"Why should I help you" The question startles Stefan and he fines like a little boy being scolded. He looks down ashamed of himself. "Look at me" Her voice his stern and his eyes snap up. Green, with light traces of Gold and fire. He's seen that look before, most of the time that look was pointed towards Damon. But at this very moment Bonnie is looking at him with all the anger and malicious she can muster up.
"I never asked you to. You came her on your own accord. Speaking of how did you find me, Klaus was very caref…."
"Klaus forgot that your girlfriend is best friends with a witch. You do remember your girlfriend, your girlfriend that just lost her aunt and really needs her loving and protective boyfriend. And what about Damon…"
"You hate Damon so why does it matter"
"Because….because it just does okay. Damon maybe a reckless, self-centered, arrogant bastard but I guess in his weird way he cares about you. Family is important to him, don't take it for granted that you have someone who cares" Bonnie stares off and Stefan sees her eyes gloss over and he notices it. It had taken him this, to see her this way. Away from her loyal martyr act that she showed whenever she was in Elena's presence. Away from her acts of going above and beyond to prove to Damon and anyone else that she felt could hurt her that she was tough enough to take them down. He saw a small teenage girl. Taking on the world, all alone.
"Bonnie, you don't know anything about me. Or why I'm here" Stefan voice remains gentle but it still holds a hint of frustration and annoyance.
"Urgh, Stefan I honestly don't have time for this, but Elena needs you. And what about Caroline your suppose to be working with her, and Damon…."
'I DID THIS FOR DAMON" He's had enough of her judgment, the self-righteous tone in her voice as if she knew what the hell is was she was talking about. Her eyes soften and she sighs she takes a step forward, hoping she can get through to him for Elena's sake.
"What do you mean? What did you do for Damon I don't understand" Stefan glares at her turning his back, he doesn't need her trying to understand what's going on. Trying to convince him she could help, he had to keep the part of him that knew Bonnie meant well locked up.
"Just go, Bonnie I don't know how you got here. But just go" Bonnie takes a step forward and he growls letting that be the only warning he'll give her.
"You know what, apart of me thinks you want to stay here, I'm trying to help against my better judgement…"
"Better judgement huh?" And now he get's it. She doesn't care that he's gone or what's happening to him. She wants to do this so she'll look like the "good friend" in Elena's eyes trying to help her with her big bad boyfriend. And it's moments like these that Stefan understands what Damon means about her being a Judgy little witch. His eyes hood over and again they look cold, angry as if the Stefan everyone thought they knew were dead and gone. Bonnie does even get a chance to breathe when she's thrown against a wall, Stefan's hand tight against her throat. Her eyes are wild, scared and Stefan enjoys it, that a witch as strong as Bonnie is afraid of him.
"Ste…Stef. An Please" She begs, and Stefan shuts his eyes he doesn't know how to feel. Something feels wrong, this is Bonnie. Judgmental or not she's a good person, a friend.
Stefan's eyes open and he looks around sweat trickling from his head, he's in bed. He searches the room for Bonnie but she's not there.
"It was a dream" Stefan let's out a breath and apart of him is relieved that Bonnie hadn't seen him like that but another part of him wonders if it's something more.
"Ste..fan Please" The words come out as if she's choking and he can barely make them out but Damon is sure she just said his brother's name. Her face is red and flushed when she shoots up out of bed, hair matted against her face with sweat. She blinks fast and has a terrible time breathing.
"Hey, Hey witch relax it was just a stupid dream" Bonnie blinks and slides back wondering how the hell did Damon get into her bedroom. The she looks around the huge bedroom and realizes that this isn't her room.
"I fell a sleep here" She let's out in a winded breath.
"And by here, you do mean my bedroom right" Bonnie frowns looking down at the sheets.
"This is your bedroom" Damon rolls his eyes at her being disgusted by falling a sleep in his room.
"I'll go tell the others your awake" Damon turns to leave but Bonnie grabs his hand.
"No, look hey I just feel bad that I put you out" Bonnie apologizes and Damon sort of feels like he's in the twilight zone.
"Huh…..you feel bad about doing something to me" Damon questions with the raise of a brow. Bonnie rolls her eyes and Damon feels slightly better. That's more like it.
"It's just this is your bedroom, you should have waken me I would have let you have your bed"
"Well that wouldn't be the gentlemanly thing to do"
"No it would be the Damon thing to do" Bonnie shoots back.
"Wow you wake up from a nightmare barely able to breathe and two seconds later your shooting insults off at me. I think that maybe a record, even for you. Look I should probably tell Scooby and the gang your up they were worried out of their minds"
"Damon please wait" Bonnie calls out and the sound of Bonnie pleading with Damon not to leave halts him, before he can even register it.
"Yes, Madam witch" Bonnie rolls her eyes and sighs she stands up then walks to the door closing it behind her. Damon raises a confused brow. "oooh are we going to have hate sex, while your boyfriend's right downstairs" Damon teases.
"So after our um…" Bonnie begins completely ignoring Damon's last statement. "What should I call it, "conversation", I don't know it got me thinking. There had to be a reason why I wasn't able to do the spell properly…"
"Your incompetent" Bonnie frowns her brows and thinks of giving Damon an aneurysm but it's way too early for that.
"Damon can you just listen I'm trying to tell you something"
"Fine just spit it out"
"After you chewed me out, I came upstairs I didn't think this was your room, If I had known I would have chosen a….anyway I studied the grimorie for hours to figure out why the spell didn't go the way it was suppose to."
"Yeah you said mentioned that already, so did you find out why" Damon ask Bonnie nods and flips her curls over her shoulder and he notices something. But before he can question it Bonnie shoving her grimorie in his face.
"Look here…..It saids that if the witch that performs the spell does not believe the person or person for whom she is trying to contact is worthy, the gateway connection shall only be opened minimally" Bonnie shoves the book closer to Damon's face, he frowns and pushes the book back.
"Uh…Yeah so I caught some of that but if you would be so kind as to translate" Damon saids with a look on confusion written on his face. Bonnie sighs and flops down next to Damon.
"Basically I can't open the connection long enough or wide enough to bring you end, because I don't deem you or Stefan worthy. It's not even a conscious thing, it's the unconscious put of me that doesn't completely trust Stefan or trust you for that matter" Bonnie explains and when she finishes she searches Damon's expression for some kind of reaction, but his face his blank.
"Are you serious" Bonnie isn't sure that's a question, but she begins to answer anyway when he cuts her off. "You gotta be kidding me, because what it sounds like is because of your judgmental, self-righteous, stuck-up, holier than thou, attitude my brother is stuck god knows where. And we have no way of finding him, except for you" Damon's heaving by now, chest puffed out and his blue cold and that makes Bonnie want to scream out for back-up.
"It isn't my fault, I told you it's a part of me that can't help it" Bonnie stands up from the bed trying to defend herself. Damon get's up as well.
"Ha! Sounds like Bull to me, you've wanted us out of this town since we got here. And now Stefan's gone and you can hide behind your magic as an excuse as to why your not helping save him"
"NOW WAIT THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Bonnie exclaims she won't let Damon of all people call her out on anything. "I've done more for you and your brother than anyone!…."
"You've tried to kill me on more than one occasion!" Damon shouted in his defense.
"My grandmother died helping you!" Bonnie countered.
"That's like ancient history and I didn't never asked her to"
"Ancient history are you serious…. Urgh and no didn't ask her you more like backed everyone into an impossible corner until the only way people were safe was until you got what you wanted. That's the thing I hate most about you Damon. Is you put your selfish needs above everyone else's. You are always the top priority, even when your saving Elena it's out of some selfish, self-serving place. You don't do things because people actually matter, you do them because you want to look good in front of Elena. DO YOU KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY SELFISH THAT IS! You didn't try to save Caroline because you wanted to at least try to make up for all the bad things you did to her. No! You wanted to look good in front of Elena. And apart of me doesn't believe you helped save me at the dance for any other reason than you needed me to help save Elena, hell you were practically digging my grave. But that fact doesn't bother me because I would have done the same but what bothers me, is ELENA'S YOUR BROTHER'S GIRLFRIEND, AND ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS GETTING HER. AND A BIGGER PART OF ME BELIEVES YOUR GLAD STEFAN'S GONE. NOW YOU CAN HAVE ELENA ALL TO YOURSELF" Damon let's out a growl and he's in front of her before she can blink and he raises his hands, just as the door flies opens. Jeremy, Caroline, Tyler, and Elena all come barreling in. Jeremy glances between the two and he by Bonnie's side so quickly you'd think Caroline and Damon weren't the only vampires.
"What the hell is going on in here, we heard yelling" Elena exclaims, but Damon's eyes are trained on Bonnie and Bonnie's on him.
"Hey, Bonnie look at me, are you okay?" Jeremy ask his soothing voice causes her face to soften and she meets his eyes, and a soft smile plays across her features. Jeremy almost get's a smile across his face when he looks down and see Bonnie's neck with hand marks on them. And he sees red. Spinning around before anyone can stop him, he punches Damon straight in the face.
"Jeremy man what the hell" Tyler exclaims as the three girls gasp. Damon barely flinches and that pisses Jeremy off more, so he attempts to swing again but Damon catches his fist before it can connect.
"Don't try that again" Damon said in a stern voice. Jeremy struggles to get out of Damon's grasp, Damon's been on his shit list since he took a bullet for him.
"Why? Huh you can only kill me. And I'll come right back for more" Jeremy saids still struggling. Bonnie attempts to make a move forward but Elena beats her to it. Elena grabs Jeremy stepping between the two.
"Jeremy what the hell is your problem" Elena shouts.
"MY PROBLEM…Look at Bonnie's neck…."Jeremy walks over sweeping the hair off Bonnie's shoulders and the hand marks are clear. "That son a bitch choked Bonnie"
"What" Both Damon and Bonnie exclaim at the same time. Elena walks around and looks at Bonnie's neck and the bruises are as clear as day. Elena turns to Damon giving him a questioning look. Caroline comes over and she let's out a growl.
"Hey no, look she woke up with those bruises"
"And I guess she what just give them to herself in her sleep right" Jeremy accuses trying to make another play for Damon but Tyler pulls him back. By now Bonnie's in front of the mirror over Damon's dresser looking at said bruises.
"Hey, Judgey you wanna give me a little help here" Bonnie runs her fingers over the bruises and she's trying to wrap her mind around, how this happened.
"Bonnie did Damon hurt you" Caroline calls out, and Bonnie turns around dazed.
"Well go on, tell them I didn't do it"
"He didn't put these bruises on me….Stefan did" The room grows silent.
Sorry it took so long for this chapter to be put up, My laptop crashed so I had to re-write it all over on my home computer. So I'm leading up to a Bonnie/Damon Friendship and Then they'll be a huge turning point with some good juicy Betrayal. Which will lead us to the Bonnie/Stefan relationship. But it's going to take some time. . But I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.