Chapter 9: How Do You Sleep?
It was a few months since Bonnie left without talking to anyone in mystic falls. It took her and Lucy a lot longer than they thought it would to get the summoning spell ready. Then they had to wait until there was a full moon to make the spell stronger. Bonnie is now at least almost five months pregnant, which anyone that sees her can tell by how big her stomach was.
There is a complication though because by the time that Bonnie was on her way back towards mystic falls; Damon was on the verge of making a bad mistake. Elena came back from New Orleans without Caroline. It seemed that Caroline fell back into Klaus's bed and now she was going to stay there and see if they had a future together or not. Elena wasn't too surprised by her friend's decision. They both missed Bonnie but neither one had heard from her in over a month.
After Elena came back, she kept coming over to the boardinghouse under false pretenses that she wanted to be friends with Damon. He knew better but at this point he thought that he was waiting for yet another woman that didn't love him or want him. Then one dark night Elena came over, she had been drinking and he was already nearly drunk when Elena showed up. Before he even realized what he was doing, Elena was kissing him. They barely made it to his bedroom.
They had sex countless times that night; even though they had been together before, this time it felt different. It wasn't a good different either, it felt like two strangers hooking up in their hour of need. The reason that it felt like that was because they weren't in love anymore. At least that's how it felt to Damon, Elena was another story though, she thought that this meant they were going to get back together.
It was the next day, when Bonnie finally came home. Elena awoke to an empty bed as Damon had fled. He woke up in a panic and left without saying a word to Elena. Of course Stefan had to be home and know all about everything that happened the night before. He didn't even comment on Damon's actions; which kind of surprised Damon.
Elena went to seek Damon out and convince him that they belonged together once and for all. Bonnie went home and unpacked her stuff and helped get Lucy settled in. The first call that she made was to Caroline and to her surprise, she discovered that her friend was in New Orleans with Klaus and staying there. She wanted to confide in Caroline but she needed to tell Damon about the baby first. A few hours later Bonnie goes in search of Damon. She had every intention of telling him, she decided to walk to the boardinghouse. On her way through the town square, she noticed Damon but he didn't see her. Then she heard Elena yelling at him.
"Damon, wait a minute, do you think that you can just have sex with me and then say it doesn't mean anything?"
"Just let it go, already, it was only one night and it was a mistake."
"No, it wasn't, it was one of the best nights of my existence and you can't tell me that you didn't feel anything for me."
"I don't know what you want me to say but we're over and last night doesn't change a thing between us."
He walked away from Elena as Bonnie stood there in shock, she couldn't move, she couldn't breathe, it felt like someone had reached inside of her and pulled her heart out and put it through a shredder. Neither one of them noticed Bonnie standing there nor did either one see her tears either. She wasn't sure what to do now, she started to go back home. She wasn't watching where she was going and she walked right into Stefan.
"I'm sorry; I wasn't paying attention to anything. Oh, Stefan, it's you."
The first thing that Stefan noticed was her stomach and the second was that she'd been crying. He immediately tried to comfort her.
He put his hand on her shoulder, said, "What did he do this time?"
"It wasn't just him but Elena too, it's my own fault anyway, I mean what did I expect him to wait for me? I should have known that he couldn't ever be faithful to anyone."
"Oh, so you know that Elena and Damon slept together last night?"
"Yes, I overheard them discussing it. I'm so confused; I don't know what to do?"
"You're pregnant by Damon aren't you?"
"Yes, it's why I left because I wasn't sure if the baby was going to be normal. I left town to get answers not because I don't love Damon. Now I know where I stand with him and it's better this way."
Bonnie dried her eyes and started to walk away but Stefan stopped her and said, "Your right about my brother but I don't think that you should give up on him yet. Are you going to tell him about the baby?"
"Yes, of course I'm obligated to tell him about the baby. I just need some time to sort through everything in my head. So please don't say anything at least until I tell him myself ok?"
"Yea, I'll keep it a secret, what's one more secret."
With that Bonnie left in a hurry towards her house. She wasn't sure what she was going to do next but she knew that she had at least one ally, her cousin Lucy. She would talk to her and hopefully have a workable plan after that. She rushed into the house in a panic because she had never felt so lost before.
"What's wrong, Bonnie, you look upset, I take it that Damon didn't take the news of impending fatherhood lightly?"
"No, I didn't get the chance to tell him about the baby yet. He was too busy arguing with Elena about their sexual encounter last night."
Bonnie screamed out in between sobs. Lucy immediately went towards her in hopes of comforting her.
Then she said, "What the hell is wrong with that boy?"
"It wasn't his fault; he probably thought that I wasn't ever coming back to mystic falls. Besides he doesn't even know about the baby and now I don't know how to tell him the truth. I mean what do I say, sorry if you want Elena and not me but I'm pregnant, so too bad?"
"No, of course not but you have to tell him something because it won't be long before he finds out that your here. Did you talk to any of your friends yet?"
"I did run into Stefan on my way home, why?"
"You better tell him about the baby before his brother let's it slip."
"You're probably right about that but Stefan did promise that he wouldn't say anything until I told Damon about the baby myself first and I trust him."
"That is one of your biggest problems, Bonnie; you should never trust a vampire. I did and look how that turned out for me?"
"I know that and believe me, I am regretting ever trusting Damon but I can't regret this baby, I already love it too much."
"I know and I will help you in any way that you need me to, we're in this together, ok?"
"Ok, then will you come with me tomorrow night to tell Damon about the baby?"
"Of course I will, now don't worry about anything. Go take a nice relaxing bath, while I whip us up something to eat, ok?"
"Yes, that's fine but don't mother me to death, I could get used to it."
She could hear Lucy laughing as she went upstairs towards the bathroom. Bonnie finished her bath and had dinner, it was some pasta dish, which was the only thing that Lucy knew how to make. Then Bonnie went upstairs to take a short nap, she got tired so easily these days. While she was sleeping, Lucy decided that she was going to have a little chat with Damon Salvatore. She wasn't about to let him treat her cousin like that and get away with it. She knocked on the door to the boardinghouse hoping that he would answer it but it was Stefan at the door instead.
"Lucy, what a surprise, I didn't know that you were in town, Bonnie didn't mention it."
"Yea, I came back with her just to make sure that she isn't used by more vampires."
"Well, in case you didn't get the memo, I'm not a vampire and neither is Elena. When we all came back from the other side, we were all human. The only people that are vampires are Caroline and Damon, didn't you know that?"
"No, actually I didn't know that piece of information but it doesn't change my opinion about all of you people. Now that Bonnie is back, things have to change because she can't do spells of that nature at least for a while. So where is your good for nothing brother at?"
"I'm not sure, I think he's upstairs in his room."
Before she could think to look for Damon, he was coming downstairs.
"Did I hear someone mention my name?"
"Yes, I came to tell you that Bonnie will be here to talk with you tomorrow and I wanted to prepare you before you see her."
"Wait are you telling me that Bonnie has come back to mystic falls?"
"Yes but she doesn't want to see you until tomorrow."
"Well, why the hell not, what did I do this time?"
"Do you really want to know, you broke her. How do you think that she felt hearing about how you and Elena had sex last night?"
"She heard that, how? Did you tell her?"
He turned towards his brother with an angry expression on his face but Stefan just shook his head at Damon.
"Then how did she find out about last night?"
"Gee, I don't know, maybe it had something to do with you and Elena discussing it in the town square. She saw and heard the whole conversation. I've never seen her upset like that but she should have expected that from the likes of you. I told her that none of you can be trusted but she didn't believe me. Thanks for proving me right."
"What do you want from me? I thought that I would never see her again and I told Elena that it was a mistake and I meant that. I only want Bonnie but she hates me now, right? Wait a minute, if she hates me now, then what does she want to talk to me about then?"
"That's between you and her but I'm warning you that you better not try to get back in her life."
"I will respect her, as I've always done."
"Right, whatever, I'm gone but remember what I said."
With that Lucy hurried back to Bonnie before she woke up. The next day came far too soon for Bonnie; she was scared to death of telling Damon about the baby. It was almost noon when Bonnie finally mustered up the courage to finally face Damon. She knew that Elena at least wouldn't be there because she had class. Lucy knocked on the door to the boardinghouse hoping to get this over with quickly. She was lucky this time because Damon answered the door.
"Where's Bonnie, I thought you said that she would be here?"
"She is behind me."
Lucy moved out of the way as he laid eyes on Bonnie. He was stunned because it was clear that Bonnie had a bun in her oven.
His first words were, "Who did that to you?"
Bonnie replied, "Wow, you are so stupid that you can't even count? Now think about where I was five months ago?"
"No, it's not possible, you're wrong, I can't be the father."
"Well, I'm sorry but you are the father. It happened when we were together in the other dimension. That's where we went, to another dimension, my Grandmother sent us there and according to her, we were both human in that dimension, which means that this baby is human. I felt obligated to come here and tell you that I am pregnant and your the father. I don't know what part you want in the baby's life but I have decided to have it and raise it here in mystic falls."
Damon's first response was, "What about us?"
Bonnie immediately said, "There is no US, there's just too many things about us that doesn't work."
"What are you talking about? Before you left we were so close, wait a minute, this is why you left isn't it?"
"Yes, I wanted to know what my options were before I added you to the equation. Besides its better this way, clearer lines, then there will be no confusion on my part. It was only a matter of time before you went back to Elena anyways. I'm just glad that it happened before the baby came."
She sounded so broken, Damon had never seen her like this before and he knew that it would take a lot to get her to give him another chance.
After a few minutes Damon said, "Is there anything that I can say to explain my actions to you?"
"No, it's better if you don't even try to explain anything. We should just focus on the baby and being co-parents together, we can work something out. That is unless you don't want anything to do with the baby; if that's the case, it's fine. I just need to know before the baby comes ok?"
"Why would you even say something like that, of course I want to be a father to our baby."
Damon reached over and took Bonnie's hand and said, "We will work something out but it's not going to be easy because I want more than a part of my child's life. I want you and I think that we should work this out because last night was a mistake. I don't want Elena, I want you and if you were honest with yourself then you would admit that you want me too."
She pulled her hands away from Damon; took a couple of steps back.
Then she said softly, "No, we're not doing this, my heart and body may be conflicted but my mind is made up. Remember you broke rule number one? Now please just let me go?"
"Fine, I will accept it for now at least but I will get you back, I won't give up on us."
"Does that include telling everyone about us because they are going to notice this huge stomach on me?"
"Yes, we have to tell them about us right away. Who do we tell first?"
"Well, Stefan already knows about us and the baby."
"How the hell does my brother know before I do?"
"I ran into him yesterday and I made him promise not to tell anyone until I told them myself."
"Fine, who else knows?"
"No one except for me, you, Lucy and Stefan and then that leaves Caroline, Matt, Jeremy, Tyler, Alaric and Elena to tell."
"What exactly are we going to tell people?"
"We will tell them the truth, that we hooked up in another dimension and it resulted in a baby. We will tell people that it was meaningless sex and nothing else. We were both in a bad place and it just happened."
"Fine if that's what you want to tell people go right ahead but I'm going to stick to the truth."
"Just what truth would that be, Damon?"
"We hooked up in another dimension but then we continued our affair into the real world because we have feelings for each other."
"Whatever your delusional mind thinks is fine with me. People will never believe you anyway. I will tell most of the people on the list except for Elena, that one is on you, ok?"
"What about Jeremy, can I at least tell him?"
"No, under no circumstances are you to tell Jeremy about us. I will handle telling him about us."
"Fine, can I at least tell Alaric about us?"
"No, you can't tell anyone but Elena."
"Well, you're a bit too late because already told him."
"What? Well, when did you tell him about us?"
"It happened a few days after you left, I was drunk and he was here and I started rambling on and on about you."
"Fine, before I leave is there anyone else that you told about us?"
"No, that's it but do you have to leave already? I thought we could catch up and hang out?"
"You slept with my best friend, why would I want to hang with you?"
"I'm sorry that I hurt you but I know it's not over between us yet."
"Yes, it is over, we're over, done with and buried. You need to let it go already because I have."
With that Bonnie walked away but the minute that she was inside her house she just broke down and started crying. She didn't know how she was going to keep walking away from Damon. She still loved him but that didn't mean that he was good for her. Instead of telling people all separately, she decided to have everyone meet at the boardinghouse and tell them there. Except for Caroline, she called her and told her privately about the baby and Damon. Damon also told Elena in private because he was afraid of how she would take it. She took it rather badly because he made it clear that he wanted Bonnie and only Bonnie.
He didn't feed Elena the line that Bonnie told him to say, he told her the truth about how it happened between them. She was less than thrilled about it but she knew that this would probably be the only way that Damon would ever have a baby. Jeremy was so pissed off that he tried to take a swing at Damon.
Too bad that Damon ducked and he ended up hitting the wall instead. This was going to be a long nine months. The rest of their friends were surprised by the appearance of Bonnie's pregnant stomach. They all seemed to accept it, at least for now. Jeremy started dating some normal human girl; he didn't want anything to do with the supernatural world anymore.
