Chapter 12

Elena, Bonnie, and I were with a lawyer at the Boarding House. Elena was signing papers.

"Please sign here and here." The lawyer said giving Elena the pen.

"Okay." Elena said with a sigh.

"So this place is all yours? They just gave it to you?" Bonnie asked surprised.

"For now. As sole owner, I'm the only one who can invite a certain type of person in here, if you know what I mean." Elena said referring to vampires.

"Her own personal safe house." I said to Bonnie.

"That's the idea." Elena said looking at me then Bonnie.

"Wouldn't want to clean it." Bonnie said looking around. Elena and I laughed.

After everything was finished, Elena shook the lawyer's hand and led him to the door. I opened the door and saw Stefan and Damon there. I gave them a smile before the lawyer walked out behind me.

"Thank you, Mr. Henry." Elena said to the lawyer. He nodded and got in his car and drove off. Stefan and Damon walked to the threshold, but an invisible force kept them out. I put my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing.

"I'm sorry. I completely forgot." Elena said. She looked at Stefan.

"Stefan. Would you like to come inside my house?"

"I would love to. Thank you." Stefan said before he entered. I looked at him and he smiled at me. I then looked at Damon who was still outside.

"What are we, twelve?" Damon asked annoyed.

"One of us is." I chuckled at this response, earning a glare from Damon.

"If I let you in, do you promise to obey the owner of this house?" Elena asked.

"No." Damon said bluntly.

"No." Damon said bluntly.

"Seriously, Damon. My way. You promised. I call the shots. No lies, no secret agendas. Remember?" Elena said recalling their deal.

"Yes, Elena. Sure." Damon said rolling his eyes.

"Then please, come in." She said moving out of the way. He entered the house ad looked at me.

"Shut up." He said. I opened my mouth.

"I didn't say anything!" I said defensively. Damon and Stefan passed me. Elena closed the door and walked up next to me and sighed.

"He's in a mood." She laughed and nodded. Just then, Bonnie came from the other door with Elena and I's bags and jackets.

"Thanks." I said as she handed it to me. Elena said the same. I looked up from putting my jacket on and saw Stefan and Damon looking at us.

"What?"

"Wait, where are you going?" Stefan asked looking at Elena.

"To school." She answered.

"Huh?" Stefan asked.

"No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house for you to leave it." Damon said.

"Yeah, guys, Klaus is out there. We know that." Stefan added.

"Right. But where? No one knows. Look, I really appreciate what you guys are doing. And I'll be able to sleep at night knowing that I'll be safe here, but I'm not going to be a prisoner . " She said looking at Damon.

"Tsk. Your way, Elena." He said angrily.

"Don't worry, I'm ready. If he shows his face, I can take him. I know how." Bonnie said with a nod.

"The way I see it, next to Bonnie is the safest place that I can be. Come on." Elena said.

"Oh and Myra can help out too." I nodded.

Damon tilted his head at me annoyed.

"What? We still need an education." I said with a scoff. Bonnie, Elena, and I walked towards the door.

"Wait, um, I'm coming." I heard Stefan say. I turned to him and saw him walking towards us with his bag slung over his shoulder. I smiled at him and nodded.

"What?"

"Nothing." I said looking down, holding in my smile. I looked back up and saw him looking at me. I looked away and sighed.

"I'm gonna take my car. See you at school." I said running towards my car. I got in and started driving. I took deep breaths to shake this feeling I had. The feeling like I was betraying Elena. Ugh, why is everything so messed up? When I arrived at school, I walked into my dad's classroom. I haven't seen him since we were taken by Isobel. Of course, he wasn't here. I sat in my seat and a couple minutes later, Elena, Stefan, and Bonnie walked in. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and gave them a slight smile as they made their way to their seats. Stefan sat in his seat in front of me, while Bonnie sat in front of Elena, who sat two seats over from me.

Elena pulled a poster for the 60s decade dance and looked towards Stefan. Stefan shook his head in disapproval. She looked at me, and I smiled and nodded. She smiled before looking to Bonnie who gave the same reaction as me. Just as Elena was looking back at Stefan, my dad walked in.

"Hello, class. What are we learning today?" He asked looking at the papers on his desk.

"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the sixties all week." A girl in our class named Dana said.

"Right. The sixties." He said. He looked up and looked right at Elena. He looked at her and his facial expression changed to an intrigued one. I furrowed my brows at his weird behavior, but shook it off.

"The, uh, ahem .." He started writing on the board.

"The sixties." He turned around and we all saw he wrote 'The sixties' on the board.

"I wish there was something good I could say about the sixties, but.Actually, they kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles, of course. They made it bearable. Uh, what else was there? The Cuban missile thing, the ... we walked on the moon. There was Watergate. "

"Watergate was the seventies, dad." I paused.

"I-I mean, Mr. Saltzman."

"Right. It all kind of mushes together up here, the sixties, seventies. Thank you, Alyssa." He said giving me a smile. After getting my clothes from my dad and a long day of school, I went back to the Boarding House with Bonnie, Stefan, and Elena and we were talking to Damon about Klaus.

"So we go to the dance, we find him." Damon said impulsively.

"Really? How are we going to do that? We don't even know what he looks like." Stefan pointed out.

"Something tells me he's not going to be sixteen and pimply." Damon shot back.

"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled somebody at school." Stefan looked to Bonnie, Elena, and I.

"I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" I looked down and sighed before hearing a knock at the door. My dad entered.

"There you are." I said to him.

"Sorry I'm late." He said walking towards us.

"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move." Damon said to my dad.

"Okay, so we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack?" Elena asked.

"Bonnie." I told her.

"I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him." She said confidently.

"That's not going to be that easy. I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around." My dad said putting emphasis on 'biggest' and 'baddest.'

"Alaric has a point. I mean, what if he ..." Damon rushed at Bonnie, but she threw him on the other side of the room with her powers, without touching him.

"Well, I was impressed." Stefan said and I nodded.

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original. I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him. I know I can." Bonnie said ensuring us she has the power.

"I hate dressing up like this. I look like I'm from the ..." I said looking at my outfit.

"60s? Well isn't that the point?" Damon asked me putting his shirt on.

"Yeah, but I don't like it. Ugh, how did women dress like this?" I asked putting my shoes on.

"I don't know. I didn't pay much attention to the clothes." I glared at him at his comment. He smirked at me before buttoning his shirt.

"You know, you're a dick sometimes." I said with a laugh.

"Tell me something I don't know." He said rolling his eyes.

"Come on." I said walking out his bedroom door.

"We don't want to be late." I walked past Stefan's room and saw Stefan and Elena kissing.

I felt a pang in my heart. I felt someone's presence next to me. I looked to my right to see Damon. He put his hand on my shoulder for reassurance.

"Any time tonight." Damon said causing Stefan and Elena to break apart and look at both of us. I looked at Stefan before Damon put his hand on my back and walked me away from them.

"Your welcome."

"Oh you couldn't stand it just as much as I couldn't." I said as we walked out of the house.

"But thank you." Damon and I arrived at the 60's decade dance. Everyone was dancing. Damon held out his arm for me to loop mine with his. I smiled and looped mine with his as we started walking towards the crowd. I spotted Bonnie and Jeremy dancing. They noticed us and smiled.

"Damon. Myra." Bonnie said giving me a hug. She moved on to Damon as I gave Jeremy a hug.

"What did I say, huh? If Bonnie and you were to get together, it would take time. And looked what happened." I said elbowing him in the side gently.

"You're together!" He smiled and laughed. I looked past him and saw Stefan and Elena.

"Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a special shout-out tonight." Dana said from on stage.

"This is for Elena. From Klaus." My eyes widened as I looked at Jeremy, who had the same reaction I did. We walked over to Elena as a song started playing.

"That was a lame, cheap shot. He's just trying to bait us." Damon said.

"I know everyone here." Elena said looking around the room.

"Maybe he's not here. Just wants us to believe that he is." Stefan pointed out.

"It's a party, people. Blend. Let him come to us." Damon said as he held his hand out to me.

"Would you care to dance?" I smiled.

"I would love to." I said taking his hand. He led us to the dance floor. He held my hand and put his other on my mid back. I put my free hand on his shoulder as we danced.

"How are you doing?" He asked.

"Um, on the bridge between calm and terrified. You?" I asked.

"Cool as a cucumber." He said with a smirk. I sighed.

"The last time I came to one of these dances, I became more aware of vampires and it started my involvement in the Mystic Falls vampire issue. So you know, these dances and I don't have the best history." I said as we continued to dance.

"Well, the last time I came to one of these dances, we were on the lookout for an evil vampire. So history is kinda coming back. "He said annoyed.

" But you know, still cool as a cucumber. "I rolled my eyes.

" Right. "I said rolling my eyes. He spinned me around and caught me back in his arms .

"You're good at this." I said impressed with his dancing. "I've got moves you've never seen." He said with a smirk. I laughed as we continued to dance. Suddenly, his facial expression changed .

"What?" I asked him.

"Oh, great!" He said angrily.

"What?" I asked him again. "If Bonnie uses enough of her new powers, it could kill her." He whispered in my ear. I stopped dancing.

"WHAT !?" I whispered yelled. He nodded.

"I'll go talk to her." He said. I sighed and nodded. I walked over to the punch bowl where Jeremy was headed towards.

"Hey, did you know Bonnie would die if she used enough of her powers? "I asked him with a whisper. He sighed and nodded."

Bonnie didn't want me to tell anyone, especially you or Elena since you wouldn't let her do it. "Jeremy confessed.

" Hell no, I won't. "I said angrily.

"I have to find Elena."

"No no .." Jeremy said pulling me back.

"Look, I don't want Bonnie to die just as much as you, but what are we supposed to do? Tell Elena and then she dies?" I sighed and walked away. I walked through the gym doors and to the hallway. I started pacing back and forth, panicking even more as the minutes go by. Suddenly, the gym doors opened with Stefan standing there.

"Myra, what are you doing? We need to stick together." He said walking towards me.

"I'm fine. I've got my powers. But ... It's ... it's Bonnie." I told him with a sigh.

"What is it?" I didn't say anything.

"Hey, you got something on your mind, you can tell me." He said placing his hand on my arm. I looked into his eyes and sighed.

"If Bonnie takes on Klaus, channeling all that energy's going to kill her." I told him.

"I just found out minutes ago."

"What?" He asked my shocked.

"But she doesn't want Elena to know, 'cause if Elena knows, she's gonna try to stop her. And it's Elena that could turn up dead, so ... What am I supposed to do?" I asked him with tears coming out of my eyes.

"Hey, hey .." He said wiping my tears.

"It's gonna be alright. But thank you for telling me. I have to go." He said walking away from me to most likely go find Elena. I sighed and walked down the halls. A couple minutes later, I heard something going on down the hall. I started running down the hall and saw a bunch of kids kicking Jeremy in the stomach.

"Hey! Jerks!" I yelled causing them to turn around.

"Stay out of this, hot legs." One of the boys said to me.

"Oh you did NOT just say that to me." I walked up to him and kicked him where the sun don't shine. He huddled over holding his crotch in pain. The other tried to punch me, but I dodged it and punched him square in the jaw. I grabbed the last one my arm and flipped him over my shoulder, and he landed hard on the ground. I bent down next to Jeremy.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm .." He looked behind me.

"Watch out!" He yelled, but it was too late. I turned around and was punched in the face. I fell on the floor and felt blood drip from my mouth.

"Oh, you're so dead." I said wiping it. But before I could do anything, Stefan and Damon showed up and pushed them away from me and Jeremy.

"Hey idiots!" Damon said. One of the boys pulled out a crossbow and shot a stake at Damon and it hit him in the shoulder. The other boys pulled out weapons.

"Let me guess ... Klaus says hi?" Damon said pulling the stake out of his shoulder. He groaned in pain. Stefan rushed over to the boys and hit them. Damon grabbed another boy and held a stake up ready to kill him.

"No, no, no, no, don't kill him. He's compelled." Stefan said making Damon stop.

"So?" Damon asked.

"So, the whole thing's a distraction. You and Myra, find Bonnie and Elena. I got this. Go." Stefan said.

Damon threw the boy against the lockers, knocking him out. He held his hand out to help me. I took it and stood up. We ran towards the dance floor looking for Bonnie and Elena. They weren't at the dance. We walked through the hallway doors and searched the halls. As we ran through a pair of doors, we saw Bonnie and Elena.

"What happened?" Damon asked them.

"Klaus is in Alaric's body." Elena said. My eyes widened.

"What?" I asked them confused.

"He's possessing it or something." Bonnie explained.

"That explains why he's been acting so weird lately. I thought it was because he missed Jenna." I said sighing. Damon looked at Elena.

"Go find Stefan. Now." Damon said.

"Okay." Elena said with a sigh.

"Now." Damon said. Elena left leaving Bonnie, Damon, and I alone.

"Can you kill him?" "He's got some kind of protection spell on him." Bonnie told us.

"You have the power of a hundred witches. Break it." Damon said.

"I'm trying! If I kill Alaric, he'll just possess someone else. He knows I have my power, Damon. He's trying to kill me." Bonnie explained.

"No. Klaus does not get to win tonight, no way. You still willing to do whatever it takes to kill him? "Damon asked. Bonnie nodded. Damon started to explain to us the plan.

" Wait, what about my dad? I can't loose him. "I said as tears slipped from my eyes.

" You won't. "Damon assured me.

" Alaric should be fine after this is all over. "Bonnie said. I nodded and sighed.

" Okay . But please be careful. "I said. She nodded and gave me a smile.

" I'll see you after this is over. "" Yeah. "She said before running off. I looked at Damon and sighed. As we were walking , Stefan and Elena came out of the door next to us.

"There you are." Damon said. "What are you doing? Where's Bonnie? "Elena asked.

" She's doing what she has to do. "Damon said.

" What? "Elena asked in shock.

" Where is she? "Stefan asked.

" Stefan, let her do this. "Damon told him

"Damn it, Damon, where is she ?!" Stefan yelled. Damon gave in and told them where she was. They all ran to try and save her. I stayed back with Damon, not wanting to see Bonnie die. A couple minutes over, Damon spoke up.

"It's over. Come on. "He said. We ran to where they were and we saw Bonnie's dead body there.

" Stefan, get Elena out of here. Myra and I will deal with the body. "Damon said.

" What do you mean, deal with it? "Elena asked clearly upset.

" The sheriff can't know about this. Last thing we need is another mysterious death. "Damon explained.

"This is Bonnie!" Elena yelled. I looked at Stefan.

"Please, take Elena home. Damon and I can take care of this." I told him.

Stefan grabbed Elena and helped her to get up.

"Hey, hey, hey."

"No. Jeremy. Oh, my God, Jeremy. What about Jeremy?" Elena said crying.

"I'll find him." I told her. Elena got up. She looked at Bonnie's body, crying and screaming. Stefan took her and they leave. I looked down at Bonnie and pushed the hair out of her face. Later, Damon was putting Bonnie's body in the trunk and he closed it. Jeremy then ran over to us.

"Myra! Hey, I got your message, I can't find anyone. Where's Elena, where's Bonnie?" He asked me.

"We need to talk." I told him. I told him everything that happened. I told him Bonnie would be fine, but he wanted to see her.

"I don't know Jer. That's not something you can un-see." I told him.

"I don't care. I want to see her." He said upset. Damon opened the trunk and he saw Bonnie dead in the trunk. He started to cry.

"Hey, she's gonna be fine." I told him. I looked at Damon.

"Let's go. Now." I told him. He nodded. We drove to the place where all the witches were burned. He dropped me and Jeremy off. Jeremy carried Bonnie's body inside while I carried everything else inside. Damon drove off. Jeremy laid Bonnie on the floor and kept on looking at her, waiting for her to wake up.

"She's gonna wake up. I did a spell on her. She's gonna be fine." I assured him. He nodded and sighed.

"Now, let's set up some candles." I handed him the bag with the candles and lighters. Suddenly, Bonnie woke up.

"Bon!" I said rushing over to her. She sat up, and I hugged her tight. I pulled away and smiled and her. Jeremy came rushing down and hugged her. He pulled away and we all laughed with joy. About ten minutes later after Bonnie was all cleaned up, Jeremy set up the computer for her call with Elena.

"You sure it's safe here?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Bonnie assured him. I picked something from my bag.

"What is that?" She asked.

"This is MiFi. If we're all gonna be stuck here, then we might as well have Internet." I told her setting it up.

"You guys don't have to stay down here with me." She told us.

"Hey, look, I'm not letting you out of my sight." Jeremy told her.

"And I want to make sure you're safe, because this baby can't do anything." I said pointing to Jeremy. Bonnie and I laughed as Jeremy rolled his eyes.

"Ok. But, I ... I need you to talk to Elena for me. Tell her how sorry I am for what Damon, Myra, I had to do." She said looking at Jeremy. Jeremy looked at me, and I nodded.

"Well, um..Why don't you tell her yourself?" Jeremy asked her. He turned the laptop so Bonnie can see Elena thanks to the webcam.

"Bonnie!" Elena said with tears in her eyes. "Elena, Elena, I'm so sorry." Bonnie said upset with what we put her through.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just needed to see you for myself." Elena said with a smile. I smiled before my phone started to vibrate. It was Stefan. I went up the stairs into one of the rooms and answered it.

"Hey." I said with a sigh. "Hey. How's Bonnie?" He asked.

"She's alright. Jeremy and I are gonna stay with her for now, until we're ready to kill Klaus." I told him.

"Yeah." He said and he paused.

"Is that the only reason you called?" I asked.

"Um ... no. I also wanted to check up on you. I saw you had a bruise on your face when those idiots were attacking Jeremy. Did they hurt you?" He asked.

"Yeah. Got a left hook right to the jaw. But I'm fine." I said touching my mouth. I winced at the pain.

"Or I will be." I said moving it around a bit,

"Do you need anything while you're there?" He asked.

"My clothes, my toothbrush, food, because I'm starving." Moments later, there was a knock on the door.

"Stefan ... someone's here." I said in a whisper.

"Yeah I know." He said. I furrowed my brows in confusion. I looked out one of the windows on the outside of the door and saw Stefan standing there with a duffel bag and some takeout. I smiled and hung up the call. I opened the door.

"What's all this?" I asked him.

"Your clothes, you're toothbrush, and you're favorite ... Chinese." I smiled excitedly.

"Oh my gosh. I have never been more excited to see a brown paper bag in my life." I said with a smile. I walked outside and he handed me the bag. I opened it up and instantly was hit with the smell of Beijing beef and fried rice.

"I don't know how to thank you."

"You can thank me by sharing that beef with me." I frowned.

"But..fine." I said with a sigh. We sat on the front step and started eating. "Oh my gosh, this is so good! If a guy wants to find his way to my heart, bring me Chinese food." I said eating the fried rice.

"Not like any guys wants that ..."

"How could you say that?" He asked. I looked up at him. "How many times do I have to tell you how amazing you are? Any guy would be lucky to have you. "He said with made my heart melt.

" Stefan. "I was cut off my his phone ringing.

" It's Elena. I have to take this. "He said.

" Yeah. I uh, should probably go back to Bonnie. Thank you for the food and bringing my things. I'll see you later. "I said picking up the rest of the food and my bag. I walked back into the house and downstairs where Bonnie and Jeremy were.

" Hey. Where were you? "Bonnie asked.

" Stefan called and I told him how much I needed my clothes and toothbrush and how hungry I was and he brought me my things and some Chinese takeout. "I told her.

" If I didn't know, I would thought Stefan was your boyfriend. "Bonnie said with a laugh.

" Ha! Yeah right. That'll never happen. And even if I did like Stefan, he's in love with Elena. They're destined to spend the rest of their lives together. "I said with a hint of disappointment in my voice.

" Oh my God ... "Bonnie said standing up.

" How long? "

" How long what? "I asked confused.

"How long have you liked Stefan?" She asked me. I sighed.

"Is it that obvious?"

"Now it is ..." She said.

"I can't imagine what you must be feeling right now . "

" You don't know this, but the first and last boyfriend I ever had was killed by a vampire. He was my everything, and then he was taken from me. So I haven't really let anyone in or felt that way about anyone else, until I met Stefan. And it's different when I'm around him. I'm happy and sad because I like my friend's boyfriend. And it's not just her boyfriend. It's the guy she loves. I mean, it makes me feel like I'm the worst person in the world. But I can't help who I like. And trust me, I wanted to tell you Bonnie, but you're Elena's best friend. I thought you would be mad and-- "Suddenly she walked up to me and hugged me.

" Why would I be mad? Elena is my best friend, yes, but like you said, you can't help who you like. "She said pulling away from me.

" I'm glad I know, because now if you and Stefan are ever in a situation where you're alone, I can totally be the awesome friend and come to your rescue. "I laughed at her remark.

" I love you so much Bon. "I said giving her another hug.

" I love you too. "She said hugging me back. I looked at Jeremy.

"And you better not say anything Either of you. I'm trusting you. "I said pulling away again.

" We won't. "They both said. I smiled.

" Okay. Well, I'm gonna sleep upstairs. I'm not gonna be a cock- blocker. "I said with a smirk. I walked up the stairs and made a place for me to sleep on the couch. I laid down, closed my eyes, and fell asleep with a smile on my face.