But you have to take care of getting Meredith to my house Saturday night. Bonnie thrust her chin out, put her hands on her hips, and waited. Invite that bizarre little drip who undressed in front of half the school? After everything that happened?"įor a moment Caroline looked helplessly frustrated. You couldn't just substitute Sue Carson for Elena and say, There, everything is fixed now.īut how do I explain that to Caroline? Bonnie thought. But even so, Caroline had to understand that things couldn't be the way they had been before. Meredith gets along with her, doesn't she?"īonnie had to admit Meredith did everyone got along with Sue. Three doesn't make much of a party," she protested feebly when she could get a word in. "But there aren't even four of us anymore. Bonnie didn't have the heart to tell her that the good old days were as dead as disco. But Caroline was going on, looking dreamy and almost romantic as she talked about the good old days. This is a bad idea, this is a very bad idea, she thought.
"We always used to celebrate our birthdays together, just the four of us, remember? And remember how the guys would always try to crash our parties? I wonder if they'll try this year."īonnie felt control of the situation slipping away from her. "I want us to be friends again the way we used to be," Caroline said. There was no artifice in them now, none of Caroline's usual nasty manipulation. And she'd hate to see us sitting around and crying over her six months after she's gone." Caroline leaned forward, her normally feline green eyes earnest and compelling. Elena would want us to have a good time, you know she would. "Look, Caroline, the reason Meredith didn't have a big party is that she still doesn't feel much like celebrating. So surprised she just might kill me afterward. Oh, she'll be surprised, all right, thought Bonnie. Come on, Bonnie-just think how surprised she'll be." We've got all night my parents won't be back until Sunday morning. "But she didn't have a party, not a real party like this one.
"Meredith's birthday is already over," she pointed out. A vague nagging in the pit of her stomach told her that for some reason it was a very, very bad idea. And Bonnie had serious misgivings about this party Caroline was trying to set up. Nothing could ever be the way it had been before Elena died. "Things can be just like they were before," said Caroline warmly, reaching out to squeeze Bonnie's hand.īut it wasn't true.
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