Chapter 10

Bonnie's POV

A/N: Alright, if anyone is reading any of my other stories, I'm probably going to sound like a broken record by now because I'm going to say the same thing I did in my other stories' author notes: I'm so sorry about the delay in updates. But I'm out of school now so hopefully updates will come a little more frequently.

The next morning, I woke up, only to see that my head was lying across Damon's chest. Despite myself, I blushed, and quickly sat up. Lucky for me, he was still asleep, and I hoped that he hadn't seen my head on his chest anytime during the night. Talk about embarrassing. I got up carefully and quietly, trying not to wake him up, and succeeded. I was about to just walk out the bedroom door, when I remembered that I wasn't wearing any pants.

Thankful that no one saw me, I practically ran back into the room, and searched through my bag, quickly finding a pair of plain jeans. After I had them on, I walked out the door, leaving a sleeping Damon in the bed. But to my horror, as I walked out, I nearly ran head first into Stefan, and he looked curiously over my shoulder at Damon fast asleep on the bed. Then he looked back at me, his eyes a little wide.

"Bonnie, what is Damon…" But I held up my hands, signaling him to stop. "Stefan, please don't even finish the sentence. I had a nightmare last night, and freaked out a little bit, Damon was only comforting me, and I guess we both fell asleep nothing else happened", I urged, not wanting him to get the wrong idea. He simply nodded, and then his eyes narrowed. "You had a nightmare?" At his words, I suddenly remembered my dream, and the people in. "Actually Stefan, I kind of want to talk to you about that."

Twenty minutes later

"So you're telling me, that you think your Grams and Katherine somehow got into your head to talk to you in your dream?" Stefan asked his voice surprisingly calm, and straightforward. I nodded, and sucked in a breath. "It's just…it didn't sound like it was just any ordinary dream Stefan. It was so vivid. And I swear that Grams was trying to tell me something, but then Katherine showed up and cut her off", I explained, remembering the image of Grams being pulled away into the darkness.

Stefan still looked calmer then I was, but I could catch a hint of worry in his dark eyes. Suddenly, I didn't know what was coming over me, and I just collapsed in his arms, needing someone to lean on for once. A little awkwardly, he hugged me back, and though it was a little weird, it was also strangely soothing. "Whoa what's going on here?"

We both instantly turned around, and saw that Damon was up, his hair a little messy from just waking up. He was smiling, but deep in his eyes I could see a hint of…shock, maybe even Jealousy? Stefan immediately pulled away from me and turned towards his brother. "Bonnie was just here telling me about that dream she had last night", he explained, and Damon only nodded, still looking a little cautious.

Stefan explained to Damon all about what I had told him, while I just stood there and let him. When Damon announced that he wanted to go hunting (now that his memory was gone, it was easy for Stefan to convince him that animal blood was the way to go) I quickly took the opportunity to talk to Stefan about the hug, now that Damon wasn't around to hear. "Stefan, about the hug, I just lost it. It wasn't…" but he held up his hands, stopping me. "It's alright Bonnie. Friends can comfort friends", he said, sounding completely sincere.

I smiled, and gave him one last hug before I walked out the door, murmuring something about going over to Elena's house.

Stefan's POV

Shortly after Bonnie left, Damon came back in, as if he was waiting for her to leave. "Hey Bro", I said conversationally, walking over to sit at the table. Damon came over to sit beside him, and I could tell that something was bothering him. "Is something wrong?" I asked, even though I was pretty sure that it had something to do with the fact that he caught me and Bonnie hugging. I wasn't sure if Bonnie noticed it, but I knew I saw a flash of jealousy in Damon's eyes when he saw us. It was obvious he had feelings for her.

"Stefan, you're with Elena aren't you?"

"Damon, if this is about that hug you saw, that was nothing. Bonnie is my friend, and I was just trying to comfort her."

Though I was sure he hadn't meant to, he instantly looked relieved, but quickly brushed it off, probably not wanting me to notice. But I couldn't help but say something about it. "Damon, you like her don't you?" He seemed surprised at first, and for a moment, he actually looked like he was going to try to deny it. But when he saw my expression, he must have thought better of it, and nodded.

So Elena was right. There was something going on between them, at least on Damon's part anyway.

Bonnie's POV

I drove to Elena's house, wanting to talk to someone and be away from all the drama the boarding house for a while. I knocked on her door, and she answered, instantly pulling me inside, and up to her room. But as we walked up the stairs, I noticed how empty the house was. "Elena, where is Jenna and Jeremy?" I asked, once we were inside her room. She simply shrugged, and sat down on her bed, motioning me to sit beside her.

"Jeremy is out with a new girl he met, and Jenna is with Alaric, trying to comfort him since he's been acting so depressed." I wasn't an idiot; I knew why Alaric would be acting depressed. There was a part of me that wanted to ask her about the meeting with Isobel that she and Stefan would have to do later today, but a larger part of me thought otherwise. "Elena, I had a dream about Katherine last night", I confessed.

She turned and frowned at me, looking more surprised than anything else. "Why would you be dreaming about Katherine?

"I have no idea, but….I feel like it had some importance to it. Grams was in it too, and I swear that she was trying to tell me something, before Katherine showed up and cut her off"

Suddenly, I looked at my watch, and realized what time it was. "Oh God, I'm sorry Elena, but I have to go. I'm supposed to be visiting my dad right now", I said, gathering my purse, and standing up. As I walked out the door, I heard Elena calling out and telling me to say hi to my dad for her, and then I was off.

I drove to the hospital, and luckily, there weren't many red lights, or a lot of traffic, so it didn't take too long to get there. Once I got there, I checked in through the front desk, and was guided to my dad's room, and I was filled with relief when I saw that he was sitting up, and most of the color was back in his face. "Dad", I said, coming over to sit beside him on a stool next to the bed.

He gave me a small smile, but I could still tell how weak and in pain he probably was. "Elena says hi", I said, trying to lighten the mood. But at the mention of Elena, his eyes went suddenly wide. "Dad!" I said, reaching over to take his hand. When he didn't answer, I began to get worried. "Dad, what's wrong?"

"Elena…was in the house…before…" but his voice was becoming hoarse, and he started to cut off. I gently shook him, anxious to get the answer. "Before what Dad? Please tell me!" I could tell that they must have given him painkillers, because soon, I could tell he was falling asleep. But before I did, I heard him murmur something. "She was in the house before I was attacked." And then in a blink of an eye, he was asleep. I quickly knelt down to kiss his cheek before I left the room, and checking out at the front desk.

My head was swimming with thoughts at what he said about Elena, and I knew it could only mean one thing. Katherine was definitely back in town, and she must have pretended to be Elena to get my dad to invite her into our house, and then she attacked him. The only question now was: why? But I did know that I had to get to the bottom of this mess before my dad was out of the hospital, and started trying to get Elena arrested.

I drove back to the boarding house, and walked up to the door, anxious to let Stefan know that Katherine was back, but I nearly ran into Damon, who was standing in the doorway. "Excuse me Damon", I murmured as I tried to sidestep him, but he blocked me. I looked at him with questioning eyes. "Bonnie, I need to tell you something."

A/N: Sorry for the lack of Bonnie/Damon interaction, but there will be a ton in the next chapter. Thanks for reading!