AN: Another update for you guys! Thank you so much for the love I've been receiving for this story it still surprises me LOL. But anyway on with the update.

Being without Damon for three years Bonnie's time wasn't filled with being held cooped up in a cabin and guitar lessons with Enzo. She went out, she didn't have her magic which meant she was harder to find. So Bonnie wondered off and met some of the locals – particularly another set of brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko in the surrounding area. However, she only gave them an alias: Alexandra Hartford.

More on that later.

Bonnie could've been anything she wanted to be, she's a smart girl, so why not? She finished college at the top of her class despite being dead during most of it, but death didn't derail her from obtaining a BA in psychology and a minor in African American studies.

After saving Damon and Enzo from being possessed. Things seemed to have calmed down, so Bonnie started to reconsider the offers she had gotten to some of the top hospitals in the country.

But those plans changed quickly after being turned.

Learning how to adapt to her new lifestyle was hard enough but Bonnie didn't feel as if she would be able to control herself around humans in the big city so she declined all offers given to her, deciding it was best to stay close to home.

But after a month of back and forth between Bonnie and Caroline, Caroline successfully convinced Bonnie to take a job as a social worker instead. Caroline, figured if she can maintain a job as an Executive Producer for a news station, Bonnie can become a social worker. So that's what she became.

When Bonnie became a social worker she wanted to work with families to support them through difficult times. She wanted to ensure that vulnerable people, including children and adults were safeguarded from harm. Her role was to provide support and help in order to improve the outcome in people's lives.

She couldn't change the outcome of her life but she was willing to do whatever it took to change the outcome of someone else's.

As a social worker she had to maintain a professional relationship with people, acting as both a guide and an advocate. She had to sometimes use her professional judgment to make tough decisions that might not always be well received by those she was trying to help.

She never once used compulsion to convince people to see reason, not even in some of her most tragic cases, but she was tempted. Boy, was she was tempted.

Bonnie came into work early Monday morning because sleep wouldn't come to her. It's not like she really needed it anymore, well not as much as she needed a distraction. Her break up with Enzo still weighed heavy on her brain, not that she felt guilty about anything she said to him. Really she didn't, she was just surprised at how true her own words were.

How could I be so stupid? Bonnie thought.

A beep sounded from her computer which prompted Bonnie to take a seat at her desk, she turned on the computer and smiled at the sight before her.

"Wow, someone looks extra pretty this morning." Bonnie chuckled at a glaring Caroline Forbes in a face cream mask and hair rollers.

"Don't start with me Bonnie Sheila Bennett."

Bonnie raised a brow "My full government name? This must be serious."

"You're damn right it's serious, turn on the news."

Bonnie hesitated a little but grabbed the remote to her flat screen and turned on the TV. A beautiful African woman ran down details of the scene behind her of a pickup truck that appeared to have been on fire, the worse part of it was that they had apparently found a body.

Bonnie looked down at her computer "This is what you wanted to show me?" her eyes went back up to her TV and back down to the computer "It's awful to hear what happened but—"

"Are you kidding me Bonnie? Does that truck not look familiar to you?"

"Should it? I mean even if I did know it, the truck is practically unrecognizable."

"And you made sure of that, Great job by the way."

Bonnie tilted her head a little "Excuse me?"

"That truck belonged to Danny, the abusive asshole I compelled to leave town. Well, I guess he never made it to Mexico thanks to you."

Bonnie blinked looking at the TV screen before standing up from her desk "How do you know that's him?"

"Matt was able to get forensics to salvage the license plates to see who the truck was registered too, they had to go that route because apparently his teeth had been removed as well as his fingertips."

Bonnie frowned looking at Caroline "And you think I'm capable of doing something like that? Yes, I wanted to kill the son of a bitch but I would never do anything like that." she practically shrieked pointing at the TV.

Caroline eyed Bonnie for a little before sighing "You're right, I'm sorry, but after last night and how angry you were—"

"You decided to call me at work to accuse me of murder?" Bonnie paused and gave a short nod "Ok, it makes sense, but I didn't kill him. Besides, I was with Enzo after I left you."

Caroline sat back in her seat a little "Enzo? How did that go?"

"It didn't, it shouldn't have and that's why it's over."

Caroline smiled happy Bonnie was staying strong, they didn't deserve her forgiveness, at least not yet and not that easy. "Is it really over?"

Bonnie nodded looking at her hands "I made a mistake keeping our relationship going for as long as it did, especially when it wasn't him that I wanted.'

Silence

"About Damon?"

Bonnie shook her head "He's more to blame for me being a vampire than Enzo, he killed me so he could have Elena back. My blood is on his hands and I can't unsee that." she said shaking her head "No, matter how much I loved him."

Caroline couldn't say she was surprised at hearing Bonnie declare her love for Damon, but it didn't make it any less painful to hear. Damon didn't deserve Bonnie, period. "Bonnie, listen this thing between you and Damon needs—''

The door to Bonnie's office flew open capturing both girls attention "Ms. Bennett, Ms Donaldson is here to see you, she said it's important."

"Ok, send her in." Bonnie looked down at her computer at Caroline "We're going to have to continue this later."

"No problem, it wasn't important anyway. I love you."

"I love you too." Bonnie said ended her chat with Caroline.

Misty Donaldson walked in clutching onto her four year old daughter with tears in her eyes "Did you hear about Danny?"

Bonnie swallowed "Yea, I heard. I'm sorry for your lost. Please have a seat."

Misty nodded sitting in the chair across from Bonnie's desk "I don't know why I'm crying. He was horrible to me— he's done horrible things to me. But I still loved him. You know what I mean?" she wiped the tears from her eyes.

Bonnie dropped her eyes "Yea, I know what you mean."

Elena sat down hard on the couch trying but failing to forget Bonnie's words to her. "I highly doubt the pain you're feeling right now doesn't even come close to what I felt for the last nine years of being your friend."

Elena flinched a little when she heard the door to boardinghouse open and close. She stood up expecting to see Damon, but got Matt instead.

"Is Damon here? I didn't see his car." Matt said looking around the boardinghouse and not at Elena.

Elena shook her head "No, I haven't seen him in almost twenty four hours." she watched as Matt nodded "Is something wrong?"

"I was hoping he would tell me."

Elena frowned "What does that mean?"

Matt turned to leave "Nothing, tell him I'll be back later there's a few questions I need to ask him."

"Matt." Elena yelled after him "We haven't spoken to each other much since I woke up, is everything ok?"

Matt really didn't know what to tell the girl he once thought was the love of his life, He would be lying if he didn't say that he found it hard being around her after finding out what Damon and Enzo did to Bonnie. This wasn't her fault, but she was the one benefiting from another death, she always benefited from it.

Matt sighed "I'm tired Elena, just tell Damon I said—"

"Just say it. You hate me for what happened to Bonnie. You blame me for her being a vampire."

"I don't hate you, I hate Damon and Enzo for what they did. Bonnie didn't deserve this. But I knew this would happen. Bonnie was running for her life and ended up dying and turning into a huntress who almost killed all of her friends because of Damon and Enzo."

Elena remembered reading about this in one of Stefan's journal entries. "But she didn't, she survived and everyone's ok. Just like now, she's alive and she'll get through this as well."

"You still have the cure in your system Elena. What are you going to do with it?"

Elena blinked at the sudden change in the subject. Honestly, she forgot the cure was in her system "Damon's going to drink from me, he's going to become human so we can have a family." she said not realizing she was smiling.

Matt snorted "Your first answer should have been giving it to Bonnie, she deserves it more than anyone." Matt turned to leave again walking towards the door "Besides. Damon will age and die as soon as the cure is in his system."

Elena shook her head "That will only happen if someone takes it from Damon."

Matt nodded "And what do you think will happen when his enemies finds out he's human again, what do you think will happen? You should probably think about that."

Elena wasn't thinking about it before, but she sure as hell was now.

Bonnie massaged her neck getting out of her car and shutting the door. A full day of work and Bonnie still couldn't get Misty out of her head. Bonnie knew Misty loved the asshole despite everything he's done, but Bonnie couldn't bring herself to be heartbroken for the young woman. In Bonnie's mind Misty was better off without him.

Bonnie walked to her front door and froze. Someone was in her house.

Damon merely stared at his glass of bourbon before walking over to the couch and sitting down, propping his feet up on the coffee table in the process. He don't know exactly why he was here but for some reason he didn't feel like going home. In his mind he told himself Elena probably needed her rest or some alone time. But really how much alone time and rest does a person who just awakened from a five year coma need?

He frowned and just as soon as he drained the glass, getting up with the intention of leaving his back hit the wall, hard.

"What the hell are you doing in my house?" Bonnie said lowly her small hand around his neck.

Damon knew he could toss Bonnie across the room but he just loved when Bonnie showed this side of her "Now Bon Bon, you know the rule. When we need a bourbon buddy we go to each other."

Bonnie squeezed a little tighter "Now is not the time to piss me off Damon, What the hell are you doing in my house?"

"We need to talk and this conversation isn't the best one to have over text messages and voicemails since you won't answer either of them."

Green eyes narrowed "and you didn't catch the hint? So you just decided to come over?"

Damon gently pried Bonnie's hand off of his neck "Exactly."

Bonnie's jaw tense "Get out of my house Damon or so help me—"

"I killed you and you're pissed. But I'm not going to apologize and if that's what's it going to take to get back to the way we use to be then, I'm sorry."

Bonnie shook her head "I can't believe you. After everything we've been through and everything we meant to each other, this is how you repay me? This is all I'm worth to you?" Her voice catching at the end.

"You don't get it by now? You're worth everything to me." He practically yelled "I couldn't lose you, the mere thought of not having you in my life kills me Bonnie. When you stopped your heart so the plan we made in order to defeat Klaus could work, and I had to hold you in my arms and watch you like that" he closed his eyes trying to get rid of the memory "When Jeremy told me you died to bring him back it felt like the world had collapsed around me. You were stuck in our prison world alone for months being tortured by Kai until he left you alone and I was here with Elena and it made me sick."

Silence.

"You got hurt trying to save me from Tyler, and you ended up in a hospital bed because my blood wouldn't heal you. I lost it. Enzo fed you pills that were killing you and I still blamed myself because if I was here you wouldn't have been that position to begin with. Don't you get it Bon when you hurt I bleed. I don't know when things changed but they did, so I did what I had to do to save you."

Bonnie cleared her throat "You didn't save me Damon, I'm on my own. I no longer have Enzo because I finally admitted to myself that he was a distraction from who I really wanted. You killed me in an act of selfishness without thinking what it would cost me."

Damon took a step towards Bonnie who took a step back.

"You took everything away from me and I can't forgive you for that."

Damon swallowed the lump in his throat "You can't or won't?"

Bonnie wiped the tears from her eyes and shrugged "I refuse."

AN: That line "You didn't save me Damon, I'm on my own." is a little line I took from scandal lol. Do you think Bonnie will be able to forgive Damon? Leave me a review and let me know what you think.