N/A: As you may have read. I wasn't happy about that chapter. Still not, really. But okay. Lets get to this chapter.
I want to focus on the cheating because BONNIE would never forgive someone who cheated on her, right?
This chapter takes place during 3x19.
One year of Watch and Learn.. Wow! This chapter contains flashbacks from former chapters, new stuff, a new character and an interesting.. plot twist?
''Bonnie.'' He tried, again.
''What?'' she yelled.
''I'm so sorry.'' He said. He meant it.
''You never feel sorry for anything!"
Bonnie plays with her hair as she looks in the mirror. She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes. It has been a rough week. She is happy she can walk again but everything takes a lot more energy than it used to. Damon told her it would take some time but it has been a week already. She opens her eyes and looks at the mature girl on the opposite side of the mirror. A mature, grown-up lady but still so young. Grown up too fast.
I said I forgave him but I can't. He slept with others.. Two exactly in one night. And who more? Maybe he just sleeps around on me. He says he loves me but how am I supposed to trust him if he just keeps playing with me all the time?
A tear flows from her eyes down to her cheek as she looks around. How did I even got here? Why did he bring me here? He could have brought me to my own home. He was invited in. Did he wanted me to forgive him? Did he wanted me to see him when I woke up? What are his intentions?
She quickly wipes away her tears and fixes her make-up. Damon couldn't notice she was upset. She grabs the bag from the floor and walks inside Damon's room. She had to go to Denver. She had things to figure out.
''Have you ever flown first class?'' Damon asks her as she enters the room. She shakes her head and Damon holds up two first-class tickets to Denver while having a huge grin on his face.
She quickly wipes away a dropping tear before he notices. ''Who did you have to compel for that?'' She drops her bag on his bed and sits down. Her voice is about to break but she keeps it together. She wanted a break from Mystic Falls but not with him. It was so confusing.
''Pft, please. I use miles.'' He teases and he kisses her forehead. He grabs the luggage and exits the room. She looks at Stefan who's clearly annoyed.
''Stefan-''
''Be save, Bon. I don't know what he's up to.'' He grabs her hand and squeezes it for a second. She nods and gets up. He hugs her and she smells the alcohol dripping off him. It wasn't even noon yet and Stefan was already wasted. ''Make sure you'll be home save.'' He whispers. Normally, she would talk with him about being drunk but she wasn't really in the mood herself to talk about problems.
She looks at Stefan and nods. ''Bye Stefan.'' She leaves the room. She hears a goodbye from him and walks down the stairs.
''Did I ever tell you how beautiful this house is?'' she said. ''It's beautiful.''
He smirked soft.
''You know, I usually tell people how old I think it looks like.'' He said. ''But actually, I like it this way.''
''I wouldn't change it if I were you.''
''I think I won't then.
I don't even know how I am able to play this. I forgave him but I can't. I need to tell him but I can't. You can't trust him.
Her thoughts are interrupted by Caroline, who hugs her quickly. ''Good luck, Bon.'' Caroline whispers. ''You'll be alright.'' Caroline smiles but she doesn't wanna see her friend go.
''Thanks, Care.'' She smiles and then she sees Damon in the corner of her eye. She sighs and scans the room one more time. She will not be in this house for at least some time.
''We need to leave, B. We wouldn't wanna miss the flight.'' He says, tapping on his watch. As he walks out of the door, she realizes this trip is going to make or break them. Something in her mind tells her to not even try this trip, that it will turn into a disaster. The other part tells her she should. Everything needs to be talked about before she can even consider still dating her. As she makes her mind up, she gives her best friend one more hug. She nods at herself, mumbling some proud words and quickly walks to the door, closing it behind her.
This is going to be a long trip.
''Are you okay? You haven't said a word since we left.'' Damon says while tapping on the dashboard of his car. With his left hand he turns off the radio while in the other hand controlling the car. His blue eyes are pierced on Bonnie but she is ignorant. He coughs and tries to get a reaction out of her but the beautiful brunette has her eyes locked on her shoes and doesn't dare to look away. He knows something is off but he doesn't get it. Everything was cool between them, right?
They have been on the road for quite a while now and she had been absolute silent ever since she got into the car. She swallows and looks away, trying to avoid a conversation.
''Why am I getting the silence treatment?'' Damon sighs. ''Oh right, you're not going to answer.'' He said sarcastically. Every second she didn't speak, he got more annoyed. Every second he talked, she was getting more anger towards him.
''Bonnie, can I ask you something?''
''Yes?"
''Do you hate me?''
She looked away for a second and then looked back to him.
''No. It's weird. You killed my mom, almost killed me and did so many terrible have given me all the reasons to hate you. And almost every witch hates vampires. Lots of people hate you. It drives me crazy that after everything I can't agree with them. I hate the fact that I don't hate you, not ever close, not even a little bit. Not at all.''
''It's nothing.'' Bonnie snaps. She didn't actually know why she was so rude. She was sad, yes, but she didn't exactly know how it turned into anger. She looks at her nails, awfully broken and bitten by herself. She knows Damon is staring at her but she can't look in his eyes. Why? They made her forget. They made her forget everything he had ever done wrong and everything he had ever done right. He made her fall in love.
It can't be that easy. He has to know he hurt me.
Damon sighs annoyed and grabs her hand. ''Look, you've been in coma for.. quite a while, Bon and now you're barely talking to me. I don't really get it-''
She pulls her hand away before he is able to put pressure on it. ''We're here.'' Bonnie stops the car with her magic powers and grabs her case. The car almost makes her jump against the car window but she doesn't really care. She opens the car and closes it. ''I'll see you at the check-in.'' She closes the door and walks away. Damon suddenly gets the control of his car back and she doesn't watch as he drives away.
''Okay. Tell me what I did wrong. I'll make it up to you.''
''You can't make up anymore. Not this time.''
''Excuse me, where is the restroom?'' Bonnie asks a passing steward in the airport. The tall, blonde steward reminded her of Matt, imaging him as a steward was a pretty easy job. The blonde pointed her towards the end of the room and she gave him a quick thank you before she ran towards it. As soon as she entered the restroom she noticed it was empty, to her surprise. She dropped her suitcase underneath the sink and turned on the water tap. She washed her face and she realized she was sweating. Her shirt was showing some sweaty spots and she sighed annoyed while reaching for her suitcase.
Suddenly the door flew open and she was happy to see it was a lady, not Damon. A foreign, rich girl, wearing DKNY, walked inside and you could hear her take each step, her beautiful, probably expensive, red heels making a tapping tone every single time. The girl would be called a skank by Caroline but Bonnie didn't really feel that way. Something in her mind told her that that girl could change her future. The only thing she didn't really know, was the fact if that could be a good or a bad thing. The girl put her pink phone in her denim jeans and she adjusted the pink bow in her brown, straight hair as she looked in the mirror. The girl applies some make-up to her pale face when she suddenly notices Bonnie in the corner of the bathroom and she smiles.
''Boyfriend troubles?'' Bonnie can hear the french accent in the voice of the brunette and Bonnie decides it isn't even worth trying to lie. If she can't be honest to a stranger, then who could she be honest to?
''She's everything I have, Stefan. You wouldn't even get it! You've everything you want. You've friends and family and relationships and everyone I ever meet likes you more than me and backstabs me in the back!
She's the only thing here which makes me reconsider what I do, what I say. I can't leave her. I can't.''
''Kinda.'' Bonnie tries to fake a smile. She changes her shirt quickly, not caring about the brunette. She throws the dirty shirt in the suitcase and closes it again, locking it with a key.
''Wanna talk about it? I know, I'm a stranger.'' The French girl hold out her hand. ''I'm Alexis Deniaud, I'm from Jura, an area in France.'' She smiles friendly and shakes Bonnie's hand.
''Of course you wonder; Alexis? Such an English name. Well, it's not! You Americans pronounce it wrong! I pronounce it as Alexé.'' She giggles. ''My name means helper or defender, it's Greek! A lot of saints and poets were named Alexis. And since my name stands for to help people, today I will help you!''
Somehow she reminded me of Caroline.
''Áh.. I'm Bonnie?'' She lets go of Alexis's hand. ''It's a Scottish name, but I'm pretty sure I'm American.'' They both laugh.
''Let's grab a coffee, I know this little place where we can sit. And don't worry, you won't miss your flight!'' Alexis grabs Bonnie's wrist and takes her out of the restroom, with Bonnie having just enough time to grab her suitcase, and Alexis opens a secret door somewhere in the airport. It was a small room, a bit bigger than a regular office but smaller than a principal's office. The walls were red but were decorated with white flowers. There was a small table with two chairs in the middle. A coffee machine on the left, some food on the right. A small living room, it seems. It fitted with the looks of Alexis perfectly. Adorable, cute, not too much but definitely not too less.
''Nice ringtone.'' He smirked soft at her.
''Well, what's yours? Sexy and I know it? The Jaws theme song?'' She teased him.
''No, actually mine is an old phone.''
''That's so lame.''
''I know,''
Alexis pushes Bonnie inside and locks the door. Normally, she would have freaked but something in her mind told her Alexis was more than just a pretty girl..
''Are you a witch?'' Bonnie says before she's able to control her thoughts.
''Yes, and I felt you were as well, so I wanted to help you.'' Alexis grabbed a coffee and handed Bonnie a chocolate cream milkshake.
''That's my favourite! How did you know?'' Bonnie takes a sip and feels on cloud nine as she tastes the milkshake. Delicious.
''I have developed my witch craft over the years, so I can know some stuff.'' Alexis sits down on one of the chairs and signs Bonnie to sit down as well. Bonnie sits down and takes another sip of her delicious drink.
''So, he cheated on you and now you two are leaving on a trip and you're scared it will break you two apart because you forgave him but actually you don't?'' Alexis takes a sip from her drink and acts like she just didn't tell Bonnie's whole story in just a second.
''How did you..''
''Witch craft.'' They both say at the same time, and both laugh.
''Well, my what-you-can-say, kinda boyfriend has slept around with multiple people and I always told myself not to date cheaters, that's why I broke it up with my last boyfriend but Damon, my boyfriend, I don't wanna let him go.''
''Why don't you let him go, Bon? It wasn't hard the first time you broke up with a player.'' Alexis just sounds like Caroline but doesn't look alike. Bonnie looks away and sighs.
''It's just.. the way he looks at me, it makes me remember why I fell for him in the first place. I don't wanna let that go, you know? I don't wanna regret that I was the one who blew this relationship off.''
''Bonnie, you didn't blow him off, he did! He cheated on you!'' Alexis was already done with her coffee and threw it in the garbage can.
''I still love him! And everything inside of me tells me not to, but I always do!" She almost shouts. Alexis stands up to hug Bonnie. The brunette smells like lolly pops and flowers. She was adorable but so smart. She acted like Caroline but wasn't. She was more mature but more cute in some way.
''Being a witch is complicated, Bon, but it has it's remarkable good features as well.'' Alexis let go of Bonnie and Bonnie swallows hard.
''What do you expect me to do?'' Bonnie looks a bit frightened. She had just met this girl for.. a few minutes? Almost half an hour, probably?
''I don't expect anything from you, I will do it.'' Alexis smiles. ''You've got some candles?''
''Our family didn't get invited.''
''Why not?''
''I don't know Damon. But I'm not a party crasher.''
''Well, you should. I don't think they let a hot witchy stand outside,'' Bonnie rolled her eyes. ''And definitely not someone that looks like you.''
Damon parks his car and sighs. This day wasn't going as planned. It was getting him cranky and he didn't want to be that way. Not today.
She woke up and she acted like a different person.
He had messed something up. He didn't know what exactly, but it was at least something. He turns off his engine and gets out of the car. He opens the backseat door and grabs his bag. As he closes the door, he opens his bag. He grabs a little box out of his bag and opens it.
It was a ring.
The ring itself was simple because Damon knew Bonnie liked rings simple and plain. Inside the ring there was a little description which said: 'I'll stay with you even if you don't want me to.' He closed the blue, soft box and put it in his pocket. Something in his mind told him today wasn't the right moment.
But when was?
