Morning light cascaded into the bedroom and forced her eyes to open. Bonnie sighed heavily, knowing she would need to leave soon. She regretted nothing. The aches she felt all over tired body were worth the memory of how she exerted herself in the first place.

No. Her body was fine. Her heart was a different story. After all they'd shared, she still felt cautious about giving in to him, worried he return to his former self at some point and shatter her world to pieces.

No. Keeping her guard up was safer. Leaving his presence as quickly as possible would help.

If she could only find something to wear.

Bonnie knew her dress was ruined from the night before, so she searched through Kai's dresser for something to wear. All of his clothes would be too big, but it didn't matter. She would eventually shower and put on something of her own.

A part of her tried to be quiet and not disturb him from his restful sleep.

The other part wanted him to wake even though he looked peacefully handsome snuggled up on his pillow.

Bonnie covered her naked body with a t-shirt and a pair of shorts she'd found.

"Where are you going?" he grumbled into the recesses of his pillow.

"We can't do this," Bonnie asserted.

"We already did," Kai said, as he rolled over naked in bed. His sexy smirk forced her heart to do a flip.

Shit, she thought. He looked too damn in the sunlight.

"I know. I know," Bonnie muttered, failing to conceal the blush in her cheeks. Her arousal began to build once again.

Nope. No control around him at all.

Kai sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes.

"You're terrible at sneaking out by the way. If you really didn't want me to notice you leaving, you should't have made so much noise," he pointed out.

"This was a mistake," she told him without looking in his direction. She didn't mean it and he knew it.

"Mistakes are made once. Maybe twice. Last night, I lost count after four," he flirted.

Kai slipped on a pair of boxer briefs and walked up behind Bonnie as she continued to dress in whatever she could find.

"I'll have you know I was just trying to get you out of my system," she added.

"Really? It seems to me that you enjoyed all the time I spent IN your system," he retorted, as he pulled her against his body.

After a few seconds of silence, he issued a plea.

"Stay with me…all day. I promise we'll have fun," he said.

"You will break my heart," she replied, trying not to look at him.

Kai turned her around raised her chin so she could no longer avoid his gaze.

"Not unless you break mine first," Kai retorted.

"You can't break a damned thing unless I give it to you," Bonnie shot back.

"It'd be a fair trade since you've got mine," added Kai, bringing her hand up to his lips and kissing it.

Kai being romantic unnerved her. The merge changed him more than she'd ever expected, and she'd never expected it to last this long.

"I have your heart?" she asked, batting her eyelashes at him.

"That and every other throbbing body part on me, he answered, "So are you going to let me give you a real kiss you now, or what?"

"You can't."

"Come on Bon, don't make me beg!"

"Oh I don't know. I'd love to see you on your knees."

"I was on my knees plenty last night," said Kai with a wink.

Bonnie glanced down at his mouth and found it hard to resist.

It was all he needed to lean forward and kiss her softly. The kiss deepened as he pulled her closer. The sensations overwhelmed her and she didn't want to pull away.

Bonnie's empty stomach, however, had other plans. It growled loudly in the mist of their kiss, so they broke apart, giggling.

"Damn. Someone worked up an appetite," he said, pulling on a shirt, "I tell you what: I'll get you some food if you say it."

"Say, what?" Bonnie said, smiling and walking out of the bedroom and toward the kitchen.

"Bonnie," Kai said walking up behind her and kissing her jaw.

She turned to face him, swallowed hard and admitted it.

"Fine…I love you," she said in a voice slightly above a whisper.

"You better!" Kai said, giving her a goofy smile before kissing her forehead.

He walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, looking for something to make.

Frustrated, Bonnie walked over to him, playfully slapping his butt.

"Ouch!" he snapped.

Bonnie cleared her throat and crossed her arms. She leaned against the kitchen island and tapped her foot, giving him a scowl. She could tell he was smiling, but he still had his back to her.

"Ahem!" she said.

He started to chuckle, and just when she reached for the wooden spoon behind her, he crossed the kitchen with lightning speed.

Kai picked her up and sat her on the counter. He placed his forehead against hers and spoke in a soft voice while looking so deep in her eyes that she thought her heart would stop.

Perhaps it did.

"I love you, Bonster," he said with a smile.

Bonnie tugged on his shirt.

"Bonnie," she told him.

"Fine," he said, giving her a quick kiss, "I love you, Bonnie."

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. His hands slid under her shirt and the heat built up between them again.

A knock on the door doused the flames.

"I think one of your boys forgot something," she said.

Kai began hissing her neck.

"One of my boys is going to have to live without it," he noted, kissing her again.

The knock sounded again and they both growled.

"Well, someone's losing a Facebook friend this morning," Bonnie pointed out.

"Let's go see who," Kai added.

Kai headed for the door, not bothering to look through the peephole first.

Caroline Forbes-Salvatore stood on the Welcome mat with an apologetic expression on her face.

"Well if it isn't blonde ambition," Kai said.

"Ha ha. That joke has never been funny, you know," Caroline retorted

"It's a Madonna reference and it's a cool one, so get over it," Kai fired back.

"Look, I'm sorry-," Caroline started, her explanation cut short.

"No need to apologize. I know you want me, but I'm strictly a Bennett man," Kai joked.

Caroline met Kai's jocularity with an exaggerated eye-roll.

"Oh, God. Would you just stop?" she begged.

"You know: I'm not used to hearing those words...at least not in this apartment," Kai retorted.

Bonnie pinched him in the shoulder after she'd straightened herself in Kai's shirt.

"Care, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Being annoyed by him as usual. As I was trying to say, I'm really sorry, but I was called into the office today because another reporter is sick. I don't mean to ruin your weekend... She was such a sweetie pie too," Caroline said as she pulled a stroller into the apartment.

"I called Elena and she's going take over tonight at 7, ok?" Caroline added, "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine," Bonnie said blushing beneath her brown skin, "You didn't interrupt anything."

"She didn't? Here I thought we were working on a sequel to the Bibster here!" Kai quipped.

Bonnie scrunched up her nose at Kai, then turned back to her best friend.

"We'll be fine until Elena gets off work. It's okay," Bonnie assured her.

"Again, I'm sorry. I love you – well two of you anyway, but I have go," Caroline said before leaving.

"Yep, I'm definitely dumping her on Facebook, Kai said as he pushed back the hood to the stroller and knelt down to greet its adorable occupant.

Seated inside was a small child, no older than two, dressed in a pink shirt and white pants. Curly brown hair surrounded her angelic face. Each cheek was kissed with dimples. Sitting atop those cheeks were a pair of green eyes with flecks of blue in the irises.

"Daddy, Daddy, Poof! Poof!" the child said, kicking her feet furiously in the stroller.

Kai smiled as the cherub-faced child placed her tiny hands on his cheeks.

"Give me a kiss and I'll poof," he said, puckering his lips.

The toddler did as instructed, kissing him on the lips.

She giggled, knowing she owned him.

"One…two…free," the child said.

Kai disappeared in front of her as uncontrollable laughs and squeals of glee bubbled out of little girl.

Bonnie pulled the youngster from the stroller and walked around the room with her.

"Let's see. Let's see. Where could Peanut's daddy be?" Bonnie sang, swinging the girl up in the air.

She placed the child in the center of the sofa.

"Go ahead and call him, Peanut," Bonnie said.

"Poof, Daddy," the baby said, and Kai appeared, kneeling in front of her.

He grabbed her and tickled her until she could barely breathe from fits of laughter.

"You know, at some point, that's going to get old," Bonnie said.

Kai turned around and smirked.

"This is never going to get old. When she starts to date, I'm going to be poofing in and out to make sure the guy keeps his hands to himself," Kai asserted, taking off his daughter's shoes and letting her waddle around the apartment.

"So, you are going to allow her to date."

"Of course," Kai explained, "She'll turn 30 eventually."

Once she reached per playpen, Bonnie picked her up and placed her inside.

Surrounded by toys, the baby giggled again and turned to Bonnie.

"Fwhy, mama," the little girl said, "Fwhy, Mama."

Kai sauntered over to Bonnie, pinching her on the butt. She jumped and swatted his hand away.

"Looks like you're up, sweet thing," he joked, planting himself on the edge of the coffee table to watch.

Bonnie huffed in mock frustration then sat down on the floor outside of the playpen. She crossed her legs and closed her eyes, as she began to chant in Latin.

Within seconds, stuffed animals and small toys began to float up from the playpen and into the air. They made graceful circles around the room until finally landing safely back inside the playpen.

Her eyes wide with wonder, the little girl clapped furiously as she threw the toys in the air and babbled, attempting to imitate her mother.

Kai scooted back on the table, allowing Bonnie a place to sit in front of him.

"If we tire her out, all she's going to do is sleep for Elena," Kai said, "How about we give her some sugar?"

Bonnie efforts to elbow him were stopped as he wrapped his arms around her. He kissed her on the cheek.

"So, we're going to wear ourselves ragged for the next few hours trying to entertain her until sitter number two comes along," Bonnie smiled lovingly at her daughter.

Kai gave her a gentle squeeze.

"You're a good mommy," he said, then smirked as he gently kissed her ear, "And a naughty wife."

Bonnie squeezed his leg, which only made him squeeze her harder.

"Can you make us something to eat?" she asked softly.

"Hmmm," he said, pretending to think about it, "Ok, fine, but you owe me."

Kai stood and walked toward the kitchen, pulling out pots, pans and ingredients with the flare of a master chef.

"Owe you?" Bonnie asked.

Kai just smiled as he began to make brunch.

"Don't worry, you're credit's excellent in this house," he joked.