Thank you everyone for your reviews and support. I realized that there is a little confusion. When I stated that Bamon are in The Other Mystic Falls-Two Months Before it actually means that it is two months before they came back to Present Mystic Falls.
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Ch. 11
Present Mystic Falls
"Well, well, well what do we have here?" Damon smirked as he closed Hudson's door, "a would be assassin trying to make a quick exit".
"How did you even get in here! I didn't invite you in", Hudson backed up into the wall.
"We just asked the building manager nicely and he let us in…imagine that", Stefan smirked.
Within a blink of an eye, Hudson had his bow together and held it out with an arrow attached, "If you let me leave, there will be no problems and you don't have your witch to save you, so one of you will die".
"Look, you can leave here if you tell us who you are working for", Stefan replied slowly holding up his hands as Damon cast him an incredulous look.
Hudson smirked and shook his head, "I don't believe you. I stabbed Bonnie, she's probably dying a slow death now—so no, you want to kill me and if you don't want to kill me," Hudson gestured to Damon, "he sure as hell does, I know that you and Bonnie have something going on".
"I am going to rip you apart", Damon said taking a step forward, but was stopped by Stefan's arm.
"Hudson, we know that you are just trying to make a clean break. We will let you do that, if you just tell us who hired you".
"I don't talk", Hudson said.
"Oh you don't talk?" Damon chuckled before speeding over and grabbing Hudson's head, he bit into his wrist and force fed his blood into Hudson's mouth. Hudson gulped as he took in Damon's blood.
Stefan closed his eyes and sighed, "Damon…"
Damon snapped Hudson's neck and he crumbled onto the floor in a heap.
"Maybe he will tell us what we want to know if he is craving blood to live", Damon shrugged.
Stefan opened his mouth as a cell phone in Hudson's pocket began to ring. Damon bent down and answered it, "Hello?"
"Who is this…I'm calling for Hudson".
"Your little assassin has a broken neck right now, he can't speak", Damon replied.
The line went dead, "Guess that was his boss", Damon shrugged.
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While Caroline went downstairs to warm up some blood, Lucy sat on the edge of Bonnie's bed as she slept. As Bonnie began to stir, Lucy smiled, "Well it only took a couple of months for you to get into trouble".
"I feel like I was hit with a truck", Bonnie rubbed her temples.
"Well the toxin that entered your body through that knife did quite a job on you".
"But who…why…"
"Well from what Caroline said, it appears that your neighbor was killing vampires and the fact that you healed all of your vampire friends probably clued them into you being a witch".
Bonnie closed her eyes, "Everything is just so horrible here", she rubbed her eyes.
"Everything?"
"I was happy where I was and being sucked back into this. Before, when I first left—all I wanted was to get back here and now? I wish I never stepped foot back in Mystic Falls…this Mystic Falls that is".
Lucy frowned, "I'm sorry, I didn't know. Your friends came to me begging me to try the resurrection spell. They told me that it wasn't fair that you died saving them all and I agreed, I have to confess, I never once believed that it could have been better on the other side".
"It's not your fault".
"But one thing is good here, you and the blue eyed vampire seem close", Lucy smiled.
Bonnie returned the smile, "Damon is one thing here that I am happy about. Don't get me wrong, I missed Caroline, Elena, Jeremy…everyone…but they don't understand what I went through and how being back here…its just weird".
Lucy nodded, "Well you're a little weak now, but in a couple of days—you will feel better".
"I hope so".
"And just to clue you in little cousin, all of your friends know about you and Damon. He didn't hide his feelings very well while you were on the brink of death".
Bonnie's eyes widened, "All of them?" she frowned.
"All of them, Elena and Jeremy went tearing out of here as soon as Damon announced that he was giving you some of his blood".
Bonnie's hands immediately went to her face, "I have to talk to Elena", she began starting to get out of bed.
"Oh no…no…no you're not. You are staying here. You were the one who almost died a couple of hours ago and you have saved all of them in the past couple of months, when Elena gets over herself—she will come to you and she should".
"But she probably hates me, she knows that me and Damon are together".
"And…so what…were you cheating with Damon on her. Look, things happen…this is not high school, you're adults and things are not always as clean and shiny as you would hope them to be".
Bonnie looked down at her hands, "I just wanted to tell her myself at the right time".
Lucy shrugged, "Guess the fates had other plans".
Bonnie nodded as the knot in her stomach became tighter and she started to go over in her mind exactly what she could possibly say to Elena now.
Other Mystic Falls-A Month and A Half Before The Resurrection
"Grams, you booked the entertainment right?" Bonnie asked looking down at her notepad as she followed Sheila into her office.
"Yes, should you really be hounding a woman who is recovering from a heart attack this much?" Shelia asked.
Bonnie smirked, "Oh Grams, you have been begging me to stop treating you with kid gloves and now I've stopped…also, Giuseppe corners me every second that Damon's not around to ask me if all of the party preparations are finished".
Shelia rolled her eyes, "You would think that Damon was ten years old the way Giuseppe is fussing over this party".
"Well this is the first time that he is able to celebrate Damon's birthday with him and Damon didn't have many friends back home, so I guess this will be a big deal either way. People here tend to like him absent any compulsion…"
"One person in particular seems to like him a lot", Shelia smiled.
"I plead the fifth".
"Bonnie, everyone in town has noticed you and Damon out around town…people know that you are dating".
"I don't think we call it dating exactly…"
"Call it what you want, it's dating", Shelia deadpanned.
"Kind of like you and Giuseppe?" Bonnie raised an eyebrow.
"You have to get up earlier than 8am to get that information out of me".
Bonnie laughed, "Ok…I have to go anyway, Greta and I are searching for dresses for the party today".
"Well have fun", Shelia stood up and walked over to Bonnie, placing her hands on Bonnie's cheeks, "have I mentioned how happy you look. There is so much joy in your eyes nowadays that it warms my heart, you always deserved this life Bonnie".
"Thank you Grams", Bonnie grinned.
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"What do you think of this dress?" Greta asked holding up a red dress, that looked close to a band aid.
"Umm…no", Bonnie shook her head putting it back.
"I'm talking about for me, you already have a man…I am still on the hunt".
"I do not have a man".
Greta grabbed Bonnie by her shoulders and forced her to look at her, "You and Damon have been everywhere on dates, people believe that you two are together…you are together in some way, shape or form…now tell me, how good is he in bed?"
Bonnie felt her stomach flip flop as she blinked rapidly, "Greta…no…we are not having this conversation".
Greta gasped, "You two haven't…", she shook her head, "oh Girl, what is wrong with you?"
"Nothing is wrong with me, things are just complicated".
Greta scoffed, "Nothing is that complicated".
Bonnie focused on dresses, "You have no idea", she whispered.
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Damon stood on the deck of the Salvatore Bed and Breakfast looking out towards the woods. A doe and her fawns appeared from behind a tree and he couldn't help but smile, "Stefan would enjoy this so much", he smiled as he stared at them, "wow brother, sometimes I wish you were here…no…I constantly wish you were here. You deserve to know our father the way I know him now", he whispered.
"I have to say that this is the best place on the entire property", Giuseppe replied coming up behind him.
"It is", Damon said looking down and then turning to Giuseppe, "have you ever wondered if you have any other children?"
Giuseppe's eyes went wide and then he chuckled, "Do you have a brother that I don't know about?"
Damon smirked and shook his head, "Sometimes, I wish I did".
"I don't know what I would do with two sons, I'm not quite sure how I am doing with one son right now".
"I think we get along pretty good, but that may be because I'm out of those crazy teen years".
"Perhaps, but you know what, I sometimes wish that I did raise you…with your mother of course. I mean…I came into this thing pretty late and it's only been a couple of months, but I wish I had more of a part in the man that you are".
Damon looked at Giuseppe and placed his hand on his shoulder. He looked into the eyes of the man, who he spent most of his life (human and vampire) hating and he felt every fiber of hatred disappear, "You may not believe this, but you have helped me to become the man that you see before your eyes today".
Giuseppe eyes shone with tears, "I hope you actually mean that".
"I do", Damon stated with his eyes tearing up.
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"I still believe you should have went sexy for the party, give him a visual present", Greta winked as she and Bonnie took a break from shopping over salads.
"Greta…"
"Ok…ok…fine…your dress is pretty enough, I guess".
Bonnie shook her head, "So will your brother, Vicki and your father be in attendance".
"Of course, my father never misses a chance to go to a Salvatore party. They always have the best booze".
Bonnie chuckled, "I guess…so you never mentioned, what happened to your mother?"
Greta thought for a few moments and then shrugged, "You know, I have no recollection of her. I mean, I know I have a mother…but my father never talks about her and neither does my brother. She's never looked for us and we've never looked for her".
"I'm sorry".
"Don't be, my father has given us a great life. I am happy here and I don't want to leave ever".
Bonnie nodded, "Neither do I".
Greta grinned, "Good because it took me a long time to find a best friend here and I don't want to lose you, especially since you like the painting class too!"
Bonnie took Greta's hand, "I like having a best friend here too", and as soon as she said the words, she felt a pang of guilt hit her…Elena…Caroline…but she quickly recovered, this was her life now and although they will always be here past, this was her present.
Present Day Mystic Falls
"Hey you, I brought some water for you", Caroline smiled as she entered the room where Bonnie was still lying in the bed.
"Thank you", Bonnie smiled taking the glass and sipping.
"So I'm going to find a bar in this god forsaken town and maybe a man, so I will see you later Cuz", Lucy winked and started towards the door, "and remember this is not high school anymore", before she walked out.
Bonnie turned to Caroline, "Well what a day", she smirked.
"It was…", Caroline trailed off and then turned to Bonnie, "why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you…"
"Bonnie, everyone knows now. Why didn't you tell me about you and Damon?"
Bonnie looked towards the darkening sky outside and shrugged, "I don't know. I guess there were a couple of reasons. I wanted to have something to myself before having to confront all of the drama that our relationship would bring. And if no one knew, it was like being…away where we were before".
"Just to let you know, I figured it out a couple of weeks ago".
Bonnie's eyes widened, "What?"
"That day that Elena got shot and I came to your apartment, I knew that Damon was there. I also watched some of the eyes that you threw each other".
"I'm sorry, I just…I wanted to…I don't know".
"But how Bonnie after all that Damon did?" Caroline shook her head.
"I know. I've asked myself that question plenty of times, but the fact is none of that matters anymore to me", Bonnie shrugged, "Damon and I were together for all of those months and we had each other, we had our memories of here but we weren't here and we bonded. Things changed between us and you know what, I can't apologize for that. I know what he did to you, to me and in a lot of ways all of our friendships, but something changed…he changed…I changed…and I became happy and I'm not going to stop making myself happy for anyone or anything".
Caroline sighed and nodded "Ok".
"Thank you", Bonnie answered, "has Elena come back…has she called".
Caroline shook her head.
Bonnie nodded as tears appeared in her eyes, "I didn't expect her to".
Caroline leaned over and hugged Bonnie tightly, "I'm sorry Bon".
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An hour later, Bonnie looked towards of the door of Damon's bedroom and saw Damon standing there with a smile on his face, "You look better", he said before entering.
"I feel better, thanks to you and Lucy".
"Well you knew that I would never allow you to leave me…not like that", he replied sitting down on the bed.
Bonnie smiled, "I kind of figured".
"But I'm sure you heard what happened as a result of your brush with death".
"Elena knows".
"She does".
Bonnie rubbed her face and sighed.
"I will talk to her", Damon said, "I should talk to her".
"No…I will talk to her, I have to talk to her".
Damon nodded, "I will have to talk to her eventually".
"After I do, I think me and Elena have a lot to talk about".
"Chick fight…I may want to watch", Damon smirked.
"Don't flatter yourself", Bonnie bumped his shoulder, "and don't be an ass".
"Well I thought that was what you liked most about me", he wiggled his eyebrow.
Bonnie smiled as Damon touched her cheek and captured her lips into a kiss. When they broke apart, his blue eyes stared into her green eyes as he caressed her cheek with her thumb, "For a moment, I thought that you would have second thoughts about us".
Bonnie shook her head, "I won't allow myself to…not now…not ever".
"Good".
"Now, where did you go when you left the boarding house?" Bonnie asked.
Damon stood up and walked over to the window, "It's a really nice night outside, don't you think?"
"Damon…"
"Ok, I went to see Hudson".
"You went to see Hudson…what did you do?" Bonnie asked sliding out of the bed and walking over to stand behind him.
"What do you think I did Bonnie, he tried to kill you…"
"You killed him!" Bonnie shrieked.
"Well…sorta…"
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you care, he tried to kill you…you should want him dead".
Bonnie shook her head, "What does sorta killed mean?"
"I fed him some of my blood and snapped his neck, he's downstairs".
"So you turned him?"
"Not exactly".
"Damon…"
"He has to make the choice, but first he has to tell me who he is working for. The person is female, she called while we were in his apartment".
"Do you think he will tell you?"
"Maybe if he wants to continue living in some capacity, if not, then good riddens", Damon shrugged.
"Let me talk to him".
"No way", Damon shook his head.
"If you want information from him, you will let me talk to him and I guess the person who sent him here knows that he's been found out and they will probably show up and we kind of want to have a heads up on what may be coming".
"Bonnie, you almost died earlier. You need to rest".
"You gave me some of your blood, I feel stronger by the moment—let me talk to Hudson and if he is transitioning, we don't have much time".
Damon smiled, "That's the witch that I love", he said without thinking.
Bonnie looked at him and Damon blinked, "I mean…you know…", he fumbled, "figure of speech".
"I know…it's just a figure of speech", Bonnie smirked at him.
"Yeah, figure of speech", Damon replied again nodding as he followed Bonnie out of the room.
Other Mystic Falls-A Month and A Half Before The Resurrection
"You know Bonnie Bennett, this is the last time that I will allow you to pick the place we go", Damon replied as he laced up his roller skates.
"Oh please, Damon Salvatore must be a pro at roller skating, after all it was all the rage in the 70's or so I've read", Bonnie smiled as she laced up her skates.
"Very funny".
"Damon, it's just something different and fun to do…that's all".
"If you planned for me to fall and make a fool of myself, it ain't going to happen", Damon waved his finger in Bonnie's face.
"Whatever", she replied as she stood up and skated to the floor, she motioned for Damon to follow and so he did.
As they skated around, Bonnie couldn't help but laugh at Damon as he performed theatrics around the skating rink. She would never have guessed that he could be so fun and kind of silly. I guess without all of the baggage that he brought into vampiredom, Damon could actually be a fun person.
"Bonnie, are you going to keep up with me", he said skating around her in a circle.
"You're making me dizzy", Bonnie laughed as she turned around.
"Then stop turning with me", Damon said stopping and pulling Bonnie down on top of him.
She laughed as she looked down into his eyes and they kissed in the middle of the rink floor.
"Get a room", Greta's voice came from above them.
"Greta, it's always a pleasure", Damon said helping Bonnie up.
"It definitely is", Greta smiled, "never would have thought to see you two doing this stuff".
"Bonnie thinks we should branch out, so we are", Damon threw up his arms.
"Nice…", Greta said, "well I see my brother and Vickie, so I guess I should go over to them…see you two later", and with that, she skated away.
"I don't think it gets easier to see those Martins around town", Damon said as he skated with Bonnie over to the side.
"It is weird, but Greta is actually pretty cool".
"So she is, I guess without the Klaus influence she's less of a sociopath".
"Well everyone here is different", Bonnie replied.
"For the better, it appears".
Bonnie looked at Damon, "I was including you in the everyone by the way".
Damon wrapped his arms around her and looked down, "I know", he whispered before bringing her into a kiss.
Bonnie wrapped her arm around him and melted into the kiss. As many thoughts that flowed through her head at that moment, nothing could top the feelings inside of her at the moment. Every part of her body began to tingle.
"Hey…really get a room!" Greta called from behind them.
Bonnie and Damon broke the kiss and couldn't help but laugh.
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"So did you get Damon a gift?" Greta asked as they painted the snowy scene that their instructor sat in front of them to draw, the next evening.
"Yes, I got him something for that Camaro he just bought".
"Boring…you need to get him something more personal", Greta grinned leaning towards Bonnie and wiggling her eyebrow.
Bonnie narrowed her eyes, "Greta…", she shook her head.
"Oh come on Bonnie, for the first couple of months that you were here—you two stuck together like besties and now, that you've taken the next step…"
"It's complicated".
"What…tell me that you don't look at him and want him to take advantage of you in every possible way", Greta closed her eyes and moaned.
"He used to date one of my best friends".
"Ok, well where is she and you two came here together—so she is a non-factor at the moment".
"And I used to date someone too".
"And right now, you're dating Damon. Bonnie, I love you girl but you can be so uptight. Live a little", Greta replied, "and it's only a matter of time before you lose all of that control you have".
Bonnie sighed. She would be lying to herself if she didn't say that she had fleeting moments where she wondered what it would be like. Then the thoughts of Elena and Jeremy would enter her mind and she would fight to keep the thoughts away. She knew that this was her life now and she needed to stop focusing on the past—but a part of her believed if she went any further with Damon, things would never be the same.
Then there was the other factor that she did not like to acknowledge. She had only been with Jeremy. It was nice with Jeremy, but it didn't give her a lot of experience and Damon had plenty. She hated feeling like this, but Greta was right…it was only a matter of time.
Present Day Mystic Falls
Bonnie walked slowly down into the Salvatore dungeon where Hudson was chained to the wall. "You don't have to do this", Damon said walking behind her.
"I know, but this is the only way to get some answers and afterall, he tried to kill me—don't I deserve to talk to him?"
"Fine, but if he takes one step towards you…"
"And I want to talk to him alone", Bonnie turned to Damon, "without you".
"Not gonna happen".
"Damon, I will set him on fire if he comes near me…I promise".
Damon nodded, "Fine…fine…but you have 15 minutes and then I'm coming down".
She nodded as she turned to walk down the hallway towards the cell where Hudson sat on the floor. Bonnie felt all of her senses come alive as she moved closer to the cell, but she also felt extremely nervous. Her hands were shaking a little as she peered into the cell where Hudson was chained to the wall. Suddenly she felt the steel enter her stomach again and she gasped. She looked down expecting to see blood, but she saw nothing. She was hallucinating.
Hudson looked sick and she knew that he was starting to lose his will power to stay non-vampire.
"Hudson", she replied.
He looked up, "Bonnie?" he asked through hooded eyes.
She opened the door slowly and stepped inside.
"You survived".
"I survived", Bonnie replied, "but not because you me wanted to, I guess".
"It was nothing personal".
Bonnie nodded, "I'm sure".
"So I guess you know your boyfriend decided not to kill me, just torture me".
"Who sent you here?" Bonnie asked changing the subject.
Hudson looked at her and closed his mouth.
"Ok, then who told you to kill me?"
"Bonnie, you got involved when this had nothing to do with you. The only target I had were vampires. Your friends…they were my targets…they were the ones with contracts, not you…never you", Hudson replied.
"And it turned to me because I helped my friends".
Hudson shrugged his shoulders.
"But who sent you, who made those arrows?"
"I don't talk".
"But you are willing to die?" Bonnie asked.
Hudson looked up at her.
"There's a choice you know, whether to become a vampire or just die. Damon wants you to die, but I want to show mercy…give you blood, so you can live in some capacity and hope that someone like you won't track you down and put an arrow through your heart".
"So either way, my life is over".
"Pretty much", Bonnie shrugged.
Hudson returned her shrugged, "You live by the sword, you die by the sword".
"But what do you get out of this? Is money worth all of this? I am willing to give you a second chance if you would just give me a name…please…Hudson, I was a good friend to you. I genuinely wanted to be your friend and you tried to kill me, don't you think you owe me something?" Bonnie asked.
Hudson looked up at Bonnie, "Where's the blood so that I can make the transformation".
"You will get it after the name".
Hudson smirked, "Do you think I've made it this far making deals like that?"
"That's the only deal you are going to get and once I give you the blood, you go. You leave Mystic Falls".
Hudson sighed, "Helen Martin".
"What?" Bonnie asked.
"Helen Martin…that's the name you wanted, now where's the blood?"
Bonnie rolled around the name in her head for a few moments and then she gasped, "Oh my God!"
Well we know who's behind the hits on the vampires, but why? I think the why is pretty obvious…but when she makes her appearance, she will let everyone in Mystic Falls know why.
Also, the past in the Other Mystic Falls is about to come to a close. How did Damon get back to the present and how exactly did Bamon end their relationship there?
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