Bonnie turned over and clung the covers to her small form. A chill fell across her as an arm wound around her and held her close. He was cold, but the chill wasn't because of that. It was only from a simple touch. It made her stomach flutter. She took his arm and hugged it tighter around her. The night had been long and, she certainly hadn't expected it to be the way it was. She could feel his light breathing on her neck.

"I did not expect last night." He mumbled still half asleep.

They were both extremely tired and exhausted. Bonnie kept her silence as he hugged her closer. He hadn't bit her either. At first she thought it was strange, but then couldn't complain. No hickey was a good hickey. Especially since she didn't have to get interrogated over it.

"Good or bad?" Bonnie asked

She hadn't really slept yet. Neither of them had. He smiled as he took a deep breath then kissed the back of her neck. She giggled lightly at the tickle. It turned into a light groan.

"You can't do that." She said barely able to make a noise.

His hands moved down the softness of her side and laid at her hip. How could he not touch her? It was like her skin was vibrating under his touch. Bonnie moved to get up even though she didn't want to. she didn't have work today, but that didn't mean she could lay there all day. It would make her roommate wonder if she was even alive.

"Mmmmm don't go." Stefan groaned.

"I have to, and so do you. You have to feed before you eat someone you're not supposed to." she said as she moved to grab her robe hanging on the wall divider then wrapped it around herself.

She heard him growl under his breath from his futile attempt to keep her with him. She saw him rub his eyes from the reflection of the vanity mirror. She could swear his cheeks were full of color. She smirked to herself and started getting dressed in her clothes from the day before. By the time she was done Stefan was still lying there in her bed. She'd never seen such a sight. The made his bare chest look paler than ivory. He'd caught getting lost as she stared at him and held his arms to welcome her back over. She begrudgingly moved over to him as if he were a siren call.

He kissed her lightly at first then rolled over on top of her, so she was trapped. She squealed as he did; one arm wrapped around his neck, and the other splayed on his chest.

"I have to get up." She said in between kisses.

"Uh-uh." He disagreed.

"Mhm." She smiled against his lips.

Then she started to squeeze from the tight space he had her in even though he had and arm around her. She got up and moved to the door. She paused for a minute and looked back at him. He looked at her with raised eyebrows. She just shook her head at his sly expression. Then turned and left him there.

She was surprised when she saw that Justin was nowhere to be found. Did he have a day shift? Bonnie followed the smell of coffee from the kitchen. When she took her first sip Stefan came out of her room. He was still straightening himself out. She took pleasure in watching. It wasn't as if there were anything preventing it, and she certainly didn't feel guilty.

He didn't say anything. He just smiled at what he saw then left. It was the quiet goodbye. He knew that if he'd gone over there to kiss her goodbye that he wouldn't want to go. He took the elevator. The night before flashed before his eyes. It had him distracted, and it didn't bother him one bit.

Bonnie relaxed for a few extra minutes then moved over to the couch where the crystal ball that Justin insisted on getting, because he's weird, sat on the coffee table. She wasn't all entirely sure on how to use it, but she had once before without realizing it. She'd seen the expectance of Christian on his first appearance here. She looked at it hoping to trance. If she tranced then maybe she could use it to find Meredith. She was doing it all on a whim, so she couldn't be totally sure. She set her coffee down and looked into it intently hoping that she could get this to work. She'd never really tranced on purpose, not that she could remember anyway. Then suddenly something moved, not beside her, but in the glass of the ball. There was movement and struggling. Her brows furrowed as she dug deeper. An image appeared slowly and fuzzily became clearer. She saw Meredith, and she was struggling as she was bound to a chair in ropes. The room was empty…wait, it wasn't a room. The walls were concrete. She was in a-

There was a sudden rush of noise signifying that the elevator was opening. She blinked rapidly and shook her head. Getting up, she moved to go greet who she figured was Stefan who might've forgotten something. When it opened her mind was completely wiped blanked and she seemed tranced, but by something else. She just couldn't make herself look away even though she really wanted to.


Stefan had every intention of heading back to the loft. Sure, he didn't live there, but he sure spent most of his time there. It was her that had him there a lot. It made him like the way he spent his time. It wasn't useless. It was actually worth it.

He was full now. Over full if anything and it surprising that he felt no hunger. Could it be that something else preoccupied it? He made his way back towards the loft where he was sure that Bonnie was trying to find a way to find Meredith. Justin was at a day shift at the bar as usual. Stefan hadn't even thought about the circle of people that surrounded him now. Well, it was sort of a circle. There was Bonnie, Meredith, Justin, and even Christian. Christian…Christian was difficult, but maybe he was still living in his teenage years. His years of wanting to be selfish. Taking what didn't want to be taken. Maybe he'd learn and maybe he wouldn't. Matt was here, but not really. It was easy to tell that he wanted to escape this. He wasn't going to return. It was just that feeling and after what had happened with Elena, he was sure that she wasn't either. She was so hurt. Of course he didn't want her to get hurt, but he did want to hurt Bonnie either. Things just happened and this was how the pieces laid out. He should've felt ashamed about being with his ex's best friend ore rather ex best friend, which he'd found out only from the way Elena spoke when she had been around, but he wasn't. He actually liked it. There was no shame to be found. It was hard in the beginning to find out where they stood, and he felt like letting her clean her own mess, but then found out that she wouldn't have been able to do. He took his time getting upstairs when he returned to the building. He knew that he'd need to be there when she found Meredith. She wouldn't be able to do all on her own. Christian did want her after all.

As he kept going he started to notice something familiar. It was a scent. How did he know it? He paused for a second then started rushing up the stairs at a speed unnatural for anyone. As he reached the door it flung open. Bonnie stood at the door with a blank look on her face. She was blocking his way in. something didn't seem right.

"Bonnie," he said "Everything okay?"

He was uncertain. She blocked the doorway.

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." She said sounding a little delayed.

Something was wrong. He knew it. The sudden overwhelming sense of happiness that had been upon her face earlier was gone. it was like she didn't seem to feel anything or so it looked. She was blank of expression and even emotion.

"No…" Stefan breathed

Then as if it were slow motion hitting him all of the sudden. He saw someone rounding around Bonnie with an arm around her shoulder. It was Christian. He smiled at Bonnie then at Stefan.

"Sorry Stefan, but your unwelcome here." Bonnie said blankly

"Oh don't be sorry to this vampire. It's only trying to play human." Christian said

He turned Bonnie's head so that she had eye contact with him.

"Now close the door." Christian said compelling her.

She nodded and did so.

"NO!" Stefan yelled at the top of his lungs. "Bonnie!"

His eyes closed in anger. When he opened them he saw something on the floor. It looked like a crumpled piece of paper. He grabbed it and unraveled it. In an instant he was gone.