𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔏𝔦𝔞 𝔏𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔩𝔦𝔫 ⚜️ ᴛᴠᴅ¹

CHAPTER Ⅲ

Grief, sadness, sorrow, pain, anguish, everything you can name one can feel due to someone's death was what Lia was feeling, but was smart enough to hide it. She knew the next stages that were gonna take place with her, she knew the feeling of losing someone close to you in your life. She had dealt with it before. She knew that either she would cry or stay in denial or come up with a plan to bring her best friend back. Either way, hide her emotions from everyone else and act like she was alright. But she knew that the others would know that she was still grieving and needed a lot more time to get over the fact that her best friend was dead. So, instead of talking her out of it, they were giving her the space she needed.

"So as we know in a psychotic lapse of judgment Bonnie brought you back to life and died in the process," Damon said pointing at Jeremy. "May she rest in peace."

"She's actually right over there," Jeremy said pointing at the chair behind Damon.

"Whatever. Look. The point is, I just happen to know a supernatural being who just happens to wanna die. And in the spirit of nature needing balance and a life for a life and all that stuff, I just think it would be a huge waste of a really good death." Damon said smirking.

"What are you talking about?" Lia asked him with furrowed brows.

"Something Elena doesn't need to know about until it works," Damon replied.

"Wait. You wanna work with Silas?" Lia asked.

"From the beginning, Silas' whole bad-guy plan was to kill himself, pass on to wherever he was gonna pass on to, and reunite with his dead girlfriend Amara. I wanna use his death to bring Bonnie back to life. To die, he has to be mortal. If he's mortal, he's a witch. If he dies as a witch, then he's stuck on the Other Side forever." Damon explained.

"He already tried to drop the veil to the Other Side. He failed." Jeremy cut Damon off. He looked at the chair as if he was hearing Bonnie talk. Damon looked between the chair and him before saying,

"She knows we can't hear her, right?" Damon asked pointing at the chair.

"She thinks Silas wants to destroy the Other Side completely," Jeremy replied before looking back at the chair.

"Back to my original question," Damon said before sitting on the handle on Bonnie's chair. "Let's say Silas destroys the Other Side, cures himself, becomes a witch. Is it supernaturally possible that he can do a spell that swaps her life for his life once he, pfft, kills himself?" Damon asked looking at Jeremy who looked back at the chair, hearing Bonnie's response.

"What'd she say? Tell me." Damon asked pointing at himself. Jeremy looked like he was debating the option, before replying,

"She's in" Jeremy replied with a smile.

"Ok, then. Since we all came upon a mutual decision, I think we can leave now." Lia said getting off the couch as she walked towards the door.

"Where are you going, Brownie?" Damon asked stopping her in her tracks.

"Whitmore" She replied turning around.

"Why?" He asked again.

"Well A: I go to college there and B: Caroline would kill me if I didn't show up at the Ball, with Stefan" She replied before exiting the house.

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Lia walked down the stairs and turned around as she heard Caroline's voice behind her.

"And you're not in your costume because...?" Caroline asked angrily.

"I-um...I-I got roped into helping Damon with Jeremy, so I got late," Lia replied hesitantly.

"Is everything okay?" Caroline asked instantly.

"Yeah, he just wanted to clear a few things with him and he did not want to do it alone" Lia replied shrugging her shoulders.

"So, I'm guessing that means you forgot to bring Stefan? Because apparently, you're the only one he's talking to right now." Caroline stated.

"He'll talk eventually. He just needs some time and some space, and don't worry I told him to meet me here" She replied.

"I thought you said Lia got Stefan a costume," Tyler said looking behind the two girls. Both turned their heads seeing Stefan in normal attire.

"He's James Dean. I went easy on him. I figured between the bloodlust drama, the Damon-Elena drama, the amnesia drama he's been through enough." Lia replied before Stefan walked up to them.

"Hey. Dance with me." Stefan told Lia, keeping his drink aside. "I'm buzzed and I'm on the verge of having a good time."

"Have fun," Caroline said before walking away with Tyler. Stefan held Lia's hand as he walked with her to the dance floor and twirled her around, dancing with her.

"You know, Stefan, I could really get used to this," Lia said as they both swayed to the song.

"Get used to what? Me getting my memories wiped?" Stefan asked as Lia chuckled.

"No, me spending time with you. You know, after Bonnie I just made one friend in my life."

"Well, looks like you're gonna make another one," Stefan said spinning her around as a slow song came on and they swayed to its tune. "Do you think I'll ever fall in love again?" Stefan asked after a moment of silence as he held her waist while her head was on his shoulder with her arms around it.

"Stefan, I believe that one day, you'll meet someone new, and fall madly in love. And you won't even realize it." Lia replied as Stefan just stared at her before letting out a deep breath.

"Whew...That was...deep. I'm gonna get us some drinks, okay? Stay here." Lia quickly nodded as he left.

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"Stefan! Stefan! Stefan!" Lia yelled as she roamed around the hall to find Stefan. She was worried about him as he hadn't returned since he left.

"Stefan?" She heard Damon's voice in the distance. "You alive again, huh?" She vamp sped towards Damon's voice and broke his neck when she saw Stefan on a chair, unconscious.

"Stefan?" She quickly moved towards him as he opened his eyes. "What the hell happened here?"

"I'll tell you later. I have some business to finish first." He replied as he exited the room. She followed him into a room where she saw Silas holding his head in pain. "That's Silas."

"No." Tessa cried out, stepping back as Stefan punched Silas.

"Give me this," Stefan said snatching his daylight ring out of Silas' finger. He wore it before continuing, "He's working with my brother. Everything he said to you was a lie." He finished as he left. Lia ran after him out of the ballroom.

"Stefan! Stefan! Stefan!" She yelled as she ran after him, but he was gone the next second. She sighed defeatedly as she made her way back to her dorm room.

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