"L. J. Smith - Vampire Diaries 04 - Dark Reunion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith Lisa J)

Meredith doesn't want me to be upset, so I won't be upset, Bonnie thought,
pouring hot fudge over the chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream.Even though
we've been friends since first grade and she never told me this secret before.
For an instant her skin chilled and words came floating out of the dark corners of
her mind.No one is what they seem . She'd been warned that last year by the voice
ofHonoria Fell speaking through her, and the prophecy had turned out to be
horrifyingly true. What if it wasn't over yet?
Then Bonnie shook her head determinedly. She couldn't think about this right
now; she had aparty to think about. And I'll make sure it's agood party and we all get
along somehow, she thought.
Strangely, it wasn't even that hard. Meredith and Vickie didn't talk much at first,
but Bonnie went out of her way to be nice to Vickie, and even Meredith couldn't
resist the pile of brightly wrapped presents on the coffee table. By the time she'd
opened the last one they were all talking and laughing. The mood of truce and
toleration continued as they moved up into Caroline's bedroom to examine her
clothes and CDs and photo albums. As it got near midnight they flopped on sleeping
bags, still talking.
"What's going on with Alaric these days?" Sue asked Meredith.
AlaricSaltzman was Meredith's boyfriendтАФsort of. He was a graduate student
fromDukeUniversity who'd majored in parapsychology and had been called toFell's
Church last year when the vampire attacks began. Though he'd started out an enemy,
he'd ended up an allyтАФand a friend.
"He's inRussia ," Meredith said. "Perestroika, you know? He's over there finding
out what they were doing with psychics during the Cold War."
"What are you going to tell him when he gets back?" asked Caroline.
It was a question Bonnie would have liked to ask Meredith herself. Because Alaric
was almost four years older, Meredith had told him to wait until after she graduated
to talk about their future. But now Meredith was eighteenтАФtoday, Bonnie reminded
herselfтАФand graduation was in two weeks. What was going to happen after that?
"I haven't decided," Meredith said. "Alaric wants me to go to Duke, and I've been
accepted there, but I'm not sure. I have to think."
Bonnie was just as glad. She wanted Meredith to go toBooneJunior College with
her , not go off and get married, or even engaged. It was stupid to decide on one
guy so young. Bonnie herself was notorious for playing the field, going from boy to
boy as she pleased. She got crushes easily, and got over them just as easily.
"I haven't seen the guy so far worth remaining faithful to," she said now.
Everyone looked at her quickly. Sue's chin was resting on her fists as she asked,
"Not even Stefan?"
Bonnie should have known. With the only light the dim bedside lamp and the only
sound the rustle of new leaves on the weeping willows outside, it was inevitable that
the conversation would turn to StefanтАФand to Elena.
Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbertwere already a sort of legend in the town, like
Romeo and Juliet. When Stefan had first come toFell's Church, every girl had
wanted him. And Elena, the most beautiful, most popular, most unapproachable girl
at school, had wanted him too. It was only after she'd gotten him that she realized
the danger. Stefan wasn't what he seemedтАФhe had a secret far darker than anyone
could have guessed. And he had a brother, Damon, even more mysterious and
dangerous than himself. Elena had been caught between the two brothers, loving
Stefan but drawn irresistibly to Damon's wildness. In the end she had died to save
them both, and to redeem their love.