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Chapter Two: Seven years Later

Seven Years Later

Mystic falls-

Bonnie stood looking down at the falls as she had done almost every week for the last seven years. Jeremy was hidden safely behind them in his frozen state. She came here to talk to him even thought she knew he could not hear her. She missed him.

She closed her eyes wishing she could just have one day. One day to talk to him again. One day to see and hold him. But she knew she would have to wait. Knew there would be time for that later.

She feels like she got the short end of the stick. Because of who she was she got to remember everything. She had to. So she knows everything and has to live twenty years before seeing anyone again.

She spent her time staying hidden. For the most part she travels from place to place. She can't stay any one place to long, but she tended to stay close. She had to come back to be close to Jeremy. She knows he has no idea she is near, but it helped her.

Matt was down there too. Bonnie felt sad for him. Yeah she came to 'Visit' him as well, but she was it. It was easy for the town to believe that Elena and Jeremy moved away. That the Salvatore brothers followed. It was easy for Caroline to say she was going to stay in college for a while. Her mom seems to believe Caroline will return any day now. No one questioned Matt's disappearance. No one seemed to notice he was even gone. It made he said and sometimes it made her angry.

She sighed. Loneliness was going to drive her crazy before the twenty years was up. Maybe she should try to settle somewhere. At least for a few years. She couldn't get to close to anyone but at least should wouldn't always be alone.

She hesitated as she went to walk away. Jeremy would be fine. She needed company. Someone to talk two. Not to mention it was risky coming here so often. If she was seen by someone who knew her and realized she hadn't aged she could be in a lot of trouble.

It was decided. She thought to herself as she worked on not crying. She needed to do this. "I love you Jeremy," She said. "Talk at you later Matt."

Florida-

Rebekah smiled walking to school with her friends. She had always wanted to go to high school and was unsure why she waited so long to do so. She had so many friends, and loved feeling normal. She of course had to be careful and her 'Parents' were not actually her parents, but they think they are.

She laughed when the new girl cracked a joke. She was so simply happy. She wasn't before. She couldn't really remember why she was unhappy. It was more of a feeling. She could never place what unhappiness her past held, but she never lingered on it now.

Her only sadness came at night when she laid in bed alone. She missed someone. Or at least that's how she felt. She couldn't think of anyone she would miss. Yet she longed for someone. Maybe she just needed a boyfriend. Someone to be close to.

She was brought back to reality when she bumped into someone. "Sorry," a male voice said. "You okay?"

"Yeah," She replied as she looked at the guy. He looked about seventeen. His brown hair was brushed back and his brows were pulled together. "I am okay."

The man nodded at her then walked away. She stated to walk again wanting to catch up to her friends. She glanced over her shoulder to see the guy, but he was gone.

"Becca come on!" her friend called.

"Coming!" She called back. She fell back into step with her friends, the guy slipping from her mind.

Passing through Florida-

Stefan couldn't believe he ran into that girl. He had been lost in thought and had not seen her. He supposed that is what he gets walking in a school zone in the morning.

He felt like he had seen her somewhere before. He felt like his mind was trying to pull at some memory hidden long ago.

Shaking his head Stefan stopped at the border between Florida and Georgia. He had an image of a place in his mind. A place he had yet to find, so he spent much of his time wandering from place to place. Sometimes he would stay put for a couple of months, but he didn't like messing with people's memories for to long. Sometimes he even got work so he didn't have to trick people into letting him stay with them.

He would move on quickly if there was a Vampire attack within a few miles of him. He had to be careful about feeding. Mostly he stuck to blood bags. The idea of having to drink from the vain terrified him and he had no idea why.

Stefan stopped at the nearest town to rest. He stopped at a coffee-house allowing him to be with is thoughts. He liked to travel. He got to see new things. He got to meet interesting people. There was a lot of things he got to do. However something always felt like it was missing. Maybe it was a someone. Yet he couldn't think of a single person he missed. No one he remembers truly connecting with. Sometimes when he thought really hard on it the name Lexi would come to mind. He never met anyone with that name. Yet the person that name belonged to did not feel like a lover. The name felt more like a sister. A best friend. It was odd but true.

"Can I get you something to eat dear?" a waitress asked. She had a kind aging face. She looked saddened.

"No thank you." He said, but her attention was grabbed by a woman walking in. The woman was a cop. She had short-cropped blond hair and looked tired.

"Sheriff Forbes, has there been any new development?" The waitress asked going to the cop.

"It looks like an animal attack. Perhaps the same one we get back home. I was looking for the Sheriff Greg." The woman said. She seemed a little irritable.

"Oh he wont be by for another ten minutes. You can wait by the bar if you would like." The waitress said, then went to the back.

The woman walked by Stefan she glanced at him and was about to walk by when she spun around, facing him with shocked eyes. "Stefan!" The woman said surprising him. "It has been years. Have you heard from Caroline? I have been worried for her." The woman went on. She took a seat in his booth. "I am sorry. That was so rude. I am just out of my zone here." She waved her hand to dismiss it. "How have you been?"

Stefan sat confused, "I am sorry...but do I know you?" he said trying desperately to remember the woman sitting in front of him.

The woman looked at him a little hurt. "It's me. Sheriff Forbes. Caroline's mom." She replied.

"I do not know a Caroline. I am sorry. You must have me confused with someone else." Stefan said getting up from the booth. "Have a good day." He told her before leaving. His head had started to hurt. He felt like he should know who the woman was, and was unsettled by not knowing.

Maine-

Elena laughed as she ran up the stairs. Damon ran up behind her also laughing. She managed to get her foot caught on the last step and she went down. By the time she turned, Damon was on top of her. "See I told you, you couldn't escape me." He said giving her his cocky side grin.

"What ever I tripped. This doesn't count." Elena said with laughter in her voice.

"If I were trying to kill you I wouldn't give yo s second go at a get away just because you fell." Damon said kissing the tip of her nose. He stood, pulling her up with him.

"Well luckily I am not running for my life," Elena said wiping at her nose.

"Hey, why are you wiping at my kiss?" He asked.

"It was a wet one. Gross." She said giving him a face of mock horror.

"Oh really?" He said grabbing her again, quickly licking her face.

Elena squealed and pushed away from him. "Eww!" She exclaimed as she used her sleeve to wipe her cheek.

Damon laughed making Elena laughed. She loved this. She was so excited when he agreed to stay with her here. However the inevitable was coming. The moved here a few years ago and they would have to move again soon. She went to high school to make it seem like she was younger than she was. Everyone here thought Damon was her brother. Good thing no one saw this. They would freak.

"Where should be go next?" Elena asked. Damon didn't have to ask what she had meant. They were having the 'we need to move' talk before they got playful.

Damon shrugged. "Well maybe we could go to Texas. Meet the country folk." Damon said in a southern accent.

Elena laughed. "Okay sounds like a deal." She hugged him resting her head on his chest. "I am going to take a shower. Then maybe get some sleep. I had a hard night last nigh." Elena said.

"More dreams about that guy?" Damon asked. He hated that some ass haunted her dreams and neither of them new why.

"Yeah, he kept asking me to help him. I have no idea what he needed help with." Elena said. She had told Damon that the dreams were scary, and they sometimes were. What she did not tell him is the way her dream guy mad her feel. She sometimes kissed him in her dreams and she couldn't help the butterflies she got when she thought about him.

"Okay," Damon said. "I will look for an apartment in Texas."

Elena laughed again. "Okay."

Ohio-

"Hayley?" Elijah said as he took his seat at her bed side. She had slept for seven years and had yet to waken up. There had been an accident and she had been asleep ever since.

"I had an interesting day," he went on. "There was a wolf in our parts. We haven't seen one on ages here. I went on a date. It didn't go far. I couldn't help but feel like I was cheating on you. Though I have no recollection of us have ever dating." He put his hands in his face.

She gave him comfort. It was stupid he knew, but still. His friend once asked why he didn't put her in a home. Allow someone else to care for her. He never could. Never would. She was his. Not that she really was, but that was not the point.

He left the room, slowly looking about his home. They settled here not to long ago. People started to suspect things where they had been. He itched to move around like he had always done, but with Hayley...Anyway he would rather be here with her, then out exploring without her.

California-

"Anna." A seven your old girl called out as she lazily walked along the beach. One of her least favorite places her foster parents brought them. Mainly because Anna, her best friend, couldn't swim. The water scared her.

However at the moment Anna was missing. The FP's, that is what they call their foster parents, and Anna hardly ever saw eye to eye. Never have. She had met Anna when they were two and had been together ever since.

"Eliyah!" Mrs. Brown called to her. Eliyah turn to her. She was sure she was in trouble by the tone of Mrs. Browns tone.

"Yes ma'am?" She asked. They liked it when they used ma'am and sir when addressing them.

"Where is Anna? Have you forgotten the buddy system?" She asked in the tone she always used when talking about or addressing Anna.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Brown. We got separated. I am looking for her."

"That girl is going to give me grays before my time!" Mrs. Brown said dramatically.

"I'm sorry, I will find her." Eliyah said running off before Mrs. Brown could stop her. She felt like something was wrong. She sometimes got that feeling in the pit of her stomach. Usually it meant trouble.

"Anna!" She called out again, looking every which way as she ran down the beach. "Annabelle Marie!"

She called out feeling frantic. Something was definitely wrong. She just knew it.

She stopped short, it was almost like she could just sense where Anna was. With horror she turned to the massive ocean. Her heart leaped into her throat as she ran into the water, splashing the people around her as she went. She was luckily a really good swimmer.

She could just make out Anna in the distance. "Anna!" She called as she swam. She spit out the salty water that splashed into her mouth as she called for Anna.

She finally reached her. One thing she did not think of was how she was going to swim back to the shore with Anna in tow. She made it so Anna's face was out of the water and the fear that Anna could be dead made her want to be sick.

"Help!" She called out. The nearest people looked over to them with confused expressions. "Please help!" She called again. The people went into action. The closest person was just a few feet away from them when someone grabbed her from behind.

Eliyah screamed from the surprise, but settled quickly when she realized a man was helping them. He easily swam to shore and quickly got to work on Anna. After a few terrifying seconds, Anna spit up about a gallon of water and took a gasping breath.

"Anna!" Eliyah cried and hugged her friend. She thought at first Anna was shaking, but quickly realized she was the one shaking.

"Shhh," the man said hugging her gently. "All is right now, love," He said with an odd accent she had never heard before.

"Thank you Sir," Eliyah said feeling oddly safe with the guy. She would usually be cautious with the stranger danger, but she felt like she knew him somehow.

"Eliyah! Anna!" Both her FP's called out in unison. They bulldozed the guy over to get to them. Then started crying over them. "Are you okay? Why would you go near the water Anna? You gave use heart attacks."

"Where were you two while these children nearly drowned?" The man asked sounding a bit angry.

Her FP's were both speechless. The man shook his head and walked away in anger. Eliyah watched him go with a sad gaze. What was it about that guy that made her be sad to see him leave?

Both her and Anna along with the three others packed up quickly. She could tell the man had angered her FP s. She put the sheet in a bag as she looked around. She spotted him under the board walk looking out over the ocean.

"I have to pee," She said to Mr. Brown. He gave it some thought then gave her the okay to go quickly as long as she took Anna with her. So she dragged Anna away.

"Are you okay Anna?" Eliyah asked as she took Anna's hand in hers.

"Yeah," Anna said softly. Her throat was sore.

They walked quietly and quickly to the guy, Who looked down at them as they approached. As he looked at her she suddenly knew where she had seen him before. She once saw him at the zoo. He was there with a pretty blond woman who had helped her pet the lamb.

"I have seen you before." She said finally. "You were at the zoo a few months ago with that pretty blond woman."

The man smiled. "That pretty blond girls name is Caroline. She is my sister." He said to her.

"My middle name is Caroline!" Eliyah exclaimed happily.

"Is it now?" The man asked as he squat down to their height. "Well isn't that wonderful?"

"Thank you for saving Anna." She said again to him. "Come on Anna we have to go."

"Your Welcome," He called out to them as they walked away. He planned on giving their parents a visit later that night. He had to make sure these two girls stayed safe. Not that he knew why. He had remembered the girl from the zoo. She was the one Caroline had helped. But when he saw her today it was like something clicked. What was a small girl doing walking on the beach by herself? He followed behind her making sure all was well and when the child jumped into the water he nearly had a heart attack. So he went in and swam over to her. He was shocked to see another child. He had no idea why he felt the need to protect the child, but he knew he would.

"Klaus there you are," Caroline said as she went to him. She handed him a hot dog. "I love California! Coming here was a great idea." She added with a smile. Her smile faded when she examined Klaus' face. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Klaus said biting into the hot dog. "Everything his fine."

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