Thank you for the messages, the reviews and the fic is a special one...its part of the fics that started me on my Bamon writing craze.
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The next morning, Damon left Bonnie and Sami asleep in his bed and headed down to the kitchen where Stefan was heating up blood reading the newspaper. "How are you feeling?" Stefan asked putting the paper down.
"I still feel like I was hit with a MAC truck, but I'm getting better…I remember bits and pieces of what happened with Anasha, but is she really gone?"
"I would say so, Bonnie made sure of that", Stefan replied.
"My Little Vitch can be quite the ruthless one when she needs to be", Damon smiled sitting down on a stool, "made her myself".
"Yeeaaaah that's kind of freakish…anyway, do you remember what Anasha said before she started torturing you?"
"About Derrick Bennett?" Damon asked as Stefan passed him the cup of blood.
"Yes".
"As much as I suspected it, it still is crazy to have it confirmed".
"So what are you going to do about it?" Stefan asked.
"Well I know what I am not going to do…I am not telling Bonnie", Damon replied, "as much as I hate to admit it, Derrick is important to her and even though he most certainly does not deserve her in his life, she would be crushed if she found out that he engineered our daughter's kidnapping all in an effort to break us up".
"But you can't keep this from her…you shouldn't, if you do…Derrick may use it against you".
"I can deal with Derrick".
"Do you really think so? He found a witch that had a vendetta against you to make your life a living hell, he had Tyler all set up to be Bonnie's new boyfriend…do you think that you can deal with Derrick without Bonnie knowing the truth?" Stefan asked.
"Yes", Damon replied.
Stefan sighed, "I don't understand why you would believe that".
"Because Bonnie knowing what her father did would break her heart and I think she's had enough heartbreak over the past couple of days. I will speak with Derek and I will make it clear that if ever tries anything like this again, he will lose Bonnie".
"I think you're making a mistake by not telling Bonnie".
"Well Stefan, it's my choice to make…don't you think?" Damon replied walking past Stefan and going towards the stairs.
Damon walked upstairs to his bedroom and walked inside to Bonnie lying on the bed playing with Samantha. He stood in the doorway leaning in the foyer, "I'm angry at you right now", Bonnie said playing with Samantha's hand as she cooed and attempted to grab Bonnie's necklace.
"What…angry at me…well that's fine because I'm not too crazy about you at the moment, either".
"How could you go without me yesterday…she almost killed you".
"Because I needed answers and I didn't want to wait any longer".
"Damon, I thought that we were supposed to work together".
"Tabitha was sick, you needed to stay with her and besides, Anasha was my problem…not yours".
"She became my father's girlfriend to get closer to you, she became my problem then".
Damon scoffed, "Your father".
"Damon, she set out to hurt you and she hurt him too".
Damon looked down at Sami and smiled at her, "Well she's gone and thanks to you, she's never coming back".
"I can't believe I did that last night, I just saw you…she was killing you and I just reacted…", Bonnie shook her head in disbelief.
"Don't waste a moment feeling guilty over that bit…witch…she did some pretty nasty things and she deserved to die".
"But who are we…"
"We're vampires that's who and that's why she should have known better", Damon replied.
"I lost control last night, I can't lose control like that Damon…I could really do some damage".
"Only to people who deserve it", Damon replied.
"Right", Bonnie smirked, "you are something, do you know that".
"Yes, I do. So what about us, where do we go from here?"
"Well Anasha's gone…and as for Tyler, whatever friendship we had is over. I don't know how much of his actions were because of the spell or because of him just wanted to be with me, but you know what…at the end of the day, none of that matters…at some point he knew what he was doing and he was willing to tear us apart for selfish reasons and I can't have a friend like that".
Damon nodded even though he wanted to grin from ear to ear. He was aware of the fact that Bonnie did care about the mutt just a little and if she was walking away from that friendship, it wouldn't help to have Damon gloat over the remains of it.
"If that's what you want", Damon replied.
Bonnie looked over at him and smiled, "I appreciate you not getting up and dancing right now".
"What…why would I do that?"
Bonnie narrowed her eyes as she picked Sami up and put her on her lap as Sami looked up at her, "Sami, is your Daddy lying…I think he is", she smiled.
Sami looked over at Damon, "Now, Tabitha are you really going to take your Mommy's side over mine?"
Sami reached out for Damon and he pulled her into his arms, "You know, I was the one who carried her…I was the one who had to go on an animal blood diet and she takes your side…must be the eyes", Bonnie shook her head as she took Sami's tiny hand in hers, "I want you to know that no matter how angry I was at you or how hurt I was about what happened with Anasha, I never regretted us or our relationship…or her, you two are the most important things in this world to me and I would do anything to have you two safe and in my life".
"You keep on saying things like that to me Bonnie Bennett and I may just have to ask Auntie Stefan to take Tabitha on a car ride", Damon leaned over.
"Well, there's no need because I have to go out for awhile…she needs diapers", Bonnie replied standing up.
"Hurry back…I think I can get Auntie Stefan to give us some time alone", Damon wiggled his eyebrow
Bonnie bent down and kissed Sami on the forehead, "When you get older, stay away from guys like your Daddy".
"She better", Damon called after her.
SSSSSS
An hour later, Bonnie walked out of the Target and pushed her cart towards her car. As she lifted the box of diapers and placed it in the trunk, she felt someone standing behind her. She turned around slowly and found Tyler standing behind her.
"Tyler…I don't want to talk to you…ever", Bonnie said as she slammed her trunk down.
"Bonnie, listen to me…I don't know what to say…I don't know how much of what I did was me or was it planted by Tara, I just don't know; but you have to know that I care about you and your daughter".
"Tyler…no…we can't do this. We were good friends once upon a time, friends that would have done anything for each other and I did…I found a way to cure you".
"And I will always be grateful", Tyler answered.
"Then if that's true…can you be grateful by leaving me alone? Let me have my life with Damon and Samantha and not be reminded of how our friendship went to hell?"
Tyler nodded slowly, "Bonnie, if you ever need anything…"
"I won't", she cut him off.
He nodded as he turned and walked away from her slowly.
Bonnie watched as Tyler got in his car and started it. She felt her stomach twist in a slight knot as she unlocked her car door and slid inside.
SSSSSS
When Bonnie walked into the boarding house, she felt a gust of wind and she found herself being pushed up against the wall. "Damon", she gasped, "what are you doing?"
"Do you know how long it's been since we made love and we weren't angry with each other?" Damon asked looking at her from head to toe.
"Where's Samantha".
"Well I told Auntie Stefan and Auntie Elena that it's been a long time since they spent some quality time with Samantha and that maybe they should".
Bonnie shook her head smiling a little bit, "You are funny".
"How funny am I?"
"Damon…", Bonnie shook her head.
He grinned at her as he wrapped his arms around her and she jumped up wrapping her legs around his waist.
"Oooh so you're not as against this as previously thought", Damon snickered.
"Well you know, the hybrid in me sometimes can't control herself".
"Let's hope so", Damon whispered as they stepped inside his bedroom and he closed the door with his foot.
SSSSSS
"So how long did you ask Stefan and Elena to stay out with Samantha?" Bonnie asked as she rubbed her bare leg against Damon's as they lay in his bed.
"Forever?" he asked as sucked on her neck.
"That's not funny after all we've been through".
"You know I was just kidding, they will stay away until I call them back…you know they like playing house with our baby".
"That they do…do you ever think about how lucky we are?" Bonnie asked looking up at him, "its almost impossible for us to have a baby, but we do".
"I think that Emily and your grandmother wanted to have a few laughs".
"But they picked you…still wondering about that one…why you?" Bonnie asked.
"Hey…why not me…I saved your life remember?" Damon sat up and looked at her.
"No…you tried to save my life and then I died…"
"And gave you the best life you could ever have…"
"We weren't the best of friends at all".
"I know…but you know what they say, there's a thin line between love and hate but Bonnie Bennett…I love it when you hate me".
"And why is that?" Bonnie asked.
Damon rolled over on top of her, "Your blood tastes amazing when its hot", he whispered licking her neck before nicking her.
She giggled as he joined with her once again.
SSSSSS
The next morning Bonnie and Elena took Samantha to the airport to meet Caroline who was coming back from California and they planned to spend the entire day together. Damon scoffed at the idea, but he was also relieved. He needed to see Derrick Bennett before he found a way to leave the country.
Things were good between him and Bonnie and he wanted to keep it that way. Her smile had returned and he was enjoying seeing it on her face. The last thing he would tell her is that her father kidnapped their daughter and was planning to get rid of him in the process.
He knew that he had to play this cool with Derrick or the situation could get worse. Damon parked his car and walked towards the Bennett house. Hopefully, Derrick wouldn't piss him off enough so that he would rip his heart out.
Damon knocked on the door and within a couple of moments Derrick opened the door and rolled his eyes, "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Dad", Damon smirked, "may I come in".
"Didn't my daughter cast a spell so that you could never walk past our threshold again?"
Damon stepped into the house, "You would be amazed at what I can talk Bonnie out of when I am taking off her clothes", Damon smirked.
He watched as Derrick's eyes narrowed, his jaw clenched and stared at Damon with hate in his eyes. Damon thought he could literally see the heat radiating off of Derrick.
"Oh Derrick, don't be angry…I'm just telling the truth", Damon looked around the living room.
"What do you want?"
"What do I want…no…I think the question is, what do you want?"
"What are you talking about?" Derrick asked.
"Well maybe I should tell you now, Tara's dead or maybe I should call her Anasha", Damon smirked, "but before she died, she spilled her guts…she told all…she told us all about how she was recruited by you to destroy my relationship with Bonnie".
"I have no idea what you are talking about", Derrick walked away from Damon, "why would I ever hurt my daughter like that?"
"Because you hate me…you hate everything about our relationship…you hate the fact that she loves me, you hate the fact that she has a daughter with me…", Damon argued, "oh and one more thing…"
"What?" Derrick asked looking at him.
Damon walked over and leaned towards Derrick, "And you hate the fact that I turned her".
"I don't know what you are talking about".
"Oh you don't…well…let me tell you Mr. Bennett…after I knocked her up and she had our baby, I prepared a meal for her…lit candles all around…gave her some of my blood and then, I snapped her neck", Damon smirked, "it was really romantic".
Damon watched as the vein in Derrick's neck threatened to pop and he looked at Damon with venom in his eyes.
SSSSSS
"Look, I will be back as soon as I get her pack and play from my house…Caroline, you are not buying her another one…she already has two…no…it won't take me long…no I won't stop at the boarding house…ok…ok…20 minutes, that's all…I swear", Bonnie laughed as she pulled her car into the driveway of her house. When she got out of the car she noticed Damon's parked in front of the house and she stood puzzled for a moment.
She raised an eyebrow as she headed towards the front door, but before she put her key in the lock she listened to Damon and her father inside.
"Romantic? You consider killing the person you claim to love and turning them into a monster romantic?" Derrick spat out, "it's disgusting…she's a vampire…is that what you wanted for her?"
"Bonnie is still the same person she was before she was turned".
"Oh really is that what you think…I saw her other face, she is not the person she was before she was turned into…the thing you turned her into".
Bonnie felt her heart constrict as her father's words echoed in her ear. She put her key in the lock and turned the knob stepping into the house. Damon and Derrick were standing inches away from each other and both turned to her standing in the doorway.
"Daddy?" Bonnie asked stepping inside.
"Kitten…hi…", Derrick said walking over to her.
"Daddy…what are you two talking about?"
"Oh you know Damon, he just came over to rile me up and now he's leaving", Derrick through a look at Damon over his shoulder.
"No…I heard you…you know?" Bonnie asked.
"Bonnie what are you talking about?"
"About what I am?"
"I know you're a witch Kitten, we've been through this…"
"No!" Bonnie shouted, "that I'm a vampire…you know…"
Derrick shook his head, "Bonnie…"
"I heard you, you said that I was a monster", she said.
"No he's the monster Bonnie, who would turn someone that they love into a bloodthirsty…"
"Monster?" Bonnie supplied, "he didn't turn me into this Daddy".
"Yes he did Bonnie, you don't need to protect him…he got your pregnant somehow and then he turned you into a vampire, he's selfish…he doesn't care about you…he doesn't love you, if he did he would never have done this to you", Derrick took her arms.
"No Daddy, I was dying and he saved me…when I was in that car accident with Tyler, he saved me…I got pregnant after that, Damon has been good to me".
"And what about when Samantha was kidnapped…how good was he to you then…huh?" Derrick asked.
"Don't you dare bring that up", Damon warned Derrick.
"Why…you don't want me to remind her how you cheated on her with my girlfriend and how you basically treated her like one of the kidnappers…how you turned your back on her and acted like a jealous jackass?" Derrick turned to Damon, "and now you came here to tell me that you killed Anasha…why am I not surprised that you are trying to cover your tracks?"
Bonnie shook her head and then she looked at her father, "He killed who Daddy?"
"Tara…", Derrick turned back to her.
"No, you didn't say Tara…you said Anasha…how…how did you know her real name?"
Derrick looked at Damon, "He told me…"
Bonnie walked closer to Derrick, "Daddy, how did you know Tara's real name…did you know that she was a witch?"
Derrick closed his eyes and breathed deeply, "He destroyed your life Bonnie".
"Daddy, what did you do?"
"Bonnie…I only want you to be happy".
"Daddy, what did you do?"
Damon watched as Derrick moved closer to her, "Bonnie, I want you to be happy…I want you to know that you don't have to allow him in your life, he will never appreciate you".
"Did you bring Anasha here to break us up?" Bonnie asked.
"She was just one of his victims Bonnie, I'm sure there are plenty more and you will eventually become one…"
Bonnie turned away from Derrick and as she walked over to the couch gripping onto it, "And did you know about the kidnapping…did you know that she was behind it?" Bonnie asked looking down at the floor.
"Bonnie, listen to me…Samantha was never in any harm, I would never hurt her…"
Bonnie heard Derrick's words and she felt the room suddenly become hot. She heard Damon whisper her name and she gripped onto the couch tighter as she felt her emotions start to overtake all of her thinking. She thought about how much crying she did wondering where her daughter was, how she and Damon were at each other's throats, how Anasha almost killed Damon, how Samantha still woke up crying , how Bonnie knew that Samantha was always wondering now where her mother was and how Tyler was basically used as a pawn.
"Bonnie…", Derrick reached out to touch her.
"Derrick…no…", Damon said as he started to walk over, but was too late as Bonnie turned around to face Derrick with her vampire visage showing.
Derrick backed up, "Bonnie…", he gasped.
"You tried to destroy my life", Bonnie said as she walked closer to Derrick.
"Bonnie, he destroyed your life!" Derrick argued, "when he turned you into this…he destroyed your life, why don't you understand that?"
"Bonnie…let's just go", Damon said quietly as he attempted to grab her, but she moved away from him.
"Damon gave me his blood to save me after the accident with Tyler where no one was sure whether I would live or die…he was there when you couldn't be bothered to even come home to make decisions about my care in the hospital! Ever since I was 3 years old, you left me alone…you lost your right a long time ago to dictate my life!"
"I am still your father!" Derrick barked.
"My father…my father! You almost destroyed my family!"
"I am your family, not that thing over there!"
"How could you bring Samantha into this, how could you do that!" Bonnie screamed, "she's a baby Daddy…a baby…how could you do that to me, how could you let me believe that! I cried for days while she was gone…I blamed myself…and you just…you just sat back and you let some witch take her away…you let vampires…oh my god…you let vampires take her!"
"Bonnie, you needed to see…"
"Shut up!" Bonnie screamed as Damon watched the black veins spread across her face, "how could you! How could you do that to me…how could you do that to me…to your grandchild…how could you! I hate you!"
"Bonnie, don't say that…", Derrick reached out to her.
"Don't touch me!" Bonnie screamed as she caused Derrick to fly away from her and into a wall.
He looked up at Bonnie in surprise, "Do you see what he's turned you into…do you see?" he asked.
"You turned me into this…Damon didn't!" Bonnie hissed, "you put my daughter's life in jeopardy to prove a point, I don't even know you".
"You know me…I am your father…", Derrick said.
"Not anymore", Bonnie said.
Derrick shook his head as he looked at Damon, "This is all your fault!" he roared as he grabbed as grabbed a chair leg causing it to break and rushed towards Damon, before he could reach Damon he stopped and grabbed his chest as he started gasping for air.
Damon looked over at Bonnie and he noticed that her eyes had turned black. He remembered this version; it was the one that was cursed by Gavin and his warlock. Damon rushed over to Bonnie as tears streamed down her face and she stood with her hands balled up at her side as Derrick gasped for breath.
"Bonnie…look at me…", he said standing in front of her and blocking her view of Derrick, "Bonnie…come on…look at me…"
She looked at him, "Move Damon".
"I'm not going to move…I know that you're angry…and I know that you are losing control, I know that…I know that he hurt you and Samantha…I know that…but he's your father and he loves you and as much as I hate it, I know that you love him…"
"Samantha…he kidnapped Samantha…", Bonnie said as Damon heard Derrick begging on the floor.
"But we have her back…we have her and now he knows that he can't break us apart…"
Bonnie shook her head as she wiped her eyes.
Damon looked down at Derrick who was crawling around on the floor and as much glee as it would give him to see him take his last breath, he knew his vitch would never forgive herself.
"Bonnie, I'm a father…I know what its like to have a little girl that you want to protect from all harm, remember what we said earlier…remember…", Damon reached up and touched her cheeks making her look at him, "remember that we said that we would never want Samantha with someone like me…I don't want Samantha with someone like me, I would probably kill any guy who hurt her and no one would be able to stop me…yeah, what your father did was disgusting…but losing you will hurt him the most…loosen the grip…just walk away…he wanted to protect you and in a way…I understand what he did…Bonnie…just calm down".
Bonnie looked at Damon and closed her eyes as the veins began to disappear on her face and she unclenched her fists. Her face returned to its human visage and she looked past Damon to Derrick on the floor holding his neck and trying to catch his breath.
"Goodbye Daddy", she mumbled as she rushed out of the house.
Damon turned to Derrick who stood up and tried to rush out after Bonnie, "Oh no you don't…I stopped her from killing you, not because I give a damn about your life…but because I give a damn about her. She may hate you now…and maybe forever, but one thing I know is that she loves you and if she ended your life here, she would never be able to forgive herself. Your daughter is a forgiving person and she loves with every fiber of her being, despite what she is now…and that's why I talked her out of killing you, but you will never be in her life or Samantha's life again", Damon looked down and then he snatched the chain that contained a pendant from around Derrick's neck. His hand immediately burned as he threw it on the floor, "you will listen to me, you will leave tonight…I don't care where you go, but you will leave Mystic Falls and you will never return….you will not call Bonnie and you will not look for her, all you will remember is that your daughter is somewhere and she is safe…you will have no contact with her by your own volition".
"I will not have any contact with Bonnie", Derrick repeated staring directly into Damon's eyes.
"I'm glad we finally understand each other", Damon replied.
Damon did a good thing there.