Bad Feelings (Zach's Daughter series, Book Five, The Vampire Diaries)

Chapter 8__Dead Man on Campus

Elena and Caroline were throwing a party at Whitmore celebrating the death of Silas and Tessa and the return of Bonnie.

Bonnie was no longer a witch. She was a ghost, as the anchor to the Other Side, so she didn't have her powers anymore.

I walked into the library to see Stefan sitting on the couch, staring into the flames in the fire place.

"So, apparently, we've been invited to a college party," I told him. Stefan didn't move or speak. "Yeah, that was my first reaction, too. Then, Elena promised a bottomless well of top shelf alcohol. I sounded like an alcoholic, didn't I?" I walked closer, seeing that he was shaking, sweating profusely, his fingers digging into the chair's arm rest. "Stefan? You . . . okay?" 

"Yeah, I'm fine," Stefan said unconvincingly.

I looked at his tight grip on the chair. "How about my favorite reading chair?" 

Stefan loosened his grip. "Just tell Elena thanks, but I'm not really up for a party tonight." 

Stefan stood, walking out of the room.

I sighed, watching him leave.

I didn't bother going to the party because I knew it would be lame.