Hello everyone! Thank you for the comments and reviews from the last chapter. I know Bonnie was being slightly unforgiving to Damon, but I think that both Bonnie and Damon can be irrational in this relationship. That's Bamon in my world…they love hard…and they fight hard.

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Bonnie opened her eyes and looked at the clock and immediately sat up. She had been sleeping for hours and it felt like minutes. She jumped out of bed and rushed into the nursery where she found Elena typing away on her laptop on the couch.

"Elena…what are you doing here?" she asked walking over to the crib where Sami was still sleeping peacefully.

"Damon and Stefan went out a little while later, I just checked her forehead—her temperature went down".

Bonnie reached down and touched Sami's forehead, "Why would Damon leave…do you know where he went?"

Elena shook her head, "I have no idea".

"Hmmm…", Bonnie mumbled as she walked over and sat down next to Elena on the couch.

"Hey, are you ok?" Elena asked.

Bonnie sighed and looked over at her, "Am I ok…I haven't been ok in weeks".

"Yeah, Stefan told me about what happened with Tyler".

Bonnie rubbed her hands over her eyes, "Damon thinks that I'm being ridiculous when it comes to Tyler".

"Did he really have something to do with kidnapping Samantha, I really can't believe that…that is not the Tyler that we grew up with".

"Tara had something to do with it, but I don't know…Tyler said that he doesn't remember a lot of it and I had to compel him to get the full story. Tara promised him a life with Samantha and me if he helped us".

"So she had him under a spell".

Bonnie shrugged, "I don't know…I want to think so, but the fact remains that he wanted that Elena…he wanted to be a family with me and Sami and Damon…he was just an obstacle in the way".

"So naturally Damon wanted to kill him".

Bonnie nodded, "And to a degree, I understand Damon's anger. Tyler tried to wreck us and he helped kidnap Sami and of course, when he bit him before…but I couldn't let him kill Tyler. Don't get me wrong, I am so angry at Tyler for his part in this and I don't think we can ever be friends again, but I don't want him dead".

"I understand".

"But Damon doesn't and since we are soo far apart, I know why he doesn't".

"He thinks that you may want to be with Tyler…or that a small part of you wants to be Tyler".

"And why would he believe that?"

"Well one reason is because he's Damon and another reason is because you two have been soo far apart, since Sami was taken and you found him and Tara…and there is that tiny little factor about Tyler being your first and you know how Damon can be"

"Please…", Bonnie held up her hand, "I've been trying to erase that memory of them two in bed for days now and its still fresh in my mind and that's why…that's why when he reaches out to touch me, I back away".

"Bonnie, if he was under a spell…"

"I know…logically…I know that it was a spell and I know that he didn't want her, but a part of me…a small part of me believes that somewhere inside of him…he wanted her and maybe he would never have acted on it without the spell, but Elena…I know that Damon has a very extensive history with many different women and let's face it, I am nowhere near as experienced as he is and while I know he loves me and I know he loves our family, I know that this was all unexpected and we've been basically playing it by ear…so seeing him with Tara, seeing his face and how…it just hurts…it hurts a lot".

"Damon loves you Bonnie and I know that you may feel insecure, but there is no reason to be".

Bonnie blinked as she felt the tears pool at her eyes, "I know", she whispered nodding.

"Have you talked to Damon about this?" Elena asked.

Bonnie shook her head, "No, no kinks in the armor…"

"Aww…Bonnie", Elena hugged her.

Bonnie wiped her eyes, "But we have Samantha and every time I look at her, I realize that everything that happened between us happened for a reason".

"Yeah".

Bonnie stood up and walked over to the crib and touched Sami's arm, "I can't believe that Damon left, he didn't mention that he had somewhere to go before I went to sleep…we were supposed to…", she trailed off and then she narrowed her eyes.

"Bonnie…what's going on?" Elena asked walking over to the crib.

"That bastard", Bonnie fumed.

"What…"

"He went to see Tara without me", Bonnie said taking out her cell phone and dialing his cell number, only to get the voicemail.

"What…I don't think so…"

"Oh I bet he did and took Stefan with him".

"Maybe he didn't want you to get hurt any more", Elena replied.

"Oh sure…I won't get hurt, but he will…she's a crazy witch…she could do anything to him, can you stay with Sami…"

"Yes…sure..." Elena nodded.

Bonnie kissed Sami on the cheek and rushed out of the room. She wasn't angry at Damon for going without her…ok…maybe she was…but she knew that Stefan and Damon going alone to say Tara was bad news.

SSSSSS

"Well, well, well…the Salvatore Brothers…", Anasha smirked as she opened her hotel room door, "well come in boys…"

Damon glared at Anasha as he and Stefan walked into the hotel room.

"Damon, I knew that you were into the kinky stuff…but I had no idea that you would bring your brother to share in the fun", she smiled walking over to the Stefan and Damon.

"I wouldn't touch you again if you were the last witch in town", Damon spat out.

"Are you sure about that Damon", she replied reaching out to touch his cheek, but found her arm being slapped down by Stefan.

"Oooh so you brought your brother to defend you against your attraction to me…nice".

"You did something to me to make me sleep with you", Damon replied.

"Really…what are you talking about…I did nothing to you to make you do something that you already wanted to do. Damon, I saw the way you looked at me when you first met me at that restaurant, you wanted me—but you were too busy playing family man to following your desire, so I helped you", Anasha explained, "I cannot compel people, that's your style. The only thing I can do is lower you inhibitions, so that the little voice that tells you not to do something…goes away".

"That's a lie".

"Is it Damon…you weren't attracted to me as Tara, weren't you?"

"Look, why did you kidnap my daughter?"

"Who said I did anything to her?" Anasha replied.

"We know that you recruited Tyler Lockwood to help in your plan, just tell the truth and you may survive this meeting".

"Threatening death Damon, you know better…I could bring you to your knees with one look".

Damon vamped out and grabbed Anasha by the neck pinning her against the wall, "In a few moments you won't be able to breathe, so you tell me right now why you kidnapped my daughter".

Anasha looked at him, "If you kill me…you will never know", she struggled to breath.

"Damon, let her go", Stefan replied.

Damon tightened his grip.

"Let her go Damon, we need some answers".

Damon loosened his grip as Anasha dropped to the floor and began to laugh, "You have changed soo much…almost declawed…where's the Damon that would rip someone's heart out for crossing him? Now, your days are filled with baby bottles and nursery rhymes…tell me, does that eternally 17 year old satisfy you?"

"Shut up!" Damon barked.

"Oh did I hit a nerve…am I right, you know I knew that you were hungry for something that night that we were together…who knew that it was good sex?" Anasha smirked as she rose from the floor.

"I love Bonnie and guess what, I will never leave her behind…if things were so great with you…if I enjoyed my time with you soo much, why did I leave you…huh…why did I leave you standing there in the middle of that room naked begging me not to leave you, I would never do that to Bonnie because she is everything that I've ever wanted in this world", Damon taunted Anasha.

"Damon…", Stefan began but before he could stay another word, he felt his body fly against the wall and stay pinned along with Damon.

Anasha looked at them as her eyes turned jet black and she walked over to Damon, "He was right about you…you are disgusting!" she spat out, "you just use women for your own devices and even though you claim you would never leave Bonnie, I bet when she's of no use to you anymore, you will leave her alone and crying. Look at what you did when your daughter was kidnapped, instead of embracing her…you pushed her away…you treated her like garbage, but that's what you do Damon…if someone can not benefit you, you throw them away. I waited for you to come back and you never did…I was good to you!"

"How did you find me?" Damon asked.

Anasha walked over to him and smiled, "I wasn't looking for you…well not anymore…I searched for you for years after you left me and yet, I couldn't find you…so I gave up…until one day a man came to my door and told me that he knew of my relationship with you and if I helped him, I could have you in whatever way I wanted".

"Who was it?" Damon asked.

"You would be surprised how many people hate you…how many people want to see you suffer…"

"Who came to you?" Damon asked.

"Derrick Bennett", Anasha answered, "he may not be a warlock, but he apparently can sniff out a witch pretty easily. He came to me and told me how you had changed his daughter and ruined her life…you got her pregnant and most of all, the greatest sin…you turned her".

"Bonnie's father knows…", Damon replied in disbelief.

"Yes, he knows and he hates you for it…he knew that if given the right circumstances, you would destroy whatever you built with Bonnie. You acted like a true monster to her when your daughter was kidnapped...you pushed her away…and you confided in me. You allowed that Tyler Lockwood to move right in…sure, he was never comfortable with what I was doing, but with a little TLC…he lowered his inhibitions and he played his role to a tee. You are predictable Damon, you will lash out and destroy whenever you are hurt and it will always be your downfall".

"So Derrick Bennett was behind this".

Anasha shrugged, "He was behind the idea of the kidnapping, he needed me to help with some of the supernatural aspects…providing Bonnie with the visions…getting the vampires to come in…recruiting Tyler, keeping him at bay…Derrick Bennett hates you with a heat of a thousand suns, I guess he knows you pretty well".

"And sleeping with me…was that part of the plan?"

Anasha smiled, "That was a perk, you were always an amazing lover Damon…that cannot be denied, but that wasn't why I agreed to help Derrick Bennett".

"And why did you agree to help Derrick Bennett".

"Because…", Anasha walked over to Damon and looked into his eyes, " I came here to kill you and with your little hybrid angry at you, no one would stop me… but I think I will make you suffer for a little bit, your brother well…he will be my toy, I hear he's the kindler, gentler Salvatore brother…"

"When I get down from here, I will rip your heart out", Damon promised.

"Right", Anasha smirked as she backed up and lifted her arms out as the lights began to flicker in the room and her hair began to whip in her face. She began to chant and Damon felt his head moving to stare directly into her black eyes. "Incendia!" she screamed as he felt his body start to burn, but there were no flames. He closed his eyes to attempt to ignore the pain, but it was starting to build as he balled up his fists. He could hear Stefan shouting as Damon felt the burning start from his legs and travel up towards his chest and then he realized something, it felt as if his blood was boiling inside his body.

"A slow and painful death is what you deserve!" Anasha screamed as Damon finally lost his control and screamed in pain as Anasha began to laugh, "oh is it not enjoyable…is it not nice when someone is torturing you! When you feel as if your insides are being burned…you don't like it, do you!"

Damon tried to move, but he was pinned and he could see Stefan looking at him with fear in his eyes.

"I almost hate to do this…being the best lover I ever had and all, but you deserve it", Anasha said.

Damon closed his eyes as he saw a vision of Bonnie and Sami. Bonnie was holding Sami smiling and waving at him as they walked into a light. He didn't want to think that this would be how it all ended.

SSSSSS

Bonnie parked her car in the hotel parking lot of where Anasha was staying and as soon as she stepped out of it, she could feel the power surge flowing from one of the hotel rooms. She sped towards the doors and took the stairs to Anasha's room two at a time. She had taken Anasha's address from her father's Blackberry days ago, when she planned to visit her on her own. She found Anasha's room number and the amount of energy she felt from the room was overwhelming. She immediately vamped out and pushed Anasha's room door open.

When she walked in, Bonnie saw Anasha standing in front of a pinned to the wall Damon and Stefan and she was chanting. She could see the pain and anguish on Damon's face and his skin was peeling from the inside out and she heard Anasha chanting.

Bonnie rushed towards Anasha and knocked her into the coffee table. Anasha narrowed her eyes as Bonnie felt a pain in her head and immediately went to her knees, but not before sticking her hand out and causing Anasha to gasp for breath. Bonnie felt the pain in her head lessen as she stood up and turned to Anasha, "You kidnapped my daughter…you slept with my boyfriend…you played with Tyler's mind, this is the end", Bonnie said as Anasha grabbed her chest gasping for air as Bonnie closed her fist.

She watched as Anasha clawed at her chest before falling to the floor, eyes wide open, with blood flowing slowly from her mouth.

Bonnie turned to the wall as Stefan jumped down and Damon fell to the floor. She could see that his skin had started to burn and he wasn't healing.

"Damon…", she said rushing over to him with Stefan by her side.

He looked up at her as blood flowed from his mouth, "I love you and Samantha…don't you ever doubt that", he whispered.

"Drink", she said biting into her wrist, "my blood can still heal you".

Damon drank from her wrist as Bonnie cradled his head in her arms. He focused on her eyes for a few moments without drinking, "You have to know that I love you and Samantha…"

"I know that Damon, now drink!" Bonnie ordered him as she stuck her wrist over his mouth making her blood flow freely into his mouth.

SSSSSS

Stefan agreed to take care of Anasha's body as Bonnie helped Damon to her car. Bonnie cast a spell to fix the room as if nothing had ever happened, but Anasha's body had to be disposed of and Stefan agreed to do it.

Damon leaned on Bonnie as they entered the boarding house and she helped him over to the couch. He plopped down with a thump and Bonnie sat on the coffee table staring at him. He was starting to get his color back (whatever that meant for a vampire) and his skin was starting to heal. His eyes were slightly closed and if her heart was still a functioning part of her body, it would be beating a mile a minute. She reached out to touch his healing hand and placed it up to her cheek. When she walked into that hotel room and saw the pain on his face, his skin peeling off and Anasha trying to kill him slowly…it made a part of her come out that she thought was dormant and she knew that she had to do one thing and that was stop Anasha from killing Damon.

"Bonnie?" Elena asked walking into the living room holding Samantha.

Bonnie turned and slowly put Damon's hand down, standing up and walking over to Elena. "How is she?" Bonnie asked.

"She's fine…what happened?"

"Tara…or Anasha…she tried to kill him…"

"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked looking around.

"He's ok…I…umm…I…killed her", Bonnie said with a gasp as if she was just realizing it the seriousness of it all, "oh my god…I just wanted her to stop hurting him…"

"It's ok…it's ok", Elena said hugging her with a free arm as Bonnie felt a soft little hand touching her cheek.

Bonnie looked up and Sami was touching her with a small smile. Bonnie smiled through her tears.

SSSSSS

Later that evening, Bonnie walked downstairs to get some blood. Samantha was sleeping curled up next to Damon. Since the events at Anasha's hotel room, Damon was somewhat out of it and Bonnie had watched over him every moment until she realized that she hadn't had anything to eat all day. As she finished heating up her blood, Stefan walked into the kitchen covered in dirt.

"She won't be found", Stefan replied.

Bonnie sipped her blood.

"I know that you may be feeling guilty over what happened, but you shouldn't…"

Bonnie put her cup down and looked at Stefan, "How could you go there?" she asked.

"What?"

"Why would you go see Anasha without me…she was a witch…a powerful one…she almost killed Damon".

"He kidnapped me…I swear", Stefan argued.

Bonnie was slightly taken back so much that she looked at him with a slight smirk on her face which Stefan matched, "Don't…don't make me smile at you", she pointed at him.

"Bonnie…"

"You're the logical one here…you are the level headed one…you can't just go along with Damon when he wants to get himself in all kinds of crazy situation and almost gets himself killed".

"He's my brother, no one believed him including you and he needed someone to believe in him", Stefan answered simply.

Bonnie covered her eyes, "I know he thinks that I am protecting Tyler when he doesn't deserve it, but I'm not…Tyler…he was my friend for a long time and although he did something horrible, I don't want to see him dead…I don't and I can't help that and as for what happened with Tara…or Anasha…or whatever, yes, I had a hard time forgetting it…but I am trying to moving past what happened".

"I know".

"But at the end of the day, whatever friendship that Tyler and I shared is over. I don't want to see him ever again and this time I mean it…he conspired with Anasha at some point to tear apart my family and I will never forget that…it is unforgivable", Bonnie said finishing her blood.

Stefan nodded as Bonnie touched his arm as she walked out of the kitchen.

Bonnie climbed the stairs slowly and walked into Damon's room. He was asleep and Sami was snoring softly beside him curled up in the crux of his arm. Bonnie smiled for a few moments through unshed tears. She climbed up in bed next to Sami and looked at Damon sleeping and then down at Samantha. This was her family…this was where she belonged…and she would never allow another person to tear them apart.

Well Anasha/Tara got exactly what she deserved in the end…but there's still one more person…