Damon sauntered into the room with his usual presence hoping to find Bonnie in there, but instead he had a shock. He looked around to the faces in the room and paused when he saw her. That face, the one that was shrouded the last time he saw her, was smiling back at him. Her smile had a mixture of surprise, bewilderment, power, and happiness. He immediately knew what she was.

"So who did it to you?" he asked nonchalantly.

"Katherine."

"Well, at least we have that in common," he said.

Damon turned to his brother who was looking at him, trying to read his face. But Damon didn't know what to feel. Should he stand back and assess the situation or jump right in and give her a hug?

"Well Stefan, I guess this solves the mystery of who stole her body." He turned back to his sister. "So, little sister, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to ask you the same thing."

"Actually, it might be better to tell the story after dinner, when everyone is here," Stefan said. "Gena and Gavin, will you stay for dinner? We're having a few friends over who would like to meet you both. And, it would be easier to tell the story in front of everyone instead of having to repeat it another three times or so."

"Of course, Stefan. We'd be delighted," Gena replied with a smile.

"This is going to be a long night," Damon said laughingly.

"And now we're here trying to cope with what we've lost," Stefan said as he grabbed Elena's hand. "And what we've won. We're just trying to live."

Gena looked around the room as the group sipped some after dinner refreshments. It was funny that the group got along so well even though it now consisted of three vampires, a psychic, and three mortals.

She noticed that Damon was having fun questioning Gavin, trying to find out what the boy's intentions were for his little sister. She rolled her eyes at the scene.

"So, Gena, what brought you to the neighborhood?" Bonnie asked.

"Job. I'm a fashion designer downtown."

"That's really cool," Bonnie said enthusiastically.

As the conversation went long into the night, Gena couldn't help notice two things. First, there was a lot of tension between Bonnie and Damon; a lot.

'They must have gone out,' she thought to herself. She knew the effects Damon could have on people.

Then there was Meredith. She seemed like the normal type of person, the quiet type, but now she seemed too quiet. Sadness pulsated from her, although she was doing her best to shield it, and for a human she was doing a damn good job.

Stefan must have read her mind because he sent her a message.

'Her husband died two months ago. This is the first time she's been out of the house since the funeral. It took a lot to get her here.'

"Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I must be off. It's feeding time," Damon said with a devilish smile.

"That's sick," Bonnie said.

"I have to be going too," Gena interjected. She turned to Damon and gave him a hug. "I'll see you later, Damon. It's so good to see you again. I missed you."

It took him a while to warm up to the hug.

"I missed you too, kid."

Gena then made her way around the room to say goodbye to everyone.

"Bonnie, it was nice to meet you."

"Likewise. We'll have to hang out sometime."

Gena smiled. "Most definitely." She continued to move towards Meredith.

"It's very nice to meet you, Meredith."

Meredith tried her best to smile at her, and Gena moved along to Elena and Stefan. She hugged them both.

"Elena, it's a pleasure to meet you. And Stefan, I missed you so much. Come over soon. Here's my number," she said as she handed it over to her brother. "Damon, you can copy it down too. I don't live too far away from here, so don't be strangers; you're all welcome at my home."

Stefan kissed her cheek as he led everyone to the door.

"It's good to have you home," he whispered to her gently.