Ok so this is the first part to a three part installment.
It's going to go in couples, each Couple has a difficult situation that they've been trying to get through. Each Chapter will be about one of these three Couples.
Bamon
Klaroline
Stelena
I was listening to Demons - Imagine Dragons & Medicine - Daughter as i wrote this chapter.
He stood in the cold kitchen with his glass half filled with the brown liquid, he knew he promised her he'd give up.
She warned him time and time again that she'd leave, that she couldn't stand it anymore.
He was a horrible drunk, he scared her,
screaming in her face for sport but tonight it had been the last straw.
He hurt her, he physically hurt her.
She hadn't done anything but he knew the moment she glanced at him disapprovingly he lashed out,
he threw vase off the dining table crashing to the floor causing her to jump.
He asked if she was scared, if she was frightened of his true self but she shook her head.
That's when it happened, that's when he slapped her across the cheek.
It was what woke him up.
He'd never touched her, not forcefully ever.
He was ashamed of himself especially as he watched her grab her bag and keys running for the door.
He wanted to race after her apologize but the liquid in the glass bottle on the kitchen counter needed him more.
She showed up at her best friend's house, a blubbering mess unable to control herself as the incoherent words escaped her mouth.
"He hurt you? I'll kill him" Elena said angrily.
She hated seeing her friends her most of all Bonnie hurt, she always looked strong on the surface but inside she was softer.
"Maybe it's time you left his ass. He's done nothing but hurt you this past year alone let alone the three years before that"
Caroline glared at Elena as she insulted Bonnie's husband, the man she gave her heart too
"You don't understand Elena. I can't leave him, He needs me and I need him"
Caroline held her friend sympathetically because she knew how she felt, that need for somebody who wasn't entirely the best for you.
"Bon, what Elena means is that you need to talk to him when he's sober and give him an ultimatum"
Elena looked at her blonde best friend offering a smile
"Stay the night and in the morning return home and fix it and we'll come if you need us" Bonnie smiled through the tears "Thanks guys"
The following morning when Bonnie arrived home alone she walked into the kitchen to find her kitchen counter filled with empty bottles of bourbon
"Oh gosh" she sighed.
She was scared of the way he would be when he saw her if he'd gone through all of those bottles the night before.
She ran to their bedroom quietly but quickly to grab her clothes but instead she found him sat on the bed propped up against the pillows holding Mr cuddles in his arms
"Oh. I thought you'd be at work" He looked up at her expressionless
"I couldn't I called in sick because I think I have a problem"
Bonnie sighed in relief as her eyes filled with tears
"Yeah? What's that then?" He climbed from the bed walking towards her reaching for her cheek but she flinched
"I am so sorry Bon. I should have listened, I should have quit when it got too much but I ignored you. Please let me make it up to you"
Bonnie looked into his crystal blue eyes as he leaned over her
"You mean it? You're going to quit?" He nodded offering her a small smile
"I'm going to an AA meeting in an hour. Ric's picking me up"
Bonnie launched her arms around him
"Thank you" He smiled as he kissed the top of her head
"But I think now we need to see a councilor. I think it's time we talked about it" Bonnie couldn't face him she just nodded against his chest because she knew he was right it was time to talk about it.
Damon sat in the room full of people listening to their stories,
reasons they let the drink get out of control or the reason they relapsed.
He took each story in listening to so many different and challenging reasons for their problems and now he looked at it he was selfish because while he was drinking the problem away Bonnie had to relive her pain everyday.
"Damon. Would you care to talk?" Ric asked from the opposite side of the room knowing that his best friend needed to get things out in the open.
"Hi I'm Damon and I'm an Alcoholic."
The people called out to him
"Hi Damon"
He went on to explain his story.
"Last year my wife went through a difficult situation and Instead of supporting her I turned to alcohol. I couldn't deal with what had happened and I lashed out at her then last night for the first time I slapped her, I physically hurt her"
Damon looked at Ric as he nodded agreeing Damon had said enough for that evening but the next meeting he would tackle his other issues.
The following afternoon Bonnie and Damon sat on the couch in the councilors office.
"So Bonnie, I've read over your notes but would you care to tell me what happened?"
Bonnie took a deep breath trying not to stutter, Damon reached out his hand lacing it with her offering his support.
"Last year I was walking home from work when I was raped. He took me into an alley and raped me leaving me thrown on the ground like I was a piece of meat"
Damon squeezed her hand tighter more for himself than anything but Bonnie knew he was there for her.
"And how did that make you feel?"
Bonnie looked at Damon then at their hands
"Weak, dirty, sick. It made me hate myself"
the councilor nodded as she wrote the notes on her notepad
"And you Damon?" He looked at Bonnie
"I felt like a failure, like I couldn't protect her when I promised I would. I was angry and turned to drink"
The councilor nodded
"What happened as a result of this rape?" Bonnie took a deep breath
"I was pregnant. I was possibly carrying my rapist's child and I hated it"
She remembered the hatred she had for that innocent baby growing within her womb.
She wanted to rip it from her and throw it as far away from her as possible.
"How did it make you feel Damon?" He exhaled deeply
"I don't know. It was a baby, possibly not mine but it was a baby and it was Bonnie's baby"
they shared a gaze as a small smile tugged at Bonnie's mouth
"Can you explain what happened?" Bonnie took a deep breath trying to calm her tears
"I gave birth to my rapist baby and I gave her away" The councilor looked towards Damon
"How did it make you feel to know it wasn't your baby that she had given birth to?"
Damon looked away
"I felt sick. I wanted a baby with her so much but I blamed that baby for our problems, for the fact that Bonnie was broken" Bonnie looked at him sadly
"Is that why you turned to alcohol? Because you're ashamed at yourself for hating the baby?"
Damon shrugged his shoulders
"I'm ashamed of myself for hating that innocent baby, for hating Bonnie for continuing with the pregnancy and I'm ashamed of myself for being at the bar while she was attacked"
Bonnie held onto Damon that much tighter because he finally let her know how he felt, that he never really hated her.
"I love you" she whispered softly as looked up at him earning a small smile from him.
"I love you too Bon-Bon" He wrapped his arm around her holding her tighter within his arms as they continued expressing their feelings to the woman before them.
R&R
A/N: So part one Bonnie was the victim of Rape, I didn't want to touch all bases i just wanted them to express themselves, to let the other know how they felt about the rape and what followed after.