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“You bet,” Bonnie agreed, smiling wider as she hugged one of her oldest friends. She still felt so small in comparison to Matt, but as always, he was a comforting presence. “I know. I should have spent more time with you when I was back in town, but I didn’t. But I’ll be here for quite a while now trying to save everyone yet again,” she joked, rolling her eyes. “I’ve been fabulous. Seeing the world, experiencing everything with very few threats to my life. It’s been amazing. How about you?”

“I’m glad you got to live a semi normal life, Bon. You deserve it, more than any of us.” He told her truthfully. “Bonnie Bennett to the rescue.”

“Did we walk into some parallel dimension?” Katherine looked around. “You’re telling me to have fun?” She raised a brow. “This is new.” 

Matt chuckled softly. “I’m trying this new thing called letting loose. Apparently it helps with stress.” He informed her.

“I need to see her.” Katherine told him. “There is so much I have to talk to her about.” The first on that list being Nikolai. “Is she there now?” 

“She was there when I left.” Matt nodded. “Just let me give her a head sip first, huh?” Matt understood Katherine wanting to see her daughter, but Matt suddenly worried about Nadia being okay with it.

While there was so much uncertainty in everything, this was something that was familiar to the vampire, and it was something she craved above all else. Nadia never bowed for anyone, but for once in her life she relented, and let Matt lead the charge as she rested on the counter. “Did you miss me?”  

“Mmm, I must have.” Matt smirked at her. When the dead started popping back up he never thought he would be sneaking around in the grill with Nadia like he was a teenager again. But something about her and the moment made this all seem right. “Do you need a place to stay?”

Henrik rolled his eyes…“yeah yeah thats what there called now huh.? Henrik mikaelson I’m the baby of the family.”

“I didn’t realize you had come back.” Matt was under the impression that Henrik has died when they were younger, before they were vampires.

“Yeah…the ones I know are in town are Niklaus, Kol and Rebekah”

“Terrible, actually, but who expects anything else in Mystic Falls, Mr. Mayor?”

Matt laughed slightly. “Not something the mayor really wants to hear, but you’re not exactly wrong.”

♊ ― “Innocent until proven guilty. Or did you sleep through that part of class too?”  

“Oh I think you’ve been proven guilty of a lot.”

“She’s staying with you?” Katherine raised an eyebrow. “Wait.. are you and my daughter like.. a thing?” She questioned. This was a lot of brand new information at once. “How long has she been here?” 

“Uh, she just came back.” Matt didn’t know how to answer her first question. He didn’t think ‘not exactly a thing just made out in the mystic grill bathroom’ was an acceptable answer. “She didn’t have anywhere else to stay.”

“They’re kids. They need a place like the school to learn control.”

“What did I do to deserve this visit?” Katherine asked with a raised eyebrow. “Just so you know, I’ve been behaving myself, no need to get mayoral on me.” She added jokingly. 

“I know.” Matt nodded. “Don’t think I haven’t been keeping tabs on you.” He told the woman. “I wanted to let you know, before you saw her, Nadia is back.”

 ’  are  you  hitting  on  me ?  ’  

“What? No.”

‘  so  ,   you’re  mayor  ?  ‘  he  asked  questionably  with  a  raised  brow  . @maycrmatty​​

Matt nodded. “Yeah, that’s what my office door says.”

“Oh…good for you…your um parents must be proud…I was born here too…moved away young.”

“Yeah, uh, they aren’t around. It’s just me.” Matt said. “Oh yeah? What brought you back?”