A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for the delay. I hope you guys enjoy this update. I might be able to update again later not going to promise anything. I haven't watched this week's episode yet but that hug still has me floating. Bamon ya'll!

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A few days later Elena barged into the Lockwood manor where Matt and I were watching a movie. I am not ashamed to say I was using the time to get to know him better, of course she showed up to ruin it.

"Where are they?" Elena asked

"Who?" Matt asked. I was glad he asked because I was wondering myself.

"Damon and Bonnie," she said cutting her eyes at me.

"How should I know?" I asked.

"This was your plan. And now Bonnie and Damon are missing! Where are they? What did you do? Tell me now!" she yelled. I can not believe this bitch.

"They are not missing. Just because you don't know where they are doesn't mean they're missing. It means you don't know where they are," I told the overly dramatic vampire girl.

"Then why haven't they called?" she said folding her arms.

"What? I talked to Bonnie this morning," I told her. I took so much joy in watching her face contort in disbelief.

"What are you talking about? Why would she call you?" Elena asked angrily.

"I don't know. She told me that she and Damon are fine. Damon called Stefan this morning to. They're NOT lost simply because you don't know where they are," I told her with a smile.

"You're lying! It's convenient that you're the one Bonnie called. No. You're working with this warlock and you led them to be captured," she ranted.

"Elena, that doesn't make sense," Matt said, "I'm sure Damon and Bonnie had their reasons for not calling you," he said.

"She's brainwashed you. She knew Professor Shane and lied about it. She's lying and I'm going to prove it," she before she turned to leave.

"Matt, you know that's not true, right?" I asked. I had to make sure he believed me. The pull that Gilbert Girl has on the thoughts and opinions of all she knew is a powerful thing. I was just checking, you know, because he hasn't seen me naked yet so I don't have an advantage. Just kidding, kind of.

"I know. She 's worried," he explained.

"Right," I said rolling my eyes.

"Don't worry about it. Damon and Bonnie will be home soon and this will all be behind us," Matt said with a smile.

I smiled back but I realized that I needed to start figuring out why I was in Mystic Falls. The only leads I had were my phone with the weird contacts and the letter from Professor Creepy. Not much to go on but I had no choice. It was all I had to go on. When Matt went to work I started dialing. As I was scrolling through I noticed the names of both Devereaux witches. I called both numbers no answer at either number. I was taking it all in stride that these fictional characters had replaced my friends and family in my contact list. The fact that they had working numbers and voice mail didn't bother me at all. (I'm lying!) Josh was in my frequently called list and I got a personal message when I called him.

"Claudette if this is you I'm so glad you called. I haven't heard from you in a few days. Hope you're finding adventure in the arms of a beautiful man, wish I was. I promise I will call you back as soon as I get this," Josh's voice said in my ear. I left a message not knowing what else to do.

"Hi, Josh. I'm fine. Sorry I haven't called. I did meet someone and I'm not sure where things stand so I've neglected you. I'm sorry. Bye!" I said not sure what I would do if he called back. I scrolled through some more names and I stopped on Hayley M, skip it. Not calling her I don't have any use for her so no point in calling. I scrolled past and the next name was Elijah M. Wait what? No way! There was no way I was calling him. What if he answered. No thank you, keep on scrolling. And I definitely wasn't going to call Camille. My options were to wait for Josh to call or call Elijah. I choose Josh because, well, because he's Elijah. Again I reiterate what if he answered the phone, then what? Exactly! So I'll skip the Elijah call thank you very much. I went to the Grill for dinner and was surprised and pleased when Stefan sat down beside me.

"Hi Claudette," he said smiling.

"Hi, Stefan," I said returning his smile.

"So...Elena came to see you?" he asked.

"Yeah. She wanted to know where Bonnie and Damon are; because obviously since I had them kidnapped I'd know where to find them," I said with a roll of my eyes.

"Makes sense," Stefan quipped. "I found out from Caroline that Elena went up to the Gilbert cabin looking for them," Stefan told me.

"Why would she do that?" I asked shaking my head.

"I don't know. I guess she's worried," he said shrugging.

"Her worry is going to get someone killed," I told him bluntly.

"No harm done though, they aren't there," Stefan pointed out.

"They aren't?" I asked. I assumed that was where they went it's where they always go.

"No. That's why she was upset. She decided it would be better if she was with them. That they needed her help," he told me rolling his eyes.

"Maybe she figured..." I said about to give her the benefit of the doubt, "you know what I don't know what I don't know what she's thinking," I finished. "Do you think Damon and Bonnie can handle it alone?" I asked him.

"Of course. If it was any other two people I'd be worried. But Damon and Bonnie make a great team. The things they've done together are amazing. You came up with the perfect plan using the dynamic duo, they're perfect," Stefan finished. I looked into his eyes and could read everything he wasn't saying. I hope he saw it reflected back at him.

"If they're so perfect, for this I mean, why does no one else see it?" I asked hoping he caught my underlying meaning.

"Maybe because they had such a rough start it's hard for people to see them together, you know working to defeat an enemy, but personally I think if you don't see it you're blind," Stefan said. This is why Stefan is my king, he gets it. He sees the inevitability of Bamon and he's going along for the ride just like me.

"Elena could be too close to the situation to see it clearly," I mentioned.

"Possibly but it doesn't matter what Elena sees, the truth is there. I'm tired of hearing from people that they hate each other, that's the past. That's not how they feel any more, it's obvious to anyone with eyes," he ranted.

"You're right. Bonnie told me she trust Damon with her life. And Caroline said that he orchestrated the events that brought her back," I said getting frustrated thinking about all the Dullena shippers who live with the fear that one day Damon will come to his senses and realize that he belongs with Bonnie.

"He did. I wasn't much help at the time but Damon was relentless. No one knows this but the night we brought Bonnie back he and I were the only ones in the woods. He was looking for me when he saw Amara dead. He panicked because he wasn't sure if the spell had worked. He couldn't deal with Bonnie being gone. No one but me knows about the relief he felt when he learned Bonnie was back," Stefan told me conspiratorially. I knew about the panic, it was on the show, but the relief was news to me. It didn't surprise me but I knew it would surprise some people.

"Then I'm glad they went on this road trip together. When they come back I think they'll be different!" I said smiling.

"I think you're right, Claudette," Stefan agreed before leaving me sitting at the bar.