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Familiar Words
Chapter 2
Dr. Allison felt a cold chill slide down her back upon hearing Bonnie's declaration. "What just happened? What did I just see?" Dr. Allison questioned. "You just saw a very small sample of my power." Bonnie answered. "Was that some kind of joke?" Dr. Allison looked at Bonnie amazed by what she had just witnessed. "You mean like this?" Bonnie spoke as she turned her back to Dr. Allison and walked away back towards her seat in front of Dr. Allison's desk. Only this time Dr. Allison found her own self, rising off of the ground until she reached the ceiling. "Oh, oh, ahhh, ah" Dr. Allison screamed as her hands reached up above her head as she braced herself for impact. Fearfully Dr. Allison looked over to notice Bonnie was not even looking in her direction but attempting to take a piece of chocolate from a small candy dish that sat on the corner of her desk; her back still turned towards her.
"Bonnie!" She screamed. "Now do you believe me?" Bonnie asked calmly while placing the chocolate morsel into her mouth. "Yes, yes, I believe you!" Dr. Allison shouted. "I do, I do! I believe you." Dr. Allison conceded, it was then, that she finally felt herself start to lower to the ground; until she again felt the floor beneath her feet. Dr. Allison steadied herself and then quickly moved to her chair and sat down; her breathing was slightly labored and her body had been tingling. Bonnie slowly finished chewing the morsel of chocolate that was in her mouth. "I never thought that witches were real." Dr. Allison confessed distractedly because she could still feel her body giving off small electrical charges down her spine from her floating experience. "But the feeling wasn't just from that-No it wasn't…." Dr. Allison quickly thought to herself. "It was the excitement I've never felt so alive in my life." Dr. Allison thought.
Bonnie chuckled. "There are many things that are real doctor: Werewolves, Vampires, Warlocks, Heretics, & Doppelgangers just to name a few." Bonnie said as she sat back further into her chair. Bonnie's cellphone began to ring, she dismissed the call. "Elena is a doppelganger." Bonnie added as she reached for yet another piece of chocolate only this time she continued to twirl the packaging within her hand. "A doppelganger?" Allison's face showed a confused expression. "Yes, she is the exact re-creation of Katherine (Damon's first love)".
Then Bonnie stopped speaking abruptly. "What is it?" Dr. Allison spoke. "Can you handle it if I tell you a nightmare?" Bonnie asked. "Do you mean a literal nightmare?" "No. I mean the story of my life and my friend's lives. It is full of all of the things that I have mentioned to you before, as well as; curses; deaths and resurrections; hauntings; decapitations; the other side; covens; mystical prisons; daylight rings and moonstones; and Originals." Allison had never been so intrigued, and so interested in any other topic in her entire life. "I…I would love to hear it." Allison spoke excitedly although she was afraid that her eagerness may have made Bonnie not want to confess these secrets at all. Nonetheless, Allison's interest had been completely piqued, so much so, that she had totally disregarded the fact that Bonnie had just proven herself to be a witch, and could possibly harm her at any given point and time. The only thing she knew was that she definitely wanted to know everything. Bonnie's cell phone began to ring, she dismissed the call.
It was 7:56 when Bonnie began to spin the tale of Mystic Falls. Allison sat amazed as Bonnie opened up more and more. Bonnie spoke of "Adventures and battles between evil and not so evil." She spoke of "Blood bags, and daylight rings; Vervaine and Wolf's bane." She spoke of "Tortures and tombs, coffins and cells, crystals and compulsions." She spoke of "Founding Fathers as well as brutal ones. Sibling loyalties that would have one sacrifice himself for the other, and sibling rivalries, that spanned for centuries." She spoke of "Vampire's blood which cured, and a type of vampire called a Ripper that had no mercy because the bloodlust was so insatiable." It was 4:18 in the morning when Bonnie finally brought Allison up to speed about "A Warlock named Kai who used a spell to attach her own life to the life of Elena's and that while Bonnie walked around alive, Elena would always remain in her coma; but when Bonnie died Elena would wake and start her life again, from the same starting point, just as young as the day she had entered her long sleep." Bonnie's cellphone began to ring, she dismissed the call.
Dr. Allison had a billion questions, if she had one, but the only question she needed Bonnie to answer at the moment; was the first thing that came to her mind. "Bonnie why do you keep saying that you put Elena in that coma when clearly Kai did it?" Bonnie who had, by now, never told another living soul what she was about to say, was ready to get it off of her chest. "I'm the one who taught Kai that particular spell in the first place." Dr. Allison didn't understand. "You showed him the spell?"
"Once I sent Damon back from the prison world only Kai and I were left, he came after me, he attacked me, I was running for my life most of the time but then sometime later he told me that he forgave me for my betrayal of sending back Damon and not him. He said we needed to be friends since we were all that each other had. You have no idea how much I had missed Damon by then. I was surprised myself of how much of an impact he had made on me. I missed simply looking at him his dark hair and piercing blue eyes; I missed talking to him; I even missed the nicknames he gave me." Bonnie smirked a little then she continued. "Kai, he started being kind to me—he was all that I had." Bonnie remembered but then continued.
"He spoke to me about his family and the fantasies that he had, you know what he would do to them for putting him there. He told me what spells he would use. It was funny, we were just talking…we both knew that we would never ever get back from that prison world. 'I told him that, for once, I would want to be the one everyone wanted to save. I wanted to be the princess in the tower. I wanted someone to see me for once.' He told me that it would never happen with Elena in the way (He had heard Damon talking about her repeatedly). That was when he spoke to me about the Gemini Coven he taught me some of their spells." "There were ways to get rid of Elena." He said. "Then I taught him some of the spells that I had found in my grandmother's Grimwar and one of them was the linking spell. I never expected him to get free and to be able to use it." Bonnie paused and swallowed hard. Bonnie's cellphone began to ring, she dismissed the call.
"Eventually, though I found out that he couldn't be trusted. He remembered that his twin sister had left her magic at their childhood home and he made me go with him. I had no idea why he was going there, at the time, but once he found it; he hurt me, took my blood, and then he escaped the prison world and left me for another two months alone on my own. I felt like I was losing my mind." Dr. Allison noticed how, while speaking about her solitude, this brought a paleness to Bonnie's cheeks and a coldness to her demeanor. "I was planning on committing suicide just to escape the loneliness." She spoke before she lowered her head and then after a few short moments she produced a small shy smile as she remembered.
"But I was rescued, by Damon. He left a fully detailed map showing me how to get to Nova Scotia there was magic left there on that island in the form of a stone. You, see I had sent all my magic away so that Kai couldn't use it to get free but there was more; the magic that his sister had left. So once he used it I thought for sure I would be trapped there forever. It was only Damon who reminded me that there was some more magic that I could find and that I could use. It was because of him that I could come home. Damon saved me; he (of all people) became my hero; and that was the moment that I fell in love with him."
"Do you think that just because you showed Kai a spell that you are really guilty of what happened to Elena?" Allison questioned. "No, I feel guilty because I wanted her gone. When I got free from the prison world the first person I wanted to see was Damon; he was the only person I wanted to see really. I went to his place but he wasn't home. I fell into our old routine…" Bonnie laughed. "I made pancakes for him. I will admit though that I was afraid. Afraid that now that he had returned and had Elena back; that my friendship may not have meant the same to him anymore. I actually panicked when I heard his voice as he entered. He was on his phone and leaving a message for Elena but when he hung up-he saw me."
Dr. Allison could feel herself tense and on the edge of her seat to find out what happened next. "He called out my name. You have no idea doctor how much I had missed hearing my name on his lips. But it was when he smiled at me and opened his arms wide to me that I couldn't control myself. I ran and jumped into his arms. I never wanted to be let go. The way that he held me, the way that he squeezed me. He literally growled as he held my body so tightly, mind you I was completely wrapped around his body at the time and suspended in mid-air; but he didn't care." Bonnie chuckled. "He missed me too." Bonnie smiled again.
"It was a few days later that changed everything for me. He brought Kai to me and I was furious. We fought, but it wasn't just that. I hurt him. I used my power and made him feel all of the pain that Kai made me feel once Damon had left the prison world and was gone. My anger and my power were out of control… but also-oddly liberating-at the same time. I will never forget the look on his face when I told him to get out. He was sorry, he was concerned for me, but he was also afraid of me. I saw it in his eyes. He had never looked at me that way before. It was when he came back to apologize again that I found myself in the same predicament that I always find myself in. I was doing something to help everyone else while I alone suffered in silence. Although, I didn't want to… I had to spend time alone again with Kai for Damon's sake." Bonnie's cellphone rang, she dismissed the call.
Allison was puzzled by Bonnie. Why is it that she allows herself to be used over and over again in this manner? "Only this time…" Bonnie continued. "Damon helped me to come up with a plan to leave Kai behind in another prison world; so that I would never have to see him again, and it worked. I was grateful and I went to tell him so; but that is when it happened." Bonnie stated.
"What happened?" Allison asked. "I walked in on Damon kissing Elena." "He was kissing her." Dr. Allison reiterated. "It wasn't just a kiss, it was passionate, it was fervent, it was sensual, it was intense, and all I thought at the moment, was that-it should have been mine. It was the type of kiss that I wanted from him, and he saw me, he saw me watching, and for a moment he was watching me too. He called out his nickname for me, his voice was sexy, it was like an invitation, he wanted me to see, he wanted me to know…what he was like, in that way. That is when I knew. I needed her to be gone. She was always going to be a problem if she had been around. I had to have her gone again. If it was only just the two of us, sooner or later, I know that those types of kisses from him would have been mine." Bonnie stood up and walked toward the mirror again but this time the mirror began to shake.
"I HATE HER DOCTOR! SHE IS A SPOILED ENTITLED LITTLE BRAT WHO HAS HAD EVERYONE WRAPPED AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER AND I'M TIRED OF IT! SHE HAS HIM WRAPPED AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER! ALL BECAUSE SHE HAS NO INDIVIDUALITY, AND ALL BECAUSE SHE LOOKED LIKE KATHERINE!" Bonnie then recognized that she had been exciting herself and also scaring Dr. Allison. The mirror immediately stopped shaking. Bonnie looked over and saw Dr. Allison staring at her in fright and gripping the sides of her armrest. Bonnie's cell phone rang, she dismissed the call.
Bonnie began to feel embarrassed at how she let herself spew such anger and hatred. This was not the person she had hoped to be; but it felt freeing to reach that part of her soul and expose it to the light of day; even if the day had only begun. "Who has been calling you all evening?" Allison asked. "It's Damon." Bonnie answered then she looked at the time and realized that it was 4:55am, she had talked all night. "I'm sorry if scared you doctor, I should go." Bonnie said as she opened the door to the office. "I'll see you next Thursday!" Allison called out to her behind the quickly closing door.
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Dr. Allison hadn't slept all night and she was definitely not in the mood to hear her patients all day on Friday talk about paranoia, or hating their mother's, envy over co-workers, or eating disorders. A whole new world had opened up to her and she could not be dragged back to the boring woes of the masses. "How could this whole world be going on right under her nose and she never knew about it?" It intrigued her, it scared her, it delighted her….she needed more, up close. When she thought about the power that Bonnie displayed; she too found herself envious.
Dr. Allison cancelled her afternoon appointments-she really couldn't handle them today and went straight to her spot at the Mystic Bar & Grill. The town seemed different as she drove through it this time around. Allison found herself staring at the people who walked down the streets wondering if any of them where one of the creatures Bonnie had described lurking in the shadows and yet still plainly seen; but unnoticed.
It was when she walked in to the Grill past the bar did the hairs on the back of her head began to stand on edge. There was Rick as always; Damon was there and a woman was draped across his shoulder but there was another man was sitting with him as well and they were all still sitting at the end of the bar which had been right near her booth. Rick did his typical nod and smile as she walked passed, but this time she did something completely out of character, she walked up to the very end of the bar and ordered her drink; as if Rick didn't already know what she had wanted. She wanted a good look at all of them a side glance and profile would no longer work for her. "Would she be able to see something different? Were there any small traces to prove that Damon was actually a vampire?" She thought. "May I have a Brandy neat please?" She asked Rick who looked at her slightly puzzled. "You know that I've got you." Rick said with a smile and a wink. She noticed prominent rings on all of their hands and Damon's piercing blue eyes. The woman sidled up closer to Damon and gave her a nasty look. She smiled meekly and then went and took her rightful place in her booth. Rick was there in a matter of seconds, glass and napkin in hand and after placing them on the table he was just as quickly back at the bar. "Don't you want to go back to your place for some indoor sports?" The woman asked Damon as she began to kiss and nibble on his ear. Rick gave Enzo a look as they both watched Damon squirm.
Damon pulled her hands off of his shoulder and grabbed her face in his hands. Allison leaned forward slightly to watch what was transpiring. Damon looked closely in her eyes "Nikki, enough is enough now alright, why don't you just go on home, to your own home, and wait by the phone until I call you." The irises of his eyes expanded and then contracted. She immediately let go of Damon and began to walk away. "Damon!" Rick scolded. "Fine, fine!" Damon said with an aggravated look on is face then he walked over to her and held her face in his hands again. "You are allowed to go to the bathroom when you have to and also eat." He smirked. She smiled giddily and then continued to walk out of the front door. "Did I just witness the compulsion that Bonnie spoke of?" Allison thought but she heard Damon continue to speak. "I can't believe you made me do this." Damon directed his conversation to Rick. "I went out to dinner with Nikki and Bonnie the other night and you should have seen the way Bonnie looked at me. I tell you I don't think that this was a good idea." Damon sat back down on his stool and drank from his beer bottle.
"I don't know why you're torturing yourself like this? Although I will say it is quite amusing." The new man, with the thick accent, spoke and then took a sip of his drink. "Enzo, when you have a love life that consists of more than a secretary of the doctor who tortured us for years and a quickie in a coat closet then you can get back to me." Damon barked. Rick guffawed in spite of himself. "You must be have it bad for Bonnie your fangs are showing; bloke." Enzo added as he took another sip of his drink.
"You are particularly rowdy this evening Damon what's up anyway." Rick questioned. "I tried calling her last night and she never picked up any of my calls. I called her-all night long, and nothing. And I do mean all night." Damon's obvious anger was getting the best of him. "What was so urgent?" Enzo asked. "Nothing, but that's not the point, something could have been urgent and she didn't answer." Was Damon's snappy comeback. "You do know that she goes to school right? She was probably in class and then went to bed." Rick speculated. "She was not in class. She has classes Monday from 10 -2, Tuesday 3-8, Wednesday from 9 to 1, Thursday she has labs from 7-3, and she had some sort of bookstore job from 2-5 on Friday. She was not in class!" Damon shouted. "I'm sorry is she going to school…or are you?" Rick asked as his face questioned why Damon would have her schedule memorized the way that he did.
"Maybe… (Enzo lingered over his words) she was off getting herself some extracurricular activities if you know what I mean." Enzo's voice took on a devious tone. Damon's eyes grew wide and then went back to normal. "What?" Damon asked. "You know, a little between the sheets tutorial. It has been a while for her, a one night stand might do her some good. After all; when she was with me at your mother's party she pretended to be my date and I must say there was something quite fetching about her-she almost made me want to…" Then Damon interrupted. "Made you want to what?!" Damon snapped.
Allison listened closely at the discussion which was happening at the bar. "Never mind mate, it was just a passing thought. I won't say that it may not pass by again-but she is a free woman and able to dabble if you know what I mean." Enzo figured he'd leave Damon with that lovely image as he drank again from his glass.
"You don't really think that she….no, that's not like her at all. Bonnie can go on for forever without being in a relationship. I've seen her do it." Damon said. "Just because she has done it doesn't mean that she wants to do it." Rick added as he began to walk to the far end of the bar to help with another patrons drink. "And why should she? She was on the other side for quite some time even before she spent that time imprisoned with you…who knows? Maybe she has decided to make up for lost time." Enzo added.
Allison watched as she noticed Damon's form seem to slump somewhat on the barstool. "Who do you think that it is? Why didn't she tell me?" Damon asked. "She probably doesn't think that it is any of your business." Enzo answered. "I need to meet this guy. I showed her mines now she has to show me hers." Damon sounded indignant. "I don't think that you want to do that." Rick chimed in as he came back to their side of the bar. "Why? After all, you got me into this Rick! What if she went out and found some random college jerk just because she saw me with Nikki? I don't want Nikki and that hot mess was all your idea!" Damon's cold skin became a little warmer. "I thought that the letting out some of your frustration would help you to see reason about Bonnie." Rick answered. "You expected Damon to see reason? You are funnier than I thought, mate." Enzo spoke up.
"Well now I am frustrated about her seeing another man-thank you very much." Damon responded. "Look Damon you can sit here and gripe at me or you can force your hand and tell Bonnie how you feel about her but, if I were you, I would first wait to see who this new man is in her life; and how she feels about him. There is no point in bringing up how you feel and destroying your friendship if she is already head over heels in love with someone else." Rick concluded. "He's right mate. It would be a bloody waste indeed." Enzo nodded his head in agreement.
Damon sighed a deep sigh. "The question is, how will I get her to even allow me to meet him if she didn't even tell me about him in the first place?" Damon wondered.
Allison understood that she had been allowed a unique perspective in the lives of Bonnie and Damon. One that she would not normally take advantage of. First of all it was unethical, but secondly she normally wouldn't care that much about her patients to put in the time or the effort. However, she now found herself drawn to this couple and their conundrum. She had decided that she would use this advantage to help Bonnie, Damon, and maybe even herself along the way.
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