Bonnie was in a better head space after having drinks with Caroline, Stella and Kate. Jade and Richa Malloney just moved way up the list of suspects on Stella's list and Stella could not stop talking about ways to erase them permanently.

She was just about to turn down the street that leads to her home when her car phone rang.

"Bonnie halo?" she answered.

"Hi Bonnie? It's me, Scott."

"Scott is this you?" Bonnie said utterly surprised at hearing his voice.

"Bonnie, I need your help please. It's my mother. I can't get her to wake up!" Scott said in a panicky voice.

Bonnie stopped her car of the road with a fast beating heart. "What do you mean you can't get her to wake up? Scott why are you still in Mystique Lake?"

"Bonnie please I will explain everything later but right now I need to help my mother and I need your help I'm losing my mind. I don't know what to do the paramedics are taking forever and I'm too afraid to move her myself." Scott said and Bonnie could hear the fear in his voice.

"Scott calm down I'm on my way." She said to him in a state of shock and confusion.

The Salvatore Home

"Hey Kiddo." Damon said and closed Kenzie's bedroom door behind him.

Kenzie was sitting comfortably in her hanging chair by her window busy chatting on her phone. "Hey dad, I take it you are here to talk with me before you start I just want to say I'm sorry about the stuff I said to you but come on I'm not a kid anymore so stop treating me like one and beside what you did breaking up our party was so not cool."

"Okay."

"So, everything is cool?" Kenzie asked her dad with a raised brow.

"Yeah Everything is cool. It makes my job easier. You see, I don't have to talk to grown ups. They make their own choices in life, and as you said you are not a kid then that means you don't have to live under my roof and rules anymore." Damon said coolly.

"Great. I'm glad we're on the same page dad." Kenzie said with a cheery smile. "Now if you will excuse me I'm having a very important convo."

"Oh I don't think you get it. I want you out of my house by tomorrow." Damon said coolly.

"What? Are you fucking kidding me right now? This is my home too. You cant just kick me out. Is this about that guy bringing mom gifts? I said I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that." Kenzie said with heated eyes.

"Correction. This is my home and if you still want to live here Miss I'm not a kid anymore you will pay me and your mother rent every month because that's what grown ups do. They work for their own money and they pay their own rent and if you think you can walk out of here with your credit cards think again. It belongs to me now; it is my money anyway."

"Dad you can't do this. Mom will never let you do this." Kenzie said with wide shiny eyes.

Damon said nothing. He walked to the door, before he opened it he turned back to her and said. "Let us not go there McKenzie. Good night and I really hope your time away from this home and the people that really loves and care for you will make you see your life clearly and not take things for granted anymore."

Kenzie jumped from her hanging chair and rushed to her dad. "Dad wait please. I have nowhere to go. Please I'm sorry my anger got the better of me. I promise I will try to be better and help out around the house. I will even help Dylan with his homework, make breakfast hep with the twins bathe Aslan just tell me what I should do dad but please don't kick me out." Kenzie said with tears in her eyes.

"You will do all of that what you just said. I want your phone and laptop and credit cards and on weekends you will help Bailey in the flower shop. You will need money to pay me rent and your grounded. If you don't want to do that then you know what to do. You can take everything in your room with you." Damon said and opened the door.

"You serious." Kenzie said in disbelief.

"Off course I'm serious McKenzie." Damon said. He closed his eyes for a sec and sigh softly. "I lost my mother when I was sixteen. Giuseppe kicked me out of his house two months after her funeral and cut me off. I had nothing. I slept on the couches of my friends on their floors. I got my first job when I was sixteen I struggled hard staying in school Kenzie but it was worth it. You see all these things around you our home the lavish gifts you kids get. The expensive vacations everything made possible by blood and sweat. I want only the best for my kids like any parent I only want to give you the best in life and you know what I get you, because I was like you when I had everything. I was more concerned with my looks, money and how many girls I can entertain. But all of that changed when I found myself out on the streets. I learned to say thank you for everything I got. I learned how to appreciate the little things in life that I once took for granted." Damon smiled sadly and touched her cheek softly. "There was no happy childhood for me Kenzie I never knew what it was like to be a kid. But I promised myself I want better for my own kids one day. I want to give them the happy childhood that I never had. I know I fuck up some times and I do things that I'm not proud of cause I'm not perfect nobody is but as long as you're under my roof you will abide by my rules. I know you're not a kid anymore but your not older than me or your mother. You will respect us as we respect you because we love you."

Tears rolled down her face. Her eyes filled with guilt and shame.

Damon kissed her on her cheek. "I want my rent at the end of the month and not a day later. Good night Kiddo."

ML Diner

"The fries are in here are to die for." Bailey said with a cute smile.

"You can say that again best fries I've ever had." " Page said.

"So, tell me more about yourself. Any brothers, sisters, pets."

I have a little brother his eleven years old very annoying and lovable. He always tests his pranks out on me first. I have a python I call her Queen Rosy and yeah love my mom and dad and I am starting to like this town." Page said and smiled.

"I think I'm going to like your brother I wish I had a little brother like that. And wow you have a snake? I don't like snakes I'm scared of them." Bailey said and laughed softly.

"Snakes are just misunderstood just stay out of their way and they will gladly stay out of yours." Page said with and smirked. "So, what can you tell me about you?"

"I'm from Canada grew up there with my mom Elena. I recently connected with my dad when I came here, now I'm staying with him his wife Caroline my three sisters, Amber, Sophia and Anna and then there is baby Francois. Josh and Neil are my two twin brothers. Josh is the father of Francois."

"Sounds like a full house." Page said and both girls laughed.

"Yup from a lonely child to having so many siblings can be a bit overwhelming but I have come to love them so much and to think I was so against us moving here I hated this town I stayed in my room for months but slowly I warmed up to the people around me. They welcomed me with open arms and love. I too have a pet she's like family. My horse Misty." Bailey said with a sweet smile.

"Nice, I'm glad that you like it here I was like that too. It takes time to settle in and get to know your new surroundings and people." Page said with a smile.

Stacy, Estelle and Ling came into the diner and Stacy immediately spotted Bailey. Her eyes widened when she saw who Bailey was chatting and laughing with. "Girls check that out." She said to Estelle and Ling and pointed in Bailey's direction.

"Oh, M Gee! Isn't that Bailey." Estelle said wide eyed.

"It is her with the freak. We should definitely tell Kenzie about this." Ling said with a look of disgust on her face.

"I saw them first so I'm going to tell Kenzie." Stacy said and grabbed Estelle and Ling's phones out of their hands. "And we are not calling Kenz we must tell her this in person." Stacy said with a gleeful smile.

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"Scott I came as fast as I can where is your mother?" Bonnie asked with a look of concern on your face.

Scott locked the door behind Bonnie and turned calmly back at her. "Please don't be mad at me Bonnie. My mother is fine she and my dad are visiting her brother in Australia. It was the only way I could get you here." Scott said with an apologetic smile.

"What! Are you kidding me Scott? Do you have any idea what you did? How can you even make up a lie like that about your own mother? Damon is going to kill us if he finds out I was here and you are still in town and why did you come to my house with a gift for me Scott. Why?" Bonnie seethed.

Scott walked to Bonnie and took her hands in his. "Birdie calm down Damon will never know you were here and I could not leave town without saying goodbye to you and after I got your letter, I knew I made the right choice and that was to stay. We belong together we are destined to be together Birdie. Damon does not deserve you. He slept with half of the women of this town you can't possibly be happy with a man like that. I can make you happy Birdie just give us a chance."

Bonnie looked at Scott in shock. "I never send you a letter Scott. I know Damon is not perfect but I do love him. He is my husband the father of my kids. What we had Scott was beautiful but its over. I want you to move on and be happy."

Scott shook his head no. "No, we belong together Birdie all we need is our own family."

"What?" Bonnie asked wide eyed.

"I know now what will make Damon stay out of our lives forever if we have a child of our own Birdie. I know you have kids with him and they can be part of our lives too."

Bonnie was speechless. She walked to the door but Scott stopped her. "Scott, I have to go and please for your own safety and that of mine do not contact me again, please. Damon will kill you. I have so many stuff going on in my life right now I do not need this."

Scott kissed her softly on her cheek. "I can't let you go Birdie not before we start with our own family tonight."

Hysteria washed over Bonnie as Scott's words sink in. She laughed hard and loud ... slowly her world blacked out, like a lifeless doll she passed out in Scott's arms while he is kissing her softly on her mouth. "You are home now Birdie." He said softly to her.

The Salvatore Home

"You guys can't stay too long I'm grounded." Kenzie said when she shut her bedroom door behind the three girls.

"Ooh that sucks but your parents are super cool they will forget about it by tomorrow." Ling said to Kenzie.

"Kenz there is something we got to tell you and you will not like it." Estelle said.

"Shut up Estelle I told you I was going to tell Kenzie myself because I saw them first." Stacy snap.

"We were all there Stacy." Estelle snapped back.

"Yes so why do you get to tell her." Ling asked.

"Because I'm Kenzie's longest and best friend and Ling please I can have your ass deported back if your parents finds out what you are doing!" Stacy said upset.

"Whatever this is make it quick I want to go bed." Kenzie said and walked to her window where she lit herself a cigarette.

"The reason why Bailey is not interested in Garrick or any other guy for that matter is because she likes girls." Stacy said with a look of disgust on her face.

"We saw her at the diner very in love with that butch girl. The one we saw at the shop yesterday." Ling said wide eye.

"Making googly eyes at each other." Estelle added her two cents.

"Kenz this will not look good for us. You have to talk with her. You know how the people of this town is." Stacy said.

"So you guys drove all the way here just to tell me something I already knew and suspected?" Kenzie asked said calmly.

"This was all Stacy's idea." Ling said quickly and pointed at Stacy.

"Yes it was." Estelle said.

"But why didn't you say something why did you let Garrick flirt with her. " Stacy asked.

"The look on Garrick's face when he realised Bailey is not interested in him was priceless. He deserved that because his a major jerk." Kenzie said.

"I so agree with you Garrick is a jerk and what a blow that was to his ego." Stacey said and giggled.

"Just leave Bailey alone and not a word to her or anyone okay? If I find out that one of you said something mean or degrading about her I will ruin your lives and by the time I'm done with you not even the nerds will look at you is that clear?" Kenzie warned them.

Ling, Stacy and Estelle quickly nodded their heads. "Crystal clear Kenz. I am so sorry. Estelle and Ling made me do it." Stacy said with a sorry look.

"Now please leave my room."

The three of them rushed out of Kenzie's room.

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