How great were the Bamon scenes last night? I was inspired.
So we have an 8 week hiatus until the new episode, so I thought that I would fit in a short fic that takes place between the end of Turning Tables and its Epilogue. I hope you enjoy and let this help you get through the 8 week hiatus.
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"So we went to see the lawyer today and unfortunately the mother decided to keep the baby", Elena Gilbert-Salvatore frowned as she sat on the couch next to Bonnie Bennett.
Bonnie's face melted, "I'm sorry, I know that you and Stefan were really counting on Theresa agreeing to the adoption".
"I know…it's just getting hard…", Elena wiped the tears the tears pooling in her eyes, "and I know that Stefan is starting to feel guilty about the entire thing, I just want a child…it doesn't have to be my biological child…"
Bonnie bit her lip. Elena and Stefan had been married for a little over a year and they decided they wanted to start a family a couple of months ago. It was clear that they could not have a biological child, so they started the adoption proceedings—but it was easier said than done. She watched as Elena tried not to break every time they realized that they would not get the baby that they hoped for and she heard from Damon how frustrated Stefan was that he couldn't give Elena her deepest desire. Bonnie hated to see two people that she cared deeply for suffering.
She knew she could help them, there was a spell. A spell that she found years ago, during a time when she was at her lowest…during a time when she was afraid for her life…during a time when she wasn't herself.
"Bonnie, are you ok?" Elena asked.
"Fine…fine…I'm sure it will work out for you two soon", Bonnie smiled touching Elena's hand.
"I hope so as well, but I believe it will…Stefan and I have beat all of the other odds…this won't be any different", Elena smiled.
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Bonnie sat in the middle of Damon's bed staring at the wall, "What's going on in that mind of yours Bennett?" Damon asked walking out of the bathroom with his towel wrapped around his waist, "and I thought you were joining me in the shower?"
"I'm sorry…I got distracted", she frowned.
"Oh…well…maybe I can find another way to distract you", Damon smirked as he dropped his towel and raised an eyebrow.
"Cute…"
"Bonnie…I'm standing here naked in front of you, I don't think the word cute is appropriate", Damon said picking up the towel and wrapping it around his waist.
Bonnie smiled, "And what word would be appropriate?"
Damon moved closer to the bed and crawled up next to her, "Let's see if you can even utter any intelligible words in a few moments", Damon whispered in her ear as he began kissing her on the neck.
Bonnie breathed in deeply as she closed her eyes, removing the towel from Damon's waist and throwing it on the floor.
As Damon slowly undressed her, she felt every nerve in her body come alive. A few years had drifted by since she and Damon started on the road to being some weird supernatural couple that could set a world record in make ups and break ups. No matter how angry he made her at times (and he could do that in a 100 different ways), she always realized that he was the one that made her smile when no else could…he was the one that she looked to for safety…and he was the one who made her feel like she could survive anything.
The year that she spent with Klaus was a distant memory…a horrible memory…while she would remember it from time to time, everything that happened with Damon had managed to make what happened with Klaus seem like a footnote in her life. Of course, there were times when she would be doing something and she would remember a moment in that house with Klaus…it would shake her to the core…but those moments were fleeting, but when they did come…it would affect her for hours. Damon at first tried to assure her that she was safe and Klaus was never coming back, but after awhile he realized that he needed to let her be at times and he did. She loved Damon, she felt it with every fiber of her being now. It was weird looking back and remembering the intense hate she used to have for him, because at this point in time…she couldn't imagine anything better than having his hands all over her.
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"What are you thinking about?" Damon asked tracing circles on Bonnie's arm as her leg stayed intertwined with his.
"Elena and Stefan".
Damon sat up and looked at her, "After what we just did, you are thinking of my brother and his wife…that may be a problem".
"I was thinking about them because she told me that the mother decided not to go through with the adoption".
"Yeah…Stefan broke the news to me earlier, I offered to compel her since Stefan refused to do it…he said something about it being immoral", Damon shrugged, "he obviously doesn't really want the kid".
Bonnie sat up on her elbows and looked at her blue eyed devil-angel, "Damon, you cannot compel a woman to give up her child".
"But she promised them and went back on it".
"And it was her right to do that…yes…it sucks, but it was always a possibility".
Damon rolled his eyes, "Well I guess it's back to the drawing board…"
"Not exactly…I thought of something today…", Bonnie began.
"Yeah, getting a sperm donor…yeah, I suggested that to Stefan…he did not find that funny at all…"
Bonnie chuckled and shook her head, "No…I thought of something that I could do".
Damon narrowed his eyes, "And what could you possibly do?"
"Do you remember…", Bonnie began and just thinking about it made her feel weird.
"What?"
"Do you remember what Klaus wanted?" she asked breathing out.
Damon looked at Bonnie. He could hear the way her voice wavered when she said Klaus' name. He hated to even think about Klaus and what he did to Bonnie. Every time he thought about it, he wanted to find where Stefan and Caroline had buried Klaus, dig him up and stab him over and over with the white oak dagger. He had never hated or wanted to torture anything repeatedly more than Klaus.
"Yes I remember what Klaus wanted", Damon replied.
"He wanted to have a child with me…"
"Yes…I remember that…"
"And he knew that it wasn't possible with him as a vampire…"
Damon looked at Bonnie and shook his head, "No…you're not doing it", he said sliding out of the bed and slipping on a pair of boxers.
"What do you mean?" she asked sliding out of bed dressed in one of his t-shirts.
"I know what you are thinking and no…you can't do that…not even for Stefan and Elena".
"Damon, it's only a spell…it's not a big deal".
"It's only a spell…it's not only a spell and you know that".
"Why isn't it?" Bonnie asked.
"It's the spell that Klaus terrorized you over".
"So what…Klaus is gone".
"Gone…yes, he's buried with that dagger in him…but you can't convince me that he doesn't enter your mind sometimes and if you even think about casting that spell, you will think about him".
"I will not think about him…"
"Bonnie, you can't even say his name without your heartbeat speeding up…I can hear it…you are not doing that spell", Damon declared.
"You don't get to tell me what to do", Bonnie argued.
"When it is for your own good, I will".
"Oh really?" Bonnie asked raising an eyebrow.
Damon rolled his eyes, "Oh don't look at me like that! I am only trying to stop you from picking at old wounds…I love you Bonnie, I don't want to see you hurt".
"And I won't be…I will do the spell for Elena and Stefan and it will be ok".
"Bonnie, the only reason why you know about this spell is because Klaus wanted you to perform it…do you remember what he did to you because you claimed not to know anything about the spell?"
"Yes I remember…I will never forget, but Damon…"
"Bonnie, you have come a long way…"
"I know and that's why I can do this spell", Bonnie said touching his arm, "I know you want to protect me, but Damon…the truth is…what happened with Klaus, I won't forget it…it will always be a part of my memories…but I survived it. I'm better now and I need you to believe that fully".
Damon sighed, "Bonnie, I really don't like this".
"I know, but you will be ok with it…"
"No".
"Will you pretend you are?" Bonnie asked with hopeful eyes.
Damon rolled her eyes, "Maybe".
"Damon…"
"That's the best you can get out of me at the moment", Damon answered.
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The next evening, Damon slid onto a booth next to Stefan and ordered a beer, "You're late", Stefan mumbled as he sipped his own beer.
"Sorry…I had to stop and get gas", Damon smirked.
Stefan sniffed the air, "Unless that gas station has perfume that smells like Bonnie, it seems as though you had me waiting while you and Bonnie..."
"Got to know each other better", Damon finished for him.
"It's been a couple of years, I'm sure that you know each other well enough".
"Right…well I wanted to talk to you about something very important".
Stefan turned to him, "What?"
"Look, I'm sorry that you and Elena are having trouble finding a mother to adopt your child from…"
"Yes, I know…Elena was heartbroken when Theresa fell through".
"Yes, I know and she spoke with Bonnie…Bonnie wants to help".
Stefan raised an eyebrow, "And how would she do that…I hope it's nothing like your plan".
"Look, compelling that Theresa girl would not have been a bad idea…she promised and she went back on that…she deserves it".
"Ok so how does Bonnie want to help".
"Do you remember what Klaus wanted from her?"
"To create a child with her that he would later turn into a hybrid…yes…"
"And do you remember there was a spell to accomplish that?" Damon asked.
Stefan nodded and then his eyes widened, "She wants to do the spell to help me and Elena".
"She does and you are going to decline", Damon stated.
Stefan turned to his beer.
"You are going to decline, aren't you?"
"Damon…if there is a spell that could possibly give me and Elena a baby…a biological one, I am willing to consider it".
Damon blinked, "Are you serious?"
"It's a spell Damon, Bonnie is a witch and Elena…she really wants a child and I do too…"
"So you get your baby and I'm left with a traumatized girlfriend", Damon shook his head.
"Traumatized…what are you talking about, Bonnie seems fine…she seems better than ever actually".
"That's because she has no reminders of her time with Klaus anymore…this spell was the root of everything that he did to her. Do you think that just thinking about doing the spell won't bring back those memories for her…yes, Bonnie has come a long way…but there is still a part of her of that remembers what he did and although she tries to hide it, I know it effects her".
"Damon, Bonnie knows what she can handle…you have to give her some credit here".
"This isn't about Bonnie, you want to make Elena happy…you know that you are the reason why she can't have the picket fence and the child…I want to keep Bonnie happy and doing this spell will only bring bad memories back to her".
"Why don't you let her decide that", Stefan replied, "and look, I care about Bonnie…but I also know that she wouldn't do this or even suggest it if she didn't feel comfortable".
Damon stood up from the bar and looked at Stefan, "Then you know nothing…I hope you are happy when you get your happy ending and I get to see Bonnie relive the worst year of her life", Damon threw money on the counter and stomped out of the bar.
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Bonnie looked down at the spell on the crumbled piece of paper in front of her. She spent hours sitting at her dining room table staring down at the words.
"Amelia informed me that you were a little dishonest with me", Klaus said walking around Bonnie.
"What are you talking about?" Bonnie sighed.
"About the spell", Klaus replied, "the spell that would make it possible for you and I to have our child".
Bonnie looked over at Amelia who smirked.
"I find it hard to believe that the all knowing Bennetts would skip over a spell that would allow any supernatural being to be human for 24 hours", Klaus stated, "it's a good thing that I have Amelia here to inform me of such things".
"I don't know anything about this spell", Bonnie lied.
"Oh, I think you do. That is why your heart is beating rapidly, you know all about this spell".
"I don't…I don't know and even if there was a spell…"
"Amelia, when can you perform the spell?" Klaus asked turning to Amelia.
"I can perform it tonight when the moon is at its highest".
"Perfect…Bonnie, I think you should prepare yourself, after the spell has been completed…I plan to come to you and we will create our child, a child that will be more powerful than we could have ever imagined", Klaus said as he moved his head and Amelia left the room.
Just thinking of that moment sent chills up and down her spine. Although she didn't spend much time at this point in her life thinking about Klaus, but when she did…it shook her to the core. She knew that Damon sensed this and that was why he had no interest in her doing the spell for Elena and Stefan. In some ways she appreciated his protectiveness, but in some ways…she felt as if he didn't think she was strong enough to do this; that she could handle it mentally. She fought long and hard to make him see her as more than someone he 'saved' or had to 'protect' and she resented it every time he treated her like the perpetual victim.
She wanted to help Stefan and Elena and this was one way to do it.
She looked at the spell as she heard the front door open and close. She folded the paper and placed it in the back of her jeans pocket as she entered the living room, "Hey", she smiled.
"Hi", he replied throwing his jacket on the chair, "what were you doing?"
"Nothing…just thinking…"
"About?" Damon asked walking over to her.
She breathed out and looked up at him, "I don't want to argue".
"Well neither do I…so say something that won't make me want to argue".
"Damon, I am going to do the spell on Stefan".
Damon rolled his eyes and walked away from her heading into the kitchen.
"Damon…"
He opened the refrigerator and removed a bag of blood, "Bonnie, what do you want me to say…you want to do the spell fine…you know that it will bring up old memories for you, but if you want to ignore that part…then fine…do it!", he walked over to the cabinet and flung it open almost removing it from the hinges and slammed a cup down on the counter.
"Damon…", Bonnie walked over to him, "Elena and Stefan…they are my closest friends…he's your brother…you know that they want a child, you know that this would make them both happy…if it were you, if you wanted a child…"
"See it could never be me because I realize that there is a reason why I'm not supposed to have children…and frankly, I'm fine with that", Damon emptied the blood into the cup.
"If you had a chance to be a father, you wouldn't take it?" Bonnie asked.
"Why would I…I like things the way they are and I had a father…and let me tell you, he wasn't too great and Bonnie, the fact is…if I have a kid, I would have to watch that kid die one day and that doesn't exactly excite me in any way".
Bonnie shook her head, "I don't want you to fight me on this".
"I'm not going to…but I will say this, no good can come of this Bonnie…you know that".
"If Stefan and Elena get to have their baby, that will be a good thing".
"And when you have to increase your visits to Dr. Talbot, how good will it be then…huh?" Damon asked.
"That's not going to happen".
"Since you're so sure of that…I guess it won't", Damon shrugged as he placed his cup in the microwave and set the timer.
Bonnie opened her mouth and closed it. She sighed, "I am not that 17 year old girl who was raped by Klaus anymore, Damon".
Damon had his back to her and he closed his eyes. Just hearing her say it was like someone took a knife to his insides. When he thought about what happened with Klaus…what she went through…her horrible it must have been for her, he felt sick. It was so intense and disgusting, that she couldn't even handle it and she had to split into a different person.
"I know that sometimes you think I am still her, but I'm not…I'm much better now…I'm stronger and I know that what happened with Klaus was a part of my life, but it's not the only thing. My life is good now…I'm in college, my powers have increased and hey…", she touched his arm as he turned to face her, "I have you and you have helped me a lot…and you continue to help me, even though sometimes it may not exactly be the help that I want or need…but I love you and I want you to believe me when I say that I will be ok and this spell won't take me back to the place where I am setting you on fire in the woods".
Damon shook his head and chuckled, "It better not".
"Believe me…this spell won't affect us at all", Bonnie wrapped her arms around him and placed her head on his chest.
"Sure you say that now…but when Stefan and Elena are dropping off a crying kid, let's see if you feel the same way".
Bonnie laughed as she looked up at Damon, "I love you".
"Yeah…yeah…you better", Damon bent down and kissed her softly on the lips.
Soo this one will be light on the angst…well that's not exactly true, but it won't be too intense.
Stefan is being a little selfish, but he does want a child and he sees how broken up Elena is…so I kind of understand that.
Bonnie says the spell won't affect them at all….Words.