Chapter One – Summer Time Elena Gilbert P.O.V I watched Bonnie as she pulled her heavy suitcase with a gorgeous pink and white lily flower design on the front of it out of the backseat of my mini cooper where we had dumped it when we got into my car back at the airport since my luggage had already taken up the whole boot of the car Bonnie had been very lucky I did have a back seat or she would be catching a cap wearing nothing but a pair of short denim short shorts with a white thick lace strap top and sandals and a large heavy suitcase followed with a very large cap fare and after spending the summer in France neither Bonnie or myself were high on funds. Bonnie closed the backseat door behind her and clicked up her long handle for her suitcase and dragged it slightly down the pavement before bending down into the open window of the passenger seat to lead in and talk to me before she headed into her house and saw her family. "Well that is certainly a summer I am going to be forgetting anytime soon" Bonnie said cheerfully. "You know what? I say we head back next summer and enjoy more days on the beach followed with beautiful meals cooked for us at night. What do you think?" I said padding my steering wheel with my fingers excited and up beat. "Sounds like a plan" Bonnie said and gave me a wink. "Hey, how about we meet Caroline at the grill tonight spend sometime with her see how she liked her summer with Matt and her dad" I suggested. Bonnie nodded in agreement "Yeah that sounds great, I know we spoke to her a lot over the summer but a girl needs her girlfriends after spending seven weeks with no one but her dad and boyfriend together" she said. We both laughed together. "Alright ill call you later and we can arrange a time" I said reaching for my radio and turning the music up. Bonnie leaned out of the window and began pulling her suitcase behind her as she headed up with pathway towards her house turning around to wave to me after she had eventually made it up the stairs of her porch. I checked my mirrors and then pulled back onto the street heading towards my house. As I drove I couldnt help but feel more and more excited by the second, in less than five minutes I was going to see Jenna and Jeremy for the first time in what felt like months. Sure France had been wonderful but when you are away for an entire summer you sure do miss your family and get home sick a lot. Going to France had been my idea, after we had managed to trap Klaus inside the old house where all the witches had been killed hundreds of years ago I decided I needed to get away and thankfully it was just the start of summer and school was out. Stefan had not been thrilled about me spending the whole summer without him but when the opportunity of spending the summer at Duke University and getting finally getting to see Isobel's research for himself came up suddenly the thought of me going to France was at the back of his mind. I didnt understand why Stefan wanted to go there in the first place. We no longer had to worry about the sacrifice it was never going to happen not now we had Klaus locked away. None of us had even heard from Katherine after Klaus had kidnapped her. I didn't understand why Stefan wanted all this research when it was finally time for us just to be together and be like a normal happy couple. I was the one who came up with the idea of going to France well I guess for starters I never thought of going to France I just thought of leaving for the summer. It was sort of confusing how it all happened, it all started two weeks before Bonnie and I left on holiday. I had been starting to have very emotional and heated dreams about Damon when I really didnt want too. So at first I thought maybe Damon was playing mind games with me when I had gone to bed at night so I figured I would ingested more vervain into my system and so I did. I would start adding vervain into my morning cups of college into my salads during dinner and even added it into my glass of water I kept for during the night on my nightstand. Yet nothing stopped the dreams and I was beginning to get extremely worried when I actually found myself wanting to sleep longer and wanting my day to finish fast so I could crawl back into my lovely warm thick sheets and dream of him all night long. And so not wanting to ruin my relationship with Stefan and allow my little dreams to ruin everything I had build I decided to take off for the summer and leave Damon and my dreams behind me. So here I am today driving back down into my street my mind clear and focused and free of any thoughts about Damon and his charming and beautiful eyes that could melt any and every heart. Damon Salvatore P.O.V I was standing in Jenna's kitchen with Alaric Jenna and Andy discussing Andy's recent broadcast about two missing bikers found in the windows completely drained of blood. Alaric had overheard Andy telling Jenna this same story twenty minutes ago and had called me telling me it's best that I get over there just so I have the scoop for when I hunt down this new vampire or vampires I was still a little fuzzy on the details. Andy always stopped half way through her stories to discuss the newest bags and skinny jeans with Jenna as Alaric and I stood next to one another rolling our eyes impatiently. "Hello, Im home" I heard Elena call as the front door to the Gilbert house opened up. I leaned against the kitchen counter as Alaric and Jenna brushed past me quickly running to see Elena who was apparently back from her little summer vacation with the little witchy. Andy smiled and tucked her arms around my waist smiling as she leaded in and kissed me. If there was something I hated more than life its self it was Andy's scent, it smelt of oranges and prunes not something you wanted on your lips or on your skin or scratch that close to you what so ever. "You look so beautiful I am so glad you are home I missed you so much" I heard Jenna said out of the hallway. "She really hasn't been the same since you left, its really good to have you home" I then heard Alaric say. "Oh by the way Andy and Damon stopped by you should go in and say hello" I then heard Jenna say. The second I heard footsteps heading in the direction of the kitchen I decided not to stay and go the im so happy you are back speech and so I grabbed Andy by her elbow and pulled her out of the kitchen through the back garden past the house and back onto the street where Andy had parked her jeep. "What was that?" Andy asked trying to find her feet in her giant high heels that I just hated. I smirked at her and grabbed either sides of her head feeling her hair slip through my fingers as I focused her eyes right on mine so I could begin compelling her. "When Jenna asks you where you and I took off too you will tell her that you got a tip from your source about you're story, you had to take off that tip turned out to be fake and you were very disappointed" I told her keeping my eyes focused on hers. "The tip was a complete bust, I am really disappointed about it" Andy said. I kissed her nose gently "Good girl" I said and in a flash took off out of her sight and everyone else's for that matter. I just wanted to be left alone for a few hours I wanted to be able to walk around my house by myself and not have to deal with new vampires in town or the return of my little brothers girlfriend whom of course I do was totally in love with. Ring Ring Ring... I rolled my eyes as my hand slipped into my front jean's pocket and pulled out my blackberry with an incoming call from Stefan flashing on the screen. "But the one thing above everything that I really dont want to deal with is you, brother" I said looking at the screen which of course continued to ring. "What?" I answered blankly and straight to the point. "And hello to you to, Damon" Stefan said. "Stop smirking Stefan one it doesn't suit you and two its my signature thing" I told him. "Can you see me?" Stefan asked almost gasping. "No you idiot, but you always smirk when you either see or hear I am in a mood" "Wanna you want Stefan?" I asked rubbing my eyes. "I am just checking by and wanted to tell you that Elena should be home this week" he told me.