Sorry for the extremely long wait. I hope you guys enjoy this. I'm thinking about putting Lucy and Enzo together, but I'm not sure, and Forwood is going to be in this if that wasn't clear before.
Bonnie pulled up to a small town house on the north end of town. It wasn't much to look at, but it had a rustic charm. The garden was beautiful. It was full of flowers and peppers. The boys got out of the car, and Matt grabbed the baby bag, while Tyler helped Bonnie get Sarah out of the car. "You ready?" Bonnie asked Matt as they stood outside the house.
"Yeah," he laughed as he rang the doorbell.
Vicki opened the door and she looked shocked. "Matty what are you doing here?" she asked.
Matt took his sister into a tight embrace and kissed her cheek. "I missed you so much," he whispered in her ear.
"I just talked to you," she said as she took in the sight of her brother. "Have you been eating?"
"Yeah," he said.
"Bonnie, Tyler I'm sorry guys come in," she said as she welcomed them into her home.
Jeremy paced the floor of the boarding house causing the floor board to squeak in his wake. Enzo repeated his mantra to himself trying his hardest not to kill to young Gilbert boy. Alaric worked with Liv to find a spell that would help them communicate with Abby, and that was going nowhere.
The door suddenly opened and everyone turned their attention to it. "It looks like I came in time."
"Lucy," Jeremy said as he walked over to welcome her.
"Did Abby give you a way to contact her?" Alaric asked.
"Yes," Lucy said. "She said there's a witch that will help me bring them back?" She said as she turned her attention to Liv.
"That misfortune is mean," Liv half smiled.
"Aren't you a ray of sunshine," Lucy smiled. She turned her attention to Alaric. "Do you have everything ready?"
"I just need one more thing you asked for, but Elena is on the otherside with them."
"The doppelgänger?"
"Yes."
"We'll just need more power. I'll call in a favor form a family friend."
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me yet. They just might refuse to help," she smiled and went to make her call.
Bonnie walked up the pathway to the clinic. Snow began to cover the ground and it was starting to stick. She hoped to God that her appoint wouldn't take too long. When she made it to the door she was greeted by a familiar set of pearly white teeth. Bonnie gulped and gave him an uneasy smile. "Hello stranger."
"Hey, Stefan fancy meeting you here," she said with a shaky smile.
"What I come to the women's clinic all the time," he laughed.
"Sure," Bonnie said laughing with him.
"I'm here a lot now that Elena is doing some volunteer work here," Stefan said.
"Elena's in there," she gasped.
"Yes, her dad put in a good word for her," Stefan said. "Isn't that why you're here?"
"I have an appointment," she groaned.
"Isn't Damon in Port Richmond?"
"I know," Bonnie said.
"He doesn't know you're here and neither does Elena," Stefan groaned. "Bonnie I know this isn't an ideal situation, but we care about you. And you don't have to do this by yourself."
"I'm not doing it by myself, I have my parents, Grams, Care, Matt, and Tyler. Vicky even gave me these maternity pants, now if you excuse me I have somewhere to be." She said going inside.
"Wait," Stefan called after her. "Can I come with you?"
Bonnie looked at him and chewed on her lip. "I don't know,"
"I want my nephew to know I'm always going to be there for him," Stefan smiled. "Please Bon."
"Ok," she said.
"Thank you."
Stefan shuttered at the memory. He never felt anything so powerful. He could feel the brisk wind as it blew snowflakes on him. He could still his concern for Bonnie. It was like a freshly opened wound. "Stefan," Elena called to him.
Stefan turned and looked at his brother and the girl he once loved more than anything. "Yeah?"
"Why didn't you tell me about Damon and the dream?"
Stefan panicked for a second. Ten he came to his senses. "I didn't have to." He said as if it was the simplest conclusion.
"What?"
"He's my brother. He came to me to tell me to live my life. The dream had nothing to do with you or anyone else. It was my business so I kept it to myself," Stefna informed her.
"You told Caroline and Ric."
"I was trying to understand what happened. I needed a friend and it asn't going to be you Elena." Stefan scuffed. "All of your calls were about your pain. Everything was about your pain. I LOST MY BROTHER. The one constant I had for 150 years. That meant nothing to you," Stefan yelled and walked out of the room.
Elena sighed.
"Go talk to him," Damon suggested.
"I don't know what to say."
"Start with I'm sorry, and when Bonnie gets back you should try it with her too," Damon said going to the front door.
"Where are you going?" Elena asked.
"I have to see a friend. You're parents are here, if you want to see them before Bonnie sends you back." It was the last thing he said before he left. He didn't bother to wait for a response.
"I think I'm going to stay," Tyler said as they left Vicky's. "You don't know how long I've wanted this. For things to be the way they were meant to. Before we knew about werewolves and vampires and witches. I want this," Tyler smiled.
"Tyler you're engaged," Bonnie smiled.
"Really?" he asked. "To who?"
"Care. And she doesn't have a clue about what happened before she came her. Nothing more than we told her. We still don't know what happened. She just woke up a different person."
"Wait-what?" he asked.
"You and Caroline are engage, the week after graduation you guys are going to tie the knot," Bonnie smiled.
"How very Caroline," Matt laughed.
"Yeah," Bonnie smiled. "You don't have to live the life you have here, obviously Stefan's not and everyone's okay with it."
"I can't just do that if Care thinks we're getting married," Tyler laughed.
"Maybe you should talk to her before you decide," Matt suggested.
"Yeah I have to get the potion ready anyway."
"Okay."
Damon stood outside the Forbes residence waiting for Liz. He looked out at the yard. It was full of flowers and veggies. Caroline started to garden a few years back and it was something Liz continued to to while her daughter was away at school. "If it isn't the devil himself. I didn't know you made house calls," she teased.
Damon turned and grinned at her. He gave her a hug and they just laughed for a while.
They pair seat on the porch swing talking and the topic of her death finally came up. "Why didn't you say anything to us?" he asked.
"It wasn't the time."
"You were dying we would have made the time."
"That's not what I wanted. You guys needed to focus on dealing with the Otherside. We had to protect the town," Liz smiled.
"I don't think that's ever going to stop."
"It seems that way. Caroline told me about Lexi. How is she?"
"Holding up well."
"Hopefully this will pass."
"I think it will."
Elena didn't get the chance to talk to Stefan. He left the manor before she could even call out his name. Devastated by the state of things Elena made her way to her childhood home. It stood tall in its former glory. She put her hand against the red door and heard her father's voice. A smile slowly etched itself on her face. She opened the door and attempted to go inside, but couldn't. Elena growled. "This can't be happening."
"Sweetie what are you doing here?" her mother asked.
"I'm not welcomed here?" Elena smiled.
"Of course you are. Come in and I'll fix you a plate," her mom smiled.
"Okay," Elena said.
Elena sat in the kitchen with her parent and her aunt Jenna. She never expected to see them again and fought hard to fight her tears. They had polite conversation, before her father excused himself and headed to the hospital. She offered to help her mom put the rest of the food away, since Jenna was working on the dishes.
"Are you going to tell us what brings you here from Seattle?" she asked.
"I just really missed my family. I wish I could take you all with me," she smiled.
Jenna hugged Elena. "Just because things didn't work out with Stefan doesn't mean you can't make Seattle your home. You really made something wonderful for yourself their sweetie," he mother said.
"I just love him a lot, and it's hard to believe he doesn't love me anymore. I won't believe it after everything we've been through," she cried.
"Sometimes we give something our all and it's just not enough. It's not your fault. It's just life," Jenna chimed in.
"Not my life," Elena sternly said.
"I'm going to get him back."
"You can't make someone love you when they won't. Just remember that." Her mom said cautioning her.
"Thanks mom," she said holding her. "I love you so much."
"I love you to darling."
Elena walked around the side of the house with the trash and saw one of her father's shoes. Then it moved. Elena rushed over to her father. He was lying a pool of blood gasping for air. Elena bit into her arm and give him her blood. "Daddy," she cried.
"I didn't want to believe it," Grayson said. "You're a monster too." Grayson quickly grabbed a syringe full of vervain in his daughter's leg.
Elena yelled out as she felt vervain rope wrap around her. "Take her to the cell. Don't tell the others about her," she heard her father say before everything went black.
