Keeping Secrets
Ch. 7

For the next month Bonnie kept to herself, staying busy with her grams on the weekends, Stefan and Damon had their hands full trying to teach Vicki how to be a functional, non harmful vampire. Elena was overseeing the process while Katie decided to stay out of it. So, for the most part, things were as normal as they could be given that fact that there were vampires in Mystic Falls.

Damon made himself stay away from Katie. If she was working at the grill he would make sure to sit at a table that wasn't in the section she was working for the night. He'd been doing a good job of giving Katie time to decide if she could forgive him, but when he walked into the grill on Halloween and saw her working, dressed as a sexy German barmaid, he couldn't resist sitting in her section. When Katie saw him she felt like switching sections with someone, but she wasn't close enough with any of her coworkers to ask. So with a sigh and a knot in her stomach she grabbed her pad and pen out of her apron and walked over to Damon. "What can I get you?"

"Shouldn't you be dressed like a leprechaun? I thought Finnegan was Irish." He asked with a charming smile.

"My father was Irish my mother was German." She answered in a flat tone. "Now what can I get you?"

"I miss you." He told her as all playfulness fell from his face.

She made a buzzer sound, "Wrong answer."

She turned to walk away, but he grabbed her hand stopping her and she turned back to him. "Bourbon on the rocks."

She simply nodded and walked away while Damon's eyes took in her black heels and thigh high stockings that stopped a few inches before her short skirt started. Instead of breaking the law and making his drink herself like she usually did, she turned his order over to the bartender.

Katie couldn't help but notice when Damon moved to the table where Mrs. Lockwood sat, dressed as a Great Gatsby character, and started flirting with her. An ugly bubble of jealousy grew in the pit of her stomach as she moved to the bar and started taking food orders. She had been trying to move on from Damon, but it was easier said than done.

After what felt like forever, Mrs. Lockwood left Damon and he came over to where Katie stood wiping down the bar that the bartenders had been neglecting all night. "I really do miss you." He told her as he sat down.

"You say after you try to flirt the pants off of a married woman." Katie quipped.

Damon rolled his eyes. "I was getting information."

"Good for you." She gave him a sarcastic smile in return then walked to the back.

"Hey, you're supposed to be on break." Her boss said from where he stood at the grill.

"I know I got tied up. I'm going now." Katie hung her apron up and went through the back exit to avoid Damon.

She met Bonnie across the street at the Halloween party. "Hey barmaid." Bonnie greeted her. "Recycling last year's costume huh?"

"Yeah. I wasn't really feeling Halloween this year." Katie shrugged and as she got closer she noticed the crystal that Damon had gotten from the founders party around her neck. "Hey, cool necklace."

"Eh it's just an ugly costume piece that came with the dress." Bonnie said with an indifferent expression and a shrug.

"I don't think that's a costume piece. Do you mind?" Katie asked with a point to the necklace.

"Sure." Bonnie lifted it off her chest and placed it in Katie's hand as she leaned in to look at it.

As soon is it touched her skin a sharp electrical wave shot through her hand. "Ah!" She pulled her hand back and looked at Bonnie with wide eyes. "What the hell was that?"

Bonnie stared at Katie with wide eyes and parted lips as she backed away from her then turned and ran. Katie pulled out her phone and pulled up Damon's number then hit call. "This is a surprise." He answered.

Katie crossed her arms over her chest and looked absent mindedly around the party. "Are you still at the bar? We need to talk."

"Nope." Hearing his voice behind her she jumped and spun around. "Damn it, Damon." She closed her phone in her fist and punched his shoulder. "You're gonna give me a heart attack one of these days."

"What do we need to talk about?" He asked with a smile as he watched her place a hand over her pushed up chest.

"Did you lose the crystal?" Her question made him stop and think with a frown.

"Now that you mention it, yeah. Why?" He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Because I saw it." His eyes grew big. "Bonnie was wearing it tonight."

"Did you get it back?" He asked looking at her hands to see if she was holding it.

"I was going to try, but when I touched it the stupid thing shocked the crap out of me and she ran." She answered looking up at him.

"How did she even get it?" he asked talking more to himself than her.

"I don't know, she said it came with her costume." She answered.

His phone started ringing. "What?" Katie was sure that it was Stefan by the tone of his voice. Damon's face played out a range of emotions as he listened to Stefan then said, "Yeah I'll take care of it."

"What happened?" Katie asked as he closed the phone. He didn't answer and started to walk away but she grabbed the leather sleeve of his jacket and stopped him. "Please answer me."

"Come on." He jerked his head for her to follow him so she did. When they were out of earshot of others, walking around to the back of the school he started talking.

"Vicki tried to kill Elena. Stefan staked her in the heart." Katie placed her hand on her stomach that started churning. "You okay?"

"What's the cover up?" Damon looked at her out of the corners of his eyes. "I'm assuming you've been called to do the dirty work since you're the one that turned her in the first place." They walked around a bus and Elena, wearing a bloody nurse costume, came into sight sitting next to Vicki's body. "Elena, are you okay?" Katie asked as she walked over to her and tried to look at her shoulder, but Elena pulled away.

"You two should go. I got this." Damon told the girls.

Elena stood up, glaring at Damon. "This is all your fault."

"I know." While Damon's eyes looked at Katie apologetically his tone was just the opposite. Elena tried to shove him, but Damon stood strong, pissing Elena off all the more and she slapped him. "You done?"

"I hate you." Elena said shakily through gritted teeth.

"You need to leave, both of you." Elena just stared at him. "Elena, your wounds are bleeding…you need to leave."

"Elena?" Katie asked getting Elena's attention. "Come on, I'll drive you home."

"I can drive myself." She sighed and left.

Katie looked at Damon and he jerked his head for her to follow Elena. So she did. She got in her car and followed her to her house. When she walked up on Elena's porch Stefan was sitting on in the wicker bench next to the door. "She's talking to Jeremy."

"How is he?" she asked as she walked over and leaned against the white column across from him.

"He a mess." He answered not looking up at her.

"How are you? I know I haven't been very involved in this whole Vicki thing, but I know you were trying to help her."

"I did try to help her, but…" Stefan just shook his head.

"But it's not your job to clean up your brothers messes." She replied and movements out of the corner of her eyes made her look over to see Elena standing at the door wrapped in a maroon blanket.

Seeing that they needed to talk Katie walked over to the other end of the porch and sat down on the steps. She could hear the murmur of Elena and Stefan talking, but couldn't make out what they were saying just as she intended it to be. So when Damon walked up beside her, giving her a small smile as he walked up the steps and said, "I can do it." Katie stood up and walked over to stand next to Damon. "If this is what you want. I'll do it."

Elena looked over at Stefan and said, "It's what I want."

"What do you want him to know?" Damon asked and Katie started to catch on to what they were talking about.

"I want you to tell him that Vicki left town and she's not coming back." Elena told Damon with tears in her eyes. "That he shouldn't look for her or worry about her. He's going to miss her, but he knows it's for the best."

Damon nodded and went inside. Katie didn't agree with what they were doing, but as much as Katie saw him as such, Jeremy wasn't her brother and she knew it wasn't her call. So instead of arguing with Elena about it she walked back to her place on the steps and sat down. After a few minutes Damon came back out and said, "It's done." Katie didn't look at him until he walked past her and stuck his hand in her face. Her eyes traveled up his arm to his face. "Take a walk with me?"

Katie thought about it for a minute then against her better judgment took his hand. "You can walk me to my car." She told him letting him know it was going to be a short conversation.

Hand in hand they started walking. "I know I screwed up. I should've just come to you." he told her and she let go of his hand.

"Yeah, you should have." She told him as she pulled her car door open.

"I'm sorry." He told her and she stopped, one foot in the car.

"You think that's enough?" she asked glaring at him as she held on to the top of her car with one hand.

"No." he answered with a scoff. "Nothing will ever be enough."

"Then you understand that this conversation is over." She took her eyes off of him and got into the car, but after she shut her door she looked over to see him sitting in the passenger seat.

"It's not over because we're not over." He insisted and Katie ignored him and started her car. If he wanted to come along for the ride who was she to stop him? "I miss you Katie. I miss spending time with you and I need you." Katie scoffed and pulled into her driveway. "You're the only person I can talk to without getting looked at like I'm the biggest monster on the planet. I need you to be my moral compass."

Katie killed the car and pressed her forehead to the steering wheel with a sigh. "All I can say right now is I need more time." She picked her head up and looked at him. "Can you give me that?"

Damon leaned across the center console and pressed a kiss to her forehead. In a flash he was gone.


The next morning Katie woke up with a stretch, pausing when her fist touched cold flesh. As he eyes traveled to her fist they landed on Damon's smiling face. "Damon it Damon!" she swore and punched him in the chest.

"Hi to you too." He smiled as she got out of the bed and walked around to face him.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked.

"I told you, I miss you." he answered as if it were the obvious one.

"And I told you I need more time." She said realizing she was standing in front of him in nothing but a tank top and black lace panties.

"I decided that you've had enough time." He said as he watched her grab a robe off of the back of her bedroom door and put it on. "No, no, don't cover up on my behalf." His smirk made her roll her eyes as she tied the robe.

"Don't you think that's for me to say?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest uncomfortably.

"Nope." He said popping the p at the end of the word. "You miss me too or you wouldn't have been so catty about me flirting with Mrs. Lockwood." He said as he reached behind his head and grabbed the first thing that his hand landed on. "What is this?" he asked as he started to open the picture album in his hands. Katie jumped and snatched the book out of his hands. "What? I thought you said I could snoop through anything in this room except your journal." He said with a displeased look as he held his hands out to the side.

"No picture albums." She told him with a glare as she set the book down on her desk. "I'll ask again. Why are you here?"

"Because you miss me and you know it." he said as he got up and grabbed her cell phone off of her desk and started scrolling through her contacts. When he got to his that was still labeled "The Hotter Salvatore Brother" he turned the phone for her to see. "Otherwise you would've changed this." He said with a nod to the screen.

"Fine, you're right. Is that what you want to hear? I was jealous when I saw you flirting with Mrs. Lockwood. I miss waking up to you playing with my hair. I miss you showering me with kisses and playing keep away with my stuff, but none of that changes anything. I can't trust you and you will never stop hurting people."

She thought he was going to kiss her as he walked over, staring her down as he did, but instead he grabbed her face, placed his forehead on hers and closed his eyes. "What if we make a deal?"

"Damon…" she whined.

"Hear me out." He let go of her and opened his eyes. "If I promise to stop feeding on and killing humans will you give me a second chance and do me one tiny favor?"

"Depends, what's the favor? If it's getting you the crystal back I can't. I tried." She said as she moved around him to her bed and sat down.

"I need you to throw a party tonight." He said with a look that told her he knew how out of her field of expertise the request was.

"Why?" she drawled suspiciously.

"It's Stefan's birthday." He answered.

"Nope, I'm not buying it. You hate your brother. What's the other reason?" she asked as he walked over and sat down next to her.

"You know how I told her there was a council here back in the day?" he asked and she hummed a yes as they both scooted back to lean against the wall. "They still exist and they know that vampires are in mystic falls again."

"So how does throwing a party come into play?" she asked with a frown.

"There's another vampire in town. If you throw a party they will come and I will help the council kill them. Therefore…" he made a motion with his hands for her to finish the sentence.

"Therefore taking you off of the suspects list." She finished with a sigh.

"So do we have a deal?" he asked as he looked across his shoulder at her.

She moved to sit on her knees facing him so that she didn't have to crane her neck to look at him. "You promise not to kill anyone other than this vampire?" she asked and he hummed a positive answer. "And you're not going to feed on anyone?" he hummed again. "Then we have a deal." With a smile he leaned into her and pressed his lips to her in a kiss that quickly turned passionate. But as he started to lay her back she pushed him back and stood up.

"What? I was just sealing the deal." He defended with a smirk and he stood up and tried to kiss her again.

"You're such an asshole." She laughed and shoved him, he stumbled back just to humor her.

"Yeah, but you like me anyway." He said cockily.

"Yeah, whatever. Get out of here I have a party to plan." She told him as she jerked her head to the door.

"Thank you." he said as he grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.

"You're welcome now go." She told him then watched him leave.

After he was gone Katie called the best party planner she knew, Caroline. She was resistant at first, but when Katie pointed out how boring the town had been since Vicki's disappearance and needed a pick me up, Caroline was all in.

Since the party was being thrown at the grill Katie got called in to work for it. She was taking food orders at the bar when Damon came in and ordered a drink. "You got Caroline to help with this huh?" he asked as Katie made him a glass of bourbon and set it in front of him.

"If by help you mean I tossed out the idea of throwing a party and she ran with it, then yes." She said with a smart ass smile.

Damon just smiled as Katie got back to work and let him enjoy his drink. An hour later she was serving a booth when a tall beautiful blond she had never seen before walked in and Damon greeted her. Katie wasn't sure but it looked like she blew him off. Not long after Stefan showed up and started dancing with the blond.

After seeing Elena talking to the blond Katie caught a break for two seconds and headed over to her friend. "So who's the blond?" Katie asked as she crossed her arms over the table that Elena was standing at.

"Her name is Lexi. She's a friend of Stefan's." Elena said not looking away from where Stefan stood playing pool with her.

"Is she a you-know-what?" she asked.

"Yep apparently her and Stefan have been best friends for, like, ever." Elena said making Katie remember Damon's plan for tonight.

"I gotta get back to work." Katie said as she started looking around for Damon, spotting him sitting at the bar.

With flared nostrils she headed over to him, grabbed his drink from his hand and downed what little was left in it. "Whoa, what was that about?" Damon asked looking down at his now empty glass.

"Is it Lexi?" Katie asked, ignoring his question.

"Is what Lexi?" he played dumb.

"Don't play stupid. You know what I'm talking about." She told him as she refilled his glass.

"Yes, okay." He answered as he took a drink.

"She's Stefan's best friend, Damon. Please don't do this." She whispered.

"Too late. The plan's already in motion." He told her before Lexi walked over and slid him some shots.

Katie scoffed at him and got back to work. Not long after Damon and Lexi started talking Sheriff Forbs came in and stabbed Lexi with a syringe and drug her away. Not thirty minutes later the bar was closed and everyone was asked to leave.

Katie had just gotten out of the shower when she heard a thump on the roof. So she went to her room to find Damon sitting on her bed with blood on his shirt. "Oh my god what happened?" she asked running over to him, holding her towel around herself with one hand, afraid that the council had seen through his plan and attacked him.

"Stefan staked me." He replied and Katie scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"You deserved it." she said as she went to her dresser and grabbed some panties and a

"I can't say I disagree with you." he huffed and lifted his shirt revealing a bloody circle where the stake had gone through.

"Is this what we are…what we're always going to be? You do and say whatever it takes to get me to do your dirty work?" she asked as she twirled her finger telling him to turn around. He rolled his eyes but stood up and turned his back.

Just to be mean she tossed the towel on the bed, purposely pointing out that she was completely nude. "It's not what I want it to be." He said with a glance behind him at the same time Katie walked over to her closet and pulled out an oversized short sleeved shirt.

"Then what do you want us to be because I can't be whatever we are right now." She said as she pulled the dark grey shirt over her head. "Half truths are still lies."

"At first I just wanted us to be friends, but then you made me that offer and things got messy." Katie just glared at him with her arms crossed over her chest. "I got to know you and I started wanting more than just your friendship and your blood."

"You got to know me?" she asked walking around him to pull the curtains closed. "What do you know about me, Damon?"

"I know that you will do anything to protect the people you care about." He started.

"A fact that you have exploited." She pointed out with flared nostrils.

"I know that you hate chocolate, which is crazy by the way." He told her with an exaggerated expression. "I know you actually like studying. You take a tablespoon of creamer and no sugar in your coffee. You pick at your cuticles when you're nervous. You look stunning in blue. You have the most soothing snore I have ever heard and you talk in your sleep sometimes. You-"

"Okay I get it." she snapped cutting him off. "So what more do you want from me?"

He walked over to her and grabbed her hips, pulling her into him as he pressed her forehead to hers. "I think you know and I'm not talking about sex."

"How am I supposed to give that to you when yours belongs to someone else?" she asked as her eyes slipped closed.

"It is possible to love two people you know." He whispered. "Do you forgive me for tonight?" he asked, changing the subject.

She pushed him back and moved to her desk chair, sitting in it backwards. "Every cell in my brain is screaming at me to say no, I can't trust you, but…yes, I do forgive you." He walked over and leaned down, placing a light kiss on her lips. After a few seconds she pushed him back. "You can't do that."

"Please…" he drew out the word.

"No." she shook her head and he flopped back onto her bed. "Not until you prove to me that I can trust you."

"Okay." He told her with a nod as he sat up.

"Really?" She asked with a skeptical glare.

"Really. I'll do what ever it takes to get my fun girlfriend back." He told her as he tucked a wavy lock of hair behind her ear.

"All it takes is for you to stop killing people. Stop feeding on people and stop mentally, physically and emotionally hurting everyone around you." she told him then sat down on her bed. "You have to earn my trust. I was stupid to just hand it over to you in the first place."

"Okay." He said as he stood up and grabbed her hand, pulling her up to stand in front of him. "I'll earn your trust then." He kissed her on the forehead then opened her bedroom window, walked out onto the roof and stood at the edge.

"You know you can use the front door right?" Katie asked and he looked over his shoulder at her with a smirk.

"Where's the fun in that?" his smiled a toothy smile then said, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Damon." She watched him turned away from her then jump.


During lunch Katie sat with Elena and Bonnie eating a salad talking about how Bonnie hasn't been sleeping well because she keeps having dreams about her ancestor, Emily.

"Have you tried just not wearing the necklace when you sleep?" Katie asked and Bonnie nodded.

"It ends up back on my neck every time." Bonnie said looking freaked.

"Weird." Katie said cocking her head to the side.

"Do you believe in ghosts?" Bonnie asked.

"Yep." Katie answered not even having to think about it.

"Two weeks ago I'd say no, but now…" Elena answered with a sigh.

"I think I'm being haunted." Bonnie admitted in a rush.

"I don't get it, why Emily?" Elena asked.

"Grams said she was a powerful witch back in the civil war days and that this medallion was hers…a witch's talisman." Bonnie explained.

"So maybe Emily needs to tell you something and she's just being cryptic about it." Katie asked and Bonnie shrugged.

"What does Grams say about it?" Elena asked ignoring Katie.

"I can't call her. She's going tell me to embrace it. I don't want to embrace it. I want it to stop." Bonnie complained before the bell rang.

She was leaving the building headed to her car when she saw Damon blocking Bonnie's way to her car. "Damon?" Katie asked as she walked over.

"Did you tell him about Emily?" Bonnie asked her with wide eyes.

"No, I haven't spoken to him in, like, two week." Katie answered. "Besides you swore me to secrecy remember?"

"Look, the next time Emily comes out to play do me a favor and remind her that a deal's a deal." He said as he stepped back and opened Bonnie's car door for her. Bonnie got in and he shut it.

"What was that about?" Katie asked as she started walking to her car with Damon beside her.

"You couldn't get the crystal back so I was just trying to get her to give it back myself." He answered as if it were no big deal.

"Why did she look scared?" she asked as she stopped at her car and unlocked the door.

"Because I knew about how Emily's been haunting her." he answered as he reached down and opened the door for her.

"How do you know about Emily?" Katie asked resting her arm on the roof of her car.

"Who do you think sealed Katherine into the tomb?" he asked. "Emily Bennett was Katherine's hand maiden."

Katie sighed shook her head. "Okay one of these days you are going to sit down and you are going to tell me absolutely everything about your past here in Mystic Falls. Including pictures if you have any." She told him with a smile. "I'm kind of interested to see what you looked like back then."

"Oh I was handsome." He said with a cocky smile.

"I'll believe it when I see it." she told him as she slid into her car then pointed at him. "Stop scaring my friends and I'll see what I can do about getting the necklace back." Damon was about to say something back when Katie's phone started ringing. "It's Elena, I'll see you later." She told him and he shut the door as she pressed talk and put the phone to her ear. "Hey, what's up?"

"Do you have to work tonight?" Elena asked.

"Nope." Katie answered.

"Well Damon scared the crap out of Bonnie and she's dealing with this whole Emily thing so we're having a sleep over. You, Me, Bonnie and Caroline at my place." Elena told her.

"Okay. I have to go home and do a few things, but I'll be over as soon as I can." She said then hung up.

When Katie made it to Elena's her and Stefan were standing on the porch talking. "Hey, do you know what Damon wants with Bonnie's necklace?" Stefan asked her as she walked up the steps.

"All I know is he stole it from the Lockwood's during the founder's party and he wants it back." Katie said with a shrug the headed inside.

Not long after Elena came inside the girls stood around the island in the kitchen in awkward silence waiting for Caroline to get there with the food. Elena finally asked, "So you knew that Damon wanted Bonnie's necklace?"

"Yeah, but I didn't think he would try to scare her into giving it to him." Katie answered.

"So you haven't been trying to get me to take it off just so Damon could get it?" Bonnie asked.

"No I told you to stop wearing it because of the nightmares it was giving you." Katie answered then realized that Bonnie was no longer wearing the crystal. "Wait, where is it?"

"I threw it into a field." Bonnie said expecting some kind of reaction.

"You threw what in a field?" Caroline asked as she walked in with a bag of food in her hands.

"Bonnie threw away that ugly necklace she's been wearing." Elena filled her in.

"Oh, okay." Caroline set the bag down on the counter and Elena and Katie started taking out the food. "So are we going to talk about some stupid necklace all night or are we going to do manicures?" Caroline asked. "Who brought their kit?"

"Mine's in my bag." Bonnie told her.

"So Elena," Caroline started as she headed over to Bonnie's bag that was on the dining table, "how long do you think this breakup with Stefan's gonna last? Is it a permanent thing?"

"I don't know Caroline." Elena sighed while munching on a French fry.

"I thought you said you threw this away." Caroline said and everyone looked to see her holding up the necklace.

"I did." Bonnie said with wide eyes as Caroline walked over and set it down on the table.

"It's true I watched her throw it into the field." Elena defended.

"I believe you, but I think we need to face the fact that Emily wants you to keep it." Katie said.

"Who's Emily?" Caroline asked.

"The ghost." Bonnie answered.

"Oh, so the ghost has a name now?" Caroline mocked in her usual style.

"Caroline, please." Elena told her while holding a hand up.

"I wonder why she won't leave me alone?" Bonnie asked no one in particular.

"Okay what is going on?" Caroline asked getting mad at them. "Why am I not a part of this conversation? You guys do this to me all the time."

"That's not true." Elena started.

"Yes, it is." "It kind of is." Bonnie and Katie spoke at the same time.

"I can't talk to you, Caroline. You don't listen." Bonnie continued.

"That's not true." Caroline argued with a sway of her head.

Bonnie sighed and said, "I'm a witch."

"And don't we all know it." Caroline replied snarkily.

"See? That's what I'm talking about." Bonnie said. "I'm trying to tell you something. You don't ever hear it!" Bonnie yelled and walked off.

"I listen. When do I not listen?" Caroline asked Elena and Katie.

"I'm going to let you handle this one." Katie sighed and followed after Bonnie. She found her in the living room sulking. "So you're admitting it now?" she asked as she sat down next to her. "When did I miss that?"

"I know you've always believed. I guess the rest of us just needed more convincing." She said with a smile. "About a month ago maybe. Grams started teaching me some stuff. Here, watch." She grabbed a piece of paper that was sitting on the kitchen table and set it on the couch between them. She placed her hand over it and wiggled her fingers as she lifted her hand, the paper followed.

"Bonnie that's awesome." Katie laughed as Bonnie set the paper down and smiled at Katie proudly. Katie wanted to ask more questions, but Caroline walked in and gave her a small smile. "I'll give you two a minute." She got up and headed to the kitchen where she knew Elena was.

After a few minutes they heard Caroline yell, "You guys can come in now we're done." So Katie and Elena headed into the living room and plopped down on the couch with their friends. "Well there is just way too much drama in this room." Caroline said as she looked around the room. "What do you guys want to do?" she didn't give anyone a chance to answer before she gasped and sat up on the couch. "I have an idea. Why don't we have a séance?"

"I was going to say let's watch The Notebook but that works I guess." Katie sighed sarcastically and pushed herself off of the couch.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Bonnie said as Caroline walked around the couch and started grabbing some candles.

"Come on, let's summon some spirits. This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do." Caroline argued and headed up to Elena's room with the candles.

As they set out the candles and sat down in a circle in the middle of Elena's room Katie finally spoke up. "I'm no witch but I have a bad feeling about this."

"Shush." Caroline snapped as they all joined hands. "Be quiet and concentrate." Katie felt like she was back at cheer camp all over again. Caroline the ring leader back at it again. "Ok, close your eyes." Katie rolled her eyes as she closed them. "Take a deep breath." All four girls took in a deep breath and let it out. "Bonnie, call to her."

"Emily, you there?" Bonnie asked not really playing into the whole scene Caroline had set.

"Really? Emily. You there? That's all you got?" Caroline complained and Katie laughed. "Come on."

"Fine, jeez." Bonnie said. "Emily, I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."

After a few seconds the flames on the candles spiked. "Holy, sh-" Katie gasped as they all let go of each others hands and leaned away from the candles.

"Did that just…" Elena asked.

"Yeah that just happened." Caroline answered.

"I told you guys I had a bad feeling." Katie said as a chill took over the air making Caroline shiver.

"It's just the air conditioning." Bonnie said trying to pretend that it wasn't happening. But the candle flames spike again proving that it wasn't just the air conditioning.

"Ask her to show you a sign." Caroline told Bonnie who shook her head. "Ask her." Bonnie refused so Caroline asked, "Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign."

After a few second with nothing happening Bonnie said, "See it's not working." As soon as they started to relax the window behind Bonnie flew open. "No, I can't I'm done." She threw the necklace to the floor next to the candles as they blew out. "The light's get the lights." Bonnie cried, freaking out so Elena got up and ran to the light switch.

As soon as they flicked back on Katie turned her eyes to Bonnie. "Are you okay?'

"Katie the necklace is gone." Bonnie said pointing to the floor. "Please tell me you took it."

"No, I promise you I didn't." Katie answered.

"Come on Katie just give it back." Caroline pushed.

"I swear I didn't take the stupid crystal." Katie argued getting mad that they didn't believe her.

Katie jumped when she saw something move outside in the hallway, so did Elena. "Did you see that?" Katie asked her.

"What, what happened?" Caroline asked turning to the door.

"Nothing." Elena answered as she walked over to the door. "Jeremy, are you home?" she called but didn't get a response.

"Um, guys…" Bonnie said getting their attention as she walked into Elena's bathroom.

The three girls watched her walk into the bathroom and pick up the crystal. As soon as she did the bathroom door slammed shut and Bonnie started screaming. The lights started flashing and while Caroline and Elena beat on the bathroom door in Elena's room Katie ran to the hallway and started trying to open that door.

Just as fast as it all started the lights stopped flashing, Bonnie stopped screaming and the doors unlocked themselves. Katie opened the hall door while Caroline and Elena opened the other door. "Bonnie?" Katie asked as her eyes adjusted to the light and she saw Bonnie standing in the middle of the bathroom with her face in her hands.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Elena asked and Bonnie uncovered her face.

"I'm fine." Bonnie said and Katie immediately noticed something was off about the way Bonnie was talking.

"Unbelievable." Caroline scoffed. "You were totally faking it."

"Caroline, come on." Elena sighed.

"No, you scared the hell out of me!" Caroline yelled then walked off.

Katie walked around Bonnie to stand next to Elena. "Hey, really, are you okay?" She asked noticing the way Bonnie was standing with her hand clasped together in front of her.

"I'm fine. Everything fine." She answered as she walked by the two girls and out of Elena's room.

Elena and Katie shared a look. "I can't believe I fell for it." Caroline scoffed following Bonnie out of the room.

"I must go." Bonnie said as she headed out into the hallway and to the stairs.

"If she's leaving I'm leaving." Caroline said angrily.

"You guys can't leave." Elena tried.

"Oh, I can." Caroline said to Elena as Katie watched Bonnie walking down the stairs.

"Bonnie?" Katie called trying to get her attention.

Bonnie just turned to them and said, "Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here."

"Where are you going?" Elena asked while Katie was too busy trying to figure out what was wrong with Bonnie.

"Back to where it all began." Bonnie answered then started walking down the stairs faster.

"Emily?" Katie asked and Bonnie stopped and turned to her as Katie started down the stairs.

"I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed." She turned from Katie and ran to the door, but before Katie got to it Emily slammed it.

As she was trying to pull it open Caroline and Elena came up behind her. Katie let go of the door and Elena took over trying to open it while Katie grabbed her phone and called Damon. "Well this is a surprise." He answered in his usual cocky manner.

"Emily is possessing Bonnie." Katie said in a huff, adrenaline pumping through her veins.

"What?" Damon asked confused.

"She said some thing like I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed and she left." Katie answered to the best of her ability.

"Did she say where she was going?" Damon asked.

"She said something about going back to where it all began." She answered before it clicked. "The church, the old Fell church. That's where she's been taking Bonnie in her dreams."

"Stay there where it's safe. I'll take care of it." he told her before he hung up. A few seconds after she hung up with Damon Elena hung up her phone and started out the door.

"Where are you going?" Katie asked running after her.

"The church, Bonnie needs us." Elena answered as she pulled open the door of her suv and Katie followed. "So you and Damon are talking again?" Elena asked as she sped down the empty roads to the church.

"No I just didn't know who else to call." Katie said with a sigh.

When they got to the church it was easy to spot where they were by the fire that was set in the woods. The two girls ran over just as Emily tossed the crystal into the air sending sparks through the air. When the fire burned out Katie's eyes finally found Damon and saw the Veins popping under his eyes as he glared at Bonnie. "Damon no!" Katie screamed at tried to run to him, but she didn't get to him before he sank his teeth into Bonnie's neck. Stefan whooshed over and pulled Damon off of Bonnie. Katie ran over and fell to her knees beside her friend, pressing two fingertips just below her jaw line. "Her pulse is there, but it's weak." Katie told Stefan who kneeled down next to her. "Will you help her?"

"Yeah." He answered then bit his wrist. Seeing that Bonnie was going to be okay Katie stood up and started to walk over to Damon. "Katie don't." Stefan said and she turned back giving him a questioning look. "Not just yet. Give him a minute." Katie nodded and stayed with Elena and Bonnie as her neck healed and they helped her to the car. "I'll be back." Stefan told Elena as the girls stood with Bonnie in front of Elena's suv.

A few minutes later Stefan came back and jerked his head for Katie to go talk to Damon. "I'll be right back." she told her friends before she headed to the direction Stefan had jerked his head to. She found Damon sitting on the stone remains of the church. "So," she started as she sat down next to him and he just kept staring off into space, his arms draped loosely over his knees, "why did Emily feel the need to destroy the crystal?"

"There are twenty-seven other vampires in the tomb with her, she couldn't risk letting them out too." He answered emotionlessly.

"And there's no other way to open it?" she asked and he shook his head.

"I am so, so sorry." She said craning her neck to try to get his attention.

"Are you really though?" he asked finally looking at her.

"I'm not going to lie, I'm jealous of hell of Katherine…but yeah I am." She said looking away from him to the ground. "It hurts to see you hurting."

"Well, you won't have to see me hurting much longer. I'm leaving town." He said turning to look off into the distance again.

"What? No." Katie asked with wide eyes.

"Yes, Katie. I have no reason to stay." He answered numbly.

Katie got up and straddled him, sitting in his lap. "You have me." She grabbed his face in her hands and made him look at her.

"I've made your life a living hell." He answered with wet eyes, but no tears were falling.

"You have made my life better." She stated as she brushed her thumbs over his cheekbones. "A little more complicated…but better. Thanks to you I know how to do this." Katie pressed a kiss to his lips and for the first two seconds she wondered if he was going to kiss her back, but then his arms snaked around her waist and pulled her tighter to him as he started kissing her back.

After a minute he leaned forward laying her back on the grass as he started kissing her neck. He kissed her earlobe and said, "Goodbye, Katie." And in a whoosh he was gone.

With tears slipping down her cheeks she went back to where the car was to find that they were already gone. So she walked to Elena's and when she knocked on her door Aunt Jenna answered. "Hey, are you okay?" she asked as she saw her red eyes.

"I just really need to talk to Elena." She said, hugging herself like a little kid.

"Of course, her and Bonnie are upstairs." She said as she stepped out of the way and let Katie in.

When she walked into Elena's room both girls had tears streaming down their faces. When they saw Katie they opened their arms up for her to join them. A new wave of tears took over as she embraced her friends. They had a heart to heart that night. Katie told Bonnie about her grandfather and how Damon helped her and everything in between.