I left Jeremy a voicemail, but didn't actually talk to him. I would need to.
My first instinct was that Jeremy was angry because I didn't tell him about Katherine. I decided that since it was late, I would talk to him in the morning. I hoped that he wouldn't be cold with his shirt. I mean yeah, he had a t-shirt and jacket, but it was still kind of cold outside and he was on a motorcycle that would make it colder. I decided to sleep on it and I could call him in the morning.
In the morning, I was dressed in a white dress and leather jacket. I went to Jeremy's house and inspected the windows. I determined that Jenna and Elena were there, but not him. It was too early for him to be at school, so I decided to check the Grill to see if he had gone to get breakfast. I didn't find Jeremy there, but I did find Matt. Maybe he would know where Jeremy was.
"Do you know where Jeremy is?" I asked immediately. I didn't have time for small talk.
"No." He answered. "I thought the two of you left the school together last night."
"We did, but he left and I don't know where he is." I explained before I exited the restaurant and decided that I should try calling him again. I heard it ring a few times. Come on, Jeremy. Pick up. I need to know where you are. Finally someone answered it.
"Jeremy's phone." Damon replied. What? Why did Damon have Jeremy's phone? Was Jeremy with him somewhere? Where was Damon since he didn't come last night anyway?
"Where is he? Where are you? Why do you have his phone?" I asked in succession. I then decided to add. "Is he okay?"
"Yeah, he's right here." Damon answered. "He's definitely okay. You can talk to him. Your girlfriend wants to talk to you."
I waited for a few seconds, but I never heard the phone exchange hands.
"Jeremy?" I asked.
"Yeah, I don't think that he wants to talk to you." Damon remarked.
"Tell me where the two of you are so I can come get him." I demanded. I was pretty concerned because Jeremy wasn't wearing his bracelet, meaning Damon could do anything to him. "If you do anything to him, I swear that I will make you regret it."
"You have a wonderful day." He told me before he hung up. I don't know if there was any point to calling back right now. I would have to wait for Damon to give the device back to him.
I then went home and began to decide what I was going to do next. I would write some more. That usually helped me figure things.
Dear Diary
Damon is with Jeremy somewhere. I don't know if Jeremy is willing in it or not, but I'm guess probably not. I'm really worried about him. I didn't know how to tell him that my last serious relationship was with a girl identical to his sister. I don't think that I can tell him the truth over the phone…if I can even talk to him over the phone. I have to do something. Maybe Bonnie knows some way to find him. I guess I'm going to school.
I walked out the door to head to school. I never officially dropped out. I just stopped showing up. I guess I could use the excuse that I was sick or something. My compulsion worked well enough for onetime things. I compelled the secretary that I had a doctor's note. When I went to History where I had yet to meet the new teacher, I found I was the first one there.
"Are you in this class?" He asked me.
"Yes. I'm Sara Salvatore." I responded. "I know I haven't been here recently. I was…sick."
"Well I'm Alaric Saltzman." He told me. Wow, I had been 162 years and I've never heard the name Alaric. Yeah, there was a king of the Visigoths named Alaric, but I didn't know people still used it. "Anyway, I'm glad that you're back. Your old teacher said great things about you."
"Really?" I asked as I cocked an eyebrow. I didn't think Tanner liked me that much.
"Well he did think you had were a little of a know-it-all." He replied.
"He was asking for it." I argued as more students began to arrive.
At lunch, I found Bonnie outside.
"Bonnie." I called to her, before I walked up to her.
"Sara, I didn't know you were back in school." She commented. "Also, why did you send me a friend request? I didn't even know that you were on Facebook,"
"I just joined." I replied. That reminds me. I should probably change my status to 'in a relationship.' "So how are you doing?"
"I'm fine." She answered.
"I need to talk to you." I explained. "You see Jeremy is somewhere with Damon and I was wondering if you could use a spell to help me find him."
"Sara, I know that Jeremy is okay with this, but I'm not sure that I am." She told me.
"I'm asking you because I'm scared, Bonnie. Will you please help me?" I requested.
We took a seat at a table and I took the bracelet out of my bag.
"I have Jeremy's bracelet." I told her. "I think you can use to find out where he is."
"How do you know that I can do this?" She inquired.
"Because I've seen other witches do things like this." I answered.
"I'm still new. I don't think I can." Bonnie remarked.
"Just try it." I urged.
"Okay." She agreed as she took the bracelet. "Nothing's happening. There's no image."
She then tried to cast another spell and nothing happened. I think for some reason her powers weren't working. This was not something that I wanted right now. Why did I have such bad luck? Though, I should be concerned for her.
"Something's wrong with me. My powers aren't working." She declared. "I need to go. I'm sorry, Sara. I can't help you."
I decided that I would skip for the rest of the day. I went to check the roads for anything. I found Jeremy's motorcycle not far from our house. I was torn up. I could probably fix it sometime, but I didn't have the time for that right now. If he had insurance, he'd probably be able to get a new one anyway. At that point, I decided to call him once again. I got no answer. I don't know what I was going to do. I had to figure something out.
I should probably calm down. Damon won't hurt Jeremy. Maybe he just found him on the side of the road and took him somewhere. I'm assuming that he was okay this morning. Maybe it would be good for me to give Jeremy some time. The only problem is I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. How long is it going to take for him to come back? Where did Damon take him and why was Damon out of town anyway?
I need to catch up on my homework. I'm sure that I could probably do it pretty quickly. I decided that I would check me email first. To my surprise, I had a new friend request. I wasn't expecting any because Bonnie was the only one who even knew that I was on Facebook. It opened it up and it was from Leah Stevens. I checked out her page and I think she figured out about Lexi's death because her status was angry and depressed. I guess it wouldn't hurt to accept her friend request, even though I probably wouldn't be seeing her again anytime soon.
I then decided that I check Jeremy's page to see if he had updated since yesterday. He hadn't. I wanted to call him again and this time I managed to get through.
"Jeremy?" I asked.
"What do you want, Sara?" He asked angrily. Yeah, I think the whole Katherine thing upset him.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"You lied to me." Jeremy remarked.
"I didn't lie. I just never told you what Katherine looked like." I pointed out.
"Omission is still lying." Jeremy told me. Okay, he had me there.
"Just tell me where you are and I'll pick you up." I responded.
"Katherine looks just like Elena. Why didn't you tell me that?" He asked.
"I didn't know how to tell you. I can tell you more, but I don't want to do it over the phone." I requested. I didn't get a response. I think he had hung up on me. I sighed. I hoped that he would let me explain myself when he got back, which I hoped would be soon. I wonder if it would be possible for me to trace the call…actually I think that would work better if he was calling me.
So, so far I wasn't having much luck with science or magic locating Jeremy. There had to be something that I could do. Wait, Bonnie wasn't the only witch in town. She lived with her grandmother. Maybe I could talk to her. I had a little bit of history with Sheila Bennett, but I wasn't sure if she remembered me. I went to her house and knocked on the door. She answered it.
"Hi." I greeted her.
"Can I help you?" She asked me. She didn't seem to recognize me, which I guess I was okay with."
"My name is Sara. I'm a friend of Bonnie's. I was wondering if she's here right now." I held out my hand for her to shake. Hopefully it would let her know that she can trust me.
"She was, but not anymore." The woman answered.
"Do you know where she went?" I asked.
"No, but you do." She told me. I do?
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"I told her to face down her fear and I'm sensing that you know exactly why she was scared." She explained. "You know what I am, and yet you offered me your hand, which means you wanted me to see that I can trust you."
"Do you trust me?" I responded.
"I trust that you'll keep her safe." Sheila replied. "You should get going. I'm not inviting you in. I'm sure you understand."
I needed to think. What was Bonnie afraid of? Well she was afraid of Damon, but I don't think that she went to find him. What else was Bonnie afraid of? Maybe it wasn't Damon, but a particular thing that he did and of course. She's afraid because of what happened at Fell's Church and to face her fear, she would have to go back there.
I knew that I needed to get down there right away. I tried to call Bonnie, but I didn't get anything. That meant that she could be in trouble. I saw a hole in the ground and went down. She had found the tomb. I landed behind Bonnie and…she screamed. I guess I did kind of sneak up on her.
"Bonnie, it's me." I told her. "It's Sara."
She calmed down after a few seconds. I do wonder how this whole suddenly formed in the ground. The ground seemed pretty sturdy before. I had to get her out of here.
"Sara? The ground gave way and I fell." She explained. I kind of figured that.
"I'm gonna get you out of here." I told her.
"How?" She asked. "We're like 20 feet underground."
I think it was actually closer to 30.
"Close your eyes and hold on tight." I instructed. She did both and then I leapt out. It was after dark now. "Okay, you can open them now."
She saw that we were back on the surface.
"How did you know where to find me?" She asked.
"Your grandma told me that you were trying to conquer your fear and I figured the rest out." I explained.
"I heard them down there." She told me. "Are they in pain?"
"No, they can't feel anything at this point." I explained.
"But if they get blood…" She stated.
"They won't get." I told her. "No one is going to open that. You're safe now, Bonnie."
I could only hope that Jeremy would be safe too. I don't think that he was anywhere nearby. All I could do right now is wait for him to come back. I then had an idea.
"Do you want to call Caroline and maybe go to the Grill? Or maybe we could get some takeout?" I suggested.
"Shouldn't you be trying to find out where Jeremy and Damon are?" The witch asked me.
"Well I talked to him, and he seems to be fine wherever he is." I replied. "I could just sit and wait, or I could do something."
"The Grill sounds okay, but Caroline is visiting her dad in Memphis right now."
We went down the Grill and we happened to see Elena was there. The two of them looked at each other awkwardly.
"Hey." Elena greeted Bonnie.
"Hi." Bonnie reciprocated. You know it's weird how they used to be best friends. I wonder if they could be friends again.
"So we were about to have dinner." I remarked. "Do you want to join us?"
"Sure." Elena declared. "By the way, Sara, do you know where Jeremy is because Jenna called me and she doesn't have a clue."
"I'm sure he'll be back soon." I declared. "My brother took him somewhere."
"Are you sure that you can trust your brother?" Elena asked.
"Yes." I answered. I had to trust him right now and convince myself that he'd come back safely. "So how's school going?"
"Mr. Saltzman gave me this paper for extra credit. I think I may be starting to get back on track." She answered.
After dinner, I decided to take Bonnie home. Sheila opened the door as we arrived.
"Well, look who's returned from battle." She said as she gave her granddaughter a hug. "Can I talk to your friend for a minute?"
Bonnie went inside of the house at that time.
"Thank you." She told me.
"I appreciate your help, Sara." She told me. I think she did remember me after all.
"You're welcome, Sheila." I told her.
"I wasn't sure if you remembered me." Sheila commented.
"It was October 1969. You were leading the only Anti-War sit-in within miles of Mystic Falls." I remarked. "People were mesmerized when you spoke. I was at least."
"The cops weren't mesmerized." She reminisced. "You took a big risk coming here and letting me rid you. It could have gone much differently."
"Your family has a very long history of keeping my secret. I knew I could trust you." I replied.
"So I take that Bonnie knows. Just be warned Miss Salvatore. I will protect my own before all others." She declared.
"I understand." I responded.
"Good night then." She told me.
"Good night, Sheila." I reciprocated.
Jeremy ended up returning the next day with Damon. Both seemed to be okay. I decided to scold my brother first.
"Where have you been? How could you take Jeremy away like that?" I yelled at him.
"I'm not in the mood." Damon replied. "Your BFF's GF wailed on me last night."
Jeremy then went into my room.
"You could have told me you know." He stated. He seemed to be calmer now. "I could have handled it."
"I didn't know how." I admitted. "I'm sorry you found out the way that you did."
"You said that you would tell me the truth." He reminded him. "I candle handle it, Sara. I can handle that you're a vampire, Bonnie is a witch and I could have handled that your ex-girlfriend looked exactly like my sister. I don't like being lied to."
"I can tell you that Elena is nothing like Katherine. I spent the summer finding that out and watching her. In doing that, I accidentally fell for you. I know it's kind of stalking, but I saved Elena from the accident. I dove in when I saw the crash. Your dad was conscious, but he requested I save her first. I went back for him and your mom, but it was too late. I was in town to see Zach." I explained.
"No knew how she got out of the car." He replied. "You saved her."
"I couldn't leave town without getting to know first. I'm sorry for not telling you and I understand if you don't want to speak to me again."
"Why does Elena look like Katherine?" He asked. This was going to be big.
"I didn't know. It didn't make sense because she was a Pierce and Elena is a Gilbert. I thought Elena might have been adopted, but she wasn't. Your mother did give birth to her. Though, I found something interesting when I was looking. Your mother was only admitted to the maternity ward once." I told him.
"What are you saying?" He questioned.
"Elena wasn't adopted, but you were Jeremy." I answered.
"Oh my god." He declared.
"Jeremy, I don't care if you're not a Gilbert. I love you just the same. I'm sorry for waiting so long to tell you this and if there's anything else you want to know, just ask." I responded before we hugged and kiss. "By the way, you need to change your Relationship Status."
"You're on Facebook?" He asked in surprise.
Later in the night, Jeremy had gone home. I was sleeping when I heard a sound. I was after 3:00. I didn't know who it could possibly be. My first instinct was to grab a stake. I turned on the light and there was the short blonde girl, dressed in a black dress like she was mourning.
"Leah, what are you doing here?" I questioned.
"Lexi was all that I had." Leah explained. "We were supposed to be together forever. While she was gone, I found a witch. I wanted to marry her with this."
She pulled out a ring with a lapis lazuli stone.
"I'm sorry for kidnapping him. I didn't know he was your boyfriend." She apologized.
"I still don't know what you're doing here." I admitted.
"I know I'm not Lexi, but I was wondering if I could stay here for a while. I'm not going to kill Damon, but I don't want to be alone." Leah told me.
I pulled her in and gave her the hug she desperately needed.
"You can stay as long as you need to." I stated.
Foreshadowing! You probably expected Leah to make an appearance, but probably didn't expect her to be staying in the boarding house. There will definitely be more Saremy moments in the next chapter. Oh and Jeremy's adopted, not Elena. Please don't forget to review.