~ Chapter Nine: Talking to the moon ~
"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why" - John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men)
Tuesday, 11th May 2010- Early Morning
Bennett Residence- Mystic Falls.
"Ahhhh!" Bonnie screams with her closed fist flying downwards. She stops at Marcus's face restraining herself from hitting him.
The sound of Gabriel clapping signals the dismissal of Bonnie and Marcus's combat training. Bonnie pulls back and stands up straighter. She puts out a hand towards Marcus. He grabs it and gets up with the help of Bonnie. Gabriel walked towards the two impressed.
"You two have gotten faster in your combat skills,"
"But…" Marcus and Bonnie whispered to each other only to look at each other and smirk at their thoughts. Gabriel never giving them compliments without comment to follow it.
"Marcus you are going have to be a little faster, stronger and deceptive in your moves when fighting an Original. Bonnie, you're moving too fast and overthinking of countering your opponent's move just in time. You both need to keep them guessing your next move."
Bonnie and Marcus nodded "Yes, sir," they say.
Marcus moves his head side to side to decrease the tightening of his muscles explaining to Bonnie, "I swear you've gotten stronger Bonnie. I wouldn't have thought you woke up from a coma three days ago."
Bonnie chuckles unclenching and clenching her left fist hearing the cracking of her bones "I think my body missed the adrenaline of training and-"
"Dammit Michael! The rule was no magic!"
Marcus, Bonnie along with Gabriel looked to see Alexis sitting on the ground drenched in water. They see Michael holding back a laugh and trying to appear innocent. Rosario and Robbie sighed shaking their head of the bickering between the two again.
Michael shrugged his shoulders "Alexis it's not my fault. I couldn't control my magic, and somehow it got all the water from that jug onto you."
"Yeah and who the hell put a jug of water near the mat for?" Alexis asked angrily looking at Michael. No one owning up and it wasn't like Michael was going to admit he put the jug there innocently telling his mom that the jar of iced water was for them to drink after training.
Getting up carefully while still pissed off she glared at Michael "This is why I like Bonnie as our teacher. She lays out the rules and trains us accordingly without any cheating in between."
Michael's dark brown eyes narrowed at the younger girl and steps towards her "Well I'm teaching you that not everyone in this world plays by the rule and you have to be ready for when something doesn't go your way."
Alexis shivered to feel her red tank top sticking to her skin, but her glare never wavered from Michael as she pushed him back, "Jerk" she muttered walking away from him and into the house to have a hot shower.
Michael sighed running his hand over his buzzed haircut then over his face annoyed. Michael looked to everyone who had their disapproving look pointed towards him, "What?!" he questions exasperatedly.
Rosario crosses her arms over her chest with a raised eyebrow, "Why do you always pick on that poor girl?"
Michael scoffed as if his mother said the most disgusting thing "Me?! I don't pick on her; I'm just making her stronger. After everything that has happened, she needs to be more cautious, anything can happen to her."
Bonnie smirked looking to Marcus who smirked back that what they were witnessing was really a confirmation of a theory they had been thinking of between Michael and Alexis's bickering.
Marcus looked to the slightly distraught Michael crossing his arms over his chest, "Mrs. Bennett he's just crushing on Alexis that's all" he said with a smirk.
Michael's head whipped so quickly towards Marcus exclaiming, "What! No! .Alexis. That's crazy!" he sputtered out.
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders holding back the urge to laugh at her cousin's actions at the moment "Not a crazy idea Marcus. I mean they do say that there's a thin line between love and hate-"
"-Maybe he crossed over to love," Marcus said teasingly finishing Bonnie's sentence.
Robbie narrowed his eyes a little thinking back of the times between his sister and Michael and seeing the point that Marcus and Bonnie were making wasn't a crazy one.
Gabriel rolled his eyes at the teens' drama while Rosario clasped her hands together clapping happily for her son skipping towards him grabbing his hands, "Is it true my son? Could it be that you are in love with her?"
Michael snatched his hands out of his mother's grasp, "No!" he exclaimed walking past her towards the house not before turning around and pointing fingers Marcus and Bonnie's ways, "You two stop creating crazy stories that are not true."
Michael looked to his mother knowing the statement that Marcus and Bonnie said would be engraved in her head, "Mom doesn't even think of butting into my love life or coming up with ways to push Alexis and me together. I don't hate her, but that doesn't mean I'm in love with her. I just tolerate her okay?!"
Waiting for a response from anyone but it never came he yelled out again "Okay?!"
Gabriel chuckled watching everyone stumble over their words from Michael's tone.
"Uhhhh yeah okay," they all said watching the angry boy stomp back into the house scratching the back of his head in frustration with his family muttering away, "Crazy family...don't know what they are talking about-" he pauses when he hears knocking at the front door.
Looking around he looked to the clock above the fireplace "Six o'clock," Michael looks up to the ceiling "I swear to everything holy it better not be him."
"You know I can hear you, right?!" Damon voices from the other side of the door.
Walking towards the door, Michael rolled his eyes and open the door to the last person he wanted to see right now.
"Of course the leech that never sleeps would be here at this hour of the morning. Thought you got the message after making yourself scarce these past two days."
"Well somebody fell off on the wrong side of their broom this morning."
Michael rolled his eyes continuing his sarcasm "Ha! Hilarious. Now, what the hell do you want?"
"Thought I get back to our routine of starting my day by annoying the hell out of-" he paused mid-sentence when he hears a familiar laugh.
Damon looks behind Michael to see Bonnie enter the kitchen from the back door.
Glaring back at Michael speaking to him in an accusing tone, "When were you going to tell me Bonnie was awake?"
Michael laughed at the elder Salvatore "Last time I checked we aren't friends, and I don't take orders from you."
"She had people worrying for her."
"Really? Only you have been coming around, and I know it wasn't for yourself. No one else has come around to check up on her. Who could possibly be worrying about Bonnie besides her family? You mean Elena? Caroline? Stefan?" Michael said in a thoughtful expression ticking off the people that would be worrying about Bonnie then looked at Damon with a smirk stating mockingly "Or have you been coming over for yourself?"
Michael chuckles tilting his head a little "Oh shit, Marcus might actually be right. You care for her."
Damon gulped keeping a poker face trying not to show Michael how much he had worried about Bonnie the past week not that anyone else knew.
"Michael?" Damon hears Bonnie's soft tone towards her cousin then look confused to Damon's presence.
Michael rolled his eyes stepping back sarcastically stating "Damon look! Bonnie is alive! Yay! Oh and Bonnie, Damon might not just be a blood sucking leech he might have a heart yay!"
Damon looked at Michael weirdly then at Bonnie motioning to the boy "Is he always like this?"
"Only when the family tag team on him. Come on in Damon and please excuse the training clothes" said Bonnie motioning to her grey yoga pants and the black tank top.
Damon looked to Michael with a smug look "Move aside kid" he said walking into the house.
Michael sneered at the vampire walking into his cousin's house like he owned the place. He watched Bonnie motion for Damon to sit on the long couch in the living room as she sat in the one-seated armchair diagonal from him.
Michael sighs annoyed at the niceness his cousin was displaying around the vampire and decided to go and have a shower not wanting to see anymore.
"So, let's skip the pleasantries. What do you want Damon?" Bonnie asked getting straight to the point.
"Would it be surprising for me to say that I only came to get an update on your condition?"
Bonnie chuckled nodding "Yes it is. So no Elena running into the fire trouble?"
Damon shook his head leaning forward "When were you going to let them know you were, you know okay?"
"Today actually. I woke up two days. My uncle and aunt ordered me to stay home for a day. To recuperate and get my head straight on what to do next before I can face the world."
She leans forward still curious, "You've never come over to my house even when asking me for something, but since I've been back I've seen you more than-" she paused in the thought of an example only to chuckle when it came to her, "-More than Stefan. Considering that I was closer to him than you."
"Hey! Remember we're friends now unless you want to get closer?" he wiggled his eyebrows up and down in suggestion causing Bonnie to laugh.
Damon froze in his teasing manner observing the young witch. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen her for a week that he felt like he was seeing her for the first time from a different perspective.
'She has never laughed like that before around me,' he thinks.
Damon shakes his head of his floating thoughts of Bonnie while calms down a little and looked to Damon remembering their last chat, "I do want to apologize for almost killing you I got lost in my rage and trust you to be the one to get under my skin" she finished biting her bottom lip nervously.
Damon chuckled a little and waved it off "Nothing to apologize for, little witch, We've always been at each other's throat. What are friends for? Besides you're the only friend I know that isn't scared to call me on my bullshit."
Bonnie smiled happily at Damon's response in which he couldn't help but smile small smile back. The happy situation didn't last long seeing Bonnie's smile fall, and her posture straightened, Damon had a feeling he knew who entered the room. Damon stood up and turned around to face him.
"Bonnie, Alexis has finished. Go wash up and get ready for breakfast" said Gabriel glaring at Damon.
Even though his gaze was not on Bonnie, she stood up quietly saying loud enough for her uncle to hear "Yes uncle."
Damon watched the outspoken witch be deduced to the quiet teen obeying her elders and not even saying goodbye to Damon, she went upstairs.
Gabriel crossed his arms over his chest at the vampire sternly stating, "I don't know if you have the worst memory of a vampire or you just have a death wish. Our coven and Bonnie is done with you and your friends."
"Yeah well, we're not done with her. She needs our help and whether you like it or not we're going to be here for her until she tells us not to."
Gabriel's eyes narrowed in thought looking at Damon almost in confusion then chuckled, "Well this is new."
Damon rolled his eyes annoyed "What?"
"In the witches' society, you and Stefan have made quite an impression. Stefan the Ripper and Damon the Manipulator-" Gabriel paused in his talk uncrossing his arms for his hands to rest upon the top the couch looking at Damon "-but you seem to actually care for Bonnie. Damon Salvatore caring for a witch. Who knew? Elena must have really changed you."
Damon lowly growled at Gabriel "This has nothing to do with Elena."
Gabriel smirked "Really? Last time I checked and everyone knows that everything you do is for Elena. Oh, wait first everything you did was for Katherine but that now shifted to Elena."
"What are you getting at?" said Damon through his gritted teeth.
"I'm saying that if you are helping Bonnie to gain some good points or get a very loving dreamy hug, you dream of from Elena then stay the hell away from my niece."
"It's not like-"
"Honey," said Rosario entering the living room placing her hand on her husband's shoulder telling him.
"If Damon truly does want to help our Bonnie then let him. Let him for Bonnie."
Gabriel was a stubborn man, but he loved his family and if he had to put away his pride for a while then so be it. Damon didn't say anything but crossed his arms over his chest feeling a little uncomfortable of this whole conversation.
Rosario looked Damon's way "If you or anyone else dare hurt Bonnie then you'll have us deal with."
"Yeah!" screamed Marcus, Alexis, and Robbie only to scramble back into the kitchen when Rosario whipped her head to glare warningly at the eavesdropping teens.
Looking back at Damon, Rosario states, "This is a one-time warning okay?"
Damon nodded as Rosario motioned with her head for him to follow her. Following her, she stopped at the front door opening it she ended their conversation, "I think it's best if you leave. If Bonnie wants you or your brother to help her, then she'll ask you but you two better not push to have it your way."
Damon without a word walked out of the house not before hearing the words from Gabriel to his wife "Do you actually think he'll stay away from Bonnie from our warning?"
Rosario chuckled watching Damon walk towards his car, she looked up to her husband "He's Damon Salvatore from what we know about him, has he ever followed the rules or even warnings?"
Gabriel smirked looking down at Rosario placing a chaste kiss on her lips murmuring "Have I told you that you are just so hot when you're threatening people or in this case a vampire."
Rosario laughed closing the door with her foot as she wrapped her arms around Gabriel's neck whispering back to him, "Well we could kick the kids out for today, and you can just see how hot you can get me."
Gabriel smirked wrapping his arm around her waist pulling her closer "As you wish madam."
"Oh, God! Please wait till we're out of the house!" screeched Bonnie coming down the stairs.
Gabriel pulled back to look at Bonnie "Well could you hurry it up then."
Bonnie poked out her tongue playfully to her uncle causing him to laugh at her childish manner.
Swinging his arm around Rosario's shoulder, he placed a chaste kiss on the side of her face "We better get some food before the kids get to it especially once Michael finishes his shower."
Mystic Grill- Afternoon
Marcus looked at his grumpy friend picking up a fry and chucking it at his head.
"Hey!" yelled Michael looking at Marcus angrily.
"Come on man, you can't still be mad at Bonnie and me?"
Marcus got his answer with Michael grabbing the fry that was thrown at him and threw it back at Marcus. "Okay I'll take that as a yes, but seriously man you can't blame us. You and Alexis argue like a married couple."
"Doesn't mean I like...like her. Alexis is like the annoying little sister to me that I love teasing and picking on."
"So you love her?" said Marcus with a smile picking up a chip and taking a bite out of it.
Michael rolled his eyes " Look you didn't see her when Derek left her. I never want her to feel that hurt like that again. So excuse me for being extra protective of her as well. I love her, but I'm not in love with her."
Marcus nodded shrugging his shoulder as Michael asked: "You and Bonnie are going to stop now."
"Stop what?" Matt asked taking a seat beside Michael and looking between the two.
"Teasing me about Alexis and liking each other" filled in Michael.
Matt laughed picking a piece of fry "That would be something I never saw coming" he said and took a bite out of the chip.
"See?!" Michael stressed out to Marcus.
Marcus just swallowed the piece of fry in his mouth then said "Fine! Bonnie and I will stop. Besides you are the brother we love to tease and pick on."
"Ugh, seriously Marcus you and your cheesy ass lines," Michael said causing Matt and Marcus just laughed to Michael's tone.
"You and Bonnie love them," Marcus said then looked to Matt "So no work today?"
"Had a group assignment after school, so I just swapped shift for Thursday." he explained then asked "I know I saw Bon yesterday but truthfully how is she doing? From you guys perspective?"
Michael and Marcus understood Matt's question. Bonnie was the type to take on the weight of her problems and her feelings without wanting to burden anyone else. She was always ready to help anyone, but when it came to her, she would deal with the problem herself. Since joining the coven she had been doing better in not burdening her problems and allowing others to help her, but still old habits were hard to break, and the boys knew that.
Michael leaned back in his seat and said, "You know how Bonnie is. She hides her feelings makes everything seem fine...we just-" he paused taking a breath in and out before continuing "we just have to wait till she is ready to talk about her thoughts on all of this."
The others nodded knowing Michael was right. All they could do right now is show Bonnie they were there for her.
Thinking of the whole situation, Marcus couldn't help but point out, "It's crazy though right? I mean Bonnie was destined years ago to kill Klaus. Talk about your fate already being written out for you."
Michael hummed in agreement sitting up he stated a little peeved, "Yeah but the fact all of this goes as far as to being about angels and demons, kind of makes the fact that witches are just puppets for angels."
"I still think it's kind of crazy that the Elder lines were originally created by Archangels. The idea that angels and demons actually exist" Matt said.
"As oppose to vampires and werewolves," Michael said sarcastically earning a hard nudge from Matt.
"You know what I mean" he mumbled.
Marcus on the other hand just leaned a little closer causing Michael and Matt to raise an eyebrow at his move.
"Our ancestors took orders from Archangels. What does that mean for us?"
"What do you mean?" Michael questioned only to realize that Marcus was going to divulge into another one of his crazy theories.
Marcus dropped the fry in his hand into the basket of chips and rubbed his hands together in a quick motion to dust off the salt remains.
Matt finally caught on to what was happening could only mumble in fear "Oh no."
With an excited and slightly crazy look on his face, Marcus started his theory "So we all get the pieces to create this Immortal stone, and it's up to Bonnie to somehow get rid of Klaus with the stone. What if they-" his finger pointed upwards "-have a plan not only for Bonnie but for the witches of the Elders lineage. Like granting Bonnie immortality would mean she would continue leading this battle and keep the balance of nature with our lines helping her."
"Why grant Bonnie immortality when all of our family lines have been doing that. Destroying supernaturals that have intentions of harming humans…you know keeping the balance of nature etcetera, etcetera" said Michael confused where Marcus was going with his theory.
Marcus shook his head further explaining his theory "I meant fighting the older vampires created by Lucifer. The lineage that Adara side supposedly come from."
Michael pointed out to poke a hole in Marcus' theory "Marcus, Adara comes from magic and the last time a witch came across those vampires was in the '20s, and they were killed that night and never heard of again."
"That we know of" butted in Marcus.
"Marcus-" started Michael but Marcus held his hands up in a motion to stop Michael from speaking and to just hear him out.
Michael sighed reluctantly, "Fine what theory do you have cooking in that brain of yours?" he asked.
"What if all this now is a link to the past. Our beginnings."
Matt narrowed his eyes after soaking in the information and states his understanding from Marcus's words, "You think Bonnie killing Klaus will trigger something from the past."
"Exactly!"
"Marcus that makes no sense!" Michael exclaims.
"Then why show Bonnie the times of the Elders? Why not just show Bonnie the moment when Ayana destroyed the immortal stone?"
"To show us the connection of Esther being of the Blackwell lineage," Michael said.
"Why?"
"I just told you why," Michael said now getting frustrated causing Marcus to get disappointed that no one could understand his point. Maybe Bonnie may see it. She always had a way of explaining it better.
Sensing the frustrated tension, Matt spoke up "How about we put the theory on the back burner for now and change the subjects?"
"Fine," they both said reluctantly.
Seeing the annoyance and frustrated look Michael said to Marcus "Work on your theory. Find me the proof."
Marcus smiled a little and nodded wordlessly and changed the subject, "So how do you think Elena and co. will take the news?"
Michael rolled his eyes annoyed of that topic "Can't they just stay out of Bonnie's business-"
"Hey watch it, they're my friends too" input Matt only to rephrase his sentence "Well just Elena, Caroline and maybe Stefan."
Michael chuckled "I'm just saying they never really bothered Bonnie until they found out she was a witch. If she had continued to live here in Mystic Falls, she would have just been their quick solution then actually be a friend to her."
"That's not true," said Matt.
Michael raised his eyebrow causing Matt to agree "Okay maybe you guys are not wrong, but Bonnie didn't stay here. She moved to Light Haven and started a new life there. The Bonnie we know today is different. Confident. Once Elena, Caroline, Stefan, and Damon understand that then there will be changes."
"How do you know that?" Marcus asked.
"Actions speak louder than words" is all Matt says.
"You make less sense then Marcus and his theory" retorted Michael.
Marcus nodded "He's right about that-" he paused realizing what Michael said "Hey!" Marcus said offended causing Matt and Michael to laugh.
Gilbert residence
Bonnie chuckled not at all surprised seeing Stefan in the kitchen after she was bombarded with a tight hug from a hysterical Elena Gilbert only to then be guided her into the kitchen.
"Bonnie…" said Stefan so quietly overwhelmed, he walked towards her and pulled her into a hug taking her by surprise from Stefan's action.
Stefan pulled away quickly "Uh sorry. I'm just glad you're awake and okay."
Bonnie nodded smiling a little as Stefan nervously scratched the back of his head. Stefan looked to Elena who was now telling Bonnie to sit down on the stool by the kitchen counter.
Taking a seat, Bonnie looked to Elena seated beside her and decided to start the conversation first, "I actually wanted to talk to you and Caroline about what happen, but she got held up with something with her mom after school. And since Stefan is here it does makes it easier to not have to tell this twice yet I'm certain you'll repeat this story to Damon" she looked to Stefan knowingly.
"If you don't want me to tell Damon then I won't," he said.
"It's okay he's bound to find out," Bonnie says.
Stefan rolled his eyes stating, "Or he could just waltz right into the house because he can't mind his own business."
Bonnie looked up to see the older Salvatore walk into the kitchen smirking, "Ah so the cavalry is here."
Ignoring Damon's comment, she continued, "Firstly I'm glad you're alive and okay Elena. Secondly, my family and I will be staying in Mystic Falls for a while. Not sure how long because Elijah did not go with the plan for killing Klaus. Now it's up to my coven to finish the job."
"We'll help," said Elena immediately but Bonnie raised a hand shaking her head.
"No. I can't put you guys into danger. That was why I was put into a coma to understand and learn of how to end Klaus. This was my destiny. Written from decades ago to the right the wrong of the creation of the Original hybrid" said Bonnie as Damon watched her speak with a faraway look on her face.
"Bonnie, I don't understand-" said Elena causing Bonnie to smile and grabbing her best friend's hand.
"It means that I need you, Stefan and Damon, to stay out of trouble and out of my way. This is bigger than what you all can handle."
"Just because you are a witch hybrid doesn't mean you have more experience than us?" said Damon aggravated from the sudden orders from Bonnie, "Aren't we passed all this mistrust?"
"Damon," Bonnie says softly sensing his frustration.
Her tone surprisingly calms Damon, and he isn't the only one to notice it. Stefan and Elena look to each then at Damon walking towards Bonnie and taking a seat beside her. With Bonnie in the between them, Elena can't help but look over to Damon who still stares at Bonnie.
"I told you I will have your back whether you like it or not," Damon says leaning towards her "You matter, remember?"
Bonnie smiles at him and says lowly, "Do you know something about the Immortal stone?"
Damon leans back frowning in confusion, "The immortal what?" he questioned out loud.
"Exactly," said Bonnie rolling her eyes causing Stefan to chuckle only Bonnie would cause a scowl on his brother's face.
"Bonnie" Elena says causing the said girl to turn in her stool to look at Elena.
"You're my best friend. You can't expect me to sit back and not do anything" Elena says worriedly.
Bonnie squeezed Elena's hands in reassurance "I expect exactly that. Continue your life, we can hang out and whatever but don't ask about my business. I've already broken the code of talking a little about this to you guys, but I got my uncle's permission because he understood when I explained that you'll put yourself in danger to trying to find out what was going on with me and we can't risk losing any more lives. We were lucky that it was only Greta, Jules, and Katherine that died in the sacrifice. Jules should have been saved for she was merely an innocent wolf, but we were too late, and that is my only regret."
Bonnie paused shaking her head of her thoughts continuing "But from these past experiences I've had to come to terms that sometimes lives need to be lost for other lives to be saved."
Elena stared at her best friend speechless it was as if she was seeing her for the first time. She wasn't the same Bonnie Bennett she knew. This Bonnie matured so much in so little time of her life.
Meanwhile, Stefan leaned against the kitchen sink letting Bonnie's words sink in and couldn't help but ask, "Code? You mean your Assassin code?"
Bonnie nodded looking to him "That's why I could only keep in contact with you via email and only answer when you call. Never to call you. I had to compromise with my coven because they believed you guys would become distractions in my training. Even so, I still worried" Bonnie chuckled in remembrance then continued "That's why I kept in contact with Matt to see if he was alright and everyone else and yes I told him not to tell you all that we were keeping contact. Besides it's not like you'd see him frequently."
"That's not-" started Elena but quietened when Bonnie raised an eyebrow at her friend shrugging her shoulders, "Come on Elena it's true. I mean I barely saw Matt when I lived here, and that's my fault for getting too caught up with everything here. Moving away made Matt, and I get closer. Almost like how he and I were before I found out I was a witch" Bonnie finished with a smile then let go of Elena's hands standing up.
"I would love to stay, but I have somewhere to be, but that's all I have to say."
Looking up to her friend, Elena bit her bottom lip tightly hating that Bonnie was leaving now after dropping that bomb "Bonnie you can't just tell us to-"
"Leave. Elena-" but was cut off by Elena standing in front of Bonnie.
"Please, Bonnie you've got to at least let us help you. After everything you've done to help us, it's the least we can do."
Bonnie chuckled "Me helping you was because I wanted to. I never expected anything in return."
"Then let us help because we want to, and we can be useful and besides Klaus is still a danger to all of us."
Bonnie closed her eyes pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration. Maybe she should have listened to her uncle when he warned her that telling her friends to not get involved may have an opposite effect.
Giving in Bonnie said, "Fine we'll involve you guys when it is absolutely necessary."
"Bonnie-" started Elena but was cut off by Bonnie.
"No Elena, my family and I are capable of dealing with the troubles of the supernatural, and over the months of gruesome training they are the only ones I can fight along with."
Bonnie noticed Damon, Stefan and Elena look at Bonnie confused with her statement, so she explained as best as she could "We train together every day and because of that, we've learned everything about each other. So when we are in battle we just click of moves to do next to take down the enemy and the only way we mess up is when we have more people in the fight with us; because of the distraction of looking out for people outside of our coven."
Damon's eyes narrow to her words, "So what you're just saying we would just be in your way then?" he states hating that Bonnie just made him sound like some mere weakling human being!
Bonnie looked down to Damon smirking and nodding "Yeah you will be" she says playfully challenging him. She really shouldn't.
Damon stared at the witch and smirked. Damon shrugs his shoulders "Fine."
"Damon!" both Stefan and Elena exclaimed at the same time.
Damon motioned with his hands to Bonnie, "She doesn't want us to be in her way. Besides, we'd just be asking to be killed if we were just in the way as Bonnie had so eloquently explained to us."
Bonnie stared at Damon not at all buying the lines he just sprouted but decided to just leave it.
"Good now I really have to go," she said hugging Elena goodbye
Elena reluctantly hugged Bonnie back whispering "Talk later."
Bonnie pulled back with a smile and a nod and said her goodbyes to both Stefan and Damon. All three watching Bonnie leave the house and close the door, Damon felt the judging eyes from both Stefan and Elena.
Turning to look at them, he was of course bombarded with the beginning lecture from his little brother, "Damon that was really uncalled for. Bonnie is our friend, and even if you don't want to admit it, Bonnie has helped us so many times. Even at times where she didn't have to. Even when she hated vampires, she'd put aside her pride and helped us out even with her family's disapproval of us. The least you could do is put aside your pride and help her."
Damon looked to Stefan with a bored expression causing Stefan to narrow his eyes at his brother in aggravation.
"Are you done?" asked Damon causing Elena's eyes to widen in shock of Damon's disrespectful manner about to speak but Damon held up a finger signaling Elena to not talk.
"Did I say I was not going to help the witch?" he asked.
Elena frowned confused nodding "Yeah you just told my best friend rudely that-"
Damon cut her off "-that I would stay out of her way. I didn't say anything about not finding out what her and her family up and what we can do to help her to get rid of Klaus."
Stefan and Elena stared at Damon in shock, but it was Stefan's chuckle that broke the trance stating "You know what I'm not even surprised."
Damon feigned shock "Really? I should really work on my element of surprise."
Stefan smiled at his brother asking, "So where do we start?"
"Well, we begin with our first clue. Finding out what the hell is the Immortal stone and why I have never heard about it."
Mystic Falls-Night
Bonnie pressed the phone to loudspeaker continuing her conversation with Matt as she reversed out of her driveway.
"It just sucks I'm not going to see you tonight" Matt's voice echoed in her car.
Bonnie laughed stating "Matt you saw me yesterday."
Matt mumbled thanks while he grabbed the takeaway paper bag handed to him over the bar and responded back "Yeah I know, but it was only briefly. This was meant to be my first dinner with the family after you wake up."
"I apologize, but Michael and Marcus knew I would be hunting tonight. Not really dinner, if it's just Michael and Marcus. We still have Sunday dinner."
Matt looked to his left and spotted Damon seated a couple of seats away from where he stood. The blonde-boy couldn't help but smirk knowingly that Damon was eavesdropping.
Placing the bag on the bar he turned to lean against the bar looking straight at Damon, "Where're you hunting tonight?" he asked Bonnie.
"Since I'm on a tight schedule the closest vampire bar I know of is in Atlanta," Bonnie said.
"Bree's Bar again?" Matt questioned and smirked when he caught a glimpse of a twitch in Damon's jaw.
"God no. Ever since Damon killed her, the next witch that took over that bar spelled it for no vampires to ever enter it" Bonnie explained.
"So, there's another place for your hunt then?"
"Yeah, I heard rumors of a club called Veil. Since the vampire ban, this nightclub opened up a month later."
"Isn't that's a little too on the nose?" Matt questioned causing Bonnie to laugh in agreement to him.
"It is."
"Don't have too much fun?" he says playfully knowing she looks forward to her hunt night "I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Yep. Bye, Matt" she said and watched the call end. With anticipation pumping through her veins, she pressed harder on the accelerator on the long empty road.
Damon turned to Matt "What are you up to busboy?" he asks.
Placing his phone back in his pants pocket he asked, "What do you mean?"
By now he would be annoyed but seeing this side of Matt actually impressed Damon. The boy got some balls on him.
"You do what you like with that information," Matt said grabbing the paper bag.
"Wouldn't Bon-Bon be mad knowing you spilled that information?"
Matt nodded "She will be, but I heard you were coming around a lot more than usual to check on Bonnie last week. She also told me of your weird insistence of helping her."
"That still doesn't my question" Damon pointed out.
"You want to see if Bonnie needs help then see how she hunts tonight. Then you'll see she doesn't need your help" he finished with a smirk.
Damon roughly grabbed Matt's arm stopping him from walking away. He could admit out loud of already knowing that the witch hybrid was strong. Heck, he was on the receiving end of almost being killed by her, but he wasn't going to admit it. At least not at all to the blonde busboy. Damon just let go of Matt's arm allowing the boy to leave.
Turning back in his seat he skulled the rest of his drink with an in-depth, pensive look. Fuck it, he needed a night out. He wasn't going for her. He was just curious of why had never heard of this vampire club.
Veil, Atlanta
Bonnie took a deep breath in and out almost in a sigh of relief of finally being alone. Tonight was hunt night. Hunting was to take place in some seedy bar in Atlanta, Georgia. This nameless club was perfect. It was quite obvious this club was a haven to vampires with the long line of humans from the entrance on a Tuesday night.
"More humans means more vampires," she thought gleefully and felt her fangs wanting to push out almost in anticipation.
"No bloodbath tonight Bonnie" her uncle's words went through her mind causing her to sigh annoyed.
They all knew she had better control over her feed now, but her uncle couldn't help but remember her first feed. She may have gotten caught up in her bloodlust, but those vampires deserved to die. The thrill of being strong enough to rid those vampires with her bare hands she'll admit. It was thrilling.
Leaning against her car she observed the nameless club across the road. The line was too long, and no vampire would dare wait in the human line meaning they must have their own entrance. Paying extra close attention, she caught a glimpse of a vampire speeding into the alleyway at the side of the bar.
"Typical" she muttered "Vampire speed proves you're a vampire and grants you entrance."
Pulling her short black dress a little in place and adjusted the deep v neckline of her dress. With her black heeled corset-styled boots to match she tousled her hair for a sexier look.
"Let's have some fun" she whispered and sped off towards the alleyway only to stop just behind the vampire being allowed.
The dark-skinned muscular vampire bodyguard looked at the new face in approval "Welcome inside beautiful. Tonight, you will have heads turning."
Bonnie smiles cheekily "That's exactly what I'm hoping for" and walked inside to be met with the sight of draped curtains. She walked down the hallway only to see the curtains were see-through allowing her to look into the room of vampires having their fill of human blood in each secluded booth.
"No bloodbath" she mentally reminded herself hearing whispers of vampires compelling their feed for the night.
Every booth she passed she could feel the eyes of each vampire she walked past with eyes on her. Tonight, it was quiet. Only four vampires in the VIP room tonight.
"Five...Four...Three...Two..."
Once nearing the VIP entrance door to the bar, somebody now stood in front of her "One" she whispered softly.
"You're new," the tall white man said.
Bonnie tilted her head to the side "Thanks for stating the obvious" she quipped back looking up to the towering vampire. Catching sight of the blood from the corner of his lips, her eyes moved down to see it stained on his black button-up shirt.
The man laughed heartily running his hands through his slightly long, wavy brown hair "I like you" he said his Australian accent seeping through his words while staring down at her.
Her senses were on high alert from his close proximity. The sight of the prominent vein on the side of his neck. Hearing his blood flow faster after his feed. The smell...oh the sweet, sweet smell of his blood. This vampire has been around for a while.
He then bent down to whisper in her ear "Stay with me tonight, and we can have fun."
"Promise," she says with a small smile.
"Promise," he said holding out a hand to her.
The pumping loud electronic music led Damon to the bar table inside this nameless club. He cringed to irritating electronic music that seems to be so prevalent today in the mainstream music.
Damon looked through the massive dancing crowd that he had to push his way through to get to the bar.
"Wrong entrance buddy," a male voice said causing Damon to turn around in his seat to face the bartender placing a glass of bourbon near Damon.
Damon frowned at the slightly lanky, tanned Hispanic looking bartender "Here are the rules. Vampires enter through the side of the club into the VIP room. They exit through there-" he pointed to the VIP door behind him and motioned to the crowd "compel who they will feed on. No death or I kill you myself. Clear?"
"Yeah crystal clear" Damon sarcastically said.
The bartender hummed pleased "Name?"
"Why?"
"Courtesy or would you just want me to keep referring to you as a vampire because I'm alright with that"
"Damon. How did you-" he paused "Werewolf."
"Bravo to you Damon, but you can call me Danny," the bartender said reaching his hand under the bar for a set of keys.
"Your friend is most likely in the VIP room."
"How? Is she-"
Danny laughed "Nah man. You came in here looking into the crowd looking for someone. It didn't seem like you were looking for someone to feed on" and motioned with his head to follow him.
Damon drank the rest of his drink and walked around the bar to now stand at the door "Locked from the outside."
"Yeah don't want any drunks walking in to discover vampires. Actually, a pretty smart setup the owner of this club did" Danny explained inserting the key and placed his hand on the doorknob only to freeze from the sudden unexplainable sensation he felt in his guts. Somebody he knew was there, that's impossible he left everyone he knew back home. No one would dare to follow him. Shaking off the feeling he opened the door and walked inside only to stop and take a sharp intake of air at the bloody sight in front of him.
Damon stood behind Danny confused and looked ahead. His eyes widened at the sight of Bonnie dressed in a sexy black dress. Damon gulped at the sight of Bonnie's red eyes and bloody lips, leftover blood still upon it as she dropped the last vampire to join the two vampires that laid dead near her feet.
A sound of clapping caused Bonnie to smirk and turned around to the vampire that had promised her a fun night. He leaned against the entrance of the booth "So you really are the witch demon" he said.
Bonnie frowned confused then giggled in remembrance "Ah that's right. That's what you vampires have nicknamed me" she looked to Damon "Damon meet Erik" she then looked curiously to Danny.
She vampire sped to stand in front of him "Strange" she muttered at the strange pull that washed over her the moment she saw him.
"He's not a vampire Bon," Damon stated.
Without a glancing to Damon "I know" she said
"She knows," Danny says in time with her.
Damon looks between Bonnie and Danny's staredown.
Bonnie stares up curiously at Danny "Have we met before?" she asks wondering why she felt a sudden kinship to this man.
Danny looks down to the petite girl "No" he states, his shocked expression shifts to the curiosity of this sudden familiarity to her, "I think I would remember a vampire feeding on-"
"Witch hybrid" Bonnie corrected him.
"I'm sorry? A what?"
"I'm a half witch, half demon" she explained.
"No shit," Danny said impressed then looked to Erik his mind catching onto the scene he last saw here "Where are the girls that came through here with you and your gang?"
Erik shrugged his head nonchalantly "They may have your bodyguard chasing after them and compelling them to forget what they saw. Newbie vampire may have gotten caught up in the bloodlust and accidentally killed her" he said motioning his head to the table where a woman laid dead on the booth couch her neck monstrously torn apart.
Bonnie chuckled lowly "Almost believable" she turned around to look at Erik "Did you actually think I would allow you to live."
Erik was flown to the wall and tried to move but was magically stuck to the wall "Let me go, and I will not kill you" he growled out threateningly.
Bonnie laughed and walked towards him "You kill me? Oh, that's funny. You may have been alive a lot longer than me, but I'm a stronger vampire that you oh so wish you were" she magically brought him to his knees "I saw that proud smile when your newbie vampire killed that girl. The good news here is that your blood is old and perfect for me."
Before Erik could respond, Bonnie already bit into his neck and began draining his blood. Feeling his body getting weaker and weaker with every drop of blood she sucked she struck her hand through his chest grabbing his heart.
Pulling away from his neck with blood still dripping from her lips, Bonnie said giddily, "Thank you for the fun night" then ripped his heart out of his chest. Stepping back she watched the body drop and lazily dropped the vampire's heart.
Bonnie turned around to look at a dazed Danny and a slightly turned on Damon.
Still high from the thrill of tonight she looked to Danny "Don't worry about the mess I'll clean it up. All I need is a bottle of any alcohol" she asked.
Danny should be kicking this witch hybrid out, but he couldn't help but trust and obey her words.
"Yes ma'am," he said leaving Damon alone with Bonnie.
Bonnie turned away from Damon and licked the blood off her thumb. She closed her eyes to suppress her vampire side and feels her fangs retract. Turning around she opened her eyes to be no longer red.
"You don't have that look" she stated with a tinge of surprise in her voice (but really, she shouldn't be surprised)
Damon walked towards her "What look?"
"The what-the-hell-are-you look. Similar to the look Danny had"
Damon towered over Bonnie asking, "What look do I have?"
Bonnie knew precisely what look he had on his face, and if Damon Salvatore was a stranger to her, Bonnie knew she would be spending the night with him. Her eyes widened in the surprise of her thoughts and looked down embarrassed.
Damon smirked at the sight of Bonnie being embarrassed. For a witch hybrid that just killed four vampires, it was nice to see she was still Bonnie.
He placed his hand under her chin and tilted it upwards "Now don't go all shy on me" he said his thumb wiping away the blood on the corner of her lip.
They both hear the door open causing them to step back. Danny walks in and hands Bonnie the bottle of JD.
Bonnie looks to Damon "Could you please get Erik and toss him with the others"
"Only because you said please," Damon said walking past her and picked up the vampire's heart and tossed it into the pile of a vampire then tossed Erik's body on the pile.
Damon and Danny stood behind Bonnie as she poured half bottle of JD on the bodies. Handing the bottle back to Danny she looked back to the soaked pile of dead vampires and whispered "Incendia."
Danny stepped back surprised by the sudden fire in the middle of the VIP room.
"Don't worry it's controlled and it'll be over soon" Bonnie explained, and it was true because within minutes the bodies were now a pile of ashes.
With a flick of her wrist, she opened the windows to let the smoke out as Danny now stood beside her looking down to the pile of ashes, "I do not want to mess with you" he said causing Bonnie to laugh.
She looks to Danny "Sorry about this."
"Don't be. I would've killed the vampires after killing the girl. That's the rules of the club. No kills or be killed. Simple as that" Danny said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"You're not a vampire, are you?" she asked
"Werewolf," he said then looked to her "A witch hybrid aye? That's new."
"You have no idea. Let us help clean then we'll leave."
"Woah, I didn't volunteer," Damon said causing Bonnie to glare at him.
"Really? You were just going to leave Danny to do all the work."
"It's his job, and besides I'm not the one responsible for the kill this time."
Danny laughed at the bickering duo "You've helped enough. We've had mishaps like this. I already got another bartender handling the bar while I clean up the mess" he paused seeing Bonnie biting her bottom lip unsure of leaving, "If anything you made it easier for me. Literally, I'm just sweeping these guys out. I just need to find out who she is?" he said looking sadly to the dead girl.
"Okay. Uh, where's the bathroom here?" Bonnie asks motioning to her bloody hands.
"There's one just there" he pointed to the door near where the booth that the dead girl laid.
"Thanks," she said and walked to it.
"Hey," Danny said causing her to turn around.
"You know my name, but I don't know yours."
"Why?"
"Courtesy. Unless you want me to call you witch demon."
Bonnie smiled "Bonnie."
"Nice to meet you, Bonnie."
Bennett residence
Matt rolls his neck from side to side in hopes to loosen the muscles then looks back down to the transcribed notes "So these summarised notes are from Rosita Bennett's diary."
Marcus nods while looking through his mother's grimoire "Well not the whole diary. Amelia has been writing what she is able to translate from passages written about the Immortal stone."
Matt nods remembering what they are in search "Any information about the Immortal stone you hope will lead to information about the map of immortality."
Michael looks up from his notes reminding Matt "We know what the map is for, but we are more focus on clues about the whereabouts of it" he says then goes back to reading his pile of notes.
Matt nods then frowns at Marcus "And you're not helping because-"
Marcus turns the page, "Because I am looking if my mom had written anything more about the process of a Kindred."
"Why? You said that Bon would meet him soon since she was dreaming of his memories."
"What is the purpose of Kindred?" Marcus asks looking to Matt
Matt squints his eyes remembering Bonnie's explanation, "Two people brought together by fate to complete an objective to help in a battle."
Marcus's raises an eyebrow to Matt to connect the pieces.
Marcus waits for a few seconds before it clicks to Matt, "You think Bon's kindred knows where the map of immortality, in turn, this kindred is helping Bonnie complete the objective that will help defeat Klaus. You're looking for a way to find her kindred sooner."
"Bingo," Marcus says with a little pride. Matt has come a long way after a couple of months.
Marcus looks over to the quiet Michael and sees Michael press the home button on his phone. Marcus rolls his eyes and looks back down to his mom's grimoire. Michael sighs at the time and the sight of no new messages on his phone.
"It's not going to make her come home quicker if you keep looking at your phone" Marcus states without looking up from the grimoire he was reading.
Michael rolls his eyes to Marcus's nonchalant attitude "I know, I was just checking."
Marcus looks across the dining table "She's okay. You know my powers will sense if she was in danger."
"Sometimes" Michael retorts "You may be elemental sync with my cousin but that is only convenient in battle and torturing people."
Marcus playfully puts a hand over his heart "Ouch."
Matt chuckles seated beside Michael "Marcus is right."
"Of course I am," Marcus says teasingly.
Michael looks to Matt who has this pondering look directed towards him, "Mike, It's Bonnie. You never worry this much when she hunts back in Light Haven. What's going on?"
Marcus looks to Michael with concern. Michael looks back to Matt and sighs in defeat, "Everything. Being back at Mystic Falls and Klaus is out there alive; I worry about Bonnie being out by herself. She is a target to anyone that wants to appease Klaus" he groans leaning forward to place his face into his hands.
He looks up to Marcus, "One of us should've gone with her."
Marcus raises his hands up in defense "This is the only side, Bonnie doesn't want us to see just yet. I respect her wishes for that."
"Except Ray and Derek," Michael mumbles saying Derek's name vehemently.
Matt and Marcus look to each other. Matt motions to Marcus to explain.
"You know it's not because Bonnie doesn't trust us."
"I know that I just-" Michael stops unable to think of the words to follow.
Marcus smiles seeing Michael's protectiveness "Understanding. Bonnie and I understand the thrill we get when torturing evil vampires; it's why we work. Derek and Ray understand what it means to be a predator. A predator hunting. We don't. That's why she isn't ready to show us."
Michael looks at Marcus unconvinced until Matt speaks to ease their worries, "Damon is there so really there is nothing to worry about."
"What?!" Michael and Marcus exclaim looking to Matt.
Matt quickly averts his attention back to his pile of notes.
Michael laughs sarcastically asking in hopes he heard wrong "Did you just say Damon was there?"
"Damon as in Damon Salvatore" Marcus states.
Matt winced at the tone from Michael and Marcus "Yeah" Matt says warily still not looking at them.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" they exclaim at Matt their loud voice causing him to look at them.
"He needed to see her!" Matt blurts out only for his blue eyes to widen to how it sounded, "I mean I wanted Damon to see that Bonnie doesn't need his help. She has us, but she's strong enough to not need his help" Matt finishes his explanation so quickly.
Michael and Marcus look to each other than to Matt.
"Let me get this straight," start Michael, "You told Damon Salvatore where Bonnie is hunting because you wanted him to see her and get the message that she doesn't need his help with Klaus and the Prophecy."
"Yeah..." Matt says unsurely.
Michael slowly smiles "Matt, you motherfucking genius."
Matt sighs and laughs to Michael's compliment as they continue laughing together.
"Eh-" Marcus starts causing Michael and Matt to slowly stop laughing and look to him.
"What Marcus?" Michael groans.
"Well you know how I said about Damon may be developing feelings for Bon."
"Damon has feelings for Bon?" Matt said confused.
Michael rolls his eyes explaining to Matt "Marcus's theory to why we see Damon a lot and his persistence to want to help her. I believe he is using Bon to score some good points in Elena's eyes."
Marcus speaks up to get their attention "Well I believe he has feelings for Bon. He may not want to admit it out loud, but he cares for her. We all know he is a sadistic vampire, right?"
Michael and Matt nod as Marcus continues "When he sees Bonnie hunt I am pretty sure-" he stops, "No I am 100% sure he will become more attracted to her."
Michael slaps the back of Matt's head "Goddammit Matt!"
"Ow!" Matt yelps rubbing the back of his head "How the hell would I have known Damon was developing feelings for B?!"
"You're observant!" Michael states accusingly pointing at Matt.
"Guys…" Marcus says but is cut off from Matt's response.
Matt laughs "I am! But I'm not that observant! I try not to spend my time within Damon's orbit."
"Guys…" Marcus repeats to get their attention.
"Well, maybe you should-"
"Guys!" Marcus yells shutting them up.
They look at him.
"Thank you," Marcus says exasperated "There's nothing we can do. Bonnie is hunting, and Damon is there" he looks to Matt "You are in deep shit when Bon finds out it was you."
Matt looks briefly to Michael who is nodding then to Marcus "She won't be that mad at me, right?"
Michael and Marcus look back down to continue their readings.
"Shit" Matt mutters looking back down in hopes that he will find information that will make Bonnie less mad at him.
Outside of Veil, Atlanta
Bonnie wrings her hands nervously as she and Damon make theirs to her car. She sees Damon's reflection in her car window.
'Why are you so nervous, Bonnie? It's just Damon that saw you. No one else' Bonnie berates herself mentally 'Snap out it!'
Bonnie turns around only to gasp a little to the close proximity of Damon. He steps forward, Bonnie steps back just for her back to hit the side of her car. Bonnie looks back to see her leaning next to her car door, then looks up to see Damon smirk at her expression
"Nervous?" he asks.
"No" Bonnie replies tilting her head up with a challenging look.
Damon smiles at her catching her by surprise of not seeing the usual smirk on Salvatore's face. Damon goes and leans against the car beside Bonnie.
Bonnie lets out a shaky breath wondering why her nerves were still affected by Damon's presence.
"Why are you here, Damon?" Bonnie asks looking up to him.
"I was in the neighborhood," he says with a shrug.
Bonnie raises an eyebrow at him to try again with his answer.
He chuckles at her reaction, looking across the street, "Quarterback decided it would be a good idea to learn my lesson and watch you hunt."
Bonnie's eyes widen "Matt told you?" she says a little hurt.
Damon frowns to her hurt tone and looks down to her, "Don't get mad at him, he wanted me to see that you didn't need my help. That you were stronger without my help."
Bonnie turns to her side to face Damon "And?" she asks crossing her arms over her chest.
Damon chuckles turning to his side to look down to Bonnie, "I didn't need to see you hunt to know what I already knew."
Bonnie looks away from his intense stare "You shouldn't have seen that side of me" she mumbles, but Damon hears her.
Damon cups the side of her face to direct her attention back to him "Why?" he says confused.
Bonnie bites her bottom lip unsure on how to explain her reasoning. She takes a short, sharp intake of breath when Damon's thumb moves back and forth across her cheek.
"You forget I've been following your work as a witch, witch demon and Grim Reaper" he lists with a little pride in his words, "Tonight would be the first as the aftermath of your hunt."
Bonnie look to him, her emotive eyes expressing her fear of his thoughts.
"You don't want anyone to see you hunt?" Damon says softly in realization.
She closes her eyes nodding.
Opening her eyes, she wraps her hand around the wrist cupping her face, "When I left Mystic Falls, I was Bonnie Bennett the witch. The savior. Now that I am back, I am Bonnie Bennett, the witch demon and assassin."
"Don't forget Grim Reaper."
Bonnie chuckles noting how content she was feeling from Damon's touch, his thumb moving carefully back and forth. She wonders if he has noticed his actions.
'This is strange' she notes staring at Damon
"You still don't fear me? Even after tonight?" she wonders aloud.
"Never," Damon says without a doubt.
She smiles a little "Of course you don't. My family has never seen me hunt" she chuckles "I can't even begin to imagine how Elena and Caroline would think of me if they saw me tonight?"
"You think you're a monster?"
Bonnie shakes her head "No, but I know how other people see me. You saw how Elena reacted at the 60's dance. That was just me fighting."
"It was her first time seeing you as a hybrid," reasons Damon.
"Hmm true."
Damon drops his hand but doesn't step back from her, "Wait, is that why you don't want our help, you're afraid we're going to see the real you?"
"Partly. Mostly because my coven does not trust anyone at Mystic Falls when it's my life on the line. My coven knows who I am; I do not feel like a monster around them but around Elena, Caroline and even Stefan I feel like I'm tainted."
"Little witch, you think they are innocent?"
"But they still think that I am! That I am still that Bennett witch with morals. A confident ear and always helpful with the answers, not a witch hybrid that gets a thrill out of torturing her enemies."
"Then they sure as hell don't know you, or they never did."
"What?"
"They can put you up on any pedestal they want, but it doesn't matter; because you're not going to change the way you live. You may commit acts you deem as evil, and if so then mine is barbaric, but never say you are evil."
Bonnie closes her eyes when he places his hand on her cheek as Damon's next few words sink in, "God, Bonnie you are good, so damn good. Never apologize for who you are, and never change for anyone. Not many can do that. You care about what the people you love think of you, but you would never change. By the end of the day, that's what makes you Bonnie Bennett. A strong, powerful hybrid trying to do right in this mess of the world."
"Damn"
Bonnie chuckles to Adara's response and opens eyes to see the intensity in his blue eyes. This was too much. She wraps her hand around his wrist pulling his hand down. Damon steps back a little to put some space between them.
Bonnie looks at Damon, "You're really not going to stop this-" she motions between them "-are you?"
Damon leans against Bonnie's car looking at her, "Nope" he says playfully.
Bonnie rolls her eyes, "Should I be calling you a friend sometime in the future"
"I kind of hope now would be nice" he states truthfully.
"Damon"
"Bonnie"
Bonnie snickers and turns to lean against her car. Silence encases the moment as they watch chatter of peoples outside the Veil and the slight moments of music being heard from the door being opened and closed.
Bonnie mutters her thoughts "Just when I think I have you figured out you do this" she looks up to him, "You are an enigma, Damon Salvatore."
"So are you, Bonnie Bennett," he responds back with a smile.
Damon stands up and walks around her to open her car door, "I best we head back to our respective homes before your coven come after me, no doubt the quarterback told them about me being here."
Bonnie laughs "Thank you," she says and gets into the car.
Damon closes the door and wave bye before walking to his car parked in front of hers.
Bonnie turns on her car and decides to say what she wants to say. They were going to be friends, right? Bonnie rolls down her car window.
"Damon!" he hears and turns to see Bonnie sticking her head out of the window.
"Thanks"
Damon looks at her confused "For what?"
Bonnie giggles to his expression "For being you" she says.
Damon nods speechless and watches Bonnie drive past him.
'For being you,' Bonnie's voice repeats in Damon's mind.
"Shit" Damon says lowly feeling his heart beat a little faster thinking of Bonnie.
Damon makes his way to his car, opens the door and gets in. He starts the car, with no thoughts but the image of Bonnie giggling at him and saying those words. 'For being you.'
There was no point in denying it now. Damon Salvatore was falling for Bonnie Bennett, and quite frankly he didn't want to stop it.
Inside Veil, Atlanta
Danny winced from the sudden influx of the music to his ears. Closing and locking the door of the now cleaned VIP room, he made his way back to the bar.
"Hey Nic, thanks for covering," Danny said to the petite long pink haired woman.
The olive-skinned woman smiled handing the drink to the customer before looking to Danny "No problemo Danny-" she stops at the sight of him "Everything okay?"
Danny takes a deep breath in and out to calm his wolf. It wasn't the full moon, but the wolf wanted to appear. To seek something. Someone. Who?
"Yeah, just sensory overload" Danny answers strained. He blinks a couple of times for his slightly blurred vision to become focused.
Nicole's hazel eyes widen swearing she saw Danny's eyes flash red for a split second.
Danny rubs his eyes, and she sees it back to its normal brown color, "Yeah, you look like me at the full moon in denial of shifting to still have one more hour of fun."
Danny laughs weakly.
Nicole looks around to club, then to Danny concluding her decision, "Your shift is almost over. Cut out early. Go home and relax. Too much noise can get to us."
"I'm not a newbie wolf, Nic."
"But you are new to this profession and town. Leaving early is not going to hurt the business."
Danny looks around to the busy club then to Nicole "Are you sure?"
"Yes. Jack will be here in an hour for his shift. I can hold down the bar for an hour or did you forget who owns this club" she pushes him playful towards the exit of the bar.
Danny watches her for a few seconds go and hear the next order from the customer. Danny realizes Nicole is right when feels the pull to step outside. His wolf was becoming impatient making him anxious being in this club. He wouldn't be any more help tonight. Danny turns to step out from behind the bar to leave the club.
"Danny!"
Danny turns to hear Nicole calling him "You better call me if it gets worst," she says.
Danny mockingly salutes her "Will do ma'am."
"I'm serious Danny Marcos Bautista," Nicole says as seriously as she could muster up in her tone.
Danny chuckles to Nicole's concern. Nicole was a family friend, and despite being younger than him, she often acted like an older sister, "I will, Nic."
Nicole nods seeing and hearing the truthfulness, "Okay. You're free to go."
Danny laughs and makes his way through the crowd and out of the club. The fresh air hits his face and calms his senses a little. He nods goodbye to the bodyguard and makes his way to his car parked on the other side of the club.
He pauses to look at the empty space in front of his car. His world shifts a little. She was here. Danny couldn't explain it, but it wasn't just his wolf that sensed her once presence; his whole body went on high alert. It was like he could see her as clear as day, standing in front of him. In reality, no one was there. His wolf sought her. He wanted to protect her.
"Who are you, Bonnie?" Danny says out loud in confusion of tonight and this feeling that his world was never going to be the same again.
AN: Apologies for any errors or grammatical errors been editing this chapter way too many times. I hope you guys like this chapter and yes I apologize Bamon is going to be a slow burn but I hope it will be all worth it ;) Danny will def making an appearance way, way, way later in fic again.
Thanks so much for the love, comments, favs and follows 3. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years to you lovely readers.
