Matt turned over and let out a deep breath. He'd gone to bed hours ago and had to be up early being he'd heard about Bonnie's classes and where she'd actually be. A loud knock at his door got him shooting upright.

"What the hell?" he grumbled

Getting up, he grabbed the shirt at the end of his bed and walked to the door. There was another knock at the door.

"I'm coming!" he called

Unlocking the door, he opened it. Stefan stood on the other side.

"You know Bonnie's leaving right?" he asked suddenly

Matt looked at him confused and rubbed his eyes. He wasn't entirely sure what to think.

"Stefan?" he asked

"Yeah." Stefan replied "You know right?"

Why did Stefan sound a little urgent about it? It was a bit strange really. Looking at him, he looked as if he'd been to hell and back.

"Yeah, I know she called me a little while ago also waking me up. What happened to you? You're back in town?" he asked

"Yeah, sorry." Stefan answered feeling slightly bad "I'll go."

"No, it's fine man. Come in." Matt said blinking rapidly and stepping aside "So you're alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Stefan replied as he walked inside the small apartment

"You're sure? You look rough." Matt said

"You don't need to be concerned." Stefan said

"Alright. So what are you doing here?" he asked

"Well, I wanted to try to get back to normal."

"Normal…" Matt trailed off

Then after a few seconds, Matt started laughing. He couldn't help it. The word itself was a complete joke and he'd found that out after Elena had sunk into his neck. Even before then, he knew something was off.

"You are not normal. Nothing about you is." He laughed

Stefan looked at him blankly then started laughing too. It wasn't the word he should've used. He just wanted to be somewhere he knew. Somewhere that felt like home.

"Okay, I deserved that." Stefan said

"Well, I just don't get it. You can go anywhere. So go anywhere." Matt said "That's what Bonnie's doing."

"We're not all Bonnie." Stefan said "We're not all that strong enough."

"Very true." Matt agreed as he sat down in a chair

Stefan took a seat in the one across from him. Thinking about Bonnie being stronger than him was hard. She'd always needed someone to take care of her whether it be Elena, Meredith, Matt or even…Damon. Now she was going. Meredith had gone and Elena well, the two of them parted on their own terms. How was it that everything fell apart because of him?

"If Damon knew the impact he'd left of this place…he'd be even more full of himself." Matt commented

Stefan smirked and nodded. It was true. Damon would smile that cocky grin like he owned the world. It was who he was. Stefan shook his head. Things were different now.

"I was planning on coming by to say goodbye to her later, but I guess I'm already up." Matt said

Stefan didn't hear him. Well, he did, but he didn't. That whole in one ear and out the other applied to him a lot lately. There were a lot of things on his mind. Other things he never asked about.

"She was okay right? Whenever we put her through what we did?" Stefan asked

"What?" matt asked then realized what he meant "I don't know. She doesn't talk about it ever. She never forgets though that she'll look young and beautiful in her coffin."

Stefan scoffed. She'd talked about that constantly the first day he'd entered Robert E Lee high school. She'd figured out her heritage.

"Yeah…" He trailed off

"She okay?" Matt asked

"She's broken up." Stefan answered

"She seemed fine when I talked to her last." Matt said sounding suddenly worried

"She's good at hiding things now." Stefan said

Matt nodded. If Bonnie knew they were talking about her, she'd probably be very confused. Confusion wasn't her middle name anymore. She'd grown up a lot. She'd even been willing to be bait, but Meredith tossed her out on that one. Matt was more surprised bonnie didn't go out on her own crusade to try and fix the world. Then again if she did, she'd probably get herself killed. On purpose? Matt kicked himself for the thought. She would never do that, not joyful, jumpy Bonnie. She wasn't as joyful or jumpy as she used to be either. Matt hadn't taken notice. He felt like an idiot for not even having thought about it.

"You'll check on her thought right?" Matt asked

"I had planned on it, especially with Justin."

"Justin?"

"An old friend from New Orleans apparently." Stefan shrugged

"Better be a friend." Matt growled

He couldn't really see Bonnie dating someone. She seemed like innocent pure one that would never do anything adulterous. Then he remembered Damon kissing her. Right, pure, innocent. She was the sweet one, but she wasn't a child, not anymore. Why was it so hard to come to terms with?

"He'll stay her friend and only that if he knows what's good for him."

"No." Matt said

"No?"

"Exactly. This isn't the girl who can't take care of herself anymore and she's a witch no less. If she wants someone in her life, we can't take that away. Like everyone else she needs to move on." Matt said

He didn't like saying it. He wanted her to stay like the girl he knew. Stefan was even more confused. He thought Matt of all people would back him up. So what gives?

"So we let go of her?"

"Well, no I don't mean th-" Matt paused "We?"

"I care about her too." Stefan said

"Huh."

"What?"

"It's strange is all. You usually cared about Elena or whatever concerned her. It's just…"Matt trailed off trying to find the word

"Strange, yeah got that part." Stefan cut in "I care about all of my friends."

He made a face and Matt just chuckled.

"I don't doubt it." Matt said

"But let her go?

"We aren't letting her go. It's just time her time."

"Like Meredith and Elena." Stefan murmured

"She's not letting us go anytime soon so, we don't need to let go. It's that thing where you'll always need that person." Matt continued

"Are we those persons?" Stefan asked

"I believe so or she wouldn't need to tell us things, things we don't even need to hear half the time." Matt said remembering when she was rambling after health class after 'the talk' no less

He never seemed to let her forget about it either. She always blushed and hid her face away and he'd laughed. It was always a good memory to look back on, but when he thought about it, it was hard to think of good memories to overcome the bad ones.

"If she knew we were talking about her," Matt looked at the clock on the microwave "At six in the morning no less, I think she might kill us."

"She could try." Stefan laughed

"Not all of us are immortal." Matt noted

"And you really think she could take you down?" Stefan asked

"She's a witch, druid or something like that. If she wanted to, I'm sure she could."

Stefan laughed. Matt had a point, but Stefan wondered if she even used her powers anymore. There were a lot of things he wondered.