Kol slowly began to lift his head off of his pillow, awoken by the sound of crashing pots and pans. Scrunching his eyebrows together, Kol tried to get his alcohol riddled mind to remember the events of last night, but all he got in return was a piercing headache. Dropping his head back down with a groan, there were a few things he could work out, without thinking too hard. One; he went out last night to the club and apparently by the way the room was spinning, had drank way too much. Two; he was naked, and given his success rate and the bra strewn across the floor, it was pretty safe to assume he'd hooked up with someone. Three; he was in his apartment, not the ideal location to be in on a Saturday morning. He much preferred to opt for going back to the girl's place, much easier to make that 'no strings attached' quick getaway.

Lifting himself up and slowly swinging his legs to the floor, Kol managed a sitting position with much effort. There were further clanging and banging noises still coming from the kitchen, all he wanted to do right now was sleep off his hang over but at this rate it was never going to happen. Whoever he had brought home last night needed to leave and leave now. Getting up to deal with the consequences of last night he grabbed at the closest pair of pants to put on and wandered out to the living area.

Alarm bells started going off in his head when he saw the girl he had brought home, she was raiding his fridge whilst attempting to cook something on the stove and wearing his t-shirt. 'This isn't going to be easy' he thought shaking his head. He could tell this girl wasn't going to budge from his apartment now that she'd made her way in. He'd met girls like this before.

"Koley baby, I'm just making us breakfast in bed, I was going to surprise you" sticking her bottom lip out at him for spoiling her plans. Kol didn't find her exaggerated pout very appealing, and the cutesy nickname only annoyed him further.

"Look ahhhhh….." leaving an awkward pause hoping she'd fill in the blanks as he had no idea what her name was. "Mary Sue" she said her smile only faltering slightly. "Yeah Mary Sue … look, about that….. you see, I've got a lot of things on today so I think I'm probably going to skip breakfast altogether" scratching the back of his head with disinterest, hoping she'd take the hint. She didn't.

"That's ok, I'll just clean up around here, maybe duck out for a bit grab my stuff, maybe some food to restock our fridge and have dinner ready for when you get back" beaming back at Kol as she revealed her well laid out plans for them.

'Shit' he cursed under his breath, he was too hung over to deal with this. Kol dropped his head into his hands and slowly began to massage his temple. 'Think Kol, think' muttering as he closed his eyes, in a brief moment of clarity it came to him. He did know a quick way to get this girl out of his apartment and without much effort on his part. Smiling, pleased with himself for having one clear thought this morning, he headed for the door. It was times like these that made his deal with Rebekah well worth it.

Bonnie kicked back putting her feet up on the couch and began reading one of Rebekah's glossy magazines. She couldn't sleep in any longer, not without having to listen to the sounds coming from her and Rebekah's adjoining bedroom wall.

Bonnie was just about to find out who the new man in Jennifer Aniston's life was when there was an urgent knock at the door. "Urgh" that is so not for me Bonnie thought to herself "Bekah" she shouted out not wanting to get off the couch. "Someone's at the door for you!" Bonnie smiled to herself, it was also a bit of payback for waking her up so early this morning after her late shift. "Who is it?" Rebekah yelled back through her bedroom door, angry at being disturbed.

Kol had waited long enough, he could hear Bonnie and Rebekah clear as day through the door and seeing as neither were making moves to answer it he decided to let himself in. "Oh look… he's cheeky and sneaky and really really creepy" bonnie sang from her spot on the couch, peering over her magazine at Kol entering their apartment "It's KOL". She yelled the last bit of her jingle so Rebekah could hear.

Kol wasn't in the mood for the girl's antics, "Mature Bonnie, real mature" he tried to roll his eyes at Bonnie but the pain was too much. Clutching at his head, it felt like someone had hit him over the head with a baseball bat. Bonnie just gave him her best sarcastic smile whilst raising her eyebrows at the ridiculous cartoon peanuts on his pants. "Nice pj's"

Ignoring Bonnie's digs at him he continued on with the purpose of his visit "Bekah, I need you to come next door" Yelling out as he couldn't see Rebekah anywhere. "Go away" was the only response he got. "Come on Bekah, we have an agreement" He tried yelling again but was just met by silence.

As the silence seemed to drag on, Kol just crossed his arms standing his ground. Bonnie saw his defiant look and with a sigh she put down her magazine. She decided she had better try and explain the current situation, knowing if she didn't this standoff could last for hours. "Look Kol, you may as well give up, she bought Stefan home last night and there's no way you're going to get her out of there" pointing towards Rebekah's closed door.

"Look Bonnie you don't understand…I do something for Bekah and in return she does something for me and right now I need her to do that thing" He didn't want to be getting into this with Bonnie right now but he wasn't leaving until Rebekah agreed to come next door and keep her side of the bargain.

"Yeah thanks Kol, I understand the definition of 'agreement'" pausing to glare at him angrily, she couldn't understand why he was being so evasive. "What you can do is explain to me what this thing is that she does for you" Bonnie asked, trying to get to the bottom of why he desperately needed Rebekah so early in the morning. Kol looked down, not willing to answer her question.

"She helps me get rid of unwanted house guests" Kol finally admitted, unable to take the silence any longer but still not wanting to meet her questioning eyes. Bonnie's eyebrows shot up at his sudden admission "and why would she do that? What's she getting out of this little deal?" He could tell by her tone that Bonnie wasn't the least bit impressed.

Kol felt awkward about telling Bonnie, "I'm not allowed to talk to any of her female friends" finally looking up to meet her gaze, all he saw were her brilliant green eyes glaring back at him. "Look Bonnie, Bekah was pleading with me to stay away from her friends and I figured I may as well get something in return for fulfilling my part of the bargain", he smiled slightly, trying to explain things from his point of view. Not seeing Bonnie's look change he realised he hadn't made things any better.

Bonnie understood the terms and conditions of this little deal between her two friends, loud and clear. "You do realise Kol, that I'm one of her friends." pausing to watch her statement sink in "so I guess that means you should be staying away from me" she finished watching the small smile fade from his face. Bonnie just shook her head at her would be friend and lifted her magazine to block him from view.

Kol hadn't seen a problem with his arrangement with Rebekah until Bonnie had arrived on the scene. He'd taken an immediate liking to Bonnie and chosen to ignore his side of the deal until now. Bonnie was right though, according to their agreement he shouldn't have been spending time with her. He couldn't help it though; yeah sure at the start it was because she was easy on the eyes but as time went on it felt like something more.

This plan of attack had turned out to be more trouble than what it was worth, Rebekah obviously wasn't moving and Bonnie was now ignoring him. This was not the Saturday morning Kol had envisaged when he ventured out last night. Taking a big breath and blowing it out slowly through puffed cheeks he decided to head back to his own apartment to deal with this mess himself,

Moments after Kol had left, Bonnie saw Rebekah's door open and watched her as she walked towards their front door with a purpose. Bonnie wasn't going to let her off that easily, "since when did you start making deals with the devil?" Rebekah stopped in her tracks at Bonnie's question. Rebekah started to open her mouth to answer her but Bonnie could sense the lie about to play on Rebekah's lips. "Don't even try it, Kol told me all about your little deal".

Rebekah felt like a deer caught in headlights; she knew there was no getting around this. "I don't like doing it but it's a small price to pay not to have to watch my friends' hearts get broken" she said, finally deciding to come clean with Bonnie.

Bonnie didn't appreciate Rebekah taking it upon herself to decide that Kol and she couldn't just be friends and let her know as much, "You're not giving much credit to your friends there Rebekah". She had to roll her eyes at Bonnie's statement, who did she think she was kidding? "I've seen the way you look at him Bonnie, admit it that guy pushes your buttons, flips your switch and many other euphemisms I could use to basically say he turns you on, OK. I'm not blind". Bonnie put the magazine down and headed for her room, she didn't want to listen to home truths from Rebekah right now.

"and let me tell you if it wasn't for this deal he would've already had his way with you and you'd be crying and out that door and I'd be down a flatmate and another friend" she was ranting at Bonnie's retreating form. Rebekah wished to herself as she walked out the door that she could make Bonnie see that she only did it for her own good.

"Honey I'm home" Rebekah said singing out to Kol as she turned the key in his door, performing their usual role play. "You needn't bother" Kol said stopping her. Rebekah raised a questioning eyebrow at him as her eyes darted around the room. "She's gone" Kol said simply, answering her unsaid question as he popped two pills into his mouth and washed them down with a glass of water. "How did you manage that?" Rebekah couldn't believe that Kol had decided to do his own dirty work this time.

Kol didn't bother to answer her, he was sick of talking. He only had one thing left to say to Rebekah, and he'd wanted to tell her since he left her apartment this morning "The deals off Rebekah" he said sternly, making it clear to her that under no uncertain terms was he going to budge on this decision.

Not pleased with the turn of events, Rebekah stormed towards his door. Turning to him as she opened it, she was going to have the last word. "Whatever Kol, like you've been sticking to it lately anyway" she shouted at him before slamming his door on the way out.


Matt heard the bell tinkle above the front door and took a step back from the mixer to admire the girl that walked in. "Good afternoon Bonnie Bennett" trying on his best managerial voice "if you're late again I'm going to have to start docking your pay". Matt greeted Bonnie with a smile to show he was just kidding around.

"Sorry Matt" Bonnie started her apology as she walked out the back to put her stuff in her locker and get changed "my class ran late again". Bonnie felt like she had apologised to Matt for being late almost every shift and she felt awful about letting him down, though she was thankful that it was Matt she had to apologise to and not their manager. Actually come to think of it every shift for the last 3 weeks she had been rostered on with Matt, it was almost as if he'd requested it.

"Hey Matt?" she asked walking over to help him get the dough ready. "Yes Bonnie" he replied lifting the sticky dough out of the mixer. "Do you realise that we have been rostered on together for every shift lately?" she asked leaning up against the counter, eyeballing him for an indication to confirm her suspicions.

Matt froze at Bonnie's question worried he'd been caught out. The large ball of dough he had in his hands slowly started to droop slowly back into the mixer. "Do you think there's some kind of conspiracy going on?" Matt asked quirking his eyebrow at her, doing his best to feign shock and horror. Bonnie just laughed at the silly face he was pulling.

Bonnie had grown quite fond of Matt in the past few weeks, they had spent most of their shifts mucking around, having fun and sometimes even in fits of laughter. She just wondered if he felt anything more than friendship towards her. She knew Matt was shy though and trying to get him to admit to anything was going to be hard. "Ha Ha, no not so much conspiracy, more like someone requesting certain shifts" she said making patterns in the flour on the bench top.

Matt looked over to Bonnie, he knew he was busted. He couldn't help that he was falling for Bonnie, ever since their first shift together he'd been smitten with her and now watching her doodle crazy patterns in the white flour wearing the green polo 'Pizza Place' shirt that matched those amazing eyes he didn't feel the least bit guilty about requesting to work the same shifts. He just gave her one of his cheeky smiles returning her question, "and would there be anything wrong with that, if it were true?"

Bonnie eyes lit up, she knew it was more than just a coincidence, taking Matt's goofy smile and question as basic admission "hmmmmm, I don't think I'd have a problem with it" she smiled cheekily back at him. "Then what's with all the questioning?" he asked concerned there was more to it than she was letting on. "I knew it was your doing, I just wanted you to admit it to it" she said laughing at his distress.

Matt brought the big pile of dough over to the bench top in front of Bonnie and dropped it from a height, sending a cloud of flour all over her. "Oh you did not just do that" Bonnie said in mock outrage, picking up a handful of flour to throw at him.

Bonnie and Matt had managed to clean the flour off themselves and open the shop without any further incidences. Matt was putting on the toppings for the next order when he decided to muster up his courage and make his move. He had spent a fair bit of time with Bonnie lately and felt confident enough that she liked him. Looking at Bonnie he just knew if he didn't ask her soon some other guy was going to beat him to it if they hadn't already. "So Bonnie" he looked over to where she was rolling out dough, meeting her eyes "what are you doing next Friday night?" breathing a sigh of relief at finally managing to get the question out.

Bonnie thought Matt's shyness was too cute, she could see him becoming more than a friend and was willing to explore that route. About to say nothing Bonnie suddenly remembered she did have something on that night "Noth….Oh wait, sorry Matt but I forgot I promised Rebekah she could take me out to a club that night, she's been dying to take me out forever and this is my first Friday night off so" watching Matt's face fall Bonnie could tell it would be weeks before he asked her out again. She quickly added "but there's no reason you couldn't come too". Matt just nodded shocked at his small success. "Great! I'll text you the details when I get them off Bekah" Bonnie finished.

Matt finally found his voice "Ok. Cool. Sounds like a plan" it was not the date Matt had been hoping for but he was willing to take a night out with Bonnie and her flatmate as a step in the right direction.

Bonnie heard the bell ring loudly and turned to see the one person she'd been managing to avoid for the last two weeks. "Ugh of all the pizza joints in New York you had to walk into mine" she faked smiled at Kol as he came towards the counter.

Kol had no idea that Bonnie would be working at the Pizza Place tonight, when he called up earlier to place his order Matt had answered. To walk in and see her for the first time since that fateful Saturday morning looking sexy as hell in her Pizza Place outfit of all things, Kol instantly regretted deciding on Pizza for dinner. He hated that Bonnie had been avoiding him and seeing her only reminded him of how much he missed hanging out with her. He wasn't going to let her sarcastic dig at him go by without reply though. "Of all the pizza joints in New York you had to work at mine" he counted, reminding Bonnie that it had been him that first introduced her to the Pizza Place.

Kol's words were not lost on Bonnie, she sighed taking out her order book and pen resigning to the fact that he had been frequenting the Pizza Place way before she started working here. "Ok what do you want Kol" ready to take his order. "I phoned ahead" he replied smiling smugly at Bonnie. Looking to the back he saw Matt "Hey Matt" giving his friend a genuine smile and wave.

Bonnie upon hearing this turned to face Matt ready to jump over the bench and strangle him. Why hadn't he told her Kol had ordered takeaway and was coming down to the store. She had told him all about her falling out with Kol and a friendly heads up would've been nice.

Matt saw Bonnie's death stare and just shrugged in response, he had no idea that 'Kol coming down to the store' was information he should've divulged to Bonnie. Kol had been his mate for years and he didn't think twice about it when he rang up earlier. "Hey Kol, what's up?" Matt asked cutting Kol's pizza ready to put in a box. "Not a lot" Kol replied he had had a pretty uneventful week. "Seen the boys lately?" Matt asked keen to hear about his friends that played in his band.

Kol's face lit up forgetting his boring week. "Yeah I have actually, we've finally booked a big gig down at the Pavilion next month so we've been practicing quite a bit" Kol was pretty excited about booking a place that usually only reserved spots for big names. They were the opening act but he wasn't about to start complaining. "Wow the Pavilion, that sounds great" Matt said impressed they had finally booked a place that held more than 100 people. "Yeah I know, Steve and Paul have this big idea to get t-shirts and cd covers made up so we can sell them on the night, but I don't know we don't have any designs or anything ready so it's a bit of a stretch"

Bonnie's ears pricked up Kol's mention of the word design but she wasn't going to pipe up and say she could be of assistance. Apparently she didn't need to. "Hey! Why don't you get Bonnie to help you with some designs, have you seen her stuff it's awesome" Matt said excitedly volunteering her services for the job. He wasn't considering the fact that this meant Bonnie had to spend time with Kol whom he knew she wasn't too fond of at the moment. All he could think of was his friends and he really wanted to see them succeed knowing they needed money for expensive studio sessions, selling band shirts designed by bonnie would definitely help.

Kol narrowed his eyes at Bonnie, this girl was full of surprises. He knew she did something artistic but what it entailed or how good she was, he had no idea, she had never shown him her work. "So Bonnie", Kol began, he knew this was going to be a hard sell "I know I'm not your favourite person at the moment but would you consider helping us come up with a few designs for shirts and things" shoving his hands in his pockets and looking at her forlorn.

She hated that look, it always made her do things she didn't necessarily want to do. Although Bonnie had to admit she did like helping people and apparently Kol's band mates were friends of Matt so she felt like she should do something to help them out. "Ugh I guess,….. but", she realised she had one last card up her sleeve that would get her out of this, "I thought according to your little deal you're not supposed to be spending time with me" she pointed out to him putting her hands on her hips in defiance.

"Oh Bonnie, that deal has been off the table for weeks now" Kol smiled at her like the cat that got the cream. Bonnie was shocked, why hadn't Rebekah told her their deal was off? Oh wait, thinking about it for a second, Bonnie knew exactly why she'd withheld the information from her, she obviously still thought Bonnie had a thing for him.

"Fine I'll do it" Bonnie finally agreed. "Ok, well here's my number. Text me when your free and we'll set up a time to come round and work on designs" Kol couldn't keep the grin off his face, Bonnie was not only no longer ignoring him but going to be spending time with him.

Licking his thumb he leaned over the counter "Bonnie, you've got a bit of" wiping off the small bit of flour smudged on the side of her face. Seeing Bonnie screw her face up he pulled back "there got it" smiling wickedly as he picked up his pizza.

Bonnie was grossed out at just having Kol wipe his spit on her face, that guy just didn't let up. "You know Kol, you really are incorrigible" Bonnie said to his back as he walked to the door. Spinning to her as he pulled it open he smiled smugly at her, retorting "I Know".

Bonnie just shook her head at the audacity of him "That wasn't a compliment Kol!" she yelled just before the door closed. Matt looked bewildered as the two interacted, wondering why he had just volunteered Bonnie.


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