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Katherine came closer to us and looked down at Grams' grave, "Such a shame…she was a good woman…what did the people say…a real role model", Katherine sighed, "such a pity, but she was a fighter that one…she almost destroyed me, but she was old…much older than me".

I could feel my anger bubbling up inside as I could feel Damon slowly grabbing my hand.

"What do you want Katherine?" he asked through clenched teeth.

"What do I want…hmm…world peace?" she smirked, as she noticed Damon's hand in mind, "you know this is really, really sweet…you two are soo…sickening…I mean, come on…Damon, until you made this little witch here a vamp, you were obsessed with me…I was the one you wanted…I was the object of your affection and let's face it, you're only covering up what you feel for me by taking her to bed".

I could feel every part of my body start to hum as Katherine went on, "And you Bonnie…poor…poor Bonnie, she's a witch…no she's a vampire…no she's a witch vampire…the sidekick continues to get kicked…and then you get Damon, who can't decide if he wants me or Elena…and then your poor Granny dies…it's been a rough couple of weeks for you….huh Bon".

Damon tightened his grip on me as I grinded my teeth.

"But Bonnie, I want you to know that your Granny down there did put up a good fight, a really good fight", Katherine smiled, "too bad she was no match for me".

Suddenly I felt my body go on auto pilot as I snatched my hand out of Damon's grasp. "Bonnie…no!" I heard him yell. I turned to him and sent a gust of wind to him and knocking him against a tree. He stood up and I threw tree branch impaling his arm against the tree as I heard him yell in pain.

I turned my vision to Katherine, "Oooh the little vamp witch wants to fight…well, since you don't want to help me…I guess you are no use to me", Katherine said running over to me and knocking me to the ground, "you could have been one of the most powerful beings in this world".

She held her hand on my throat and started choking me, I held my hand up and pushed her off of me sending her flying into a tombstone. She grabbed her head as I flew over to her, grabbing her by her shirt and lifted her up. "You murdered my grandmother", I said in a voice I didn't recognize.

"Yes and I loved it!" Katherine grinned as she reached down and scratched me against my face. I instantly dropped her and grabbed my cheek.

"You know Bonnie, we can still make a deal…you agree to work with me and I will spare your life", she said.

I screamed as I got up and pushed her into a tree. "Bonnie…do you really want to kill both Damon and I?" Katherine asked as I held her against the tree and motioned with her head behind me.

A vamp that I had never seen before was holding onto Damon and had a stake positioned over his heart.

"I say the word and Noah there will kill Damon in an instant".

I looked at Katherine and then at Damon and Noah. I dropped Katherine and ran over to Damon and Noah.

"Hey Kat…now we have them right where we want them", Noah grinned and then frowned as he realized that Katherine was not coming to his rescue and I was about to drive a stake through his heart.

"Now I have you where I want you", I said staking him and watching his body shrivel up as I removed the branch from Damon and then looked behind me and realized that Katherine was gone.

"I have to find her", I said turning around, starting to walk away until Damon grabbed my arm, "what are you doing…let me go".

"Katherine is long gone by now…she used him as a decoy".

"I need to find her…she killed my grandmother", I said.

"And you will…just not tonight".

"Are you really stopping me because you can't…you know".

"I know I can't…but I am hoping that you would stop yourself, Bonnie you can't beat her off driven by pure emotion", Damon replied.

I nodded, "What am I supposed to do?"

"Come with me", he replied.

I sighed, "She killed my grandmother…"

"Yes, I know and we will handle her…just not tonight", he answered.

"I'm trusting you Damon…don't let me down".

"I won't".

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

We couldn't go back to my house. I was covered in dirt, my hair was a mess and I had cuts on my face that had yet to heal. My black dress was ripped and one of my heels was broken…darn those heels were my favorite Betsey Johnson's!

Damon opened the door to the Salvatore boarding house without a word. When we walked inside I paused in the doorway. "Where's the bathroom?" I asked.

"I'll show you", he said walking towards the steps as I followed behind him without a word.

He opened the bathroom door and I walked inside, "I will need a towel…washcloth…something to change into…my dress is pretty much destroyed".

"I will get you something…you can…uh…go in and I will bring them to you".

I nodded as I walked over to the shower and started the water. I ran my fingers under the warm spray and slipped out of my dress.

"Here is a towel and…wow…", Damon said staring at me.

"Please don't bother staring…I look a mess".

"Yes, you do...but I still want to stare", he smirked.

"I'm sorry for impaling you against that tree tonight".

"You were angry...I've done worst things than that".

"I shouldn't have done that to you…when Katherine first showed up, you tried to protect me".

"Habit", Damon shrugged.

"No…you wanted to protect me…thank you", I said walking over to him and touching his cheek, "I appreciate that".

"Bonnie…I should go", Damon breathed touching my cheek.

"I don't want you to", I whispered as I leaned up and kissed him.

"You're dirty", he whispered in my ear.

"So are you", I whispered back.

He smiled as he picked me up with one arm and placed me in the shower and coming in with me fully clothed.

"Damon!" I giggled for the first time in what seemed like ages, "we still have on our clothes".

"I can fix that", he said removing my bra and then his shirt as he crashed into me with a kiss.

Damon leaned over me and looked into my eyes as I gazed up into his. "Why do the veins appear?" I asked touching the area around his eyes.

"Because the blood is rushing to our eyes".

"Hmm…interesting…and will my fangs always hurt when they come out?"

"Probably not, you get used to it after awhile".

"I don't think I will ever get used to this", I said shaking my head.

"What about this?" he asked cupping my cheek and kissing me, "will you get used to this?"

"Definitely not", I breathed as he pulled me closer to him.

"Damon have you seen Bonnie…", Stefan began walking into the room followed by Elena and I instantly covered myself up with the blanket as Elena's eyes went from Damon to me.

"Bonnie…Damon…what are you doing?" Elena asked looking at us with wide eyes.

"Well Elena…if you don't know what we're doing, you and Stefan must not be doing something right", Damon smirked.

"Damon…" I sighed.

"And why are you two bursting into my room without knocking, I could have had anyone in here", Damon said stepping out of the bed and putting on his jeans as I sunk down in the sheets.

"Bonnie's father was worried…she disappeared and he wanted us to find her", Stefan replied still staring at me, "I didn't think that she would be here with you".

"Can I…uh get dressed before we continue this conversation?" I asked.

"Umm…sure…sure…we'll leave", Elena replied.

"I'll stay", Damon smirked looking at me and wiggling his eyebrow.

"Damon…"

"Come on Bonnie…I've seen everything anyway", Damon whined.

"Damon…leave…Elena stay, we have to talk".

Stefan and Damon left the room staring at each other and looking as if they were having a silent conversation.

Elena handed me a t-shirt as I slipped it over my head and sat up.

Elena shook her head, "You want to tell me what is happening between you and Damon…I thought that you almost kissed, I didn't know that it turned into this".

"I don't know how it turned into this either…one moment I'm trying to kill him and the next we're rolling around on my floor".

Elena looked at me with wide eyes, "But you hated Damon a couple of months ago…"

"I was also human a couple of months ago".

"But Damon…I just can't believe that you two were in bed and…"

I held up my hand. Elena and I were close, but I really didn't need to hear her recap of walking in on me and Damon in the middle of sex, "Elena…I know what we were doing…there's just soo much going on. Katherine attacked us at my Grams' grave today".

"What…where is she now?"

"Well when she showed up, I vamped out and I just saw red. I impaled Damon against a tree and fought with Katherine, I would have killed her if she didn't show up with a flunky…he was about to stake Damon, so I let her go".

"And you saved Damon", Elena answered.

"He tried to protect me when she showed up…don't get me wrong, I believe that Damon is still the same person that he's always been…but he's been good to me and that counts…I had to let Katherine go, but I am not letting this go…I will find her and I will kill her", I stated.

"And how are you going to find her?" Elena asked.

"Locator spell", I replied.

"What was that Damon?" Stefan asked as Damon removed his cup of warm blood from the microwave.

"Why do you and your girlfriend keep asking that, if you don't know what that was then…"

"Why are you sleeping with Bonnie?" Stefan demanded.

"Why do you care?"

"Because Bonnie is a friend of mine and I don't want to see her hurt or you killed because she's hurt".

"Look, we're grown ups…"

"Bonnie is a teen age girl".

"Wow thanks Dad, does that mean Elena's a teenager too and you are doing all kinds of bad things to her…so what does that say about you?"

"Damon, what is happening here…are you and Bonnie a couple?"

"What…a couple…no, we are definitely not a couple…I'm not even sure I like her very much after what she did tonight".

"What did she do?"

"She saw Katherine and she flipped out, she impaled me against a tree…almost got me killed by one of Katherine's minions…and then went after Katherine, it was a taste of what could happen if she loses it".

"Well Katherine killed her grandmother, we should have expected as much…but she impaled you and you thought the best thing would be to come here and have sex?" Stefan asked.

"Look, that's not the way it happened. I can't describe what's going on with Bonnie, all I know is that little vitch has a lot of power inside of her…I can feel the power vibrating off of her and I'm drawn to it", Damon confessed, "and you want to know something else, her blood is not like our blood…it's different…I think its because she's a hybrid, it's something I've never tasted before".

"You need to stop this", Stefan replied, "someone is going to get hurt".

"Stefan, as long as I am by Bonnie's side everything will be fine…she trusts me".

"That's why she impaled you tonight", Stefan scoffed.

"And then she allowed me to impale her…ok…too soon for that, huh?" Damon smirked, "look, I can control Bonnie and you should be encouraging me, you do not want her to lose it and go after Katherine alone".

"That's true".

"Of course its true…you know Katherine has thrown down the gauntlet, Bonnie is going after her and Katherine has the advantage. She's lying in wait for Bonnie".

"So do you have a plan because you know, in the end…it will be Bonnie versus Katherine and you will have to choose your side".

"Stefan, don't be soo dramatic…are you part witch too?"

"Damon, I'm just warning you", Stefan replied as Elena and Bonnie entered the kitchen.

"Warning Damon about what?" Bonnie asked as she looked at Damon's cup of blood with hungry eyes causing him to roll his own eyes and hand her the cup.

Elena and Stefan exchanged looks before Stefan answered, "About Katherine".

"Katherine is going to die, it's as simple as that", Bonnie stated matter of factly.

"Well my little vitch, Katherine is already dead", Damon smirked, "but its easier said than done, you are still a young vampire and she's much older than you".

"But I also have powers that she doesn't".

"Yes, Bonnie…but she is calculating and evil and you're not", Elena spoke up, "Bonnie, I know you're angry and hurt, but Stefan and Damon know Katherine better than we do".

"She ran away from me for a reason, I think she knows exactly what I am capable of".

"She only thinks she knows…Bonnie, you may feel like a vampire when you get angry, but you are still part witch and that means there is still a lot of humanity inside of you", Stefan replied.

"So what do you suggest? That I let her get away with what she did?"

"No...not at all…what I suggest is that you allow me to handle this", Damon answered.

"No, you had your chance and you let her get away", Bonnie snapped.

"Wait…what…you saw Katherine and let her get away?" Stefan asked.

Damon rolled his eyes, "Look, you weren't there…"

"Was this before or after she killed Bonnie's grandmother?" Elena asked.

"Look…I'm going after Katherine…so either I will do it alone or you guys can help me", Bonnie interrupted them.

Stefan and Damon looked at each other, "Fine…we will help you", Stefan answered.

"I will help too", Elena spoke up.

"Elena…I don't want Katherine to hurt you", Bonnie frowned.

"Bonnie…Katherine already hurt me when she killed Grams, I loved her too", Elena said hugging Bonnie.

"I know…I know…well the first step is finding Katherine and I'm going to look through Emily grimoire for a locator spell, there has to be something".

"Bonnie, I think you need to go home…your dad is worried about you", Elena replied.

"Ok, but I am coming back and we are going to find Katherine".

"Ok…but maybe you should find something to put on", Damon said, "I doubt your dad would appreciate you in a t-shirt and some shorts".

Bonnie looked down and rolled her eyes.

"I have some spare clothes upstairs…come on", Elena replied leading Bonnie out of the kitchen.

"You know she's out of her league", Stefan replied.

"I think you are underestimating my little vitch just a little, she may just surprise us", Damon smiled.