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A/N: Alright here is story two. If you haven't read The Revelation, you might want to read that before reading this one. This story takes place several months after the conclusion of The Revelation so I hope you guys like the start.
Baby S
Chapter One
Damon, stepped out onto his back porch and crossed his arms over his chest as he watched Bonnie casting a spell out in the yard. He had to admit mainly to himself, because he didn't want it to go to her head, that she looked absolutely beautiful among her element. He loved the way she closed her eyes lost in the power she was currently wielding. It truly was magnificent and he was happy, though he probably wouldn't say it out loud since he didn't like Stefan teasing him, but he was truly happy he had staked his claim on her months ago. Not that she knew it, but he was pretty sure that people knew to stay away from Bonnie Bennett or they would have to deal with him. "Are you just gonna stand there watching me?" Bonnie called out as she turned away from the task at hand and looked over at Damon who just shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm just watching your back," he paused and tilted his head to the side. "And what a lovely back it is." Bonnie raised an eyebrow at his statement, but didn't attempt to reply. She didn't want to encourage him because she knew now, once you told Damon not to do something, he'd just go out of his way to do it.
"How about you come over here and see what I'm doing?" she called out as she turned back around and focused on what she was doing. Damon took one step forward and allowed his eyes to drift over her back again.
"I don't know about that, I'm really enjoying the view from right here."
"But I want to show you something." Bonnie stated without turning around. "So please come over here." Sighing dramatically Damon wandered off the porch and headed towards her and then stopped by her side.
"Alright what is it that you want to show me, my little witch." he asked crossing his arms over his chest. Bonnie sent him a smile and then motioned towards the small table that was directly in front of him. Damon gave her one look, and then glanced down at the table. "Whose watch is that?"
"Mine." she stated, as she lifted her hand and focused on the watch. Damon silently watched as the watch deconstructed right in front of him. Once Bonnie was finished ever piece someone would need to build a watch laid scattered all over the table.
"I'm not gonna buy you another watch." Damon stated as he bent down and fingered one of the small pieces before looking back up at Bonnie who had just finished rolling her eyes at his statement. "I saw that Bon Bon, did you rolled your eyes."
"Yeah, I rolled my eyes Damon. I didn't call you over here to show you that I needed another watch, I wanted to show you this deconstruction spell." Raising an eyebrow, at the title of the spell Damon stood up and looked over at her.
"Deconstruction," he paused and looked back down at the watch. "And just which grimoire did you read to find this spell."
"Jaxon's but-."
"Yeah, I figured that. Sounds like something he would come up with." Damon replied as he looked over at her. "Look I thought you would try some of the easier spells first cause after last time-."
"Damon really are still gonna bring that up."
"You collapsed and you didn't wake up till the next day," he snapped out angrily. "Of course I'm going bring it up every chance I get cause it's obvious you aren't strong enough to perform Jaxon's spells yet."
"But his are the one's I need. I need to move on from the mind headache spell."
"You mean the "fuck you headache," Damon corrected as he looked over her, when Bonnie didn't make a move to say anything else, he continued with a sigh. "I agree with you though, I'm pretty sure that whoever Lucius sends after you will be able to um, help me out here with the witchery lingo."
"They'll be able to deflect it, and that's why I'm studying his spell."
"So you'll be able to deconstruct their wristwatches."
"The spell can also be used on living organisms." she pointed out, "If I get good deconstructing objects like this. . . I can eventually move to bigger things."
"What about reconstruction?"
"I can do that too, with objects." she quickly pointed out as she looked back at the watch. "Jaxon, never figured out how to do it on humans or other living others without them coming back with problems." Intrigued, Damon turned to her then and spoke up.
"What type of problems?"
"They'll be the living undead." Bonnie replied.
"So they'll be vampires."
"No, if that was so I would have said it. What I meant was the literal living undead you know like zombies."
"Really," he paused for a moment. "All the more reason for you to leave this spell alone, sounds like black magic."
"No, I need to figure these spells out." she pointed out with a sigh. "And the only way to do that is by performing experiments and seeing what happens with different incantations." Damon crossed his arms over his chest.
"So basically what you're telling me is that witches are scientists with brooms."
"We don't ride brooms, Damon." He grinned then and pulled her towards him while wiggling his eyebrow.
"Maybe you just haven't found the spell yet. You know, so you can ride brooms."
"Yeah, like that's what you're hinting at." she replied with a roll of her eyes, while all Damon did in respond was to flash her his trademark grin. "Now let me show you the rest of the spell." Damon didn't release her though, he kept his arms around her and watched with the same awe as before as Bonnie focused on the watch. He watched as it quickly reformed and become whole again right before his eyes. Once she was finished he lifted his eyes to her face and noticed small beads of sweat dotting her forehead.
"Are you okay?" Damon asked as she removed herself from his arms and reached down to pick up the watch. "Bonnie?"
"I'm fine, Damon." she replied with a deep sigh, she knew he was studying her and because of this she tried her best to hide the fact that she was sort of tired. Ever since her collapse, Damon had been hyper aware of her after she finished performing a spell and now was certainly no different. He didn't say anything instead he just picked her up and rushed inside manor. "Damon!" she exclaimed as he sat her down on the sofa, not even bothering to look over his shoulder at Stefan and Elena who were rushing into the room obviously startled by Bonnie's yell.
"What, I think you need to rest." he pointed out as Elena rushed forward and knelt down in front of her friend and looked her over, while Stefan moved to stand beside his brother while looking over at Bonnie with concern.
"What happened?"
"She was practicing to hard again, and I'm not about to have her collapse like before. That's only gonna happen once." he pointed out, leveling his glaze at Bonnie who just rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"I said I was fine, Damon."
"Better safe than sorry, that's what I always say." He stated with a nod of his head as if no one could dispute that fact. Bonnie gave him a stare before rolling her eyes at him.
"You never say that." Bonnie countered angrily. "Like the word safe is even a word you would think of to let come out of your mouth." The snort of laughter from Stefan, made Damon turn to look at him with narrowed eyes.
"What it's true." he pointed out with a shrug, while Elena just held Bonnie's hands and looked over at her boyfriend.
"I agree with Damon though."
"Finally someone that understands the genius which is me." he stated with a shake of his head as he looked at between Stefan and Bonnie. "I think you need a couple of days off from practice. You've been pushing yourself to hard."
"Like Lucius and his people are going to give me days off so I can protect myself."
"But Bonnie, nothing has happened in months." Elena stated feeling like she needed to point that out to her friend. Bonnie just shook her head, before replying.
"Jaxon said that he wasn't going to stop. Lucius wants a Bennett witch and I'm the only one he can get his hands on. He knows where I am, and he isn't going to stop until he has me so excuse me if I'm practicing a bit to hard."
"They're right though, Bonnie. You shouldn't over do it. Just take a few days off alright, it'll put our minds at ease." Stefan stated seriously as he looked at the woman he consider one of his closes friends.
"Please Bonnie." Elena asked, as she remembered the panic she felt when Damon came in from one of their practice sessions carrying a limp Bonnie in his arms. The sight frightened her and made her think of Sheila Bennett. She wondered if the spell that night had been to much for Bonnie's grandmother and that was why she was no longer with them. If taking a break meant that Bonnie was safe then so be it, she didn't want to lose her best friend.
"Fine," Bonnie replied with a broken sigh before looking over at Damon who stood there with his arms crossed over his chest. "Aren't you going to offer me a plea to stop as well."
"No," he stated with shake of his head. "I think I'll just follow you and make sure that you're doing right."
"I don't need a stalker."
"Then just imagine I'm concerned." he replied back with a shrug. "Either way, I'll be following you around, but I would like it if you didn't call me a stalker I don't like the negative image that word produces and I don't like it being associated with me in regards to you." With that said he turned on his heel and headed up the stairs. Bonnie watched him go before groaning and burying her head in her hands. Elena rubbed a hand over her back while looking up at Stefan.
"I'll go and talk to him." he offered before following in the direction his brother had disappeared in. Once they were alone, Elena spoke up voicing her opinion on the matter.
"You know he cares about you and he's just worried."
"I know." Bonnie replied back softly as she looked at her friend. "I just need to get a handle on this spell." Elena studied her friend for a moment before shaking her head.
"Why is it so important to you, Bonnie?"
"It just is, Elena. I can't explain it but it's just important."
"Important enough that you are willing to die to try it out." Bonnie opened her mouth to answer but then stopped and shook her head.
"No."
"Then do as Damon suggested and take a few weeks off. It can't be that bad. Besides its not like you can't read up and study the spell some more so when you finally do practice again maybe you'll know it better so you won't tired yourself out again."
"You're right."
"And stop fighting with Damon over the practice time alright. He's worried about you. You didn't see just how out of control he was that day when you passed out. You two can fight about anything else but just not about this." Bonnie gave her friend a small smile and nodded her head.
"Alright, I will." she paused for a moment and sighed. "I should probably go and apologize huh." she asked
"I think that would be good." Bonnie nodded and stood up, weaving just a bit before Elena stood up and placed a hand on her back to keep her upright. "I see he had a right to worry." she stated as she gave Bonnie a look, which she in reply just sigh and nodded her head as she headed up the stairs towards the loud voices of the Salvatore brothers.
"I know you're upset right now, Damon but-." Stefan stated trying to reason with his brother but he stopped his current sentence when Damon sent him a look.
"But nothing, if the little witch wants to kill herself then she shouldn't have-" Stefan smirked at Damon sentence before leaning forward and finishing it for him.
"She shouldn't have what. . .gotten you to like her." Damon just nodded his head and picked up his bottle of alcohol and took a generous gulp of it.
"Maybe." he admitted, "Especially since she so intent on putting herself in danger by practicing those spells she's not even ready for." he snapped out angrily just as he looked towards the door and saw Bonnie standing there in the doorway. Stefan catching on to the fact that his brother's silence was unnatural, he turned and looked over towards the door and saw Bonnie standing there. He glanced back at his brother, whose glaze hadn't left Bonnie.
"I'll just be downstairs." he stated softly as he looked at them before quickly heading out of the room. Once they were alone, Damon just took a sip of his alcohol and then back at her.
"I think you're making me an alcoholic."
"Please you've had centuries to form that habit," she countered with a sigh. "I'm sorry about earlier. I know you're just looking out for me." Damon nodded his head and sat the bottle in his hands down and watched her for a moment before sighing.
"Then why do you keep on practicing Jaxon's spells, you know what they'll do to you Bonnie." he snapped out angrily still remembering when she had used one of his spells and how it had knocked her out for almost a day. The only thing that kept him from completely losing his mind was the fact that he could hear Bonnie's heartbeat and could see her small chest rising and falling each time she took a breath. He didn't want go through that again, only to see those two signs of life stop this time around.
"I practice them because they are strong spells, and if I'm gonna go against Lucius and his people then I need to at least attempt Jaxon's spells. He was a strong witch, and I have to be like just him a little bit."
"Are there any other spells you can work on besides the deconstruction um slash reconstruction spell?" he asked as he sat down on his bed. "I really don't see the point, I mean I get the deconstruction spell even though I think it is a bit dark for you. However, the reconstruction spell I really don't see the point in learning that one or trying to figure how to use it on organisms." Bonnie didn't reply to that instead she just looked at him before sighing.
"I feel like I need to figure it out, Damon. I think those spells are important." he was before her in a flash placing his hands on her shoulders and bending his knees so that he was looking her directly in the eyes.
"Are you planning on trying to bring back Jaxon or your grandmother cause believe me when I tell you this, they will be zombies and you won't like having to kill them all over again will you." He asked harshly only using that tone, because if that idea was really on her mind he wanted her to know what would happen.
"I'm not planning on doing that, besides Jaxon states that it has to happen within the hour of death. There's a time slot for something like that, but he was never able to get it right. They came back as zombies every time. He could never figure things out, never. I'm just interested in finishing the spell."
"How about you don't."
"I won't for a few days, Damon. How does that sound, but the deconstruction spell I need to know so I can use if I ever need too." Damon sighed and took a step back from her while slowly shaking his head.
"And when exactly would that be, Bonnie."
"When all least fails, Damon."
"So, it's like your magical A-bomb then." he stated with a sigh. "I'm just trying to figure out why it was so hard for you to do your reconstruction spell."
"It takes less energy to do bad things then to do good things."
"God, you sound like a public service announcement." he muttered with a roll of his eyes as he looked at her. "But I do like the idea of you using less energy, I don't want you passing out any time soon." he stated with a sigh, as he looked at her wanting her to know that when it came to this point he was very serious.
"Damon, I said I would take a few days off okay." He studied her for a few more moments before nodding his head.
"Good," and then he opened the door and shouted out towards the stairs. "And I don't want to have this conversation again Bonnie," he turned around and looked over towards her and found her smirking. "What, I don't want them to think I've gone soft like I've been telling you, if they ever found out. It would destroy my reputation."
"You aren't fooling them Damon."
"Sure." he stated with a shake of his head as he pushed the door up against the wall. "Now how about I take you home and we just chill for a bit." Bonnie smiled then and looked over at him as he just wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at her.
"Chill? Gosh you sound like my Dad trying to be cool," she shook her head then and tried her best not to giggle at his frown. "Chill." she repeated as she finally let a few giggles escape her mouth.
"Not your Dad, Bonnie." he called out as he headed out of the room. " But I'll accept the term sugar daddy though."
She could feel nothing but darkness all around her, slowly consuming her as she struggled against it. She could hear yelling, possibly for her but she couldn't tell and she couldn't fight against the darkness to call out to the voices to ask her question. Instead she felt the darkness pulling her further and further away from the voices and possibly from the people that she cared for. When the voices finally faded, she felt nothing but utter pain in her lower stomach. Jerking awake from the scream, Bonnie's hand instantly went to her stomach as she took several deep breaths. It felt like it she had been stabbed in her stomach, stumbling out of bed, Bonnie quickly rushed towards bathroom and threw up. Once she was finished retching out her guts she settled down besides the toilet and released a few tired breaths, while silently thanking God that Damon hadn't opted to stay over for the night. This would only make him worry and she certainly didn't need that this morning. After taking a few minutes to gather herself, she got up and headed over to the sink. After brushing her teeth and washing out her mouth she headed back into her bedroom and glanced at the clock, it read about three o'clock in the morning. Figuring that maybe she could get a few more hours of sleep, she climbed back in bed. Clutching her pillow, she looked towards the wall and tried to will herself back to sleep but found that due to her dream she couldn't truly bring herself to close her eyes because she was to afraid that she would have to experience the dream again.
Elena had to admit when she saw Bonnie that morning in class, that her best friend looked like she had one of the worst night's of sleep ever. Leaning over towards her once their English teacher turned her back towards the class, Elena placed a hand on Bonnie's upper arm. "Is everything okay, Bonnie?" Lifting her head up from the blank piece of paper in front of her, Bonnie just nodded her head before fully answering her friend.
"Yeah, I'm fine Elena, just had a hard night of sleep." she admitted softly as she looked at her best friend. Normally Elena might have said something teasingly about Damon but judging by how on edge Bonnie looked she knew better than to do that.
"What happened? It didn't have anything to do with your-." she paused then not really wanting to whisper out in the middle of their high school classroom that maybe Bonnie had a rough night of sleep due to the fact that her spells might have had an affect on her.
"No, it's something else." Bonnie replied just as their teacher turned around and sent the class a glare which let them know they weren't whispering as quietly as they could. She moved to open her mouth when the door opened and the principal stepped in. The teacher turned to him and immediately turned the frown that had been marring her face earlier into a small smile.
"Principal Wilson, what brings you by?" she asked, the man stepped further into the room and motioned for someone to enter. A minute later a small petite girl entered the room clutching her books to her chest.
"I just wanted to be bring by a new student, this is Giselle Washington." They all watched as the girl meekly waved and then hurried to an empty seat which just so happened to be stationed by Bonnie. Once she was seated, the principal left and the teacher smiled again at the girl before telling Bonnie to show her what page they were on. Leaning over, towards the girl Bonnie placed a smile on her face and extended her hand.
"Hi I'm Bonnie Bennett." she held out her hand and the girl quickly took it and shook it while whispering back the word hi. Bonnie, though was momentarily stunned by the energy that she felt jolting through her hand. Once the handshake was over she knew the girl was a witch, and thankfully nothing but a witch and judging by the girl's scared expression on her own equally shocked face she knew what Bonnie was as well. Elena caught the exchanged and wondered what happened and that curiosity rose when the girl practically sprinted out of the room as soon as the doorbell rang. Falling into step with Bonnie she spoke low so she no one nearby would over hear them.
"What's going on? What was that all about?" she asked in concern, just as Stefan wondered up to them his brow narrowed as he saw the concerned looks on both of their faces.
"Everything alright?" Stefan asked as he moved to stand beside Elena while giving them both looks that suggested that they tell him immediately. Bonnie shifted the shoulder strap of her bag before sighing.
"There's a new girl here and she's a witch."
"Just a witch?" Stefan asked quickly, as he studied her. Bonnie nodded her head and then looked down for a moment.
"Yeah, and I don't think she's bad either. She seems really shy and could just possibly be a witch that just moved here or-."
"To much of a coincidence Bonnie." Stefan deadpanned as he looked over at her before shaking his head. "Let's just keep an eye on her for now and we'll just figure things out as we go and I think Damon needs to know as well."
"Why so he can harass her?" Bonnie asked with a shake of her head as she thought about the girl's personality and how just having one visit from Damon could have trying to run out of town. She didn't want to live her life in fear of other supernaturals besides the girl was much to meek to even be associated with the likes of Lucius and his ilk. "Let me see about her, I'm sure I can talk to her at lunch." Stefan gave her a look before nodding his head.
"Fine, but I'll be covering you," he smiled at the look she sent him that told him point blank that she didn't like the idea of him babysitting. Stefan just chuckled then and reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Oh come on, I can't be that bad besides it'll be like I'm not even there."
When lunch time came, Bonnie went in search of Giselle and eventually found her sitting over by herself far away from any other student. The other girl either didn't notice her or didn't acknowledge her presence. Bonnie glanced over her shoulder at Stefan and Elena who and settled down at a picnic table that faced them so that Bonnie could be in Stefan's line of sight. "Hello Giselle." Bonnie called out as she settled down besides the girl. Lifting her head she watched as Giselle shifted back from her and then dropped her hands in her lap. "Why'd you run away like that earlier?"
"I guess I was taken by surprise." she whispered. "I've never met a witch like that before, the only ones I know introduced themselves and told me they were witches before we even touched. Mama Lexi told me that something like that might happen but I guess I wasn't prepared." Giselle blushed then in embarrassment before sighing. "She also says I talk to much." Bonnie couldn't help but feel like she wanted to protect the girl. She was so sweet and seemed extremely innocent. It seemed like all the girl's powers did was scare her.
"I don't think you talk to much, Giselle and is um, well this Mama Lexi doesn't sound like your mother."
"She isn't," Giselle replied softly. "She's an older witch that took me in, including several others like me. She's been watching over me since I was about ten." Bonnie just nodded her head, and thought about her own mother then one that abandoned her because she couldn't take the fact that her father was never home. That was all she knew about the woman, her Grams refused to talk about the woman and anytime she tried to bring up the subject Grams would tell her that she wasn't about to discuss a woman that abandoned her own child at the age of one. It just wasn't going to happen.
"She sounds like a nice woman." Bonnie stated as the doorbell rang, Giselle stood up then with a smile on her face.
"She is, like I said she's been taking care of me since I was ten," she picked up her book bag and sighed. "It was nice meeting you Bonnie I hope we can be friends." Bonnie just nodded and watched as she walked away. As soon as Giselle was in the school, Stefan and Elena were in front of her waiting on a report.
"So what do you think?" Stefan asked curiously as he looked at Bonnie and then glanced over he shoulder back towards the school. Bonnie allowed her eyes to drift to the school before she decided to answer the question.
"She's sweet," Bonnie replied with a small smile. "I don't think she'll be a problem at all. Like I said before, she seems more scared of her powers than anything. I don't even think she's truly come into them yet." Stefan nodded his head satisfied with her answer.
"So do you think we need to get Damon involved?" Bonnie thought it over for a few seconds before shaking her head.
"No, I think we should just let her be." Bonnie stated as they started walking towards the school building. "I really don't think she's gonna be a problem." Stefan just nodded his head as he lead them both back into the school to finish off their school day.
It had been several weeks since they all met Giselle Washington, and the more time went by the less Stefan felt that she could be a potential problem for them. It just seemed that she was trying to live her life like him and Bonnie so he didn't tell Damon like he had planned too. Walking past his brother's room, he paused as he saw the older vampire staring at himself in the mirror. Stopping at the doorway he looked at his brother before chuckling. "I don't know how you get anything done with you constantly having to be in front of the mirror."
"It takes work, Stefan," he turned and motioned to himself. "To keep up perfection." Stefan merely rolled his eyes at the comment and then checked his watch.
"Are you and Bonnie gonna train today?" Damon nodded his head and checked himself over one more time before speaking up to verbally answer his brother's question.
"Yeah, she told that there's something she wants to try out so I'm headed over to watch her back as she does this spell."
"Yeah, like that's the only reason." Stefan replied back with a wide smirk, "So tell me Damon what actually is gonna on between you two?" Damon paused at his question, and then shrugged his shoulders.
"We can't tell you that, cause we don't even know." Damon admitted. "And do go around being a gossip spreading that either." Stefan gave Damon a blank expression before shaking his head at the things that his brother came up with on a regular basis. He'd been alive for a long time and no had ever called him a gossip before.
"Damon, I'm not going to spread any rumors. I was just wondering what's going on with you and Bonnie that's all I was doing. I mean anyone can tell that you two-."
"What care about one another, why yes that's us Stefan."
"I was going to say another four-letter word one that starts with the letter L, Damon." Stefan replied with a sigh, as Damon merely shook his head.
"This isn't Sesame Street, little brother." Damon deadpanned with a shake of his head. "But if it was the phrase of the day would be for you to mind your own damn business."
"Everyone can tell that you both love one another, Damon." Stefan replied back. "And everyone I talk to automatically believes that you both are dating."
"I wasn't aware that Bonnie and I had to define what we are to anyone else other than ourselves." he snapped out with a shake of his head. "And you know me, I don't do what other people want. Let them wonder, I don't give a damn about that and I probably never will. What Bonnie and I have is alright and I'm happy with that."
"I was just wondering, but go ahead and go out. I'm sure you'll late for your date." Stefan replied with a smirk as he mentally replayed all that his brother had told him in that brief heated speech. Whether his brother and Bonnie were ready to admit it to one another, he and Elena already knew that they loved one another it was really plain as day.
Damon quickly left the manor and headed towards Bonnie's house. Bounding up the stairs, he lifted his hand to knock but paused as it opened up and Bonnie stood on the other side. A smile immediately graced his face. "Hello, little witch."
"I really wish you would stop calling me that." she mused with a shake of her head as she looked up at him.
"Grow up and I'll come up with a better name." he stated with a grin. "So what are we doing today."
"I have something I want to show you." she replied with a smile, that lit up her whole face. Damon raised an eyebrow at the happy expression on her face. "Come on let's go." she stated practically hopping out of the house. Damon watched in amusement as she closed and looked the door and then headed towards his car.
"Okay so is there a reason, we're headed out to your grandmother's place?" Damon asked minutes later as he looked over at Bonnie from his position in the driver's seat. Bitting down on her lower lip, she spared him a quick glance before looking back out the window. "Bonnie?" he called again, this time reaching out to place his hand on her thigh, she looked over at him this time and smiled.
"I'm just," she paused and looked down. She knew telling him what she wanted to try would do nothing but upset him. Lifting a head she sighed and massaged the bridge of her nose. "I want to try out this spell." she told him, as she looked over at him cautiously. Damon, glanced at her and immediately put things together.
"What type of spell?" Damon asked wanting her to tell him, he already had an idea of what type of spell it was, he just wanted to hear her say it.
"It's the reconstruction spell." she mumbled under her breath, knowing that Damon could hear her only because of his vampire like hearing. She knew his response would be like an explosion, so she mentally counted down. 3. . .2. . .1.
"Damnit, Bonnie the reconstruction spell." he yelled as he pressed his foot on the brakes of the car causing it to come to an abrupt stop.
"Damon."
"Absolutely not." he shouted out angrily as he turned to her. "Why couldn't you showing me something mean, you stripping naked and providing me with teasing dance. That's showing me something."
"Would you calm down?"
"Hell no." he stated immediately to her question as he looked at her with a shake of his head. "I can't believe this."
"You told me to wait a few weeks."
"And during those weeks I was hoping you would forget that damn spell." he snapped out angrily. "You know I'm this close to taking Jaxon's grimoire from you, and I probably wouldn't give it back until you proved to me that you could handle other spells."
"You're taking this too far."
"Bonnie, you passed out." he snapped out. "For practically a whole day and nothing could wake you up."
"When will you let that go?" she asked looking down at her hands, wondering if he could ever let that Damon. He studied her for a few moments, before reaching out and lifting her chin with his hands and staring her directly in the eyes.
"I won't let it go until the memory is gone, and that memory will never be gone." he stated firmly as he looked at her.
"Damon, I have to try it. I waited the weeks you wanted, and I haven't performed spells in that time so I could conserve my energy so please just let me try." Damon clenched his jaw together tightly for a moment before sighing.
"Fine." he muttered as he started the car back up and pulled back onto the road, "I just hope for your sake this time you can handle that spell cause if you fall out again there's no telling what I'll do."
"Hopefully you'll catch me."
"That isn't up for debate, of course I would but I'm mainly talking about Jaxon's grimoire and what I'll do to it."
"Nothing, you won't do anything to it."
"We'll see." he muttered with a frown on his face. A few minutes later the car pulled up outside of the lot that used to be Sheila Bennett's home. Damon looked at the old lot and had to admit he was surprise to see that no one had come in to clean up all the debris. It had been months since Marcel had destroyed it and besides it wasn't like people didn't drive by here everyone on their way to and from work. As if hearing his thoughts Bonnie spoke up explaining why her grandmother's lot hadn't been cleaned up yet.
"I think it all comes down to the ward I placed up. Cleaning the debris, seems to fall into the category of doing harm so this place hasn't been cleaned up. I figured that out once I started studying the grimoires."
"Just what exactly are you going to do?" he asked bluntly, cause for the life of him he really didn't think she would try to fix that whole house. Instead of answering his question, Bonnie climbed out of the car and headed towards the walk with Damon directly behind her. Bonnie stopped at where the front door used to be and glanced over her shoulder at Damon who stood behind her with his arms crossed over his chest. "Bonnie?" he called out again, she simply turned to him then and placed a hand on his upper arm.
"Damon please just let me do this." They locked eyes for a few moments before he simply nodded his head. Bonnie turned back to the lot and then closed her eyes. Damon's eyes widened in shock, as small bits of wood flew up into the air, along with other materials that laid scattered on the ground. He watched as the small bits of wood reattached themselves together, and before he knew it the front door to Sheila's home had pulled itself back together right before his eyes. Glancing at Bonnie, he saw that she was focused entirely on the task at hand, her eyes were closed as she gave herself over to the power coursing through her. "Open the door for me, Damon." called out, and Damon had to admit his surprise that her voice seem to carry itself on the air. Reaching out, Damon did was he was instructed, he stepped back as Bonnie entered the inside of the now framed house. Bits of material swirled around them, attaching to various parts of the house as Bonnie continued performing the spell. He could see pictures that had been blown apart during the attack, magically coming back together and floating onto to a wall that had just been erected a mere second ago. He could see glass shards pulling together to create the windows that had been within the house. Once the downstairs had been pulled back together, Bonnie headed in the direction of the stairs. Damon couldn't help put place his hands around her waist, in order to keep her from falling as the stairs fixed themselves right before she placed her foot on them. All Damon could think that all of this was truly awe inspiring, once they made it upstairs Bonnie stood in the middle of the hallway and completed the reconstructing spell. Once she was finished, a large smile went across her face as she opened her eyes her heart immediately grew with pride as she stared at her grandmother's home, happy that she had performed the spell correctly. Turning to Damon, she opened her mouth to say something along the lines of, "see I told you I could do it," but instead her legs gave out from under her.
Moving quickly, Damon rushed towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist as Bonnie released small weak yelp of surprise. "Bonnie are you-."
"It's okay, I'm okay." she stated as she looked up at him, he frowned as his eyes looked her over. She looked extremely tired, his arm that was currently wrapped around her back was covered in sweat. Sweat he hadn't noticed till now, clenching he looked down at her angry that she had done this to herself.
"No, Bonnie it's not okay. You just collapsed, well at least time around you still are conscious." he snapped out angrily as he raked his free hand through his hair while grinding his teeth together. "Is this what's gonna happen when you perform powerful spells cause if so, then don't."
"I have to get powerful, Damon. If Lucius comes then-." she whispered up at him weakly, the small sound of her voice causing him to interrupt her, especially at the mention of Lucius' name.
"I'll rip that bastard's heart out." he stated coldly, as he stood up and pulled her into his arms bridle style. "Come on." He immediately headed towards the exit of the house and towards his car. Bonnie merely allowed him to carry her, because she didn't feel like fighting him. Besides the spell had tired her out, but she had expected that though. What she didn't expect though was for her to collapse in front of Damon. Once he had her in his car, he hurried to the other side and climbed in and drove off. Bonnie remained silent for a little while before speaking up.
"Damon, I hope you know that performing spells like that will only help me in the long run." she stated as she gave him a glance.
"How so? If you collapse afterwards Bonnie. That type of result isn't going to help you at all." he snapped with a shake of his head.
"It's like exercising Damon, you don't go out and run a mile immediately. You have to build up to it, and that's what I'm doing. If I'm gonna be this all powerful witch," she stated as she weakly raised her hands in the air in order to make the proper air quotes. "Then I have to practice, I have to build up my um-." she paused not knowing what to say.
"Your magical muscle." Damon suppled with a wisp of a smile on his face. "As much as I would like that Bonnie. I don't think I like the risk you're taking with this practicing. I mean the spell you did was great really it was," he stated with a shake of his head as he thought back to what he had just witnessed. "But maybe you need to cool it down again for a little while." Bonnie thought things over for a moment before nodding her head.
"Fine, I will."
"Really?" he asked, turning to look at her. He smirked as he watched her tense up and reach out towards the dashboard.
"Damon, watch the road."
"Bonnie, I've had centuries to build up my vampire muscles. Don't worry the reflexes work just fine." he stated with a chuckle but turned to do as she wanted anyway. "But seriously you're actually gonna listen to me."
"I did it before, and I will this time but don't let it go to your head." she replied back with a smirk as Damon rolled his eyes.
"Believe me I won't, until you make it a habit. Then I'll have to tell Stefan cause believe me it's so disheartening to see how much control Elena has over him in that relationship." he replied with a chuckle, as Bonnie merely smiled.
"You really need to leave them alone, they're cute."
"Right," he drawled out with a smirk plastered on his face. "They're real cute." They rode in silence the rest of the way back to her house. Once Damon parked the car, he hopped out and went over to her side of the car and helped her out. He would have carried her inside, but Bonnie fought him on it, so instead he followed behind her as close as humanly possible determined to catch her if she did fall. Once she opened the door, she turned and watched as he stepped over the threshold behind her. "Thought I'd stay the night."
"Really," she raised an eyebrow at his words while he just nodded his head. "Are Elena and Stefan having a date night or something."
"Or something, and you know I can't be there when it's something." he drawled lazily as he watched her head deeper into the house. Closing and locking the door behind him, he quickly followed her retreating figure. "Almost staked myself last time stared at my desk leg for a little over an hour." he muttered as he shuddered, as he entered the living room where the look of pure disgust on his face caused Bonnie to laugh at loud. "Besides they should be thanking me, it's a school night and all. They should be studying math and not having their own lab on human anatomy."
"I thought you liked human anatomy." Damon smirked then, and nodded his head as he walked closer to her and placed both hands on her small waist.
"I do," he leaned forward and kissed her on the lips before trailing kisses down her neck and nipping lightly at the flesh. "I like your anatomy, besides from what I hear. . .you probably lucked out cause my brother is still an amateur even with the centuries of practice time under his belt."
"Oh my God, Damon ewww!"
"What?" he asked playfully, "Just letting you know, what you'll be getting when you finally do toss down that card."
"Well, Mr. Salvatore that won't be happening anytime soon." Damon just groaned and buried his face into the side of her neck. Bonnie just smiled as Damon continued to pout and kiss the side of her neck, lifting her hands she rubbed his back and just released a contented sigh. After a few moments of this Damon pulled back and sighed.
"Come on, let's get some sleep. You need your rest." he replied as he led her towards the stairs, before Bonnie could even place a foot on the first step, Damon had hoisted her up in his arms and used his vampire speed to go towards her bedroom once there he sat her on the bed. Bonnie just sighed as she felt the pillows and sheets settle around her body.
"No funny business, just sleep." she pointed out over a yawn. Damon merely nodded as he settled down in bed beside her.
"Of course."
They were both startled awake by the sound of a egg hitting a hot frying pan. Damon was up and out of the bed in a moment heading towards the door while Bonnie was slowly placing her feet down trying to figure out who could have let themselves into her house without Damon or her being made aware. She had long ago placed a protective ward on the house, one that was stronger than the one she had placed on her grandmother's house. Before either of them could speak a deep baritone voice sounded from downstairs. "Bonnie, how about you and your friend come downstairs. I'm making breakfast." Damon looked over at Bonnie who had a look of absolute horror on her face.
"It's my father." she gasped, surprise that he was back. Normally he would have called and gave her a heads up but not this time. Damon looked over towards her and shrugged his shoulders, before helping her out of bed.
"I figured that." he admitted softly as he looked at her. "Do you want me to leave?"
"He already knows you're here. We might as well go down and face the music." Damon didn't say anything to that. He didn't want Bonnie to know what he thought of her father and his constant need to go on a several week business trip dropping by sometimes for just a night before leaving the next morning. Bonnie and Elena both claimed that he loved and cared for his daughter but he didn't like the fact that the man was never there. He couldn't wrap his head around the fact that a grown man was okay with leaving his teenager daughter alone for weeks by herself with no relatives near by. They both headed downstairs, and saw Benjamin Bennett standing at the foot of them with his arms crossed over his chest. His glaze landed on Damon, and he felt the heat of the man's angry. All Damon could think was that maybe he wouldn't have to be dealing with what he could only assume was a father's nightmare if he had been home a little bit more. The man then turned his attention to Bonnie and a smile went across his face.
"Baby girl." he exclaimed as she walked into his wide open arms. He hugged her tightly, while sending yet another stare Damon's way.
"I didn't expect for you to show up."
"Got the job done a little bit earlier than I expected. I have another job to go to but you know I needed to come and check up on you." he admitted with a smile as he looked at her. "So, Bonnie tell me who's your friend." Stepping back from her father, she turned to Damon who stepped forward unfazed by the older man's death glares.
"Damon Salvatore." he stated extending his hand. Benjamin reached out and took it while smiling at the man.
"You've got a nice firm handshake there, Damon." he stated as he put his strength into shaking the other man's hand. "One that seems pretty trustworthy, and Damon you know I might have trusted you if I hadn't found you in bed with my underage daughter."
A/N: So what do you think? Do you like the start? Please review and tell me what you think.
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