Close to three weeks ago, I married the love of my life on New Year's Eve. It was always in our plans and after the rough months prior, we actually wanted something to go our way, the way that we planned and I'm so thankful that we succeeded. It is a day I will never forget and one that I will cherish deeply. Thank you to everyone involved, especially our wedding photographers Iris and James who I tagged in the photo so please check them out if you're in the market. I'm sorry if I annoy you guys with photos of my wedding but just bear with me.
He captioned under the photo of them sharing their first kiss as husband and wife. He smiled at all the congratulatory comments and emojis it's receiving then decided to wait an hour until he posted another.
Stefan looked back hearing her get out of the shower and smiled as she walked out with a towel wrapped around her. Bonnie smiled back and kissed him before choosing an outfit.
"Mason tells me that the interview will be posted this weekend. They're going to start promoting it today."
"That's exciting, I can't wait to watch it."
"Should we have like a viewing quote-unquote party or is that extra?"
She laughed a little. "Well yeah, I think we should watch it with Mason and your mom and Tim."
He nodded. "Mason got back from Mystic Falls yesterday."
Bonnie smiled. "Yeah, Care told me he left. She seems really happy, what about him?"
"Yeah, I think so. He won't shut up about her."
He smiled hearing her laugh. "Oh, and I don't know if Mason told you but he and I talked and decided that both of us should tell Caroline about our… complicated-ish relationship. I'm not sure if that talk would be in MF or here, but since Elena is coming out with a book, we just want to get ahead of it before either of them fall too hard."
"I want to be there as well."
"Okay,"
"You don't want to come?" He noticed the tone in her voice.
She turned to him. "It's not that, it's just that- you get upset whenever it's brought up which is completely understandable but then you stay mad me for like the rest of the day."
"No, I don't,"
"And I just don't want Caroline to feel overwhelmed, I feel like with the three of us in her face it might be a little too much."
"Then I won't be in her face, I'll sit beside her. She's going to need someone to relate to and that could be me."
"Alright, I'll tell Mason."
"I can tell him."
"See, Stefan, you're upset," she sighed.
"I'm not upset."
She watched his eyes. "Babe."
"So because I want to tell him that I'll be included in this chat suddenly makes me upset?"
"No, but you quickly rejecting that I do it gives me a reason to believe that you are."
"Fine, you tell him then, you two are already talking behind my back."
Bonnie grunted then took her clothes into the bathroom and closed the door. Stefan closed his eyes and sighed. "Fuck." He started to think that maybe he shouldn't be there after all. He would travel with her but stay back in the hotel if this conversation happened in Mystic Falls or just stay home if it happened here. Maybe she's right, but he can't help it, maybe in the distant future but certainly not now.
He waits until she exits the bathroom and hugs her from behind, kissing the back of her ear. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay,"
"I love you so much."
"I know. I love you too." She turned in his arms then stood on her toes to meet their lips. "I don't like it when you're mad at me," she pouts.
He holds her face. "Daddy's sorry," he kisses her pout away, then moved to kiss her neck.
Bonnie closes her eyes and tilts her head back at the feel and bites down on her lip as he holds her, pushing her body against his. She moans as his tongue comes out to play and jumps, wrapping her legs around his waist. He takes the hint and starts walking toward their bed.
…
His hips move slowly within her as they were making out. One of her arms was wrapped behind his neck while the other in his hair. Their tongues licked each other and she smiled at his moan before flicking the back of his upper front teeth then kissed him deeply. His hips started moving forcefully, causing their bed to shake. She bit and pulled on his lower lip as he started continually hitting her spot, then released it, meeting their lips again. He moved his hands in her hair and not long after, they came.
Stefan moves his head to the left side of her neck and her nails softly move along his back. "I love you." He breaths.
"I love you more." She kisses the side of his head.
"Baby?"
"Hm?"
"Are you uh- I want to suck on your tits." He lifts his head to her face and smiled seeing her do so. "Is that okay, you're into that?"
"Go right ahead, babe."
"Yeah?"
She nodded and closed her eyes as he kissed her then got a little more comfortable as his lips moved down. She bit her lip as he grabbed the right and cupped the left as his mouth sucked. She moaned as his tongue licked her nipple and started massaging his scalp. If she was honest, she never really had someone pleasure her this way, at least not make it be the main focus anyway. She lifted her right leg around his waist as he moved to her right, repeating the same moves.
…
Stefan opens his eyes and smiles at her sleeping face before looking over to grab his phone. He moved to his back seeing a text from Mason that only had a link. He clicked on it and it loaded a YouTube video and reading the title, he thought to wake Bonnie but decided to let her rest and let the video load.
"By now, you've probably heard the news about actress Elena Gilbert writing a tell-all book, opening our minds up and giving us some insight into her relationships with multiple celebrities such as her on-screen and off-screen love interest, Stefan Salvatore. We caught up with Elena to get an exclusive preview of her book, take a look."
"Hi, Elena, how are you doing?"
She smiled, "I'm good, I'm good, how are you?"
"Excellent, thanks. So can you officially confirm that you're writing a tell-all book?"
"I can officially confirm that, yes." She nodded.
"How did all this come about, was there a specific moment that made you realize that you should do this or was it something that you've been planning for a while?"
"Yeah, um, I, along with a few others went through such a difficult time in the past few months, my heart was broken, I felt like sh—crap every day and my therapist told me to just write in a journal and it really made me feel better about the situation and I started writing about other things and past relationships that I may not have completely healed from and then the idea popped into my head. I told my publicist and he hooked me up with an amazing ghostwriter, Jasmine and we've been knocking out page after page."
"So how will this book be laid out, we heard that you'd be assigning each chapter to people, if that's true will you be titling that chapter with their names?"
"Not exactly, I'm am sorting the book out by as you said assigning one chapter per person- sometimes I'll write about two or three people because stories get connected, but I'm giving everyone a nickname, so I'm not using real names."
"Ah, so people who read the book have to somewhat read between the lines to figure out who it is."
"Exactly, yeah."
"Could you give us some chapter titles or maybe just one?"
"Sure, um, so a chapter is titled Mister, another one is Goldfish and then Emerald."
"Ohh, well I for one cannot wait to get my hands on a copy,"
She smiled. "Yeah, I'm super excited for everyone to read it."
"Thank you for your time, Elena,"
"Thank you," She smiled.
Stefan exited out the video and texted Mason. Let me guess, I'm Mister?
He closed out of his texts then went to Instagram and smiled at his notifications. He decided to post another photo when they were posing outside. His hands held her body and their foreheads were touching.
Love of my life. Mother of my future children. My anchor. #Stefonnie
He posted then received a text from Mason. Yep. And Bonnie's Emerald.
I thought so but wasn't sure.
When is this book going to be out?
Sooner than I thought, Elena wasn't lying, they're knocking out pages, I'll keep you posted.
Stefan exhaled and put his phone away just as Bonnie was waking up. He smiled and caressed her bare shoulder before moving in to kiss her. "You're so beautiful."
She smiled, moving her hand to the side of his face. "Kiss me again."
He smiles and does so, kissing her longer this time. "Hey," He pulled away. "Mason sent me an interview Elena did about her book. You wanna know what nickname she gave you?"
"What?"
"Emerald,"
She smiled. "She would always look into my eyes like a crazy person."
He chuckled.
"What about you, what's yours?"
"Mister."
"Suits you,"
"Are you nervous?"
"I mean in a way because I told her about the Mason drama and Enzo drama in confidence and I wouldn't have if I had known the whole world would soon know."
"I can talk to my lawyer, see if—"
"Thanks but it's okay. I'll let her have this one." She sighed. "Do you want me to read yours?"
"Do you want me to read yours?"
"You know everything she knows, I, however, have no idea about your relationship with her other than your sexual relationship, I'm sure there's more."
"Honestly I don't think there is much more. I mean I'm sure she'll talk about when we first met and then the sex and Milan and then the accident but you know most of that."
"I think she'll talk a lot about her feelings and just tell everyone how she feels about you."
"Yeah." He sighs then looks over as his phone dings, and it's another link from Mason. He clicks on it and by the title he knows that it's a preview to his interview with Nancy. He moves the phone between them so they both can watch.
"Are we ready?" You hear Nancy ask as the screen is still black. Then flashes the date and time of release behind dramatic music.
Bonnie pauses it. "I'm scared,"
He laughs causing her to do so as well. "You're crazy." He kisses her then resumes the video.
"I'm Nancy Ryder here with actor Stefan Salvatore, how are you, Stefan?"
"I'm doing well, thank you,"
The video turns black then flashes another clip. "She wouldn't listen to me so there was a point in time where I couldn't be around her without getting upset. I would always push her away constantly."
Fade.
"I go looking and as I was opening my mother's bedroom closet I feel a gun to the back of my head. I just remember being angry. I don't think I was scared or anything. We exchanged words, I don't really remember what was said honestly and then it was nothing."
Fade.
"Let's dive into yours and Elena's relationship, past and present,"
Fade.
"It felt easy." There was a cut. "Honestly this whole experience made me appreciate life so much more,"
There was about a thirty-second clip that they rewind with the audio before it's a black screen again and a moment of silence. "You still want to do this, mom?" His voice broke the silence.
"Yes, I'm ready."
They showed a clip of Lily. "My heart was pounding, I just wanted to run,"
The screen goes black again then text fills the screen. An Interview With A Survivor: Stefan Salvatore then the video ended.
Bonnie and Stefan exchanged looks. "Damn."
"Right?" Stefan agreed. "Fuck, I know all I said but I still want to know more of what I said."
Bonnie chuckled. "That's some high-class editing right there, you need to post that on your stories." She grabbed her phone. "I'll see if they uploaded it to their Instagram account and hopefully so so you can just repost it— babe!"
"What?"
"You posted our wedding photos?"
"You said we would today,"
"I know but you're supposed to tell me so we post at the same time so it doesn't look like I don't care."
"I'm sorry, babe, I got excited." He kisses her neck several times before going back to his phone.
Bonnie sighed then liked the two photos he posted before posting text on her story. When your husband posts your wedding photos without telling you first. stefansalvatore. She put the head-smacking emoji several times then published it. She decided to post multiple photos, selecting some of her favorites which included their first kiss as a married couple, their first dance, a shot of Stefan singing and playing the guitar, and a shot of them laughing at the dinner table.
December 31st. The day I married the love of my life with our closest friends and family watching. A day I will always look back on and tear up (as I'm doing now) because it was just the most magical day. And yes, I got serenaded, can you guess which song he sang to me?! I'll give you a hint about the song that also describes how I'm feeling: I'm so in love. Shout out to IandJWeddingPhotog for the amazing photos, again, I'm so in love! #Stefonnie #StefonnieWedding
She posted.
She checked her inbox and saw a message from Stefan showing that he responded to her story and she viewed it. He added "Sorry babe bbonniebbennett" with three shrugging man emojis. "Also… when are you changing that last name?" She chuckled then shifted her eyes only at him before going into settings to change her username and tried bonniesalvatore first and was surprised to see that no one had taken it yet. She reposted his story. "Happy now stefansalvatore?" She added the emoji with the monocle.
Bonnie scrolled through her feed, liking posts until she saw she got another message from Stefan. She opened it, seeing that again he added to the story. "Very very very my wife bonniesalvatore I love you."
"I love you more. stefansalvatore"
She finished her scrolling and liking then checked her comments and was shocked to see how many people guessed the song correctly.
"Hello?" Stefan answered his phone.
Bonnie kisses him then got out of bed to get dressed again before walking into the kitchen to make something to eat. She glanced at the time seeing that it was only four in the afternoon and sighed noticing that she wasn't hungry but at the same time had to be since she hadn't eaten all day. She decided to make a sandwich with chips on the side then sat on their couch, folding her legs beside her and turned on the TV. She scrolls through the channels and settles on Cartoon Network just as Stefan made his way down the hallway. He walked up to her and kissed her twice.
"Sorry about that,"
"You don't have to apologize, I didn't mind."
He smiled then sat behind her causing her to rest her body against his. She held up half of her sandwich for him to take a bite and he does so. "What's your word or words for this year?"
"My what?"
"In my family, instead of making new year resolutions, we pick a word or phrase to describe how we want to live our life. I think mines is fearless."
He thinks. "Strive."
She smiles. "I like that."
"Does that make me officially part of your family?"
She chuckled. "It does, congratulations, Stefan Bennett." She turned her head towards him, smiling as he just shook his head and kissed her. "Wouldn't that be weird though like the groom takes the bride's last name and vise versa?"
He chuckled. "That would be a little weird, actually."
"Oh, and daddy," she turned towards him and straddled his lap. "We forgot to tell each other our stories, you about your dad, me about the thirty-first."
"Right, we were too busy fucking."
She chuckled but pushed his arm. "I'll go first,"
"Okay, babe,"
"Okay, So it was like… December thirty-first, I think, I forget," she smiled as he laughed. "No, but it was, as you know I lived with my dad- only my dad for the majority of my life and by this time I was sixteen, seventeen years old and my dad liked for us to do the countdown together. Caroline was throwing a party and I honestly just didn't feel like going so I hung out with my dad all day, like all day, we went shopping for groceries, he showed me how to put air in the tires, I didn't have a car or anything but it was nice. I pictured myself one day there when I did get a car and being an expert on how to give my tires air." They smiled. "He took me out to eat, which never happens so I was shocked yet also thankful and excited. I remember it was like the first time he looked at me as an adult- and I wasn't, but at the time I thought I was because I had to deal with a lot of grown-up shit early on so it was nice. Usually, he'd just bring up school and "hows class", whatever but he asked me what I saw myself doing in ten years. At the time, I wanted to be some type of detective, PI, something along those lines, I was obsessed, I wanted countless documentaries to prepare, I literally followed Caroline and snapped photos of her for a week and I told her and showed her the photos and she was creeped out but I loved it." He chuckled, shaking his head. "My dad was super supportive and he told me that he'd ask around to see if anyone knows a PI and I almost cried. We got back home and my dad told me that I'd get to drink some champagne so I was ready. We watch the performers and stuff and as we're counting down, there's a knock on the door and my dad rushes toward it and I'm just like 'what the fuck' he opens the door and in walks my mom."
"Wow,"
"I rush up to her and I'm balling my eyes out and she holds me and my dad holds us and we all struggle to count down from three and we just enter the new year together."
"That's amazing, babe," he kissed her. "Was your mom in your life from then on?"
"Mostly, yeah. There were gaps but thankfully those lessened."
"Where was she- what was she doing, if you don't mind me asking,"
"Honestly, I never asked. Mainly because I didn't want to feel like she cared more about whatever she was doing more than me, you know? Like if she was doing something small like braiding hair or something, I don't know, I just didn't want to feel less valuable than that."
He nods. "I get it,"
She exhaled, "So tell me yours,"
"Okay so, you kind of know the beginning but I'll just start over anyway, um I told my dad that I wanted to be an actor, I was obsessed with Batman at the time and I would memorize scenes then act them out without really knowing what I was doing, you know? I heard my mom one day tell my dad that I'm going to be an actor when I grow up and then like a week later, in school we had your typical 'what you want to be when you grow up' assignments and I raised my hand and I asked my teacher what an actor was and she explains it to me and goes 'why' and I tell her 'that's what my mom said I will be' so she helps me with spelling and all that shit and after school, I show my dad. He smiles at me and says that he has a surprise for me tonight and I was bouncing off the walls wondering what this surprise was and that night he takes me to a Broadway showing of Les Miserable. I bawled my eyes out."
"Aww," she laughed a little.
"I gave everyone a standing ovation, I was hooked, I wouldn't shut up about it on the way home, I told my mom, I told my teacher and classmates, I would tell everyone I saw. Then I auditioned for my first role ever in my school play, everyone got a part but I got the best part." They chuckled. "My parents helped me memorize my lines and after that play, they put me in acting classes, I got my first girlfriend, I was riding on a cloud."
She shook her head. "I love that story. Minus the girlfriend part."
"You're still my number one girl, don't worry."
She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. "I better be."
He smiled then kissed her again before she turned around to face the television again.
…
Mason looked up and smiled seeing Elena walk in and told her to have a seat.
"Let me guess, you want to know what exactly am I including in my book,"
"Actually, I wanted to show you something. Stefan did an interview maybe a month ago talking about everything that happened and here's the trailer, if you will."
He showed her.
"So he talks about me?"
"Yes. And he talks a little about your book. I had told him that you were working on one just before the interview because that's when the news broke out and Nancy, the lady that was interviewing him asked about it."
"What does he say?"
"Nothing bad, honestly. I'm just doing my job to prepare you for things just as I do for Stefan. If they edit it right, you have nothing to worry about."
"Meaning what?"
"Just like they did with this trailer, those statements are taken out of context. I already have something lined up just in case, but let's not worry about that now."
She exhaled. "Okay."
"That's all,"
"You really don't want to know more about my book?"
"I know about your book,"
"Yeah but like are you curious to know if you have a chapter?"
"Are you going to tell me if I do?"
"You have one."
"Really?"
"You're surprised?"
"I just thought I'd be mentioned. Won't you just be repeating yourself?"
"Not entirely,"
He looked at her for a beat. "So you're going to admit that you came to me with an idea intention of breaking Stefan and Bonnie up?"
"I'll see you at the after-party tonight, Goldfish." She walked out.
…
Stefan moved his arm around her as they posed on the carpet together. Her dress black and tight and her hair parted in the middle and slicked back behind her ears. His suit a deep red with a black button-down underneath. He moved his hand south causing her to look up at him and he smiled before kissing her red lips. He whispered in her ear, "You are so tempting."
She smiles as he moves away then they pose separately. Stefan looked to his left side then did a double-take noting that Elena was right beside him, just a few feet away. He knows she's aware of his presence, but he decides to say something first. "Elena,"
She looks over and her eyes widened as her mouth dropped slightly. "Stefan, what a surprise,"
He walked up to her and hugged her for a few seconds. "I heard you're writing a book,"
"I heard you did an interview," she looked past him. "Bonnie, it's been ages," she pulls her into her body. "Let's all pose for photos,"
Bonnie stood in the middle and smiled some feeling Stefan's hand move around her hips. They broke away after about a minute then moved to do interviews. Bonnie looked around for Mason and frowned some not seeing him so she stood behind Stefan, keeping a nice distance between their bodies so he could do the interview without feeling her breathing down his back.
She took out her phone to glance at the time then decided to text Mason and ask him if he's coming. She looked up hearing someone shout her name and scanned the room before seeing a news host wave her down. She walked up to her and smiled.
"Do you have time to talk with us?"
"Uh, yeah, sure," she smiled.
"Great," she signaled the cameraman. "I'm Zuri by the way,"
"Bonnie, nice to meet you,"
"So, Bonnie first off, congratulations are in order, you got married recently to Stefan Salvatore, how was that like?"
"Thank you, yeah, it was great. One of the best days of my life. We were texting throughout the day, Stefan and I, just keeping in touch because it was hard for us to be without each other like that."
"How did you two meet?"
"His manager Mason had set us up actually, he's friends with my manager and I guess they figured that I was a good fit so we went out on a date and it went pretty nicely, I think but as more time passed I think that's when we both realized that we could have a future together."
"Speaking of Mason, we know that you part in his film, is that right?"
"Yeah, a few days after actually meeting Mason, he asked me to read his script and I loved it so much and was honored when he asked me to have- not just any role but one of the main ones and it was great."
"Tell us about this short,"
"I'm over the moon about this and I cannot wait for it to be released but I play this woman named Samantha and the story revolves around her, she's kind of spiraling, she's married to this guy Chester, who Stefan actually plays and he's phenomenal- who has a secret, and she knows he's hiding something and she thinks he's having an affair because he's staying out late, he doesn't come home sometimes, she finds things that hint to it but there is a twist ending and I, of course, cannot say but when I first read it, I was blown away."
"I'm hooked, I can't wait to watch it, does it have a title?"
"Yes, right now it's titled- I think I can say, don't get mad at me, Mase, um but it's titled Hint at least, for now, things like that change so,"
"Well again, I look forward to seeing it, thanks again Bonnie for chatting with us,"
"Thank you,"
"Bonnie, over here," another reporter called out.
She looked over at Stefan and smiled when they locked eyes causing him to grow one as well. Since he was still talking, she decided to take the man up in his offer and walked over and shook the hand he extended out to her introducing himself as Kevin before taking a step back so the camera was only on her.
"Firstly, congratulations on your marriage to Stefan Salvatore,"
"Thank you,"
"Can we see the ring?"
"Sure," she held it up for a few seconds to ensure they got their shot before lowering her hand.
"Beautiful,"
"Yeah, I love it," she looked at it before returning her eyes to Kevin.
"Stefan had posted that you two had planned to get married on that date,"
"Yeah, we planned this a couple of months after we got engaged, he took me to dinner and gave me this paper that he planned to give me on the end of the date but said he said he couldn't wait, and it had the date on it. I asked him what it was and he tells me that he wants our wedding to be on that date and it's also his parents' wedding anniversary."
"Oh wow,"
"Yeah so he wanted to pay homage to that and I loved it not only because of that, but when I was about sixteen I had something super special happen to me on New Year's Eve as well so it just made sense."
"Funny how life works right?"
She smiled. "Yes, exactly, so just as his caption said— actually I didn't read his cation, I was upset that he had posted the photos,"
"Why?"
"Well we had planned to post the photos today but he posted it without telling me, I wanted us to post it together but he posted it and hours went by before I even realized it. So in my head, I think people are thinking that I don't care."
He laughed. "Oh I see,"
She chuckled. "We had a disagreement about it via Instagram stories,"
He smiled. "So a big red carpet moment just happened with yourself, Stefan, and Elena, are the three of you cool now, are you all friends?"
"Um things were in a way always cool between us, at least I'll speak for myself, I mean at the end of the day we're all adults and we can move past things and be cordial with one another, I don't hate Elena, I never did it was actually nice seeing her since we haven't spoken in some time."
"That's good to hear,"
"Yeah when I first met Elena- actually I don't think she liked me very much and I didn't really like her which I'm sure she'll write about in her book, but my second time meeting Elena, we bonded kind of instantly which is strange in a way but yeah,"
"Speaking of her book, will you be reading it?"
"I will be reading it. At least my stuff. Stefan and I earlier today actually were talking about it and asked each other if I wanted him to read my part and if he wanted me to read his part and we discussed what we think would be included and I think all of the stuff about me he already knows about, I don't remember Elena and I having a secret conversation or anything but his past relationships with her, I don't know much about but he said it was fine."
"And I saw that Stefan is doing an interview about it, will you be involved as well, were you there?"
"I won't be involved, no, but yes, I was there. Uh, yeah, Stefan has an interview coming up where he talks about his experience with everything that had happened."
"Are you interested in sharing your side as well, I'm sure we'll be happy to sit down with you."
"That's great of you to offer, um, I don't know, I kind of want to move past it so I don't know if I want to talk about it, but if after Stefan's interview airs and people are requesting my side or whatever, then I'll do it, I don't want to talk about it and no one cares but uh, yeah, we'll see what the feedback is and I'll have my people call your people." She smiled.
"We look forward to it, alright, the last thing, is there anything exciting for you coming up?"
"Yeah, I shot a short film a few months back, Stefan and I star— I got the role first, just sayin' he was an afterthought," she chuckled, "no but um it's written and directed by Mason Lockwood who is not only an excellent writer but Stefan's manager and he actually hooked the two of us up, but the movie is about my character Samantha she's on the brink of going insane because her husband Chester, played by Stefan, is hiding something from her and she thinks it's one thing, she's so hell-bent on this one thing which causes her to completely overlook all other clues as to what's really going on and when I first read it, I almost died, I'm super excited for it to come out."
"That sounds amazing, thank you for speaking with us,"
"Thank you,"
She looked over feeling a hand wrap around her wrist and smiled seeing it was Stefan and he moved to lock their fingers before taking her inside. He walked them to the bar and got himself a beer after asking her if she wanted anything. They found a corner to stand at and she narrowed her eyes as he smiled at her. "What?"
"Nothing," he kisses her. "You made me lose my words during my interview when we locked eyes."
She smiles. "Really?"
"Yes, you're my wife."
She feels her heart beating fast. "I'm your wife,"
"Come here," he moved his arm around her and she stood on her toes as their lips connected. "I want to make out with you so bad." He remembers she's wearing lipstick.
She meets their lips a few more times then bites down on her lip as his hand squeezed her ass. She moved her arms around his neck as he peppers kisses on her neck. "She's purring," she bites his ear.
He's ready to drop on his knees, but remembers where they are so he takes her hand leading them to the back of the venue. He knocks on a door before opening it, relieved when it's not locked and locks the door behind them. Before she even has time to think, he lifts her dress up to her waist and pulls her thong down her legs, getting on his knees. Her eyes close as his lips kiss along her inner thighs as he raises her leg on his shoulder. She sucks in a breath as his tongue moves within her and she moans, tilting her head back. His hands hold her waist as he maneuvers himself onto his back, not wanting to part from her. She looks around and reaches for a roll of paper towels and moves that under his head for support. Bonnie mutes her moan as his hands separate her butt cheeks and starts rocking her hips slowly and reaches her hand back to loosen his belt so she could move her hand in his boxers. She smiled hearing his muffled moan then moves off his face causing him to be confused for a second before she sits on him. He sits up and holds her ass as her hips rock forward and backward as they look into each other's eyes. He looks away feeling himself near but she forces his head to face her again.
"I'm about to come,"
She smiled and tightens her walls against him, triggering his release. She starts bouncing and continues to do so until she comes and he's weak and defeated.
"Fuck." He grabs her face.
They look over and chuckled at someone trying to open the door before cursing noticing that it was locked.
"What is this like some sex hookup place?"
"Pretty much." He frowned as she stood but did so as well, pulling up his pants as she found her thong.
He helped her pull her dress down before they walked out and headed toward the bathrooms.
…
Bonnie wore a big smile as she rewinds back to the point in the interview where they lock eyes for the tenth time in the span of two minutes.
"Yeah I was—" he looks over and smiles for a few seconds before returning his attention back. "I was uh," he looked over again and trailed his eyes along her body. "Sorry," he returned his attention. "I just locked eyes with my wife for a second there," he looks back over and shakes his head then looks back. "She's so beautiful, uh, what was I saying again, what was the question?" He laughs.
She looks up smiling then closed her eyes as he kisses her.
"I told you, you made me stumble."
"This is my favorite thing ever."
He chuckled then kissed her again. "So my mom and Tim are in for tonight and so it'll be us, then and Mason,"
"And Caroline via FaceTime as she watches at home."
"And Caroline," he moved beside her. "I'm sort of nervous. It's strange because I'm never nervous about these things."
"Well this is a little outside of your comfort zone so it's only natural but I'm sure there's nothing to be nervous about."
"You're right. But if you're wrong, you owe me a lap dance."
She chuckled. "Deal."
"I want this to be a disaster." He smiled as she laughed before calling him stupid. "I just remembered that you still have some lingerie to model for me…"
"It's either the lap dance or modeling."
"Lap dance." He answers instantly.
She chuckled then watched his eyes before biting his ear and straddled his lap. He closed his eyes and held her body close and kissed her deeply. "You make me weak,"
She smiled against his lips. "Do I?"
"Mm,"
She kisses his lips several times and takes one of his hands and moves it over her breast. His nostrils flare as she moans and squeezes her breast in his hand. She grabs both of his hands this time and moves them along her body and though he badly wants to take over, he doesn't so he can learn where she likes his hands to be. He inhaled as she slipped his right hand between her thighs as his left was on her neck. She started rocking her hips and he couldn't stop himself from taking over. He moved his hand into her panties and inserted a finger and used his thumb to play with her clit. He wrapped his hand around her neck causing her to cry out and fuck his finger more intensely so he inserted another.
He watched her face as she came then spread out his legs before pushing her down on her back. He quickly removes her garment before using his face to replace them, licking her clean until she came again. He peppered kisses on her thighs and trails up her stomach and neck before meeting their lips. Their kissing starts off slow before it amplifies and he takes her hand and slips it between her thighs, coating her hand in her own come before moving their hands down his pants and boxers. He moans as she strokes him and lets her take over, moving his hand to the side of her face and kisses her deeply until he stiffens causing their lips to halt. He breathes deeply as she pulls his pants and boxers down then moves to straddle him. She forces his head to look at her as she rode him and bit down on her lips as his hands moved to her ass. She leans in and connects their lips and she smiles as his hand moves to her neck and she bounces on her until she came, squeezing her walls against him triggering his own release.
"I want more." She started moving her hips again.
"We can't. People will be showing up soon."
She smiles as he hardens inside her. "Please, daddy?"
He closed his eyes as his movement quickens. "Of course, baby."
She smiles and even more as he sits up before moving her to her back.
…
Stefan moves his head away from her lips and curses hearing knocks on the door.
"Just let them wait." She says and bounces harder on him and connects their lips again.
He moans, holding her body close to his. He plays with her breasts in his hands causing her walls to clench around him and he spreads her ass apart causing them both to cry out as she sinks deeper. Shortly they come but their kissing doesn't stop and she doesn't move off his lap.
"One more time,"
He smiles. "Later, I swear. We'll fuck as much as you want."
"Promise me."
"I promise." He holds her face and kisses her several times, only pulling away hearing knocks on their door again.
She sighs moving off his lap and he heads for the bathroom and quickly comes out and pulls jeans up his legs before hurrying to the door. He smiles welcoming his mom and Tim inside. "Sorry, we took a nap and forgot to set the alarm,"
"No worries," Lily said then smiled seeing Bonnie make her way down the hall and they hugged. "How are you, my daughter?"
She smiled, "I'm doing great, thank you. How are you, are you excited?"
"I wouldn't say excited, but I also can't wait to watch," they chuckled, "I'm just a little nervous."
"As is Stefan, but as I told him, you have nothing to worry about, I think this will be great."
Lily smiled then even more as her son stepped beside her and she watched them look into each other's eyes before he kissed her once. He hugged her close then whispered in her ear before she nodded and they kissed again before and Bonnie walked away.
"I've never seen you like this before," Lily gained his attention.
"What do you mean?"
"So in love."
He smiled. "She's my wife, I- I love her to death. She means everything to me."
Lily smiled then looks over, hearing knocks on the door and Stefan went to answer it and welcomed Mason inside. Bonnie sat a fruit and sandwiches platter both on the coffee table then turned on the TV, changing the channel. She looked over and smiled, hugging Mason from the side.
"I saw an interview you mentioned that you're possibly interested in telling your side of the story. I'm sorry I didn't think about that first,"
"It's okay like I said, I don't want to keep bringing it up for my own sanity but if people do want to hear it then I'll definitely go ahead with it."
"Just let me know and I'll reach out to a few people,"
"Thanks,"
"No problem. You have no idea what channel this is on, do you?"
"Not a clue."
He chuckled then took the remote from her hand, shoving her lightly and playfully causing her to shove him back laughing. Stefan closed his eyes and took deep breaths before walking up to the two and moved his arm around his wife. Bonnie looked over and smiled hearing her iPad ringing knowing that it must be Caroline. She walked over to it and answered it, waiting for it to connect.
"Hey, girl,"
"Heyyy, is everyone there?"
"And by everyone you mean?" She wiggles her eyebrows.
"Everyone." She shrugged.
"Yes, your boyfriend is here," she projected gaining everyone's attention and smiled as Mason sat the remote down and started walking over.
"I'm going to kill you." Caroline threatened then smiled once he came in the frame.
"Hey, bear,"
"Hey, babe,"
Bonnie smiled watching the two smile at one another. "I'll give you two some privacy." She walked away handing the device to Mason.
"I miss you."
"I miss you more. I badly wanted to fly you out here to be with us today."
She smiles. "I wish."
"Damn your grandma for turning ninety today."
She laughed. "Stop it,"
"I'm sorry, baby."
She bit her lower lip. "When can I see you again?"
"Unfortunately, I'm pretty swamped currently, but I'll make time, I swear."
"Me too."
"Alright, love birds, it's starting," Bonnie teases.
"You're sitting next to me,"
She smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way,"
He smiled, looking into her eyes then started toward the couch and rested the iPad on the arm of the couch and leaned it against the cushion.
Stefan took out his phone and went to Instagram. "My interview is about to air, I have some of my family here with me," he panned the room "and we're ready to roll so make sure to tune in with us and we can talk about it." He smiled then posted the video to his stories.
…
Stefan and Bonnie looked over at each other and chuckled seeing that they decided to keep in the moment where during the break, she walked up to him and kissed him before he rubbed her ass as she told him how great he was doing. You couldn't see their faces for the camera was positioned to film a person sitting down but anyone would assume it was indeed Bonnie and not someone else. When they walked out of the view for the cameras, the screen went black and you could hear their conversations, Stefan asking his mom if she was ready and the love talk between the married couple before it faded into Nancy admitting that she was watching the two.
Stefan held his mom's hand just as he did during the interview as she started talking and sharing her story. Fifteen minutes later, the interview was over and Bonnie smiled watching the mother and son hug tightly. Bonnie took a photo of the two then looked over at Mason and smiled. He grabbed the iPad and smiled seeing Caroline wipe away her tears.
"Honestly, this couldn't have gone better." He spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. "Limited editing worked in everyone's favor, it kept the interview honest which is great on Stefan's and Lily's part, Bonnie it showed your support and shows off the love you both have for each other. Hearing it back, Bonnie, I'm sure people would want to hear your side and as we talked earlier, just let me know if you're interested and we'll set something up."
She nodded then thanked him.
Shortly Lily and Tim headed out and Caroline said her goodbyes and that left only Mason, Bonnie, and Stefan. They were cleaning in silence when Stefan decided to speak. "Have you both decided on when you'll talk to Caroline?"
Mason looked up at him then to Bonnie.
"Right, I forgot to tell you, I told Stefan about us wanting to have a sit-down with Care and tell her about our past."
"Oh, uh, no date yet. She said she was pretty busy and quite frankly so am I. If it was something that could be done over the phone then I would've done it yesterday but it's not. I'll just have to make the time and hopefully, you're free and she's free at the same time."
"I don't have much going on yet so mainly it's whether she's free and Stefan's free." She said in her way of letting him know that he would be tagging along as well.
"Well, I know Stefan's schedule mainly, so that won't be an issue at all. I'm trying to make it so that we go there so she does t gave to go on a plane after it all by herself, she'd be in the comfort of her own home."
"I didn't think about it that way. Did you tell her at all that you wanted to talk to her?"
"No, I can't figure out a way to say it without her getting paranoid, but at the same time, I don't want to ambush her with this. Once we settle on a date, either you or I can say something about it to her." He watched her nod before he sighed. "How do you think she'll react?"
Bonnie thought. "Honestly, I think she'll be okay. I think she'll be okay but in the back of her mind, she'll feel weird about it. She'll wonder if we're telling her the truth about our relationship."
"So we're telling her the whole truth and nothing but the truth?"
"If you want your relationship to last, yes. As long as you both have a deep connection toward each other, I don't think you'd be getting dumped soon."
"If so I won't blame her, but I will fight for her."
Bonnie smiled. "That's good to hear. I'll help you with that fight too."
He smiled then exhaled. "Thanks, Bon. I think we have our plan,"
"That we do," Bonnie put the platters back in the refrigerator then looked around. "Where did Stefan go?" She asked, narrowing her eyes no longer seeing him in the area.
Mason looked around confused as well. "To the bathroom, maybe? Anyway, I have to head out," he closed the dishwasher then washed his hands.
"Okay, we'll talk later?"
"Yeah, of course." He wrapped her in his arms, pulling her close to his body. "I'll text possibly or email you about the interview,"
"Can it be with the people that asked? I would feel like a bitch if I were to do it with someone else."
He chuckled. "Okay but- okay,"
"No, tell me," she pulled back to look in his eyes.
He sighed. "I was just going to say that we can't guarantee great results. I was thinking that we would go with Nancy or someone from that company because we know what to expect."
"True. I don't know, I'll have to think about it."
"Sure," he kissed her forehead then walked towards the door. "Tell Stefan I'll call him."
Bonnie nodded then waved him goodbye then locked the door before heading to their bedroom. She smiles seeing Stefan sitting on the bed on his phone and walks over to him and kisses him. "I'm gonna take a shower, you want to join?" She got up from the bed.
"I already took a shower."
She narrowed her eyes. "What, when?"
"When you two were talking out there."
She frowned, noticing a tone in his voice that had a hint of anger and annoyance. "Stef,"
"I asked a question and suddenly you two are talking as if I'm not even in the room so I decided to not be in the room and take a shower and quite frankly I'm tired and ready to go to bed." He locked his phone then got under the covers before turning off the light.
Bonnie stood there with her mouth slightly agape but then just rolled her eyes and headed into the bathroom.
…
Stefan woke up and sighed before moving to his back. He ran his hands over his face then reached for his phone, unlocking it with his face before going to Instagram. His thumbs hovered over the 'E' and closing his eyes he typed her first name and opened them then clicked on her profile. He took a deep breath and clicked on her stories and smiled seeing a photo of her with her pet snake. He was surprised to see it still alive though now he's sure that they can survive a while. The next was a boomerang of her plate and someone else's. The next was a video of women dancing at a club he read the tagged names but none of them sounded familiar. The next three videos included the same thing but she turned the camera onto herself a few times. Lastly, was a photo of herself lying in bed, makeup-free and smiling. His lips curved as he looked at her eyes, then he was faced with her profile again. He scrolls down her feed and clicked on the photo she had with Bonnie at the Halloween party. He sighed then backed out of her profile and closed Instagram altogether. He placed his phone back then turned his head to the left until his eyes landed on his wife. He closed his eyes, feeling slight guilt but shook it off and pulled her into his arms. He let out a breath through his nose then reached for her phone as it lit up.
Call me when you can
Her mom texted.
I need to talk to you about something important.
He frowned and just as he was about to put her phone back, he read a text that made his eyes widen. It was from Elena.
Trouble in paradise?
He cursed lowly remembering that a person could actually see who looked at their stories and forgot that Elena was one of those people who would constantly look. He exhaled then reached for her hand so he could unlock her phone.
"Stef?"
"Shh, go back to sleep." He kisses the top of her head then caressed the side of her face until her eyes are closed again. He went to her texts and replied back.
Why do you ask?
Turned her ringer off just in time before she sent several screenshots that proved he watched her Instagram stories.
That doesn't mean anything.
He hasn't watched my stories in months now suddenly one random day he does?
I can't tell you what's going through his mind, maybe he wanted to see how you were doing after we watched his interview last night maybe he wanted to see if you watched it yourself. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with us, we're fine. Stop trying to make drama out of nothing.
After he sent it, he knew she wouldn't respond so he deleted the text exchange then kept her phone unlocked for a couple of minutes before placing it back. He exhaled then looked down at her before kissing her forehead. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
…
He watched her from his view of the bathroom mirror from his side of the bed as she brushed her teeth. He could tell that she was talking to herself in her head by how concentrated she looked but hoped that she wasn't suspicious about earlier this morning.
She spat in the sink then cupped her hands with water, bringing it to her mouth before spitting that out. He looked over, hearing her phone vibrate and reached for it, seeing it was her mom. "Babe, your mom's calling."
Bonnie walked out and grabbed her phone before answering it. "Hey, mom… I'm still getting ready, I was going to call when—" he narrowed his eyes as she looked at him with wide eyes. "Are you sure?... Of course but that's beyond what I thought- … I hope everything goes as planned. … Okay, love you too, bye. Babe."
"What?"
"My mom is going to propose to Karen."
"What?"
"She wanted my blessing and- I honestly can't believe this. I need to go to Mystic Falls."
"What, why?"
"I need to talk to my mom before she does this." She searched for flights on her phone.
"Just let your mom be happy."
"I want absolutely nothing more, but I want her to explain to me why."
"Explain why she's a lesbian?"
"People can't just suddenly become a lesbian overnight. I just want to make sure she's not doing this because she gave up on men because of her past and now she's searching to fill the void with a woman. If that's true then I want to stop this mainly for Karen's sake. She's a great woman, I don't want my mom to be experimenting with her."
Stefan sighed. "Well you're just going to have to go on your own, I have meetings."
"Okay." She kissed him then quickly got dressed and left.
…
Once she landed, Bonnie headed straight for her mother's place and prayed that Karen wasn't there. She knocked and forced a smile at the shock on her mother's face before she got pulled into a hug.
"What are you doing here?"
"Is Karen here?"
"No,"
"Good, I need to talk to you." She stepped in.
"About what?" Abby closed and locked the door.
"Why are you with Karen?" She thought that she'd just come right out and ask.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm just asking because this all seems so random to me."
"What does?"
"You're suddenly a lesbian now? Since when?" She watched her eyes and continues when she didn't answer. "I want you to be happy and love whomever you love, I'm not trying to shame you but I just want to make sure that you're not doing this because one day you got tired of being let down by men so you decide to date a woman instead and you're using Karen to fill those voids of men that hurt you."
Abby let out a breath. "I guess your father didn't tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"Have a seat,"
She does so.
"Thank you for being concerned, now knowing what I know, I'm glad that you came here to question me and I don't see it as you disapproving with me, but as you just making sure that I'm okay. Your father and I divorced because I came out to him. I knew it always in my heart but I didn't want to disappoint my parents so I pushed it aside. Then something clicked when I had you, becoming a mother is a life-changing experience, you start feeling things you never have before, thinking and viewing things completely different from what you did just before you push them out and one day I remember looking at you and thinking that no matter what I want you to stay true to who you are. To never back down from a challenge, to live life with no fear and I realized that I couldn't teach you that because all I've been doing is not being true to who I am, backing down from challenges, living every day with the fear of disappointment. I couldn't be a role model to you because I wasn't even myself. I didn't come out right away, it took a couple of years then I told him and we decided to divorce. I still loved your father very much, he made me feel like no other has, so I trusted him when he told me that as soon as I get my life situated, I get my place, get a job whatever, we could split custody. I remember finally moving out of grams' place after I had saved to get a small studio apartment and I call your father and the line had been disconnected. I went to the house, someone else was living inside of it."
"You're not saying-"
"Your father took you from me. I went to his job the next day but the security guard wouldn't let me up and I waited until he got out and confronted him but he ignored me."
"Mom—"
"I never abandoned you, Bonnie. I mean I guess you can say I did because after some time I did stop trying but only because no matter what your father was always two steps ahead of me."
"I thought you were a drug addict or something, oh my god, mom, I'm so sorry." She fell into her arms and started crying and Abby comforted her until her tears stopped. "All this time dad was lying to me. How could he do that to me, I trusted him."
"I'm sorry, Bonnie. It took me forever to realize that he was looking out for you in his own way. Sometimes we as parents do things that make no sense to anyone except ourselves. No matter how many times we try to explain it to someone else. I'm just happy that eventually, I got to see you. Remember that New Year's Eve?"
"Of course I do."
"Too many years had passed and I knew that your father had to be over it by now so I called and told him that I was in town and begged to see you and he let me."
"So you moved away?"
"I did. If I stayed in Mystic Falls, I would've driven myself insane and quite possibly would've been in a mental institution. I had to move away. Then I met Karen."
"Wait, Karen-Karen?"
She chuckled. "Yes. She bought me so much light in the darkness of my world and for a while, I let my past life fade and fade away. Then Karen kept asking questions and I told her and she encouraged me to call your father and thankfully I listened to her and I got to see you. After that, your father and I talked and I started my transition back to Mystic Falls. Karen and I split because I wanted to focus my attention only on you then one day she appeared and we got back together."
"Mom, I'm so sorry,"
"Don't apologize. You didn't know and it's partly my fault because I should've told you."
"I should've asked."
She smiled then held her daughter's face. "We know now. That's all that matters."
Bonnie nodded.
…
Stefan looked down at his phone for what felt like the hundredth time and sighed seeing that she hadn't texted him back yet. He unlocked his phone before texting her three question marks.
"Everything okay, Stefan?"
"Yeah, sorry."
"So we want to get the jewelry line up and ready this Friday so make sure you and your wife and friends post something to get the hype going. Model some if not all the pieces we have, we have some photos of them on the models if you would like to see those,"
"Uh, yeah, sure,"
He looked through the photos. "These look great,"
"Well send copies over to Mason and he'll get them to you."
"Sounds good,"
Everyone stood and Stefan shook their hands before they walked out. He looked down hearing his phone ring and answered it immediately seeing it was Bonnie. "Bonnie?"
"Hey, sorry—"
"Babe, what the fuck, I told you to text me when you landed, I thought something happened to you."
"I'm sorry—"
"I was worried sick and you don't have the decency to send me a simple text?"
"Stef—" her mouth dropped noticing that he had hung up on her.
Mason knocked on the door. "Everything okay?"
"Yeah," he sighed. "What's up?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to see how the meeting went,"
"It was good… I- I fucked up."
"With the meeting?"
"No, this morning. I was a little upset and I looked through Elena's Instagram and looked at her story then minutes later she texts Bonnie with screenshots showing that I viewed it and she asks if there's "trouble in paradise" and thankfully Bonnie was still asleep so I texted back something that I knew would shut her up and then deleted the texts."
"Wow."
"I'm pissed at myself and overreacted when Bonnie didn't tell me she landed."
"Landed? Where did she go?"
"Mystic Falls, she needed to talk to her mom about something important."
"Wait so why were you upset this morning?"
"Bonnie and I got into an argument last light, it doesn't matter, I'm just worried that Elena will text her and Bonnie would be confused and shit just blows up. Why can't one fucking thing go right? I don't think that's too much to ask."
"There's always a storm before things get better, just get through the storm."
"It's one long-ass storm."
"It'll be over soon. Just put up an umbrella and keep walking."
He sighed. "I need to go to Mystic Falls."
…
Bonnie forced a smile at her waitress before she picked up her sandwich. After crying for she doesn't even know how long behind a tree at the park, she decided to go for a walk to get something to eat. She looked up hearing someone walk in then back at her food then did a double-take. "Stefan?"
He looked to his left then right before rushing up to her and held her face and kissed her deeply. "I'm sorry," he kissed her again.
"Wha- how are you here right now?"
"I flew private and used Find My Friends. I hate that I yelled at you and hung up on you like that. I shouldn't have done that."
"It's okay,"
"No, it's not."
"You were just worried about me,"
"But I made you cry and that's not okay." He saw her give him a look as to how he'd known she'd been crying. "Your eyes are puffy."
"They are?"
"Just a little. You still look beautiful though." He smiled when she chuckled.
"I'm sorry, you were right, I was focused on my own shit but I still should've texted you."
"Next time, okay?"
She nodded and closed her eyes as he kissed her again. "I missed you."
"I missed you too. I love you."
"I love you too." She kissed him and he moves his hands away to let her eat and she shared her food with him.
…
Caroline opened her door and gasped as he lifted her in his arms. She smiles then leans in to meet their lips, kissing him twice. "What are you doing here, crazy?"
Mason smiles. "Well, I saw an opportunity to see you so I took it."
She smiles then meets their lips again as he places her back on her feet.
"Bear, I need to tell you something,"
She narrowed her eyes. "What is it?"
He exhaled then took her hand, leading them over to her couch. "When I first met Bonnie, I was very attracted to her but she's with Stefan and I tried to be okay with that but one day I ask her out to dinner to talk about the film and I kissed her. We agreed that we should stay strictly friends but up until recently, I've always still secretly had a crush on her but never acted on it. I don't anymore she's seriously just a friend now and I really, really like you so I wanted to tell you. Bonnie wanted to tell you too, we were going to do it together but I just had to tell you before I fell in love with you, and you not want anything to do with me."
"It's okay, Mason. I get it, it's hard not to fall in love with that girl, but as long as it's over now completely one hundred percent,"
"One hundred percent,"
"Then it's okay. Thank you for telling me." He nodded. "Does Stefan know?"
"Yes."
"Good. I don't want there to be secrets between our friendship group."
He smiled then hugged her.
