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XXXII • NOSTALGIA'S A BITCH

thirty-two. nostalgia's a bitch

Salvatore Boarding House/Mystic Falls Woods

Rosie is in the bubbly master bathtub, trying not to think about what happened the previous night at the Founders Hall at the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant; a contestant, Violet, was turned into a vampire, Sybil was nowhere to be seen since Damon left the event, she had to break up with Stefan after the horrible things he did as a servant for the devil, and they had sex. She shuts her big doe hazel eyes out of shame in giving in to their lust.

Her cell phone rings on the near-table and she picks it up, "Good morning."

Bonnie is on the other end of the line, jogging in the woods with her earpieces on, "That was thoroughly unconvincing. What are you up to?"

"Oh, you know, just...motivating." The vampire scoffs in disbelief.

"Translation — you are still in bed, moping about Stefan."

"Correction — I'm in the bathtub, trying not to think about Stefan." She hesitates to tell her more about the previous night before she decided to turn the conversation about her instead, "Why are you breathing so heavy?"

"I'm jogging. I needed to get out, clear my head. You should do it too."

Rosie smiles at the idea of them jogging together, "What's on your mind?"

"Enzo. I need your advice. You want to grab breakfast?" The witch offered.

"I'm the last person you should be asking for relationship advice, don't you think? So, no, I am not going anywhere. Why don't you ask from Caroline?"

Bonnie sighs as she opens the main front door of the boarding house, "Fine. Breakfast in bed it is. How do you like your eggs?" She closes the door behind her and the cute vampire widens her already-big eyes, truly surprised and unprepared, when she hears the clear sound.

"Are you seriously here right now?" Rosie sits up properly in the bathtub.

Bonnie is about to go to the kitchen when she sees her vampire frenemy sitting on a chair in the living room, unfazed by her presence, "Damon?"

"What?" The caramel brunette, who's upstairs, called out with a frown.

Bonnie hesitantly approaches the motionless young man and waves near him, in front of his face, to check on him, "Get down here, Rosie. Now."

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"What do you think happened to him?" Bonnie asked as her vampire friend sighs tiredly while she is observing Damon sitting motionless on the chair.

"What do you think? Sybil is the only possible solution, she broke him. But the real question is: what did she do to his brain this time?" Rosie spoke.

"Only one way to find out. Can you jump us both in there?"

"Will you let me go back to bed if I tell you I can't?"

"Not a chance. Come on, you know we have to fix him." The witch stated.

Rosie offers Bonnie her left hand, who takes it, and Rosie touches Damon's right shoulder to get inside his subconscious. Rosie gasps in shock after getting out of his mental state as it was seen that Damon was screaming while burning in his mind, letting go of his shoulder and Bonnie's hand.

"What was that?" The younger woman asked in concern, "Are you okay?"

She shakes her head, "I don't know. I...It was just fire and pain. Suffering."