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Two Months Later
The sound of the steel door closer made Bonnie's entire body shake. She was nervous. As many times as she went over this in her head and the fact that she had been to Greensville Correctional Center before as a DA, did nothing to quell the nervousness in her body. She felt like she could be sick at any moment. Her stomach had been in knots all night and morning. She told herself this was the right decision, but there was a tiny part of her that screamed at her to leave this place.
She blocked out her calendar for the day and hadn't spoken to Damon that morning. They had progressed in their relationship with kisses and the occasional repeat from Vegas, but they hadn't spent the night at each other's apartments nor had they fully consummated their relationship. It was tricky and they had come close for a few times, but Bonnie pulled back. She wasn't sure exactly what she was waiting for. Maybe there was a moment that she was waiting for, that perfect moment when all of the stars aligned and she let all of the barriers fall. Maybe deep down she was aware that as soon as they did consummate their relationship, they would have to be 'all in' and everything would have to work.
"Miss Bennett," one of the prison guards drew her attention from her thoughts causing her to rise from her seat. She watched as they wheeled him in wearing his orange jumpsuit. She drew in a breath. It was the first time she actually saw him in the orange jumpsuit. She'd seen him shortly at the plea deal hearing, but that was about it. Seeing him here, in the jumpsuit slapped her with reality of what occurred. She had paralyzed him after he tried to murder her.
He looked up at her with an unreadable expression as the guard parked him at the visiting table, "I didn't ask for this visitor," he scoffed turning to the guard.
"Too bad," the correctional officer nodded at Bonnie before leaving the room.
She stared at him for a few moments. Lucas Parker was far from the well dressed man that she remembered or the one that came to her apartment. He had a beard, his blond hair was longer and unruly. He looked broken and it was nothing short of what he deserved.
"Why are you here?" he spoke first.
"Because…"
"Because…" he repeated waiting for the rest.
"Because that day in my apartment, I only had one choice and I made it."
"To try to kill me," he chuckled, "and you wanted to come here and tell me that? Well thank you Miss Bennett, this has been an enlightening visit. I play that day in your apartment in my heard all the time and do you know what I regret the most…"
"What?" Bonnie asked.
Luke looked at her with his blue eyes piercing through her, "That I didn't slit your throat as soon as I walked in the door."
The tone and delivery of his words momentarily smacked her and then she smiled, with her heart beating rapidly in her chest. It was almost like muscle memory, but moreso mouth memory. She knew how to handle this, "Nice comeback. Even better threat. Is that what you sit in here and think about, how you could have added another murder to your list?" Bonnie countered, "how if you had just been viler than you could have got to me before I put a bullet in you? That's pathetic. You're pathetic. You murdered your cousin over money. You deserve to be where you are and so much more. I didn't want to admit this to anyone, but I felt guilty for what I did to you," she shook her head in disgust, "I felt bad for shooting you because I am a human being that cares about the lives of other people no matter how despicable they may be. But now? I realize, you deserve everything. You deserve the venom, the bullet, the loneliness and every single bit of your miserable existent in this place. I hope you live in fear in here for the rest of your life because you should. Have a great life you, asshole," Bonnie stood up picking up her purse and marching over to the door. It was when she stepped out, she realized that she was much more scared than she was previously. However, the look of shock and sudden despair on Luke's face, pleased her and she wasn't scared to admit it.
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Damon entered the glass doors of Bennett & Salvatore, LLP after a rather successful day in court. After the trip to Vegas, he and Bonnie were pretty much on solid ground and he was happy with the progression they made. Sure, he would have preferred to be in her bed every night making love to her but he was fine with taking the time—taking their time also delivered some amazing perks. Just thinking of the perks made his pants tighten. He placed his messenger bag in front of him as he walked towards Jenna at her desk. Bonnie had managed to lure her away from Briddle, but Jenna was still a tad guarded around Damon. She was on his list of people to win over, right after Bonnie's grandmother who still sent daggers at him when they came in contact.
"Good Afternoon Jenna, how are you?" Damon grinned widely stopping in front of her desk.
"I'm fine," she stated guarded rearranging files on her desk eyeing Damon.
He peered towards Bonnie's closed door, "Is Counselor Bennett in?"
"Nope," Jenna responded focusing on her computer screen.
"Still in court?"
"Nope."
"Ok…did she have a meeting out of the office?" Damon asked.
"She did."
"Will she back?"
"Maybe."
Damon chuckled as he turned to walk down the hallway, "Nice talking to you Jenna."
He headed towards his office where Rosa was seated outside with a sly smirk on her face, "One day I will win her over," Damon commented.
"Not today," she sang handing him his mail following him into his office.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence."
"Damon, I've known you for over 6 years. I know how you work and I know that you sometimes can be a lot. She's protecting her friend and boss, give it some time."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Damon sat down going through his mail, "so what's going on today?"
"Your mother called, she will be in town to meet with Elena and she wanted to set up dinner with you and Bonnie."
Damon lowered the paper he was reading, "She wants to have dinner with me and Bonnie, so she called you instead of my cell because…"
"She wanted me to put it on your calendars and she didn't want to hear you tell her no?" Rosa suggested.
Damon shook his head, "I will talk to Bonnie and if she says no, I will handle my mother."
"Works for me," Rosa turned on her heels leaving the office.
Damon started up his laptop and immediately his calendar popped up with the dinner invite for the next evening with his mother—turns out, Lily was able to multitask when it came to her sons and their relationships. Lovely.
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From the moment Bonnie left the prison, her thoughts had been preoccupied with her exchange with Lucas. What she planned to accomplish seeing him, she wasn't sure—but to say she wasn't a little shook by his words or the words exchanged would be an understatement. She didn't tell Damon that she was going because she wanted this to be about what happened between she and Lucas and no one else. Perhaps she should have asked him to come, but then again—that would have been a recipe for disaster. Damon didn't speak about Luke and if he did, it was never anything more than a run of curse words.
She walked into her apartment and immediately her phone began ringing, "Hello."
"For a moment I thought you ran away and no one wanted to tell me."
She smiled. Just hearing his voice calmed her, "No, I didn't run away."
"Did you have a meeting out of the office today?"
"No…I just had an appointment. Umm…I'm free for the rest of the day, what about you?"
"I'm free. Is everything ok?" Damon asked concerned.
"I'm fine, how about you come over and I will make dinner—we can talk."
The feeling in the pit of Damon's stomach amplified at the dreaded words no man wants to hear from a woman, "Ok."
"See you at about 6," Bonnie ended the call leaving Damon to stare at his phone.
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Later that evening, Bonnie removed the roast from the oven as the doorbell rang. Taking a sip of her wine, she headed towards the door wiping her hands on her apron. She opened the door to Damon looking at her with a smile. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips before entering, "Hey, what's going on? And what are you cooking because it smells great," he ventured into the kitchen.
"A roast, some potatoes…spinach…you know, nothing special."
He raised an eyebrow, "Is this some kind of break up dinner?"
"I wasn't aware that we were together…together," Bonnie smirked.
"Oh really?"
Bonnie laughed, "Just kidding. I just want to talk about something and I want to make sure you're not hungry and that you're a little tipsy."
"Oh and will you have your way with me after?" Damon wiggled his eyebrow.
She smiled at him, "I don't think you will want to talk to me after what I tell you."
Damon's smile faltered as a million things went through his head. Had she decided that they need to take a million steps back? Stop being partners? She wanted to see the detective again? She poured him a glass of red wine while she sliced the meat onto two plates, "How was court today?" she asked.
Damon watched her as she went on as if she didn't say that they needed to talk, "It was fine. Had two DUI cases, got my clients some deals and counseling…they were good people, just made a mistake after a Christmas office party."
"Hmm," Bonnie brought over the plates as Damon grabbed the wine bottle and glasses heading over to the small glass table.
They took seats on opposite sides and Damon poured wine in Bonnie's glass and more in his, "So what do you want to talk about?"
She took a bite of her roast and then paused, "I wasn't going to bring this up or tell you this at all, but we promised to be honest with each other and I need to make good on my promise."
Damon braced himself. He wasn't sure what was coming next, but he had an uneasy feeling as she went on, "I went to Greensville today…" he felt his anger start to surface, "and I met with Lucas."
Damon gripped his fork, mouth set in a straight line as she spoke, "I know that I shouldn't have bothered and I need you to really listen to me about this, I felt some guilt about what happened."
He looked at her with an unreadable expression.
"Damon, say something," she stated nervously.
"What happened?" he asked staring at her. He hoped that his face displayed a calm demeanor, because inside he was ready to run around the room shouting and breaking shit.
"Luke said some things, I said some things…one thing I can say is the guilt is no longer there," she shrugged.
"Did he threaten you?"
"Damon, he's in prison and in a wheel chair, no he didn't threaten me. He just made it clear that he wished things had gone differently that night."
Damon rubbed his hands across his face, "Bon, why didn't you tell me you were going there?" he breathed out.
"Because you would have tried to talk me out of it," she argued.
"Because Lucas doesn't deserve to ever get a chance to lay eyes on you again, let alone speak to you. If he threatened you, just tell me."
"He didn't."
Damon stared at her for a few moments and then he spoke again, "Good, you shouldn't feel any guilt about shooting him, he deserved that and more. But you…you are just the type of person who would feel guilty for shooting that bastard."
"I'm human Damon, it was just a natural reaction to permanently disabling someone. But suffice to say, my feelings have definitely worked themselves out and he can rot in prison now."
Damon was furious on the inside. Furious that she would go to the prison and put herself through that. Furious that once again, Lucas had entered his life. Furious that she would more than likely never tell him what Lucas said to her, "I'm glad you got the closure that you needed," Damon managed to squeeze out.
"No you're not, you're furious," Bonnie wore a smile on her face.
He bit his lip, "I am. If you want the truth. I know that Luke is in a wheelchair and I know he's in prison and he wouldn't be able to lay a hand on you, but I just want to put everything that happened with him behind us. That asshole will die in there, but in my eyes—he's already dead."
"I understand, but this wasn't necessarily about you Damon. It was about me and what happened between me and Luke. I get that you hate him and you should, but I shot him and put him in the wheelchair. I just needed some closure and I got it."
"I understand, I get it," Damon sighed, "I'm just sorry that any of this happened."
"I know, we both are. I needed to meet with him to make sure that the past is firmly in the past, you know."
Damon nodded and smiled, "So you cooked me dinner to butter me up before you told me you went to see a crazed maniac?"
"Something like that," Bonnie chuckled.
"Well I have something to talk to you about," Damon bit into his roast and moaned, "amazing Bonnie by the way…my mom wants to have dinner with us."
"Dinner with who?" Bonnie choked on her wine.
Damon smiled, "You and me."
"I thought she was too preoccupied with Stefan and Elena's wedding to focus on us."
"Yeah, that's what I thought as well—guess not. Look, if you don't want to do dinner with her, that's fine. I will tell her that I will have dinner with her, but you are busy. It's no biggie."
Bonnie shifted in her seat, "No it's fine, I know your mom is just curious about what's going on between us."
"That seems to be the question that everyone has," Damon mumbled.
"But not you right?" Bonnie focused on him, "I mean, we're clear about what where this headed, aren't we?"
"I think I know, but I guess I'm just impatient about it. If I'm being honest, I want you with me everywhere. At work and at home," Damon explained, "seeing your face inspires me Bon."
"Aww," she blushed, "and I do want that too, but I really want us to do this right and not rush any parts of our relationship this time. We're on steady ground now."
"I understand," Damon pouted a little.
"But if it makes anything better, I fight every day and night not to have you stay here. Not to ask you to come here so that we can wake up beside each other, make breakfast together…share our lives together," Bonnie stood up from the table, walked over to Damon and sat in his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck, "trust me, we're good and it will only get better."
"I have to warn you though Bon…" Damon said picking up a potato and feeding her, "when we finally consummate this thing, I think we will need to take a few days off from the office."
"Oh really?" she asked.
"That's if you don't want to answer any of the questions…" he trailed off.
"Questions?"
"About why you're walking with a limp," he smirked.
She gasped and hit him softly on the chest as they both laughed.
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"Your Honor, my client is happy with the divorce settlement presented by opposing party," Bonnie stood in front of Judge Reynolds a couple of days later with Marcel standing at the opposite table.
"Very well, Mr. St. Gerard, any additional comments?"
"No, my client just wants closure to this as soon as possible," Marcel answered.
"Ok, I will have my final decree in a few days," Judge Reynolds hit his gavel on the stand and stood up to leave.
"So that's it?" Angelica, Bonnie's client asked.
"Yes, that's it for now. Once the judge's decree is entered, you will receive your first settlement payment and then the alimony payments will come monthly after."
"Thank you so much Bonnie," Angelica hugged her tightly.
"It was no problem, we will speak soon," Bonnie hugged her back.
Angelica turned to pick up her purse and dance out of the courtroom. Marcel walked over to Bonnie's table while she gathered her items, "Well that wasn't too bad, I see you let you me off easy," he joked.
"This was easy; your client wasn't an asshole—that helps."
"You know, when they found out you were the opposing counsel, I think Alan almost popped a blood vessel."
Bonnie couldn't hide the pleasure that Marcel's statement gave her. When the partners at Briddle found out that she was starting a partnership with Damon, they tried to lure her back with a cushy new salary, bonus, corner office and a focus of her choice with a partnership option within 2 years. She told them to stuff their offer and watch her destroy their associates in court. It was one of the best days of her life. "Good," she answered simply which caused Marcel to laugh out loud, "but tell me why are you taking Domestic Relation cases now?"
"Well the truth is, you were their star and since you left, the department has kind of suffered. In addition, they wouldn't dare send one of the junior associates in here against you."
Bonnie smiled, "Smart of them."
"So how's the new firm?" Marcel asked walking with Bonnie out of the courtroom.
"Great actually. I love it. I pick my own cases, no one is breathing down my neck to make my billable hours. My schedule is flexible…"
"And you get to be with your boyfriend," Marcel added.
Bonnie rolled her eyes but couldn't hide the smile that spread across her face, "That's nice as well."
"Hey, me and Gina think about going into business together, but she refuses to leave that DA's office."
"She's good at what she does," Bonnie shrugged.
"Yeah…so everything else is good?" Marcel asked as someone walked up next to them clearing their throat causing Marcel to smirk, "good afternoon Detective Mikaelson."
"Marcel, how are you?" Kol shook Marcel's hand.
"Good, good…just got suckered in the courtroom, but that's ok. Hey Bon, we'll catch up soon…ok," Marcel touched her shoulder before walking away from the former couple.
"So…I can't believe we haven't run into each other since you started your firm with Salvatore?" Kol focused on her, "how's he treating you?"
"Well."
"Did he tell you he gave me hell on the stand in one of his DUI cases?" Kol asked.
Bonnie chuckled, "You probably deserved it."
Kol's eyes widened, "I did not!"
"Funny, I don't believe that."
"So you're really doing well?"
Bonnie looked at Kol. He would look for any clue that she wasn't happy to ask her out or try to rekindle something that was snuffed out months ago, "I'm happy. Probably happier than I've been in a very long time."
"Happier than you've been in a long time, well that says something."
Bonnie shrugged, "I guess it does…and by the way, I heard that you and Detective Jones are dating. I'm happy for you."
Kol smiled crookedly at her and ran his hand through his hair, "You two make a beautiful couple," Bonnie patted him on the chest before walking away with a smile on her face.
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"Damon, you're early," Lily stood up from her seat in the French restaurant wrapping him in a hug, "I didn't expect for you to get here early or come here…alone," she looked around him.
"Bonnie's will be here soon, she needed to finish up some paperwork," Damon sat down across from Lily gesturing for the waiter and then ordering a bottle of wine, "but I wanted to see you before she came."
Lily's lips spread into a smile, "Oh really…are you planning a surprise?" she clasped her hands together.
"No, but that smile is why I wanted to see you before Bonnie came."
"What?"
"Mother, I know you like Bonnie and you think she's great."
"Extraordinary," Lily corrected him.
"Extraordinary and you have visions of me and her, getting married and having kids…but we are definitely far from that stage right now."
Lily's smile faltered, "But I thought you two were closer and a couple…"
"We are, but things are moving slow and that's the way we like it. Mother, I just don't want you to put any pressure on Bonnie or on me."
"Ok…fine…fine…but answer me this question and I promise you I will be good."
Damon smiled, "Of course, what is the question Mother?"
"Do you love her?" Lily asked simply.
Damon thought about Bonnie's smile and those eyes, "I do."
"Then I will just sit back and watch, I won't say a thing," Lily sat back in her chair with a smile.
"Hello you two, sorry I'm late," Bonnie walked up joining them.
"No you're right on time actually, Damon was just updating me on your partnership," Lily spoke while Damon pulled out Bonnie's chair and she took a seat, "I hear its going well."
"It is; I should have formed my own firm a long time ago—but I guess it happened when it was supposed to."
Lily looked from Damon to Bonnie with a wide smile, "I guess it did."
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"So we barely see you nowadays, is that man keeping you busy?" Sheila asked pointing her fork at Bonnie seconds after she, Abby and Bonnie sat down for dinner a week later, "you barely made it to dinner tonight, wehad to cook without you."
"The firm is keeping me busy, we have a lot of work," Bonnie sipped her water, "and yes, me and Damon are spending more time together."
"Everyone wants your card, who knew that my daughter would be this big time attorney in Mystic Falls—Rudy is probably so jealous," Abby leaned over with a satisfied smirk.
"Daddy is jealous; he still doesn't understand why I decided to start a firm here with Damon as opposed to going to DC."
"To live in his shadow? No one wants to do that," Sheila scoffed.
"So we RSVP'd for the wedding, I can't believe its only three months away," Abby changed the subject.
"And I hope that address listed on the invite was not the Salvatore house," Sheila added.
"No, it's a B&B all of the wedding guests are staying there. The person who owns it is a friend of the Salvatore family."
"I see, this wedding sounds like it will be a grand affair," Sheila rolled her eyes.
"Grams…"
"What? I'm coming and I will put a smile on my face. Look, I like Elena and I am happy for her."
"Thank you Grams and it will be a fun time, besides you get to meet Damon's family."
Abby smiled, "Yes and Rudy is coming as well, so it will be nice to get to know the Salvatores."
"Yes and I actually want you to get to know Damon. Things are becoming serious again between us and I want you all to get to know him…this version of him," Bonnie looked from Abby to Sheila.
"Well the wedding will be a perfect time to do that," Abby grinned looking over at Sheila.
"Yup perfect," Sheila mumbled sipping her lemonade.
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"So my family will be attending the wedding," Bonnie twirled in her desk chair eating her Chinese take out while Damon sat at a conference table typing away in between bites of pork dumplings, "my Grams is so eager to spend some extra time with you."
Damon looked up from his laptop, "Because she hates me."
"She doesn't hate you…she just really loves me," Bonnie bit into a piece of broccoli, "and she knows that things went south for us before, but everything is better now."
Damon raised an eyebrow, "Everything is better now?"
"Well I definitely think we understand each other better now, mistakes were made…some bigger than others…"
"True, some definitely bigger than others," Damon nodded, "and I'm grateful that you've forgiven me. I made some huge mistakes and I will probably spend the rest of my life making it all up to you."
"The rest of your life huh?"
"Every second," he stared back at her.
She smiled, "So what are you working on?"
"A motion in the Lindsey case, I have to make sure its filed before I leave for Cove's Neck on Friday."
"Stefan and Elena getting married…" Bonnie shook her head, "I guess it was bound to happen, they clicked from the very beginning."
"Well my brother was always the type to meet a girl and instantly fall in love," Damon shrugged.
"What about you?"
Damon's eyes met Bonnie's, "Well, I've always been kind of a fuck up in relationships to be honest. But I've realized that if I want the woman that makes everything about my life worth living—I have to change. I have to be more open and honest. I have to learn that you don't just react…" he stood up from his chair and walked over to Bonnie pulling her up out of her chair, "you work it out, you trust her."
Bonnie smiled, "I believe you," Damon wrapped her in his arms, "I love you Bonnie Bennett and I'm still proving it to you and I won't stop."
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Bonnie stood outside of Elena's brownstone waiting for her along with Caroline who was in the front of seat of her SUV, "I hope I have everything," Elena walked out of the house placing her garment bag in the back on the hook, "my dress, shoes, make up…everything."
"Well if you forget something, your parents can bring it up tomorrow," Bonnie slid into the front seat beside Caroline.
"So this is it, in two days I will be married to Stefan," Elena breathed out.
"Yes, you'll join me in the married club," Caroline grinned, "and after the wedding and reception, we can start on our friend Bonnie here."
"Let's just focus on Elena this weekend…thanks," Bonnie commented putting on her sunglasses and turning to towards the window.
"Ok! Fine, I have a special mix for this road trip," Caroline stated picking up her cell and selecting a playlist. The Shirelles 'Going to the Chapel' filled the SUV and begrudgingly Bonnie and Elena joined Caroline with singing.
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"These are very nice tuxedos, I must admit," Damon turned as the tailor made less minute alterations to his tuxedo pants.
"Did you think I would choose anything less?" Stefan stood by the counter, "and I wish that you would have come a little earlier for your final alterations."
"It's been busy at the firm and let's not forget that I had to take time off for the trip to Vegas and the wedding. I'm doing the best I can, Brother," Damon looked in the mirror.
"I'm sure you are. I'm also confident that you will be on your best behavior with Bonnie's family here."
Damon breathed in deeply, "Yes the Bennetts will all be in town tomorrow for the wedding weekend."
"And how do you feel about that?" Stefan asked as Damon slipped out of the tuxedo pants handing them to the tailor.
"Well I know that her father is adamant that if I do anything to mess things up, he will kill me. Her mother puts on a smile, but I'm confident that one wrong move and she would end me. Then there's her grandmother, she doesn't like me—but I have a plan."
"And your plans always end so well," Stefan chuckled.
"They do," Damon grinned getting dressed, "and I've been a very good boy lately…respectable, loyal and very, very patient."
"Yes, I'm proud of you Brother," Stefan patted him on the back and then checking his watch, "the girls will be here soon, but I think they are meeting Mother in town at the boutique."
"Oh great, she will have more time to give Bonnie those eyes like she's already giving our kids names."
"Gotta have sex with her first," Stefan walked out of the dressing room.
"Ha ha," Damon deadpanned.
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Bonnie lazily thumbed through the shirts on the racks of Lily's boutique in the center of town. Lily, Caroline and Elena were sipping champagne and helping Elena pick out some jewelry to wear for the wedding. Lily's boutique also had a hefty collection of expensive jewelry pieces that they allowed women to rent for special events. It was pretty lucrative and the pieces were nothing short of exquisite. Bonnie liked to keep her distance from Lily every chance she got. It wasn't that she disliked Lily, quite the opposite, she loved her. The issue with getting so close to Lily meant that she was embracing her as someone other than Damon's mom and she didn't want to do that just yet.
"Bonnie, look at this necklace," Elena walked over positively glowing, "this would be perfect with my dress right?"
Bonnie took in the diamond necklace Elena' held up to her neck, "I love it," Bonnie smiled.
"And this is what I have for you and Caroline," Lily walked over with two velvet boxes displaying sapphire necklaces, "to wear with your dresses."
Caroline shrieked as she took one of the boxes, "This is so beautiful."
Bonnie took the velvet box from Lily, "It definitely is."
"Well I wanted you all to wear a piece from the store for the wedding," Lily wrapped her arm around Elena's waist pulling her closer.
"I may want to rent a bracelet too, come with me," Caroline grinned pulling Elena away leaving Bonnie and Lily together.
"You know Bonnie, I see you wanted to keep your distance from me," Lily gave her a half smile.
"No…that's not it…"
"It's ok, Damon has warned me about being a little overbearing when it comes to you two and I'm sorry if you feel any pressure because of me. I just love seeing both of my sons happy, but I also know that you deserve to be happy too."
"No you're not overbearing, it's just…" Bonnie took a deep breath, "things are good between me and Damon now and I want to keep it that way, because this is it. This is our second chance and if its doesn't work—then we need to go our separate ways."
"But you are happy…together?" Lily asked with hopeful eyes.
Bonnie felt a warmness overtake her body, "We are. Very much so."
Lily's eyes twinkled, "I'm happy to hear that," she hugged Bonnie.
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Bonnie walked into her room at the B&B following the visit to the boutique. There were no official plans for the evening, since most of the wedding guests would arrive the next afternoon. She placed the necklace from Lily's boutique in the safe and then looked over at her Maid of Honor dress hanging on the closet door. Who would have thought that almost two years after meeting Damon, that her best friend would be marrying his brother? Life was indeed a mystery.
"Knock, knock," Damon's voice drifted through the door bringing her out of her thoughts and causing a smile to spread across her face.
She stood up from the bed, opening the door to his smiling face and his hands holding a tray of sandwiches and a bottle of wine, "Hey, I didn't know you were coming by tonight," she moved towards the center of the room with him following sitting down the tray on the table. "Well did you think that I wouldn't come to see you tonight, since I am pretty sure this will be the only alone time we have this weekend," Damon wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer and capturing her lips in a soft, but still passionate kiss. She moaned into the kiss lifting her hand to rest on the back of his neck allowing the kiss to deepen, "mmm, we keep kissing like that, we may not leave this bedroom for the rest of the weekend," Damon mumbled.
"Oh really," Bonnie raised an eyebrow.
"Yes…don't play with me Attorney Bennett," Damon warned her while she led him over to the couch and they took seats, "so how did the day go home with my mother?"
"She gave us some beautiful jewelry to wear and we drank champagne, very fancy day. I'm sure Elena felt like some kind of princess."
"I'm pretty sure she did it for your benefit to show you what you would be missing not being apart of the Salvatore family."
"Right. So my parents and Grams come tomorrow and my mom mentioned that you asked them to spend some time with you when they get here. What do you have planned, Damon?" Bonnie asked.
"Sorry, can't share that with you."
"But it's my family," Bonnie pouted.
"Yes, it is my dear, but we can have some secrets," he kissed her on the cheek.
"I can make you tell me what you are going to do," Bonnie slid off of the couch giving him a come hither look that instantly made him stand at attention.
"Nope, you're not doing it to me tonight Bennett," Damon stood up from the couch, "guess you will have to find out tomorrow afternoon, I know you have spa treatments with Elena tomorrow."
"So I won't be around?" Bonnie asked.
"Exactly," Damon grinned at her.
"I hate you," she threw a piece of lettuce at him.
"Sure you do," he kissed her on the cheek.
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"This is a quaint little town," Abby gazed out of the window of Damon's car after picking her, Rudy and Sheila up at the B&B. They finished unpacking and Damon made it his duty to pick them up as soon as they were settled.
"Quaint indeed," Sheila remarked.
"It appears you have some nice golf courses around here," Rudy looked up from his phone.
"I can take you to one of them if you would like, we have a membership at one of the country clubs," Damon commented as Sheila and Abby exchanged looks in the back.
"I think I may be able to fit that into my schedule," Rudy commented.
"Of course he can," Sheila mumbled as Abby grabbed her hand and squeezed.
"Where exactly are we going Damon?" Abby spoke up.
"Well I thought that it would be a good idea for us to spend some time together, since things are getting serious between me and Bonnie."
"Serious as in?" Abby spoke up.
"As in…" Damon drove into a parking lot and turned the car off, "I committed to Bonnie. In our professional and personal lives. I asked her to be my partner because Bonnie is the best damn lawyer I have ever come in contact with. She's smart and she has a keen legal mind…"
"I'm sure that's what you love the most about her…her legal mind," Sheila snorted.
"I also think she's beautiful, which obviously comes from her mother and Grandmother," Damon fluttered his eyes at Sheila and Abby.
Abby laughed, while Sheila rolled her eyes, "Nice Romeo."
Damon chuckled, "Please follow me," he unlocked the car doors and they stepped out.
"Oh no," Sheila protested.
"This seems fun!" Abby plastered a smile on her face, "Bonnie says that Damon is a good pilot."
"I'm sure he is, but I am not interested in finding out," Sheila shook her head.
"Sheila stop being so difficult, if anything this may get you to be silent for a few moments," Rudy argued.
"Rudy, I have a silent gesture for you," Sheila lifted her hand, but Abby grabbed it, "Damon, we would love to go up in your plane, we can continue our conversation," Abby turned to him.
"Yes, lovely…but you know, if you kill us—Bonnie would never forgive you," Sheila headed over towards the small plane with Damon, Abby and Rudy.
Damon's taking the Bennett-Hopkin family on a plane ride. Things are getting serious. Bonnie went to see Lucas and spoke with Damon about it. The past is definitely becoming a distant memory for Bamon. It will only get better from here.
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