Jeremy walked back to Alaric and Elena. “Are we ready to go?”
They nodded and turned around. Damon was standing a few yards away from him. “I’ll be right back” Elena said. She walked his way, but then he turned around and walked away.
Elena held her steps and let her arms hang alongside her body, trying to slikken the crop in her throat and fighting the tears.
Damon walked around the corner and bumped into Bonnie.
“I’m sorry” Bonnie said, but Damon ignored her and walked further. “Damon, wait!” she ran to him and walked in front of him, looking at him.
“What do u want?”...

The Cemetery
Alaric, Elena and Jeremy were standing before Jenna’s grave.
“I’m sorry it took me so long to get here, Jenna” Alaric zei soft.

“Yeah, now you’re here”
Jeremy, who was the only one who heard it, startled and looked up. Jenna was sitting on her grave and winked at him.
“Are u alright, Jer?” Elena asked frowning and looking at her younger brother.

“Yeah, yeah” Jeremy zei quickly. He stared at the stone, but Jenna was gone. Then he heard someone whistle and he looked around. Jenna was standing a few yards away from them.
“Jeremy, what are u looking...

“You sure you’re okay with this?”
Alaric had offered to live with Elena and Jeremy and they had accepted. “It’s not too weird of anything?”
“No, Ric, you’re meer than welcome” Jeremy said.
“What about you, Elena? Are u okay with it?” Alaric asked.
Elena was busy with her phone, so she didn’t hear Ric. “Eh, what? Yeah, sure, no problem”
“Who’re u taxing?” Jeremy asked.
“Damon” Elena said. “He won’t answer any of my calls, so I hope he’ll reply to my messages”
“He’s avoiding you?” Ric asked surprised.
“Seems like it” Elena said. “I don’t...

Damon was packing his bags when Stefan walked in.
“What are u doing?”
“Packing my bags, if u didn’t notice” Damon replied.
“Why? Where u going?” Stefan asked.
“I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet” Damon said.
“I don’t get it” Stefan said. Without turning around Damon started to explain. “I’ve always known u hate me, but I didn’t know it was that bad. If u really loathe me that much u could’ve zei so and I might’ve left”
“No, I don’t want u to leave” Stefan said. “I just…”
“You just wanted someone to drive a stake through my heart....

It was the volgende morning. Bonnie slowly opened her eyes. She saw a silhouette sitting volgende to her bed, but her view was too blurry to see who it was.
After a minuut of three the room became sharper and Bonnie could see who the visitor was. She looked Caroline afraid in the eyes.
“Hi” Caroline zei soft.
“Hi” Bonnie zei hoarse and shy. “How long have I been here?”
“About 24 hours” Caroline answered. Bonnie nodded. “How, eh, how’s Elena doing?...And Damon?” she asked careful.
“They’re okay, considering what happened” Caroline said. “They’re dealing with it”
Bonnie...

“What do u mean, he’s gone?”
Elena told Stefan Damon was gone and so was Katherine.
“I mean he’s not here anymore” Elena zei nervous. “He’s left…with Katherine” she added a little bitter.
“Maybe he’s with Ric” Stefan tried to reassure her. “They haven’t been able to talk since…the events”
Elena took her phone and dialed Alaric’s number. When he didn’t pick up immediately she got angry. “Goddamn it, Ric, pick up your freaking-”
“Elena?”
“Ric!” Elena said.
“Is something wrong?” Alaric asked. Dumb question, if nothing was wrong Elena wouldn’t...

Damon was standing in front of the hospital. He didn’t want to do this, but he had to. Katherine was right, Bonnie would try it again when she woke up. And so he opened the door and entered the hospital.
His eyes went through the building. A young, male intern walked passed him with a clipboard, taking notes.
Damon grabbed his arm. The boy didn’t see him and Damon whispered in his ear: “I need u to take me to Bonnie Bennett”
“I can’t do that” the boy zei scared. “I’m just an intern, I don’t have that authority”
“Then bring me to someone who does have that authority”...

A couple of hours later
Elena was lying in Damon’s arms, when the door opened and Stefan and Katherine appeared in the doorway.

“Damon? Can I talk to you” Katherine asked careful. Damon nodded, but prevented Elena from leaving. “In private?”
“It’s okay, Damon” Elena sighed and she freed herself from his hold. “I’ll be back” she zei with a faint smile. She walked away from the bed and followed Stefan outside.
“Elena, I’m sorry” Stefan said.
“Not now, Stefan” Elena said.
“Yes, now” Stefan said. “I know u hate me and u have every right to. u should...

Bonnie woke up and a bright light hurt her eyes, so she covered them. She looked around and learned she was in the hospital. She climbed of the bed and stared upon her own unconscious body.
“What’s going on?” she asked, not expecting a reply.
However, she did get one.
“You’re in a coma”
Bonnie’s breathing went faster when she recognized the voice. “Grams?” she called.
Sheila appeared. Bonnie wanted to go to her, but she raised her hand and stopped her. “I’m not here for a family reunion” she zei cold. “I’m here in name of the Bennett witches. You’ve seriously screwed...

The hospital
“I’m fine” Jeremy zei for the seventh time. Caroline had brought him to the hospital, along with Bonnie.
“I think I should make that decision, don’t u think?” the doctor said. It was the same that had taken care of his hand. “Now, will u please lay down so I can check if u have any broken ribs?”
Jeremy reluctantly lay down on the hospital bed and pulled up his shirt, like the doctor had asked him.
“Does this hurt?” she asked, pressing the right side of his stomach. Jeremy shook his head. “And this?”
“No”
“This?”
“Oww!” Jeremy exclaimed.
“Okay”...

Damon almost let go and fell back, but Stefan tightened his grip on him and pulled him up. They were outside, standing in the wreckage that used to be Bonnies house. Damon jerked his hand and walked away from his brother.
“Damon, wait…” but Damon walked to Katherine, who came his way. She lay her hands on his upper arms.
“Are u alright? How do u feel?” she asked worried.
“Like someone who’s been tortured” he zei with a faint smile.
“I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you” Katherine said. “I had to keep an eye on Stefan”
“It’s okay” Damon reassured her. “Elena...

Once again Elena pulled Damon’s arm over her shoulder.
“I can walk myself now” Damon said, but Elena ignored him.
“You’re not strong enough yet” Elena said.
“Geez, Elena, just admit u can’t resist touching me” Damon joked. Elena’s cheeks turned red, but she recovered quickly.
“Good to know u can make jokes again” she said. They walked further.
“Can I ask u something?” Damon said. “How did u find me?”
“I had a dream” Elena began to explain. “In which your voice guided me to you…In my dream u died”
She paused to breath. Then she carried on. “Anyways,...

“Tyler!”

Caroline and Tyler watched Bonnies house collapse to the ground and they ran towards it.
Jeremy was stuck underneath the bricks and Tyler helped him out. “Are u okay? u need to go to the hospital?”
But Jeremy shook his head. “Elena and Damon are still down there”
Damon was still lying on top, boven of Elena. She gently pushed him off of her. “Look, the brand stopped” she said. “Jeremy must’ve pulled it off” A whiff of pride was heard in her voice, but Damon didn’t reply.
“Did u hear what I just said?” Elena asked frustrated. “We’re veilig now. Jeremy killed...

They accelerated their steps, but Damon was heavy to carry and the brand was catching up with them.
“Damon, please, try to walk faster” Jeremy said. His neck and shoulders hurt.
“I can’t” Damon zei weak. He braked.
“Damon, what are u doing?” Elena sighed. Her shoulders hurt too.
“I can’t” Damon repeated. “You have to leave me here. I’m holding u up”
“Shut up, Damon” Elena said, having no mercy. She forced him to keep walking.
“I’m going to get u killed” Damon said.
“Well, we’ll have to die someday” Elena said, acting careless, but she couldn’t hide...

Caroline and Tyler dropped on the ground. They looked up and discovered they were outside. A red glow enlightened the scene and the sun was slowly rising.
“Good thing Bonnie gave him back his ring” Tyler said.
“Can u please not say that name?” Caroline asked. “I don’t want to think about what she got me involved into, let alone hear her name, especially not from you”
Tyler took her hand and nipped it softly. “I’m sorry’
“ ‘s Okay” Caroline said, treating him with a little smile.
“Ehm, shouldn’t they have come out door now?” Tyler asked looking at Bonnies house.
Inside,...

“Katherine!” Stefan shouted. “Let me out of here!”
Katherine had locked him up in the cellar, hoping the vervain would keep him weak until Elena and Damon came back. But unfortunately vervain didn’t seem to have the same effect on Stefan as it used to. Probably due to the massive amount of blood he drank daily, openly and secretly, he recovered from the attack sooner than the average vampire. “You know, you’re really one to talk” Stefan said.
“You seduced him, led him on, made him believe u loved him, screwed his brother-well, he knew that, but still-almost got him to...

“You shouldn’t have come here” Damon zei nervous. “Go away”
“I will” Elena said. “With you. Can u get up?”
Damon shook his head. “I have to stay here…I have to make amends”
Elena frowned. “What are u talking about? Just get up and come with me. And please open your eyes”
Damon shook his head again. “I can’t open them. It hurts too much” he zei a little ashamed. But Elena didn’t listen and pushed his eyelids up. She regretted it immediately.
“What has she done?” she asked shocked.

“Vervain” Caroline said.
“Why doesn’t he heal?” Elena asked....

After what felt like hours they managed to dig a whole big enough to jump in. The moment Elena landed on the ground, which was pretty low, her phone rang. “Now what?” she zei agitated. She looked at the screen. “Not now, Ric” she mumbled in herself and she pressed decline. It was then she saw she had two messages on her voicemail and Damon had tried to call her. She listened to the latest one. “Oh, shut up, Damon, you’re not going to die” she zei with a fierce determination. Then she listened to the seconde one. She let out a cry, grasped her throat and dropped her phone.
Caroline...

“Elena!”
Elena ran into Jeremy, which meant Alaric hadn’t been able to keep him away.
“Elena, we need to go and help Damon”
Elena nodded. “I know. I had a dream. I know what it sounds like, but it was real”
“He’s with Bonnie. We need to go to Bonnie’s” Jeremy said.
“Come on, we’ll take Damon’s car” Elena said. She and Jeremy ran to Damon’s car, which still had the keys in the connection. She turned them and started the engines. She pushed the accelerator and raced ahead.

She drove alongside other cars, causing other drivers to honk. She ignored them and ten...