I'm back! Sorry that it's been so long, but I got to see Hamilton… So, I'm not that sorry. I mean it's freaking Hamilton! What? I've been obsessed with Lin Manuel since In the Heights and when I got my hands on the Hamilton soundtrack I lost my damn mind. Seriously, have you heard it? It's ah-freaking-mazing! Anyway, minor fangirling over a musical about a long since dead, cheating husband, and founding father is officially done.
We are going to start will a bit of trifling from a couple different sources.
Gilbert Residence
If someone had asked him a couple of months ago, what the worst thing he could have ever done to someone he loved was… He probably would have said he already did it, when he time and time again took his aunt Jenna for granted. His parents had already been stolen from him, so he had never believed that Jenna would have ever died and so horribly. So, taking Jenna for granted had been at the top of his list.
But now, he can easily add taking Bonnie for granted to that list. Not just taking her for granted, but cheating on her. Not just cheating on her, but cheating on her with his ex. Not just his ex, but his dead ex.
That. That right there is the crux of the problem. Not only was Anna technically dead when Jeremy had started dating her, but she sure as hell was Dead dead when he cheated on Bonnie with her. And it wasn't just a kiss. It was emotionally as well. Time and time again he would leave Bonnie and then immediately start telling Anna how much he missed her and he would share his deepest darkest fears and secrets with her. So, it wasn't just a kiss.
He wouldn't even have been able to see her if not for Bonnie. Which was exactly what she had said when she was breaking up with him. 'Magic has consequences, and I guess this was mine.' That was the worst thing. He had caused her to believe that this was her punishment, for what? For trying to save his sister and everyone he had cared about from a monster.
To be fair to himself, they hadn't really spoken for a few weeks prior to the kiss. To be fair to Bonnie, she had tried to reach out time and again and he brushed her off citing him still dealing with his grief over his aunt's passing. He had grieved, but in the metaphorical arms (she was a ghost) of his dead vampire girlfriend. Maybe that was the worst thing that he did… use his aunt's murder as an excuse to brush off his girlfriend to spend time with a dead girl.
Whatever the actual number one worst thing that he had done to Bonnie, he knew he had to apologize. So, he wasn't in love with her. Fine, whatever. But he did love her, if only as a friend. There it was, the real problem he had with what he had done: he did it to one of the few people he had still been able to call a friend after his parents died.
With his sorrow at his actions and realization at the fact that he'd lost a friend, he headed out to Bonnie's house. Walking had always cleared his mind, and he could remember a few times in which Bonnie would walk with him after his parents were buried. She wouldn't say anything, or try to make him smile, but in the end when he would think about it he would smile at the comfort she had given him.
Sighing, he looked up as he rounded the corner onto the street that her grandmother's house was on. In the drive there was her car, and behind it another car he knew to be Caroline's. This wasn't strange, since he knew that Caroline, with the new girl Rebekah, had picked up Elena earlier. So it made sense that they would be having a girls' night.
No. The strange thing was the midnight blue Range Rover that was parked behind the other two cars. Try as he might, he could think of a single person who drove that car and would be visiting Bonnie. As he got closer, he noticed that there were two people sitting in the car. Not sitting… Making out? Had someone decided to pull into the first drive and make out? Ugh!
He approached the driver's side and was about to knock on the window when he realized that it was Klaus in the driver's seat. He had the girl almost pulled completely into his lap, and from the moaning, she was quite happy to be there. Annoyed that the guy who killed his aunt, and tried to kill his sister, was parked in Bonnie's driveway making out with some random girl. So he knocked on the window.
Only, nothing happened. The two both seemed quite oblivious to the outside world. He knocked harder and said, "hey, asshat! Want to take this somewhere not here?"
Finally, the couple pulled apart and Klaus glared at Jeremy, who in turn chanced a look at the girl. Not just a girl… Bonnie?!
They got out of the car and Klaus quickly walk over to Bonnie and joined their hands. "Bonnie, what the hell?! Why are you sitting in the car making out with this monster? Did you forget he killed Jenna and tried to kill Elena?"
"OH, you guys were making out! I expect details!"
Everyone looked over to see the two blondes and brunet standing on the front porch.
"Please refrain from offering up too many details. He is my brother, after all."
"WAIT, WHAT?! Rebekah is Klaus' brother? You guys knew this the whole time you've been hanging out? You invited her into our home, Elena!"
"I beg of you, please do stop your whiny yelling. I honestly cannot fathom why you are here, or why you took it upon yourself to interrupt what can only be described as the single best moment of my life… so far." Klaus pulled Bonnie in closer as he glared icy daggers at the young Gilbert.
Bonnie elbowed Klaus, in hopes that he would tone it down. "Jeremy, what are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to you. Now tell me what you're doing associating with the literal spawns of Satan?"
"Jeremy… first of all, you do not get to come to my house and demand that I give you explanations for who I'm hanging out with and why. Secondly, you lost the right to show up unannounced at my doorstep. So, once again, I ask what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to apologize. You know, for the Anna thing." He lifted a hand to rub the back of his neck.
"The Anna thing. What Anna thing? Do you mean when you kept the fact that you had been in contact with you dead ex for weeks? No wait, you must mean the fact that you kissed your dead girlfriend while we were still together. Or maybe you mean, how you didn't respect me and our relationship or previous friendship enough to have the decency to tell me that you cheated on me with a ghost and I had to learn about that from Caroline and Elena! Is that the Anna thing you are talking about?"
Bonnie tilted her head and Klaus marveled at her ability to stay calm. If it had been him, he would have killed the incessant rodent for slighting him. In fact, he really wants to kill the Gilbert child for causing any sort of grief to his beloved. Is there a tiny part of him that is thankful for the imbecile being so reckless and idiotic? Yes, but the bigger part regrets the hurt to Bonnie, caused by the child's actions.
"Yes, all of that. I should have never done any of that. I know that you and I can't ever be together again but," Jeremy paused as Klaus growled. "…But, I would like to try to be friends again. That is, if you get rid of the originals."
Elena shook her head in disgust, "Jeremey, shut up and learn to quit while you are ahead."
"What? You can't actually be comfortable with this! Maybe Rebekah is okay, but Klaus deserves to die!"
"While I may sometimes agree with that sentiment, you would do well to not threaten my brother in front of me… or him." Rebekah could not believe the twerps audacity.
"Jeremy, go home. I love Becca and while Klaus and I will never be bffs, he has apologized. I know this doesn't heal everything, but if Bonnie and Caroline can put up with seeing Damon, then we can deal with Klaus. So if you want to try to apologize to Bonnie again, do us all a favor… Call next time. As she said, you lost the right for unannounced visits. If she wants to talk to you, she'll answer your calls or texts or whatever form a communication you choose to use. Until then, go home."
"No, don't go Baby Gilbert. Stay, have a drink. Let's all talk about what a hypocrite our dear Judgy is." Damon strolled up next to Jeremy and continued walking until he came to a stop two feet away from Bonnie. "Where's your moral high ground now? Hmm? Making out with the newly freed hybrid. Tsk tsk, what would your ancestors say?"
The corner of Bonnie's mouth lifted into a snarky smile. "Well, since I asked them, I can say that they surprisingly were okay with it. Turns out, the main instigator in the spirits wanting to stop Klaus was actually his mother. Funny enough, my grams actually said better the hybrid than the man-child who is still upset that the woman he loved didn't love him back. And let's be honest here, Damon… Klaus is what you wish you could be."
Bonnie didn't flinch an inch when Damon suddenly charged at her reaching out and suddenly met with the yellow rimmed eyes of the first and only vampire-wolf hybrid. Klaus reached his hand into Damon's chest and said, "I warned you once not to threaten my mate. It was more of a warning than you deserved, and yet here we are. I will not tolerate this insolence from my inferior."
Damon gasped as Klaus' hand tightened around his heart, knowing that this was his last moment. Until…
"Klaus!"
Klaus looked up to see Stefan walked up (did nobody drive or call anymore?) with both hands up, showing that he meant no harm. He gritted his teeth, face becoming more and more wolf-like by the minute. "He is a threat to my mate. He tried to touch her; she is mine! I will end him."
"Please, Klaus. Please don't kill him. He's my brother, and if what Rebekah said is true about us being friends once, please give him one more chance. If he steps out of line again… I won't fight you, but please."
For a moment it seemed as if Klaus had granted Stefan his wish, because he had removed his hand from the elder Salvatore's chest. Stefan and Elena sighed in short lived relief, but quickly realized that Klaus had let go because his wolf wanted to maim Damon as a wolf. The sound of the hybrid turning, bones breaking and healing rang out into the empty street. Before them stood a great wolf who howled before walking up to and on top of Damon's collapsed form.
"Klaus, please. I promise I won't try again, if you just give him one more chance." Stefan tried to step forward, only to be met by the sound of the wolf growling low, muzzle pulled back to show his teeth.
Bonnie looked from Stefan's clearly distraught face to Elena's worried face as she watched Stefan. She took a deep breath and took a tentative step forward. When she was not met with the wolf growling at her, she took another, and another until she was right over the two forms. Reaching down slowly she pet the wolf's head, much like she did when she had flowers floating around them in the clearing.
"Klaus?" The pressed his head into her leg, "Klaus, I know you want to kill him. I know. But, if you could let him live, just this once for Stefan." When that was met with a growl she leaned down and kissed his head, "For me?" The wolf whined, "For me, Klaus? I know you want to kill him, but you know that I could easily kill him if I wanted to right?" He pressed into her leg more and whined again. "Of course you know, so let him live with the knowledge that either one of us could kill him at any moment we wish. Let him live terrified that at any moment either of us could end him."
The great wolf leaned it head down and stared into the eyes of the very conscious vampire, growled, and herded his mate to the porch… away from the offending leech.
"Thank you, Bonnie." Stefan looked at her with a look so full of relief and resignation that she didn't think he knew whether or not he was happy or sad about Damon still being alive.
"I think it's best if you take him and leave. Take Jeremy with you."
He quickly complied and Bonnie was left on the porch with a wolf, two blonde vampires, and a doppelgänger. She looked at the changed form of the guy who had charmed her so completely earlier that night.
"Mate?"
The wolf huffed in agreement.
"You didn't think that you should have told me this, oh I don't know, back when you were being all awkward?"
He opened his mouth to let his tongue hang out, in what can only be described as an amused smile.
She shook her head, "We are talking about this later, when you aren't a wolf and your clothes haven't been torn to shreds." He leaned his head forward and licked the back of her hand.
Elena, who had been watching, tried to hold back her grin at Klaus' antics. "So…."
The original and the baby vamps looked at her, at each other, and then at Bonnie. "So, how was the date?"
"Tell us everything," Caroline said.
"Not everything; he is my brother. I do not need to know."
"Pish posh!"
"Where did he take you?" Elena asked as the girls followed the witch inside.
The wolf stayed outside; watching, waiting, and listening.
****Chapter End****
So, I kind of have been thinking about this Jeremy/Damon thing for a while and wanted to get it off my chest. Don't worry, I will have flashbacks to how Bonnie and Klaus got so steamy in the car.
Hope you guys liked this. Let me know either way with comments or reviews. Thank you for putting up with my random and inconsistent updates. Sorry for any mistakes.
Ciao for later!