A/N: TW: There is allusion to sexual assault/rape in this chapter.

Chapter 4: His Place

They're all at the bar, drinking because they're of age and they can do that. Bonnie stays close to a certain twin and doesn't say much but observe the club's atmosphere. Katherine tries to wink at a potential suitor but ends up blinking rapidly resulting him to turn away.

"Must've been gay," she flimsily said. Admitting that she was overbearing and desperate was way harder to do, so lying to put a bandage on her ego was Katherine's motto. At this point, she'd done it for so long she didn't know if it helped or harmed her more. Caroline was ordering another fruity drink while Klaus is downing something a little bit stronger. He almost feels pity for her inability to drink anything more potent than a Limerita. He placed a hand on her shoulder, "Love, those drinks are a bit..underwhelming, don't you think? At least spend your money on something actually worth 25 dollars a shot."

She stumbled while trying to stand up, almost hovering her boyfriend in her heels. Klaus chuckled at her attempts to challenge him and even tried to sit her back down.

"No, no," the blonde pointed. "You need to realize I can do whatever the hell I want - and it's not my money I'm wasting, it's my dad's!"

Klaus smirked. Her father was an asshole, he was happy the old man was seeing the end of that bill. Without even asking she pulled him onto the dancefloor with the very intention to grind shamelessly. This just reinforced that inviting the boys was not a good idea. Katherine blew her breath, easily bored with her surroundings, she faced Bonnie who was looking at her phone.

"You're lonely, I don't know about desperate, but you are definitely are single." Katherine flipped her hair and whispered in Bonnie's ear. "I know you have an unrequited lesbian thing for my oh so pure twin, we can go in the bathroom for 15 minutes give or take and you can pretend she's me."

Bonnie deadpanned, "You just sound ridiculous," pushing the Gilbert sister away. Katherine shrugged, this wasn't a box of worms she was interested in opening tonight at least. She sauntered to the end of the bar to find more suitors. Bonnie groaned shaking her head in disgust. She got all cute and for what? For Caroline to be on dance on the floor drunkenly spinning around her exotic British beau, Katherine to insinuate a quickie in the bathroom, and Elena was apparently nowhere to be found.

Well, she went to go look for Stefan but the girl decided to push that little detail to the back of her brain. She said to herself whenever Elena came back, she wouldn't say a word to her. The nurse couldn't even go a solid 15 minutes without the presence of her boyfriend. Yes, her boyfriend who had his tongue in her best friend's mouth and she was okay with that. Bonnie just couldn't wrap her mind around that. Both of them. It was sick and weird to her.

Eventually, Elena came back, of course holding hands with her beloved Stefan, smiling. Their union broke up suddenly when Stefan pecked Elena lips, whispering something to her and walked outside with his phone to his ear. Elena tried to be okay with it but her face of apprehension betrayed her after he left.

Bonnie rolled her eyes seeing the entire interaction between the two lovers, spun around in her seat and ordered another drink. Sex On The Beach. Lord knows she needed it, she was way too stressed. It didn't even have to be with her dream girl at this point she would be desperate enough to seduce a stranger. Bonnie could feel Elena getting ready to walk her way, in her space and she didn't want to be involved with that so she stayed in her seat to the music in her seat when Elena eventually came up to her and waved her hand, getting Bonnie's attention. The brunette never had to attempt to get Bonnie to pay attention to her really. The vibe felt weird and nothing positive was coming from it.

"You've been ignoring me the entire night. Totally not fair." There was a phony lightness to Elena's voice.

"Well," Bonnie slurred, "You're not even here really, this is like date night for you. I saw your face, you're upset with him."

Slurring? Oh, yeah Miss Bonnie Bennett was drunk.

"This isn't date night for me and Stefan and I are fine. Not that I have to explain myself to you, but we went to Wendy's because I'm starving and Caroline didn't want to make any more stops after you."

"You don't have to explain shit to me, Elena." Bonnie started to get up. "About your job, about your family or your amazing boyfriend who thought sticking his tongue down my throat would make me like him!"

She was walking off, actually storming off angrily from Elena. No one was sober enough to make ut what she said. Bonnie began storming off somewhere far away from the bar. From Elena, her dream girl. The bronze girl's jealousy was undeniable now, even Elena could sense it. She called after her loudly but her longtime friend. Elena looked around the club for Bonnie for a good 15 minutes. At this point, she couldn't find anyone in the mix of the club.

I made Bonnie upset and she ran off. Meet me by the couches on the left side of the club. Read 11:15 pm.

Elena held her phone to her chest, silently rocking on the furniture. Bonnie couldn't be lost, that girl had been sure of her self since the first grade. If anything, Elena would be the person to walk off dramatically because she wasn't confrontational. Stefan walked up to her, squatting so his face could meet hers at eye level.

"I got here as fast I could. Where do you think she might be?"

"Not fast enough," Elena muttered.

"Elena, really? I just told you I had to take that call, you're making nothing out of something. Now of all times, too." He really didn't have time for her mood swings.

"Fine, whatever, you're right," She stood tall patting her blue jeans of any invisible dust.

Stefan told her to check the washrooms and if she wasn't there, then get help from Katherine. He told her he would check both floors. They hugged before they separated, she pouted when he kissed her hair. Just because she was annoyed with his job interfering with their time didn't mean affection would be void.

Checking all of the washrooms took longer than Elena thought and still no Bonnie. She did, however, spot Katherine definitely not sober climbing on the bar table. Elena shook her head and then ran to save her twin from falling on her square ass.

"Elena," Katherine crooned.

Elena was firm when she updated Katherine on what was happening. She really didn't have any patience and refused to deal with her sister's need for attention. Katherine's jaw dropped learning that Bonnie and Elena had a fight. Those two were the best of buds, so as of now Elena had to have some type of hint of Bonnie's feelings.

The two sisters walked around the establishment, locking arms. For Katherine, it was because she was still drunk and needed assistance standing up. In Elena's case, she didn't want her sister running off, an easy and cowardly way avoiding the task at hand. She had done it many times before.

"So," Katherine made a loud popping noise with her mouth. "Tonight was the night Bonnie finally let you know."

"I mean we've talked about my relationship with Stefan before and she's still upset." Maybe he should have stayed home tonight, it's too soon for Bonnie to see him with me. Elena reflected about the events that took place at dinner almost two weeks ago.

"Not about Stefan I meant-"

Elena's phone rang; it Caroline's number and fac on the caller ID. When she answered, she put the phone on speaker for Katherine to hear as well.

"We...found Bonnie." Her voice was shaky like she'd been crying.

"And, what is she okay?"

"No, she's...somebody fucking drugged her she's not waking up."

Panic shook Elena's entire body. Her best friend was being taken advantage of. She was blank, her eyes were unblinking, her throat was dry. It was like she could feel Bonnie was in pain. Katherine took the phone from Elena's hand and demanded where were they. In no time, Katherine led them near where Caroline was on her knees cradling Bonnie's unconscious body.

The blonde pleaded, "Bonnie, please wake up. I'll promise I won't be mad at you showing up an hour late to our lunch dates. I'm a punctual bitch, I know you hate me for it," She swallowed, "But I'm working on it and we can make fun of me for it when you wake up."

Caroline looked up at the two twins and screamed, "Why isn't she waking up?! Somebody help us, please!"

Elena breathed in and out and directed Katherine to get multiple bottles of water and to jump over the counter if they didn't give them to her. She bent down to tend to Bonnie, telling Caroline that she could take over now. Caroline stood up, putting her hand over her mouth, turning away. Girls being drugged wasn't unheard of, unfortunately, but the blatant ignoring of her unconscious friend was just heartless.

Katherine came rushing back with the water, handing it to Elena to work her magic. She opened one bottle pouring it on Bonnie, it spilled on the floor along with the rest of the water she opened but Elena didn't care. She has drenched herself all she wanted to see was her best friend alive.

"Elena," Bonnie woozily said.

Elena smiled weakly, hugging the drenched girl. They were both a drenched mess. Caroline smiled to herself, she secretly wished that her bond with Elena was that strong. It was unspoken but before Stefan, she was the original third wheel to Elena's life. Katherine never was particularly threatened by their bond, she was happy Elena found someone else to annoy.

As the years passed, the wavy-haired twin did pick up on Bonnie's admiration for Elena. She didn't know how Elena didn't see it. Taking matters into her own hands, Katherine orchestrated Elena's first date with Stefan in a way to separate herself from Bonnie. She knew at the 6hat it was wrong to put the fate of Bonnie's friendship with Elena in her hands, but her sister couldn't suffer being single to keep Bonnie happy.

Little did she know it backfired on her.

Stefan dragged the guy who was leading Bonnie down the stairs and his plans to take her outside the club. He slammed him against the brick wall, making the male's head recoil. They were a group of them but most of them ran off. Of course, the ring leader was the one with the shortest legs. Klaus had his right-hand man in a headlock.

"Man, just let us go, please. We can't be involved in a scandal right now, we're 3-0 right now over at Florida State, they need him to QB or we'll-"

Klaus nudged him, "I frankly don't give a shit about your American Football. Just shut up for once and don't even fathom getting out of my grasp."

Stefan didn't hold back any punches, this monster was going to pay for what he did to Bonnie. Ladies began exiting the club, looking at the dire sights. Klaus smiled and said clearly in his most unnerved voice, "Nothing to see her, loves just your nightly rapist getting his arse handed to him." The women stopped and gasped staring at the two guys being handled by Klaus and Stefan.

"Actually, what's your name?" Klaus asked the scrawny boy he was cradling violently.

"You too," Stefan sneered at the one he was beating up on the concrete wall. The little bitch shook his head.

His right-hand man gave in. "My name is Ron, can I go now?"

Klaus threw him to the ground, "Well, ladies these two boys attend Florida State, they play rough and tough football." He made a faux flex with his muscles as the girls ran off to their car. Before Ron could run off, Klaus tripped him. The Brit had been in the Navy 7 years overseas, that college student was going to have to try a tad bit harder.

Klaus squatted down and said lowly, "I could this all night until the crack ass of dawn, do not test me." Ron gulped, there was no way he was making his way out of this alive. Klaus popped back up.

"Stefan, how are you doing over there?"

"He won't give me his name."

"I see," Klaus commented. Stefan's eye was darkly staring at the boy on the wall.

"Look, I have too much shit to lose over some bitch wearing a one-piece that shows off her ass coming up to my VIP area, she was practically begging for it."

"Watch your fucking mouth."

"Why? You wanna hit too, don't you? You're too mad and involved not to want to. Bonnie is it? She's all ready for you, and you can thank me for that."

Stefan backed away slowly holding his hands up and then grabbed the college kid's head and collided it against the wall again making him eat raw cement. The kid's mouth was wide open. Even Klaus was shocked at the brutal assault of the male's face. There was no dispute of whether if he deserved it or not.

"He's gonna kill him," Ron yelped, "We need him or we'll lose, how much does this girl want, we'll cover it, his parents are loaded!"

Klaus was frustrated, but the imbecile had one point: Stefan wanted the kid dead and wouldn't stop until there was no air left in his lungs. Plus, the way his supposed rich family's attorneys could spin this story a certain way was not in their favor.

"Let him go, mate. That's on his conscience, what we need to do is get to Bonnie at this instant. She's in there still and I don't know what nursery rhyme Caroline is telling her to make her wake up."

Stefan's actions came to a steep stop. All he heard was Bonnie's name, and her wellbeing was the most important. He let the boy go and Klaus let the sidekick go and the two scurried off to fall off a cliff hopefully. Klaus wrapped his arm around Stefan, steadying him as they walked back in the club."

"You're okay, man." He patted him on the back and repeated, "You're okay."

Bonnie woke up on someone's living room couch, sweating yet feeling dry. She had on baggy sweatpants and an oversized T-shirt. The woman was only 5'0, so everything was big on her. Bonnie's throat was dry, she needed water. Before she could get up to do it herself, Elena came to her and bent over gently pushing her down insisting she needed to rest. Bonnie's voice was weak when she asked for water. When she finally received it, she drunk it greedily.

"This isn't my place or yours."

Elena pursed her lips. "Because it's Stefan's."

Oh. "So, me being roofied wasn't some sick dream."

Elena sat next to her friend, holding her. "I am so sorry, if I could take it all away I'd do it in a heartbeat."

"Grams can't know about this-also who's clothes are these?"

"Also Stefan's."

"Oh."

"You also said you didn't Grams to know, so we were thinking that maybe you could crash here until you felt strong enough to go back home. I mean, you'd have to say the word."

It was much to think about, staying at her best friend's boyfriend's house. Bonnie hadn't remembered that from last night along with other things that she didn't want to dig back up. Of course, Elena would stop by but it's not like she lived with Stefan, not entirely. With his constant working, he and Bonnie would probably have little to no interaction. She took a sip from her water, not because she was thirsty but Elena was in close proximity to hers.

"Well, I just think it's too soon."

"Why? Bonnie, if this is about the kiss I swear to God, you can admit you liked it."

"I mean.,.I did. It just seemed unnecessary at the time but if you're okay with us two being temporary roommates then I'm not opposed to it."

Elena smiled and they hugged each other, Bonnie was the one who broke it up. "So, where is the man of the house?"

"He is getting some groceries, apparently he's cooking for us."

"Cooking? It's still morning time." Bonnie was incredoulous.

Elena looked at her with concern in her eyes, "Bonnie it's 5:45 in the evening. We had a very early morning, everyone wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Well, I'm fine," she turned to face the pillows. Elena got up from the couch sighing. Today, the next day wouldn't be the ideal day for Bonnie to say what happened to her. Elena would give her time. She would take off work to tend to her. Even offer space at her boyfriend's place for her to heal, all of it for Bonnie.