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Everyone went back to the house and hung out. Elena left early for bed. There was school in the morning.

Stefan stayed and hung with Lexi and her boyfriend almost all night. They laughed and talked all night.

One of the perks of being a vampire…you don't need much sleep. Even after staying up late he was able to wake up and go to school the next morning.

He met up with Elena outside the History classroom. She looked upset.

"Hey, what's going on?" Stefan asked.

"Caroline and Bonnie are fighting and I feel trapped in the middle. I tried to help but Caroline is being stubborn and won't listen to my advice."

Stefan smiled softly. "You've got such a big heart, Elena. But sadly you've just got to let them work it out themselves. There isn't much you can do about it."

"I know." Elena sighed.

Stefan kissed her forehead. "I don't know them as well as you do, but from what you told me, I have a feeling they'll make up soon."

"I hope you're right."

"I am right, I'm always right." He teased.

She giggled and shook her head. "Wow got a big enough ego?" she teased back.

"What was that, Ms. Gilbert?"

Elena giggled harder and shook her head. "Nothing, oh great and wonderful Mr. Salvatore."

"That's what I thought." Stefan smiled happy to see her smiling again. He took her hand and kissed it. "Come on, let's go back inside."

They headed into the classroom and took their normal seats. Bonnie came rushing in and Elena could easily tell something was wrong with her. But when she asked what was wrong or if she was ok Bonnie just shrugged and looked away. Now Elena was really worried.

History went by smoothly. They met their new History teacher Alaric Saltzman. He seemed like a nice enough guy, but Tanner was nice the very first day too.

After History Elena went over to Stefan. "I really need to talk to Bonnie, something's going on and she needs me. I can just feel it. Would you be angry if we just met back up later?"

"Of course not, you're loyality to your friends is one of my favorite things about you. Go, I'm just going to call home, check on Lexi, make sure my house is still in one piece."

"You don't really think they'd…."

"If they are alone together….oh yes, in everyone room."

"Ewww!" Elena giggled.

Stefan chuckled. "Go meet with Bonnie. I'll see you later."

"Thanks, Stefan."

They shared a kiss and Elena headed off. Stefan smiled and headed outside where he could call Lexi to check in.

School went by fast. Elena was with Bonnie most of the day helping her through whatever was going on. Stefan wanted to know what it was so he could help but he also understood Bonnie hardly knew him and would want her privacy.

Stefan figured he'd head home and Elena would call when she was free.

He walked inside the house with his eyes closed. "Lexi…I'm home whatever you and Kevin are doing needs to stop." He heard laughter coming from the living room and squealing. He opened his eyes and looked around. The house was perfectly clean, just the way he left it. "Lexi?"

"Living room!" he heard Lexi squeal before breaking out into giggles again.

Confused he headed into the living room. When he got there he stopped and laughed at what he saw. Lexi was pinned down to the couch as Kenny tickled and pinched her knee. She squealed and giggled kicking like crazy.

"What's going on here?" he asked with a chuckle.

Kenny stopped and laughed. "Hey, she asked for it."

"I'm sure she did." Stefan laughed.

"Hey! I did not!" Lexi glared at them.

"What happen?" Stefan asked.

"She thought that just because she's older than me, that she was stronger than me, so if we ever fought she'd win easy. I simply had to show her that wasn't true."

Stefan laughed. "Lexi, you should have known he'd do that. It's your one weakness, we all know it."

"It's not fair, especially because he's not ticklish."

Stefan just laughed. "Sorry, Lex, I'm on his side."

"Of course you are. Hey, where's Elena?" Lexi asked.

"With her friends. They're having a hard time so she's spending some time with them."

"Dumped for the friends, that's tough man." Kevin laughed.

Stefan shook his head. "It's not like that. I told her we'd catch up later. I want her to be with her friends when they need her. Her loyalty is one of the things I love most about her."

"Stefan's in love, Stefan's in love." Kevin sang teasingly.

"Oh grow up. Yes, I love her, now I'm not scared to admit it." Stefan said.

"Does she know yet?"

Stefan didn't answer.

"So you are scared to admit it."

"When the time is right, she'll know."

Kevin just laughed and shook his head. "Dude, the quicker you tell her the quicker you two can have sex."

Lexi slapped his chest. "Will you get your mind out of the gutter."

"It's true."

Stefan just shook his head once more. "When the time is right." He repeated.

Before anymore could be said his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller id and smiled. It was Elena. "Hey, Beautiful." He greeted. Then he frowned and looked to Lexi. "I'll be right over, I'll bring Lexi too."

He hung up and looked to Lexi, "We've got a problem. Damon was at the school today. He went after Bonnie. Bonnie is scared to death and Elena is freaking out. We need to get over there." Stefan said.

Lexi nodded. "Let's go."

"What about me?" Kevin asked.

"Stay here. I'll be back soon." Lexi and him shared a kiss before Stefan and Lexi were gone in a flash.

They quickly arrived back at Elena's house. Elena moved outside to the porch to talk with them more privately.

"He threatened her, Stefan." Elena said.

"What would Damon want with Bonnie?" Stefan asked her.

"She has this necklace. Caroline got it from Damon, and she gave it Bonnie, and now Damon wants it back. He's tormenting her."

"Over a necklace?" Stefan asked once more. It just didn't make sense. Unless Damon had a secret girlfriend who he was too cheap to buy nice jewelry for, so he was stealing from Bonnie, what would he want with it?

"It's not just any necklace. It has to do with Bonnie's heritage. It belonged to one of her ancestors who lived here during the civil war….when you and Damon lived here."

Now things were slowly starting to come together. "Her name was Emily. She was Katherine's handmaid and a witch."

"Wait, you know, about Bonnie?"

Stefan nodded "The first night that you invited me over for dinner, I made the connection."

"And...now Damon knows, and...for some reason he wants that necklace."

"What does it look like?" Lexi wondered.

"It's...an antique iron setting with..."

Stefan cut her off. "With an amber crystal. I know it. It belonged to Katherine. Emily gave it to her, which means that..."

Stefan stopped and sighed.

"What?" Elena asked wanting more information.

"I don't know." Stefan sighed. "But I'm going find out. Let me talk to Damon."

"But will he tell you?" Elena asked worriedly.

"I'll get it out of him. But I need to do it alone. Lexi, can you stay here, keep an eye on them, make sure Damon doesn't show up here?"

"Yeah of course, but what are you going to do?"

"Just trust me, I've got an idea."

With that Stefan was gone.

Elena inhaled and exhaled a deep shaky breath.

"You ok?" Lexi asked.

Elena shook her head. "I didn't say anything to Stefan, but I was there when Damon was harassing Bonnie. I had to stop it. Just because I trust Stefan doesn't mean that I trust his brother and I don't have the heart to tell him that. Bonnie is scared to death, and so am I. If Damon hurts her, I'll never forgive myself."

"Elena, don't worry. I'm here now. Nobody is going to hurt you or Bonnie. You're both safe. I promise."

Elena nodded and smiled. "Come on inside, join the girls night."

Lexi smiled and the two of them went inside.

They walked into the kitchen just as Caroline was unpacking the take out dinner. It was quite because neither Caroline or Bonnie were speaking to each other. Elena continued to stare at Caroline until finally she gave in.

"I'm sorry! There I said it. If you want the stupid ugly necklace it's yours."

Elena sighed. That wasn't what she was expecting.

"Would you be mad at me if I told you I threw it away?" Bonnie asked carefully.

Lexi looked to Elena in shock. "She threw it away?" she mouth.

Elena just nodded and mouth back "Into an empty field."

Lexi looked back to the girls wondering how this would affect whatever Damon had planned.

"You threw it away?" Caroline asked.

"I know it's going to sound crazy but it was giving me nightmares!"

"Why didn't you just give it back to me?"

"Why should she? So you can just give it back to Damon?" Lexi asked her back.

Caroline shook her head. "Forget about, Damon. Are we going to do manicures or what? Who has their kit?"

"Mine is in my bag." Bonnie nodded softly.

Caroline went over to Bonnie's bag to look for the kit. She was shocked at what she found. "Why are you such a little liar Bonnie?" she asked angrily.

"What?" Bonnie asked.

"Caroline, that's not nice?" Lexi said.

Caroline held up the necklace that Bonnie had thrown into the field. Everyone stared in shock, even Lexi was surprised. Now she was really curious as to what Damon would want with it.

"I'm not lying, Caroline." Bonnie defended.

"It's true, I saw her throw it into a field." Elena nodded.

"Then explain this!" Caroline said.

"Emily?" Bonnie guessed to Elena.

"Who is Emily?" Caroline asked.

"The Ghost." Bonnie said again.

"Oh so the Ghost has a name now?" Caroline mocked.

"Caroline stop, you're not helping." Lexi said.

"Why won't she leave me alone?" Bonnie asked once more.

"OK! What's going on? Why am I not a part of this conversation?" Caroline finally exploded.

"Because; I can't talk to you. You never listen." Bonnie answered.

"I listen! I'm a great listener." Caroline argued.

"Ok, fine, you want the truth, here it is." Bonnie inhaled and exhaled. "I'm a witch."

"Yeah, and don't we all know it." Caroline mocked again.

"Caroline!" Elena said.

"See, this is what I mean, I'm trying to tell you something and you don't listen." Bonnie walked out of the kitchen clearly upset.

"I listen!" Caroline said. "When do I not listen?"

Elena sighed and looked to Lexi. This night was turning into a disaster. Lexi looked to Caroline and explained everything to her, hoping to make her understand how real this was for Bonnie and how much she really needed her friends right now.

Caroline finally understood and went to fix things with Bonnie, as Lexi and Elena listened in from the kitchen.

The girls made up which was good, but then Caroline decided to have a séance. In the ended turned out being a horrible idea. Bonnie ended up getting locked in the bathroom and then taken over by Emily. Not knowing what else to do Elena called Stefan frantically.

"What's wrong?" Stefan asked as he answered the phone.

"It's Bonnie." Elena choked out fearfully.

"What happened?"

"Emily is possessing her. She said something…"

"What did she say?"

"She said 'I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed.' And then she just left."

"Where do you think she went?"

"I don't know." Elena sighed. She tried thinking about to all the conversations she and Bonnie had that day and finally it hit her. "Fell's Church, by the old cemetery that's where she took Bonnie in her dreams. We have to help her, Stefan."

"Just stay there. I'm going to go find her." Stefan told her. "Is Lexi still with you?"

"No, she ran after Bonnie. I'm alone."

"Try and stay calm, I'll call you as soon as I hear something."

Stefan hung up and Elena stood there for moment and shook her head. She wasn't going to just wait around for new. She was going to go after Bonnie too.

When she got there Bonnie was standing in the middle of a circle surrounded by flames. "BONNIE!" she screamed. She was going to run to her when Stefan ran to her first and wrapped his arms around her to stop it. She struggled but Stefan didn't let her go.

Bonnie threw the necklace into the air and it exploded literally. After that the fire died down and the smoke cleared. Bonnie looked around confused. She didn't have time to question it because Damon ran at her full speed and bit into her neck drinking her dry.

Lexi got there just in time and ran after him and pulled him off her before she could get hurt. Stefan and Elena rushed over to Bonnie.

"Bonnie no!" Elena cried. She turned to glare at Damon and then focused on Bonnie.

Stefan put his head to her chest. "She's alive but barely. I can save her."

He fed Bonnie his blood causing her to neck to heal and her to come back to life. Lexi, Elena and Bonnie headed back to the car.

Bonnie was shaking. "I don't understand, Elena, what happened to me. He attacked me, and...his face was like..."

"How do you feel? Are you okay?" Elena wondered, not yet ready to explain what happen.

"I'm fine. It's just this blood. I don't..." She trailed off and gasped. Elena turned around and saw Stefan.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Stefan said gently. "I mean you now harm. I promise."

Bonnie looked back to Elena. "What's going on?"

"I'll explain everything, I promise. Just let's go back to the house. Get in the car."

Bonnie nodded and got into the car. Elena sighed and turned to Stefan. "Is she in danger of becoming…"

"No, she has to die with vampire blood in her system. Just keep an eye on her tonight. She should be fine tomorrow."

"I want to tell her the truth." Elena all but begged.

"Are you sure?" Lexi asked standing next to Stefan.

"I can trust her. After tonight she deserves to know to the truth. She'll keep it a secret."

"If you trust her, we trust her. Just be careful, don't overwhelm her too much information." Lexi nodded.

"I won't, thank you both. Stefan you saved her life."

"I'm sorry about my brother." Stefan sighed.

"It's ok." Elena said looking down at the floor.

"Elena, it's ok. Tell him." Lexi said.

Elena sighed and looked to Stefan. "I'm sorry, I can't…I don't…I know he's your brother but I just can't…"

"You don't trust him?" Stefan guessed.

Elena shook her head. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be, I'm glad you're honest about it. Honestly, I don't blame you. After everything he's done to you, I don't blame you. I'm not angry. Thank you for being honest."

Elena nodded. "Thank you for understanding."

They shared a hug and a deep kiss on the lips. They pulled back and Elena got into the car and drove away.

Stefan sighed. Why did Damon always have to ruin things? They were going good and now he almost kills Elena's best friend.

Lexi rubbed his back. "It's ok, she didn't break up with you. That should make you happy. Plus, I overhead you and Damon, he's leaving town. Things are going to get better and this time they will stay that way."

Stefan sighed and nodded. He loved Lexi, but he honestly had a hard time believing that was true. Things had to get worse before getting better. But how could they possibly get any worse?

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