Sorry about the wait but I have had to work and also I have been away from home a lot and will be away from home again over the Easter. So I hope that you enjoy this chapter and enjoy the Easter break.
Radical Times – Chapter 9
Mr and Mrs McCullough were looking forward to being home with their girl's. They had only been gone a couple of weeks for their second honeymoon. They had really enjoyed their holiday but it was nice to be back. As they walked through security they looked for Bonnie. They could see their baby girl there and Mr McCullough's face changed. She was stood there with a tall dark haired boy behind her with the boy's arms around her waist. The boy was kissing his baby girl on the neck and his baby girl was giggling and smiling at him. Mr McCullough was not happy, his face changed and Mrs McCullough placed a restraining hand on her husband's arm.
"Darling let's hear her out first" Mrs McCullough said and smiled and kissed her husband on the cheek.
"Mum, Dad" Bonnie waved she rushed over and hugged both of her parents. Damon stood back and let Bonnie greet her parents. Mr McCullough embraced his daughter as did his wife he then stood behind the 2 women and glared at Damon.
"Mum, Dad this is Damon" Bonnie said as she moved back and wrapped her arms around his waist.
Damon held his hand out and Mr McCullough ignored it, he turned it face Bonnie. "How long has this been going on?"
"Dad, it has been a while but we weren't serious. Damon has been in my life for thru past year as a friend but we realised it's more and have been taking things very slowly"
Mrs McCullough embraced Damon. Ignoring the look that her husband gave her. "Welcome to the family Damon. Ignore my husband he won't like anybody that my girls bring home. He forgets how we meet and married so quickly" she winked at Damon and linked arms with him to head towards the car. Damon had picked up her suitcase with no trouble. Mr McCullough notices this as he had been struggling with the weight of that case for the last two weeks. At least the boy was strong enough to look after his baby girl.
They got to the car and Damon opened the door for Mrs McCullough and then around the driver's side to open the door for Bonnie. Another fact that Bonnie's dad noticed. Old fashioned manners and his daughter expected to be treated like a princess.
They got back to the house after lively discussion in the car everybody had started to relax and Mr McCullough was warming to Damon just a little. Mary was at the house when they got back and dinner was ready. Tony was hopping from one foot to anther nervous of meeting Mary's parents. Bonnie ran up and threw herself at him.
"Hi Bon"
"Tony I am so glad you are here" Bonnie kissed his cheek and walked to grab Damon's hand. Thank goodness she had invited him in earlier today.
As dinner progressed Mary gently eased into the conversation that she was moving in with Tony next week. Mr McCullough went a strange shade of red before the McCullough women managed to calm him down. (They had a very strange affect on men). At least his baby wasn't leaving the nest for a few more months. Bonnie gulped.
"Dad, Mum I have something's that I want to talk to you about" Bonnie said as the sunk into the sofa with their coffee. Damon sat next to Bonnie with his arm around her. It had been killing him to be on his best behaviour all day and not be allowed to kiss her and feel her against him; Damon's senses were in over drive.
"Well what is it, Bonnie you are not dropping out of college" Mr McCullough looked at Damon.
Bonnie and Damon answered at the same time with Damon saying No to Bonnie saying delaying.
"Well what is it?"
Damon spoke up "Bonnie wants' to take a gap year, I would prefer if she went straight to college"
Bonnie stared hard at Damon, this was not what she wanted but Damon sent her thoughts saying he would explain later and to trust him. She squeezed his hand to say that she did.
"I'm glad to see that you are being responsible about this Damon" Bonnie's Dad said.
"You should listen to him Bonnie"
Bonnie swallowed, now came the next bit.
"Dad, Damon and I are going to look at places to live ready for college. Together"
Damon jumped in quickly. "I am not trying to take advantage of your daughter Mr McCullough. I am independently wealthy and I am going to buy her somewhere to live. She will never have to worry about money." Mr McCullough relaxed a little bit.
"But you will be living together?"
"Yes dad and nothing you can say is going to change. I am going to be staying at Damon's until we leave for Georgia. I have already moved my stuff into Damon's" Mr McCullough started going the same shade of red that he had before.
Mrs McCullough stepped in. "If you are sure? Bonnie your dad doesn't remember what it is like to young. We were living together at 17 and it hasn't worked out that bad" Mrs McCullough smiled at the both of them. She could see that Damon was so in love with Bonnie that she was his every breath. She would talk to her husband later; he had a lot to deal with it. His two little girls leaving the nest.
"Mr and Mrs McCullough" Damon started Bonnie's mum interrupted him. "Damon you really can drop the Mr and Mrs you can call us Mum and Dad, you obviously are not going any wear and are going to be part of the family" Damon and Mr McCullough eyed each other. Damon looked a little stunned.
"As I was saying" started Damon." For Bonnie's graduation present, I have brought us to flights to Venice we will be leaving next week after we have been to Georgia."
Mrs McCullough smiled. "That's lovely. Is that where you are from?"
"No my family are from Florence, but I thought that Venice would be nice this time of year. May be we can go to Florence in the next break" Damon took hold of Bonnie's hand and smiled.
Tony coughed and looked at the clock "Wow it's getting late, I should make a move" Damon smiled with relief that Tony had taken the heat of him, Damon owed him.
Bonnie quickly grabbed her bag and Damon's hand and yanked him up."Yes I have got to be up early for school" Bonnie said.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?" Mr McCullough shouted. Bonnie looked terrified but she stood her ground
"Dad, I am staying at the boarding house with Damon, this is not up to discussion. You just have to accept it" Bonnie flung her bag on her shoulder and walked out of the house. Damon followed after.
"Bonnie why don't you stay until the end of the week" said Damon. Bonnie whirled around.
"How can you say that?" she fumed.
"Bonnie listen to me, I am a vampire, remember? I can sneak in and they would never know. I can't spend a night without you. You know that. I can't sleep unless you are in my arms and I never want to. But I don't want you to fall out with your parents just because a few days. Besides don't forget we have the rest of our lives" Damon looked into her eye's and Bonnie knew he was right but what chance did she stand of tempting him into making love to her for the first time if her parents were in the next room. Bonnie sighed and turned back. She started too walked back towards her parents that had been watching the exchange Bonnie turned around and ran to Damon and flung her body at him and attached herself to his body and ground her lower body very discreetly into his as she kissed him. Damon groaned "Bonnie "he murmed "what are you doing to me?"
"Making sure you are going to be at my bed room window when I open it" Bonnie smirked. Kissed him again and lowered her feet to the ground. Damon kissed her neck and whispered in her ear. "Don't forget that I have to take the car back. I will get back as soon as I can" he kissed the tip of her nose and she went in to explain that she would stay until the end of the week but come Saturday she was living with Damon.
Bonnie went upstairs and opened her window to the vampire sitting on the ledge. She grabbed his shirt and pulled him through the window. He fell through the window and onto her lips.
Damon stripped off his shirt and trousers as Bonnie laid back and enjoyed the show of a shirtless Damon. Damon pounced on Bonnie and she let out a giggle. Damon placed his lips on Bonnie's to stop her making a noise. "Shhhh cara, you don't want to wake your parents" Bonnie sighed. Damon was right of course but she was not sure how long she could keep this up. She wanted Damon badly. They settled into Bonnie's bed. Damon and Bonnie curled around each other and fell asleep in each other's arm.
Damon woke with a start very early the next morning. Apparently Bonnie's dad was having some difficulty adjusting to the time difference Damon barely had time to get under the bed as Bonnie's dad knocked on the door and came in with a cup of camomile tea. Bonnie sat up in bed, she was grumpy. Where the hell was Damon and what was her dad doing in here this early? She managed a thanks dad.
"Bonnie, I wanted to say sorry for last night. I know that you are in love with Damon and you think that he is the one, you are just so young. But your mum gave me a good talking to last night after we went to bed and she reminded me that we had been young and in love once and we meet when your mum was just 15 and we started living together when she was just 18 and she went to college"
Bonnie's dad started to turn around and leave Bonnie noticed a white hand snake out from under her bed and reach for a pair of trousers and a shirt that were lying on the floor. Bonnie launched at her dad.
"Dad! Thank you. I do love Damon very much and I know that this has been tough on you. I'm sorry I threw all of that at you at once. It was mean of me" Bonnie hugged her dad and he turned and left the room. Damon came up behind bonnie and slid his hand under her top and across her smooth flat stomach, his other hand moved her vibrant red curls out of the way and kissed her neck.
"Not quite the way I like to be woken up in the morning" Damon murmured into the soft skin on her neck. Bonnie giggled "me either"
Damon and Bonnie spent 5 minutes kissing and cuddling before Damon drew back.
"Cara, I need to get dressed so I can get back and get the car and get back here to pick you up for school" Bonnie groaned
"Ok" she said reluctantly allowing him to pull away tracing the mussels of his toned stomach and chest as she button his shirt up. " I prefer unbuttoning this" Bonnie said with a smile as she did the last button up she gently kissed the small V of skin left by the top two buttons of his shirt.;
20 minutes late Bonnie was running out of the front door with her bag. Damon's eyes nearly popped out as he saw her running with a very short flirty light summer dress with small flowers on it, a small denim jacket and a pair of ballerina flats. She was breath taking her hair flying out behind her and the men working on the house opposite also, Damon felt his anger at the way these men looked at Bonnie. But Bonnie didn't notice she just flung herself into Damon's arms. She kissed him and the guys over the road looked away disappointed. They couldn't compete with him. Bonnie only had eyes for Damon and hadn't even seen the men over the road. They were on their way off to school. The day dragged and Bonnie wasn't looking forward to a night with her parents alone. They had expected Bonnie to spend the night with just them. Damon picked her up as normal in the car park and Bonnie had explained that her parents had wanted just the girls tonight. Damon wasn't happy but he understood and that meant he could arrange a surprise for Bonnie when they got to Venice that he couldn't do before because of the time difference. He hoped Bonnie liked the surprise.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. It is not the most