Hey guys. I was going to save this for tomorrow to celebrate the new episode, but I thought why not post now. So this chapter has more Batherine scheming, Damon and Mason reunion, a little Tyler and Kol, and Stefan's reaction to the big news. Leni18 and Hazel08 we are going to get a tiny bit of insight into Giuseppe's evil scheme, but lets all assume Daddy Salvatore knows all of his children's moves. voicegrl I'm thinking about bringing Marcel back, both of them are going to have to answer to their exes. Vampgurlkisses Bonnie is pretty much aware of the danger her family is in, but now her family has grown and she needs to figure out way to save everyone she cares about. MsJanay16 glad you like, I hope you enjoy this one too.
Damon carried Bonnie bridal style into the house. They just finished a fun filled weekend of sexing each other up. Bonnie couldn't wait to tell Caroline, but her heart stopped when she saw their guest.
Giuseppe sat at the kitchen table with a cigar in one hand and a glass of scotch in the other. "Father," Damon said not knowing what else to say. He gently put Bonnie down and they both made their way into the kitchen. "I can explain."
"No need to. You and Bonnie are a couple now. I have eyes," Giuseppe said never talking his eyes off Bonnie. "Have a seat," he ordered them.
Damon pulled out Bonnie's seat and then he sat down. He knew there was a chance his dad would raise hell about he and Bonnie, but he assumed there would be sometime before his father found out.
"Dad it was all me. I went after Bonnie and I-I love her," Damon confused.
"That's good to know. Do you love him Bonnie?" Giuseppe asked the quiet girl.
"Yes sir, I do. I love him," she smiled over at him.
The look they shared told him all he needed to know. They were in love and there was hope things wouldn't turn sour this time. "Well than it's settled, you two are getting married," Giuseppe said shocking the couple before him.
Damon knew Bonnie was the girl he wanted to spend the rest of life with, but to get married so soon was crazy, even for him. Then there was Stefan who wanted nothing more than for their father to be this approving of Katherine. "I can't do that to Stefan. He wants to marry Katherine more than he wants anything else in this world."
"Bonnie isn't Katherine. And your choices are be together or be apart."
"You can't do thi"- Damon stood and yelled, but Bonnie stopped him.
"Stefan will understand. I want to spend the rest of my life with you Damon," she smiled up at him. "Your dad's right, we should do this."
To say Damon was shocked by Bonnie's words was an understatement. He could barely stand. On one hand, he was happy, but still he couldn't help but think about Stefan. "If you really want to I'll do it for you."
Bonnie's eyes shot to Giuseppe for his approval. "You have my blessing Ms. Bennett," he smiled at her.
"Yes Damon, I want to marry you," she said kissing him. "I love you."
"I love you too," Damon said squeezing her.
"Damon go to the wine cellar and get us something to celebrate with," Giuseppe smiled.
"Okay," Damon said and kissed Bonnie on the cheek before he left.
"Why did you do that?" Bonnie asked him not understanding why he'd want them to get married.
"You see how easily you swayed him to see my point?" Giuseppe asked. "I need Damon to be a little more focused and compliant. You're going to make sure that happens," he informed her.
"I don't control Damon he rarely listen to me," she said.
"For your family's sake you better hope that changes," Giuseppe said as Damon came back.
Damon could tell by the washed-out look on Bonnie's face that something was wrong. He was going to kill his father if he did something to fuck with Bonnie. "What's wrong Bonnie?"
"She's just shocked. I want you guys to move into my room. It has more than enough closet space for all your crap," Giuseppe said teasing his son. "I'm not here to use it anyway."
"We can't, you're overwhelming her," Damon said pouring them all glasses of wine. "I'll move your stuff into my room tomorrow," Damon smiled.
"That sound good," she smiled at him.
Caroline was the first to get in so she was the first to find out about the pairs' quick engagement. Damon thought his sister was going to explode from the excitement. "We can have a Christmas wedding with snow and reindeer. Oh, and we can have your dress with red accent. I look great in red," Caroline said.
"Christmas is in three months everyone's going to think she's pregnant," Damon snorted.
"Who cares what people think? You two are in love with each other at the same time, finally. That's all that matters," she smiled at them.
"I always wanted a summer wedding," Bonnie said. "Just people we really care about and a priest. Maybe on a beach somewhere," Bonnie shrugged.
"Or we can just go to Vegas and spend the week there."
"No you're not cheating her out of a real wedding," Caroline protested.
"You mean cheating you out of wedding number two," he laughed.
Caroline crossed her arms and pouted. "If it means that much to you Care," Bonnie said, "We'll have a big wedding."
"Once you start giving into her, the list of demands grows tenfold," Damon said warning his bride to be. "She may seem nice and innocent, but she is my sister after all."
"Well she's my sister now, and my maid of honor," Bonnie smiled.
Caroline was so happy she was on cloud nine. She pounced on Bonnie squeezing her tightly. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to get my laptop so we can start planning," she said racing up the stairs.
Damon was quieter than Bonnie expected him to be. He looked lost in his glass of bourbon as he swirled the dark liquid around in his cup. Bonnie walked over to him and messaged his shoulders. "Are you thinking about Stefan?"
She already knew the answer, but she didn't know what to say to make Damon feel better. Damon lived his life protecting Caroline and Stefan. He had sacrificed his happiness and what he wanted for them on numerous occasions.
It had become second nature to give up whatever he wanted so his little brother and sister could be happy. Their happiness was the only reason he lived. That was until he fell in love with Bonnie. He felt so conflicted picking between them, but Bonnie was his life now. She needed him more that Stefan did.
"I don't know what I'm going to say when he walks through that door. He won't understand," Damon said. Hell, he didn't understand why his father insisted on him and Bonnie getting married.
Bonnie wasn't thrilled about telling Stefan either. She just hoped he'd find some happiness in their excitement. Neither of them were too happy about the circumstances surround their pending nuptials, but they wanted each other more than anything in the world.
"He'll be happy for us, because he loves us. He knows that we'd never hurt him," Bonnie said hoping that would be his reaction.
"A week ago we hated each other," Damon said as he looked up in awe of Bonnie. "Now you're going to be my wife," he smiled up at her.
"Talk about plot twist," she said as she kissed him.
"Am I in the right house," Stefan laughed as he came into the kitchen.
"Hey Stef," they nervously said together.
"Was I not supposed to see that?" he said zipping his lips. "It's our secret."
"Stefan we need to talk to you," Damon said. He had on his serious face which took Stefan aback.
"What's going on?" Stefan asked as Caroline came flying down the stairs.
"Oh my god, I have the best arrangement for your bouquet," Caroline said as she noticed Stefan. "Oh Stefan."
"Okay what's with you guys?" Stefan laughed at their weird behavior. They were looking at him like he was a wounded dog.
"Look Stefan, father knows about me and Bonnie and... Well, he wants us to get married," Damon said and everyone tried to gauge the expression on Stefan's face.
Caroline thought he was shocked. Bonnie thought he was confused, and Damon thought he was mad. "I'm really happy for you guys," Stefan said with a slight smile.
"Are you sure, we understand if you're not Stef," Bonnie said.
"I'd love it if you were officially my little sister," Stefan said coming to hug Bonnie.
"You don't look as happy as you sound," Damon said analyzing his little brother.
"What are you talking about this is my happy face," Stefan said making everyone laugh. "I love you guys and you deserve to be happy."
Damon got up and hugged Stefan. He was proud of Stefan for putting his feelings aside to be happy for them. "How about you treat me to a lap dance, best man."
"Excuse you," Bonnie said.
"C'mon you should come too," Damon winked.
Bonnie rolled her eyes skyward and turned to Stefan. "You can take him out to a bar. No stripe clubs," she ordered.
"We're not even married yet and you're already telling me what I can't do," he smiled at her.
"Love you too," she smiled back and gave him a kiss. "Have fun," Bonnie said to Stefan before she kissed his cheek. "Keep him out of trouble."
"I always do." Stefan and Damon left leaving the girls to finish off the bourbon and plan a wedding.
"Look man, I'm really sorry about this," Damon started as he played with his empty shot glass. "I tried to tell father that I couldn't marry Bonnie if you couldn't be with Kat. He give us a choice to be together or a part and...I just couldn't lose her again."
Stefan gritted his teeth. His dad was certainly a bastard for preying on Damon's feelings for Bonnie the way he did. Stefan wanted to please their father and he knew it was virtually impossible to do that at this point. Damon raised him to strive for Giuseppe's unreal standards of perfection. There were many times Stefan did something wrong and Damon would get blamed. However, they were adults now and Damon needed to stop trying to pay for Stefan's mistakes.
"I can handle this. I'm Really happy for you guys. Bonnie is amazing. You really don't deserve her," Stefan snorted.
"Don't I know it," he laughed.
"Hey," Mason said coming over with Tyler and Kol.
"Hey man," Damon said getting up and shaking his hand.
"I'm sorry, we both are," Mason said.
Damon nodded his head excepting Mason's apology. There was really no way he'd be able to trust Mason the way he once did, but Damon was willing to try. "Sit, Stefan will buy you guys a drink," Damon said moving next to his brother.
"Really what's the occasion?" Kol asked knowing Stefan wasn't a big drinker and bars wasn't his thing.
"My father is forcing Damon to marry Bonnie," Stefan said making the other three guys look between the brothers. This was certainly an ironic twist of fate.
"Wait you and Bonnie are getting married, and you and Katherine are?" Tyler asked.
"Still at square one," Stefan informed them.
"I'm sorry," Damon said slapping his brother on the back.
"Katherine really isn't that great," Kol shrugged.
Everyone glared at him and he just smiled as if he said nothing wrong. "Can I get you guys something else?" the waitress asked.
"You most certainly can love, we'll have a bottle of bourbon and two pictures of Yuengling," he said.
"Ok I'll be right back," she said smiling at Kol.
Mason pushed him and the guys laughed. "You're not ruining another bar for us," Tyler laughed.
"Its not my fault Jules was crazy," he smiled.
"Every girl you're with is crazy," Stefan laughed.
"Can I ask you something personal?" Mason asked when he and Damon walked over to the pool table.
"Sure," Damon said as he set up the balls in the rack.
"Was Bonnie why you needed to be forgiven?" Mason asked. "Rebekah said you told her if she could forgive you, you'd forgive her. Were you and Bonnie together that whole time?"
Damon knew this was going to come up sooner or later and wasn't sure how to address the problem. "Look, I had sex with Bonnie when I was with Rebekah. I was going to break things off with Rebekah, but Bonnie wasn't ready to be in a relationship with me, especially since I was in a relationship when we had sex. I felt horrible for what I did to Rebekah, rightfully so. And I knew everytime I told Rebekah I loved her it was a lie-every kiss, everything, because Bonnie was always on my mind. I'm not mad at you guys. I mad at myself," Damon confessed.
"Why were you going to ask her to marry you? Why did you still do it?" Mason asked with a slight edge to his voice.
"What happened with Bonnie taught me two things, one I was the reason I was unhappy, and two I shouldn't just walk away when things are tough." Damon said grabbing a cue and chalking it. "I needed to let Bonnie completely go because I turned my back on her and chose Rebekah. I was going to commit to that decision. I did love Bekah. It wasn't like the way I love Bonnie but there was something there."
"I am sorry D," Mason said.
"Don't worry about it. I wound up getting what I wanted in the end. Treat Rebekah right," he ordered.
"I will, but Hayley is determined to make her go away," he laughed.
"That is because Hayley's smart, if only we all were so lucky," Damon said as he sank the 7 and the 4.
Katherine was studying Bonnie from the desk. She was more determined than ever to find out who the Silvia girl was. Katherine figured Giuseppe letting Bonnie marry Damon would put an end to their adventures together, but it hadn't. "Are you going to help?" Bonnie asked feeling Katherine's eyes on her.
"Why are we still doing this you got Damon?" she asked. "There is no need to be afraid for your family. Just be happy," Katherine shrugged.
Bonnie honestly wished things were that easy. She didn't know why Giuseppe felt Damon wasn't being committed to the family business. He did take some time out when he had Rebekah, but they were long over, and Damon was always present when a kid was in their care. Damon also wasn't very happy. He was still worried about Stefan and to be honest Bonnie was too.
She loved Stefan like he was her brother, and his happiness meant the world to her. She didn't think he should have to live in exile because he loved Katherine. "Damon isn't happy unless everyone else is," Bonnie said returning to her file.
"What does that mean?" Katherine asked knowing this had to do with Stefan.
"Look, Damon isn't going to be happy until he makes things right between Giuseppe and Stefan. I think Stefan is better off without his father's approval, but it's what he wants," Bonnie shrugged.
"You feel it don't you?" Katherine asked. "You feel like family," she smiled.
Being with the Salvatore's was honestly the first time Katherine ever felt like she was a part of a family. She loved how close they were, and how they all tried to include her in every aspect of family life. Her own family didn't really want her. They were overly religious on the outside and secretly abusive on the inside. Being here was the first time Katherine felt loved.
"We are a family and I just need to know that they're okay. I need to know that Giuseppe is just protecting them and that something isn't completely off. I know how much they love him, but there's something wrong Kat," Bonnie said looking the girl in the eye.
"I know, and I'll see what I can find in Elijah's study. We'll just find out about Silvia and if it's not a big deal we'll let it go," Kat said.
"And if it is?" Bonnie asked.
"We'll do what we have to in order to protect our family," Kat said getting up. "Tell Damon that Stefan is happy for you guys. He understands the difference between you and me."
"I will, thanks," Bonnie smiled.
"Us in-laws have to stick together," Kat said with a smirk before she left.