So...this is a filler chapter somewhat...I want the story to kinda stay in line with the show so...let me know what you think...and I want to have more Bonnie in the story but it is hard when she hasn't even been on the show in the last few episodes...

Bonnie POV

Elena and I had been back at school for a little over a week before I left to go stay at my aunts. My mother decided I was spending too much time at the Boarding House and insisted that I leave for a few days for a family healing. Basically yoga and home school all day every day with random share your feelings when you cant actually say what you are thinking.

Elena had been keeping me updated on everything...thank God for cell phones. Damon had apparently completely let go and was having a lot of slutty girls so he could get blood. Basically he shut off from Elena and Stefan and I hadn't been there but he would have shut me out too.

Elena was trying to find out who her Mother was and Stefan and Jenna were trying to help. It was hard for her to go to my Grandmother's funeral—that Dad insisted upon having even without a body. She kind of withdrew from everyone and was back stuck on her journal for someone to talk to. It was practically back to normal...only very very different.

There have been two times when I have looked out and seen Stefan at the edge of the yard but by the time I looked again he was gone. I knew he was just checking up on me to make sure I was okay but it frustrated me that he didn't come in or even try to come closer.

Each night as I laid down to sleep I put myself back in Washington DC in the hotel room when we were all so close. I do not know if we would ever be as close as we all hoped when we were on vacation from the real world.

I wanted to go off and be a normal teenager but how could I? I was a witch, my parents were holding me hostage in the stupid yoga fest and my best friend was barely reachable on her cell phone.

Stefan POV

I had to protect Elena, I had to protect Bonnie. The latter was much easier; her parents took her out of Mystic Falls so I just had to pop in every once in a while to make sure she was not alone and staying safe. Elena snooping into what happened to her birth mother though...it was a lot harder to protect her when I knew what I knew...or thought I knew.

She went and met with her birth mother's best friend... and when I went to check on her I found her dead...then I kept seeing the same guy following Elena...he was not a vampire so it wasn't too dangerous but I knew that Isobel was controlling him and I did not know what she was making him do.

Damon was back to being an asshole only caring about himself...getting drunk and sucking the blood from some slutty random girls he kept bringing home. He knew I wanted to know about Isobel but he thought it was because I was helping Alaric and did not realize the connection between them and Elena.

While all of this was going on I realized that somehow the other vampires had gotten out of the tomb and were roaming somewhere around Mystic Falls putting all of the residents at risk. I only hoped that Pearl had control over them and would keep them from harming more innocent people.

Elena POV

After I spoke with Trudy I went straight to the boarding house where I found a very drunk Damon Salvatore. He was rambling something about being an eligible bachelor and was going to be auctioned off. I asked how he was doing and he just blew me off. I hated that he was shutting off. "I would have gone out with you." He mumbled before asking me to help him to button his shirt.

When I told him about my mother he acted like he didn't care but his eyes said that they did. Or at least I hoped that was what I was seeing. He was covering up his harsh reality with alcohol and it annoyed me. But what got to me the most was how quickly he went from sleeping with me each night, sharing his intimate feelings with me to being the asshole I had met at the beginning of the school year.

I was relieved when Stefan walked in to meet me to go to the auction. He at least wasn't drunk even though he was acting unusually as well. When I told Stefan that I met with Trudy he knew that my mother had been Alaric's wife but instead of telling me more information he made me promise to stop asking questions. The ride to the auction was in silence.

I didn't know what to say anymore and was worried that my return to normal life would end in disaster for everyone I cared about. I couldn't get the gut feeling that something was going to happen that would turn our world upside down again.

Instead of spending time with Damon or Stefan at the auction I was near Matt and Caroline...at least they were normal high schoolers...at least until they discovered what was really going on in their little town. I hoped for the sake of Matt that he never did...I don't know if he could handle everything.

Damon and Alaric's banter back and forth during the auction was shocking. Damon pretty much admitted killing Isobel...my Mother. I couldn't take it anymore; I had to get out. He just didn't get it, he was so drunk and intent again on finding Katherine...though I think more for revenge than because he actually wanted to find her that he forgot what he actually cared about.

I ran into the bathroom and locked myself in the stall and called Bonnie. "I need you here." I sobbed into the phone. It was just her voice mail though...she had to sneak away to call me back. "Damon killed Isobel and he is drinking and doing God knows what with all these random girls and I am just so frustrated that he refuses to talk to me anymore and Stefan is almost as bad...he is so set on taking care of everyone that he is more like a babysitter than a friend. Grr! Just hurry up and come home...I need you here." I finished before I hung up the phone.

No sooner did I walk out of the bathroom did Stefan pop up again. He followed me outside just in time to meet the creepy stalker guy. Once again nothing could ever be normal for me and after he demanded that I say I stop looking for Isobel he stepped in front of a truck killing himself. We grabbed his cell phone and took off for home. It was just too creepy. Stefan said he was compelled but who could make an innocent guy kill himself? I just wanted to go home and forget everything that had happened.

Damon POV

I did it to get back at Alaric...and once again I hurt Elena...the one person who actually cared about me. I do not know why I was pushing her away again but I had to before she had the chance. She deserved better than me and I didn't want to get hurt anymore. After I escaped the God forsaken auction I went back home only to be interrupted by Alaric the ass...killing him was easy...it felt good. It is because of him that I said what I said and in turn hurt Elena.

I told Stefan to clean up my mess once again, he was getting so good at it lately and I ran over to Elena's. She was on the front porch talking to Bonnie when I got there and rather than announcing my presence I hung back in the shadows.

"I am so sorry I am not there." Bonnie told her over the phone. "I don't know what I can do to help though even if I was there."

"I just wish that Damon didn't close himself off from me. I thought he was letting me in and that he actually cared about me but I guess not."

"Elena he does care about you...you are probably the only person he does care about." She told her. It wasn't true, I cared about her and Stefan too. I just really sucked at showing it. I didn't know how to show people that I cared because I was so scared of them not caring about me.

"How can he go from spending every moment with me to bringing home random slutty whores and barely talking to me?' Elena asked as I saw a tear slide down her cheek. I wanted to go over to her and wrap her in my arms and tell her how sorry I was but something was stopping me. Just saying the words wouldn't change anything, not really anyway. I had to prove to her that I did care...and before it was too late.

"Just remember all the stuff he has been though. You ran away after your parents died and still have a hard time talking about it. Damon practically spilled his guts to you after not talking to anyone in how long? You gotta expect some freaking out from him."

"I guess...but what about Stefan? He is acting like my body guard instead of my friend and he keeps disappearing for hours on end and refuses to tell me what is going on.

"Well at least part of the time he comes here. I keep seeing him at the edge of the yard or out the window or something but he wont come in at all." Saint Stefan...always trying to protect everyone else and ignoring his own demons. One of these days it will catch up to him. He doesn't get to be the hero all the time.

"How much longer are you going to be at your Aunts?" Elena asked Bonnie.

"Until my parents figure out this is a joke and let me go home...they can only keep me out of school for so long if they expect me to go to college.

"Call me again when you get a chance. I love you!" She said as she hung up the phone. I stood out there in the shadow hoping she would see me and turn around but she didn't. I hated how I felt, how Elena felt, how Bonnie felt, and how Stefan was acting because I knew exactly how he felt.

Bonine POV

After I got off the phone with Elena I crawled out my window and sat on the roof. I sent Stefan a quick text message. 'You stopping by tonight?' and no less than ten seconds later he appeared out of nowhere and silently sat down next to me.

I leaned my head onto his shoulder and felt how tense his muscles where. He felt more like a statue than the Stefan I had gotten to know in DC. After a few minutes he let out a deep breath and relaxed his shoulders and leaned his head against mine.

"Is this what normal is suppose to look like?" I asked him after a few more minutes.

"Definitely not." He mumbled without moving.

"I have missed you."

"You don't know how good it feels to hear you say that."

"Elena said that you guys were suppose to go on a double date with Matt and Caroline."

"Yeah...be normal teenagers...or something like that. Elena and I are not really a couple anymore though."

"What are you guys?"

"I don't know anymore. I cant talk to her because I am worried I will say something and it will make her do something stupid and when I don't say something she does something stupid anyway and then I have to be there to help put the pieces back together."

"You are talking about her Mom being Isobel?"

"Mmm Hmm. Damon turned her...he didn't kill her. She doesn't know that though and I do not know how to tell her but I think she probably already knows anyway."

"What about you? You look like you haven't slept in weeks."

"I haven't...not for more than an hour or two at a time anyway...Damon has had a non-stop party at our house." He said rolling his eyes.

"Do you want to stay with me tonight?" I asked him and the yard suddenly got darker as my parents turned out the lights in their room.

I felt him shrug his shoulders, "Stefan I want you to stay with me tonight." I told him as I stood up to climb through the window.

He turned to follow but paused at the window, "I already said come in Stefan." I said smiling at him and he hopped down off the window ledge.

"A twin bed?" he said referring to the tiny bed in the even tinnier room that we were in.

"Come get in bed with me." I said pulling him over while at the same time reaching over and locking the door to the room.

He crawled under the covers with me and rolled so he had his back to me. I gently wrapped my arm around his waist and pulled myself into him. As his body relaxed into mine I ran my fingers through his hair and down his face. I felt his muscles tense up and heard the hitch in his breath and I knew he was silently crying.

I held him tighter as he cried himself to sleep. He was mentally and physically exhausted and I couldn't allow myself to relax until his breathing had evened out and I knew he was asleep. I gently kissed his shoulder and then closed my eyes and fell asleep.

When I woke up a few hours later I was alone in the bed and in his place was a simple note scribbled on a scrap piece of paper; 'See you tonight.' I smiled as I read it and then hopped out of bed and went down the hall to shower before I would be forced to begin another day of yoga and sharing fake feelings.

Stefan POV

I woke up in her arms feeling more refreshed than I had since we returned from our vacation from reality. I left a quick note and left...I had to be home in time to make sure Elena got to school okay. I sent her a text saying I would be there shortly and then took off running. I paused in the woods feeling the presence of others, I should have kept running but I didn't...I walked right into their trap.

I hoped that they would just kill me...but they didn't...they staked me, they tied me up and then they left me. Only to come back every few hours to torture me some more. At one point he dropped Vervain directly into my eyes. While I was hanging there I concentrated on seeing them again. Bonnie and Elena; I focused on their faces and prayed that someone would come rescue me.

Bonnie POV

He didn't show up...He said he would come but he didn't show up. I tried texting him, I tried calling him and it just kept going to his voicemail. I tried calling Elena and no answer...hell I even tried to call Damon. Something was going on and I was extremely worried about them.

I tried to forget about the lack of contact for two days but by the third day I was going crazy so I called Caroline. Elena had been at school both days and left as soon as school was over each day with Damon picking her up. She hadn't seen Stefan though. I also heard about all the random things that her and Matt had been doing...and all the stuff that Matt's mom had been doing. Talking with her made me feel more like a normal teenager again instead of a witch whose witch grandmother had just died.

I was starting to resent the closeness that the three of them felt and felt like I was in a different world from them...a different world from Caroline but at least Caroline's world was that of a normal teenager...and she answered her phone when I called.

Damon POV

They had him...Frederick and his gang of moron vampires...they had Stefan. They had him because I was stupid enough to throw the bag of blood against the wall and free each and every one of them. I had to get him back.

Elena was so set on saving him that she wanted to walk into a house full of angry vampires just to get to him. I couldn't her get hurt too. She still loved him, it was different than how a woman should feel about a man though. I had not seen them kiss even once since we got back but they had not officially broken up.

Elena went with me to talk to Alaric and after a great deal of bullshitting, and Elena talking to him he agreed to help us. She got mad when I refused to let her go and help. I tried to ignore her but she had some good points. To shut her up for good I told her, "I cant protect you Elena. I don't know how many vampires there are in there..." I snapped my fingers, "Thats how long it takes to get your head ripped off. I have to be able to get in and get out. I cant be distracted with your safety or this will end up a blood bath that none of us walk away from...including Stefan....I know...I get it...you understand?" I said calming down and feeling bad for yelling at her. I quickly grabbed her arm in a pitiful attempt at a hug before following Alaric out of the classroom.

I was scared as we were headed into the house. I prayed that Elena would do what I told her and just stay in the car. I hoped that Alaric would do what we had planned and just go in and come out. Something in my gut told me that it was going to end up a big mess by the end of the night. Something bad was going to happen...Elena said that a couple weeks ago and now I am feeling it too.

When I killed the lady to get in...I was worried that Alaric would freak out...but he didn't. He did what I had asked him to. I ran around the house as quickly and quietly as I could. "Are you insane?" I asked when I walked down to the basement finding Elena. What in the hell was she thinking. Alaric sure fine whatever he had his stupid ring and couldn't be killed...and really I didn't care if he was...but Elena...that I could not handle.

Once we found Stefan I was glad Elena didn't listen because she was able to undo the ropes without burning herself. "You rescue. I distract. Go." I told her as she dragged Stefan out of the basement. When I went back up I had to fight my way out and luckily Alaric showed up with his gun or else I would have been killed. I saw Frederick run out of the house though and knew he was after Stefan...I only hoped that Elena could hold him off long enough for me to get there.

Stefan POV

Her blood...she gave me her blood. I hadn't had human blood for over a hundred years and wow...now I cannot stop...nothing compares to her blood but I cannot use her...not like that. I tried to stop drinking blood but I couldn't stop...Damon knew it...at first he tried to keep his habit away from me but then he just left the blood. He didn't know how bad off I was.

I felt more alive than I ever had. Elena had gone back to acting like my girlfriend and I liked having her around...she couldn't ever find out that I was using human blood though. It would ruin everything. She thought that she had helped me to quit but really it just made it worse.

At the party when Matt's slut of a mother cut her head it was all I could do not to rip into her neck and suck her dry. I ran away as far and as fast as I could...when I made it out to our old home I sat down and cried. I hated feeling like this...so alive but so out of control.

I felt like a drug addict stealing blood from the hospitals blood bank and hiding them down in the basement. I thought I was doing well hiding my habit until Damon caught me. I think he was conflicted as to whether he was excited or pissed but I didn't think he would say anything.

Bonnie POV

It was hard to see Stefan back in the classroom on my first day back. It hurt to look at him, to look at Elena...they just reminded me of losing Grams. I knew it would get easier with Elena but something was off about Stefan. He looked different...something had changed.

I felt horrible for giving Elena the cold shoulder but it was just too hard to be normal when we obviously were not. While I was gone they found Vicky's body. Matt had been crushed and Caroline called me and we talked every night. She didn't know how to help Matt deal with losing his sister and also with all the stuff going on with his mom.

Instead of wishing to be with Elena and our magic little family I wished to be with Caroline and Matt being normal high schoolers. It had been a long time since I spent time with her and it felt good to talk to her every night. She knew I was a witch but didn't have to know all the details about what had happened. I could be myself with her and not have to have all the baggage that went along with Elena, and with Stefan and Damon.

I only hoped that I would get up the nerve to explain it to Elena so she would give me space without being hurt and to know that I loved them and would always be there if they needed me but I needed to be me first.

Woo hoo for Bonnie being in the last episode...I am trying to keep my story in line with what is happening with it still saying in what I had pictured going on. Please leave constructive comments! Telling me that the story is not what you thought it would be and you loved it but now it sucks---that is not constructive--I love comments and write so people can enjoy reading...just like I enjoy reading other stories. It is not going to fit in line with what EVERYONE things should happen cuz not everyone agrees....anyway... Please let me know what you thought!