Elena's jaw was close to hitting the floor when Bonnie filled her in on her meeting with Stefan.

"You do realize that you guys have to actually talk, right?"

"Yes, babe, which is why we're meeting up tomorrow. We just got caught up in the moment, but that can't happen again."

She looked at her friend confused, "Why can't it? Don't you want to have a relationship with the father of your child?"

Bonnie shrugged. "I mean that would be great, but I'm not sure if Stefan and I click on a couple level. A sexual level, hell yes, but I don't know, I guess I don't see us fitting."

"Well, that's because you barely know him. It was a one-night stand, not a date."

"That may be true, but it's not only me, I don't know if Stefan wants to go there… I don't even know if I want to go there."

Elena shrugged and laid down on the bed. "Well whatever you decide, I'm here for you, B."

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Five o'clock couldn't roll by fast enough. Stefan couldn't keep his head focused on a thing sitting at his desk. First, it'll be on the piles of papers to the baby then to kissing Bonnie to touching her and feeling her on his body-

Ding! Dong!

Stefan snapped out of his daydream and went to answer the door. He smiled when he saw Bonnie and stepped to the side to let her in.

"Something smells good."

"Yeah, I thought I'd cook something for us."

Bonnie followed him into the kitchen and sat in the chair that he pulled out for her.

"I hope you like lasagna."

"I do, it's actually one of my favorite foods."

"Cool, same here."

The table fell quiet after that both having thoughts running through their minds. They knew that they needed to talk, but had no idea how or where to start. Stefan sat his fork down and looked over at Bonnie taking a deep breath.

"I'm sorry for kissing you the other day, I was just-"

"Caught in the moment." Bonnie finished. "I know, I was too... Speaking of, I was wondering how our relationship should involve."

"How do you mean?"

"You know, like are we just going to reach that friendship level and stay there or are we going to try and date?"

Stefan thought. "I mean I think we should give us a shot for the baby."

"And if we don't work out?"

"Then we'll remain friends but let's cross that bridge if we get to it."

Bonnie nodded and they got started on another conversation. Stefan told her that he wanted to be as involved as possible so he expressed the idea of her moving in with him. This was probably the most shocked that Bonnie has been in awhile—well not counting the whole pregnancy thing.

"Stefan, I'm not sure if that's a good idea."

"Sure it is, I have enough room to make you more than comfortable. I just don't want you to go through this alone."

"Stefan…"

"Just try it out for a month and if you don't want to anymore then you can move back. Please, just think about it."

Bonnie nodded then went back to eating only realizing that she was full.

"You know I have to say that I'm surprised by you." Stefan gave her a look. "I mean most guys wouldn't help support or wouldn't want to be there but then there's you and we aren't even together… It's refreshing."

Stefan raised his eyebrows. "I guess it has something to do with me giving up on having kids. I'm honestly not the one to settle down, but now I have a chance to do so and I'd be stupid to not take it."

Man oh man, Bonnie would've loved to kiss him right then. Before her body worked against her, Bonnie sat back in her seat and stared at him for a little.

"Since I'll be possibly living here, can you give me a tour?"

Stefan smiled. "Sure."

He showed her around the house glad that he kept everything tidy. He could tell that she was impressed and was glad of that.

"This is my room or you can have it if you want or um maybe we could share it."

Bonnie hid her smile but Stefan noticed it anyway. He opened the door and Bonnie had to stop herself from gasping. It was flipping huge! The bed covered a good amount of it and since it was loosely furnished it looked bigger than it probably really was.

"I bet you get all the girls with this bed, huh?"

"Actually, no. You're the first woman in a while that's been in here."

"Well don't I feel special." Her smile was smug.

Stefan chuckled and took her hand leading her over to it. Bonnie hesitated but crawled on and fit between Stefan's arm resting her head on his chest. He smiled at how complete he felt with her there and hoped that she wouldn't leave from this spot.


An annoying ringing was going off and something told him if he didn't get to the source the sound will continue. Stefan slowly peeled his eyes open and untangled himself from Bonnie's body. He didn't expect a sleepover to happen but he was glad that it did because she could possibly be more open to sharing a bed with him on a daily basis.

"Hello?" Stefan answers his phone. "…Shit, something popped up last night just cover for me... Alright, thanks, man."

Stefan looked down and let out a breath glad that he didn't wake up Bonnie who he now noticed was shaking slightly. He slowly pulled the covers down the length of their bodies and covered them with it and wrapped her up in his arms again.

"Stefan?"

"Shh, go back to sleep." He said rubbing her stomach gently.

Bonnie snuggled closer to his front and interlocked her fingers with his.

A few hours later Bonnie was the one to wake up and was a bit confused as to where she was at first but remembered that she slept over at Stefan's. She tried to move some but his hold was tight around her like he was expecting a theft to come at night and was making sure that he didn't take her in the process.

Bonnie tried to hold in her giggles as his breath hit her ear but realized she failed when she felt him stir and loosen his hold a little.

"Bonnie?" His voice was raspy.

"Yeah?"

"I was just seeing if you were up… Good morning."

"Good morning."

Bonnie turned in his arms and their eyes locked. A piece of hair slid on her face and before she could push it back, Stefan did it for her. Bonnie offered him a smile as a thank you not wanting to really talk scared that her morning breath wouldn't be the best since she didn't get a chance to brush last night. Despite everything, their heads seemed to move in closer and were centimeters away from a lip-lock when Bonnie's phone sounded. They decided to go with kissing anyway when none of them made the move to pull away. No tongue was used but that didn't make it any less pleasurable. When the phone kept ringing Stefan knew he was going to regret it, but he pulled away then kissed her quickly a few more times.

"You should answer it."

Bonnie kissed him again and rolled over to get her phone from off the nightstand. She knew who it would be and she didn't want to have the conversation she was about to have about Stefan in front of Stefan.

"Hey, Lena, can I call you back?"

"Bonnie Bennett did you sleep over?! I need details!"

"Goodbye, Elena."

"Bon—"

Bonnie turned around almost crashing her head into Stefan's. He smiled then pressed a quick peck to her lips before pulling her out of bed. He gave her a spare toothbrush and showed her is face products just in case she wanted to use some while he showered. After her improvised morning routine, Bonnie went downstairs to see if he had any apples since he was still in the other room showering. She found red apples and cut one into eight slices then sat at the table checking her phone.

Bonnie jumped slightly when she felt hands on her shoulders but relaxed when those hands massaged her shoulders. Stefan smiled she leaned her head to the side sighing in relaxation. His thumbs circled her shoulder blades a minute longer before bringing his lips to her cheek kissing the skin.

"Do you want anything else to eat?"

"Do you have any peanut butter? I didn't want to look through your cabinets too much."

"It's fine, you should get used to where everything is anyway." Stefan got the peanut butter out the cabinet and grabbed a spoon from one of the drawers as well.

"Hey, shouldn't you be at work or something?"

Stefan watched her scoop up peanut butter on the spoon then smear it on the apple slice before taking a bite.

"I got it covered."

Bonnie squints her eyes at him then stands up getting a glass of water. She feels his eyes on her and tries her best to keep her face cool.

"If it's alright with you," Stefan said when she sat back down, "I would like to take you out on a date. Tonight, if you're free."

She allowed herself to smile. "Should I wear something fancy?"

"That depends if you classify Burger King as a fancy restaurant." Bonnie laughed and he had to smile. "No, I'm just kidding. A sexy dress would be just fine."

She smiled. "I think I know just the dress. What time?" Bonnie asked sitting back down.

"I would like to pick you both up at eight." They smiled.

"We'll be ready."

Stefan swears he never smiled this much in a long time. He leaned in some and kissed her lips softly. "Have I ever told you that you're beautiful?" She just stared into his eyes and closed them softly when his hand moved to the side of her face. "Because you are. So, so beautiful."

If she wasn't sitting down she may have swooned. "You're not so bad yourself."

He lifted the corner of his mouth and kissed her twice before her phone went off.

"H-hello?"

"Bonnie Bennett if you don't get home in twenty minutes-"

"Alright," Bonnie repeated three times, "I'm on my way, mom."

"Ha. Ha. See you in ten." Elena said before she ended the call.

"Your mom?"

Bonnie stopped her laugh, "No, it was my friend Elena, my uh, my mom is dead."

"Oh my g—, I'm so sorry-"

"It's fine, Stefan,"

"No, I honestly feel so horrible. I know it must've been difficult for you and your dad."

"Yeah… my dad died too. My parents got into a horrible car accident three years ago."

"Bonnie, I-"

"Stefan, it's seriously okay, I've coped, I'm okay with talking about it."

"I'm such an idiot," Stefan said ignoring her forgiveness, "I should've never even commented."

"Would a hug make you feel better?"

Stefan looked at her with a serious face and nodded causing her to chuckle but she stood up and wrapped her arms around him. She honestly took the whole hug thing as a joke, but in the hug, she could tell that he actually needed it. The way his hand would gently move vertically on her back and how he would hold her tight in his arms made her want to cry all over again.

"Please be safe."

"I will."

He kissed her head and hugged her longer. "Are you sure you don't want to stay? Elena can come over here."

"I should head home. I need to get ready for our date, remember?"

"I'll cancel it."

"Stefan," Bonnie pulled away some to look into his eyes, "I'll be fine, I promise." She stood on her toes to kiss him.

He hugged her a few sounds longer before letting her go. Stefan wasn't a religious man at all, but he prayed to God to keep Bonnie and their baby safe.


A/N: Bonnie be always bringing out the softy in her men.