Chapter 2: Believe

As the other side imploded and disappeared taking both Bonnie and Damon with it. They held hands even though they both would rather be with anyone else. Neither one of them would admit or talk about the kiss that they shared. They also refused to tell anyone about but now none of that mattered because they were stuck together with each other. While Damon has hope that their friends will rescue them; Bonnie wants to give up and just accept their fate but Damon refuses to let her.

After the blinding light disappeared thus taking Bonnie and Damon with it; they opened their eyes and were amazed. Everything looked the same as before the travelers broke the other side. The only difference was that no one could reach across anymore. The dead and the living couldn't communicate with each other anymore. It was like someone or something closed the door between the two realms. This was extremely hard for both Damon and Bonnie because they could see their loved ones but not touch or be touched by them, it was beyond pure torture for them. Finally after a couple weeks Bonnie told Damon that she was through with hoping for something that wasn't ever going to happen.

"What are you talking about? Why are you going to keep staying here, when you could see Jeremy anytime that you want to?"

"Because it just hurts too much to be with him but not really be able to be with him. I think we should just accept that we're not coming back to the world of the living. There's no coming back this time, I've accepted it and you should as well."

"No, I refuse to believe that. I did everything to bring my brother back and it wasn't just so I could die instead. I need to go back, I promised Elena that I would come back and I need to keep that promise."

"I know how you feel Damon but there's nothing that anyone can do. Besides Elena Stefan could be happy together now, I'm not sure if you noticed it or not but they're both human again now. This could give them the life that they were supposed to have; don't you want that for them?"

Damon became angry and started screaming at Bonnie, "I have sacrificed so much for them both but if they are so happy together then why aren't they together now?"

"I don't know but I'm sure in time the pain of them losing both of us will lessen and they will move past it together. Just think about it for a minute, they could be happy and live life without the constant threat of being murdered from the supernatural world."

"Your right but I can't believe that it's hopeless not yet. What do you expect me to do with an eternity with only you to keep me company?"

"Yea, I know it isn't exactly my dream eternity either but we have to make the most of it. Besides I doubt that we will be here for an eternity though. I think that this place is like a waiting room until we make peace and finish whatever unfinished business that we have. Therefore I think that if we just let go that we will go somewhere else and be at peace."

"That's a bunch of crap and you know it because if that were true you would already be gone and your still here."

"I know that but I am trying to make the best of our situation here but you need to help me out here."

Damon was losing his patience with Bonnie; he wasn't sure what to do. He wanted, no needed to give her something to live for. At this point Bonnie was shaking crying but she turned away from him cause she didn't want Damon to see her like this. Suddenly, Damon was pulling her towards him possessively in a sweet embrace. She finally looked up at him.

As their eyes met, it felt like they were seeing each other for the first time. For a while neither one of them moved as if some spell would be broken if they did. Then suddenly the kiss that they had came back to both of their memories. Before either of them realized what they were doing; they were kissing each other passionately. Neither of them were sure who began kiss but it felt right. Before they even realized what they were doing, their clothes littered the forest floor. A few hours later, Bonnie awoke laying on Damon's bare chest with a startled expression on her face.

"Oh, my God, what have I done?"

Damon opened his eyes staring at a startled and confused Bonnie.

"Calm down, we were both in a bad place and it just happened besides it isn't like we're doing anything wrong and no one will get hurt as you said we're both stuck here with each other, we should make the most of it. I think that we should just have fun because this is the first time that there's no threat on the horizon for us."

With that he pulled Bonnie back down towards him and proceeded to make love to her yet again. What neither of them knew at the time was their friends did in fact have a plan. While the super twins left town, Caroline heard about Klaus knowing many powerful witches. She knew that he would want something in return but she didn't care because she needed to have her best friend back.

Klaus told her that there was a spell that could resurrect a person that was trapped in a supernatural prison and it would restore the person to their former selves. He said that he would send a witch that he trusted to do the spell but in exchange, he wanted Caroline to come to New Orleans for a visit. Now that Caroline was officially broken up with Tyler; Klaus figured that this was his shot to be with her finally. Haley chose to leave indefinitely because it hurt just too much; she left town with no indication that she would be back.

The witch that Klaus sent was Devina because at the moment she was the only witch that he trusted. She came and prepared to do the spell but there was a catch. In order to do the spell she needed an ingredient that wasn't easy to come by, it was a fresh human heart, she needed two of them. It made sense because the spell required one life for another.

Devina had trouble with that ingredient because she didn't want to take a human life but Bonnie was a witch. That is why she was going to help them. She left the gory details up to their friends. Caroline and Stefan made sure that the two people that they were going to sacrifice for their friends were people that were bad people with no family ties to them. After the ingredients were all together; they had to wait for the full moon and then the spell would be cast.

Time moved differently on the other side than it did in the real world. It was only a couple months for the people in mystic falls but for Bonnie and Damon it was a year. They missed their loved ones but they were happy together though. They didn't really need to eat but they did out of habit. They found a broken down cabin in the woods; it was deserted and no living person ever came there. They ate, they drank and they made love countless times. Damon finally knew real happiness, he was almost glad that this happened.

This new paradise that they found together would soon be over and feel like it was only a dream. When the timing was finally right, the spell was cast, all of a sudden both Bonnie Damon were standing in the woods holding onto each other. Elena, Jeremy, Stefan, Caroline, Matt, and Tyler were standing there as well. Immediately they pulled away from each other.

Elena ran towards Damon and embraced him possessively and then she pulled him into an all consuming kiss. It nearly destroyed Bonnie to witness this act if love. Then before she could utter a word or think straight, Jeremy was pulling her into his arms. It felt familiar but wrong on some level as if she were betraying Damon. It felt like she had out grown Jeremy as if he were a fashion that wasn't in style anymore.

Now that they were indeed back to the land of the living, it was obvious that things were going to change. While Bonnie knew that Damon would run back to Elena without a second thought; she knew that she couldn't just pick up with Jeremy where they left off. She had changed too much and she felt too deeply about Damon. She wasn't sure if he felt the same but she couldn't walk away until she knew for sure.