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loving you's the antidote
"WHERE IS BONNIE?" Athena narrowed her eyes, looking around the hallways at school suspiciously.
Caroline stops mid-sentence, clamping her jaw shut as she looks at Athena. "Why do you care about Bonnie all of a sudden?"
"I don't," Athena snaps, eyes falling to Stefan as he walks down the hallway towards them. Feeling Caroline's gaze on her, she jerks her gaze to the blonde questioningly. "I'm sorry that I noticed a distinct lack of bitch in this school today, so I'd love to know where Bonnie is."
"Elena is gone," Stefan announces as he stops in front of the two girls, looking at them with wide, worried eyes.
"I don't care about her," Athena shakes her head, giving Stefan the same incredulous look she'd given Caroline.
Caroline sighs, looking at Stefan worriedly. "What do mean she's gone? Maybe she just took a sick day or Damon kidnapped her again."
Stefan heaves a sigh, pulling his phone out of his pocket. "I've tried calling Damon a dozen times, but he's not answering, which means he doesn't have Elena. If he did, he'd take every chance he could to mock me. And he won't help unless you ask,"
"You're not wrong,"
"Anna has her, because of the tomb vampires,"
Caroline holds a hand up, looking at the two in disbelief. "I'm sorry, Anna as in Jeremy's little girlfriend, Anna? She's a vampire?"
Athena and Stefan nod in unison and Caroline scoffs. "First of all, you two need to start telling me these things! I'm in the loop now, you can't just exclude me! Second, how many people in this town are vampires? I mean, seriously,"
Stefan shakes his head, exasperated with the two girls before him. Turning to Athena, he sighs. "If Elena is with Anna, then I guarantee Bonnie is, too, because of her ancestors. Anna knew Emily in 1864, and I bet she thinks Bonnie can open the tomb."
Athena pokes her tongue into her cheek and contemplates her options for a moment, and her brown eyes flicker past Stefan's shoulder to where Mr. Saltzman stands in the doorway of his classroom, watching her and Stefan warily.
"Fine. Caroline, you stay here."
"What? What– no, I want to come!" Caroline exclaims, her blonde hair flicking around wildly. "I am totally capable of hunting down bad vampires."
Athena grimaces and grabs Caroline's wrists, halting her flailing hands. "Cool it on the vampire talk, alright?" She mutters, eyes flashing to Mr. Saltzman briefly. "I know you want to help, but not only are you human, you're also our buffer. It'd be weird if the three of us were missing school the same day as Elena and Bonnie, wouldn't it? We'd get in trouble. So you stay here and I'll text you as soon as I can, okay?"
