AN: So I felt like doing a new story and here it is; I hope you like. Enjoy!
The summers in Mystic Falls were always scorchers and the only relief from the heat was from the secluded lake that was on the border of the Salvatore property in the back of the spooky boarding house that sat empty for years after the original owner up and died. For some reason, the property was never put on the market to be sold and became sort of a folklore over the years with neighborhood children daring each other to go inside because it looked haunted.
It had a sinister air about it that made people very uncomfortable whenever they walked by, especially at night. And though the boarding house was creepy that didn't stop the teenagers who lived in the small town from going swimming in the lake to cool off during those hot summer days.
Sixteen year old Bonnie Bennett and her fourteen year old brother, Jamie, raced through the back woods of their property with a clean towel thrown over each of their shoulders, laughing as they made their way to the lake.
There was a softball game going on at the high school baseball field, so they would have the lake all to themselves.
When the two teenagers got to the lake, Jamie hurriedly threw his towel to the ground and stripped off his shirt and shoes and did a cannon ball type dive into the cool water with nothing but his shorts on. His older sister, being very body conscious of the newly acquired curves she'd obtained over the summer kept her tee shirt on over the yellow bathing suit she wore underneath and just threw her towel on the ground and took off her shoes before jumping into the water.
She swam for a full minute before breaking to the surface of the water. She swept her long dark tresses from her face and laughed when she saw her little brother floating on his back with a huge grin on his face, enjoying the water. Swimming was the one thing that the mentally challenged teenager loved doing more than anything else and Bonnie made it a point to bring him to the lake as often as she could.
It was a Saturday afternoon and their mom was working a twelve hour shift at the hospital as a registered nurse and they had a couple of hours to spare before it was time for them to get home and clean up, so that Bonnie could start dinner. It was just one of many responsibilities that were placed on the young girl's shoulders.
Their dad had died four years ago in a car accident, so Abby Bennett was the sole provider, trying to raise and support two kids on her own.
Bonnie had to step up at a very young age and assume the responsibility of taking care of her brother. Jamie was a loving soul who never harmed anything or anyone and Bonnie loved him more than she loved her own life.
He was her life.
And because of his disability, Jamie was an easy target for the bullies and Bonnie was constantly coming to his defense even though she was just a slip of a girl at only five feet two. But she didn't allow her petite stature to stop her from protecting her little brother. She would defend him to her last dying breath and everyone in that town knew it because they'd witnessed at one time or another what a protective momma bear she was over the mentally challenged boy.
Bonnie swam over to her brother and floated on her back beside him, the both of them smiling up at the beautiful sunny sky.
"I like this place." Jamie uttered contently, shutting his green eyes from the bright sun.
Bonnie's long dark hair, fanned out around her like a halo. "Me too."
"I wish we could move into that house. It should have people living inside of it. Me, you, and momma would be happy there."
Bonnie chuckled. "I don't know about that Jamie. Don't you think it's a little too big for just three people?"
"No."
Bonnie laughed.
Jamie changed his position in the water so that he was now looking face on at the empty boarding house. "Bonnie let's go inside... please?"
"No Jamie, you know we can't do that. We'll get into trouble. This is private property…we're trespassing as it is by swimming in the lake."
"But I want to see what it looks like on the inside. I bet it's beautiful." He said wistfully.
Whenever Jamie became obsessed with wanting to go inside the empty boarding house, Bonnie knew it was time to go.
"Come on Jamie…it's time to get home and get dinner started before momma gets off work."
The boy turned to look at her in disbelief. "But we just got here!" He said visibly upset.
Bonnie had to nip this in the bud quickly before Jamie became agitated. "I know but I have to get the kitchen cleaned up…listen, I'll make it up to you okay. For dessert, I'll make a pan of brownies and you can help me."
Jamie instantly dropped the sour look on his face and smiled, nodding his head in agreement. "Okay."
They got out of the lake and dried off.
"Well look what we have here."
Bonnie instantly froze, having recognized the voice. She covered the front of her body with the towel as she turned around to see Kol Mikaelson and his no good buddies walk out from the woods.
Jamie narrowed his eyes at the approaching boys, having been victim of their teasing and bullying for a long time now.
Kol's brown eyes swept over Bonnie's petite body like he could see through the towel she had in front of her. It was no secret that Kol wanted Bonnie to be his girlfriend but that she hated him with a passion. The seventeen year old boy was too young and stupid to realize that Jamie was Bonnie's heart and that the moment he decided to put his hands on her brother she would have nothing to do with him. Kol Mikaelson was pure scum to her.
Kol snatched the white towel from Bonnie's hands and his greedy eyes ate up how her wet tee shirt clung deliciously to her small curvaceous body.
"The summer has been good to you, hasn't it sweetheart? Those weren't there a few months ago." He said, leering at her chest.
Bonnie swallowed hard as she glared up at the handsome boy.
"Leave my sister alone!" Jamie shouted from beside Bonnie.
The other boys laughed at him and one of them went so far as to push him and Jamie fell down to the ground.
"You asshole!" Bonnie screamed in outrage, pushing the other boy back. "Don't you touch him!"
Kol laughed, loving her fire. She was so small but when it came to that big, dumb retarded brother of hers she was like a ferocious tiger. Kol grabbed a hold of Bonnie. "Hold him down while I have a talk with his sister."
The teenage boys did as they were told as Kol dragged Bonnie into the woods.
"Nooo!" Bonnie screamed loudly, her heart pounding inside her chest.
She tried to pull away but she was no match for the way stronger, star athlete who easily overpowered her.
Jamie struggled in vain against the two older boys who held him down to the ground.
Kol pushed Bonnie against a tree and towered over her small frame, trapping her between his two muscled arms that he had braced on either side of her.
"When are you going to stop pretending like you hate me?" He asked smugly.
Bonnie glared up at him with angry hazel eyes. "What makes you think I'm pretending?"
Kol chuckled cockily. "There's not a fucking girl alive that's not interested in me and you're no different…you're just trying to play hard to get, but I got your number."
Bonnie clenched her teeth. How many times did she have to tell this neanderthal how much she loathed him before it got through his stupid head?
"Kol will you just stop! I'm not interested okay! So leave me alone!"
The seventeen year old lashed out in frustration. "Who are you saving it for, anyway? I'm the best looking guy in school. Any girl would kill to be with me, so you should be on your fucking knees thanking me for even giving you the time of day you little stuck up bitch!" He sneered.
Bonnie slapped him really hard, hurting her slender hand.
Kol growled, pushing her into the tree with his big body and he kissed her angrily. She tried to pull away and push him off at the same time to no avail. He was too strong.
Bonnie began to panic, fighting him in earnest now when suddenly the boy was violently pulled from her and Bonnie braced herself against the tree, trying to catch her breath.
She looked around in confusion to see Kol lying prone on the ground a few feet away from her. Bonnie scanned the woods, her eyes huge with fright not knowing what just happened and not seeing no one else around.
Kol moaned and Bonnie saw that as her cue to run and when she came out of the woods Jamie's face mirrored the same frightened expression on hers as he stared at the two boys now lying groaning on the ground.
Bonnie went to her brother grabbing his hand to help him to his feet. "Come on, let's get out of here!"
Jamie nodded his head, grabbing their towels from off the ground before they got the hell out of there.
Piercing blue eyes watched from a distance as the two caramel skinned teenagers ran from off his property.
Abby had gotten off early and was waiting for her two children when they got home from the lake so Bonnie didn't have a chance to talk to Jamie about what happened because they were to busy running for their lives.
The moment the kids came through the backdoor, Abby let Bonnie have it.
"I've just worked ten long hours at the hospital, only to come home to find dirty dishes in the sink and no food cooking on the stove!"
Bonnie swallowed hard. "I'm sorry momma. I took Jamie to the lake. I didn't know you would be getting off early otherwise I would have had everything done. I will start on the dishes right now and then I'll make something quick for dinner if you're hungry." She said, hurriedly going to the sink and began placing the dirty dishes on the counter so she could fill the sink with water.
Abby tiredly got up from the kitchen table and went to the refrigerator to see what they had for a quick meal.
She sighed. "I guess you can make some spaghetti and a salad." She checked the freezer. "There's some Texas garlic toast up here, so we can have that too." She said placated.
"Yes ma'am." Bonnie said, quietly.
Abby looked over at Jamie who hadn't said one word as he stood by the door. She went to him touching his face.
"Why you so quiet baby?"
Jamie looked at Bonnie who stopped what she was doing.
"Um we had a little run in with Kol and his idiot friends, but everything's okay." Bonnie said from the sink.
Abby looked Jamie over, her eyes filled with worry. "They didn't hurt you did they?"
Jamie shook his head. "No ma'am. I'm fine."
Abby grabbed his face and kissed his cheek, happy that he was alright. He smelled like the lake. "Go upstairs and take a shower before dinner, okay."
Jamie nodded his head and picked up the damp towel that Bonnie had placed on the back of the kitchen chair so that he could throw it in the dirty clothes hamper upstairs in the bathroom.
Abby sat back down at the table tiredly. "If that boy and his friends put their hands on my son one more time I swear I'm going to press charges. I'm so tired of them picking on him."
Bonnie kept quiet as she washed the dishes, not wanting to upset her mother any further. It seemed like lately Abby was really irritated by her. Bonnie didn't know what she was doing wrong, but no matter what she said or did her mother had a problem with her. Nothing she did was right in her eyes, so Bonnie tried to stay out of her mother's way as much as possible and do what she was told.
When Bonnie didn't say anything, Abby looked at her and for the first time she noticed how Bonnie's tee shirt molded to her petite body. Her daughter was blossoming into a beautiful young woman before her very eyes and the forty-two year old felt old in comparison. While Bonnie was growing into her beauty, Abby was steadily losing hers. There was a time when the woman would turn heads wherever she went and now no one looked her way, instead their eyes immediately went to Bonnie. Abby tried not to be jealous of her teenage daughter but she couldn't help it. These last four years had been really difficult for her and now on top of all that heartache and stress was finally starting to take its toll on her looks and Abby found herself taking out her anger and frustration on her daughter.
"Is that what you wore at the lake?"
"Yes ma'am…I had my tee shirt on the entire time."
"All the good that did. You're practically nude. I can see everything. No wonder that little Mikaelson boy is always sniffing around you like a dog in heat."
"W-What?" Bonnie said, turning around to face her mother.
"You've been leading that boy on and maybe that's why he's been taking it out on your brother." She accused wrongfully.
"I've done no such thing." Bonnie defended herself.
Abby stood up and got in her daughter's face. "Don't you dare lie to me, girl because I've seen it with my own eyes Bonnie!"
"Seen what?!" She asked in disbelief.
"The way you enjoy all the attention you get…you love it!"
What was her mother talking about? Bonnie had no clue what was going on right now.
"Attention? What attention?"
Abby scoffed. "The attention you get from men Bonnie!"
The girl's jaw dropped. "What?"
The sixteen year old was totally oblivious of her beauty and had recently become very self-conscious of her body, always trying to hide herself.
"I swear if that boy hurts Jamie because of you I will make you live to regret it Bonnie…I mean it!" She threatened.
Bonnie gasped, her eyes widening. She couldn't believe her ears. This was her own mother talking to her like this. Her mother! All of a sudden Bonnie felt so alone. The hurt on her beautiful face was so profound that it made Abby instantly regret her harsh words. This was her daughter and yet she was talking to Bonnie like she was a stranger on the street.
The girl turned her back to her mother and silently went back to washing up the dishes.
"B-Bonnie…I'm sorry. I didn't mean that." She apologized, taking a step forward but not reaching out to touch her.
Bonnie didn't say anything.
Abby just stood there. "I swear I didn't mean it. I'm just tired…I've been working all day and…"
Bonnie cut her off, sniffing softly before speaking. "It's okay…why don't you go upstairs and soak in a nice hot bath and by the time you're done dinner will be ready." She said trying to sound unaffected.
The woman stood there for a moment more and then silently left the kitchen.
The dish Bonnie was holding dropped into the soapy water as she gripped the edge of the counter, tilting her head back to prevent the tears from falling but they fell anyway. "Daddy, I miss you so much."
The next day Bonnie was able to have some alone time and she escaped into the woods and was sitting by the lake with her bare legs tangling in the water in no time. After what happened yesterday one would think that she'd never come back to this place but there was just something about it that continuously drew her there. It was the only spot in town that was isolated enough to provide total peace and quiet, the perfect place to think. She tried talking to Jamie this morning before church about what happened but he became agitated at the mere mention of it, so she let it go.
Bonnie still had on the dress she'd worn to church, not wanting to waste a precious second of her alone time to go home and change into something more comfortable. Her mother and Jamie were having supper at the church with the rest of the congregation. Bonnie claimed to not be hungry and was allowed to go home but came here instead. She would have a whole hour to herself before Jamie and her mom was home. So she dashed away as soon as her mother gave her permission to leave.
These days Bonnie rarely had time to herself with having to take care of her brother and she cherished these alone time, but the stillness of the afternoon was interrupted by the sound of a dog barking.
The teenage girl looked over her shoulder to see the most beautiful black and white dog only a few feet away from her. Her breath caught. Bonnie loved animals and this dog was stunning with penetrating pale blue eyes that stared right back at her. She stood up and cautiously walked towards the animal to let him know that she wasn't a threat to him.
"Hello beautiful." She said, kneeling down in front of him caressing his lovely, soft as can be coat.
Bonnie was amazed at how similar the dog looked to a wolf and how he just stood there so docile and allowed her to pat him.
"Look at you…where did you come from?" She asked, looking up and checking around the massive yard.
The dog barked, wanting her attention back on him. It ducked its head and nudged the hem of Bonnie's dress back with the tip of his nose, exposing her pretty legs. He tried to put his nose between the small opening of her legs. What the hell?
"Hey, stop that!" She admonished, pushing his head away. Was he trying to get a sniff of her down there? No way. She chuckled uneasily, her brows furrowing some.
Bonnie stood up, her dress dropping back down over her legs and the dog barked.
"Who do you belong to?" She asked, looking up at the vacate house. The dog nudged her once again to gain her attention and Bonnie bent down to see if he had a collar with a dog tag.
He didn't.
She frowned, not knowing what to do with him. He had to belong to someone because he seemed too well taken care of to be a stray. She couldn't just leave him here to fend for himself.
"Do you want to go home with me for a few days until I find your owner?" She asked while scratching his thick, clean coat.
The dog barked.
Bonnie chuckled softly. "Well, since it looks like you're going to be mine for a while I should at least give you a name." She said thoughtfully.
She looked at him for a long time trying to decide what to call him. The animal was beautiful, magnificently so. Bonnie smiled because the name came to her like that.
"I think I'll call you Thor."
The dog actually side eyed her and Bonnie giggled. This dog was a trip. "Come on boy, let's go." She commanded.
Bonnie took her time walking through the woods so it was a while before the back of her house came into view. She made sure to wipe her feet really good on the mat in front of the door before walking inside.
Thor just stood there looking at her while wagging his tail.
"What's wrong boy…why aren't you coming in?"
The dog barked.
Bonnie tilted her head to the side while placing her hands on her hips as she stood there and waited.
What was up with this dog?
But then she thought maybe he was afraid to come in because he thought once she closed the door something bad would happen to him.
Bonnie squatted on her haunches. "Hey, it's okay to come inside boy…nothing bad is going to happen to you."
The dog slowly walked over the threshold and came to her. He surprised Bonnie by licking her face and she quickly turned her head away so he wouldn't lick her mouth but the dog then took advantage of the pretty little neck she exposed to him and licked her there. The girl heard the animal growl softly in his throat.
She turned her face back to him and something came over her. She held the dog's face in her hands and looked deeply into its eyes. The more she stared the more uneasy she became. Her heart began to pound inside of her chest. She instantly let him go.
The front door opened and in walked Jamie and Abby, startling Bonnie so badly that she fell back on her ass.
"Bonnie Bennett why do you have my backdoor wide open…you're letting out all the air." Abby said, closing the front door.
The teenage girl watched as the dog regarded her one last time and then trotted out the back door.
Abby saw the dog and screamed, pulling Jamie back when he tried to go after it. "Bonnie shut the door and lock it before it comes back!"
Bonnie stood up on shaky legs and closed the door shut, locking it.
"How did it get inside?" Her mother asked, walking into the kitchen.
"I let him in...he looked hungry." She said.
Abby shook her head. "Bonnie don't ever do that again. That dog could have had rabies or something."
Bonnie didn't comment, her heart still beating a mile a minute.
There was something about that dog's eyes.
She licked her dry lips.
Jamie came up to her with a slice of chocolate cake on a small plastic plate wrapped in saran wrap and handed it to her.
"I brought this back for you…look it's your favorite." He said sweetly.
Bonnie smiled, kissing his cheek. "Thank you Jamie, will you help me eat it?"
He smiled that big smile that she loved so much. "Of course I will." He said happily.
It was three o'clock in the morning as he made his way through her house. He now had an open invitation into her home and would take advantage of her generosity. Her delicious scent became even more intoxicating as he came up the stairs. Her bedroom was the last one on the right.
The door didn't make a sound as he pushed it opened.
And there she lay sound asleep.
Damon Salvatore's pale blue eyes darkened for a moment as he stood over her bed and stared down at her.
He gently caressed her face just like she'd done to him earlier. "Hello beautiful."
AN: And there you have it. So are you guys interested in this…should I continue?