Bonnie screamed at the top of her lungs being scared by Stefan. He laughed taking off the alien mask and hugged her as she covered her face with her hands. He kissed the top of her head apologizing.

"I hate you,"

He laughed some more, then kissed her lips multiple times. "I may have failed to mention that I love Halloween and I love scaring people."

"Well you've succeeded, I hope you're happy."

He chuckled. "Come here," he lifted her legs around his waist. "I have a surprise for you."

"Is it a heart attack?"

He chuckled. "No, you get to finally see what I've been working on."

Her eyes widened. "Really?!"

"Yes," he smiled. "We're meeting Mason at the location then I'm going to blindfold you," she chuckled, "and then I'll take it off and you'll gasp and be super happy and excited."

"I'm sure that's exactly how it'll go."

"Let's get dressed then we can head out." He carries her into their bedroom.

...

Bonnie smiled posing for a photo that Stefan wanted to take of her. He smiled adding it to his story to let everyone who watches know that Bonnie was going to finally see the secret project. "Alright, babe, you ready?"

"Yes!" She unbuckled herself.

Stefan chuckled and met her outside, holding the blindfold in his hand. He kissed her several times before placing it over her eyes. Bonnie squeezes his hand as they start walking inside. He holds her as they ride the elevator up to the fifth floor and all the while his heart is racing. He wonders if she could feel it but hopes she's too busy caught up in her head to think about it. He takes a deep breath as a ding fills the silence and they step out. He nods once at Mason who nods back getting his phone ready along with one of their partners to take photos as he takes a video.

"Alright, ready?" He asked stepping behind her.

"Yes," she bounced slightly on her toes.

He removes the blindfold after leading her to stand in front of their necklaces and smiled hearing her gasp. She looks over at him with wide eyes. "Babe!"

He chuckled. "Look around there are more pieces."

Bonnie looks closely at the necklaces then slowly steps over to the bracelets and earrings then the rings. She smiled then narrowed her eyes seeing one in particular that had her name underneath it. "Stefan wha—" she turned then gasped seeing him down on one knee. Tears instantly filled her eyes.

"Bonnie Bennett, you are the love of my fucking life," they chuckled, Bonnie wiped away her tears. "I love you so much and I mean it when I say I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Without you in my life, I don't know how I would've survived this year so thank you for loving me unconditionally and hopefully forever. Will you marry me?"

"Yes,"

He smiled and took the ring out of its box and slipped it down her finger before standing and met their lips. People cheered causing the couple to smile and kiss again before they pulled away.

"My heart is beating out of my chest," Bonnie held her heart making those around laugh.

Mason ended the video to walk up and hug her, congratulating her then Stefan. Bonnie bounces on her toes smiling as widely as she could, not being able to contain her happiness. Stefan smiled over at her and held her in his arms and kissed her a few times over. "You like your ring?"

"Honestly I didn't even look at it,"

He laughed then watched her look down at her left hand.

"This is beautiful," she looked in his eyes then back down at the ring. "It's like all I've wanted," she smiled then moved her arms around his neck, smiling even more as his hands moved to her ass. "I love you."

"I love you more." He kissed her.

"Is this jewelry line actually real?"

He smiled, "Yes, it's real,"

"Good because I saw a few things I really want."

"Anything," he kisses her.

"You named a ring after me?"

"Yeah, it's the one you have on though I customized it more so it'll be unique to you."

"So thoughtful,"

"Come here,"

She stood on her toes and met their lips, moaning as his hands squeezed and their heads turned to opposite sides, deepening the kiss.

"Wait, babe, we're in public," Bonnie pulled away.

"You're so sexy," he kisses her once more then moves his arm around her shoulder and they all walk over to the jewelry.

They wore small smiles on their faces as they looked into each other's eyes. She's never felt so warm. Just looking into his eyes made her feel so warm and toasted like he was holding her, protecting her in his arms. "Fiancé?"

He smiled, "Fiancée,"

"I need to ask you a serious question before I want to tell my parents about us getting engaged."

"Okay,"

"What are your expectations of me as your wife? Do you expect me to act different, dress different, talk different,"

"No, none of that. I want you to be just as you are. The only thing I ask is that one day you carry our children. I mean we're still very young so I'm in no rush but one day before I'm forty I would like to be a dad."

"Okay, I can do that,"

He smiled. "What about you with me, what are your expectations?"

"I mean just to be faithful to me and loyal to me. Honest. Not that we have any problems with that now but I would like for that to carry over in our marriage. I want you to be home. I know with being an actor sometimes you travel and that's obviously okay, but I want you to be home too." She looked away.

"Hey," he grabbed her chin, turning her head to him. "I'll be home. I promise. If you want, I'll take you everywhere I go, okay?"

She nodded then closed her eyes as he met their lips a few times. "I love you."

"I love you more." He hugged her close to his body. "You're my everything."

They smiled watching the video Mason took of their proposal and though they were obviously there, watching it back made everything real. They decided to post the video after telling their close family and friends and within seconds they were flooded with congratulations. Bonnie noticed that people were asking to see her ring so she decided to post a video of her hand out in the sunlight so the ring could sparkle and posted that on her stories.

"Babe," Stefan called, getting up from the bed. They met in the living room. "Come here," he kissed her, taking a photo of their liplock.

She smiled, pulling away. "Are you hungry?"

"For you." He chuckled as her eyes rolled. "Seriously," he grabbed her hips. "I want to have sex with my gorgeous, sexy fiancée."

"Tonight,"

"Right now." He lifted her legs around his waist and started walking toward their bedroom making her laugh.

"I'm hungry."

"Kiss me first and I'll make you dinner." He chuckled at how wide her eyes got. "Don't be so surprised."

"You've never cooked for me before!" She kisses him quickly multiple times.

He laughed placing her feet down on their wooden floor. "What would you like?"

"Whatever you make, I'll be good." She sat on the counter.

"Let's see what we have here," he opened the refrigerator and freezer.

Bonnie looked down at her phone hearing it ding, seeing that she got a text from Caroline congratulating her. A small smile appeared on her face.

"Damn," Stefan circles her in her cowgirl attire. "You are way too sexy."

"I could say the same about you. Are you wearing anything under those overalls?"

"Why don't you reach and find out?"

She bit her bottom lip and slowly reached into his overalls and smiled, lightly squeezing the package over his boxers.

"Let's be late to the party." He lifted her in his arms, carrying her back into their room.

...

Mason smiled seeing the two walking in and forced his eyes to only look at Bonnie's face. She was screaming sex and he's honestly surprised that Stefan was fine with her attire. "You made it," He hugged them both.

Bonnie gasped then held her ass, turning around then laughed seeing that it was Elena who slapped her ass. "Look at you, you slut!" They hugged. "You look sexy,"

"So do you, kitty cat, which is very basic by the way."

"Fuck off,"

They laughed.

"And it looks like I owe you a congratulations," she grabbed her left hand. "It's even better in person, good job, Stef,"

He chuckled. "Thanks."

"Take our picture," Elena handed him her phone then wrapped her arms around Bonnie and she did the same, smiling as the flash went off.

Stefan took a couple more before handing her phone back and wrapped his arm around his fiancée, pulling her body close to his.

"You wanna dance?" Bonnie asked, looking up at him.

He smiled then grabbed both of her hands and lead them towards the dance floor. He watched her move and smiled as she did and started to move some himself causing her to smile wider. He leaned in, talking into her ear. "I love you so much."

She turned her head to kiss his cheek a few times. "I love you more,"

He moved his head back, touching their foreheads and kisses her longingly. He lifted her in his arms, her legs around his waist. "You make me so happy."

She smiled and held a side of his face. "I can't wait to marry you."

"You're gonna be my Mrs. Salvatore."

"You're making me wet," she bit his ear.

He smiled and kissed her twice, placing her feet back on the floor and they danced a little more.

...

Her arms moved around his neck, standing on her toes as his hands held her ass as their lips met for a photo Mason was taking. Stefan opened his mouth to her once the photo was taken and squeezed his hands before running them up her back. He kissed her twice more before pulling away to get his phone back. He posted the photo with the caption 'Mr & Mrs' and tagged her.

Bonnie watched him with lust-filled eyes as his attention was on his phone. Stefan looked up feeling her gaze and looked her up and down. "Come here,"

"Let's go into the bathroom instead,"

He reaches his hand out to grab her but is interrupted by Mason.

"Hey, Stefan, can I talk to you for a minute?"

He looked over and narrowed his eyes at the look in his friend's. "Okay," he followed behind him a few feet in front of where they were. "What's up?"

"Uh," he exhaled. "Honestly, how would you feel if Elena and I started dating?"

"Without being bias or whatever, I just don't think it's a good idea. If you weren't representing her then sure, but you are and who knows what issues that could potentially cause in the long run? But if you truly like her then I don't want to be the one to get in the way of that. Bonnie's my girl now and honestly, that's all I give a damn about. You have my blessing or whatever but just be careful."

Mason nodded. "Thanks, man. I'm not even sure if she likes me like that, but who knows,"

Stefan nodded then placed his hand on his shoulder. "Good luck with her, man."

Mason chuckled.

...

"What do you think they're talking about?" Elena stood beside Bonnie.

"I have a feeling that it may be about you," Bonnie looked over at her. "He had a look in his eyes."

"Mason?" She questioned then continued seeing her friend nod. "I hope he didn't fall in love with me,"

"Would that be such a bad thing?" Bonnie looked over at her. "I thought you wanted to have more sex."

She chuckled. "Sex, yeah, not a relationship."

"I say give him a chance. He's a good enough guy."

Elena narrowed her eyes at her. "Did you fuck him?"

"No. It never got that far."

"Meaning…"

"We kind of had a moment. We kissed once."

She gasped. "Does Stefan know?"

"He has an idea, I didn't tell him though. He would kill Mason, especially now."

"What's up with Mason wanting what Stefan has?"

"Maybe he's just trying to live vicariously through him?"

She sighed. "Also you've never been to a party like this, have you?"

"Well, parties back in my hometown were more…" she looked around, "sophisticated. Why?"

"Everyone knows not to drink the punch, it's spiked every year."

Bonnie looked down at her drink. "Tastes good to me, and I feel fine."

"Just let that be your last one, okay?" Elena stood up straight and put on a smile as the two started walking back towards them. "What's up, boys?"

"Nothing much,"

"Mason, would you like to dance with me?"

"I uh, s- sure,"

Bonnie internally shook her head but couldn't stop her smile, watching the two make their way to the dance floor.

"She's teasing him, isn't she?"

"Of course she is," Bonnie chuckled then turned to him. "So is my prediction right, does Mason like Elena?"

"He does," Stefan exhaled. "I don't think it's a good idea but who am I to stop potential love?"

"I hope he's not the one to get attached too quickly. I don't think Elena's looking for a commitment. But even if it's just sex, one of them or both are going to catch feelings, as always."

"Let's not make it our problem quite yet. If I remember correctly, you wanted to sneak into a bathroom," he held her waist.

"The moment is kind of ruined for me, babe."

"Oh come on,"

She laughed. "Come on, let's dance." She downed the rest of her punch then lead him back to the dance floor.

Stefan pulled her hips closer to his crotch as her ass moved to the beat. His lips moved to her neck as her arm moved around his then met their lips a few times before facing forward again, locking eyes with Mason. She continued dancing keeping contact with his eyes for as long as he wanted.

...

He watched her back as she was at the punch bowl and searched to find Stefan, relieved to find him locked in a conversation with a group of people including Elena. He exhaled then walked right up to her and held her from behind. "You're so fucking perfect. So sexy. I've never wanted anyone more than I want you."

Bonnie turned in his arms and smiled as his hands traveled south. She looked over, seeing everyone distracted as she slipped her hand down his pants.

"Fucking shit,"

She whispered in his ear, "Think of me as you're fucking her tonight." She squeezed.

His breath was short. "Why can't I have you instead?"

"You know why. I'm an engaged woman, my pussy belongs to Stefan."

"Wait," he stopped her from walking away. "Dance on me first." He took her hand, leading her to a secluded, dark corner, moving his back against it. His eyes closed but shortly opened as her hips rounded into him. He moved his hands along her body and kissed along her neck as his hands squeezed her breasts. She bent down to touch her toes before standing up again only to drop down low.

"You're gonna make me cum."

She smiled, turning her body towards his and continued moving her hips feeling his hands on her ass. "Come for me." She licks along his neck, moving her leg around him, rocking her hips into him.

"Oh fuck," he tilted his head back as he came. "Baby—"

"Shh," she kissed his cheek. "Tonight. You and me, remember?"

He nodded and she smiled before walking away, heading towards the bathroom.

...

Stefan smiled watching her walk up to him and chuckled as she pushed him down on a seat then straddled his lap. "Where did you run off to?"

"I missed you."

"I missed you more." He kissed her. "Your mouth tastes like a lot of alcohol."

They laughed.

"I don't think the punch is just normal punch." She blinked. "Elena warned me but I didn't listen."

He smiled. "You wanna leave?"

She shook her head. "You're having fun,"

"You're more important."

She smiled, holding his face. "You know my pussy belongs to you?"

"She better. The best pussy on the planet."

"Yeah?"

"One hundred percent."

She smiled. "Fiancè?"

"Fiancée,"

"I- I'm sleepy,"

"Yeah?" He watched her nod. "Let's go home,"

"Okay,"

...

Bonnie groaned holding her head as she woke up in bed next to Stefan. He frowned then held her, kissing her head. "You okay?"

"No," she buried her head in his chest. "I don't remember much from last night."

"Really? I'm so sorry, babe," he lifted her head to kiss her lips.

"Was I acting weird, saying strange stuff?"

"I mean not really. You just claimed your pussy as mine."

She chuckled. "Okay,"

"You still mean it, right?"

"Of course I do. Did we have sex?"

"No, you were really out of it. Why?"

"No reason I just-" she looked over, hearing her text alert go off.

Hey, Mason wrote.

She looked back over at Stefan seeing the worry in his eyes. "Never mind."

"Who's texting you?"

"Elena. She wants to meet for lunch."

He sighed. "I have an audition today anyway."

"You don't like us being friends?"

"I just don't want her to rub off on you. You're my good girl Bonnie."

She smiled. "I'll always be good for you." She kissed him four times. "Promise." Bonnie straddled his lap.

"You better."

They smiled. "What's the audition for?"

"A TV show, actually. I've been debating on whether I want to be in one or not and, not saying that I'll get this one, but I think it'll be a nice change. Commit to something for a little bit, meet new people, make more connections."

"Yeah, sounds great." She moved her arms around him, looking into his eyes.

"What?"

"Nothing," she smiled then met their foreheads, closing her eyes. "I love you."

"I love you more." He lifted his chin to kiss her once.

Mason looked up from his desk and smiled seeing her enter without Stefan. "Hey,"

"Hey,"

He stood, ready to hold her in his arms but her voice stopped him.

"Can we talk about last night?"

"Yeah, I think we have a lot to discuss,"

"Really?"

He narrowed his eyes. "I'm- I mean—"

"Wait, let me just tell you the full story I don't remember a chunk of time from last night, Elena warned me about drinking the punch but. I remember that we shared a moment on the dance floor when we kept eye contact with each other, but. I guess I just hope I didn't do or say anything after that could potentially ruin our friendship."

"Of course not," he sat down. "I was just um referring to that moment and then Elena,"

She nodded then sat down in front of him. "So um, that moment, I don't think there's any denying between the both of us when I say that we're attracted to one another and we have a chemistry that I honestly wanted to explore in the beginning,"

"But,"

"But," she exhaled. "There's Stefan and I do love him and he proposed and I said yes. I have to respect that. We have to respect that."

"Bonnie, I fucking love you, okay? Your- everything about you I crave. You don't understand the strength it takes to not hold you or kiss you every time I see you, especially without him around. I didn't pick you because I thought you'd be good for Stefan, I picked you because I knew you'd be good for me. If I even for a second thought that he would take things so far with you, I wouldn't have bothered showing you to him. I would've figured out something else to get you here or me there. I hate myself every day."

"Mase-"

"Don't. You're right, I need to respect the bond that you two have and I will, from now on but I just needed you to know how I feel about you."

She looked down. "What about Elena?" She looked back up at him.

"She's not you. Never will be."

"But you like her though, right? I mean I thought that's what you were talking to Stefan about, why you stuttered when she asked you to dance with her."

"Yeah,"

"Yeah?"

"You and I both know that Elena barely wants anything to do with me. Other than fuck me."

"Then I don't understand, why make it such a big deal?"

"I just wanted to see how he would react. If he straight up told me no then— but he gave me his blessing. He's over her. He told me all he cares about is you."

Bonnie watched his face. His defeated face and sad eyes. "What do you or I need to do for you to get over me? Should I not come around anymore, talk to you?"

"I don't know, Bon."

She thought. "I think we should break up."

He narrowed his eyes looking at her. "What?"

"It's not working for me anymore, I don't do anything but make you feel miserable and in return, I feel miserable and it's doing nothing but tearing us apart. Maybe in the future, we could be friends but I think we need some time apart."

"Bonnie,"

"I should go," she stood and walked out.

...

Elena looked over, seeing her phone light up because Stefan was calling her. She smiled then cleared her voice before answering it. "Well well well if it isn't the man of my dreams,"

"Very funny."

"To what do I owe this pleasure, Stefan?"

"Are you with my girl?"

"Why would I be?"

"I thought- she said you invited her out for lunch,"

Elena narrowed her eyes then moved her phone away from her ear as it vibrates seeing the topic of their conversation text about going out to lunch.

"Hello?"

"Right, I just meant it's not exactly lunchtime yet. I'm getting my nails done first."

"Okay, well, I uh- never mind."

"No, continue,"

"She's acting a little off, I mean she said that you warned her about the punch and she woke up telling me she doesn't remember much from last night but I don't know, she's ignoring my texts and calls."

She sighed. "I'll handle it,"

"Thanks,"

"You're scared something happened?"

"She just- she asked me if we had sex last night and I told her no because she was pretty out of it and she got this look like she remembers fucking someone and that got me thinking of the time where I didn't see her for ten minutes and what if something happened?"

"Like unwillingly?"

"I don't know, possibly."

Elena frowned. "Okay well, I'll call you after lunch."

"Thanks again,"

"Sure," she ended the call then texted Bonnie back telling her to meet her in ten minutes.

...

Elena sat down. "Spill it."

Bonnie narrowed her eyes. "Spill what?"

"Stefan called and asked if I was with you because supposedly I texted you this morning asking you out for lunch and before I could call him crazy, you text me asking me out for lunch." Bonnie looked away. "So who did you want to see that you don't want Stefan to know about?"

She took a deep breath then let it out. "I… I went to see Mason."

"Mason, Mason?"

She nodded. "You were right about the punch but I ignored you but the last thing I remember was when you two were dancing together and then Stefan and I started dancing and Mason and I made eye contact for a while as I danced on Stefan."

"Okay well, my ego is a little damaged,"

Their waiter came over and took their drink and lunch orders.

"Sorry. But he texted this morphing just saying 'hey' so I pretended it was you and I wasn't at first but I decided to visit him so we could talk about it. Also, I wanted to make sure that I didn't make a fool out of myself or do anything that could jeopardize our friendship."

"How did that go?"

"A little bad. I told him that though since the day we met I felt like we could be something, but I'm engaged to Stefan now and I told him that both of us have to respect that. He admitted that he's in love with me and I asked him if there was anything I could do for him to get over me but he doesn't give me an answer so I just break up with him."

"What do you mean you broke up with him?"

"I figured that if he could mourn our relationship so to speak, once he heals from it, it'd be easier for him to move on or get over me instead of just not mourning and letting his feelings for me linger and shove it to the side without actually getting over me. I figured that if we broke up, so to speak, he'd get the idea that whatever we had is over."

Elena exhaled through her nose. "Who knew. You and Mason,"

"You're not going to say anything, are you?"

"Of course not, but you should."

"I can't,"

"Why not?"

"Because I'll be ruining a friendship and I know first hand just how hard it sucks to find out that a friend that you love and trust really isn't the person you thought they were. I will avoid Mason at all costs for months then it'll be good."

"Bonnie, I'm gonna give it to you straight. Stefan is suspicious. So much so that he called me of all people to confide in. He thinks that you had sex with someone else last night. Whether it was consented by you or not. Which if it's the latter then we have a huge issue on our hands."

"Why does he believe that?"

"Because you asked him if the both of you had sex, he said no and you look at him weird like you remembered something happened. Anyone would be suspicious of that."

Bonnie thought. "I don't- I mean I- the reason why is because at that moment is when Mason texted me and it kind of threw me off."

"Do you think Mason would—"

"No, absolutely not. Actually now that I'm thinking about it, it wasn't sex, it was just me dancing sexually with Stefan." She watched Elena's eyes. "Seriously."

"Okay. So what do you want me to tell Stefan?"

"The truth. Just please leave out Mason's part. If anything further happens then I'll tell Stefan but I'm really trying to keep that friendship alive. They're both great people and they work well together."

She sighed. "Fine."

They sat back as their food was placed in front of them.

Bonnie locked the door then took off her shoes, placing them to the side before walking into their room. All she wanted to do was plop down face-first into their bed but decided to change first. As she was doing such, she heard Stefan walk and felt her heart beating rapidly hearing his footsteps near. She wanted to be in bed fake asleep by the time he came home and now she's regretting ever deciding to change.

"So she is alive." He stopped at the threshold.

"S—"

"You really couldn't answer my texts?"

"Sorry, I was just trying to gain some memory back and lunch with Elena then I came here."

He sighed. "I was worried about you, you're my fiancée, I wanted to make sure that you're okay. You could've easily told me that you were thinking and wanted some space but you ignore me all day forcing me to call Elena of all people to make sure that you're alive."

"I said I'm sorry, Stefan, okay? I don't understand what you want from me."

"I want the truth."

"I just told you-"

"Did you really? Take a moment to think about it."

"I don't need to,"

"Okay, so what's this?"

She swallowed seeing him look through his phone and froze as he walked up to her showing her images of her outside walking. "What's this?"

"Paparazzi photos of you walking out and outside of Mason's building. You visited him and the fact that you're hiding that is making me suspicious."

"I went to ask him if I did or said anything weird to him just to cover my basis and apologize if I did do something but he told me no. I didn't tell you because there was nothing to tell."

"Look me in the eyes and tell me there's nothing going on between you two."

"Stefan enough. Since day one you've been acting jealous for no reason. Nothing is going on nor was it ever. So please just stop." She walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

Stefan sighed, closing his eyes then walked up to the door. "Babe," he knocked. "Babe, I'm sorry, okay, I-" he sighed. "Honestly, you're the first woman I've ever really loved and I don't want to lose you. I'll calm down on my jealousy, I swear." He waited for her response but got nothing. "Please, babe,"

"You promise?"

He smiled. "I promise." He stepped back as the door opened and moved his hands to hold her face. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Forgive me,"

"I do," she hugged him. "I'm sorry too, I know I can make things difficult at least more difficult than it needs to be. I'll work on that, okay?"

He nodded. "Just be honest with me, that's all. Even if it doesn't matter, just tell me."

"Okay,"

He pulled away then met their foreheads. "How was lunch?"

"It was good. I'm just pretty tired now."

He smiled. "Let's lay down," he took her hand and lead them over to the bed.

He gripped her hips as she straddled his lap and closed his eyes as their lips met, then slipped his hands up her dress. She watched his eyes before meeting their foreheads, smiling as his hands traveled upwards. "How did your audition go the other day?"

"Pretty well, I think. Speaking of, we may be heading to LA soon."

"Really?"

He chuckled at her expression. "You'll finally get your chance to show me around."

"Yay,"

He smiled. "You have plans later?"

"No, what's up?"

"I want to take you out on a date tonight. I feel like we haven't gone out at all."

Bonnie thought. "Damn, we haven't."

Stefan chuckled then looked over, hearing his phone ringing and smiled seeing that it was his mom. "Hey, mom,"

"Hey, Stefan, I just wanted to call and check-in to see how you and Bonnie are doing,"

"We are doing excellent, thanks for asking, going on a date tonight, actually."

Bonnie smiled as he kissed her.

"How are you, mom?"

"That's good to hear, I'm doing fine. I was hoping that you both can come over for Thanksgiving,"

"Yeah, I don't see why not. I may have to fly you out to LA if I get a callback for this TV show."

"So does that mean you'll be moving to LA if you get the job?"

"Possibly, yeah. I'm not entirely sure where it'll be filmed but the process is there."

"Okay," she exhaled. "Give—"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing."

"You know you can always come with us if you want to, no problem."

"I know, Stefan, I was just breathing, really."

"Okay. You know what, how about we have a family or soon-to-be family Thanksgiving? Bonnie's parents and you and of course B and I. Possibly some other people too,"

"I think that would be a great idea. Just keep me posted as to where this dinner will be or what state rather,"

He chuckled. "Will do, mom."

"Okay, son, I love you, I'll talk to you later,"

"Okay, mom, I love you too. Bye,"

"Bye," she ended the call.

"I hope that's okay, the Thanksgiving thing,"

"Of course."

He smiled then kissed her twice. "Are you in the mood for anything special tonight or should I pick?"

"You can pick, I'm not picky."

He nodded. "I'll go make some calls, get us a nice table,"

Bonnie smiled then got off his lap so he could get up. She watched him walk out of their room before hearing her phone ring. She let out a breath before answering. "Hey, girl,"

"Hey, I just wanted to see how things are going with Stefan,"

"Thankfully well. We had a nice talk and things are good now."

"So he knows?"

"Not all the dirty details. I just said it's nothing to worry about."

"Bonnie,"

"Elena, it's the truth. My everything belongs to Stefan and eventually, he'll see that and move on, hopefully, he already has. It's not like anything happened between us so we're good."

She sighed. "Okay,"

"Why do you care so much?"

"I just feel like if I was in his shoes, which I kind of, sort of was; you too by the way, that I would want to know."

"Our situations were completely different. I just don't think I should say something when everything is handled. If Mason wants to spill his guts to Stefan than so be it, but I have nothing to get off my conscience." She smiled at Stefan who walked into the room and headed into their bathroom. "So yeah,"

"Alright, I'll drop it. Anyway, what are you doing tonight?"

"I'm going out with Stefan for dinner."

"Poo. Never mind,"

"Why, what's up?"

"Nothing, just something last minute I needed a plus one."

She frowned slightly. "What about Mason?" She looked up as Stefan walked out now shirtless.

"Nah, I don't take people's seconds as you do."

"Wow, you're so hilarious."

"Aren't I?"

"Seriously though."

"I'll think about it. Anyways, I have to go, talk to you later."

"Okay, bye," Bonnie removed the phone from her ear and ended the call, then let out a breath.

"Let me guess… Elena,"

"Ding, ding, ding,"

"What did she want?"

"Me to be her plus one somewhere. I told her to take Mason."

"How's that going by the way?"

"I don't really know, she doesn't talk about it much, so one can assume it's… subpar."

"Too bad, he seemed to really be interested." He watched her shrug. "Anyway, our reservation is set for eight, I've never been there before but it comes highly recommended."

"Can't wait,"

"Then afterward, I figure we take a ride and make out in the backseat," he walked towards her. "Come back here, get some practice in for one of our four," he ran his hand over her stomach.

"Sounds perfect."

"Yeah?"

She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck, leaning in to kiss him. Their mouths opened to one another she moved steadily to straddle his lap.

...

Mason looked up from his computer and smiled, seeing Elena walk in. "Hey, what a surprise,"

"Yeah, I figured I stop by to ask you some questions,"

He narrowed his eyes. "Okay,"

She let out a breath. "How much do you love Bonnie?"

"Excuse me?"

"Enough to ruin your relationship with Stefan?"

"I don't know what you're—"

"Bonnie told me everything. How you kissed, that when she came over here the other day you professed her love to her but she broke up with you anyway."

"What is this all about?"

"We, my dear, have a common target. Little Miss Bonnie."

"Elena-"

"I love Stefan, I've always had, he just makes me feel insecure because I like him so much that I was scared to be rejected by him. But now, I've matured and I want to take back what's mine."

"Stefan isn't yours."

"Not with that attitude he isn't. Look, we both want Bonnie but just in different ways. I want her out of the picture and you want her in your bed. Let's help each other."

"Even if I was stupid enough to agree, nothing would ever work. Stefan's in it deep. She could spit in his face and he'd still marry her the next day."

"That's why we have to weed him out. Make him jealous, make him picture his life even if it's just for a split second with me, and you have to do the same with Bonnie. Get an idea in his head and keep piling up on it until it explodes."

"And how do you suggest we do that?"

She smiled.

They held hands walking into the restaurant and Bonnie looked over at him as he told the woman about their reservation. She moved her hand to his bicep, clutching it as they were escorted to their table by the window. She smiled at the view and thanked him as he pulled out her chair for her before moving to sit in front of her. "This is beautiful. I love the city at night,"

He smiled, watching her.

"Hello, my name is David and I'll be your waiter for this evening, can I start you out with drinks?"

"Two of your finest red please,"

"Of course," he nodded then walked away.

"Babe," he called for her attention. "I was going to wait until later but I have something to give you."

"Aw, babe," she smiled as he slid the small box over to her. She opened it and saw a rolled-up piece of paper in it, and looked up at him before unraveling it.

December 31st

She looked up at him. "What's this?"

"It's my parents' wedding anniversary and I would love to marry you then," he watched her eyes fill with tears. "I've already asked my mom to see if it was OK with her, is it OK with you?"

"Of course,"

"Why are you crying?" He reached out his hand to top it with hers.

"I've always wanted to get married on December thirty-first because when I was sixteen, it was one of the best days of my life and I want one of the greatest days of my life to have that."

"Your wine," David said before pouring. "Have you had a chance to look through the menu?"

"We haven't, actually, do you mind coming back within a few minutes,"

"Of course not, take your time."

Stefan turned his attention back to her. "I love you."

"I love you more."

He stood leaning in and she met him in the middle for a kiss. "Why was it one of the best days of your life?"

"I'll tell you on our day, how about that? We can both celebrate anniversaries,"

He chuckled. "Okay,"

"Tell you what, I'll tell you my story and then you share a story about your dad or your parents,"

"Deal." They smiled. "Now let's see what's on this menu before what's-his-face gets back."

Bonnie laughed, shaking her head but opened her menu.

...

Stefan excuses himself to the bathroom and Bonnie told him that she'll be in the car. He nodded, walking a little faster towards the men's room. On his way out of the restroom, he paused hearing cries coming from the women's room. He bounced the idea around in his head but ignored it, taking another step forward but the cries got louder. He exhaled then took a couple of steps back before knocking on the door. "Everything alright in there?"

"Um, yeah, I- I'm okay," a shaky voice responded.

"Are you with someone, maybe I can—"

"No, no, I'm okay really."

He frowned hearing her start to cry again then gently knocked as he slowly opened the door. "Is it okay if I come in?"

"Okay,"

He slowly stepped in just in case she changes her mind and frowns seeing her turn so her back is towards him. "Hey," his eyes widened as she turned. "Elena?"

"Fuck, Stefan," she turned back around.

"Hey," he pulled her in his arms. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing,"

"No, tell me, babe,"

"I just- I just got rejected for a part I would've killed for. I tried so hard and I know I should've let it go but I clung to it and now it hurts." She cried.

"Shh," he smoothed his hand down her hair repeatedly. "It's okay, no judgment here. You should see me crying over a role, my face gets really red, my eyes get puffy, my mascara running, ruining my foundation," he smiled hearing her chuckle.

"You're stupid."

He smiled down at her as she looked up at him. He moved his thumbs under her eyes to wipe away her tears then held her face.

"You always know what to say," she watched his eyes before standing on her toes but forced her heels down as the door opened and the woman walking in gasped before walking out.

"I uh- I should probably get out of the women's room."

She smiled. "Only if you want."

He kissed her forehead then turned towards the door.

"Wait, Stefan," she walked in front of him. "Thank you. I feel a lot better because of you."

"No problem."

She stood on her toes again and kissed his Cupid's bow, slowly moving away as their eyes locked before he turned, walking out.

...

Bonnie looked back holding the door open to see if anyone was behind her and when there wasn't, she faced forward again and bumped into a man. "Oh, I'm so sorry,

"It's o—"

"Mason,"

"Bonnie. I um- how- how are you?"

"I'm uh- I'm good. You?"

"Same."

She nodded.

"Where's Stefan?"

"Oh he's just in the bathroom. Have you been here before?"

"I haven't, actually, is it any good?"

"Really good, actually. I recommend the pasta with chicken and shrimp,"

He smiled, "I'll be sure to take one of my many chicks here one day,"

They chuckled.

"Anyway, I don't want to bother you,"

"You're no bother, seriously, Mase. It was nice to see you."

"You too." He walked away.

Bonnie watched him for a few seconds before walking to their car. She got in the backseat and exhaled.

"You have a nice dinner, Mrs. Salvatore?" Their driver asked.

She smiled. "Excellent, thank you. Stefan should be out soon,"

He nodded then faced forward again.

She took out her phone and looked through her social media before she tilted her head back, only returning it back to normal hearing the door beside her open.

"Sorry I took a little long," he kissed her, staying close.

"It's okay, I didn't notice,"

"Good," he kisses her several more times.

"I just hope you washed your hands."

He laughed, making her smile. "I did, I promise."

"Okay, that's all I ask, Mr. Salvatore."

He watched her eyes then looked ahead. "Take us for a nice drive, please, Grant,"

"Of course, Mr. Salvatore."

Stefan put up the blocker then met their lips more passionately this time as the car started moving.

"He called me 'Mrs. Salvatore'," she talked against his mouth.

"Who?"

"Grant."

"I told him to."

"Yeah?"

He nodded, connecting their lips again. "You're my Mrs. Salvatore." He moved his head back as her hand ran up his inner thigh. "Fuck,"

Bonnie smiled. "You know what it does to me when you say that."

He exhaled. "Which is exactly why I said it."

"Feel me up, daddy,"

"Come here," he pulled her on his lap.