Chapter 1: A Mistake

Bonnie hurried to class as she was pulling down her long sleeve shirt hoping that no one noticed the bruises on her upper arm. She didn't know how this became her life. All she ever wanted was a life away from the supernatural world that surrounded her on a daily basis. She thought that she found that with Blaine Mcpherson but she was dead wrong. It started out simple; he hit her once while he was drunk. He didn't mean it; she knew that he loved her. So when her brought her flowers and apologized; she forgave him. She figured that it would never happen again but it kept happening over and over again. It was like she was stuck in her own personal nightmare but there was no waking up from it.

She didn't want any of her friends to know the truth; she felt so ashamed of being with him and forgiving him every single time. If they knew the truth is would destroy her completely. So Bonnie tried to help them with magic whenever they needed it but she kept her personal life a secret from her friends. Besides it wasn't like they asked or even wanted to know what her life was like outside of her being a witch. Lately it seemed as if they only called her when they needed a spell performed anyway.

It would happen over the simplest things; she was late meeting him, he didn't like what she was wearing, he didn't like that she was friends with other guys, such as Jeremy, Matt, Tyler, Stefan and Damon, he would get angry whenever he found out that she was alone with any of them.

After school he was waiting for her, "Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing just school work. I thought you had to work?"

"Nah, I got the day off why were you expecting one of your many other boyfriends to pick you up?"

"What, no of course not, I don't have any other boyfriends except you Blaine. I told you that I have been friends with Jeremy, Matt and Tyler ever since me, Elena and Caroline were little kids, you have nothing to worry about."

Even as Bonnie spoke she knew that those were not the other boys that he was referring to but she didn't even mention the vampires because he didn't know about the supernatural world and she wanted to keep it that way.

"You know that I wasn't talking about them three boys. I was referring to Damon and Stefan Salvatore and you damned well know it. I especially don't like the way Damon is always looking at you either. I know that something is going on between you two; so just admit it?"

"You are crazy, I can't stand Damon and he barely tolerates me and he only does that because he is infatuated with my best friend."

"Yea, that's just what you two want me to think right?"

"No, I only love you there has never been anyone else and you know it."

"Fine, let's get going."

He grabbed her and shoved her into his car roughly. This of course went unnoticed by everyone except one person; one Damon Salvatore was watching and listening to the whole scene before him. Of course he was only there to spy on his brother and Elena but he was glad that he noticed what was going on between Bonnie her boyfriend. Later on that same day Damon pulled Elena and Stefan aside to discuss Bonnie and her currant relationship.

"What is the big deal that you had to drag me Elena in here Damon?"

"It's about Bonnie and her boyfriend, have you guys noticed anything strange about him?"

Elena spoke up, "Seriously that's what you called us in here about, whatever I'm so out of here, I have cheerleading practice. And stay out of Bonnie's business too."

Elena left in a hurry towards cheerleading practice leaving the brothers alone.

Stefan interjected, "Damon, why would you even care about Bonnie's boyfriend you never took notice before, why now?"

"I don't know, I just didn't like how he was speaking to her earlier. Did you even notice how she wears different clothes since she started dating him?"

"No, I really didn't. I don't get why you are in her business now either?"

"Maybe I just think that someone should be considering that every time someone new gets involved with someone in our little group that it ends badly for us. Or do I need to remind you of the Jonas men?"

"No, I get it but it took Bonnie a long time to finally get a boyfriend with staying power and you better not screw up her relationship either ok?"

"Fine, you have my word that I will not mess up her relationship but I am going to find out more about this guy though."

"Fine but you better not screw up and don't tell Elena either whatever it is that your planning either, just keep us both out of it."

"Fine, don't worry brother; I have this under complete control."

"I don't know which scares me more when you claim that you have everything under control or when you are out of control."

"Either way don't worry, I got this."

Damon left to find out more about Bonnie's boyfriend. He didn't know why but it bothered him to see Blaine, it seemed more like pain to him, put his hands on Bonnie like that and to speak to her in such a manner as if he owned her. Damon did not like that at all and it was about time that he talked to Bonnie personally himself about it. He knocked on her door.

"What do you want Damon?"

"Oh, I wanted to talk to you, are you alone?"

"If you mean is my dad or boyfriend here, then yea I'm alone. Blaine left, he had to go to work as did my dad but you already knew that. Why are you succumbing to small talk, Damon?"

"No reason, can't a friend talk to another friend? Besides why aren't you at cheerleading practice with Elena?"

"I'm not at cheerleading practice because I felt sick if you must know and since when are we friends Damon?"

"Well, you don't look too sick to me."

"I just didn't feel like cheering ok, now tell me why you're really here cause we're not friends?"

"Right, maybe friends wasn't the right word but we do have friends in common that we both care about right?"

"Yea, sure but that does not have anything to do with why you are here."

"Your right, it doesn't. I needed to talk to you about your boyfriend."

Bonnie didn't like the fact that Damon was on her porch because if Blain found out he would be mad as hell. It was bad enough that he thought something was going on between them as it was; which Bonnie thought was ridicules as it was.

"There is nothing to say about Blaine and myself. Our relationship has nothing to do with you."

He went to touch her arm and pull her outside more but she flinched at the soft contact. That's when he saw the first bruise on her lower arm.

"What happened to you? Pull your sleeve up more?"

She didn't want to but she knew that there was no way that Damon would leave until she did.

"There are you happy? It's no big deal; I fell in cheerleading practice a few days ago."

As he looked over her arm; he knew that the bruises were not from falling down but from someone hitting her and from the looks of it, she was hit more than once. It was an ongoing thing for Bonnie. He didn't want to believe it at first but now Damon knew it was true, her boyfriend was beating her but what he couldn't understand was why did she just take it?

The first words out of Damon's mouth were, "I'll kill him, where is he?"

Bonnie started to cry and eventually she broke down and told Damon the whole story but begged him not to say anything. They were sitting on her front porch as she poured her heart out to Damon Salvatore of all people.

"I'm sorry but please don't do anything or tell people because I just couldn't bare it if anyone else knew the truth. I couldn't bare how they would look at me, please Damon?"

"I won't tell anyone but he is not going to get away with beating on you. I will make him pay one way or another."

"No, please Damon just stay out of it. Besides he swore that he would never do it again and I believe him."

"No, you want to believe him. Now where does he work because we are going to have a talk?"

"No, I won't tell you because I know how all your talks end with someone dead. I won't let you kill him; I love him."

"Wow, when did you become such a victim? I thought you were one of the strongest people that I knew, what happened to you?"

"You want to know what happened to me; fine I'll tell. Vampires came into my town and destroyed everyone that I loved and touched every aspect of my life as well. That is what happened to me; you and your brother came and just screwed my life up completely. I only wanted one thing in my life that wasn't filled with any supernatural whatsoever and I found that with Blaine, is he a perfect person, no but at least he hasn't killed anyone."

"Not until he kills you right? I will never let it get to that point, do you understand me?"

"Why do you even care?"

"I care because you are important to me, I mean your Elena's best friend and if you died from something I could have prevented then she will hate me."

"Oh, so it's all about Elena of course it makes sense now. Why don't you do everyone a big favor and leave town because Elena will never ever dump Stefan to be with you. I mean her and Stefan may be too nice to tell you this to your face but I'm not; you are wasting your time chasing after a girl and please hear me; a girl that you will never ever get."

Damon wanted to take what she said to heart but all he kept thinking about was Blaine hitting Bonnie over and over again until it almost drove him crazy. He couldn't figure out why it bothered him so much. The mere thought of a man touching a woman like that bothered him immensely. He would take care of it one way or another.

"Fine, I'll let it go for now but he better never lay another hand on you again."

"He won't please don't worry about this just leave before he comes back. He doesn't like you as it is."

"Fine but this isn't over not by a long shot."