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Matt picked up the flashlight, did a quick look around and ran to catch up with Caroline. He found her in a ball up against her car. "Caroline?" Clicking off the flashlight he opened the back passenger door and tossed it in there. Closing the door he turned Caroline and as gently as he could picked her up, walked over to the passenger side and sat her in the seat. Quickly making his way back over to the driver's side he got end and silently gave thanks that Caroline chose to leave the keys in the car. Starting the car up he pulled out away from the cemetery and headed back towards town, to Bonnie's house. 'Maybe Stefan will be back there or hell I'll even take Damon's help.' A few minutes later he pulled Caroline's car into the McCullough driveway.


Stopping the car he quickly unhooked his seat belt he scooted toward Caroline and took her in his arms. In attempt to comfort the shaking girl he began to rock slowly. "Caro are you ok?" he asked her, his voice soft in the silence of the car.


Caroline sat in her car while matt was driving and thought a million thoughts. It was all adding up to one sickening conclusion. When they pulled up into Bonnie's driveway. She heard the crickets and bats. She could smell the rosebushes. She was about to say something when she flipped open the door and vomited on the driveway. She turned towards matt. Her eyes teary. "I need to go home...please."


Matt got into his car and followed Caroline home. She went over to his window and kissed his cheek and waved bye lightly and went into her house. She rushed up to her room and pulled from her closet a small box. She went into the bathroom and locked the door. After about 10 minutes she lay against the bathroom wall holding a small stick that turned pink. It confirmed her very fears. Caroline was pregnant. With Tyler Smallwood's baby. Or cub. Whatever. Her biggest secret kept from her best friends was her off and on physical relationship with Tyler during the 6 months of Elena's death. That's why Klaus was telling her to pursue Tyler again. That why she really couldn't sleep and why her senses were magnified. She carried a child whose father wasn't human. She sniffled and threw the stick on the ground. After a little while she got up and picked up the phone.


She called the only person she could. Bonnie.


Damon pulled his teeth from her neck, licking the last droplet of blood from his lips. He set Bonnie on the edge of her bed, and using his fingernail, he cut a small slit in the end of his index finger. He allowed the one-drop of blood that came out to heal the puncture wounds at the base of her neck. They too healed instantly.


"Next time." He said sitting down next to her. "You'll have to see what it feels like to taste mine." He leaned into her again, this time, his mouth headed for hers. He pressed his lips against her, kissing her gently. He placed his finger under her chin, tilting her face to his. He pulled back, his eyes only inches from hers, staring deeply into them. "I know you liked it Bonnie, we both felt it." He kissed her again. "Now while I'm gone, I want you to think about how much you liked it, and how much you want it again.


Bonnie felt the blush wash over her face and leaned forward resting her forehead on his. "Just be careful out there," she said softly still reeling from the moment they had just shared. She felt a little lightheaded; reaching out she took hold of his arm to steady her self and looked up into his eyes. "I'm sorry about earlier. I was childish I know but you can be so extremely frustrating at times you know that." Smiling at him she brushed her thumb over his lower lip. "You better go." She said in a soft whisper. She didn't want him to go out there but he had to. She heard a car pull up in the drive and stop.


Standing up on slightly shaky legs she walked to the window. "It's Caroline and Matt in Caroline's car. It looks like Matt's holding her." 'Well that was quick Matthew.' she thought with a smirk. Turning back she walked to Damon and on an impulse embraced him. "Are you sure you don't want me to tag along. I can be a pretty good look out you know," she said with a smile.


"I don't think so." Damon said squeezing her gently before he pulled away. "I remember the last time you went when Stefan told you not to." He tapped the edge of her nose. "If I hadn't showed up, you'd be a shish-ka-bob right now." He winked at her one last time before going down the stairs.


"You do look most enchanting tonight, Mary." Damon said with a slight bow before exiting the McCullough house. He passed by Caroline and Matt without a glance and climbed into his car. He gunned the engine and took off towards the boarding house. No matter what was going on with him and Bonnie, he had to make sure that Elena was safe.


On the way to the boarding house, he passed the cemetery. He saw out of the corner of his eye - KATHERINE?!?! Damon slammed on the brakes, his strong arms racing against the steering wheel keeping him for flying through the windshield. He put the car in reverse and backed up, but whatever he saw was gone.


"I'm losing my freaking mind." He said to himself, shaking his head. He put the car in drive again and continued to the boarding house. Once there, he didn't even bother going into the house. He went to the edge of the woods behind it and called out...


"Elena."


"Um...Alaric. I really missed you, too." Meredith was blushing. *Sure, guys have said pretty much the same thing to me before, so it's not like this is anything new. But, it feels different. I wonder why that is. No, wait! I know why that is.*


Getting ready to pour her out heart out to him, she opened her mouth and said, "Alaric, I left my wallet in the car. Are you going to pay for dinner, or should I go get it?" *Suave, Meredith. Really slick.*


Stuffing more food in her mouth so nothing else would come out that sounded stupid, she started thinking.


*What can I do to show him I love him, since obviously I can't tell him?? I know!!*


"Alaric? Um...my parents aren't home. Do...you wanna come over?? Maybe watch a movie??


Alaric turned to Meredith in surprise; he had seemed a little preoccupied with his own thoughts that he hadn't really heard her. "Um what? Oh, yeah, no dinner is on me of course. It's my treat," he said, pulling out his wallet. "What were you saying about a movie? I'm sorry, I have been rude not listening to you properly."


She repeated what she had said about the movie at her parents place. "Oh, well okay. If that's what you want to do". He had felt a bit awkward after her reaction to his sudden emotional outburst and her suggestion now was really throwing him off guard. He motioned for the bill and promptly paid with cash. He held out his hand to her and led her out of the restaurant. They got into her car and drove to her house, not speaking the whole drive there.


When they arrived, Meredith parked the car and turned off the engine. Alaric waited for her to get out of the car first and then followed her. She opened the door and invited him inside.


Elena had begun to start back to the boarding house warily, still strangely unsettled by the argument she had witnessed between the two brothers earlier. And, she couldn't seem to shake the feeling that she had brought back an unease that all of this wasn't over from the grave.


Her shoes picked through twigs and newly green grass, and Elena frowned down at her white sweater. She was hardly the most inconspicuous figure in the forest. The insubstantial color of her sweater made her feel just as insubstantial, as though she wasn't really a part of all this. Her friends were going to college; their high school years had finally cumulated to this. And she would be left behind, one way or another. The only question was whether she wanted to start over somewhere new or not.


Elena paused, hearing her name. She shook her head at first, thinking that her mind was playing tricks on her, before she recognized Damon's voice. Stopping in place, she waited for him, knowing that he would be able to find her in the forest.


It didn't take Damon long to meet her. "You need to come back to the boarding house." He told her, his hands in his pockets. "There's something out there, Elena, something-" He stopped, shrugging, not knowing how to describe it.

"If I didn't know any better, I would say that Katherine was back." He looked over his shoulder, but the slight snapping sound he had heard was just a squirrel. He looked back at Elena and held his hand out to her. "Come on."


Matt pulled his truck out of Caroline's driveway and headed back towards Bonnie's. He had seen Damon come out of the house like he had a purpose and he wondered if everything had gone all right with the date. 'I bet Bonnie is extremely ticked now. Mary's probably telling her all about it.'


Matt thought sadly and his heart went out to Bonnie. The thought of Caroline teased the edges of his mind. She had been acting weird all night and all the stuff she had ate at dinner was just not the typical Caroline meal. Pulling into Bonnie's driveway he shut off the engine, getting out he stretched then headed for the door. Giving the door two nice taps with his knuckles he waited for Mary or Bonnie to answer.


Bonnie looked at the phone as if it were alien to her the moment it rang. Her mind was still a little fuzzy but she forced herself to make it to the phone. Picking it up she pushed the on button and in a somewhat dazed voice said. "Hello?" she was shocked to hear Caroline's voice on the other line, after all she had just seen her in the driveway. "Caroline are you ok? What's the matter?" Suddenly snapping back into reality she sat on the bed. A knocking from downstairs distracted her momentarily and she opened the door. "Mary... Mom... Dad... can some one get that?!" Giving Caroline her attention she closed the door and sat on the bed.


Caroline told bonnie everything. Her voice shaking as if someone had punched her. She told her about Tyler. His rather frisky ways with random biting, one bite that caused her tongue to bleed, her senses, her dreams, her bizarre eating earlier. Caroline ate like a bird and usually stayed clear of red meat altogether. Then she randomly apologized for puking in Bonnie's driveway. And she finally told Bonnie about the pregnancy.


"Oh God Bonnie, I don't even know if I'm human anymore let alone this baby. I'm so scared." Then she stopped. "Wait a second. I saw Damon's Ferrari outside your house. Are you ok? Have you heard from Elena? Is she safe? Matt and I went to the cemetery to see if she was there...." her voice trailed off as she waited for Bonnie's response to her blabbering.


Mary sat on the edge of her bed brushing her hair. She was disappointed that the date didn't last long enough to be a date. She knew all too well, it would never happen again. Bonnie was far too cute, and far too sweet. She was a ray of light, far surpassing Mary's candle light glow. She looked out her window and frowned. Still no moon and still no stars. 'Where have they gone?' Her chocolate eyes narrowed. 'What was that? I must be imagining things.


She had changed into her over-sized t-shirt and put the dress in her closet. She was sure it would soon be forgotten. Mary sighed, 'At least you're happy Bon, one of us needs to be.'


Her brow furrowed, "There it is again." Her voice seemed usually loud in the silence of her room.


The huge glaring eyes opened up and glared at her. They were like deadly lightning, staring her down. She shrieked in terror, as the eyes loomed even closer. Without thinking she hurled her brush at the eyes, shattering her window. Snowflake-like shards scattered everywhere.


She huddled in a tiny ball at the far corner of her room, "Not here, not now." She sobbed over an over again. The words had almost no meaning. "The eyes! No, please, not here."


Matt heard the crash before he saw the brush. It came crashing down from the sky and hit him smack in the middle of his head causing him to see white. Shaking his head to clear his vision he stooped down grabbed the brush then opening the front door he ran up the stairs. His first instinct was to go t Bonnie's room but the brush hadn't come from there. It had come from Mary's. He found her in a ball in her room and quickly crouched down at her side. "Mary? Are you ok?" he looked from her to the window then back. "Do you want me to get Bonnie?"


Bonnie heard the crash and stood up. While Caroline was telling her about pregnancy and asking her about her and if they found Elena, Bonnie made her way to the window. "Well I'm fine. Actually never felt better and no we haven't found Elena. Do you know what you're going to do about the baby?" She asked as she peered out the window. There was nothing unusual outside so she figured it came from inside. Walking to her door she opened it. Where were her parents? When she had glanced outside their car was gone. Phone still cradled at her ear she walked into her sisters room to find Mary on the floor and Matt beside her. "What the hell is going on here?"


Mary's eyes were clenched tight. "The eyes, they're here." She continued to sob about the eyes. She was far too terrified to open her eyes for fear the monstrosity belonging to them would be there. Watching her...leering hungrily at her.


"She is here... they are watching."


Caroline heard the crash over the phone and someone scream. She heard Bonnie's voice getting louder. Caroline slammed the phone, bolted from her house, jumped into her car and flew over to Bonnie's. When she pulled up she saw what could only be described as chaos. She ran into the house and saw Bonnie and Matt with an hysterical Mary.


"What the heck is going on?" Caroline breathed heavy from running.


Stefan opened his eyes. He tried to move but found he couldn't, as they were bound behind his back. He was sitting on a stone floor, and instantly he knew where he was. Looking up he saw Katherine in the corner, still dancing like a crazed ballerina. Noticing he was awake, she skipped over to him and brought her face down to his caressing her nose over his cheeks and then down to his lips. She kissed him hard on the mouth and grabbed his hair pulling his head back. She sat back on her heels and looked into his eyes and smiled, in an instant she sunk her teeth into his neck, tearing at his flesh. He tried to scream but no sound came.


Stefan awoke with a jolt, panic stricken. He was lying face down on the ground and there was dirt in his mouth. He pulled himself to his feet clumsily but his head spun with such force it almost threw him back to the ground.


'I have to get out of here', he thought. 'I have to find Damon and warn him'.


He stumbled through the forest using trees to keep his balance. He could still hear Katherine's voice in his head. The vision of her tearing at his throat was so vivid in his mind that he could almost smell his own blood. Losing his balance, he fell to the ground on all fours and started to retch.


'I...have...to...get...out...of...here'. Summoning up all the strength he could, he got up and continued through the woods toward the boarding house. Holding his stomach, he walked up toward the front door and fell onto the doorstep. He was on all fours breathing
heavily trying to reach up to the doorknob. As he lifted his arm up, the door flew open. He looked up and felt relieved at who he saw standing there.