Bonnie raises an eyebrow as Matt rushes out of the door, leaving her and Aidan alone in the house. Asha, Tyler, Jeremy, and Caroline left not too long ago so they could head to their dates, but she hadn't been expecting Matt to leave as well. She wonders what that's about. She jumps slightly when Aidan touches her hand and when she turns to face him she sees the apologetic look on his face.
"You have to leave right?"
"Yeah." He confirms with a nod. "The last thing I want to do is leave you, but if I want to get to Boston in a reasonable amount of time I have to get moving."
"It's alright really; I hope you have fun with your friends." She grabs his hand and squeezes it. "I'll see you when you get back." She smiles when Aidan presses a kiss to her lips before pulling back and walking out of the door.
Bonnie closes the door behind Aidan and is on her way to the living room when she feels a burst of energy flow through her body. Suddenly, her mind goes to Stefan and how much she loves him. Why has she been hiding her feelings form him when he's right there. Didn't she say after she was resurrected that she would stop wasting time?
That is why she decides that she should definitely tell him how she feels. A smile appears on her face when she realizes just how she can show him how to do that. Eager, she rushes up the stairs, excited to make her move.
-X-
Stefan pulls into the parking lot of the restaurant he picked and immediately senses the presence of several vampires. He looks around and sees a group of them sitting in a dark SUV. The New York license plate suggests they aren't from Mystic Falls. Knowing it's unusual for a large group of vampires to travel to Mystic Falls of all places he makes a note of them just in case he has to take care of them later, but otherwise says nothing since they haven't actually done anything wrong.
Elena is surprised when they get out of the car and she realizes the restaurant Stefan picked is actually a diner. She figured he would pick a sports bar or something similar. Getting over her surprise, she follows Stefan inside and they quickly look for a place to sit.
"Hey, Stefan. No Bonnie today?" Anita, one of the waitresses asks as soon he and Elena take a seat in one of the booths.
"No she has other plans tonight." Stefan smiles at the older woman that he and Bonnie have gotten to know over the last year.
"Well she wouldn't have other plans if you told her how you feel." Anita admonishes Stefan. Over the last year, Stefan has come into the diner with Bonnie and it's clear to everyone that the two are in love with each other. Yet they insist on pretending otherwise for some reason. It's gotten to the point where she and the other members of the wait staff have started a pool for when they finally get together.
"Not you too, I'm already getting that from this one." He glances at Elena who shrugs unrepentantly.
"You know I would stop hounding you if you told Bonnie how you feel." Elena grins smugly at him, causing Stefan look away from the two women.
Inwardly, Anita exhales in relief, happy that the woman he came in with is only a friend and also seems to realize where Stefan's heart lies. After a brief conversation she takes their orders and heads to the kitchen to put the order in.
"So I take it you come here with Bonnie a lot if the waitresses know you two by name and they managed to figure out that you're into her."
"Yeah they have amazing food." He shrugs. What he doesn't say is that he mostly likes coming here with Bonnie because he loves watching her dig into the food. It's also nice to talk to her. He doesn't know how many times they've sat in this diner talking to each other. Though he's come here before with Caroline and Jeremy before, it's his times with Bonnie that are special to him.
"Sure." Elena nods but doesn't believe him in the least. She knows it's about much more than food for him.
-X-
Asha watches happily as she another one of her spells is successful. She had been out on a date with Tyler when she suddenly got the urge to do some magic and she immediately left her date and headed to the woods to do so. Now after what has to be hundredth spell tonight she doesn't know why she was so afraid before.
She's so focused on the spells she doesn't notice the few drops of blood dripping from her nose.
-X-
Matt parks into parking lot of diner he knows Stefan and Elena are currently in. After his nap, he'd woken up to find Elena gone and a note from his girlfriend. In note she said that she and Stefan went to lunch in hopes of talking into admitting his feelings to Bonnie. He'd known immediately where they went since he's been there with him and Bonnie before. So he decided to drive up there in hopes of getting Elena or Stefan to turn him.
He narrows his eyes when spots a group of vampires in an SUV. Maybe this is his chance to prove his worth. If he's going to be with Elena he needs to be proactive and what better way to do that than to take out this group of vampires on his own.
Calmly he digs into his glove compartment, pulls out the stake he keeps there in case of an emergency and climbs out of his car.
-X-
One minute Jeremy's in his bedroom with a towel wrapped around his waist so he can get dressed for his date with Caroline and a next a surge of lust is flowing through his body. All he can think about is seeing his beautiful girlfriend. So without thinking, he rushes out of his room and heads downstairs where Caroline is waiting.
He cock grows hard the moment he sees her and when their eyes meet, he can tell that she's feeling just as aroused as he is.
Caroline sucks in a breath when Jeremy stalks over to her, his hair slightly damp and his towel hanging down low on his hips. What the hell had she been thinking when she told him she wanted to take things slow? It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now all she can think about is fucking him until they are both sated. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She asks when he's only a few inches away from her.
"I'm not sure, what exactly are you thinking?" Jeremy grins wickedly as his hands span her waist.
"I'm thinking we should take our relationship to the next level." She licks her lips and rips the towel off of him before pushing him down on the couch.
Jeremy watches intently as she slips out of her panties and climbs onto his lap. He grunts happily when she slides down on his cock, squeezing him tightly. She starts to move and soon the two are lost in bliss.
-X-
"So I got the feeling that something was bothering you. Do you want to talk about it?" Stefan asks Elena after the Anita places their food on the table and walks away.
"Matt's been acting weird lately, a little distant." She says in between bites of her burger.
"Have you talked to him about it?"
"I tired, I asked him about it today and he admitted that he's feeling insecure about how strong our relationship is. He actually suggested that you or Damon would be better for me."
"But we don't feel that way about each anymore." Stefan frowns in confusion. It's weird for so long he had been in love with her, but now that he's fallen in love with Bonnie it seems like a lifetime ago.
"That's what I told him, but he's somehow gotten it into his head that I should be with someone supernatural. And now he's talking about being turned."
"He's always been adamant about staying human, what would change that now."
"I think he feels like he can't protect me without being supernatural."
"That's stupid. He managed to take out Finn and he's helped me patrol a few times. He can handle himself. Plus look at Caroline and Jeremy; they seem to be okay with human/vampire thing."
"I have to admit I was a little surprised since he had trouble dealing with Bonnie being a witch, but you're right Caroline being more powerful than him doesn't seem to bother him."
"Maybe it will help if I talk to Matt, make him see that he's wrong about needing to be turned." Stefan suggests when it becomes clear Elena's still upset about the situation.
"Thanks." She smiles at Stefan gratefully.
A half hour later they've finished their meal and Anita has placed their check on the table. Stefan starts to reach for it when Elena stops him.
"No," She shakes her head. "I was the one to invite you so I'll take care of it." She digs into her purse and pulls out enough money to pay for their meal and a tip for Anita. "Besides you should be spending your money on Bonnie." She grins when he rolls his eyes and she is expecting him to say something in response when he takes a look out of the window behind her.
"What is it?" Elena asks when Stefan starts to frown.
"Uh I'm pretty sure Matt is out there and it looks like he's trying to take out the group vampires that were in that SUV when we pulled in.
"Oh my god!" She exclaims worriedly as she and Stefan jump up and rush outside.
"Matt what are you doing?" Elena gasps when she sees her boyfriend holding a stake to a vampire's chest.
"Showing you that I can take care of you."He gets out between grunts. "That just because I'm human doesn't mean I'm not enough for you."
"Matt I've never thought you weren't enough for me. And you can protect me just fine without attacking a group of vampires that could easily kill you." She says calmly in hopes that he'll put the stake down.
He doesn't lower the stake, but he does meet her gaze and while he's distracted, Stefan manages to remove the stake from his grasp and push him away from the vampire. Turning to the vampire. "You could have easily gotten out of this or had one of your friends help." He glances at the four other vampires standing behind them before meeting the other man's gaze. "Why didn't you?"
"That's not our style. We protect humans from our kind, not kill them. Even when they are trying to kill us." The vampire in question says quietly. "We've been trying to talk him out of it instead."
"I'm sorry about this, he's not himself. I'm not sure what's going on exactly, but this isn't like him at all." Stefan explains surprised by the compassion he sees in the other man's eyes.
The group of vampire nod in understanding, knowing they've gone through similar situations themselves.
"But now that he's drawn so much attention you might want to get out of here." Stefan suggests smoothly when he sees the small crowd of people staring at them from inside the diner.
"Right." The vampire nods and the other vampires head to their car. "We left New York because we thought we could do good someplace else. That's why we were sitting in the car; we wanted to see how people interacted in this town. But I'm starting to wonder if we should rethink settling here."
"I wouldn't say that, my friends and I could always use more help protecting the people of this town" Stefan smiles.
"We'll keep that in mind." The vampire nods and climbs into the driver's seat, quickly pulling out of the parking lot.
"Why did you let him go?" Matt growls when the car drives off. "I was hoping one of them would turn me. Then I'll be enough for you."
"I don't care about that. I love you human or not." She tries to soothe him, but she can tell what she's saying isn't really making an impact.
"No you don't, you can't. How can you when you've been with two powerful vampires?" His voice grows more frantic as he goes on.
Realizing that if they stay any longer they'll cause an even bigger scene, Stefan discreetly knocks Matt out and carries him to his car. "I'll take him to the boardinghouse." Stefan calls out to Elena as he gets into the driver's seat.
Elena nods and rushes to Matt's truck to follow him.
-X-
The door to their apartment opens and Sally sees Aidan walk through with a strange look on his face. "Aidan are you ready to go? We have to leave now if we want to be in Boston before it gets too late."
"We're not going." Aidan shakes his head and continues walking toward Sally. "We need to talk."
"What's this about, Aidan?" She furrows her brow in confusion at the serious tone of Aidan's voice.
"About how much I love you. I love you so much and I can't believe I didn't see it sooner." Aidan eyes are intense as he reveals his feelings for his long time friend. He had been on his way to pick Sally up when it suddenly occurred to him that he stop hiding his true feelings for his friend. "I wish I could touch you." Aidan's hand hovers over Sally's face, but frowns when he only feels air.
"Aidan don't do this, think about Bonnie. You really care about her." She's the first girl he's gotten serious about in a while and she doesn't want him to ruin that for something that can never be.
"I like Bonnie a lot, but she's not you. I can't keep lying to myself anymore. I love you Sally and I have for a while now."
"I love you too, but you know we can't do this. We can't even touch." Sally protests, tears rolling down her face. "You should be with someone that can actually touch you."
"Then I'll kill myself so we can be together." He picks up a stake and holds it to his chest.
"Don't do this, Aidan!" Her eyes widen as she realizes what Aidan has planned.
"No, Aidan if you do that you'll be gone! You'll disappear for good. We won't get to be together. Please don't this!" She tries in vain to stop him, but he shakes his head and pulls the stake back to stab himself.
Seeing no other option, Sally jumps into Aidan's body, drops the stake, and quickly knocks him out. The moment he starts to fall to the ground, she jumps back out and frowns and stares at his unconscious form.
She would be lying if said she didn't always want to hear those words from Aidan, but she always knew a relationship between them would be impossible. And then there's his suicide attempt, he's always known that killing himself would be the end of him for good, but right now he's acting like he's not aware of those particular consequences.
He's acting very irrational and usually even at his worst he'll listen to what she has to say. This time he didn't and she has no idea why.
-X-
After getting Matt in one of the empty bedrooms, Stefan and Elena head to the living room to discuss what might have happened to cause Matt's strange behavior.
"Oh my god!" Elena gasps in surprise when she walks into the living room and Jeremy completely naked on the couch while Caroline straddles his hips with her dress pushed up to her waist. On the floor is a towel and It's obvious from the sounds of pleasure and their movements that they are having sex.
"Definitely wasn't expecting to come home to this." Stefan says with some amusement.
"This is not funny." She glances at Stefan in disbelief.
"It's a little funny." His grin widens.
"That's only because you're not related to one of them."
"You have a point." He admits with a sheepish look.
"Um, can we get a little privacy here?" Jeremy pulls away from Caroline's mouth and glances at Elena and Stefan in annoyance.
"Privacy? You're seriously asking for privacy? I'm pretty sure that's what a bedroom is for! I mean I understand being in the mood and having urgency, but anyone can and did walk in." She takes a chance and glances at them, hoping that they've separated. "You two are having sex right now aren't you?"
"Of course we are," Jeremy and Caroline both groan together and continue moving against each other.
"Well I think it's safe to say whatever is going on with Matt is going on with them too." Stefan raises an eyebrow and averts his gaze away from the couple.
"I'm gonna go try and get a hold of Asha and Tyler. Can you do something about this?" Elena doesn't wait for his answer as she spins on her heel and immediately exits the room, shock and mortification all over her face.
"Guys?" He yells out trying to get Caroline and Jeremy's attention. It doesn't work and two continue to move against each other. "Don't you think it would be better for you to take things to the bedroom?" Still nothing. "It would be a new place to explore."
"He's right you know." Caroline gasps against his lips. "It would be nice to try a bed."
"Okay," Jeremy's thrusts start to slow down and the two separate.
Before Stefan can even blink, the two are halfway up the stairs, making it clear that Caroline used her vampire speed to get them there faster.
"Are they gone now?" Elena pokes her head in the room cautiously a few minutes later.
"I got them to go upstairs to Jeremy's bedroom; I think they'll stay occupied for awhile."
"Gross." She shudders before changing the subject. "I got no answer from Tyler or Asha, but Asha did mention where she and Tyler were supposed to be going earlier so maybe I'll check there."
"I'm going to see if Bonnie knows anything. Make sure she's okay." Stefan pulls out his keys and takes a step toward the door.
"Wait, wouldn't it be easier to just call her, she may not even be… you're not even listening to me." She trails off when Stefan continues to walk away. Despite the situation, Elena lets out a laugh at how whipped Stefan is when it comes to Bonnie these days.
After a brief moment of humor, Elena focuses her attention back on the others and rushes out of the door as well.
-X-
Tyler pounds angrily on Hunter's door, anxiously waiting for him to. He had been on a date with Asha when he suddenly occurred to him that killing the bastard would solve all their problems. Why the hell should he sit back and watch the man treat Asha like a prize to won and insult his friends? He shouldn't and that's why he's here so he can take care of him.
"What are you doing here?" Hunter frowns when he realizes it's the dog standing there instead of Asha like he had hoped.
Tyler says nothing instead balls up a fist and punches Hunter hard in the face, causing the other man to fall to the ground.
Hunter stands up, slightly surprised by the attack, but realizes that the spell must have affected him too. Not exactly what he had planned, but it does give him an excuse to kill the dog and come out looking like a good guy. He'll just tell them that Tyler attacked him and he had to defend himself.
When Tyler lunges at him again, Hunter is ready and uses his powers to knock Tyler on his ass. "Bring it on you filthy dog." He wipes the blood away from his face and grins coldly at him.
Furious, Tyler leaps up, his eyes change into their supernatural visage and flashes over to Hunter intending on taking the bastard out once and for all.
-X-
"Bonnie! Are you here?" Stefan asks when he walks through the door. He gets no response, but he knows she's here. He can sense her presence. He is just about to look around the house when he spots Bonnie coming down the staircase, wearing a black trench coat.
His brow furrows when she saunters over to him, a strange look on her face.
"Stefan, I was just coming by to see you. I needed to talk to you about something." Bonnie's gaze travels from his chiseled face to his muscular torso before stopping at his denim covered crotch.
"Did you change your mind about the movie night or something?" That's the only reason he can think of since he figured she would be with Aidan tonight.
"No I didn't change my mind about that. I changed my mind about something else though. I've been keeping this to myself for too long. But now I'm gonna start being honest about what I want."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I'm sick of hiding how I really feel. I can talk to you about everything else so I should be able to talk about this. So from now on I'm admitting what I want." Slowly, Bonnie unbuttons her trench coat as well as the belt. "And what I want is…you."
Stefan watches mesmerized as Bonnie lets her trench coat drop to the floor and realizes that she only has a black lacy bra and panty set underneath. His eyes slowly trail down her body, taking in her perky breasts that would fit perfectly in his hands, her flat stomach that he wants to kiss, her center where he can smell her arousal and finally her legs that he would love to open.
Bonnie grins when she sees the dazed look on Stefan's face, before gliding over to him and pushing him against a small table so she's standing between his legs.
When Stefan finally comes out of his haze and meets her eyes again, he realizes she's only inches away from him, her green eyes hungry with lust. Before he can react she's pulling him into a passionate kiss and shoving her tongue inside his mouth.
For a while Stefan gives in, loving the way her lips feel against his. He'd known kissing her would be amazing. That it would be better than any kiss he's had before. He's dreamt of this for over a year now. He's watched her with Jeremy and now Aidan unable to make his dream come true. So he takes the time to savor her taste, the warmth her body gives off as she continues to press herself against him.
Bonnie lets out a squeak when Stefan suddenly stands up straight and lifts her into his arms. Without breaking their kiss he walks them over to the couch and sits down, Bonnie straddling him.
Bonnie breaks the kiss to pull Stefan's shirt over his head, drooling the moment she sees his naked chest. He looks even better up close like this and suddenly she has the urge to rub her hands across it. She trails a finger up his torso, to play with his nipple. It hardens and she lets out a moan when Stefan grinds his erection against her.
Stefan's eyes roll in the back of his head when Bonnie moves down and presses her lips to his chest.
She gasps when Stefan pulls her away from his chest and starts to devour her mouth with his. With each second that passes the heat between them rises and the closer they get to nirvana. All Stefan has to do is pull down his pants and rip off her black panties and they could be easily joined together.
All of that comes crashing down however when he remembers Aidan. After what happened with Jeremy the first time they dated, he knows Bonnie would never do the same thing to someone else. Leading him to believe that whatever happened to the others must have happened to Bonnie as well.
This is torture for him. The woman he loves is in his lap, looking amazing and ready for him to make love to her. The only problem is she's not herself.
"Bonnie, wait…. I can't." He pulls away from her lips, despite every part of his body screaming in protest.
"Really?" Bonnie glances down at the hard bulge in his pants before meeting his gaze pointedly. "Are you saying don't want me…" She rubs herself against his crotch. "…because your friend down there obviously disagrees." She smiles seductively as she reaches down to unbutton his jeans.
"No… I definitely want you…" Stefan keeps her from unzipping his pants by grabbing her hands and pulling them away from the lower half his body. "…and if you were saying this under normal circumstances I would gladly take you up on your offer, but you're not yourself right now. I can't take advantage of you that way. Something's not right with you and the others. We need to figure out what's going on with everyone."
"Okay, I understand" She nods and climbs out of his lap.
"Good." Stefan smiles in relief as he stands up as well. Now they just have to work to get everyone back to normal. "So I was thinking we would try to figure out—"
"Get out." Bonnie interrupts him with a glare before tossing him his shirt. "I told you I'm all about doing what I feel and if you're not into it you can go."
"Bonnie." He tries to take a step toward her, but is suddenly thrown backward. When he looks up he realizes that he is standing outside, making it obvious that Bonnie used her powers to throw him out.
The slider door shuts in his face and Stefan watches dejectedly as Bonnie walks away from the glass still only in her underwear.
"I have got to find a way to fix this." Stefan lets out a long sigh, his erection pulsing painfully in his jeans.
