A/N: So I decided to finally continue this, yay! Massive THANK YOU to Jolie Monster, Zoey24, ThoughtsxStories, red, randomlittleme who reviewed the first chapter along with a couple 'Guests' too, I really appreciate it so thanks a lot :) Thanks to the few people who added this to favs/alerts as well :D
Mystic Falls High
approx 2-3 hours later
Bonnie rushed out of the entrance of the school after the bell sounded for the end of the day. She looked around, squinting from the bright afternoon sunshine, scoping the area for her two best friends. Caroline was nowhere to be seen but she spotted Elena and Stefan kissing by Stefan's car and made her way over to them quickly. Thankfully she had made up with her two best friends for her slip up at lunch in 4th Period. When she was close enough she tapped Elena on the shoulder. The beautiful queen bee turned and smiled at her friend. "Hey Bon, what's up?"
"Are we doing anything after school today?" Bonnie asked.
"Uh…well, actually, I was just going to go round to Stefan's house," Elena replied apologetically. However she was surprised to see that instead of looking disappointed, her friend's face lit up.
"Actually, that's perfect," Bonnie beamed, "I want to talk to Damon about that gram thing, so if you're heading down there do you think I could get a ride?"
Elena's eyes narrowed. She didn't know exactly how she felt about Damon but all she knew was that she didn't want Bonnie anywhere near him…Bonnie was an attractive girl after all. She was about to make up some excuse when her boyfriend started running his mouth.
"Yeah sure Bonni-OW?!"
"Oopsie! Sorry sweetie," Elena cooed innocently for 'accidentally' stomping her heel on Stefan's foot. "Actually we were thinking of going to The Grill first, sorry Bonnie," she smiled.
"We were?" Stefan asked, rubbing his foot. Elena turned and shot him daggers. "Oh, yeah, we are…sorry Bon," he said hastily.
Bonnie frowned. "Oh…okay." She watched Stefan shake his foot in pain. "Well then, can I get a lift to The Grill?"
Elena bit the inside of her cheek and refrained from rolling her eyes. "Sure."
They all hopped inside Stefan's car and he sped off in the direction of The Grill. Bonnie hadn't missed the fact that Elena had probably just broken Stefan's big toe and was smart enough to know it was because Elena didn't want her to talk to Damon. No matter, she thought, and whipped out her phone from the back seat.
'Where r u?'
Sent 15:36
It was simple enough and didn't make her sound too much like a desperate high school girl. She scrolled down to Damon's name and pressed send. She kept her phone held tightly in her hands and stared at the screen anxiously awaiting his reply – which didn't take long.
Received: 15:38
Damon –
'With Mayor Lockwood ;) why?'
Bonnie rolled her eyes. Damon was an influential member of The Council and she was adamant it wasn't because he was good at politics. Everyone knew Carol Lockwood just wanted to get in his pants. But who could blame her really?
'So ur the Lockwood mansion? Want 2 talk 2 u.'
Sent 15:39
No sooner had she pressed the send button her phone buzzed from his reply.
Received: 15:39
Damon –
'Nah we're in a booth the grill. Really? Ooh what about? ;)'
'Oh, im headed 2 the grill now with Elena and Stef. Enough of the wink faces u creep. Lol and I think u know what about.'
Sent 15:40
"Who are you texting, Bon?" Elena asked from the passenger seat in front of her.
Bonnie blinked. "…oh, just Caroline. I wondered where she went," she smiled. A little white lie never hurt anyone, right? She looked down at her phone again to see Damon had texted back.
Received: 15:38
Damon –
'Oi, watch it cheeky. OK I guess I'll see u in a bit then Bonbon.'
Bonnie smiled at the cute nickname he used. It wasn't a long drive and soon enough Stefan was parked and they were entering their favourite social spot in town; Elena and Stefan hand-in-hand with Bonnie following closely behind them. Bonnie scanned the room quickly for Damon and spotted him almost immediately. She saw him notice his brother with Elena first and the look of disappointment on his face. Yep, there was definitely something going on there. She watched his striking eyes finally move to her and she smiled at him. He winked. She raised an eyebrow and mouthed 'Creep!' at him. She watched him hold back a laugh and then he returned his attention to Carol who was sitting opposite him.
"Hey Bonnie!"
Bonnie blinked out of her reverie. It was just too easy to get lost gazing at Damon's perfect face. She turned to regard who it was speaking to her and saw Matt. "Hey Matt!" she grinned, pulling him tightly into a hug, "You're working now? Straight after school?!" she asked, surprised. She knew Matt worked a lot to keep up with bills but this was on another level. School had only just finished!
"Yeah, well, I just got given an early shift today, I guess. I'm not one to complain," he smiled.
"Well don't work too hard, okay?"
"Yeah yeah," Matt grinned, rolling his eyes. He went to clean a table and Bonnie was left standing there like a lemon. She didn't want to go over to Stefan and Elena's table and be a third wheel but she was beginning to look like an idiot. Thankfully, Carol chose this moment to end the "meeting" with Damon and leave the restaurant. Damon remained seated at the table but signalled to Bonnie to come and join him. She gratefully approached the table and sat down quickly, not missing the fact that Elena was watching her every move out of the corner of her eye.
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Did you have fun with The Mayor?" she asked in a not-too-subtle suggestive tone.
Damon eyed her speculatively. "Yes. We had a very professional conversation about the community."
"Riiigghhht," Bonnie slurred the word sarcastically. She reached into her bag to take out the candy cane gram he had sent her – she wasn't one to beat about the bush. She set it down in the middle of the table and looked from him to the candy cane pointedly. When Damon didn't address her wordless enquiry she was finally forced to ask, "Why?"
"Why not?" he answered mysteriously, wiggling his eyebrows. Oh, so he was in one of those moods.
"Come on Damon! Tell me! Did you do it to piss off Elena?"
Damon frowned at her last accusation. "You know, not everything revolves around Elena."
"Are you kidding? Yes it does. She is flawless. She met John Stamos on a plane and he told her she was pretty," she laughed, "I know you like her."
"I don't know what you're talking about," he said arrogantly, "she's going out with my brother. Plus I don't chase after high school girls."
Bonnie nearly laughed right in his face since his track record suggested otherwise. "No, you go after the cougars like Carol Lockwood, right?"
Damon narrowed his eyes at her, but there was a playful smile on his lips.
"If you don't chase high school girls then why did you send me the gram?" she asked again.
Damon sucked his teeth. So they were back to square one…he knew she'd make him regret sending that damned gram.
"Is it so hard to believe that I just wanted to do something nice for you?" he asked shortly. He watched her open her mouth and then close it again. Bonnie Bennett is speechless? That's a first! Damon chuckled inwardly.
"Yes," she finally said lamely.
Damon sighed dramatically. "Look, I was at high school back in the day and I know about the whole gram situation…I figured since you're not with the Gilbert boy anymore you could do with some cheering up."
Bonnie tried her absolute hardest not to smile but she couldn't help the shit-eating grin that grew on her face as Damon explained himself. Maybe he isn't a complete ass…
"Well…thanks," Bonnie began, contemplating whether she should speak her next thought. Fuck it: "it made my day," she admitted.
Damon's eyebrows flew up to somewhere around his hairline and a cocky smirk spread across his face. "You're very welcome Bonnie."
She smiled back at him somewhat nervously – this was the longest conversation she'd ever had with him one-on-one. She usually left it to Elena to talk to the hot older guys whilst she played the role of wing woman. She watched an expression cross Damon's face that was gone again too quick for her to identify. He opened his mouth to speak, and then stopped himself. Then that unrecognisable look was back again and he finally spoke. "Can I buy you a drink?"
First Kol and now Damon? I am on fire today… Bonnie thought. Well, who was she to turn Damon Salvatore down? She nodded enthusiastically and then inwardly scolded herself for probably looking too excited about it, remembering boys tended to like 'hard to get' girls. Damon didn't seem to mind though, as he gave her a small nod and got up to go to the bar. Bonnie sat back in her seat and let out a breath. Her heart was beating a little faster than she'd like to admit…
"Bonnie?"
Oh shit – she knew that voice anywhere. She looked up apprehensively…this could get awkward.
"Hey, Kol."
Oh God, he looked so happy to see her it hurt a little.
"Are you here alone or…?"
She blinked and her eyes darted to Damon who was picking up their drinks and would be back any second. "I'm here with a friend."
Kol smiled and nodded, then his eyes shifted from her to the table and frown graced his face. Bonnie looked down to see what he was looking at and saw the candy cane gram, which was still resting innocently in the middle of the table where she'd placed it earlier.
"Here's your drink." Oh crap, Damon's back. "Who's your friend?" he asked.
Bonnie scowled at Damon – she knew he knew full well who Kol was. The Mikaelson's were rich and very well known in The Falls.
"Kol Mikaelson," she said through gritted teeth.
"Oh…Klaus' little brother, right?" Damon asked dryly. It was common knowledge that Klaus and Damon weren't the best of friends. Bonnie cringed.
"Yeah," Kol replied cheerfully. He was either oblivious to Damon's cold disposition or he was trying to wind him up. Probably the latter. "Damon Salvatore, right? You went out with my sister didn't you? Rebekah? You know she's in high school too?"
Bonnie's eyes widened and she shrunk into her seat, trying to make herself as small as possible. Damon's eyes narrowed and his jaw set. "Your point?" he asked icily.
"Well, Rebekah…Elena…Caroline...Bonnie... I'm beginning to see a trend here, aren't you?"
Damon rose out of his chair abruptly causing the table to shake a little. Bonnie quickly stood up too and put herself in between the two men – or should she say boys – as they stared at each other furiously. People were beginning to turn their heads and whisper, including Stefan and Elena.
"Sit down, Damon," she ordered. Damon bore into her with his intense methane flamed blue eyes and it took everything in her to not listen to her inner-scared-child but she stood her ground. After a moment his eyes finally softened and he sat down slowly. Bonnie let out a breath and blinked quickly several times and then turned to Kol, who had an odd cross between a smirk and a glower on his face.
"Kol." Her voice came out more soft and pleading when she'd been hoping for stern and badass but it caught his attention either way. He looked like he wanted to say something to her but instead he just let out a sigh and left wordlessly for the pool table, where Bonnie just now noticed Klaus and Tyler were playing. She suddenly remembered about what had happened between Klaus and Caroline and thought the British bad boy had some audacity to be hanging out with Tyler so casually like he wasn't sleeping with the guy's girlfriend. She huffed and sat down and took a big swig of the beer Damon had bought for her.
"You do know I'm underage, right?"
Damon scoffed. "Honey, I'm on The Council. I got it covered…but you know, don't go waving it around or anything."
Bonnie let out a laugh; he was unbelievable. She noticed the gram in the middle of the table again and reached out for it quickly and put it back into her bag. No need to leave it there and rub it in Kol's face. Damon noticed and cut her a judging look.
"Kol Mikaelson? Really?" he deadpanned.
Bonnie shrugged, "no one else has shown an interest. He's nice"
Damon shrugged back at her. "You could do better," he said shortly.
"You're kidding right? He's hot!" Bonnie laughed.
"I bet he didn't send you a gram though," Damon joked, taking a sip of his beer. Bonnie watched him grimace and laughed, understanding he preferred whiskey.
"No, he didn't send me a gram," she admitted, "but we're gonna hang out on Friday."
Damon raised his eyebrows and looked at Bonnie directly with his piercing blue eyes. "Hot date?"
Bonnie shrugged nonchalantly. There was a clip to Damon's tone that she chose to ignore.
"Where?" he asked.
"I don't know yet…we still need to sort that out."
Damon's lips twitched in disapproval. "Come on, Bonnie, he's a dick."
"No he's not," Bonnie snapped, "you don't know him."
"I know enough," he retorted.
"Really? Not a moment ago you apparently didn't know his name..."
An awkward silence wavered in the air.
"Why do you care?" she asked tentatively.
Damon pinned her with those eyes again and she held her breath. "You're my friend," he finally said.
Bonnie pushed away that irrational feeling of disappointment and smiled at him. Why did she feel like she had to explain herself?
"It's only a first date – if that. He might not even like me like in that way…"
"He likes you Bon," Damon laughed knowingly, "it's obvious; from the way he was acting."
"What about the way you were acting?" Bonnie pressed.
Damon shrugged, "I was trying to protect you."
"Protect your ego more like," she teased. Damon put up his hands, feigning an apologetic surrender.
"Damon?"
The two of them looked up to see Liz Forbes in her uniform with a serious look on her face. Damon sat up a little straighter in his seat and Bonnie leaned forward slightly over the table to try and hide her beer. Thankfully The Sherriff hadn't appeared to have noticed.
"What's up Liz?" Damon asked. He was one of the few people in The Falls who was close enough to Liz to not have to address her as 'Sherriff' or 'Ms Forbes'. Come to think of it, Damon was pretty close-knit with anyone of any importance in town.
"I need to speak with you privately about…" Liz's eyes flashed from Damon to Bonnie and back and lowered her voice, "…the recent case."
Bonnie took this as her cue to leave and excused herself from the table. She said goodbye to Damon and he looked at her apologetically but she understood he was a busy guy. Actually, the fact that Damon was so powerful in Mystic Falls made him even more attractive…wait – what? Bonnie shook herself from the ridiculous thought hastily. She thought about going home but then realised she'd have to walk since Stefan had drove. It wasn't exactly a short walk and had started raining outside. She heard the boys laughing over at the pool table and decided she may as well join them. If she stuck around long enough one of them was sure to offer to drive her home…and she'd bet a month's worth of allowance it'd be Kol.
"Hey guys," she grinned as she bounded over to the pool table. Kol looked surprised she'd come over, Klaus looked a little worried and Tyler looked happy to see her. She realised the reason why Klaus suddenly looked so worried was probably because he thought she might be here let the cat out of the bag. Tyler was going to hit the roof when he found out. He looked up to Klaus a lot, although Bonnie wasn't quite sure why.
"Hey Bonnie," Tyler smiled warmly. She felt a sudden pang of sympathy for him; Tyler had come a long way since the start of high school and had turned into quite a nice guy. He didn't deserve to be cheated on.
"Bonnie, nice to see you again," Klaus greeted her, managing a smile, "long time no see."
Bonnie returned a smile half-heartedly and tried to ignore his dimples. He was cute, she'd give Caroline that.
"So you decided to leave Salvatore, then?" Kol asked her bitterly whilst he chalked his cue stick.
"Yeah…The Sherriff showed up asking to speak to him."
"I wasn't aware you were chums."
Bonnie looked at Kol sharply with her cat-like emerald eyes. "Well we are. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Of course not, darling," he smiled and finally made eye contact with her. "I saw you heading for the door earlier," he continued, "were you thinking of leaving?"
Bonnie looked at Kol curiously and noticed a smug smile on his lips. His ego really was the size of Jupiter.
"Yeah but I got a ride from Stefan here so I'm kinda stranded until the rain lets up," she admitted. Bonnie noticed Tyler and Klaus had continued playing and were pretty much leaving her to Kol. Talk about boy code…
"I could give you a ride," he offered, as expected. Bonnie played the part of the surprised flattered girl and accepted between blushes and giggles.
They half-ran-half-walked through the rain and Kol opened the door for her like a gentleman and she got into his flashy car. She was a bit of a typical girl so she didn't know much about the model but it looked sleek and expensive. He shut the door for her and she was hit with the smell of fresh pine. His car was very clean – she'd expected it to have wrappers scattered everywhere and a dirty football kit in the back seat but it was immaculate. He hopped into the driver's seat beside her and reversed out, placing his arm on the back of her seat as she did. He smelled really good too.
He drove a little quicker than she would be comfortable with in the pelting rain but she didn't mention it; he seemed to have quick reflexes anyways.
"So, uh, Friday…" Kol began. He seemed a little nervous which was adorable.
"Yeah?" she smiled.
"I actually remembered pretty much as soon as I left the cafeteria that I have to play in the game on Friday…"
"There's a game this Friday?" Bonnie asked, her face blank. Shit, she'd completely forgot about that too.
"Yeah. You're on the cheerleading squad aren't you?"
Bonnie nodded, "thanks for reminding me," she laughed. She hadn't told Caroline or Elena that Kol had asked her out yet – they would have protested because of the game if she had and she would have realised sooner.
"Well, Tyler mentioned at The Grill earlier that if we win he's gonna have a party at his place. I figured since we'll both be at the game, if we win, we could go to the party together? I think it's pretty likely that we will win cause we're against a bad team but if we lose I could take you out to dinner – if you want?"
He was rambling a little.
Bonnie blushed, "I think that's a really good idea."
Kol glanced at her for a second and grinned; he looked pretty relieved. Maybe his ego isn't so big? Bonnie looked down at her tangled fingers and smiled to herself.
"Where from here?" Kol asked. They were a couple blocks away from her street so she directed him to where her house was. Soon enough they were outside her home thanks to Kol's speeding.
"Thanks for the ride. I really appreciate it," she said politely.
"No problem," Kol smiled. He hesitated for a moment before leaning in and kissing her sweetly on the cheek. "See you later," he winked.
Bonnie managed to mumble a quiet goodbye through her blushing and rushed through the rain to her front door. What a day…
Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it :) soo hmmm...on Friday it's either a party or Kol takes Bonnie out to dinner? Review which you would prefer if you would like because I haven't actually decided which one I'm going to do yet :P it's in your hands, oooooooh ;) Let me know what you thought please! love ya x
