AN: Thanks for reading and reviewing the last chapter guys it really means alot. I hope this chapter is atleast half decent for your reading pleasure. Here's the latest..

You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood...blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.

Damon snorted but the thoughts of a wise man after being forced to watch a mini buffy the vampire slayer marathon with Elena wouldn't leave his mind, He didn't think the quote applied to him and Bonnie completely. I mean, it wasn't like they were having sex or that he even entertained the thought of fucking Bonnie.

Well, that wasn't completely true. He thought about that time at the grille after he tried to kill her after that little stunt Emily pulled. A threat from Bonnie with all the feistiness she could muster up within her tiny frame made heat rush down his spine and straight to balls. He had never wanted to fuck someone so badly in his life.

Now here he was jaw clenching and unclenching while his hands were busy doing the same thing, not out of anger but out of frustration. It took every ounce of strength he had to remain where he was and not go over to where Bonnie was, who was too busy smiling and giggling like she just heard the funniest damn joke in the world.

And with his vampire hearing having heard the joke, it wasn't that damn funny.

He watched as Bonnie flipped her hair over her shoulder noticing for the hundredth time tonight that she dyed it a lighter color. She was practically a blonde. He always had a taste for brunettes but staring at Bonnie now in her tight fitted sweater and a pair of jeans that may require all of her vampire strength to get out of, his taste was starting to change.

Damon had to admit, he liked this look on her, alot.

They haven't seen much of each other since the night at her house when she all out refused to forgive him for turning her. He didn't really expect her to forgive him but he was hoping she would be able to see that he gave a damn about her enough to want her around for eternity.

Sure, his method was questionable and of course he probably should have asked before ending her life. But Damon knew Bonnie would have said no. They all knew. But the way he saw it, the more time they spent on rehashing all the reasons why Bonnie couldn't be a vampire, the more time they'll waste securing Bonnie's spot next to him.

Damon blinked and frowned at his own thoughts. He reminding himself again that Bonnie was his best friend, and Elena was his girl. The girl he's been waiting his entire life for.

The Corner of Damon's eye crinkled when two guys who looked to overdressed to be at this party approached Bonnie.

"Don't you think you've had enough?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes recognizing the voice immediately "No, let's just say over the past few months I've developed a high tolerance for alcohol."

Seth nodded grabbing the red plastic cup from Bonnie's hand and taking a sip "Johnnie Walker out of a plastic cup? I've taught you well." he said winking before finishing the last of the bourbon.

A growl from across the room caught Bonnie's attention but she refused to acknowledge the fact that Damon somehow ended up at the same party.

"What are you guys doing here?" Bonnie asked looking between the brothers.

Richie shrugged "We needed to lay low for a while and what better way than a party in the middle of nowhere, where there's underage drinking?"

"I'm not underage."

Eyes completely on the leggy blonde that walked passed him Seth said "She is."

Bonnie punched him in the arm "Hey, she's underage."

"Ouch." Seth said rubbing his arm.

Richie shrugged on his brother's behalf "Eighteen is still legal last I heard."

Bonnie rolled her eyes "Why do I even bother? I'm sure you two aren't the first pair of creeps to weasel their way into a party uninvited."

The snort from across the room let Bonnie know Damon was listening to every word.

Seth who was still looking at Bonnie and still rubbing his sore arm said "For someone so tiny you sure pack one hell of a punch."

Bonnie smiled "Kickboxing lessons three times a week."

Richie pinched her chin between his fingers "You're beautiful when you lie. Do you know that?"

"Care to introduce me to your friends Bon Bon?"

Seth nearly jumped out of his skin "Where the hell did you come from?"

Damon smirked "You were so engrossed in conversation" he said looking at Richie who still held Bonnie's chin "you must've didn't hear me approach."

Richie narrowed his eyes "I would've heard you."

"I doubt that."

"Damon, isn't there some place else you need to be right now? Like I don't know, maybe wherever Elena is?"

Damon smiled a little at her attempt to get rid of him "Elena, is spending time with Jeremy, Bon Bon. She missed her brother and who am I to get in the middle of two people who are trying to catch up?"

Seth eyed Damon a little "You're doing a pretty good job now."

Damon's eyes glinted "Your friend is funny Bon Bon. Really really funny."

Richie looked at Bonnie "Bon Bon?"

Damon smiled proudly "That's my nickname for her."

Bonnie cleared her throat forgetting they only knew her but her alias. "My real name is Bonnie. I was hiding so I had to give you an alias, sorry." she smiled.

Richie smiled and looked at his brother "What did I tell you? I think you owe me five hundred bucks."

Seth cursed giving his brother the money.

"You guys made a bet on me?"

Seth slighted her with a look "duh, a pretty girl shows up in town with no explanation outside of needing a break. You didn't think we would be suspicious and ask around about you?"

"Besides who would believe you wanted to take a break at the titty twister." Richie added.

Damon's head whipped around so fast to look at Bonnie "What the hell were you doing there Bonnie?"

Damon wasn't ashamed to admit he may have known about the famous supernatural club and may have frequented it a few hundred times throughout his vampire years.

Bonnie ignored him "And?"

Richie raised a brow "And what?"

"What did you find out about me?"

"Besides, the fact that everything you've told was a lie. Well except about the part where you had a boyfriend, Enzo it?"

Bonnie looked down "Ex-boyfriend, we broke up."

Seth grabbed a beer "What happened?"

Richie rolled his eyes "Maybe she doesn't want to talk about it Seth."

He was right, she didn't.

Bonnie swallowed a little "He did something unforgivable—"

"He cheated on you?"

Bonnie shook her head.

Both brothers were on full alert now "Did he hurt you?"

The tension that suddenly swept through the brothers didn't escape Damon. He wondered about it.

"No, he just made a decision about my life that I would never agree too. "Bonnie looked at both brothers who were clearly confused "Look, it doesn't matter. It wouldn't have worked out anyone. I wasn't as in love with him as I thought."

Damon who was quiet the entire time finally said "Maybe you're too pissed to see that he did it for all the right reasons. "

Bonnie grabbed Seth's beer "I don't care what reasons he thought he had. I will never forgive him for what he did."

Bonnie and Damon stared at each other.

"Bonnie, sometimes things happen to us that we don't have control over. Life deals you a shitty hand and although you didn't ask for it, those are the cards you were dealt so now you have to play them."

Richie got Bonnie's full attention after that "What if the person who dealt you the shitty hand was the person that claimed to care about you? Do you suck it up and move on? or Do you hold them accountable for the shitty hand in the first place?"

Seth and Richie both thinking about the role he and his brother played in Kate's life "She's got you their brother."

"You know if we could take back everything we did to hurt Kate and change the outcome of her life, we would. The choices Richie and I made were selfish and I can't excuse that. But we did love her."

The whole-time Richie was talking. Damon's eyes never left Bonnie's. Suddenly he needed some air. Neither brother noticed Damon leave.

"Where's Kate now?"

Seth shrugged "Last time we heard she was with her brother, she won't speak to us."

Bonnie ran a hand through her hair "Forgiveness takes time. But healing may take forever."

Seth smiled sadly "I don't have forever."

Bonnie and Richie looked at each other and said "Neither do we."

Seth rolled his eyes "Can you two be any more transparent?"

Bonnie laughed "How did you find out?"

"Richard smelled you."

Bonnie scrunched up her nose "That's not weird."

"What he meant to say was you smell less sweet, more dead." Richie tacked on.

Bonnie flinched a little "Yea, it's what happens when you die."

Bonnie looked in direction Damon went in, she wanted to kick herself for having the urge to go after him.

"Tell your vampire friend, that he needs to work on his guilty face."

"What guilty face?"

"The one he wore when you refused to forgive him for hurting you."

Green eyes widen "How did you—"

"I told you to be less transparent."

Caroline swung open her front door letting Elena in "I was just on my way out."

"This won't take long. I talked to Matt the other day and I think he blames me for what happened to Bonnie."

Caroline looked at Elena "Did he say that?"

Elena sighed "No, but I know he does. Damon needed me back and after everything he's been through—"

Caroline rolled her eyes "Elena, this isn't about Damon and what he's been through? This is about Damon being a dick and taking Bonnie's life like she meant nothing to us. This is about every night I had to spend with Bonnie because she was afraid she would go out and kill someone. This is about the fact Bonnie was the last of her line and now she won't be able to have kids of her own because Damon took that away from her."

Elena swallowed shaking her head "I know, I don't know why I said that."

"You said it because you forgot that there are more important things outside of Damon's hurt feelings and his love for you."

Elena looked at Caroline and nodded "You're right. But just because I love Damon it doesn't mean I love you guys any less."

Caroline snorted "I love you Elena but let's be honest you and I was never as close as you were with Bonnie and I am with Bonnie. Our mutual love for Bonnie is what got us this far and that's why I refuse to give up on you. The three of us is one of the few things familiar to Bonnie, it's also the only few connections she still has to her human life. I won't give up on that."

Elena smiled knowing this to be true "Thank you, Caroline."

"Don't thank me, Thank Bonnie. You forget to do that a lot lately."

Bonnie stuffed her hands in the pockets of her leather jacket, the cold breeze blew in her face forcing Bonnie to tuck it behind her ear "I should've known. Sybil warned me but I didn't listen."

Damon eyed Bonnie in surprise "How did you know I was here?"

Bonnie shrugged "This was the place you wanted me to kill you when I was the huntress, the first place you told me you loved me and I believed you."

"I do love you Bonnie."

Bonnie looked away.

Damon sighed "You said Sybil tried to warn you. What did the evil bitch say?"

Bonnie laughed a little her mind went back to her deal with the bitch in order to spring Damon and Enzo from her possession.

"You had one job to do and you couldn't even do that. How am I supposed to believe you made the ultimate sacrifice when you refuse to do what I ask."

Green eyes rolled "Are you kidding me? I'm here aren't I? And the deal was if you freed Damon and Enzo from your possession, you could have me. I'm not required to do anything outside of being here."

"I could make you."

"You could try but you know that shit doesn't work on me." she smiled sweetly "perks of being a witch and all of that."

Sybil sighed exasperatedly "After seeing you in Damon and Enzo's most precious memories and listening to your vampire friend Caroline speak so passionately about you and your loyalty." she stepped closer to Bonnie "I wanted that. It was always what I've wanted."

Bonnie didn't take a step back, even though Sybil was breaking some major personal space rules "You wanted servants, but I'm not here to serve you. I'm here to keep you company and keep the people I love safe. "

"I don't need company."

"No, but you need a new hobby and to back up off of me."

"I'm starting to see the appeal and why Damon is so enamored with you."

Bonnie blinked, but said nothing.

Sybil laughed "You don't have any idea the lengths Damon will go to keep you safe and in his life. do you?"

Silence.

Sybil smiled evilly "I guess you're going to find out soon enough."

Damon gritted his teeth "I hate that you had to sacrifice yourself for me again, I will always hate it that's why I turned you."

"I hated sacrificing myself too, but it was my choice. Mine. You took that away from me."

Damon shook his head "I took away your will to die every chance you get. I refuse to lose you Bonnie."

"You lost me the moment you killed me, Damon. Everything we had was destroyed. Was it really worth it?"

The question gave Damon pause but he answered even though he knew she wouldn't like the answer "You're alive and you'll remain so for eternity. Either way you're stuck with me, so it was completely worth it." he said and walked off.

A tear rolled down Bonnie's cheek, she angrily wiped it away and pulled out her cellphone and pressed five on the speed dial "Hey, it's me. I need you to do me a favor."

AN: Alright guys! Who did Bonnie call and what is the favor she wants from them? And the Geckos aren't gone, so we'll be flashing back to Bonnie's time with them. Sybil predicting Damon's plans for Bonnie was weird, right? But there's more to that little story and what about the tension between Bamon and Carolena? Drop me a line and let me know what you think and as always thanks for reading.