Author's note: Most of the events in this chapter spontaneously popped into my head, so if they don't seem to follow on from my previous chapters, I apologise. I do know my main plot, it's just finding things to fill in the gaps that's the hard part, not to mention all the insignificant details that I have to add in because they will be useful later.

And trying to keep Damon's sense of humour and distaste is incredibly hard, plus trying to fit in all his mannerisms, and change the ones he can't have now that he is a human.

You can probably tell by now, that he is my favourite character to write, albeit the most challenging because things that may sound witty inside my head, end up sounding corny to everyone else.

One more thing. You won't be seeing much of Elena in this story; as she annoys me to no end, it's just something about her that makes me think "you can have Stefan, just keep your dirty hands off Damon, he's Bonnie's", but you will be seeing plenty of Donnie (Damon + Bonnie. Hmm… maybe not so clever…) because I absolutely LOVE them.

Sorry for such a long note. Enjoy the chapter :)

CHAPTER FOUR:

It was a good thing Stefan was so strong, or Damon would have knocked him over. As it was, he was struggling to remain upright. Damon dug his fingers into Stefan's back, planted his feet, and wrenched him to the ground, putting a foot triumphantly on top of Stefan's chest. Stefan stopped moving, waiting to hear what his brother had to say.

Damon pulled out a package of toothpicks. "I have. In my possession." he said dramatically "A bag of toothpicks."

Stefan looked confused. "Toothpicks?"

Damon chuckled darkly. "You seem to be forgetting that they are made out of wood, I'm sure that using these as acupuncture needles – though I admit I would stick them in just a teensy farther – would be quite painful for you. And if that fails, I also happen to have some pencils, twigs, and other assorted pointy wooden things."

To show Stefan that he was serious, he bent down and stuck a toothpick into his arm. He wasn't counting on the toothpick snapping though.

Hmm, he mused, phase two of my plan – torture Stefan – isn't going so well…

Stefan pulled out the remaining toothpick, a small spot of blood on his arm where it had dug into his skin. Damon smiled in satisfaction, knowing that even though it was only a small wound, that it had hurt him.

Damon reached into his jacket pocket, and pulled out a pencil. Now a human might laugh at that kind of threat, but Stefan, being a vampire, and knowing Damon like he did, he knew that he wouldn't hesitate to stab him. Even though he was a human, Damon was still pretty strong. Stefan stopped moving.

"Alright." Said Stefan. "What do you want?"

"I already told you. I want you to change me."

Before Stefan had a chance to tell Damon no for the second time, the front door squeaked open, and footsteps echoed down the hall, followed by a timid "Hello?" from a familiar voice.

Both boys froze as Bonnie entered the room. Why was it that everyone was walking in on Damon doing something he shouldn't be? Like threatening his brother with a lead pencil.

Apparently Bonnie found the situation quite comical, because she giggled – a sweet noise that made Damon's heart skip a beat. "A pencil?" she asked incredulously. "What were you planning on doing with that? Drawing on him?" Bonnie giggled again.

"Of course not." Damon answered her. "I wanted his opinion on which pencil to use; 2B or not 2B."

Bonnie put her hand to her ear and leaned to the right, as if trying very hard to hear something. "You know," She mused "If you listen reeeally carefully, you might just hear Shakespeare rolling in his grave."

Damon laughed, then gave Stefan the death stare as he got to his feet. His whole plan had been ruined. He would never get a chance to ambush Stefan again, let alone pin him down and torture him into turning him into a vampire. Damon sighed in frustration; as much as he liked Bonnie, her presence right now was a thorn in his side. But he bit his tongue and smiled in spite of himself.

Bonnie smiled gently back at him. "You looked like you were hurt last night." She said. "I came to see if you were okay."

Stefan gave Damon a look that said 'I told you so, now go for it!' Then strode from the room, leaving Bonnie and Damon standing across from each other.

Bonnie shifted nervously, she had seen the look Stefan had given Damon, and assumed it meant that Stefan wanted Damon to tell her something. Most likely something unpleasant.

Damon chuckled at her nervousness, but then halted abruptly when she frowned at him. He decided to get straight to the point. "Stefan thinks I should kiss you."

Bonnie blushed. "Do you want to?"

"See that's the thing." Said Damon. "If I was still a vampire I probably would have just done it for kicks. But now that I'm… human…" he said the word human like it was a dirty word "I suddenly find myself caring what you think."

"So you didn't before?" Bonnie sounded hurt. She was starting to think she liked the old, openly-cruel Damon, at least you knew where you stood with him. But now that he was more vulnerable he was trying to be more sly when he was insulting people, probably to avoid having his ass kicked by Stefan.

"I walked right into that, didn't I?" he said. "But never mind that, we were discussing whether or not you wanted to kiss me."

She cleared her throat. "I believe I was the one who asked you whether you wanted to kiss me." Bonnie paused awkwardly. "And why are we even having this conversation? Just becau—"

Bonnie never got to finish her sentence because her lips were suddenly very busy kissing Damon. She wanted nothing more than to melt into his arms and stay there forever, but something made her pull away.

"If I know you," she said. "And I like to think I do, then the only reason you're doing this is because you want something… like to make Elena jealous…"

Damon was furious. How could she think that? She held a little piece of his heart in her tiny little hands, no matter what he did, he couldn't get it back, and he didn't want it back either. Didn't she know that? There weren't many girls that he had kissed for any other reason than to drink a few pints of blood afterwards. Just Elena, Katherine – though he regretted ever going near that one after recent events – and Bonnie.

But how could he convince her? Without seeming like some stupid mushy, gooey, human of course. He wouldn't turn into one of those people who go around revealing their hearts and souls to the world. He liked his brash personality – it helped him hide the fact that he actually cared about anything - and didn't plan on changing. This was just a brief change of character. I'll go right back to my stormy self after this. He assured himself.

"If I wanted to make Elena jealous, I wouldn't have gone after one of her best friends." Hmm, that doesn't sound right. "Okay, maybe I would have. But, not you."

Bonnie huffed and crossed her arms across her chest. "I find it amazing how even when you're trying to sound sincere, you still come across as – for lack of better words – an ass."

Damon shrugged lazily. "No matter how much you want to, you can't change me. I'll always be this sarcastic, arrogant, and annoying. And don't expect there to be a 'sensitive' side of me that you can magically bring out. Even though I am now a weak, pitiful human, it doesn't mean I care about anything. Or anyone"

A tear slid down Bonnie's cheek, but she didn't wipe it away, she wanted Damon to know how much he had hurt her, and hoped that he felt guilty for making her cry. If it's even possible for him to feel guilt.

Emotion flickered across Damon's face, but before Bonnie could identify it, it was gone. She turned away from him, taking a deep breath to steady herself, only to be embarrassed when she let out a little sob. Running as fast as she could, she fled the boarding house.

Damon watched her go, all the while thinking I just broke that girl's heart. She might not know, but he felt incredibly guilty. Too late now, he thought, she's gone, and you have no way of distracting yourself. Well done.

Instead of feeling sad, he just felt angry –at himself. He used to be able to say whatever popped into his head without thinking of the consequences, but this feeble, hormone riddled body of his, made him actually care about other people. He was turning into a human. Not in the physical sense of course – he'd been there, done that – but in the emotional sense. He longed for the days when he could have snapped a girls neck without hesitation, simply because he wanted to, and not worry about what everyone else thought about him.

Well, I'd better make the best of a crappy situation and go after her. I can't make her feel any worse than she does. He set off after her.

Bonnie didn't know where she was going, all she knew was that she had to get away from the boarding house, away from Damon. She'd thought he might have changed. Obviously not. I should never have let him kiss me; all he wants to do is use me for some 'diabolical' plan of his. I should have known better. He's just as awful as always. People don't change. And neither do vampires.

She refused to think of him as a human. He was a vampire, and always would be. He's dead to me. Only after thinking that did she recognise the pun. Vampires were dead; of course he was dead to her. She laughed bitterly, ignoring the pain in her chest as her heart ripped in two.

Sorry it took me so long to update this time! Oh and if Damon seemed kind of out of character in this chapter, it was because it's hard for me to make him sound sincere without completely changing the way he acts.

I have to admit, I went a bit too far with the whole toothpick thing. That was REALLY corny. I shall never mention that incident again. (Hopefully).

I do know where this story is going, it's just going to take a lot of preamble to get there. I can't help but give you a little hint: something is going to happen later on in this story that will make you think "Oh God, why?" Someone will do something very surprising. I hope you guys are ready for someone to be stabbed in the back. I could mean metaphorically or literally, but that's for you to fund out.

IMPORTANT NOTE! I am changing my name! I will now be called BrokenHalo. I'm a bit nervous you guys won't be able to find me or something, so I'm giving you a days notice.

Kate (aka NewbieXD)