I finished writing this on the bus home today. It's a 45 minute ride with nothing better to do, so I used my time wisely. :) 'Cause usually I sleep then. Anyways, so... this is mostly fluff and a bit of a move along in the plot. I didn't read my book at all today since I had a lot of work to do and a test to study for. But like you really wanted to know that...

Chapter 9-

I'll Taste The Sky

Bonnie moaned as she finally came to, blinking back as a blinding light shone in her eyes. She then groaned in protest, shielding her eyes from it before she heard the movement of curtains and the light slowly dim. Taking her arms away from her eyes, Bonnie saw Damon standing over her, arms crossed.

"Where am I? Where's Tyler?" Bonnie asked, sitting up in her bed.

"First off, you're at the Salvatore boarding house since I don't have entry into your house or your grandmother's house for that matter." Damon said. "And Tyler has been indisposed of."

Bonnie just stared at Damon. "What…?"

Damon shook his head as he walked towards her and sat down on the edge of the bed, Bonnie not flinching away from him. "He's probably fine, with Stefan and Elena. In the hospital, last I heard."

"Why aren't I… my arm…?" Bonnie looked down at her broken arm and noticed that it was bandaged up, but not at all that sore anymore.

"Vampire blood is wonderful, isn't it?" Damon said, smirking when Bonnie looked up at him. "I saved your life."

"I know."

"Don't you humans usually say thank you?"

"Yes. But… I knew you would come for me."

"Because of the spell." Damon pointed out, not liking where this conversation was going. Also not liking the increased beating of his heart.

"The spell had nothing to do with it." Bonnie said. "It… just made you realise your feelings for me. That was my wish."

"I'm not following…"

"When I thought I was going to die, I wished for you to find me and you did. Damon…" Bonnie laid a hand on Damon's arm and he didn't flinch away from her. "You really do care."

"I am incapable of caring for anyone else, especially a human." He said, moving her hand off his arm. But him closing off from her didn't stop her from reaching out to him. Bonnie got off the bed and tried to stand up, but she was still weak from the beating she'd gotten in the forest and her legs gave way underneath her. Damon was there in a second, catching her and helping her stand upright.

"Don't think that's the best idea." He told her. "And I thought you could see into the future."

Bonnie then lost all rational thinking, if she had any since she woke up, and did something she knew she would not have done to anyone, even if they had just saved her life. But Damon was special, because over the past three days he seemed just to take up her whole world and she did not want that to be gone. So as he tried to put her back on the bed and make a quick getaway, Bonnie threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Damon was most certainly not expecting this when she kissed him, however if this was her way of thanking him, he could get used to it. Maybe he should start saving girls from hungry werewolves more often…

Then suddenly all thoughts seemed to leave his mind and all that filled it was the fact that Bonnie was kissing him. And he was kissing her back, with as much intensity as she was. Something was happening here as Bonnie brought his head down lower and pulled herself up against him, deepening the kiss. And this was not right…

"Stop." Damon said, breaking away. Bonnie looked up at him, her eyes dazed before coming back to focus and realisation dawned on her face. He continued watching as Bonnie let go of him and fell back onto the bed, looking fearful. Without saying another word, Damon left the room.

Bonnie lifted a hand to her lips, touching them. She had kissed Damon Salvatore willingly and she had actually enjoyed it. Not that she was going to admit that out loud or anything, but right now all she could feel was Damon's lips on her and the feeling she got from the touch. It had felt like she was kissing death, that was a given with the vampire factor, but it spurred on other feelings she thought she could never have for one person.

In that moment Bonnie realised that this was just more than a spell and if she kept this up, she would get herself in trouble. Worse than werewolf trouble.

Letting out a shaky breath, Bonnie stood up again, this time keeping her balance and looked at the clock. It was 6 o'clock and the sun was starting to set. A fearful feeling took over Bonnie, knowing she had to get out of this house NOW. Not because there was danger here, but because tonight was a full moon and Tyler's transformation would be complete tonight. In short, this meant he'd be stronger than the vampires and could easily kill Stefan and Damon.

"Why do people like messing with the supernatural?" Bonnie murmured to herself as she pulled her shoes on, using one hand only since the other was still bandaged up. As quietly as she could, Bonnie opened the door and left the room, noting once again that it was Damon's. As she made her way through the house, Bonnie honestly thought that once again she would be able to sneak away without getting caught. But it seemed like Damon had learned his lesson from last time and was at the front door before Bonnie could get there.

"And just where do you think you are going?" He asked her, leaning against the door.

"To Tyler." Bonnie answered, all those feelings she felt back in the room slowly fading now. Damon didn't seem to be that affected by the kiss anymore.

"You mean the werewolf I just saved you from?" Damon asked. "And why would the little witch go and do that?"

"I need to help him, now move out of my way." Bonnie pushed Damon, trying to move him but then realised just how strong he was. He didn't even flinch, just looked down at her with an amused look on his face.

"I think you need to lie down." Damon placed his hands on her shoulder and a shiver went down Bonnie's spine. "And rest. Let me go kill the werewolf for you."

Bonnie stood her ground. "No." She said. "That's not just a werewolf Damon, there's a PERSON behind that creature who just wants to be cured."

"Like I care about a person." Damon said, forcing Bonnie to walk towards the couches in the sitting room.

"Then why did you save me?"

"You're not just a person-"

"But I'm human, and so is Tyler."

"And you're a witch-"

"And Tyler is a werewolf. I still don't see your point." Bonnie said, giving Damon a knowing look. Damon just paused and waited for the girl to continue, to get to the point of her argument. "Help me help him. Please Damon."

They stood there for a moment, both of them looking at each other and waiting for the other to make the first move. Damon didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement, loosening his grip on Bonnie. The girl threw her good arm around him and pulled him in for a hug. Bonnie felt Damon tense in the hug, thinking she was going to kiss him again. She couldn't help but blush.

"What so we need to do?" Damon asked when she pulled away from the hug.

"We need to go to my house and see if I have a spell book about werewolves." Bonnie informed him, a determined look on her face now. She was going to help Tyler and in the process help Damon realise something else too: that its ok to love again.

xXxXx

Arriving at Bonnie's house, Damon was told to stay in the car. He was never good with commands and as soon as Bonnie entered her room and looked out her window she saw the vampire lounging around on the tree outside it.

"You should invite me in, I could help you look around." Damon said, grinning.

"I told you to stay in the car!" Bonnie shouted, but he was right. They were running out of time and she wouldn't be able to find something if it was only her. Sighing, Bonnie agreed with him and knew her Grams would be mad at her.

"Damon, you can come in." She said and then in one quick motion the vampire was out of the tree and standing next to her, looking around the room and at the books scattered across the floor.

"Are you usually this untidy?" He asked, picking up a random book.

"No, but if you would just think back to yesterday you would remember saving me from Tyler who broke into my house." Bonnie put in, snatching the book out of Damon's hands. "And that's my history text book."

"Hey, easy mistake. Looks as old as these other books." Damon said, picking up another one that was definitely a spell book. Bonnie just shook her head at him and sat on the floor, pulling a ton of books toward her.

"This may take a while." She murmured to herself.

"Not if you know where to look." Damon said and Bonnie looked up at him. The book he was had picked up was on her bed and Damon was now busy looking at a pile of books she had taken from Grams' house before pulling out the one he had obviously been looking for. "Emily's cookbook. She had to put up with the Lockwoods in 1864, when this first started. Before Katherine…. Well, was discovered."

"What do you mean by 'put up with'?" Bonnie asked, ignoring the Katherine comment.

"Seems like Mr. Lockwood had a secret of his own, one he didn't know about until a full moon came. No one blamed him for it because he was a mad creature, or so people said. I don't remember, memories foggy." Damon said, turning through the pages in the book. "So Katherine got Emily to help with the problem. She made some sort of elixir that kept the beast inside him dormant. Didn't want werewolves to get her in trouble or something." He paused at a page before handing it over to Bonnie. "But there is something else that can awaken the beast within."

Bonnie read what was written in the book and almost dropped it. She looked back to Damon, eyes wide. "Human blood? Tyler had to drink human blood to be able to change into a werewolf?"

"To spark the change. It only becomes complete when there is a full moon." Damon informed, looking outside. The sun had almost completely set now.

"Tyler's father made him… gave him… human blood to drink…" Bonnie had gone into some sort of daze now, trying to work this out. How did his father even get a hold of someone's blood to give to his son? And how had Tyler not realised that he was drinking blood?

"This is all becoming just… really disgusting." Bonnie said, holding onto her stomach as she tried to push all thoughts like that out of her mind. "So, to help Tyler I would need to make this elixir and give it to Tyler?"

"That's what it says in the cookbook." Damon said and tapped the page. "And you may want to hurry because soon he'll come looking for you and I don't think he'll be able to listen to reasoning when all he wants is your blood."

"Oh great, how reassuring." Bonnie said sarcastically before pouring over the ingredients for the elixir. She could do this and save Tyler. Bonnie shot a look up at Damon who was now looking around at her room. With a little help from a vampire though.

Uhm... I have no idea what to say here. Yay? Sorry, really tired now... And I can't think of a question, so lets turn the tables here. You can ask me some random question, if you want, and I shall answer it next chapter! Probably a lame idea, but it's the best I can come up with. But I do hope you have enjoyed this chapter. :)