Hi everyone. :) I'm back again. I'm free this weekend and I wanted to make up the time of my hiatus. Another chapter will be up this weekend. Probably by tomorrow afternoon. I hope you all enjoy this one. It's kind of a filler and it leads into the drama at the end. Thanks for the reviews and alerts. It warms my heart as it does every time. I want to dedicate this chapter to Angela76 and vamplover2011 who have stuck with me the most through all of this. Of course I love you all equally, they've just done a lot. I hope everyone likes this one. It made me laugh while writing it. My best friend and I act like this when we've had too much to drink. Enjoy :)

"Come on. Pick up Bon!" Elena exclaimed loudly.

Katherine and Caroline sat in the back of the media room in the basement laughing. Elena rolled her eyes at the two and hung up the phone.

"Lena seriously. Bonnie will call you when she's ready to talk." Katherine said smirking.

"It's been three weeks. School starts in five days Kat."

"Boo who." Katherine shouted making herself and Caroline laugh.

"Are you guys drunk?"

"Tipsy Lena. There's a difference." Caroline said with a deadly serious expression on her face.

"I'm sure there is." Elena said rolling her eyes at her family.

"Look Jer and Mani are getting married. Does he regret it? No. I'm pretty sure the only thing he regrets is that Klaus isn't Mani's too. He loves her and Bonnie needs to come to terms with that. Jeremy loved Bon in his own twisted sense of reality, just not how she wanted him too." Katherine said.

"So what do you expect me to do? Let her go through this alone?" Elena exclaimed.

"Some people like to grieve alone. Elena, you can't save everyone." Caroline advised with a smile.

"You two should never drink together."

All the girls smile at one another before bursting into hysterical giggles.

"Girls, can you come upstairs?"

Elena looked at Katherine curiously. Why would their father need them to come upstairs? All three of the girls made their way upstairs to see Grayson talking to a woman in the living room. Elena recognized her as a nurse from the hospital. Her name was Abigail Sanders.

"Dad?" Katherine said curiously.

Elena turned to see Jeremy sitting with Mani and talking. Damon was sitting on the opposite couch looking completely stoned. Elena narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend before sitting next to him.

"I just wanted to let you girls know something."

"Is this going to be like some big bombshell? I think we've had plenty of those this summer." Katherine told her father looking wary.

"Amen to that." Caroline added with a smile.

"Well I know you girls are not use to having a mother figure or older woman around my age around since your mother left … Umm, this is harder than I thought this would be," Grayson said rubbing his neck and Abigail rubbed his arm in support, "Well I've been dating Abby for about a year and a half. I didn't want to bring her into our house unless I knew it was serious."

"So it's serious?" Elena questioned looking back and forth between her father and his girlfriend.

"We think so." Abigail said smiling at them.

"Another bombshell." Katherine mumbled making her twin smile in amusement.

"Well, is she moving in?"

"No, we're not there yet but we're working toward it." Grayson said smiling at Abigail.

"We just really hoped you girls would be happy about this. We're happy about this."

Elena looked to Caroline and Katherine, trying her hardest not to laugh.

"Dad, you could have told us this when you first started dating. It's not like we expect Miranda to walk through that door." Katherine said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"So this is okay?"

"Yes, we're so happy for you Dad." Caroline exclaimed.

Elena laughed. It was so insane how Caroline was just like family. When her dad left, she made herself a part of the Gilbert clan. No one could deny that.

"I'm glad."

Elena watched as it looked like her father let out a giant sigh. She shook her head leaning on Damon.

"So did Jeremy know about this because he's just sitting here whispering dirty things into Mani's ear?"

Elena held back the laugh that threatened to erupt from her mouth when Katherine spoke.

"Jeremy has known for about six months. He saw us out on a date one night." Grayson revealed.

"You and Jeremy seem to be keeping a lot of secrets Daddy." Elena chastised.

"I have no problem with this." Caroline said giggling.

"Dad, go out on your date. Katherine is just showing off and Elena is helping her tonight for some reason." Jeremy said with a face devoid of emotion.

Elena stuck out her tongue like she was five to her brother. He could be a buzz kill sometimes.

"Alright. Behave you all."

"Go out Dad. We won't destroy the house until after graduation."

Elena and Caroline laughed from her humor as Grayson started out of the house.

"You will be paying for it with your college tuition Kat!" Grayson yelled back as the door closed behind him.

"This family can keep secrets for years." Caroline said giggling.

"You and Katherine shouldn't drink on a weekday."

"It's Wednesday." Caroline replied.

"Care, that's a weekday." Katherine said laughing.

"Drunkies." Jeremy said shaking his head.

"It was just some bourbon from Damon's stash. Elena stole it!" Caroline exclaimed pointing at her best friend.

"Care!" Elena exclaimed.

Damon turned his head slowly and looked at his girlfriend who was avoiding his gaze but still in his arms.

"Lena, you went in my stash?"

Elena turned around and threw the doe eyes at him in an attempt to throw him off.

"Usually the eyes work on me but not today. Answer the question. You went into my stash?"

"Damon, it was just one bottle."

"It looked kind of expensive. Not really expensive but maybe a hundred dollar bottle. Not the five hundred kind." Katherine said giggling.

Elena wanted to throw a heel at Caroline and Katherine. Traitors.

"They weren't supposed to drink it until tomorrow night when we all get drunk. You said I could take a bottle."

"Damon, man, don't advocate that." Jeremy said.

"Please like we didn't steal five bottles from your stash in the basement." Katherine said making Elena laugh.

"Kat!" Jeremy said in a warning tone.

"You had to have known." Caroline said then she fell off the couch.

Damon was still looking at Elena with a hard look. When she caught his eyes again, she froze. It felt like he was compelling her mind. She turned around and sat on his lap, forgetting about everything else. She pouted at him and he just shook his head in reply.

"That was my bourbon Lena."

"I know Damon. Don't be mad at me." Elena whispered into his ear before biting on the sensitive spot right behind it.

Damon groaned as Elena continued to bite the exact same spot smiling.

"Elena."

"What?" She asked innocently.

"Elena quit dry humping my friend like the rest of us aren't here." Jeremy said with an angry expression.

Elena turned to see her brother with a semi-constipated expression on his face. She just giggled before leaning into Damon's chest. Damon put his arm around her and pulled her close. Everyone was quiet until Caroline broke the silence.

"So Jer, when can we see the new house?"

Jeremy and Mani both smiled. They exchanged glances making everyone confused.

"We've already started moving furniture in. We had painters come in and do the master bedroom and the kids' room." Mani told them making Caroline squeal in excitement.

"We have to see it! Please Jer!" Caroline exclaimed.

"Do you have extra rooms?" Katherine asked out of the blue.

"Yes …" Mani said trailing off at the end.

"Good, I might need a good place to crash when I'm hung-over."

The look on Jeremy's face was priceless. Caroline and Elena both burst into hysterical laughter but Katherine's face remained serious the entire time.

"I am dead serious and if you don't believe me, just wait until you're in there."

"Katherine, my house isn't a hide out just because you don't want to get in trouble." Jeremy said with authority.

"Rawr!" Katherine exclaimed, mocking her brother before erupting into frantic giggles.

Caroline fell off the couch giggling and let out a giant hiccup.

"I'm not even sure if that was a hiccup or if I just burped."

Caroline and Katherine continued to laugh as Elena shook her head. They were all so special sometimes. The no drinking together without supervision needed to be put into effect with those two.

Okay, Lamborghini Mercy, your chick, she so thirsty (Swerve) I'm in that two seat Lambo with your girl, she tryna jerk me (Swerve)

"Lena, it's your phone. It's Bonnie!" Caroline exclaimed making the tension in the room sky rocket.

Elena quickly grabbed her phone and moved into a side hallway. She knew everyone was listening but it made no difference. She desperately needed to talk to her best friend. She slid the answer button over and quickly put her phone to her ear.

"Bon?"

"Hey Elena." Her best friend's voice floated into the phone.

"Bon, I've missed you so much. I know you've been dealing with things."

"Yea, I just didn't want to talk to you until I had everything straightened out in my head. I … I went to my Grandma's house. It's in Mystic Falls but the outskirts not near the warehouse."

"How have you been?"

"Decent considering. I cried myself to sleep that night. I had some bad spells the first week and a half. Lately, I've just been accepting it." Bonnie explained and Elena could hear noise in the background.

"That's good. I know sometimes crying does help." Elena told her running her hand through her hair.

"He called me."

"Finn?" Elena asked in confusion.

"No Jeremy called me."

"My brother called you?" Elena asked in surprise.

"Yea, I didn't answer but he let a voicemail. He said he was sorry. That it was not my fault so I should never think that. He said he loved me, he always would. He did say that he was in love with Mani and he owed it to himself to make them happy. He said I could never be happy with him with the ghost of her around. I kind of think he has a point. I don't think I would want to be in a relationship with someone who's in love with someone else."

"I'm glad he wasn't such an asshole. Are you ever going to forgive him? I don't think you want to hate him forever."

"I could never hate him Lena. He was my first love. I'll always love him. It's just … I don't want to see them together. Yea we had broken up but he was in love with her the entire time we were always together. Sometimes I wonder if she had taken him back would he have broken up with me a long time ago." Bonnie revealed to her best friend.

Elena sighed. Her brother had made a mess of some things in a major way. He needed to repair his relationship with Bonnie. They did not have to be friends, they could just be cordial. Elena wanted to laugh at the irony of the entire situation. Summer was ending and at the beginning of it, everything was so different. Jeremy was with Bonnie and Elena had hated her. Now Jeremy was engaged to Mani and she was helping Bonnie nurse a broken heart.

"Well we'll never know. What I do now is that you'll be okay Bon. … Have you talked to Finn?"

Elena heard her best friend giggle into the phone and a male voice was talking in the background.

"I'm kind of with him right now. Don't judge." Bonnie said so fast it took it a couple of seconds to register what she had just spoken in Elena's head.

"Bonnie, you harlot! I guess my brother isn't that memorable," Elena said into the phone making Bonnie laugh, "I miss you Bon."

"I miss you too." Bonnie said quietly.

"Are you coming to Tyler's end of the summer party tomorrow night?" Elena asked her.

"You know it. Finn and I will make an appearance."

"Are you two together now Bon? You know that will cause talk in this little ole town."

"I'm ready. I always am."

"Kat and Care are super drunk right now so we'll talk later. Okay?"

"Sure thing … I love you Elena. I really missed when we weren't friends."

"I missed you too Bon and we'll always be friends. My dumb brother could never tear us apart."

Elena heard her friend laugh as they both hung up the phone at the same time. Elena wiped the lone tear from rolling down her face and headed back into the living room. Everyone stared at her as she smiled and sat back down with Damon.

"I think you need a new spot to talk on the phone Lena. Everyone could hear your conversation from here. We always can." Katherine said giggling.

"Maybe you should go sober up. Coffee." Elena said to her sister.

"No caffeine!" Caroline exclaimed like a three year old child.

"Is Bon going to call Jer back?" Katherine asked like a five year old child.

Elena just glanced at Mani and Jeremy who were looking like they wanted to be anywhere but on the couch while Katherine talked about Elena's conversation with Jeremy's ex-girlfriend.

"That's up to Bon Kat." Elena responded like she would to Klaus.

Katherine just smiled and starting rolling around. 'Why the hell had I shown them the liquor stash?' Elena thought rolling her eyes. Katherine suddenly stopped rolling around but she was still smiling.

"Is she having sex with Eli's brother?" Katherine asked looking up at her sister from the carpet.

Elena would have laughed at the situation if it was not so awkward. Katherine would definitely not be drinking tomorrow night unless Stefan was watching her. Elena had enough of Katherine's 'baby' drunk stage. Unlike Elena who would get either frisky or angry, Katherine would either cry hysterically or act like she was three years old. Both were equally annoying and right now, Elena preferred the crying drunk Katherine to the miniature one.

"Kat, how about we talk about this later?"

"Is because Jeremy and Bonnie used to have sex? I mean, he has sex with Mani now. There's nothing wrong with it." Katherine said like she had figured out the world's greatest math problem.

"Shh Kat." Caroline said like it was a secret.

"I am leaving these two in your custody Jer. Sorry Mani." Elena said grabbing Damon's hand and getting up from the couch.

Elena and Damon headed to her room and she locked the door once they were inside of it. She immediately turned around and caught him in a passionate embrace. Damon's arms encircled her waist and he pulled her flush against him.

"I love you so much." Elena told him as they pulled back from one another.

Damon laughed against her lips.

"What's with the sudden outbursts of love?"

"You just help me through all this shit. I could wring Katherine and Caroline's necks right now. I can't deal with a kiddy drunk and a stripping drunk at one time." Elena explained to her love.

"Caroline wasn't stripping."

"Give it a few minutes." Elena told him making him smile.

"Are you okay with your Dad's new relationship?" Damon asked, his voice laced with concern.

"Technically it isn't a new relationship since they've been dating for over a year now," Elena said with a smirk and Damon gave her a face that said 'cut the sarcasm', "I'm just glad he's moved on. I don't like him holding on to a shadow. She's been gone almost eleven years and she's not coming back."

Damon smiled and pecked her lips.

"I just want to make sure my girl's okay with all of this. It's my job to keep you happy."

"And if I wasn't happy with the new relationship? Were you going to break them up?"

Damon smiled in a sinister way and Elena smacked his chest playfully. She hugged him tightly and listened to the sound of his heartbeat. It was by far her favorite sound in the universe except when Damon was telling her he loved her. Then his voice was her favorite sound.

"Caroline, stop taking off your top!" They heard Jeremy yell from downstairs.

Damon chuckled as Elena smirked at him.

"Told you."

Two days later …

Elena and Mia were watching Blue Clues in the den. Elena honestly loved this show; it was still as good as it was when she was younger. Blue now had a little brother named Sprinkles and Mia loved him. She had a stuffed Sprinkles in her arms right now. He was a white dog with different colored spots all over him. Mia was clinging to him and the dog Jeremy had got her, Georgie, like they were her life lines. Only Jenna, Abby and Katherine were here. Jenna was in the office packing up some things for her job. Abby was in the kitchen cooking for their dinner tonight.

"Over there!" Mia screamed along with the TV making Elena smile down at her young niece.

Klaus was coming over in about an hour. Elena would have to check on Katherine in a few, who had the biggest hangover from Tyler's party the previous night. The doorbell to the house rang.

"I'll be right back Mia." Elena told her niece who just shook her head to indicate she heard her.

Elena took her time getting to the door as the doorbell rang out again.

"Coming!" Elena yelled as she sped up.

She opened the door to see a vaguely familiar woman standing at it. She was tall for a woman, probably 5'9 and she had blonde hair. She was dressed in casual clothing but something about her screamed business to Elena.

"Hi?" Elena said putting on manners.

"I'm looking for Grayson Gilbert." The woman told Elena.

"He's out on a grocery stop right now. He'll be back in ten minutes. Would you like to come in and wait?"

The woman opened her mouth to answer but Elena felt someone tugging at her pants. She looked down to see Mia with her dogs looking up at her.

"I'm sorry. Did I wake your daughter up?" The woman asked.

"Oh no. She is not my daughter," Elena said picking Mia up, "This is my niece, my brother's daughter. I'm only seventeen."

Elena thought she saw the woman let out a breath like she was relieved but she shrugged it off.

"Say Hi Mia."

"Hi." Mia said smiling.

The woman waved sweetly and smiled at Mia.

"So would you want to come in?" Elena asked.

"No, that's alright. Could you just tell him to give Miss Sommers a call when he has a chance."

Sommers? That was Jenna's last name. Elena was getting confused but she just nodded.

"Elena, who's at the door?" She heard Jenna ask as she approached.

Her aunt stopped in her tracks when she saw the woman. 'Okay, what the fuck is going on.'

"What are you doing here?" Jenna asked making Elena narrow her eyes in confusion.

"I came to see Grayson, that's all. He knows why I'm in town."

"Well you should have known that coming to THIS house was a mistake. Do you understand what you're doing to them? What if Jeremy was here? He wasn't that young."

Elena was trying to put the pieces together in her mind.

"I know that Jenna."

"Leave Miranda."

Elena would have passed out if she did not hold on to the fact that her niece was in her arms. The woman she was being polite to was the woman who abandoned her ten years ago. She had the nerve to show up her. Elena felt the tears spring to her eyes.

"Leave. Right now." Elena spoke through her tears.

She watched as Miranda's face contorted in pain as she looked at her daughter.

"Elena."

"Don't say anything to me. I don't want to hear it. You can go to hell." Elena told her mother and stepped back from the door.

"Auntie Lena?" Mia asked making Elena look down at the toddler in her arms.

"Don't cry. We'll watch Blue's Clues and drink lemonade."

Elena smiled down at her niece blinking back tears.

"Yea, we will … You don't know how lucky you got it Mia."

Jeremia had a mother and father who loved her more than anything. Elena wished she could say the same.

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