This idea has been rattling around in my head for a while now. This story was inspired by Meghan and Harry's relationship. Also note that I only watched the first few seasons of TVD mainly for Bonnie then for Damon then stopped once I realized she was getting the Mercedes Jones treatment, but still read the fanfic. Bamon will be endgame in this fic we'll see how it goes if I can continue. I own none of the characters except the ones I made up.

Chapter 1

The hospital was busy like any other day with doctors and nurses attending to patients and visitors wandering the halls for their loved ones. Scanning the room a tall blonde found her intended target at the nurse's hub looking over patient's chart.

"I need to talk to you, Kat."

Without looking up the small brunette doctor rolled her green eyes and said with a sigh "I don't have time to deal with you Madison. Now if you'll excuse me I have rounds." Stepping from behind the hub she was blocked by the taller woman.

"Then make time, it's about A.J."

Hearing the name of her ex fiancé bought her to a stop she hadn't heard from since their disastrous wedding day and her conscious had to tell him the truth about his son. Kat was an honorable and well respected doctor so when she found her ex was not the boys' father she had to do the right thing and tell the real father about his son's existence it just happened to be the night before her wedding. When the time came to start the ceremony he never showed up and had her best friend deliver a letter saying his goodbye.

"Have you heard from him?"

"No, but I overheard you talking to Marcus earlier asking if he's heard from him and you have some nerve. Haven't you done enough? You've already ruined my little boy's life and now you're trying to crawl your way back into A.J.'s. He's gone because you couldn't leave well enough alone all because you wanted to hurt me and you were jealous."

"Jealous of what? Your manipulative ways of worming into a man's life, you're an insecure little girl whose life has no meaning other then who you're underneath. Everything I have I worked my entire life for everything you have comes from spending time on your back."

"Is it lonely up on that moral pedestal where you look down and pass judgment on the rest of us? Let's just get it all out in the open you're a bitter, miserable shrew who couldn't stand that I gave A.J. the one thing you couldn't a child, hurts doesn't it?" That's when it all boiled to a head and the tiny brunette slapped her adversary. "And cut!" came from the director as the two women moved away from each other.

"Great thank you Bonnie and Ava we'll pick this up tomorrow let's get set up for the park scene."

"Are you okay, Ava?" Bonnie asked her co-star.

"Yeah, fine although if it was a little harder I think you would have knocked out a filling."

"Sorry." If it was one thing Bonnie Bennett had perfected the art of being able to slap her scene partner and have it be believable without putting too much effort. She had played Katerina Hartford since she was a teenager on the long running soap Mystic Falls and earned countless awards, but it was her off screen life that really had people talking.

"How are you doing?" Ava asked with that tone Bonnie immediately recognized.

"I'm okay. I'll see you tomorrow Ava." Walking into her dressing room Bonnie changed out of her scrubs and into her jeans and t-shirt all she wanted was to go home and have a nice bath. As she started her engine her cell phone began to ring, she knew from the time that it was her Grams calling to let her know what she thought of the episode that aired. Pulling out of the set lot Bonnie hit the speaker button.

"Hi, Grams."

"Did you know that, that heifer Madison paid an intern to falsify the autopsy results to make it look like you gave the wrong medication to that patient and killed him? She's been getting on my nerves; do you get to run her over?"

"Grams, you know I can't tell you what you happens and it's fictional."

"Don't tell me that Bonnie I have been watching this show since before you were even thought of, I'm over this storyline they have you in. It's bad enough you two are fighting over that bastard, I never did like him." Sheila Bennett always let it be known what she thought of anyone whether they asked for her opinion or not.

"Where was this ten years ago when we started dating?"

"I tried to tell you Bonnie, but you're so damn hard headed you didn't listen, I swear you and your mother always do the opposite of what I say. You had hearts in your eyes and couldn't see what was in front of you. He's lucky I didn't put a hex on him."

Bonnie gave a chuckle at her grandmother who the rumor when growing up the old Sheila Bennett was actually a witch, but it was mostly said by jealous women because she still looked good for her age. Along with the fact that she was the head of the Occult department at the university.

"I have to go your Granddaddy is yelling about the neighbor's dog again. Love you."

"Love you too, Grams." Pulling into her drive way Bonnie sat there for a few minutes thinking over her grandmother's words maybe she did have heart eyes when it came to Aiden and looked over all the warning signs that he wasn't right for her but he was her first love.

Walking into her house she was greeting her French Bulldog Winston, reaching down to pick up the small white dog she was too distracted to hear her sixteen year old younger sister coming into the house behind her.

"Jesus Birdie you scared the shit out of me." Covering her chest thinking her heart was about to burst out. Robin "Birdie" Mikaelson was the daughter of her mother's first marriage to music producer Klaus Mikaelson, he was a few years younger than Abby but they seemed to make it work. Bonnie had never seen her mother so happy and was able to accept her relationship with Klaus. Birdie was a mix of her parents with her light brown skin and big eyes she was able to have her father wrapped around her finger , but Birdie had her own sense of style with her two nose piercings and curly black hair that flowed all the way down her back. She was more laid back then Bonnie but had a temper that rivaled their grandmother when pushed.

"Sorry." Birdie replied taking the dog from her sister.

"What are you doing here?"

Rolling her eyes, she let out a sigh "Mom has been getting on my nerves; she's constantly in my business I can't even breathe without her knowing. She's so overprotective, you're so lucky you didn't have to deal with her when you were sixteen. I don't know how you deal with her now."

"Look Abby and I may not have had the best relationship when I was growing up but we're getting there. She only acts that way with you because she loves you and doesn't want you to make bad decisions like her."

"It's not like I'm going to get pregnant at seventeen by a guy I barely know." Hazel eyes looked at her sister with pity and regret. "Sorry Bon Bon, you know I say things without thinking first.

It was no secret that Abby Bennett was a bit flighty in her earlier years getting pregnant at seventeen and then dumping Bonnie with her grandparents when she was six because she thought she wasn't cut out to be a mother. Bonnie barely knew her father and had only seen him a handful of times in her life, still she wasn't jealous that her mother wanted to actually be involved in raising her sister and she grew up in a two parent household.

"Can I please stay here?"

"Its fine I'll call Mom, you can go upstairs and change, we'll order pizza and figure out your problem with Mom."

"You're the best, Bon." Digging her cellphone from her back pocket Bonnie dialed her mother's number waiting for her to answer.

"Bonnie I can't talk right now, Birdie just ran out of the house and I don't know where she is." Abby answered in a panic.

"That's why I'm calling she's over here."

"Oh thank god, Klaus is out of town and we have just been arguing since he left. I'll come get her out of your hair."

"No, its fine it seems like you two can use a break from each other. I'll drop her off after I shoot my scenes tomorrow."

"Thank you, Bonnie. How are you doing by the way?" Bonnie could hear that sympathetic tone in her mother's voice and could just picture her head tilting to the side as most people did when they asked her how she was.

"I'm doing okay; I don't want to talk about Aiden mom."

"You can talk to me, I may not be an expert on relationships but I will listen."

Wanting to end the conversation Bonnie told her mother "I know, I'm going to get Birdie settled in and get something for dinner."

"Okay, sure. I love you Bonnie."

"Yeah, me too."

Going upstairs to her bedroom she found her sister rummaging through her closet. Leaning against the door Bonnie looked around to see what destruction her sister was going to cause in her closet.

"So, what's the verdict? Is she coming to bring me back home?"

"No, I managed to convince her that you two needed space and I'll bring you home tomorrow after work. What are you doing in my closet by the way?"

"I was looking for those pajamas you let me borrow last time when I came across this." Lifting the big garment bag from the rack Birdie unzipped it to reveal the white ball gown wedding dress that Bonnie didn't even want to think about the price she paid for it.

"Why do you still have this?"

Grabbing the bag from her sister Bonnie could feel the tears forming in her eyes it was only six months when she wore that gown on what was to be the happiest day of her life, but turned into a real life scene from her show. She had been planning the day for so long when she was going to marry the love of her life and best friend only for when she arrived at the alter to take his hand Aiden told her that he couldn't do this and that they weren't ready for this level of commitment.

"Birdie this is ten years of a relationship I just can't move on that quickly."

"It's been six months since that day, and with you holding on to the dress you're not letting go. You still have his pictures up. Hell even your character is still in love with his begging him to come home. Everything is a constant reminder to Aiden and it didn't help that Bubonic wrote it into the storyline." Bonnie couldn't help but chuckle at the nickname that her sister and online fans gave to the new executive producer who took over the show and had a problem with Bonnie for no reason. The woman was like a plague it was no coincidence that once she was in charge the ratings went down and characters started acting completely different. While Bonnie was getting praised for her acting skills in the terrible storylines in Soaps Weekly, her producer was subject to online campaigns to have her fired. Bonnie wouldn't say anything out loud but she always suspected she was jealous of her; Bonnie had been playing the same role for half her life and would get told she wasn't connecting with Kat. It also didn't go unnoticed that her ex fiancé would suddenly have to be shirtless in scenes where it wasn't called for. So when Kat was left at the alter she wasn't surprised in was written in, "Maybe this will help you connect with your character." was what the excuse was, but Bonnie held her tongue and did her job she had watched producers come and go and it wouldn't be long until Bonnie didn't have to deal with her anymore.

"It just brings negative energy and holding you back. You're already protective over it."

"It's still a beautiful dress." Bonnie whispered as she clung to it.

"It's not like you're going to wear it again."

"I know that. And what should I do with it, sell it?" It seemed like a bad omen to sell the dress to another woman, no one should go into their wedding day with that much luck against them.

"No, you should burn it."

"Burn it?"

"Yes, fire is all about cleansing, burning it will get you to have a fresh start." Of course she would say that, this past year Birdie had developed a boho Wicca vibe and talked about auras and inner peace.

Thinking it over Bonnie could see her sisters point, she should start moving on her ex was already dating his new co-star. "You're right."

"I am?"

"Let's burn it."

"I'll get the marshmallows and meet you out back." Birdie said with a squeal as she ran out of the closet.

Bonnie couldn't believe she was actually doing this but she did want to have a fresh start and not think about Aiden and the past anymore. Unzipping the dress from its bag she looked at it one more time before it was destroyed. True to her word Birdie had marshmallows, skewers and lighter fluid ready to go.

"You're really excited about this aren't you?"

"I'm excited for you to move on yes, not that you're hurting, Aiden is a dick for what he did to you." Placing the dress on the fire pit she watched her sister pour on lighter fluid while Bonnie lit the match. Birdie was right this was cleansing and the beginning of a new chapter in her life.

"Do you have anything from Aiden that we can burn too?"

Resting her head on her younger sister's shoulder as the sun went down Bonnie was looking forward to what was to come. "I think we're good for now."

And that was the first chapter I hoped you liked it no Damon yet. I still haven't figured out just how to get him involved and what he will be the prince of or if I make up a random place. Things that may or may not be brought up in future chapters just so you have an idea of the characters. The story takes place in California Abby had Bonnie when she was 17 then left Bonnie with her parents when she was six to find herself she married Klaus at 29 (I love Persia and Joe together)and they had Birdie her faceclaim is Kiana Lede. Bonnie has been acting on the soap since she was 14 as Katerina Hartford (original I know) and at 17 started dating her costar Aiden faceclaim Jesse Metcalfe he left her at the alter once he left the soap to try and become a movie actor. Besides Stefan, Bonnie's family and Klaus I have no idea if any other TVD characters will appear.