Author's Note: Here's the next bit in the story, finally finding time to work on this more. Hope it all flows well and you all enjoy it. Please R&R, Thanks!


Traveling through town felt quite surreal for both Bonnie and Damon. Everything looked nearly identical to how they were in their Mystic Falls.

"Drusilla, do we have to worry about someone seeing us and recognizing us? I mean us of this world," Bonnie questioned as she watched the unfamiliar people that they passed.

"No, and please just call me Dru," Dru replied as she pulled her car down a long driveway and then parked in front of an old, run down, and gothic looking mansion that sat on the outskirts of Mystic Falls. In their world, Bonnie recalled that being the place the every kid stayed away from. "Your counterparts in this world have long since died. I also 'magicked' up identities for each of you, making you the descendants of yourselves. That way you inherit and now own everything the 'you' of this world possessed."

"Nice and much appreciated," Damon said from his position in the back seat beside Bonnie.

"So, my grams house…"

"I'm sorry Bonnie, this is all that we have in this world, but you are welcome to stay here with me," Dru offered as they all exited her vehicle and made their way to the door.

"No worries, Bon-Bon, you'll stay with us at the boarding house," Damon stated as if he expected no objections.

"Thanks," Bonnie replied with a nod. "Until I get more familiar with this Mystic Falls I'd feel more comfortable around familiar faces and surrounds."

"Well, the offer always stands in case you ever change your mind. It's usually just me and Esmeralda here, and she's my cat." Dru stated as she entered the house first.

Stefan, Damon, and Bonnie followed Dru through the mansion that was beautifully decorated and kept up. Its exquisite interior was hidden by its ragged exterior. They made their way down into an underground labyrinth the looked a lot like the Salvatore basement. They stopped in front of a large oak door. "We're here. Before we go inside I have to remind you that this woman is not 'your' Katherine. She's an innocent and I cannot allow you to harm her in any way," The other three standing behind her each nodded their heads, and then Dru opened the door.

"Where the hell have you been?" A male voice reached their ears as they entered the room. Bonnie let out a very low gasp as a familiar face stalked from his spot seated at the bedside to where they stood near the door.

"Enzo," Dru spoke in a calm slow voice as she regarded the obvious tired and anxious man. "These are the people that I told you about, they're going to help us find the woman who has made Kat sick," Enzo eyed the others suspiciously.

"And how exactly are they going to help Kat? She's getting worse by the minute," He said as he moved back to the bed and reached out to grasp his beloved's hand.

"This is Bonnie, she's my cousin," Dru began to explain as she pointed to Bonnie, and Enzo locked a scowl onto Bonnie. "She's a witch like me, but more powerful. She'll be able to locate the one that is making Kat sick."

"Fine," Enzo said as he stood once more. He stepped to the others as he landed cold eyes upon Bonnie. "I hope you're a better witch than she is," He spoke as he nodded his head in Dru's direction. "So, work whatever mojo you need to, and save Kat. You better save her, you have to save her, she's my everything and if I lose her…" He cut his words short as he closed his eyes a second and shook his head as if to shake away the thought. Bonnie felt her heart fall to her stomach at his endearing words for another woman. She bowed her head in an almost submissive manner which irked Damon, who scowled as he looked from Bonnie his current best friend, to the man he once thought of as his best friend. He stepped closer to Bonnie and rested a supportive hand against her lower back, and he could feel her settled her weight against him some.

"Hey," Damon spoke out and Enzo opened his eyes and looked at the slightly older man. "You need us to help you, so be more gracious," He then pointed a finger at Bonnie. "And don't ever speak to her like that again," He let his demon surface briefly, so quickly that only Enzo saw it and his face paled as he took a step back, conceding with a nod.

"I'm sorry," Enzo said as he raked his hand through his disheveled hair and moved back to the place he had taken up residence in at Kat's bedside.

"I'm going to need some things before I start," Bonnie began.

"Yeah, like sleep," Damon cut in as everyone turned to him as both Bonnie and Enzo looked as if they were readying to protest. "No arguments 'BB'," He replied using the nickname he had taken to using after his stroke years back that left him barely able to. Bonnie has moved him into to her home so she could personally take on his rehabilitation. It had been months of slurred mumbling before Damon had finally been able to call Bonnie, 'BB' and over a decade later the nickname had stuck. "You just got here which means you just died. You should rest before you start trying to use magic. Hell, you don't even know if you can do magic anymore, it's been a long time," At these words, Bonnie's face grew more serious as she focused her gaze to the cold fireplace across the room. Instantly a blazing fire popped up in the fireplace. The other's watched in amazement as the flames took on the shape of two dancing figures that twisted and twirled about in a beautiful ballet. Just as quickly as it had appeared the flames flickered and died away as Bonnie closed her eyes and stumbled back a bit into Damon's waiting arms. When Bonnie opened her eyes they locked on to Damon's concerned one that also held an 'I told you so' look.

"Maybe I should rest a bit before I start," Bonnie conceded.

"No!" Enzo loudly protested as he stood and stepped closer to them. "Kat doesn't have time to wait, look at her. I'd swear she's gotten paler since you lot have been here."

"You know what…" Damon released Bonnie and tried to move around her to get to Enzo, who took cautious steps back. Bonnie stopped Damon by placing her hand gently upon his forearm.

"Damon, stop it," She commanded and he did as she said begrudgingly with a snarl thrown Enzo's way. "Enzo," She spoke softly to him as she fought the urge to wrap her arms around him and console him as she used to do back in her world. "I'll do a healing spell on Kat. I can't guarantee that it will do much to make her better but I can promise you she will not get worse, OK?" He readily nodded and then moved aside to let Bonnie get to Kat's bedside to perform the spell.


Sometime Later


Once they had returned to the boarding house Bonnie wanted to get a bath. Damon escorted her to her new bedroom, which adjoined his bedroom.

"This door is connected to my bedroom, it locks on this side," Damon stated as he led her further into the huge bedroom. "Bathroom is in here," He continued as he moved to the en-suite. "I'll run you that bath," He added as he disappearing into the bathroom

"You don't have to do that Damon," Bonnie spoke out as she moved into the bathroom after him.

"Bon, you've been bathing me for the past 10 years of my life, the least I can do is run your bath water for you," He concluded and he rolled up his sleeve and settled onto his knees beside.

"You had a stroke that left you partially paralyzed and you wouldn't run a bath for yourself," Bonnie defended as she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the doorframe as she watched him pour in scented bath beads.

"True, but I had the means to hire a caretaker. You didn't have to take it all on, on your own," He said as he raked his hands through the perfectly hot water.

"Yes I did," Bonnie replied as she honed in on the waves in the water Damon was making. "Because you were all I had left and I wasn't going to trust your care with anyone else. I love you, you know that right?" She asked and her words garnered Damon's full attention as he looked directly at her and tossed her his endearingly crooked smile. Over the years it had become easier for both of them to openly express how they felt towards each other. They were best friends, they were family and then some.

"Yeah, I know and I love you too BB," He said as he stood from the floor and moved to the exit. He stopped just beside her in the doorway, leaned down and planted a kiss against her temple before resting his head against hers. "I'm glad you're here, now I have the two people I love most with me," With that, he exited the bathroom and moved to the bedroom door. Bonnie scowled a bit in confusion at his words as she turned to regard him. "And I'm really sorry about Enzo, Bonnie," He added and sorrow instantly washed over her face. "I know that you lived your life as you did only because you were sure that you and Enzo would be together again in the afterlife."

"Technically, we are together," She announced with a slight humorless chuckle. "Just not the way I had imagined," She ended with a slight shrug of her shoulders. "But hey, we're both getting a redo. So, we'll get to find love again, right? This time I'll get my happily ever after."

"That's right, you will Bon-Bon, you will. I guarantee it," Damon affirmed as he nodded his head and then left the bedroom quietly closing the door behind him.