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Chapter three
The return: Meredith and Bonnie
The car came to halt in front of Bonnie's house. Elena got out of the car and took her sleeping daughter into her arms. On her way to Fells Church she had stopped at the airport to go on a plane and then to gas up the rental car. At the airport she had changed from her dress and heels into sneakers and jeans and a blue t-shirt. Her daughter had slept most of the way there. She had no clue to what was going on. Elena knocked at the door hesitantly. She heard Bonnie running down the stairs.
"One minute!" She yelled out. She swung the door open to find her dear old friend on the other side of the door. She looked at the child in her arms and then fainted. When she awoke they were in her living room, Elena was sitting next to her with a concerned look on her face.
"Bon, are you okay? You fainted." Bonnie sat upright and hugged Elena tightly.
"I haven't heard from you for so long, we thought," she choked up, "We thought you were dead." She cried into her friends shoulder. Elena also cried.
"Why did you leave? Why are you back? I thought I saw a kid with you. I must've been hallucinating." She rants.
"Whoa Bonnie, slow down."
"Sorry I'm just so overwhelmed. You're back!" she screeched. They hugged again. Bonnie saw movement from the corner of her eye. She turned her head around to see the dark headed girl.
"What? Who?" she points at her shakily.
"Bonnie, this is my daughter Miranda. She's just over two now." Bonnie looks at the child wide eyed. She runs to Elena, flinging her arms toward her.
"Momma!" she yells out.
"She doesn't take so well to strangers." She explains.
"A... a daughter?" Elena nods.
"Is she why you left?" Elena shakes her head.
"I didn't know I was pregnant then." Bonnie looks incredulously at her. She studies the child closely; she looked just like him, minus the eyes. She looks up at Elena.
"Does he know?" Elena shakes her head.
"I didn't know back then and I wasn't going to come back to tell him. I had caused enough damage and... they would have killed each other if they knew."
"Wow, she looks just like him." Bonnie says. Elena nods sadly.
"Did you love him?" she asks. Again Elena nods, a sad look in her eyes. She had loved both brothers.
"Look, the reason I came back is because somebody's after us. They killed Miranda's baby sitter and they put a note on my baby." She said, pulling the note out of her purse. Bonnie read it.
"Oh my God." She said.
"I came because Stefan and Damon are the only ones that can help."
"But, Damon's a human now." Elena nods.
"But, he's still strong and has connections." Bonnie nods thoughtfully.
"Are you going to tell him?" Elena looks pensive.
"If I have to." She says. Bonnie nods.
"God, you're back." She says smiling and hugging her friend.
"Can you watch Miranda while I go to Mrs. Flowers?" Bonnie nods.
"Yeah. I'll call Meredith. She'll be ecstatic that you're back." Elena thanks her.
"Baby, this is Auntie Bonnie. She's a friend. Say hello." Miranda looks up at her.
"Hello." She says shyly.
"Aww, she's so cute." Bonnie gushes. She picks up the phone and dials Meredith.
"You won't believe who's here." She says excitedly.
"Come over quick." She hangs up the phone.
"She's coming over." Elena smiles, she was happy to get to see her friends.
"How's Matt?" Elena asks. Bonnie smiles.
"He's good." Elena looks at her suspiciously.
"Is there something I should know?" Bonnie just shrugs as her cheeks turn toa bright pink. Elena drops the subject for the moment.
Five minutes later the door bell rings. Bonnie was playing on the ground with Miranda. Elena got the door. Meredith launched herself at her.
"Elena!" she shrieks.
"Mer, it's so good to see you again." Meredith walks into the house staring at her friend.
"You look different." She observes. "You look tired." Elena had worry lines in her face that she hadn't had better, but she still looked beautiful and young. Meredith cocks an eyebrow when she sees Bonnie on the ground. She walks up to her and then sees the child on the ground. Meredith wasn't easily surprised, but this really surprised her. Without looking at the child twice she already knew who her father was.
"Well, this is new." She says after a moment.
"Miranda say hello to Meredith." She crawls closer to Bonnie and shyly says: "Hello." She hugs Bonnie closer to her.
"Aww." The two friends say.
"How old are you?" Meredith asks. The little girl puts up three fingers.
"Two." She says.
"Hunny this is two." Elena says showing her two fingers. Miranda tries putting her other finger down, furrowing her brow in concentration and then says again: "I'm Two."
"Baby this is Auntie Meredith."
"Hello." She says again and then goes back to playing with her blocks with Bonnie. Meredith doesn't ask her a million questions like Bonnie. She knew that if Elena wanted to tell her she would.
"Are you two okay with her now? I'm gonna go to the boarding house." They both nod happily. She sneaks out of the house before her daughter notices and then drives down the familiar road toward the boarding house.
The Return: Stefan
Elena stopped the car in front of the boarding house, mentally preparing herself to see the two men she had left behind; the brothers that she had loved so long ago. Elena got out of the car and knocked on the door. Stefan opened it. His eyes widened, he hadn't expected her. He had known someone was down there but he had thought it was his brother getting back from work. Elena remembered the last time she had seen Stefan.
"I have to leave, my love, so that I can be human with you and we can be together properly." Elena had tears going down her cheeks.
"But I just got you back. What if something happens to you?" Her eyes were pleading him to stay. He shakes his head.
"Sage will be with me. I will be fine and I will come back for you." He kisses her on the forehead and then on the lips.
"Good-bye, my lovely little love." He says before leaving the room. He was gone soon after with Sage. and Elena cried on her bed, not knowing if she would ever see him again.
"Elena." He chokes out. He was gaping at her.
"Come in." He sees after it feels like eternity. She steps into the house awkwardly.
"Stefan, it's so good to see you again." Stefan stares at her without saying anything.
"Stefan, please say something."
"Where is your child?" he says out of the blue. He knew, her mind screamed, oh God.
"M-my child?" she squeaks.
"You do not need to hide it from me. I know."
"You know?" This was worse than she thought.
"And your husband, where is he?" Elena looks at him confused.
"Husband?"
"Yes, as I remember you called him Josh."
"Josh?" she laughs. "He's only a friend." Stefan looks at her.
"I'm not stupid Elena. When I found out you left I looked for you. To my utter horror you were very pregnant and with a man named Josh."
"Oh." She says. "Yes, I was pregnant. But Josh is only a friend; I go to college with him."
"Then who is the father?"
The Return: Damon
Damon put his bunker gear on the hook, he quickly showered and then left the fire hall. He liked being at work, it took his mind off of Elena. He drove to the boarding house to find a different car in the driveway. That was odd, they usually didn't have visiters. He entered the door of the boarding house. Stefan was talking to someone in the living room. Damon walked to the living room to find someone he hadn't seen in over three years.
"Then who is the father?" His brother accuses her. The father? Who's father? What is he talking about? Damon stayed behind, he took a step to listen closer when the floor boards creaked. He cursed to himself. Elena and Stefan slowly turn around.
"Damon?" she asks, her voice full of emotion. She runs up to him and gives him a tight hug. Stefan observes there interaction in the background. Damon has a new light in his eyes that he hadn't had since Elena had left. Stefan feels his stomach drop, he did the math in his head. It fit. A flash of anger crossed his eyes, but he held it in for her sake.
"You smell like smoke." She remarks. Damon laughs for the first time in a long time.
"I'm a fire fighter now. I took a shower but the smell is hard to get rid of." Elena looks up at him in surprise.
"Wow, good for you." She says. "You've changed." He nods with a smile.
"Yes, well I'm not a vampire anymore and I needed to get a job to pay for food and board." Elena smiles back at him.
"It's good to see you again." He smiles sadly. "What brings you back here?" he says bitterly. Elena looks up in surprise. Her leaving, she realized, had really hurt him.
"I've come upon some danger. Vampires I believe." Stefan walks up to them.
"What do you mean?" he says.
"I was out on a date, the first time I've been out in three years. When I got home, my um friend's throat was ripped open and my other friend had a note pinned to her."
She took out the note and handed it to Damon. He read it and Stefan read over his shoulder.
"I need your help. Both of you." She says. Stefan gives her a knowing look.
"Elena, we can't help you if you don't give us the full story." Damon looks up at him in surprise. Elena lied? She sighs.
"Mrs. Gomez, my sitter was the one that was killed." Sitter? Damon wonders.
"Aren't you a little old for a sitter?" He jokes. Elena glares at him.
"It wasn't for me, it was for my daughter. She was the one with the note pinned to her." Damon's face fell. She moved on. He looks up at Stefan, he didn't look surprised. That was odd.
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