Hello! No, this isn't me giving up on Of Beating Hearts. I've already started on the latest (last?) chapter. I just need to make time to work on a good chunk of it. I didn't watch the TVD premier tonight and don't plan to watch the season, but I HAVE seen the Beremy gifs. I've tentatively decided that I'm going to write alternate versions of their dialogue based on the gifs I see on Tumblr. I'm hoping the chapters will be linked, but we'll see.

Enjoy!

Dear Elena

Dear Elena,

"You still use 'dear' in your e-mails? I didn't know people still did that. My dad doesn't even do that."

Jeremy smiled. He'd felt the wind pick up, but he hadn't thought anything of it, too busy nursing a headache and composing an e-mail meant for his sister.

"I didn't know still planned to show up for this date."

Bonnie straightened and flipped her hair to her right shoulder. Her boots crushed the grass as she rounded the bench to join him.

"I'm testing out the spell," she said.

"Oh is that why you're here?" he asked as he watched her take a seat.

"Yep. It sucks that I had to be moving to Whitmore right when Abby taught me this spell. There's so much open space in Mystic Falls. Do you know how hard it is to find a space big enough but private enough on a college campus to call on the winds to help me travel?" Bonnie snaked her arm through his and laid her head on his shoulder.

"No idea. I haven't really gotten a tour," he said sourly. He'd only gone to Whitmore long enough to help Bonnie move. Caroline had complained that she's a girl, too, but Jeremy had shrugged, silently pointing out her super strength before he'd ended the tease and helping Caroline carry her boxes to the room she was sharing with Elena.

"You'll get one someday," Bonnie teased. "It's a long four years."

"Great," Jeremy sighed.

"Are you still mad?"

"Have things settled down between you and Caroline?" Jeremy asked instead.

Bonnie rolled her eyes, not at him but at her situation with the two girls. Well, it was mostly between her and Caroline. It hadn't gone over well when she'd finally told Caroline that she didn't want to room with them. It had caused a big argument, mainly between her and Caroline with Elena calmly offering her desire for Bonnie to room with them here and there. Caroline was passionate about Bonnie's refusal to room with them. Bonnie had said she wanted something different, to meet new people, to have a different experience at Whitmore. Caroline Forbes was never out of style; she wasn't someone to be outgrown, so she had a very hard time understanding what Bonnie was saying.

"She texted me to invite me to a party she and Elena were going to, and I turned her down, so...I'm pretty sure we're gonna argue again the next time she finds me. Are you still mad?"

"I wasn't mad. I was frustrated."

"You still showed up."

"Of course I still showed up; you knew I'd still show up; that's why you came."

Bonnie definitely heard the frustration in his voice. She took some of the smugness out of her tone. Not for the first time, she felt a little guilty, like she was leading him along, but she really wasn't leading him along. She didn't want to label her situation with Jeremy anything other than friendship, much to Jeremy's chagrin and now frustration, despite them sleeping together and having dates from time to time (it happened in that order), but she did have a definite destination in mind for them. She just wasn't ready to share it with him, because sometimes it felt like wishful thinking on her part. What they had right now was good; it was working. She just need to see it work for a while longer before she accepted the next label.

"I'm happy you came," she told him softly.

Jeremy looked at her and shook his head. He knew what he wanted with Bonnie, had for a long time, and he was ready to make it happen, but he was working on her terms. Which was frustrating at times. She'd even put a stop to him talking about their past, as if she wanted to draw it out. He'd expected that the conversation would come up since they'd fallen into bed after he saved her on the island, after which she'd given him the go-ahead to try and get her back, but she'd changed her mind.

But he wasn't going anywhere. He kissed her full on the lips, long enough for her to melt into him. Her eyes were closed and a small smile lit her lips.

He got back to his e-mail, and she laid her head on his shoulder, content.

A/N: I do plan on explaining how Jeremy saved Bonnie's life. Most likely in a flashback that will include when they slept together. And I plan on showing the exact beginning of Bonnie and Caroline's (and Elena's) discontent, as these are ideas I've had for different stories regarding Beremy, and I think they'll work well in this fic.

Oh, and I'll probably update this once a week when the episodes air? Right now, I'm trying to decide if I want to do anything with the Beremy classroom scene. You guys feel free to let me know if you have alternate ideas for the scenes as they air, and I'll try to make them work within the story. Just make sure your idea flows with the story!