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

"Maybe StefanтАФif you're Elena," Bonnie murmured, yielding the point. The
atmosphere had changed. It was hushed now, a little sad, just right for late-night
confidences.
"I still can't believe she's gone," Sue said quietly, shaking her head and shutting
her eyes. "She was so much more alive than other people."
"Her flame burned brighter," said Meredith, gazing at the patterns the
rose-and-gold lamp made on the ceiling. Her voice was soft but intense, and it
seemed to Bonnie that those words described Elena better than anything she'd ever
heard.
"There were times when I hated her, but I could never ignore her," Caroline
admitted, her green eyes narrowed in memory. "She wasn't a person you could
ignore."
"One thing I learned from her death," Sue said, "is that it could happen to any of
us. You can't waste any of life because you never know how long you've got."
"It could be sixty years or sixty minutes," Vickie agreed in a low voice. "Any of
us could die tonight."
Bonniewriggled, disturbed. But before she could say anything, Sue repeated, "I
still can't believe she's really gone. Sometimes I feel as if she's somewhere near."
"Oh, so do I," said Bonnie, distracted. An image of Warm Springs flashed
through her mind, and for a moment it seemed more vivid than Caroline's dim room.
"Last night I dreamed about her, and I had the feeling it reallywas her and that she
was trying to tell me something. I still have that feeling," she said to Meredith.
 The others gazed at her silently. Once, they would all have laughed if Bonnie
hinted at any-thing supernatural, but not now. Her psychic powers were undisputed,
awesome, and a little scary.
"Do you really?" breathed Vickie.
"What do you think she was trying to say?" asked Sue.
"I don't know. At the end she was trying so hard to stay in contact with me, but
she couldn't."
There was another silence. At last Sue said hesitantly, with the faintest catch in her
voice, "Do you thinkтАж do you thinkyou could contact her?"
It was what they'd all been wondering. Bonnie looked toward Meredith. Earlier,
Meredith had dismissed the dream, but now she metBonnie's eyes seriously.
"I don't know," Bonnie said slowly. Visions from the nightmare kept swirling
around her. "I don't want to go into a trance and open myself up to whatever else
might be out there, that's for sure."
"Is that the only way to communicate with dead people? What abouta Ouija board
or something?" Sue asked.
"My parents havea Ouija board," Caroline said a little too loudly. Suddenly the
hushed, low-key mood was broken and an indefinable tension filled the air. Everyone
sat up straighter and looked at each other with speculation. Even Vickie looked
intrigued on top of herscaredness .
"Would it work?" Meredith said to Bonnie.
"Should we?" Sue wondered aloud.
"Do we dare? That's really the question," Meredith said. Once again Bonnie found
everyone looking at her. Shehesitated a final instant, and then shrugged. Excitement
was stirring in her stomach.
"Why not?" she said."What have we got to lose?"
Caroline turned to Vickie. "Vickie, there's a closet at the bottom of the stairs. The
Ouija board should be inside, on the top shelf with a bunch of other games."