"What he had done to her heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic."

Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped.

"She really believed that?"

"I told her I'm a doctor. She'll believe anything I say."

` "But a car accident? Really?"

"You're right. I should have told her she just woke up from a magical comma. That's o much more believable."

"Alright smart ass," Casper said "So what do you suppose we do with her now?"

"We don't have to do anything." Jo said "Bonnie is taking her to Mystic Falls."

"Are you crazy?"Norma yelled. "If Kai sees her—"

"Don't worry. Bonnie has a friend with a lake house outside of town. She'll keep Ella there until we figure out what do with her."

Norma shook her head. "I don't know Jo. I feel like we can't trust her."

"We need to."

A warm summer breeze rattled the leaves of an old willow tree. She ran through a wheat field, laughing. The golden straw tickling her bare calves and the mud slipped between her toes.

She looked back and a black haired girl chased her. Her elfin face was held taunt with concentration, blue eyes sparkling in the sun. She looked so familiar.

"You won't catch me!" She yelled. A she that was years younger than now.

"I will! I will!" her friend called back.

She looked back and saw him sitting in the shadow of the tree. Alone, like he usually was. He stood there, smoldering even as a boy, and poked the mud with a stick.

"Come join us!"

He ignored her like her usually did.

"Why won't you come!" She ran to where he was under the tree. "Come on!"

He continued to poke the mud.

She tapped his shoulder "Why won't you look at me."

He ignored her.

"I'm talking to you!"

Nothing.

She pushed him and he fell face first in the mud. The black haired girl ran to where they were and picked him up from the ground. They were siblings she noticed. With features so alike they had to be twins.

"Why would you do that?" The black haired girl asked.

"Because he won't play with me."

Ella woke as the car hit a bump in the road. Her head hit the windshield and her nose started to bleed.

"Are you okay?" Bonnie asked.

Ella nodded and wiped the blood away on the hem of her skirt.

"You haven't said anything since we left."

"What do you want me to say?"

"You don't have any questions?"

Since she woke up all Ella had were questions. How did she get in a car accident? How did she end up at that house? Who were all the people with her? Where was her family? But all her questions didn't matter. She was only receiving vague, non-answers. "No."

"Are you sure?"

This stranger— who claimed to be her cousin— had been nothing but nice to her. It rubbed Ella the wrong way.

"What's my favourite food?"

"What?"

"My favourite food. What is it?"

Bonnie racked her brain for something to say. She regretted saying anything to Ella at all. In fact, she regretted agreeing to take Ella to Elena's lake house. The only reason she was pretending to be Ella's cousin was to learn more about her. Bonnie felt that Jo was hiding something, that this girl —whoever she truly is— means something to someone. She needed to know who. "Pizza. You like pizza."

"Pizza." Ella said. She looked like she was trying to remember what it tasted like and came up short. "What kind of music do I like?"

"Country." Bonnie said.

Ella looked unconvinced. There was a paused and a seemingly endless moment of silence "Are we close?"

Bonnie pulled the car into the driveway of Elena's lake house and stepped out of the car, Ella following closely behind. When she reached the front door she lifted a potted plant that lay on the ground. Taped underneath was a spare key to the house. She opened the door. "Honestly?" Bonnie said, looking back at Ella, "We barely know each other."

Author's Note:

Sort of a little short filler chapter. Sorry about that. Hope you guys liked it nonetheless.

Questions:

Can Bonnie be trusted?

Will Kai meet Ella? (Will Ella meet Kai?)

Will Bonnie tell Elena about Ella?

Who's Ella's family?

Thoughts/comments/questions?