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Bonnie read the contract for the second time and looked for any loopholes, but it was straightforward as far as she could tell.
Holding his cell phone underneath the table, Damon with one finger typed a message and sent it to Bonnie.
Bonnie's purse began to vibrate, and noticing that both men were staring at her, she felt a tad uncomfortable as she looked through her bag for her damn phone. She noted it was Damon and rolled her eyes as she read the message. Are you freaking crazy? Ask for more time if anything. I beg you!
Bonnie looked straight at Kol and thought about what he would say if she indeed asked for more time.
Kol felt triumphant as he sat there and he couldn't believe how quick she had responded with no hesitation but he couldn't help but still question why? Was she that loyal to Elena or did she actually think that she could just give her body so freely for her best friend and that it wouldn't affect her in some way?
Damon on the other hand did try to stop her and this really irked Kol. He wished the Salvatore would just leave; he was starting to cloud Bonnie's judgment.
He watched as Bonnie read the text but he couldn't read her expression. He could see though that her smile wavered as she looked at him and he felt like she was going to back out. She tried not to look at Damon as he was the one who suggested for more time.
Bonnie let out an irritated sigh before she spoke, "I was wondering if I could have more time?" she said unable to look at him.
His eyes instantly flicked to Damon, and Kol knew that it had to be him who had changed her mind. It was he who had texted Bonnie just now it had to be.
Kol smiled at the both of them and said, "Sure that could be arranged, but of course you would have to do something in order to earn it."
Damon clawed the table underneath him, he was doing everything in his willpower to remain calm, but he knew he couldn't take on an Original.
"How much time will I get?" Bonnie pressed on, as Kol licked his lips.
"Well let's just say I will give you more time, and I'll tell you right after you fulfill my request."
Matt was about to head over to Bonnie and Damon when he saw that Kol was sitting with them. He instantly looked at his hand and remembered as the Original squeezed it like an orange or stress ball and how the bones broke like ice and he watched them from a distance. What was Damon doing?
Matt thought as he saw the Salvatore's hand under the table clawing at it. Matt could see the wood coming off and he was definitely going to tell him something about it.
He could tell from their expression that it was a pivotal matter that they were discussing and that Kol looked extremely happy, but Damon looked pissed, while Bonnie tried to smile, but Matt could tell it was forced.
Damon leaned forward. "It can't just be a couple of minutes either. She wants a couple of days to think about it."
Kol narrowed his eyes at him. "Oh and you're an expert in knowing what she wants."
Damon took his hands from underneath the table and before it could get really ugly Bonnie said, "So what do I have to do now?"
"It's quite simple darling. All I want is a kiss and you get a few days," Kol said, looking at her lips as he spoke.
Damon grunted and shook his head.
Bonnie looked at Damon and wished he wasn't there because this was going to be really awkward.
Matt arranged the bottles of booze to look busy, but his eyes were transfixed on what was going on. He wished he could hear what they were saying and saw that Damon kept looking at a paper that Matt just noticed was there all along.
Bonnie's heart started to hammer in her chest and she was nervous. She hadn't kissed anyone for a long while and of those she had kissed Jeremy was the best kisser. She didn't know why Kol had picked her, but as she thought about her ex she was sure he had some part to play in this.
She nodded. "Fine let's kiss," she said.
Damon turned his face away as the two got closer to each other.
Bonnie closed her eyes as she leaned in toward Kol and he did the same. As their lips collided, Matt dropped a bottle of Vodka as he stared wide eyed. Kol blocked the sound as he continued to massage Bonnie's tongue. Her heart had lurched as she kissed him however; she found that she started to like it.
As much as Damon tried not to look, it was like a car crash and he was rubbernecking because he couldn't turn away from what he was seeing. A feeling crawled over Damon like a blanket and it was engulfing him, as he watched as their heads bobbed and he felt like an outsider. He heard a low moan escape Bonnie and he wondered who would stop first. He wanted to take her away from Kol before she got into something that would be difficult to get her out of.
Kol released her, aware that unlike him she needed to breathe and as he broke away from her, he looked at her with a dazed expression. "That was a great preview."
Bonnie was breathing heavily, still flushed and she could not look at Damon. They both waited for Kol to say more.
Tapping the contract Kol said, "You just earned yourself two more days. You have three days to make a decision. Do not even think about destroying the contract because it will follow you." Kol grinned at Bonnie. "Bye darling."
Kol got up and smiled smugly at Damon as he made his way out.
Damon waited a while before he said, "Let's go."
Bonnie put the contract in her purse and meant to go in the opposite direction of Damon, when he stood right in front of her.
"Where do you think you're going? I'm going to give you a ride. We have a lot to talk about."
Bonnie knew she wasn't going to win if she protested, so she got in when Damon opened the car door for her.
Before he even started the car he looked at her angrily. "Please explain what the hell just happened in there?" he said a bit too loud. "You didn't even hesitate. How could you agree to that stupid contract so quickly?"
I did it for you! If I hadn't agreed he would have hurt you. You don't know this, but Elena told me of how he beat you up. I can't believe you think I would do this because I want to, but I'll let you believe it otherwise. She couldn't say that though and all she managed was, "I did it for Elena."
She was amazed when Damon put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head. "You can't do this for Elena."
Bonnie looked at his hand placed there and he noticed and immediately took it away and started the car.
"Why?" she said lowly.
Because unlike dying for Elena this will change you even though you think it won't. I can already see all the damage it will do to you and I can't stand by and let you do this.
"Because Bonnie, Elena won't let you," he sputtered.
"Oh, and you're going to tell her. Why can't this just be a secret?"
"Well your secret is not safe with me," he said, pounding on the accelerator. "You really think that's the cure? Because I don't think it is."
"I don't know what to believe, but something tells me it is."
"No it's not witch," he said, facing her quickly and then at the road. "How the hell did Kol even get the "cure"? And if Klaus ever did find it he would've given it to Elena already to make more hybrids."
Bonnie had to admit he had a point there, but there was something that kept niggling in her mind and she just had to ask. "Damon, why do you even care?"
Damon continued driving and ignored her question. He stopped the car outside of her house, but neither of them got out.
Bonnie wasn't going to back down and she asked again. "Why do you care?"
Damon slammed his fist on the horn, causing Bonnie to jump. Looking directly at her he lied and said, "I don't care." However, Bonnie knew better to believe him as he snatched her purse from her and took out the contract and ripped it to shreds.
He looked like a beast as he ripped the contract up and he was better than any shredder she had seen in any store. Bonnie watched him as he frantically slashed the paper and she made a move to get out, but he stopped her by locking the door.
"We have three days to think about this. Don't do anything without consulting me first."
She nodded and he unlocked the door and let her out. Damon was going to make his way to the Gilbert residence and have a long chat with Jeremy.
Bonnie got into her house and couldn't believe everything that had just happened. Walking to the refrigerator in a desperate need for something to drink, she turned around to get a cup when something on the island caught her eye. The contract lay there staring at her and she could see Kol's red signature.
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