A fool. They had me walking around like a fool. I knew that something was wrong when I would try to create my hybrids and each time they will all die during transition. So I wanted to pay a visit to the Bennett witch and threaten her to find a solution and fix this mess before I kill her family and loved ones and that's when I spotted the doppelgänger walking around happily with the eldest Salvatore with not a care in the world. They thought that they could trick me and get away with it? They thought they could live their lives care-free after they played me? Well they thought wrong and now I know what I must do.
Today felt like a good day. The sun outside shined bright, the weather was fair and it was a nice soft blowing of the wind. A day like this couldn't be wasted in bed a day like this had to be enjoyed. He had to admit that he was getting lazy just lounging in bed all day with his love and he would never tell this to her in her face but she was putting on a few pounds not that he was bothered by it or anything.
"You want to go what?" Bonnie took a sip of her coffee.
"I want us to go camping and I think all our friends should join us."
"I don't know Stefan I only went camping once in the little time that I was in Girl Scouts."
"Girl Scouts? You still got that outfit?" Stefan raised a brow.
Bonnie rolled her eyes while shaking her head chuckling, "I'll ask Caroline and Elena to see if they want to come but no promises."
He took a seat next to her, "Speaking of Elena when do you want to tell her?"
It took Bonnie a while to figure out what he was talking about but once it popped in her head she shrugged,
"I don't know today maybe? I guess the sooner the better I could call her to meet us here in about an hour sound good?"
"Yeah I'll go tell Damon." He kissed her on the cheek and walked out the kitchen.
Bonnie decided to call Elena now while she was alone,
"Hey Elena it's me Bonnie."
"Hey Bon what's up?"
"Well I was wondering if we, actually, never mind I was wondering if you would come over to the boardinghouse in about an hour there's something that I need to tell you."
At first Bonnie thought that they should meet her at her place but then changed her mind because she didn't want Jeremy to overhear,
"Are you going to tell me that I have to die again?" Elena joked.
"No nothing like that" giggles "anyway I'll see you in about an hour?"
"Yeah sure see you soon."
Click
Elena knew why she wanted to talk to her. She could tell that Bonnie was nervous on the phone. She had to remind herself to act surprised about the news because Damon had already told her and she promised that she'll act shocked when Bonnie delivered the news. Although when she questioned Damon about how Stefan knew he didn't give her a straight answer so she's wondering what Stefan has to say. Elena ate a small breakfast, took a shower and made her way to the boardinghouse.
Stefan knocked on his brother's door before entering. Damon was lounging on the bed reading a book,
"Hey Damon, Elena will be over here soon we're going to tell her about her that she's adopted."
"Sounds like fun." He flipped the page.
Stefan walked out of the room and walked into his, Bonnie was just getting out the shower so he decided to take one himself. By the time he got out he heard Elena's car pulling up in the driveway. Bonnie got Damon while Stefan answered the door.
"Elena, please come in." Stefan stepped to the side so Elena could enter.
"Bonnie said that she needed to talk to me?"
"Yeah actually we all need to. Please have a seat."
Stefan sat down across from her as Bonnie and Damon made their way down. Bonnie sat next to Elena while Damon took a seat next to Stefan but not before he made a detour to the mini bar.
Bonnie not sure where to start began, "Um Elena I honestly didn't think much about this whole doppelgänger thing just because I didn't think that it was all that important, but Stefan and Damon did and they did some research about it and they discovered something-"
"Something like what?" Elena's eyebrows met.
"Elena...Elena you were adopted."
Elena put on her best shocked face she's been practicing in the mirror before she came and a few times in the rear view mirror before she entered. She could see the look in Bonnie's eyes this was really hard for her,
"I don't believe you." Elena repeated what she said to Damon.
"Elena there was no record of your mother being admitted to the hospital around the time you were born. I'm sorry Elena, but that's not all."
"What do you mean that's not all?" This time she wasn't faking.
Bonnie looked over at Stefan and they switched spots. Elena looked at Bonnie then to Stefan questionably.
"Elena when we met months ago it wasn't for the first time."
"What?" Elena looked over at Bonnie who had tears in her eyes she returned her attention back to Stefan.
"May 23, 2009 the day your parents died-"
Elena rose from her seat keeping her gaze on Stefan.
"I was visiting my cousin Zach for a few days and last spring I went out in the woods and that's when I heard the crash."
Elena sat down again face stained with tears and mouth agape.
"I was fast getting there but when I reached the car your father was the only one conscious. He wouldn't let me help him until I helped you. When I pulled you out I saw the resemblance but when I went back for your parents they were already gone. I'm sorry Elena."
Unexpectedly Elena threw herself in Stefan's arms crying her eyes out. Stefan hugged her back moving a hand up and down her back trying to sooth her. He looked over at Bonnie who was tearing and smiling at the sight. Elena pulled back and looked into Stefan's eyes.
"Thank you Stefan."
"There's no need to thank me just come camping with us tonight." Stefan offered a smile.
"Camping?" She looked over at Bonnie.
"Don't look at me it wasn't my idea." She giggled.
"Um okay sure." She wiped the tears off her face.
She gave Stefan another hug then Bonnie and lastly Damon who walked her out.
"I think she took it pretty well don't you think?" Stefan put an arm around Bonnie.
"Yeah she did. She's a strong person I'm just glad that she knows the truth I hate keeping things from her."
"Well at least she agreed to camping, now all we need is Caroline and Tyler."
"What's up with you and camping?"
"I've always liked camping just never got the chance. The weather has always messed up my plans, but today is the perfect day and it shall not be wasted!"
"Shall?"
Stefan didn't reply just slapped her butt and walked her to the stairs.
"Get packing we leave in a few hours il mio amore!"
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By the time the clock stroked four it was time to leave. They already picked up Elena and the last stop they needed to make was at Caroline's. Bonnie was surprised that her friends agreed to go camping on such short notice and to even go at all. Not once had any of them suggested it but no matter how much she hates camping she would make the best of it and try not to be a party pooper.
Honking the horn Caroline came out with Tyler not far behind. Stefan assisted Tyler in putting their things in the trunk of the car. When everything was packed; Stefan drove them out of town. About an hour later they started their hike towards the camping site.
By the time they arrived all the girls were tired and a bit sweaty.
"Stefan I believe you said camping not hiking." Bonnie threw her stuff on the ground.
"Well it's kind of a two in one package deal, sweetie."
The boys set up camp while the girls went out collecting sticks for firewood. Bonnie began to regret wearing shorts because the bugs were biting up and down her legs and she would constantly have to slap them off.
"Bonnie can't you just use your powers to pick up these sticks for us?"
"I try not to use my powers unless necessary I don't want to get lazy besides this is fun right?"
Both Caroline and Elena groaned and walked the sticks back to the camp site. When they arrived there were three tents set up next to each other with a good amount of space between them the girls were impressed.
"So what now?" Bonnie questioned.
"Now, we go fishing." Stefan handed the girls each a fishing rod.
They all walked to a river that was just about a half of a mile from the camp site which the girls were happy with. Along the way they had a few interactions with spiders and snakes which caused them to scream, the boys laughed at the site but minus that, the walk wasn't bad.
The river was beautiful it had grass occupying both sides of it and it stretched what they could see about five miles long and was about thirty yards thick. The water was a deep blue color and the sounds of nature were surrounding them.
They casted their rods in the lake and within minutes Elena got a bite.
"Hey I think I got something!"
Damon assisted Elena in reeling in the fish. It was the perfect size so he put it in the bucket and went back to his rod.
The girls seemed to be better at fishing then the boys and they haven't been fishing in years. Each girl caught about two fishes and Tyler was the only one out of the boys to catch one. About an hour had pasted and they caught enough fish for dinner. All the way to the camp site the girls kept bragging about how they caught the most fish so the guys decided to pull a little prank on them later. When they arrived and set fire to the wood that the girls had collected they skinned and cleaned out the fish.
While Damon was cooking their meal, Stefan and Tyler thought out a plan on how to prank the girls. They had to admit that the prank was a little harsh and they would no doubt pay for it later one way or another but the scarier the funnier- for them at least.
When the fish was ready they all gathered around the camp fire sitting on logs. They all ate in a comfortable silence with nothing but the sounds if nature surrounding them and minor chit chat.
"The fish was great Damon." Caroline said surprised.
"That's because we caught it!" Elena giggled.
The girls all joined in with the laughter as the guys looked at each other now not feeling bad that they were about to prank their girlfriends. When the laughter subsided Caroline came up with an idea,
"Hey let's dance."
"To what music?" Bonnie questioned.
"Girl do you know me? I brought my iPod duh."
"Care, I thought we said no electronics." Tyler stepped in.
"Did we say that? I don't remember." Caroline played dumb and the girls once again burst into laughter.
Caroline reached in her pocket to pull out her neon green iPod and picked out the perfect song to dance to.
"I see this life
Like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the line
In my face is flashing signs
Seek it out and ye shall find"
The girls all got up and danced to the music having a fun time letting loose. When they noticed that the boys weren't joining in on the dancing they looked at each other and with a nod of the head they made their way over to the boys. Caroline danced her way to Stefan, Bonnie to Damon and Elena to Tyler and like always the boys were stubborn but with a little force they were all up dancing.
"I feel something so right
Doing the wrong thing
I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
I could lie, could lie, could lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive"
They were all dancing under the stars having a good time. After a while, the boys switched places with each other going to their ladies. Tyler spun Caroline around and her golden locks smacked him across the face,
"Oops sorry." She giggled.
Tyler smiled picked her up and spun her around again as she squeaked.
"Take that money
Watch it burn
Sink in the river
The lessons I learned"
Bonnie wrapped her arms around Stefan and whispered in his ear,
"Thank you for today."
"And you said that you didn't like camping." He whispered back.
"That's only because you weren't here with me."
Stefan looked in her shinning eyes and kissed her on her soft lips they soon got lost in their own world but the sound of the sudden beat change in the music snapped them out if it
"Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Baby I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be, we'll be counting stars."
When the song ended, Caroline changed the song to a slower tune. The couples snuggled up under their blankets on their logs and enjoyed the view and stars with little small talk.
"I don't know about you guys but I'm tired." Bonnie yawned.
"Yeah that's cause we caught all those fish." Caroline said.
Once again the girls burst into laughter.
"That never gets old!" Elena giggled.
The girls got ready for bed as Tyler and Stefan filled Damon in on the plan. When all the girls were asleep the boys got in motion.
First they shook the tents just to wake the girls up a little then they hid in the woods. Tyler let out a yell while Stefan and Damon growled.
"Tyler?"
"Stefan?"
"Damon?"
When the girls noticed that their boys weren't in the tent with them they each crept out of their tents.
"Caroline, Elena what the hell?"
"Have you guys seen Tyler I thought I heard him scream and he's not in the tent."
Phase one complete
Stefan and Damon appeared from the trees which caused the girls to scream.
"Calm down it's just us."
Damon and Stefan held back their laughter.
"Have you guys seen Tyler?" Caroline questioned.
"No, but I thought I heard someone scream so I got Damon and we tried to look for him."
"And?"
"Nothing, I didn't see anyone."
"Guys this is serious Tyler is missing what are we going to do?" Caroline paced back and forth.
"Calm down Caroline, I'm sure if we all look for him he'll turn up. Maybe he just had to pee and got bitten by a spider or something." Bonnie suggested.
"Now that would be funny- I mean yeah let's split up and look for him." Elena corrected herself.
"Fine you girls look that way and we'll look this way." Damon directed.
Phase two complete
The girls made their way slowly into the woods with a single flashlight and their eyes wide open to adjust to the darkness. They began to hear crackling noises and branches breaking which Bonnie reminded them that there are animals that lived here, she wasn't sure if she was trying to calm her friends or herself.
"Ah! What was that?"
"I didn't hear anything."
The girls continued to make their way deeper into the woods calling out Tyler's name in a loud whisper; they didn't want to wake any animals or big foot so they decided that whispering was best.
"Maybe we should turn around, I don't want us to get lost."
The girls agreed and started heading back to the camp site huddling together like the Eskimo.
Making as little noise as possible the boys crept behind them and shouted "Ahh!"
The girls screamed at the top of their lungs and began to run as fast as they could but stopped when they heard hard laughter. Furious the girls turned around to see Stefan, Damon and Tyler holding their stomachs and crying from laughing so hard.
"What the hell you almost have us heart attacks!" Caroline said while punching Tyler.
"Are you sure that we gave you the heart attack or was it all this fish that you caught?" Stefan questioned.
Just like the girls had previous the boys burst into laughter. The girls looked at one another and with a nod of the head they all started punching the boys.
"Ow, ow okay I give!" Tyler said.
Unlike the Salvatore's, Tyler was human so he couldn't take the abusing from Caroline as well as they could but Elena and Bonnie's punches still did hurt.
After the punching fest they made their way back to the camp site the boys could feel the girl's death glare on their backs.
"So you guys did all this because you were jealous that we caught more fish than you?" Elena spoke.
"No we did this because it's not nice to brag and we wanted to teach you all a lesson." Damon replied.
The girls just rolled their eyes and entered their tents with the boys joining soon after they fell asleep for the rest of the night but not without being talked to first.
The next morning after cleaning and packing up they made their hike towards the car. The girls walked ahead leaving the boys to trail behind,
"Bonnie punished me with no sex for a month."
"Sucker I only have to watch The Notebook every weekend with Care…actually I rather take the no sex." Tyler shook his head.
"Yeah, well, I'm Elena's slave for the month."
Plopping the trunk open the guys placed the luggage down. Stefan hopped in the driver's seat while Damon occupied the passenger leaving poor Tyler alone in the back with the girls who kept glaring at him.
"This is going to be a fun trip home." He said
A/N: Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing it means a lot and it gives me my motivation! Until then! *Song Counting Stars by OneRepublic*
XO
Ashlyne