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I stood paralyzed in the door of the apartment watching Nate argue with Her. I watched as her green eyes met mine and I felt my stomach lurch. "Nate?" I asked.
"Bonnie…this is not what you think", he replied walking over to me.
"Oh really…I hope not…because what I am thinking is that this is sick!" I hissed.
"Bonnie…you are so…oh my god…", she gasped as she moved closer to me.
"Stay away from me!" I said backing up.
"Bonnie…please…just listen".
"Listen to what…you tell me how you're involved with my current boyfriend and my ex-boyfriend…no thanks!" I snapped.
"Bonnie, I'm not involved with these two…give me some credit here", She scoffed.
"Credit…I don't even know you! I don't understand what are you doing in town anyway…why are you here and I didn't know…?" I asked.
"Bonnie…we need to talk about this", She replied.
"Talk…talk…I have nothing to say to you…you walk out on me when I'm 3 years old and now you come to town and you are doing god knows what with them and you want to talk, I don't want to talk to you…I don't ever want to see you!"
"If that's what you want", she replied stoically.
I widened my eyes. She was ten times worse than I thought, "I hate you", I hissed as I turned and walked out of the door not allowing one tear to fall.
I could hear almost everyone in that room calling my name except for Her. I raced to the stairway and then I backed up against the wall as I covered my eyes and began to cry.
SSSSS
"Go after her", I said to Elena and Caroline who stood shell shocked staring at Bianca, "go!" I barked and they nodded hurrying out of the apartment.
"I'm going to check on Bonnie", Nate replied.
I glared at him, "You need to leave and not talk to her".
"You don't tell me what to do".
I reached over and ripped the chain from around his neck burning my hand in the process, "Get out of this building and don't say a word to Bonnie", I replied slowly.
Nate turned and walked out of the apartment.
I closed the door behind him and turned to Bianca vamping out in the process, "What kind of woman are you?" I seethed as I rushed over to her grabbing her by the throat and pushing her up against the wall.
She narrowed her eyes as I felt the intense pain attack my head and I let her go grabbing my head as I was fell to my knees.
"I am the kind of woman that despite everything she's done, wants to save her daughter", Bianca replied as the pain lessened.
"How…by destroying her?"
"No, by helping her…Nate was supposed to keep her away from all this supernatural stuff…make her want to have a normal life and not hang around you or anyone like you, I should have known that she would never do that with all of you in her life".
"You know that you could never do that…she is a witch…she has powers…"
"I know that and I know that those powers could kill her…look, I know of Klaus…I know of his plans and I know that they include my daughter and that's not going to happen".
"What does that mean…you're going to stop Klaus?" I asked.
"I'm going to kill him…but killing means making a sacrifice….only a witch with a lot of power can do it".
"A Bennett Witch", I replied.
"Maybe…or a witch with a lot of power that she's spent years acquiring", she replied.
"So if you kill Klaus, you die?" I asked.
"Something like that…so do you understand why I didn't want Bonnie to know that I was here and do you understand that this is not time for mother-daughter bonding?"
"No…I really don't, Bonnie…"
"Damon…I am going to die…do you not understand that and it was much better when Bonnie thought that I was alive somewhere but now…when Klaus comes and he is coming, I will have to step in and that little belief will go away…I will be dead and I doubt that's any better for her".
I shook my head. I wasn't sure what would be better for Bonnie, but I knew that right now she was crushed.
"Damon, I know that you don't understand any of this and I know that Bonnie won't either, but I am trying to save her life…you understand that, don't you. Klaus is coming and he will get the doppelganger, the vampire, the werewolf and the witch…but that witch will not be my daughter", Bianca replied, "if you care about Bonnie, you will keep her away from me and not say anything about this to her".
"Do you think that Bonnie will sit on the sidelines while Klaus sacrifices all of her friends?" I asked.
"If you make sure she does…she will".
I chuckled, "I can't make Bonnie do anything".
"Oh…I think you can", she smirked, "now go and don't come back here".
"You should talk to Bonnie", I replied.
"I should…but I can't", Bianca answered as she motioned for me to leave.
SSSSS
By the time we arrived at Grams' house, I was completely numb. I played over and over in my head walking into the hallway and seeing my mother, my ex-boyfriend and my current boyfriend together. It was a shock to the system that almost made me want to vomit. I also could not forget the look on her face or the sound of her voice when my mother told me that maybe I should go…what kind of a person does that?
"Bonnie…we're home", Elena replied quietly.
I nodded as I opened my car door to see Stefan standing on the porch. By the frown on his face, I could tell that someone had already alerted him to the disgusting events of the day. "Hey", he replied meeting us on the porch and hugging Elena, "Damon told me…"
"Yes, he told you that my mother is in town and she's involved with him and Nate…isn't that perfect", I mumbled as I opened the door and walked inside.
"She's not involved with them Bonnie…", Stefan replied as Caroline, Elena and I turned around to face him.
"And how do you know that Stefan?" Elena asked raising an eyebrow.
Stefan took a deep breath, "Because Damon and I followed Nate the other night to Bianca's apartment".
I shook my head as I walked away from him wrapping my arms around my body.
"Wait…you knew that Bonnie's mother was in town and you said nothing?" Elena asked, "why would you do that, Stefan?"
"Because she told us not to".
"Oh well...that makes perfect sense", Caroline snapped as she walked over to me wrapping her arms around me.
"Bonnie, I'm sorry that we didn't tell you…maybe we should have, but we wanted to find out why she was here first…"
"She was here building a relationship with Nate…which makes me want to vomit".
"No, she assured us that was not the case…we don't know what her connection to Nate is, but what we do know is that she is not involved with him…and…"
"And what?" I asked.
"She didn't want you to know that she was in town", Stefan replied.
"Perfect…just perfect", I said shaking out of my Caroline's embrace, "this is a nightmare".
I started for the stairs, but Elena called out to me, "Bon…we need to talk about this".
"I don't want to", I answered heading up the stairs.
I walked into my room and slammed the door behind me. I kicked the door as I closed my eyes as the tears sprang forth like waterfalls. I don't know what was tearing my heart apart the most…the fact that my mother returned to town after 15 years and never once thought about contacting me or the fact that I thought that I thought I found a nice, normal guy to be with and he had lied to me. I'm starting to believe that all Bennett women are cursed and when we die…that's only putting us out of misery.
SSSSS
I walked into Shelia's house and Elena and Caroline were sending daggers Stefan his way. "Where's Bonnie?" I asked.
"Why…you and Stefan weren't looking for her when you found out that her deadbeat mother was in town", Caroline snapped.
"Look Blondie, I don't have time for this…where's Bonnie?" I asked.
"She went upstairs", Stefan answered.
Elena and Caroline glared at him as I pushed past them and headed upstairs; Stefan could handle himself. I walked up the stairs and I hesitated before knocking on Bonnie's door. If I knocked, she would definitely refuse to let me in…sooo...I just opened the door.
When I stepped in, I thought that she would send a fireball my way…but I found her sitting on her bed. "Bonnie", I said.
She looked at me and shook her head I could see the tears in her eyes, "What is wrong with me…?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Ben…Luka…you…Nate…I'm always soo wrong…I always think that people want me for me…or that I'm good enough…and I'm always wrong, but if someone's own mother doesn't want them…and their father would rather work on another continent than be around them…why shouldn't I be surprised?"
"Don't do that", I replied.
"Don't do what!" she screamed standing up from the bed, "my mother is in town and she doesn't want to see me…she was in cahoots with my new boyfriend for god knows what reason and what am I supposed to believe?"
"Bonnie…there is nothing wrong with you", I replied.
"How can you say that…my mother doesn't want me…my boyfriend was probably seeing me on orders from my mother and you made it pretty clear numerous times that I'm not what you want, so what am I supposed to think…that I'm some great person…I can't believe that any more…I can believe this though, being a witch is a curse", she said.
I could visibly see her heart breaking in front of my face. I had to do something, "Bonnie…"
"What Damon…oh…wait…I know…you want to tell me that you told me so…well you were right again, Nate was up to something…don't know what, but he wasn't honest…so you win again…just like always".
"I didn't want to win…"
"Oh no…what was all of that…warning about Nate, showing up where we were…telling me that I was wrong about him…you wanted me to be alone, so now I am…happy…are you happy now?" she asked waving her arms around.
"Bonnie…I don't want to see you hurt".
"That's funny…because before today, I thought that you were the one who hurt me the most", she replied, "but surprise…surprise…my mom topped you".
"Bonnie…"
"What?" she asked.
"Don't do this".
"Don't do what?"
"There's nothing wrong with you?"
She scoffed.
I walked over to her and took her hand, "There is nothing wrong with you".
"And what makes you say that?" she asked looking up at me.
"Because I wouldn't want you as much as I do if there was something wrong with you", I whispered.
"Don't say that".
"Listen to me…", I began, but was interrupted by someone knocking on the door, "go away", I snapped.
"Bonnie…Nate's downstairs…we can send him away if you don't want to see him", Caroline's voice called through the door.
"He can come up", Bonnie replied moving away from me.
"Bonnie…"
"Damon, I need to talk to Nate…please…go downstairs", she sighed.
"Fine…but I'm not leaving".
She nodded as I opened the door to see Nate standing outside of it. I didn't say a word as I brushed past him and headed down the hallway. One thing I did know…Nate wouldn't be hanging around much longer.
SSSSSS
I looked at Nate standing in the doorway with his hands in his pockets, "I didn't think you would want to see me", he replied.
"So what was the plan Nate?" I asked.
He took a deep breath, "I met your mother a couple months before the semester started…at a coffee house, she talked me up for a few moments and then she asked about MSU…and then she showed me your picture. She told me that you were going to be a freshman there and she wanted me to befriend you".
I shook my head, "Befriend me…so I was a charity case?"
"No…no…it wasn't like that. She said that you were hanging around a bad crowd and that you needed a new crowd and I could introduce you to that".
"She doesn't even know me".
"She does know more than what you think…", he replied, "so I started to hang around you and I started to really like you…she wanted you away from Elena, Caroline…Stefan…and Damon…I didn't know why and I didn't care, I just liked spending time with you".
"And the witch thing?" I asked.
"I found that out by accident, she was sitting in the café waiting for me and I came up behind her…she was holding her hand out and a flame was shooting out of her palm…I mean it when I said I took your grandmother's class…so Bianca told me the truth…and it was a little hard to believe, but I did believe it…"
"Why is she here?" I asked.
"She did not share that with me…Bonnie, I mean it when I say that my feelings are real for you and I want to make our relationship work".
"No", I said.
"What?"
"I said no…you should have told me before you asked me to be your girlfriend…we had some fun, but I don't want to be with you…because if we're being truthful, I was forcing myself to be with you because I thought that being with you…would somehow make me normal…but the truth is, I'm not normal…and I shouldn't force myself to do anything. You're a good guy Nate…I'm sure you are, but you are not the good guy for me".
"Bonnie…I'm sorry…I really am…"
"I know", I replied as Nate hesitated for a moment and then leaned over and kissed me on the cheek.
"I really wanted to start over with you Bonnie".
"Maybe in a year or two, you can", I answered as he turned and walked out of the room.
I sat down on the bed and breathed as I looked at the empty doorway.
SSSSS
When normal guy walked down the stairs, we all stared at him. "She broke up with me", he replied. As the words left his mouth, I felt a feeling of relief come over me.
"Why did you lie to her?" Caroline asked.
"Because…I don't know…her mother convinced me that it was for her best…"
"And what were you offered in return because I know that Bonnie's a great person, but I doubt that you only did this because you wanted her as your girlfriend", Elena asked with a slight edge that I never heard from her before.
"She promised to help me with a few things…but it doesn't matter now, its over…my part in this is over….you should be happy", he replied turning to me.
"You should be happy that I'm not ripping your heart out right now, like I promised", I replied.
"What are you?" Nate asked.
"Nate…let me walk you out…don't mind my brother", Stefan replied wrapping his arm around Nate's shoulder and leading him out of the house.
I turned to Elena and Caroline as they stared back at me. "What was going on at that apartment before we walked in?" Elena asked.
I rolled my eyes, "Stefan and I followed Nate to that apartment a couple of nights ago, we followed him upstairs and came face to face with Bianca…Bonnie's mother. We confronted her…she said nothing…and then she told us to leave. I went there today to get more out of her, but she's not budging and she didn't want to see Bonnie".
"But I don't understand…how could someone's mother, not want to see them?" Caroline asked.
"Well apparently she has her reasons", I replied.
"And what could those reasons possibly be…Bonnie's great…I don't get it".
"Well she mentioned that she's here because of Klaus".
I heard Elena's heartbeat speed up, "Klaus… is she working for him?" Elena gasped.
"No…she claims she's not…", I replied as Stefan walked in the door.
"Did you make him forget about all the witch and vampire stuff?" I asked.
"I provided him with some words…that's it…I'm not completely erasing his memory, Damon".
"Well you should…he should never go near Bonnie again", I replied.
"No…we're not doing that…but what are we going to do with Bonnie…I think she held up pretty well, but she is not good…I mean, her mother acted as if she was an annoyance today", Caroline frowned, "and then she finds out that Nate was just working for her mother…this is horrible".
"And Klaus is lurking…I do believe Bianca when she says that", I replied.
"So if Klaus is building up his army again…what does that mean?" Elena asked.
"I don't know…but everything has been quiet and now that we know that Klaus is lurking…things are not exactly as calm as we assumed", Stefan replied.
"I'm going to check on Bonnie", Elena stated starting towards the steps.
"So what are we going to do?" Caroline asked, "will Bianca help us?"
"I don't think that Bianca is into helping us…per se…"
"Then what is she doing here because it's sure as hell not to apologize and get to know Bonnie", Caroline snapped.
"Oh my god…guys…", Elena said running down the steps, "Bonnie's gone…"
As soon as the words left Elena's mouth, I found myself flying out of the house.
SSSSS
I stood in front of the apartment door. I know I should have told everyone that I was leaving, but I didn't care to see the pity faces or for anyone to say they would go with me. I also know that I have a hefty head start on anyone trying to find me because I used a nice little escape route that I perfected when I was younger to sneak out of Grams' house to parties.
I contemplated knocking for at least 10 minutes and then the door opened. She stood there staring back at me without blinking, "I knew you would be back", she replied.
"Funny, I didn't think you would ever come back", I snorted brushing past her.
Bonnie and Bianca...let's see what this uncovers...