Chapter Seven

Woman

The second week of school went by quickly. Bonnie and Caroline were preparing for homecoming along with many of the girls on the student council committee. Bonnie possibly had a date, of course it was a date that she couldn't tell her friends about. Then again she wasn't sure why she was so afraid to tell people about Kai.

Over the weekend they stayed in contact, Kai informed her about his move. He was moving into the same area as The Martin family, where all the newly developing homes were located. It was a ten minute walk from where Bonnie lived. Sunday evening, she made her way over there with a welcome to the neighborhood basket her mother asked her to bring over. Kai was uploading boxes with his brother, Liv and Jo were in the house setting the rooms up. And Mrs. Parker invited her inside for cake.

"You have a beautiful home," Bonnie said softly, as she surveyed the living room.

"Thank you, darling," said Mrs. Parker effusively from the kitchen, as she cut and plated several large slices of homemade chocolate cake. Jo and Liv whistled and clapped as their mother bustled into the living room with a tray of cake. "I'm so glad to have you over!" she gushed, beaming at her. "That's certainly something worth celebrating. Cake, anyone? Luke?"

Luke came in and clapped Liv heartily on the back, so that she nearly choked on a mouthful of cake. "Thanks mom," he said with a smile. Kai was still outside taking boxes out of the truck.

Bonnie stayed a while listening to Mrs. Parker, ordering her children around. And made enthusiastic conversation with Bonnie. Once it started getting late, Bonnie had to excuse herself. She really came over to see Kai, but got trapped by his mother. "And Bonnie, thank you so much for getting Kai that job. I'm so glad he met you." Bonnie nods to this. "Oh, you must stay for dinner."

She was ready to exit. "Mom, it's really last minute, her parents are probably wondering what happened to her." Liv voiced, Bonnie hadn't spoken much to her, but she appreciated the save.

"Well, yes. Next time then." Mrs. Parker pleaded.

"Next time." Mrs. Parker turned on her heel to get started on dinner. Liv was still in the living area with Bonnie, she tilted her head for Bonnie to look behind her. She narrowed her eyes and saw Kai, he was standing by the stairway.

She made her way over there and followed up the stairs. Immediately, as they came to the top of the stairs, and they found the bedroom door straight away, Kai unlocked it, and he gently pushed her inside the room.

The room was much smaller than her own bedroom back at the mansion. There was a wooden desk and chair at the end of the room, the desk containing nothing but a lamp on top and a bible with a journal in its bottom drawer. Next to that, an armchair, and a two-shelf bookcase with a sparse collection of books.

"Nice room." Bonnie said with a sportive grin.

"Mmhm," Kai said, looking intently at her.

Smoothing her hair down self-consciously she asked, "what was that?"

"Nothing. Just... this," sweeping her into his arms and pressing his lips to hers in a searing kiss.

She was about to melt on the spot just then, and would have probably fallen straight to the floor in a puddle had he not been holding her so tightly. She wound her arms around his neck, her fingers flexing in his hair, wanting him closer even as he hitched her hips forward so that there was no space between their bodies.

He had just backed her up against a wall when she pulled back suddenly, with a breathless, "Wait."

"Wh... What's wrong?" Kai asked hoarsely.

"You owe me a date, remember?" she asked cheekily. "I'm not that kind of girl. And from what I heard you aren't either."

Kai stared at her disbelievingly for a moment, "What's that mean?"

"Jo may have let out that I'm your first." Bonnie said valiantly, wriggling underneath him. "First girl for everything." Part of Bonnie was pleased that Kai was a virgin like herself, that he wasn't with Valerie. But she knew he must be humiliated. "I wanna be your first."

"I'm an eighteen year old virgin who just got his first kiss a week ago." Ka muttered.

Bonnie regarded him carefully, "So what, you're a good kisser either way."

He opened his mouth, but couldn't find an appropriate response to that so he turned his attention to the door, where he could hear his father's voice. Shit, he could not have his father meeting Bonnie. "Don't hate me, but I need you to go out the window." Bonnie looked at him dubiously. "My dad's an asshole, plus no girls or boys allowed upstairs. And you're the Mayor's daughter."

Who knew that would bite her in the ass one day. "Fine." Kai moved and ushered her out the window. She turned her wide eyes up to him and placed her hands on either side of his face. Then, before Kai could realize what she was doing, she pressed a chaste kiss to his lips, pulling away before he could think to respond. "See you in class tomorrow." And with that Bonnie made her way back home.

The start of Monday was great, classes went well, Bonnie was bouncy and full of energy. She cornered Kai after chemistry and lunch when she managed to weasel away from her friends. He noticed Lockwood sniffing around his sister. The Sheriff daughter was hanging with another crowd of people that included Josette, and Donovan wrapped up with the Mikaelson girl. This was perfect because Kai had Bonnie bundled up with him in one of the empty classrooms.

"Are you excited about the internship?" Today was his first day working. He was nervous as heck. What if Lucy Bennett realizes he wasn't qualified enough for this position.

He jerked his head to the side. "Excited, more like anxious, I don't wanna fuck up."

When her lips touched his, he almost jumped. He lifted his free hand to her face to pull her closer. The kiss was slow and languid, she nipped at his bottom lip and Kai inhaled sharply, his hand curling in her hair and pulling her closer.

She pulled away. "This is what you've dreamed of. You'll do great," she muttered.

"You're right," he said, trying to keep his voice even as her clad breasts brushed against his arm. His stomach was in knots and grabbed his chin, pulling him in for another kiss.

This time, Kai wasn't holding back. With a growl, he let her push his back against the wall. He grabbed her hips and thrust upwards into her, making Bonnie gasp. He took advantage of her surprise to trace his tongue along her upper lip.

Bonnie responded by biting at him and pushing hard against his shoulders. Kai let instinct get the better of him. He abandoned her mouth for her throat and let his hands wander up the back of her skirt to pull her closer. A soft moan from her was all the encouragement Kai needed as he bit the spot he'd just kissed.

"W—wait, we can't," she breathed.

"Why not?" Even to himself his own voice sounded possessive and jealous. "Don't you want me?" He ran his teeth across the skin between her shoulder and her neck.

"I— I wanna do this the right way this time"

"This time?' Kai prodded.

"I hooked up with someone before." Kai took a couple seconds to let that process before the sadness kicked in. "We never went all the way. I just…"

"What?" he asked lightly, feigning nonchalance.

Her eyebrows scrunched down and together and she stared."I gave him fellatio," Kai just raised his eyebrows at her. "Look, he wasn't my boyfriend, in fact he had a girlfriend who was pregnant. I made the mistake of messing with him. I told myself I'd never get hot and heavy with a guy like that unless we were in a relationship."

Kai swallowed. "Besides the fact that you have far more experience than me. I can understand. I promise I'll give you that date." Kai realized something. Bonnie had bad taste in men. If the most she'd gotten was a hook up with already taken men, and watching her female friends have actual relationships. She couldn't score a proper gentleman who wanted her for more than her body. "But when we do get together I wanna do nasty things to you Bonnie Hopkins." Using all the self-control he had, he put his hands on her shoulders. "I can't wait to taste you."

He watched as her eyelashes fluttered, "Please don't say that," she whispered.

"My sincerest apologies." Kai shut his eyes and brought his mouth down to her cheek.

Kai and Bonnie hung out, arms wrapped around each other, just enjoying each other's company. Then their last class together, Rose-Marie started them on The Color Purple this week. When class and school was over, Kai bid his goodbye to Bonnie and promised her he'd text her after work.

Moments later on the front steps of the Founder Library, facing the wide double doors. He slowly pushed open one of the doors. Silence greeted him. Kai's footsteps echoed around the wide marble of the entrance hall as he steered inside of the doorway.

Moving as quickly and quietly as he could, Kai made for the stairs, footsteps clanking on the marble floor. The entire place was cold. The stairs, though, had green carpeting running down the middle, but left the marble on the edges exposed. The moment Kai reached the stairs, his footsteps faded away and he turned to find an opened office.

"Are you Kai Parker?," the pretty young girl greeted him as he walked in. She was already seated at her desk, with a cup of tea in front of her.

"Yeah," he acknowledged. "You must be Greta Martin." Greta had long curls, and high cheekbones. If he wasn't already with Bonnie. Speaking of Bonnie he noticed with a quick glance there was a picture of her on Greta's desk along with two other boys.

Greta must have noticed him staring. "That's my brother on the left, and that's Bonnie and her brother Jamie." There were a couple of photos with Jamie and Greta next to that group photo. Kai could guess that the two were dating. Greta sipped her tea before taking out a three ring binder. "Lucy's not in right now. I'll be training you for the next two weeks until she comes back in town." That's a bummer. "Today, you'll be filling out paperwork and tomorrow I'll give you the full tour of the archives in the back and how to keep it organized for Lucy and the townsfolk. I will not lie, this isn't all fun and games. Weird shit happens in Mystic Falls that people can't explain, sometimes Lucy works with the Sheriff." Kai perked up at this.

Her staring was making Kai nervous, he somehow managed to grab a seat and listened. "The staff member you're covering for is on maternity leave, she won't be back for a few months. Are you going to college after you graduate?" she asked him.

"Haven't really decided." he said, Kai really never thought he was the college type. What would he go for?

"I'm a recruiter for Whitmore College, it's an amazing school with plenty of curriculums, many of the Mystic Falls folks attend there. They have a great medical program, journalism program, my mother was a business major at that school. And of course I studied Occult, Ms. Sheila Bennett was my professor." Bonnie's Grams. "If you know Bonnie, then you know that's the major she chose. And Education." Now that was new.

Kai responded. "I might need the college tour."

Greta took a long sip of her tea and smiled. "One is coming up in November, I'll let Bonnie know you'll be going." Greta turned up her nose, unamused. "I have lots to do before closing up." She hands him the large and heavy binder. "The first packet in here, just hand it to me before you leave and the binder you keep, everything about the job is in there. I'd suggest you study that this week. It will come in handy."

Kai nodded. "Okay, thank you," he utters, Kai wasn't expecting any of this from her. And then he got his ass out of her office and closed the door behind him softly.

Standing in the emptiness of the hallway, Kai just realized he might have some interest in going to college. Joshua and Olivia never pushed him like they did Josie, Greta wanted to recruit him, and spent him off on a college tour with Bonnie. This might be the first time anyone took an interest in his future. Kai was really starting to believe he might fit in somewhere.

Lucy's coming, Greata Martin is here. The Martin family deserved better, all the black people on TVD deserved better. I love the idea of Jamie and Greta together, Luka and Jamie being best friends. Homecoming episode is next, introducing jealous Kai and carefree Bonnie.