First, Happy Holidays to All and I just wanted to post this. I appreciate all of the support and reviews that have come my way for this little interim fic. Thank you for your interest and don't forget to review.
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"Damon!" Bonnie screamed from the bathroom causing Damon to fling the blanket off of his body and rush into the bathroom finding Bonnie standing in her sleep shirt.
"What's wrong…what's going on…is something wrong with you…the baby…", he panicked looking around trying to figure out why she would screech his name like that.
"Feel", she said taking his hand and placing it on her stomach.
"Feel…umm…what?"
"Be quiet", she said.
"What does me being quiet have to do with me feeling your stomach?" Damon asked.
She dropped his hand, "You didn't feel it?" she asked slightly disappointed.
"Nooooo", he said still not following.
"Oh", she pouted turning back to the sink and putting toothpaste on her toothbrush.
Damon stared at her blinking—the witch was crazy, "Bonnie, you would have given me a heart attack if I still had a heart that worked…you want to tell me why you screamed at me and what you wanted me to feel".
"It's stupid…never mind", she said starting to brush her teeth.
"Bonnie…"
She spit the toothpaste out and looked at him, "I felt the baby kick…that's all".
"You felt…you felt her kick?" Damon asked.
Bonnie washed her mouth out, "I did…and I've been feeling things off and on, but I didn't know what they were…I just wanted you to feel too, I'm sorry…"
"It's ok…wow…she's kicking…well…tell me, is she a nice little fighter?" Damon smirked.
"She is not a fighter, Damon", Bonnie smiled shaking her head as she walked out of the bathroom.
"Oh come on, she's our kid…she will be a fighter…maybe next time I will be able to feel it and I can properly judge".
"I just wish you could feel it, its really weird and even though this may sound corny coming from me…almost magical, you know".
"Well Little Prue will be very magical", Damon said, "so magical that I hope she can change her own diapers".
"Classy Damon", Bonnie replied as she began taking out her clothes.
Damon watched her as she pulled out jeans and a shirt that somewhat hid her belly. It was early and he believed that she was in a somewhat good mood, so he thought that this was maybe the best time…"Bonnie, I have to tell you something", Damon moved closer to her.
She turned to him, "I don't like when you start off like that".
"Yes, well I don't like starting off like this, but I have to tell you something".
She clutched the shirt in her hand and sat down on the bed, "What?"
"You have to promise me two things…"
"What?"
"You cannot get upset and you will let me handle it".
"No".
"Bonnie, come on".
"Just tell me what's wrong".
"Bonnie, promise me".
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Fine…fine…I promise".
"Last night Miranda kissed me", Damon replied as he watched Bonnie stare at him for a few moments and then she jumped up from the bed heading towards the door. He rushed over to her and picked her up, "now, what did I say…you can't get upset and you have to let me handle it".
"She kissed you!" Bonnie fumed as he put her down blocking the door, "when…where…and what did you do in return?"
"Last night at Alaric's and I pushed her away immediately".
"Immediately?" Bonnie folded her arms staring at him.
"Yes…immediately…I swear, as soon as I realized what she was doing…I pushed her away".
"And what made her think it would be ok to kiss you?" Bonnie asked.
"What…other than the fact that I am handsome and hot and just a catch?" Damon smirked.
Bonnie balled up her fists.
"Ok…kidding…kidding…I don't know, she said that she stopped thinking and it just happened…she apologized profusely".
"Oh she apologized…she apologized for putting her lips on you…how dare she!" Bonnie paced the room, "you are my boyfriend…mine! I told you those LaRues couldn't keep their hands to themselves…I should have known that she would go after you…I should have known and you told me that she wanted Stefan! I knew that she looked at you funny".
Damon watched Bonnie pace the room ranting. He kind of loved the fact that his witch was kind of jealous and going nuts, "How did she look at me Bonnie?"
Bonnie turned to him, "Like she was hungry for something that she hasn't had yet", Bonnie snipped.
Damon couldn't help but chuckle, "It's not funny!" Bonnie snapped stomping her foot, "how dare she kiss you…she knows that you and I are committed to each other, in a relationship…did she think that you would want her just because…I'm turning her into a hag Damon…I don't care!"
Damon did all he could to hide his smile as he stood up, "Bonnie…Judgey…look at me…", he said placing his hands on her cheeks, "I want you to let me handle this, don't worry about Miranda or what she did…I love you, I am devoted to you".
"This isn't even about you", Bonnie moved his hands off of her cheeks.
"Wait…it's not?" Damon asked confused.
"No, this is about her thinking that she could come in and attempt to steal you away from me…well its not going to happen, I will have a talk with Miss Miranda LaRue when she comes here".
"Bonnie…"
"Damon, this is non negotiable…now, I have to go take a shower and don't you dare warn Miranda, she crossed the line and I am going to let her know that I don't take kindly to such things", Bonnie snapped as she picked up her robe and headed towards the bathroom slamming the door.
Damon looked at the closed door and chuckled. He shouldn't be flattered and enjoying this, but he was…the witch loved him.
By the time he made his way downstairs, Elena was flying out of the door to class and Stefan was in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee, "Did I hear Bonnie screaming upstairs?" Stefan asked.
"Stefan…do you always listen to the goings on in our bedroom?" Damon waved his finger at Stefan.
"No, but sometimes I can't help but overhear…what's the problem?"
"Well brother, we may have a problem".
"Why?"
"Miranda kissed me last night".
Stefan choked on his coffee and looked at Damon, "What…what happened…what did you do?"
"What? I didn't do anything, she kissed me…I was standing there apologizing like you and Alaric made me and the next thing I knew, she was mauling me…it's a good thing that I have self restraint and pushed her away".
Stefan shook her head, "I can't believe this…why would she do that?"
"Why is that even a question, would you rather she kissed you?" Damon asked.
"No, that is not my point…I thought that Miranda knew…well I thought she understood that you and Bonnie were together".
"I don't know what went through her mind, but Bonnie is not happy about it…"
"You told her?" Stefan asked.
"Of course, I had to…after last night, I don't necessarily trust Miranda and I think its best that Bonnie knows".
"Wow…you really have changed".
"Hey, I don't want to mess up what I have with Bonnie and besides all of that, the only person who could possibly get hurt because of this is Miranda and I am fine with that", Damon smirked.
Stefan shook his head, "You do realize that Bonnie is hormonal, pregnant, and a tad insecure witch right now don't you?"
Damon raised his cup to his mouth and then paused, flying off of his stool and heading upstairs to his room. He opened the bedroom door and found Bonnie nowhere in the bathroom or in the bedroom. He glanced out the window and noticed her car was gone, "Damn it!" he said flying down the stairs.
SSSSSS
Bonnie knocked on Alaric's front door and waited tapping her foot. "Bonnie…hi…what are you…?" Alaric began as Bonnie entered the house.
"Where is she?" she asked looking around.
"She?" Alaric asked.
Bonnie turned around and narrowed her eyes, "Miranda LaRue, where is she?"
"Umm…she's not here, she left early this morning, she said that she was going to do some research".
"Research on what?"
"I have no idea Bonnie…is something wrong?"
Bonnie opened her mouth to speak as the front door opened, "Alaric, I brought some pastries!" Miranda announced as she entered the house.
Bonnie turned around and looked at Miranda, "Alaric can you leave us alone?"
"Wait…what's going on?" Alaric asked looking between Miranda and Bonnie.
"We need to have some girl talk", Bonnie smiled at Alaric.
"I don't think that I should…", Alaric began.
"It's all right Alaric, Bonnie and I will be fine alone", Miranda smiled.
Alaric looked at the two women, "Umm…ok…I will go…I think I will go stand on the porch", he replied as he headed out of the house closing the door behind him.
"Bonnie, I know why you are here and I just want to apologize, I am so so sorry…I can't tell you how embarrassed and sorry I am for what happened with Damon last night", Miranda apologized.
"What made you think it would be ok to kiss Damon, you know that we are together…you know that he is with me…I thought that we were at the very least making some progress, but was that all just an act to get me to trust you, so that I wouldn't suspect that you were after Damon".
"I apologize Bonnie, you will never know how sorry I am…I made a fool of myself and I…it was just a mistake", Miranda replied, "it's not easy to be here, I thought it would be, but it's not. I thought it would be no big deal to be around Stefan and Elena, but it is".
Bonnie felt her anger start to dissipate a little as she looked at Miranda, "I mean, you wouldn't know this…but when I was here, Stefan and I…we were close and Damon and Elena were basically in a relationship. They never admitted it, but Stefan knew and anyone around could see that there was something serious going on between them…"
Bonnie felt like putting her hands over her ears and humming a tune. She never wanted to know anything about Damon and Elena being together in any capacity. While she acknowledged that something was going on, she never wanted to know about it, "So you're not over Stefan?"
"Oh I am…I am…I just feel a little lonely and Damon, he was just being…he was there and I just had a moment", Miranda replied, "I'm sorry, it will never happen again".
Bonnie studied Miranda's face. She wasn't sure that she completely believed her, but she would give her a chance, "Fine, you know what…you had a weak moment, I will accept that. However, if you ever step over the line with Damon again, we will have a problem…a very big problem".
"I know and I am sorry Bonnie, I really am", Miranda apologized.
Bonnie nodded as the door to Alaric's house flew open and Damon rushed inside staring from Bonnie to Miranda, "Umm…hi", he said looking from Bonnie to Miranda. There were no signs of a fight…no signs of anything being broken and no one appeared to be harm, "so is everything ok?"
"Everything's fine, Miranda and I had some girl talk and we're good", Bonnie folded her arms looking at Miranda.
"Yes…yes…we are…I just apologized to Bonnie about what happened, so everything is fine now", Miranda nodded.
"Umm…ok…well that's good…good…Bonnie, would you like to come with me to get some lunch? I know that Piper would love to get something to eat", Damon replied.
"Piper?" Miranda asked.
"Piper from Charmed, Damon thinks it's cute to torture me with stereotypical witch girl names for our daughter", Bonnie explained.
"Oooh…ok…well I see you two later and thank you for understanding Bonnie".
"Sure", Bonnie replied as he headed out with Damon as Alaric walked back inside.
When Damon reached the passenger side door opening it for Bonnie, she stopped and looked at him, "I don't believe a word she said", Bonnie stated.
"What did you she say?"
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Oh…she said that she just was soo lonely and she just lost her mind completely for a couple of seconds and kissed you".
"Oh", Damon said in a voice that sounded a tad disappointed.
"She was lying Damon", Bonnie deadpanned, "she meant to kiss you and she knew that if she admitted it, I would have set her hair on fire…you are not to be alone with her ever", Bonnie pointed at him as she got in the car.
"Lovely Judgey", he whispered as he rolled his eyes and jogged around to his side of the car sliding in next to her.
He looked over at her and she was biting his lip. He knew that this was not the end and he sighed, "Bonnie".
"She's really pretty…she's gorgeous…you can tell me if you wanted to kiss her back", Bonnie replied not looking at him.
"Bonnie…"
"I mean, look at her…she looks like some centerfold…", Bonnie gestured to the house and then at him.
Damon could see the tears building in her eyes; another mood swing.
"Bonnie…", he replied reaching over and caressing her cheek with his thumb, "I love you. I want you and only you. You and I have one of the best relationships that I have ever had and it doesn't make me want to go homicidal on people, please know that I don't want anyone else".
Bonnie looked at him, "Are you sure?"
"Bonnie, you know that when I love someone…I am totally ridiculous about it and you and me, we're everything that I've ever wanted".
Bonnie smiled at him as she wiped her tears away, "I'm sorry that I am a hormonal, mood swinging witch…"
"It's ok…", he kissed her on the forehead, "we only have a couple more months".
"A couple more months", Bonnie breathed out.
SSSSSSS
Damon and Stefan walked into Alaric's house, after what happened a couple of days prior with Bonnie, they all agreed that it would be best not to meet at the Salvatore house and Damon made an effort never to be alone with Miranda.
"So I found a spell that will help me locate the stone…", Miranda began, "when I cast the spell, we kind of have to be near the person who has it because they will began to glow".
"So that means we have to basically be around a group of vampires when it happens?" Stefan asked.
"Pretty much", Miranda answered.
"That doesn't exactly help, by the time they are all grouped together…the Gathering would be starting…we need another plan", Damon replied.
"The only other plan is to stop it after it begins…but I can't do it alone, it will take more power than what I have".
"So what are you saying?" Alaric asked.
"That I know that you don't want Bonnie to help, but to make sure that it doesn't happen…I need her", Miranda turned to Damon.
"No…no way", Damon shook his head.
"She wouldn't be in the line of fire, we would be in a place not exactly in the middle of the Gathering…but I need help Damon, no witch can do this on her own".
"Bonnie won't be anywhere near this".
"Shouldn't she decide that?" Miranda asked.
"Miranda, Bonnie can't be in the middle of this…if this spell takes a lot of energy, something could happen to her or the baby…what about your family?" Stefan suggested.
"My family doesn't want to have anything to do with vampires, so they won't come".
Damon rubbed his hands over his face.
"Damon, Bonnie is the only option", Alaric spoke up.
"And with two witches, we won't use a lot of energy", Miranda replied.
"Damon…we have to do something, if all of the accounts are true…this could turn into a bloodbath if we don't do something", Stefan moved closer to Damon.
"And I wasn't supposed to tell you this, but Bonnie has been helping me…she helped me find out when this occur and we are running out of time".
"She helped you?" Damon replied.
"She knew that something was wrong and she had to do something".
Damon sighed, "I will talk to her".
"Damon, we only have three days".
"I will talk to her…are you sure that this will work and she is absolutely needed".
"I am", Miranda replied, "I would never risk Bonnie or the baby".
"Work on the spell to find out who has the stone, I will speak to Bonnie".
Miranda nodded as Damon headed out of the house with Stefan following.
"Damon…"
"What am I supposed to do?" Damon asked turning to him, "we have to stop this, but if two witches are needed…what if Bonnie uses too much power…she's far along, but not far enough that if something happens that she won't lose the baby".
"I don't know what to tell you", Stefan replied quietly.
Damon shook his head, "What would you do…what would you do if it was Elena?"
"I don't know…there's no guarantee, but we can make sure that Bonnie is safe and nowhere near the vampires and that all she will have to do is use her powers and I know she's strong Damon".
"I will talk to her…I can't believe that she's been helping Miranda the entire time".
Stefan narrowed his eyes and smirked, "You can't believe that Bonnie's been helping secretly?"
"Ok, I can believe it…I just can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner".
Stefan shook his head, "You have a tough witch".
"I know I do…but she's not immortal Stefan and neither is our daughter", Damon said as they got in the car driving away.
SSSSSS
When Damon arrived at the boarding house, he found Bonnie in their bed eating a slice of pepperoni pizza and turning pages in her 'What to Expect, When You're Expecting' book with her mind. He could see that she raised her t-shirt and her baby bump was completely out. "I'm sorry, I know that you are crazy about your sheets…but I really, really needed this", she said setting the crust down on the plate.
"Endora was hungry?"
"Mmm, hmm…ooo…she liked the pizza, I can feel her moving", Bonnie smiled as she placed her hands on her stomach, "Damon come here…feel…"
Damon walked over to the bed and Bonnie took his hand, placing it on her stomach. "Do you feel?" she asked, "she's right here?" Bonnie pointed to the left side of her stomach.
Damon felt her stomach and suddenly he felt a slight bump up against his hand. It was the first time that he actually felt his little peanut (which was the name he gave her) and it made his non beating heart swell. He looked at Bonnie as she grinned, "She is moving around in there, she must know that you are here touching my stomach".
Damon nodded as he slowly removed his hand.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie frowned.
"Miranda told me that you've been helping her with the Gathering of the Darkness stuff".
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "She told you".
"Yes…she told me".
"Well that's just great", Bonnie sighed, "so go ahead and yell, but all I did was research in the spell books…it wasn't much at all and me and the baby are fine, I'm not stressed at all…well, I am…but…"
"Miranda says that she found a spell to find where the stone is, but she will need another witch to help her cast a spell to destroy the stone".
"So what…you're bringing in another ex-girlfriend of a Salvatore brother?"
"Nooo…she thinks that you can help her".
"Me? And you are telling me this because you want me to help her?" Bonnie asked.
"I'm telling you this because I don't want to be the one to tell you that you can't do it…I love you, I love our baby and I don't want you to do it, but this is big and…"
"Damon, I can help…"
"If you do this, you have to stay out of sight and if you feel things getting weird, you cannot continue…you have to protect yourself and the baby first".
"I will do that, I can do this Damon", Bonnie sat up on her knees, "you have to know that this baby is the most important thing to me now".
"Me too", Damon said.
SSSSSS
Bonnie parked outside of the herb shop the next morning to get some ingredients to destroy the Mrak stone. As she looked through her windshield, she could see the clouds gathering overhead which meant that they were running out of time.
The plans to have Elena and Bonnie go to California had fallen through, especially when Elena found out about the Gathering of the Darkness, so while Elena had instructions to stay inside and have Jeremy and a newly arrived Caroline stay with her, Bonnie and Miranda would set up shop in City Hall in an empty room and cast the spell.
Bonnie sat in the car for a few moments rubbing her stomach as she felt her eggplant start to move inside her stomach, "Ok Princess, we need to get through this and make sure that everyone is ok…your Daddy, Uncle Stefan, Uncle Alaric…and even that homewrecker Miranda", Bonnie whispered, "so let's get these herbs, so we can make sure Mystic Falls doesn't turn into some type of bloodbath".
Bonnie opened the car door and she immediately felt the baby start to move, she breathed out steadily and rubbed her stomach, "Calm down little girl, its ok", she whispered.
When the fluttering ended, Bonnie walked towards the herb store to get the rest of things that she and Miranda needed for the spell. To say that she wasn't nervous was an understatement. She was nervous and the fact that she wouldn't be able to see what was going and she would spend most of her time worried about Damon. Was it too much to hope that her pregnancy would be free of potential ' Mystic Falls destruction'? Sure, she expected a few vampires…maybe some werewolves…but not some vampire convention.
"Baby Girl, you better come out ready to cast some spells because our lives are in no way normal", Bonnie whispered as she walked into the store.
SSSSSS
"So do you have the spells?" Stefan asked Miranda as they stood in the middle of the living room. He glanced at Damon who was pacing for a few moments and then back at Miranda.
"Yes, Bonnie went to get some things that we will need from the herb store, but the spells are all here", she replied patting the Bennett grimoire.
"Good…good…look, I have to meet Elena at her doctor's appointment…I will be back in a couple of hours", Stefan replied staring at Miranda and then at Damon as if he was making sure that they knew he would be back.
"That's fine…Bonnie will be back soon and we will start getting everything together for tomorrow night", Miranda nodded.
Stefan returned her nod and walked towards the door as Damon continued to pace.
"You can relax for a few moments, you know", Miranda glanced up from the book.
"I don't like this", Damon stopped and looked at her, "I don't like that Bonnie's helping you with the spell…I don't like that we are basically racing up against a clock…I don't like any of it".
Miranda stood up from the couch and walked over to him, "Listen, I will make sure that Bonnie doesn't get hurt...you have nothing to worry about".
"Oh really, I have a lot to worry about…things are about to get bad here and you said yourself that the spell is hard and takes a lot of energy…"
"Bonnie is a powerful witch and I will be right there with her, trust me…we will all come out of this fine", Miranda said touching Damon's arm.
He looked down at her hand and before she could remove her hand, a throat cleared from the doorway. Miranda dropped her hand and turned to see Bonnie standing in the doorway with a bag, "Am I interrupting?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No…not at all…I was just reassuring Damon that we can cast the spell and everything will be fine".
"Oh…I see…that's nice", Bonnie said, "at least you didn't use your lips this time".
Miranda sighed, "Bonnie…I can never…"
"Miranda, it is fine…maybe I should just let it go, I'm sorry", Bonnie apologized.
Miranda nodded, "Look, I have to go…I will see you two later".
"Bye", Bonnie replied as Miranda picked up her bag and headed out of the house.
As soon as the door closed, Bonnie rolled her eyes, "I still don't trust her, I'm sure she's just waiting for the right moment to pounce on you or something".
"Bonnie…"
"Don't Bonnie me Damon, I am a woman…I know when another woman has feelings for another guy, maybe she aspires to be a Salvatore concubine or something", Bonnie ranted.
Damon shook his head with a smile; he never noticed Bonnie's jealous streak before—but being pregnant had definitely brought it out and it kind of turned him on and scared him at the same time.
"She doesn't want to be a Salvatore concubine".
"Oh really, she's already seduced Stefan…now she's turned her attention to you, she definitely has a problem".
Damon held out his hand and pulled Bonnie over to the couch with him. He wrapped his arms around her, "You know that I have no desire to be with anyone else", he whispered in her ear.
"Yeah, I know…but that doesn't mean I'm fine with her making moves on you".
Damon chuckled, "You know I want to take you and leave Mystic Falls and let Stefan, Alaric and Miranda handle this…we can come back when sunny skies return, you know…go visit your Dad or something".
"That would be nice, but we can't do that", Bonnie smiled, "I may think that Miranda is a sneaky little witch who can't keep her hands to herself, but she doesn't deserve to sacrifice her life to stop what's about to go on".
"So what about yours and Morgana?" he asked.
Bonnie looked up at him, "Running out of stereotypical witch names, Morgana was sorceress and not a witch".
"Apples and apples…but no, I have a few more up my sleeve".
"You wouldn't really name our daughter one of those names would you?" Bonnie looked up at him.
"I guess you will have to see".
"Damon…"
"You trust me, don't you?"
"I do…but you have a wicked sense of humor Damon and I don't want our daughter growing up with a name like Elphaba".
"I can assure you that our little girl's name will not be Elphaba".
"Ok…promise me", Bonnie said.
"I promise you that I will give her a name that will fit her", he kissed her forehead.
Bonnie looked down at her stomach and placed both of her hands on it rubbing, "Everything is going to be ok, right?" she asked slightly unsure.
"Of course, why would it not be?"
Bonnie raised an eyebrow looking up at him.
"Bonnie, everything will be fine…you know that, it always is".
She nodded, "Good…good…I believe you".
"As you should", Damon whispered pulling her closer to him. He looked out towards the window, where it was becoming increasingly dark. He would never admit it to anyone, but he was afraid. He wanted to believe that everything would be fine and Bonnie and the baby would be fine…but there were too many variables and that left him uneasy. He had to admit, Bonnie was usually the lynchpin in the plans. When she was involved, he knew that things would work out in the end; however, at this point…he wasn't so sure that she could be the soldier that they needed and that's what made him nervous.
Damon has really grown in his support and understanding of Bonnie. Now, what happens next…
Please review, those are my holiday presents! :-)
