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"So you say that you've been feeling tired and nauseous for a couple of weeks…any vomiting?" the campus doctor stated as he stared at the computer without making eye contact.

Bonnie shifted in on the exam table, "Umm…no, but I'm always on the cusp of feeling like it can happen at any time".

"I see", he replied turning to look at Bonnie, "last day of your menstrual…it says here, you don't quite remember".

"Well I have never been particularly regular", Bonnie explained, "I live kind of an exciting life".

The doctor looked at her blankly, "Uh, huh well…I'm going to give you a pregnancy test and…"

Bonnie's eyes bugged out, "Um…no that's not necessary!" she spoke quickly, "I know that I'm not pregnant. It has to be the flu or a really bad cold…or maybe it's just stress, I've been kind of…sad for a couple of days".

The doctor looked at her and removed his glasses. The look on his face told her that he was tired with dealing with these college girls and their issues.

"No…no…you see, I haven't had…I can't be pregnant", Bonnie smiled nervously.

"Have you had sexual intercourse in the past couple of weeks?"

The question threw Bonnie. She had, but it had nothing to do with the way she felt. Yes, after she realized that Damon left her and disappeared into thin air—she had felt hopeless, sad and depressed, but that was all.

"Your hesitation tells me that ordering the test is the right thing to do", the doctor stated standing up, "the nurse will be in and she will give you the cup".

Bonnie sighed. She wasn't pregnant, so taking the test wouldn't hurt her and it would be negative and then the doctor could figure out what was really wrong with her. Among all of the other issues she had going on, being pregnant wasn't one of them.

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After peeing in the cup, Bonnie returned to the exam room and sat on the table. She looked down at her hands as she waited for the doctor to return. Pregnant. Pfft. The doctor was probably being logical, but the fact that the only man she had slept with in the past couple of weeks was a vampire—kind of made being pregnant impossible. "God, Bonnie…how ridiculous did that just sound?" she whispered to herself. As soon as the words left her mouth, it was quickly replaced with the twisting feeling in her stomach that made her want to vomit. She had woken up the next morning, alone and naked in bed. The night before, she got lost in her emotions and for the first time in her life—she was selfish and did exactly what she felt like doing. The way Damon made love to her, looked at her and touched her that night set her entire body on fire. Her feelings that had developed over the previous months had all come out. She knew that she was putting herself in a position that she didn't need to be in, but he made her believe that he cared about her and that he desired her and then it all came crashing down when he left her with a letter. The familiar lump in her throat formed and she fought to push it back down before the doctor came back in.

"Miss Bennett", the doctor stated entering the exam room with a test.

"Yes", Bonnie said.

"Your test came back positive…" the doctor began, but was quickly drowned out as Bonnie felt as if the walls had started to close in. She could hear the doctor's voice in the background, but that was all. She had a hard time even understanding what he just said to her.

"Umm…what do you mean?"

"Bonnie, you're pregnant".

"No, I'm not".

The doctor raised an eyebrow, "Umm…I have a test here that says you are".

"It's impossible…no…I can take another one, you must have mixed up the tests or something with another person's", Bonnie looked down at the paper, "I mean, it's clearly wrong…here…take my blood, that will prove it".

The doctor sighed, "Fine…but I think that you are experiencing some denial here".

"My blood…please", she stated again holding out her arm.

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It had been a week since Bonnie walked out of the doctor's office with a bunch of pamphlets about choices, the stages of pregnancy and how to find an obstetrician. Since that day she sat in her dorm room staring at the pamphlets with tears flowing from her eyes. She was confused, angry and fearful about how this occurred and even, what she was going to do. She had no one talk to at Whitmore. She called Caroline, but she was so busy with the twins that she barely had time to talk. She wouldn't call her mother because what exactly would she tell her…'Hey Mom, I got pregnant by that sociopathic vampire that snapped your neck and turned you…but oh wait, he wasn't a sociopathic vampire anymore when I got pregnant by him, but he did leave me right after we had sex…'nope…that was not a conversation she was going to have with Abby.

Then it was the entire issue about how she got pregnant? Yes, she could admit that there was no protection used during her interlude with Damon, but he was a vampire for god sakes. He didn't get sick and most of all, he couldn't procreate. There had to be some supernatural reason as to why this happened and then, if that was the case—what kind of child was she carrying? Her hand instantly went to her stomach, which was still rather flat.

Bonnie picked up her cell and pressed Caroline's name again.

"Bonnie", Caroline answered breathlessly on the other end while Bonnie could hear two distinctive cries in the background, "I'm sorry for not calling you back, but things have been a little crazy".

"I know…I know…", Bonnie closed her eyes and breathed in, "umm…I wanted to know if you could come visit me for awhile".

"I don't know Bon…things are just so crazy here with the twins and…"

"Caroline", Bonnie gripped onto the phone as tears escaped her eyes, "I really need you to come to Mystic Falls".

"I thought you were at school, what's going on?"

Bonnie swallowed. She knew that Caroline needed to help Alaric with the twins, but she had no one else, "I'm pregnant and I just need…", Bonnie breathed, "I just need someone here with me, right now".

Bonnie heard complete silence on the other end and then, "You're what! What do you mean your pregnant…how…well I know how…but by who, I didn't think that you were dating anyone…"

"Can you just come and I will explain everything", Bonnie pleaded.

"I will be there in the morning", Caroline answered.

"Thank you", Bonnie sighed in relief.

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After picking Caroline up at the airport, they went straight to Bonnie's new apartment, when Bonnie finished her story, Caroline just stared at her unblinking. "Caroline, say something", Bonnie said uneasily.

Caroline just opened her mouth and then closed it.

"Caroline, I needyou to say something", Bonnie kneeled down in front of her.

"I need…I need some water", Caroline mumbled staring straight ahead.

Bonnie rushed over to the sink and poured water in a glass. Caroline took it and threw it in her own face and then blinked, "So I'm not on the plane having a nightmare…you really just stood in front of me and told me that you are pregnant and not only are you pregnant, but the baby is Damon's…Damon Salvatore's…the vampire…the one we hated for so long and the one that you somehow created a bond with. That Damon Salvatore?"

"Yes", Bonnie frowned.

"I mean, I knew that you were upset because he left—but I didn't know that you two were that close. I know you two were best friends, but pregnant…was there some kind of spell that went crazy?"

Bonnie shook her head, "No, it was one night. The night when he told me he was leaving. It wasn't planned, it kind of just happened".

"Just happened? Bonnie, come on…you sleeping with anyone, especially, Damon Salvatore didn't just happen".

"I…I made a mistake. I allowed my emotions to confuse me and I allowed something to happen that shouldn't have", Bonnie teared up, "I know that he is in love with Elena and they are still…together or whatever they are…and I was wrong. He's gone, he left me without so much of a verbal goodbye afterwards. He left while I was asleep".

Caroline frowned and shook her head, "A jackass until the very end".

"But the fact is, all of that doesn't matter…somehow…I'm carrying some kind of baby and I don't know what to think about it. I don't know if this is really a baby that we created, or some demon child or if it's something like your situation with the twins".

"Bonnie, I hate to break it to you. I doubt that it's a situation like the one with Jo and Alaric's twins. I am pretty sure that your baby is probably your baby".

Bonnie didn't know what to do exactly, but she knew that she had to find Damon. As much as she hated him at the moment, she needed him. They needed to figure this out and there was only one person who could possibly help her.

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Days later, Bonnie sat in a bar outside of Mystic Falls waiting. It was a struggle to even drive this far considering that she had to pull over every 20 minutes to vomit on the side of the road. As the days went on, she began to feel weaker than normal and she was convinced that the baby was starting to zap all of her energy. She also noticed that she was losing weight, when she should be gaining it. She needed to find Damon so they could figure out exactly what this was all about.

She sat in a booth with a glass of water waiting. She would rather be anywhere but here, but without being able to get in touch with Stefan, this was her last resort.

"Well, well, well…if it isn't the Warrior Witch, you know I still don't have full use of all of my fingers", Enzo stated before he slid across from her in the booth.

"I'm sorry", Bonnie deadpanned.

"Somehow, I don't believe that Love…now why in the world did you give me a call?" Enzo leaned forward leering at her.

"I'm sure you know Damon took off a little after the stint you pulled at The Armory, so I want to know where he is".

Enzo sat back and smiled sardonically at Bonnie, "You want to know where Damon is?", he chuckled shaking his head, "I tell you Witch, you are something with your pathetic school girl crush on him".

"Do you know where Damon is or not?" Bonnie ignored him and the invisible spear that went through his heart as those words left his mouth.

"Bonnie, he left and he didn't tell you where he was going. Don't you think that says a lot? Let me give you a little lesson about vampires, Love. We are immortals, we meet a lot of people throughout our very long lives and very few we think about after let's say…10 years or so. You were one of those people for Damon. He left and he didn't tell you where he was going because obviously he didn't want you to find him".

"Ok…", Bonnie stated through clenched teeth.

Enzo studied her for a few moments and then spoke again, "You want to know where your so-called best friend is? The one that you chopped off my hand to save? The one that you are willing to sacrifice your life for?"

"That's why I came here for", she stared back at him.

Enzo leaned forward and smirked at her as if he was happy to give her this information, "He's with Elena".

Bonnie's heart dropped into her stomach and suddenly she felt nauseous.

"Yup, he's with Elena. Apparently, the heart eyes you gave him wasn't enough to satisfy him until Elena awakened. So if you want to go find him, he's lying in a coffin beside Elena because he rather do that until you die. Then he can be reunited with the only person who actually matters in his life".

Bonnie balled her fists up as she sat at the table trying not to cry. Trying to bite back the tears that she knew would fall at any moment. She felt like she was drowning, but she needed to contain all of that in front of Enzo. He wanted this reaction for her. It would give his sociopathic self relief to know that he had this effect on her.

"Get out of here", she said through clenched teeth.

"I told you Love…this is how things go", he shrugged as he stood up.

She didn't watch him as he headed out of the bar, but she focused more than she ever had before. Suddenly, she heard people screaming and footsteps, "Someone help! We think he's having a seizure!"

Bonnie stood up from the booth and walked past Enzo on the floor squirming and holding the sides of his head.

She rushed out to her car and when she touched the door handle, she felt the bile rise in her throat and she dropped to her knees retching. Through her tears, she saw the vomit hit the ground and when she was finished, she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and sat down as she began to cry. She cried hysterically as she buried her head in her hands. Every fear that she had since she woke up that moment in bed alone had been confirmed. She couldn't understand this. She would never understand what she had done to deserve this.

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Bonnie noticed Caroline staring at her from across the table. It was the first time in 2 weeks that she had left her bedroom in her new apartment. Ever since that day at the bar, she felt weaker than she could ever remember. She could barely function or think straight. In addition, she couldn't keep any food down. At first she thought it was stress or depression, but then it felt like something was literally draining her. Maybe it was the baby. After seeing Enzo and hearing what he had to say, when she got home she tore apart her room looking for one of the pamphlets that the campus clinic had given her. The pamphlet that let her know that she had a choice. That she didn't have to go through with this. She even picked up the phone to make an appointment at one point but put it down for some reason, but then that night she had a dream of a little baby boy and she wasn't sure if it was a vision or a dream, but she realized that at this point…the choice wasn't one want she wanted to make.

However, she was suffering now and she didn't know what to do. Her obstetrician had no idea what to do and everything he tried, didn't work. She was scared to mix together any herbs, because she wasn't sure if they would hurt the baby.

"We have to find a way for you get better, you are wasting away", Caroline frowned sympathetically.

"I don't know what else to try", Bonnie said tiredly.

Caroline sat back, "I am going to help you, I'm going to find a way".

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After Caroline tracked down Stefan and summoned him back to Mystic Falls, Bonnie was starting to really feel like she was living a cruel joke. A month after he showed up, she walked into her living room and he was sitting on the couch looking through a magazine. She rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen. He had been back for a month and he wasn't staying at her apartment, but he would pop up unexpectedly and this was pretty much one of those times. She was sure Caroline had let him in before she left for a short trip to Texas.

Bonnie was feeling better thanks to his blood, but she had been in a bad mood since she woke up. She was starting to move into a very uncomfortable phase of her pregnancy and it set her on edge.

"Is there anything you need me to do?" Stefan asked coming up behind her in the kitchen.

Bonnie slammed down the container of milk, "Leaving me alone would be nice", she snapped in between her chugs of milk.

Stefan smiled. He was used to her mood swings and sometimes she believed that he actually enjoyed them. When he smiled at her, it pissed her off more.

"Bonnie, I told you…I'm not leaving you alone".

"Hmm…another difference between you and your brother", she sniped.

"Damon…"

"Don't say his name to me".

Stefan nodded.

"You know, I hate him. I hate that I ever thought he was a better person than what he was when he first showed up in Mystic Falls I hate that I let myself feel whatever I felt for him", she began calmly.

"Bonnie, I know that Damon leaving you…"

"Don't you dare defend him!" she balled up her fists and closed her eyes tightly, "don't you dare defend what he did! He allowed me to believe that he felt…that I was more than just a friend and he had sex with me and then he left. He left me and I will never forgive that. I was a fool Stefan and now, I'm standing here 6 months pregnant and I am a fool! I was fool to ever believe that I could be anything more than Elena's best friend…a placeholder…a side-kick!"

"Bonnie don't say that, you are none of those things", he moved closer to her, "and despite what Damon did, I know that he cared a lot about you".

"Cared about me? How could he care about me and leave me without even a proper goodbye? He left and he doesn't plan to return until I'm dead! How am I supposed to reconcile that!" Bonnie snorted as she began to cry, "And I'm sick of freaking crying!", she screamed throwing the milk container up against the wall sending milk splattering all over the kitchen wall.

"I know you are, but Bonnie…don't do this…don't blame yourself. You are strong, you are doing this and you are doing a great job. Everything is going to be ok and I am not going to leave you alone to deal with this. Look, don't concentrate on Damon. Concentrate on getting through this and that baby".

Bonnie blinked the tears away, "I'm alone…everyone leaves me".

Stefan wrapped Bonnie into a hug and wrapped his arms around her, "I'm not going to leave you, no matter what".

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Bonnie felt the intense pain of the contraction and immediately gripped onto the side of her hospital bed. She was lying on her side and the pain was shooting up and down her back. Caroline was holding her hand.

"Bonnie, the doctor will give you an epidural in a few moments", Caroline spoke quietly.

"I want it now!" Bonnie screamed.

"No you can't have it now…you have to wait awhile".

Bonnie closed her eyes in pain and gripped onto the sheets. If she could have laid eyes on Damon Salvatore in this instance, she would have set him on fire and this time there would be no one to stop her from burning him alive. He was the reason for this. He was why she was in this position and he had run away. He was a coward, a jackass and an all around jerk and if she ever laid eyes on him—she would kill him. In fact, after she gave birth, she would find out where he was and wake him up and then put a stake through his groin and then his heart. He needed to hurt.

"Get Stefan", she ordered Caroline.

"Ok…ok…", Caroline nodded rushing out of the room.

Stefan came in moments later, "Bonnie, what do you need?" Stefan asked.

"I need your hand", she stated.

Stefan reached out and took her hand and she squeezed it with all her might. Stefan dropped to his knees for a few moments, "I hate you and your brother", Bonnie hissed.

"I know", Stefan grimaced.

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Hours later, Bonnie sat on the edge of her hospital bed. Caroline and Stefan had left to change clothes and Matt had just left. She looked around at all of the blue balloons in the room and the blue teddy bear in the corner that Stefan had brought. Bonnie smiled sardonically, of course she would have a boy. A Boy Salvatore to carry on the legacy. Perfect.

The tiny baby of 6 pounds, 9 ounces and 18 inches long began to wiggle in her arms and she looked down. He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her. She was mesmerized by his eyes. They were a unique color of bluish green, almost turquoise in color. The more she stared at him, the more she saw it. He looked like Damon. Sure his skin was a tad darker, but he looked exactly as Damon did from the pictures that were scattered around the Salvatore boarding house. She lifted Caleb up and kissed him on the forehead. He smelled so sweet. She was in love. He was so innocent and perfect, that she felt a sense of euphoria to know that she had created this person…she had created him with Damon. She frowned at the thought. Bonnie envisioned having a child down the road, but she never thought that she would be a single mother. Maybe she could put aside her feelings for Damon and find him. She could wake him up and tell him about Caleb. They could deal with being parents together.

"Hey…", Stefan said entering the room.

"Hi", Bonnie looked up.

"How's he doing?"

"He's perfect", Bonnie smiled up at Stefan, "I was just thinking that he looks like Damon…you know from the baby pictures that are around the living room".

Stefan nodded focusing on Caleb, "He does…in a way".

Bonnie bit her lip, "Maybe I'm hormonal, but I was thinking…maybe we should find Damon. Well…at the very least, wake him up".

Stefan's head shot up, "You want to wake up Damon?"

"I mean, Caleb's here and I guess he should know that this happened…"

Stefan sat down next to her, "I will do whatever you want to do, but I think it's been a long day…".

Bonnie looked down at Caleb as he drifted back to sleep, "Umm…maybe I should think about it some more…you think?"

"Whatever you want…", Stefan answered.

Bonnie nodded as she looked down at Caleb and smiled.

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Bonnie stared at Caleb from the doorway of his playroom as he sat watching his cartoon playing with his cars. When she thought back to the moment that she found out that she was pregnant with him to this moment, her eyes filled with tears. Her baby was everything to her and she was would protect him with her life, from anyone and everything…blood or not. She walked into the room and kneeled down to kiss Caleb on the forehead, "Mommy has to go to work, but I will be home after…ok".

"Ok", Caleb stated turning back to his cartoon.

Bonnie smiled as she headed down the stairs, "I have to teach two classes today, so Stefan can you be on Caleb duty today?" Bonnie asked as she entered the kitchen.

"You teach?" Damon asked in between sips of his morning blood.

"Yes, I teach English a couple of days at Mystic Falls Community College", Bonnie answered without looking at him as she packed a lunch.

"I had no idea".

"Did you think that I only served as Caleb's mother?" she asked looking at him for the first time that morning.

"No, Bon…I just…"

"I can watch Caleb today, I planned to stay in today anyway", Stefan spoke up.

"Good…I should be back at around 4. He's upstairs in his playroom watching the Octanauts", Bonnie picked up her bag and headed out of the backdoor.

Damon gritted his teeth, "Things are definitely worse. It's been two days of her ignoring me and keeping her distance as well as Caleb's from me. She doesn't even consider me a caretaker for him anymore".

"Well what did you expect when you told her that you drove all the way to Brooklyn to apologize to Elena for having a baby with her?" Stefan asked.

"Look, I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing here. I desiccated myself 3 years ago and I wake up to not only her hating me, but a 2-year-old son. Me and Bonnie didn't have a relationship, but I did have one with Elena and I owed it to her to explain things…"

"And what do you owe Bonnie?" Stefan asked, "you left her alone. She carried your child and gave birth to him…what do you think you owe her?"

"Bonnie can't even look at me without sending me death glares".

"Do you not understand why that is?" Stefan moved closer to his brother, "are you really that self-centered?"

"What do you want me to say? I desiccated myself to protect her. Things were bad and I didn't want her to continue putting her life at risk for me".

"Yes, I understand that Damon".

"And yes, I was a dick for what I did. However, can I get cut some slack here?"

"The fact that you are still here and Bonnie hasn't thrown you out or set you on fire is all the slack you deserve. Look, Bonnie's last class ends at 4…maybe you should meet her after the class. You two need to talk and maybe not talking here will help".

Damon shook his head and sighed, "I didn't sleep with Bonnie as some last hurray. She means more than that to me. When you and Caroline fed me that blood and I woke up, I felt something…it was a pain in the pit of my stomach", he gestured to his mid-section, "my first thought was that Bonnie was gone and it hurt. It hurt to know that she was gone".

"Maybe you should be telling her that and not me", Stefan answered.

Damon raised an eyebrow, "What made you come get me? After all this time, what made you come after me? You seemed to have a nice thing going on here".

"Caleb was kidnapped and I was hoping that you could somehow help Bonnie find him", Stefan shrugged.

"But admit it Brother, there's a small part of you that hates that I'm here. I'm the bastard, I'm the brother who deserves nothing but misery. You have to feel something about the fact that I'm back and one day that little boy upstairs will know that I'm his father…"

Stefan met Damon's eyes, "Damon, no matter what title you have or how close you get to Caleb, I am pretty sure that my status in his life is solidified. I've been here since Day One and I'm not going anywhere and he knows it…but most of all, Bonnie knows it".

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Bonnie closed up her laptop as the students filed out of the room. She sat down at her desk for a few moments and closed her eyes. Since Caleb's kidnapping, she hadn't taught one class…but after dealing with Damon for over a week, she needed to get out of the house. Before Caleb was kidnapped, she was starting to feel like her life was back to normal again (well as much as it could be), but with Caleb's kidnapping and Damon being back, she felt like she was knocked off of her axis again.

"Bonnie Bennett", a voice disturbed her thoughts from the door.

Bonnie looked up and saw Trevor Dixon, one of her fellow professors standing in the doorway. Trevor taught Accounting while Bonnie taught English and he had flirted with her every chance he could get, but she always ignored it. She wasn't interested in dating and even if she were, Trevor wasn't the guy.

"Trevor, hi", she smiled standing up.

"How are you, I noticed that you were gone for a couple of classes", he asked concerned.

"Oh…yes…well my son was a little under weather".

"You have one child, right? The boy…"

"Caleb, Caleb's his name".

"Right, right…Caleb", Trevor nodded and let his last words just linger in the air.

Bonnie smiled uncomfortably and looked around, "Can I help you with something?"

"Oh, I just wanted to know if you wanted to have coffee with me after class one of these days".

"Oh Trevor, I wish I could—but I usually like to go home to my son after I leave work", Bonnie frowned.

"I understand…I do…but…yeah, I'm horrible at this—but I would really like to see you outside of the work setting, that's all", Trevor smiled shyly.

Bonnie smiled back at him. She had no idea why she was being so hard on him. True, he wasn't her type…but her type never ended well for her, "You know what Trevor, how about one Friday after class we go out for drinks…I'm a mommy…I like alcohol now", she winked.

Trevor's face lit up, "That's perfect. I will see you here after class and we can go out after Friday's class".

"Yes…it'll be fun", Bonnie added trying to sound excited.

"A college classroom, what a wonderful place to meet people".

Bonnie froze as she looked behind Trevor to see Damon walking in with a cocky grin. She narrowed her eyes as Trevor turned around, "Hi…can we help you?"

Damon looked at Trevor and took in his rather polished, stuffy look and snorted, "Actually, I'm here to pick up Bonnie".

Trevor looked back at Bonnie confused, "Bonnie, I didn't know…"

"This is Damon, he's…someone that I used to know".

Damon stared at Bonnie cocking his head to the side, "Yes, I'm someone that she used to know".

Trevor nodded slowly, "Well umm…Bonnie, I will call you. I have your number from the contact list".

"Ok…talk to you soon, Trevor", Bonnie called as Trevor headed out of the room, "What are you doing here?" Bonnie spat out at Damon.

"Who was that?"

"A fellow professor".

"It sounded like he wants to date you".

"And if he does, why is that any of your business?" Bonnie started packing up her bag.

"Because…"

"Because?" Bonnie stared at him waiting.

"Because you have a son".

She rolled her eyes, "Go to hell Damon".

"See that kind of language is not nice", he pointed at her.

"If you don't get that finger out of my face, you will lose it…violently".

Damon looked at his finger and lowered his hand, "Look, I came here to see you…I think we should go across the street to that little bar and talk for a little bit".

"Talk about what?"

"A couple things that we need to talk about away from the boarding house".

"Whether we are talking in the boarding house or at a bar, it won't matter".

Damon gritted his teeth. This was so much more difficult than he thought it would be, "Please just an hour".

"No bar, we can go somewhere else", Bonnie stated.

"Fine…wherever you want to go".

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Stefan and Caleb were on the floor playing with Caleb's cars. Caleb was busy making car noises as he ran the cars along the carpet.

"Caleb, can I talk to you for a moment?" Stefan asked.

Caleb looked up and smiled, "Mmm, hmm".

"Come here", Stefan pulled Caleb into his lap as the little boy looked at him with his big bluish green eyes, "you know that I love you, right?"

"Mmm, hmm…luh you Uncle Steffy", Caleb said touching Stefan's face.

"And no matter what, I will always be your Uncle Stefan".

"Mmm, hmm".

"And if you ever need me, I will be here for you".

Caleb smiled as he looked up at him and he wrapped his arms around him, kissing Stefan on the cheek. Stefan chuckled as he held onto Caleb kissing the top of his head as Caleb's giggles filled the air.

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"Stop", Bonnie said as Damon pulled up next to a park, "come with me", she got out of the car and started heading towards a bench in front of a fountain. Damon followed behind her. There were very few people walking through the park, but it was starting to clear out and he was kind of happy about that. He wasn't sure where this conversation would go, but he wanted to make sure that at the very least there would be little distraction.

"So…this is a nice spot", Damon stated looking around.

"Right over there…", Bonnie gestured with her chin, "is the campus clinic".

"Uh, huh…" Damon didn't follow her completely.

"I came here after I found out I was pregnant. I sat here for hours…until it got dark actually. I replayed everything in my head. Our night together, what was said and whether there was something that happened or I said something to somehow result in my pregnancy. Then I sat here and I thought or maybe tried to convince myself that you would come back. That you wouldn't just leave like that, especially not after what happened between us".

Damon looked over at her, "Bonnie, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you, the quite opposite actually".

Bonnie met his eyes, cocking her head to the side, "Did you come to my dorm room thinking that it would end like that?"

"You mean with us in bed?" Damon asked.

Bonnie nodded.

"Well to be perfectly honest Bon, I think the tension was always there between us. You know the whole, there's a thin line between love and hate thing…not just a theory…I think the sexual tension was always there between us…the feelings are what was new".

"You didn't have feelings for me Damon, not real feelings", Bonnie shook her head, "if you did, you wouldn't have walked out like that".

"Have you met me?" he raised an eyebrow, "I mess up everything. I don't know how to do things right. Bonnie, do you really believe that I didn't have feelings for you? Do you really believe that I would have taken that step with you if I didn't have feelings for you?"

"Damon, we…you left me. You left me in bed by myself and you left me with a letter. Do you know how that made me feel?"

Damon moved closer to Bonnie and focused on her eyes, "Tell me".

"Like a replacement. Like you used me to satisfy an urge and left me to be with the one person who you cared about more than anyone else. I told you that I didn't want you to leave and you did it anyway and you didn't just leave town or the country, you desiccated yourself and didn't want to be awakened until Elena was awake and I was dead…how do you think that makes someone feel?"

"I only wanted to protect you", Damon answered, "I didn't come to your dorm room thinking that I would let my feelings for you come out and then leave you. I don't think you get it, but then again why would you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You almost died in The Armory, Bonnie. I pleaded with you to just leave me and you refused. You forget, I've watched you for years put your life at risk…for Elena…for Jeremy…for everyone and ok…before, I didn't care. However, Bonnie Bennett you were one of the few people in this world that I needed to be happy and alive. I knew that we would be stuck in an endless cycle of you risking your life for mine and it's not fair to you".

Bonnie wanted to be moved by his words, but after years of hurt, it wasn't that easy, "I understand that, but you left me Damon. I was vulnerable with you. I keep my emotions close to my sleeve, especially with how I felt about you and I let them take over that night and to have you just leave me the way you did…it hurt. It hurt me more than I thought imaginable. It wasn't like we were drunk that night, we did what we did while both of us were sober and aware of our actions. I think that hurt me the most because at least if we were drunk, it could be written off as a drunken night".

"But it wasn't that…it was never that", Damon stated softly, "and Caleb was a product of it".

Bonnie sat up straight, "Yes, Caleb was a product of that night".

"And maybe whatever happened to bring him about was someone's way of telling us that what happened was supposed to", Damon said meeting Bonnie's eyes.

She looked away. She couldn't allow the walls to come down. She wouldn't let them, "I have to admit that I never thought you would take the news of Caleb this easily…I guess when I thought that there was a possibility that you would awaken before I was gone…"

Damon chuckled, "To tell the truth, I could never imagine me being this chill about having a kid either. But I guess when I was thrown into all of this and the fact that Caleb…that kid is special…it makes it easy".

"He is…he is…", Bonnie nodded smiling, "I think…", she began, but stopped realizing that her next words would change things, "I think we should tell Caleb who you are soon".

Damon looked over at Bonnie, "You mean…"

"Tell him that you're his father. I think its important now that he knows, but we all have to tell him together, including Stefan".

Damon chafed at the fact that Stefan was an equal part in this, but he couldn't say much with this olive branch Bonnie was extending him, "Thank you Bonnie".

"Things haven't changed between us. I'm still hurt and I don't know if I forgive you, but Caleb deserves to know you as his father", Bonnie breathed out.

"I won't disappoint him…or you", Damon said.

"You won't disappoint him because if you do...", Bonnie stood up and face Damon, "I will put a stake through your heart. I will not allow anyone to hurt my little boy, including his father. So in a couple of weeks, after you two spend some more time together…we need to tell him. But Damon, I mean what I say. If you ever hurt him in a way that you hurt me, I will destroy you".

Damon nodded at Bonnie in understanding, he believed her.

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"I'm watching them now".

"Where are they?"

"At Whitmore, they are talking…they appear to be getting along".

"Hmm…we have to wait awhile before making another move. They are probably still on alert from that feeble attempt a couple of weeks ago".

"That child is the key and we need to bring him over to our side…which means we need to raise him under our own hands".

"Did you see what she did to the others who tried to do just that? She burned them to a crisp".

"Then we will have to take her out first. The Salvatores won't be able to stop us then. When we make our move against the witch—make sure the child is no where near her".

"I know better, I will contact you soon".

Honestly, Bonnie's flashback may be the hardest part of this to write. Her anguish…her sadness…her hopelessness…and then the hope that she developed when Caleb was born.

Damon still has so much to make up for, he's only just began—it will take much more to get Bonnie to forgive him. However, I think he may be able to get Caleb to love him.

Trevor…not Bonnie's type, but maybe that's what she needs right now.

Also, who are the people watching Bonnie and Damon and what are they going to do to Bonnie? And why do they want Caleb?

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