"Please sign here and here." the guy points, handing the pen to Elena. Elena signs it quickly, handing it over to me. We're signing the deed to Damon and Stefan's house right now. Well... I guess our house.

"So this place is your guys now?" Bonnie asks, sitting across from Elena and I. Why did Elena have to invite her? "They gave it you guys?"

"For now, as sole owners, we are the only people allowed to invite certain types of people in here, if you know what I mean." Elena explains, casting a glance at the real-estate agent guy. I roll my eyes, of course Bonnie knows what we mean Elena.

"So your guys very own safe house?" Bonnie frowns.

"That's the idea." Elena answers.

"Well, wouldn't want to clean it." Bonnie smiles, looking around the house. Elena laughs, looking around the house also. Did Bonnie and Elena just smile and joke about something? I didn't know they could do that?

"We're done here, thank you ladies." the guy smiles, collecting all of his paperers. Elena and I stand up with him, walking him to the door.

"Thank you Mr.Henry." Elena smiles, shaking his hand. He smiles back at her, before walking out of the door. Damon and Stefan who had been waiting outside, try to walk in but get stopped by an invisible barrier.

"Oops, sorry." I shrug, sending them an innocent smile. They both glare at me, wanting to get inside.

"Stefan, would you like to come inside my house?" Elena smiles.

"I would love to." Stefan grins, stepping inside. Damon looks over at me, waiting for an invitation.

"Damon Salvatore, you can...not come inside this house." I smirk, causing Stefan to laugh.

"What are we twelve?" Damon sighs.

"No, twelve year olds don't invite there vampire boyfriends into there house. But, I am not twelve, so Damon, would you like to come inside?" I ask, sending him a flirtatious glance.

He steps inside, giving me a kiss. "Does that answer your question Ari?" he whispers, a small smirk on his face. I roll my eyes, and step away form him. I think that gave me my answer.

Bonnie walks over to Elena, handing her coat over to her. "Where are you going?" I frown, looking at Elena's bag.

"To school, which is where you should be going." Elena scolds, glaring at me.

"No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house for you to leave it." Damon sighs, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. I have no problem not leaving it, if it means I get to skip school again. But...I don't want to be trapped here 24/7.

"Yeah guys, Klaus is out there, you know that." Stefan says, looking between the bores. I meant girls. Sorry.

"Yeah, but where?" Elena questions, causing Damon to start to reply. She cuts him off before he can even start though. "No one knows." Elena pauses. "Look I appreciate what you guys are doing for us, and I'll be able to sleep here knowing Aria and I are safe. But I'm not going to be a prisoner here, and I doubt Aria will be either."

"Fine, your way Elena." Damon glares, not liking this idea at all.

"Don't worry, if Klaus shows his face, I can take him. I know how." Bonnie states, a determined look in her eyes.

"See the way I see it is, Aria and I are the safest we can be next to Bonnie. Which is why Aria is coming to school with us." Elena smiles, but casts me a look telling me not to argue.

"That's not the way I see it." I sigh, grabbing my jacket off of the couch. I give Damon a quick kiss before walking over to Bonnie and Elena at the door.

Stefan shakes his head, sharing a look with Damon. "Wait for me, I'm coming."

Great, we're all going to school today.

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I go and take my seat in history, already in a sour mood. Every single class I've had so far, my teachers have yelled at me and gave me lots of missing work to do. Apparently I've skipped school longer than I thought. Three weeks to be exact...

History is the only class I won't be yelled at, Ric understands why I skip. I hope he understands at least. The only thing is, I have to sit right behind Bonnie, I can practically feel her hate.

Elena takes her seat next to me, pulling out a flyer for the 60's dance tonight. She shows it to Stefan, who shakes his head, not thinking it is safe. She sighs, turning around to Bonnie and I. Bonnie automatically grins, nodding her head. I don't really want to go but seeing the smile on Elena's face, how can I say no?

She grins wider when I nod my head, happy that I will join her tonight. I'll have to convince Damon to be my date. Not that he will need much convincing.

"Hello class." Ric clears his throat, walking into the room. "What are we learning today?" he asks, mainly to himself it seems like.

"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the 60's all week." some random, suck up, girl at the front says.

"Right, the 60's..." Ric mutters, trailing off. I look up at him and notice him staring at me intently. I frown but he quickly turns away when I catch him. What was up with that? "The 60's, wish there was something good I could say about the 60's but...actually they kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles of course, they made it bearable. Uh, what else was there? The Cuban Missile thing, we walked on the moon, Watergate."

"Watergate was in the seventies Ric." Elena smiles, causing everyone to turn towards her. "I mean Mr.Saltzmen." Elena quickly says, looking down at the desk.

"Right, it kind of mushes together up here. 60's, 70's... Thank you, Elena." he smiles, turning back to the board. Um, what is up with Ric? He's acting really strangely and the way he was talking about the 60's is like he was there or something...

Maybe I am just too suspicious these days.

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I scrunch up my nose in disgust, looking at the school food around me. I think I'll just skip lunch today. I don't know how anyone could eat that stuff, it looks like it could eat you.

I walk over to where Bonnie and Elena are sitting. I don't really want to sit with Bonnie but she hasn't been that bad lately. Plus I have no idea where Caroline is and I'm way too lazy to find her right now. Plus, I haven't talked to Caroline in forever.

"Is it true you're taking my little brother to the dance tonight?" I question, sitting across from Bonnie. Jeremy told me he was going with her, I don't know if I like that or not.

"He's taking me." Bonnie responds, a challenge held in her voice.

"What if I'm not okay with that?" I glare, accepting her challenge.

"Calm down Aria, stop trying to stir up trouble." Elena sighs, "You should be happy for them."

"Oh, like Bonnie and you were so happy for me when I started dating Damon?" I demand.

Elena starts to respond but the suck up girl from earlier comes walking up to our table. "Elena there you are. This is going to sound super creepy, but a super hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight."

Elena laughs a little, casting a look at Bonnie and I. "Tell him she has a boyfriend." I smirk.

"You could at least meet him, he'll be at the dance tonight. His name is Klaus. Oh and he told me to give this to you Arianna." the girl hands me a red rose, a smile on her face. I hesitantly take the rose, knowing it's from Klaus.

"Did you just say this is from Klaus?" I ask slowly, looking over at Elena.

"Yeah, I know his name sounds stupid but he's super hot." she grins.

"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie questions.

The girl's smile falters, "I don't know."

"She has been compelled." Bonnie mumbles, looking around the cafeteria.

"Oh and also he wants to know if you two will save him the last dance, how cute is that?"

Not very cute at all....

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"So we go to the dance and find him." Damon shrugs, like he is not worried about Klaus at all.

"Really? How are we going to do that? We don't even know what he looks like." I sigh, Stefan nods, agreeing with me. Though I can guess he's not a bad looking fellow.

"I doubt he's 16 and pimply." Damon smirks, causing me to roll my eyes.

"He could be anywhere, at any time. He compelled somebody at school. Guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" Stefan questions, looking over at Elena and Bonnie. Go Stefan, you tell them.

Ric walks into the house, a quick knock on the door signaling it's him. "About time you got here." Damon complains.

Ric laughs a little, "Sorry you had to wait."

"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone for the dance tonight. They won't let me in as Aria's date, something about my age." he winks at me, causing me to laugh slightly. "Klaus made his first move." Damon tells Ric, filling him in.

"So we find him, and then what? What's our plan of attack?" Elena asks, looking slightly nervous.

"Me...I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him." Bonnie states, her confidence not wavering what so ever. I'll give her a thumbs up for that.

Ric laughs again, almost nervously. "It's not going to be that easy, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around."

"Alaric has a point, I mean what if he-" Damon starts to rush at Bonnie but he doesn't get very far because Bonnie throws him across the room. Damon collapses onto the table, breaking it. I stifle my laugh, and Elena has a smug look on her face.

"Well, I was impressed." I smirk, glancing at Damon. He glares at me, standing up from the ground.

"It doesn't matter if he is an Original, I can take anyone that comes after me. I could kill him Elena, Aria. I know I can." Bonnie promises, looking deadly serious.

I frown, looking over at Ric. He seems to be growing increasingly nervous over there. What is his problem? He catches me watching him, giving me a little smirk. What the...Ric doesn't smirk, not at me, at least. Something is going on with him and I'm going to find out what.

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Damon shuts off the car, throwing open his door. He is about to get out but stops when he notices I haven't even undone my seatbelt. He frowns at me, looking concerned. "Are you okay?"

"No, not really." I admit, looking dreadfully at the school in front of me. I'm dreading this dance. I'm scared of what is going to happen. Klaus is here, we know that for a fact now.

"We're gonna be okay, I promise." Damon smiles, taking my hand.

I sigh, "You can't promise that Damon. You just can't."

"Yes I can Aria, I won't let anything happen to you. And I'll take care of myself, don't worry." he smirks.

"I don't even look 60's enough." I grumble, finally unbuckling my seatbelt.

"Trust me, you do." he winks, stepping out of the car. I roll my eyes, getting out of the car also. I guess I do look pretty damn good tonight. Not like I ever look bad or anything. (Outfit on side.)

"Finally. Were you guys driving two miles an hour?" Stefan teases, standing outside the entrance to the dance with Elena. Elena looks pretty good tonight in her hippie outfit.

"That's it, it's settled. If Stefan's making jokes, we really are going to die." I laugh, leaning against Damon's side. Damon wraps his arm around my waist, giving his brother an award winning smile. How hot.

"Don't make jokes about us...dying Aria. Not tonight." Elena scolds, glaring at me. I raise my hands in innocence, just trying to lighten the mood sis. I've already had my few moments of sadness over our possible deaths tonight. Time to have fun now, I guess...

The dance is going in full swing when we walk in, everyone laughs and smiles. "Hi everyone, thanks for coming tonight!" the compelled girl from earlier tells everyone, speaking into the microphone. "We have a special shoutout tonight, this is for...Aria and Elena. From Klaus." she smiles.

I look at Damon, to see him frowning. I roll my eyes when the song comes up. I don't know the title but it's that one that keeps saying, this is dedicated to my love. Seriously?

"That was a cheap shot, he's just trying to bait us." Damon says, his eyes scanning the room.

"I know everyone here." Elena tells us, also scanning the crowd. Wow, I didn't know Elena had super eyes. How the hell can she get a good look at every person here.

"Maybe he's not here." Stefan shrugs.

"It's a party people, we need to blend in. Let him come to us." Damon glares at us, like it's our fault or something. "Come on Ari, let's get groovy." he smirks, pulling me out onto the dance floor.

"Damon, I don't feel like dan-" I gasp when he grabs my hand pulling me into his chest. He steps back, doing some weird 60's dance or something that makes me smile.

"How you doin'?" he asks, talking in a different voice. Like with an accent or something.

"Oh you know, freaking out. How about you?" I answer, trying to keep my voice pleasant.

"Cool as a cucumber." he replies with a straight face. How can he do that? He steps back, then twirls me, pulling me to his chest once again.

"You're good at this." I grin, liking his 60's moves.

"I've got moves you've never seen before baby." he whispers in my ear, spinning me once again. I laugh, and shake my head. Maybe this won't be such a bad night after all.

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"Aria, I need to speak with you." Damon states, grabbing my arm and pulling me into the hallway. I frown, what the hell is going on? Damon seems so serious right now.

"What's up?" I ask.

"Bonnie only has a 50/50 shot of living if she takes down Klaus. Apparently that much power can kill her or something." Damon sighs.

"Then we can't let Bonnie do this, I may hate her but...I don't want her dead." I exclaim, feeling slightly worried for my friend. Enemy I mean...

"I'm not gonna let her die, don't worry, I have a plan. But you have got to trust me and keep it from Elena and Stefan. It won't work if you tell Elena or Stefan." Damon insists. "Oh and you gotta be a hell of a good actress."

What the hell is he planning? I take a deep breath, I can trust Damon. I do trust Damon. "Alright, what do I need to do?"

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I walk out to the front of the school, my eyes searching for Bonnie and Elena. My little brother screwed up and told Stefan about Bonnie's chance of dying. Now Elena is having one of her freakout sessions.

"Did you know about this Aria?!" Elena demands when she sees me walking over to them. Oh God, here we go.

"Know about what Elena? That you still sleep with a teddy bear?" I sigh, playing dumb.

Elena rolls her eyes, "That Bonnie is most likely going to die saving us."

"You're gonna do what?" I arch my eyebrows at Bonnie.

"I have to." Bonnie argues, shooting a pleading look at Elena.

Alaric runs up to us, looking out of breath. "He took Jeremy, Klaus has Jeremy." he states.

"What?" Elena whispers.

"Come on, follow me." he runs to the backdoor of the school, Bonnie, Elena, and I following him. I frown, when he just keeps walking, going down hallway by hallway. Something is not right with this picture, I know it.

"Where are you taking us?" I question, and in response Ric just holds his hand up, telling me to shut up. Oh no he didn't!

"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie demands, also suspicious. Something is so not right.

Ric finally stops, laughing a little. "I just had to get away from that dance." he shakes his head, turning around to face us. "Not my decade. Out of all the decades they picked that one. I'd much prefer the 20's, the style, the parties, the jazz." he smirks.

"Alaric, are you on vervain?" Elena asks, a concerned look on her face. I don't think he's been compelled Elena. I think it is something much worse than that.

"Now why would you ask me that Elena?" he smirks once again, taking a step closer. Bonnie and I step forward, pushing Elena behind us. Bonnie has powers but I can take care of myself, just as well.

"He's been compelled." Elena says.

"Nope, try again." he laughs, taking another step toward us.

"What's going on?" Bonnie glares, as we take another step back from Alaric. Has he gone loco or something?

He sighs, "Okay, I'll give you a hint. I am not Alaric."

I tilt my head, looking into his eyes. He stares back, a smirk playing out on his face. "Klaus..." I whisper horrified. I knew something was up with Alaric today. Just didn't know it was this bad.

"Surprise!" he grins.

"No, no it's not possible." Elena shakes her head, terrified.

"Relax Elena, I'm not here to hurt you, or the lovely Arianna. You two aren't on my hit list...tonight." HIs eyes move over to Bonnie, "But you are." he growls, charging toward Bonnie. Bonnie throws him back into a set of lockers, staying completely calm. I can't say that I am not impressed with her.

Klaus laughs like he is insane or something and gets up slowly, shaking the hit off like it's nothing. Is what Bonnie doing to him going to hurt Alaric? "Now, did I mention I know a witch?" Klaus grins, "You're going to have to hit me a lot harder than that." he tries advancing towards her once again but this time Bonnie uses more force.

She throws him all the way back into the trophy case, shattering the glass. Ouch, that has got to hurt.

But again, Klaus just laughs. "By all means, fire away. If you kill this body, I'll just get a new body. Maybe Jeremy." he baits.

"Go!" Bonnie yells, "Run!"

We take off running into a different hallway, Bonnie slamming the doors behind us with her badass powers. Damon comes running into the room, "What the hell happened?"

"Klaus is in Alaric's body." I tell him.

"What?" Damon frowns.

"He's like possessing him or something." Bonnie fills in, speaking fast since she's out of breath.

"Go find Stefan." Damon looks Elena, but she doesn't move. "Now." Damon commands in a deadly voice. That seems to startle Elena out of her trance and she nods, taking off down the hallway. "Can you kill him?" Damon questions.

"He's got like some protection spell on him." Bonnie says, shaking her head.

"You've got the power of a hundred witches, break it." Damon glares.

"I'm trying but if I kill Alaric, he'll just posses someone else. He knows I have my power Damon. He's trying to kill me." Bonnie's voice cracks, the only fear she has shown all night.

"No, Klaus does not get to win tonight. You still willing to do whatever it takes to kill him?" I ask Bonnie, causing her to nod. "Good. Sorry Damon, but I have a new plan." I smirk.

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"It's over." Damon suddenly says, breaking the long silence. I look at him, nodding my head. Elena is going to be so pissed at us, she thinks she just lost her best friend.

Damon and I walk into the cafeteria, and unwillingly tears come to my eyes at seeing Bonnie's kind of dead body. Elena is kneeling over her, sobbing her eyes out and even Stefan has tears in his eyes. I feel bad about my plan but they need to think she is dead.

"Stefan, get Elena out of here. Aria and I will take care of the body." Damon says, causing me to cringe. Just the thought of that is cringe worthy.

"What do you mean deal with the body?" Elena demands.

"The sheriff can't find out about this, there can't be another mysterious death." Damon sighs, walking over to Bonnie's body, trying to pick her up. Elena slaps his hand away, glaring at him.

"This is Bonnie!" Elena screams, her voice cracking.