Couches, Kisses, & Weekend Getaways

A/N: Hey I hope you guys enjoy the chapter. Thanks for the reviews, follows, & favorites you guys are so awesome. I hope this can make your Monday a little better. It starts a week after the kiss and it probably features a slew of grammatical errors, but please forgive me for that lol.


Damon leans back against the smooth leather of the living room sofa as he grades papers on top of his crossed legs.

Though, he is in the middle of coloring Matt Donavan's less than stellar paper in his favorite shade of red, it does nothing to excite him like it once would've. The only thing that he derives any sort of pleasure from anymore is fantasizing about his darkly lite kiss with Bonnie Bennett.

It had only been a week since their lips meet for the first time, but it was starting to feel like a decade. And that is saying a lot coming from someone who has lived as many decades as he. The girl had asked him to give her space so that should could decide what she wanted to do.

Space…what and odd concept, Damon thought.

She needed to be away from him so that she could decide if she wanted to be with him? Wouldn't she need to spend more time with him so that she could see he's not really an asshole…well at least not all of the time?

Damon didn't understand it, but he respected her wishes and hasn't brought up the subject since. But now the vampire was becoming impatient.

Just as he is wondering if failing Matt Donavan would be enough to pull him from his sour mood, his little brother enters the room accompanied by his brunette girlfriend.

"Hi Mr. Salvatore," Elena says waving with one hand while intertwining her fingers and Stefan's with her other hand.

"Miss Gilbert," Damon replies coolly, not bothering to look up from his grading.

Stefan gives her an apologetic look for his brother's rudeness before saying, "Elena, why don't you go wait in the car. I'll be out in a second,"

The girl simply nods her head in response before leaving out of the room.

Once she is in the car, Stefan speaks again, "so were you going to tell me or did you expect I would just find out on my own?"

"Gee Stefan, I thought we've had this talk before if you want your hair to look like mines try less gel not more," Damon says jokingly

"Thanks for the unwanted advice, but I was actually referring to Bonnie Bennett."

Damon briefly registers a look of uneasiness on his face, however the expression is so fleeting that he is certain his brother must have missed it.

He didn't.

"What about Miss Bennett?" Damon questions, trying his best to sound nonchalant as the mere mention of the witch sends shivers down his spine.

"Caroline told Elena that you've been giving her a hard time. That you even made her miss the bus one day just so you could yell at her for doing calculus in during your precious class time."

"Is that all that Miss Forbes told you?" the older brother asks, hoping that his curiosity won't expose his guilt.

"What else is there to tell?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to fully understand all of the ridiculous allegations being levied against me so I could know if it was worth it to defend myself. It's not."

"Listen Bonnie is like Elena's sister so she is important to me too and I am important to you so back off," Stefan explains in a tone that lets Damon know he's serious.

"Are you important to me?" the older vampire questions

"You wouldn't have moved back to Mystic Falls with me if I wasn't," Stefan answers confidently

"How do you know I didn't just come back for my own reasons? Or maybe I came back so that I could shave your eyebrows in your sleep?"

"Maybe you did come back for those reasons, but I trust you. Just like I trust you to back off of Bonnie. She's had a hard life Damon, harder than you and I could ever know. So just give her a break would you?"

That statement really captured Damon's attention. He immediately stops grading and looks up at his brother for the first time since he'd entered the room.

"What do you mean she's had a hard life? I heard some of the other teachers gossiping about how her father and mother abandoned her, but what else am I missing?" he asks

"You're not missing anything because it's not my place to tell you anything. If Bonnie wants you to know her life story then she will tell you. But I'm pretty sure you acting like an asshole has ensured that that'll never happen."

"Just as well, I prefer not to be burdened with problems that don't concern me," he lies

"Whatever jackass, just remember to take it easy on her okay? Not everyone knows you well enough to know that you're not as cold as you like to pretend to be."

"Aren't you and Elena missing tryouts for Windy and Peter Pan?"

"Very funny. Actually we're going to her family's cabin for the weekend."

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. As your guardian, maybe I should go as a come along for the ride. Two horny teenagers alone in a cabin for a whole weekend, who knows what could happen."

"Nice try Damon, but it looks like you'll have to get some plans of your own this weekend. Besides Matt, Caroline, Jeremy and Bonnie will be joining us. It's like a couples retreat or something."

"I was aware that Miss Forbes and Mr. Donovan are currently dating, but I didn't know that Gilbert and Miss Bennett were seeing each other," he says, tightly clenching his jaw.

"They're not, but Elena and Caroline are convinced that they should be so it's a matchmaking project of theirs."

"What time will you be heading out of town?" Damon asks aloud, but in his head he has decided that if the girls persist in their efforts, Caroline will be penalized with an F and a month of detention and he would just have to go back and modify Elena's grade to something more failing and less passing.

"Elena and I have to go get some supplies and then we all are gonna meet at Caroline's. Her mom is letting us borrow her van," Stefan answers shaking his brother away from his thoughts.

"Have a safe trip brother, and do try not to eat any teenage girls while you are away," Damon says finally returning to his grading.

"I promise not to if you do too," Stefan jokes, but his brother ignores him and instead focuses on the paper that is currently in his hand.

Stefan takes the hint and leaves the house.

As soon as his brother is out of the door, Damon heads down to the garage.

So Bonnie thought it was okay to ask him for space and then go and spend the weekend in a cabin with Jeremy Gilbert? Surely she didn't really believe that Damon would just let that slide.


Several minutes later, Damon is pulling up outside of the Bennett residence. He sees no cars in the yard so he figures Bonnie must be home alone.

Still he parks his car a few blocks away to ensure that no one will notice him. Walking to the house as stealthy as he can manage, he knocks on the door with a heavy fist.

Moments later Bonnie opens the door with a facial expression that doesn't began to describe her shock at his visit.

"Is this your house?" he asks with urgency

"What?"

"Bonnie, does this house belong to you?"

"Yeah, I mean it was my mom's but when she left it became my dad's and now it belongs to me I guess," she answers with a puzzled look

"Invite me in," he commands

She hesitates, but soon responds, "Come in."

Damon walks quickly into the house shutting the door behind him.

"Look I know that we haven't talked about the kiss yet, but we will. I just don't think showing up to my house unannounced is gonna help me to make a decision any faster especially since my aunt and uncle will be home soon."

"Or maybe my showing up isn't great timing because you were just about to leave on your romantic weekend getaway with Jeremy Gilbert?" he counters

"Who told you about that?" she questions

"Does it matter?"

"Why is Stefan talking to you about me? Did you tell him about the kiss?"

"No, of course not! He mentioned your vacation briefly while he was trying to convince me to be nicer to you. He also mentioned that you were having some sort of trouble. I need to know what that trouble is."

"What? Wait? Why?" she says as she struggles to keep up with his subject changing.

"I know about your mom and your dad, but Stefan made it seem as though you were currently suffering at the hands of another."

"Yeah, I have this jackass history teacher who gives me horrible grades, but it's only because he really likes me," she says turning away from him

He grabs her hand and pulls her back so that she is wrapped tightly in his arms and pressed against his chest with no possible way to escape.

"I told you that I want to be the only man to look at you ever again," he says in a low voice that is more like a growl

"And I told you that that was impossible," she says in a tone that demonstrates her weakening resolve.

"Nothing is impossible," he counters with a look that makes Bonnie tremor.

"What? Are you going to lock me in a cage for the rest of my life?" she questions hoping to lighten the mood

"Don't be silly I would never put you in a cage. Maybe something a little more dignified like my bedroom."

"Oh my god, I let a man who wants to make me his prisoner into my house."

"I'm sure that the more you get to know me, the more appealing the idea of being locked in my bedroom will become. Now what was Stefan referring to?" he asks once again changing the subject.

She looks away from him without answering the question.

"Tell me," he orders pulling her chin up so that they're gaze may meet once more.

"Ugh…It's just some stuff with my aunt and uncle and their son. No big deal," she shrugs off

"Have they hurt you in anyway?" he asks, anger coating his tone.

"No…I…it's nothing," she tries to assure

"Answer the question Bonnie," he demands

"I think you should leave," she tells him pushing her way out of his arms.

"You think I should? Well I think that I am going to stay here and maybe make myself a cup of coffee so that I can have a little chat with the people you live with," he threatens

"You could lose your job if anyone found out you were here alone with me," she warns

He walks over to her to recapture her in his arms.

"Did that kiss prove anything to you? I don't care about this damn job or this damn town. I care about you and if anyone thinks that they can hurt you then I will just have to show them how wrong they are."

She bites back the tears that are threatening to fall.

He barely knows her, they've only kissed once, but yet he is more than willing to fight for her because he thinks she's in trouble. Maybe she was the horrible one not him.

"How are you going to show them?" she asks softly

"I have my ways, but first I need you to tell me exactly what they did to you."

"Damon I… I need you to let this go…please," she begs

"Bonnie I can't do that. I can't sit by and let anyone hurt you."

"They're the only family I have left Damon. If I lose them then I will have no one. So for right now could you please just leave it alone? For me?"

"For now and for you" he says before kissing her forehead

"Okay. Thank you."

"But if I hear about anything else I really will make you my prisoner."

"I'll just have Stefan to release me."

"Who says that I will take you to my bedroom at the boardinghouse? There is plenty of other bedrooms in the city."

"Mr. Salvatore that is definitely no way to speak to your student," she teases

"Miss Bennett my student shouldn't have kissed me like she did and maybe I wouldn't be pondering ways to keep her to myself."

Bonnie sighs at his statement.

"Don't sigh. Just tell me what you have to tell me. Tell me how you felt about the kiss or tell me what you want to do about it now. But don't sigh."

"I don't know how you'll take it,"

"Well I will take it much better with you in my arms than reading it in a text,"

"I don't know…"

"Tell me Bonnie, or I won't leave and then Stefan and Elena will get here and see us together. Or worse your aunt and uncle might come home and I'll get the chance to go ahead and have that little talk with them."

"You promised."

"I did and you promised to tell me how you felt. Looks like we're both liars. A perfect match I'd say."

"Fine. What do you want to know about it?"

"Well I am already confident in my kissing abilities, but a glowing review could never hurt."

"It was nice okay."

"Just nice? Are you sure that's the adjective you want to go with?"

"This is not going to be easy is it?"

"Nope."

"Okay Damon. The kiss was perfect like earth-shattering, butterfly-inducing, wish-I-could-do-this-forever perfect. Are you happy?"

"Happy…?" he playfully ponders aloud

Bonnie rolls her eyes at Damon, and once again struggles to free herself from his grasp, but he won't have it.

"I am elated that you enjoyed our kiss because I enjoyed it equally so if not more."

"I don't think it's possible that you could enjoy it more than I did."

"Is that so?"

"It's so."

"It's all I ever think about, it's the only thing I dream of, and I still imagine the feel of you in my arms, the feel of your lips. That kiss is eternally impressed on my brain."

She offers him a brief peck on the lips, wishing she could linger longer. "I have to pack and you have to go," she says

"You don't have to do anything."

"I promised them."

"Fine, but tell me one more thing."

"You're full of questions and demands this evening. You know that we're out of school right?"

He stares at her blankly without responding to her question.

"Fine, fine what do you want to know this time?"

"Have you decided to transfer out of my class?"

"No."

"No you haven't decided or no you won't be doing it?"

"No I won't be transferring out of your class at least not at the present."

"And that kiss meant that you belong to me now?"

"I didn't say that and I told you that I am not nor will I ever be your property."

"Fine. This whole…me holding you and that kiss it means that we could work on building a relationship?"

"We have a relationship, I am your student and you are my teacher."

"A relationship where I get to hold and kiss you whenever."

"I don't know how I feel about that."

"Okay, well how do you feel when I hold you, or when I kiss you"

It takes her awhile, but finally she says "warm…and safe."

"Then let's work to make you feel that way all the time."

"I'm okay with that, but this is still really weird because you are my teacher. And I'm conflicted because you have the perfect lips and I think underneath the ass you pretend to be might be a really sweet guy. It's just difficult okay. I never thought my first real boyfriend would be my teacher!"

"So I'm your boyfriend?"

"I didn't say that."

"You said that you never thought your first real boyfriend would be your teacher. That means that I am your boyfriend and your first one at that. I wonder what other firsts I could be."

"You definitely need to leave now."

"You could come with me."

"I can't and I don't know how I feel about going to places with you yet."

"Fine don't come with me, but you could stay home."

"I could do that, but that would disappoint my friends."

"But it would please me so very much,"

"Guess you'll just have to please yourself."

"Or if we're giving out helpful suggestions we could spend the weekend at the boardinghouse pleasing each other."

"Or you could go home. The street's lights should be on soon and I'm pretty sure it's your bedtime."

"How do you expect me to sit home alone all weekend when you are in a cabin alone with Jeremy Gilbert?"

"Other people will be there too."

"That's not helping."

"Even though I'm not your girlfriend and you have no claim to me, I will agree to Skype with you each night that I am away."

"Will you have clothes on or…" he jokes

She punches him in his chest, before saying deadpan "do you want me to call or not?"

"Do I have to have on clothes?"

"Goodbye Mr. Salvatore."

"Okay okay fine. I will be fully dressed and waiting by my laptop for your call."

"Who says that I still want to call you?"

"I say,"

"What makes you think that?"

"Because of this," he begins before capturing her face into to his hands and pulling her in for a kiss.

This time he starts off in the lead, tenderly moving his lips against hers, massaging her tongue with his own. She places her fingers in his inky black hair, tugging on his locks as he slides his hands down to her waist. He moves from her mouth to her necks placing soft kiss down the length of it. Bonnie tangles one of her legs around his frame, taking the hint he lifts her up so that both of her legs could wrap around his waist.

While still hurriedly kissing every inch of the girl that he has access too, he walks them over to the couch where he lays her down softly on her back before lowering himself down on top of her.

Bonnie begins unbuttoning his oxford shirt, kissing his pale sculpted chest with as much fervor as he is currently exhibiting with his kisses on her mouth.

"Jamie make sure that Bonnie got the dry-cleaning," they both hear Lucy call out before footsteps begin approaching the door.

"Damon you have to…" Bonnie begins in a rushed tone, but before she can even finish her sentence the man's body is no longer pressed against hers, his lips are no longer on her body, and his hands no longer holding her, he is nowhere to be seen.

What the hell?