bonnie watched as Emily caused the ground around them to burst in flames. She saw as Damon watched on helplessly. She felt the sharp shards of crystal fall on her as the sky around her flared and then like every other night she felt the agonizing pain as Damon sunk his teeth into her shoulder. She could smell the cooper of her blood as it spilt down her back, hear the screams of Elena and Stefan as they rushed to save her, she felt her heart slowing and then she woke up.
Good Grief Bonnie thought, I really need to stop obsessing over this or at least start going to bed earlier so I don't completely sleep through midterms. As she went through her morning routine she tried to focus as her parents told her that her cousin Lucy was coming home but her mind kept wandering back to that night. Even as she drove to pick up Elena she couldn't even muster up the energy to pretend that she was ok.
"I am so glad you still have a car or we'd never get … Bonnie what's wrong." Elena stared at her best friend noticing for the first time had scared she looked.
And that was it, the floodgates open. Everything Bonnie had been feeling and holding in for the last four weeks poured out.
"Oh Elena, I tried to be cool with this whole vampire thing but I can't get that night out of my head and it's just all falling apart. The witch stuff is one thing that's family but vampires, Damon it's all too much."
"It's ok," Elena whispered as she stroked Bonnie's hair, feeling the tears fall on her shoulder.
" I'm so sorry I've been dealing with all my stuff and Stefan, well mostly Stefan and I should have realised oh, Bonnie I so sorry for dumping this all on you and leaving look lets ditch the home room and go get coffee instead," Elena said as Bonnie sat up straight wiping her eyes.
"It's ok I feel better know I just needed to get that out I think argh I think spending all that time with Grams is turning me into a drama queen, I wish Mer were here."
"Me too," Elena replied.
As they pulled into the school parking lot they could a crowd gathered around Tyler's new SUV.
"You think everyone would have had enough of it after the way he showed it off last week," Bonnie laughed as she pulled into a free space next to Alaric Saltzman's car.
"I find it amazing that everyday for the last week you've managed to score the park right beside Mr Saltzman's car," Elena inquired grinning at her predicable best friend.
"He likes to be called Ric by the way and I guess I just have amazing luck, are you meeting Stefan this morning."
"Nope, texted him on the way over and said I needed to spend the whole day with my best friend." Smiling Elena linked arms with Bonnie and walked into the school ready for the day.
Bonnie walked out of the classroom and looked around to see Caroline coming up behind her looking as glamorous as ever. Only Caroline could make the red and yellow halls of Robert E. Lee High School look like a photo shoot.
"That was torture how can they expect us to learn anything if all we do is work."
"Because the whole 2 hours we've actually been in class have been so stimulating," Bonnie coyly asked her friend.
"Whatever, come on Elena's waiting for us outside," with that Caroline dragged Bonnie to the outside quad while Elena had managed to secure a free table.
As they sat down both girls could tell something was bothering Elena. It reminded Bonnie of the time Elena had to tell her parents that she had forgotten that she was playing hide and seek with Jeremy.
"Ok spill what is it," Bonnie asked her troubled friend." I opened up to you about what was bothering me in the car this morning you can tell us anything, is it Stefan."
Elena ran her hair through and took a deep breath.
"It's worse, it's Damon I think I like him."
"What, how, who, when, huh," Caroline and Bonnie shouted in unison as they moved to Elena's side of the table.
"I don't know it was that road trip we took and he was nice and I thought it was just because I was drunk but during class before I couldn't stoop thinking about his eyes and the way he helped me and arms and other muscles have you seen how toned he is,"
"ELENA" Bonnie yelped hoping she would stop. Elena dropped her head to the wooden table and started mumbling to herself.
"I understand the toned bit I was the first to fall under that particular spell but its Damon what about Stefan how would he feel if he knew you were having lusty type thoughts about his brother?" Caroline enquired of her troubled friend.
"Seriously what would you do with two guys?" Bonnie asked.
"The same thing only longer," a voice behind them said.
"Meredith!"
"I can't believe it when did you get in," the now flustered Elena asked. It had been nearly six months since she has seen her calm and collected best friend, her dad moved the Sulez family away for work a little over a year ago and the last time they had been together as a group hadn't been a happy occasion.
Meredith looked the same as ever long dark hair framing her perfect olive skinned face that annoyingly never needed makeup and deep eyes that seemed to see right through you like they did now.
" Yesterday but jetlag took the best of me how is everyone I trust you all have been behaving yourselves?" she queried raising her elegant eyebrow in the direction of her three sheepish looking best friends.
"Well you do have impeccable timing our dear Elena is in the middle of a crisis that could use you logical approach," Caroline said pulling in next to the now seated Meredith putting her arm around her newly returned friend.
"It's nothing that I'm sure we won't discuss to great lengths later but how are you? How was Australia? Don't you have school?" Elena asked hoping to change the subject to something less dramatic or confusing.
"To answer both questions Australia was good, hot but good and the holidays are spread over the year unlike here so I have a couple of weeks to kill before the new semester starts," Meredith answered smiling wrapping her arm around Bonnie who had ventured onto her side of the table.
"Well I can't believe your back we seriously need to celebrate at the grill tonight and show you off to all the new people," Bonnie said.
As she spoke Tyler and Matt started to walk towards the table obviously curious about the new person that had joined the girl's table. "What's this about a celebration?" Tyler said.
"You girls interested in partied in my new SUV or on it whatever you prefer?"
"Tyler I have beaten you up once before don't make me have to do it again," Meredith announced standing up to very nearly reaching Tyler's eye line.
At that Matt, Elena and Caroline burst into smiles and giggles as Bonnie said two words, "Meredith's Back!"
Who did Meredith Suez think she is, embarrassing him like that? Why he ought to teach her lesson that would wipe that self-righteous look off her face. Still hearing the laughing he stormed towards his car pushing nosey and good for nothing freshman out of his way.
When he got to car Tyler slammed his fist into the car door penetrating the shiny, new black metal. Looking down he saw that there should have been no way his hand should have made a scratch that big or deep and more remarkably to Tyler at least it looked like it had been made by a claw.