Chapter 2

Bonnie's POV

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter!

I couldn't believe it, but for some reason, I was going to do what Elena asked. I didn't know if it was because I didn't want to cause an even bigger rift between me and my best friend, or just because I was simply too nice. Whatever the reason, I had somehow talked myself into it. I couldn't stop thinking about it as I walked into the school building, and Elena and Caroline greeted me near the front.

We all three walked and talked for a while, Caroline going on and on about every day stuff, like Matt and the upcoming basketball game. Both Elena and I listened, but I could tell that Elena was a little annoyed, wanting to talk about things that we couldn't in front of Caroline. Eventually, Caroline did leave, and Elena instantly turned to me. "So?" she pressed, sounding and looking hopeful.

I sighed and nodded. "Alright I'll do it Elena, but you have to come with me to Gram's old place to help me look through her old books for the spell", I said flatly. My gut tightened at the thought of going through Gram's old things, but thankfully, Elena didn't seem to notice. She beamed and wrapped her arms around me in a hug, and after a moment, I hugged her back. "Thank you Bonnie", she said, sounding genuinely grateful.

Soon, the bell rang, and we broke apart, and headed towards class. The rest of the day passed in a blur, and what seemed like a short time, I was outside the school with Elena, getting ready to walk over to Gram's. Elena had called Jenna and told her that she was going to be late coming home today. "I really do appreciate this Bonnie", she said, smiling at me. I simply nodded and we continued to walk in silence.

Suddenly, a question popped into my mind. "Elena, why do you even care about whether or not Damon is in pain?" I asked flatly. It was strange, because I swear, just a while ago, Elena had hated Damon, and now she wanted to help him? It was all too confusing. Elena looked almost apologetic when she answered. "I don't know, I just…well we've gotten closer over the past few weeks", she managed. She must have seen the look I was giving her, because her eyes widened.

"No Bonnie, it's not like that! I love Stefan", she said sincerely, but I wasn't sure if I believed her entirely. We walked silently for a few moments, before we heard a voice come from behind us. "What about Stefan?" We both spun around, and there was Damon, smiling his signature smirk. Elena glared, and his smirk widened. "It's none of your business", she snapped, and he just rolled his eyes.

"Well it is my brother you're talking about, so I think it would be my business", he said in that arrogant, smug tone that made me want to catch his head on fire. I glared at him and grabbed Elena by the arm, dragging her along with me as we made our way away from him, but he followed us, smirking the whole way. I suddenly wheeled on him, not in the mood for any of this.

"Don't you have anyone else to annoy?" I hissed, and he made it worse by putting on a mock hurt expression. "I'm crushed Bonnie. You think I'm annoying?" he asked in an over dramatic depressed voice. I rolled my eyes and started to walk again. I heard him give one final laugh and when I looked over my shoulder, I was relieved to see that he was gone. I turned to Elena, and realized that she was looking at me intently, almost as if she was studying me.

"What?" I asked, not having any idea of what she was thinking. She looked away suddenly, as if she was having a hard time saying something. I decided not to press it, so we just continued to walk in silence, until she finally broke the silence after we came into view of Gram's old place. It still had most of her stuff in it; because Dad hasn't been home enough to make arrangements for where they were to go.

"He really bugs you, doesn't he?" Elena blurted. I wasn't an idiot; I knew exactly who she was talking about. "Yes", I said flatly, taking out my key to the house. "Is it because of…" she began, but I stopped her. "No it's not just that. It's… something about him really bothers me. I'm not really sure what it is, but it's defiantly something I don't like", I answered, not knowing how else to put it.

Thankfully, Elena didn't question it, and we both wordlessly entered the house after I unlocked the door. We both sat down in the dining room, while I pulled out Gram's old spell book, already starting to flip through the pages. Elena came over to stand beside me so she could help look. "Thanks again for doing this Bonnie, it means a lot", she said warmly, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I looked at her and forced a smile. "What are friends for?" I answered, and turned back to the book. After searching for what seemed like hours, we finally found a spell that might work. It would take out a lot of my power though, and I probably wouldn't be able to do anything else for a while, which unnerved me a little. I knew I was new to this whole witch thing, but if my powers were too weak, who knows what could happen.

But for some reason, I didn't really care, so I told Elena that I would study the spell a little bit more, and that we could hopefully get it activated by tomorrow night.

A/N: Just to let everyone know, this story takes place after the episode "Blood Brothers" so they haven't seen Isobel yet. I'll be able to update this story more often now that I finished one of my other stories. Thanks for reading!