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~Damon~

I could hear her sleeping upstairs. The heartbeats were steady. I just sat downstairs and watched the fire.

"Still awake I see."

Meredith walked in from the kitchen with Sage not far behind. It seemed that ever since everyone got here those two had been particularly close. They probably thought no one had noticed with the whole reunion but I noticed. I noticed it just as I had noticed the power gain in her and Mutt. She was stronger than she was, faster and smarter too. She had a beauty I hadn't noticed before it was frightening.

"Can't sleep." I replied flatly

"We were wondering…"Meredith started

And here come the questions, I thought as I rolled my eyes.

"How…how is she pregnant to begin with?" Meredith asked

I couldn't help but snort.

"Well you see Meredith when two people love each other they tend to do this little thing called sex and sometimes it makes a baby." I said sarcastically

In the next instant Sage hit me upside the back of the head. I rubbed it a little as he gave me the 'you're an idiot' look.

"No shit Damon." Meredith spat back "But how? It's not possible since you're technically dead."

She had me there because I hadn't actually given it a lot of thought being I was more focused on getting back in her life and taking care of her the way I should've already been doing. That and getting rid of Mutt. It was a strange pregnancy.

"I take it by the dumbass look on your face that you don't know either." Meredith said

"You've gotten quite the mouth lately. I'd be careful with it towards me too." I said

"Oh?" she said

"Yeah, oh, or else I'll rip that tongue right out of you." I hissed

I didn't like the attitude she had lately. To be honest I rather missed the old Meredith who'd protect her friends.

"Oh I'm protecting my friends Damon. Sometimes that means keeping her away from what she needs." Meredith said

"You little mind reader." I growled "You can't keep her away from me."

"Don't worry Damon. I have every intention of letting her choose. She needs a reason to stay, like Stefan said, but it doesn't mean that you need to be that reason."

Meredith stood then walked upstairs. I had never really wanted to kill her let alone have any care in the world about her, not till now. She was pissing me off.

"You have to let me try." I said

She stopped halfway up.

"I don't have to do anything Damon. It's not up to me." she said

Sage sat there quietly for a few minutes before going upstairs to join Meredith in her room. Of course he would go to join the newly powered one. He did have that look in his eyes like Stefan does. He's so in love.

I snorted at the thought. What was love anyways? Twenty different versions of hell? That's what it felt like, but it was like an addiction you'd die to get rid of. Right as I was about to get up I heard the pitter patter of paws coming from the hall. A small collie trotted in then froze a few feet away from me.

"Shouldn't you be in bed?" I asked

It just cocked its head to the side.

"Shay seriously you should be in bed. If you want I can sneak you into Bonnie's room, I hear you two like to sleep with her." I offered

Why was I being nice to the shifter? The little thing was a little pathetic really.

*You're the scary one.*

The thought was loud and clear. She thought I was scary and maybe I was but it was only because I had a right to be. I mean I was the one nearly attacked by Mutt no less. In the end I just sighed and leaned back on the couch. I could hear the other thoughts like how she was wondering how I knew who she which twin she was and that Mutt or Matt or whatever told her I was the scary one. He wasn't too far off either. I was going to be that boy's worst nightmare now that I didn't have to hold back.

*I don't see how you're scary…she cries a lot about you though. It makes us sad to see her sad.*

I looked up that time to see the pup actually sigh. Then all of the sudden it jumped up on the couch beside me and laid its head on my lap.

What was I a pillow? Rolling my eyes I just laid my head back again.

*I'll just stay with you…you're lonely.*

What was the world coming to when I, Damon Salvatore had become soft in the eyes of a pup? Then again when was I one to actually fall in love? Sure I'd chase the never ending lust that was Katherine Pierce and Elena Gilbert, but then there was Bonnie. I guess it was from how she turned my world upside down and had actually turned me away. I didn't want to let go either. I wanted to hold on and know that she wouldn't leave.

Falling asleep I had every intention of walking into her latest dream. We had to talk in private and we couldn't do that with everyone else here.

~Bonnie~

I sat there. It was beautiful here at dusk. Watching the sun set on the water.

"The Bahamas. Really?" came a voice from behind her

I just sighed.

"I figured that you'd be here sooner or later." I said not moving from my spot

"Bonnie…I…I don't know what to say to make everything better." he said

"I know." I said

He moved to sit beside me. We didn't touch. Would we ever touch again? I missed it though I'd never admit it.

"I don't want us to be like this. I…I just want everything back to the way it was."

"Well, it can't go back to the way it was Damon. I'm now a pregnant super witch with a clock that is running out." I said

I said it like there was nothing wrong. As if it were so easy to just let it out. Maybe because it was easy to let out. It was over for me and I could accept that. I could except that I would never be the one who could have a family or have an actual life outside of the whole magic/vampire /death thing. It was okay. I was okay. I was everything opposite of what I should've been feeling.

I smirked a little.

"What?" Damon asked apparently noticing that I had smirked at something

"I'm not angry or sad. It's like all the stages of grief or something and yet I've finally come to acceptance." I answered

"You are not giving up on this now." He ordered

"Damon…I…" I didn't have words to explain it

"No." he said "Just no. I won't let you. We'll find a way out of this I promise."

"How? I've learned centuries of magic that should've killed me within seconds and I couldn't even make a dent on Graydon." I said

I felt an arm around my shoulders and just leaned into him as if it were so common between us.

"I haven't thought that far ahead but I'll think of something.' He said

"It's okay." I said

Why did it sound like I was consoling him more than him consoling me? It was funny in a way.

"I love you Bonnie…no matter what. Don't you ever think otherwise. I'd love you even if you were a balloon which I hear happens when a woman is pregnant." Damon said

I playfully hit him. He laughed as well.

"Just…don't let me go. Please just give me-"

"Another chance?" I finished for him "You never ask about those so why now?"

"Because I am terrified of losing you. I'm afraid I'll never get the chance to say how sorry I am and that I want you of all people in my life to stay." he said quietly

I felt the smile grow a little bigger across my face. He still cared. I didn't know how, but he did. It didn't mean that I wasn't still scared. I was terrified because that's how it always was when it came to him. I was scared of losing him and I had. For some reason it felt that we were getting each other back slowly, there were just a multitude of obstacles to get over.

I just sighed deeply.

"Only time will tell." I said

"Time?"

"Yeah, who knows maybe we can start over."

"Bon it's a little late to start over."

"How would you know?"

Damon looked down at my stomach.

"Oh right." I said flatly

He just chuckled.

"I don't know, I just don't know." I said "I still love you Damon that will never change, but having the chance to think about it I'm not sure we're good together. We've died, we've forgotten and yet look at where we are now."

"I'm not giving up and you shouldn't either."

"Oh really?"

"Really." He said as he cupped my face in his hands

"Sounds like your brother is rubbing off on you."

He growled under his breath.

My skin trembled under his simple touch. How did he still have this effect on me? I thought I was over it. Guess it was only lying to myself. I still fell for him and hard, but I couldn't do this knowing that if I got dragged in I would be fighting tooth and nail within the six months I have left to stay.

His cool lips were mere centimeters from mine. It was at this moment I wanted to cry. I was here with him, but it just couldn't be not now. I had damned myself.

"Damon…I can't." I whispered against his lips

With that my eyes opened and I was back in my bedroom with a small collie lying beside me. it sat up then changed quickly into a small hummingbird and perched itself on my headboard as it twitched as if it were on drugs.

"Of course my life is never normal." I muttered

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