I don't really know what happened. This started out as a fluffy one shot and then turned into this. I took Steroline and Bamon drama and wrapped it in a Christmas bow because… everything's better with Christmas. In this story Caroline isn't pregnant and Spoiler! Damon and Stefan are (obviously) not trapped in the phoenix stone. I hope you like it!

I do not own any of the characters mentioned. All rights go to their respected owners.

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Ornaments and Mistletoe

Stefan's POV

Stefan had volunteered to help his girlfriend, Caroline, decorate the Christmas tree, since Bonnie said there was no way in hell she was going to help Caroline with the decorations ever again. To quote the young witch he believed her words had been 'I love her but by the time we were done I had wanted to smack the blonde off of her'. In order to prevent a supernatural smack down Stefan had taken the job. How bad could she possibly be? Things were difficult even before the two got out the ornaments. First Caroline basically dragged him to buy a tree. Next she had to find the perfect one, and take it from him it felt like years before she finally found one. Then he had to take it home, pull it through the door, and make sure that he didn't ruin the tree or the house. Finally he had to stabilize it. Imagine doing all this while your control freak of a girlfriend screamed in your ear about every little thing you do. Yep, this is the day that he has been having and it just kept getting better. Now he was putting ornaments on the tree in the exact place that Caroline told him to put it. If it was one branch higher then she said to put it then she would clear her throat and raise her eyebrows, this was her way of saying that he needs to watch what he was doing. If he put it too far to the left she would chastise him with a sharp smack on his shoulder, which felt like a dozen bees jabbing there pointers into his shoulder. If the ornament ended up below the target point she would give a long sigh and gently take it out of his hands and place it herself. At that moment he hears the blonde next to him clear her throat. He turns around to see her eyebrows raised and a gold ornament in her left hand.

"Yes Caroline?" he doesn't know why this came out like a question he already knows what she is going to say.

"The ornament's a little high could you put it down one branch?" she says this while she turns back to the tree.

"Why can't it just stay here? It looks fine." He knows that he shouldn't be arguing with her but he can't help it.

"Your right it does look fine, but I don't want it to look 'fine' I want it to look great. It will look great once you move it one branch down." She says this without any sass in her voice, but for some reason it rubs him the wrong way.

"But that's the thing Caroline it's not about what you want. It's Christmas. It's about spending time with your family and friends not forcing the people you care about to do what you want. Now I understand why Bonnie didn't want to help you this year, we both love you too much to tell you that you're driving us crazy so the easiest thing is to not help you at all. You can't always be in control Caroline sometimes you have to trust the people you care about and know that they won't completely screw up your vision of perfection." When he finishes his rant Caroline just looks at him with shock. He hopes he didn't go too hard on her.

"The ornament looks good there." With this she turns back around and continues to put the décor on the evergreen. He studies her face and he knows that what he said had an effect on her; he just hopes that he didn't hurt her feelings. They continue to work on the tree in silence.

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Damon's POV

"What are you doing?" Bonnie says with alarm at the fact that Damon was currently pulling her under the mistletoe.

"Oh nothing just going to stand in that doorway right there." He walks a little faster. Bonnie pulls her arm out of his grip and comes to a stop.

"You mean the doorway with mistletoe hanging from it?" the witch raises an accusing brow at him. He turns around to find her waiting for an answer.

"Yep that's the one." He says this as he watches the girl's face change from confused to angry.

"Do you really think I would betray Elena like that? You think that I'm that big of a slut that I would just kiss you without a second thought?" she takes a step closer to him, challenging him.

"One, I don't think you're a slut and if anybody ever calls you that I'll rip their spine out. Two, of course you wouldn't just kiss me without a second thought. And three, kissing me would not be a betrayal to Elena." He says this as if it is all common sense and to him it is.

"How would kissing you not be a betrayal to Elena? You're the love of her life. The one that you were going to become human with, have kids with, grow old with. How would kissing the man she's in love with, not be a betrayal?" by the time she is done with her rant she is out of breath.

"It wouldn't mean anything anyways, so what's the big deal?" this is a lie on his part. Kissing Bonnie would mean everything to him because over the past few months he has realized the feelings he has harbored for the beautiful witch. At first he tried to deny it to himself. He tried pretending that it was only because he missed Elena. After a while he stopped thinking about wanting to hold and kiss Elena and more about wanting to be there for Bonnie through anything and everything. He used to think about how happy he would be when he finally saw Elena again, now all he could think about was how devastated he would be when Bonnie died. Later on, he figured out that if he lost Bonnie he would lose everything. He finally came to the conclusion that he was falling in love with Bonnie Bennett. For some strange reason the Christmas spirit made his feelings for her grow, maybe because of the way she would hum jingle bells as she walked around the house. The only thing that he could think of to help control (or expose) his feelings was a kiss under the mistletoe, but as he expected she was being reluctant.

"The big deal, Damon, is that it would mean something to me. You mean something to me, and if you really think that I could just kiss you and walk away without feeling anything then you are even dumber than I thought!" she all but yells this at him. This is a game changer. He already knew that Bonnie cared about him but he didn't know that she cared or felt about him beyond a best friend manner. He knows that he needs to say something, it has become too quiet between them, and he can hear his younger brother in the background talking about family and perfection. Looks like we both screwed up with our girls. No he wasn't going to give up that easily. He knew that there would be consequences of this later but he had to do this. He walked forward, grabbed Bonnie's cheeks, and pushed his lips onto hers. At first Bonnie remained still, and then she started to kiss him back. It was a slow kiss that became more intense after a few seconds. Bonnie's arms wrapped around his neck pulling him closer to her while Damon's hands found the small of her back pulling her so close that their bodies were touching. Suddenly, Bonnie pulled away. "That wasn't supposed to happen. I have to go." She runs up the stairs before he can say or do anything. I totally screwed up.

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So that just happened…I'm sorry this was honestly supposed to be a one and done story but oh well. I will try to update it tomorrow but no promises since I have to study for finals. Please review! Thank you for reading I hoped you liked it.