Ashley's POV

I walked into my house early in the morning. As good as having sex with Jeremy was, sneaking in was not that great.

"Ashley." My mom said. She might as well be.

"Hi…Mom." I stammered. I was so busted.

"You know you didn't have to sneak in. Jenna called saying that you fell asleep and were spending the night." She told me.

"Oh." I responded. I wasn't expecting that. I then headed to my room and got changed into a grey tunic dress with black tights. I put a black choker around my neck before adding some shoes.

Taylor's POV

Elena and I were talking to Caroline. I wore a translucent blue top and jeans with my hair in a ponytail.

"Have you even talked to Bonnie?" Elena asked.

"No, I'm mad at her. She needs to make the first move." Caroline answered.

"You should make it." I suggested.

"I can't. She's a thief." Caroline declared. "I gave her my necklace and she refuses to give it back. It's about principle."

"Well I tried." I stated.

"So, where's Stefan?" Caroline asked.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him since last night." I answered. I hoped he would show up. "It's kind of complicated now."

I walked into History. Today was the day that Alaric was here. My favorite teacher had finally arrived, well at least before he turned evil. I watched that new show of his and it was…really bad.

"Good morning everyone." He greeted before he started to write his name on the board. "Alaric Saltzman. It's a mouthful, I know. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Saltzman is of German origins, but I'm from Boston. Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I will never be able to thank enough. So you can call me Ric. I'm your new History teacher."

At lunch, I was sitting with Elena and Bonnie since Stefan still hadn't shown. He did lose his best friend. Maybe I should give him a little space. Bonnie was talking about Emily. I really hated Emily for being such a bitch. I didn't want Bonnie to become like her.

"Do you believe in ghosts?" Bonnie asked.

"Yes." I answered. They stared at me. I knew they that were real.

"I think I'm being haunted." Bonnie replied. I knew how this was going to end and I didn't enjoy it. I really didn't want this to happen, but there was nothing I could do about it. I walked away because I didn't want to hear any more.

Ashley's POV

I ran into Jeremy in the hallway after he came out of Ric's classroom.

"Hey." I greeted him.

"Where'd you go this morning?" He asked.

"I had to go home, only I didn't because Jenna called my mom." I responded.

"I was thinking that maybe last night was a mistake." He declared.

"What do you mean?" I asked. Those were words that I didn't want to hear. "I thought it was really good."

"Yeah, but Vicki just left town and I don't want you to think that it was rebound sex." He told me. Damn it, I should have thought of this before I did it. "I don't think I'm ready to start something now."

"Yeah, me either." I lied. "I should get going."

After school, I went with Caroline to the car. It was then that she noticed Josh. Apparently they had done…something last night. The exact thing was something I wasn't sure of.

"Okay we need to talk about last night and how you snuck out this morning." Caroline told him. This seemed oddly familiar. "We cuddled. I don't appreciate that."

"I didn't want your mom to see me in your bed." Josh replied. Caroline realized that she just went off on him for no reason. She needs to avoid conclusion jumping.

Taylor's POV

After school, I found Stefan waiting for me. I went over and kissed him.

"Aren't you going to ask about Damon?" He asked before I kissed him again.

"Is he dead?" I questioned in between kisses.

"No." He replied.

"Then it's fine." I responded before he pushed away. "Did you have something else to say or something?"

"I'm not coming to school anymore." He declared. Okay that wasn't so bad. "I need to keep my distance. It's the right thing to do."

"Are you breaking up with me?" I asked. No, he can't. I don't wanna go all Bella Swan here.

"It's better this way." He stated.

"I can handle this, Stefan." I told him. "You can't run away from this."

"You're angry. It's good if you hate me." He replied.

"I don't nor will I ever hate you, Stefan." I declared, probably not even if he became a ripper and left with Klaus. I hoped that wouldn't happen.

I ended up walking home. I guess the fact that I might be able to get Stefan back after a short period of time, however long it was until the next episode was comforting. I didn't want to cry about this. Elena and Bonnie then arrived.

"Okay so the plan for the night is Bonnie, Caroline, and Ashley are spending the night." Elena declared.

"You look upset." Bonnie remarked to me.

"Stefan and I are kind of on a break." I explained. "I don't think we're officially over, but he said he needed space. He just found out a friend died. I'll see him in a few days."

"Is he gonna be okay?" Elena asked.

"He'll be fine." I replied. "He needs some time."

Later in the night, after both Forbes sisters had arrived, we were in the kitchen, unpacking takeout. I needed to talk to Ashley about Jeremy, but it could wait.

"I'm sorry." Caroline told Bonnie. "If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."

"Would you hate me if I told you that I threw it away?" Bonnie replied. I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares so I chucked it."

"I hate this part." I whispered to Ashley. She nodded with me.

"You could have given it to me." Caroline suggested.

"You would have given it to Damon." I pointed out.

"Screw Damon, are we doing manicures or what?" Caroline asked.

It was then that Caroline discovered the talisman and went off on Bonnie and Bonnie tried to explain she was a witch which Caroline didn't believe which caused Bonnie to leave the room.

I then dragged Ashley to the bathroom with me.

"I thought you said that you said you weren't gonna make a move." I reminded her. "Being naked in his bed is definitely a move and why were you wearing my robe?"

"It's a long story about the robe." Ashley admitted. "And basically the thing with Jeremy is over as soon as it began. This morning he told me it was a mistake. Maybe I should wait."

"Well you really can't wait too long." I pointed out. "You have to make a move before Anna gets to him without interfering with meeting Anna."

We stepped out of the bathroom around the same time that Caroline finished apologizing to Bonnie. We walked out to meet everyone.

"Let's have a séance." Caroline suggested. How did Caroline ever learn to do a séance anyway? "Let's summon some spirits."

"I'm pretty sure summoning spirits is a bad thing." I remarked before I walked upstairs. Let's get this over with.

We went to Elena's room and formed a pentagram. It seemed even worse this way. Caroline then proceeded to go into the whole séance shtick. Seriously, how did she learn to do a séance?

"Emily, you there?" Bonnie asked. Caroline opened her eyes and so did I. That was seriously the best that she could think of? I closed my eyes again.

"Can you at least try?" Caroline urged.

"Emily, if you're here, give us a sign." Bonnie declared before the candle suddenly ignited. We all broke apart.

"That's creepy." Ashley replied.

"It's just the air conditioning." Bonnie replied for it burned brighter.

"Ask her for another sign." Caroline instructed. "Emily can we see another sign?"

Suddenly the shutters opened and the candles blew out. This was all a lot creepier that it seemed like it would be. Then the necklace disappeared and Bonnie got locked in the bathroom. It was all very horror movie. Elena and Caroline beat on the door until it finally opened.

"Are you okay?" Elena asked.

"I'm fine." Emily answered.

"Unbelievable, you were totally faking it." Caroline declared. "Come on, Ash, we're leaving."

"Why do I have to go?" Ashley complained. She then seemed to remember something. "Okay, just let get my bag."

I could that she didn't want to be involved the whole Damon-Emily thing. I kind of wished that I didn't have to be.

"Are you okay, Bonnie?" Elena asked again. It's not Bonnie. She's possessed by Emily.

"I must go." Emily declared as she went down the stairs. I wish I knew an exorcist. I also wish that I never watched The Exorcist. That movie gave me nightmares for weeks.

"If she's leaving, we're leaving too." Caroline declared. So much for the sleepover.

"You guys can't leave." Elena protested.

"Yes, we can. I've had enough of supernatural mumbo-jumbo for one night." Caroline replied.

"Thank you for having me." Emily declared. "I'll take it from here."

"Where are you going?" Elena asked.

"Back to where it all began." Emily answered as she headed downstairs.

"Bonnie…Bonnie." Elena tried to stop her.

"I don't think that's Bonnie." I declared as Elena realized what I meant.

"Emily!" She shouted.

Emily turned to face us.

"I can't let him have it." She declared. Emily rushed out the door and then used her spell to trap us inside. After some banging, Jeremy came in from the outside.

"What the hell?" He asked.

"We had a great time, bye." Ashley declared as she pulled Caroline out with her.

"I'm calling Stefan." I told Elena as I dialed his number.

"What's wrong?" He answered.

"Bonnie's possessed by this ghost of her ancestor named Emily." I explained. "She said that she was going back to where it all began. Do you think that she meant Fell's Church? We need to do something, Stefan."

"Just stay there. I'll find her." He instructed before he hung up.

"He said to stay here." I told Elena.

"No, we need to go." Elena replied as she went out to her car. I sighed and followed her. I would have been content to let Stefan handle it. Elena began to drive. There was no real point to doing this. We couldn't do anything until she released Bonnie. Stefan was more than capable of handling everything here. After a little while, we had arrived at the church.

Ashley's POV

We got home and found Josh in the driveway.

"We are you doing here?" Caroline asked him.

"I wanted to apologize for my disappearing act this morning. I could have at least left a note. Anyway, I'm glad that you're here. I've been here for about an hour." Josh answered.

"Why didn't you just call?" I inquired.

"I really wanted to say this stuff in person." He replied.

Taylor's POV

We arrived just as Emily was throwing the talisman in the air to destroy it. Stefan held us back and it burst into a rain of embers. Bonnie then regained control. She looked around confused before Damon went over and suddenly bit into her neck. Stefan managed to save her life like I expected. Elena looked pretty confused as to what was going on. I was going to have a fun night. Bonnie woke up after consuming Stefan's blood and

"Her neck, it's healing." Elena commented in confusion. "How is she healing?"

"I'll explain when we get home." I promised.

Ashley's POV

Caroline, Josh, and I all went to the living room and had some snacks as we watched the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. I knew that wasn't going to turn out well for him. I noticed the two of them were cuddling. I never thought that Caroline and Liam from 90210 would make a good couple because I wasn't into crossover shipping, but they looked really cute together.

Taylor's POV

"I don't understand what happened." Bonnie declared.

"You two wait in the car. I'll explain when we get back." I promised again as I waited for Stefan. I didn't want this to happen, even though I knew it wasn't going to happen. The two of them sat in the car before he walked over to me.

"You should probably watch over." Stefan instructed. "She'll probably be fine, but you may want to make sure."

"I'm gonna tell them, Stefan. They need to know what they just saw." I stated.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Elena is my twin sister. I can't just erase everyone's memories. I feel bad enough for doing it to Jeremy. I need to be able to talk to people about this. I promise I won't tell anyone else."

"Okay." He agreed.

"You know that you saved her." I replied. "You saved her life and I am grateful for that. I know that you need some time after Lexi's death, but I am here whenever you're ready and I want you to know that you don't have to be alone in this. I love you, Stefan. We can do this together."

"I have to do it myself." He countered. "I'm leaving. I can't let anyone else get hurt. I think everything would have been better if I hadn't come back."

"Stefan, it's not your fault. You're helped more than you hurt." I argued. "You have to stay. You can't just leave me like this. You can't do this to me, Stefan. I love you."

"It was a mistake, Taylor." He explained. "I can't be a part of your life anymore."

"You might think that you're protecting me, but you're not. All of the bad things are still going to happen when you're gone. You made me feel better after the accident. You can't leave. Please don't leave me. This is your home."

Stefan kissed my hand as tears began to run down my face. Why did it have to be like this?

"Goodbye, Taylor." He told me before he walked away. I didn't want to say anything. Elena got in the front and I got in the passenger side and she drove home.

So I really don't like this episode because I really hate Emily even more than Bonnie. Plus Caroline is hooking up with Josh. Everything will be okay will Taylor and Stefan. Please don't forget to review.