Chapter 7: Nine Months Later

Well almost nine months later anyway, in a rundown cabin in the woods far, far away from mystic falls Bonnie is in labor. She has been in hard labor for over 16 hours. It seems like the pain will never end; and she refused to take anything for the pain. An old shaman that her grandmother knew is helping her to deliver the baby. They are in Aurora, Colorado; it is a big enough city to get lost into.

They rented the cabin under an alias name and Bonnie stopped talking to Caroline after her phone call with Stefan as well. She thought it would be better to just cut all ties to mystic falls completely but it didn't stop her from wondering if everyone was ok and safe from Katherine. The baby was finally born after more than 20 hours of hard labor and nothing to dull the pain; the birth alone almost killed Bonnie. She had to be on bed rest for at least 3-4 days because of how long she was in labor for but it was more than worth it.

She named her baby Aurora Callen; (which is a Gaelic name meaning powerful in battle) Bennett because as far as she was concerned it was her baby and not anyone else's baby. Meanwhile back in mystic falls Elena is pregnant by Stefan because of Katherine's manipulations but Katherine was no longer a threat; she was locked in the tomb that she was meant to be in all along thanks to Damon Stefan. They were preparing for the birth but Damon was still looking for Bonnie and wondering where she was and if his baby was born yet. The reason that no one could find her was because she was blocking them with some strong magic.

Bonnie knew that Damon would never give up looking for her as long as he thought she had his baby; she knew what she had to do. She had to go back to mystic falls alone and convince him and everyone else that her baby died at birth. She couldn't bear the thought of leaving her for even a day but she had to do it. After Bonnie was well enough to travel; she called Lucy to come and help her. They had been in contact recently but neither of them knew what happened to Katherine in mystic falls.

"Bonnie are you sure that this is really necessary?"

"Yes, it is the only way; I have to make sure that my daughter is safe from all vampires. Unfortunately that also includes her father as well. I have to do this for her; please will you stay here and keep her safe until I return? I will only be gone for a few days and I will call you everyday ok?"

"Sure I have this, you can trust me, I will protect her with my life if I need to ok?"

"I feel so much better now that you are here."

Bonnie hugged Lucy and kissed Aurora goodbye as she turned to leave; it was one of the hardest things that she ever had to do in her life. Now she had to face her past in mystic falls and all the people that she left behind her.

It didn't take long because Bonnie took a plane, then a train, then a bus and then another plane, and then she rented a car, all this took almost 18 hours. Now she was almost in mystic falls, just a few minutes away from seeing her old town. She went to see Elena Stefan first; she thought that it was just curiosity.

That drew her there but truth be told she wanted to know which Salvatore did Elena finally end up with. She knocked on Elena's door gently; she didn't know that Elena was so pregnant that she was almost due any day now. Jenna answered the door; she was shocked that it was Bonnie.

"Oh my God Bonnie, I can't believe that you are back where you belong this town just wasn't the same without you. If you're looking for Elena; she moved out and in with Stefan if you can believe it, I mean given the circumstances. You do know that Elena is pregnant and she Stefan are engaged to be married right?"

"Wow, no I didn't know any of that but thanks Jenna, so Elena moved into the manor with Stefan then?"

"Yes, they will be overjoyed to see you, they missed you so much and Damon was so awful to them when they announced their engagement too."

"Yea, I'm sure that he was, that sounds like him. I should go though and catch up with Elena bye."

With that Bonnie left to go to the Salvatore's manor; she secretly hoped and dreaded that Damon wasn't home. She knocked but was surprised that it was Elena that answered the door, her stomach wasn't really showing yet, it was obvious that she wasn't that far along yet.

"Bonnie wow, I can't believe that you are actually here, Damon is not here if you are worried about that. Won't you please come in and have a seat Bonnie? We really need to talk and catch up with each other."

Bonnie went inside and Elena caught her up all that happened while she was gone but she did leave out a few things that happened on purpose. What Elena didn't realize or maybe she forgot that Bonnie was a witch and while she was away she was practicing with her powers and they were stronger now. All she did was have to touch Elena's arm and she knew everything that she needed to know. Especially a certain night that even Stefan didn't know about between Elena Damon. It hurt Bonnie more than she thought it would but before she was sure, she had to see Damon first to confirm it.

Elena did ask her about the baby but all Bonnie said was, "Not now, after I see Damon then I'll be ready to talk about it but not until then. I have to go I need to see my dad and Caroline too, and explain about everything but I'll see you later ok?"

"Ok bye Bonnie."

"Oh by the way who is the father Damon or Stefan?"

Elena looked offended and said, "Stefan of course, I told you me Damon were never together like that it was a trick to lure Katherine out into the open, which worked by the way."

"Oh ok goodbye then, tell Damon that I'll stop back later ok?"

"Ok I will tell him."

With that Bonnie left in search of Caroline because she needed to see a friendly face after her encounter with Elena. She went to her house and knocked on the door, Caroline answered the door right away.

"Bonnie I can't believe that it's really you, well come in and give me a hug."

Bonnie did go in and hug her friend but she didn't realize how much she missed her until this moment. When they touched though Bonnie freaked out and pushed her away, she didn't know that Katherine turned Caroline into a vampire before they got the upper hand on her.

She started to cry and shake her head, "Oh no it can't be true, not you too, your one of them now?"

"I'm sorry Bonnie, I thought someone would have told you but please don't make a scene, my mom doesn't know about me and I would like to keep it that way."

"Fine, I have to go home now anyway, bye."

"What about your baby? Did you have it or what?"

"I'm sorry but I can't even think about talking about that until I see Damon but I just can't be here right now."

Bonnie left even more confused than she was before, all her old friends were enemies. That's how she saw them anyway now.

Another thing that Bonnie realized was that Lucy lied to her, she helped them put Katherine in the tomb and she spelled a day-walker ring for Caroline as well.

She called her on her cell phone, "Hello? Hi what's up? She's just fine, a little fussy but that's because she misses you."

"I want to know why you didn't tell me that you were in mystic falls a few months ago; and why didn't you tell me that my best friend was a vampire? I mean is there anything else that is waiting for me here? Tell me if you know anything else now?"

"No I don't think so but the only reason that I didn't tell you wasn't so would be blindsided but was because I honestly forgot all about the things I did in mystic falls for them. The only reason that I helped them was because it was my fault that Katherine was even there; so I had to help them out but I didn't want you to think that I betrayed you because I never told them about you or Aurora either, you believe me right Bonnie?"

"Yes I do but I still wish that you would have told me though, are there any more surprises that I don't know about?"

"Yes, please stay away from Tyler Lockwood and you might want to steer clear of Jeremy as well."

"Why do I need to stay away from them, I've known them my whole life?"

"Well, Tyler is a werewolf and Jeremy got turned by Katherine too, I'm not sure if you can truth anyone in mystic falls right now anyway, so when you coming home?"

"Well thanks for telling me and I will be home soon, tell her mommy misses her and be sure to give her my love ok?"

"Ok I will goodbye Bonnie, see you soon."

She felt better after talking to Lucy but not by much because she couldn't get the image out of her head that she saw when she touched Elena. Of course it didn't help that it seemed like all her friends were either dating a vampire or got turned into one, then again there was Tyler the werewolf, which she couldn't trust either. She could always turn to Matt but that wouldn't be fair to him because he didn't know anything about the supernatural world at all. On the way to her house she wasn't looking where she was going and she ran smack into Damon.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't looking where I was going, Damon?"

"Bonnie I thought that I would never see you again did you have our baby?"

She was prepared to tell him the truth but before she could say anything, she got a vision when he touched her, it was the same one that she saw when she touched Elena but from Damon's side of it. In the vision not only can she see everything that happened but she can feel exactly what they were both feeling during that point in time and it upset her more than words can ever say.

It was almost nine months to the day that Bonnie left when this happened between Elena Damon. This is what hurt Bonnie the most because while she was almost dying to give life to their baby; while he was trying to hook up with her best friend at the same time.

The vision: it was raining and Damon knocked on Elena's door, he needed to see her and find out if she heard from Bonnie yet. He was so worried that something would go wrong with the baby. Elena just took a pregnancy test and it was positive; she was having Stefan's baby. Then she answered the door, it was Damon, he looked so wrecked, she felt sorry for him.

"So have you heard anything from Bonnie yet?"

"No I haven't just like the millions of times that you have asked me already, if I heard from her I would have told you."

He was soaking wet from head to toe, she offered him to come inside but he refused, he felt so lost in that moment and Elena wanted to comfort him.

She went over to him because he had started to cry a bit, "I don't know what is wrong with me, I fall for a girl and then she runs away and hides from me why?"

"I don't know Damon but it will be ok, it has to all work out for everyone."

Then she put her arms around him and before either of them knew what was happening he was kissing her, so hard and it seemed like his hands were everywhere, all over her body. They both just wanted to get lost in the sensation of each other in that moment and it may have gone further than a kiss until Damon heard the other heartbeat coming from Elena.

He pushed her away from him, she said, "Why'd you stop?"

"Why do you think? I did want this but I will not destroy my brother not again. Besides what about the baby that your having? Let's just forget about this, never tell anyone about it ok?"

"Yea that would probably be for the best I think."

Then he left and he watched as Stefan walked up to the porch and got told the best news ever in his life. That was where the vision ended but not only did Bonnie see it twice from both points of view but during both visions she felt how much they both wanted to sleep with each other and she wondered if there was no baby would they have stopped with a kiss? This is why she had to go through with her plan no matter how many it hurt because no matter what they said she couldn't trust them, she was alone.

She finally found her voice, "Oh I wanted to tell you but I just couldn't. I almost died having her but I'm sorry, she didn't make it. She came a little too soon and her lungs weren't developed enough for her to breath, she died moments after I delivered her."

"When did you have her, what was the date?"

"It was on November 6th, at 9 0'clock pm, last month why, what difference does it make?"

The only reason she told him her real birthday was because he would feel bad about what he was doing at the same exact moment that their daughter was dying. This look of pure agony crossed his face and Bonnie almost wished that she could take it away but she knew that he deserved it as did Elena too. Bonnie was shaking and crying as she told him the story; it almost tore her heart out but she knew it was for the best.

"No it can't be true, she's really gone?"

"Yea, I'm sorry that this happened but I have to go now, I only came back because I thought that you deserved to know at least. Goodbye Damon."

She started to walk away but he grabbed her, pulled her to him in a possessive manner that it made her weak in the knees.

"Have dinner with me tonight before you leave and disappear again like a ghost ok?"

"I really shouldn't be around you like that."

"Why not, are you scared that you'll give into me and stay?"

"No I'm not but I'm still so beyond angry at Elena though and I don't want to think about seeing her ever again ok?"

"You're mad at Elena why, you know what never mind I don't need to know you can tell me at dinner if you want to but have dinner with me? We will be completely alone; I'll make sure that no one interrupts us ok?"

"Fine I will have dinner with you but that is all that it will be diner and nothing else ok?"

"Ok, I will see you at eight pm sharp ok?"

"Yea that is perfect; I'll be at the manor then."

Then they parted ways, it was beyond obvious that he wanted her regardless of the baby, all this time she thought he only wanted her because of the baby but she was wrong. It seemed that Damon wanted her still and she knew what happened when he wanted a woman usually everyone around him would get hurt because of his actions. She wouldn't be held responsible for that so she agreed to one dinner; besides she would on her way back home tomorrow.

Damon convinced Stefan Elena to make their selves scarce, so him Bonnie could be alone all night. He set the table that they hardly ever used, then he cooked dinner, which he seldom ever did for anyone but he was a good cook though. Everything had to perfect because tonight was the night that he convinced Bonnie that she belonged with him forever. She arrived right on time as he was taking out the lasagna out of the oven, it was perfect too. This would work because it just had to failure was not an option; he would seduce Bonnie into staying in mystic falls at the very least.

"Hi, come in, have a seat dinner is ready, have some wine I just chilled it."

"No, that's ok I don't drink; besides I need a clear head these days."

"Why the worst is over, Katherine is locked up; you told me that our baby is dead, what could possibly be weighing on your shoulders now?"

"Just life, and where do I go from here now?"

He came over to her and it surprised her how his proximity to her still made her heart beat so rapidly.

She spoke before he could say anything else, "I shouldn't have come; this was a mistake to allow myself to be alone with you is wrong selfish of me; but I wanted to see if what I felt was still there. Even though it is but it doesn't matter anymore because too much has happened and no matter how much I want to, I can't go back to who we were then, it's over, I should leave now."

She turned to leave but Damon grabbed her and pulled her to him, she tried to fight this pull that he had on her but it was too strong. So she allowed him to embrace her so tenderly that it almost made her heart skip a beat.

Then he said, "No this wasn't a mistake because we belong together, it wasn't the baby, it was destiny. You belong with me, you always have. I need you, so much more than I ever thought I could need anyone in my life; please stay the night with me?"

Even though it sounded like a question, it felt more like a demand but what she felt in that moment couldn't or wouldn't be denied. They never made it to dinner; they barely made it to his bedroom. Even though they were separated for almost a year, it felt like coming home when he kissed her. They were so lost into one another that neither of them heard Damon's cell phone ringing off the hook.

It seemed that Elena was in the hospital because there was something wrong with the baby and as luck would have it Bonnie's phone was ringing off the hook too because there was something wrong with her baby as well. Neither of them knew that trouble was brewing on the horizon and people that they loved would be hurt because they were both too consumed with each other in that exact moment. After wards while Bonnie slept, Lucy found another way to contact Bonnie since she wasn't answering her cell, she called her telepathically with her powers.

"Bonnie you have to come home now, Aurora is sick and I don't know what is wrong with her."

"I'll be there as soon as I can, I'll start leaving today."

"Ok please hurry because I am beyond worried about her."

"I will don't worry about it between us, I'm sure that we will figure out what is wrong with her."

Bonnie woke up immediately after her talk with Lucy telepathically but unfortunately for her so did Damon wake up as well. He noticed that Bonnie was trying to leave in a hurry too.

"Where do you think you are going?"

"I'm sorry, I knew that this was a bad idea, I have to leave it's a matter of life and death."

"It is a matter of life and death for whom and when will I see you again?"

"For me, and you just wouldn't understand it, you can never see me again, this is goodbye Damon."

She turned to try and leave but Damon wouldn't let her get away that easily this time.

He grabbed her and said, "No I refuse to let you go again just stay with me whatever it is we can fight it together please?"

Bonnie refused to even consider staying there another moment, especially with her daughter in immediate danger; time was not on her side. She did the only thing that she could do; she used her powers on Damon and incapacitated him until she was gone.

"I'm sorry but you left me other options and someone that I love more than my own life is in danger, I have to save a life that means more than my own does to me."

She left him on the floor gasping in pain, it nearly killed her to do it but she had no other choice, her baby needed her. Bonnie left town so fast; that she didn't even hear about what was happening with Elena and her pregnancy even. When she arrived at her house Lucy was in a panic mode, she handed Bonnie Aurora.

"I don't know what happened but she just cries and she won't eat anything either. What is wrong with her? I even had the shaman that delivered her but she doesn't know anything either. She did ask about the baby's father but you never told me who it is. I know that it must be someone in mystic falls, so who is her father?"

"Your right it's someone in mystic falls but you knowing his identity would put you in a dangerous position, I'm sorry but I just can't risk it. I'll figure this out without that knowledge getting out and destroying my daughter's life. I think that I know what is wrong with her anyway, leave me alone with her for a while."

"Ok as you wish Bonnie."

Lucy left, so Bonnie could figure out what was wrong with her daughter. She figured that it was blood that she needed because her vampire nature was taking over now. Bonnie cut her hand and fed the baby her own blood it seemed to be working for now. The baby slept through the night for the first time in days after drinking her mother's blood.

Bonnie's blood did work to help the baby but not indefinitely tough, it was only a temporary solution to the problem but she wouldn't realize that until a few months later. She called Elena to check up on Damon against her better judgment. This was how she found out that Elena was in the hospital.

Apparently she experienced some pain and thought something was wrong with her baby but Stefan figured out what she needed was his blood to help the baby it made sense and it worked too. Elena had to drink a little bit of his blood everyday though because the baby needed as did her body to adjust to carrying a vampire baby to term, the only reason that Bonnie was able to do it was because she was a witch and stronger than Elena.