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A/N: Hey everyone I know it's been awhile since I posted but I was dealing with a real bad case of writer's block. I hope you all are still interested in the story. Let me thank my reviewers from last time; David Fishwick, NaeNae1495, babyshan211, Phelycia and LunaSolTierra. I hope you guys like the chapter and as usual please leave a review.
Baby S
Chapter Nine
Bolting off the porch, Damon found himself trapped behind a forcefield that Vincent had put up. Lifting his hand, he looked out towards Bonnie's position on the field and screamed out her name just a bright light exploded all around them temporarily blinding him and then a loud popping sound that filled his ears with white noise. He couldn't see anyone now, he couldn't hear anyone. For all he knew he was alone out there in Sheila Bennett's backyard suffering from the affects of being double crossed. He stumbled forward still unable to see anything around him, while his mind raged at all the possibility that maybe Alexis and her people really were the bad guys. That maybe they were Lucius' people. "Bonnie!" he screamed out again against the white noise. Shaking his head, he tried to clear his senses but he could admit that this was something he wasn't used too. "Bonnie!" he shouted again, as the white noise around him cleared along with his vision. Suddenly he could hear everything around him. He could hear Vincent's shouts.
"Alexis! That's enough Alexis! That's enough." Directing his gaze towards the area where Bonnie had been standing moments before, he released a quick sigh of relief when he saw her standing there with Vincent off to her side and Alexis standing directly in front of her still. He quickly took in her form, and found himself sucking in a quick breath as his eyes raked over her. She looked absolutely powerful almost like a goddess. He could feel the raw power wavering off of her and her blood was practically singing to him. She looked both dangerous and sexy at that same time. He cautiously moved towards her not really sure what would happen now. Bonnie turned to look at him at that moment, as her eyes landed on him Damon stopped and looked her over once more. There was nothing outwardly wrong with her as far as he could tell, however she did look absolutely amazing as they locked eyes across the field. He could see her hair whipping around her face, but he was absolutely certain that there wasn't any wind around them at that moment. In fact, the entire field was absolutely still the only things moving at the moment were them. He slowly lowered his eyes and looked at her hands that were balled up into slight fists, and he could see little specks of blue electricity dancing along her fingertips.
"Damn." he muttered softly, so softly that he was the only person to hear, he slowly moved across the field.
"Damon." she whispered weakly as she dropped her hands by her sides and looked at his advancing figure. As Damon neared her, he saw her eyes roll into the back of her head just before her body slumped to the ground. Speeding forward, he quickly wrapped her up in his arms while looking her over. Once he realized that whatever had happened had tired her out, he looked up at Alexis and Vincent who had gathered around them both of them watching silently. Narrowing his eyes on Alexis, he could feel his veins leaping out on his face.
"What did you do to her?" he nearly shouted, as he looked from Alexis' stoic face and then back down at Bonnie. She was truly out now, but thankfully he could hear her heart beating and see the slow rise and fall of her chest. He could tell that she was exhausted from using so much magic. He wasn't going to pretend to be an expert about magic, but he was willing to bet that she had used quite a bit of magic just then. He had never in his whole undead life seen anything like what had had just transpired moments ago. He hadn't seen anything like this even when Bonnie had practiced with Jaxon. Glancing back up at Alexis, he found himself getting angrier due to her silence. He could feel his fangs breaking in through his gums as he glared at her. "What did you do to her, Alexis," when she didn't immediately answer he snapped. "Damnit answer me." he snarled out, feeling his sharp fangs dig down into his bottom lip. Alexis looked down at Damon, her eyes flicking from Damon and down towards Bonnie's still form.
"I think," she paused for a moment and lifted her eyes back up at Damon. "I think it would be best if we all went inside. There are beds in there right?"
"Are you even going to answer me?" Damon snapped out angrily as he looked up at her. Alexis shook her head and pointed towards the house.
"Once we're inside and she's resting," she then allowed herself to look Damon in the eyes. "Then we'll talk." Damon glared at her, but realized that she was correct. Bonnie needed to be resting and outside in the backyard certainly wasn't the place. Hoisting Bonnie up in his arms, he quickly went inside of Sheila's house and headed upstairs. He moved towards one of the spare rooms and placed Bonnie down on the bed. Once he was positive that she was comfortable, he left the room and headed back downstairs. As he entered the living room he saw Alexis and Vincent making their way into the house. Walking out into the hallway, he headed them off with a frown.
"Come with me," he paused as his eyes narrowed. "Please." Without taking another look at them he turned on his heels and headed towards the kitchen. The reason he picked this room for their much needed discussion was mainly because it wasn't underneath the bedroom he had placed Bonnie in. He didn't want their yelling, cause there would be yelling. Once they were inside the room, he walked over to the counter and crossed his arms over his chest. He looked across the room at Alexis and Vincent, he barely acknowledged Vincent though, mainly because the other man hadn't really done anything, so he focused his eyes on Alexis while wishing he could literally shot daggers at her. Clenching and unclenching his fists, he stared at her. "Now do you mind telling me what you did out there?" he shouted out angrily as he looked at her. Alexis studied him for a moment, before crossing her arms over her chest.
"I tried to kill her." Before Alexis could finished the word her properly, Damon had her pinned against the wall his fangs fully out now, and ready to rip out her throat. As Damon looked into Alexis' eyes, all he could think about was murdering her. He wanted to so badly he was sure that the older witch could see it in his eyes. He truly wanted to murder this woman, who had just tried to take Bonnie, his witch, away from him. He wasn't going to lose her and he certainly wasn't going to allow this witch a second chance to finish the job.
"Give me one reason, why I shouldn't rip your damn throat out?" he shouted out as pure rage coursed through him. The more he thought about how weak Bonnie felt in his arms the angrier he got at the entire situation. Vincent stood by silently watching, he knew things were rapidly getting out of hand and had the potential to turn quite ugly. However, he also knew that Alexis would want him to stay out of it for right now. However, that proved to difficult to do, especially since Damon was on the verge of ripping Alexis' throat out. He wasn't going to stand idly by and watch as Damon murdered his teacher and friend.
"Damon," he paused and took a steadying breath. "Damon, man she really wasn't going to kill her." he stated as his eyes nervously shifted between Alexis and Damon as he finished his statement. Alexis' eyes quickly shifted towards him.
"No, Vincent you're wrong. I was going to kill her. . .would have killed her, if she hadn't blocked that spell." Alexis stated as she turned back to look into Damon's eyes, daring him to do something, anything. Damon angrily stared back at the woman, he could see she was telling the truth and came to the conclusion that the woman was absolutely insane. Keeping his grip on her neck, he shook his head in disbelief.
"Why would you do something like that?" he snarled out angrily as he studied. "Why would you try to kill her." Alexis rolled her eyes as if he should have figured it out already, as if the answer to that question was hidden into the depths of her mind.
"How else would I have gotten her to tap into her power that was lying dormant, because she was unconsciously suppressing it. How would you want me to do it, Damon. Huh? Would you want me to simply ask her," she snapped out with a roll of her eyes. "Most people have to have that forced out of them in the most dire of situations." she stated with a awkward shrug of her shoulders, due to the fact that Damon still had her pinned to the wall. She looked up into his eyes and gave him a weak smile. "Knowing that, I created a dire situation outside hoping that she would tap into that power and use it for once." At her words, Damon released her and stepped back. Turning his back to her, he ran his hands through his hair before turning back around and looking at her. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"You're fucking insane, Alexis. You're fucking insane." Alexis merely scoffed at his words and shook her head at him.
"Oh stop being so fucking dramatic," she lifted a hand and rubbed her throat while looking at him. "I did what I had to do, Damon. Nothing more," she paused and shook her head. "And certainly nothing less then what was necessary. She needs magic to protect her, because there won't be any damsels in distress situations again. She is going to pull her own weight from now on."
"She doesn't have to do that, Alexis. Not when she has friends and people that love her ready to protect her." Alexis crossed her arms over her chest as she looked at him. Damon could tell that she was probably mentally calling him an idiot.
"Are you serious," she paused and released a bitter chuckle. "Do you seriously want to handicap that girl because you like the idea of playing Arthur to her Guinevere," Damon's mouth dropped open at her words. "Let me tell you something mister Salvatore, we won't be playing the Knights of your supposed round table, she's powerful, powerful enough where a situation like last night should have never even occurred."
"What are you talking about that witch was powerful too."
"From what Vincent told me, she wasn't that powerful." Alexis snapped out angrily as she looked at him. "She needed this. I don't need to take a damn thing easy on her," she stepped across the room invading his personal space. She looked up into his ice blue eyes and spoke her voice lowering to a harsh whisper. "They've already proven that they won't so tell me why should I." Damon clenched his jaw as he looked at her for a moment before sighing.
"You're fucking crazy."
"So you keep saying," she stated with a roll of her eyes, as she moved away from. She walked over to the kitchen table and pulled out a chair. With an exaggerated sigh she settled down in it and look at him. Vincent stayed at his place near the wall, and watched the both of them hoping that for right now things were cool. He wasn't so sure that he could keep them apart if things escalated again. "Damon let me put it to you this way. Do you really think she should be out there fighting these people half-ass?" she paused if waiting for him to answer, Damon however only crossed his arms over his chest and stared at her. "Do you really think fighting half-ass is going to stop them from taking her and delivering her to this guy named Lucius?" Alexis stated with a furious shake of her head, while Vincent looked away from the fussing pair. Damon narrowed his eyes at her words but didn't make a move to say anything else. "That could very well happen, Damon. All because you didn't want her to use every advantage she has. So when she dies because we, took it easy on her," she mocked with a hard roll of her eyes. "Will you be okay with that." Damon felt his jaw clench at her words, her words though were hitting their intended mark. Was he truly holding Bonnie back because he feared what could happen to her, and if so was he doing more damage than good. Looking away from her he willed his facial features back to normal and without another word, he headed out of the room and towards the living room. Alexis watched his retreating figure before saying underneath her breath so that he could hear.
"That's what I thought."
"How much longer is she going to be out of it?" Damon asked as he allowed his head to roll back on his shoulders, while praying that Alexis didn't tell him something ridiculous like a day or more. He knew if that was the case he wouldn't be able to take it. He wanted to, despite how sickeningly sentimental it sounded, look into her beautiful green eyes again. Looking up towards the ceiling he spoke up again. "Is anyone going to answer me?" Alexis and Vincent both looked up from their positions across the room, both of them equally surprise that Damon had spoken to them. These were after all the first words that Damon has spoken to them since the initial blow up that occurred earlier between him and Alexis. Clearing her throat, Alexis looked up at the ceiling before lowering her eyes and looking at Damon.
"It shouldn't be as bad as the times you've mentioned before, when she wakes this time," she paused for a moment and looked back up at the ceiling. "These type of incidents won't be happening again." Damon lowered his head and looked at her as she finished her statement, he lifted a hand and tapped his finger along his jawline.
"What do you mean?" This type of thing shouldn't happen again."
"After today," she began as she looked over at him, her gaze directly on him. "She'll be able to use big spells. No more passing out and stuff like that."
"Big spells," he muttered to himself as he looked at her for a moment. "You mean like the reconstruction spell." he asked, his eyes holding a certain amount of disbelief within them as he looked between the two of them. Alexis just nodded her head before answering his question.
"I know it's a big spell, but she'll be able to handle it. Well to a certain point," she paused for a second as if thinking everything over that she wanted to tell him. "Okay well she'll be able to use the reconstruction spell without tiring out. She's a strong magical being, so I don't think you'll have to worry about her passing out anymore." Alexis admitted softly. Damon allowed his eyes to shift towards her as she finished speaking.
"I hope you're right." Damon muttered as he looked back up at the ceiling, not really sure if he could handle another episode of her slumping to the ground looking dead to the world. He didn't like her rolling the dice with her life so he was hoping against hope that this woman was correct. Alexis opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by the sudden shrill sound of a cell phone that cut into the conversation rather harshly. Damon quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out Bonnie's cell phone. "Hello, Bonnie's phone."
"What in the hell are you doing answering my daughter's phone?" Benjamin Bennett snapped out angrily, his deep voice booming like thunder over the line. Damon's mouth dropped up in surprise, Mr. Bennett usually didn't call until nightfall. He barely spared Vincent and Alexis a glance as he focused on the call, but he was very much aware that their eyes were on him.
"Why hello to you too, Mr. Bennett." he countered smoothly, he certainly didn't need to hear the growl over the line to know that he was pissing the older man off. As soon as he said the man's name Alexis stood up mumbling something to Vincent who hopped up and quickly followed her as they headed out of the room giving him the space he needed at the moment to deal with the older man who was yelling something over the phone about his daughter. Once he was alone, Damon rolled his eyes heavenward, wishing that Bonnie was up so she could head off her father. "What did you say?"
"I want to talk to my daughter. My child. I want to talk to her," Mr. Bennett snapped out impatiently. "I was in the air last night so I couldn't check on her and I've landed so give her the phone and stop playing." Damon's brow scrunched up as he took in the panic that was currently coursing through the phone line courtesy of Benjamin Bennett's voice.
"Are you okay sir?" he asked, as he pushed himself up off the sofa and started pacing around the room.
"I will be when I talk to my daughter, Damon." he replied back with a deep groan, "Look I'm sorry for snapping earlier but please let me talk to my daughter. I really am in no mood for games." Damon took a look towards the staircase, silently debating with himself on what to do. He knew Bonnie would only wake up when her body was ready for her to wake up and not a moment before. Pinching the bridge of his nose he sighed and shook his head.
"She's really tired," he paused and winced at how that sounded, normally he would have loved to make a statement like that just to see the other person's face but now really wasn't the time and despite what his brother and others believed he could be serious every few hundred years. "Um, but if you trust me, Mr. Bennett and I truly believe that you do. Then believe me when I tell you that she's really exhausted and that as soon as she's awake I'll tell her to call you, so don't worry she'll call you back and you can check in with her." Damon stopped pacing as the line with silent, making him think that Benjamin Bennett had hung up the phone.
"I better hear from her tonight Damon or I'll be flying back to talk to my daughter and to kick your ass and believe me when I tell you this, you don't want that." As soon as Benjamin finished he hung up the phone. Pulling the phone away from his ear, Damon tried to keep the look of utter disbelief off his face. He couldn't believe he had just been threatened by Bonnie's father. Slipping the phone back into his jean pocket, he rubbed a hand through his hair as Alexis and Vincent reentered the room, Alexis looked over at Damon and just shook her head.
"Was that," she paused for a moment as if gathering her words. "Her father?" Damon just walked over to the sofa and sat back down while crossing his arms over his chest. Alexis kept her gaze on him for a few moments before speaking up again. "And he's not here?" Damon lifted an eyebrow as he looked over at her.
"No, he travels a lot," he answered with a shake of his head, before eyeing the older woman. Alexis quickly looked away from him and walked over to the love seat and settled down. Leaning forward, Damon placed his elbow on his thigh and used his hand to prop up his head while pointing a finger at her. "Why do you ask?" Alexis narrowed her eyes, and looked over at Vincent who was slowly making his way over to the armchair that was set directly between their two positions. Damon growled at her silence and snapped his fingers. "Hey! Answer the question."
"I just thought that she didn't have anyone since she was living with you. I mean don't you think it's weird that he would work out of state," she paused and shook her head. "Probably out of the country while his daughter remains here knowing that there aren't any family members here for her." Damon didn't know how to response to that really, he was a little surprise that she sounded so concern. Alexis shook her head in disgust as she thought more about it. "Or is he foolish enough to trust you with his child," she chuckled then, and Damon was seriously thinking about getting up from the sofa and showing her something she certainly didn't want to see. Alexis stopped chuckled and looked back at him and frowned. "Either way it hardly looks like good parenting skills." Alexis snapped out her voice holding a hard edge in it with just a hint of bitterness.
"Stop talking about my father." A hoarse voice choked out, Damon jerked around towards the stairs and saw Bonnie standing there at the bottom holding onto the railing. Standing up, he sped over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist and led her back to the sofa he had just been occupying and helped her sit down, while Bonnie kept her gaze on Alexis who met her stare head on.
"You alright." he asked Bonnie softly unaware of the hostile looks being passed between the two women. Once Bonnie was seated she looked up at Damon and graced him with a small smile that told him he was okay, and then looked back at Alexis.
"Don't talk about my father, Alexis. You don't know him, so just keep your judgments to yourself." she stated to the older woman, her voice devoid of the bite that would have probably been there if she wasn't just coming out of a magically induced sleep. Alexis studied Bonnie for a few moments before nodding her head in understanding.
"I didn't mean any harm," she stopped and looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry," looking back up she locked eyes with Bonnie. "I was simply wondering why your father allows you, his teenage daughter, to remain in this town by yourself. It doesn't seem right or healthy." she replied back with a shake of her head as she looked at Bonnie.
"My father is doing the best that he can, besides at least he-." she trailed off not wanting to bring up the fact that her mother had abandoned her. Damon studied her and knew exactly where her thoughts were headed. Turning towards Alexis, he cleared his throat.
"Look, as much as I love a good wordy throw down. I think it's best if we just drop the subject," he paused and looked over at Alexis. "Besides I'm already pissed off at you, do you really want to make it worst and judging from the heated looks my little witch keeps sending you," he paused and made a pointed effort to showcase the displeasure on Bonnie's face. "She's pissed at you too. How about we put this conversation away from another day." Alexis tilted her head to the side and studied him for a brief second before sighing and nodding her head in agreement.
"I guess you're right." Turning her attention back to Bonnie she spoke up her voice sounding sugary sweet. "How are you feeling now Bonnie?" Alexis watched as Bonnie sent her a dark look before shaking her head and pointing to herself.
"Who me," she asked sarcastically, showing everyone in the room how much her boyfriend had rubbed off on her. "Oh I was doing fine, before you tried to kill me and Damon." Damon's eyebrows shot up at that statement, so he was apart of the so-called 'dire situation,' that Alexis had made up outside. If Bonnie hadn't placed her hand on his thigh to hold him still he would have raced across the room in order to beat Alexis to a pulp, which was out of the ordinary for him. He usually didn't like hitting women unless it was with a certain part of his. . .he shook his head as Alexis spoke up.
"It was a test, I was certain that you weren't going to let me kill you. . .or him." Bonnie didn't answer instead she leaned over on Damon until her head was resting against his shoulder.
"You don't know that." Bonnie answered with a weak sigh, "You really didn't know that." Alexis watched them for a moment before leaning back on the sofa.
"Can I ask you a question about your father?" Bonnie raised an eyebrow at this, and looked pointed at the older woman. She wasn't so sure that this would be for the best, she didn't want her to start talking about her father again. She was still pissed off at the woman for badmouthing her father to Damon.
"Fine what is it?"
"Does he have any powers?" Alexis asked bluntly, Bonnie immediately shook her head as she looked at the older woman, who looked rather disappointed by her answer. "How can you be so sure?"
"He would have trained with my grandmother. He never did. He even shook Damon's hand before and he didn't flinch," she paused as she taught that morning that seemed so long ago. Her father only viewed Damon as some dangerous older bad boy that had taken an interest in his young daughter. "Even if my dad had just a small bit of magic, he would have realized that Damon was-."
"Dead." Alexis stated cutting her off, she still had that look of disappointment on her face and at this time it was even harsher then before. Giving Bonnie one more look, she pushed herself up from the sofa, and look over at Vincent. "Do you want to try and teach her now or wait?" Vincent glanced over at Bonnie before shaking his head. He didn't think that Damon would be up for Bonnie training anymore today especially after what Alexis attempted to do earlier. The vampire was probably on edge and he didn't want to be the straw that drew his teeth out. Damon looked over at Alexis and rolled his eyes.
"Don't you think, you should be asking Bonnie that question?" Alexis narrowed her eyes at him before sighing.
"I suppose you're right. Bonnie?" Bonnie just looked over at Vincent and then back at Damon. She knew why Damon had spoken up for her, he still remembered that the main reason she was here was not to learn from Alexis but to learn from Vincent. She still wanted to learn the tricks and spells that he had used during the attempted kidnapping. Those were spells that she felt she truly needed to know, glancing over at Vincent she slowly nodded her head.
"I wouldn't mind if you started to teach me those spells today." she stated with a reassuring nod, Vincent eyed her for a moment before pushing himself up and off the sofa.
"Alright then, but for your sake," he paused and looked over at Damon who had his eyes glued to him. "Or rather mine, I'll be taking it real easy on you." he stated before heading out of the living room. Bonnie looked back at Damon once, before following him, leaving Damon and Alexis alone. Pushing himself off the sofa Damon walked over to Alexis and stood in front of her.
"Like I said earlier, you're truly fucking insane. Using me like you did," he paused and shook his head. "Let me tell you something, if you ever attempt to do that again, I'll rip your heart out of your chest and show it to you while it's still warm and beating." he replied his voice cold as ice. Alexis looked up at him, her face a mask of calm as she stared into the furious eyes of the vampire before her.
"I did what I had to do."
"I know," he stated with a cold smirk. "And I'll be doing what I have to do, if you ever do something like that again," he headed out of the room but paused at the doorway. "Anything else you wanna say."
"No, not really." she replied back with a shake of her head as she stood up from the sofa. Damon clenched his jaw at her words and stalked over to her with a frown marring his features. He didn't want to vamp out again but he wanted her to know that she was real close to pissing him off.
"Say what you wanna say then." he snapped out coldly, as he felt his fangs slowly descending. Alexis just looked at him, her eyes showing him just how unafraid she was at that moment in time. The look on her face made him want to make good on his promise at that moment. Maybe, when she saw her heart, she'd finally be afraid of him.
"You and I both know that when it comes to dangerous situations influences by us supernaturals the only rule that matters is killed or be killed," she paused and studied him, looking him up and down as if he was lacking something important. "That's what I was trying to bring out of her out there. That sense of survival that she'll need in order to make it out of this situation alive and well."
"No," he stated as he leaned towards her. "No you weren't, you were trying to see just how much power she had, so you would know if you really wanted her for your Coven. I haven't forgotten your reason for showing up here and helping us." he pointed out angrily, did she really think he was a fool.
"Of course I'm getting her prepared for her Coven, that's what I have to do." Damon's gaze narrowed for a moment before stalking over towards Alexis who looked up at him as if she were waiting on him to do something.
"Her Coven."
"Of course, did you really think I'd stick around and follow her orders. Vincent, Jasmine and Giselle need someone their age. I am simply bringing them all together, that is what I've come here to do." Damon studied her for a moment, he was pretty sure that he was the first person she had told this too. He was pretty sure that he was, but that didn't matter especially after what she did today.
"It doesn't matter," he said with a hard shake of his head. "If you do something like what you did today again. I'll kill you, no questions asked. . .curtsey of that one rule." Damon didn't wait for her to reply, instead he left the room. Intent on finding Bonnie and Vincent and spending the rest of the afternoon with them and keeping himself as far away from Alexis as possible.
"That woman is freaking insane," Damon muttered as he opened up the front door to the Salvatore Manor later on that night when he had Bonnie finally returned from the practice session that they had been having all afternoon. "Oh and I take back everything I said. I don't trust her, everyone else I'm okay with just not her."
"I'm with on that, Damon." Bonnie stated softly, but Damon could tell that she wanted to say something else, turning around she watched as he closed the door behind them. "But, Damon I think we need her on our side, no matter how insane she is. I may not like what she did but I think I understand it." The look that Damon sent her way, would have made Bonnie laugh out loud if she hadn't known just how serious he really was at the moment. Damon clamped his jaw shut and Bonnie could have swore she heard it click shut.
"You can not be serious, give her one more chance are you out of your mind." he nearly shouting and judging by the pair of footsteps they heard coming their way, they had been heard the other person who shared the house with them. Stefan wandered into the hallway and looked between the both of them. Taking in his brother's mood, he quickly shot Bonnie a glance.
"Do I even want to know?" he asked before looking back at his brother, whose gaze was still on Bonnie.
"He's angry because I-." Damon turned his head away from Bonnie and looked over at his brother.
"Maybe you can help us settle something," Damon replied coolly as his flicked his gaze towards Bonnie for a brief moment and then over to his brother. "Let me provide you with a scenario and then you tell me what you think would be the best solution."
"I really don't want to get caught in the middle of a lover's spat." Stefan admitted as he held his hands up in front of him. Damon raised an eyebrow at his brother's choice of words while Bonnie just dropped her mouth open in utter shock.
"Are you really going to call this a lover's spat?" he asked as he shot his brother a look that screamed for the younger Salvatore to quickly rephrase it. Stefan, however merely shrugged his shoulders before shoving his hands in his pockets.
"What?" he asked with a sigh. "I've simply come to the conclusion that, you and Bonnie need these little love spats every once in awhile. Otherwise. . .," he trailed off as he saw the looks that Damon and Bonnie were currently sending his way. Both looks promised that if he finished his sentence the punishment would be rather painful. Rubbing a hand over his hair, he looked at them both before releasing a sigh. "Fine what is it?"
"Alexis tried to kill Bonnie." Damon exclaimed jumping forward with the reason for their fight before Bonnie could say anything that might sway his brother towards her side of things. Crossing his arms over his chest, he looked over at Bonnie who was glaring at him as if he had done something wrong. He personally didn't care for the look, cause he was simply looking out for her well being. "And my little witch here, knows that she did because the woman actually admitted to it twice but she still wants to give her a second chance." Stefan's mouth dropped open in surprise, cause he certainly wasn't expecting this to be the reason for their fight.
"What-."
"Stefan, she was trying to get me to tap into my powers. I really don't think she would have kill me and-."
"What do you mean by that, Bonnie?" Damon practically shouted with a shake of his head as he looked down at her. "She meant to do that, I mean do you see what she sent at you. I don't think she could have stopped that if she wanted too. She took a chance with your life and I don't like it."
"She's just teaching me."
"If teaching someone means attempting to kill them then I probably should have went into teaching a long time ago." Damon stated with a roll of his eyes before looking towards his brother. "Now Stefan tell me what would you do. Never trust them again," he paused and looked over at Bonnie. "Or show up for the next training session and let them try again."
"I," he paused for a moment before shaking his head. "She was training, right?" Stefan asked softly as he looked over at Bonnie and then back at Damon who only looked away from him and just huffed.
"Yeah."
"Look, Damon I understand what's wrong. What she did was wrong, but in her mind I'm sure she was just getting Bonnie ready to fight. She's obviously trained Vincent, Giselle and Jasmine. Maybe this is just one of her methods." Damon shook his head before looking towards his brother.
"Oh Stefan, always searching for the good reasons." Damon stated with a roll of his eyes as he looked at his brother and over at Bonnie.
"Hey, I figured that's why you asked me." Stefan replied as he looked back at his brother. "Look, I wouldn't say trust her, but give her another chance and be more on your guard this time around." he finished his statement and looked between the two of them. "Is there anything else that Dr. Stefan can do you two." Damon looked at his brother in annoyance.
"Yeah, you can leave us alone." Stefan just smiled and walked towards the kitchen, but not before throwing a casual wave over his shoulder towards his brother and Bonnie. Once they were alone, Bonnie turned towards Damon and sighed.
"He's right you know," when Damon didn't make a move to respond she continued. "We should keep our guard up around her while at the same time giving her a second chance. There's still a lot I could learn for her and while we're facing Lucius and Katherine I think I need to learn all that I can."
"I guess you're right," he replied softly as he looked down at her before leading her out of the hallway and towards the stairs. He wrapped his arm around her waist as he spoke up. "Are you tired?" Bonnie looked up at him then.
"You could say that." she replied back with a small smile.
"Good because I just so happen to have a big bed upstairs in my room where we can just lay down until-."
"Our exhaustion goes away." Bonnie finished with a wink.
"Yeah, because I think a rest is just what the real doctor ordered, not that quack that just so happens to be my brother." he stated with a devilish smile as he looked down at her. Bonnie just smiled back up at him as she placed her foot on the stairs.
"Perfect way to forget this day." she countered as she moved out from under Damon's arm and started backing up the stairs facing him. Damon merely winked at her as he reached out towards her and pulled her to him. Hoisting her up into his arms he raced up the stairs to his room.
"Sounds like a plan."
"Are you sure this will work?" Katherine muttered as she looked over at Elise who was sitting in the car besides her. "Before I go in there I want to make sure you can perform the spell. I don't want to go through all this trouble for nothing." Elise just nodded her head as she looked over at Katherine, who remained seated in the car. "Answer me with words, Elise."
"I can perform the spell, you just need to do this and the spell will work without a problem." she stated with a nod of her head as if she were reassuring herself with the head nod. Katherine just sighed then and looked herself over.
"Good, I really hate pretending to be her. She's too sweet," she paused for second to release a heavy sigh. "She's just too sweet."
"You'd only have to do this about twice." Elise stated, wondering if her words would help Katherine. The woman merely sent her a look, however whatever words she was about to say in reply stopped as the front door to the house opened and out walked Elena Gilbert. They both watched as Elena got into her car and drove off into the night. Katherine couldn't help but think that she was probably off to see Stefan of all people. Once she was sure the girl wouldn't be returning, she climbed out of the car but not before looking back into the car at Elise.
"Stay here. This should only take about a second." Elise merely nodded her head as she watched Katherine stroll up the walkway towards the Gilbert household.
Katherine carefully walked up the stairs and then knocked on the door. It barely was a second before Jenna opened the door. "Elena, I thought you were gone for the night."
"I forgot something, Jenna." Katherine replied, as she changed her tone into the sound of Elena's voice.
"Well come on in and get it." Jenna replied as she stepped aside and motioned for Katherine to come inside. "Where are your keys by the way."
"I left the car running." Jenna gave her a look before shaking her head.
"You shouldn't do that, Elena. Hurry get what you need and get back out to that car before some freak accident happens." Katherine nodded her head and quickly bounded up the stairs. Entering Elena's room, she looked around for the object that Elise had told her, she would need in order to perform the spell. Heading towards the adjacent bathroom, she found the item. Picking up the hairbrush she looked it over and saw that there was still some hair left in it. Walking out of the bathroom and back into Elena's room she walked over to the closet and pulled out several outfits.
"Can't look like you if I don't dress like you." she muttered to herself as she started folding several of the items up. Intent on taking them with her, once she was satisfied that she had everything she wanted. She headed out of the room, she caught Jenna's eye as she headed out the front door. Placing a sickening smile on her face she waved at her before exiting the house. As she made her way over to the car, she climbed in and shut the door. A moment later, Elise was driving them away from the house and back towards their hideout.
"Did you get everything we need?" Elise asked as they came to a stop light. Katherine looked up from the items she held in her lap and nodded her head.
"Yeah, I got everything we are going to need," Katherine stated as she glanced back out the window towards the Gilbert household. "So tomorrow let's get this plan rolling, I've spent way too much time here already."
"And once this is over my debt to you will be paid." Elise asked nervously as she looked at the other woman. Katherine sighed and leaned back in the seat for a moment before nodding her head.
"Consider it paid in full."
