Bonnie and Elena spent the rest of the afternoon together. They gathered all the necessary requirements for the linking spell within an hour and spent the extra time catching up. After a while, they left for Matt and Tyler's house for the ritual.
Bonnie put the car in park and together, they exited the vehicle. They walked to the front door, each holding a bag of supplies for the ritual.
Elena knocked on the door. She heard footsteps approaching the door. The lock rattled and then the door opened.
Caroline stood across the threshold and smiled at her two best friends.
"Come in," She greeted. Elena nodded and walked into the room. Bonnie followed. "Oh, let me take that." Caroline took the bags from their hands and gestured to the living room, "They're all in there."
Elena walked down the hallway to the living room.
Her eyes scanned the room. Matt and Tyler were leaning against the fireplace; Stefan and Jeremy were sitting together on the couch. The room was deafeningly silent, the tension so prominent that it was practically animated.
The moment Bonnie entered the room she went over and sat next to Jeremy. He smiled and placed his hand on her knee.
Elena watched the gesture and felt a smile twitch at the side of her lips, but it quickly disappeared, the tension of the room wiping it away.
She suddenly noticed the lack of Damon. She furrowed her brow in confusion and scanned the room again.
Just then, almost as if he read her mind, Damon emerged from the side room. He was carrying a glass of blood.
Her eyes immediately drifted to him and she felt her breath catch in her throat. His appearance was infatuating to her—the way his black shirt stretched over his muscles, every movement he made caused a muscle to flex and it drove her absolutely crazy.
"Hi," Damon said, breaking the silence of the room. He began walking towards Elena. Everyone's eyes followed his movements.
"Hi," Elena responded. Damon reached her and placed his arm around her waist. He bent down and kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes and smiled at the contact, feeling extremely content.
He pulled away and stood at her side, turning toward the rest of the people in the room, his arm still around her waist. Elena placed her hand on his shoulder.
The looks of all her friends were a mix between shock and misunderstanding. They knew that Damon and Elena were together, but weren't used to seeing them being lovey yet.
"So…shall we?" Elena asked. Bonnie nodded and stood up. She went over to the bags and pulled out a bundle of candles. She began walking in a circle, occasionally placing a candle on the ground.
"Everyone will need to stand behind one of the candles," Bonnie explained. "And I will need some blood from each of you. Then, I will cast the spell and it will be done."
Bonnie straightened up and looked at everyone. No one had moved.
"Well, get to it." She said.
Stefan was the first to jump to action. He went to the desk and pulled out three letter openers. He gave them to Matt, Jeremy, and Tyler, who narrowed his eyes territorially at Stefan as he accepted it. Elena noticed the interaction.
"What's going on there?" Elena whispered to Damon. He merely shrugged in response.
The letter openers were being passed around and Bonnie was going to everyone with a goblet, collecting droplets of their blood.
Elena grew impatient waiting for a letter opener and decided to use her fangs instead.
She felt her fangs withdraw from her gums as she lifted her hand to mouth. But, before she could break the skin, Damon's voice interrupted her.
"I could do that for you," He whispered seductively. Elena's mind instantly jumped to one of the most erotic moments of her life—when she and Damon blood-shared in the Grill's bathroom during her transition. Elena's heartbeat picked up and she felt a wave of heat rush over her skin. She swallowed to moisten her mouth.
Her eyes quickly scanned over the room. Everyone was too busy and distracted to be eavesdropping in their conversation.
"Maybe later," She winked at him and bit into her skin. She never broke eye contact with him. They were lost in their own little world.
"I should not find this so hot," Damon said, watching Elena.
"I really wish I didn't hear that." Bonnie was standing in front of Damon and Elena. Elena quickly broke from her skin and her fangs retracted. She used the back of her sleeve to wipe the blood from the sides of her mouth.
"Sorry, Bon," Elena laughed, "We were just joking around." Elena held her hand over the goblet and the blood dripped into it. Damon bit into his hand and added his blood to the rest.
"Mhm, sure," Bonnie responded disbelievingly before walking to the middle of the circle.
Each person assumed their position behind a candle as Bonnie placed the goblet on ground. She began chanting in a language no one could understand.
"How long is this going to take?" Damon impatiently whispered to Elena and Elena rolled her eyes.
"What are you? Five?" She joked.
Bonnie chanted another stanza and the candles all lit. She began the next stanza and the flames grew taller. She chanted louder and faster, and then she quickly stopped. The moment the words stopped falling from her mouth, the candles all blew out and they were standing in the dark.
Due to her heightened vision, Elena could see everyone. They were looking around confusedly.
"Well, did it work?" Tyler asked the question that everyone was thinking.
There was another moment of silence.
That was, until the voices began.
They flooded Elena senses, screaming at her all at once. They were an incoherent blob of words at first until Elena focused hard to decipher each sentence.
"She looks so happy with him. Why could I never get her to look at me like that?" Stefan's voice sounded in her head.
"Why does Klaus need both Katherine and Elena?" Jeremy's voice also sounded.
"I swear, if Stefan so-much-as looks at her again, I'll kill him." Tyler's voice dominated the others.
"Ty's been acting weird recently, I wonder if he knows. God, I'm a terrible person. " Caroline's voice sounded in Elena's head.
"Elena and Damon…did not see that one coming." Matt's voice interjected.
"If I have to listen to this internal teenage drama nonstop, I might just stake myself." Damon's thoughts complained.
"Oh no, this was not supposed to happen." Bonnie's voice hit Elena.
"Yep…" Elena said out loud, "It worked."
A/N: Reviews are greatly appreciated!