Bonnie smiled walking along the length of her room on the phone with her beloved. He wasn't able to visit this month making it two months since she's last seen him. The baby was growing fast and she would update him every week on how her belly looked. He loved those pictures and would tell her as such. She hated that they couldn't be together throughout it all, but Bonnie is working on getting an arrangement planned out. She knew that he said that he didn't want her working, but she found this packing job with after school hours from three to eight and gets paid eight dollars an hour. It wasn't much but she had her eyes on a nice studio apartment that she knew with hers and along with Stefan's income, that they could afford it. She was eighteen, her parents were no longer legally responsible for her anymore so if they told her that she couldn't, she would do it anyway.

"How are you doing, babe?"

"I'm fine, I just miss you."

"I got the picture you sent." Stefan changed the subject. "She's growing fast, I wish I could- so how are your folks?"

"Why are you jumping around the subject?"

"I know how upset it makes you, Bon, I just don't want you upset. I miss you terribly and I swear next month I'll visit and hopefully I can get a week off so I could be with you and the baby."

"Stefan what are we going to do when she's born? I don't want to be apart."

He sighed, "I know. We'll figure it out."

"I think I already have a solution. I know what you said about me working but I found-"

"Bonnie," he said out of frustration.

"I know, Stefan, but it's little work, I swear, I get to sit down and everything. I've had it for some time now and I was looking on the Internet and I found something."

"Something?"

She nodded. "A studio apartment. It's not much but it isn't little either. I went there with Care and Elena and it's actually really nice. Just like you, Stefan, I've been saving and I think that we can get it."

Stefan held the phone to his ear with his shoulder logging on his computer asking Bonnie for the name of the place. Like she said it wasn't much but it was enough for them. The kitchen was nice, it had a nice space and two bedrooms. The rent was low and Stefan knew that if he asked his parents that they would help them a little each month. This could work.

"Before I say anything, what do your parents think about it?"

Bonnie chewed on her bottom lip. "I haven't told them yet."

"Okay, well ask them and I'll ask mine and let's just pray on it and hope for the best."

"I don't want to hope, Stefan. I need you here with me, I don't care what my parents think. I'm moving in with you whether they like it or not."

"Okay," Stefan said hearing the firmness in her voice, "okay, we'll do it. I'll put in my two weeks and I'll be up there."

Bonnie smiled. "I'll see you in…?"

"Three weeks if not a month. I should go, I have to be at work soon. I'm going to put in extra hours so I may not be able to talk to you as much-"

"That's okay, we'll be together soon."

"I love you. Give our baby girl a hug for me."

"I will, we love you too."

After ending the call, Bonnie called her friends and together they drove to the place and paid the first three months rent. Each day, Bonnie would sneak things from her room and things from the house that have barely been used to the apartment until her bed with some other things were left. She was scared about the whole bed situation, but Elena's parents (who thought that Mr. and Mrs. Bennett approved) ended up buying her a queen sized bed set as a housewarming present and had it installed as well. She was thankful for them and as she crossed another day off her calendar, she realized that just tomorrow Stefan will be here

:::

She squealed and held our her hands bouncing on her toes as he came up to her and met their lips. Her hands tightened around his neck the longer they kissed and Bonnie pulled away out of breath only to enjoy the feel of his lips on her neck. Their lips met again after some time but this was more in a calmly manner. Bonnie's hormones were running wild and she wanted to ask him for sex, but wasn't sure how that would all work out.

"Hi,"

"Hi," Bonnie smiled and kissed him again before taking his hand leading him inside.

She showed him around and he was surprised at how moved in she was. He brought some stuff himself, his father rented him a U-Haul and he had all his stuff packed and started moving in right away. As he did that, Bonnie made them lunch but decided to rest on the couch that Stefan along with their neighbor had just moved in and fell asleep. He was moving in a chair when he stopped and smiled seeing her resting there. It's been a while since he's seen her sleep (without a tear stained face) and he must admit that he misses the sight. When he would visit he would always be too tired and fall asleep first or at the same speed as her so just seeing her rest peacefully he walked outside to lock up the truck and came back to sit beside her face. He focused on her breathing then placed his hand on her stomach rubbing it gently smiling when he felt her kick his palm.

"Hey, baby girl. I love you and I can't wait to just kiss you and hold you. I'm going to be stingy with you because you're my little girl, very few people will hold you longer than five minutes before I take you back."

Bonnie smiled and just watched as he kissed and touch her stomach. She knew that he was the perfect man for her to get pregnant with at a young age because she knew that he wasn't going anywhere. Stefan met her eyes and smiled moving back up to her face to kiss her.

"Are you tired?"

"A little."

"Come on, let's take a nap."

Bonnie nodded then took his hand walking a few steps into their bedroom. She was glad that she made the bed and didn't wait to put it off like she's been doing with the rest of her unpacking.

"Oh yeah, babe, my dad is coming here tomorrow." Stefan said once they got settled. "He's going to drive the truck back and maybe visit your parents… you at least told them something right?"

She stopped herself from looking guilty. "Yeah, I wrote them a note."

"How did that go?"

"I don't know I- I left before they read it."

"You gave it to them today?" She nodded. "What did it say?"

She shrugged. "Just that I was moving out so that we can be together that we found a nice studio for us to live in and that I'll tell them the address once they have the chance to calm down a little."

"So maybe I should tell my father to cancel the visit..."

Bonnie nodded her head eagerly causing Stefan to chuckle and shake his head. He loves this woman but he can tell that she's going to get him into a heap of trouble.

"I have a surprise for you."

Bonnie sat up some, "What?"

Stefan sat up too then rolled his sleeve up and she saw that he permanently marked his skin with her initial on his shoulder. She smiled and ran her finger across it before kissing it.


Bonnie rolled over getting stopped by Damon's body. She whined used to having the bed to herself but made due by extending her leg over his and let out a breath through her nose. She felt his arm inch around her waist pulling her in closer and she decided that it felt nice. She hasn't been held like this in a long time and it got even better when his fingers ran along her spine. She smiled at the feel and relaxed more into him and just as she felt herself drifting off again, her phone sounded. She pretends to cry getting a chuckle out of Damon as she turned and sat up reaching out to grab her phone. She saw that it was Stefan but answered it anyway.

"Hello?"

"Did I wake you?"

"Kind of but that's okay. I guess."

He chuckled. "Hey, uh… do you think we can talk?"

"What about?"

"It's about Raina, I'm kind of concerned."

"Why? What happened?"

"I rather tell you in person. D'you think we can meet around 2:30? I can take you out for lunch and we can talk."

"O-okay."

"Bye."

"Bye…"

Bonnie hung up the phone having the sudden urge to burst into tears. Damon asked her what was wrong seeing the look on her face and she told him about the conversation then shortly left so she could get ready. She was going mad in her empty home and decided to pass the time with watching a movie but her thoughts never left her. The way Stefan was speaking on the phone she knew that whatever it was had to be bad news. He was concerned for her but why? Was she harming herself, was she in some type of danger, WHAT WAS IT? The doorbell sound and she jumped at the sound then quickly stood to answer it. She didn't like the look on Stefan's face as she opened the door so she pulled him into a hug that tightened when his arms wrapped around her.

"Come on, I'll take you out to eat."

Bonnie nodded and they walked silently to the car. Stefan looked over at her and he felt bad at how worried she was. What he needed to tell her was important, but he didn't want her to kill herself over it.

"So uh I was cleaning out Raina's room last night," Stefan said breaking the silence.

"Okay,"

"And uh I was you know just tiding things up and she had this book open on the vanity and I was just going to bookmark it and close it but I saw some words on the page that caught my eye."

"Words like what?" Bonnie shifted in her seat.

"Well upon reading I discovered that it was her journal or diary or whatever they call it these days."

"Well what did it say?"

"I brought it for you to read, it's in the back seat."

Bonnie looked back then narrowed her eyes when she didn't see anything but the leather seats.

"There's nothing there."

"What?" Stefan quickly looked back himself then sighed turning the car around heading to his house. "I can't remember it word for word, I'd rather you read it and tell me what you think." Stefan said making a U-turn to drive back to his place.

"Okay,"

"It was very vague, like there was a double meaning to what she was wanting to let out." Stefan said as he pulled up in the driveway.

He got out the car then walked over to open her door and they held hands as they walked up the short flight of stairs. He opened the door and Bonnie covered her mouth with her hands seeing all her family and friends shout: Surprise!

"Happy birthday, babe." Stefan whispered in her ear.

Bonnie looked up at him shocked then started punching his arm causing him to laugh.

"God I hate you!"

He chuckled and when the music started got lost in the crowd of people. Bonnie shot daggers at Caroline and Elena as they walked over to her with wide smiles.

"How could you guys go along with this?"

"Sorry, Bon, it was simply the only way to have you completely shocked."

"Yeah you should've seen the look on your face." Caroline giggled.

Bonnie growled and was even more shocked to see Damon out the corner of her eye.

"Damon's here?"

"Yeah, Stefan asked me to invite him." Elena said turning around to face him.

"He did?" Bonnie said then looked over at him who was talking to her father and faintly smiled.

"Happy birthday pretty lady." Damon said gaining her attention again.

"Thanks," Bonnie said smiling. Her friends decided to leave the two alone to go get some drinks. "Honestly, I'm surprised you're here."

"Me too. I didn't know it was your birthday for one," he poked her on her side smiling when she did. "And I never imagined that I would be on your ex's home."

"Hey, life throws you curve balls."

"This is true, this is true." He nodded.

Bonnie laughed and Damon leaned down to kiss her. Stefan turned his head and walked over to the kitchen figuring he needed a stronger drink than punch. He thought he was doing good about inviting Damon but now he regrets it. Actually seeing her kiss another man hurt him more than he thought. A red cup appeared beside his as he was pouring the Bourbon in his cup and looked up to see Bonnie with a half smile on her face.

"I think I deserve a little drink after what you put me through." She raised an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, Bon, you made me feel really bad about it."

"Well good, I almost had a heart attack."

"It was the only way that I knew you would forget about your birthday."

"I think I forgot my own name."

"Well do you like the party at least?"

She took a sip then nodded. "Yeah. Good music, good people, good food."

He smiled looking in her eyes. "So how does it feel to be-"

"Don't you dare, Salvatore." She warned.

Stefan chuckled and moved his hand to the side of her face loving the feel of her soft skin against his hand. His thumb traced a line across her cheek and he lingered a kiss on her forehead causing Bonnie to close her eyes.

"Happy birthday." He said looking into her eyes.

Before she found her voice, Stefan had already walked away leaving her alone.

Caroline and Elena stood a few feet away from the entrance of the kitchen door watching the exchange between the divorced couple. They were glad that Damon was busy somewhere else or he would've saw Bonnie looking at Stefan like he was the one that got away.

"Damn." Caroline chewed on her lower lip.

"I know."

Bonnie watched his back until it disappeared then looked down in her cup with so much on her mind. She added more liquor into her cup figuring that she needed it and sipped it before walking out.

"Having fuun?" Raina asked nudging her mom.

"Actually I am. Your father is particularly entertaining." Bonnie chuckled looking at a tipsy Stefan dancing with her mother.

"Surprisingly, he's the life of the party." Raina stared at him some more before shaking her head.

Once the song ended, Stefan kissed the back of Mrs. Bennett's hand gaining a smile out of her. Bonnie chuckled and shook her head remembering how much of a crush she had on Stefan as he grew older. She would tell her all the time to keep an eye out and to mark her territory because woman these days don't care about a silly gold band on the finger anymore. That's probably why she accused him of cheating when she thought he was staying after work too late and too often.

"May I have this dance?" Damon asked stepping in front of her.

Bonnie and Raina smiled and she watched as her mother was twirled onto the 'dance floor'. She studied them carefully wanting to know if she should go through with her plan of getting her parents back together or not. She saw them in the kitchen and how the love was flowing off of them and decided right then and there that she was going to be the one to reunite them. She's done it before although at the time she wasn't even born but she figured that she could do it again.

She wasn't sure if her mother was in love with Damon, but she knew that it wouldn't be long until they're both exchanging those three words. They did look happy though as she watched Damon say something into her ear causing her to smile and him to kiss her nose and she thought that she'd stop whatever she had planned but then she turned to her dad. He was watching them just like she was and she watched him as he tilted the cup up to his lips and made his famous face as the liquor traveled down his pipe. He looked angry more than anything as he leaned against the wall deciding to take another sip returning his attention back to the couple dancing.

From what she could tell, Damon was a great guy but she cared about her father's happiness more and she was sorry that he would be collateral damage in her plan, but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do and this girl was going to get her parents back together.

:::

Bonnie was embarrassed to say the least as Stefan walked out with a cake singing the famous tune. It wouldn't have been that bad if there wasn't an embarrassing childhood photo of her chowing down another birthday cake on it back when she was fourteen at Elena's birthday party. She looked up at Stefan with evil eyes since he's the one who took the picture in the first place. He winked at her and told her to blow out the candles which she did after thinking of a wish in her mind. She cut her own slice then told everyone that if they wanted a piece, they could cut it themselves gaining laughs from everyone around. Damon shortly stood beside her with a fork in his hand and stretched it over hovering it above the slice of cake but Bonnie moved it out of the way.

"Get your own slice, homie."

"Don't get mad at me, missy, I had nothing to do with that photo cake."

Bonnie hated that she chuckled but she did causing him to smile. "Well fine, since you're my boyfriend, I'll let you off easy."

Damon smiled and kissed her before adding cake to his fork and into his mouth. Bonnie watched him as he ate it and stopped herself from doing what she wanted to do in front of the large crowd. He looked down at her catching her eyes then kissed her once, confessed his love, then kissed her again. Bonnie smiled and said those three words back before going back to her cake.

:::

The party was over and everyone was fat off of cake probably going back to their homes and taking a nap; that's what Bonnie and Damon planned to do anyway. After kissing Raina goodbye and thanking Stefan for the party, she and Damon left and headed to his place.

"Home sweet home." Damon gave her a look causing her to giggle and even more when he poked her on the side.

"Stop," Bonnie smiles pushing his hand away but he pokes her on the left.

She gives him her own look and he chuckles.

"You're so fun to mess with."

"No, I'm not."

He smiles and she rolls her eyes. Damon takes her hand in his and leads her to the bedroom. He surprises her by sweeping her off her feet carrying her past the threshold and places her on the bed and he hovers over her and smiles. She gives him a smile of her own and lands her fingers in his hair staring into his eyes.

"You're such a bully." Bonnie says referring back to earlier.

"No I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

He leans down and kisses her nose gaining a giggle. He kisses her there again then all over her face making her laugh.

"Am I a bully now?"

"Once a bully, always a bully."

He shook his head then connected their lips and Bonnie wrapped her arms around his neck. They pulled away to breathe and Bonnie's hand moved to the side of his face and ran her thumb across his lips.

"What's on your mind?" He asks.

"Nothing and everything." She answers.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

She shook her head, "Not right now. I just want to lay with you."

Damon nodded and moved to spoon her. Bonnie intertwined their fingers and smiled when he kissed her ear.