A/N: Well, here's the latest. I hope you enjoy; I don't own anything.

A knock on the door stopped my actions. I was in the middle of getting back in touch with my magic although let's face it, I'm as good as good can get. I practiced levitation, disappearing spells, all the basics. Then I started to do all the hardcore stuff. Like teleportation and manipulation spells. The teleportation spells took a lot out of me as I nearly passed out and blood started oozing out of my nose. Ah, the infamous nose bleeds; one of the cons of being a witch. We push too hard, the magic pushes back 10x harder. I was just about to begin practicing and perfecting my magic again until the sound of knocking stopped me.

I gritted my teeth as I uncrossed my legs and made my way to the door. A pair of blue eyes and blonde hair met my vision and a wide smile escaped my lips. "Hi Matt," I squealed as I wrapped my arms around his neck and welcomed him in for a hug. My smile quickly disappeared as I met a pair of doe brown eyes.

"Jeremy." I whispered. I let Matt go after our embrace. "Come on in guys," I squeaked.

"That's the thing Bon, Jeremy can't even get near your doorstep."

I gave him a confused look and I was about to open my mouth to respond in question, but completely remembered what I previously did to my house. "Ohhhh," I began. "I put a barrier over my house so supernatural creatures won't be able to come in. The fact that Jeremy's a vampire hunter was what was preventing him from coming inside." "That makes more sense." Jeremy intercepted. My heart nearly collided in my throat. Hearing his voice was so foreign to me. A rush of emotions flooded my insides. Mostly anger. And that anger erupted inside of me.

"You know what," I snapped. "I don't want you inside my house."

"Bon come on, we need to talk."

"Oh we can talk." I agreed. "But not inside. Matt can come in, but not you."

"You do realize you sound completely ridiculous right?" I scoffed and rolled my eyes. I knew I was being petty and immature but I didn't care. I shrugged, "take it or leave it, Jer." He nodded in agreement. "Fine. We'll do it your way. Matt do you mind?" Matt quickly nodded and made his way into my house and closed the door behind him. I sat down on my doorstep allowing my feet to make contact with the cold concrete. I met Jeremy's eyes. He looked flushed and his white cheeks were red, but that didn't put a damper on his looks. He was still cute, if not even better looking then I remembered. His chest and shoulders were broad and it looked like he had gotten buffer. I wanted to run my hands over his chest just to get a feel of what he was working with but I refrained.

"You wanted to talk, so let's talk." Jeremy took a deep breath and started. "Bonnie, I don't think you know how much I missed you. I felt numb every day. It was like half of me was ripped away. When you were gone I even called your phone everyday just to hear your voice on voicemail. I left hundreds of messages. I didn't even get a proper goodbye."

When Jeremy said that I immediately looked down. I could admit that I fucked up on that part. Calling him during my final moments of living and lying to him about me being okay was wrong.

I looked straight to the ground and ran a hand through my hair while my eyes were pooling with tears. "I'm s-sorry," I whimpered. I met his eyes again and I took in his features. His eyes were moist like mine and all I wanted to do was touch him. Just to feel his smooth skin. I got up from my doorstep and crossed the barrier that surrounded my house. I licked my lips and continued to walk towards Jeremy until we were toe-to-toe. I took his hand which was surprisingly warm and looked into his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Jer." My voice cracked and my throat felt dry. "I know I fucked up back then. I was wrong for lying to you. But you have to understand that a lot of things have changed. I'm not the same girl who you feel in love with." His breath became hitched as he began to speak again. "I get that Bonnie, I do. It's only so much shit you can take before you fully change. And that's why I need to tell you something. And I know that after I tell you this you'll probably hate me."

My heart skipped a beat as I took in Jeremy's facial features. He looked terrified. "What is it Jeremy?" I questioned. He sighed and cleared his throat. "When you were gone…I slept with someone else."

My heart dropped and I immediately let go of his hand. "You what?" I asked as a tear dripped down my face. "Bonnie, I'm so sorry." Jeremy tried to regain contact with me but I flinched away from his touch. "Who was it?" I asked through gritted teeth. He ceased to make eye contact with me. "It was more than one girl. To be honest I don't even know how many girls there was to begin with."

I slapped him. I couldn't use magic on him because I knew I'd kill him. I knew I would. So I did the next plausible thing. All I felt was rage. God that slap was so hard it sounded like thunder. He took the slap and didn't even fucking flinch. I felt my insides burning. "So me dying is what? A get out of jail card for you to fuck around?!" I yelled.

"No Bonnie it wasn't like that! I was hurt-"

"Fuck your man pain Jeremy!" I yelped. "I died, Jer, and you didn't see me fucking Damon in 1994! Or Kai for that matter! I lived in isolation for months, while you were here fucking everything that walks! What the hell is wrong with you Jeremy?" He stayed quiet and took in my words. "What happened with Elena then? Did she turn off her humanity, go on a killing spree-"

"Erase her memories of Damon."

I stopped cold in my tracks. "She what?"

"The pain was so bad for Elena that she asked Alaric to compel away her love for Damon."

My eyes literally felt like they were going to pop out of my sockets. "How could she do that to him? How could she just erase all her memories of Damon? Who the fuck does that?" A confused look washed over Jeremy's face. "You don't get it Bonnie. Elena was reckless and dangerous. It was the right thing to do."

"What? Are you fucking kidding me?" I yelped. "Damon literally pined over this girl for years. And he finally got her. Then he died, and I sent him home and does he come back to? The love of his life who doesn't even remember their relationship." Jeremy scoffed. "I can't believe you're taking his side! I though you two hated each other!" "Well believe it or not, me and Damon actually became friends in the prison world. And I know Damon. He would've never done that to Elena." He set his eyes back to the ground and didn't speak.

I walked back to my door. "You should go, Jeremy." And without another word I opened my door and turned my back on him.

"Matt did you know about Jeremy's man pain?" I asked as I came back into the house. Matt's eyes met mine. "Man pain?" `

"Y'know," I started. "Him fucking around on me while I was dead in the act of "grieving.""

He scoffed. "Yeah Bon, I knew. He was a total wreck over you-"

"Matt, please." I intercepted. "If you're just gonna plead his sob story about how much he was hurting while I was gone, then you can leave as well." Matt put his hands up in surrender. "Bon, you got it. Besides I didn't come here for Jeremy. I came here for you." A soft smile escaped my lips as I walked towards Matt. "Thanks," I said as I hopped onto a seat next to him. "No problem." He said as he wrapped his arm around me. I quickly accepted his embrace and put my arm over his stomach. I closed my eyes and breathed.

"Thanks for being there." I said softly.

"What do you mean?"

"You're the only one that hasn't bombarded me with questions since I came back or who hasn't looked at me like I'm crazy."

"I don't know Bon, that night at the Salvatore house was kinda crazy. I almost shit my pants." He said jokingly.

I giggled. "Shut up. But really. Thanks. It's better than a party at all expenses. I could sit here with you all day and I'd be just fine."

"Aw Bonnie," he began as he started playing in my hair. "You make me feel special." I didn't reply as I took in the silence. It wasn't nerve racking or forced. It just felt nice. "I'm sorry about you and Jeremy. You didn't deserve that." I smiled and nodded against his stomach. "Thanks." And the silence over took all as I fell asleep.

I woke up in Matt's arms. I looked up to see if he was awake or not and it turned out to be the latter. I swear the best thing in the world has to be watching someone sleep. Just to take in their features when they're the most vulnerable. And looking up at Matt was so adorable. He looked so relaxed and calm. I didn't want to get up because I knew that I'd wake him but I had to pee.

With the lightest adjustments to his body, I squeezed my way out of his embrace, and I tiptoed to my bathroom. I did my business and washed my hands, and as I made my way back to the living room I noticed Matt was up. I pouted. "Ugh I didn't mean to wake you Matty." I said as I plopped down on the couch next to him. He threw me a quick smile. "Its fine Bon, besides my shift at the Grille starts in an hour." "Oh. Well then, I'll walk you." I ran into my room and threw on some skin tight black jeans, a black turtle neck, black Timberlands, and a black leather jacket. I tied my hair into a tight ponytail and applied dark eyeliner on. As I walked out of my bedroom I was met with a catcall.

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up Matt." "I can't help it Bon, you look hot in all black." "Whatever." I smiled and put his arm around me. "Come on Blue Eyes, let's go. The Grille is like a block away so you'll be there in no time."

As we walked outside I took in the fresh air. I had been indoors all day and the sun was blinding me. Even though it was winter, it felt abnormally cool.

"So," I started. "How are things going for you?"

"Well I'm dealing with a whole bunch of crap right now. Especially in the supernatural aspect."

I sucked my teeth as I put an arm around his back. With Matt's arm around my shoulders and my dainty arm around his back, we looked like a couple. "What happened now?"

"Well for instance, Enzo is a total dick. As a way to get back at Stefan he's using me as a plot device to ruin his niece's life."

"What niece?" I asked absentmindedly.

"Sarah Salvatore."

I stopped dead in my tracks. Seeing that Matt and I were intertwined he stopped as well. "What's up Bon?" I shook my head and nodded in the upper direction to signal that we should keep walking.

I cleared my throat. "I thought Sarah Salvatore was dead. I-I thought she died."

"No. Sarah survived birth and Stefan put her in foster care and made sure that she was adopted into a decent family. 20 years later, Enzo finds out about her and he's hell bent on ruining her life to get back at Stefan."

"What the hell is wrong with him? Why is holding a grudge against Stefan?"

"Because," Matt continued, "when you and Damon died Stefan was trying to find a way to bring you two back. He never found one, so he gave up and tried to move on. Of course Enzo didn't approve of that so he's now trying to ruin Stefan's life and wants me to help him."

"Wow," I breathed. "So Enzo wants to make Stefan's life miserable by making Sarah's life miserable?"

"Pretty much." Matt said. "I guess it's his twisted way of standing up for Damon." I scoffed, "how?"

"Because Damon thought Sarah died. And Stefan kept that secret because he wanted Sarah to have a normal life, and the only way that Sarah could have that was if she didn't know anything about Stefan and Damon and about the supernatural."

"Wait. So Enzo thinks that by making Sarah's life a living hell he's looking out for Damon? And in this whole fucked up equation, Stefan's supposedly the asshole?"

"Yup."

"Wow. Some fucking twisted logic."

"Bon, let's talk about this later." I gave him a face. "Wait, what? Why?" "We're here," Matt stated. I looked up and took in my surroundings. The big "Mystic Falls Grille" caught my eye and I shook my head. How could I have been so oblivious?

"You wanna come in for a drink?" "Sure." I pranced my way through the doors of the Grille and I was immediately met with lots of chatter and noise. The restaurant was packed and I noticed a lot of faces that I didn't recognize. Mystic Falls was a small town and everybody knew everybody. But so far I saw a lot of unrecognizable faces. "Matt, when did all these new people move in?" I asked. "Right after the magic free border went up," he concluded. "Well shit." Matt chuckled in response and unwrapped his arm around me.

"I'm gonna head out to the back and get ready for work. You just sit down at the bar and I'll pour you up a drink after I clock in." I nodded and waltzed my way to the bar taking in the new appliances that were added to the Grille.

"Hello Bonnie, funny seeing you here." My body immediately stilled as I took in the voice who said my name. I turned around and met the eyes of the open person who I despised the most.

"Kai," I seethed.