Chapter 12

I decided in the end to give Elena the boarding house. I told her I would feel safer if she owned the house so she could control who comes in and out rather then me because I was afraid I would invite the wrong person in. After Elena finished signing the papers at the boarding house and we invited the boys in, Elena, Bonnie, Stefan and I made our way to school where we had history first.

I walked in and took my seat in the back. Elena took a seat to my right of me and Bonnie took the seat to my left. Stefan was sitting beside Bonnie. When I looked at the front of the classroom and saw Stevie walked in. She eyed me for a second before taking her seat in my row, right beside Dana. We were still pretending not to talk to each other until Stevie's plan was going to be put into action. There was a tap on my right shoulder that shook me out of my thoughts, when I looked to my right and Elena passed me a poster.

When I held it up and read the title that said,

60's Decade Dance

I felt a smile appear on my face and I looked at Elena. I nodded and she nodded back. I then turned to Stefan and he looked at the poster I was waving in my hand. He glared at me for a second before shaking his head. I glared at him before turning to Bonnie and waving the picture at her. She smiled at nodded. I smiled back and turned back to Stefan and did the same thing as he rolled his eyes and looked back to the front of the classroom.

"Hello, class," I looked up and saw Alaric walking into the classroom. He walked up to his desk, placed a notepad on the desk and started flipping threw the pages of his other notepad. "What…are we learning today?" he asked, still flipping threw the notepad.

"With the decade dance tonight," Dana said. She was helping with the dance. "We've been covering the sixties all week"

"Right! The sixties…" Alaric back up to turn around but stopped and looked at Elena. I noticed and looked at what Elena was doing. She wasn't looking because she was putting away her jacket. I looked back at the front of the classroom and Alaric was still looking at Elena. I gave him a funny look and he noticed. He looked at me with a smile until he turned around and wrote on the board, 'The 60's'

"The sixties. I wish there was something good I could say about the sixties," he then turned around and looked back at the classroom. "Actually, they kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles, of course, they made it bearable. Uh…what else was there? The Cuban missile thing, the…we walked on the moon. There was Watergate-"

"Watergate was the seventies, Ric," Elena said. Everybody looked at her, including Alaric. She looked at me for a second as I glared at her and wondered what she was doing. She turned her head and looked back at Alaric. "I…I mean, Mr. Saltzman"

Alaric smiled at her. "Right it all kind of mushes together up here, the sixties, seventies but thank you, Elena" He said with another smile and turned around and looked at the board and continued on with the lesson.

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When lunch came around, I told Elena and Bonnie that I would meet them in the cafeteria later. I had to talk to Alaric about my history paper that was on World War II and talk about how it sounded so far. Alaric and I may be friend but school still came first and my parents said that if I kept my grades up, they would let me stay in Mystic Falls.

I walked into the classroom and saw that Alaric wasn't there. We planned the other day that we would meet in his classroom at lunch to go over it. This was before Isobel showed up, maybe he forgot because he was worried about Jenna or Isobel. I walked up to the desk slowly. Then, there was a loud bang! I jumped and turned around and saw Alaric standing in front of the door with his hand on the handle. I put my hand over my heart and let out a deep breath.

"Oh my god, Ric," I said. "You scared the hell out me"

"Sorry," He said as he took a couple steps towards me. "Alex"

"Riiight…anyway, are we going to go over this history paper?"

"Right…the history paper," he walked over to his desk and took a seat in his chair. "On..." he said looking at me.

"World War II" I said.

"Right, right" he took the paper out from my hands and looked at it.

"Are you ok, Ric?" I asked.

He looked up and smiled. "Yeah, yeah. Why do you ask?"

"You're acting really funny. I saw you looking at Elena this morning and now, you can't remember my name or the history paper you told me to write"

"Nothings wrong just…I'm a little upset about…your aunt?"

"Jenna. See! This is exactly what I'm talking about. Maybe you should go home. Get some rest"

"No, I'll be fine," he went back and looked at the paper. He looked at it for a second before putting it down on the desk and looking up at me and smiled. "So, heard anything about Klaus lately"

"You can remember that but you can't remember what your girlfriend's name is?" He stared at me for a second before I let a deep breath out, walked over to the small desk in front of his and leaned against it. "No...I just don't understand why he would let Elena and I go. Doesn't he want us? Why wait?"

Alaric got out of his desk, walked in front of it and leaned against the desk in front of me. "Maybe…he's waiting for the right opportunity"

"Maybe"

"Are you scared?" I looked at him and saw a little grin appear from the corner of his mouth.

"I would be lying to you if I said I wasn't but…at the same time, I'm not scared. I mean…sure, he's one of the oldest vampires in the world and he wants to sacrifice both Elena and I but…when he does come to town, I don't want to give him that satisfaction that I'm scared. I'm not going to be that scared little girl he thinks I'm going to be. I'm going to fight back and I won't stop until he kills me"

Alaric looked at me. His smile was gone. It almost looked like he was…scared. There was a knock at the door and it opened slowly. Dana's head popped out of the open and she smiled. "Alex," she said "There you are," she now came in full view and walked into the classroom. "I've been looking everywhere for you. Mr. Saltzman, if you don't mind I need to talk to Alex. It's about the dance"

"Dana," I said. "Look, I know you wanted me to help with the dance but I can't. I don't have time"

"Come on, Alex, everyone heard about that awesome zombie prom you planned back at your old school. They said it was like there were actual zombies there"

"Right…actual…zombies…but, sorry Dana, I can't"

"Oh…well…maybe the next one but, that isn't what I came to talk to you about. See, there's this guy I met. Look, I know this is going to sound freaky but this guy is totally hot and he wanted me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight"

"Um…did you tell him I have a boyfriend? You know, Stefan"

"No but come on, you could at least meet him. He'll be at the dance tonight. Look for him. His name is Klaus"

I felt my eyes open wide and my smile fade away. "Excuse me? What was his name?"

"Klaus. I know the name is stupid, but I swear he's hot"

I looked at Alaric who was looking at me funny. I then looked back at Dana. "Where did you see him? Is he here at school?"

Dana thought for a second. "I don't know but he wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?"

"Actually, it's more revolting then cute," Dana rolled her eyes before walking out the door. I turned to Alaric and grabbed my paper off of his desk. "I have to go find Stefan. I'll text you later"

I walked to the door but stopped when Stevie stood in front of me. "Russo" she said.

"What are you doing here?" I asked glaring at her.

She looked at Alaric over my shoulder. "I came to talk to Mr. Saltzman about that assignment he assigned to us the other day"

I turned my head and looked at Alaric. He nodded and I turned my head back. "Fine" I walked passed her, nudging my shoulder with hers.

I could have sworn I heard Stevie say to Alaric, "What the hell are you doing here?" but it must've been all in my head.

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I quickly found Elena and Bonnie after and Elena said Dana told her the same thing and that Dana must have been compelled by Klaus. We found Stefan and went back to the boarding house to talk to Damon. Damon called Alaric to the boarding house so we could all think of a plan. We all circle the living room. I stood beside Elena and Elena stood beside Bonnie. Stefan stood across from me and Damon came down from the steps.

"So we go to the dance, we find him" he made his way and stood beside Stefan, a couple feet away from me.

"Really? How are we going to do that?" Stefan asked. "We don't even know what he looks like"

"Something tells me he's not going to be 16 and pimply"

"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled somebody at school," Stefan then looked at the three of us girls. "I guess it's not as safe as you guys thoughts, huh?"

"I don't get," I said. "Why every dance I go to always has to be a problem. Zombie prom, real zombies show up. Fifties dance, one of the vampires from the tomb comes after Elena and I and now one of the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after us"

There was a knock at the door and we all looked at it. The door opened and Alaric walked in. "There you are" Damon said as Alaric closed the door behind him.

"Sorry I'm late" Alaric said and joined the group.

"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move"

"Ok," Elena said. "So we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack"

"Me," Bonnie piped up. "I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him"

"Maybe I can help too," I said. "My power maybe different from yours but it's powerful. I can take him down"

"No it's too risky. Let me do it. You just focus on staying safe. My power can take him down"

"That's not going to be that easy," Alaric said with his hands behind his back. "I mean, He is the biggest, baddest vampire around"

"Alaric has a point," Damon said. "I mean what if he-" Then in a flash, Damon ran up to Bonnie but she raised her hand up and he flew across the room, over the desk. He got up slowly and looked at us.

"Well," Stefan said. "I was impressed"

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original," Bonnie said. "I can take down anyone who comes at me," she looked at Elena and I. "I can kill him guys. I know I can"

I smiled and looked at the whole group. "Then it's a plan," I said as the front door then opened and Justin walked threw the door. "Justin what are you doing here? I thought you were still in New York"

"I just came back," he said "Jeremy told me what happened. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"Good," he looked at all of us with a funny look. "What's going on here?"

"We're planning an idea of how to stop Klaus tonight" Stefan said.

"I'm going to take him down," Bonnie said. "With the power I got from the dead witches"

"You can't do that" Justin said.

"Why not?" I asked.

"It's too…never mind. I'll tell you later but, I have an idea," Justin walked over to me and took a book out of his bag and opened it. "See this spell," he said pointing at it. I looked at it. "It's one of the spells I learned at my monster hunting class. If we stick together all night and Klaus makes a move. I can help," he looked at Bonnie. "I want to help if he tries to make a move. You can destroy him in the end"

Bonnie smiled. "It's a deal"

I walked into the apartment and saw Katherine slouching in a chair. Her legs were covered in blood and I noticed the bloody knife hanging in her hand. She wanted to let go but she knew she couldn't. I dropped the bag on the kitchen counter. She popped her head up and looked at the kitchen counter, scared. When she saw it was me, she put her head back down and looked at her knee.

"Klaus already has you following his orders?" I asked as I grabbed a glass from the cupboard.

"Yes," she said. "He asked me to stab myself and if I got board, I had to switch legs"

"Did he compel you to do it?"

"No"

"Then stop," Katherine sat there, still not looking at me. I poured myself a drink, pulled up a chair and sat in front of Katherine. "Don't be so sad. You brought this upon yourself. You shouldn't have ran in 1492"

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why are you working for him? I thought you were working for that Marisol girl"

"Marisol is Klaus' friend. I'm not working for Klaus I'm working with him"

"Why?"

"To be honest, I don't want to repay my debt with Kol…I want to kill him. Kol ruined my life the day he walked in it and now, I want revenge"

"And working with Klaus is going to help you with this how?"

"Klaus and I made a deal. If I help him with the curses, he would give me Kol. Any other questions?"

"How were you able to take me down yesterday? With that warlock?"

I laughed. "I have my ways" I said with a smile.

She glared at me but then the door open. We both looked and saw Klaus/Alaric walking threw the door. Maddox followed him. I got up and pushed the chair back where I found it and stood by the counter as Klaus looked at me. "Where were you?" he asked.

"Just doing a little shopping for that dance tonight"

He rolled his eyes and walked to the bedroom and started looking threw the drawers of the dresser. "Ah, your right," he said "This witch is all juiced up and aiming to kill"

Maddox walked into the kitchen, grabbed a cup and started pouring some bourbon into a glass.

"That's terrible" Katherine said sarcastically.

"We're going to have to kill her, Maddox," he said as she kept looking threw the drawers. "Do you think this Alaric guy has anything vintage?" he then looked at the drawer funny and lifted the bottom up. "Crossbows, wooden bullets and automatics?" He took a crossbow out of the door and looked at me. "Who is this guy, again?"

"He's the Van Helsing of Mystic Falls"

"Ah, well, that explains the clothes" he threw the crossbow to the ground and walked over to Maddox and I.

Maddox walked around the counter and walked up to Klaus. "All I could find," Maddox said as she passed him the glass. "The guy likes bourbon"

"I knew there was something about him I liked," Klaus said as she took the glass from Maddox and took a ship. "There's a high school dance and I'm going to need you two," he said looking at Maddox and I. "to take out witch bitch"

"If she has that much power, she can sense the both of us from a mile away. We won't be able to get near her"

"True," I said. They both looked at me. "But, me being a wizard, she could think I'm Alex. I could get in"

"Yes," Klaus said. "But she'll know its you when you and Alex are in the same room. Won't work"

"You have to do it" Maddox said to Klaus.

"In this body? I'm a Haggard history teacher. She can easily hurt me. I mean, not me, Klaus me, but…you know what I mean"

"No witch could handle channeling that much power. It'll kill her. It would kill me. You just have to make her use it"

"You mean like…provoking her to death?"

"Won't take long. Just keep attacking her until it kills her. His body, Alaric's, will last longer than hers will"

"How? He's human"

"I can help in that department. I can do a spell to protect you"

Elena, Justin and I got ready at Stefan's place. Stefan had a bunch of stuff from the sixties but I already got my dress before so Elena borrowed some clothes and so did Justin. We went to the school where we found Bonnie and Jeremy. When we were ready, we went inside, found Damon and walked to the dance floor where Dana was up on stage talking into the microphone.

"Thanks for being here, everybody," Dana said. Everybody started cheering and chapping. "We have a special shout-out tonight. This is for Alex and Elena," Dana said looking at us. "From Klaus" the song then started playing. I looked at Stefan who had a shock look on his face.

"That was a lame, cheap shot," Damon said. "He's just trying to bait us"

"I know everyone here" Elena said.

"Maybe he's not here," Stefan said looking at me. "Just wants us to believe that he is"

"It's a party, people," Damon said. "Blend. Let him come to us"

"Good idea" Bonnie said as she grabbed Jeremy's arm and started dragging him to the dance floor.

"No, no," he said. "I really don't feel like dancing"

"Too bad" they then disappeared into the crowds.

"Damon's right," Elena said. She grabbed Justin's arm and started pulling him to the dance floor as well. "Come on Justin. Let's dance. I feel safer if I'm with you rather then dancing with some normal boy" They also disappeared into the crowd.

"There's Ric," Damon said. "I'll be back" Damon then walked up to Damon and talked to him.

Stefan held up his hand but I shook my head. He gave me that look until I gave up and took his hand and we danced on the dance floor.

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We were on the dance floor dancing along, having fun when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Caroline walking in with Matt. "There's Caroline," I said. "Crap, I forgot to tell her. She has no idea what's going on"

"I'm on it" He spun me around one more time before walking towards Caroline.

I went to go follow him but I was being pulled back and bumped into Damon and stopped inches away from his face. "How you dong?" Damon asked with a smile.

"Hm, let's see. I'm scared for my friends, I'm freaking out because of Klaus but at the same time, I'm having fun dancing to the sixties. How about you?" I asked.

"Cool as a cucumber," he said as he dance away. I rolled my eyes. "Come on, remember the last decade dance? The vampires were all, 'Arg!' and you were all, 'Ahh!'"

I laughed. "Oh yeah, I remember but in the end…we won"

"Yes," Damon said as he grabbed my hands and pulled me in closer. "We did"

He then pushed me back and flipped me around and I was, again, inches away from his face. "I didn't know you had moves like that"

"I've got moves you've never seen" he said in my ear. He pushed me back again and brought me back closer to him. I laughed as we dance away.

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Elena and I noticed something was wrong with Jeremy. Stefan went to find out and Jeremy told him he was worried about Bonnie. If Bonnie used all her power, it could kill her. Elena and I found Bonnie and took her outside to talk to her about it.

"How could you knot tell us?" Elena asked Bonnie.

"Cause I knew how you guys would react"

"No Bonnie," I said. "This is not our option. I can help"

"It's our only option"

"Bonnie, please. I can do something to stop Klaus. I won't let you die to save my life"

"I have the power to save you. The both of you. If I don't use it and something happens, that would kill me more"

"I can't let you" Elena said.

"Just answer one question. If the situation was reversed, would you do it for me?"

"You know I would" I said. Elena didn't say anything.

"So you know I have to" Bonnie said.

"So, the whole thing's a distraction. Go find Alex, Bonnie and Elena. I got this. Go!"

I heard something being thrown against the lockers and then the footsteps running down the hall. It was my turn now. I felt the tears rolling down my eyes as I ran at human speed around the corner.

"Damon! Stefan!" Damon stopped at the end of the hall and ran back and stood beside Stefan. All the boys, including Jeremy, were passed out on the floor.

Stefan ran up to me and stood by my side. "Alex," he said. "What happened?"

"It's Justin. Klaus has Justin" I put my head into his shoulder and cried in it.

"You saw him?" Damon asked. I pulled my head up and looked at Damon and gave him a nod.

"And I know where they are"

"Where?" Stefan asked. "Can you take him to us"

I nodded and I ran down the hallway and the boys ran after me.

"Elena! Alex!" We all turned and saw Alaric run up to us.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"He has Jeremy"

"What?" Elena, Bonnie and I said as the same time.

"Yeah, Klaus has Jeremy. Come on" Alaric lead up to a door and opened it for us. The three of us walked in and waited until Alaric walked in and lead the way.

"Just this way," I said as I continued down the hall. I heard the boys foots steps follow me. I stopped when I we came to the door. "In there" I said pointing to the door. The brother looked at each other and gave each other a nod. Stefan made the first move and opened the door and they both walked in and I followed. The brothers walked in and saw Justin on the ground and Stefan ran up to Justin and tried to walk him up.

"Justin?" He asked. "Justin are you alright?"

Justin got up slowly. "Wh-What? Where am I?"

"You're still at school. You were taken by Klaus"

"What? No I wasn't"

I closed the door behind me and Damon looked at me. "Where's Klaus?" He asked.

I felt a smirk appear on my face. "You idiots are easier to fool then Katherine," The brothers both glared at me. "Ah, The power of magic, you can duplicate anybodies clothing to make an exact copy for yourself"

Damon ran up to me at vampire speed and went after me but I grabbed him by the neck and pinned him against the wall hard that the wall cracked. I then felt Stefan's arms around my neck and holding onto me tightly. I let go of Damon, grabbed Stefan's arms and flung him off me and threw him against the wall.

"I was just the distraction," I said. "You two can just figure out the rest" I was then gone.

We kept following Alaric down the big empty hall until the three of us were unsure of what was going on.

"Ok," Elena said. "So where are you taking us?"

"Just," Alaric said. "A little further"

"Something's going on" I said.

"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie demanded.

All of us stopped as Alaric laughed. "I just had to get away form that dance. The sixties, uchh," He turned around and looked at us. "Not my decade," he let out a little laugh. "I mean, whose call was that anyway? I much prefer the twenties. The style, the parties, the jazz"

Bonnie, Elena and I looked at each other before looking back at Alaric. "Ric," I said. "Are you high or something? Are you on vervain?"

"Now why would you ask me that question, Alex?" He said with a smile he walked up slowly to me.

I raised my hand up but Bonnie stood in front of me, protecting me. I decided to stand in front of Elena and do the same.

"He's being compelled" Elena said.

"Nope," Alaric said. "Try again"

"What's going on?" Bonnie asked.

"Ok, I'll give you a hint. I am not Alaric"

I gave him a funny look. He looked at me and raised his eye brow. I then realized who it was. "It-It can't be"

"Who?" Elena asked.

"Klaus"

"Surprise!" Alaric…or…I should say, Klaus said with a smile.

"But how. How can this be possible?"

"You're the one to talk, Alex. After all, you are a wizard. Everything is not what is seems but just relax girls. I'm not here to hurt the two of you. You're not on my hit list tonight," Klaus looked at Bonnie. "But you are,"

He ran for Bonnie but she threw him against the lockers with her powers. He laid there for a second before getting back up on his feet. "Now, did I mention that I know a witch? You're going to have to hit me a lot harder then that"

He ran up to Bonnie again but she threw him against the trophy case with her powers and he fell to the ground with the glass shattered raining on him. He laughed as he got up off the ground again. "By all means, fire away! If you kill this body, I'll just get a new one. Maybe Jeremy"

"Go," Bonnie said. "Run," she turned around and started pushing us towards the door. "Run!"

We ran around the corner and Bonnie closed it with her powers. We stopped and looked at the door in case he was following us. We heard footsteps behind us. When we turned around to look, we saw Damon running up to us. "What happened?" Damon asked.

"Klaus is in Alaric's body" Elena said pointing to the door behind us.

"What?" he asked in disbelief.

"He possessed it. Probity with some witchy voodoo"I said.

He looked at Elena and I. "Go find Stefan," We both nodded. "Now," We looked at Bonnie one more time to see if she was ok. She nodded. "Now" he said the last time before we ran out the door where Damon came from.

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We found Stefan and Justin at the dance and went back to the hallways to look for Bonnie and Damon. When we came around the corner, we found Damon walking into the hallway.

"There you are" he said.

"Damon," I said. "What the hells going on? Where's Bonnie?"

"She's doing what she has to do"

"What?" Elena and I asked at the same time.

"Where is she?" Stefan asked as he took a step towards Damon.

"Stefan," Damon said. "Let her do this"

"Damn it, Damon! Where is she?"

I then felt something inside me. It was strong and it was pressing on my chest hard. "What is that?" I asked as I put my hand on my chest.

"What's wrong?" Stefan asked looking at me.

"I can feel it too" Justin said as he also put his hand over his chest.

"What's going on?" Elena asked. "What is it?"

"Magic," I said. "And strong magic too"

"Bonnie," Justin said looking at me. "And I know where it's coming from. Follow me" Justin ran down the hall. I followed after him and I could hear footsteps following me.

We ran around a corner and stopped just outside the cafeteria where Bonnie stood. Klaus was on the floor and there was papers flying everywhere. We went to take a step in but Bonnie closed the door on us with her powers. Elena and I tried banging on the doors to open it. Stefan used his strength to open the door and Justin tried using his wand on the door but it didn't work.

Sparks were flying everywhere. Bonnie stood there watching Klaus get up for a second until she turned to us. Blood kept running down her nose as she looked at us and smiled. She turned to look at Klaus one more time before for the magic was too strong and she fell to the floor.

"No!" Elena screamed. The sparks died off and the room became dark as the doors finally opened for us and the four of us ran in. "Bonnie!" Elena ran to Bonnie said and held Bonnie in her arms. "Bonnie, Bonnie," she kept saying trying to wake her up.

I looked at Bonnie and saw that her eyes were open. I looked at Stefan who has his hand on her wrist, looking for a pulse. He looked at me and shook his head. I started crying as I held onto Bonnie's hand the one that Stefan was holding onto before.

"Guys," Elena said. "She's not breathing!" She then started to cry. "I can't find her pulse! Stefan! Do something, please!" Stefan looked at her with sorrow in his eyes. "Stefan, please! Just give her blood, do something, please!"

Stefan shook his head. "It's too late. I'm sorry"

"No," Elena said as she shook her head. "No, no! Bonnie! Bonnie please!" she cried as she hugged onto Bonnie.

"Justin," I said threw the sobs. "Maybe we can try something to bring her back to life"

Justin shook his head. "Remember the last time we did that?"

Harper…He was right. I did that to my childhood friend because I tried to help her but in the end, I killed her anyway. I wasn't going to let that happen to Elena's childhood friend.

I looked at the door and saw Damon walk in. "Stefan, Justin, get Alex and Elena out of here. I'll deal with the body" He said as he looked at me. Stefan and Justin got up from the floor and looked at Damon.

"What are talking about? Deal with it?" I asked as the tears rolled down my eyes.

"The sheriff can't know about this," he said as he walked over to Bonnie's body and leaned down beside it. "Last thing we need is another mysterious death"

"What are you talking about!" I said. "That's Bonnie! Our friend!"

Damon ignored me and looked at Stefan. "Get them home. Now. So I can clean this up"

Stefan walked over to me and helped me up off the ground. Justin did the same with Elena. I tried pushing him off but he wouldn't let me go.

"No," Elena said as she did the same to Justin. "Jeremy. Oh my God, Jeremy. What about Jeremy?"

"I'll find him" Damon said.

"No!" she started crying as Justin pushed her out of the cafeteria and Stefan did the same to me. They pushed us out until we made it to the parking lot and took us to the Boarding House.

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Stefan went to get Elena and I something to drink. Elena put her hair down and I wrapped a blanket around her. We were sitting on the couch Elena was sitting there crying, I had my arm around her shoulder and Justin was sitting across from us. "Elena," I said as I rubbed her shoulder. "It's ok. Everything will be ok" Stefan then walked into the room with two cups in his hands. "Hey," he said as he walked over to us. "Here," he said to Elena as he passed her a cup. "Drink this"

Elena shook her head. "I can't"

"Yeah, yeah you can. Please drink this" he said as he placed the glass in her hand. He then passed me the other cup and I took it.

Elena took the glass and brought it up to her lips but when she went to take a ship, she started to cry. "This is my fault" she sobbed.

"No," I said as I felt a tear roll down my face. "It's my fault. I should've been there to help Bonnie"

"No," Stefan said as he leaned down next to me. "This was Klaus. Listen to me. Klaus did this"

The front door opened and we all looked and saw Damon walk in. "Where is she?" I demanded as the door closed behind him.

Damon looked at Stefan. "Will you please calm her down"

"I'm standing right here, Damon! Don't act like I'm invisible!"

"Please calm down" he said to me.

"You knew all the power would kill her, didn't you? Didn't you?"

"Yes. Yes, I knew"

I glared at him. "How could you! I may have not known Bonnie for that long but she was still my friend! And I already lost one of my friends because of you and you do it again! I just can't-" I then slapped him across the face. He looked back at me. "I'll never forgive you for this!"

"You need to listen to me," he said sternly. "And prepare for what I'm about to say. Bonnie had to die. Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise. She wasn't prepared for that and he wasn't going to stop, and we weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew she was dead. He had to believe it. She cast a spell. Bonnie's ok" he said as he turned around and walked away.

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Elena and I talked to Bonnie on the computer just to see if she was ok. I felt bad about what I said to Damon so I went to change out of my sixties clothes and went to go talk to Damon in his room. I stood by the door as Damon entered the bedroom from the bathroom.

"Ugh," he said when he saw me. "Look. Klaus had to think she was dead. Your reaction had to be real"

"I know, ok," I said. "I understand. We have Klaus fooled while Bonnie's still alive"

"Here's to duplicity" he said as he held up his drink and brought it up to his lips.

I smiled as I walked up to him. "Damon…I'm telling you and you will listen. No one is dying for me. Ok? I'll make sure of it"

"We need to kill Klaus, Alex. Real Klaus. Who will probably be coming to pay you a visit soon now that he knows that Bonnie is dead. She's the only one who can do it"

I walked closer up to him "Remember, I'm a wizard. I can do something"

"No you won't"

"Then we'll figure out something else"

"I hope so"

"Look, the real reason I came up here was to tell you I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things to you or hit you"

"Apology accepted," I gave him a smile. "Let me be clear about something," I looked at him straight in the eye. "If it comes down to you and the witch again, I will gladly let Bonnie die. I will always. Choose. You"

I looked at him for a second until I felt a small smile form at the corner of my mouth. "I don't know whether to like that comment or hate it"

Damon smirked. "Your choice"

I smiled. "Thank you…for everything"

"Your welcome"

"Good night…Damon"

"Good night"

I walked up to him a placed a kiss on his check. I smiled as I backed away and walked out the door and down the hall.

I made my way downstairs and grabbed my jacket. Elena and Justin said they would wait for me in the living room. "Elena!" I called. "Justin!"

"Justin," I turned around and saw Stefan walk up to me. "Went home and Elena said she was on her way home as well. She said she was going to take the car"

"Oh, ok then"

"If you want, you can stay the night?" He asked with a smile.

I smiled back. "I'd love to but I think I should go home and take my shift as guard in case our friend Klaus shows up"

Stefan smiled. "Your right. See you tomorrow?"

I smiled. "For sure" He walked up to me and planted a kiss on my lips. We pulled apart as I grabbed my wand for my boot and flashed myself home.

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