Chapter 4

Bonnie arrived at the boardinghouse early. She came into the living room and started calling out for Stefan.

"Stefan is you here or what?"

Suddenly Damon appeared in front of her.

After a moment or two he said, "Stefan's not here, we're all alone."

"I don't understand, he texted me and said that Elena was in danger, where is he?"

"That was a ruse that I asked him to do."

"Why would you do that?"

"I did it because you're avoiding me and we need to talk."

"I'm not avoiding you and there's nothing to talk about."

She started to leave but as she turned towards the door, Damon grabbed her and pulled her closer against his body.

Then he said, "There's a lot to talk about starting with why you keep running away from me?"

"I'm not running away from you. I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really, you don't have a clue? I'm talking about how we kissed more than once and you liked it, doesn't that ring a bell?"

Bonnie shook her head slightly and said, "No, that's not true. The first kiss was an accident and the last kiss was a mistake because we can't become a thing. I mean we hardly even get along, we're always fighting with each other."

"I know but maybe that's foreplay and maybe we just need to release all this sexual tension between us. I know that you can feel it, the same way that I feel it. Just admit that you've been avoiding me because you're afraid of what you will do if we're alone together?"

"That's not true at all, we're alone right now and I'm perfectly fine."

"Really, so you're not tempted at all to kiss me?"

"No-no, don't be stupid and if that's all that you wanted then I'm leaving."

She turned towards the door to leave but Damon was already there blocking her exit.

"You're not going anywhere until we finish this thing between us."

Then he pulled her closer against his body and crushed his lips onto hers. All their other kisses were intense but this time the kiss seemed to completely take over. It was far more intensified than any other kiss before. Then before either one of them realized what was happening between them, they were on Damon's bed barely dressed.

He stopped right before they went too far and said, "Are you sure that this is what you want to do?"

She merely nodded her head and that was all the encouragement that he needed from her to continue. They made love slowly and softly, he held onto all through the night as if she were going to disappear at any moment. He had almost thought that it was all a dream until he woke up with Bonnie still wrapped up in his arms. He never felt something so intense before. He hoped that she wouldn't freak out when she woke up and the realization of what happened between them the night before hit her. He heard Stefan come into the house and went downstairs to talk to him before he woke Bonnie up.

"Hey, so how did it go last night with Bonnie?"

"It was a disaster in the beginning anyways."

Damon started to tell his brother more but they were both interrupted by Bonnie as she came downstairs wearing nothing except Damon's shirt from the night before.

"Sorry, I hope that I'm not interrupting but I am so hungry. Do you have anything to eat here?"

Damon spoke up, "Sure, I think that we have some pop tarts in the kitchen that Elena left here."

She left the brothers alone as she went in search of some food.

Stefan spoke up, "I thought that you said it went badly?"

"It did at first but then I kissed her and everything just changed between us. I can't really explain it but I think that I'm in love with her."

"So this wasn't just a onetime thing between you and Bonnie?"

"No, of course not, I want to be with her forever."

"That's good but I think that you need to have a talk with Bonnie about where this is all going."

"I will but that's between us and please don't go blabbing your mouth about this to your friends either ok?"

"Why don't you want anyone else to know about this?"

"Cause, I don't want them to try and poison her against me just yet."

"Why would they do that?"

"I don't know maybe because Caroline hates me and she doesn't need a reason. Besides Bonnie wants to wait for the right moment to tell all of her friends about us; we did talk a little last night."

"Oh, so you didn't just jump on her?"

"No, get your mind out of the gutter, we made love and there wasn't anything that was fast. It was incredible, I've never felt something so intense before in my whole existence."

Bonnie had chosen that moment to walk into the room.

"Wow, you really felt like that? I felt it too but I was afraid that it was merely in my head or that it wasn't the same for you."

Damon went towards her and pulled her into his arms like she always belonged there.

Then he said, "It felt so intense it's like your this drug that I'm addicted to. It's not only attraction either, Bonnie, I'm in love with you. I'm not sure when or how it happened but I fell in love with you. I want to be with you forever and not just for one night."

Bonnie looked at him like she didn't know what to say.

Then after a few minutes she finally said, "I want nothing more than to be with you. I kept pushing you away because I didn't want to be a rebound from Katherine or Elena. I wanted you to want me and only me."

"I only want to be with you and no one else ever again ok?"

She nodded her head as they proceeded to head back to his room. Stefan could find his own way out.