A/N - This update is a bit later than I planned, but it's a good thing because the chapter is much longer than I predicted. The chapter picks up where the last one ended. And just so you know I've been listening to Beyonce's new album on repeat for the last week. As a result, there are certain portions of this chapter that have were inspired by some of the songs. Anyway here is the latest chapter, I hope you enjoy it.
Stefan listens for the sounds of a heartbeat. He knows isn't the most ideal time for hunting rabbits, but he needed time to himself and doing this always calms him somewhat.
After a few moments, he finally spots one and is about to capture it when he gets a whiff of very familiar scent in the air. Following his senses he makes his way through the woods and that is when he spots Bonnie in the midst of using her magic. Not wanting disturb her, he decides to stay quiet until she is done with her spell.
"Stefan, I know you're there." She says without turning around. "You might as well come out of hiding."
"How did you know it was me?" He asks as he steps out of the shadows. He knows she has the ability to senses other supernatural beings, but he wonders how she knew it was him specifically.
"I don't know." She shrugs. "I guess lately I've been able sense when you're around." It's something she should really find strange, but for whatever reason it comforts her instead. "So why are you out in the woods so late?" He had been the last person, she would have expected to run into.
"I was out rabbit hunting. What about you, don't you think it's kind of dangerous for you to be out here alone so late?"
"I'm more than capable of taking care of myself." She bristles slightly, as good as it feels to know he cares about her well being, the independent part of her is slightly insulted.
"I know you can take care of yourself, but you're not invincible. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." It doesn't escape Stefan, that they've had this conversation with Bonnie before in her past life as well as her current one.
Bonnie ignores the fact that their conversation is reminiscent of the dream she just had and decides to share her secret with him. "I'm going to tell you something I haven't told anyone." She begins, automatically piquing his interest. "My powers have been increasing a lot lately.
"What do you mean?" He asks, remembering the last time her powers got an upgrade.
"I've been able to master new forms of magic and enhance the powers I already had." She shrugs like it's no big deal. "That's why I'm out here." So I can polish up on my magic." She smiles with pride in her voice.
"That's amazing." He grins as well before he a thought occurs to him. "Why would you keep this a secret?"
"For the first time in a long time, I'm actually enjoying being a witch. And I know if I told everyone, it would only be a matter of time before I would be putting everyone else's needs before my own. I just can't do it anymore. I think I should be able to use my powers in a way that I see fit." She looks up at him, hoping he understands.
"Yes you should." He agrees with a slight smile. "I get it, I really do. And you have my word that I won't tell anyone about this. "
"I trust you." She smiles at him. "So do you want to see some of the stuff that I've learned so far."
"If you want to show me." He smiles back, enjoying seeing the twinkle in her eyes.
Bonnie grin only widens as she proceeds to perform a light show for Stefan. The lights are a bright blue that illuminate the darkened area.
"Wow." He utters as he watches the light show before looking back at Bonnie. He has always loved seeing her in her element. "Beautiful." His voice is subdued, but the compliment holds no less meaning for him.
With her attention on her magic, Bonnie never realizes that the compliment was actually about her as opposed to the magic she's doing. Instead, she continues on for a few moments, clearly in her element. After a while Bonnie stops the show and turns back to face Stefan.
"That was incredible. I'm glad you shared that with me." He grabs her hand and promptly feels sparks the moment their hands touch.
Their gazes meet and they slowly start to move in closer and closer until their lips are inches away. However at the last second before their lips meet, Bonnie jerks away from him and clears her throat. "It's late I should head home."
And with that, she quickly makes her way through the woods to where her car is parked, leaving Stefan to look on disappointingly.
One Week Later…
"Thanks for helping, Stefan. We really appreciate it." She smiles at him, referring to him agreeing to help Matt train so he would better equipped if Klaus tries something.
"Yeah thanks." Matt chimes in.
"It was no problem."
"So what do you have planned for tonight?"
"I'm going to drive up to Whitmore."
"The same Whitmore Elena, Bonnie, and Damon are currently at?" Caroline is surprised, Stefan would want to do something like that. But when she thinks about how close he and Bonnie have gotten it sort of makes sense.
"Yeah." He doesn't notice the surprised look Caroline is giving him. "Bonnie invited me, but it was after I agreed to help you train with Matt so I had to decline." Something he hated doing, partly because the idea of Bonnie going anywhere with Damon bothers him, but mostly because he knew he would miss her while she was gone.
Since we were done earlier than I thought we would be, I'm going to drive up there and surprise her." He fishes he keys out of his pocket. "I'll see you guys." He waves before he quickly makes his way out of the woods and to his car.
"Is it me or is Stefan crushing on Bonnie?" Caroline asks once she and Matt are alone.
"He definitely is." He agrees with her. He'd seen the way Stefan eyes brightened the moment Bonnie's name was brought up. "Honestly, I'm not even all that surprised."
"What do you mean by that?" Caroline asks, genuinely curious about his thoughts on this.
"Just that I've always noticed a spark between them." He takes a drink from his bottle of water. "It was mostly back when Stefan first came back to town. Little looks here and there and sometimes they would be so in sync with each other that it was almost scary."
Caroline stares at him in slight shock, wondering how she missed all of this.
"I doubt he or Bonnie were even aware of it, but it was always there. Of course things changed after everything went to hell. Not to mention with Bonnie focused on Jeremy and Stefan on Elena I figured nothing would ever come from it, but I guess now that they are spending time together those sparks have been reignited." He grins widely. "And based on the way he rushed out of here, I predict a change in their relationship very soon."
"I don't know I'm not sure either of them will go there because of Elena. You know how they both have a habit of sacrificing their happiness for her." Caroline points out. Then again, Stefan did break up with her and since his return shown little interest in Elena beyond general concern for her welfare. And Bonnie has been a little more guarded around Elena as of late. At first she assumed it had been because of Elena's new status of vampire, but she quickly realized that Bonnie had just grown tired of being used magically and has been distancing herself from that.
"I'm gonna have to disagree with you Care."He takes another drink of water before continuing. "I can't imagine two lonely people who have a spark and have been spending a ton of time together not hooking up eventually" He grins and it's so infectious that Caroline can't help but smile back.
-X-
Three hours later, Stefan finally makes it to Whitmore College after changing his clothes and taking a shower. Knowing trying to find Bonnie in a place this large would be nearly impossible even with his vampire senses, he decides to call her. He manages to get her to reveal the location of the frat house she's currently in.
Stefan spots her right away and quickly moves through the crowd to greet her. She looks amazing in the costume she decided to wear and he shakes his head a few times to alleviate the arousal that is building in his body.
"Hey."He says softly when he is finally behind her, causing Bonnie to spin around in shock.
"Hi." She looks at him, surprise written all over her face. "What are you doing here?"
"We managed to get the training done earlier than I thought so I decided to come and surprise you."
"So that's why you wanted to know exactly where I was?" She had thought was a bit strange, but assumed he wanted to know just in case something happened
"Yeah." He grins widely at her. "So how has your night been going so far?"
"It's going a lot better now that you're here." She returns his wide grin.
Across the room, Damon and Elena look on in surprise when Stefan and Bonnie smile at each other, both wondering why the normally brooding vampire is at frat party with a huge grin on his face. They glance at each other for a second before deciding to go over.
"Stefan." Elena greets him politely enough. Truth is, despite her feelings for Damon she's still pissed that Stefan not only broke up with her, but has barely shown an interest in her since he's come back to town. Which has her wondering why he's here right now. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" She directs the question to Bonnie who nods.
"Well that's our cue to move across the room." Damon looks at Stefan. "While they're talking over here we can talk over there."
Elena waits until the two brothers are far enough across the room before she turns back to Bonnie. "Did Stefan say why he was here?"
"He's my friend and I invited him."
"I see." Elena tries to be calm. "How long you and Stefan been hanging out?"
"He was there for me after what happened with my grams and things just took off from there."
Elena looks away guiltily at the mention of Sheila, realizing that she never even asked how Bonnie was dealing with that situation despite the fact that the only even attempted to harness that particular magic was for her benefit.
"I'm not trying to guilt trip you." Bonnie says seemingly reading her mind. "I only told you that because that was what jump started us hanging out."
"It's a little weird, but I guess I'm okay with you hanging out with my ex. I just wished you asked first."
"Thank you for the permission." Bonnie says with a bit of an edge in her voice. "But if you can be with Damon after everything he's done, I think I have a right to hang out with Stefan without you copping an attitude."
"I'm sorry Bonnie," She winces, a look of contriteness on her face "I guess I'm just upset because Stefan has practically ignored me ever since he's come back. And to find out that he's spending time with you through me off." She looks down for a moment. "Are we okay?"
"Sure." Bonnie says a bit half-heartedly, not that Elena notices.
"So when are you going to admit the real reason you showed up tonight?"Damon asks when they are far enough away from Bonnie and Elena.
"I'm here because Bonnie invited me." Stefan rolls his eyes; he already knows where Damon's mind is headed with this.
"Right so it's not so you can spy on us? Or did the witch call you because of 'Big Bad Damon'" He makes quotation marks with his hands. "And the horrible sire bond?"
"Why the hell would I want to spy on you?" Stefan looks at him disbelievingly. "And we both know Bonnie could take you out if she really needed to. She would have no need to call me."
"So what are you doing here then, this isn't exactly your style."
"Like I said before, Bonnie invited me."
"You're going to stick that story? Fine, but know this, Elena will be going home with me tonight." He walks away from Stefan and he and Elena walk off together.
-X-
A couple of hours later, the party has only grown wilder and Damon and Elena are nowhere to be seen. In a quieter part of the house, Bonnie and Stefan are in the midst of a conversation when someone knocks into Bonnie, causing her to fall into Stefan who quickly steadies her.
Instead of pulling away, Stefan looks into her eyes he is surprised by the want his sees there. Making up his mind, he slowly leans in to kiss her and is happy when Bonnie meets him the rest of the way.
The moment their lips meet, Bonnie feels as though a piece of her that was missing is whole again. She ignores those thoughts when Stefan pulls her closer to him and deepens the kiss.
Stefan groans into her mouth, relief filling his body. This is the first time in ninety years that he's been able to kiss the woman he loves and he doesn't want to end. It's even more amazing than he remembered it being.
The kiss however comes to an abrupt stop when someone interrupts them. When they pull away, they are face to face with another partygoer.
"Can we help you?" Stefan asks impatiently when the man says nothing.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you." He looks slightly distraught and Bonnie immediately feels for him. "I'm looking for my girlfriend. The last time I saw her was with the couple you arrived with. I was just wondering if you knew where they were."
Bonnie exchanges a look with Stefan, knowing they won't like whatever is going on. "We'll see if we can them." She replies and she uses a locater spell to figure out their exact location. Within a few seconds she manages to find them in one of the bedrooms in the frat house.
When they get to the room, they see Damon and Elena both drinking from the woman's neck. Based on the look of bliss on her face, it's obvious that the woman has been compelled. Acting quickly, Bonnie uses her powers to briefly incapacitate the two vampires before turning to the woman. With a few words, Bonnie heals puncture marks on each side of her neck.
After the pain recedes, Damon and Elena both glare at the tiny witch who is staring at them, with fury in her eyes.
"I need to talk to you." Her looks at Damon, voice leaves no room for argument and Damon follows her outside reluctantly. Neither notices as the woman's boyfriend rushes past them to reunite with her.
"Get on with whatever lecture you plan on giving me." He rolls his eyes the moment they are alone "Just remember that Elena wanted to drink from that girl I didn't force her."
"You could have stopped her instead of deciding to join in. And this isn't just about Elena, You compelled that woman in order to drink her blood. She had no choice in the matter."
"Don't even start with the self-righteous bullshit! " He looks down at her, the woman's blood dripping from his lips. "In case you've forgotten Elena is a vampire now. Vampires drink blood, human blood. If you had done your job and figured out a way to make her human again, we wouldn't even be standing here right now. And I think you know that." He stops for second before continuing. "So what's the real reason for the attitude?" He knows her anger isn't just about tonight.
Bonnie chooses to stay quiet, instead giving him a withering look that says everything.
"Oh I get it, you're still mad about that thing with Abby. That's why you've been acting like a bitch." He knows his guess is right when she continues to stare at him coldly. "If that's what's bugging you why have you been hanging out with Stefan all night? Why forgive him, but not me? He was just as involved in that as I was."
"Maybe because Stefan actually made an effort to apologize to me. He didn't give me some half-assed mildly sarcastic apology and just expect me to let things go."
"You know." He speaks as though she hasn't spoken. "I never got why you were angry anyway. It's not like I killed you and we both know I could have." He looks at her unremorsefully "I don't understand how you can be angry on the behalf of someone that abandoned you again. I did you a favor, I sped up the inevitable." He shrugs.
"I may have my problems with Abby, but she still didn't deserve what happened to her." She looks up at him with rage in her eyes. "And maybe you did what you had to do in order to save Elena, but don't you dare stand here and act like you did me a favor because you didn't."
Damon backs up slightly when he sees the deadly look in her eyes, knowing that despite her tiny stature she could really do some damage on him. Thankfully, the conversation ends when Elena and Stefan make their way over. Annoyed, Damon grabs Elena's hand and they head back toward the frat house.
Once they are gone Stefan moves closer to Bonnie. "Are you okay?" he tilts her chin so he can look into her eyes. He'd heard the latter half of her conversation with Damon and that had been why he showed up when he did.
"Can you take me home?" She asks quietly when she realizes Stefan is standing next to her, hurt and anger still radiating off of her.
"Of course." He says immediately and they quietly leave campus,
-X-
"I thought you could use this." He hands her a shot glass and sits down next to her on the couch. He finally gotten Bonnie home after her confrontation with Damon. He could sense she didn't want to be alone so he stayed to keep her company. They sit there quietly for several minutes before she turns toward him and looks at him.
"Can I ask you something?" Bonnie's voice is subdued.
"Ask me anything you want."
"As close as we've gotten lately, we've never really talked about why you broke up with Elena that night."
"I guess I just realized our relationship had changed too much for us to pick up where we left off." He continues when Bonnie nods. "I'm not the same guy I was before everything happened with Klaus." It's on the tip of his tongue to admit that it's because of Bonnie, but he knows it wouldn't be fair since she doesn't remember their past. "Our relationship hadn't been working even before that" He admits, surprising her. She'd always had those thoughts, but didn't dare say anything knowing Elena wouldn't thin "Especially when you throw in her feelings for Damon."
"I know you said you were over her, but her moving on with your brother of all people has to be kind of rough."
"Not really. I mean I'm a little worried about the sire bond and how much choice Elena has because of it, but I do think them getting together was inevitable." He furrows his eyebrows. "Is the reason we're discussing Elena right now because of our kiss earlier?"
"Yeah." She says as she lets out some air. She thought about that kiss the entire way home, but as much as she enjoyed she knows it should have never happened.
"Did it alleviate any worries you might have about my intentions?"
"It did actually, but I still think we should keep things platonic between us. I just don't think I'm ready for that kind of thing."
"I won't pretend I don't want more, but I'll respect whatever decision you make." He reassures her, he wants more but being her life in any form is enough for him.
"And what happened earlier won't happen again. Agreed?"
"Agreed.", He nods his head and wraps an arm around her as gesture of friendship. In response, Bonnie she lets her head fall against his shoulder and the two sit on her couch, both disappointed by the turn of events.
Lost in their own thoughts, neither realizes that keeping tings platonic will be harder than they think.
-X-
Several weeks later, Bonnie finds herself helping Caroline decorate the Forbes home. Naturally Caroline is force of nature and somehow Bonnie ended up on a ladder putting up decorations. At one point she loses her footing and ends falling off the ladder.
However before she can hit the floor, Stefan who had been watching her the entire time catches her in his arms.
"Looks like you fell for me." He teases as he cradles her in his arms. He has to admit that there is a part of him that is happy that she fell because he loves the way she feels in his arms.
"That was really cheesy." Bonnie bursts into laughter at his joke. Laughing with him is actually very common these days, something that had initially surprised her about him. She always figured he was more serious, but over the last couple of months she has gotten to see how great a sense of humor he has.
"Yes it was, but it got you to smile." He grins back at her unabashedly before sobering up. Their eyes meet and once again they get lost in each other's gazes. This lasts until they hear a door shut and Bonnie is broken out of their haze.
"Stefan, I think you can put me down now." She looks down at the ground. She doesn't really want to leave his arms, but knows anyone could walk in and see them. Over the last few weeks they've had several moments like this and with each day that passes gets harder and harder for to deny her feelings for him.
"Right, sorry." He apologizes before he carefully places her back on her feet.
Matt, who had walked in the moment Stefan caught Bonnie in his arms, grins happily at the new development. Looks like he'll be earning that 50 bucks he bet Caroline soon enough.
"What are you grinning about?" Caroline asks when she walks up beside him.
"Nothing." He grins again when her attention goes to Bonnie and Stefan.
-X-
Several hours later the decorations are up and the small party is in full swing. Caroline grins at her handy work. It's smaller than she had planned, after her fight with Elena over Damon, the brunette had decided not attend. Which naturally meant that Jeremy and Damon didn't show up either, something she isn't all that upset about.
Still her annoyance with her friend is dulled because Tyler managed to sneak in for a visit. At the moment he and Matt are in the middle of conversation about Xbox games. Since she isn't least bit interested in that particular topic, she turns her attention to Bonnie and Stefan. And grins when she realizes what the two are currently standing under. Feeling a bit mischievous she saunters over to them.
"Hey you two." She greets them both with a smile.
"Caroline." Stefan nods.
"What are up you to?" Bonnie notices the look playful look in her eyes and knows she is up to no good.
"Nothing." She denies. "I just noticed you two were standing under mistletoe."
Sure enough, the two look up and see a bunch of mistletoe proudly hanging above them. They look back at Caroline, their eyes indicating that she drop it, but she's having none of it.
"Come on, it's tradition."She pouts. "Please."
Resigned to their fate, they sigh and lean in for a kiss. The moment their lips meet, they both feel a spark, causing Bonnie to pull back immediately. Stefan deflates slightly when he sees the sad look on her.
"Are you happy now?" Bonnie flustered by what just happened. She had been trying to deny her feelings for Stefan, but she knows it was virtually impossible to deny them now.
"I am!" Caroline grins widely at them "Well if you'll excuse me I have a boyfriend to spend time with." She walks away when she sees Tyler watching her across the room, leaving Bonnie and Stefan watching after her.
As soon as she's far enough away from them, Bonnie sighs and turns to Stefan.
"We need to talk" Bonnie grabs the sleeve of his Henley shirt and promptly drags him out of the room. They grab their coats and make their way to the porch.
Once they are on the porch, Bonnie begins pacing in attempt to figure out what she is going to say.
"What's going on, Bonnie?" He knows their kiss back there freaked her out and he wants to know why.
"I don't know if I can do this." She continues her pacing. "I know you like me and I like you too, but…"
"But what?" Stefan prompts her, anxiously waiting for her to finish her sentence. "Is your hesitance because of Elena?" He asks, frustration dripping from his voice. There's no way in hell he'll accept his past with Elena screwing up his future with Bonnie.
"This isn't about Elena!" She shouts, irritated at Elena being brought up.
"Then why are you pulling away from me?" He asks softly.
"I don't want have another relationship where I'm the only invested I don't think—"
She is interrupted when Stefan spins her around and swoops down to kiss her. Bonnie's palms immediately slip up his shirt, over the contours of his chest, stopping at the nape of his neck. She trembles as Stefan pours everything he feels for her into the kiss.
Stefan moves his hands to the small of her back, drawing her closer to him and feels her warmth seeping into his body. He growls when Bonnie begins to kiss him back just eagerly and begins sucking at her bottom lip.
Bonnie burrows her fingers into his hair and opens her mouth, moaning when his tongue meets hers. Stefan echoes her moan with one of his own and
Eventually air becomes an issue and Bonnie pulls back to catch her breath. When she opens her eyes she finds herself staring into Stefan's eyes.
"I'm as invested in us as you are." His voice leaves no room for argument. "We can take things as slowly as you need. Okay?" He looks into her eyes unblinkingly, hoping she agrees.
"Okay." She nods her head and within a few seconds Stefan's lips are on hers again.
Three Weeks Later
Why the hell did she insist on taking things slow? Taking things slow with a guy that looks like Stefan is difficult enough, but when you're constantly dreaming about him, it makes things down right difficult. Even now as she decorates the gym for the 80's dance, her thoughts are on Stefan. Shaking her head out of her thoughts, she gets back to decorating.
Stefan watches as Bonnie diligently blows up several red balloons with a helium tank. He loves how tiny she looks amongst the parade of balloons that surround her. Knowing the amount of power that is confined in her tiny frame also does things to him. Still he has to chuckle at how small she looks next to the large helium tank.
Bonnie continues to fill up balloons until she hears a familiar laughter behind her. When she turns around she sees Stefan standing there in all his handsome glory. The flutter that she feels whenever she sees him moves throughout her body. The moment their eyes meet, he smiles widely at her and she returns it until she remembers that he had just been chuckling a few moments ago.
"What's so funny?"
"It's just that that helium tank is almost as tall as you are." He grins at her, his eyes twinkling with amusement.
"Are you making fun of my height?" She playfully narrows her eyes at him and places her hands on her hips as he moves closer to her.
"Nope."He grins. "I like how perfectly you fit into my arms" He says as he leans down and cups the back of her neck. Within seconds the space between them is eliminated and his lips are on hers. As they kiss he moves his other hand to the middle of her back pulls her against him. And like he told her, she fits perfectly against him.
Bonnie slowly glides her hands up his chest and wraps them around his neck. She groans when she feels Stefan's tongue at seam of her lips, indicating he wants her to open up. She is just getting ready to comply when she hears a bang and remembers that she's supposed to be decorating for the dance. She pulls away, smiling when she sees the dazed look on Stefan's face.
After a few moments, Stefan snaps out of his haze and steps away from her, knowing it wouldn't be wise for them continue this while they are in such a public place. "So how is the decorating going?" He decides to focus on a safer topic.
"It's going well enough." She shrugs. "Do you think Caroline will notice if there are only 89 balloons?" She asks when she realizes that there are ten missing from the ninety-nine Caroline initially requested.
Stefan raises an eyebrow at her and throws her disbelieving look.
"Forget it." She concedes, remembering how detail-oriented Caroline is. "I don't know why I even said that out loud." Bonnie shakes her head in amusement before a thought occurs to her. "Not that I mind the company, but why are you here so early?" She and Stefan agreed to meet up at the dance, but the dance is several hours from now.
"I wanted to see you." He shrugs as if it's the most obvious reason in the world. "Caroline mentioned that you were setting up for the dance, so here I am."
"Well I'm glad you decided to come." She smiles softly at him and the two become locked in a gaze.
They continue staring intensely at each other until Stefan is forced to break the staring contest when his phone rings. He groans when he sees it's Damon, but picks up anyway, knowing he'll just keep calling.
"What do you want?" Stefan doesn't even bother with a greeting.
"Is that any way to answer your phone?" Damon's voice comes in and Stefan can hear the sarcasm in it.
"Damon." Stefan snarls impatiently.
"Okay fine." He rolls his eyes. "It's about the Kol and the cure. Meet me at the bar in twenty minutes." Damon hangs up before Stefan can respond.
"I'm guessing from look on your face that duty calls." Bonnie noticed the resigned look on his face while he was on the phone.
"And you'd be right. I'm just hoping no one did anything stupid." He gives her a wry smile.
"I'd say the chances of that happening are kind of slim." She smiles at him and he caresses her cheek with the back of his fingers.
"I'll see you at the dance." He leans down to press a kiss lips before he leaves, a spring in his step despite the call from Damon. A few hours from now, they'll be together decked in 80's gear and listening to hits thirty years ago.
Normally the thought of going to a high school dance would be unappealing. But with Bonnie he can honestly say that for the first time, he's actually looking forward to a dance.
-X-
Of course, much like the last dance they attended something supernatural got in the way. After his meeting with Damon, he had planned on getting ready for the dance, but he received a call from Caroline informing him that Kol nearly killed Bonnie. Needless to say, he hadn't been all that sad when he found out that Elena and Jeremy managed to kill him. Still he wondered how Bonnie was dealing with what happened to her.
Having picked up on his worry, Caroline quickly reassured him that Bonnie more than held her on with the original, leaving him incapacitated in the hallway of the school. However, that hadn't diminished his concern for her and he had been on his way to the school when Caroline informed him that Bonnie was on her way home. Which is why Stefan is currently pacing anxiously in Bonnie's living room waiting for her to come in. He stops pacing when he hears the door open and rushes to meet her.
"Stefan, what are you doing here?" Bonnie is surprised to see Stefan standing in front of her in the clothes he'd obviously been planning on wearing to the dance. Seeing how good he looks makes the cancellation of the dance even more unfortunate.
"Caroline told me what happened with Kol." He stands in front of her. "Are you alright" He asks anxiously.
"Yeah" She nods her head, her eyes widening when she sees the intense look in his eyes.
In only few short strides, Stefan closes the distance between them and hauls her against him. Before she has a chance to protest, he captures her face between his hands and kisses her. The moment their lips meet, his tongue comes out to play exploring every crevice of her mouth.
She exhales as his tongue explores her mouth, her hands gripping at his shirt. Immediately, Stefan envelops her in a firm embrace and she wraps her arms around his neck in response. Initially they kiss languidly, intending on taking their time. But that mindset doesn't last too long and soon, they are flush against each other, grinding their bodies together. The only sounds in the room are their mouths smacking together and their heavy breathing.
Stefan growls when one of her hands moves into the nape of his neck and she begins running her fingers through his hair. He loves it when she does that. "Hmmm." He gasps as he reluctantly pulls his mouth away from hers, knowing if he doesn't it will be that much harder to stop. "Bonnie." He breathes out as he rests his forehead against hers.
"What's wrong?" She stares up at him in confusion, wondering why his lips are no longer on hers.
"I could have lost you today." He stares into her eyes unblinkingly. "I could have lost you and you never would have known how much I love you." He trails his thumb across her cheek. "I know it's probably too soon…"
"It's not too soon." Bonnie stops him from saying anymore by pressing her finger to his lips. "I love you too." She smiles at him, removes her finger from his mouth and places her hands on either side of his cheeks before pulling him down for a hot and deep spine-tingling kiss.
Stefan groans into her mouth, returning the kiss with an ardor that quickly heightens the passion between them. He groans in protest when she abruptly pulls away only to stop when she intertwines their fingers and begins tugging him toward the stairs. He stops for a second, intending on asking if she's sure when he looks into her eyes and sees the desire there, answering his unasked question.
Bonnie knows that once they take this step it will change their relationship forever, but she has grown tired of holding back her desire. The moment they make it to the staircase, he lets go of her hand, lifts her into his arms flashes them to her bedroom.
The moment he closes the door, he lowers her to her feet and their lips fuse together. Bonnie groans into his mouth, slightly dazed by how much she enjoys kissing him. They kiss wildly for several minutes until Bonnie pushes him away from.
She ignores the confused look he gives her and starts unbuttoning his shirt before sipping it off of him. Bonnie feels the moisture flood to her panties when she trails her hands down his muscular torso.
Stefan returns the favor by removing her shirt and stares at her heatedly; making Bonnie glad she's the one with the ability to start fires. She knows if he had the ability she would ablaze right now based on the fiery arousal she sees in his eyes.
Right away Stefan finds her neck and begins peppering kisses there, moving back and forth between the curve her jaw and her collarbone. With every moment that passes the heat between rises until the room could be mistaken for an inferno.
Slightly impatient, he quickly begins removing the rest of their clothing. After he's done he picks her and slowly lowers her to the bed before covering her body with his.
The Next Morning…
Stefan happily watches as Bonnie every now and then lets out happy grumbling sounds. While she dreams next to him, his mind drifts to the night before. The way she responded to him throughout the night brought back memories of their past life together. Despite her being unaware of their history, her body seems to remember. Her back would arch much like it did in past whenever he would trail a finger down her spine. And whenever she would near her peak her breath would hitch just like before. And he also couldn't help, but notice the way she extended her neck to him several times throughout the night. It had been somewhat difficult not to go there with her, but knows blood sharing is something they need to talk about when they aren't in throes of passion.
No longer content with just watching her; he buries his face into her hair to breathe in her scent and pulls her against his chest. The moment his skin makes contact with hers, he feels his arousal flare up and he moves his hand to her hips before moving up to her stomach. From there he begins drawing invisible shapes across her stomach with his fingers.
As Stefan's caresses become more deliberate, awareness slowly creeps into Bonnie. The moment her eyes pop open, she is flooded with memories from the night before. Stefan had been insatiable. So had she. Every time she thought she was done for the night, he would coax another orgasm out of her. Even now she feels her arousal rising and he's barely touching her.
Turned on, she flips over so they are facing each other and is struck by handsome he looks first thing in the morning. She caresses his cheek and smiles at him before leaning in for a kiss. Immediately, the passion between them ignites and soon Bonnie finds herself flat on her back.
Stefan hovers over Bonnie, his gray eyes meeting her green ones. Heat sizzles between them and he quickly leans down to kiss her before pulling away and moving farther down the bed. He presses kisses to her stomach, the curve of her waist, her hip, and to each of her thighs. She moans when he stops at her center and slowly licks her.
"Oh, God," he hears her gasp and a boastful smile pulls across his lips. He keeps going, getting deeper and deeper inside until he's practically inhaling her. Her arousal drips into his mouth and he growls, loving how amazing she tastes. Aroused himself, he grabs onto her thighs and opens them wider before diving in deeper with his tongue. When she clutches at the sheets and arches off the bed, he locks her legs around his shoulders in order to keep her still.
Bonnie moans when the tip of his tongue moves up to circle her clitoris. He does it several more times; teasing and tasting before he closes his mouth around it and begins sucking gently.
His cock hardens when she moans out his name right before she comes against his face. Her head thrashes back and forth until she comes down from her high. She is surprised when instead of pulling away; Stefan continues to move his mouth against her, building up her need once again.
Stefan groans as he continues greedily devouring her lower lips, his mouth unrelenting. He doesn't know what it is about her taste, but she tastes so good that he knows he would spend the rest of the day with his head between her legs if she let him.
Turned on, Bonnie grabs his head and her hands burrow into his hair. And for a second time, Bonnie feels her climax approaching and then she's lost in an abyss of pleasure.
Bonnie barely has the chance to come down from her high when Stefan suddenly straightens, her legs still up on his shoulders, and thrusts into her. She gasps at the unexpected surge of pleasure the move gives her. Her legs slightly ache from the position, but she cannot bring herself to care when he begins moving inside of her. When their gazes meet, she sees the raw pleasure on his face and she feels her walls tighten around his shaft.
Stefan mouth opens in pleasure as Bonnie's walls constrict around him and her nails rake his back. He loves how passionate she is, that she wants him just as much as he wants her. He continues moving in and out of her, finding delight in every moan he pulls from her. When he hears her breath hitch, he knows she is getting closer to her release.
Sure enough, after a few more thrusts, Bonnie throws her head back as she explodes and pleasure courses throughout her body.
The contractions of her orgasm, hint at the inevitability of his own orgasm and he begins slamming in and out of her, intent on getting there. He continues until his back stiffens and soon he's letting out a loud roar as he gets lost in his release.
-X-
Caroline rushes into the boardinghouse, annoyance radiating from her. She really doesn't appreciate being summoned first thing in the morning, but knows that with this group not checking in could be dangerous.
"I was on my way to check on Bonnie when you called. What's wrong?" She directs the question to Elena, completely ignoring Damon's presence.
"Blondie, I need to you get the Witch over here." Damon impatiently breaks in.
"Hello to you too Damon" Caroline rolls her eyes sarcastically. "And why exactly can't you call her yourself?" Did they seriously call her over for something they could have done themselves?
"Bonnie's not answering her phone."Elena frowns sadly. Things between them have been a bit strained since she and Damon have gotten together. Bonnie isn't hostile or anything, but she does get the feeling Bonnie isn't all that enthused by her new relationship.
"We have some info about where the cure could be, which means we may need magical help." Damon explains why they need Bonnie.
"And after last night, we think it's important that find the cure as quickly as possible." Elena chimes in, not wanting the two get into an inevitable argument.
"Kol tried to kill her last night because of the cure, I'm pretty sure last thing she wants to do is to get out of bed and focus on it."
"Well she needs to get over it. This is important." Damon rolls his eyes. "I'm getting a little tired of her picking and choosing when to help." He doesn't know what's changed lately –she's acting more like the judgmental witch he first met–but he does know he doesn't like it.
"With an attitude like that who can blame her." Caroline is actually kind of glad Bonnie's gotten more selective about how involved she gets when it comes to her magic as of late.
"Whatever, just get her here." He snaps, he'd forgotten how annoying the blonde can be. "And while you're doing that I'll get Stefan here."
Caroline says nothing; the glare in her eyes is almost glacial.
"Please."Elena pleads. "We really do need her help."
"I'll mention it when I go to see her, but that's it." Caroline folds her arms across her chest. "I'm not going out of my way to convince Bonnie to do something she may not want to do."
And with that Caroline leaves the two dark-haired vampires alone.
-X-
After their climaxes, the two lay together still intertwined in Bonnie's bed with Bonnie cuddled into Stefan's side.
"That was..." Stefan is first to regain his voice.
"Intense? Amazing?" Bonnie suggests breathlessly.
"Yeah." He utters, his lips pulling into a pleased smile before he slides his hand down her back and hauls her against him. Immediately, his cock hardens and he gives her his most seductive look.
"Already?" Bonnie gasps in surprise when she feels Stefan's groin poking against her thigh. She's definitely not opposed to having another round, but she is slightly shocked that he's ready so quickly.
"Yep." He gives her a heated look. "After last night you should know by now that when it comes to you, all you have to do is look at me and I want you." He wants to take her over and over again until neither of them can walk and if he has his way that is exactly how they will spend the day.
"Bonnie, I…" Caroline's loud booming voice can be heard as she opens the door to Bonnie's bedroom. She stops speaking the moment she spies Bonnie and Stefan tangled together in the bed. "Oh my God!"
Startled, Bonnie shifts to cover more of her body with the bed sheet and inadvertently presses herself closer to Stefan. Stefan hisses when her ass makes contact with his groin, but he makes no plans to move away. Instead he stares at Caroline, waiting for her reaction and she doesn't disappoint.
"Okay, when I told the others that you might not be all that eager to get out of bed this morning, this was so not what I had in mind." Caroline looks at them with her mouth open in shock.
"I knew there was something going on between you guys!" And it's the truth, over the last few months she's picked up on their mutual attraction. She just figured it would take awhile before they gave into their attraction. Looks like Matt was right and now she owes him 50 bucks.
"What are you doing here so early?" Bonnie looks at her best friend in confusion.
"I tried to call, but you didn't pick up." She glances at the phone on Bonnie's nightstand. "I thought you might be down about what happened yesterday and I wanted to check up on you. And to you know that Damon is looking for you." She directs her next words to Stefan. "And you too."
"I'm shocked." He deadpans.
"Yeah, he was pretty anxious to talk to you guys, but I think you guys should tell him to go fuck himself." She shrugs before changes the subject. "So…"She begins with a wicked grin. "How was your night?"
"Caroline!" Bonnie mutters embarrassed by the teasing. When she glances back at Stefan, he's sporting a smug smile so she nudges him in the stomach with her elbow.
"Okay. Okay I'll leave you alone." She concedes with a laugh. "But I expect you to be downstairs in a half hour so we can go to lunch and talk about this." Caroline directs at Bonnie before she quickly leaves the room, not giving either of them time to protest.
Bonnie barely has a chance to move when she finds herself on her back, an eager Stefan looming over her. Just the sight of his lust-filled face makes her tingle in anticipation and that feeling only increases when without warning he pushes inside of her. Her legs wrap around his hips and she begins meeting his unhurried thrusts.
Stefan moves inside of her slowly, establishing a languid rhythm, something that is different than all of the previous times before. Those other times, with the exception of that first time last night, had been passionate, rough, and urgent. Now Stefan takes his time, wanting to savor the moment with the woman he loves.
Bonnie's phone buzzes and she remembers the deadline Caroline issued out before going downstairs. She makes an attempt to say something, but the way he keeps gliding in and out of her makes it nearly impossible for her to think straight. Especially once he begins hitting that spot deep inside of her with every thrust.
Her phone buzzes again and she finally manages to force the words out. "Caroline's waiting for me …" She moans as their hips meet. "And you have to meet with Damon." Another moan. "We have to hurry…"
Stefan nods in agreement before he leans down to kiss her and continues to make love to her.
Fifteen minutes later, Caroline shakes her in amusement when she sees Stefan slowly making his way down the stairs, buttoning up his shirt. It's obvious from his relaxed stance, that he just got laid. She suspects that now that Bonnie and Stefan have apparently taken their relationship to the next level, they'll be all over each other. If it were anyone else, she'd be annoyed, but after everything the two of them have been through they deserve to have some fun. "Where's Bonnie?" She directs the question to him as he makes his way to the living room.
"She's in the shower." He informs her and is unable to stop a vision of a wet and naked Bonnie from popping up in his mind. "She should be down soon." He looks around the room for his leather jacket to distract himself from those particular thoughts.
"It's on the couch." Caroline points toward the jacket that is draped on the arm of the couch that is directly across the arm chair she's sitting in. She looks on as he slips on the jacket and grins happily to himself. Stefan smiling that widely is kind of unusual and she its then that moment she knows that he has really fallen for her best friend. Still that doesn't stop her from wanting to make sure.
"Okay as Bonnie's best friend I have to ask, what exactly are your intentions with her?" She looks at him expectantly, obviously waiting for him to answer.
Stefan says nothing, unsure how to answer the question.
"Bonnie is an amazing person so I'm not surprised that you fell for her." Caroline continues when he doesn't say anything. "I can't imagine anyone who has spent time with her not falling for her at least a little."
"I'm sensing a 'but' coming." Stefan picks up on tone of her voice.
"But." Caroline continues. "She's been hurt a lot and I would hate for it to happen again. And let's be honest our little group doesn't have the best track record with that kind of thing. Especially when it comes to Bonnie."
"I'm in love with Bonnie. The last thing I would ever want to do is hurt her." He stresses fiercely.
"That's what I wanted to hear. But you should know if you do hurt her, you're going to have to answer to me." She smiles, but from the look in her eyes, he can tell she will definitely make good on her threat if need be.
"Duly noted." He nods his head, agreeing with her. If he ever gets to the point of hurting her again he deserves whatever torture Caroline can come up with.
"Oh and Stefan?" She waits until he turns around before she continues. "Don't think I didn't hear you guys just now. I didn't think you had in you." She grins at him teasingly, her grin widening when he flushes in embarrassment and turns back toward the door.
"On that note, I'm going to get going. Tell Bonnie, I'll see her later." He utters right before opens the door.
Caroline can only laugh when Stefan walks out without saying anything else.
-X-
"You summoned me?" Stefan says a half hour later when he walks into the living room of the boarding house. He spots Damon on the couch draining a glass of scotch. "You do realize your drinking at 10 in the morning?"
"Other than sex, what's better than starting the day with a nice drink?" Damon smirks before he stands up to refill his glass. "Anyway I assume you finally checked your messages." He passes Stefan on his way to the bar area only to spin around abruptly and stare at his brother shock. "So that's why I couldn't get a hold of you or the witch, you spent the night banging her." Stefan says nothing. "Don't bother trying to deny it; I can smell her all over you." He adds his voice slightly bitter. He always wondered what it would be like to fuck Bonnie and he has to admit he's kind of jealous that his brother got to her first.
"Wasn't planning on denying it," He frowns at the insinuation that he would ever deny being with the woman he loves. "You're right Bonnie and I are together." As he says this a rush flows through his body and he knows he'll never get tired of saying it."
"Is there a reason you're keeping this a secret. Worried about the reactions you'll get?" He smiles his most arrogant smirk in place. He does have to admit that this
"Just because we don't go around bragging about our relationship, doesn't mean we're ashamed of it. Or are afraid of the reactions we'll get." He knows it will be better than the reaction Damon and Elena have gotten. "It's simple, what happens in our relationship is our business." Stefan says with steel in his voice. The decision to keep things between them had been more about privacy than anything else.
"Okay if you're so into Bonnie why are you so intent on finding the cure?"
"I have my reasons." And he does, just not for the reasons Damon thinks. When news of the cure first came out he hadn't been all that interested until he realized he could use to kill Klaus once and for all. So while the others focused on getting the cure for Elena, he has focusing on getting revenge for what the original did ninety years ago. He hates not being able to share his real reasons for wanting the cure with Bonnie, but he knows it would be difficult to explain without revealing their past together.
Damon rolls his eyes annoyed by Stefan's non answer and decides to focus on the reason he'd been trying to contact Stefan. "Let's get back to why I called you and Bonnie."
"That would be nice. No offense, but talking to you isn't all that high on my list right now."
"Whatever. And you can feel free to relay this info to Bonnie because I don't want deal with deadly glares being thrown at me."He snorts before growing more serious. "We found out where the cure might be hidden."
"Where?" Stefan looks at him surprise; he definitely hadn't been expecting that when he gotten to the boardinghouse.
"Nova Scotia." He drains the rest of his scotch. "Looks like the gang will be taking a little trip."
