Chapter 15

Bonnie's POV

Anna glared at Elena and took a step closer to Jeremy. "Elena!" I hissed/whispered to her. "Do you remember what I told you earlier today? She's helping us"

Elena sill looked angry, but she seemed to get a hold of herself. "Jeremy, are you…with her?" she asked nervously. Jeremy simply glared at her and nodded. "Yes Elena and you know why? Because I like her, a lot"

"But you do realize that she isn't human right?"

"Elena, you're such a hypocrite. From what I read from your diary, Stefan isn't really human either"

"You read my diary!"

"Ok!" I finally interrupted. "Let's not forget why they're here. We have a problem to solve, and fighting isn't going to help it go away"

Surprisingly, they actually listened to me, and stopped fighting. From what Jeremy already knew, he didn't find the rest of what we told him that shocking, except for the fact that an Elena look alike had been the one who attacked my dad, and was now after me.

"Wait, she is after you?" Damon snarled, clearly angry.

I nodded. "Either that or she wants to try and convince me to join her. But that sure isn't going to happen, so I guess it's the killing option", I said, sounder braver then I actually felt. Damon drew me closer to him.

"Well she isn't going to touch you Bonnie. I'm going to make sure of it"

I couldn't help but feel a little comforted by his words, and even leaned against him a little, ignoring the glances we got from the people around the room.

"Jeremy, you have to remember that you can't tell anyone about this. And just know that we're doing the best we can", Stefan said calmly, and Jeremy nodded.

"I won't tell anyone. But how long is this going to last?"

"None of us know, it'll end when it does", I answered.

A few hours later

After Jeremy and Anna had both left, swearing that they wouldn't tell anyone, and that they would do their best to help, Stefan confronted me, and I knew what he wanted to talk about, and dreaded it.

"Bonnie, have you made your decision about the invention?"

I knew my time was running out, but honestly, that was a question I didn't want to answer. I was choosing between the life of my vampire boyfriend, who I had recently discovered that I loved, and the chance at finally making this town safe from other vampires. It was almost unfair, how horrible the choice was.

Stefan waited patiently as I thought about my options, and when I finally came to my decision, I breathed in a large intake of breath. "Ok Stefan, I'll do it"

"What?"

"I'll undo the charm on the invention" I said flatly. But I had a sinking feeling that I was going to regret this.

After it was all over, Stefan took the invention, saying that he was going to give it to Isobel tomorrow, and that he promised he would find some other way to protect the town if there was a problem with my decision later. I felt a little reassured, but I still couldn't get rid of the feeling of regret.

After having a quick goodbye with Elena, Damon, and Stefan, I got in my car, wanting to drive over to the Gilbert's house. Jenna was out giving the authorities information about Elena to help them find her, and the only people there were Jeremy and Anna. It was the perfect time to discuss tactics on what do with the Katherine situation.

Damon's POV

After Bonnie left, I told Stefan that I needed to go hunting, and made my way towards the woods. I smiled, remembering when Bonnie and I had driven through here, when she was trying to teach me how to drive. That had been the first day when I really started to realize I had feelings for her, whether I wanted to admit it or not.

Now that Stefan had showed me how, I could hunt for myself like a pro. But as soon as I stepped into a deeper part of the woods, I heard a loud noise of someone stepping on a twig, and turned sharply. Standing only a few feet away from me, stood an exact copy of Stefan's girl, Elena.

She gave a wry smile, and stepped a little closer. "Why hello Damon, it's so nice to see you again."

This must have been Katherine, the woman everyone has been talking about lately, and from what I heard, this was far from being a good thing.

"What do you want?" I growled, trying to sound threatening, but she merely laughed.

"Damon, Damon you do know that your little witch girlfriend has you brainwashed don't you?"

I frowned at her. I knew that my memory had somehow been erased, but Bonnie did it? No, she must be lying I told myself fiercely.

Katherine must have noticed the look of disbelief on my face, because she shook her head, as if she pitied me. "I'm telling you the truth. That witch doesn't really care about you. She, your brother, and his little girlfriend had it all planned out. They erased your mind so that you would be more willing to help them fight me off. And then she tried to gain your trust even more by pretending that she loves you. And from the looks of it, it almost worked."

I still didn't believe it, but she must have noticed that too, because now, she was suddenly in front of me. "Here, this should help jog you're memory", she smirked, and before I could even register what was about to happen, she crushed her lips to mine, and weaved her arms around my neck.

I tried to pull away, but due to the fact that she most likely fed off humans, she was stronger than me. But after a moment, I realized how familiar the sensation of her lips felt, and the memories began swimming back. I remembered everything, from the tomb, and to that very first day Stefan and I had met Katherine.

I jerked away from her, and was ready to tell her off, but almost as quickly as she appeared, she was gone.

Bonnie's POV

"So you think Katherine is in town, right as we speak?" I asked Anna. All three of us were sitting in the dining room, and from the way we were all facing each other. Since Jenna was still out, it was only the three of us, leaving us free to talk about anything without the fear of being overheard.

Anna nodded at my question. "I've been feeling her aura; I know it by heart, considering how long I've known her."

Great, the crazy vampire who wants to kill me is in town, just what I needed.

"Bonnie, maybe you could just pretend to be on her side, just so that we can find out a little bit more about what she is up to", Anna added.

At that, Jeremy finally got into the conversation. "Whoa, hold up. Don't you think that would be a little dangerous for her?"

We talked for about twenty more minutes, when my cell phone finally rang. I looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Damon. "I'll be right back", I mumbled to Jeremy and Anna as I stepped outside to stand on the porch.

"Hey", I said as I answered the phone.

"Don't "hey" me witch, I know the truth now", his voice was icy, cold, and I didn't like the sound of it at all.

"Damon, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Well, about a million different things, but the main one would be the fact that I just found out that you, Stefan, and Elena all brainwashed me to use me as a weapon against Katherine."

He had his memory back? How did that happen? But now wasn't the time for me to be asking questions, it was time for me to start confessing.

"Damon that's not true I love…"

"No you don't, you were just trying to gain my trust. I'm not an idiot Bonnie."

Well he obviously was if he thought that everything that happened between us was just a trick. "How can you even say that Damon?"

"Because it's true. But I'm over it now Bonnie, we're over. I'm realizing that those feelings I had for you was all an illusion. Don't even bother showing me your face again."

After that, he just hung up. Holding back tears, I tried to call him again, but he didn't answer, and after leaving about five voice messages, I finally gave up, and the tears finally made their way down my cheeks.

I had to get out of here, to be by myself so I could think. So I walked back into the house, trying hard to hide the fact that I had been crying. But as soon as I walked in, they both looked at me, questions evident in their expressions.

"Bonnie, what's wrong?" Anna asked.

I shook my head furiously. "Nothing, I just…I need to go, I'm sorry", I said, trying to hide any trace of my emotion.

But Jeremy, obviously wasn't buying it. "Bon…" he began, but I stopped him.

"I don't want to talk about it", I hissed, before grabbing my car keys and heading back out the door. I nearly slammed my car door shut after I was seated, and drove away, not really sure where exactly I was going.

But I soon found myself heading in the direction of the Old Wood. I should have known that it was a stupid idea, but at the time, I wasn't really thinking logically.

So I just continued to drive, and as I got deeper into the woods, the more distant from civilization I felt. How could Damon ever think that? I mean, I always knew he would be mad about the spell, if he ever found out about it, but to think that I hadn't meant it when I said that I loved him?

I got so lost in my thoughts that I barely noticed the dark figure standing in the way of the car, and by the time I did, it was too late, and I crashed into it.

The car rolled over once, but luckily, it rolled back onto the standing position, and my quick, ragged breathes became a little slower with relief. But then I felt a strong hand grab me by the throat.

"Hello Bonnie Bennett, looks like we've finally meant", a familiar voice said.

"Katherine?" I gasped, and then I heard a high pitched laugh before I went unconscious.

Stefan's POV

Damon walked into the door, and just when I was about to say something, he cut me off. "Brother, I don't want to hear it. I know the truth now."

Elena's eyes widened at his words.

"You know what?" I asked flatly.

"I know that you three have been messing with my head, and I'm done with it. I know about the spell that Bonnie put on me, and I know about that little scheme you three were trying to pull. Now I want some explanations", he said coldly.

A/N: This story will probably be over in about four more chapters. Thanks for reading!