Thank you all for your reviews, I am glad that people are still interested in this little series. I decided that I would make this less angsty then I originally intended…but there will be angst and not a lot of fluff. Thanks again for your interest!
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"Bonnie…hi…", Stefan smiled as he opened the door the following afternoon, "I'm sure you know Damon's not here".
"Yes…I know, is Elena here?" she asked walking inside and looking around.
"She's upstairs…"
"Can you get her, I want to talk to you two about something".
Stefan nodded and started for the stairs, but then stopped turning around, "I spoke with Damon…"
"Stefan, please…I know what I'm doing".
"I just don't want you to feel like you have to do this for us, we can find another way Bonnie…I mean…adoption is definitely not easy, but Elena and I are…"
Bonnie reached out and touched Stefan's arm, "Do not worry about me, I know that you two could find another way…but I have a way to help you and I want to do it".
Stefan nodded as he headed upstairs to get Elena. Bonnie bit her lip as she twisted the ring on her right hand around. It was a nervous twitch that she had developed over the past couple of years. Whenever she was unsure about something or incredibly nervous, she would twist the ring and bite her lip…she hated it, but it was mostly an unconscious thing.
"Bonnie…hey…what are you doing here?" Elena asked walking down the stairs followed by Stefan.
"Let's go into the living room", Bonnie smiled as they headed down the hallway.
"Is something wrong?" Elena asked moving a strand of hair behind her ear and looking at Stefan.
"No…not at all", Bonnie sat down in the chair as Elena and Stefan settled down on the couch, "I know that Theresa going back on the adoption agreement hurt both of you a great deal and I know that its been hard dealing with everything and not being sure if you will ever get your baby…"
Elena looked at Stefan and they turned back to Bonnie, "But I want you to know that there is a way that you two could possibly have your own child".
Elena looked at Bonnie and then at Stefan, "Bonnie, I don't think that's possible and its ok that its not…"
"There's a spell", Bonnie spoke up.
"A spell?" Elena asked.
"The spell that Klaus wanted me to do so that we…so that he could have a child with me", Bonnie said in a voice that Elena and Stefan cringe a little. The group tended to never mention Bonnie's year with Klaus in her presence and whenever it did come up, the air in the room changed and it was filled with guilt.
"Oh no Bonnie, you can't…", Elena began shaking her head.
"I can…I know that everyone is worried about how this will affect me…that it will bring up memories of my time with Klaus, but the truth is…those memories are already there and they won't exactly go away…doing this for you two actually helps a little, it just means that I found that spell for a reason and it's not just about something so evil and horrible, something good can come of it".
"But will it work?" Elena asked, "I wouldn't want you to do this and bring up all of that old stuff and it not work".
"Well I believe that the spell will work by turning Stefan human for 24 hours, but as for whether or not you two can create a baby in that time…well that's up to you", Bonnie smirked.
Elena looked over at Stefan, "What do you think?"
Stefan turned to Elena and then back at Bonnie, "If you are honestly ok with this and this won't bring up bad memories for you…I think it's worth a shot".
Bonnie smiled, "Good…so you two are fine with my help?"
Elena stood up and walked over to Bonnie, "Thank you for helping us…I can't believe that you are willing to do it, but I love you for it…yes…I want to try it…Stefan?"
"I definitely want to try it, thanks Bonnie", Stefan grinned as he walked over and hugged him.
"It is my pleasure…so you just tell me when will be the right time and we can go from there", Bonnie smiled.
"Thank you Bonnie", Elena hugged her, "thank you soo much".
Bonnie nodded, "It's no problem…now, I just have to convince Damon that this is not the worst idea ever".
"He just wants to make sure that you are ok", Stefan spoke up, "he cares about you".
"I know, but I will be fine…it's just a spell and Klaus is gone and he's not coming back, so everything will work out", Bonnie smiled.
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"So tonight is the night that you help my brother and his wife have a kid…well I can honestly say that I never thought my girlfriend would have an active part in such a thing", Damon snorted as he watched Bonnie gather all of the ingredients she needed for the spell two weeks later.
"All I am doing is saying a few words and they will do the rest of the work".
Damon wrinkled his nose, "I really don't want to think about them doing the rest of the work".
Bonnie chuckled as she shook her head, "I am happy that you have come around…kinda".
"No, I still hate the idea…I'm just done voicing my opinion on it, you will do what you want to do and I will be here fighting not to say 'I told you so' if things go wrong".
Bonnie sighed as she stood up from the floor walking over to Damon with his arms crossed, "I know that you don't want me to go back to the place where I am haunted by what happened with Klaus, but that's not going to happen".
"Well answer me this…since you thought about doing this for Stefan and Elena, have you been thinking about Klaus more?" Damon leaned forward staring into her emerald eyes.
Bonnie looked back at his steely blue ones and answered defiantly, "No".
"You are lying".
"I am not…and even if I were…it didn't send me crashing into a million pieces…it's a part of my life Damon".
"I know that Bonnie, I just…I don't want to see you hurting and trying to hide it later on".
" I will be fine…trust me…please".
Damon sighed as he reached out to touch her cheek, "Ok…fine…I won't say anything else".
"Thank you…now, you have to stay away from the boarding house tonight…I believe that the spell only affects the intended recipient, but I've never done it before and when Amelia performed the spell on Klaus she changed it a little".
"Ok…I understand, I will go get drunk with Alaric and you will help my brother and sister in law create their perfect love child", Damon rolled his eyes.
Bonnie smiled, "I love you, you know that right".
"And I love you too, maybe less than usual right now…but nevertheless…I love you".
Bonnie hugged him tightly, "I will be fine".
"I know…I know", Damon held onto her, "but I will be coming over tonight to make sure you are exactly that".
"Aww…so sweet", Bonnie grinned.
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"So you brought me here tonight so that you could sit here and sulk about Bonnie helping Stefan and Elena?" Alaric asked.
"No…actually, I brought you here because its Friday night and I am looking for my Friday night dinner and women are more likely to befriend me quickly if it just looks like a guy's night out", Damon replied turning around on his bar stool.
"Uh, huh…so you and Bonnie are still ok?"
"Sure, if by ok you mean she is intent on bringing up horrible memories that may damage our relationship".
"Damon, I really think you're overreacting".
"Yes, that's what everyone has been telling me…but excuse me if I don't necessarily want to accept everyone's opinion…I was there, I think I may be the only one who saw Bonnie when she was at her lowest with the whole Klaus thing. I know things that everyone else doesn't, and that is why I am the only one who really understands the entire situation…"
"But what about Bonnie, it happened to her…shouldn't you give her some credit?"
"Bonnie is too busy saying she will be fine to consider that maybe she won't be…she wants everyone to believe that all of that is behind her…"
"Maybe it is, maybe youare the one that still can't get past it".
"And why would that be Ric?" Damon turned to Alaric widening his eyes.
"Because…well…even though a couple of years have passed, I know that you had no interest in Bonnie romantically until the entire Klaus thing happened and like you said, you know things about what happened that no one else does…and you love her, so maybe…just maybe that you haven't dealt with what happened", Alaric shrugged as he sipped his beer.
"I think you're wrong", Damon replied standing up slipping on his jacket, "but just the same, maybe I need to stop by the boarding house and make sure that everything is ok".
"I thought Bonnie said that you needed to stay away", Alaric replied.
"I'm not going inside, she won't even know that I'm there".
"Damon…"
"Alaric, look to your right…I think the blond over there is trying to get your attention…I think you need to concentrate on that person before they get away", Damon leaned down before heading towards the door.
Alaric looked over at the blond…who was a blond male and then he turned to face Damon who had disappeared.
"Great", Alaric mumbled.
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Damon drove towards the boarding house. He would just be there a moment to make sure that everything was ok. He parked his car and headed up the stairs. He took a deep breath as he put his hand on the doorknob and suddenly he was assaulted by a bright light coming through the window panes of the door. He shielded his eyes as he stepped back as he heard chanting and suddenly the light dulled.
Damon shook his head as he felt a wave of nausea come over him. He felt…hung over. He gripped onto the banister and walked slowly down the steps, it appeared as though the spell went well and he could go back to the Bennett house and pretend that he never checked up on her.
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Bonnie felt a little drained after she finished the spell as Elena and Stefan stared back at her with expectant looks.
"Well…did it work?" Elena asked.
Bonnie looked at Stefan, "Do you feel any different?"
"Umm…not really", he replied hesitantly.
"Hmm", Bonnie stated as she narrowed her eyes. Stefan looked at her with a blank expression and she smiled as she stood up from the floor, "No headache…hmmm…I would say that you are human for at least 23 hours and about 55 minutes, so I suggest you make the best of it".
"Oh my god…thank you Bonnie, thank you soo much", Elena rushed over and hugged her, "if this works, we will be eternally grateful to you".
"It was no problem…and I should be going, you two have a time limit", Bonnie gathered her candles up.
"Thanks again Bonnie, I know how hard this was for you", Stefan helped her with her bag.
"It was no problem and make sure that I am one of the first people to know when you find out that you are having a little Salvatore", Bonnie grinned.
"Will do", Elena smiled as she walked Bonnie to the front door.
Bonnie headed out to her car as Elena closed the door behind her. She felt a little weird knowing that her best friend and her husband would be getting it on for hours trying to make a baby. It was weird in a way, but if they got what they hoped and wished for in the end…it was worth it. Bonnie popped her trunk and placed her bag with the candles and the grimoire inside. The spell was actually not as difficult as she originally thought, but she couldn't ignore the fact that she felt weird casting it. As soon as she began saying the words, she felt a chill come over her. It wasn't so much the spell, it was about Klaus and the fear that this particular spell had instilled in her.
As she slid behind the wheel of her car, she put her head against the headrest for a few moments. Although she had dealt with many aspects surrounding the events that happened with Klaus, she never focused on the fact that she came so close to being the mother of his child. Everything was in place for them to somehow have a child and that night, in that bedroom she was so close to Klaus following through on his plan.
"Well he didn't win Bonnie…so just let it go…he didn't win", she mumbled as she started her car and drove away from the boarding house.
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By the time Bonnie stepped into her house, it was completely dark inside and she sat her bag down; her joints ached and all she wanted at the moment was a hot shower.
"So how did everything go?" Damon's voice came from a corner.
Bonnie jumped a little before flipping on the living room lamp and turned to him sitting in her father's lazy boy, "Were you just sitting in the dark waiting for the moment to ask me that?"
Damon stood up, "Well…how did it go?"
"I assume fine, as far as I could tell…Stefan was human when I left…so if they do everything right…", Bonnie smiled, "you will be Uncle Damon in a about 9 months".
"Oh that's wonderful…you know what, I wonder do they make t-shirts with the words 'World's Best Uncle'…because I definitely want one of them", Damon remarked sarcastically.
"You are just being difficult, you know you are excited".
"Whatever…", he rolled his eyes and then focused on her, "so how do you feel?"
Bonnie shrugged, "I'm a little tired…achy…but I will be ok, it wasn't a difficult spell…but it was draining".
"Well what do you want me to do?"
Bonnie looked up at Damon as she wrapped her arms around his waist, "Can we just go upstairs…take a shower and then you give me one of those massages that I love so much".
Damon moved his head from side to side, "So you do a spell that I was against and now I have to make you feel better?"
Bonnie pouted as she nodded, "Please".
"Please…huh?"
"Yes", Bonnie looked up at him with those green eyes that he loved.
"Ok…fine", he said sweeping her up into a bridal carry as he headed up the stairs, "but you are going to owe me later…"
"Of course", Bonnie shook her head as they reached the bathroom threshold.
He sat her down on the tiles and she walked over to the shower, starting the water. While he liked staying at the Bennett house well enough, he was more comfortable at the boarding house. Bonnie's father rarely came home anymore and there had been at least two more instances when they had uncomfortable mornings together, but tonight…while Stefan and Elena were creating their love child…he was happy to stay at the Bennett house.
Damon watched as Bonnie pulled her hair into a ponytail and slipped off her t-shirt. He could feel his body start to take over and he wasn't sure that he could even handle this shower and the massage before they got to the main event. She started to unbuckle her jeans and he stood behind her with his hands on her shoulders looking at their reflections in the mirror, "I just want you to know that I want to protect you because I love you", he whispered in her ear.
"I know", she said as she stared back at him in the mirror.
He nodded as he leaned down and began kissing her on the neck. Bonnie closed her eyes and breathed in deeply as Damon's arm snaked around her body. His kisses always made her feel warm and loved. She turned to face him and closed the space between them with a kiss as she began working his shirt off. Damon never once broke the kiss between he and Bonnie as he lifted her up and pulled her into the shower with him. He moved her under the shower spray and caressed her face. He loved looking at her stripped down like this…absent make up…absent the perfect hair, he loved looking at her when she was as vulnerable as he was.
He moved her closer to the wall and heard her take an intake of breath. He lifted her up wrapping her legs around his waist and pressed into her as he heard her moan. "I promise I will give you an extra long massage after this", he whispered in her ear.
"You better", she whispered back as they began to move in a rhythmic motion.
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Bonnie laid on her stomach as Damon's large hands moved in circular motions all over her back. After their shower, he made good on the massage promise and she was enjoying every moment of it. She felt the soft kisses on her back and she smiled, "Damon, I thought I was just getting a massage".
"You are", he whispered in between kisses.
"Those kisses are not part of the massage".
"Who says?" he asked.
Bonnie turned over and faced him, "You are in quite a mood tonight", she smirked.
"Is it a crime that I want to make love to my girlfriend for a couple of hours?"
"No, but you have to know that your girlfriend doesn't have as much stamina as you do…"
"But you're a witch, not your average woman at all", Damon leaned down kissing her.
Bonnie smiled as she pulled him down on top of her.
As they made love, Damon felt weird…he couldn't put his finger on it, but things were different. As he gripped onto the top of Bonnie's headboard he felt her fingernails dig into his back as she moaned below him and as she scratched him, he felt the pain from the scratches …things were intense and he felt his climax coming and he wanted to drink from her…but when he focused in his mind to do it, there were no fangs.
"Damon", Bonnie whispered as she held onto him and he grabbed her hands lacing his fingers through hers as he reached his point and collapsed down on top of her breathing hard.
Bonnie must have been so preoccupied trying to catch her breath that she didn't hear him taking deep breaths as he got out of the bed.
"Damon…are you ok?" he heard her ask from the bed.
"Fine…fine", he answered walking in the bathroom and looking in the mirror trying to catch his breath.
He turned around in the mirror and saw that the scratches on his back were still there and they weren't healing… he felt the room began to spin and then he realized. "Crap!" he whispered as he looked in the mirror and then back at Bonnie lying on the bed.
Ooops….