run right back | dan&bonnie
Dan checked his phone for about the tenth time that night and he was growing restless. It had been at least fifteen minutes since he had sent his last text, and nineteen since he had last tried to call. And that was only tonight. He had spent the better part of the last week trying to get in contact with his presumably still-best friend, Bonnie Bennett. She'd been quite distant with him lately, forgetting to text him back. Cutting off their phone calls. Ditching early or not showing up at all when they had agreed to meet up. If it were any other person their cold shoulder wouldn't have bothered him as much. But because it was Bonnie, one of his best friends since childhood, it bothered him to no end. Worried him mostly. She was never one to brush him off, and he knew it had something to do with the Salvatores because everything between them had changed when those two brothers had rolled into town.
Strictly speaking, Dan wasn't supposed to leave the house. The curfew might not have been in effect anymore, but all the adults were still advising everyone not to be out late, something his father agreed with completely. But in that moment, Dan could not have cared less. Something was up with Bonnie and he was going to find out what that was. Besides, it's not like he hadn't done this a million times before. Curfew or no curfew. Slinking through the night wasn't hard, and since he'd been along this route countless times before, Dan had found himself standing in front of the Bennett house in no time. All the lights were off downstairs, reasonable since it wasn't exactly ideal visiting hours. But as he walked around to the side of the house he could see that the light to Bonnie's room was on.
So she was home, he thought to himself, and she's avoiding me. "Well time to get to the bottom of this bullshit." He muttered to himself and walked towards the tree that stretched up and hung over the balcony connected to Bonnie's room. Dan had done the climb many times before, so he quickly and easily climbed the tree and landed on her balcony with a surprisingly quiet thud. Straightening himself, he moved to open her sliding door, frowning when he discovered it was locked. She never locked her door, she always left it open for him in case he'd randomly feel like crashing at hers for the night. "Bonnie, it's me... open the door please." He began knocking on the door quietly, only becoming louder the longer she took. "Come on, I know you're in there, Bon. I can see your shadow by the lamp."