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Raina smiled as she opened the door letting her father in. She called him earlier letting him know that her sink was "broken" and asked if he could come over so he could fix it or at least see if he can fix it. The only way this plan would work was that if her mother woke up and happened to run into him. She knew that she had a few drinks last night over dinner so she hoped that she wouldn't sleep in.

Stefan smiled back at his daughter and stepped into the house closing it behind him before following her upstairs into her bathroom. He chuckled at the decor, it was one big pink room. He opened the cabinet to look under the sink looking to see the problem.

Bonnie woke up hearing herself snort like a pig and was thankful that Damon wasn't sleeping beside her otherwise she would've been embarrassed. She got up hearing a strange noise and looked out to see that it was coming from Raina's bathroom.

"Ray, what are you- Stefan?"

Stefan moved his head from out the cabinet and was faced with her legs. His eyes slowly lifted up stopped to stare at her chest in her blue superhero V-neck then met her eyes. Bonnie tried not to shiver under his stare and Stefan did his best to hold back his curse.

"Raina called and said her sink was broken so," Stefan stood up and that's when she noticed his bare arms in his tank top, "you know, I gave it a shot."

"Did you uh fix it?"

"Yeah a pipe was loose, but I got it."

Bonnie was focused on his arms that she didn't hear but she wouldn't ask him to repeat. She walked over to him and Stefan watched her as she grabbed his arm turning him to the side a little.

"What did you tell Jay?" She referred to the 'B' tattoo on his shoulder.

"It was my great grandmothers first initial. Bethany, I think it was."

Bonnie breathed out a smile and touched it.

"Has Damon seen yours yet?"

"No, and I'm not sure if he ever will, but thanks to you I have a backstory."

"To be honest I'd figure you get it removed."

"I wouldn't do that, I still have it, see."

Bonnie sat on the counter and kicked up her right foot up and there it was. The squiggly letter tattooed in black ink on the skin of her ankle just like it was all those years ago. She smiled when he did and hopped off the counter walking out. He followed behind her un-shamefully looking at her ass as her hips swayed in a tempting way.

"Would you like some coffee?" Bonnie threw over her shoulder.

"Yeah."

Stefan sat in one of the stools watching as she moved around in the kitchen. He turned when he saw Raina walk in and smiled at her.

"Dang, dad, how much do you lift?"

"It all natural, baby."

Bonnie turned to comment otherwise but then her mouth went dry and lost all words as she turned to see him flexing.

"Just kidding you know what I lift? I lift Raina's."

Bonnie smiled as she screamed as Stefan grabbed her in his arms lifting her above his head a few times before setting her down as she giggled. Shortly, Raina left them alone and Bonnie handed him his coffee.

"Do you work today?" She asked before taking a sip.

"Technically, yes." Bonnie chuckled and shook her head. "You know, Jay's parents asked you a question that I don't even know myself."

"Which is?"

"What do you do? How do you pay the bills?"

Bonnie took one more sip before setting her mug down. "Well, if you must know I do a little… pole dancing."

"So you're like a stripper?" Stefan perked up.

"I don't strip, I just work a pole sometimes."

"I'm not sure if I believe you… I think I need a little show."

Bonnie let out a breath then tilted her head to the side signaling him to follow her. Stefan widened his eyes and followed her into the basement which he honestly didn't know existed. He smiled coming face to a silver pole in the middle of the room and sat down on the couch that was in front of it. Bonnie took her hair out of her ponytail shaking it some and played the next song that was on the CD.

"I haven't stretched, so I might be a little stiff."

"You're not the only one who might be a little stiff." Stefan said low enough for Bonnie to not hear.

His mouth didn't close throughout the whole routine, his head would tilt as she twirled and slid down the pole. He found himself shifting constantly trying to get comfortable but was finding it close to impossible. Stefan wished that they had never pressed the pause button, he knew that she was flexible, but seeing her bend in ways that he only thought a circus freak could accomplish made him want to take advantage of that in the bedroom. He frowned when the song ended but stood up and walked over to her. Bonnie's back hit the pole and quickly bit her lip when she felt a poking on her stomach.

"If I had singles I'd give them all to you."

"I take credit cards too."

He smirked.

Her hands accidentally moved around his neck as his arms circled around her frame. She stood on her toes and as their lips almost met, Raina called out for them.

"I was just showing your dad something downstairs," Bonnie turned her head yelling back, "we'll be up in a second."

They stayed as they were both waiting for each other to move first. Stefan kissed the side of her mouth then moved his hands off her body. Her arms lingered until she kissed the side of his mouth too and let go. He hated to walk away from her but he knew that if he didn't, something that they both would in the slightest regret would've happened.

Bonnie relaxed as his hands worked her shoulders in a firm yet soft massage. He's been doing this often lately and she couldn't thank him enough. She's eight months along in her pregnancy and all she was feeling was fat and sometimes cranky, but when he would give her a massage, that all went away because the only thing that she felt was relaxed. Focusing on his hands on her and his soft rhythmic movement.

"One more month, babe. One more month and we can finally hold our baby."

"I hope it's a fast month, I just want her out."

Stefan smiled and moved in front of her to kiss her lips. He then bent his knees some more and placed his hands on her stomach and kissed it.

"Hey baby girl, it's daddy." Bonnie smiled and sat up some, she always loved when he talked to her baby bump. "I just want to let you know that I love you very, very much and I can't wait until I see you and hold you." He kissed her stomach again. "Just to let you know, your mommy and I put some money in a savings account for you so by the time you turn eighteen, you'll be loaded, but don't spend it all at the mall or whatever." Bonnie chuckled. "Let's see what else, oh yeah, if you hear screaming today don't be frightened it's just grandpa-"

"Stefan,"

"What? This will be our first time seeing them in months." He looked back at her belly, "so yeah, it'll be alright, daddy will be fine. Mommy too. And I think that's about it, babe, I'll talk to you tonight before we go to sleep."

"Our daughter is so gonna be a daddy's girl."

"That's right."

Bonnie smiled and extended her arms for Stefan to grab pulling her up to her feet. The baby started kicking and Bonnie guessed it was because she missed the sound of Stefan's voice like she always does confirming her suspicion of her bun in the oven to be a daddy's girl. The doorbell rung and the expected parents looked over at each other in shock.

"They're early."

Bonnie suddenly got nervous and her palms started to sweat. They told them to come around dinner time but they didn't stick to that plan. She should've known that her parents would show up hours before scheduled but she hoped that they wouldn't. Bonnie put on the best smile as she could when she opened the door facing her parents.

"You guys are here early, Stefan didn't cook dinner yet."

"Where is Stefan?" Mr. Bennett asked.

"Right here, sir."

Stefan straightened his spine out as far as it could go as Mr. Bennett made his way up to him. Luckily for him, they were about the same height so that made him less intimidating. Stefan quickly looked at Bonnie from the corner of his eye and saw the worried look on her face before returning his attention back to the man in front of him.

"Are you taking care of my daughter?"

"Yes, sir."

"Properly?"

"Absolutely."

"Do you have a job?"

"Yes, sir."

"Where?"

"I work at the Handy Mart on 72."

Mr. Bennett narrowed his eyes at him quickly then moved passed him walking around their place. He saw that it was furnished and spotted a few things from his own home but didn't mention it. He went and was followed to each room liking the fact that they had a big enough bed and even a bed at all. He walked back to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator spotting fruits, water, meat and leftover dinner, he assumed, in Tupperware containers stakes and rice. He closed it and opened the freezer seeing various desserts and frozen meats and vegetables then closed it. He looked up to see Bonnie leaning on Stefan's side with her hands wrapped around his arm and then turned his attention to his wife and when their eyes met he gave her a slight nod.

"We won't be staying for dinner, we already had something planned which is why we're here early," Mr. Bennett started walking towards the door, "but since everything looks fine, we'll see you tomorrow."

"Wh-" Bonnie started then decided to keep quiet.

They watched as her parents left but not without Mrs. Bennett hugging both of them good bye and once the door closed the soon-to-bes looked at each other.

"That went well."

Bonnie nodded agreeing. "How's your back? You were standing up pretty straight."

Stefan chuckled. "I'm fine although I may pay for it later when I'm older."

Bonnie smiled then pulled him down for a kiss. Stefan kissed her back a few times before taking her hand and leading them into their room.

After dropping Raina off at school, Bonnie decided to give Damon a visit completely forgetting that he would be at work around this time and only remembered once she pulled up in front of his house. She was about to pull out of the driveway but then the front door opened and out walked Damon in a deep green robe. His attention turned to Bonnie as she got out the car and made his way over to him.

"Hey," Bonnie leaned to kiss him but he turned his head away before she could.

"I'm kind of sick, I don't want to spread my germs." He explained.

"I don't care."

He smiled when she leaned in again this time pressing her lips to his. He decided against using tongue not wanting her to increase her chances of getting sick, but he pulled her in close as their lips smacked.

"Come on, I'll make you some soup."

Damon smiled as she took his arm leading him back up the driveway completely forgetting about the letter he was about to mail.

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In all his years Damon hated being sick. The constant running nose, watery eyes, feeling like you're about to die because you can't breathe out of your nose. With Bonnie by his side, however, he wished that this wasn't just a 24 hour flu.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're an excellent nurse?" Damon asked when she crawled on his bed.

Bonnie shrugged. "I may have heard it once or twice."

"With Stefan?"

Bonnie was surprised by his question but didn't let it show. "No, he rarely got sick but Caroline and Elena are a different story."

"What about Raina?"

"Well she's gotten sick but never complemented me on my excellent nursing skills."

Damon chuckled and sat the bowl of finished soup to the side and wrapped an arm around her. They were quiet for a moment just resting when Damon looked down at her.

"Does it bother you when I bring up Stefan?"

"No." Her answer was simple.

They grew quiet again then she looked up at him.

"Does it bother you when I talk about Stefan?"

"You really don't talk about him unless I ask."

"Yeah but if I were to," she sat up, "would it?"

He let out a breath. "I'm not going to lie when I say that I think of him as a threat. I mean if I was married before and we remained good friends, I'm sure you would too, no matter how small of a threat, but I wouldn't say it would bother me. He's part of your life whether I like it or not."

She gave him a small smile then moved to connect their lips.

"I'm all yours."

Damon searched her eyes and suddenly he didn't care if he was sick because all he wanted was her. He connected their lips again and moved on top of her then pulled away asking for permission and when she gave it to him, he removed his shirt and moved down to kiss her again.

All that was running through his mind was how good this all feels, how he longed for this special moment between them. He takes his time, making sure to keep that love-making pace when he really wanted to take a different or more rougher approach but he'd save that for next time.

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Damon wakes up to Bonnie resting on his chest and smiled thinking about the intimate time they shared. They fit perfectly together in his eyes and suddenly he just wanted to marry her. He knows that they haven't been together that long but it's something about her that wants him to make her his wife.

Bonnie stirred and a few moments later her eyes opened and smiled hearing his heartbeat against her ear and closed her eyes again. Damon chuckled.

"Good afternoon."

"Good after-" Bonnie sat up, "what time is it?"

"Don't worry it's just one o'clock. I wouldn't have let you sleep late enough to miss picking up Raina."

She smiled. "Thanks, babe."

"Are you hungry?" He asked rubbing his thumb across her cheek. "I can take you out before you go pick her up."

"Yeah, I'll like that."

Damon smiled and leaned to kiss her before they got up changing back into their clothes.

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He didn't know about her but Stefan couldn't get what happened hours ago out of his mind. It wasn't the fact that she gave him a little show, but the fact that she was pole dancing for money. Don't get him wrong, he appreciates those women and the training that they must go through to hold themselves up and to various twirls, dips, and tricks, but he just didn't want his Bonnie to do such a thing. What if she gets hurt? Or worse? He couldn't go through that knowing that he had a chance to stop it or at least talk to her about it so he decided to call her right then and there.

"Yes?"

"Why can't you answer the phone like a normal person?"

Bonnie chuckled pulling into a parking spot at the school. "What is it that you want, Mr. Salvatore?"

"Well I was thinking about this morning and I've decided that I don't want you pole dancing anymore."

She stopped her laugh. "Why?"

"It's too dangerous, Bon. What if someone… touches you inappropriately?"

She smiled. "Thanks for the concern, Stefan, but that's why they have a thing called body guards."

"I'm serious, Bon. I don't want you to get hurt."

She stopped her heart from melting. "Okay, I was just kidding with you about the whole pole dancing thing, although I did do it once for fun and made hella money, but honestly I'm just a personal shopper. I pole dance to stay fit, it's nothing but a hobby."

There was a silence on both ends.

"It's good to know that you still care though."

"Of course I care." He sounded offended and shocked that she said such a thing, but she tried to not focus on that. "Bon, I-" she heard him exhale. "I should go, B. I have a meeting soon and I need to prepare."

"Raina is coming so I should go too."

Stefan nodded although she couldn't see and they exchanged good bye's before he hung up slamming the phone into the receiver. He didn't know exactly why he was so angry but just to think that she didn't think that he still cared about her was like a slap in the face. It made him think about what happened with Raina, was he really that bad at expressing his feelings especially to those he cares about the most?

"What's wrong with me?" Stefan whispered to himself.

He sat looking straight ahead at his door thinking his life over wondering where it all went to shit and so quickly that it all felt like days ago when he was just carrying his one and probably only child in his arms before watching her sleep soundly in her crib. He would then crawl in bed with Bonnie who would be fast asleep because he decided to take over most nights even though he had work in the morning just to give her extra rest. His arm will inch around her waist and he would whisper that he loves her in her ear before getting as much rest in as he could before his little one that he found resembled his love so much would start up again.

The phone ringing quickly snapped him out of his thought and honestly he thought he was lying about the meeting just to get off the phone, but hadn't realized that he'd been telling the truth.

"Tell them I'll be there in a few seconds."

Stefan hung up and gathered his stuff before making it to the meeting room in no time at all.

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Bonnie sighed sitting across from her friends at their famous meet-up spot, The Café, to have what they decided to be one last love triangle discussion. She dropped Raina off at Joe's and was honestly going to call her friends and tell them that Damon got her sick, but knew she had to go through with this. Bonnie personally didn't want go have this conversation since there was a possibility that afterwards she would leave in the same state she was months ago: confused. She knew what she wanted, she knew who she wants to be with but no matter what the other man will always have a piece of her heart.

"Well that's only understandable," Elena said, "of course he will, he was your husband for crying out loud, but that doesn't mean that Damon can't have what's left over. "

Bonnie nodded knowing that her friend was right. There's so much room in her heart for Damon and he already owns parts of it and she hoped that he will eventually he would hold it all. Like expressed previously, Stefan holds a corner of her heart but she doesn't want that corner to be permanently his. She knew that when she looks in his eyes or when he touches her period that that corner will be "team Stefan" but once he's no longer in his sight, she wanted it all to be "team Damon" and she felt that coming on, but that wasn't her situation now.

Being with Damon for the months she has, she found herself thinking less and less of him once she became no longer confused. Stefan used to constantly run through her mind because for so long he's been the only man that her mind and soul knew. He represented a sense of security because she remembers, even when she was mad as hell at him, that when he would trap her in his arms in a tight embrace, she felt safe and she still does. The only thing that's changed is the impact. Usually her whole body would ignite and shoot firecrackers but now it's diluted.

"So your mind is made? You're sicking with Damon?"

Bonnie exhaled nodding. "Yes. I'm sticking with Damon."

Or at least she hoped. She never knew what she might be thrown in the future, and who knows, maybe she'll end up catching a certain you-know-who in her baseball mitt. But for now, Damon is the one she caught.