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"Is it just me, or are you here early?" Katherine asked as Stefan came into view.
"It's earlier than I usually come," Stefan answered
"Changing it up are you?" she asked.
"I don't think I'm going to be here for about a week, so I'm bringing you the blood now," Stefan said.
"Where are you going?" she asked him.
"Taking Elena somewhere," he said.
"Romantic getaway," she said, trying to sound amused.
Stefan ignored the comment and said. "I don't know if I'm going to be able to come down here as often as I have been."
Katherine's expression changed. It was something involuntary and she quickly went back to her expression of amusement, but Stefan had seen that second of disappointment and he felt a bit bad about it.
"How come? Did Miss Elena find out you were coming here or something?" she asked, trying to sound casual.
"Pretty much," Stefan said.
"We don't want to upset Elena now do we?" Katherine muttered.
"No, I don't. Not at all," Stefan said seriously.
"So am I gonna go back to starving again?" she asked sarcastically.
"No," he said. "I'll just bring you more when I do come instead of bringing you what I usually do everyday. And I brought a lot right now."
"Okay," Katherine said, shrugging.
"And you can still talk to me the other way every night if you need to tell me anything," he said.
"Stefan!" she hissed.
"What?" he asked her.
"What if Elijah's around?" she said silently, mouthing the words.
"He's not here," Stefan told her. "Bonnie did a sensing spell. He's not around."
"That's handy," Katherine said, calming down. "Speaking of Bonnie, Lucy's dead. How's Bonnie planning on getting me out of here on her own?"
"She says she's got it under control. She said she'll be able to do it," Stefan said.
"Listen, I'll give the chick some credit. She's strong and I don't doubt for a second that the girl is gonna be way stronger in a year or two. She's a Bennett. Emily did not produce a weak line, but I don't think Bonnie can bring down the seal and find a way around Elijah's compulsion of keeping me in here on her own."
"She said that she's got it all under control and she sounded like she meant it. She's serious about this. This involves Elena. Bonnie's not gonna let anything happen to her best friend if there's anything she can do about it," Stefan told Katherine.
"Okay," Katherine said nonchalantly.
"Here," Stefan said, passing her the bottles of blood.
"Thanks," she said. "And do me a favour; tell Bonnie to come see me later."
"Why?" Stefan asked.
"I know a lot about witches. Maybe I know something that she doesn't. I'll help the witch any way I can because I want out of this damn tomb," she said. "I have some revenge to start planning for Elijah and Klaus."
"Start planning?" Stefan said with a little laugh.
"Well, I've been planning for centuries, but this time I can plan and know that I'll be able to follow through," Katherine said with a grin.
"Before I go get ready, do you need anything else?" Stefan asked.
You. "I don't need anything here really. But since you asked, do you think you could go back to where I was staying and grab the rest of my stuff? The woman's gonna get rid of it soon because I paid her only up until a certain date."
"Yeah, I can do that. I'll see if I can store them at Bonnie's place," Stefan said.
"Okay. Have fun tonight while I sit here and contemplate poking my eyes out from the boredom," Katherine said sarcastically.
"Be patient. You'll be out of here soon enough," Stefan said. "Let me know if anything happens," Stefan said, heading out of the tomb.
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"You're sweet Jer, but seriously, I just want casual and normal today. Let's go to the Grill and catch a movie or something," Bonnie said. "You should be happy. See how easy to please I am," Bonnie laughed. "Okay, I'll see you around 6. Bye Jeremy."
Bonnie hung up the phone and went to look through her closet to see what she wanted to wear later. She was still in her pyjamas and had no intention of changing into her clothes until much closer to the time she'd be leaving.
Bonnie's phone rang and she saw that it was Stefan who was calling.
"Hey Stefan," she said, answering the phone.
"Hi Bonnie. Are you busy right now?"
"No."
"You alone?"
"Yep," she said.
"You mind if I stop by for a minute?" he asked.
"Not at all, be my guest," she said.
"Okay, I'll be at your house in a few minutes."
"Okay, see you in a few," she said, hanging up.
There was a knock at Bonnie's door pretty much as soon as she hung up.
"A few minutes huh?" she said laughing. "More like a few seconds," she said, opening the door.
It wasn't Stefan though.
"What the hell?" Bonnie said, a little bit shocked.
"I apologize for startling you."
"I'm sorry, why are you here?" Bonnie asked, trying not to sound too rude.
Elena's new admirer/stalker was at Bonnie's door.
"Trust me, I understand that this is very awkward, but I was wondering if your friend was here."
"No, she's not here. What do you want with her?" Bonnie said.
"Could you tell me where she is?' he asked.
"Are you serious? Dude, you're creepy," Bonnie said. "I'm not telling you anything about her. I don't know you."
"I promise you, I mean your friend no harm. I want to protect her. I want to help her," the guy said.
"Well, that's really great and all, but I still know nothing about you, so we're back to me not telling you anything," Bonnie said, hand on her hip.
"You're a good friend to be looking out for her. My name is Anthony. I promise you that I mean her no harm. I want to make sure she's safe. Just tell her to come down. I'm sure she's in this house. I just need to speak to her."
"She's not here, Anthony," Bonnie said, getting angry.
"Just invite me in so I can see for myself," he said looking into her eyes. "I mean her no harm."
Bonnie reached out quickly and touched his arm. "You're a freakin' vampire," Bonnie hissed. "And you're trying to compel me. Newsflash, you're not getting in my house and you can't compel me. Stay the hell away from my friend."
Anthony was taken aback. "I only want to help her," he repeated. "Honestly."
"You'll forgive me for not believing the guy who just tried to compel me," Bonnie said sarcastically. "She doesn't need any help from you. She's a strong girl and she already has people who will protect her if need be, one of them happens to be walking this way right now. See that guy on the side walk? That's her vampire boyfriend; he's one of the one's who'll protect her if she ever needs it."
And then Anthony was gone in a flash.
"Why the hell can there not be one damn day of normalcy? Why?" Bonnie hissed as Stefan approached her doorstep.
"Who was that?" Stefan asked.
"Just get in," Bonnie said.
"Are you okay?" Stefan asked, concerned.
"Your girlfriend's got some vampire stalker/admirer/wannabe protector/potential predator and he was just at my doorstep and tried to compel me to let him in so that he could see if she was here or not," Bonnie said, pacing back and forth. "And I think he's really old because I tried to do my aneurysm thing and he didn't even flinch. It didn't even register with him. He's not like Elijah, I know he's not that old, but maybe like Katherine."
"You're okay, right?" Stefan asked.
"Yes," she said, taking a deep breath.
"Okay, tell me everything about this guy."
So Bonnie explained all that had happened involving Anthony.
"What do you really think of this guy?" Stefan asked her.
"I think he's a damn freak," Bonnie said, running her hand through her hair. "Maybe he meant what he was saying about protecting her and helping her, I dunno, he was pretty adamant about that. But what the hell would he want to protect her for? Elena doesn't know him... What if he thinks she's Katherine?" Bonnie said suddenly. "That would make more sense."
Before Stefan could say anything in response, there was a knock on the door again.
"Could you see who it is please?" Bonnie said to Stefan, tiredly.
Stefan went to the door and once again, Bonnie heard Anthony's voice.
"You're the boyfriend?" Anthony asked Stefan.
"That depends on who you're talking about," Stefan said.
"What do you mean?" Anthony asked.
"What's the name of the girl you say you want to help out?" Bonnie said, coming to the door.
"Kat- Katherine Pierce of course," Anthony said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Then no, I'm not her boyfriend," Stefan said.
"What do you mean, this one said you were," Anthony said, nodding in Bonnie's direction.
"That's because I thought the girl you're looking for is my friend. The girl you saw this morning is not Katherine. My friend is human. She's not the girl you're looking for."
"Don't lie to me. I know that face. I know her face. It's been stuck in my head for years."
"She's not lying," Stefan said. "They look exactly alike, but Elena is not Katherine."
"How do they look exactly alike?" Anthony asked. "You cannot look that much like someone without being related to them."
"They are related," Bonnie said.
There was a change in Anthony's expression, but he quickly caught himself and shifted back to a more calm look.
"But her family died. They were killed," Anthony said.
"Obviously not all," Bonnie said.
"Her child must have lived," Anthony said with a smile.
"And a whole bunch of babies through that line later- we have Elena," Bonnie said.
"How do you know Katherine?" Stefan asked.
"How do you know Katherine?" Anthony asked Stefan, avoiding the question.
"I'm with Stefan, how do you know her?" Bonnie asked.
"It doesn't matter how I know her. What matters is that I love her and I want to help her. There are powerful vampires who want her dead, and I won't let that happen," Anthony said, his hand clenching into a fist at the thought of someone trying to kill her.
"She knows that Klaus wants revenge on her. She's not here though," Stefan said. "She left this town," he told Anthony. Anthony could be telling the truth, but Stefan couldn't know for sure. He wasn't going to tell him anything about Katherine. He wasn't going to put her at risk.
"Do you know if she will come back here?"
"I don't know," Stefan said.
"I will leave to look for her then. Maybe she's in the next town. I need to find her. I won't let them get her," Anthony said. "I'm sorry for my actions earlier. I'm sorry if I scared you. Truly, I meant you no harm. I just needed to see her and I thought she was here," he said to Bonnie. "Please tell Elena I didn't mean to make her uncomfortable," he said to both of them as he walked away.
Bonnie plopped down onto the couch as Stefan shut the door.
"Okay, so now that that is over and he's gone, hopefully, what did you need to tell me?" Bonnie asked.
"Katherine wants you to go see her and I was wondering if I could store these here," Stefan said, holding up a bunch of bags.
"What are those?"
"Katherine's things from where she was staying,' Stefan said.
"Why does she want to talk to me?"
"She says she knows a lot about witches and because she really wants to get out of the tomb that she'll help you if she can."
"Oh yay," Bonnie said sarcastically. "And yeah, I guess we can just shove her stuff somewhere in the basement."
"You gonna go see her?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah," Bonnie said, "But not til a bit later. I have a big headache and I'm thinking of a nap even though I haven't been awake too long. Tonight is supposed to be about normalcy and fun and I want it all to be headache free so I'm going to knock out for a bit."
"What are your plans for tonight?" Stefan asked.
"Dinner and a movie with Jeremy," Bonnie said.
"Nice," he said. "That's good. I hope you have fun. I'll get out of your hair in just a second, but I just wanted to tell you that if that guy actually doesn't leave and he comes back and bothers you, you can call me or Damon."
Bonnie smiled. "Don't worry about it Stefan. You have a fun night with Elena to focus on. Go get ready," she said pointing to the door.
"Actually, as long as nothing happens and Elena's up for it, I'm planning on trying to make the little getaway a week-long thing. Elena doesn't know yet, I only told her one day because I don't think she would have agreed to be away for a week because she's Elena and always worries about everyone. We've got school off this week and Elena said that Jenna's not going to be home because of some school thing for herself so I'm gonna see if I can pull off a week away," Stefan said grinning.
"Well, I wish you luck. You guys deserve some fun. Now get out of here," she said, laughing.
"Have a good night, Bonnie."
"You too Stefan," Bonnie said, closing the door behind him.
Bonnie wondered if Anthony was really leaving and if what he was saying was true. She really hoped so because they didn't need anything else to have to be concerned about.