Hello Everyone! Thank you for reading and commenting, I appreciate you taking the time to read my little fic. Klaus and Bonnie…Damon and Bonnie…things are about to get very interesting.
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"Is there a reason why we are eating here?" Bonnie asked looking around the slightly crowded Mystic Grill. She figured that Klaus would pick a place that would not be crawling with people that she knew or run the risk of running into any of the gang—or she rather, prayed that he wouldn't. After what happened on the Gilbert porch the other night, she wanted to have some time away from making the types of decisions she had to make that night.
"I thought that it would be nice to eat somewhere that you are familiar with".
"Well I don't really remember this place or many places for that matter…", Bonnie shrugged.
"But it will come back to you one day…will it not?"
"I would like to think so, but the more I think about everything…between what you say and just the feelings I get when I'm around Elena and everyone else, I just feel like…I shouldn't remember whatever happened in the past…it wasn't that great in the first place".
The waiter chose that moment to walk over and take their orders, Bonnie ordered her usual burger and fries, while Klaus ordered the same. She was momentarily stunned, "You eat food?" she asked as the waiter walked away.
"Only to keep up appearances", he winked.
Bonnie shook her head with a slight smile.
Klaus nodded, "But you believe me about our friendship?"
"I do…but I wonder…"
"Wonder what?"
"How we actually became friends…if everything is true and you hurt my friends…killed Elena's Aunt Jenna, why would I give you a second look in the friend department, if I was so devoted to them why would I associate myself with you?"
"Because I respected you for your abilities and never took advantage of them…sure, we were adversaries at one time—but I respect your powers and I know that they should not be abused based on certain whims".
"And that was good enough for me to basically turn my back on my friends?"
"Well you watched them continuously defend Damon's actions and in some instances just brush it aside, such as when he attacked you in the woods, they flat out denied that it ever happened despite your insistence that it did", Klaus went on, "I understand Stefan taking his side, family is everything…but Caroline and Elena? They were your best friends…why would they believe him over you?"
Bonnie sat back. Even though this was all a charade, it was interesting to her that Elena and Caroline did believe Damon over her. She did look as if she was attacked and she was adamant that Damon had committed the attack, but they still believed him. She wanted to be surprised, but she wasn't.
"Bonnie…are you ok?"
"I'm fine…I was just thinking that you may have a point".
"But do not worry about them, I believe that you showed them that you chose a side and that side was not theirs".
The waiter walked over and placed their drinks in front of them and then walked away.
"I just…I don't know…I don't like having gaps, but…"
"But…?" Klaus coaxed her.
"Sometimes I think my life now is much simpler than my life before I was attacked".
"I hope it is, I don't want any harm to come to you Bonnie".
She nodded, "Tell me, what is your interest in me…you said that we were just friends before, so what has changed?"
"I will admit that we weren't as close as we are now when we became more than adversaries, but I have always found you attractive…you were always someone that showed more bravery than someone should at your age or even your stature…that is intriguing and very attractive to someone like me. I also believe that your devotion to your friends stopped any feelings from developing between us and now, I realize that you are more open to certain things now".
"So you think that I am attracted to you as more than a friend?" Bonnie asked.
Klaus reached across the table and took her hand in his, "Oh I know you are", he caressed her hand with his thumb.
"You're awfully confident…"
"You have no idea how quickly your heartbeat speeds up when I touch you…I can hear it…it echoes in my ears".
Bonnie withdrew her hand as she felt her face get hot. She didn't like this…she didn't like the way Klaus was reading her or what he made her wonder about.
"Am I making you uncomfortable?"
"No…", she shook her head and then breathed out, "yes…I'm just not…"
"Used to this attention?"
"Yes…I mean, I've had boyfriends", Bonnie rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"But none that actually hear the effect he has on you?"
Bonnie shook her head, "Can we change the subject?"
"What do you want to discuss?"
"The coffins...", Bonnie began, but stopped as the waiter placed their food on the table, smiled and walked away, "when I open them, what are you going to do…what will your family members do? Because while I understand that they are important to you, I don't want Mystic Falls to turn into some kind of buffet for them".
"My family have been daggered for hundreds of years, I doubt that they will stay in Mystic Falls for long…Mystic Falls is a nice…", Klaus looked around at the townies gathered in the restaurant, "quaint town, but this is not the center of the world".
"But they will have to feed, won't they?"
"Bonnie, are you having second thoughts about helping me?"
"No…no…I just want to know that if I help you things won't turn bad here…I may not remember people here, but I do know that they are innocent for the most part and I don't want to see people murdered", Bonnie replied.
"Bonnie, you have my word that I will not allow my family to destroy the town you love so dearly", Klaus stated.
Bonnie looked into his eyes. She didn't believe him, but she could admit it silently that she wanted to.
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Damon stepped into Bonnie's room at Klaus' mansion. Apparently a side effect of being a hybrid made you pretty dumb in the vampire department. If any of the hybrids were worth anything, they would have heard him enter Bonnie's room…but so far…nothing. He looked around for a few moments. He didn't like the way things were left earlier in the library, he wanted to get some things out of his system—including this weird attraction that he suddenly had for the witch.
He walked around looking at what she actually had in the room…nothing much…spell books, she had some clothes lying around and some school books. She hadn't brought any pictures from the Bennett house, very surprising.
Damon picked up one of the spell books and plopped down on her bed settling down. Sure, he was taking a chance by waiting in her room, but he was sick of waiting for her to contact him, he wanted to see some things for himself.
He heard Bonnie's heels clicking in the hallway and he also heard Klaus speaking to her and her giggle as they made their way towards her room.
'Why exactly are they making their way to her room?' Damon thought to himself as he jumped up from the bed and headed towards her closet.
Bonnie had mentioned to him that she had put a spell on him to leave his scent undetected by Klaus and he hoped that it had worked. He peered through a crack in the closet and watched as Bonnie and Klaus entered the room.
"I hope that you enjoyed dinner", Klaus replied walking over to her.
"I did...it was nice, nothing weird…just two friends eating and talking, except when we discussed the coffins", Bonnie smiled.
"Well…maybe one day, it won't be just two friends", he replied reaching up and touching her cheek.
Damon blanched inside of the closet.
"Maybe", Bonnie smiled as Klaus returned her smile and moved closer.
"Sir", Mavin said from the doorway, "we are late…"
Klaus stared at Bonnie for a few moments and then sighed, "I have to go, I will be back later…you will be ok here".
Bonnie nodded as Klaus turned and left the room. She shook her head as he headed over to the door and closed it behind him. She reached for the bottom of her t-shirt and raised it over her head. As she threw the shirt on the floor, she noticed Damon standing in front of her.
"Damon…what in the hell…", she shrieked snatching the shirt up off of the floor covering herself, "what are you doing here!" she whispered.
"What were you doing with him a couple of minutes ago…"
"With Klaus?" Bonnie asked slipping her shirt over her head as Damon took a moment to admire her caramel skin that was suddenly covered by the shirt.
"Yes…with Klaus".
"We had dinner and that was it".
"Well it didn't sound like that".
"Damon, what are you doing here…you know that this place is crawling with Klaus' hybrids and they could come up here at any time…"
"But they didn't…they're dumb", Damon snorted, "and thanks to your spell, Klaus can't smell me in the room…or…on you".
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Ok, so what are you doing here…I thought we spoke enough in the library earlier".
"What's going on with Klaus?"
"Nothing Damon…he likes me…I don't like him too much".
"So you say".
"Oh my god…Damon, please don't do this right now", Bonnie ran her hands through her hair and headed for her bathroom, "I am trying to juggle this plan, Klaus…I don't have time to also juggle you too".
"Juggle me…you have to juggle me?" Damon asked following her inside the bathroom and standing behind her as she looked in the mirror.
"Damon…you know what I mean", she replied putting her hair into a ponytail, "I am trying to play this game as well as I can, but things are definitely complicated".
"Why?"
"Because you are kissing me…Klaus is kissing me…and I am running out of time, I can't stall for too long".
"Then why don't I just stop kissing you", Damon replied.
"Ok…"
"Ok?"
"Yes, ok".
"You know Witch, you are soo frustrating…and now you're infiltrating my dreams".
Bonnie turned to face him, "What kind of dreams are you having about me?" she raised an eyebrow.
Damon shrugged, "Just dreams…nothing out of the ordinary…you know, just you and Elena both wanting me and all".
Bonnie 's mouth dropped and she blinked at Damon, "You are disgusting".
"Hey…they are dreams, I can't control my dreams".
"Oh I am sure", Bonnie replied shaking her head, "so what are you having some sick threesome with us…my god…I'm surprised Caroline is not involved".
"Caroline was just someone I used to get laid and for info…", Damon scoffed.
"You really are disgusting", Bonnie answered.
"It's not like that…well…not exactly".
"I don't want to know".
"Look…it's not what you are thinking, the dreams are PG…well mostly".
Bonnie sighed and leaned up against the counter, "Damon, why are you here?"
"Because I want to keep an eye on you and I don't want you to dig a hole with Klaus that you can't get out of because an obsessed vampire is never a good one".
"And you would know from experience".
"Of course", Damon answered, "and I hate to admit it, but right now…you are the only one that I can be straight with at the moment. Elena and Caroline have been at the boarding house every day and keeping them from turning this operation into a disaster is starting to weigh down on me".
Bonnie's face softened, "You are taking a lot of heat because of all of this, aren't you?"
"You have no idea".
"I'm sorry…I should have left you out of this, but I knew that I needed help".
"And you came to me".
Bonnie nodded, "I did…you were really the only option".
"Well that's a nice thing to hear from a woman…'you were the only option'".
Bonnie chuckled, "I didn't mean it like that".
"How did you mean it then?" Damon whispered.
Bonnie shook her head as she watched Damon bend down towards her and for some reason she didn't move away. His lips connected with hers and she stood there as he kissed her. She stood there as he continued to kiss her and his hands went on her waist and lifted her up onto the bathroom counter. She sat on the bathroom counter as they continued to kiss and his moved his body in between her legs. Her mind raced in a hundred directions as he kissed her, but she couldn't stop…she didn't want to stop…and then she realized that she needed to breathe.
"Damon…", she breathed breaking away, "we have to stop…"
"Why?" he asked looking at her.
"Because this doesn't make any sense".
"Does it have to?"
"Yes…we hated each other, we don't get along…we only became frenemies because of the need to save Elena…" she breathed as his hands traveled up and down her torso.
"And somewhere along the line, some attraction developed…"
"You still love Elena", Bonnie argued.
"Are you sure about that…because I'm not sure I do anymore".
"Damon…"
"Why won't you just relax?"
"Because…"
"Because what?"
"Because this is not the time for us to get weird…I like being frenemies with you…it works out fine and its not complicated".
"Is there a part of you that wants me Bonnie?" Damon asked.
Bonnie looked into Damon's blue eyes and she could almost get lost in them. She wanted to say 'No'; there was no way that Bonnie Bennett could feel any type of feelings for Damon Salvatore. It wasn't logical, it didn't make a bit of sense and it was almost against nature.
"Your hesitance tells me all I need to know", Damon replied as he grabbed her cheeks and began kissing her.
"Damon…stop…stop…", she said as she fought every instinct not to continue kissing him.
"Do you really want me to stop?" he asked stopping himself from kissing her and staring into the emerald eyes that were deeply conflicted.
Bonnie looked at Damon and suddenly felt herself with the inability to speak, "I will take that as a 'no'", Damon replied as he crashed his lips into hers.
Bonnie felt his hands move to the button on her jeans and her hands instantly shot out to stop him, "We can't do this", she breathed in between his kisses.
"Yes we can…get it out of our systems and then we can go back to the way things were", Damon said moving towards her neck.
'Get it out of our systems', Bonnie thought and suddenly she felt a slight wave of hurt come over her as she pushed him away, "You know what…I think you should go", Bonnie said sliding off of the counter.
"Go…"
"Yes and I don't think you should ever come back here unless I ask you to or request your presence".
"Bonnie…what happened…are you getting all witchy emotional on me?" Damon asked.
Bonnie concentrated for a few moments causing Damon to grab the side of his head, "Oh…come on…", he winced.
"Get out", she stated simply before walking out of the bathroom into the bedroom.
Damon felt the pain lessen as he looked towards the bedroom where Bonnie was sitting on the bed with her arms crossed looking away from him. He stood up and walked out of the bathroom, "Bonnie, I don't know what just happened in there but…"
"I will let you know if anything changes", Bonnie stated not looking at him.
"I'm sure you will…I'm sure you will", Damon mumbled as he headed out of the window.
Bonnie looked towards the window as she felt her throat start to burn and she hated it. The fact that her throat was burning and she felt the familiar sting in her eyes, it meant that she actually wanted Damon to like her just a little bit…or at least…wanted him to want her…and she wasn't sure if it made her feel sick or pathetic or both.
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The next morning, Bonnie left the house with little conversation with Klaus and drove herself to school. Between Klaus and Damon, she was ready to set multiple vampires on fire. When she reached her locker, she couldn't help but replay the kisses that she shared with Damon in the bathroom the previous night and then there was the fact that he stated in an oh so nice way that he wanted to 'do it, to get it out of their systems'…because of course, he needed to get whatever he felt for her out of his system as soon as possible. Of course, he could spend years and years not getting Katherine out of his system and months with Elena in his system, but when it came to her…he needed to rush and get her out of his system…what a bastard!
Bonnie slammed her locker door and began to forcefully put her books in her bag.
When she walked into Alaric's class a couple of moments later, she noticed Elena and Caroline sitting in their usual seats talking. For some reason, a feeling of absolute annoyance came over her as she trudged to her empty seat next to Elena.
"Hi Bonnie", Elena greeted her.
"Hey Bonnie", Caroline chirped.
"Hi", Bonnie stated evenly as she began to remove her books and focused on what Alaric was writing on the board.
Over the past couple of weeks, she had been pretending to be annoyed with her friends and at this point, as she sat in this classroom she wasn't sure she was pretending anymore.
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"Ok…we need to talk", Damon said sitting across from Stefan in the kitchen, "and by the way, why aren't you at good ole Robert Lee?"
"I had a rough night…what do you want to talk about?" Stefan asked looking at him.
"I kissed Bonnie".
Stefan put his paper down and stared at Damon before rolling his eyes, "You are unbelievable".
"Look…I didn't expect it to happen, it just did…a couple of times".
"A couple of times, what is wrong with you…she is playing a dangerous game with Klaus and what…you decided to enter the game too…what is wrong with you, do you want her to end up dead?"
"No…it just happened".
"Ok…well you need to stop it from happening again".
"Well I think that may have already happened", Damon frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I kind of offended her last night, I think and she's not too happy with me…I think she has basically cut me out of the plan".
"What did you do?" Stefan asked standing up and walking over to Damon.
"I'm only telling you this because I think you could possibly get her to see reason…ok, I kissed her and we were getting a little hot and heavy and I told her that we should probably just continue to kiss and do other things so we can get it out of our systems".
Stefan looked at Damon with a blank stare, "Good going there Damon…you're lucky she didn't set you on fire", Stefan replied, "and now, I really can't help you…only you can get yourself out of this mess".
"And how do I do that without her making my head explode".
"How do you feel about Bonnie?" Stefan asked.
Damon poured a cup of blood and sipped, "No comment".
"Well you better have some comments, because we can not leave Bonnie alone to deal with Klaus…so you better get back on her good side", Stefan replied.
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Bonnie walked out to the football field dressed in her practice uniform for the first time in weeks. "Bonnie, I didn't know you still wanted to be on the squad", Caroline walked over smiling.
"Why would I walk away from the squad?" Bonnie asked tying her sneakers, "this is senior year".
"Well you haven't been to practice since you…", Elena began.
"Since I was attacked in the woods", Bonnie finished.
"Yes…since you were attacked", Elena answered.
"Well it doesn't matter, we missed you", Caroline wrapped her arm around Bonnie.
"Thanks…good to know someone did".
"What is that supposed to mean?" Elena asked.
"It doesn't mean anything…let's practice, the game on Friday is a big one…", Caroline butted in.
"It means that I don't think Elena cares much if I'm on the squad or not, afterall…I can't do any witchy spells being on the squad", Bonnie remarked sarcastically.
Elena's eyes bugged out as Caroline gasped.
"Bonnie we are friends and we have been friends before you even knew about your powers", Elena replied.
"Yes, we have…but our friendship changed when the Salvatores entered town and your entire world began to center around them".
"That is not true".
"Not true…it is true…from everything I can gather, Caroline and I have suffered from your association with them and not once have you severed your ties with them…have you?"
"Bonnie, its not that simple".
"It is that simple, my Grams died because of them…Caroline is a vampire because of them…and last but not least, you don't even believe me when I say that Damon attacked me in the woods".
"But he claims he didn't…"
"And what makes him more trustworthy than me!" Bonnie exploded, "is it because you are afraid to go against him…you may lose some of his attention if you actually showed some hate towards him?"
"No…that is not it at all…I believe that Klaus has you so turned around that you don't know what's the truth anymore", Elena fired back, "but despite how mean you have been, Caroline and I have tried everything to help you".
"Mean…I've been mean…is that because I haven't taken everything you guys have said as gospel?"
"You aligned yourself with Klaus, you stood by and watched as he threatened to take my blood…as I said before, you are not the Bonnie that I remember".
"And I am very happy that I am not", Bonnie snapped, "that Bonnie was a puppet for you and the Salvatores…I am not that girl anymore…I refuse to be and I also refuse to be the Bonnie that stands in the background while you are worshipped and get all of the attention…you know what, I am done with this".
Bonnie turned to walk away from the field but suddenly stopped as she noticed someone standing at the edge of the track. She stood motionless as the person walked towards her.
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Stefan and Damon got out of Damon's car and headed towards the football field, "Elena texted me that Bonnie showed up for practice, you can talk to her…get her to forgive you or at least not hate you", Stefan replied as they turned the corner.
"Who is that?" Damon asked as he pointed to Bonnie and the person standing in front of her.
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"Bonnie…".
Bonnie stood dumbfounded in the middle of the field staring.
"Look at you…so grown up…"
Bonnie shook her head as the person reached out and touched her cheek. Bonnie slapped the hand down, "Stay away from me", she spat out as she pushed past the person and headed off of the field.
Elena and Caroline were joined by Stefan and Damon, "Is that…who I think it is?" Damon asked.
"She came…she really came", Caroline smiled.
Damon looked at Abby Bennett staring at Bonnie as she marched away and headed towards the parking lot where Bonnie was heading towards her car. "Go after her", Stefan whispered.
Damon nodded and took off towards the parking lot as Abby Bennett walked over to Elena, Caroline and Stefan, "You asked me to come here to help my daughter…I'm here", Abby shrugged.
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Bonnie rushed to her car so quickly that she could barely catch her breath as she fished for her keys and then realized that she didn't have them. "Stupid…stupid…stupid!" she screamed as she kicked her car door.
"Bonnie", Damon said running up behind her.
She refused to turn around and let him see her tears, she leaned on her car, "Who brought her here?" she whispered.
"Let's get out of here".
Bonnie turned to him, "We can't do that…I need to…I need to just go".
"Bonnie, let me take you somewhere…let me help you out here", Damon replied quietly.
Bonnie looked back towards the field where she could see Abby speaking with Stefan, Elena and Caroline.
"No…no…I need to go", she replied wiping her eyes.
"Bonnie…let me help…"
"No!" Bonnie screamed, "Elena may need you…I will walk", she replied turning and walking away from him and out of the parking lot.
Damon watched her with a clenched jaw and turned to look at Stefan, Elena, Caroline and Abby…he felt like ripping someone's throat out.
Well Abby did show up and since Bonnie is already in turmoil, she and Damon are at odds, she is starting to think twice about what Klaus' says and she is on a warpath…maybe this could push her over the edge…
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