BONNIE, JEREMY, AND CHARLIE WERE ALL SITTING in the cafeteria together. The Lockwood girl was supposed to be meeting her girlfriend, but the blonde had informed her at the last minute that she had to go to some study group. So, she was stuck third wheeling the couple.
Apparently, Elena knew about their relationship now, and she was a little weirded out by it. Charlie knew how she felt because for a while there, she thought that her best friend was going to start dating her brother, and as much as she wanted both of them to be happy, it was really weird to think about. It would also make things incredibly awkward if they broke up.
The brunette girl was technically supposed to be helping Caroline set up for the 60s decade dance as well, but she was taking a break because Matt had come up to his girlfriend. She wanted to give the couple their alone time. Apparently, Matt had showed up at Caroline's house after the luncheon and demanded that she tell him everything. She did, and then he asked her to wipe it all from his brain through compulsion. That struck Charlie as a little odd, but who was she to judge? Maybe if she was human, then she would want to live her life in peace and not be caught up in all of the supernatural. She understood it. Anyway, now, the two were the perfect happy couple, and it was kind of weird.
"Did you tell Elena what it's going to take for you to do that Klaus spell?" Jeremy asked his girlfriend, causing the brunette girl next to him to snap out of her little trance and focus on the conversation. Apparently, the Bennett girl was working on a way to stop Klaus using this spell that involved channeling the power of a bunch of dead witches. Charlie was no expert on witchcraft, but that seemed really cool which probably meant that it was really dangerous for Bonnie.
The witch shook her head and responded, "No, and you're not, either."
"Well, she's gotta know you can't do it," the Gilbert boy responded. He was really convinced that she would not be able to handle all of the power and that she would either die or lose her powers again.
"You don't know I can't," Bonnie told him because they had never tried it before. From what Charlie had gathered, the Bennett witches were fairly powerful, so if anyone could do it, she believed in Bonnie. "Have a little faith in me."
The younger girl beside her nodded in agreement, looking at the brunette boy. "Yeah, Jer, you should really believe in her."
"That's not fair. You can't harness the power of a hundred dead witches. It'll kill you," the boy insisted after shooting a glare at both of them for making it seem like he did not support the girl that he was dating.
"Shh!" the Bennett girl exclaimed because he had been talking kind of loud, and the whole point was to keep this whole thing a secret. They did not want Elena finding out about it because she would try to stop Bonnie, and they needed her to go through with this. Charlie just had to believe that she could do it. She had to pray that she would not die. "We don't know that for certain. You promised to keep my secret, I'm trusting you. I'm going through with this, and if you tell anyone, I swear..."
Jeremy raised his eyebrows at her after she trailed off as if he was daring her to threaten him with something. "What? What are you gonna do?" He was about to say something else when the Lockwood girl kicked him under the table. He looked at her with a confused expression, and she nodded to the girl approaching them with a lunch tray and signaled that he should shut up.
"Hey, Jer. How are you doing?" Elena questioned as she sat down on the other side of Bonnie. "Are you okay at the house alone with John?"
"It's not ideal," he answered, still a little bitter from the little spat he had with the Bennett girl, and Charlie felt kind of awkward that she had just witnessed that when it seemed like a private moment in their relationship.
He was about to get up when the Gilbert girl grabbed his arm, causing him to look like he was waiting for what she was going to say so that I could go. She asked, "You haven't heard from Jenna, have you?"
"It looks like she's staying on campus," he informed her quickly like he was in a hurry when really he just wanted to get away so that he did not spill the secret. He also wanted to be stubborn and storm away from his fight. "Look I'm...I'm late for class."
"I'm gonna go find JJ," the werewolf let the other girls know, and she got up, threw away her tray.
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CHARLIE GIGGLED AS HER GIRLFRIEND SPUN HER around in a turn as an upbeat 60s tune played through the speakers. Her hair whipped back and forth as they swayed at the decade dance. Carol had helped her daughter and her girlfriend pick out the perfect 60s outfits.
They were having an amazing time at the dance without a care in the world when Stefan appeared beside them. They paused and looked at him with confused expressions because he was not saying anything. Finally, once they had completely stopped, he turned to JJ with raised eyebrows, gesturing to the brunette girl. He questioned, "May I step in?"
"Uh, sure," the blonde girl answered, looking at her girlfriend with a wondering look. The other girl just shrugged in response because she had no idea what the Salvatore boy was doing.
"Thanks," the vampire responded as she backed up and let the werewolf know that she was going to go say hi to some of her friends. The Salvatore and the Lockwood started to dance, and before she could ask what he wanted, her answered her question. "Klaus is here."
Her eyes widened in shock. "What?"
"He told Elena today during lunch," Stefan elaborated, but that just confused her even more. How the hell did one of the oldest vampires on earth just walk into the school right after Charlie left and tell Elena that he was coming to the dance? Better yet, if that happened, how did no one tell her that it did until then?
"Wait, what? He just walked right up to her?" the brunette girl quizzed in confusion, trying to picture it in her head even though she had no clue what to think. "What does he look like?"
He shook his head immediately in response, correcting himself, "No, he compelled Dana to tell her. We still don't know what he looks like. Just let me know if you see anything weird."
"Got it."
He left, and she went off to look for JJ again. She found her girlfriend standing by the punch bowl. She came up behind her and was about to tap her on the shoulder when someone grabbed hers and spun her around. She rolled her eyes when she saw who it was. "Oh, my God. What do you want, Damon? I want to just dance with my girlfriend in peace."
"That's no way to greet someone," he told her, but when she just glared at him, he sighed and got on with what he was actually there for. He questioned, "Hey, so you know how this whole Bonnie trying to stop Klaus thing could kill her, right?"
"Well, we're kind of hoping that doesn't happen," she told him because the hole point was that they were manifesting that she did not die or get injured whatsoever.
He waved her off and rolled his eyes as if that was not really an important part of the entire freaking plan. Since Klaus was there, Charlie figured that they were planning to put the plan in action that night. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Basically, that's not gonna happen."
"What's not gonna happen?" she asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"She's not gonna die," he clarified, but then he seemed like he was reconsidering because he tilted his head slightly and made a face, gesturing with his hand that it could really go either way. "Well, she might, but she cast a spell to protect her so that she'll come back to life."
She was now both shocked, confused, and amazed. She wondered how many things that witchcraft could do that she did not know about. "Is that even possible?"
"Apparently," he answered with a shrug. Then, he perked up as if he just remembered something that he needed to tell her. "You just can't tell Elena or Stefan."
"Why not?" she quizzed. It was kind of refreshing, though, not being the one in the dark. Well, she was not ever deliberately not told something. People just forgot to tell her things.
"Well, we need Elena's reaction to be real so that Klaus believes it, and Stefan is a little tattle tale when it comes to his girlfriend," he explained to her before raising his eyebrows and putting his thumbs up. "Got it?" He did not wait for him to respond. "All right, then. Let's get this show on the road."
After the two strange interactions with the Salvatore brothers, Charlie went back to hanging out and dancing with JJ. They only got peace for about 15 minutes because then, Elena came running up to them. "Hey, have either of you seen Stefan?"
"No," the blonde girl answered. "Why?"
"Klaus has possessed Ric, and Bonnie's in trouble," the Gilbert girl announced before sprinting off. Of course, Charlie knew that everything would be okay, and she had explained everything to her girlfriend. However, they had to keep up the act. So, they followed the girl and helped her find her also oblivious boyfriend.
The four of them sprinted down the hallway and toward the cafeteria where they could hear fighting. As soon as they reached the door, however, Bonnie used her powers to close it so that they could not come in. Elena cried, "Bonnie, no!"
Alaric was crawling on the floor, and Charlie had to remind herself that it was actually Klaus. As he and Bonnie fought, the lights above them busted, sending a shower of sparks raining down. Elena screamed, and Stefan tried to bust through the door, but he could. The Bennett girl looked back at Elena with a smile, but she turned back to Klaus when he stood up. Suddenly, she jerked, and her back bent backwards. She fell to the floor, and her spell on the door was lifted. They were able to open the doors, and the Gilbert girl rushed over to her friend.
As Elena cried over Bonnie, the werewolf looked up to see that Klaus was nowhere to be seen. That was not good. "No! Oh! Bonnie! Bonnie, Bonnie! Bonnie! Hey, hey. Stefan, she's not breathing! Stefan! Stefan, I can't find her pulse! Stefan! Do something, please! Stefan, please! Just give her blood, do something, please!"