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Chapter 11
"Not playing bodyguard to Bonnie tonight?" Stefan smirked as he joined Damon in the living room.
"Bonnie's father is in town and she told me not to show up. Even though, she should be aware that her father can't protect her from Klaus".
"Are you jealous?"
"Jealous of what?"
"That Bonnie would rather have her father as her protector as opposed to you?"
"First of all, I am not Bonnie's protector…we need a witch on our team and I am keeping her safe".
"Is that it?"
"That's it".
"You sure?"
"Stefan what do you want me to say? If it makes you happy, I'm not going after Elena anymore…so you should be happy".
Stefan clenched his jaw, "Elena has nothing to do with this".
"Uh, huh", Damon smirked as he took a sip of his drink, "you know, Jeremy came after me a couple of days ago…almost killed him".
"Why would you do that?" Stefan asked.
"He punched me in the face…he had his chest all puffed out because he thought that I was bedding Bonnie and he couldn't be further from the truth".
"Jeremy is hurt that she ended things with him".
"So what, he's a teenager…he will have plenty of other girlfriends, he's lucky Bonnie stopped me".
Stefan shook his head, "What are we doing about Klaus, right not it's like we're waiting for him to strike".
"Bonnie is looking into finding him".
"Are we sure that he hasn't compelled her to do anything else? Before when you were running around telling us that Bonnie was sent back to kill us, I didn't believe you—but after what you said about her removing the dagger, I don't know".
"Bonnie seems to think that the compulsion is over and if not, she's protecting herself against it".
"I wonder what Klaus did to her, she's different…", Stefan began.
"Just don't ask her about it ok, let it go…let's just deal with what we have going on at the moment".
"I can see why Jeremy thought it was more going on than what you two say", Stefan smirked as he walked out of the room.
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Bonnie sat across from her father at the dinner table eating her dessert. Even though he was barely in Mystic Falls most of the time, the sense of security that she felt when she walked into the house and saw him was indescribable. "Hey, Baby…what's going on?" Michael Bennett asked.
"I'm just happy that you're here that's all, it's been so long since we've seen each other".
"I was only gone for two weeks".
Bonnie smiled as tears sprang to her eyes. Two weeks for him, a year for her, "I know, but I'm about to start senior year and after that I leave for college".
"And what about college…are you staying here in Mystic Falls or are you thinking about going somewhere else?"
"I'm staying in Mystic Falls", Bonnie answered without hesitation. She spent a year away from her home and despite all of the craziness in Mystic Falls, after spending a year away from Mystic Falls, she could not imagine leaving so soon.
"Really Bonnie, you could go anywhere".
"I know but Mystic Falls is my home".
"Ok, well what else is new…I haven't seen Jeremy around".
"We broke up".
"Broke up…why?"
"I was holding him back and I didn't want to do that anymore".
"I can't believe that…you are focused, intelligent and not to mention a pretty girl…oh well, who's the new guy?" Michael asked taking a bite of his pie.
"There is no new guy", Bonnie shook her head.
"Really…I thought there was, you seem different".
Bonnie felt her stomach drop into her shoes.
"And what happened to your face again, I don't remember that scar a couple of weeks ago", Michael replied.
"I tripped in the kitchen and there was some glass on the floor".
Michael raised an eyebrow, "Well we can see about a plastic surgeon".
Bonnie touched the scar on her face. A plastic surgeon? She thought of it when she was being held by Klaus, but she realized that the scar on her face was a part of her now…or maybe Klaus had embedded something in her to make her keep it.
"Yes…a plastic surgeon", Bonnie said putting her hand down.
"I mean, you are beautiful baby, I don't want you to think otherwise".
"I…I know", Bonnie nodded as she put the pie in her mouth.
Later that night, Bonnie searched for a spell to get rid of Klaus when she glanced at the television and there was a pregnant woman walking into a restaurant with her husband…
She sat on the bed in her bedroom flipping through the grimoire. She had spent weeks trying to make a dagger out of a part of her wardrobe that she had broken off days ago. She needed to enchant it, so that when she finally killed Klaus, it would work. She had spent weeks trying to keep her other side from coming out. The other part of her could never handle the relationship with Klaus at this point. As she searched the grimoire, her eyes landed on a spell. She read it quickly and then ripped it out of the grimoire. There was no way that she would ever use this spell…it would give Klaus exactly what he wanted.
Bonnie opened her eyes and immediately went to a jacket in her closet. She felt in one of the inside pockets and pulled out the crumbled piece of paper. The other side of her had ripped this out of the grimoire and probably planned to get rid of it, but why didn't she?
"A spell to make someone human for 24 hours", Bonnie whispered, "did I ever cast this spell for him?"
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The next morning, Bonnie looked in the mirror and blew her hair out of her face. It was the first day of her senior year and she wished that the butterflies in her stomach would die down. She had missed a year of school and with some creative witchery, she was able to change some very important records to make it appear as though she was studying abroad. She touched her face and the scar. She knew that there would be stares and whispering, but she was ready for it. She hoped that she could ignore them.
"Bonnie, shouldn't you be going?" her father leaned in the doorway sipping on his coffee.
"Yes…I'm leaving", she replied brushing her hair down and attempting to somewhat hide the scar.
"Hey…it's ok Bonnie, you look beautiful", he stated.
"Thanks Dad, I will see you after school", she picked up her bag.
"Have a good day!" he called as Bonnie walked down the stairs.
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Bonnie parked her car in the lot by the football field and took a few deep breaths. This was the first step of her starting to reclaim her life. She unlocked the doors and stepped out of her car looking around as people hurried into the building. "Bonnie", Jeremy said from behind her.
Bonnie turned around to see Jeremy behind, "Hey Jer".
"You look nice".
"Thanks".
"I wanted to apologize again about the other day, I was wrong to assume anything about you and Damon".
"Jeremy, I understand…it probably looked really bad".
"But I knew better, I know that you would never feel anything for someone like Damon…I just remember the way he made Elena believe that he was a good guy".
"Damon has helped me a lot Jeremy, I know how horrible Damon was and how horrible he can be , but he has helped me a lot since I came back and I am grateful to him for that".
"Bonnie, why is it that he can help you and I can't?" Jeremy asked in a wounded voice.
Bonnie reached up and touched Jeremy's cheek, "Jeremy, I want you to know that what we had was so special to me and when I was with Klaus, those moments were ones that I looked back on and smiled about, but the girl that you wanted…the girl who you had a relationship with is not the girl that you are looking at now".
"But you are, Bonnie whatever happened with Klaus…"
"Whatever happened with Klaus changed me and I just want you to be happy…with someone else", Bonnie hugged him, "please can you just do that?"
"I don't want to, but I will", he whispered, "but first, can I escort you into school?"
"Yes…yes, you can do that", Bonnie smiled as Jeremy wrapped his arm around her and walked with her into the high school.
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"What are you doing lurking around here?" Alaric Saltzman asked as he erased the chalkboard in his classroom.
"Just checking out the school making sure it's still here and all that good stuff", Damon smirked as he leaned on the desk.
"Right, well I have another class in about five minutes soo…"
"Ok, let's say I have a friend…wait…not exactly a friend but an acquaintance and they went through hell on earth last year and is kind of a fruitcake…well, when they went through hell something horrible happened to them that a lot of people don't come back from…"
"Let me guess, the acquaintance is Bonnie Bennett and you are talking about something that Klaus did to her", Alaric replied as leaned against his desk.
"Did I say it was Bonnie…no…you think I care about what happens to her?" Damon scoffed, "not at all".
"Damon just because I just got back from China, does not mean I don't know what's been going on…a matter of fact, Jeremy came in earlier and he is worried about Bonnie as well, only he's worried about you and what you may be doing to Bonnie".
"I'm not doing anything to witch!" Damon barked.
"Wow…getting a little emotional there Damon, is something else going on between you and Bonnie that you're not saying".
"No and just because Bonnie and I are getting along and might I add…everyone has been hounding us to start getting along for forever, so why is it a big deal now?"
"Ok, so what do you need help with?" Alaric asked.
"We need to figure out a game plan for when Klaus comes back to town because either he's coming to Mystic Falls or he will lure Bonnie out of Mystic Falls, I think it may be the latter".
"What can we really do without Bonnie…I take it, you don't want her involved in this".
"I don't know if she can be involved in this…the girl is still not right", Damon replied as the bell began going off signaling the changing of periods.
"Well let me know how I can help…", Alaric began as the class filtered in and Damon turned around to see Bonnie and Elena walking in chatting away.
"Damon, what are you doing here?" Elena asked looking at him inquisitively.
Bonnie searched Damon's face as well for answers.
"Ric just got back, I thought I would pay him a visit…that's it…see you teens a little later", Damon said walking out of the classroom.
When he walked out of the room he turned back around and noticed that Bonnie was staring at him. He moved away from the door quickly and began walking down the hallway. When Elena and Bonnie walked into the room, his eyes immediately went Bonnie…since when did that happen?
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"This is just like old times!" Caroline grinned as she plopped down next to Bonnie and Elena at the lunch table later that day.
"Only people are constantly staring at me as if I have a sign on me…oh wait…it's the gigantic scar on my face", Bonnie smirked.
"Did your dad find a plastic surgeon?"
"Yes, he says that we can go to Richmond in a couple of days for a consult".
"Can't you just do a spell?" Caroline whispered.
"I probably could, I don't know why I didn't a long time ago…maybe Klaus made me keep the scar…I don't know, but I can't do one now—my father would get a little suspicious".
"It's ok, I think the scar makes you look tough", Caroline smiled.
"Caroline", Elena shook her head.
"It does, I don't want you to think that you have to get rid of it…we love you no matter what", Caroline grinned hugging Bonnie.
"I know, I guess that getting rid of the scar is one of the ways that I can start to remove everything that Klaus did to me out of my life or at least try to and besides people won't feel need to give themselves whiplash when they turn their heads around in order to make it appear as if they weren't staring".
"Well moving on to other subjects, would you like to tell us exactly what you are doing with Damon?" Caroline asked.
"What?" Bonnie asked as she noticed Elena become a little uncomfortable.
"You and Damon, you went to find Klaus and that took two days…did you drive all night or did you stay somewhere and Elena says that you two have been spending a lot of time together…"
"We're just friends".
"You weren't friends before", Caroline replied, "as a matter of fact, you pretty much hated each other".
"Damon has been nice to me since I came back. I think it's because I went with Stefan to get the blood from Klaus and I was only there because I wanted to help save him, I guess he's not as bad as we thought".
"Oh my god, have you converted too?" Caroline whined, "you watch your back around Damon, he is not to be trusted".
"I know Care, but he's been trustworthy so far".
"What do you two have secrets?" Elena spoke up.
"No…no…it's just that, he's been a good person to me and I believe that if I were to confess something to him, he would keep it between us".
Caroline gave Bonnie a doubtful smirk as Elena focused on her sandwich. If Bonnie had to guess, she would think that Elena was a little jealous and that made her a little uneasy.
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During the drive home after school, Bonnie noticed that Elena was especially quiet, so Bonnie decided to speak up, "Are you angry that I am spending so much time with Damon?" she asked.
Elena turned to her and shook her head, "No…not at all…I mean, I never would have guessed that the person you would become so close to would be Damon. I'm happy that you're feeling better despite the circumstances, but I just feel like something is missing between us".
Bonnie stopped in front of Elena's house, "Nothing is missing between us. I think I have some parts missing, but nothing is wrong with us. Elena, I missed you so much while I was gone and I know that I haven't been exactly able to talk to you about what happened with Klaus, but one day I may…just not right now".
Elena nodded, "I just want you to know that I am here for you and if you feel more comfortable talking to Damon, that is fine with me as well…I know from experience that he can be less of a jackass at times".
Bonnie smiled as Elena reached over and hugged her, "I love you Bon", Elena whispered in her ear.
"I love you too", Bonnie answered.
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Later that night, Bonnie stood in front of the mirror in a t-shirt and boyshorts, she pulled her hair up in a high ponytail and looked at herself in the mirror. She smiled and focused on the scar on her face that appeared to stop her smile from spreading across her face. She leaned closer and waved her hand across her cheek and the scar magically disappeared. She smiled in the mirror again, "You will be ok", she whispered as she waved her hand over her cheek again and the scar magically appeared again.
Damon stood outside of Bonnie's house asking again why he was even there. He had been asking that question almost every day since she reappeared in their lives. He looked through the living room window and noticed Michael Bennett typing away on a laptop and talking on the phone. Damon crouched down and then jumped up to Bonnie's open window. He stared at her for a few moments staring in the mirror. It looked as if she was posing, she would smile and then she would frown. It was weird.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked scrunching up his face as he stepped into the room.
"Damon…what the…", Bonnie gasped as she backed up into the dresser, "why do you keep scaring me!"
"You should always be on alert", he smirked as he plopped down on her bed.
"What are you doing here?" Bonnie asked walking over to him and folding her arms.
"I thought that I would pay you a visit since we haven't seen each other in such a long time".
"Right", she replied rescuing one of her stuffed animals from being smothered by Damon's large frame.
"You act as if you are not happy to see me, I'm hurt Bonnie", Damon frowned.
She laughed, "You are really in a special mood tonight".
"Always…so how is it with Daddy Dear being back?"
"Good, he's had a calming effect on me…things are almost normal".
"Except for the fact that Klaus is out there".
"I know he is. I've tried everything that I could think of to find him, but he must have some kind of block to stop me from locating him", Bonnie shrugged as she sat down on the bed.
"Well until you find him, I will be here to make sure he doesn't come after you".
Bonnie turned to Damon sitting next to her, "Why?"
"Haven't you grown tired of asking that question?"
"No because you never answer it seriously".
"Because like I said, you didn't deserve what Klaus did to you and I want to make sure that it never happens again. Despite your judgy little attitude and your superiority complex…"
Bonnie gasped, "I have a superiority complex?"
"Yes all you witches do".
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "And what kind of complex do you vampires have?"
"Hey…we never claimed to be innocent and good…we're monsters, we know that…but you witches, you are supposed to be good, you keep the baddies from taking over the world".
"Is that what my other personality did?"
"I think she was a product of what you went through with Klaus".
"I think so too, but I know that if I tried…I could be exactly like her".
"Oh no…we don't want that", Damon shook his head, "not at all, she liked to torture me".
"She was just playing with you", Bonnie smiled at him.
"Oh is that it and by the way, you owe me a hundred dollars".
"For what?"
"She burned up one of my shirts".
"Oh please, you have plenty of shirts".
"How do you know how many shirts I have, have you been looking in my closet Goody Bennett?" Damon raised an eyebrow and leaned over closer to her.
"I'm not giving you any money for a shirt".
"That's pretty cold Bonnie".
Bonnie shrugged as she concentrated on the blanket, "So is she gone for good?" Damon asked.
"She hasn't shown up, she didn't show up even after I brought Klaus back—I think she's gone. I'm glad".
"Why are you glad…I mean, I am too, but I thought she was your protector".
"But do I really need her, she's a part of me so I should be able to tap into whatever power she had on my own and I can be strong without splitting in two…can't I?" Bonnie asked looking at Damon, "I know that she appeared because I felt like my situation was impossible, but I think I'm stronger now and I can handle whatever happens".
"Well I much rather deal with you than her".
"Thanks, I think", Bonnie smirked.
"So what were you doing when I walked in?" Damon asked changing the subject.
"What are you talking about?"
"In the mirror, what were you doing?" he gestured towards the mirror.
"Oh…nothing…"
"Nothing, it looked like something…practicing your pageant smile?"
"Like I could be in any pageant with this", she gestured towards her cheek, "actually, I was trying to see what it would be like without this scar. My dad is taking me to Richmond on Friday to see a plastic surgeon".
"So you're getting it removed?" Damon asked.
"Yes, I figure that it's one thing that I can fix".
Damon was quiet for a few moments, "You know, you don't have to get it removed".
Bonnie looked over at Damon and nodded, "I know".
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"So are you coming back later tonight?" Elena asked as Bonnie put her books in her locker.
"Probably early tomorrow morning", Bonnie said closing her bookbag.
"Bonnie, are you ready?" Mr. Bennett asked from behind them.
"Hello Mr. Bennett", Elena waved.
"Hi Elena, nice to see you", he greeted her.
"Daddy, I thought that you had a meeting and I would meet you at home", Bonnie replied as she lifted her bookbag on her shoulder.
"Finished the meeting up early, so I thought we could get on the road".
"Oh…ok…well Elena, I guess I will call you tonight".
"Yes, call me…let me know how things went", Elena hugged her.
"See you later", Bonnie smiled as she starting walking away with her father, "oh Elena…I forgot that book that you needed for the history assignment at home, do you want to go pick it up?"
"Sure…is the key still in the old place?" Elena asked.
"Yes".
"Well I will just open the door that way, get on the road and I will see you when you get back".
"Ok", Bonnie smiled as her father ushered her out of the school.
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Elena pulled up in front of Bonnie's house and headed towards the front door and as soon as she reached the stairs, she felt someone behind her. She turned around and bumped into Damon, "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Coming to see our favorite witch", Damon smiled.
Elena smirked, "She's not here, she went to Richmond with her dad…but, you have really taken on this role as Bonnie's protector…is there more to the story?"
"And what would 'more to the story' mean Elena?"
"Meaning do you feel more for Bonnie than just a casual acquaintance?"
"You know before when Bonnie and I would always snipe at each other, you wanted us to be friends and now that we are friends…everyone thinks there is more".
"Well is there?" Elena asked.
Damon leaned forward, "No…there is nothing else there…friendship that is all".
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely sure", Damon answered as Elena started walking up the stairs. She lifted the angel up to retrieve the house key, but before she could open the door, the door opened on its own and Michael Bennett stood in the doorway.
Elena stood up as Damon stood behind her.
"Elena, hi…what are you doing here…is Bonnie with you?" Michael asked.
"She went with you", Elena replied slowly.
Damon heard the tone in Elena's voice and suddenly he went on high alert.
Michael shook his head, "I had a meeting, the plan was to meet here…did Bonnie say she was meeting me?"
"Noooo", Elena said slowly as she turned to look at Damon who returned her gaze and then sped away from the house.
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"Daddy, do you want me to set up the navigation?" Bonnie asked as she touched the screen in her father's Navigator.
"No", he replied looking at the room.
"But you always get lost", Bonnie chuckled as she started to type in the city, "what's the address?"
"I know where I'm going Bonnie", he said concentrating on the road.
"Daddy, I know…but we would like to get there today".
"I know where I'm going!" he barked.
Bonnie frowned and looked out of the window, "Well ok then…did your meeting not go well?"
Her father said nothing.
Bonnie turned back and before her eyes, her father's face started to change along with his entire body into someone that she didn't recognize. She immediately turned to the door and started to unlock it. "If you touch the lock, I will make one call and the vampire outside of your father's house will go in and destroy him", the man growled.
Bonnie looked at him, "Are you a vampire?" she asked.
He turned to her, "Yes, so you know I mean what I say".
Bonnie narrowed her eyes, "Good", she said as she watched the vampire grab his head taking both of his hands off the steering wheel. Bonnie grabbed the steering wheel, but not before the truck went flying down a hill into the woods. Bonnie braced herself for impact as the truck continued down the path. She closed her eyes as she felt herself lurch forward and her airbag hit her in the face; it felt like someone had punched her.
As the airbag deflated, she opened her eyes and turned to the vampire. A tree branch had come through the windshield and impaled him. He was a shriveled corpse. Bonnie unhooked her seatbelt as she felt blood dripping from her nose. She must have hit it on the airbag. She tried to open the door but it refused to budge. She looked over at the shriveled corpse. The fact that he was here with her and not her father meant one thing, Klaus was nearby. She leaned over and kicked the window with the heel of her boot a few times. She heard it crack and she continued to kick until the window shattered.
She grabbed her bag off of the floor and slid out of the window trying not to cut herself. She got out of the truck and ran away from it. She immediately felt dizzy dropping to her knees as she grabbed her head and crawled away from the truck. She fished her cell phone out of her bag and began to unlock it, when she felt the air change around her.
She stood up and turned around slowly to see Klaus standing by the truck behind her.
"My Precious Bonnie, did you think I would allow our reunion to have a detour?" Klaus said as he sped over to her and caressed her cheek, "I wouldn't dream of it".
Bonnie stared at Klaus as her phone slowly dropped to the ground.
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