Author's Note: The chapters will get longer.
When Bonnie woke up she knew it was late afternoon. Thank God it was Saturday. She stretched and her neck throbbed painfully. Even with the healing salve she had applied and the spell performed; without the dead witches' help there was only so much a young witch could do. Bonnie wanted to rest more but she needed to be up.
After a quick shower, Bonnie grabbed her phone and went downstairs. The first thing she did was check her machine where she found a message from her dad
"Hey sweetheart. It's Dad…just checking in but I guess you're still asleep. I'll call back later." Bonnie's dad traveled most of the year for business…at the moment he was in Japan.
She poured herself a bowl of cereal and settled on the couch when her phone rang.
"Hey Care."
"And exactly where have you been?"
"Uh…home?" Bonnie answered her friend.
"You were supposed to call me last night. What happened?"
"I went for a run. I was so beat, Care, I conked out."
"Alright, fine. But later: you, me, The Grille." It wasn't a request.
"You got it." Bonnie agreed and hung up. She knew she should tell Caroline about Stefan but she decided to keep it to herself for now.
"Red ball…corner pocket." Caroline announced before getting the shot, "I win."
"Not fair…you know I suck at pool." Bonnie leaned against the stick for support.
The blonde shrugged, "So when are you gonna tell me what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play dumb with me. You have circles under your eyes and you keep looking around like you're waiting for-" Caroline suddenly stopped talking and reached for Bonnie's hand, "Oh honey I told you Jeremy wouldn't be here today."
Bonnie sighed in relief, "I know…it's just I really don't want to talk to him." It was better for Caroline to think it was Jeremy she was worried about. They played a few more rounds of pool, all won by Caroline, before heading home. Bonnie made sure to look around the porch before going inside.
