A/N: So, important info I'm going to basically use my own plots just in case anyone is wondering why the chain of events isn't in correlation with the show. ;)

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After awhile Bonnie stopped laying against him and sat up fully. The thoughts of all that had happened between them were heavy on her mind. Damon didn't need for her to say anything; he could see it written all over her face.

"Save it Bennett" he said with a smirk, but again his voice was pretty void of emotion. He sat up straighter himself. "No need for explanations we got lost in the moment" he said simply like it meant nothing. "I should take you home now" he stated seeming a bit bored.

Bonnie couldn't help but frown and feel a bit hurt, sure she was just contemplating about how she was going to explain to him that she wasn't sure if she could have a relationship with him but she wasn't as sure as he sounded. He acted as if nothing happened and as if it didn't matter what they had shared and she couldn't help but be hurt by that, so she simply got up and nodded and headed out to her car.

The drive home was silent and Bonnie couldn't stop being troubled by his airy demeanor. He seemed so unaffected and aloof again. Finally the silence was too overbearing and she knew she couldn't just leave it at this.

"So it meant nothing to you" she finally spoke up bitterly, not able to look at him.

"What does it matter? Were you not thinking of ways to put an end to whatever it was in the pretty little head of yours. It was nothing. No need to dwell on it. I'm saving you the trouble" he said coolly trying to cover up whatever his feelings were behind his words.

Sure he had just insulted her but she couldn't stop her heart from jumping a beat at the little compliment he snuck in there. 'Had she always reacted like that around him? Did he really have that strong of an effect on her? And since when?' she thought to herself lengthening the silence between them after his words.

She realized that he was shutting her out again building that wall back up around himself and it was her fault. "Damon..."she spoke softly trying to get him to look at her and he did, but with narrowed eyes.

"Yeah?" he said with that sarcastic slightly annoyed response of his.

"I don't want it to mean nothing" she admitted swallowing, she knew she couldn't think about the words she was saying to him she just had to say them or she would never have the courage otherwise and they would keep this awkwardness between them.

" I…want..I don't know what I want but I'm scared. I don't know if I want anyone to know about us. Elena-"she started when he suddenly cut her off angrily, shocking her.

"Then forget it!" he nearly snapped at her. "Just pretend like nothing happened. Bonnie it's easier for you. If you feel like you would have to sneak around with me don't get involved with me at all. We can just keep things as they are rather than pretending. I'm not going to lie about being with you. If I could compel you to forget the whole thing I would. But for me it's easy. I can move on like that" he gave a sharp snap inches from her face to prove his point, and show how unaffected he claimed he could be.

She frowned. "Damon I would never ever want you messing with my memory" she spoke without the bite she would usually have at his words. She knew she was hurting him most likely and she didn't blame him for not wanting to be denied by her. He had enough rejection and denial in his life and he deserved to be able to be out with their relationship if they were to have one. They both deserved it, they both deserved to be happy. She realized asking him to keep it a secret was asking a lot of him.

He was no longer looking at her. He was looking ahead and had a very annoyed expression on his face.

"I don't want to pretend like nothing happened Damon…we don't have to keep it a secret then. I just wouldn't know how to tell them." she responded softly touching his hand lightly and then gathering the courage to hold it. Surprisingly given his demeanor, he let her.

He finally looked at her with narrowed suspicious eyes clearly trying to read her, not trusting her words and she didn't blame him. She just looked back at him causing him to sigh. Truth be said she still felt scared and unsure of herself but she was trying. She was trying her damn best to give whatever this was a shot.

"I think I want to be with you Damon but you just have to be patient with me" she said firmer now. He didn't react or say anything, just looked at her but she knew he was hearing her out. He just sighed and nodded.

"But I can't be with you if you're going to continue to kill and hurt people Damon" she told him more serious and more sure than ever. He scowled a bit, in that sexy seductively amused way of his.

"You drive a hard bargain" he said smirking pretending to look as if he had to rethink things.

"Damon…" she called him sounding serious.

"Fine" he answered not to happy. "But I'm not giving up human blood. I'm still going to go to the blood banks. I'm not willing to be a weakling like my baby brother. Not my thing" he told her serious also.

She nodded. She could accept that. "And you have to promise if you slip you'll tell me Damon. If you don't our relationship becomes a lie and I can't forgive that.." she told him looking down at their hands.

That caught his attention. "Are you saying that you can forgive me, given our history one day?" he asked legitimately curious.

Bonnie thought for a minute before she answered because this was a very important question and her response even more so. "In time…I think I can" she answered honestly and he accepted that because he didn't blame her. He understood that it was a lot to ask of her.

"Okay" he said suddenly causing her to look at him.

"If I slip you'll be the first to know Bennett" he told her seeming pretty sincere and she gave him a small smile and nodded.

Suddenly that arrogant all too familiar smirk of his came, causing her to look at him warily. "Seal the deal with a kiss?" he asked just wanting to try his luck and test the waters to see just where their relationship stood after all this. To his shock she smirked and placed her hand against his cheek and kissed his lips softly.

He let himself react to this kiss and kiss her back just as softly. Her lips were just so damn soft, he realized to his amusement that he could kiss them all day and more. He didn't know what the hell was wrong with him but he was falling for the witch-Bonnie, he corrected mentally. What shocked him even more is there was nothing about her like Katherine or Elena, yet in some weird way he felt drawn to her like maybe this thing could actually work if they both put forth enough effort and he could see Bonnie felt the same way.

Of course the kiss escalated, turning out to be much longer than planned and they were once again gripping each other trying to get as close as either of them could get. Before she would have never admitted it but there was something irresistible and not to mention seductive about Damon Salvatore. She wasn't foolish enough to say she hadn't realized it, she just had been resentful enough toward him to ignore it before. Now she was basking in it. She smiled against his lips being the one to break the kiss this time, but that didn't make him move away from her, in fact it seemed like was eager to continue which made her smile.

"There's one more thing…" she told him.

He sighed rolling his eyes with playful annoyance. "What now?"

"I was just going to say I like this sweeter side to you" she informed him, allowing her fingers to comb through his hair scratching his scalp lightly making him give a pleasurable little 'Mmmm' in response. She smirked and gave him another quick kiss barely giving him time to kiss back. "I have to go inside" she told him, stroking his hair again.

Damon sighed dramatic. "Fine" he said the arrogant smirk back full blown as he did that seductively expressive thing with his eyes, the one where they were always telling a story of their own, which added a lot to his snarky remarks. Bonnie was almost freaking herself out with all the stuff she was coming up with as to how she found him attractive since she technically had just started liking him and being willing to give this whole relationship thing with a vampire a try.

Both of them knew full well that it wasn't going to be easy but they owed it to each other in a way to at least try and Bonnie didn't feel too doubtful about it which was hopeful. She smiled at him and got her keys and went into her house with him watching smiling.

Damon was still smiling when his phone vibrated and he saw it was a text from Stefan causing him to roll his eyes in real annoyance this time.

We need to talk. Come home –Stefan

Damon rolled his eyes at his brother and his supposed 'cut to the chase dramatics'. He headed on over without any smart remarks. He was feelings pretty good right now he thought smirking as he arrived at the manor.

Stefan was waiting for his brother in the parlor and he heard him come in but was shocked when he smelled Bonnie coming too. He thought that was pretty considerate and smart of his brother in figuring that she should be here too but he frowned in confusion when Damon showed up alone and he realized for some strange reason he was carrying Bonnie's scent all over him. He was about to question Damon on that when they both heard Elena groan as she came out from the kitchen.

"I just don't know what we're going to do about this Katherine situation if we really need that moonstone from her. It's not like she's going to hand it over and it's not safe making any bargains with her" she was blabbering on as Damon saw it.

"So this is what the big talk is about or dilemma of not having a plan? You and Stefan couldn't have put your two half of brains together on this and get on each other's nerve instead of mine?" Damon said sighing heading over to where Elena was seated in his seat. "Scoot" he said with a smirk making her vacate his seat so that he could take it.

Elena just frowned at him and went over to Stefan and he put an arm around her shaking his head at his brother.

"I called Bonnie, she's on her way" she stated more to Stefan than him.

Damon just smirked thinking it was to be interesting to see how things would play out this evening given all that had happened with him and the certain witch in question. He thought amused as he watched Elena lean into Stefan naturally. He couldn't help wonder what him and Bonnie were going to be like down the road if they would ever be that openly comfortable and relaxed around each other, the wonder was more on her part than his in the true sense. Damon had no problems on the outwardly intimate level if he should want it.

Bonnie arrived minutes later and as soon as Damon heard the bell, he smirked and got up to get it.

"Hello there" he said slow and seductive to her doing the flirty eye thing, smiling down at her. She smiled up at him and then looked past him right quick before kissing his lips quickly and moving the arm he had against the doorway out the way so that she could come in. He smirked knowing she was seeing if Stefan and Elena were behind him, but it didn't bother him at least she was unabashedly showing affection toward him. He'd be patient with her but he hadn't promised not to stir things up himself he thought amused.

He took the huge book she was clutching against her out of her arms. "Gram's book? he asked, glancing through it as they headed toward the parlor.

"Yeah" she responded. I brought it because I think there's a spell I could use to help solve our problem" she told him.

He looked at her. "Bonnie no." he told her frowning his voice serious and final. "You don't need to whip up spells like a damn recipe every time there's a little inconvience. We'll figure something out without you overexerting yourself" he told her, trying not to get too irritated at her willingness to risk her life at every given moment.

Bonnie just sighed and took her spell book back giving him a warning look.

Damon sighed seeming to get back his cool demeanor. "I just don't want you to hurt yourself over all this especially since it really has nothing to do with you directly." he explained.

His explanation made her frown. She knew where he was coming from but she didn't agree. "Damon this does involve me. I'm a witch and Emily was my family and not to mention this involves my best friend. So it is personal" she told him. "I'll be okay" she told him gently to soften her earlier words.

Damon just sighed and rolled his eyes at her words, but smiling. She just smirked at him and they headed into the parlor all traces of humor gone.

"So I brought Gram's book because I think there is a spell in here where we can locate someone so long as we have something that belongs to them like a hair, a picture.." she said putting her book down and opening it to the spell.

Damon stood behind Bonnie looking at the spell over her shoulder frowning at the gibberish. Stefan just watched his brother. He knew something was up with him he just couldn't put his finger on it. There was a change in him aside from his recently moody self. Plus although it was peaceful, it was still pretty unnerving seeing how he and Bonnie seemed to be getting along and not at each other's throats constantly. He wondered if he was just being paranoid but it still left him unsettled as usual when it came to Damon.

Stefan observed his brother a bit longer and then drew his attention back to Bonnie to respond to her about the spell. "I have an old picture of Katherine we could use for this spell" he told her noticing Damon's smirk at him then Elena. He ignored him and went to grab the picture to bring to Bonnie.

"Okay" Bonnie said once she had it shaking her hands out preparing to summon the spell after lighting the necessary candles. Damon just frowned and moved to the side of her but remained close.

She began lightly chanting the spell picking up in volume as she went on. They all watched as the candles and the lights in the room begin to flicker. Damon kept his eyes on Bonnie still thinking this was a bad idea and surprise, surprise it was taking a toll on the witch just like he knew it would. She was looking paler already. She had been doing magic left and right these days.

"Bonnie" he called her but she just continued on with the spell when she suddenly froze and the picture of Katherine caught fire and then evaporated and she frowned with her eyes closed like she was seeing something.

Everyone waited.

"I saw her!" she suddenly said the candles going out and the lights stopped flickering.

"Katherine. A dance. The dress at the Lockewoods" she said not making much sense.

"Well the Lockwood's have been talking to Jenna about hosting another event for the founding families. Maybe it's a dance again. Katherine's planning on showing up as me" Elena offered.

Damon wasn't worried about that his eyes were on Bonnie frowning. "Are you okay witch?" he asked her.

She nodded weakly wiping her nose to check for blood, which came after the fact. Damon just looked at her his jaws clenched.

"I'm fine" she said again. "I just need a drink of water" she assured him and as he made to go get it she fainted, he barely caught her in time.

"Yeah she's fine" he said dryly.

"Is she-"Elena said, starting to panic for her friend once again.

"She'll be okay" Damon said cutting her off. "This happens sometimes" he told her gentler this time to soothe her.

"I'm going to take her upstairs to my bed. She'll come around soon." He said heading up before they could respond. He laid her down taking of her shoes and jacket and went back downstairs.

He'd deal with a certain stubborn witch later. Right now he needed to get rid of Stefan and Elena for time alone with her. …

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed this chappie. I'm actually able to make them longer lol. You guys are sooo awesome by the way with the reviews! Love you and Review plz :D