Different colour bubbles were floating in the air all over the twin's bathroom. The two cuties laughed at Aslan who was chasing the bubbles and jumping in and out of the bath splashing water all over the floor. He was so excited. They cried out in laughter when Aslan jumped over Bonnies head to get to a bubble that was floating over her head. His big body pushed her head down under water. She came up gasping for air.

This was so funny to them they wanted Aslan to do it again.

"Oh no you don't Aslan. Do not listen to them." Bonnie said and laughed with the two cuties.

Damon came in with four towels in his arms. "Looks like I missed all the fun. The food is here guys time to get out and that goes for you too Aslan." Damon said with a smirk. He handed Bonnie her towel first before taking the twins out.

"Daddy no!" Aiden whined.

"Daddy we play." Caden said upset.

"Daddy better take you out of the water before the sea monster comes and eat you and mommy." Damon said with wide eyes.

"Aslan." Aiden said and pointed his little finger at Aslan.

"Him too the sea monster is very hungry." Damon said and poked Aiden's nose playfully. He quickly wrapped the twins warmly in their towels. He looked at Bonnie who was busy drying Aslan with his towel.

"Do you need some help Babe?" Damon said.

"We're good. I'm almost done." Bonnie said softly.

"Okay, I'm going to take the two naked little elves and get them warm and then its pizza time and milk." Damon said as his walking out with the twins.

…

Abigail who spend the whole day in the room jumped up from the bed when she heard a soft knock on the door. She swallowed hard she knew who it was. She took in a deep breath before she opened the door slowly.

… time stood still as mother and daughter looked at each other.

"Bonnie." Abigail said her daughter's name like a soft prayer.

Bonnie cleared her throat and said. "I brought you something to eat can I come in."

Abigail opened the door wider. Bonnie walked in and put a plate with four pizza slices and a bowl of fruits down on the table. "I wanted to cook grams favourite dish but I burned everything." She then turned back to face Abigail with tears in her eyes. "You said you've got nowhere to go that's not true. You have a home. Sheila said you will come back one day and that you will need this. I didn't believe her." Bonnie said in a soft trembling voice. She put the key on the table and looked at Abigail. "The house in Silver Lake is yours. You can leave anytime you want Abigail. Goodnight."

Abigail looked away in shame and guilt. "I do not deserve to live there. I do not deserve to even be here. I made so many mistakes in my life."

"And you will have to live with that." Bonnie said. She headed for the door but Abigail put her hand on her arm to stop her. "Your right Bonnie. I will have to live with that for the rest of my life. I never wanted to leave you Bonnie but where I was going, I could not take you with me again. I tried but, in the end, I knew you were better off with Sheila."

"What do you mean not again? Do you have any idea how hurt and angry I am. I wish you never came back but there was always this stupid naive part of me that was still hoping and clinging in believing you will come back and now that you are here." Bonnie said as tears streamed down her face.

"After you were born, we stayed with Sheila for the first two months but I was restless. I wanted out of this town and never see it again but Sheila was not having any of that. I knew that when Sheila held you in her arms for the first time, she would never let you go so I ran with you as far as I can. We ended up in Brooklyn there we stayed with some friends of mine in a rundown small apartment. You cried and cried and then you went quiet all of a sudden just to start again out of the blue. I had no idea what to do or what was wrong with you. I felt helpless miserable worried sick but the doctors found nothing wrong with you. I was emotionally drained by the end of the first week and then one day it struck me as I looked around the dirty apartment. You will never belong here. I wanted to keep you so badly with me but I had nothing so I came back to Mystique lake, to Sheila where you belong."

What made you so sure that I belong with Sheila." Bonnie said with a look of pain on her face.

"You finally came to rest in her arms Bonnie." Abigail said softly. She briefly closed her eyes as the pain of the memory rocked through her body.

"Why didn't you stay here with me and Grams find a job here be with us." Bonnie whispered softly as tears streamed down her face.

"The relationship Sheila and I had was very complicated Bonnie. Yes, Sheila loved me as I loved her but we were oil and water. I fought for Sheila's affections and she fought for mine just as hard as I fought for hers and when you came, I knew the battle just got ten times harder. We would have crushed you without even realising it. I wanted out but I had nothing to give you. So, I ran and I felt free in my stupidity and stubbornness I felt free, Bonnie. Sheila won she will love and take care of you better than I could ever have done." Abigail said in tears.

"She missed you. In her last days she thought I was you and I remember how I prayed and wish for you to come home and say goodbye to her I knew she would have been at peace if she could see her daughter one last time. But you didn't come and I hated you for that." Bonnie said in a broken voice.

"I am sorry for that but even if you did ask me, I wouldn't have come Bonnie. I want to remember Sheila the way she was strong, fierce, witty and, and the woman who I always hoped I could be. But I was here for her funeral hidden in the crowd."

"You were?" Bonnie asked surprised.

"Aunt Greta saw me I asked her not to tell anyone not even you. She told me she will keep quiet she's doing it for Sheila but I had to promise her to come back one day and tell you I was at the funeral." Abigail said with a sad smile.

"We all come back one way or another." Bonnie said softly.

"Yes, we do, some unbroken some broken." Abigail whispered as fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Who is my father?" Bonnie asked the question that has been bugging her for most of her life.

"His name is Rudy Hopkins. He was a musician with big dreams. I met him here when he and his band came to town for a music festival. Sheila warned me about him but I was so in love, so, blindly in love with him but his love for me stop the minute I told him I was pregnant. The next day he was gone with his band." Abigail said in a sad bitter voice.

Bonnie closed her eyes and sigh out loud. She always defended her father in her mind whenever Sheila said something degrading about him but now, she knows the truth. She knows now why Sheila hated the man.

"I can't wait to see the house. Is it still the same?" Abigail asked softly.

"Just a few little changes we made over the years. I should go I have a long day tomorrow." Bonnie said quickly. She was emotionally drained. She had a lot to think about.

"Good night Bonnie and thank you for the food. I know things won't change over night between the two of us but I'm glad we had this talk. I missed out so much and I can only blame myself. I let you and Sheila down and that's something I have to live with for the rest of my life but Lord knows I tried out there. I tried and I failed and I was so ashamed in my failure, so ashamed that I let the best years of my life pass me by." Abigail said as tears streamed down her face. "I will go home tomorrow. Goodnight Bonnie."

"Goodnight." Bonnie said with big shiny sad eyes.

…

Bonnie was still wide awake long after her heartfelt chat with Abigail. She was curled up on one of the pool sofas outside staring up at the starlit sky. She turned her head sideways when she heard footsteps. It was Damon with a blanket in hand. Without a word he got on the sofa with her and covered them with the blanket. With a sigh Bonnie curled up warmly under his strong arm with her legs intertwined with his and his other arm around her.

"I'm sorry I can't fall asleep if you are not in my arms." Damon said. His hand was moving gently up and down her back.

"I know." Bonnie said softly. Damon's hand rubbing her back gently felt so good.

"Did I give you enough time?" Damon asked and kissed her softly on the side of her head.

Bonnie crawled closer into him and tighten her arm around him. "More than enough."

"Stephen called me earlier tonight. Caroline is coming tomorrow he and the kids are planning a surprise welcome home party for her. He asked if we can be there."

"That is wonderful news of course we will be there." Bonnie said in a sleepy voice. She was exhausted from her deep emotional talk with Abigail and it was not long before her eyelids grew heavy and she drifted off to dreamland.

Damon kissed her softly on her head. "I love you my little witch." He said before he closed his eyes too.