I must have fell asleep cause I wake up to my alarm ringing in my ear, I rub my eyes and notice the photo of me and Stefan next to me on the bed. I take one last look and carefully place it in my draw. I'll give it back I him soon but not just yet.
"Elena, hurry up!" Rebekah barges in to my room and turns the light on and comes over to my bed.
"What? I've got an hour to get ready" I groan and put a pillow over my face to block the light as it is far too bright.
"Erm no, we are leaving in ten minutes!!" She takes the pillow from my head and starts hitting me.
"Oh my god! What are you doing?" I try to avoid the pillow but she is too fast.
"Get up!" She hits me one more time with the pillow and finally stops.
"Okay okay" I jump out of bed and avoid the pillow when she goes for one last hit.
"Meet you in the car" she smiles at her accomplishment and leaves the room.
"Honestly" I whisper under my breath.
"I heard that" Rebekah whispers back, of course she did. I laugh and pull out some jeans and a top. I quickly get changed and fold Carolines hoodie that I slept in and carefully place it on my bed. I wash my face, brush my teeth and hair, apply some light makeup and grab my leather jacket. I speed downstairs with two minutes to spare.
"You ready!?" Hayley calls out from the kitchen.
"Yeah" I answer back and I sit on the sofa waiting for everyone and Bonnie walks through the front door. "Hey" I smile and she gives me a light but genuine smile. The first genuine smile since Caroline's death. I'll take it, one step closer.
"Everyone ready?" Stefan walks down the stairs in some black jeans and a light T-shirt with a jacket. His green eyes shining brightly today, I can tell he feels the same way as me today. Hopeful. I don't know how I'm going to be if this Josephine person doesn't know about the other side. I was holding on after Caroline died because I had my mind set on killing Samuel but after he 'died' I didn't have anything else to live for but now I have hope that we can bring her back.
"Yeah" I smile with my teeth and I stand up and put my leather jacket on me. "Rebekah! Hayley! Damon!" I shout for them I want to be there as soon as.
"Here" Rebekah says when coming through the kitchen door. She's wearing jeans, a very nice top which looks incredibly expensive and a coat that probably cost more then my car.
"Rebekah?" I scan her clothing looking her up and down.
"Hmm?" She looks up from her daylight ring which she was fiddling with.
"How much money do you actually have?" I hear Hayley laughing quietly in the back.
"Enough to keep me going" she smirks and walks towards the door. She takes her car keys out of her coat pocket and walks out the door.
"Give me the keys" Damon holds his hand and Rebekah turns around with shock plastered across her face.
"In what universe would I give you the keys to my car" Rebekah puts her hand in her pockets.
"I know the town we are going to" Damon smirks.
"You so much as even get a scratch on my car, I will rip your head off and feed it to the fishes" Rebekah smiles and I smile a bit myself.
"Understood" Damon holds his hand out and Rebekah throws the keys, he catches them and opens the door for the drivers side. Bonnie opens the passenger door in the front of the car, she obviously doesn't want to sit in the back with me yet. I sit in the back on the right side, Stefan sits in the middle, Hayley and Rebekah squeeze in the back on the left side.
We've been in the car for an hour now, only an to go. It's really starting to hit me that if this lead doesn't work out then I don't know what else we can do. If it didn't work then that meant I would loose Caroline for good and I'm not sure I'm ready for that.
I start drumming my fingers on my lap, my hands stop and I look down and see Stefan's right hand resting on my left hand and his cold daylight ring rests on my skin. I give him a light smile and just at the touch of his hand I'm completely calmed. I can't keep my mind of Samuel because I know that he will come back and it will only be a matter of time when, he already took Caroline, who else will he kill to get to me? I know that when Samuel next comes I will go with him there is not a chance in hell he is killing anyone else because of me.
I get so lost in thought I didn't even realise we arrived when the car comes to a sudden stop and I can hear the gravel crunching under the tires. We all step out of the car and Damon throws the keys back to Rebekah, she catches them with one hand puts them back into her coat pocket.
"You're sure this is the place?" Bonnie looks around at the couple houses.
"Yep" Damon extends his arm and points to the house in-front of us. It was beautiful, it was the house I always dreamed off. The white picket fence and the porch swing, the garden the perfect size for children to play in. I shake my head and snap back into reality, I'm a vampire.
"Come on" Stefan turns around at me when he realises I haven't moved and I quickly walk to catch up with the others. I knock on the red front door and a lady of the age of around forty opens the door.
"Hello, Josephine?" Rebekah steps forward next to me and the lady looks at her scanning her up and down.
"What's it to you?" The woman speaks up and looks around at the rest of us.
"I'm Rebekah -" Rebekah starts speaking.
"Oh I know who you are. The blonde hair, the blue eyes, the money, the accent. You're Rebekah Mikaelson, the female version of your brother. Klaus Mikaelson" The lady stares at Rebekah.
"Well my reputation perseeds me, I see" she grins at Hayley.
"What does a Mikaelson want with me?" The woman looks at Rebekah confused.
"Well we have some questions" Rebekah turns around to all of and back at the woman.
"Go on..." the woman hesitates,
"The first question, are you Josephine?" Rebekah smiles.
"Yes" Josephine answers shortly, I can hear her quicken heart rate.
"Can you help us with a certain rumour I've heard over the years" Rebekah smiles and places her hands in her pockets.
"Depends what the rumour is" Josephine answers, keeping an eyes on all of very carefully.
"The other side, a place where dead supernaturals go" Rebekah looks at Josephine eyeing her up carefully.
"I suppose you all better come inside" Josephine says and she steps out the way and we all pass the threshold of the house.
We all sit on the couch, I take a seat next to Stefan and Hayley. It's a very small sofa so I'm very cramped up next to Stefan not that I'm complaining. His legs are touching mine, his arms are touching mine and I keep getting whiffs off his aftershave.
"So what do you people need with the other side?" Josephine hands everyone a mug of tea.
"Thank you" I take the mug from her and my hand brushes with Stefan and I try to hide my blush by bringing my mug up to my face and take a sip from my tea, it's boiling hot but I swallow it down as it is to embarrassing to make a fuss about it.
"We lost someone. She was a vampire" Stefan answers Josephine. I turn to face him at the sound of his velvety voice and I find myself looking at his lips. He turns to face me and I quickly look up to his eyes and then back to Josephine.
"Well it is true the other side it exists but it hasn't been opened in two thousand years" Josephine takes a sip from her tea and crosses her leg.
"Why?" Hayley answers putting her half empty mug on the table and crossing her arms across her chest. Pushing me closer into Stefan. I'm almost certain she done it on purpose when I see her smirking slightly.
"People can't get all the ingredients, they aren't willing to get them all" Josephine looks down to her cup.
"What are the ingredients?" Rebekah leans forward.
"The first one is a belonging from the person you want to bring back, it has to mean something to them. It can't just be a random item of theirs" I look over to Damon and scowl as I remembered how he burnt half of Carolines belongings. "You then need the spell" Josephine carrying one.
"What spell?" Bonnie asks.
"It's hard to come by, it comes from a witch line. It's in one of their grimoires" Josephine finishes her tea off.
"What witch line?" Bonnie leans forward, shes close to falling off the edge.
"The Bennett witch line" Josephine answers Bonnie. I let out a sigh of relief, we don't have to track anyone else down.
"My name is Bonnie Bennett, I have all the Bennett grimoires and I have never seen a spell that mentions the other side" my stomach drops, so the spell is lost. Great.
"I know, I have the spell" Josephine says after a minute of silence. I look up in shock.
"Why? You're not a Bennett" I look at her confused.
"Many years ago I met this witch, a Bennett witch we quickly became best friends. I then met a boy, he was a vampire. We quickly fell in love but Claire, she didn't agree with me being in love with a vampire, she said they were an abomination, they shouldn't exist. There was a war a big one, vampires vs witches" Josephine looked down at her empty cup.
"That was in the 1800s, you weren't even born then" Rebekah looks up from her cup to Josephine confused.
"I created a spell, a spell that will slow down my ageing. It's not definite immortality like vampires if I die I die but it keeps me from ageing until I want" Josephine looks quite proud of herself with the spell she created.
"Carry on" Damon sighs.
"My true love he died in the battle, I begged and begged Claire to help me bring him back but she told me it wasn't possible. I knew it was though, I saw it one of her spell books one time. I done what I must do to bring him back" Josephine looks down to her feet, avoiding Bonnies eyes.
"You killed her?" Bonnie raises her voice.
"No I couldn't, I waited until she fell asleep and took the page from the book and fled. I spend weeks studying the page but I couldn't do what the spell required me to do" She looks down in saddness. I look around the room and notice there isn't any photos or anything that suggests to me someone else is living here.
"What did it ask you to do?" Stefan asks.
"I had to sacrifice someone, my first thought was myself but it wouldn't of worked" she shuffled around on her seat uncomfortably.
"Why?" Hayley asks.
"You also need a very powerful witch to perform the spell and I was that powerful witch. I couldn't sacrifice myself and be the powerful witch" her face filled with annoyance at herself.
"So we need the spell, a witch and a sacrifice?" Rebekah looks up from deep thought.
"Yes" Josephine asks shortly.
"We need the spell from you" Damon says standing up from his seat.
"No" she moves back a bit in her seat but keeps her self calm.
"What do you want? I have money lots of it, name your price" Rebekah stares at Josephine.
"I don't want money, I want something else" she looks to all of us.
"What?" Hayley stares at Josephine.
"When you bring back whoever you bring back, I need you to bring my Frankie" she looks at Hayley.
"That's all?" Hayley asks, looking relived.
"Yes" Josephine places her cup downcarefully.
"We need to sacrifice what?" I look up from Stefans daylight ring which my eyes were drawn to for some reason.
"You need to take a human life" my stomach drops.
"We can't do that" I stand up from the couch. Josephine went in another room for the spell.
"Yes we can" Damon smirks.
"We can't! She wouldn't of wanted this" I look up from my own daylight ring which I've been playing with for the last ten minutes. I know my best friend and I know she wouldn't of wanted this.
"She's right" Stefan stands up and looks at Damon.
"What's a pesky human life compared to bringing back one of our own" Damon laughs and crosses his arms over his chest.
"Why do vampires treat humans like they are nothing. Need I remind you we were all humans at least once and how would you like it if you were killed because other people were putting their needs first!" I start to raise my voice but lower it when my hunger and anger starts to come out.
"We will find another way, just not this one" Stefan reassures me.
"Fine. I'll go tell Josephine that we aren't bringing her boyfriend back" Damon rolls his eyes and walks towards the direction where Josephine went.
"Let's go" Rebekah says and we make our way back to the car and wait for Damon.
"I'm back, she didn't take it well obviously. She told me to give you this in case you change your mind" Damon hands Bonnie the spell.
"She was right, this spell does need someone powerful. The sacrifice sets of the spell in a way and then you begin the rest of it" Bonnie spends the rest of the car journey reading the spell whilst I drum my fingers on my legs trying to avoid thinking that to get Caroline back we have to kill someone.
I step out the of the car without even talking and open the door I stop in my tracks when I see someone sitting on the couch.
"Elena, it's been a while" a familiar voice calls out.