I hope you enjoy this chapter! I may finish this story soon, or make up a little after season 5, I don't know yet.
Disclaimer: Julie Plec and L.J Smith own the characters and most of the storyline, not me.
Damon was planning to blow up the town.
The moment Caroline heard that news, she went ballistic.
"We're not blowing up our town Damon" Elena argued, voicing Caroline's thoughts.
"The cemetery's outside of the no-magic perimeter, a couple of un-populated areas other than that." Damon stated. Caroline could hear him smoothing out paper, realising she and Elena couldn't see the map.
"Hey, Professor Salvatore, not everyone can see the map."
"Yeah, don't forget about us." Elena added.
"Donovan, you had one job." Damon sounded irritated.
"I'll send you a picture" murmured Matt.
"We should be there." Elena argued, a little crease appearing at the top of her brow as she frowned.
A little bleep coming from Caroline's phone indicated that Matt had sent her the picture. Elena quickly loaded the picture on Caroline's phone, angling it so they could both see what Damon was talking about.
"Nope. You should not be. You are on witch duty because without crazy locks, no one's rising from the dead." Damon said adamantly, leaving no room for argument.
Caroline looked over at Liv putting her brother's body in the truck. She looked distraught. Caroline felt as though she should feel something, guilt, regret, remorse. But she didn't. Stefan was coming back, so she couldn't feel anything but relief and hope.
"So, next order of business, mass murder. Quarterback?" Damon said eagerly. Caroline could hear him rubbing his hands together as he prepared.
There were some shuffling noises as Matt handed Damon something.
"Thank you. OK. We got these from the Sheriff. Apparently there was some truth to her evacuation story. There's a major gas line that runs underneath the town. Now if it did leak, it could be deadly, as in massive explosion kind of deadly." Damon started.
Caroline stared in astonishment. He was really pulling out the stops to bring Stefan back.
This is the first time I actually like Damon. Caroline thought, astounded. Who knew Stefan dying could do that to her? Then again, Stefan's death had been doing a lot of other stuff to her as well.
"We can't blow up our hometown." Matt groaned, sounding upset.
"Says one of the only people left in this group who can actually live there." Damon quipped.
"How? We can't lure anyone anywhere stuck out here." Caroline asked, feeling frustrated. She would not let Stefan slip away from her. No chance.
"And that's where your mama comes in. She will convince them to gather somewhere inside." Damon replied confidently.
"Meanwhile, these two geniuses at seven will turn on the gas, let it leak. We'll have about ten minutes before anyone can smell it. You clear out. Boom! Travellers gone, resurrection spell starts, loved ones return. Good? Good? Class dismissed."
Caroline was a little uneasy about her mother being involved with the plan as she headed over to the graveyard, but if Stefan was going to be okay, then that wasn't important now. Somehow, she knew he would be fine. The fluttering feeling that had taken root in her gut at the thought of his face at some unknown point told her so. Jeremy and Matt texted her and the others soon after she arrived, saying they had turned on the gas, now all they could do was hope.
She switched off her phone and turned around as a rustling sounded behind her. She only tensed further, seeing it was Bonnie a grim look on her face. Steadying herself against the flow of tears threatening to attack her, she approached Bonnie.
"Is there really nothing we can do to save you?" Caroline asked, her voice hoarse from the effort of restraining her tears.
Bonnie smiled sadly. "Yeah."
Grief hit Caroline like a tidal wave. So different and similar to when Stefan died at the same time.
Bonnie grabbed her hands. "But," she said, voice wavering. "I have had an amazing life. I got to live when I shouldn't have. And these last few months have been wonderful, and going to college, building my life back up was great with you, Elena and Jeremy by my side. I've had the best life." Bonnie smiled, tears trickling down her cheeks.
Caroline finally started crying, she hugged Bonnie fiercly, unable to believe this was happening.
"I'm s-so sorry." she stuttered. "It's not fair. I w-want you to-to stay. I've known a-and loved you my entire life, I don't k-know how I'll live it without you." Caroline managed to gabble out, still clutching Bonnie tightly.
"I'll always be here. Always be with you guys." Bonnie pulled away, swiping at her tears.
"Love you, Care."
"Love you too Bon. I'll remember."
Bonnie gave one last small smile, gave Caroline's hand one last comforting squeeze, and walked further up the graveyard, near Liv to wait for the spell. Caroline was heartbroken; this was the worst day of her life. She just kept losing people. Stefan, Tyler, now Bonnie. It wasn't fair.
The tears fell freely down her face as she waited longingly for her loved one to arrive.
And grimly for her childhood friend to die.
Thank you for reading! I hope you liked it! I wanted to write a goodbye scene for Bonnie and Caroline, since they haven't always been close and because I felt that everyone was more upset about Damon and not about Bonnie in the show, so I decided to give her a different send off. Please review!