Hey everyone! Because today is everyone's favourite day of the year (NOT) I decided to post another chapter to get you all through the next few days.
This chapter is short but it is defiantly packed with emotion and chaos.
Enjoy :D
Bound To You
Chapter 10:
I unconsciously grab Damon's hand and interlock our fingers. I don't miss the look of confusion on his face as he looks down at our enjoining hands.
Taking one last deep breath, I brace myself for whatever Bonnie is going to tell me. I have a gut feeling I'm not going to like it one bit.
I nervously walk into the living room with Damon gripping his hand for dear life. Bonnie stands up from her spot on the couch and cautiously watches my every move, like she is just waiting for me to snap and strangle her. She eyes my and Damon's interlocked hands as we sit on the couch she vacated and moves to stand in front of the fireplace.
After a few more awkward minutes of silence I break the silence, "So are you going to tell us exactly why you can't or won't undo your stupid spell or are you just going to stand there like a statue."
"That's the thing." Bonnie says nervously looking down at the floor, "I can't undo it."
"And what exactly do you mean by 'I can't undo it.'" Damon says in a warning tone, "You put the spell on us that I know for a fact it has a reversal spell, because witches have some witchy code they need to follow, so what's stopping you?"
"I used the power of the full moon to be able to have enough power to do the spell, but the full moon is not necessary to reverse the spell. And I have tried, but every time I try I hit a road block."
"Which is…" I say through my teeth. 'Why does Bonnie insist on dancing around the subject?'
"Some one is stopping her from completing the spell." Damon says furrowing his eyebrows.
"Exactly." Bonnie says finally looking me in the eye, "The thing is whoever they are, they are very powerful. I tried tracking down the witch but I'm unable to track the source of the magic."
"So are you saying that we are stuck like this?" I ask completely out raged.
"For the time being, yes." Bonnie coughs nervously before continuing, "But there is something else as well. As long as whoever this is, is able to control the binding spell they are able to do more damage to you."
"What exactly do you mean by that Bennett." I feel Damon tense up beside me, gripping on to my hand to the point where it's starting to hurt.
I kiss the back of his hand and rub his arm in support and I can feel the tension drain from his body. I look and see the confusion written all over his face. I also see something else in his eyes but it was gone before I could even decipher what it was. I look back at Bonnie and see the same confusion written on her face but also disgust.
What does she have to be disgusted about? I did nothing wrong. Damon's my friend. Friends support friends through their hard times. 'Wait. When did Damon and I become friends? We are not friends.'
"It means exactly what it means, Damon." Bonnie says not losing the look of disappointment on her face, "Have you been feeling any different?" Bonnie says, eyes my confusion.
"What do you mean by different? I feel the same as I did yesterday?" I say as I watch her open her Grimoire and turn it to the page where the spell was on.
"There is another side effect to the spell that I missed. Normally this would not be a problem but because there is some unknown witch that has access to my spell, there is a chance it can be activated."
Damon grabs the book from the table and starts reading, the more he reads the angrier he gets. "'WARNING: THIS SPELL CAN BIND THE SUBJECTS IN QUESTION EMOTIONALLY IF SUBJECTS HAVE SOME SORT OF EMOTIONAL CONNECTION. CAN BE ACTIVATED FOR SHORT OR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.'" Damon stops reading and just stares at Bonnie for a minute before putting the old book on the coffee table and starts pacing.
I look down at the book and notice there is more, "'CAN MAKE SUBJECTS HAVE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE EMOTIONS NOT ONLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER BUT TOWARDS OTHERS AS WELL.' What exactly does this mean?" I look at Bonnie, begging her for some clarification. But it's Damon who answers.
"It means Elena you are going to be as emotionally stable as a vampire. All our emotions will be heightened, and me being a vampire it just makes it worse. I can turn off my emotions if need be, but you," he says as he stops pacing and looks at me, "you can't do that. All the guilt and anger and hatred you feel will consume you until it becomes painful." As he finished his voice grew sad and hollow as if it pains him, for me to have to deal with this.
"And this will only happen if the witch figures out how to activate it?" I ask hoping that they don't.
"Yes and no. If there is a strong enough emotional connection between the subjects the bind will happen anyways. The heightened emotions is a toss-up though, there is a small chance that it can happened by itself."
"So Damon and I really don't have anything to worry about." I say trying to believe what I am saying.
"If anything Elena, you and Damon are at a huge risk of being effected."
"What are-"
"Elena, stop trying to deny what is happening between the 2 of you." She says cutting me off, "You have feelings for Damon, Elena. Everyone knows it. When Stefan came to me for help be basically told me he has given up on trying to keep you away from Damon. He believes that the constant fighting between the 2 of you is because you are angry with yourself for falling in love with a psychopathic vampire-"
I slap Bonnie before she can finish her rant. "Don't you fucking dare tell me what I feel. Stefan has no right to be telling anyone about anything that involves me or my feelings. And FYI I don't love Damon. I am still love Stefan. And even if I did have any sort of feelings for Damon I couldn't care less if you or anyone else doesn't like it. I don't care if you think I was making the biggest mistake of my fucking life. It's my life to mess up." I take deep breaths trying to calm myself only succeeding when Damon comes towards me and wraps me in his arms.
The comfort of his body against mine relaxes me and for a moment, I just enjoy it. The comforting moment was broken through but Bonnie clearing het throat causing me to jump from Damon's embrace.
"That didn't look like you feel nothing for each other." Bonnie says as she gathers her things and starts to walk towards the door, "If what just happened here was an indication, the bind as already been activated." Bonnie gives me her I-Know-Better look resulting in me slamming the door in her face.
After the little escapade with Bonnie I walked back into the kitchen and grab the bottle of bourbon Ric abandoned when Bonnie arrived.
Grabbing the neck of the bottle I take a large gulp, enjoying the burn going down my throat. The liquor was helping numb the feeling of betrayal. After a few more gulps I look up at Damon, who was leaning against the kitchen door way.
"Don't." I say emotionlessly.
"I wasn't going to say anything." He says raising his hands in mock surrender.
"Yes you were Damon," I say turning back to the kitchen island and siting down on a stool, "You always do. Damon Salvatore never knows when to leave anything alone. You constantly push until I snap and push back."
"That's not true, Elena and you know it." I hear him say as he walks towards me and stands on the other side of the island. "I leave things alone all the time, when it doesn't directly effect me or you." I look up at him unable to break eye contact. "And since this spell effects us both, it doesn't seem like I'm going to leave anything alone."
He slowly walks over to me and stands in between my legs. "It's okay Elena," he says cupping my face lightly, unintentionally causing my heartbeat to increase, "We're in this together." He kisses my forehead before stepping away from me. "You can't get rid of me that easily." He says smirking, causing me to release a small smile.
'That's what I'm afraid of…'
Elena protecting Damon? Damon comforting Elena? Elena afraid of feeling something for Damon?
I gotta say Elena sticking up for herself against Bonnie... LOVE IT!
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