Ok so here is chapter 2! I hope you guys like it. Also good luck to all the ships (sorry…except for Delena…I feel like they've gotten plenty) tonight. I support almost all of them even though I am clearly a Bamon and Stelena girl. I know tonight is probably big for Steroline though and as a bamon shipper I know how big of a deal it is so good luck and congrats!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries. It belongs to the CW. If it belonged to me Damon's hair would be way better!

Chapter 2

Bonnie was sitting on her bed searching through her grimoire as La Vie en Rose floated from her record player. She had called her dad earlier, half expecting to meet a dead end, but he had answered in his booming low voice and informed her that he was still out of town and probably wouldn't be back until next week sometime. Since that phone call two hours ago she had been sitting on her bed, in white cotton shorts and a green t-shirt, while listening to Louis Armstrong, searching for answers in her grimoire, and waiting on Damon.

She had text him several times and even tried calling him but he had ignored all her attempts. She assumed that meant that he knew of Stefan and Elena's engagement. From what she could gather without prying too hard: everything had basically happened the same way as in her world but with some minor changes that made major differences. Her grams had still died helping the Salvatore's but instead of Damon going to Elena afterwards he had shown up at Bonnie's where they had, had a full on fight that had slowly started to change their relationship. Katherine had still changed Caroline to help her little game which eventually led to her being thrown into the tomb but she had actually helped them in exchange for protection against Klaus. She teamed up with Elijah and they had actually brought down Klaus; afterwards Katherine and Elijah disappeared together and no had heard from them since. Caroline still helped Tyler through his transformation and with the help of Bonnie he could now control the shifts and they weren't nearly as painful. Stefan and Elena had still had to go through all the same hurdles to be together but he never left with Klaus so instead of her taking that time to become closer to Damon it was used to repair her relationship with Stefan. Shortly after everything calmed down he asked her to marry him and her response was an immediate yes. The one thing she didn't have many details on was her 'relationship' with Damon. She couldn't exactly ask without raising suspicion so she was still kind of in the dark and hoped Damon could shed some light if he ever actually came back to her house, which he obviously had an invitation to.

"What are you reading?"

Bonnie's head jerked up and found Damon standing in her open doorway with a cold look in his eyes. "I, ummm, I found my gram's old grimoire under my bed, exactly where I left it, and decided to look for some answers."

"Answers to what exactly?"

"Obviously to how we got here and if there's a way out…"He just shrugged his shoulder and stared at a random spot on the opposite wall.

"What's the point?"

"The point is to get us home, Damon. What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing…nothing at all. I'm gonna head back out, see if I can meet up with Ric, and drank my insides raw. I'll see you later." He turned around to walk out but froze when Bonnie spoke.

"Is this because of Stefan and Elena's engagement?" He turned slowly back to her and just stared at her, expressionless, without uttering a word. "You know they aren't our Stefan and Elena, right? In our world Elena is clearly in love with you."

"Is she?"

"You know she is Damon. Don't let this fake world effect you…we won't be here long enough for this to matter."

He chuckled and hung his head low. "You just don't get it do you, Bon Bon?"

"Get what?"

"She will always want Stefan. In this world, in our world, she will always want Stefan. And yeah maybe she's with me in our world but only because she doesn't think the monster she is now is good enough for Stefan. I will never be the first choice in any world and I will always have to be happy with the leftovers…"

Bonnie quickly stood, anger clawing at her insides, and walked right up to Damon…chest to chest. "So I'm the leftovers now, Damon?"

"Bonnie that's not what I meant."

"Yes it is. You're basically saying you had to settle for a relationship with me because you couldn't have the fair angel Elena."

"We're not even really together Bonnie…"

"That's not the point Damon. You're sad and depressed that Elena didn't betray your brother in this world for you like she did in our world. How about being a good big brother for once in your life and being happy for your brother? And how about thinking about someone other than yourself for a change? My mother is still gone, my dad still works constantly, my grams still died for you, I'm still the magical slave of the group, and I never had a relationship with Jeremy because for some reason this Bonnie chose you! My life is still shit in this world but you're butt hurt over the fact that your brother is marrying HIS girlfriend. Grow the fuck up Damon. Get over it and help me figure out how to get back home and then you can be with Elena and Stefan can have the privilege of watching the only woman he loved fall deeper in love with his brother." With that last sentence Bonnie walked into her bathroom and slammed and locked the door before sliding down the door and burying her face in her knees. A few seconds later she heard heavy footsteps and the front door slamming.

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Once again Bonnie woke up to her phone ringing, only this time it was her cell instead of her house phone, and Elena instead of Caroline. Before answering she looked over to the other side of the bed and realized with a sigh that Damon had never come back. She covered her eyes with one arm and answered with the other.

"Hello"

"Hey Bon. You okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be? Did something happen?"

"You know you can talk to me right, Bonnie?"

"Of course I do. I just don't know what I'm supposed to be talking to you about…"

"I know you and Damon had a fight last night." Bonnie dropped her arm from her face and stared at the ceiling.

"And how do you know that?"

"I was spending the night with Stefan and we heard banging at like 2 this morning and when we went downstairs Damon was sitting in front of the fire drinking whiskey straight from the bottle. Before we could say anything Damon cut us off and said 'Bonnie and I got in a fight. We're not talking so I'm staying here tonight. And no I don't want to talk about it.' And then we wake up and he's still here, sitting in the same spot. He never moved. He's messed up Bonnie." Bonnie rolled her eyes and thought he's not upset for that reason…he's upset over Elena and Stefan not his fight with her. "Could you at least answer one of his texts?" Elena pleaded from the other end of the phone.

"What are you talking about?"

"Damon sent you a few texts and tried calling you….." Bonnie looked at her phone and noticed that she had three missed calls from Damon and texts that basically said the same thing over and over: I'm sorry I was an ass. I'll stay with Stefan tonight and maybe we can talk tomorrow? We're all each other have in this world. Bonnie please just say something. Are you just going to ignore me? Please don't freeze me out…let's at least talk about this. And finally the last one that came only an hour before Elena's call: Fine. I won't bother you again. You find your back home and I'll just stay here.

"Is he still there?"

"Yeah. Still drinking and ignoring everybody. Look we leave for the mountains in like two days so you guys have got to makeup before then. Otherwise it's gonna be a very uncomfortable two weeks for everybody else."

"Huh? The mountains? Why are we going to the mountains?"

"For our trip. Our last trip all together before senior year, college, and married life. We've been planning it for months. Are you sure you're ok Bonnie?"

"Um yeah, of course. I guess I'm just messed up over this fight with Damon and not thinking clearly."

"I get that. You two have only been together a few months and you only just admitted to being in love with each other a few weeks ago so a big fight is going to scare you a little bit." Bonnie felt like she was choking to death…they had admitted to loving each other? What the hell was wrong with this world's Bonnie.

"I told you we told each other I love you?"

"Not so much told as Stefan can't really cut off his vampire hearing and heard it while you guys were talking late one night. He said he heard Damon admitting that he had never known true love until you and that you made it ok for him to be a better man and then he said he loved you and you said it back. Look I know I should have waited for you to tell me before letting you know that I knew but I think you need to be reminded that you two love each other so you can get past this fight."

Bonnie had to fight against the lump in her throat. She had to play along until she could find their way out of this strange messed up world. "It's ok. I, umm, I understand. Look I'll be over in like 30 to talk to Damon."

"Good! Do you want Stefan and me to disappear?"

Bonnie felt panic overtake her and tried to shake the feeling. Damon didn't really love her so there was nothing to be panicked over but she still didn't want to be alone with him. "No. We might end up needing a mediator so you guys stay put, ok? See you in a bit."

"Ok. Bye Bon."

"Yeah. Bye." She hung up and dropped her phone. How was she going to do this? Making up with Damon was easy enough. They had faked truces plenty of times in the past to work together but the trip was another question. That was two weeks of just them and their friends who would expect them to act like a real couple and breaking up was out of the question. It was clear that the other Bonnie and Damon were really in love with each other and a breakup would cause too many red flags but how could she fake being in love with Damon Salvatore. Running her hands through her hair and letting out a long exasperated breath she decided to deal with it later and got up to get dressed and fake makeup with Damon. She showered and left her hair down and curly, slipped on skinny jeans, black boots, and a gray sweater and drove over to the boarding house.

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Her hand had barely made contact with the door before it was wrenched open. It was her first time seeing Stefan in this world and she realized that he looked significantly different from her Stefan. This Stefan looked relaxed and seemed to be radiating from the inside. Her Stefan looked glum and tired all the time…she didn't realize how much losing Elena had affected him until she saw a Stefan that was still with Elena. It broke her heart for her Stefan and she automatically hugged him. He was clearly cut off guard but he returned her hug and chuckled while rubbing a reassuring hand down her back.

"It'll be ok Bonnie. He's upset but we both know how my brother feels about you. Your relationship will be just fine." Bonnie pulled back and wiped away a stray tear on her eyelash and laughed breathlessly and decided to play along.

"Thanks Stefan."

"You're welcome Bonnie. Come on in. He's in the living room. Elena and I will be upstairs if you need us."

"Ok." She walked past him and heard the door close, and him walk upstairs, as she made her way into the living room. Damon was still in front of the low burning fireplace and though he obviously heard her he kept his back to her.

"Damon….."

He stayed silent and continued to drink and stare into the fire. Bonnie knew they had to choose their words carefully as to not tip off Stefan and Elena. "Damon, at least look at me…"

He sat the bottle down on the end table beside him and turned to her but refused to say anything. "Can we just skip all the yelling and screaming and make up please?"

"Why Bonnie? Why should we make up? It's clear we don't work." Bonnie gave up a silent prayer that he was choosing his words carefully too.

"Look we both said some things we didn't mean last night but that doesn't mean we're done. I don't want to be done…" She said in a low whisper.

"What didn't you mean Bonnie?" Bonnie looked at him with a panicked look. She couldn't repeat what she had said but before she could make any comments he continued. "Did you mean it when you basically implied that choosing to be with me was idiotic? Did you mean it when you basically called me selfish and said I was settling for you? I'm not settling. You mean a lot to me Bonnie whether you believe that or not and as far as your choice to be with me being a bad idea I can't say I'm shocked. I always knew you would never lower yourself to be with me. I always knew I wasn't on the Bonnie Bennett level…thanks for proving it." Bonnie stared at him with her mouth half open. She could tell from his tone and his constant eye contact that everything he was saying was about their real relationship. Did that mean he had thought about her in a more intimate way and decided that it would never happen? She didn't want this fight to tear them a part…he was right, they were all each other had in this alternate world.

She walked up to him slowly and one hand clasped his and the other cupped his cheek and she decided to drop her guard and be honest with him this one time. "I know how much I mean to you Damon and I know how much you mean to me…a great deal. You're important to me even if it doesn't always seem that way. And why do you think I'm above you in some way?"

He simple lifted an eyebrow but remained silent. "Ok yes you have done some horrible things in the past and I have always come in to clean them up. That may make it look as if I'm some higher life form but I've also done some not so great things in the name of love. We are more alike than I will ever admit. You are not below me Damon Salvatore. I've seen the human inside that you like to fight and he's beautiful and worthy of love. You just need to believe that…"

He put his head down and smiled slowly. She smiled back and took his other hand. "So we're ok?"

"Yeah we're good."

"Good because I think if we didn't make up before our couple's trip, Elena and Stefan, were going to have dual heart attacks." A perplexed look came over his face and Bonnie whispered, "I'll explain later." He nodded right before Stefan and Elena came around the corner smiling and holding hands. Bonnie felt Damon stiffen beside her and she slipped her hand back into his for comfort.

"So are you guys ok now?"

"Yeah Elena we're good."

"Good!" Elena hugged Bonnie and then hugged Damon who seemed to be holding his breath. "You guys are made for each other so I don't want a stupid fight to break up my best friends." Bonnie knew that Elena calling Damon her friend broke a small piece of him because he gripped her hand tighter.

She squeezed his hand to let him know that he wasn't alone. "A little fight isn't going to break us up."

"Well now that, that's been fixed Bonnie can you come upstairs and help me pack. I haven't even started yet…don't tell Caroline. She packed for her and Tyler like a week ago."

Bonnie chuckled. "I won't as long as you don't tell her that Damon and I haven't packed yet either."

"Deal!"

Bonnie turned back to Damon and tugged on his hand until he looked away from Elena to her. "Ok. Well I'm going to go help Elena. Why don't you hang out with Stefan and decide who's driving up to the mountains because I can already tell you it won't be one of us girls."

"Alright." She very slowly lifted up on her tiptoes and pressed her warm lips to his cold cheek. She lingered until she felt his body relax into her touch. He grabbed her other hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze and she finally lowered back to the floor. Damon's fingertips swept across her cheek and they kept eye contact. From the casual observer, namely Stefan and Elena, it looked like two people in love falling even harder for each other but to Damon and Bonnie it was an understanding. An understanding that they were a team in this world and that they would protect each other and be there for each other no matter what. It was their first step towards a real friendship and both of them let a peaceful sigh when they realized that for the first time in their lives they had someone to rely on.

"Come on Bon."

"Yeah, ok. Sorry!" Bonnie stepped away and followed Elena upstairs and Stefan automatically went over to the bar and poured a glass of scotch for both of them. They sat down in their matching chairs in front of the fire and remained in a comfortable silence for a couple of minutes.

Stefan cleared his throat and Damon looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Damon I want you to know how much this trip and you saying yes to my question means to me. I know how much you had started falling for Elena and I know it was hard for you to see us work out everything but you still said yes to being my best man. I'm sure falling in love with Bonnie helped that decision but I'm still grateful. I think we can actually finally be brothers now and I'm looking forward to it and this trip. I love you Damon."

Damon stared at him for a full 20 seconds without saying anything. He could see how much their relationship meant to Stefan and how happy he was that everything had worked out in their favor. He realized that, that was all Stefan wanted (this Stefan and his Stefan), a healthy strong relationship with his brother and the girl of his dreams on his arm and that this Stefan actually got it. He hadn't actually destroyed this Stefan and he started to think that maybe this was his second chance with his brother so he simple smiled and patted Stefan on the back. "I love you too little brother. Now let's figure out who's driving before Bonnie skins me alive." Stefan just laughed and started dividing up the hours that each guy should drive.