AN/ Hello lovelies. How are you? Well sorry for the late update but I have exams and I should be studying now but I decided to finish the chapter up and upload it. i really hope you like it!

Chapter 6:

Catching Up

Turning around, I open my eyes to see that Nik had already gotten up and was lying on the bed reading 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

"Good Morning love," Nik says

"Good morning, Nik" I whisper, yawning. "What time is it?"

"It's around 2 o'clock." He replies. "Love, I still can't believe that you can sleep for this long."

"You should know," I say getting out of bed.

"Where are you going?" Nik asks

"I'm supposed to meet up with Bonnie at the Grill in 10 minutes." I say

"Oh come on, I thought we could go out and have lunch together and catch up." Nik said putting his book aside, as I ran around getting my stuff.

"Sorry Nik, the full moon is 2 weeks and we still don't know if the spell is going to work or not." I say giving a sad smile.

"Then dinner in the garden at 7" Nik says giving a hopeful face.

"Okay," I say going up to him and giving him a soft peck. He pulls me in deeper and I almost forget that I had to meet up with Bonnie.

"Nice try Nik, but I need to go. I'll see you later." I say.

"Bye love I'll see you later." He replies with a small pout.


"Hey Bonnie," I wave sitting across her in the corner booth.

"Hi Beth," Bonnie replies

"So what did you want to meet up with me for?" I ask

"I just needed to know if you're sure about this plan." She asks

"Bonnie I've told you a million times, yes." I say

"Why?" She asks

"Because, I'm on three sides here; I'm on my boyfriend's side who wants to break the curse, I'm on my brothers' side who will die for Elena, and on Elijah's side who wants nothing but his family back together." I try to explain

"You know you can't make everyone happy. Especially when in the process you're upsetting the ancestors." Bonnie says

"I know but I can try." I reply knowing that she was right.

"Please think about this Beth, I know I just met you but I can't lose you too. You're the only one who knows what I'm going through" Bonnie says

"I'm sorry Bonnie, I did think through this but it's the only way. Plus I think I can handle the ancestors." I say

"That's not the point" Bonnie says frustrated.

"Then what is?" I ask with the same intensity.

"The point is with such a big spell you could die" Bonnie whispers

"Bonnie, I'm a vampire. I can't just die like that" I reply. "You're not going to lose me."

"But your powers could be lost. You could use up all the magic in you for this spell." Bonnie says as she tries to change my mind

"And that's a risk I'm willing to take." I say firmly.

"No, I can't let you do this" Bonnie says

"Why not, Bonnie you just met me yesterday. Why are you fighting me on this?" I ask

"Because Grams came to me yesterday night in a dream and told me that I needed to trust you and that you were family." Bonnie says tears forming in her eyes. "She told me that you were family and I can't lose anymore family."

"Even if you just met them and they're in love with a guys who was trying to kill your best friend" I say

"Even then," Bonnie says. "Okay how about this; we both do the spell."

"No of course not"

"Why not," Bonnie asks stubbornly

"Because, you could die"

"So will you"

"How many times do I have to tell you this I'm a vampire, I can't die."

"So then how about you do most of the spell and I'll help you" Bonnie suggests

"No, but knowing the Bennett's stubbornness I have a feeling you won't back down from this 'argument' so fine." I agree as she smiles. "But you'll just break the locket, nothing else. Okay?"

"Deal, now that we got that out of the way, can you tell me more about my family." She asks

"Okay, the Bennett family has been here in Mystic Falls since forever, they migrated here from Europe along with the Mikealsons after the Plague." I start "I'm not sure who was the first Bennett witch but the most powerful and oldest Bennett witch was in fact Ayana."

"She's never mentioned in the grimoires though." Bonnie asks

"Because she was neighbors with the Mikealsons and the ancestors were pissed at her cause she couldn't stop Esther into turning the Mikealsons into vampires. She also casted an aging spell on Esther. Of course Ayana had no idea of this but the ancestors wouldn't listen. Eventually they forgave her descendents but never her." I explain

"So the Bennets were one of the first families in Mystic Falls."

"Well, it wasn't called Mystic Falls back then but technically, yes, the Bennet family helped build most of the structures." I say

"Cool, then why did Grams tell me we came from Salem?"

"Because after the entire Mikealson fiasco, the Bennet family moved away to Salem, Massachusetts, and so did many other families of witches. Salem was the hub for magic, of course the humans found out and there was this huge fight and witches were murdered."

"Wait, how were the witches murdered though why couldn't we just defend ourselves with magic." She asks

"Because they weren't humans, they were Travelers."

"Who are the Travelers?"

"They are distant cousins of the witch family. They draw their magic from, well darker substances."

"So they're technically witches."

"Yes, but they refuse to have any connection to us and vice versa. We were already on bad terms with them after we cursed them from never having a home and after they started killing us in Salem, we refuse to have any connection with them too. So we said that they were humans who were delusional for believing in witches, so no one would find out about us"

"But if we are all witches what caused the rift between us?"

"Well, it's a little confusing but basically the first vampire was Silas. He was a traveler and a very powerful one in fact. He and Qetsiayh created the first immortality spell. This created a rift between the witches; the witches who wanted to use their powers to restore and maintain the balance in nature and the witches who believed in using their powers for anything they wanted."

"Wow, I never thought that we would have such an extensive history. I mean Grams never told me anything because we were always jumping to new things to save Elena or the town"

"Well then how about I teach you magic?" I suggest

"Really, you would do that?"

"Of course, I would. I mean I don't really have anybody to teach anyway." I reply

"Okay now that I know a little more about my family, tell me a little about your life." She asks

"Well, I think that's a story for another time." I say getting up. "It was really nice seeing you again Bonnie. We'll meet up again for Magic 101 class."

"Thanks for coming Beth." Bonnie replies. "I'm holding you for that class."

I smile as I leave the Grill. It felt nice to freely talk about magic again.

AN/ really hoped that you guys liked this chapter! Thank you so much for reading it! Next chapter will probably be the dinner date!

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