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"So I talked to Matt… and looks like we are going on a date tonight." Bonnie said as she approached Damon at his car.

"I knew I could count on you." He smiled.

"They want to meet us at that new French restaurant at seven."

"Perfect, and just thought I would say, cheer looks good on you Bon."

"Well good, even though it's kicking my butt. I have never been so sore in my life." She said rubbing her aching arm for emphasis.

He chuckled.

"Oh, and Damon? As fun as it is riding shot gun in your car, I miss mine. So I will meet you at your house before we go on the 'date'."

"Yes Mam." He saluted, making her laugh.

He dropped her off to her house for her to get ready.

Bonnie stared at her closet feeling very overwhelmed.

She didn't have the slightest idea what someone wears to a French restaurant let alone on a date.

After a few more minutes of staring at the clothes hanging in her closet, she got her cell phone and sent Caroline a text message.

Double date with Damon, Elena, and Matt a French restaurant. No clue what to wear-help me?

-Bonnie

She was relieved when not even a minute later her phone buzzed with Caroline's reply.

Be right over

-Caroline

Bonnie stepped out of the bathroom after she put on the clingy black dress that Caroline had suggested she wear.

Though Bonnie was petite, the dress hugged her body, revealing curves she didn't think she had.

She slipped on the red heals and spun once for Caroline.

"Damon is not going to know what hit him when he see's you tonight." Caroline smiled.

"Well guess I better go find out. I have to meet him at his house before we go, so we can discuss tactics for tonight. Thank you again Caroline, I would be lost without you."

"What are friends for? Well guess you better get going but you are so calling me and giving me all of the details when you get home."

"Okay." Bonnie smiled.

After saying goodbye to Caroline Bonnie got in her car and started the short drive to Damon's house.

"Where are you going so dressed up?" Stefan asked his younger brother.

He was on a much needed break from the university he was attending.

Damon rolled his eyes.

"Not that it is any of your business, but I am going on a date."

The door bell rang interrupting what was heading towards a spout of brotherly banter.

"Can you get that, it's Bonnie but I'm not ready yet."

"Sure, I haven't seen her in a while anyways." Stefan agreed.

He descended the stairs at a quick pace and answered the door.

"Bonnie?" He asked unsure.

When he had left for university the previous summer, Bonnie had been a tomboy, so when he saw the girl-no-more like woman before him, he had a hard time accepting that this was the same girl he and

his brother played tackle foot ball with.

"Stefan! Damon didn't tell me you were home." She smiled hugging him.

He returned the embrace easily.

"Wow Bonnie you look great." He said as he stepped back taking her in with his eyes.

She blushed.

"Thanks, you're looking pretty good yourself."

"So… you and my brother, huh?" He asked.

"Oh, no. I am just kind of helping him out…" She replied.

"Oh really? Well in that case… would you like to go out sometime and catch up? I am actually taking at least a year off so it would be nice to hang out with some old friends."

"Um sure. Yes that sounds great. Just let me know when." She smiled.

"How about this Friday?" He asked.

"Friday is good."

"Can't wait. Besides I need someone to fill me in on any embarrassing moments my brother had while I was away."

They laughed, not noticing when Damon entered the room.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

Stefan and Bonnie glanced at each other, before Stefan answered.

"Oh nothing little brother. I guess I will leave you two alone." He turned to Bonnie."I will see you Friday then. It was good to see you again Bonnie."

"It was good to see you too Stefan."

Stefan walked out of the room leaving Damon and Bonnie to themselves.

"So what's happening Friday?" Damon asked.

There was an edge to his voice that Bonnie had never heard before.

"Oh Stefan just asked me out to catch up." She answered.

"Catch up huh?" the edge to his tone was even more prominent.

"Yeah… anyways, you said you wanted to talk to me before we leave." She asked quickly changing the subject.

"Oh yes. Well… I know that we pecked earlier by your locker, but we need to take it up a notch if we really want to grab Elena's attention…" He trailed off.

"Meaning?" She asked.

"Well we will probably have to really kiss, and I was just wondering, have you ever had a real kiss?"

Her eyes widened.

"Oh God no. They are going to know I am a fraud for sure if we kiss. I won't know what I am doing and-"

He grabbed her shoulders shaking her slightly to break her out of her hysteria.

"Bonnie it will be fine… we will just have to have a practice run now, and you will see there isn't much to it."

She slowly nodded trying to calm herself, though Damon's proposition only seemed to make her heart race even faster.

"Just relax." He whispered as he leaned his face down to her level.

He closed his eyes and she found herself following suit.

She could feel his breath on her lips, and they tingled in anticipation for the moment his would meet hers.

It seemed like an eternity before his lips finally contacted hers in first a timid peck and then again, this time his tongue ran across her bottom lip seeking entrance to her mouth.

After only a moment of hesitation her lips parted and the sweet kiss turned into one more primal and needy without warning.

His lithe arms pulled her closer to him as her hands found their way into his raven colored locks, her fingers entangling themselves in his silk like hair.

They pulled apart from each other, both panting heavily as if they had just ran a marathon.

Blush crept into Bonnie's cheeks as she looked anywhere but at her best friend.

Damon however couldn't tear his eyes away from her.

He ran a nervous hand through his already mussed hair.

"How-How was that?" Bonnie asked finally having found her voice.

She still couldn't bring herself to look at him.

"Perfect…" He said so softly she almost didn't hear him.

One simple word that could mean any number of things, and as for what Damon meant for it?

Well he wasn't so sure.

His mind was filled with some sort of thick fog that made it hard to think clearly.

"Well… I guess we should go?" Bonnie said breaking the silence that had fallen between them.

He cleared his head, focusing on the plan ahead.

"Yes, we should. Oh and Bonnie did I forget to tell you that you look amazing?"

"Thanks." She said.

The drive to the restaurant was silent, each of them focusing on getting their thoughts together and prepare for the task ahead of them.

When they finally arrived to the restaurant they found that Elena and Matt were already their waiting outside for them.

Damon opened the passenger door for Bonnie to get out and draped an arm around her as they walked towards the other couple.

"Hey, Damon and Brittney." Elena greeted them smiling as she tugged Matt closer to her by his waist.

"It's Bonnie, but I am sure you already knew that, seeing as how we have been in the same schools since elementary." Bonnie corrected her.

Elena just shrugged and they made their way into the restaurant.

The décor was very romantic, candles were lit at every table and the whole design of the place was elegant.

When they were finally seated, Bonnie looked at the menu which was of course written in French.

Bonnie shot a panicked glance at Damon who also seemed to be having trouble with his menu.

"Oh I'm sorry. I forgot, not everyone is fluent in French like me. I can order for you all if you want." Elena offered.

"That would be great." Damon said, before Bonnie could protest.

"Isn't that thoughtful of Elena, sweetie?" Damon asked her as her put his arm around her shoulders.

"Yes how very… thoughtful." Bonnie forced out.

She just had a bad feeling about letting Elena order her food.

Elena waved down the nearest waiter and ordered their food, Bonnie tried to pretend the waiter didn't shoot a puzzled look her way at one point in the foreign conversation.

"So, Bonnie, I heard you joined the cheer squad?" Matt asked as they waited for their food.

"Yes, I did actually."

Elena scoffed loudly causing everyone to look at her.

"Seems like they are letting anyone join the squad these days."

Bonnie looked away from Elena's pointed gaze.

Her blood was boiling, from all of Elena's insults, and what was worse was that Damon seemed to be oblivious to what was happening.

Luckily the waiter arrived with the food placing each plate in front of them.

Again he gave Bonnie strange look as he placed her plate down in front of her.

She stared down at the contents on the steaming plate of what looked like small pieces of meat with some sort of sauce drizzled on it.

She took her fork and poked one popping it in her mouth finding that it seemed to be chewy and must be an acquired taste.

She continued to chew and as she looked up Elena was smiling at her.

"Escargot is such a delicacy in France. How do you like it?"

Bonnie took her napkin and discreetly spit the 'meat' into it.

No wonder the waiter kept shooting her strange looks, Elena had ordered her a plate of snails, and Bonnie tried hard not to think about the fact that she had just had one in her mouth, sure that she

would be sick if she did.

She smiled sweetly to Damon who was digging into what looked like steak.

"Damon, darling, can I have a word with you in private?" She asked.

He seemed about to protest, but the look on her face must have warned him that it wouldn't be a wise decision to do so, so he nodded instead and helped her out of her seat.

They stepped outside into the cool night air.

"Look Damon, I get it. You want Elena, and yes I agreed to help you out, but I didn't sign up to be put down and humiliated by her."

He seemed as if he were going to defend Elena, but Bonnie held up a hand to stop him.

"No Damon, I ate a freaking snail! It was disgusting and she ordered it for me on purpose. I will go in and play nice right now, but I am telling you right now, I will not be her door mat."

"She is just jealous of you." He said.

"Whatever. Oh, and by the way? Before when I said you owe me? Well now you owe me big. I don't know if I will ever be able to get the taste of that snail out of my mouth."

"I know, and I promise I will make it up to you."

They went back in, and luckily Elena behaved the rest of the night.

At the end of dinner they walked out to their cars, and once they were sure Elena was looking they kissed.

Much like the first time it seemed to spiral out of control, but ended as soon as they heard the angry squealing of tires as Elena peeled out of the parking lot.

AN: So yes I know in the books Stefan is the younger brother, but this isn't the books :P also after much decision I thought I would change it up and give Matt a break since I have used him as the love interest in almost every story. Besides… I thought if it hit closer to home then Damon will be twice as likely to get jealous =) and Elena? Well enough said. And I don't hate her as you can see in most of my stories she isn't this bad. But in this one she is at first.

So next ch:

-Damon has a talk with Stefan about his intentions with Bonnie =)

-More Elena/ Bonnie face offs =)

- and more jealous damon and Elena.