This was the one. Bonnie figured that it was time that she move out of her old apartment and into a new one. Since she quit her old "job", she's been spending most nights at Stefan's, but she saved up enough money to get her own place.
She would feel more comfortable bringing Olivia there as well, and after a long day of looking around, she's finally found one. Bonnie snapped a few pictures sending them to Stefan who told her that she liked it then sealed the deal. It was five minutes away from Stefan's home and in a new and much better neighborhood than her other one.
It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a nice kitchen and sitting space, and a wide enough hallway that two people could walk through side by side at the same time.
Like Rebekah, Bonnie left without telling a soul, sneaking things out every day until there was nothing left. She wanted to do some more decorating but figured that it was fine for now and just hoped that Olivia would like it when she visits.
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Bonnie couldn't stop the gazing. His handsome face looked back at her as he was telling her something that her ears decided to not listen to because her eyes took all the power. The corners of his mouth lifted as if he was telling her a funny story and though she didn't hear it, a smile came to her face as well.
Her hands reached up to the sides of his neck feeling the vibration of his voice then up a little to the sides of his head. Stefan continues with the story and lifts his right hand to hold hers for a few seconds before letting it go. She smiled blinking slowly and stayed that way until his lips stopped moving and his shoulders lifted letting out a breath through his mouth.
"I love you." His voice met her ears.
"I love you more," He leaned in meeting their lips and her hands moved around his neck. "You make me so happy." They pulled away.
He kissed her once. "I'm complete when I'm with you."
She smiled on the verge of tears. They kiss again, longer this time, holding one another close until they were pressed against each other. The doorbell broke them apart...sort of. As Stefan stood, Bonnie stood along with him meeting their lips a few times on the way to the door. He held her hips as her back was against the wall.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes." She had no idea what he was talking about, but she's ready to do anything with him.
He smiled and kissed her once more moving her away a little before opening the door.
A smile came to his face. "Hey, mom."
M-Mom? Bonnie's eyes grew wide and she quickly turned to the mirror fixing her hair a little then turned quickly back hearing Stefan speak again.
"So, this is my girlfriend, Bonnie. The one I've been talking to you about."
"Only good things, I hope." She smiled then was shortly pulled into a hug by the mama.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Bonnie."
"You as well, Mrs. Salvatore." Bonnie replied coming out of the hug.
"Please, call me Lily."
She smiled then nodded. Stefan walked over to her circling his arm around her waist. "Are you hungry, mom, I can make you something."
"Oh, no thanks, sweetie, I'm fine."
He nodded then instructed them to have a seat. He sat behind Bonnie as she sat facing his mother. "You must be a special lady, Bonnie. You're the first woman I've seen with Stefan in years."
She smiled. "Yes, I'm very blessed."
Lily smiled back. "So Stefan tells me you have a daughter?"
"Yes, Olivia. She visits every other week, making my life just a little brighter."
"You seem like a good mother,"
"I try to be. I mean, it's hard with the custody situation, but I try- we try," she motioned over to Stefan, "to make sure that she has some fun while she's here."
Lily nodded. "Well I would love to meet her one day, if that's alright with you."
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you."
"Actually, Stefan, I think I'll take a turkey sandwich."
"Sure," he turned Bonnie's head to kiss her before standing then kissed his mother on the cheek as he walked to the kitchen.
Their eyes followed him until he was no longer visible.
"You seem like a nice woman, Bonnie."
"Thank—"
"But I don't want you corrupting my son."
"Excuse—"
"Stefan's has a big heart. When he loves, he loves with everything's he's got. Your past. Where you've came from, it's easy to pressure him. Push him to do things because he loves you enough to do anything. Whether he really wants to or not."
"I respect Stefan and his values." She said knowing what she's applying.
"Good."
Stefan walked in the next second and Bonnie wiped off the shocked expression as best she could. Lily thought so low of her, she sees it now, everything before was just a show that she's putting on for Stefan.
"Here you go, mom."
"Thanks, baby."
He smiled then sat back where he was before. Bonnie was glad for she didn't have to hide her facial expressions anymore.
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"What's wrong, baby?"
She couldn't stop her smile as he kissed her. After Lily left, they slowly migrated up to his room laying in his bed facing each other.
"Nothing,"
"Are you sure?"
She nodded kissing him again. "Everything's fine."
He kissed her once more then she moved her head to his chest. "So I was thinking that tomorrow after church, we can get you swabbed, if you want."
"Yeah, that'll be nice."
"Mhm, and if Olivia ever asks, she'll know where she's from as well."
"Yeah. I don't want her growing up clueless just like me. It sucks."
"I wish I could help."
She sat up to look in his eyes. "You are helping me. You're doing more for me than anyone ever has and I appreciate that, Stefan. You're one of the best things that has ever happened to me."
He watched her eyes then sat up connecting their lips. Bonnie moved her left leg to the right side of his waist straddling him then pulled his body in closer. Stefan kissed down her neck pulling away as she lifted the shirt off her skin then he moved her onto her back.
Her eyes closed feeling his lips on her chest and stomach making his way back up to her lips. She moaned feeling the hardness in his pants then rolled them causing their position to start back to where they were before.
"I'm sorry," Bonnie breathed in between kisses then sat up.
"For what?"
"Taking off my shirt."
He slightly smiled then sat up meeting their chests. "Please, don't apologize."
She smiled and they kissed a few more times before she got off his lap slipping her shirt back on.
"I'll be back," he told her then headed downstairs hearing the doorbell ring. Looking in the peephole his eyes narrowed spotting Jacob. "Is everything ok?" He asked opening the door.
"Actually it's not. Olivia just informed me that she was around danger and that the police had to come "to the rescue"."
Stefan thought before realizing what he's talking about. "It's not as bad as it sounds like, I was—"
"I don't care and I frankly don't want to hear it. You're lucky that my daughter is alright otherwise you would be on the floor right now. You and Bonnie will never see Olivia again."
"Hey, man, just let me explain, you can't take away Bonnie's right from seeing her child."
"What?" Stefan turned coming face with her. "What did I do?"
"You put our daughter in danger."
"He's talking about the pizza place incident." Stefan filled her in.
"What the hell, she was perfectly fine and far away from that scene."
"It doesn't matter. Dating a cop is dangerous, he's around all kinds of danger every day and I will not have my daughter be caught in the crossfire."
"She's my daughter too,"
"Not anymore."
Her eyes widened as he walked away and she wanted to follow after him, but her legs wouldn't move. Stefan closed the door and quickly joined her side holding her close bending his knees as she dropped to the floor.
"He will not get away with this, I promise you. We will fight, we will fight for our girl."
She nodded through her tears and held him tighter pressing her face against his chest.
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Stefan wasted no time in getting a lawyer. He talked to Jacob wanting to work everything out but when he still refused, he called his lawyer telling Maggie about the issue. She had faith that they could put the custody deal that they previously had signed and in writing so that something like this wouldn't happen again.
Bonnie was nervous about it all, but she put her worry on God and believed that everything will work out the way that it should be.
"Okay, open your mouth." She did and watched the man's face as he ran a Q-tip on the insides of her cheeks. "Alright, you're all done."
She smiled. "Thank you."
"No problem, I'll give the results to Stefan once I get them back."
She nodded and thanked him again before she grabbed Stefan's hand and they both walked out.
"That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Nope," she kissed him. "I'm so excited, I feel like it's Christmas time."
He chuckled moving his arm around her. "Speaking of Christmas, what do you want as a present?"
"You."
He smiled, "No, something that I can buy and give to you."
She thought. "Mmm, a bike would be nice."
"A bike?"
"Yeah, I've always wanted one when I was younger."
"So you want a bike and riding lessons?"
"Can you teach me?"
He smiled. "Of course I can. Or at least I'll try to."
"What do you want?" Bonnie asked stopping their walking.
"I don't want anything."
"Nothing?"
"I mean the thing I do want, I'm not sure if I'm able to get no matter how hard I try."
"What's that?" She narrowed her eyes.
He let out a breath then looked down at her placing his hands on the sides of her face. "I want to spend my favorite holiday with my two favorite girls."
She smiled sadly then stood on her toes to hug him. "I'll try to make that happen for you. Call me Santa."
He chuckled then kissed her holding her close. "I love you."
"I love you too." They kissed once more before he took her hand leading her to the door.
Bonnie shifted her eyes to the left hearing whispers about herself. She became more aware about where she was and realized that at least three of them had seen her in here before behind bars or seen her standing around.
She started feeling insecure and moved her hand out of Stefan's to move it to the back of her neck. He looked over at her narrowing his eyes.
"What's wrong?" He frowned as he reached to grab her face and she moved her head away. "Baby,"
"Aren't you embarrassed being seen with me? Do you know where we are?"
"What do you mean?"
"I was a prostitute, Stefan, people recognize me,"
He saw her trying to hide so he took her arm leading her to his working area for privacy. "I'm not embarrassed about anything. I love you, everything about you, I love. You shouldn't be ashamed, you're already forgiven, just look at it as a learning experience, I bet it made you a hell of a lot stronger than you think."
Bonnie thought knowing that he was right. He's always right about stuff, and she hates it. "Okay,"
"Yeah?" She nodded and he pulled her close for a hug. "I love you. I will shout it to this whole office if you want me to."
She smiled and kissed the side of his neck. "No, that's OK. It's sweet, but I don't want you to get in trouble." He smiled. "And I love you too."
He moved to kiss her before moving his arm around her making their way back to the exit.
"I love this girl!" He shouted to the office.
"Stefan—"
"She's the one for me,"
Bonnie hit his arm and he laughed a little as she hid herself with her arms quickly walking out. He wrapped her in his arms from behind and kissed her neck.
"You're so embarrassing,"
"You know you loved it."
She smiles a little. "So."
He chuckled then turned her meeting their lips. "I love you so much."
"Forrealzzle?"
He laughed. "Yes, baby. So much."
"I love you so much, too."
"Forrealzzle?"
She laughed. "Yes, baby. So much."
She kissed him moving her arms around his neck. "Can you take me dancing?"
"Of course."
She smiled and he kissed her nose making her smile. "I love you."
"I love you too."
They kissed a couple more times before he grabbed her hand as they walked to her place.
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Bonnie looked at herself in the mirror smiling at her reflection. For the first time in awhile she thought that she looked beautiful. She always used to call herself sexy and hot, but now she considers herself beautiful and she loved it.
She stepped back a few looking more at her outfit. An off lavender dress covered her body stopping just above the knee. It wasn't too tight having the skirt flare out a little giving her thighs some breathing room. Her hair was natural and up in a bun and studded earrings in her small ears. She had painted her nails black earlier and went over them with a clear coat before slipping on thin rings and heels.
Her nerves picked up hearing a knock at her door, but she calmly went to answer it smiling when she came face to Stefan.
"Wow, you look so beautiful. Gorgeous."
She smiled taking the single rose that he handed to her. "Thank you," she looked away a little.
He smiled at her shyness and he wonders why she's acting this way when they've been together for a few months, but he realizes that maybe she hadn't heard enough compliments to act like anything but shy.
"Ready?"
She nodded then stepped out closing the door and locking it taking his hand in hers. She smiled as he kissed her cheek then hugged her from the side before turning her head to kiss her.
"You're extra sweet tonight." She smiled.
"You're my baby, I love you."
She felt like crying but smiled instead then kissed him moving her arms around his neck. "Thank you for loving me."
"Always."
They kissed again before he opened the door for her and closed it once she was safely inside.
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Her heart felt like it was beating out of her heart as she stared into his eyes as they danced slowly to the beat. She felt as if she would faint for no one has ever in her life looked at her the way Stefan is right now.
Her eyes shut briefly as his right hand moved to the side of her face and his left hand tightened around her waist. The sound of the saxophone wasn't making anything better with it's sensual sound making her want to move his hand down to her ass but stopped the thought and turned facing the musicians clapping as the song finished.
They headed to the bar and ordered a drink. Stefan kissed her a few times before she took a sip. "Can you sleep over tonight?" She asked. "Pleeeeease?"
He chuckled. "Alright."
She smiled and kissed him sweetly.
Bonnie stepped out of the bathroom smiling seeing Stefan walk in her room at the same time.
"I don't know about you, babe, but I'm tired." He said making his way over to the bed.
"Yeah, who knew dancing could be so exhausting?" She teased pulling back the sheets some.
"I hear ya,"
She chuckled laying down facing him. Their eyes closed as Stefan started their nightly prayer and Bonnie said a small one herself. Bonnie moved to turn off the light and Stefan kissed her once before he moved his arm around her closing his eyes.
Bonnie woke up before he did letting out a breath through her nose. She thought about it for a second then moved his hand that was loosely around her waist slowly to the curvature of her backside. She was too afraid to ask him to do it publicly not sure on what he would say, so she figured that she take advantage of it now that he's asleep.
Bonnie shuts her eyes seeing him stir. Stefan woke up smiling at her sleeping state before chuckling noticing his hand placement. He slowly slid his hand up swooping up from her lower back to between her shoulder blades. Bonnie bit back her moan then decided to open her eyes meeting his.
"Good morning."
"Good morning. How did you sleep?"
"Much better cause you're here with me."
He smiled some then kissed her. "I love you."
She kissed him. "I love you more."
He kissed her twice. "We have a meeting today with Maggie to discuss the case."
"That's great. I really hope that things work out. I'm having the time of my life being with you, but I miss her."
"Yeah. I miss her too."
"What time's the meeting?"
"Five,"
"What do you think she's going to say?"
He thought. "I don't know. She says that we have a good chance at custody so I hope that opinion didn't change."
Bonnie nods then frowns a little hearing his alarm go off. Stefan moves to shut it off then turns back to see Bonnie get up. They share a kiss before parting ways; Stefan going to the bathroom to shower and Bonnie down the hall to make breakfast.
A/N: Will the custody battle be smooth sailing or a bumpy road? Find out next chapter!
