This is the last chapter of this story I hope you enjoy it. See you at the bottom.

P.S if I haven't said it yet I don't own the vampire diaries.

~Elena~

It's been a year since everything happened and I figured I'd never come back. I was afraid to come back. There were so many things I didn't want to remember. I thought to myself as I exited the building. I had been in a place for suicidal people for about eight months. After losing everyone I couldn't handle it. I couldn't handle losing everything that was my life. The scars on my wrists showed that.

The doctor said that a good way to get past it all is to confront it all. But I was terrified to do it. I didn't want to go back to the place that took the lives of my friends and the one I loved.

Getting on the bus for Fell's church I felt my stomach churn. I felt the sudden urge to vomit settle in me. It wasn't that I was nervous. As a matter of fact I was terrified. What would I do if I saw someone I knew? What if they asked about the others because as far as I was concerned everyone was thought to have left Fell's church. What if they asked about my wrists? There were so many worries in my mind.

When the bus came to a stop I was just about the only person to get off. As I looked around at the town it looked as if what happened last year was only a figment of the imagination. Then I saw a blond haired girl that looked ever so familiar.

"Caroline?"

The blond haired girl heading into the coffee shop turned around.

"Elena." she said

Then she walked over and gave me a hug. It still felt strange hugging because of her little vendetta on getting rid of me.

"How have you been? I thought I'd never see you again." She said

"I've been…okay."

It was a lie. Probably one I didn't even need to say since it was more than likely written all over my face.

"Anyways what about you?" I asked changing the subject a little

"Well when Fell's Church decided to go to hell last year I left. It gave me a chance to get myself figured out."

I nodded.

"Elena?"

"Hmm?"

"Did the others leave? I haven't ran into them anywhere since I've gotten back."

"Yeah Caroline they left." I mumbled

"I wonder if they're okay."

"That makes two of us." I said

I gave her another hug and told her to call me sometime. Then we parted ways. She headed toward the library and I headed in the direction of the cemetery. Not really paying attention I rounded the next corner and ran into someone only to get knocked over.

"Oh sorry I wasn't paying…Elena?"

"Is it so hard to believe I would come back home?" I said

I got up and brushed myself off. Looking I froze in non-belief.

"Tyler…" I trailed

"I'm not staying long. I can't bare it. I just came to visit friends then I'm gone." He said

"Everyone thought you were dead." I said still in a little shock

"I was upstairs in the boarding house when all the lights went out. Then I smelled smoke. Before I knew it the house was on fire and I was trying to get out. After that I just ran. I don't know what happened to the others. Are they okay? I haven't heard anything from them." He said

I looked down at my shoes. He didn't know.

"uh Tyler…"

"You know what I'm sure they need a lot of down time is all. But where's Stefan then? You two are hooked at the hip." He asked

I wanted to say something but there weren't words. When he said that it brought back everything. I tried to fight it because I felt that it was easier to not remember. I didn't want to think about Bonnie and how she isn't here anymore to make everything seem less bad than what it really is. Stefan wasn't here to make me feel safe. Meredith wasn't here to help me be strong. And now more than ever I felt alone.

"C'mon." I said as I started walking again

He followed beside me.

"Elena I don't mean to pry but what happened?" he asked

"What do you mean?"

"Your wrists." He gestured

"Oh." Was all I said at first "I…there's just a lot going on with me."

"So you hurt yourself?"

It numbed me enough I thought to myself. The rest of the walk was silent.

"What are we doing here?" he asked

But as I stopped in front of three tombstones I was stunned. They had found them when I only thought they had been lost. I fell to my knees as I looked at the graves of Meredith Sulez, Matt Honeycutt, and Bonnie McCullough. Tears flooded my face.

Today wasn't supposed to be the day where I cried like a baby. It was supposed to be a day where if people saw me and asked anything I'd say I'm fine and that nothing's wrong. But it was lie.

Then I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Elena I didn't know." Tyler said

He looked to be on the brink of crying himself.

"It hurt Tyler that's why my wrists look like that." I mumbled

"I shouldn't have run. I should've stayed and done something. Maybe it wouldn't have been like this then." He said

"No it wouldn't have. Everything she saw happened. There was no stopping it. She knew this would come to pass." I said

"Elena…" he trailed off

I just turned toward him only to find myself hugging him. After a few seconds I felt his arms around me too.

"I want to say things will be alright but I'm not so sure about that." He said

Letting go I looked up at him and all I saw was understanding.

"You know when I came back I was looking Meredith. I was hoping that since it was all over I could actually get the chance to ask her out. She seemed to be the only one who stood up against me and wasn't afraid." He said

"She wasn't much afraid of anything… I hate it here." I said

"I don't think you're alone on that one." He said

"It's just I grew up here and I never figured I wouldn't want to leave but after everything I never want to see this place again." I said

He nodded. There wasn't anything much more to say. I stood up on my feet and took one last look down at the grave stones then turned and started walking away.

"Will you forget?"

I knew that voice. Turning around I saw something that I couldn't believe. It was Bonnie.

"Bonnie?"

I looked at Tyler to see if he saw her too but he only had a look of confusion.

"He can't see me. It just you being I'm only a figment in your mind. I'm a worry of yours." She said

"I don't understand."

"It's okay. All you need to know is that even if you don't ever come back to see us we're with you. And you won't forget." She said

"I'm-"

"Afraid? It's okay to be afraid but Elena don't leave yourself here. You'll have to move on or you'll end up like us."

"That doesn't sound so bad."

"Elena Gilbert I will be damned if you die because of your pity problems. You were brought back from death and you are going to live."

"I don't have any reason to though." I mumbled

"You do you just haven't seen it yet." She said

Then like that she was gone. I just sighed. Turning I walked toward the gate.

"Hey Elena wait up." Tyler said catching up "So who were you talking to exactly because I am deeply confused?"

"Just myself." I said

"Ah. Ummm are you hungry?"

I stopped and looked back at him.

"Okay I shouldn't have asked sorry."

"No it's fine it's just are you picking up on me?"

"No."

There wasn't a hint of lying in there either.

"Really?" I blurted

"I got over you very quickly being Stefan beat the hell out of me that one time remember?"

I did remember. It was the night of homecoming and I was trying to make Stefan jealous by going with Tyler where as Stefan went with Caroline. Tyler got beaten to a bloody pulp that night. But I guess I have Tyler to thank for it being that was also when Stefan Saved me and everything came together for us.

"How could I forget." I said

"It's just I'm hungry and I figure you don't want to be alone when you're here so I thought you might be hungry." He said

"I can't remember the last time I had any real food so I think that would be nice." I said

As we made it to the gate I stopped to take one last look.

"I won't forget. I won't forget a single minute of it." I whispered

This part will be like a script so it's not in first person from here.

(Bonnie V.O)

We go on. Not because we want to but because we don't get the choice. If we don't move forward we get left behind.

Tyler and Elena slide into a booth and start talking as if things just might be okay.

(Bonnie V.O)

Sometimes the hardest thing to in this world is live in it knowing that along the way we lose somebody even if sometimes the person we lose is our self.

Elena and Tyler go on about what had been going with each other over the past year without realizing that across the street Bonnie is watching them.

(Bonnie V.O)

No one said it would be easy coming back.

Is it a cliffy? Well I'd hope so haha so please leave your review.