Chapter 3

Ten Years ago Martha Vineyard

Damon couldn't believe he forgot he promised Stefan that he and his college friends could use his beach house for one week during the summer. Damon had just spent his first year at Salvatore Industries after graduating from Harvard. After graduation he immediately went to go work with his father learning the ropes of making deals and growing the family empire. It had been a long year for Damon because his passion was design he loved the concept of taking a vision and drawing it on paper and seeing that concept or vision come to life. So having to sit in an office or boardroom instead of outdoors watching his vision go from paper to life was hard. In fact Damon was miserable and had taken a week off during the summer to unwind and determine if this was the life he was destined for or could he break away from the family plans that were decided before he took his first step or discovered his love for drawing.

Damon decided that a short escape to Martha's Vineyard for a couple of days is just what he needed. He thought that after a couple of days by himself he then might invite his old college roommates Enzo St. John and Ric Saltzman down and they could hit a few of the local bars and he would have fun and then return home and talk to his parents about his desire to branch out and find new opportunities for Salvatore Industries.

The 4 bedroom house sat on 11.95 acres with its own private beach. It had been given to Damon by his grandmother after his Grandfather Dimitri Salvatore had passed away. Damon's Grandmother Antoinette was aware of all the pressure that was placed on the firstborn son and grandson to be the next legacy and future of Salvatore Industries and she thought having someplace he could go and unwind and be out of the public eye would help him cope more with the stress and responsibility of being the heir to the Salvatore empire.

He had arrived at the estate late due to a late meeting and then missing the ferry and having to rent a charter to get him to the island. It was about 3 am when he climbed the staircase and fell onto the king size bed in the master bedroom. Damon was so tired he didn't even take off his pants. He removed his jacket and tie and shoes and left them on the floor. He was exhausted and would probably sleep thru the next day.

Bonnie had been sleeping for what felt like only 30 minutes when she woke up because she felt someone getting in bed behind her. Thinking it was Matt her best friend she turned over to cuddle with him because he was angry and upset due to a fight he had with Zoey his girlfriend who had spent the night flirting with one of the bartenders at the nightclub in town they went to.

Bonnie felt bad for Matt because they had planned this vacation several months ago, and he had confided that he was planning on proposing to Zoey while on the island. From what Bonnie could hear from them arguing when they returned to the house, it looked like they were breaking up instead of getting engaged. That would make the rest of their vacation awkward since the house was almost secluded on its own private island and only accessible by ferry or charter and the next ferry wasn't scheduled until the end of the week. That meant that if in fact Matt and Zoey did break up it would be at least 2 days before she would be able to catch a ferry back into town. Of course there were charter boats, but Bonnie didn't know if Matt or Zoey could afford the expensive cost of a private charter. In addition with it being awkward for the couple having to be in the same house right after a breakup, the sleeping arrangements might be an issue. There were only four bedrooms on the estate and Stefan and Caroline had taken one room, Tyler and Elena and Matt and Zoey the other two. That left the master bedroom in the house and the couples had offered it to Bonnie to compensate that she was currently single as she had just recently ended things with Marcel a guy she had been casually seeing for the last couple of months. Bonnie had tried to back out of going on the trip but Elena and Caroline refused to leave her alone in Mystic Falls.

If Matt and Zoey did break up that would change the room arrangements and while Bonnie didn't dislike Zoey she also didn't want to spend her vacation sharing a room with someone who had just hurt one of her best friends. Bonnie and Matt had been friends for years and this wouldn't be the first time they had innocently slept in the same bed so Bonnie didn't think twice about cuddling with him as even though she hadn't dated Marcel nearly as long as Matt and Zoey it still took her a minute to get over the ending of their relationship. In fact Bonnie figured she would rather share her bed with Matt for a couple of days then having to play nice with Zoey.

Bonnie with her eyes still closed reached out to wrap her arms around Matt and put her head on his chest. She reached up to rub her face in his neck and immediately noticed how good he smelled, she didn't remember smelling this cologne earlier that night when they had danced at the club. She breathed in deeper as Matt placed his arms around Bonnie and began to rub up against her. His lips started caressing her face and inching further down to her chest. Bonnie moaned unable to get over how instantly her body responded to Matt. All of a sudden Bonnie realized she was dry-humping with Matt, whose girlfriend was down the hall, Matt who was probably more of a best friend than Caroline and Elena. He knew more about her struggles with feeling like she never fitting in with the less than diverse population of Mystic Falls. Bonnie was one of only a few black girls at Mystic Falls High and spent most of her time with Caroline and Elena. Now that she was in college she felt she still didn't fit in, most of the black girls on campus had grown up in urban cities and she felt uncomfortable around them. First her style was more bohemian free spirit compared to their urban style and second she felt conflicted like she would have to choose groups. Bonnie had tried joining a black sorority while Elena decided against a sorority and Caroline joined a very social high maintenance sorority. It was very rare that they attended the same parties or events. Bonnie rarely saw her friends and the girls in her sorority were nice and welcoming but again Bonnie felt like she never really fit in.

By her junior year she had less to do with her sorority, but by then Elena was dating Tyler and Caroline was involved with Stefan who was from a very affluent family from New York so since NYU was a very diverse campus so Bonnie made other friends, but still considered Caroline and Elena her best friends. While Caroline and Elena were her best friends she still had a close bond with Matt. They had a lot in commence since Matt didn't come from a wealthy family, had absentee parents, and both still had to work their way thru college. It was actually Matt who went with Bonnie to buy her first car because her father was once again out of town on assignment. Bonnie knew that while she loved Matt she wasn't in love with Matt and knew he was hurting and maybe just wanted to be wanted by someone. Bonnie never had romantic feelings toward Matt and just because one of them was hurt and the other lonely she wasn't about to ruin their friendship with a one night stand.

Before things got out of control or went someplace they would both regret Bonnie said, "Matt we need to stop". She unwrapped her hands from his neck, but this just caused him to moan and move his body on top of her and that's when Bonnie heard.

"My name is Damon not Matt, so I guess that means we don't have to stop." Bonnie jumped back and over so far that she fell out of the bed. She was trying to get up and run for the door but was tangled in the sheets. Damon started reaching over the bed to the lamp on the bedside table, but before he could get the light switched on Bonnie started panicking and then frustrated because she couldn't get up off the floor.

"Who are you and how in the hell did you get in this house, I'm not alone and you better get out before my roommate's come in." All of a sudden the lights flicked on and Bonnie saw six pack abs on a sculpted chest, chiseled jaw, and then the most ice blue eyes on a face that had to be the mold for Adonis. Bonnie forgot all about an intruder in the house as she couldn't stop drooling over her almost lover.

Damon got out of the bed and walked over to help Bonnie up and said, "Okay Goldilocks, you want tell me why you are in my bed trying to seduce me?"

Bonnie then remembered that she was just making out with this stranger, and pushed herself away and said, "What do you mean your bed, and me seduce you, I was the one already in bed you got in bed with me. This house belongs to my friend Stefan Salvatore and I don't know if you are drunk and walked into the wrong house, or if you are homeless and thought the house was vacant but you can explain that to the authorities once they get here."

Damon laughed and said, "Wow you are quite the little firecracker, why don't you just calm down, if anyone needs to explain themselves to the authorities it would be you. If my memory is correct you started having sex with me, before Damon could finish the door opened and Stefan, Caroline, Elena and Tyler all came rushing in.

Caroline looked at Bonnie in only her bra and boy shorts and Damon in just his pants and said, "You guys were about to have sex?"

Bonnie responded, "Good heavens no." as she ran over to Stefan and said, "You need to call the security, sheriff, police, harbor patrol whomever is in control on this island, you have an intruder in the house who broke in and got in bed with me."

Damon again laughed and walked to the door as Bonnie yelled, "Quick Tyler and Stefan grab him before he escapes."

Damon said, "Hey baby, if anyone is an intruder that would be you, and yes Blondie your friend here got in bed with me looking at Bonnie he walked over to turn on the lights and said, "Don't pretend you didn't want this".

Bonnie walked back over to Damon and with no shoes on she was barely 5'4 compared to his 6'0 frame but with no fear she stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and poked him in the chest and said, "First of all I'm not your baby, and Second I was in the bed first and I think I would remember if I went to bed alone or not. Lastly I was trying to seduce you I thought you were someone else."

This caught Elena and Caroline attention, Elena said, "Bonnie who did you think you were in bed with, did you meet someone at the club?"

Caroline said, "I want to know what happened did you guys have sex? I didn't even know you knew each other"

Bonnie started rubbing her temples, and said, Elena no I didn't meet someone at the club and bring them back here and Caroline I don't know this person, haven't you been listening he is an intruder."

Damon walked over to Stefan and said "okay this has gone on long enough and its not getting us anywhere, we you please get these people out of my room."

Bonnie glared at Damon and said, "Your room, I thought this house belong to Stefan's grandparents."

Stefan sheepishly looked over at Bonnie and said, "Well it used to be Bonnie, but when my grandfather passed away it was given to my brother. Bonnie meet Damon, he looked at Damon and said, Damon meet Bonnie one of my friends from school. I thought you knew I was bring my friends up here this week."

Damon went to the open door and said, "No Stefan I didn't remember, because I wouldn't have traveled by plane, boat, and taxi over 8 hours just to climb into my bed to have one of your quirky friends try and seduce me. Now can you please all kindly get out of my room so I can try and go back to bed?"

Bonnie looked over at Stefan and said, "Your brother, oh my gosh I'm so embarrassed, I thought you said he lived in New York. She then glared at Damon and said, what do you mean try and seduce, remember I'm the one who stopped us when we were making out,"

Damon smirked and said, "That's when you thought I was hum who was it Matt?"

Elena and Caroline both screamed and Caroline said, "OMG, Bonnie what is going on?"

Bonnie, closed her eyes and rubbed her temples again and looked at Damon and said, "Thank you big mouth. She opened her eyes and bashfully looked at Caroline and Elena and said, "It was just a big mistake, Matt and Zoey got into a fight and I thought he came in here too sleep and I felt sorry for him and thought I would cuddle with him, glaring at Damon she said I didn't mean for it to lead to making out. Can we please just forget this happened, it was a misunderstanding and I don't want Matt to hear this he has enough to deal with without adding on my mistake?"

Damon motioned for the door again and said, "No problem, now can you all just get out of my room?"

The group started heading out of the room, and Caroline said, "Bonnie we need to talk about this", eyeing Damon still shirtless body.

Bonnie said, "Caroline not tonight I'm exhausted, embarrassed and now apparently I've lost my bed. Stefan is it okay if I sleep in the office for tonight and I can find my way back to the island and home tomorrow?"

Stefan said, "Sure Bonnie let me get the pull out ready and there is no way you are leaving tomorrow we will work this out. Let's all just get some rest and tomorrow we will figure something out."

Bonnie an Damon spent the rest of the week, arguing and bickering like an old married couple. Bonnie constantly picking on Damon for being a self-entitled, arrogant playboy, while Damon teased Bonnie that she was a self-righteous, judgmental Debbie Downer. The rest of the group could see what they didn't. CHEMISTRY.

After that week Damon and Bonnie wouldn't meet again until 2 years later when Stefan deviously tricked Damon into hiring Bonnie as his intern.

Author Note:

Thank you guys so much for the reviews and suggestions. I'm sorry about the misspellings and will try to do better with the layout. I was trying to rush the first 2 chapters and with this chapter I tried to take my time. This chapter was a little long but wanted to give some background on how Damon and Bonnie met. The next chapter will start with how they started a relationship but will also go back to them having to work together. Damon will find out about Izzie soon because The story is centered on their dynamic has a family.

Please continue the reviews and suggestions and remember this is my first story so I'm new at editing so I appreciate your kindness and patience.