When this Bonnie girl came back Stefan's reaction was surprise.
Based on their reactions to her resurrection they seemed to have considered her as one of their own. Someone that they were extremely close to. That she wasn't just an acquaintance.
The way that they had spoke of her―well when they had spoken of her―he had came to the conclusion that she was just the occasional ally or someone that they talked to in passing that was always up to help them if the situation was that important.
But as he watched Caroline and Elena hold onto her, tears running down the two girl's faces, to how the man that was apparently his brother stared at her as if he were happy about her return though he was obviously trying to hide it, to how the Jeremy guy looked like he wanted to pry both Caroline and Elena off of her already...he just grew even more confused. And for some reason it made him wonder what his relationship was with her. If they were closer than what Elena and Caroline had led him to believe.
And he wonders if they were as close as they seemed to be now, why the hell did it take them this long to figure out something wasn't right. Typically when your friends with someone you should know them well enough to the point of being able to tell when they're lying or at least if something was off about them. He figures that maybe they had had a falling out before she took off or something. But he remembers Caroline saying something about the occasional letter, and text every now and then.
He can't help but wonder if something happened with him. What else they could possibly be hiding from him.
When he looks back to the current object of his thoughts he sees that she's looking right back at him and he notices the confusion in her eyes before both Caroline and Elena are suddenly forced away from her and he raises his eyebrows wondering what happened.
"Bonnie?" Elena tentatively calls her friend, still taken back by the witch using her magick against her.
He watches as she looks away from him to the brunette approaching Bonnie as if she were dealing with a lost child.
"What's wrong?" She asks taking a step towards her only to be pushed away again.
Damon frowns at the exchange but decides to ignore the lost look on the witch's face as she looks around the room and get back to their current problem "Look, I know you probably need some downtime or whatever so I'll let you have ten minutes but then I need you to do something for me." he rolls his eyes when she scowls at him "Jeremy said you were here with us so I already know that you know what I need you to get to work on."
"Damon," Elena frowns at him not believing how he's speaking to her. Though it really shouldn't surprise her considering that he has never really talked to Bonnie like he should. "What Damon is trying to say is that he needs your help with Stefan."
"Who?" Bonnie questions, returning her attention to the brunette standing a couple of feet in front of her after looking away who she just addressed as Damon once he rolls his eyes clearly annoyed as if she's the one that's bothering him. A frown settling across her features when the brunette looks at her as if she's just offended her.
"Bonnie, that's not funny." Elena scolds her, not believing that she even just said that.
Bonnie's frown deepens at her response wondering why she thinks that she's trying to be funny. And why everyone is now looking at her as if she's grown a third head, with the exception of the guy standing off to the side who looks just as confused as she feels.
"I don't think she's kidding." Caroline breathes, finally taking in how uncomfortable Bonnie looks. She thought Bonnie had been tense because of it being the first physical contact she's felt in months but now she knows it's because she wasn't sure what was going on and then she just feels anger and immediately sets her gaze on Damon who groans.
"I don't want to hear it Blondie." Damon says feeling her eyes on him.
"I just want to know why you thought going to the woman that erased Stefan's memories to bring Bonnie back was a good idea." She says, arms crossed against her chest.
"Excuse me for thinking that she wouldn't do the same thing to her own blood."
"Why? Stefan's your brother and you betrayed him." Caroline retorts.
"Caroline," Elena shrieks. It was hard enough for her to even get Stefan to be in the same room with them, she didn't want anyone to bring up what drove him off in the first place.
Having come to the conclusion that she's not going to get anywhere with them Bonnie takes advantage of the distraction the blonde and the raven haired man bring and turns to leave only to collide with a man with blonde hair and blue eyes. Who apologizes before blinking several times whispering her name and immediately pulls her into his arms. At first she tenses and is just about to push him away but he pulls back looking at her, hurt clear in his eyes apparently having felt her tense at his touch. However unlike the others, she actually feels bad for having apparently hurt his feelings.
"Bonnie," Elena calls after the witch noticing her slinking off "where are you going?"
"Home," Bonnie answers as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Rolling her eyes when she gets baffled looks in return.
"I thought you didn't-"
"If I didn't remember anything I wouldn't answer to my own name. But you would know that if you had bothered to actually ask me anything in the first place." Bonnie throws out annoyed by the brunette vampire. She wasn't sure why but something about her just irked her to no end. But now that she thought about it, no one seemed to have asked her if she was even okay. She frowns when she hears a small laugh coming from her right,
"What's so funny?"
Stefan clears his throat and tries to fight back the tug he feels at the corner of his lips figuring he's failing when Bonnie's eyes narrow into slits,
"Stefan," He says slowly raising his hand hoping that it'll clue her in.
"I didn't ask for your name, I asked what you found so funny." She frowns ignoring the looks she's getting in return.
"It's just that I thought I was handling this bad." Stefan shrugs unfazed by her tone.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Bonnie crosses her arms over her chest.
"I'm just as lost as you are but I'm nowhere as near as hostile to them."
"I'm not hostile." Bonnie denies. She woke up in a room full of strangers with no idea of how she got there. How was she supposed to react?
"Then what do you call it?"
"Apprehensive. Smart. If you woke up in a room full of vampires with the exception of one who is looking at you like a piece of meat even more so than the ones that actually see people like me as a meal, you wouldn't exactly be comfortable either." Her eyes briefly flit to Jeremy watching as he turns red, his gaze going to his feet.
"They're your friends."
"I find that hard to believe." She scoffs, remembering the way she was greeted by the dark haired vampire upon waking up.
Stefan raises an eyebrow experimentally taking a step closer, smirking when she doesn't even flinch "And why is that?"
Bonnie studies him for a moment contemplating answering but decides against it when his name registers "You're distracting me." Bonnie frowns looking away from him and back to her so called friends noticing the confused looks on their faces with the exception of the dark haired man that was bickering with the blonde a few moments ago "Look I'm sure you're all lovely people but I…" Bonnie trails off and sighs "Fuck it." she mutters under her breath seeing no point in sugar coating it "I don't want to be here."
