Elena and Stefan arrived at the dance with Damon who hurried inside as soon as he had parked his car.

"Why did we let Damon drive?" Stefan asked as they slowly walked towards the school.

"Because he has a nice car." Elena shrugged with a smile, which grew bigger when she saw Bonnie and Jeremy. "Hey you two."

"You look gorgeous, Lena." Jeremy smiled and pulled his siter into a hug.

"And you look very dashing." Elena hugged back, then she hugged Bonnie. "You look amazing, Bon."

"You too." Bonnie chirped happily.

"Are you guys ready to do this?" Stefan asked and offered Bonnie his arm.

"Let's kick some ass!" Elena laughed as she took Jeremy's arm and the four of them walked into the school.

They walked in and made their way to Damon who was standing close to the stage, but before they could ask if he had seen anything Dana walked up on the stage.

"Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a special shout-out tonight." Dana said as they group stopped in front of the stage. "This is for Elena, from Klaus."

Dedicated to the one I love by The Mamas and The Papas started to play, stunning Elena.

"That was a lame, cheap shot." Damon scoffed. "He's just trying to bait us."

"Are you actually swaying and humming along?" Bonnie asked as she turned to look at Elena.

"Yeah, sorry, but I kinda like this song for some reason." Elena smiled, not noticing the pleased look on Alaric's face. "Anyway, I know everyone here."

"Maybe he's not here." Stefan theorized. "Just wants us to believe that he his."

"It's a party, people." Damon told them. "Blend. Let him come to us."

"Good idea." Bonnie grabbed Jeremy's arm.

"No, no, I really don't feel like dancing." Jeremy stuttered out.

"Too bad." Bonnie smirked and pulled him out on the dance floor.

"There's Ric." Damon hummed. "I'll be back."

"Bye Terminator." Elena giggled as Stefan led her out to the dance floor.

After having danced for a while, Elena noticed Caroline arriving with a guy from the football team. "Caroline's here, she doesn't know what's going on."

"I'm on it." Stefan gestured for Damon to take his place as he walked over to Caroline.

"How are you doing?" Damon asked as he took her hand.

"Feeling like I'm missing something." Elena shrugged. "You?"

"Cool as a cucumber. Come on, remember the last decade dance?" Damon chuckled. "When you tortured a vampire that had tried to eat you?"

"Oh yeah." Elena laughed. "That was fun."

"Yes, it was." Damon spun her around.

"You're good at this." Elena complimented.

"I've got moves you've never seen." Damon smirked to hide his embarrassment, making Elena laugh.

After a while Elena decided to go to the drink table for some punch and was joined by Jeremy. But he quickly leaves, making Elena wonder if she had done something wrong.

"Everything alright?" Stefan asked as he saw the sad look on her face.

"I'm not sure." Elena murmured. "Did I do something to hurt Jeremy?"

"I'll talk to him." Stefan assured her.

"Thank you." Elena smiled in relief.

Half an hour later Elena scanned the hall for Bonnie and when she saw her, she made her way over, "I need to talk to you."

Elena and Bonnie made their way outside, away from everyone else, "How could you not tell me?!"

"Because I knew how'd you react." Bonnie said.

"No! No way, it's not an option!" Elena glared at her friend.

"It's our only option." Bonnie told her.

"No, it's not." Elena denied. "I could just give myself up and this would be over with."

"You can't, you would die!" Bonnie chastised.

"But it's okay of you die?!" Elena asked incredulously. "Your life is more important than mine."

"Answer me one question... if the situation was reversed, would you do the same for me?" Bonnie asked gently as she looked at Elena, and when she didn't answer she continued. "So, you know why I have to."

"No, please Bonnie, no!" Elena begged. "We'll find another way. Please."

"Oh, Elena." Bonnie put her and on Elena's arm. "I don't deserve your friendship after everything I have done, but you still forgave me and I love you for that."

"Elena!" Alaric ran up to them before Elena could say anything.

"What is it?" Elena asked as she turned towards him.

"He has Jeremy." Alaric told them.

"What?!" Elena gasped at the same time as Bonnie.

"Yeah, Klaus has Jeremy." Alaric repeated as he started to lead them through a side door and into a hallway. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Elena asked, feeling suspicious.

"Just a little further." Alaric murmured.

"Something is not right." Elena declared softly.

"Where's Jeremy?!" Bonnie asked strongly, having learned not to doubt Elena's gut feelings.

"I just had to get away from that dance. The sixties, ugh. Not my decade." Alaric stopped and started to laugh. "I mean, whose call was that, anyway? I much prefer the twenties. The style, the parties, the jazz."

"The twenties sound awesome." Elena hummed in agreement.

"Elena?!" Bonnie berated her.

"What it does." Elena shrugged.

"Are you being compelled?" Bonnie asked as she turned towards Alaric.

"Nope." Alaric smirked. "Try again."

"You're not Alaric." Elena put everything together. "You're Klaus."

"And we have a winner." Alaric laughed. "Ding, ding, ding."

"But how?" Elena looked shocked.

"Just relax, Elena. I'm not here to hurt you. You're not on my hit list tonight." Klaus smiled gently at her before he turned and glared at Bonnie. "But you are."

As Klaus walked towards Bonnie, she threw him against the wall with her power but he quickly got up.

"Now did I mention that I knew a witch? You're going to have to hit me a lot harder than that." Klaus rushed at her again and she threw him at a display case, smashing the glass, he fell to the ground but laughed. As he got up, he smirked at Bonnie. "By all means... Fire away!"

"Bonnie!" Elena called out worried.

"If you kill this body, I'll just get a new one." Klaus taunted. "Maybe Jeremy."

"Go. Run. Go!" Bonnie grabbed Elena's hand and pulled her through a door, which she then closed with her powers.

"What happened?" Damon ran up to them.

"Klaus is playing 'Invasion of the body snatchers'." Elena murmured.

"What?" Damon looked at her.

"Klaus is in Alaric's body." Bonnie explained. "He's possessing it or something."

"Elena, go find Stefan, we could need the help." Damon tole her. "Me and Bonnie will hold Klaus of until you return."

"Don't die!" Elena ordered them both and ran off to find Stefan.

It took her awhile to find Stefan but when she finally did the two of them ran back towards where Elena had last seen Damon and Bonnie.

"There you are." Damon said calmly as he walked out a door in front of them.

"Where's Bonnie?" Elena demanded to know.

"She's doing what she has to." Damon stated.

"Where is she?" Stefan asked slowly.

"Stefan, let her do this." Damon told his younger brother.

Elena didn't stay to listen to Damon, she rushed of towards where she could hear stuff breaking but as she arrived, Bonnie shut the door so she couldn't go in.

"Bonnie, no!" Elena banged on the door.

Elena watched the fight between Klaus and Bonnie even as her and Stefan tried to open the door. Bonnie looked at Elena with a smile before she turned back towards Klaus. Suddenly Bonnie bent backwards with a jerk and fell to the floor and Stefan could open the doors.

"No! Please, no!" Elena rushed over and fell to her knees by Bonnie and pulled her into her arms. "Bonnie, please wake up!"

"I'm sorry." Elena heard Klaus whisper and felt a hand on her cheek briefly.

"Please wake up." Elena begged as she cried. "Please..."

"It's too late, I'm sorry." Stefan with pain in his eyes as he watched Elena cry.

"Stefan, get Elena out of here." Damon ordered as he arrived. "I'll deal with the body."

"What do you mean 'deal with it'?" Elena asked with tears running down her cheeks.

"The sheriff can't know about this." Damon explained kindly. "Lats thing we need is another mysterious death."

"Can we still have our own burial?" Elena asked quietly. "Bonnie deserves at least that much."

"Get her home." Damon said to Stefan. "I'll take care of Bonnie."

"What about Jeremy?" Elena started to look around in worry.

"I'll find him." Damon promised.

Stefan lifted Elena up into his arms as she cried silently and vamp-sped them to the boarding house.

Elena started into the fireplace at the boarding house with tears running down her face. When she had arrived at the boarding house she had changed into a pair of Stefan's grey sweatpants and one of Damon's dark v-necks. She didn't know how long she had been sitting there and she didn't really care.

"Hey." Stefan walked up to her with a glass. "Here, drink this."

"What is it?" Elena murmured.

"Bourbon, with a little extra." Stefan said softly.

"This is all my fault." Elena took the cup. "If I had just gone to Klaus..."

"This is not your fault, Elena." Stefan told her. "This was Klaus."

Elena didn't say anything, while she wanted to hate Klaus for killing Bonnie, who wasn't actually dead, she couldn't. He just wanted to be whole again and Elena couldn't blame him for that.

"Fuck!" Elena stood up and threw the glass into the fire.

"Hey, hey, calm down, please." Damon came in and pulled her into a hug.

"You went behind my back again." Elena hit him on the chest.

"You need to listen to me and prepare for what I'm about to say." Damon grabbed her hands and restrained them so she couldn't hit him anymore. "Bonnie had to die. Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise. She wasn't prepared for that; he wasn't going to stop and we weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew she was dead. He had to believe it."

"What are you saying?" Elena sniffled quietly.

"She cast a spell." Damon looked at her earnestly. "Bonnie is okay."

"Really?" Elena looked up at him with big shining eyes filled with fragile hope.

"Yes, and if you skype your brother, you could talk to her." Damon smiled as he watched Elena run out of the room so she could do exactly that.

Elena couldn't sit still as she waited for the call to connect, but when it did, she almost slumped down in relief, "Bonnie!"

"I'm so, so sorry, Elena." Bonnie apologized softly.

"It's okay." Elena assured her with a wet chuckle. "I'm just so happy that you are alive."

"There wasn't enough time for me to tell you." Bonnie cried.

"Damon explained it all." Elena smiled slightly.

Fifteen minutes later, Elena walked into Damon's bedroom to see him standing by the window.

"Look, Klaus had to think she was dead." Damon defended himself as he turned towards her. "Your reaction had to be real."

"I understand why you did what you did." Elena murmured. "And Bonnie is alive, so..."

"Here's to duplicity." Damon held up his glass of bourbon and took a sip.

"But let's get one thing straight." Elena said seriously. "Bonnie will not die for me, I will not let that happen."

"We need to kill Klaus, Elena. Real Klaus." Damon maintained. "Who will probably be coming to pay you a visit soon, now that he knows that Bonnie is dead. She's the only one who can do it."

"We'll find another way." Elena attested strongly.

"I hope so." Damon muttered lowly.

"I'm sorry that I hit you in the chest...repeatedly." Elena rubbed the back of her neck and shifted.

"Apology accepted." Damon smiled, then he turned serious again. "Let me be clear about something; If it comes down to you and the witch again, I will gladly let Bonnie die. I will always choose you."

"Damon..." Elena started sadly.

"I know, you do not feel the same way." Damon touched her cheek with a sad smile. "And I have accepted that.

Elena looked at him for a while and then she murmured quietly, "Good night, Damon."

"Good night, Elena." Damon whispered back.

Elena slowly walked down the stairs, she looked around to see if anyone was close by and when she didn't see anyone, she slipped into the basement. She walked over and opened the door to the cell where Damon and Stefan had placed Elijah's body and removed the dagger.