Thank you all for being patient for this chapter. I'm trying my best to update them as quickly as I can, but with college, work and a placement, it's really hard to find the time. I'm writing this chapter in my break from doing college assignments due in tomorrow. Shows how much I love you guys. Thankyou to everyone who has reviewed; you all made me cry, and I was proud that I did you all proud. Please keep reviewing, and enjoy this chapter.

Stefan POV

"Please Stefan, can we pull into a motel or something? I know she's safe." Bonnie had been none stop whining, ever since they got off the plane in Hawaii.

"Bonnie are you sure they're here, and why did they switch hotels?" Stefan tried to keep his calm, but it was hard - Bonnie was turning out to be useless. Stefan had never been to Hawaii before; it wasn't in his nature to go somewhere where the sun shone brightly, plus he didn't like the thought of being surrounded by happy honeymooners after he had lost Katherine.

"Stefan, I only get a glimpse of where they are, not an address and sat-nav directions", Bonnie huffed back.

They had been driving around in a rented SUV since the crack of dawn, looking for Elena. Bonnie had repeated the location spell over and over, but they somehow kept missing them. Stefan was frustrated; he realised Damon must know that Stefan would go to Bonnie, and that she would be able to find them. So he figured Damon and Elena were moving at all times, to avoid him catching up.

"It's tiring you know, having to do the location spell over and over. I need my rest. I don't think I'll be able to do it again until I get some rest", Bonnie said, beginning to cry.

A wave of guilt came over Stefan. It wasn't fair the way he was treating Bonnie; she was kind enough to help him in the first place, and he'd done nothing but use her. He wiped away some of her fallen tears gently.

"I'm sorry Bonnie, it's just, I cant help it, you know. I love Elena, and I know what Damon's capable of, so I need to find her, but I also have to think of you." Like a tap, Bonnie's tears stopped, as she heard Stefan's words.

"So, we can find a hotel and get some rest?", Bonnie sniffed.

With a deep sigh, Stefan gave in. "Yes, Bonnie we will go and get a hotel." Stefan kept reasurring himself that just because they were resting, it didn't mean they had given up.

Tomorrow he would find her. He was holding on to the faith that she would be in his arms again, as much as he was holding on to the last of his sanity. He thought briefly about leaving Bonnie, and using his vampire instincts to find her. But he quickly threw the thought away; he had promised himself and Elena that he would never give in to his vampire side - if he did, he'd lose himself, and then he would never find her.

When he and Bonnie reached a nice looking hotel Stefan had nearly convinced himself that things were going to be alright. He decided he would get through the night by pretending Bonnie was Elena, then maybe he could get some sleep, and not think about her.

They were greeted by a woman at reception, who wore alot of makeup. Stefan wanted to snigger: surely she was a trainee beautician, and not a receptionist.

"Hello, my name is Bianca. Do you have a reservation?" She smiled brightly at them, ignoring that their clothes were wrinkled and worn after wearing them two days straight, and that they had no bags.

"No, sorry. We haven't got a reservation, but we'd like a room please." Stefan was in a bad mood, but he could forget his manners. "And if it's not too much trouble, could we please have a room with two beds?" Even though he was pretending that Bonnie was Elena, he couldn't share a bed with her.

The receptionist looked at her computer for a few minutes, a frown building on her face. "I'm sorry, but we only have rooms with one bed. We don't have many twin rooms, as this is the honeymooner's paradise." She looked at Stefan, with a sad smile.

Stefan turned to walk out, surely there would be a hotel close by with twin rooms.

"We will take whatever you have", Bonnie said in a small voice to the receptionist, grabbing Stefan's arm. When Stefan gave her a quizzing look, she looked really tired. "Oh come on Stefan, I'm tired, and sleeping in the same bed isn't like sleeping together - and it's one night." Her eyes looked pleading.

He gave his credit card to the receptionist. Damn his chivalrous nature; he hated refusing anyone anything, and clearly Bonnie had been put through enough today. If she didn't mind, then why should he.

Bonnie POV

She finally had Stefan where she wanted him, and suddenly she felt nervous. What if he rejected her? What if he agreed to sleep with her, but then regretted it? Bonnie pulled at the ends of her hair, a habit she did when she was nervous.

She couldn't back down now; she had come this far, and he had agreed to share a bed with her - she wouldn't have this opportunity again... it was now or never. "Time to bag a Salvatore", she thought to herself with a giggle.

When they were in their room, she reached for him, taking him by surprise, and kissing him. She loved the feel of his lips against hers, but no sooner had she kissed him, than he was pushing her away firmly.

"Bonnie, what the hell?" Stefan's voice was a mixture of shock and outrage. She tried to kiss him again, but he was ready this time, and moved away from her.

"Stefan, you and me, we make sense. Elena and Damon are happy together - I've seen it - so we should make best of a bad situation." Bonnie let out a pout. This was not the way it went in her mind, he was rejecting her.

"Bonnie, Elena's not happy. Damon's compelling her." Stefan tried to hide his temper.

"But she's not being compelled. He gave her the necklace back, and they're together." Pain fell across Stefan's face, as Bonnie's words sank in. He shook his head angrily.

"You're lying." He was raising his voice now, something he didn't do often.

"I'm not Stefan. I promise you, they're together, and they're happy. It's why I brought you here, so maybe you could be happy, and forget about Elena, the way she's forgotten about you." Bonnie hadn't expected Stefan's reaction. His hand was on her throat in a flash.

"You mean to tell me that Damon and Elena aren't even here", he growled, tightening his grip on her neck. "Stefan, you're hurting me", Bonnie cried, growing blue. "Where are they?" Stefan spat at her in disgust - he wasn't like Stefan at all.

"I don't know." Bonnie was finding it hard to breath. Would Stefan really kill her? She was in too much pain to call on her powers and make him let her go. "A castle somewhere. I don't know; it's snowing." Bonnie was getting desperate; if he didn't let her go, she was going to die.

Stefan threw Bonnie to the ground, and disappeared out the room. "STEFAN, STEFAN", Bonnie shouted after him, but he didn't answer her.

"What have I done", she thought to herself, tears rolling down her face.

Elena POV

Waking up in Damon's arms, she felt more at home and safe than she had since her parents died. Damon's arm was curled around her stomach, and she had her leg tangled in between his, with her head resting on his broad chest.

Elena rolled on top of him, and playfully pushed his arms over his head. "Got you", she laughed. "Don't you know that predators always try and catch their prey off guard?".

"Ohh, you're a predator now, are you?" In a flash, Damon switched their position so Elena was underneath him. Elena laughed, and wriggled under him. "Don't you realise that predators use every advantage over their prey that they have?" Damon growled softly.

Elena reached up, and kissed him softly, while her hand stroked down the length of him possessively. Damon deepened the kiss, and Elena gently pushed him back, whilst maintaining the kiss. She pulled her fingers through his hair, and wondered idly how Damon could look this good first thing in the morning.

"Actually, I do know that, and I put it into practice", she smiled, pulling the sheet around her, and getting off the bed.

"Don't be too long", Damon said, raising his eyebrows in a suggestive manor. Elena stuck her tounge out in response, and shut the bathroom door.

Damon POV

Damon couldn't remember ever being this happy. Waking up next to Elena had been the best feeling in the world - next to making love to her. Usually, when he woke up he felt depressed and lonely, but this morning he felt nothing but love and joy, so much so that he had woken up hours before Elena had, and watched her sleeping. She looked so sweet and innocent when she slept: her lips made a little pout as she snuggled into him, like he was a soft pillow.

Damon thought about how she was going to react when he told her he was going to make her a vampire. He was scared of what she was going to say, but he had no other choice. In all his existence, he had waited for her, and now that he had her - and knew how she felt about him - he wanted to keep her forever. Fortunately for him, he had the means to do that.

A buzzing interrupted Damon's thought. "I need a new cell phone", Damon muttered to himself, as he retrieved the phone out of his pocket - he didn't have to look to see who was calling.

"Hello, brother, how was your night?" Damon loved winding his brother up, and by now, Stefan was bound to be truly wound up, running in circles looking for them. Even if he had the witches help, he would never find them.

Stefan shouted down the phone: "Damon, you can't do this. You can't treat Elena like this. You know she doesn't want you really; you know that she's only there because you've made her" - he was clearly desperate.

Damon smiled to himself, because he knew that what Stefan said wasn't true. "Actually, brother, for your information, Elena came willingly to my bed last night. I guess history does repeat itself." He couldn't hide the gloating in his voice.

"No, you're lying: Elena wouldn't do that to me." He sounded like he was going to cry - 'how pathetic', Damon thought.

"I can't help it that she wants a real man - someone to look after her. Who would be as stupid as to fall for a forged note, and leave her to the mercy of his brother?" Damon sniggered.

He froze as he heard a gasp behind him. He had been so caught up in gloating to Stefan, that he hadn't heard Elena come out of the bathroom - and clearly she had just heard everything.

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