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Stefan POV

I was in absolute amazement at how quickly my brother was able to except the fact that I had told a human our secret. I knew I wasn't the only one, either. From both Elena's facial expression and her thoughts, she was just as surprised as I was. Like me, she had been expecting a fit of rage of some sort. Anyone who knew Damon would have, too.

"Why?" I asked him as soon as the girls were gone.

"Brother, you really need to be more specific. Why what?" he answered back, aggravated.

"Why did you handle everything so… so…calmly? Normally, you would've been ready to tear our heads off."

"Because, brother, I know what it feels like to through the stress and anxiety of having the one person you love finding out the biggest secret of your life… err…. Afterlife. And if she believed you and is still able to love you, well then why should I have any objections to it?" he replied calmly while switching through the channels on the TV.

"Wow," was all I said in return.

"What?" Damn snapped back.

I laughed, "Don't get so offended. It's just that I think that's the deepest speech I've heard you make since the five hundred plus years I've known you."

He grunted and began changing the TV stations once more. I just chuckled on the seat next to him.

Bonnie POV

Monday, the dreaded Monday, was back. I was hoping that this day wouldn't come, that somehow I could just spend an eternity in the weekend with Damon. That's what I call pure and utter bliss. But, the stupid government officials just had to make it end by requiring school.

The four of us- Damon, Elena, Stefan, and I- pulled up into the school parking lot in Damon's shiny Ferrari. The brother's, sitting in the front seat, were the first ones to get out and opened up the door for us ladies.

"Chivalry, " Elena said to me before we left the car, "it's something that us girls fall for every time."

I didn't want the attention that was soon to come. Meredith and Matt- although my close friends- were the ones that I feared greatly about seeing today. They, unlike Elena, knew nothing about Damon and I. Meredith was the silent type, but when she disagreed with something, she made sure you knew it… which is what I was scared of the most. Matt… well, he would just do a lot of screaming saying that I was stupid for even giving Damon a chance. That, I could handle. After all, I did just a kill a vampire a little less than a day ago.

Damon gripped my hand tightly in his, I saw from out of the corner of my eye that Stefan did the same with Elena.

"Don't worry," My love whispered softly to me, "Everything will be just fine. Nothing bad is going to happen."

Almost as instantly as he said this, I could feel my mind being controlled by his words. I was soaking up everything he said greedily. I knew what was happening. He was compelling me, by accident I hoped. I shot him a glare.

"Sorry," he whispered again, "force of habit. Kind of hard to break, but never the less, things will be fine.

I nodded, but stood on turned to face Damon. I got on my tiptoes , tilted his face down to my level, and kissed him as hard as I could muster. The fireworks sensation that went off inside my head was comforting compared to how anxious I had just been feeling. I could feel Damon return it just as passionately. Right now, that was all the reassurances I needed.

After we broke apart, I heard Elena cough impatiently. She and Stefan had moved in front of us in the time we were occupied.

"I hate to interrupt your moment, but we really need to get to class. Bonnie, do you want to break your record of not getting a detention for however many years?" she said, turning around and putting her hands on her hips playfully.

I laughed along with Damon. But, nevertheless, we did follow them in, hand-in-hand.

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I didn't have any classes with Matt or Meredith until lunch, which was a good thing. The stares from students I could handle. What I really needed was the time to prep myself for what was going to come from two of my closet friends that didn't understand the vampire-human bond.

But, unfortunately, that time went far to quickly. Before I knew it, the lunch bell rang and my nerves were back in motion.

Damon was waiting for me at the class door the minute it was time for me to leave. He smiled reassuringly down at me. I tried to smile up at him, but I found that I couldn't. I really wished that something as stupid as this wouldn't get me nuts but what could I say? I was a worrywart when it came to these kind of things- the things that would make my friends upset.

My vampire boyfriend gripped his hand in mine, much like I had done earlier this morning. Together we walked to the cafeteria.

Damon, ever the gentleman, opened up the double doors for me once we got there. I smiled at him, showing him my thanks. I instantly spotted my friends sitting in the corner of the room, like they always were. Elena and Stefan had beat us there and were looking as if they were chatting happily with Matt and Meredith. I took a deep breathe, squeezed Damon's hand as hard as I could, and walked with shaky legs toward my normal table.

Matt noticed us first as we were about to sit down. His eyes became wide- wider than I thought possible and his mouth looked as if it was going to unhook off of his jaw. Meredith just stared at me than at Damon and nodded silently.

"It's about time," was all she said to us before going back to talking with Elena. I let out a small sigh that I doubt no one but the vampires at this table could hear. One down, one to go. Although I knew the last one was going to be a little difficult to deal with.

"Hey, Bonnie, can I see you for a second?" Matt asked. Oh Lord, what did he have planned? I didn't want to find out, but I found myself involuntarily nodding.

The two of us got up and walked into a corner of the cafeteria. Again, it wasn't far away enough for Damon or Stefan to not be able to hear what was going on. Slightly a relieving factor.

"What the hell are you thinking?" Matt whisper-shouted at me, hoping no one would overhear, "Going out with Damon Salvatore? The very same Damon Salvatore that absolutely hated you on his first day of school and from then on? How did that even happen?" he questioned, his eyes growing fiercer.

"Well, let's just say he didn't hate me as much as I thought he did," was all I said. It was all I could think of.

"But, still! How did you manage to feel anything for him? You said you hated him!" he exclaimed. I wish I could've turned around to see Damon's face.

"Look, Matt, what I said before is irrelevant now. I love him and there's nothing you can say to change that."

"Bonnie-"

I cut him off, "don't you 'Bonnie' me!" I nearly shouted. I saw heads turn toward us and I quickly lowered my voice, "Listen to me, hear the words I am saying. I love him, Matt. I love him. Before, yeah, I couldn't stand the dude, but things change! Do you understand me?" I said to him, my voice fiercer than it had been before.

He sighed, "Fine, I won't try to change what you feel. But, just be careful. That's all I ask. I may not know Damon personally, but from the way I've seen him act, he is a cold womanizer. I don't want one of my closet friends since elementary school get hurt by some guy that doesn't feel half of what she does."

And with that, he turned around and left. I stood there in shock for a minute before I followed him to the table once more. I almost instantly heard Damon's voice in my mind the second that I sat down.

You know I would never do that to you, right?

I nodded, and, somehow knowing he was checking my thoughts, sent something back. I know. You would never hurt me; not intentionally. I love you and I trust you.

Damon didn't say anything that time. Instead, he bent down and kissed me softly. And I knew, just from that one little act of endearment, that he loved me just the same and that everything was going to be fine.

AN: Yeah! Next chapter done! Just to let everyone know, although you're probably all getting annoyed about me telling you; the next chapter is the last one. The very last one. So sad… sniffle

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