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I finished my homework a couple of hours after my talk with Elena's friends. It was around 5 PM and I knew my stepfather was back from work. I couldn't see Bonnie or anyone else around the Grill so I decided to head home.

I pulled over behind my stepfather's car. Now there was no doubt that he was home.

When I open the door, I hear the TV's on. He's watching some game. That can be good or bad, rather his team wins or loses. Judging by what he's screaming at the TV, it's good.

"I'm home!" I say a little loud. I have to tell him when I come home or "under his roof" like he once said, even though this house was mine, or at least it would be once I turn 18 in a few months.

Robert is a smart man. He has a good job and he loved my mother. That's why I stayed with him after she died. The first time he was violent with me was a couple of weeks after her death. He doesn't really care about money but when he learnt that my mother had left me everything she ever owned he got angry and punched me in the face, leaving me with a really bad black eye. He apologized the day after, once he was sober and he bought me a car to "apologize". He begged me not to go the police and promised me it would never happen again. But of course, it did. It always happen when he's drunk and he is always sorry. He always gives me money when he apologizes. The truth is, I didn't want to get the police involved. They already took my real father away and even though Robert would never replace him, I didn't want to be alone. He was my only family. And he wasn't always bad. He was a really nice man when my mother was alive, before she got sick.

I decided to check on him, if he wasn't drunk, maybe I could ask him about his day, tell him about mine. I didn't have anyone else to talk to.

I enter the living room and didn't see any trace of alcohol anywhere.

"Julie!" he calls my name, happily, when he sees me.

"Hi, are we winning?" I ask, sitting down next to him.

"Yes, we are! How was your day?" he asks with a smile.

"Good how was yours?"

"It was great, I got a raise! Totally unexpected, they're paying me way too much" he says and we both laugh.

I decide not to push my luck too far and leave him alone.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Oh don't worry about it, I'll order some pizza, what do you think?"

"As long as it has lots of cheese on it?" I tell him with a smile.

"Done!" we smile back at each other until he turns his attention back to the game.

I take my bag and get up from the couch, as I was about to climb the stairs I hear him say "I'll call you when the pizza's here!"

"Okay, enjoy the game!"

I put my bag on my desk, prepare what I needed for tomorrow's classes and went to take a shower.

I ate the pizza with Robert, shared some stories and jokes, said good night and got into bed. I took my notebook and started drawing.

My alarm woke me up. I was shaking and sweaty. I had a nightmare but I couldn't remember what it was about. The notebook was still on my bed, and the lights were still on. I must have fallen asleep while trying to figure out what to draw because the page was still blank.

I get up and take a quick shower. I was heading to the kitchen to bake some pancakes when I smelled something burning. I rush downstairs and see Robert throwing something in the trashcan.

"Hey" he says when he sees me.

"Hi, did you try to cook breakfast?"

He chuckles "I only tried" he says raising his hands in his defense.

I laugh. It was early so I decided I had time to make some pancakes.

"You want me to make pancakes?" I ask.

"Aren't you gonna be late for school?"

"No, I'm early"

So, I baked the pancakes and ate them, sharing a nice talk with my stepfather. He was really nice when he was sober.

I arrived in school early. Nothing unusual happened in class today. I was walking towards my car when I heard someone call my name. I turned around to see Bonnie waving at me. She was with Jeremy and I saw the new guy, Luka walking away from them. I hesitate before going to her.

"Hi, Bonnie, Jeremy" I say, making a shy gesture with my hand towards the Gilbert boy.

"Hey, Julie, how are you?" she asks.

"I'm great, you?"

She was about to answer when her phone buzzed.

"What is it?" he asks.

"It's Damon" she says, frowning.

"Well, I'm gonna leave you to your business, then"

I was about to walk away when Bonnie stopped me.

"Wait…" she says. I look at her, curious.

What could she possibly want from you?

"Do you want to come with us?"

I raise my eyebrows, clearly surprised.

"Bonnie…" the Gilbert boy starts but the witch cuts him off

"No, you could come with us and figure out why you were taken with Elena, you must have a lot of questions"

It was clear on his face that he thought it was a bad idea.

"I don't think I should get in the way of whatever is going on…"

"She's right, Bonnie, it's too dangerous."

Bonnie frowns at him.

"I should go, but thanks anyway" I say, smiling and waving at them before turning around and getting in my car.

/

"You could be nicer to her!"

"What did I do wrong? I'm trying to protect her!"

"I'm trying to be her friend, here! She doesn't have any! She deserves to know what's going on, she was left alone with Elijah, she's already involved!"

"Maybe it's better that way, she could get hurt!"

Bonnie sighed.

"You're right" she admits before leaving for the Salvatore's.

/

It was night. I had finished my homework, cleaned up the house, cooked dinner and taken a shower. I was about to go into bed when I heard Robert's voice calling you from downstairs. I start climbing down the stairs when I saw Bonnie at the front door. She seemed upset like she had just cried.

"Hey", I breathe out, surprised.

"She says she's a friend of yours?" Robert asks.

"Oh, yes Bonnie and I go to school together."

"You could've told me she was coming over" he says when I noticed the beer in his hand.

"Oh, I'm sorry to drop unannounced, I can leave if…."

"No, it's okay" Robert cuts her off before heading back to the living room.

"Come on up" I say to Bonnie.

I close the door behind me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you" she says, noticing I was ready to go to bed.

"It's okay, what's wrong?" I ask her.

"I just… I think I just broke Jeremy's heart…" her voice breaks at the end of the sentence.

She comes to me for a hug and I don't hug her back right away. The only person I ever hugged were my parents. It felt weird. I didn't know what to do but I finally put my hands on her back.

"I'm sorry" I don't know what else to say. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She nods yes, wiping away some tears with the back of her hand.

We sit down on my bed.

"I shouldn't have told him yes when he first asked me out…" she starts.

"Why did you?"

Her eyes were focusing on the patterns of my bed sheets.

"I don't know, I thought he was cute." She sniffs.

"Then why did you tell him no tonight?" I asked, confused.

"Because… because he's Elena's brother!"

Of course, that would be an issue.

"I'm sorry to bother you with this" she says.

"No, I'm sorry, I don't really know what to say… But, why aren't you talking to Caroline about this?"

I figured she couldn't talk to Elena about breaking her brother's heart but the blonde would have known what to say to cheer her up.

"I don't know, she spent the day with Tyler, I didn't know what she was doing… Besides, I really want to know you more"

Oh…

I didn't have any friends for a reason. People had problems, and I didn't want to get involved in anyone's life.

"Why?" I can't help but ask.

"Why not?" she answers with a smile.

I'm surprised by her answer but smile back anyway.

I talk a little more, she decides to tell me how her grandmother told her she was a witch, how she learned about vampires, that Stefan was trapped in a cave with Elena's ancestor and doppelgänger…

Wait…what?

"Anyway, it's late, I should go, I see you tomorrow?"

"Sure, goodnight Bonnie" I tell her, walking her to the front door.

Once the door is closed I can't help but think about all the things Bonnie just told me. Apparently, Elijah is interested in Elena because of her a psychopath doppelgänger…

I go to bed with all those news in head, I'm pretty sure I will have nightmares again.