Bonnie was on her way to Portland. The drive with her Grams had been largely silent. This was a result of Bonnie trying to find out what was going on and Sheila dismissing it. She told Bonnie that she was going to stay with a coven she knew, they were called the Geminis.

"Lame ass name by the way," Bonnie told her. "I mean, really? The Gemini coven? C'mon Grams, who are these people?"

"Friends," Sheila replied tersely. "Alright," she said with a chuckle and a sly look at Bonnie when she saw the look of exasperation she was getting in return. "So perhaps they aren't friends, but they are allies and they are fellow witches and warlocks. You'll be safe with them because however, odd or secretive as witches might be historically speaking, we do take care of our own."

"Take care of our own? What does that mean?" Bonnie said, completely confused and tired of riddles. "I trust you, Grams I really do, but I can't help feeling like I'm not getting the whole story."

"It means you'll be safe with them," Sheila said, giving her a sideways look. One that implied she was proud of Bonnie. "As for the rest, you're right. You're going to stay with them because if you stay in Mystic Falls, it'll be the death of you."

"How do you know that?" Bonnie said, jerking upright. She'd been slouching back against the seat, knees resting against the dashboard. It was safe to say, her Grams officially had her full attention.

"Kol knows a seer," Sheila answered, sounding the exact opposite of pleased when she said Kol's name.

"What's a seer? Wait - like on Charmed? Someone that sees the future?" Bonnie said. "But we can do that."

"Not like a seer we can't," Sheila answered. "They can see the threads of destiny. They can see the different paths our lives can take and what the outcomes of those paths are."

"And that's what she saw in my future? Death?"

"Only if you stay in Mystic Falls," Sheila answered firmly. "If you left for Portland, she saw you being happy."

"How do you know?" Bonnie demanded.

"Because Kol was given the vision and he let me see it."

"I want to see it," she said, impatient and feeling herself getting fed up with all the secrecy. Why couldn't her Grams just have told her that to begin with?

"I don't think that's a good idea, child," Sheila answered. "I should have told you, but it's never a good idea to know too much about your own future. It has driven people insane."

Sheila pulled the car onto a dirt road, there were trees along the path. Outside of that, there were fields. It almost looked like farm country, but not quite. It was just a bunch of open land.

"Knowing you're hiding things from me is, way scarier than some vision that I need to stay out of Mystic Falls, Grams. And besides, it's not like I'm going to become obsessed with it."

"I should have known you'd feel that way," Sheila laughed softly. "I'm sorry, honey, I was trying to protect you."

"I know," Bonnie said. "So these Gemini people, not only do they live in Portland, but they live in the middle of nowhere."

"They're a bit -" Sheila hesitated. "Reclusive. They teach their children the craft from a very young age. As a result, they like their privacy, and in their defense, it is safer."

"So they're paranoid weirdos?"

"Pretty much," Sheila confirmed, nodding. "But they're paranoid weirdos you'll be safe with."

"That's something, I guess," Bonnie shook her head. "Seriously, they are starting to make Mystic Falls look central," she said when they were still driving with no houses in sight ten minutes later.

"Bonnie," Sheila clucked. "None of that when you meet them."

"Duh, I wasn't raised in a barn, which I'm beginning to think the Gemini kids are. Hey, do they have kids?"

"Yes," and now Bonnie noticed Sheila was gripping the steering wheel tensely. "There is quite a few of them. Seven children, I believe. You'll meet them when we get there."

"Sounds crowded," Bonnie muttered.

Sheila turned the car into a dirt road and parked. She got out. Bonnie followed her, there was nothing there but an empty field. Then as soon as she thought it, a big white house appeared.

"Here we are," Sheila murmured, walking towards the front steps.

"They really are paranoid weirdos," she said in a whisper.

"That's my dad for you," a deceptively charming voice said, laughing.

Bonnie turned to the side and saw a tall dark haired boy was standing not far from her. His eyes were blue and he was smirking, like a real predatory smirk. Something about the coldness in his eyes reminded her a little of Kol. That was an unsettling thought that made a shiver run down her spine.

"Where the hell did you come from?" Bonnie said.

"Not much of a witch are you, if you don't recognize a cloaking spell when you see one," the boy answered, now he was grinning.

"You must be Malachai," Sheila said, pausing on the front stoop.

"Call me Kai," he replied, breaking into a grin. "You must be the Bennett witches. Well since dear old dad doesn't know you're here yet; come with me," he skipped ahead of Sheila up onto the front porch. He threw the door open and spread his arms out. "Mi casa es su casa."

"Can you say; stuck in the nineties?" Bonnie whispered to her Grams.

"What are you talking about, child?" Sheila answered, looking for all the world entirely confused.

"It's nothing," Bonnie answered, shaking her head. She realized her Grams probably didn't know the difference between new and old slang.

"Come on," Kai said, leaning back out the door before going back inside.

"Let's get a move on."

Bonnie followed her Grams into the house hesitantly. She couldn't put her finger on what it was, but there was something seriously wrong with this place. It was as if something lingered in the air. A sort of tension or a feeling of ill intent. Whatever it was, it made her uneasy. Her skin crawled.

Kai led them to the kitchen.

"Where's your dad?" Sheila asked. "I told Joshua specifically that I would be here -"

"I'm here," a voice said in the doorway.

Bonnie turned and saw an older, salt and pepper haired man with a beard leaning in the doorway. He almost looked like Kai, except his son was taller and nicer looking. Kai was ridiculously hot actually. Though Joshua Parker had obviously been alright to look at himself back in the days.

"Joshua," Sheila said, looking at him with coldness.

Sheila's black eyes were so cold it made Bonnie wonder. Why was Sheila trusting this man? She obviously did not like him.

"I thought Kai was out back with the other kids," Joshua answered. "I wasn't aware he would be creeping around."

"Ah, I can feel the paternal love," Kai said, sardonically clutching his heart.

Bonnie looked between the pair. Whatever creepy vibe she was getting from this place and from Kai, why did she have the feeling it could be traced back to Joshua?

"Why don't you take Bonnie to meet the others, Malachai?" Joshua said in a strained, almost angry voice.

"This way, Bonster," Kai said already leaving the room.

"Yeah, don't call me Bonster," Bonnie complained as she followed him out of the kitchen and out onto the porch. He was waiting for her in the doorway, leaning right next to it, and trapping her body between his and the door when he closed it. She felt herself blush under his scrutiny, but she wouldn't be bullied. "So what's up with your dad?"

"What about him?" Kai sing-songed. Then he gave her a serious, predatory and weirdly sexy look. One that had heat coursing through her body in a matter of seconds. "He's the great Joshua Parker, aka an ass."

"Uh-huh," Bonnie said, looking him up and down, then pushing him away. "Do you have space issues or something?"

"Maybe," he grinned. Except he pronounced it 'mebbe', making her roll her eyes. "Just checking out the new girl."

"Could you do it from a distance?" Bonnie said, pushing on his chest. Not surprisingly, she wasn't budging him as much as an inch. The guy was obviously in good shape and no matter how strong she was from cheerleading, he towered over her.

"Nah," he winked at her. "Dad didn't mention you were pretty."

"Seriously?" she gaped at him. "Move."

"Kai," a soft female voice said coming up the steps. "Aren't you going to introduce us?"

Kai turned around and it was a lazy movement. He smiled in amusement at the tall dark haired girl behind him. Her eyes were as blue as his, and she looked a lot like him.

"Sure, sissy," Kai said. "This is Bonnie Bennett, this is my twin sister, Josette Parker. We call her Jo. Unfortunate names kind of run in the family," he mock-whispered in her ear.

"Nice to meet you," Bonnie said to the girl. "Personal space!" she said to Kai, once again pushing on him.

He laughed.

"Kai, c'mon," Jo said, tugging on her brother's sleeve. "And Bonnie you can come with me. I'll introduce you to the rest of our siblings."

"Sure," Bonnie agreed happily.

She walked past Kai and followed Jo out into the backyard. It was huge. It was the sort of yard, she would have loved to have as a child. There was a jungle gym and a slide. Outside of the property there was nothing more than prairie land.

"This is beautiful," Bonnie told Jo.

"It is," Jo agreed. "But God it's dull here. It's nice to have another girl here my age," she smiled pleasantly at her.

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded and smiled, not knowing what else to say. Jo seemed really nice, but she had this feeling like there was something wrong with this place. Wrong with these people. She wanted to go home. She had friends there. Granted friends that were caught up in crazy vampire drama, but they were still her friends. Something occurred to her. "It'll be nice to be around some other witches for a change."

"Definitely," Jo agreed with a smile.

"Hey," a boy about her age said. There was a group of kids sitting by the table near the barbeque.

"This is Kyle," Jo said, pointing to the boy that had said hey. "That's our brother Joey," she said, to the other boy.

"I know, Jo and Joey," Kai said, sidling up next to her. "What did I tell you about our family and names?" he said playfully. "Of course, you Bennetts don't appear to be a whole lot better at it. Or what do you think, Bunny?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes at Kai and decided to ignore him.

"This is Annie and Katie," she pointed to the other two girls. "And the little ones are Liv and Lucas."

"Hey," Bonnie said smiling at them.

She sat down in the chair next to Kyle.

"What grade are you in?" he asked immediately.

"She's too old for you, Kyle," Katie said, the youngest of the girls. She couldn't have been more than eight and she was looking at her brother in exasperation.

"I'm a sophomore," Bonnie told him, grinning at Katie's comment. "You?"

"Ninth grade," he said.

"Like I said," Katie muttered.

The Parker siblings, as Bonnie discovered quickly were pretty normal. With the exception that they used magic to do a lot of little things. That she noticed when she watched Jo and Kai barbecue. Well Jo did a lot of magic, Kai mostly just harrassed his sister and dictated her idea of cooking. That led to Jo threatening him with the barbecue tongs. Bonnie who didn't have siblings, wasn't sure where the line between sibling fight and actual danger went, looked at Kyle.

"Should we be worried about that?" she whispered, nodding toward Kai and Jo who were swiping at each other with barbecue tongs and the spatula.

"I'm not getting involved," Kyle muttered. "I don't want Kai taking my head off."

"Excuse Kyle, he's a chicken," Annie said.

Annie was a bubbly little girl that couldn't be more than ten. Like her sister, Katie she seemed older and was obviously smart. Bonnie could tell by how she talked.

"No, I just know better than to pick a fight with Kai, unlike Jo," Kyle muttered defensively.

One of the twins, Liv banged her hand on the table. Bonnie glanced at the two year old and grinned.

"What you want, honey?" she asked the little girl.

She slammed her hand on the table again.

"Are you hungry?" Bonnie asked.

"Probably," Annie said. "Jo the twins are getting hungry."

"Give them some bread," Jo answered, she was completely over this. Bonnie could tell by the tone she used with Annie and the way she snapped the barbecue tongs at Kai's fingers.

"Here, I'll do it," Bonnie answered.

She got up and started slicing the bread up into four little pieces. She gave them each their plastic plate and filled their sippy cups with juice.

"What do they like on bread?" Bonnie asked Jo.

"Peanut butter," she answered.

Kai hit Jo's back with the spatula and she slapped him upside the head. Bonnie looked away and ignored whatever fight they were having over the cooking.

She buttered their bread and put it in front of the twins with peanut butter.

"Here you go, munchkins," she told them.

"You're good with kids," Kyle said, eyeing her in a way that was almost impressed. Bonnie noticed he'd spent as much time as possible avoiding his youngest siblings.

"I used to babysit my cousins on my dad's side during the summer."

She hated visiting her dad's side of the family growing up. Mainly because they were super normal and super boring. Besides, it always meant as the oldest cousin she got stuck with babysitting duty. She hated babysitting. Bonnie wasn't a huge fan of kids, in fact, most days she didn't like them unless they were potty trained, but the kids were cute with their blonde hair that shone like gold in the light. Complete opposites of the dark older twins. Yet they looked alike somehow anyway. If she didn't have to babysit them, she might like the little twins.

"Cool," Kyle said, going back to his gameboy.

"Kyle, manners," Jo said, slapping the back of his head now. "Sorry about him. None of my brothers have basic people skills."

"That is hurtful and false, sissy," Kai said, flipping a burger. "I am super popular with the girls at school," he winked at Bonnie.

She rolled her eyes at him in response.

"Only because our school is filled with airheads," Jo fired back. "And before you put some smooth-talking spin on that, I mean, girls too stupid to know any better."

"I think you just wish you got as much play as I do," Kai hummed, obviously pleased with having successfully irritated his sister.

They were so different from Elena and Jeremy. The Gilberts didn't argue, not quite like this. Whenever they fought it was about something serious. Like Jeremy's drug habit or whatever. This squabbling that Kai and Jo were doing was different, somehow less serious and yet more antagonistic in its own way.

By the time Sheila and Joshua joined them, the food was ready. Everyone filled a plate and sat down. Bonnie noticed Joshua wasn't the one that sat down with the twins to help them eat. It was Jo, who had some help from Annie and Katie. Kai didn't look overly interested in helping. Instead, Bonnie noticed he seemed to be trying to stay on the outskirts of his father's attention. Not sitting down at the table, Kai leaned against the barbeque, just outside of Joshua's peripheral vision. Not antagonistic per say, but not skulking either. It was like he was silently hostile or resentful. As she watched them interact or not interact, that same feeling of dread or uneasiness washed over her again.

"How long are you staying, Mrs. Bennett?" Jo asked politely as she was wiping Lucas's face.

"I have to leave later tonight," Sheila answered. "And it's Sheila, honey. I don't even like my students calling me professor."

"What?" Bonnie said turning to look at her. "Grams, you didn't tell me you were leaving already today."

"I wasn't planning on it, but Elijah called."

"So what? He calls and you just leave me?" she said in an angry whisper. Bonnie was aware they weren't alone and that she was about five seconds away from causing a scene, but she seemed unable to stop herself.

"It's important," Sheila said. "You'll be fine. I'll be back up to visit in a day or two."

"Great," Bonnie muttered. "You leave me here and go take care of the Original family. It's not like I'm your only family or anything."

She felt the hairs at the back of her neck prickle, and when she looked up, she saw Kai was watching her with an odd expression.

"If I don't go, Kol will be coming up," Sheila answered. "I don't want him around."

"Well I don't want any of them around you," Bonnie told her.

"Bonnie," Sheila said, tired and annoyed. "We've talked about this, now leave it alone."

"Fine, but if they get you killed. I'm going to find a way to kill all of them."

"I for one, believe her," Kai said. "You're terrifying for a girl named, Bunny, you know."

"Why do you keep calling me Bunny?"

"Isn't that your name?" Kai said, winking at her.

"Malachai," Joshua said tersely. "Would you please refrain from provoking our guest?"

"In all fairness, dad," Jo said. "I think the Original vampires provoked her. Kai's just a convenient target because he keeps calling her Bunny."

"Don't make excuses for your brother," Joshua said coldly.

Something about the tone of his voice made a shiver run down Bonnie's spine.

XXX

Kai knew what his father expected of him with Bonnie. He'd thought about telling him to go to hell, but had decided to hold off until he met the girl. Bonnie was a pretty girl, and she looked like prey. Yet he'd figured out he was wrong when he'd tried to push her buttons by cornering her on the terrace. She'd physically shoved him. She might be tiny, and cute, and even look like prey, but this girl wasn't Cassie. She wasn't prey.

That combination, it excited him.

Kai thought he might do what his father wanted, just this once. If only because it would allow him to become coven leader first. Joshua had taken his eldest son aside earlier that day for a conversation about responsibility. Coven before family and so on. All the usual stuff, and then he got to Bonnie Bennett.

Well Kai decided his father finally lost what little sanity he did have. Either way, now that he'd met her. He'd go along with it, and secure himself the place as coven leader early if need be. Not that it would save his siblings, but hey, his father wanted to give him a chance, well he could take that opportunity.

He wasn't stupid, he knew Joshua didn't plan on letting him complete the merge with Josette. Why else would his parents have continued to have children until they had a replacement set of twins? Of course, those twins cost their mother her life in childbirth, and Kai had the feeling there was something not quite right about the whole thing.

Well whatever had killed his mother, Kai was determined not to let Joshua steal his birthright. If that meant he literally had to charm the pants off Bonnie, it was a challenge he would gladly accept.

He listened as Bonnie bickered with the old woman about her leaving and the Original vampires. Kai really didn't like vampires and from the sounds of it, neither did Bonnie. Though he did admit, he was curious about the Originals. They were the oldest vampires out there and the most powerful. Power always got his attention.

They finished dinner and Joshua told Josette and the others to do the dishes. Then he told Kai to help Bonnie with her bags.

"C'mon, Bon," Kai said, cheerily already on his way to their car.

He could hear her following him, but he knew she was hesitant. She didn't like him. He wasn't stupid and he knew he'd freaked her out earlier with the whole trapping her between him and the door. He grinned, she was smart to be afraid of him. If she only knew.

"Does everyone in Portland do the whole unwashed grunge thing or are you special?" she asked, and he could hear the disdain in her voice.

"Unwashed? Ouch," he cringed, putting on a show. "And only the ones with good taste in music," he tossed her a lazy smirk over his shoulder. "So what are you supposed to be, Bunny? A cheerleader?"

"Actually, yes," she said, and he could feel her glare boring holes into the back of his neck.

Ooh, he'd made her angry, he liked that.

"Did you bring the uniform?"

"Pig."

"Just a question, Bonster," he told her. Voice innocent, but thrilled he'd pissed her off. Bonnie was feisty and she was hot as hell when she was mad at him. He wondered if she knew he was doing it on purpose, probably not he decided. He made up his mind to find out just how far he could push her before her temper got the best of her.

"It wasn't just a question, you were delibaretely being a pig," she told him. She unlocked the car and started taking her bags out of the trunk. She threw a duffelbag at him. "And don't think I haven't heard that question before," she rolled her eyes.

"I'd be surprised if you hadn't," he smirked. He took the other two bags as well. "A lot of luggage you got there, Bon."

"Well apparently I'm being dumped here at least until Christmas," she exclaimed. "Who knows what I'll need?"

"So testy," came a second voice.

Kai hadn't felt him sneak up, but he should have. He was coming towards them, tall and dark eyes. He moved like a predator. Kai should have sensed his presence, should have sensed another dangerous creature like himself.

"Kol," Bonnie whispered in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"Checking in," he smirked, coming to a stop in front of Bonnie.

"Let me guess, Original vampire?" Kai asked, watching the scene between the pair play out with amusement. Bonnie very obviously didn't like this guy. Yet he sensed a sort of attraction, at least on Kol's side. He wanted her. Kai didn't like that. Bonnie was his. She just didn't know it yet, but he was willing to bet, this Kol guy knew.

"Kol Mikaelson," he said eyes skimming him with disinterest.

"Kai Parker," he replied. "How did you get inside our wards?"

"Brought a little something with magic," he held up a necklace.

Kai's eyes followed that. He wanted it. He could feel the magic pulsing from it. He was running low. Jo had given him some magic this morning, which meant he still had some in his system, but it wasn't enough. It was never enough.

"Huh," Bonnie said, she was slowly backing away. Then she noticed Kai was directly behind her. She froze, seeming to not like any of the options.

"Yes, well thanks for dropping by," Kai said. "Let's go Bunny before your Grams starts looking for you."

"I want to talk to Sheila," Kol said, ignoring him and looking at Bonnie, who was shooting glances between the men.

Kai cocked his head to the side, watching her. He wondered which one she would flee to or if she would turn and run in the one unblocked direction. It led to nothing, but forest. Yet he had the feeling she was considering just taking off at a run for the woods. That would be an interesting development.

"She's inside," Bonnie said.

"And you're not invited," Kai smirked.

"I'm supposed to be intimidated by a twelve year old?" Kol asked, looking him up and down with disdain, before scoffing.

XXX

Bonnie glanced at Kai, and saw the dark rage building in him when Kol insulted him. She bit back a smile.

"Kol, does Elijah know you're here?" she said, trying to keep things civil.

Kai was either really stupid or dangerous to be mocking an Original. She thought maybe dangerous when she saw the deadly rage that settled on his face.

"Why? Are you afraid, little witch?" Kol asked her, a teasing smile on his lips.

"No," she shot back. "I just don't know why you're here."

"I'm not telling you," Kol answered. "Be a good girl and go get your grandmother. Better yet, invite me inside."

"Not my house."

"Don't think so," Kai said, and no, it wasn't her imagination, he was dangerous. She could see it in his stance, that arrogant self-assuredness he used, it was almost lazy. It wasn't just because he was a jerk, he was a dangerous jerk.

"Kol, please just wait here, okay?" Bonnie asked, pleading with him using her eyes.

"Fine," he said. "He can go, you wait with me, Bonnie."

"Scream if he attacks you," Kai said, sauntering off. It was said in a lazy voice, and Bonnie got the feeling he didn't really care if Kol hurt her or if he played nice.

"What's with him?" Kol asked.

"You guys were doing the whole macho thing," she shrugged. "I don't know. I think he's an ass."

"You alright?" he said, giving her a scrutinizing look.

"Yeah, what do you care?"

"I like you, Bon-Bon," he said, grinning at her wickedly.

"No, you don't. You just like scaring me."

"Not true," his smile turned innocent. "I like pretty little things with sharp tongues," he said, leaning in to whisper in her ear, making Bonnie gasp and shiver as she backed up.

"Hey!" she snapped. "Keep your distance!"

"I wasn't going to bite you, darling. Unless you want me to?" this was said with a teasing smile and heat in his voice, that made her blush in spite of the rage that was building.

"I am so fucking sick of vampires. You have absolutely no idea Kol, so don't push me."

"I suppose you would be after having dealt with Damon Salvatore. The ego on that baby vampire, he actually believes he's -"

"Kol," Sheila said coming down the front porch. "I thought Elijah made it clear you are to stay away from my granddaughter."

"Was that a part of our deal? I don't recall," Kol replied, eyes black and unflinching.

Bonnie noticed that both Joshua and Kai returned with her Grams. Kai was on his way down toward her, he grabbed the rest of her things and jerked his head for her to follow him.

"Go with Kai, Bonnie," Sheila said to her. "I'll deal with this."

"I don't -"

"Go with him, I'll stay with your Grams," Joshua cut her off.

"Okay," Bonnie nodded. "Bye Kol."

"See you around, Bonnie," Kol answered with those black eyes of his watching her, his expression was completely unreadable.

Suddenly afraid of him, she hurried after Kai, who was waiting for her right inside of the door.

"So your boyfriend is an Original vampire," Kai said as he started walking up the stairs.

"He isn't my boyfriend."

"Not sure he knows that," Kai said, grinning at her over his shoulder. Something about the way he was looking at her made her shudder. "You're sharing a room with Jo, hope that's cool."

"Sure, whatever," Bonnie said. She bit back a groan. She was an only child, she'd never shared a room for more than a night at a time on sleepovers. Except for last summer when she'd gone to cheerleader camp. By the time the six weeks were up, she wanted to murder someone and was actually quite pleased with herself that she didn't. Caroline in particular, was lucky to have survived. As much as she loved the blonde, she could be a bit of an overbearing dictator, especially when it came to cheerleading.

"And if it's not cool with you, you can always bunk with me," he winked at her.

"You're hilarious," she said sarcastically. "Also, take a hint; I'm not interested."

"Ouch," he laughed. He opened the door to a room. "Here you are."

Kai dumped her things on the floor and Bonnie went past him to get settled in.

"Thanks, I guess," she muttered, glaring at him.

The second she'd set foot inside of the room, he'd moved to block the doorway. Bonnie was beginning to think he enjoyed boxing her in. She thought maybe that was how he got his kicks, scaring girls.

"So I take it since you aren't interested, vampire boy down there is your boyfriend," Kai said, crossing his arms and tilting his chin down to look at her.

"No, and I just find you, well the word I am looking for is deranged, I think," Bonnie said pausing to think.

"Feisty," he smirked.

"Are you leaving yet?"

"Nope," he said, tilting his head down to look at her.

"Seriously?"

"Make me," he winked at her.

"Yeah, I'm not going to do that," she rolled her eyes. "Move," she said, pushing past him to get through the doorway.

Kai didn't budge, but she managed to barrel past him through sheer force of will.

"You're rude."

"So are you," she said sweetly.

Bonnie walked back down the stairs and outside only to find Sheila and Joshua were gone, as well as Kol. She half-wished she had Kol's number, just so she could call and find out what he really wanted. And who knew, maybe hitch a ride out of town. Sure, the vision showed her dying in Mystic Falls, so she could go somewhere else. Somewhere other than this creepy house, where everyone was nice and normal, except not normal.

"They're probably in my dad's study," Kai said. "But you won't be able to creep around and spy on them there."

"I wasn't going to," Bonnie said, offended.

"Sure you were," he grinned, before sauntering off.

Bonnie shook her head, and decided to go see what the rest of his siblings were up to. They were still in the back yard. Joey and Katie were running around, climbing the jungle gym. Jo was watching the twins totter around and Kyle was on the gameboy. Bonnie sat down next to Jo on the grass.

"Hey," she said.

"Hey, Bonnie," Jo smiled. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you're being left here while your grandmother gets involved in vampire business," Jo answered matter of factly. "Dad always says to stay out of vampire business."

"So does Grams," Bonnie answered. "Yet here we are."

"Well I have the feeling Original vampires aren't very good at taking no for an answer," Jo commented, hands playing with the grass.

"That's because they're not," Bonnie agreed with a hollow laugh.

XXX

Saying goodbye to her Grams was painful. Bonnie went upstairs when Sheila left. She lied down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Jo's bed, fortunately for both parties since they didn't know each other, could be seperated into twin beds.

It wasn't long before Jo tracked her down.

"Hey Bon," she said, leaning against the doorway. "We're playing a boardgame if you want to join," she told her, smiling.

Bonnie was touched by Jo's attempt to include her, she really was, but she didn't think she would be very good company at the moment.

"Thanks, but I don't want to bring down the mood," Bonnie told her, returning the smile.

"You don't need to worry about that," Jo answered. "Kai's gone off with dad again. That never ends well."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll find out," Jo told her cryptically.

Game night turned out to be a lot of fun. The Parker siblings were fun, with the exception of Kai, who creeped her out for no real reason.

Bonnie and the other siblings were having a nice time playing a boardgame until Kai and Joshua returned. Joshua came in, slammed the door and stormed upstairs to his bedroom. Kai sauntered into the room, looking exhausted and angry.

"Are you alright?" Bonnie asked.

She realized it was a mistake when Kai shot her a furious look and the other siblings exchanged frightened looks.

"I have to put the twins to bed," Jo announced. "Bonnie you can help me. Everyone else, to bed."

Katie, Annie, Joey and Kyle didn't waste any time in running upstairs.

"Leaving already?" Kai asked them, smirking at Bonnie.

"Don't let him get to you, Kai," Jo said softly. "Do you want to help with the twins?"

"What do you think, sissy?"

"Goodnight, Kai," Jo answered, looking at him with concern.

Bonnie helped Jo put the twins to bed and watched her read to the other kids. It was sweet. Yet the whole thing, there was something in the mood of the house that was upsetting. Bonnie didn't know what was going on, but it was giving her a stomach ache.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know what you thought in a review, how was the Kol/Bonnie/Kai tension? Are we leaning towards Kennett or bonkai? Because this story could go either way, though at the moment I'm feeling a bonkai endgame. I'm fireismyelement 97 on tumblr. I got back on there as well. Happy holidays!

Izzy