The next morning Eliza was woken by Bonnie knocking on her door.
"You up I want to show you and Elena something,"
"Ugh sure hang on," Eliza said unwrapping herself from her covers to follow her to Elena's room.
Knocking on Elena's door next she asked the same question as she entered the room.
"You up?,"
"No," Elena replied pulling the covers over her head.
Bonnie walked further into the bedroom with Eliza trailing behind her as she made her way to the edge of Elena's bed pulling the covers off her.
"No, no,"
"Why haven't you called me back?,"
"I'm sorry,"
"Are you going to stay in there forever?,"
"Yep,"
"Move over," Bonnie said moving to sit beside Elena's head while Eliza sat on the end of the bed.
"I'm officially worried what's going on?,"
"I'm tired of thinking, of talking,"
"Can I get a one line version so I can at least pretend to be helpful,"
"Stefan and I broke up,"
"I'm so sorry, are you ok?, right stupid question. I know i kinda been M.I.A when you needed me the most, I suck,"
"You want to know how to make it up to me get my mind off of it,"
"Just remember you asked for it," Bonnie smiled as she got up and closed the bedroom window.
Grabbing Elena's scissors and pulling one of her pillows out of its case she cut the pillow down the middle.
"Hey,"
"Be patient," Bonnie said while dumping the feathers on the bed between Elena and Eliza.
"Ok,"
"I need to swear you both to secrecy,"
"Um ok," Eliza was skeptical but figured it was witch related.
"It's kind of a bad week for that kind of stuff," Elena flat out said which made Eliza's eyebrow raise surprised.
"Swear cause I'm not suppose to be showing you this,"
"Ok I swear too,"
"Ok there's no windows open right?,"
"Right,"
"There's no fan no air conditioning,"
"Neither," Eliza agreed.
"What are you doing?,"
"Grams just showed me this, you're gonna love it you ready?," when they nodded Bonnie began her show.
Slowly she levitated a feather into the air making the girls jaws drop.
"Bonnie what's going on?,"
"So it was true," Eliza was happy to see her embracing the witchcraft.
Bonnie smiled before she started it again this time making all the feathers soar around the room around them.
"It's true Elena everything my grams told me. It's impossible and it's true I'm a witch,"
"I believe you,"
"I'm so happy for you Bonnie," Eliza leaned over giving Bonnie a hug.
At the Salvatore house Stefan moped on the couch while Lexi walked around to cheer him up.
"So this Elena girl she'll come around I'm sure of it. Have you had sex yet?,"
"No," Stefan sat up at that question knowing where Lexi was going with this line of thought.
"Sex always works, I mean you'll rock her world so hard with your vamp sex she will be yours forever,"
"Yeah but you see this isn't about sex or, or compulsion, or any of our other tricks. She has to want to be with me on her own terms," Stefan pointed out as Lexi pulled out a red carry case and opened it in front of Stefan.
Inside though were multiple blood bags Lexi didn't want to hunt in town out of respect for Stefan.
"Wow that sounded all mature and grown up,"
"Well I'm not getting any younger,"
"Haha," she said stabbing a steel straw into the blood bag she picked up and began to drink.
"Want some?," she asked seeing him eye the bag.
"No thank you,"
"Relax I didn't kill anyone for it this lobotomist I went out with a few times he's my supplier. Oh don't judge ok I tried the animal diet lasted three weeks,"
"Doesn't matter if I start it again I don't know if I could stop,"
"You could stop," she said believing in him.
"Lexi I would never judge you,"
"I'm just jealous of your restraint I have none, I delight in hedonism. Speaking of which what are we doing tonight?,"
"Funny you should ask," Damon replied as he entered the room.
"Well I wasn't asking you,"
"There's a party at the grill you'll love it. Banquettes, tacky wait staff. All of Stefan's friends,"
"Yeah I don't want a birthday party,"
"Well it's not for you it's a party party no one's even going to know it's your birthday except Lizzie and Jackie. Caroline's throwing it,"
"Damon stay away from Caroline you did enough damage,"
"We're friends it's cool. It's important for the town to see us out and about like normal folk," and there is was Stefan thought the sinister plot he was going to do it at the grill.
"We need to blend," looking down Damon notices the blood bags.
"Ugh I prefer mine at 98.6," Damon said as he walked out of the room.
"Let's go," Lexi was enthusiastic.
Eliza had left the house earlier with Jackie taking off to get groceries in the Impala dropping her off at the Salvatore house.
She knew she didn't need to bother knocking so she opened the front door and walked in.
"Stef you home?,"
"In the living room," he called out as she made her way to the room to see him.
As she entered the room she realized he wasn't alone Lexi was there.
"Lexi this is Eliza Gilbert," Stefan introduced as Lexi stood turning to meet her when she froze jaw dropped.
"Lia?," Lexi was in shocked seeing the face of someone she never thought she would see again.
"Oh my god when he said Lexi I didn't think you, Le," Eliza said rushing around the chair to hug Lexi.
"I'm lost,"
"Lexi turned Jackie ok, but in 1864 I met her when I went to visit my aunt that time I went on my first solo trip before Katherine killed me. She was so nice to me, made my time in my aunt's village more fun then it would have been, you know how my aunt was Stefan,"
"Is this the aunt who would visit and do nothing but judge,"
"Yep,"
"Oh, I am happy she got to know you back then,"
"You got reborn again, you must have died again?,"
"So I finally worked out my life line, a thousand years ago I was born here and died here. I was then reborn and killed by Katherine in 1492. In 1864 I was here with the Salvatore's born under the family of the Mackenzie's, who by the way aren't all dead. I was adopted by the Gilbert's I'm the last Mackenzie standing and no one can know that so it stays in this house understood. In 1919 I was reunited with my original family and was killed by their vampire hunter father in New Orleans in a terrible fire that he set while trying to kill his children, he's a evil man. In 1922 I was in Chicago I was a teenager but I had found my way to a bar called Gloria's and she was a witch so she let me stay and be with my family there until his father captured me killing me trying to lure his kids out. Didn't work he still escaped and thankfully no one has heard from Mikael in a long time. And then ta da here I am today new life but same people involved," she laughed finding it funny that her past always found her.
"I am so happy to see you again though," Lexi said truly happy she had missed Lia.
"Me too, so helping Stefan loosen up, turning my best friend on the brink of death, is there anything you can't do," she joked.
"Haha I just got lucky that they were tied to you missy,"
"I know right well I came by to tell you the situation is handled Stef so nothing will happen and you both can go get ready while I head to the grill early to set things up,"
"Be safe,"
"I will promise," Eliza said as she turned to leave.
As she got to the door Damon was standing on the landing near by.
"Heading out already baby girl?,"
"Things to do people to strangle," she joked as she looked up at him.
"Do I want to know?,"
"Girl drama don't worry about it,"
"If you say so see you tonight at the grill?,"
"You will, see you later Damon," Eliza opened the door leaving to take care of the set up for the night.