AN- After two whole months my laptop is finally fixed I will be updating as much as possible sorry for any delays! Xoxo J
Chapter- With every gain there is loss!
Bonnie stares at Damon his pale knuckles gripping the steering wheel, tighter then tight.
Two hours and not a word.
Nothing, silence irritating silence.
He refuses to speak which is unusual for Damon.
And at this point she's getting annoyed. He refuses to speak or put on the radio; she thinks he's getting some sick thrill by not speaking to her maybe it's some feasible attempt to bring back the other Bonnie The real "Bonnie" supposedly, whatever, she was the real Bonnie and nothing was going to change that not even his attempt at the silent treatment.
She rolled her eyes and focused on the dark stretch of road ahead.
Damon glanced at her quickly, listening to the thud of her soft heartbeat; he recognizes the changes it makes from time to time; when she's angry it tends to beat slightly irregular and when she's happy it's smooth, soothing to like Jazz, it's a burst of thunder when she's protective of those she loves. He want's to remember all these things about Bonnie- his Bonnie the one he knows.
Damn that Dream, why now?
Why did it have to come now?
What did it mean, would he really be selfless enough to let what he really wants go, could he do it?
"I love you Damon! Never forget that. No matter what happens I will always love you," Bonnie told him that one-night, she had woken up from a bad dream and she wanted him to know that he was loved by her; Now in this moment he wishes he had of asked her about the dream, had she seen this? Did she know this would happen to them? To her?
So many questions but it's just not the right time for answers.
Bonnie reaches for the radio and Damon swats her hand away like she's getting ready to steal from the cookie jar.
"No."
"Do that again and I will set your balls on fire!"
Damon tilts his head looking at her, she's reminding him of his verbally feisty Bonnie more and more.
"Only my balls?" He questions teasingly. "He speaks, that must be a record for you...keep your trap shut,"
He smirks licking his lips, "I had a lot on my mind."
"Maybe you should have a lot on your mind more often, I enjoyed the silence," She returns his smirk.
"Why miss Bennett if am' not mistaken. I believe you're flirting with me," He squints, trying to get a read on her.
"You'd be mistaken." She says with a smile. "Your smile says differently,"
Before Bonnie could return the playful banter her phone rings, "It's Stefan,"
"Of course it is." He says snidely.
"Stefan is everything okay?" Bonnie turns her body away from Damon's trying for a little privacy, he notices.
"Not really, I just called to check on you, make sure -"
"Damon hasn't gotten us killed," Bonnie laughs and Damon makes a face of annoyance.
Jesus, H -Christ, Stefan had the worse timing! Right when they take two steps forward they get pushed twenty feet backwards.
Bonnie doesn't want to be insensitive towards Damon so she decides to keep her call with Stefan short. "I'll call you as soon as we have her, kiss Sebastian for me, Love you guys."
Damon cuts her a look, there's a bit of anger and more then a little bit of sadness in this moment he wanted a stake through his heart.
Bonnie hangs up, "Stefan said keep safe,"
"That's my ever so thoughtful brother always looking out for my well-being," It wasn't suppose to sound as sarcastic as it did but Damon didn't care.
He was jealous as hell that Stefan had gotten the girl yet again.
But that was Stefan he was the one that cared to much and Damon always cared so little.
"He does care about you!"
Damon flicks on the radio suddenly, "I like this song." He turns it up, as if that will help drown out the truth in her words. If Damon were ever truly honest with himself and stopped hating his brother for a millisecond he would accept that it's always been Stefan that has cared the most about him. The one always going above and beyond for him. Whenever Damon needs saving it's Stefan who comes to his rescue even when he doesn't deserve it. Its Stefan who shows up anyways.
Always Stefan.
"How was everything?"
Stefan still looking at his phone, "Their still alive!" He tucks his lips into his mouth relived; although he'd be lying if he said he wasn't worried about the time they are spending together.
What if, Caroline was right and it was only a matter of time before Bonnie went back to Damon.
Don't think like that, she loves you.
And you love her believe in that.
"Damon won't let anything happen to Bonnie, same for Bonnie." Caroline reassures him. Stefan wants to take comfort in her words but they have no idea what their walking into.
"I know!" He nods somberly.
Alaric walks in, a black leather bag over his shoulder, "I've got weapons."
"Good, now do we have any ideas where to start looking for Elena?" Caroline asks the most obvious question because they literally have no idea where to begin the search for the doppelganger.
Stefan and Alaric look at each other dumbfounded, they haven't a clue. which is a shame because Stefan would have a beat on Elena's whereabouts in a second. Had this whole falling in love with hadn't consumed him so much.
So much for their epic love story.
"I'm right here!" Elena say cheery, "I'm here too," Katherine says with a smile as big as the sun.
Stefan hugs Elena quickly, "Thank God you're okay. We thought you were in trouble."
Elena smiles, she was happy one Salvatore brother still cared. The only Salvatore brother that mattered anyways.
"I'm fine but we have a problem,"
"What?" Worry quickly overtakes Stefan.
"Someone's after your kid…" Katherine says amused. Stefan looks towards the upstairs using his vampire speed he's in Sebastian's nursery; Caroline in tow. "Is he okay?"
"He's fine."
They both breathe a sigh of relief.
Both vampires are back downstairs with the baby quickly. "What's going?" Stefan demands answers from them both.
"Words out, honey! About these babies…" Katherine shrugs cavalier putting her feet up on the coffee table adjacent the fireplace. "How?"
"Elijah," Elena says averting her gaze from Stefan's cold stare.
Stefan looks at Elena affronted. "Why, does he want my son?"
"Because these babies are the first and only of their kind, what makes you think Elijah is the only one after them?" She was bit too pleased with this news.
Stefan cocks his head suspiciously at Katherine, "What does any of this have to do with you?"
"I'm here to help, like always Stefan," She smirks walking towards him, Stefan raises an eyebrow in skepticism.
"Cute kid." Katherine comments.
She rubs the top of Sebastian's head. Taking a quick look at Elena, who seems off in her own world.
Stefan's face twitches. The Ripper almost made a brief appearance.
Damon pulls up outside of the abandoned hospital the vagabond vampire told them about. Typical, this place looks like something out of a Stephen King novel.
"This is extra creepy." Bonnie frowns, wary of what their walking into; she's actually worried about Damon getting himself killed.
"Just how I like it," Damon nearly looses his brows to his hairline smirking, taking a deep breathe.
Bonnie turns to face him. A sudden flash of emotion courses through her body. Flashes of heat, fear and sadness.
She knows somewhere inside she's afraid to lose him, fleeting these sorts of emotions hit her briefly.
"You'll be safe." She meant to state it as a question. But no such luck.
Damon gives her one of his famous smiles, "What? You worried about me?"
"Yes!"
Damon's eyes widen. " . . . I will," He nods reassuringly.
She gives him a faint smile before getting out of the car. Damon takes a moment to collect himself because for a subtle moment he could see the Bonnie he loves in those eyes and the one who loves him.
Maybe theirs hope for them after-all.
Inside, Creepy horror hospital.
Bonnie holds Damon's head keeping him close to her, they walked intertwined like the Badasses they were.
Damon thinks it's almost like they were before the whole, "I don't have a clue who you are faze of their lives"
Almost, but almost, that just isn't good enough for him.
Foot steps stop Bonnie and Damon in their tracks, A young vampire appears out of nowhere and before he could
alert anyone to his aid, Damon separates him from his heart.
Bonnie smiles, "See, you got to rip out a heart after-all."
Damon returns her smile, God, his teeth were white, she thought before continuing their journey.
35 minutes this little battle had gone on and in two short minutes this will all be over; flames and the smell of burning flesh filled the hospital, screeches of pain echoed the halls.
For once one of Damon's plan actually worked.
Damon went for the baby while Bonnie handled the vampires, Elijah was nowhere to be found which was a good thing for them.
But stupid for him.
Bonnie lets the flames die down as Damon walked toward her baby in hand. A big incandescent smile on his face.
God, the boy was beautiful when he smiled like that.
Damon stood in front of Bonnie. Tears evident on his cheeks as he cradled his beautiful daughter. He wasn't the crying type but this moment it was worth it.
"… Is she?"
"She's perfect!"
Family Tree- Matthew West
I have a dream for you,
It's better than where you've been
It's bigger than your imagination
Your gonna find real love
And your gonna hold your kids
You'll change the course of generations!
Bonnie is startled by Damon's lips crashing into hers like a hungry animal; But the most startling thing is that she returns his kiss, just as hungry and starving.
He pulled back suddenly, he hadn't even realized that she'd returned his affection. Too dazed to take in the what
had just occurred between them.
"I'm sorry...Am just-" He had never felt such complete and utter selfless love for anything or devotion in his whole life, not as a human and especially not vampire until now; his two girls.
"It's okay, Really!" She means that sincerely.
Damon puts the baby in Bonnie's arms. "You got her?" He questions.
"Yeah. Hi, am your mommy and he's your daddy!" Bonnie says with a smile.
Bonnie looks at her daughter and a certain fog is lifted in her head and there's this cloud of clarity.
"…Shelia-Grace," Bonnie is taken aback by this sudden memory. She blinks rapidly a slight head-rush eases through her.
"You remembered!" Surprise is not the word to describe the look on Damon's face.
Bonnie scoffs, "Yeah, I did." It scares her a little. "We should get out of here,tho." She says before Damon can pester her about this sudden gain of memory.
They leave very quickly.
Three hours later!"You do know that speed limit 45, right."
"Yeah, and?"
"You've been going 20 miles for the past three hours," She says through gritted teeth.
"I just want to get you, her and me back to mystic falls safely."
Bonnie bits her lips in frustration, " That's why we stopped and got a car seat! She'll be perfectly fine, if you went over 20 miles."
"Is she strapped in?" He asks like any nervous father would.
"Yes, Damon you strapped in yourself." Bonnie responds sarcastically. With a sardonic smile.
Damon stops the car. "What are doing?"
"I need to check for myself, I don't trust me to get things right the first time."
Bonnie wants to punch him in the face mess up that perfect nose of his. Because at this rate they'll never get back to mystic falls.
Jeremy calls Damon.
"This better be important," He puts the car to a complete stop.
"Where are you?"
"We'll be there shortly," Damon hangs-up rudely, as he continues to pull in the Salvatore drive way.
"From now on, I'm driving." She snatched the keys.
They go into the Salvatore house, which is a wreck! Bonnie hands Shelia to Damon looking at Jeremy. "Where's Sebastian? where is my son?" She yells frantically.
"He's right here, he's safe, he fine." Caroline says carrying Sebastian into the foyer from the Salvatore library.
Bonnie puts a hand to her chest sighing full of relief as the blonde Barbie handed her Sebastian.
"Oh, thank God!" She kissed his head sweetly. She's getting really tired of kids being in danger.
Damon looked around noticing that someone very important is missing from the room, he spotted Ric by the bar as usual, Jeremy hovering over by Elena's side she obviously looked like she had been crying and the most unwanted of all Katherine; they all stood where Stefan should be standing.
Sh*t!
"Where's Stefan? Where's Stefan?" Damon looks around panicked … "Where is my brother?" He voice grow faint suddenly, as looked around the manor.