A/N: I'm sorry if the characters come out a little OOC. I'm not entirely comfortable writing Kol and Kai's characters yet. I'm still trying to get them down.

I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE CHARACTERS.

Chapter Three:

I opened my eyes and relished in the rested feeling that a good night's sleep left me with. I can't remember the last time that I woke up not feeling lonely. It's nice – a girl could get used to this. I felt lips press against my shoulder. I jumped – I forgot that I wasn't alone.

"Sorry, darling, I didn't mean to scare you." Kol whispered. He rubbed my back in apology.

"It's okay." I told him. I felt my eyes get heavier. I don't know why I'm so tired.

"I see how it is. I leave to go make breakfast and you get all the credit." Kai whined, from my bedroom doorway. I laughed. His hair is ruffled, undoubtedly from sleeping on it. He looks completely adorable.

"You didn't have to do that." I told him. He just smirked and walked over to us.

"I can think of a few ways that you can thank me." He winked. I rolled my eyes. We didn't go as far as any of us thought we would last night. It didn't go much beyond kissing. It was late, so I offered to let them stay the night.

"Next time I won't make you sleep on the floor." I mused, with a smile of my own. Kai let out a bark of fake laughter.

"Our girl's got jokes," he teased. I just grinned. My phone started going off from my bedside table. I leaned over to see who it was. I saw Damon's picture come up and I rolled my eyes. Call me crazy, but I'd rather not answer it. Kai just smirked at me and picked it up. "Bonnie's phone," he answered.

"Who the fuck is this?" I heard Damon snap from where I was sitting. I buried my face in my hands. Why is he even calling me? Why does he care? "Put my wife on the phone!" He barked.

"Don't you mean your ex-wife? The word is she left your sorry ass." Kai taunted him. I looked at Kai in mortification. Is he serious, right now? Couldn't he have just let me ignore his phone call?

"Put Bonnie on the fucking phone!" He demanded. I sighed and held my hand out for my phone. Kol's hand intercepted mine.

"And what pray tell do you have to discuss with her? I hope you plan on changing your tone, because you won't be speaking with her otherwise." Kol answered for me.

"Kol?" He asked, confused.

"The one and only, mate," Kol replied.

"Why do you have my wife's phone?" He asked him, still speaking louder than necessary.

"I have your ex-wife's phone, because we're together now. She, Kai and I have started a relationship together. She has moved on." He explained.

"Put her on." Damon's voice was almost too quiet for me to hear. Kol handed me the phone. I glared at both of them, suddenly reconsidering my decision.

"What do you want, Damon? What I do and who I spend my time with is no longer your concern." I sighed.

"Katherine saw you leave the club she was at last night with two guys. I wanted to see if it was true for myself. Tell me it isn't true." He ranted, clearly in disbelief.

"Do you want me to lie to you, Damon? I've never lied to you before, I don't see why I should now." I said, instead.

"Kol Mikaelson, really? And who Kai Parker?" He guessed.

"Yes, not that it should matter to you."

"I can't believe this." He laughed.

"Why? Was I supposed to be devastated over you for the rest of my life?" I asked him.

"That's not what I meant, Bon." He said, suddenly serious.

"It's how you're treating this and how you've been treating me." I sighed. "Look, was there any other point to this conversation? Because I'd rather not continue having it." I cut to the chase.

"I want you back." He said the four words that I thought he would never say, especially to me. "I was stupid and I took you for granted. And it took me this long to see it. My own brother swears on his life that I've never deserved you and can't understand why you gave me the time of day or how you put up with me for so long. Was I really that bad?" He asked me, quietly. I was taken aback. Are we really having this conversation right now?

"Not in the beginning… the last few years have been unbearable, Damon." My voice broke and I sucked in a breath and tried to compose myself. "We don't work together. I can't – I can't do that or go through that again. I just can't. You broke me down and you broke my heart. I have nothing left to give you." I breathed. How is this even my life?

"I know that you have no reason to believe me, but I am sorry. I just want you to be happy. But, I will never stop trying to get you back. I love you, Bonnie. I honest to God do. I'm so sorry that it took me so damn long to see that. The idea of seeing you with another man kills me. I'm willing to do whatever it takes. I want to keep you in my life. After you left, nothing has been right. It feels so empty here. I need you." He bore his heart to me.

"Needing you was killing me, Damon. I can't be there for you. I can't do that again. I don't need you in my life. You're no good for me." Even as I said the words, as true as they might be, they killed me inside. I wished that there was an easier way to go about it, but there wasn't.

"I get it. I'm going to make myself into a man who deserves you, Bonnie. I'm going to get you back." He vowed.

"I don't want you back." I argued.

"I still have to try. I love you." He expressed.

"I'm not in love with you, anymore." I ended the call, before he could say anything else. I dropped my gaze to my hands in my lap. I don't want to face anyone after that. What am I even doing?

"You should eat something. Things won't seem so bad, after you have some food in your stomach." Kai suggested. I nodded, but made no move to get out of bed.

"Perhaps she'd like breakfast in bed?" Kol suggested. I didn't say anything.

"Your wish is my command." He excused himself to get breakfast.

"It's okay, if you need some time to yourself, darling. It's even okay if you're not ready for this. Neither of us want to push you into something that you're not ready for." Kol told me. I looked up at him and wiped my hands down my cheek, catching the tears that managed to escape. He wrapped his arms around me and I just cried. It was comforting. I can't remember the last time that I had something to just be there for me like this. I can't remember someone who cared, other than Caroline. Damon never really cared about my mental wellbeing before. I have a feeling that he's just claiming to care now, before I'm not his anymore. I meant what I told him. I don't want him back. I doubt that I ever would. There is too much that has happened that I can't forget. I never want to put myself through any of that again.

"I just thought that when we got divorced, I would be done dealing with him. It's still hard – talking to him. I know it sounds stupid. I just… I don't understand why he's even bothering now. As soon as he found out that there was even a possibility that there was anyone else in the picture, he suddenly wants me back? He has treated me like I'm just a fucking game for years and now he's pretending to care? I deserve better and I'm furious that he refuses to believe that!" I vented. "I'm never going back to him. I just want to move on with my life." I said, weakly.

"Then move on, there's nothing stopping you, babe." Kai said, walking back into the room with 3 plates of steaming pancakes with blueberries piled on top. It's my favorite. There's no way he could have known. "I may have asked around to see what you liked." He added, sheepishly. I smiled, unable to stop myself. The two of them are already putting more effort into this, than Damon did in the past year.

"I haven't changed my mind." I told Kol. He grinned.

"Good." He pressed his lips to mine and Kai started tucking into breakfast. I pulled away and Kai proceeded to feed me. I sighed in contentment.

"You like it?" Kai asked me. I nodded, unable to talk, because of the food in my mouth.

"It's great." I said, after I swallowed my food.

"A kiss for the chef?" He teased. I nodded and leaned up, so I'd be able to reach his lips. I pressed my lips to his intending to give him a quick peck, but he had other ideas. He moved his hand to the back of my neck and deepened the kiss. He ran his tongue along my bottom lip and I parted my lips for him. The way his tongue moved against mine was sinful and I loved it. I clutched his shirt and tried to press myself closer to him.

"If that's what the chef gets, then I volunteer to make lunch." Kol's voice joked. I laughed and pulled away, trying to catch my breath.

"No way, man," Kai disagreed.

"We could just make it together." I suggested.

"Now you're talking."

A/N: I have the next couple of chapters written out. So they'll be up soon. I'm doing my classes at my own pace, but lately work has left me completely fried, so I've been writing this out, because I haven't been able to focus on much else.