Ros was eventually sent to her room and Bonnie was joined by Giles, who vouched for her. The next morning Ros was released with the doctor eliciting a promise for the girl to visit her general physician.

It was when Ros got home that the family hosted a meeting involving Giles and Stefan. Damon was gone and Bonnie was sleeping at her grams and would call when she awoke.

It took longer than it should have for Ros to get the kidnapping incident out completely. Apparently Lynnie was having a hard time throughout and was in deep thought. By the time she finished, it left only a few cliff hangers for the group.

It was Buffy who suggested involving Bonnie and Caroline. Since they were so close to the group it was becoming irresponsible to not have them involved. Lynnie balked at the idea but soon relented after a moment of self contemplation. And though she agreed to it, Lynnie had put her foot down on not telling the two girls about where their information came from. There was no need for the girls to know that Lyn and Ros weren't from here originally.

Buffy and Ros volunteered getting the newbies together to let them know it all. Which wasn't that difficult on the Bonnie side of things, as she had been abducted and figured a bit out from that experience.

Once everyone was brought together Buffy took the mantle of explaining everything to everyone and giving descriptions on what was what. Bonnie had a bit of trouble noting the differences between which involved vampires and their demon counterpart. Especially since Angel seemed so kind.

Eventually it all made sense and by then the day was nearly done. Giles had left to care for Xander and see if there are any updates. It was upsetting how this was affecting him. Once youthful he seemed to have aged rapidly. His eyes were droopy and surrounded by dark circles and bags and he seemed to just be defeated, almost. His posture wasn't stuffy Englishman anymore. He hunched forward as if the dredds of the world were piled onto his shoulders.

Bonnie was able to solve the mystery on where Damon had disappeared too. "He went to get another witch," Bonnie stated with a sigh, "and the bitch went with him."

"Bitch?" Joyce asked, a bit affronted.

Bonnie blushed lightly but gave her a look that spoke of not backing down, "She orchestrated our kidnap and is to blame for Xander being in the hospital, trust me Mrs. Summers, calling her a bitch is stating it lightly."

It was not Aunt Joyce's turn to be embarrassed but she didn't say anything more.

"She was also the one that told Noah to follow us and make sure we didn't do anything stupid."

"Noah?" Lynnie asked, she had heard it mentioned but couldn't think of any character in season one named Noah.

"So we have someone watching us?" Buffy asked, irritation rising.

"There are too many of us without means to protect ourselves, Buffy," Ros stated looking at the agitated slayer. "It's best we work on laying low until Damon and," she gave a sigh, "the female, get back so we can open the tomb for them." Ros sighed and leaned back, her voice was hoarse and weak.

Lynnie sighed and hung her head in her hands, "Okay so let's say they want one person each, that means like twenty four we'd have to slay."

"Twenty-three, Katherine." Stefan interrupted, solemnly, "He won't stop until he gets her out."

"She really isn't there," Lynnie said with a sigh. "And she really won't be happy about her cover being blown."

"Katherine was never really pleasant when she wasn't happy," he stated warningly.

"Yeah, I know she can be a right bitch when she doesn't get her way," Lynnie stated, not flinching when Aunt Joyce gave her a motherly look. She held her forehead for a moment, her eyes shut tight in thought, before groaning, "I'm still trying to think of a way to fix that up some."

She sighed and shook off the feeling of doom, contemplating Katherine tended to bring and moved more to the facts of the matter. "With the amulet, though we don't need as many witches anymore."

"You know Damon won't be pleased if we open the tomb without him looking for her in particular," Ros pointed out.

Lynnie gave a heavy sigh, "I know. So we'll wait till he comes back, open the tomb and figure it out then. Till then don't invite anyone in and keep an eye on your surroundings." She looked everyone in the eye before smiling. "Remember it's only paranoia if they are out to get you."

"It's not called paranoia if there really are people out to get you," Stefan corrected, a smirk on his face.

"Tomato, potato," Lynnie scoffed with a wave of her hand.

It had eventually dwindled down to Aunt Joyce demanding everyone to remain in the house as she tried to figure out a way to essentially place everyone on house arrest.

"That really isn't possible," Stefan spoke up, with a sigh running his hand through his hair. "We all-" Stefan looked at Angel and gave a sigh, "well most of us have school and you have work, there is no legitimate way to keep everyone under house arrest."

Aunt Joyce stewed, it was apparent that this was bothering her. Eventually she obviously came to a conclusion and smiled wide; everyone is to have a partner. The ones she had deemed needing protection were Buffy, Bonnie, Ros and Lyn, and that they would need to be in groups of three or more.

But Buffy had pointed out that she had enough strength to handle herself and Joyce herself, needed the protection.

After a lot of arguing and glares, it was decided, Buffy would spend time with Bonnie and Caroline, while Angel would spend his time shadowing Joyce during the evenings-since it was known the vampire couldn't be in the sunlight. That left Lynnie to either join Buffy's group, or her sister and the attractive vampire her sister had befriended.

Ros had no doubt who'd she join.

xxbvvdxx

Bonnie was irritated to say the least. She just couldn't get over the fact that Ros had kept this dark world from her. That Gram had kept it from her!

And yeah that made her mad, it made her mad that Gram, the one person in her life who was always there for her kept such a revelation from her. She missed Elena.

Care, especially around Buffy was showing such a kind side to her that Bonnie hardly ever noted before. Care was surprised but actually seemed more concern for Bonnie and her ordeal.

"So that's how Xander ended up in the hospital? He tried to stop them from like kidnapping you?" She asked for what felt like the hundredth time.

Bonnie actually smiled at that, it was something Care had done for as long as she had known her. In this growing changing world where not only where she was a witch and they were real, but that vampires and demons were real! Caroline Forbes was still Care.

"Yeah," Bonnie's smile dropped, "Yeah it was awful."

"But Damon killed one?"

"Remember Ben, Ben McKittrick?"

"Oh my god! Yes! He's a vampire?!" she yelled.

"Yeah, Damon just ripped out his heart," she stated with little affect in her voice. It was probably something that will haunt her nightmares for years to come. Ben was, after all someone she had a crush on once upon a time.

"Wow," Care said with awe, and Bonnie could only nod her head in agreement. Care turned to Buffy, someone Bonnie was coming to respect and actually like. "And you're like some badass, right?"

Buffy scoffed and with embarrassment put down the bagel she had taken from the kitchen and finished her bite. "Badass? Hardly."

"You fight the demon guys and don't even break a nail," Care stated, with assurance. "I'm absolutely sure that qualifies as bad ass."

Buffy snorted, "Yeah, but I also get blood and gunk on my clothes and sometimes even my hair! Then I have to go to school the next morning even if I almost die or something. I hardly have a social life and am kinda known as a freak-at least at Sunnydale I was."

"Okay but here, you aren't." Care countered with a scoff of her own, before bouncing some, "I mean other than the school thing and the clothes- god that is really awful! And all that. You aren't some freak, you are my friend and a budding cheerleader." Care gave a sigh before giving a definitive nod, "Yeah, you are totally a badass."

Buffy blushed some, but didn't argue the point. It was already worlds different here from Sunnydale. Worlds different from even L.A. Here she was accepted, had a close group of friends, but socialized with the best of them. She had noted that some cute guys often checked her out, but even better she and Angel were becoming a thing now. She was back to being a cheerleader and had a support system that cut down patrol time by half.

Buffy had to admit things were kinda badass now.

Care turned back to Bonnie with a look in her eyes that booked no argument. "You're kinda badass now too!" she stated with a tone that Bonnie had normally had heard her use to Elena. Never her. Care never spoke to her like that before.

"Wh-what?" Bonnie stammered out, not sure what she meant.

"You are like an actual witch. One that has actual power." She wiggled her fingers some, "Not like Carrie Dunherst who is a wiccan and is one with the earth." She rolled her eyes.

"You do know they are sometimes able to channel power if they are intune enough."

"What?" Care nearly yelled looking at Bonnie as if she sprouted another head.

Bonnie gave a firm nod, "Yeah, Grams said that some can channel magic if they like meditate enough or something."

"I thought it had something to do with like blood?" Care asked with alarm.

"Magic usually does travel through blood but sometimes someone has enough in them to channel it themselves."

"That is insane," Care got a wide eyed look to her, "Do you think I could too?"

Definitely not, Bonnie thought but noted the excited eagerness that Care was showing and thought better, "You'd have to really practice and focus," she said with a noncommittal shrug.

Care didn't seem to mind and instead looked out and contemplated being a witch.

xxbvvdxx

Lynnie was glaring daggers at her sister. It had been hours, since they all disbursed but she couldn't stop herself at practically sending loathful looks at her sister. "I will destroy you," she promised. Bristling as her threat did not cause the curly haired girl to tremble.

"Good luck, sister," Ros dismissively said, as if her life wasn't being threatened and her sister wasn't clutching the control with her fingers going white. It had only been two rounds so far, but the game was heating up.

Lynnie mocked her sister causally before shooting the cool as a cucumber girl a smirk, "Don't sprain an ankle."

"An ankle?" Stefan asked a smile on his face. "Is that because of her little hops? Did she really sprain her ankle?"

Lynnie grinned as Ros turned an interesting shade of red. But before she could bask in the glow of her burning sister the telltale three two one go of Mario Kart chimed and the race was on.

"You know," Stefan said as the girls raced ahead. "You bounce too."

"Shuddup," Lynnie stated purposely sitting down firmly as heat burnt her cheeks.

Ros snorted.

"So what are we gonna do for your birthday?" Ros asked, her voice cracking some, as Stefan played Lynnie. He opted to play loser.

"Birthday?" he asked, a smirky type smile crossing his face as he noted Lynnie hopping again.

"Yeah, isn't it like the first of next month?"

"Uh, yeah it is," he stated with confusion.

"Stefan," Lynnie stated with a sigh. "Not only do I know the show, but we're really close friends to Care who found out on the first day of school when your birthday was."

Lynnie let out a groan as her well placed hop turned out to be miscalculated and she lost the valuable positions.

Stefan smirked as he crossed first place. "Right," he gave a stretch, "My birthday," he repeated sighing heavily. "I don't know. I never really expected to stay here for this long. Especially not since El-" he paused and after a moment gave a shrug. "I don't know."

Ros nodded helpfully while her mind whirled for comforting things to say. "Oh Stefan," Aunt Joyce came in, saving Ros from making a terrible attempt. "I didn't know you were still here, I came in to tell the girls that they have school in the morning."

"Right, so I'll just go," he stated a bit awkwardly, standing and looking at his watch.

"Probably for the best," she stated simply with a soft mom smile on her face.

He shot the girls a soft smile and pulled on his coat. Giving a half hearted wave and walking out.

"Now girls I understand that you aren't as young as you appear but you need to realize that having boys over, even if they aren't," she paused and looked up. She scoffed, "Appearances need to be kept in order to keep all of the secrets, one of those appearances is that you both are minors who are under my care. Please remember that if you don't want any trouble appearances must be kept."

"Feeling better?" Ros asked, the only one of the two who was anywhere close to having a child in the real world.

"It was so much simpler when I had no idea about any of this," Joyce complained crashing down on the sofa and looking up at the ceiling. "You know when you all were just girls who were run by hormones and learning the world for the first time."

"If it helps, we pretty much are still just raging balls of hormones," Lynnie offered, pleased to note her joke made Joyce snort.

"Yeah, but now you all have seen the world in a way I didn't even know of. How do I guide you all, when I'm the blind one?"

Lynnie looked to Ros and Ros gave a put upon sigh, then spoke up. "As long as you are someone we can always count on and someone who has our backs you are the absolute best."

Joyce turned and gave Ros a look that simply saturated with sarcasm. Really? Is all that look said and Ros couldn't help but smile.

"Buffy still needs her mom, and now you can do it better than ever, because you know that when she complains it isn't always a shallow whine of a teenager but from a girl with far more responsibilities than many adults. Know that what she does is dangerous yes, but if she has a reason to fight, support to rely on, she's far more equipped than any other. She isn't all alone anymore, and when it comes to this sort of thing, that is incredibly important."

Joyce had moved her head to look at the ceiling again, and gave a sigh. "Okay, so obviously be a mom to my daughter, I understand that, but what about you girls?" she asked.

Ros gave her an apologetic tight smile. "Well, though it was sometime ago, we were raised pretty well. We sometimes still get sucked into the teenage drama but most of it is laughable-

"More like sad," Lynnie broke in.

"Right, most of the drama associated with being a teenage girl we already got out of our systems, and now that we don't have to pretend to be kids anymore I doubt Lynnie or I will be getting into much trouble."

"Maybe some curfew issues or caring weapons, but I think Buffy would be in the same boat there."

"It is kinda undeniable," Ros added with a shrug, "Well at least for Buffy and maybe even Lynnie. I may get caught if I'm with one of those two."

Joyce turned and looked at Ros then Lyn with calculating eyes. "How is it being young again, and getting a do-over?"

"Awful," Ros answered, her hand caressing her throat and dropping her voice down to a whisper, "I mean I'm able to do things without being held back my anxiety and depression, unlike my real teenage years, but the drama involved," she gave a sigh. Ros didn't want to ponder if she was talking out of her ass or not. The truth was she couldn't really call it a doover, the world was different and she was different.

"I think," Lynnie spoke up, "maybe if I didn't have to protect Ros and was able to just join and do things secretly I would love it. I love learning and I love the characters, but I set myself up a bit different and now am bored."

"Hmm," Joyce responded, her eyes back at the ceiling. "So," she turned her head and looked both girls in the eye. Her face unreadable but a mischievous smile on her face. "Which one of you is sleeping with Damon?"

Ros's eyes widen as she tried to think of a way to say cuddling in the morning didn't count as sleeping.

Lyn however, seemed to have swallowed wrong and started coughing.

Joyce read the girls reactions and pursed her lips.

"Cuddles," was all Ros could weakly say.

Joyce looked at Ros who withered some while Lynnie got control of herself and felt her face heat up as Joyce's look turned to her. Joyce nodded, opened her mouth before a buzz interrupted her.

Reaching behind her she grabbed her phone and answered it. "Hello?" she paused and nodded, before smiling widely, "Can he have visitors?" she nodded, "We'll be right there." With that she hung up the phone and looked at the girls, "Xander's up and Giles says he can have visitors."

Ros immediately got out her phone and sent a message to Bonnie as Lynnie threw her jacket at her face. "Come on Ros," Lynnie snapped impatiently.

Ros got on her jacket and stole Lyn's scarf from the other girls hands, and moved to the back seat of Joyce's vehicle. Leaving Lynnie standing right at the door with confusion and surprise. But Xander was awake so she got into the vehicle. TV miracles were really something amazing.

A/N-Thank you all for reading and happy holidays and all that! If you have any questions or concerns feel free to message me or comment, and thank you so much for the favs and follows!