A/N: So I have calculated and this fic will have 16 chapters! Thank you all for reading. The dance scene for the previous chapter was me envisioning the one from Shall We Dance with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez! I love the reviews, follows and favs! You are all super sweet and I have given you each individual hugs :) Enjoy!

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"Morning beautiful," Damon smiled.

Damon woke Bonnie with a kiss to the corner of her mouth. He nuzzled her ear lobe.

"That's how you wake up someone?" she smiled, snuggling closer to him.

"If you're lucky that is," he said bringing her hands to his lips, "so what's on the agenda for today?"

"Nothing, I do have to go back to the school tomorrow though."

"Ok, well it's your first time in NYC so I can take you sightseeing to my favorite spots and also the typical tourists' spots."

"Is this your way of asking me on a date?" she asked teasingly.

"Bonnie, if I was going to ask you out on a date you would know."

"So you don't want to date me then?"

Damon laughed and kissed her, "Shut up, witch!"

Damon watched as Bonnie went to the bathroom. Last night had been wonderful; they had made out and did some pretty heavy petting but stopped when Bonnie revealed that she had not had sex before. Damon had jokingly asked what did her and the younger Gilbert do then play videogames? He was shocked when Bonnie's reply was yes. "We also were too busy trying to save everyone in Mystic Falls ass while you and your brother chased Elena's skirts." Damon nodded and laughed.

He respected her decision to wait, she said that second to her magic it was the most precious gift she had and she wasn't going to give it away to just anyone. He had tried to counteract that statement by saying he wasn't just anyone, he was Damon and then Bonnie smacked him. He laughed and retreated. They spent the rest of the time talking about Bonnie and before long they fell asleep.

Damon got up and waited for Bonnie to take a shower. It was a little chilly outside, even though it wasn't snowing. Damon listening carefully as Bonnie sang in the shower. He was glad that whatever he was feeling wasn't one-sided. Bonnie liked him as well, and they were trying to work things out. However, in the back of Damon's mind was, Elena.

He didn't know why but he was really concerned about Elena and how this would affect her. Why should she care though? She chose Stefan. Even though Damon knew that was the case, he still recalled the conversation they had which seemed like her trying to justify her choice to him. Damon took out his phone and decided to give his brother a call.

"Damon," Stefan answered after the first ring.

"Hello brother."

"What's wrong? Has Bonnie killed you yet?"

Damon smiled, funny because they were doing the exact opposite.

"I'm just calling to see how everyone is."

"Who are you?"

"Funny," Damon spat, "Where's Elena and vampire Barbie?"

"They went to tour the campus?" Stefan replied, "I really don't know."

"Whoa, Stefan you're at a college with lots of horny teenagers, don't you think you should keep tabs on your girlfriend?"

"I trust Elena she will never do anything to hurt me."

"I see."

"So, how are things with Bonnie?"

"Just peachy actually, we managed not to kill each other."

"The week is still young," Stefan laughed.

"Anyways, I've got to go brother; Bonnie and I are going sightseeing."

"Sightseeing?" Stefan smiled, "Ok, I'll tell everyone you called."

Damon hung up the phone just as Bonnie walked out of the shower. She had on her robe and a puzzled look on her face.

"Who was that?" she asked.

"Stefan," he said walking to the bathroom.


Bonnie listened as Damon showed her his favorite places in NYC and spewed random facts. Earlier he had taken her to a small bistro for breakfast. Bonnie liked the place a lot. Even though it was almost Christmas the weather was enjoyable enough to have their food outside. The weather channel had declared this winter the warmest one ever. When they finished eating, he had taken her to a thrift store where she was able to get a souvenir for her father.

He continued blabbing on and on about the age of the apartment complex he was pointing at. How did he know all this? Damon later took her to Ground Zero, where they went on a scheduled tour. The tour guide left the group for a while and Damon took her to the other side of the room.

"Want to know something I've never told anyone?" Damon asked.

"Sure," she smiled.

"I was in New York on the day on 9/11," he paused gazing into the distance, "I helped to save some, but as you know, vamps and fire do not mix well."

"Oh."

"Yeah, it was awful, the screams, the smell of burning flesh."

Bonnie glanced at Damon, his face troubled. He looked as if he were reliving the memory.

"I'm sorry," she said touching his shoulder.

"Why?" he asked, "I didn't die, thousands of innocent people did."

"Damon, you couldn't save them all."

Bonnie was shocked, the Damon she had met when he first came to Mystic Falls didn't seem like he would care about helping anyone but himself.

"What were you even doing in New York anyway?"

"Tracking a witch that had the talisman which would have helped me to free Katherine from the tomb," he smirked.

"Of course, I knew there must have been a selfish reason."

Damon laughed and put his arms around her, "Let's go get some dinner."


Damon and Bonnie ate at a fancy restaurant in Upper East Side Manhattan. Bonnie devoured the food; Damon really enjoyed watching Bonnie eat. She always seemed so carefree and love. It made him wish he had the appetite to eat as she did. After dinner, they went to a movie and Damon got into an argument with the guy at the snack counter for flirting with Bonnie.

Bonnie had gotten defensive and reminded Damon that they weren't exactly together and people would hit on her anyway. Damon then tried to prove a point by hitting on the lady who scanned their ticket before they went into the movies. Bonnie did get angry at Damon and they watched the movie in silence. After the movie they took a cab and went straight back to the hotel.

"I'm sorry, Bonnie," Damon said as he watched her throw her bag on the table.

"I'm sorry as well," she said walking towards him.

"I think this argument was stupid," he said smiling.

She hugged him and smiled, "You know what else was stupid?"

Damon raised his eyebrow.

"That fucking movie!" she started laughing.

"Hey, you chose the movie!" he said nudging her.

"Well, I didn't know it was going to be that lame!"

Damon kissed her and rubbed her shoulders, "you know what was ridiculous?"

"What?"

"That couple in front of us,"

"Oh, the one that was dedicated to playing tonsil hockey?"

"Teenagers," he muttered kissing her bottom lip.

"Hey! I'm a teenager too!" she teased.

"We could have shown them the right way to make-out," he said kissing her after each syllable.

Damon spun her in his arms and now had her back against his chest. He sucked her neck making a mark.

She moaned softly, "Let's go to bed."

Damon stopped. He stepped away from her and went to the mini fridge to get some blood.

"I can't, I'm going on the road again."

"Well can I tag along?"

"You don't want to, it's dumb business and it's really not important."

"But I want to; it'll be a way to spend time with you."

"Bonnie, no!"

"Damon, I-"

"The answer is no, ok?"

Bonnie watched as Damon left the room with the blood bag. She was stunned, Damon shouted at her, like she was his pet or something. She was furious! She stripped out of her clothes and took a quick shower. Damon listened as her heard her finish her shower. He leaned against the door and listened until he heard her deep steady breaths. He sighed and walked down the hall. Bonnie didn't have to know everything.


Bonnie awoke with a horrible headache. She assumed it was because she was still mad at Damon for the stunt he pulled last night. She sat up and noticed that none of Damon's stuff hadn't been touched which meant he hadn't come back to the hotel. It was Wednesday which meant she had an appointment at the school with an intern who was the head of her major department.

Bonnie quickly got dressed and walked out. She contemplated leaving a note for Damon but decided against it. Since he didn't have the decency to let her know where he was, then she wouldn't let him no either. Bonnie took a cab to NYU and sent her father a quick text. When the cab pulled up in front of the building Bonnie smiled, pretty soon New York was going to be her home.

She walked to the building and saw a gorgeous blonde girl standing in with a Ms. Bennett sign. The girl waved at her and Bonnie had a feeling of dread come over her almost instantly. The girl was a vampire. Bonnie continued walking and smiled at the young woman.

"Hi, I'm Bonnie," she said extending a hand.

The girl ignored Bonnie's extended hand and went straight for hug. The hug helped to remove the sense of dread that she had first associated with the young lady.

"I'm Deonna, I've been looking forward to meeting you! I've heard so much!"

"Thanks," Bonnie replied confused.

"You'll be a perfect addition, you're smart, beautiful and you are a witch! A Bennett one at that! I'm over joyed!"

"You know about my ancestors?"

"Yes, I know a Lucy Bennett! Do you know her?"

"Uh, yeah, she's my cousin."

"No way!"

"How long have you been a vampire?"

"I turned shortly after I finished high school."

"Why did you turn?"

"Eternal youth?" she laughed, "I was messed up as a kid and a vampire convinced me to turn."

"I see."

"It's not bad, Lucy is the one who made my day walk ring by the way!" she chimed, "anyways, let's go talk chemical engineering!"

Bonnie spent the next couple of hours with Deonna. They spoke about the school and Deonna gave her a few tips on what she should and should not do as a freshman. Bonnie liked Deonna she kind of reminded her of Caroline. Deonna took Bonnie to lunch on campus and later told her the story of how she knew Lucy. Bonnie made a mental reminder to ask Lucy about Deonna when she called her later.

"So did you travel to NYC all by yourself?" Deonna asked biting into her New Yorker.

Bonnie stiffened, "No I came here with a friend."

"Where are they?"

"No idea, he left last night and didn't come back."

"Oh, did you guys get into a fight?" Deonna asked, "I mean, I have fights with my boyfriend all the time."

"He's not my boyfriend."

"But you like him though,"

Bonnie turned to look at her, "How do you know that?"

"Other than you being transparent as fuck, your blood level rose, you smell so delicious."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'm also going to guess that you'll have your period soon."

"You can identify that as well?"

"Cool huh?" she laughed.

Bonnie continued eating her burger when Deonna phone rang. She pointed at the phone and told Bonnie that she had to take the phone call. Bonnie nodded her head and continued to think about what she had said earlier, was she really that transparent?

"Sorry about that," Deonna said returning to the table.

"It's ok, everything good?"

"Yeah, oh and two of my friends are going to stop by soon."

"Oh, are they like you?"

"If you mean are they vampires, the guy is, the girl is a witch like you."

"Wow, another witch! I'm excited!"

"Good," she smiled, "Oh look there they are now!"

Bonnie turned to view the door and saw Damon walking in with a woman who looked to be about Lucy's age. Her guess was that was the witch. Damon was wearing something completely different than what her left in. Damon's eyes met Bonnie's and he faltered.

"Bonnie, these are my friends Damon and Nyla," Deonna said introducing them.

"Nice to meet you Nyla," Bonnie said giving Damon the side eye.

"The pleasure is mine, I've never met a direct descendant from Ayanna before, Lucy doesn't count," she laughed then turned to Damon, "be right back."

Nyla walked away and Deonna noticed that Bonnie and Damon were staring at each other.

"Do you two know each other?" Deonna inquired.

Bonnie took two deep breaths, "I've got to go, and it was nice meeting you Deonna and tell Nyla the same."

"Why are you leaving so soon?"

"Remember that friend I told you about earlier?"

"Yeah."

"His name is Damon Salvatore," Bonnie spat as she stared at Damon.

Deonna's eyes widen and she looked at the two of them. Damon's jaw was clenched and Bonnie's hand was balled into a fist. Bonnie walked towards the door and left.

"Damon, go after her and then we'll talk about why you didn't tell me that the girl you were talking about was Bonnie fucking Bennett!"

"Bonnie! Wait!" Damon shouted as he sped after her.

You wanna chase but you're chasin' your tail, a quick fix won't ever get you well.