I'm Only Me When I'm With You

Chapter Two- Messing Around

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Lily xx


Bonnie's P.O.V

I hummed slightly to myself as I rolled up my sleeves to wash the dishes. I had no school today which was a good thing; I wouldn't be able to concentrate anyway what with all the chaos that was happening. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do about the moonstone, which was safely with Damon at the Salvatore boarding house. He was keeping an eye on it 24/7; or so he said he was. I personally thought he was thrilled that Stefan was stuck in the tomb and away from Elena.

I also wasn't sure what to do about Luka. I'd taken power from him earlier and I had to go check that he was okay. I hoped he didn't mind that I borrowed some power from him when opening the tomb the way he'd taught me to yesterday morning at school. I still had his necklace, up in my purse in my room and he still had my bracelet with him, so our bond was still working.

I had just finished rinsing a dish when the doorbell rang. I dried my hands quickly and rushed to the door, not knowing who it could be. Dad was out at work; being a lawyer was a hard job and he was out of town a lot for his clients and everything even on the weekends which were supposed to be times of relaxation for everyone. He didn't have that privilege.

I rushed to the door, and opened it carefully looking out the peep hole as dad always told me to. He always reminded me that danger sometimes lurks on the doorsteps in even a town as small as Mystic Falls- he had no idea.

I smiled as I realized it was Jeremy, looking all cute in a stripy white and blue sweatshirt and some dark wash jeans. We'd ended things pretty well yesterday; After I'd agreed to give him a chance, my dad had called me asking where the hell I was and I had to go home, after another hug of course.

"Bonnie…hey," He smiled his adorable smile, and ran his hand through his gorgeous hair.

"Hiya," I mumbled, pushing the door opened and feeling slightly embarrassed for some reason. Why was I acting that way? He edged past me into the house and I closed the door, following him into the living room.

"So how are you?" His brown eyes were smoldering as he smiled at me, sitting on the couch.

I smiled back at him, "I'm great. I'm recovering from the tomb thing," I sighed, leaning on the door of the room.

"Me too," Jeremy grinned, "Look, my scars are healing," He gestured to the bandage on his neck, wincing slightly as he lifted it so I could see. The red bite marks courtesy of Katherine were a little less red and bloody than the night before so that was good.

"Good for you," I told him as he covered the scars again.

"I know. Well, what are you up to?" He asked, looking around the room. I don't think he'd been here much, seeing as I was always there rather than Elena coming over here. We hadn't even been friends before a week or so, even though I'd known him a whole decade.

I shrugged, "Normal human stuff; washing the dishes," I informed him.

Jeremy smiled, making me smile back. His smile was contagious; I just realized. "How boring. May I help?" He jumped up from the couch.

"Yeah, sure. If you don't mind getting your hands wet," I raised an eyebrow as I shuffled back to the kitchen.

"I'll be fine," Jeremy replied, following me over to the sink.

I switched the tap on, watching as the water gushed into the sink.

"You scrub, I rinse?" I asked, and Jeremy nodded as I started scrubbing the first dish before passing it to him.

Jeremy took it, and started to rinse. We started to wash with much enthusiasm and halfway through, Jeremy chuckled at me.

"What?" I asked.

"You've got soap on your nose," He informed me, rinsing a cup and putting it on the rack.

I touched my nose, causing him to laugh, "You put some more on there," He joked, leaning towards me. I held my breath as he gently washed the soap off my nose, causing me to giggle because it was ticklish.

"All gone," Jeremy whispered, looking into my green eyes with his warm brown ones.

I nodded, "Good," I replied, and then he splashed me with some water, laughing.

"Jeremy Gilbert!" I yelled, throwing some soap his way.

He ducked and splashed me with some more water. We splashed and ducked for ten minutes, until we both were a laughing heap on the floor.

We didn't even notice that anyone had come in, until we heard an annoyed voice; "My brother is stuck in the tomb because of junior here, and you're both joking around?"

Jeremy and I looked up to see an annoyed Damon Salvatore, arms folded across his chest. Jeremy helped me stand and I glared at Damon.

"Would you just leave us alone?" I demanded, annoyed.

Jeremy folded his arms across his chest, "Yeah," He agreed.

Damon looked back and forth between Jeremy and me, annoyed. "I see," He muttered, "So you don't care about Stefan? You just want to joke and have fun?"

"You're one to speak, Mr. I'm-not-ever-serious," I shot back at him, annoyed. "Of course we care about Stefan, but I..we…just need a break from this supernatural stuff! I'm sick and tired of it all. I want to do something…normal,"

I sighed, rubbing my hands on the towel and storming out of the room.

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Jeremy's P.O.V

I glared at Damon as Bonnie hurried out of the room, "What are you doing here?"

Damon mirrored my glare, and ignored my question, "Shut up, pipsqueak. What's going on between you and Bonnie?" He asked, coldly.

"It's none of your beeswax," I replied, puffing out my chest.

In one second, Damon had me against the wall, an angry scowl on his face, "You leave Bonnie alone. She doesn't need her best friends little brother crushing on her," He growled.

"Well it's not just a crush. She likes me back," I resisted the urge to stick my tongue out at him.

"She does not like you back. She's just playing along because she doesn't want to hurt your little feelings," Damon replied.

"Yeah, yeah. You're speaking and all I hear is blab la bla," I said firmly.

Damon grabbed me tighter, "I can hurt you; I can chop your finger off and kill you," He threatened.

"I'm not afraid of you," I informed him, raising an eyebrow. "And why do you care about Bonnie anyway? Your brothers in the tomb, my sister's not with him. Why are you not making your move?" I raised an eyebrow.

Damon scowled. "I was coming to check if Bonnie was okay. Even though that's absolutely none of your business,"

"It is my business, because…Bonnie's practically my girlfriend now," I informed him, pulling away from him.

Damon laughed then, sounding amused and cold at the same time, "Har Har, you make the best jokes. And people claim I'm funny," Damon pffted.

I just rolled my eyes, "I don't care if you don't believe me. Bonnie likes me and there's nothing you can do about it. Go run home to Elena," I said, smugly.

"Well, she's hanging out with Caroline now for some 'girl' time. She needs a break from all this," Damon sighed.

I laughed, "Dude, you actually believe that? They're probably in the tomb right now,"

"Caroline promised that she wouldn't let Elena go down there, and besides; Don't 'dude' me. I'm not your friend," Damon glared at me again.

I just rolled my eyes, "Whatever. I'm going up to see Bonnie. You go and check on Elena," I reminded him.

I hurried away from him before he could stop me. "Bonnie doesn't like you," He repeated before hurrying out the door. I heard the slam of the front door and chuckled hurrying up to Bonnie's room. What was his problem? As I reached Bonnie's room, I heard Bonnie scream. I flung open the door, startled at what I saw.


A/N: Guys, I know it was really short but I have to go study math for a quiz. I'll try to update when I can. The next chapter will have Beremy moments. What did you think of the chapter?

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