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"What are you doing here?" Derrick Bennett stood in the doorway of the Bennett house looking at Damon.

"I want to speak to Bonnie, can I come in?"

Derrick smirked, "Sure…come in…", he backed up.

Damon raised an eyebrow and started to walk in, but bounced back away from the doorway.

"Apparently you must have made my daughter very, very angry…guess you have been shut out".

Damon touched the invisible field keeping him on the porch and stopping him from rushing in and murdering Derrick.

"It really is a shame you know…I know that she loved you, it's just too damn bad that you couldn't be a better…monster…and love her and your daughter enough to be a better…whatever you are".

"You don't seem that broken up about your girlfriend deciding that I was a better option", Damon smirked, "I would think that would sting just a little, but you appear to be more interested in the fact that Bonnie and I are over".

"Tara was a woman that I barely knew…you were the person that my daughter loved and defended with every breath and what did you do…betray her".

"I love Bonnie and I did not betray her".

"Are you calling her a liar…Bonnie told me she saw you and Tara…you disgust me, you had everything…things your kind should never have and what did you do? You threw it away…get away from my house".

Damon glared at Derrick contemplating whether he was going to just kill Derrick Bennett right there as his cell phone rang. "Hello", he said glaring at Derrick.

"Got it", Stefan replied on the other end.

"Good", Damon answered as he closed his cell phone, "you know what, when Bonnie comes home…tell her that our daughter will be at the boarding house and if she wants her, she should come get her".

"You are not going to use that child to get my daughter back with you".

"I would never use a child to make Bonnie do what I want", Damon stated as he turned and walked away from the house to Stefan's car.

He got inside and drove away from Bonnie's house stopping on the corner to pick up Stefan. "Did you get Anasha's information?" Damon asked.

"Yup, just as you thought…Derrick Bennett kept all of her information in his Blackberry".

"So we should pay Anasha a visit?" Damon asked.

"Yes", Stefan replied.

Damon nodded as he started the car, but was interrupted by his phone, "Pick up the phone, Damon", Bonnie's voice came through his pocket.

He fished his phone out of his pocket, "Hello".

"I'm at the boarding house, I want to talk", Bonnie stated.

"I will be there in a few minutes".

Bonnie didn't respond as she hung up.

"Who was that?"

"Bonnie's at the boarding house".

"Really?"

"Yes, so Anasha will have to wait".

Stefan nodded as Damon turned heading to the boarding house.

SSSSS

Bonnie kneeled down on the floor of the nursery as Samantha in her bouncy seat grabbed her finger and focused on it with a smile. Samantha's smile was about the only thing in this entire world that seemed right to her at the moment. The vision when she touched Tyler was starting to haunt her with each passing moment. He had called her at least 6 times since she left the mansion, but she refused to answer any of his calls. She had to fight every instinct she had to curse him again for his part in kidnapping Samantha. Despite everything, she never believed that Tyler would do anything like this and now she was looking down at her daughter and her anger started to spark up again. Without even trying, she noticed some of the Dr. Seuss books on the bookcase in Samantha's room fall to the floor.

"So you came back to what…destroy my house?" Damon's voice came from the doorway.

Bonnie turned around and stood up, "No".

"Then what made you come back. I thought that you were pretty final when you walked out of the house earlier after busting all of my windows and that's going to cost a lot of money by the way…"

"I was angry".

"Oh really, you were angry…well…what did you always tell me…oh right, you can't have tantrums when things don't go your way".

"This isn't about things going my way, you slept with…", Bonnie began, but then stopped, "I kissed Tyler".

Damon's eyes went from sarcastic to angry in a matter of seconds, "I thought you said you didn't kiss him".

"Not the day you saw him kissing me, I kissed him today…after I left here…after I left you with Tara".

"You kissed him after you left here…why…were you trying to get back at me?" Damon asked walking over to her.

"No…yes…probably", Bonnie shook her head.

"Why…and I thought that you were supposed to be on superior ground…what a joke", Damon scoffed.

"Look, can we not argue".

"Oh…wait…you bust my windows…you sleep with me and then within an hour, your lips are on some dirty mutt…who tried to kill me before, I might add and you don't want to argue".

"No…I don't because I came here to tell you that you were right", Bonnie spoke up.

"I was right…right about what?"

Bonnie closed her eyes and sighed, "While Tyler and I were kissing…"

"I don't want to hear this, I really…really don't".

"Will you listen to me…while we were kissing, I had a vision".

"What kind of vision?"

"A vision of Tyler with a woman".

"Who Tara?" Damon asked.

Bonnie shook her head, "When we got Samantha back, she was in a room with a woman…I guess she was a nanny or something. She wouldn't give Sami to me and before I could do anything, she gave Sami to me and then slit her throat…in my vision…Tyler was standing over Sami in a crib and the woman was standing next to him, he was talking to her".

Damon looked at Bonnie and then his eyes widened, "The mutt kidnapped her! I told you…I told you that he was behind it all and you and Stefan didn't believe me and you even let him help us to find her…I'm going to rip his heart out!" Damon fumed starting towards the door.

"No!" Bonnie grabbed his arm.

"No…no…what do you mean no?" Damon twirled around to look at her, "what is wrong with you…he kidnapped our daughter and you are still protecting him?"

"I am not protecting him, but I want to handle Tyler myself".

"Oh you want to handle him…how, by kissing him?"

"No…I want to talk to him and find out why".

"Why…because he wanted you…he's wanted you for years and what better way to do it other than to take advantage while we were at each other's throats".

"But we were only at each other's throats because you were angry about my visions, he couldn't know about my visions…"

"Unless he was working with someone who could possibly know about them somehow", Damon replied as he felt like he was starting to understand this.

"But who?"

"Anasha".

"Who?" Bonnie asked.

"Tara…"

"But you called her someone else".

"Anasha…she's someone that I was involved with in the past".

"Involved with in the past…what are you talking about…you never said that you knew Tara".

"That's because she changed her appearance".

Bonnie raised an eyebrow.

"After you left, she showed me her true face…she was someone that I was with a long time ago…she's a witch and I thought she could help me with the tomb, she couldn't…so I took off and apparently she tracked me down".

"But how and she somehow found my Dad?" Bonnie asked.

Damon nodded. He wasn't ready to tell Bonnie that her father was probably behind it all. He needed concrete proof of that.

"So she's a witch…"

"Yes and she used some kind of mind control on me that night…I would never betray you with her, you have to know that", Damon replied moving closer to Bonnie.

Bonnie closed her eyes as she ran her hands through her hair, "It's all starting to come together maybe she did something to Tyler too then".

"What?"

"Tyler, he would never use Samantha if he had a choice".

"Oh come on…are you seriously giving him an out already?" Damon asked, "do you think that he compelled to kiss you too?"

"I don't know, but I am going to ask him".

"You are not going to ask him anything alone", Damon replied.

"I can handle Tyler".

"No, you can't…you have a soft spot for the mutt and you will show him mercy…I won't".

"And you will probably kill him before he can tell us anything".

"Well he kissed you, he helped kidnap my daughter and he tried to kill me…I think I have earned the right to kill him", Damon replied.

"No, you really haven't…but you can come along and we're bringing Stefan".

"Why…we can go alone".

"No, we really can't", Bonnie said bending down and picking up Sami out of her bouncy seat.

"Why…I thought we were getting along and we had cracked the case…a little", Damon replied.

Bonnie held Samantha and looked over at Damon, "The only thing that we know is that Tyler helped kidnap Samantha, that is all we know and Damon…I still can't get the memory of you and Tara in bed out of my head…so until I hear Tara…Anasha…or whatever admit what she did to you, there is a part of me that can't just accept what you are saying".

"But you believe me…" Damon replied.

Bonnie looked at him as she walked out of the nursery.

SSSSSS

When Stefan stopped in front of the Lockwood mansion, Bonnie leaned forward and looked at Damon, "You will not touch him", she replied.

"What…I will touch him if I feel like it", Damon argued.

"No you won't".

"Oh yes I will and you can't stop me".

"Look…we need answers here and if you two continue to argue then we won't get anything, Damon let Bonnie handle Tyler…he cares about her and he will probably tell her whatever she wants to know", Stefan interrupted them.

"And if he doesn't…"

"Then I will make him", Bonnie said opening her door and stepping out of the car.

After compelling the housekeeper to let them in, they found Tyler in the basement beating on a punching bag. When he noticed Bonnie walk down with the Salvatore brothers, he stopped and turned to them.

"Bonnie, you came back", he said walking over to her as Stefan grabbed Damon by the arm.

"I only came back to talk", Bonnie replied in an even tone.

Tyler nodded, "And you brought them because…"

"Because I know what you did and I think Damon deserves to know what happened or at the very least why…"

"I'm not telling him anything, I will talk to you…no one else", Tyler replied cutting his eye at Damon.

"I am going to kill him", Damon started to charge towards Tyler and Bonnie shot out her hand sending him flying back along with Stefan.

"Tyler, that's not going to happen…tell all of us what happened", Bonnie replied as Damon and Stefan moved away from the wall that Bonnie had pinned them against.

"I don't know what you are talking about", Tyler said, "I know you saw something when we kissed, but I don't know what".

"Tyler, you were standing in the house where they were holding Samantha…you were with that woman who had Samantha…"

Tyler looked at her blankly, "I don't know what you are talking about".

"He's lying…why are we playing this game with him!" Damon yelled from behind Bonnie.

Bonnie looked at Tyler and reached up touching his neck staring directly into his eyes, "Tyler, you do remember what happened…you do know what happened when Samantha disappeared", she said quietly.

Tyler looked in her eyes, "She told me that I would get you".

"Who told you that?"

"Tara", Tyler answered, "she told me that you and I would be together if I helped her and if I led you to Samantha".

"But did you know what you were doing?"

"One minute I would be talking to her and suddenly things would become cloudy…"

"How long ago did you meet Tara?"

"About two months ago…she found me in Florida where I was staying with my uncle".

"And she told you to help her take Sami and you and I would be together".

"I only had to lead you to Sami, I had no part in kidnapping her…Tara hired vampires to do that".

Bonnie closed her eyes for a moment, "But Tyler, we are friends…why would you…"

"Because we weren't always friends Bonnie and you cured me…you helped me when no one else could…you are a good person…you were one of the few people in my life that I could talk to and not be judged…I wanted to be with you".

"That's it", Damon said from behind Bonnie and broke out of Stefan's grip pushing Bonnie out of the way and as his face morphed into its other visage.

"Damon…stop!" Bonnie grabbed him and pushed him away from Tyler.

"This guy helped kidnapped our daughter so that he could get you…that's sick and you think I'm going to let that go!" Damon raged as Bonnie stood in between him and Tyler.

"For now…yes…yes you are", Bonnie turned to Damon.

Damon looked down at Bonnie and then at Tyler, "She may have saved you this time, but if I catch you near Bonnie or my daughter again…I will rip your heart out and stuff it down your throat".

"Bonnie, I didn't want to hurt you", Tyler called after her as they turned to walk out of the basement and Bonnie in returned…ignored him.

"So where to now?" Stefan asked as they got in the car.

Bonnie stared out of the window looking at the Lockwood mansion.

"We're going to see Anasha, whatever she had planned…it's over", Damon replied looking at Bonnie in the rearview mirror.

"I want to go to the boarding house with Samantha", Bonnie spoke up.

"We need to speak to Anasha, who knows what else she is planning".

Bonnie turned looked at Damon, "If she wants you, she's not going anywhere any time soon".

"Maybe we should go back to the boarding house", Stefan suggested.

"Are you coming to the boarding house to stay?" Damon asked.

Bonnie looked up at him, "Samantha is probably asleep, I don't want to wake her…so we will stay".

"Ok then back to the boarding house", Stefan announced as he started the car.

SSSSSS

After checking on Samantha, Bonnie and Damon walked out of the nursery closing the door. Elena and Stefan went to Elena's house for some peace and quiet. Playing the middle couple to Bonnie and Damon could be exhausting.

"The monitor's in my room", Damon mumbled as they stood facing each other in the hallway.

"And it can be unplugged and follow me into a guest room".

"Bonnie, you know we should both be in the same place if Samantha wakes up or if we hear anything on the monitor".

"Damon, I don't think…"

"I will keep my hands to myself, I promise", Damon smirked holding up his hands.

"You better", Bonnie mumbled as she turned around and headed towards his bedroom.

When they stepped inside, Damon removed his shirt and his jeans throwing them on the chair as Bonnie stood in the middle of the room staring at him.

"What…was I supposed to sleep in my clothes, I can control myself…can you?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes as she slipped her t-shirt off and slipped off her jeans. She walked over to the dresser where she kept some of her clothes. Damon watched her walk around in her bra and panties and for a moment, he knew he had lied…he couldn't control himself. Before he could even get out of the bed, she slipped a t-shirt over her head and moved over to the bed.

"Remember to keep your hands to yourself", Bonnie mumbled as she settled down next to Damon.

"You believe me about Anasha, you believe me when I say that she compelled me or did some kind of mind control to get me in bed with her…"

"Yes, I believe you".

"Then why are you acting like you are still blaming me for something?" Damon asked.

"I told you, I may know that you were compelled or under a spell…but I still remember what it was like seeing you two in bed".

Damon turned around and looked down at Bonnie, "Bonnie, whatever you saw…it was a result of some spell…it had nothing to do with my true feelings, I love you".

"I know that Damon".

"Do you?"

Bonnie sat up, "Damon, I know that you love me…I know that you love Samantha, but there is soo much going on. One of my best friends just admitted to kidnapping my baby because they thought that we could be one big happy family or something".

"Bonnie, I don't care about the mutt…I just want to make sure that we are ok…".

She laid back down and turned to him, "We're going to be ok eventually".

Damon nodded as he reached over to touch her and she moved out of his reach. He sighed as he leaned back and closed his eyes. They were soo close, but so far.

SSSSS

Samantha's cries instantly caused Bonnie's eyes to fly open and she sped into the nursery. Samantha's eyes were open and she was crying buckets of tears. "Aww Baby Girl…what's wrong?" Bonnie cooed as she held Samantha to her. She was burning up as Bonnie noticed Damon coming into the room.

"What's wrong?" he asked rubbing Sami's back.

"I think she has a fever".

"A fever…let me…", Damon said reaching out to touch her forehead, "we should take her to the emergency room".

"I will call Dr. Chang, maybe she can come and check her out", Bonnie patted Sami on the back as she whimpered.

"I will call her", Damon sped out of the room as Bonnie searched for the thermometer.

An hour later, Dr. Chang stood over Sami after giving her some Tylenol to bring down the fever. Bonnie watched Dr. Chang the entire time and Damon hovered over her so close that Dr. Chang had to request that he move back so she could work.

"So what's wrong with her…is something seriously wrong?" Damon asked.

"She just has a cold, that's it…its normal", Dr. Chang smiled.

"She had a fever of 101", Bonnie spoke up.

"Well the cold bath that you gave her brought down the fever and the medicine I just gave her will continue to keep it down. She will probably sleep for the rest of the day, but you should wake her and give her one dropper every 4-6 hours, but if the fever spikes up…please call me".

"Will do…thank you for coming over, I know it's the middle of the night…but I kind of don't want to take her to a regular hospital", Bonnie explained.

Dr. Chang smiled, "I understand…everything will be fine".

"Good…thank you…", Bonnie hugged her.

"I will walk you out", Damon spoke up from behind them.

Dr. Chang followed Damon out of the nursery putting on her jacket, "You know, I think this may be the calmest I have ever witnessed you", Dr. Chang smirked as Damon followed her down the stairs.

"That's because I'm sure you know how special that little girl is to me and if you mess up, you know that I wouldn't hesitate to kill you".

"Wow, you really know how to make someone want to help you".

Damon shrugged, "But you understand me".

"Well Damon, I have always understood you…I still remember how you tried to kill me during Sami's delivery".

"Hey…Bonnie was in pain and you weren't helping".

Dr. Chang shook her head, "You know, you have always been a jackass Damon, but seeing you with that little girl makes me think that there is a good part of you".

"Yeah, yeah, yeah", Damon shooed her, "well thank you for coming".

Dr. Chang smirked, "You are one of a kind Damon Salvatore".

"Oh stop flirting with me, I'm taken".

"And thank God for that", Dr. Chang snorted before walking out of the door.

Damon looked towards the stairs where he could hear Bonnie singing to Sami. He felt a lump in his throat as he headed slowly upstairs. He could still remember the first time he heard her singing to Samantha. As soon as she noticed that he was looking at her or listening to her, she stopped singing and acted as if she was embarrassed. He asked her about the song and she immediately shrugged and mumbled something about it being the song her mother sung to her when she was little. He could tell that she was uncomfortable, so he quickly dropped the subject.

"Is she going back to sleep?" he whispered.

Bonnie nodded as she stood up and placed Sami in the crib, "Were you nice to Dr. Chang?" she covered Sami up and looked at him.

"Of course always".

Bonnie placed her hands on her hips and looked at him.

"I was nice, I didn't threaten her at all".

"Yeah right", Bonnie ran her hands through her hair.

"Are you tired?"

"I feel like ever since someone took her I've barely had a good night's sleep…I used to think I didn't need it, but now…I know I do".

"Well why don't you go back to bed, Stefan and Elena will probably come over in a couple of hours and then they can take over".

"I can't go back to sleep, I think I will just sleep in the rocking chair for awhile".

"Bonnie, you need to go to bed".

"Damon…"

"Listen, I will stay here and if she wakes up and asks for you, I swear I will rush in and get you", Damon smirked.

"I don't want to leave her".

"I will be here, I promise".

Bonnie looked over at Samantha sleeping in the crib and she could hear the congested breathing. "Bonnie, she's my daughter too…"

Bonnie looked at Damon, "I know…I know…give me an hour and then I will be back in".

"Ok" .

Bonnie nodded as she walked out of the room.

SSSSS

Damon sat next to Sami's crib as she slept and he stared at her. A million thoughts flooded his mind, but one was consistent—he needed to talk to Anasha.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Stefan walked in.

"Samantha woke up with a fever last night. Dr. Chang came, loaded her up with meds and now she's sleeping it off".

"Is she ok?" Stefan asked rushing over to the crib and peering inside.

"I've been checking her forehead every hour, I told Bonnie that I would keep watch for an hour, but she hasn't come in here yet, so I guess she's still sleeping".

"She is".

"Is Elena here?"

"Yes, we came back together…why?"

"I want you to come with me to see Anasha".

"What…I thought Bonnie wanted you two to go together".

"I'm not waiting for her, she's not leaving Sami and there's another reason…"

"What?"

"I think that Derrick Bennett was behind this entire thing".

"What…what do you mean? You think he found Tara…Anasha…whatever and brought her here?"

"I don't know, but I want Tara to tell us and she will", Damon stood up, "and if Derrick was behind this, I don't want Bonnie to find out like this".

"Ok…fine…Elena will be here when Bonnie wakes up and goes on a rampage because you kidnapped me to go see Tara".

"Kidnapped you?" Damon smirked.

"Well that's the story that I'm going to tell when Bonnie finds out that we confronted Tara without her", Stefan winked as they headed out of the nursery.

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