They both were glad that the news died down about Stefan hitting Connor and going to jail for it. The charges were thankfully dropped and now whenever Stefan would see him in the hallway for whatever the reason, he'd stick his tongue down his girlfriend's throat.

Speaking of, he had her currently trapped between himself and the wall next to her French class kissing her. They were running a little late this morning so they didn't have time to enjoy a moment such like this earlier in the day like they usually would. Bonnie smiled and kissed him a few more times before pulling away.

"I won't be able to see you all day." She complained frowning.

They shared no similar classes and were always on opposite sides of the building when Stefan wouldn't walk her to class. He didn't mind being late, but she minded so he would have to limit those walks. On top of that, today was one of the days that she sits with her friends instead of his.

"It sucks." He kissed her. "I'll stop by during lunch or something."

"I don't think that's the best idea."

"Why? Because of Caroline?"

She nodded. "I just have to work things out more with her."

"Why doesn't she like me anyway?"

"She has no reason to not like you, just put it that way. Or no proof at least."

"What, does she think I stole something?"

"Just forget it, I don't want to talk about it, it's making my head hurt."

"Alright. Well, I should get to class. I love you."

"I love you too."

They kissed a few more times before he pulled away and started walking down the hall.

•••

Bonnie whined looked down at the table with her hands on the sides of her head. She's been tired all day and she felt like she would pass out any at any second if nothing exciting happened.

"You okay, Bon?" Elena asked rubbing her back.

"I'm fine, just tired that's all."

"Are you pregnant?"

Bonnie snapped her head up scowling at Rachel but regretted it since her head started to pound. "No, I'm not pregnant. I'm on birth control and we use protection."

"So you are having sex, I knew it."

She chuckled then shook her head. "We're in love."

"That's great, Bon. I'm happy for you."

"Happy that she went against her values? I thought you said you wanted to wait."

"Caroline, it's my decision, I didn't make a promise to anyone, not even myself. Ideally, would I have liked to wait, sure, but sometimes things happen and I don't regret it. My body, my decision."

"How Democratic of you." Lucia joked.

"Shut up,"

"Speaking of Stefan, where is he? Not that I care about him, I'm looking for Nate."

Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "You and Nathan? Since when?"

"Ever since the party, which was the bomb, Rach, I'm not sure if I told you that," Elena added.

"Sorry about the whole fighting and cops thing." Bonnie shyly said.

"Don't worry about it, it made me even more popular." The girls chuckled.

"So, you know where they are, Bon?"

She checked her phone and saw no new messages. "Actually I don't. They always seem to disappear when I'm not sitting over there." She realized.

"They're probably somewhere smoking pot."

Before Bonnie could say something, Rachel did, "Yeah, probably."

"What are you talking about, Stefan doesn't smoke."

"Well, he used to. He used to give me all the good stuff."

"Wait, what are you saying?"

Was Caroline right? Is Stefan a dealer and all this time he's been hiding it behind her back? It couldn't be true, there's no way that it could be true. No way.

"Well it's no surprise that Stefan made his rounds once he moved here from NJ, and one of those…stops was me."

"You and Stefan?"

"We weren't dating or anything which is why you guys didn't know, but you know."

Bonnie threw up a little in her mouth. "So you guys used to smoke together?"

"All the time, he's really funny when he's high."

Bonnie frowned. "Oh,"

"Shit, I hope I didn't ruin anything. We were nowhere near to what you guys are." Rachel tried.

"No, it's not that, Rach, I know about his "stops", it's just I didn't know about the other part."

"He never told you? Not even mentioned it?"

She shook her head, "No." Just then her phone ringed and she excused herself from the table walking outside. "Hey, babe."

"Are you okay?"

She smiled. "I'm fine, just a little tired. Hey, where are you?"

"We had to stop somewhere but we're going to McDonald's, you want a chocolate shake?"

"Yeah,"

"Alright, I'll see you-"

"Wait, I need to ask you a question."

"Okay,"

She let out a breath feeling nervous about it all and she knew that if they were face to face, she wouldn't be able to ask him this so it was now or never. "Did you- did you used to smoke? Like. Get high and all that shit?"

She heard him sigh. "Where's this coming from?"

"I just- some of the girls were talking about how they do and used to so I was just wondering." She didn't want to throw Rachel under the bus so she hoped that this lie was enough.

"Truth; yes."

"Do you still?"

"No."

She now wished that she did ask him this in person because she could only tell by his eyes if he was lying or not so she didn't know.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's in the past, I didn't know if you cared."

Silence.

"Okay,"

"Bye."

Bonnie sighed hearing the long beep knowing that she made him upset. She doesn't regret asking him, but she knew that he would be in a mood all day and she had to try to figure out a way to get him out of it.

She sighed then tilted her head down grabbing on to the rail in front of her. She doesn't know how long she was there before she heard his voice.

"They were out of chocolate so I got you vanilla. I hope that's okay."

She straightens her spine and turns to him. "It's fine, thanks."

"Are you okay? You don't look very good,"

"I'm just tired and my head hurts. Pounding, actually."

He stepped up to her placing his hands on her stomach and lower back which Bonnie thought was odd since she said that her head was hurting and not her stomach. "We should get you home."

"My stuff,"

"I'll go get it, stay here."

She nodded then watched him leave before she took a sip of the shake hoping that the coldness of it would help. He was out the next second and they walked together to his car. He told her to lay the seat back and shortly he drove off and it wasn't long before his hand reached over to her stomach again. She looked over at him and knew he was in deep thought.

"Stefan, why do you keep touching my stomach?"

"What?"

She placed her hands over his so he wouldn't pull away. "At school when I told you my head hurt you touched my stomach and now you did it again. Why?"

He sighed. "You know that time when we made love after the whole letter situation?"

"Yeah,"

"Well, my pull-out game might not have been the best."

"What are you saying?"

"There's a possibility that I may have accidentally let a few slip by when I was holding back."

"Oh my-"

"I was waiting for you to finish, but your face and your tightness, damn, I could've, you know, slipped."

"But I took-" she stopped then turned to Stefan. "I forgot to take it. Fuck, I forgot to take the pill. Shit, what are we going to do?"

"Don't worry, we can take care of it, no one would have to know."

Bonnie moved her hands away from his, "Are you saying that we abort our child?"

"You want to raise a kid? Now?"

"Ideally, no, but—"

"Then there's that. I'm not ready to be a father and I know you're not ready to be a mother. We can't do this."

"Stop the car."

"What? No."

"Stop the fucking car, Stefan."

He sighed and pulled over to the side of the road and watched her unbuckle her seatbelt. He cursed and followed suit as she got out of the car slamming the door.

"Bonnie, get in the car."

"No."

He grunted then jogged to catch up with her. "You're seriously mad at me?"

"You didn't even consider it, Stefan. Not even for a second, it was straight abortion, do you know how that makes me feel?"

"I did consider it before I told you, I was thinking about it. Our lives would be over."

"But a new one would start. Our little baby girl or boy's life would start and we get to watch it smile and laugh and grow. Sure it would be fucking hell, but it'll be worth it." She stepped closer to him looking in his eyes, "And I know a part of you wants this. If you didn't, you wouldn't have touched my stomach, you would've ignored it, but you didn't." She grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach with hers covering his, "Deep down you want this just like I do."

His eyes dropped from hers and looked down at their hands. A smile teased his lips thinking about a little girl and how she would call him 'dada' and follow him around everywhere because she would be a daddy's girl. Bonnie would get jealous making that irritated face she does and he would just laugh and rub it in her face about how close they are.

Bonnie watched him deep in thought and soon his eyes looked up to meet hers. "I'm sorry," her face dropped realizing that his mind didn't change. "about earlier, I'm sorry. I want this."

She smiled and cried pulling him into a hug holding him tight. Stefan loosened his hold not wanting to crush their baby and moved his head to the side kissing her neck repeatedly. "I love you so much."

"I love you too."

He pulled away to kiss her lips then he dropped to his knee to kiss her stomach. Bonnie smiled and widely as he lifted her bridal style in his arms carrying her back over to the car.

•••

Stefan watched her sleep beside him. He couldn't believe that he was going to be a father especially at this age but a part of him couldn't wait. He moved his hand to her back and connected their foreheads kissing her nose.

"How long was I out?"

He smiled. "Three hours. You look so beautiful, you know."

"You're so sweet."

"Do you want a boy or a girl?"

She thought. "A boy would be better."

"Why?"

"Because down the road when we have another kid which let's say will be a girl, he could protect her."

"I'll protect her."

"She's not going to tell her dad everything. She might feel more comfortable going to her big brother first."

He sighed, "I guess."

Bonnie chuckled. "But since you obviously want a girl, I hope we have a girl."

"You're so sweet."

She laughed some bringing a smile to his face and he kissed her cheek moving her in closer.

"I've never been this happy before. You make me so happy, we go through a lot of shit, but at the end of the day, we have each other. I hope that doesn't change."

"It won't. You're my girl and I love you. I take that seriously especially with you because you're the first. You should just switch that ring I bought you to your ring finger because I'm going to marry you."

"You are?"

"Of course I am. Once we get everything situated with our baby, I'll marry you. You'll see."

She smiled softly just thinking about it. "I can't wait."

He kissed her lips. "When do you want to tell your parents?"

"I don't know. I think I should make an appointment at the doctors first so that we know that I'm definitely pregnant and then we have to figure out a plan about what we're going to do and then we tell them. We need everything planned out so they won't freak out."

Stefan nodded then kissed her again before closing his eyes.

•••

Stefan placed his hand on her stomach as they were waiting. Bonnie rested her head on his shoulder with her hand over his. They were waiting for her to be called to take her test and once they got the news that she was pregnant, they would go out to eat and come up with a plan.

Stefan wanted her to move in and they both agreed that that was the best idea but they needed a backup just in case her parents weren't on board.

"Bonnie Bennett."

They stood and held hands walking back with slight smiles as they passed the nurse. Stefan sat in the room as Bonnie was taking care of business and shortly she joined him sitting on the bed. He kissed her and soon they were joined by a nurse.

"So we just have to wait a few more minutes for the test." They nodded. "So if you are pregnant will this be a good thing? Bad thing?"

"Kind of both," Bonnie answered.

"But definitely more good than bad." Stefan added and Bonnie nodded agreeing.

She smiled, "That's great. I'll be right back."

They nodded watching her leave. Bonnie turned to him and smiled some when he kissed her forehead and rubbed her back. It seemed like hours before that were joined again.

"Okay, so the test came back negative so you're not pregnant." She stopped her frown seeing the looks on their faces. "But you're only eighteen so you have plenty of time for a baby and much more things, right?"

"Yeah," Bonnie tried to smile.

"I'll give you two some time."

A tear fell from her eye as the door closed and she turned to Stefan who just looked forward. She watched as his eyes closed before opening and he got off the bed.

"You ready to go?"

"Yeah,"

The car ride was silent, they didn't even shut on the music as he drove them. Bonnie tried to list the positive sides about this but the picture of their little baby's face kept popping up making it impossible. She looked over at Stefan who was holding it all in and sighed.

"Ste—"

"Stop."

She nodded then went back to looking out the window.

•••

Stefan sat stretched out in his chair. His legs were crossed at the ankle, his arms were folded below his chest, his head was angled back slightly at the ceiling with his eyes closed. He's never felt so depressed before in his life and he didn't know how long it would be before he got over it.

He didn't tell Bonnie, but he had already picked out a name for their little girl and was going to tell her yesterday when they were supposed to go to lunch to figure everything out, but it's no need of him to be thinking about it now since it will never happen. What he needed was a good cry, but that wasn't going to happen either.

His friends all looked at him strangely not sure what was wrong. They wondered if he and Bonnie had called things off since she wasn't sitting with them and looking back over at her table she had her head down with her friends hands on her back in comfort.

"You okay, Stef?" Nathan broke the silence of the table.

They all watched as he moved not an inch and said not a word.

"Yo, man, you OK?"

Still nothing.


Bonnie sniffed in and shook slightly as her friends rubbed her back in comfort.

"It's going to be okay, Bon."

She shook her head, "He hates me."

"No,"

"It's my fault. I'm the one who talked him into wanting a kid. I told him that it'll be a pain but it'll all be worth it because we get to see our little girl or boy grow. He apologized saying that he should've never suggested getting rid of it and told me that he wanted this. He wanted us to be a family and now knowing that I wasn't even pregnant broke his heart. Mine too, but his more. You should've seen the look on his face, I got his hopes up for nothing. He hates me."

"Man, I've never seen him like that before." Rachel looked over at his table.

Bonnie sat up and turned frowning seeing him dressed in all black. He looked relaxed but she knew he was anything but.

"You guys need to be together during this," Caroline said surprising almost everyone. "It's kind of like you guys lost your child, you should be together."

"He hates me, Care."

"He doesn't. He needs someone and that has to be you. You should go over there."

Bonnie nodded offering her friend a slight smile then stood up straightening out her clothes before walking up to him. The boys at the table watched her as she watched him before she pulled his arms apart then sat on his lap as best she could before moving her arms around his neck. They boys all exchanged looks then got up to look for another place to sit realizing that they should be alone. "I love you. I need you. You're the only one that understands."

"Her name was going to be Autumn. Middle name Grace. Last name… Salvatore." Bonnie let tears slip. "I was going to love her unlike my father loved me."

"I'm so sorry, Stef."

He sat up and held her in his arms burying his head in the crook of her neck letting out his tears.

•••

Stefan placed his hand on the side of her hip watching her type away on her phone. She was straddling his lap as he laid flatly on the bed a bit annoyed about how she pulled away once her phone dinged.

It took a month and a half, but they've moved on from the loss of their imaginary fetus and onto better things. Stefan still meant what he said about marrying her which was why she was now sporting the ring on her left ring finger. He didn't propose but it was a reminder to both of them that he would.

"Babe,"

"Just a second."

He rolled his eyes then smirked moving his hand from her hip to her inner thigh making her squirm. He chuckled and moved his hand further up her leg and watched her eyes shut trapping the corner of her mouth between her teeth.

"Come here," he tried again.

"Five seconds."

"Who are you texting?"

"Caroline. We finally worked things out and I want to keep it that way so can you please get your hands out of my underwear until I'm done."

"Fine. Spread your legs wider though,"

She did as she was told and finished her sentence then moved her phone to the side of her face. "Can we take a picture together?"

"I don't do pictures."

"But you do me, so we're taking a few."

He chuckled but frowned when she moved off his lap then laid beside him and held up the phone getting them both in the frame with a black and white filter.

"Why don't you take pictures? You look so hot." She talked against his cheek snapping a few and then one of her kissing him there.

"We look hot." He turned towards her meeting their lips and Bonnie took a few of those too.

She smiled as he pulled her back on top of him and stretched her hand to the side taking a few of those.

"You're so sexy." He kissed her once. "I say you do a solo shoot." He kissed her again before getting up.

She watched him search through his dresser then turned with a Canon in his hand. "Do you even know how to use that thing?"

"It's a camera what's so difficult about it?"

Bonnie shrugged and he walked over to her pulling his shirt from up her skin removing it leaving her in a black pantie set. He kissed her a few times before stepping back holding the camera to his eye turning it to the side.

Bonnie wasn't completely sure on what to do but she figured anything would look good considering her attire. She did various poses with her hands above her head, some keeping them at her sides and focusing on her face before she went on all fours. She flipped her hair making it messy and by the hardness she's seeing in her boyfriend's pants, she knows he likes it. For the last few she bent her leg hanging her head and chest off the bed with her hair grazing the floor.

"Fuck, you are fucking sexy." Stefan said looking through the photos he took. "Hot damn."

She chuckled. "Let me see."

He moved over to the bed sitting down as she stood on her knees behind them. "You actually took great photos, babe."

"Maybe I should become a photographer?"

"My personal photographer."

"You'll pay me?"

She chuckled. "Of course."

"I'll give you a discount for this one. This is an early birthday present."

"And what do you want for your actual birthday?" She asked running her hands down his chest and abs.

He groaned. "You. You're all I want."

She smiled then got off the bed standing in front of him. He watched as she slowly took the camera from his hands and pushed him back. Her hand moved to the hem of his shirt pulling it up his body as she kissed his abs up to his chest and neck then finally meeting his lips. Stefan groaned kissing her back as she climbed on top of him.

"Let me take control, baby." She said against his mouth moving his hands above his head.

"Yes, ma'am."

She smiled and kissed him rougher and slowly rocked her hips into him. Stefan frowned as she pulled away but quickly followed direction as she instructed him to lay vertically on the bed. Bonnie moved her hair to the side as she leaned down to kiss him again.

"Let me take care of you," she spoke softly then kissed him again.

She rubbed him over his pants causing him to curse and shut his eyes. She smiled then moved her body down his ready to pull down his pants.

"So you must be Bonnie."

"Ohmygod," Bonnie said and quickly hid within the sheets.

"What the hell?"

"That's no way to talk to your father, son. Get dressed, your mother is waiting downstairs." He said then turned to walk away.

"Is he gone?"

Stefan smiled then moved the sheets from her face. "Yes. I'm sorry."

"Why are you so calm about this?"

"I just don't care and neither should you."

She looked at him crazily, "Your dad had a full view of my ass and I shouldn't care? Not to mention this is my first time meeting them-" she shook her head, "I'm so embarrassed."

He chuckled then kissed her. "Come on," he pulled her from the bed and helped her change. "Tonight, you wanna take control? You were doing so well."

She smiled and tried not to act shy about it. "Possibly. If your parents aren't here."

He rolled his eyes then took her hand leading her downstairs. She's never been so scared to go down a flight in stairs in her life until this moment.

"So what are you guys doing home?"

They turned and Bonnie noticed a smile was on Mrs. Salvatore's face. "Stefan, honey," she walked up to them and kissed her son's cheek. "You must be the lovely Bonnie we've been hearing out."

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Salvatore."

She smiled, "Please, call me Samantha."

Bonnie only nodded. She looked over to see Mr. Salvatore eyeing her like he was imagining the rest of her naked and hid behind Stefan a little.

"So, Stefan, how are you?"

"I'm good, mom."

"Well, your birthday is next week as well as graduation so we figured we stop by so we can celebrate and see you walk across the stage. We're very proud of you."

Bonnie smiled some then looked up at Stefan to see his reaction but realized that he didn't have one.

"So where's Miranda?" His father asked eyeing the dirty dishes in the sink.

"At home. I gave her the day off."

"Well you could've at least put the dishes in the dishwasher, it's not that hard."

Stefan rolled his eyes.

"It's not his fault, Mr—"

"No, Bonnie, you don't have to explain. You're not the one who lives here so you shouldn't be held responsible. Stefan. Do you have something to say?"

"Not about the dishes."

Bonnie held his arm tightly as his father walked up to them but her hold wasn't strong enough to keep him by her side as his father pushed him back against the wall balling his shirt into his fists. "You will show me respect. Who do you think sends you checks every week, huh? Keep up your attitude and you won't see shit."

"I don't need you."

He chuckled, "Oh you don't, huh? Babe, did you hear that? He said he didn't need me." He smiled over at his wife who had a worried look on her face then turned back to his son.

"Leave him alone." Bonnie said surprising everyone including herself.

Mr. Salvatore looked over at her and smiled like he was actually happy. He nodded, "I like you, Bonnie. Not only are you good to look at, but you also have a backbone. My son hit the jackpot, huh?" He let go of his son's shirt and walked up to her.

"Don't you fucking touch her." Stefan warned.

He stopped just a foot away and smiled again but didn't turn to him. "Oh! I see. One courage act leads to another, bravo."

Bonnie forced her eyes to stay open as he walked up to her but he listened to Stefan when he just walked past her and up the stairs.

"I'm so sorry," Samantha said. "I tried to stop him from drinking on the way here, but he wouldn't listen. I'm sorry." She apologized again and hurried up the stairs.

Bonnie watched her then looked back at Stefan who was still against the wall. She frowned and walked up to him wrapping him in his arms. She had no idea about how his father treated him and she knew that this was his usual behavior because of Stefan's attitude. He was still and barely said anything at all when she knew him well enough to know that if it was anyone else he would've had a lot to say.

"I had no idea."

"I'm sorry you had to see."

"I love you."

"I love you more."

She held him longer before pulling away. "You can sleep over tonight. My parents went to D.C. for the day."

He nodded then took her hand leading her upstairs. Bonnie noticed that he packed more than just an overnight bag and figured that he was going to stay at Nathan's house until his parents leave again. She made sure to put the camera in his bag and shortly they were out.


Bonnie smiled swiping right looking at the photos of them she took earlier. She was trying to pick the one most appropriate for her lock screen just in case her parents were to see it so she went with the one where she was kissing his cheek and decided to keep the rest to herself. Stefan downloaded the photos to her computer which he sent to himself and set the one where she was on all fours as his lock screen. Bonnie shook her head but didn't say anything.

They haven't spoken about what happened over at his place and Bonnie figured that it was best if they didn't discuss it. She would only talk about it if he wanted to so until or if he brings it up, she wouldn't speak a word of it.

"Look at my sexy girlfriend. I couldn't decide on a background photo so I put my favorites in a collage."

Bonnie chuckled. "What if someone takes your phone and sees all these photos?"

"They'll have a fun time jerking off, that's for sure." Bonnie looked at him sideways then rolled her eyes. "I'm kidding. I never lose my phones and I sure as hell ain't going to start now."

She chuckled and closed her eyes as he met their lips. "What are you cooking me?"

It was his turn to shake his head. "You know damn well I can't cook."

"All you have to do is follow the recipe."

"Fuck the recipe."

She laughed causing him to as well. "No, but seriously, if you cook me something and it's good, I'll finish what I started earlier." She kissed him only once then his neck.

"Is that right?"

She nodded and straddled his lap. "And since you look so sexy, I'll give you some motivation."

He watched her breasts as she pulled her shirt over her head and closed his eyes as she kissed him before he groaned when she took his hand moving it to squeeze her breast in his hand.

"Just a little longer." He begged once she moved off his lap.

"Make me my food."

He stood and walked over to her trapping her against the wall moving his lips to her neck. "Come on, baby," his hand moved to her ass, "I promise I'll be a good boy and make you something, but I need you. I crave you."

Bonnie moved his head up and met their lips pushing him back towards the bed. Stefan stopped his smile knowing that she would pull away if he did.

She allowed him to help her undress but after that, she let him do nothing else as she took him nice and slow under the sheets. Bonnie intertwined their fingers as she leaned down and connected their lips.

"Tell me," she spoke against his lips.

"I love you." He said then groaned as she moved faster using force.

He felt himself being pulled up and soon their chests met and he marveled in the feel of her breasts against his chest. They were so physically close that either of them barely had room to breathe. They kissed roughly causing Bonnie to pick up her pace.


Stefan moved his hand along her bare back smiling before he connected their lips. Bonnie smiled and kissed him back bringing her arm around him. He pulled away then moved some hair behind her ear.

"Will—" Stefan sighed then turned to grab his phone. Bonnie watched him read the message on the screen before he let out a breath looking up at her, "Baby,"

"Stefan,"

"I'm sorry." He kissed her before getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"I have to drop off a package that I was supposed to do earlier, but I forgot. I'll be back tonight, I promise."

"You're seriously leaving me right now?"

"I love you, alright. I love you, but I have to go." He kissed her and stayed close until she kissed him back. When she did, he got up pulling up his pants and soon he was gone.

Bonnie pouted folding her arms under her chest and sat back on the bed hearing his car start up and shortly pull out of her driveway. She couldn't believe that he left her like that especially after what they just shared. He should be beside her about to cook her dinner not leaving her to go wherever he was going.

Knowing this his "tonight" meant three in the morning, Bonnie got up to make her own dinner.

•••

Bonnie stirred feeling pressure on the bed and forced her eyes open seeing just a glimpse of Stefan before he pulled her into his chest. She tried to stay awake, but soon she was back asleep.

•••

They decided to sit alone together today during lunch. They had a small fight this morning and Stefan swears that he's never apologized so much in five minutes than he did this morning. He was tired and thought it was best if he just says she was right and he was wrong partly because it was true and the other because he didn't have the energy to fight.

He was glad that she was over it now because, without her, he wouldn't have a pillow.

She sat on his lap playing with his hair as his head was rested on her breasts getting in a nap. He felt a little bad that they wouldn't talk, but he needed rest especially since he had to make everything right between him and Bonnie starting with him taking her to the park after school and ending the day with him cooking for her and her parents. Her parents arrived just as they were pulling off and since he knows that he couldn't just make Bonnie dinner and Bonnie dinner only, he had to cook something for her parents too. It sucked, but he has no one to blame but himself.

He heard a dinging go off and opened his right eye to see if his phone lit up but knew it was Bonnie's phone when it didn't. When her chest rose he knew she was holding in a laugh and he would question her on it but decided to later.

Bonnie smiled up at her friend shaking her head then wrote her back, biting the inside of her cheeks to keep in her laugh. It was difficult since she didn't want to wake Stefan but at the same time, she felt like she was going to explode. She was in a group chat showing them a very select some of the photos that Stefan took of her and somehow it escalated to them starting their very own porn script with less sex and more "dirty talk".

The bell rung signaling the end of lunch and as Stefan moved his head away from her, she let a few laughs out.

"What's so funny?"

"You don't want to know." She chuckled then kissed him before getting up.

He massaged his legs then took her hand in his walking her to English class.

•••

Stefan watched their faces as they all tried the first bite together. He wouldn't call himself nervous but he wasn't calm either. After school, he took her to the park where he pushed her on the swing then after enjoyed laying down on the blanket he bought staring at the clouds and talking. Bonnie loved it and it earned him her lips for a good ten minutes in the back of his car afterward.

When they got back he decided to spend his time focusing on cooking and hours later, here he was watching the Bennett's eat the first thing that he's ever truly tried to make.

He picked something that he thought would be the easiest and that was chicken breasts with a side of grilled artichoke and mashed potatoes (which he just heated up in the microwave thanks to it already being in the refrigerator).

"So…"

"It's actually really good," Bonnie said. "Good job, babe."

He smiled then turned his attention to Mrs. Bennett. "I agree you cooked the chicken perfectly. Nice job."

All eyes were on Mr. Bennett now and Stefan was on his toes. "Eh, it's alright."

The table laughed and shortly he cut up another piece of his chicken eating it. Stefan smiled in success and decided to try it out for himself.

"So, Stefan, do you need a place to stay?"

"Excuse me?"

"Well I was returning a top I borrowed from Bonnie and saw that you packed a bag. Is everything alright?"

"Oh yeah, well my parents showed up and my father wasn't the most welcoming so I figured I'd just sleep over my friend, Nate's house until graduation."

"What about after?"

"They'll more than likely be gone by then."

Her parents frowned but didn't let it slow too much. "Well if you need a place, we have room here."

"In my room?"

"Nice try, Bon." Her father spoke.

"You can't blame a girl from trying."

Mrs. Bennett smiled. "So when did they show up?"

"This morning." He lied so they wouldn't think to ask if he slept over last night. "That's why we were running a little behind this morning." He said covering for their small fight.

He looked over at Bonnie and smiled slightly because her fingers were now in the spaces of his. He used his thumb to caress the back of her hand and he couldn't stop himself from kissing it so he did and covered his other hand over theirs.

The parents smiled happy to see their little girl in love and happy. They've heard a lot about how Stefan made her happy but they never really got to see it and today was just a glimpse but it was still special.

"Thank you for dinner, Stefan."

"Thank you for having me over. Bonnie's very lucky to have parents like you."

They smiled. "Oh, I'm sure she would tell you otherwise." His voice was playful.

Bonnie smiled and nodded while shrugging causing her dad to chuckle.

After dinner, they all helped with the dishes and clean up before Stefan announced his leave.

They were standing on the porch with his arms wrapped around his girl's waist as her arms were around his neck standing on her toes and their foreheads were together with their eyes closed.

"Do you love me?"

"Of course I love you."

"Even if… If I do things you might disapprove of?"

"Yes."

"Promise?"

"Yes. But that doesn't mean that I'll be happy about it."

"But you'll still love me?"

"What's going on, Stefan?" She opened her eyes.

His eyes remained closed as he took a deep breath and tightened his hold. "I can't tell you. Not right now."

"But you'll tell me?"

"I—"

"Promise that you'll tell me. I love you. I always will, you have to tell me."

"Okay. I will."

"Open your eyes."

He let out another breath before opening his eyes staring right into hers. She was looking deeply into his eyes before she met their lips. His hand ran up her back as the other tightened around her waist as he kissed her back. He confessed his love and kissed her before she told him as much back. Bonnie frowned as he pulled off then sighed walking back inside.