:Unforgiven:


Summary: Bonnie Bennett got herself involved with an older man named Mason. She loves him like no other until she meets Stefan Salvatore. She denies her feelings, but one day she admits her love and breaks things off. Mason doesn't take the breakup well and kidnaps her one day after school. Can Stefan save her before it's too late?

(Written April 2015)


Bonnie smiled as he kissed her neck before meeting their lips. People said that their relationship was no good, but he makes her happy. She is the happiest that she's been in a while and it's all thanks to Mason. He made her feel good, he made her feel loved and cared for simply because he truly loves and cares for her.

So what if he's eleven years older than her nineteen-year-old self, she loves him and she can see her being with him for a long time.

Mason groans as their lips meet and kisses her roughly holding her tightly in his arms. Her leg goes around his waist and he takes that as a hint so he pulls away and removes his shirt. Bonnie's eyes take down his perfect body running her hands up his arms.

"Mason,"

He leans in connecting their lips again moving his hands up her shirt, "Yes,"

"We can't." She moved her head away, "It's my time of the month."

He rolled his eyes and moved beside her. "Must you tease me?"

"So kissing you is teasing?" She asks amused moving to her side to rest his head on his chest.

"Yes, especially with those lips." He looks over at her and kisses her again.

"Let's do something, we never go out anymore."

"That's not true."

"Yes, it is. You always keep me cooped up and hidden from the world."

"That's because you're all mine." He growls then kissed her again.

"Pretty please, babe? I promise to be a good girl." She straddled his lap purring in his ear.

"Babe, stop." He practically moaned.

"Is that a 'yes'?"

He let out a breath calming his heart. "Fine. Where to?"

"The mall." She kissed him before moving off his lap skipping down the stairs.

He shortly followed after her. He sat her on the counter and attached their lips for a good ten minutes before they headed out.


If he was honest with her, the real reason why he keeps her tucked away is because of the stares. Not at their relationship, he's thirty but could still pass to be in his twenties, but at Bonnie alone. She's a hot girl and the men around would take some time to stare as they walk by. It starts to annoy him so he wraps an arm around her pulling her close to his body.

She walks him into a store and starts looking through the racks occasionally seeking his approval for certain things. He pays for the things she picked out which Bonnie was hoping that he would anyway but she thanks him as they walk out and kisses him in the middle of the walkway. He smiled and grabs her hand telling her that he needs to get some new shoes.

As he's looking on the wall, Bonnie sits on the nearest bench and watches him. She's never been more attracted to someone like she is to Mason. His face, hair, eyes, skin is perfect and she's just about to go tease him a little but someone joins her on the bench. She can tell that it's a man by the smell of his cologne and makes sure not to look over at him hoping that he'll go away knowing how Mason can get.

"Is that your uncle or something?"

She immediately smiles but stops it pulling her lips into her mouth. After a moment of thought she gives him her attention looking into his green eyes. "No, he's my boyfriend and you better back off before he takes your head."

He chuckles. "A pretty girl like you should be with someone like me."

She raises an eyebrow, "And why is that?"

"Because I'm actually your age." He winks.

They stare at each other for a few moments then he stands. Her eyes follow him walking over to a customer and asks if they need any help. Bonnie smiles slightly then turns frowning at the look she's getting from her boyfriend.

"I was just being friendly." She explains walking over to him.

"Whatever, do you like these or not?"

Bonnie looks down at the shoe. "Yeah,"

He places the shoe back in the box and walks over to the register without speaking a word. Bonnie sighs and walks over to him moving her arms around him dropping them when he squirms.

"Are you seriously mad me right now?" She talks lowly.

He thanks the cashier then walks out leaving her behind. Bonnie narrows her eyes watching his back before following after him. She's almost out of the store when she's stopped.

"Hey, I'm sorry if I caused that, I didn't mean-"

"No, it's not your fault. I should go."

"Wait," he calls after her, "I didn't get your name."

"Bonnie,"

"I'm Stefan."

She smiled and nods before hurrying off. Bonnie looks around for him and is about to go to the car wondering if he's there but stops when she spots him. It was a baby store and she wondered what he was doing in there before she walked in.

"This is what I want." He tells her looking at a onesie. "A family, a future with you. If you don't want that-"

"I want that, I do. I was just being nice that's all."

He sighs looking in her eyes. Bonnie places her hand on the side of his face and kisses him once before grabbing his hand walking them out.

•|•|•

Stefan ran his fingers through his hair as he pulled up at his apartment. After working a twelve hour shift, he was ready to pass out. He skipped the meal that his roommate had leftover more than likely knowing he'll regret it in the morning but still goes to his room, changes out of his clothes and goes to sleep.

The next morning his stomach is growling but decides to take a shower first before eating breakfast. A smile was on his face thinking about yesterday. Bonnie. Bonnie Bennett, the girl who he's loved since he laid his eyes on her that one day senior year. They had different social circles so he's never gotten the chance to talk to her but he knew about her.

She was an inspired artist. He's seen some of her artwork hanging on the walls and he's gotten so used to her style that he could pick it out over anyone else's in school. He hated to admit that even to himself because it makes him feel like somewhat of a stalker, but he's amazed by her.

Stefan smiles seeing his buddy, Matt make his way over to him.

"Hey, man."

"What's up?"

Stefan let out a breath. "I talked to her, man."

"Talked to who?"

"Bonnie, dude, come on. She came by at my work and I pretended not to know her so I wouldn't seem like a loser."

"Bonnie owns sneakers?"

"No, she was there with that old man."

"Stefan I know you're brave and all but that dude could literally kill you. How old is he like forty?"

"I think he's thirty and I'll be fine, I learned that he's nothing but a big punk." He said then they started walking to class.

"How?"

"Well he was looking at shoes and she was sitting on the bench so I chat her up a little making her smile then I just walk away. I'm helping out a customer when I see him just storm by and then Bonnie shortly follows after him. I pretend that I'm innocent and say I'm sorry if I upset him then I asked for her name then I told her mine. It was perfect."

"A dude as old as he gets jealous."

"I mean I don't blame him. Bonnie is sexy. Her body and eyes and hair, damn I'll get jealous too if someone was talking to her and she was my girl."

"I don't even get why she's with him when there are other appropriate bachelors out there that would be happy to bend her over."

He shrugged then stopped abruptly when he saw the woman of his dreams staring directly at him. He started cursing in his mind seeing her make her way over but then hyped himself up enough by the time she was standing in front of him.

Bonnie smiled. "You're Stefan, right? I met you yesterday at that shoe place."

"Bonnie, right?" Matt stopped his eye roll. "Yeah, it's nice to see you again," Stefan said surprised that his voice wasn't higher than usual.

"Matt, you didn't tell me you were friends with Stefan."

"You never asked."

"Wait, you two know each other?" Stefan tried not to go off in his friend. If he'd known that Matt personally knew Bonnie, he would've asked him to set them up. They could've been dating right now.

"Donovan here dated one of my best friends and after that we sort of lost touch… Sorry about that by the way, you know how it is, I have to pick a side."

"Yeah, I get it."

Bonnie smiled and placed her hand on his shoulder then removed it a second later. Stefan wished that she would touch him.

"Anyway, I should get to class, I just had to see if that was you." She directs her statement to Stefan.

"Let me walk you."

"Sure," she turns and walks.

"I'll talk to you later, man," Stefan says then quickly follows after her.

Bonnie smiles hearing his breath as he stands beside her but wiped it off her face. "So what do you practice, Stefan?"

"Culinary. I would like to own my own food cart one day." He's surprised when she doesn't laugh like people usually would. "I must admit that I'm a little surprised by your reaction."

"How so?"

"You don't find the food cart idea to be a little… humorous?"

"No. Maybe if you told me that you wanted to open your own restaurant I would've laughed. Everyone wants a restaurant, very few accomplish it. Not everyone wants a food cart, I admire your uniqueness."

Man did he want to kiss her right then. "What about you, Bonnie. What do you study?"

"Art. I want to be a painter. I know it's a hard market, but I like a good challenge."

"I bet you'll do fantastic. I'll buy from you whenever you need me to."

She stopped and smiled over at him. A genuine smile like she really appreciated what he said. "Thank you. That's probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me." She started walking again.

"You're hanging around the wrong people then. If you were my girl what I just told you would be like a leaf."

"A leaf?"

"A leaf upon many on the trees of all the sweetest things I would whisper to you when you're in my arms."

She stopped again. Looked at him. Deep in his eyes. He heard a small sigh pass her lips and right then he knew that he had her.

"That sounds nice."

"Being my girl or the metaphor?" He challenged.

Bonnie opened her mouth then closed it before she turned walking into class. Stefan stood there and smiled watching her pick out a seat. Their eyes met once she was seated and he lifted the side of his mouth before getting to class himself.

•|•|•

Bonnie sighed as she made it home. Stefan was all that she could think about and she even went as far as sketching him when she should've been working on her other assignments. His face was like no other. Strong jaw, thick eyebrows, and lashes. A small yet perfect mouth that she could fantasize kissing all day.

She slaps her face gently snapping herself out of it and walks up the pathway issuing her key to get in.

"Mason?" She calls out.

She didn't hear a response so she went in the kitchen to get a snack and looked through the mail on the counter.

"Hey, babe." Bonnie jumped slightly at the suddenness of his voice gaining a guy kale out of him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Whatever," she playfully rolls her eyes at him and they both smile.

"How was school, did you finish that project yet?"

"It was good and uh, no, my mind was somewhere else most of the day."

"Like where?"

"I was just thinking about the talk my mother and I had the other day."

Mason hated her mother so she knew that if she brought her mother into the conversation that it would be dropped and she was proved right.

"Oh. Well, I was thinking we have pizza for dinner?"

"Actually I can't stay. My grandma is visiting so I have to be home soon. I just wanted to stop by and tell you."

"Oh. I wish you would've told me this sooner, I wouldn't have made plans for us."

"You said pizza,"

"Yeah but at that place you're always bugging me about. I made reservations."

"You don't go to a place like that to eat pizza, Mase."

"That's beside the point, you should've told me."

"I'm sorry, it slipped my mind. I didn't think it would've been that big of a deal anyway." She sighed seeing the look on his face. "You're mad. You're honestly mad at me for no reason."

"If you really think that I don't have a reason to be mad then you should just leave."

Bonnie narrowed her eyes at him before walking out. Mason followed her with his eyes then locked the door as soon as she stepped out. Bonnie rolled her eyes pulling off and mumbled all the way home. She had no idea why he was acting strange ever since yesterday but one thing was for sure; she didn't like it.

A smile was painted her face as she walked into her house then it faded some when she didn't see her grandmother in the living room or anyone for that matter. She narrowed her eyes and walked into the kitchen spotting her mother.

"Where's grandma?"

"She's coming over tomorrow."

"Oh. I thought it was today."

She only smiled and shook her head. Bonnie pivoted headed upstairs to her room thinking about calling Mason but decides against it. He's in one of his moods and she didn't feel like dealing with it. She suddenly thinks about Stefan and frowned when she noticed that she doesn't have his number. He was great to talk to even for those few seconds. She's never experienced so many emotions in that little of a conversation and she hated it. She was with Mason but all she could think about was Stefan. She wonders why she's never met him before especially if he's best friends with Matt, they should have met at least once.

Sitting up, Bonnie goes and grabs her yearbook and searched through it. Page after page she looked and gasped when her finger landed on his face. They went to the same high school so she sits up closing her eyes trying to remember everyone that she's ever seen in her life then a light bulb goes off. She's seen him before. He was admiring her artwork outside of the art room. She was standing yards away just watching him as he watched her work. She wasn't paying that much attention to him personally, but his expression. She wanted whoever it was to like what she had painted and by the smile that appeared on his face (even if it was just for a quick second,) told her that he liked it. It made her feel good that a man would enjoy something that she painted and took the time out to check it out.

Bonnie laid back on her bed then smiled before turning to her side. Stefan was all over her mind before she accidentally fell asleep.


Stefan tried not to get too angry at himself. He's mad that he didn't get her number but now that he knows what class she's in he might just meet her there and ask for it. He hated to go after a woman who is already spoken for but it's not like she can stay with him forever. He's probably ready to settle down and have kids and she's barely grown up. She has a life and a future ahead of her and if she was honest about what he told her that what he said was the sweetest thing that someone's ever told her, then he knows that Mason doesn't support her. It's a hard field out there and she needs all the support she can get or else she would give up on her dream and that's something that he doesn't want to happen. She's too good to not have her work displayed in museums and galleries.

He really wanted to call her and tell her but he'd wait until tomorrow.

•|•|•

"I'm not sure how to tell you this without seeming… weird." Bonnie started as he walked her to her class.

Stefan smiled. "Okay,"

"I was thinking about you last night-"

"I was thinking about you too."

She smiled. "And I was wondering how we've never met before since you're friends with Matt so I look through the yearbook and I find you. I close my eyes and just run literally four years of high school through my mind and I find you. You were looking at one of my paintings and I remember wanting you to like it and then I see you smile, sort of like you're doing now," his smile grows wider making hers too, "and then I know that you like what you saw."

"I like what I see now, too. I haven't told you this yet, but you're very beautiful. Your boyfriend is a damn lucky guy to have someone like you in his life."

"Why are you so sweet to me, Stefan?" She really wanted to know.

"I love you."

Tears rushed her eyes. "Already?"

His hand moved to the side of her face, "Already."

She allowed herself to enjoy his touch and was a bit surprised when she found herself being kissed by him but kisses him back a little before slowly pulling away.

"I can't. I'm with Mason."

"I'm sorry."

She wasn't sure what exactly he was apologizing for. For kissing her or for her being taken.

"Let me have your number," he asks, "please."

Bonnie nods had they exchange numbers and soon returns it back to their owner.

"Are you busy this afternoon?" Stefan wanted to know.

"Actually I am. My grandmother's visiting. Tomorrow though-"

"I'll call you tonight so we can make plans for tomorrow."

Bonnie nods wanting to kiss him again but stops herself and walks into class. She knew that if she didn't distance themselves that she would do something that she will regret.

Stefan watched her before heading downstairs to the kitchen. He barely paid attention for all he could think about we're her lips. He hates that he kissed a taken woman, but he also knew that it was now or never decision so he took a chance. Bonnie wasn't too upset by it since she kissed him back.

Today was a successful day but tomorrow. Tomorrow, he just couldn't wait.