AN: hello my lovely readers! Thank you so much for the comments/faves/alerts. I have been super busy with Christmas coming soon. I hope you enjoy this chapter and also I finally have loads of time tomorrow so be on the lookout for more updates.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this story itself. All else belongs to the wonderful L.J Smith
Bonnie was overwhelmed by the number of people that were staring at her and Damon as they walked into the double doors of Robert E. Lee high school.
"What's wrong?" Damon asked when he felt her tense up.
"It's just, people are staring at us Damon… I am just not used to being noticed." She admitted.
"I always saw you." He said softly giving her a small squeeze to comfort her.
It worked, as always.
Damon always knew just what to say or do to comfort her when she needed it.
He walked her to her locker, where the second part of the plan would play out.
"Are you sure that you are comfortable with this?" He asked her once they were there.
She nodded.
"Okay, Elena is coming so I guess we better do this then." He whispered.
He leaned in and kissed her, and though it was part of the plan it caught her by surprise.
It surprised her because she had felt more than she was supposed to from it.
Damon pulled back an un-readable expression on his face.
"I'll see you after class." He said, and Bonnie could swear that he was blushing.
"I can't wait." She replied surprising herself with the flirty tone in her voice.
Damon walked off to his class while she gathered the rest of her books.
"Hey, so was that Damon Salvatore with you?" A voice said from behind her.
Bonnie was torn between being glad that their plan seemed to be working and wanting to end it all before her heart was crushed.
She forced herself to turn and face Elena.
"Yes, we're dating now."
"Oh… Well that's strange because just the other day he was practically begging for me to go out with him."
Bonnie didn't miss the bitter edge to her voice as she said this.
"Well I guess he's over you." Bonnie shrugged and walked away, leaving a stunned Elena behind.
First period was awkward.
She just couldn't get used to people looking at her.
She was relieved when the bell rang, and almost ran for her locker.
Someone bumped into her causing all of her books to fly out of her arms.
She knelt down to pick them up, but was beat to it by someone else.
"I am so sorry."
Bonnie looked up and instead of seeing the dark midnight eyes she was so used to looking at, there was a pair of clear blue ones.
"It's okay…" She trailed off.
"No, I need to start watching where I am going." He said as they stood up.
"I'm Matt by the way." He said offering her his hand.
"I know. We have actually been in school together since kindergarten. You are in my sixth period class."
"Really? Wow I must be an idiot not to notice you all those years… Well now that you have gotten my attention I am not going to forget." He smiled.
"Bonnie... there you are babe." Damon said as he draped an arm around her shoulder.
"Damon." Matt said flatly.
"Oh hi Mutt, I didn't see you there. What is it like to be the star quarterback of a losing football team anyways?"
"Oh like the basket ball team is doing any better? Anyways I don't have time for this, I'll see you in sixth period Bonnie." Matt smiled at her before walking off.
Once they were alone Bonnie turned to Damon.
"What was that about Damon?"
For a moment Damon's eyes widened in surprise at the question, before he shrugged, feigning nonchalance.
"I just don't like that guy."
"Damon you can't be a jerk to every person I talk to, I agreed to help you get Elena so what is wrong if I got someone too?"
Damon sighed in defeat.
"Your right. Speaking of Elena, did she say anything about our little performance earlier?"
"She definitely seemed a little jealous, so I would say that our plan is going well." Bonnie smiled unable to stay angry at him.
He smiled back.
"I will see you at lunch then, and for the thousandth time I cannot thank you enough for what you are doing Bonnie."
"It's no problem. See you at lunch." She said as he walked away.
She sighed and grabbed the book she needed for her next class.
Inside she was telling herself this was a huge problem.
Each touch, kiss, and look meant nothing to Damon, but for her it meant something.
"Hey Bonnie." Caroline smiled.
"Hey Caroline. Thanks again for everything you have done so far."
"It's no problem, but I wanted to tell you something that will make you want to jump with joy."
Bonnie arched an eyebrow wondering what she was talking about.
"Well as you know I am captain of the cheerleading squad, and one of our members broke her ankle after a horrible fall from the top of the pyramid… so you are on the squad. Congrats! And you're
welcome!" Caroline continued.
"Wait, cheerleading? Seriously? What makes you think I will even be good at it? I seriously have no coordination what so ever." Bonnie said.
"Oh come on Bonnie. I will work with you separately three times a week, and besides cheerleading gives you confidence, guys like confidence. When I am done with you, you will have to fight off guys left
and right, including you know who. Also I am betting the uniform will look good on you, so what do you say?"
Bonnie mulled over this in her thoughts until she made her decision.
"I say… I suppose it will look good on college applications as well as all that other stuff, so see you at cheer practice?"
Caroline hugged her catching her by surprise.
"Thank you a million times."
"You're welcome."
Though Bonnie would have never even given cheerleading a thought, she couldn't help but feel excited how a simple makeover had changed so much.
It would even give her the confidence to go with her new look, because honestly she was still a little uncomfortable going from invisible to being seen.
Bonnie sat down at an empty lunch table waiting for Damon who's English class was held back until someone admitted to throwing a spit ball at the teacher.
"Hey there." A voice said pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Um… hey." She replied as she looked up at its owner.
"Where have you been all of my life?" Tyler asked in what Bonnie supposed was his 'seductive' tone.
"Actually, I have been here. Maybe you were too busy looking in the mirror to notice." Bonnie rolled her eyes at his pitiful attempt of a pickup line.
"Okay, okay I get it. That line was terrible… but truthfully you are very beautiful and its hard to think of anything let alone speak when I see you."
"So you're telling me that you, Tyler Smallwood, are intimidated by me? Aren't you like a big deal here or something?"Bonnie asked in disbelief.
"No I… Okay yes. I am. Intimidated that is, as for a big deal that's all hear say." He smiled.
She had heard plenty about him being a big flirt and even a bigger player, but at that moment she just couldn't see it. He seemed to be being sincere, and besides she more than anyone knew how cruel
peoples assumptions were at this school.
"I'm Bonnie, and also in your next class."
"Bonnie? No way, whatever you did I like it. I mean not that you weren't great before but… okay I am shutting up now." He chuckled.
"No it's okay. I am fully aware that I wasn't very… girly looking before this make over." She reassured.
"So I was thinking maybe we could go out sometime?" He asked.
She would have liked to go out on a real, actual, non fake date, but she had to continue to 'date" Damon until they had Elena where they wanted her.
"Actually i…"
"Actually she is dating me." Damon said as he sat down beside her throwing his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh I see… well you are a very lucky guy, I'll see you around?" Tyler asked looking at Bonnie.
"Yeah see you around." Bonnie gave him a small smile.
When he was out of sight Bonnie shrugged Damon's arm off of her shoulders.
"I could have handled that myself Damon, I was about to tell him no."
"I'm sorry. Look I don't know what's wrong with me today… I guess I just don't want anything messing up the plan."
"It's okay… just know that I am perfectly capable of taking care of things like that on my own?"
"Okay Bon. Elena should be here any moment… if she keeps looking our way than we at least know that I have got her attention and we move on to the next phase in the plan."
Just then the cafeteria doors opened revealing Elena Gilbert with Matt's arm around her shoulders.
Bonnie shot a panicked glance at Damon who seemed to be just as shocked as her.
He shook it off and turned to the petite redhead at his right.
"Guess you should talk to Mutt after all… during sixth period try to convince him to agree on a double date with us tonight."
"Okay… but how will this even work?" Bonnie asked.
"Well when they go on the date with us Elena will see exactly what she is missing out on."
"I will do my best. Oh and I almost forgot I am going to be out of school later, cheer practice."
Damon looked to her in surprise.
"You joined the cheer squad?"
"Yes Caroline asked me to. I get my uniform today. I know it is way out of character for me but it might be fun." She smiled.
"I will still bring you home before we get ready for our big date… I have basketball anyways."
The bell rang signaling the end of lunch.
"See you after school then." She said as she walked off.
Damon was stunned.
He had known Bonnie for most of his life and never had she taken him by surprise as much as she had done all throughout the day.
And now that she had walked off, the room suddenly felt colder.
He was getting jealous of the attention guys were giving her, when he had no right too.
He brushed these thoughts off and focused on the original plan.
Elena Gilbert wasn't going to know what hit her.
He smirked to himself.
"Hey Bonnie." Matt said as he sat next to her in sixth period.
"Hey. Oh Matt I wanted to ask you something."
"Shoot."
"Well, after the way Damon acted towards you earlier he felt bad, and to apologize we would like you and Elena to join us on a double date tonight?"
"Um I will talk to Elena and see what she says. I'll text you with the answer?"
"Yes that would be great, and it would mean a lot to me- us if you could make it."
Caroline met up wither after sixth period for cheer practice.
"Surprisingly you were a natural McCullough." Caroline said after practice.
"Uh thanks… I thought I was terrible."
"First thing about being a cheerleader is respect yourself. You gave it your all and were very good so you better start believing that. If you want others to respect you, you have to respect yourself."
Bonnie smiled.
"Thanks Caroline."
"No problem. Oh and tomorrow wear your uniform, homecoming game tomorrow night so I guess we have to promote school spirit."
"Right. I'll see you later I have to meet Damon at his car and then get ready for a 'date'." She air quoted.
"When he see's you in that uniform you won't need the air quotes. See you tomorrow, and good luck."
Bonnie walked to the parking lot knowing that Damon would be happy that Elena had surprisingly agreed to the double date.
She wasn't exactly sure how she felt about this, but she was glad that Damon would be happy.
AN: okay so if you haven't noticed I have been trying to make longer chapters I hope you liked this one. We got to see a little jealous Damon twice we met Elena and Tyler and Matt, and next chapter we will see how the whole double date goes. And if I must say so myself I am really loving bonnie and Caroline's friendship so far. I never really liked Caroline in the books but I love her in the show so if you noticed she is more like the show version with the books looks lol. Ok well let me know your thoughts and if you want to even tell me what you would like to happen in future chapters let me know =) I am taking it a little slow because if I just throw Bonnie and Damon together right away well there goes the whole story. Well love u guys and going to start a ch for another story.