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Bonnie woke up with a start when she heard a loud thud. Opening her eyes she noticed that it was still dark outside, only the moon was spending some light. And she also noticed that Damon's bed was empty. She turned around and saw him by the door lying on the floor.
"What do you think you're doing." she muttered and hurried over to him.
When she helped him sitting up he looked at her confused.
"I could ask you the same." he stated weakly.
The mere fact of being weak already sucked but someone witnessing it made it even worse.
But nevertheless he let her help him to get back to his bed.
"What the hell happened, the last thing I remember is following John Gilbert and then my head kind of exploded. And he said something about a fire. I guess I actually should be a pile of ashes by now."
"We got you out in time, but not before he injected vervain into you and shot you with wooden bullets." Bonnie explained.
Damon looked down at his bandaged chest. "But how could this happen in the first place?" he wondered.
Bonnie looked bashfully at the floor. "I didn't remove the spell from the device."
"The way you're saying this make it sound like you did it on purpose."
"I didn't trust you and I wanted to protect the town from all the vampires including you." she tried to explain.
"And you wanted me so badly to get killed that you even lied to your best friend?"
"Damon, you killed my Grandmother, I have every single reason to hate you." she said angrily.
"Not this again." Damon groaned and rolled his eyes. "For the last time, I didn't kill her and I'm really sick and tired of these stupid accusations. I'm sorry it went that far, but how was I supposed to know that casting that spell would have such an effect on her? You are the witch. And by the way you already betrayed me back then by intending to leave me in the tomb. I would say you're not better than me."
"Listen I know that lying to Elena, Stefan and you about the device was wrong, I realized that when you thanked me during the parade. But the situation at the tomb was different. Back then you were different, you were killing people, whereas yesterday you tried to protect them."
"Don't say that. I don't do good, I don't have it in me."
"Yes, you do. You have changed." she disagreed.
"So you decided that I was actually worth saving and therefore I'm still aliveā¦undead, whatever."
Bonnie nodded silently.
"Thank you." he whispered.
After an awkward moment of silence he started another attempt of getting up, but Bonnie immediately hold him back.
"Damon, be reasonable, you still need to rest."
"No, I need blood. I have a couple of bloodbags in a refrigerator in the cellar, so I need to go downstairs."
"Tell me where to find it and I'll get them for you."
Following Damon's description she found it easily and took two bags of blood. On her way back upstairs she stopped by the kitchen and emptied the content of one of the bags into a glass. As she entered Damon's room he was sitting in the armchair and was now wearing a pair of sweatpants.
"Didn't I tell you stay in bed?" she asked sternly but smiling.
"You're just disappointed that I'm wearing those pants now." he teased her.
The young witch rolled her eyes and handed him the glass of blood. He drank it hungrily and placed the empty glass on the nightstand.
"You know you would make a good nurse." he continued to tease her.
"Have you ever seen the movie "Misery"?" Bonnie replied giving him a smirk and sitting down on the edge of his bed.
"Yeah, but I was rather thinking of some other kind of movie." he said raising his left eyebrow.
"You are truly impossible." Bonnie laughed and wondered silently why she suddenly felt so comfortable in Damon's presence.
"And tired." she added when the vampire yawned.
"Must still be the vervain." Damon mumbled and leaned back into the chair with his eyes already half closed.
Bonnie got up and dragged Damon back into his bed, and as soon as his head hit the pillows he was fast asleep. After she had covered his body with the blanket she carefully crawled over to the other side of the bed. She didn't want to sleep in that armchair again but had no clue where the guestroom was. So it was either Damon's bed or the couch in the living room. She was pretty sure that Damon wouldn't mind and the bed looked so inviting.
It was almost ten o'clock and the sun was already shining brightly when Elena opened her eyes. She was still in Stefan's arms and moved ever so slightly, but it was enough for Stefan to wake up.
"Let's see how Damon's doing." she suggested and kissed him on his cheek.
"I'm sure he's fine, we should probably be more worried about Bonnie." he replied sarcastically.
"Bonnie is not only a big girl but a witch as well, she can defend herself. And Damon is my friend and I trust him." Elena said sternly and slapped him playfully.
"I must be in an alternate universe where everybody likes Damon?" Stefan chuckled and together with Elena he made his way over to his brother's bedroom.
They were more than just surprised by the sight in front of them. Damon was lying on his back and while she was sleeping Bonnie had scooted over to Damon and was now clinging on his left arm with her head resting on his shoulder. Both of them were fast asleep.
"Okay, I certainly didn't expect that." Stefan stated flatly.
When Elena had recovered from her astonishment a huge grin appeared on her face.
"Go and get the camera." she said to her boyfriend.
"You want to take photo of them?" Stefan asked.
"They look so cute and they're probably going to deny everything once they're awake. Therefore we need some prove." Elena laughed.
He shook his head disbelievingly but obliged and returned with a camera in his hands just few seconds later. Elena took a couple of pictures, checked the results on the small display and nodded satisfied.
"Aw, look at this one, we should print it out and put it on the refrigerator in the kitchen." Elena said.
"Great, we're about mock a vampire that's stronger than me and a witch." Stefan stated but laughed along with his girlfriend.
Meanwhile Damon had started to wake up and stirred. Bonnie was still snuggled up to him and his movement caused her to wake up as well. She opened her eyes and slightly lifted her head so that she found herself staring into Damon's blue eyes. If the whole situation hadn't been so embarrassing she might have gotten lost in those beautiful eyes.
"I'm sorry, I was so tired and didn't know where to find the guestroom." Bonnie apologized and backed off.
"No it's okay. I mean that's what friends are for, right?" he asked hesitantly.
"Is that what we are now? Friends?" Bonnie asked back.
"Well, certainly we aren't enemies anymore." Damon declared.
"Maybe for now we could leave it at that." he added.
Bonnie smiled and agreed to not being enemies anymore.
"Let's get up before Elena and Stefan burst in to check on you, that would be awkward." she suggested eventually.
