Breaking The Bond

Chapter 2- The Unwanted Companion

I held my breath as I pressed the doorbell to the Gilbert household. Nerves fluttered like butterflies in my stomach, filling me with the feeling of uneasiness, all of this because of the fact that I was going to have to face Jeremy Gilbert. I gulped, knowing that on this trip I would have to face way more predicaments than my younger teenaged vampire catcher boyfriend. I gripped the side of the wall as the door opened and Alaric Saltzman stared out at me, a cup of coffee in his hand and a tired look on his face.

"Bonnie, how can I help you?" He asked, and I tried not to focus on the fact that he was still in his checked blue and white pajamas combined with the fact that he was still supposedly my History teacher.

"Umm, I was wondering if I could talk to you and Jeremy," I stated, stepping forward and raising my head confidently.

Alaric nodded. "Sure, come in," He stepped aside and allowed me to slide into the Gilbert household. He led me over to the living room area and I took a seat on the armchair.

"I'll call Jeremy for you," He said, before he started upstairs. I would have followed had it been any other situation but I felt the need to remain formal with my visit today or else it wouldn't go the way I wanted it to.

"My lovely, we are awaiting you,"

I tried to shake Klaus's ominous voice from my mind and succeeded half heartedly when he stopped speaking. I shivered, knowing I would have to come face to face with my 'bond-mate' sooner or later.

"Bonnie," Jeremy's arms were suddenly around my shoulder, hugging me to him.

"Hey Jer," I replied, hugging him back stiffly before sitting back.

Jeremy took a seat on the loveseat next to my armchair, dressed in jeans and a brown shirt. Headphones were creeping out of his pocket leading me to believe he had been listening to music before I came. Alaric took a seat on the other armchair, sipping his coffee.

"So what did you want to talk about? Do you have any news on Stefan?" Alaric quizzed, offering me a curious look.

I smiled then. "Not everything I come to say is related to the Supernatural," I spoke, humorlessly, "But this is actually. I'm taking a trip to go look for Stefan. I have to bring him back to Elena. She won't… she needs him," I corrected myself, not meeting Jeremy's brown eyes. I instead focused on Alaric who could be counted on to be the more logical one.

"When will this trip be?" He asked, matter-of-factly.

"Well, I'm leaving today,"

I felt Klaus's feelings through the bond, pure happiness about something. I shivered because I didn't want to know why he was happy. His happiness equaled someone else's misery, I was sure.

"What should I pack for the trip?" Jeremy asked, speaking for the first time.

"Um, Jer," I turned to look at him sheepishly, "I sort of wanted to do this on my own, I need some air. I need to get out of Mystic Falls. I'll bring Stefan back and then things will be normal again,"

"BULLSHIT!" Jeremy burst out and I leaned back, shocked at this sudden explosion. "I will not let you go alone, Bonnie. It's not safe out there,"

"I've already been through this with Caroline and Elena who both agreed so I'm going. Alone. I was merely telling you guys," I stood up, looking ahead of me.

Jeremy hopped up too. "Ric, talk some sense into her. She could get hurt. She's going to have to go into Klaus's lair," He protested, annoyed.

"Jer, I can handle it. I swear, I can. I'll have my spells and powers and that's all I need. I almost took Klaus down last time and I'll do it again," I promised, a determined tone to my voice.

"You almost died, Bonnie," Jeremy took my hands in his and shot me a pleading look. "Please think this over,"

"I did," I looked away from him and let go of his hands. "I'm going in a couple of hours,"

"Alaric," Jeremy tried again.

Alaric sighed, "Look, if she wants to do this, we can't stop her," He turned to me, "You have to promise you'll be careful and call us if you need any help. Help will always be at hand,"

I nodded. "I swear I'll be careful," I promised, happy that Alaric was on my side. "I'll come back to you, Jer, with Stefan. And things will be better then; I just can't live in this crazy world," I said to my boyfriend who looked like he was close to giving in.

"Do you promise you'll come back?" He asked me.

"Yes," I replied, "Besides, you have a lot to deal with here with you sometimes seeing ghosts of Anna and Vickie and stuff, and you need to look after Elena. She's not doing very well with her loss,"

"I'm sick of everyone acting like Elena's the freaking princess. Why do we always have to protect and look after her?" Jeremy demanded.

"She's your sister or cousin or whatever and she's my best friend. We all care about her. We know if the situation was reversed she would have done the same; she's a good person." I defended my best friend, knowing that what I was saying was the truth.

"You're so selfless, Bonnie," Jeremy slipped his arm around my waist and rested his head on my shoulder, sighing. "I'm going to miss you,"

"I won't be gone long, I'll be back to annoy you before you know it," I teased, feeling a tear make its way out of my eye. Damn Jeremy and his ability to make me cry.

Jeremy smiled then and hugged me close to him. "You'd better be," He whispered, "And stay in contact,"

I pulled back from him, nodding and wiping my eyes. "Yeah, I will. I have to go say Bye to Damon then I'll be back at home for an hour or so if you want to say a final goodbye." I told him as I started towards the door.

Alaric came towards me, "Be careful, Bonnie and call if you need anything." He said.

I nodded, "Thank you, Ric. I will, Have fun teaching," I joked, and he rolled his eyes but smiled. I left the Gilbert house then and headed back to my car, feeling a couple of tears spill out of my eyes. I wiped them away hastily and sighed because I was going to have to go to the Salvatore boarding house and talk to Damon. I hoped he wasn't that drunk today or he'd just forget what I was saying right away.

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"Damon," I called, knocking on the door for the tenth time. The door suddenly creaked open and I peered inside, worriedly. What had happened to him? I pushed the door open and stepped inside.

"I'm coming in!" I said, in a loud voice so that he could hear if he was in some sort of compromising position or something.

I didn't get a reply so I carried on to the living room which was empty except for bottles of beer and wine and liquor in general thrown on the ground and a million blood sachets in the bin in the corner of the room. I looked inside the study but there was no one there. A photo frame of Stefan and Elena had been smashed on the ground so I picked it up and placed it on the desk gingerly, smiling a little at how carefree and happy they had both been.

I sighed and started upstairs, wondering where the heck he was. "Damon," I called again, but there was no reply as before. I didn't exactly know which room was his so I just kept searching in each one. Every one of them came up empty until I reached the door the furthest to the left. Bingo.

Damon was lying on the bed in a pair of black jeans and nothing else, staring up at the ceiling, asleep. I knocked on the door but he was dead to the world. I precariously entered the room, feeling like I was intruding on his privacy but what could I do? I needed to talk to him.

I stood over the bed and saw that he was breathing peacefully in and out and I wondered how long he had been sleeping. A few packets of blood were resting beside him, the majority of them empty, and a bottle of jack was in his hand. I decided to remove it from his grip but the second I touched the bottle, he growled and had me pinned to the wall.

"Damon!" I reprimanded, and his eyes widened as he saw it was me. He rubbed them, looking tired.

"Judgey, what are you doing here?" He muttered, not releasing his hold on me. I could smell the alcohol on his breath because we were so close.

"Um, please release your hold and I will tell you," I tried to push out of his iron grip failing miserably because of his strength.

Damon looked confused then he looked down at his arm which he had forgotten was holding me. He nodded, and stepped back, setting me free of the prison he had created. He placed the bottle of Jack on the floor and looked at me, a look of despair on his face. "What did you want to say?" He asked, sounding tired and looking like he was hung over except I didn't know if vampires could get hung over or not.

"Well, I'm going to look for Stefan." I decided to cut to the chase because he seemed to want to do anything but talk to me. "Alone. I just wanted to tell you so that you knew,"

"And?"

"Please look after Elena, and don't do anything stupid while I'm gone," I pleaded.

His blue eyes looked amused. "Since when do I do anything stupid?" He asked.

"Do you really want me to answer that?" I replied, scornfully.

Damon sighed. "Since when do you want to save my precious brother anyway? Why didn't you go long ago?" He wanted to know.

"I… Elena needs Stefan, you don't know how much," I replied, not wanting to slip and tell him about the bond that I needed to break.

Damon looked pained as if I'd physically hurt him. "I know, believe me," He replied, a look of soreness still on his face. He looked like he was eating something bitter.

"Then you know why I have to go," I responded, pushing my hair out of my eyes and taking a few steps away from Damon.

Damon watched me then for a few seconds. He narrowed his eyes at me. "You have another motive," He responded. "I can tell; if it was just Stefan then you would have gone a while ago. Elena's been horrid for a while now," He said, still watching me in a way that intimidated me a little, to be honest.

I shook my head then shrugged. "Think what you will, I don't have time to argue with you, Damon. I'm leaving to go find your brother. I know you're pained about this. I thought at least you'd wish me good luck." I said, as I started out of the room.

Damon stopped me, appearing in front of me in lightening speed. "Good luck," He said, looking honest for a second. Hurt crossed his face then left as quickly as it had come.

I smiled at his change of attitude. "Thanks; I'll see you when I get back then." I replied and I started down the stairs.

Damon followed me. "Are you going to face Klaus on your own?" He asked, and I wanted to know why they all thought I was incapable of doing so, so I asked him that.

"Because you're one witch, one girl against Klaus, the most powerful Original vampire," Damon explained, "You're powerful, sure, but not as powerful as him especially now that he's a hybrid,"

I sighed. "I believe that with a certain spell I can defeat him," I explained.

"What spell is that?" Damon raised his eyebrow and smirked at me, looking more like his usual self.

"I still haven't found it yet," I admitted, "But I will, out of this town. I need to get out of this town,"

Damon didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Can I come with you?" He asked, looking nervous to ask such a thing.

"What?" I demanded, unable to believe that he'd said what I'd heard he had. "What did you say?"

"Can I accompany you on your trip?" Damon asked again, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"W-why would you want to do that?" I was still shocked at his preposition. It was no secret that we weren't exactly best friends.

Damon sighed, "As much as we don't like each-other, I need to do something to save my brother. I feel so helpless and like I'm just useless. I'll be of help to you. We'll fight together as equals. I won't hinder you," He promised.

"I don't know what to say,"

"Say that you'll let me come. I need to go. I don't want to turn into the monster I was before Stefan came to Mystic Falls. He's saved me a million times and I need to save him too. I don't like feeling a waste of time and space. I know that's what Elena and you and Caroline think of me," He explained, his face devoid of expression. "Can I come? Please,"

I sighed, hesitating. I had said no to everyone else, why couldn't I find it in my heart to say no to Damon? I thought back over his words. He wanted to make a difference, he wanted to find his brother and feel worthy of doing something. How could I deny him that?

"Fine, Damon. Come," I said, defeated.

Damon smiled then, "When are you leaving?" He asked, looking happier than he had been in a while, and I felt pleased that I was the source of such happiness.

"In an hour or so. Meet me at my house then. We'll start off with my car because it's less conspicuous than your black Ferrari or whatever," I muttered.

"It's a Porsche,"

"That's why I said whatever. Anyway, if you're a minute late, I'm leaving without you," I warned as I opened the front door.

"Harsh," Damon joked, as I closed the door and started towards my car, thinking what on earth I'd done. I'd let Damon Salvatore come with me even though I didn't really want him to, on a mission that he only knew half of. How was I going to hide the whole bond thing from him? I didn't know but decided I'd face it when I have to.

I feared what Klaus would do when he knew Damon was coming with me. I knew he wanted me to be alone. I started the engine and turned onto the road that led to my house, sighing at how Klaus had made my life and my friend's lives a living hell. And I knew that for me and Damon, it would only be just the beginning of that hell.

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"Are you sure you have everything you need in that bag pack?" Elena asked dubiously, an hour later when we were outside of my house.

I nodded, and Elena slipped her arms around my shoulder, sniffling a little. "I'm going to miss you," She replied.

"Me too, El. I'll bring Stefan back to you," I said, hugging her back.

Caroline emerged from my house, a bag in her hands. "Here are some sandwiches I made for you guys. Bon, I feel way better knowing there's going to be someone with you, even someone like Damon," She exclaimed, as she handed me a paper bag. I had told both Caroline and Elena about my new companion and they were both over the moon that I wasn't going to trek into Klaus's lair on my own.

"Same here," Elena said, stepping back to stand with Caroline. "At least he'll be doing something useful,"

I nodded, and I heard a honk from in the car so I knew that Damon had heard. He'd arrived 15 minutes early, leaching the possibility of me leaving without him.

Caroline laughed a little and then Jeremy walked up to the house, his eyes dull. He smiled as he spotted me, running over. "Good thing you didn't leave yet," He murmured.

"I wouldn't leave without saying Goodbye to you, Jer," I promised and Caroline and Elena 'awww'-ed in the background.

Jeremy smiled and pulled me in for a hug. He led me a little way away from them and stopped beside the car. He then pulled something out of his pocket; it was a small charm bracelet, tiny sparkling strings of silver put together with a few charms. "It's a lucky charm bracelet for you. It was my mom's," He explained when he held it out for me.

"I couldn't take it," I replied, "You should give it to Elena,"

"I already asked her and she wants you to have it," Jeremy muttered, looking back at Elena who gave me a thumbs up.

I sighed. "It's your moms. I couldn't possibly take it from you," I said, firmly.

Jeremy shot me a pleading look. "She gave it to me to give to the girl I can't live without, and that's you." After that, I couldn't not let him strap it on my hand, and smile at me proudly. "I love you,"

"I love you too, Jer," I replied, feeling tears come to my eyes. He pulled me in for a kiss and I kissed him back passionately, knotting my hands in his hair. He held me close and we carried on kissing.

A honk came from the car and Damon poked his head out. "Keep it PG13," He joked, and we pulled back in shock.

Jeremy glared at him then turned to me confused. "What is he doing in there?" He demanded.

I simpered then gulped, knowing that I would have had to explain Damon's presence sooner or later. I hoped it would be later, honestly. "He's, well, coming with me. He wants to do something to help Stefan," I lowered my voice.

"I want to do something too," Jeremy replied, his voice even.

"Please don't be difficult about this," I pleaded, my eyes wide.

"I'm not, but I just don't understand why you'd let him come with you and you wouldn't let me. It's because I'm a meaningless human, right?" Jeremy looked hurt as he stared at me.

I shook my head. "Never. But please don't make our goodbye be like this," I begged, "I want this to be a good memory,"

Jeremy sighed then nodded, pulling me in for another hug. "I do actually feel a little better that he's going with you. He'll protect you," He whispered, kissing me on the cheek.

"I don't need protection," I muttered, "But thanks for not making a big deal out of things. I'm going to miss you, Jeremy,"

"You too, Bon,"

I sighed and stepped away from him. "Okay, Bye Elena, Caroline, I'm.. We're leaving now," I told them.

Elena and Caroline ran over for one last hug. "We love you, Bonnie Bennett," Caroline exclaimed.

"I love you both, and you, Jer," I touched his cheek and I heard gagging noises from the car.

I waved at my friends and wondered what the heck I'd gotten myself into, letting Damon Salvatore come along with me.

"I know you've brought a companion with you, but don't worry, my lovely, I won't let him last too long,"

The sound of Klaus's laughter in my ears sent a shiver down my spine and Damon looked at me curiously. I hadn't been aware that I'd entered the car and Damon had sped away in the driver's seat. "Are you okay, Judgey?"

I nodded, gulping, though I knew I wasn't. I feared of what Klaus was going to do with Damon and with us both.

Damon looked confused but shrugged it off. "So where are we starting?" He asked.

I opened my bag and picked the latest newspaper with the mass attacks up in my hand. "Well, the latest 'animal attack' was in Durham, North Carolina so that might be a good start," I told him.

Damon nodded. "They weren't animal attacks, huh?" He said, grimly.

I sighed. "Afraid not, guess we're heading to Durham?"


A/N: And that's the end of chapter 2! So those of you who guessed Damon you're correct!

The next chapter will be the actual start of their hunt for Klaus and Stefan, and I might put in a little Klaus/ Bonnie dream if you guys want one just to keep you satisfied until they actually meet in person (:

REVIEW with your opinion on this one and I'll try to update soon! KLONNIE vs BAMON?

Lily

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