Chapter 1 : Call Her By Her Name!
[ Song- Hard Times by Aretha Franklin]
Bonnie sat in her dorm at the University of New Orleans writing and studying hundreds of reports on the Axe Man for her Criminology class assignment.
"Why didn't they catch this creep…those poor people axe the death. What would push someone mentally to commit such a crime?" Bonnie questioned herself.
She startled when her roommate Caroline stumbled in "hey bon Hayley and Josh are going to a party wanna come?"
Bonnie rolled her eyes "Kinda wanna finish this paper Carebear"
"Its due Monday ...its Saturday night live a little" Caroline said laughing. Bonnie refused but Caroline kept begging her until she gave into temptation.
"You know Josh gets extra as fuck sometimes and it annoys me" Bonnie said laughing.
"He's our diva but he means well" Caroline said opening the door. Bonnie dragged her body off the bed, slipped on her cute red flats and walked out the door. Caroline wore a wide smile and hooked their arms, Hayley and Josh were waiting at the bottom of the stairs
"Plain Jane Bonnie getting out of the cell for a change…a Queen is truly shocked" Josh said flipping his imaginary hair. The girls laughed "Thought I give Saturday fever a chance" Bonnie said winking. The trio made their way outside, over to a long path that lead to a huge mansion where there was loud music and girls splashing each other in a gigantic pool,
"Who lives here? Jay Gatsby" Bonnie joked.
"Nerd galore" Josh whispered. Bonnie pinched his butt playfully, "and fun galore Bonnie is back" he said.
Bonnie and her friends walked into the mansion, looking around at the well decorated vintage style mansion "Guys who lives here?"
"My partner in sociology Rebekah Mikaelson, they're like super rich and her older brother is hot and he's in my art class" Caroline explained grabbing her mini squad drinks.
"and British!" Josh said in high pitch voice popping his foot back like he's in princess diaries.
"The other older brother is kinda hot" Hayley said biting her lip.
"Ew he's like 40..what? You got daddy problems" Caroline said. Hayley rolled her eyes and hit the dance floor. Josh and Caroline dragged themselves on the dance floor as well while Bonnie stood by the drinks watching her crazy friends attempt to twerk and grind on each other to Nicki Minaj and Drake.
2 hours had passed and Bonnie was running bored, her friends were so good at socializing and being easily liked it made her jealous. She made up her mind that she was going to finish her third drink and head back to the dorm
"Not having fun at the kiddies party" a voice said standing next to her, she turned her green eyes and looked up at the tall, ocean blue eyed smirking face.
Bonnie give a slight smile at the guy "and you seem way too old to be here, perv" she hissed throwing her drink into the garbage leaving the party.
The next day Bonnie grab herself a ginger ale and blueberry muffin at Café de Veeta downtown French Quarter, she sat in a corner and began to sip her ginger ale. She noticed the man from last night buying a coffee and bent her head down so he wont see her. He turned around and saw the pretty, shy face once again.
"Green eyes" He said sitting infront of her.
Bonnie looked at him uncomfortable "I didn't invite you here, sir"
"I'm not that old and I'm just trying to be nice, I though New Orleans was all about that southern hospitality" he teased sipping his coffee. She finally made eye contact with the man who was smiling at her.
"So green eyes you go to college or something?" he asked.
"It's Bonnie not green eyes and yes University of New Orleans. Why were you at a college kid birthday party, perv" she snapped back.
"First of all its not perv, its Damon Salvatore Attorney-at-Law. The Mikaelsons and I are family friends plus I'm their lawyer" he said crossing his legs. Bonnie's tongue was twisted in shock, she began to pray she wont get in trouble. The last thing she needs is trouble with a white man!
"You don't look like an attorney…"she fumbled to say.
"What did you expect? A shirt, tie with geeky glasses and a preppy hairstyle, not my thing. My office is across the street" He said pointing to the building. She say the "Salvatore Law" sign. She gulped thinking he's a fancy attorney that can help her with her criminology classes. JACKPOT!
"So Bonnie what's your major?" he asked
"um criminology" she said. He smile widely "Amazing course, I actually did a criminology course at NYU but I always loved New Orleans so decided to bring my practice here along with my brother Stefan who just finished law school"
As he rambled about his firm, power and law, Bonnie looked at the features of this beautiful man. She was raised differently when it comes to being interested in men like this, he was tempting and beautiful "How old are you?" she blurted out.
He laughed "30"
A soft "Oh" escaped her 19-year-old mouth.
"Is that a good or bad thing?" he teased her. She blushed "Um I don't know but I should get back to my dorm got school stuff to do" she grabbed her purse.
"Hey here's my card…call me if you need anything" he said placing his card into her soft hand and watching her leave.
Bonnie spent her Sunday listening to Caroline and Josh brag about boys and finish her assignment on the AxeMan of New Orleans however she kept fighting every nerve of temptation not to pick up that calling card and talk to that handsome Damon guy. She was scared, what if she got too close and she would have to tell him all of her family baggage and why she cant let her body control her instead of the years and years of her family pain.
Bonnie Bennett was not an ordinary girl neither is her life ordinary…