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Chapter 5
"I'm going to kill her. I'm going to rip her spine out through her mouth and then shove it down Enzo's throat!" Damon screamed. Everyone had come to the Salvatore boarding house to discuss the issue of Bonnie's disappearance. Damon had been pacing back and forth like a caged animal for half an hour while Stefan was on the phone with Abby in his bedroom.
The rest of the gang had remained quiet and unmoving for fear that Damon would attack anyone who stepped out of turn. Caroline could see his patience running thin though.
"Damon. I think we should just wait and see what Abby says before we go on a killing spree."
"Wait and see?! I don't want to wait for shit. I know they did it. They took her and for some reason all of you are willing to sit here and twiddle your god damn thumbs but I'm not."
Matt stood quickly. "You think we don't want to save Bonnie? That's all any of us want to do but we need a plan before we go charging into an unsafe environment."
"Screw you, Donovan." Damon picked up his keys and jacket and made a beeline for the front door but stopped short when Stefan stepped in front of him.
"I talked to Abby. Take a seat and let's talk."
Damon's face became tight but he followed Stefan. Stefan sat on the couch with Caroline. Everyone else: Alaric, Matt, Tyler, and Jeremy were in various seats around the room waiting intently for Stefan's news. Damon had his back to the group as he sipped his bourbon.
"Speak, Stefan." Damon said without turning to him.
"Unfortunately without having her own magic anymore Abby was unable to get a lock on Bonnie so she contacted Lucy for me. And Lucy did a locator spell…." He trailed off and Damon could feel the sweat starting to bead along his brow. He turned to the group but continued to sip his bourbon like he wasn't bothered at all. Caroline reached out a hand and put it on Stefan's knee and squeezed until he made eye contact.
"What did Lucy say?"
"She couldn't find her." Stefan's brows knitted together and his mouth dropped into a frown.
Damon nodded repeatedly but inside his head was no noise, no traffic.
Jeremy balled his hands into fists at his side and watched each face intently. "What exactly does that mean?"
Damon tossed back the rest of his drink before putting his glass gently down. "It means we go get your sister." He picked up his jacket and slipped it on and his aviators before pocketing his car keys and making his way to the front door. He turned back to the group who were all staring at him in question as to what exactly he could mean. "Bonnie's dead." He closed the door behind him and a few seconds later they heard the start and subsequent leaving of his car.
Caroline burst into tears and Matt's eyes instantly became shiny. Alaric was in total shock and Jeremy looked outraged.
Stefan stood and grabbed his keys to follow Damon but Caroline was grabbing at his sleeve before he could get anywhere. He turned to her drenched face with a look of pity.
"He's wrong, right, Stefan? She's not really dead, right?!" She was becoming hysterical.
Stefan wiped the tears from her face and placed his palms on her cheeks to hold her in place while keeping eye contact. "I don't believe so. Lucy said that even if she was…gone…the locator spell would still have found her body. She said it seems more likely that she's cloaked. Let's just go to the cemetery and see if Elena is still asleep before we jump to conclusions, ok?"
She nodded and rested her head in the middle of his chest. Tyler stepped from the corner he was in and cleared his throat. "We can take my truck. It should hold everyone."
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When they arrived Damon was resting against the hood of his car with his arms folded and watching the entrance to the mausoleum. Stefan walked up to him and copied his stance.
"You want me to check?"
Everyone was still in the car and straining to hear the brothers because they were purposely whispering.
"Either way I'm going to be disappointed."
"Why do you say that?"
Damon turned to him fully. "What do I do if she's awake, Stef?"
Stefan shrugged. "Be appreciative that you get to have her back sooner than later?"
Damon chuckled and shook his head. "You don't get it." He folded his arms again and stared at the door with intensity.
Stefan bumped his shoulder. "Explain it to me.
"If I open that coffin and she's awake all I will be able to think is that Bonnie isn't here anymore. How do I live with that?"
Before Stefan could answer, Damon, pushed off the hood and walked into the mausoleum. The rest of the gang jumped out of the car and stood in a huddle waiting to see what would happen. A few seconds later Damon came out carrying a very tired but very awake Elena and Caroline passed out.
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Caroline could hear voices coming from the kitchen but if she was being honest she was reluctant to open her eyes for fear that it had all been true. Bonnie was dead and Caroline would have to mourn her once again. Maybe if she pretended to sleep forever, she would never have to hurt or cry over the loss but once she heard Elena's voice in the mix she knew the pain would settle within her regardless. She got up, brushed her fingers through her hair, and decided to enter that kitchen like her world hadn't just been turned upside down once again. Elena was sitting on one of the stools in a heavy sweater and leggings. Her hair had recently been washed because it was still wet and she was drinking some hot drink that Caroline assumed was tea. The rest of the gang was talking to her in hushed tones to figure out how she was feeling. All except Damon she realized who was staring out of the window over the sink and taking small sips from a flask.
"Care." Caroline turned to the husky voice to see Elena trying her best to stand and get to her. Caroline immediately shortened the distance between them and hugged her friend…a friend she thought she wouldn't be seeing for at least 70 years. The thought of it made Caroline's eyes swell with tears. When she sniffed Elena squeezed her harder. "It's ok. I'm back." And once again Caroline realized how this gang worked. Elena was the one everyone mourned and nothing had changed. Well not this time! This time she was going to devote her time and energy to one, Bonnie Bennett. This time she was going to find a way to save her because she deserved it.
She pulled back and helped Elena sit back down before turning to the rest of the gang. "Where are we on finding Bonnie?"
Everyone looked confused for a second before realization hit. "We don't know how to find her body but I can alert other town officials to be on the lookout," Matt said with a solemn face and a broken voice.
Caroline sat beside Elena who was watching everything intently. "We don't know for sure that she's dead. Right, Stefan?"
He nodded but refused to confirm. He knew the likelihood was high.
Ric knew it was a sore spot but he felt it was his duty to be honest with all of them. They still felt like his students. "Kai said there was absolutely no loophole and that if one was attempted that both girls would die. If Elena is awake…we are looking for a body whether we want to admit it or not."
Jeremy put his head down and the hurt was evident. "I think Ric may be right. Let's get you settled in and then we can start looking for Bonnie." He said as he grabbed Elena's hand.
Elena shook her head. "No. Why don't you all go now and I'll rest and gather my strength while you're gone. I'll be fine."
"You just woke up, Elena. We don't want to leave you and something happen as a result of that spell." Stefan said and everyone but Damon and Caroline agreed.
Caroline didn't say anything. She just picked at the top of the island as she tried not to cry over the loss of her friend once again.
Damon simply continued to stare out of the window but he spoke up for the first time since they entered the kitchen. His back remained to the group the whole time.
"This is why she didn't tell any of us that she was being hunted by my mother." Everyone in the room went quiet and turned to him as he spoke. "She knew that because her name wasn't Elena Gilbert, no one would drop everything for her and risk their lives to save hers. We have no proof that she's dead and all of you have accepted it and moved on because you have to take care of Elena. Bonnie, be damned. She didn't trust us to save her and I realize now that she had no reason to." He pocketed the flask and started walking out of the kitchen but stopped short before turning back to them. "Maybe she is dead. Maybe I'll never get to tell her how much she meant or how important she was but I tell you this, I'm not going to stop until I find her body and bury her. She deserves that. She deserves for us to drop everything for her, for once. All of you can stay here and dote over Elena. Blondie, since you seem to be the only one not drinking the kool-aid, you're with me. Let's go."
Caroline didn't even think about it. She hopped off her seat, grabbed her things, and followed Damon out.
Everyone stared at the empty space after they left with a look of shock on their faces.
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"You want me to stay here? I can help."
"I'm sure you can but I don't know what I'll do once I face my mother and I'd rather not hurt you and have to bury two people from the gang today. If I need anything you'll be the first to know." Damon got out and closed the car door behind him before Caroline could respond. She knew he was looking out for her life because of his loyalty to Bonnie and she appreciated it regardless.
Damon let his fist fall heavily against the door two hard times and then heard the click of heels as his mother approached. He still remembered her walk and it made the space in the middle of his chest ache. She opened the door and took a quick step back in surprise.
"Damon, dear, what are you doing here?"
His face instantly became hard at the term of endearment that she used to call him as a child. "Cut the shit, Lily. You know why I'm here. Give me her body now and I promise I'll make your death painless."
Lily's brows became knotted. "Who's body, exactly?"
He chuckled and his hand fisted until it hurt. "Where is Bonnie?"
She shook her head in confusion. "I'm sorry son, I honestly have no idea what you mean."
Damon felt the anger rising in his blood and holding himself back any longer was become increasingly harder. He slammed his fist against the side of the door, making Lily yelp in surprise. He gripped the edges of the door frame and leaned in so their noses were practically touching. "I'm not your son, you pitiful bitch. I want Bonnie and if you don't give her to me, I'm going to set this house on fire with you in it."
Lily looked slightly scared and he realized her little heretic friends must not be in the house if she was this nervous. "Damon, I swear I don't have her. Yes, I admit I did approach her several times about joining my family and again I will admit that I sent Enzo to you to create tension in your group but other than that I have done nothing. I didn't even know she was missing. Why do you assume she's dead and why do you assume I did it? You have several enemies."
"I know you. I know you did it. And I know she's dead because Elena's awake."
Her face became soft and she reached out a hand to caress his cheek but quickly yanked it back when he looked at the offending appendage. "I am very sorry. I can see how much pain that is causing you. Did you love her, Damon?"
"If you don't give her body to me right now I will call in every favor I have from every witch I know and I will make that prison world look like a paradise to your little family, do you understand me?"
"I don't have her, Damon and you will watch your tongue with me. I am still your mother. You don't have the right to threaten me."
He nodded and his smile was cold and calculated. "Oh, mother, you have underestimated how little you mean to me and how much Bonnie Bennett actually means to me. I already called in a little favor and made it so you are a prisoner in your own home. You can't leave and your little heretics can't break the spell." He reached in his pocket and brought out a lighter before flicking it open. The flame was bright and high. "I've already taken the privilege of dousing your house in gasoline so let's try this one more time…where's Bonnie?"
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The gang was sitting in the living room waiting from any word from Damon. They had been sitting in silence since he and Caroline left, expecting the worse but hoping for the best.
Ring. Ring.
Stefan pulled his phone out of his pocket. "It's Damon." He answered it and put it on speakerphone. "Hey. What happened?"
"I had a little talk with Mommy Dearest." Everyone scooted a little closer to the phone to hear.
"And?"
"And I used some persuasion and I know where Bonnie is…roughly."
Elena spoke up. "Roughly? What does that mean?"
"It means I know she's in the woods and it means that Lily is coming with us to show us exactly where. I'll text you the directions."
He hung up before anyone could say anything. They all grabbed coats and shoes and headed out. When they showed up Damon and Caroline were sitting on the hood of his car waiting as Lily sat in the back seat looking slightly disheveled. Once everyone exited Tyler's giant SUV, Damon reached in and grabbed Lily by the arm and dragged her out of the car.
"Ok, Lily, lead the way." When she automatically started walking, Stefan raised an eyebrow. "Lucy is working a little magic and so mother, here, is basically powerless currently and scared of what I'll do if she doesn't give me what I want." He tightened his hand on her arm until she let out a short small scream. "And she should be. Walk faster."
The gang exchanged looks of concern but followed anyway. They wanted Bonnie's body by any means but they could admit they were slightly scared of what they would find. Several feet from their destination each supernatural started to feel slightly uneasy. They could feel huge amounts of magic radiating from somewhere and it stung their veins slightly but they kept trudging along. They stepped through a thick grouping of trees into a clearing and stopped short at what they saw.
Bonnie was suspended in air. She appeared to be floating. She appeared to be enclosed in an opaque casing that lit up with what appeared to be silver lines that resembled lightning. Her skin was bronze and her hair pitch black and she was completely nude.
Damon stared in shock. "She's breathing."
Lily nodded. "I never said she was dead."
"Then how….." Damon trailed off and looked at Elena.
Stefan stepped forward so he could look at his mother. "What happened exactly?"
Lily took a deep breath. "We took her."
"Who?" Elena asked.
"Enzo and I and my family of course. We found her in the cemetery after the fight where all of you turned on her, just as we expected and my family subdued her."
"You mean you knocked her out?" Caroline snapped.
Lily merely nodded. "Enzo picked her up and we set off into the woods to take her back to our home where we could convince her to join us. She awoke halfway there…probably from her magic trying to protect her. She attacked us and things got out of hand."
"What does that mean, mother?" Stefan asked.
"Enzo felt threatened and decided to speed up the process. He feed her his blood and I told him not to hurt her. He backed off but she…well she hurt one of my family members by the name of William and her neck was unfortunately broken."
Caroline gasped and grasped Elena's hand, who looked equally hurt.
"We thought it would start the process of her becoming a vampire. Granted she wouldn't be a heretic. We would have had to perform a ritual we had found and we hadn't been able too. Regardless she would have been a great vampire so we were fine with it. However, instead this bright light overtook her body and the next thing we knew she was nude and in this clear coffin. We can't remove her from it. She's been here the entire time." As soon as the last word left her mouth she dropped to the ground.
Stefan looked shocked. "Damon!"
Damon shrugged his shoulder and didn't look guilty about snapping her neck at all. "I was done with the story. The point I got from it is that Bonnie's alive and we need to get her home."
Elena stepped forward and touched his arm…he flinched slightly but she didn't appear to notice. "How? Your mother said there's no way to get her out of that thing."
"First off my mother is an idiot. Second, I'm not leaving these woods without her." He stepped away from a slightly confused Elena who let her hand rest in mid-air before letting it fall to her side.
He approached the coffin slowly, scared that the silver light flowing through it would wound him. When he was within whispering distance and nothing had happened he relaxed. She hovered just above the middle of his chest so he was able to lean down and speak to her. He spoke slowly and quietly as to not shock her or her cocoon but everyone was close enough to still hear him.
"Hey Bon Bon." His face was soft and his heart hurt to know that she had, had to go through this alone. He knew the fear she must have felt right before the snap of bone in her neck. "I can honestly say I have no idea what the hell is going on right now…vampires don't usually go through a butterfly metamorphosis. The point is, we need to get you home so we can figure out what's going on. We need to get you home so you'll wake up and I can stop freaking out. I also have a few things I need to apologize for so if you could just lower this case thingy I'll take you home to your own bed where nothing and no one will ever get to you again. I need you to trust me Bon and remove the coffin…please."
He reached out a hand tentatively. "Damon, don't!" Elena snapped at him but as his hand made contact with the bubble it slipped right into it and within seconds it was non-existent. He caught her as her body dropped from the coffin.
He cradled her close and turned to the group. "Care, run up to the car and grab that blanket from the trunk." She was gone and back within seconds. She helped him wrap the blanket around the nude witch.
"I can take her. I'm strong enough."
Damon just shook his head at Caroline and kept Bonnie close. "Let's just get her home."
Stefan walked alongside him. "I'll call Abby and Lucy from the car."
"We'll call them when we get home. I need you to drive my car back." Stefan just nodded.
Elena's face scrunched up slightly. "What are you going to do?"
"Sit in the back with Bonnie of course."
"I can sit with her."
"It's fine. I don't mind." Elena went silent but her mind was racing.
Stefan drove and Elena sat in the passenger seat watching the two in the back without trying to attract attention. Bonnie's head was resting in Damon's lap and he was brushing his fingers through the strands as he whispered to her.
"I'm sorry, Bon. I'm so sorry. I screwed up and once again it fell on you. I never wanted this to happen and if I hadn't been such an idiot…if I had just let you explain…you would be ok right now. Though I will say, I can't believe you went into the woods by yourself. We'll be having a little talk about that when you wake up."
Elena's mind was racing while trying to figure out how he had let Bonnie down. She would have to ask Caroline about it later once everything calmed down slightly.
They parked and Stefan jogged up to the door so Damon could walk through still carry a bundled Bonnie. "I'll be back. I'm going to lie her down."
Damon disappeared upstairs and everyone else besides Caroline and Elena went into the kitchen to grab something to eat and to call Bonnie's mother. Before Caroline could enter the kitchen Elena grabbed her hand and pulled her to the couch.
"Are you ok?" Care asked.
"I'm fine. I feel fine actually which is a little weird. Perfectly human. Care….."
Caroline folded some hair behind her ear. "Yes?"
"What happened between Damon and Bonnie?"
"What do you mean?"
Elena bit at her bottom lip and looked around to make sure no one was coming. "I heard him in the car apologizing for being an idiot and for not letting her explain. And then his mother basically said that what happened between you guys is why she was in the cemetery to begin with. I was just curious as to what happened….."
"Well it came out that Bonnie had been keeping her interactions with Lily secret. Enzo and Lily clearly did it on purpose to get Bonnie but we weren't thinking and we said some bad things that we shouldn't have said. Or at least I did…I don't really know what Damon said to her."
"What do you mean?"
"I stormed out and Damon and Bonnie stayed to talk. I don't know what was said but it made her go to that cemetery alone so it must have been really bad. I just wish we had listened to her and she wouldn't be going through whatever she's going through right now." Caroline's eyes became shiny before she took a deep breath to calm herself.
Elena wrapped her arm around Caroline's shoulders and squeezed. "She'll be ok. We'll make sure she is."
Caroline nodded while her head rested on Elena's shoulder and hugged her back.
"Everything ok?"
Both girls looked up to see Damon standing in the doorway, watching them. Elena nodded at him with a sweet smile. "We're fine. Just talking about Bonnie."
He nodded, stuck his hands in his pockets, and looked at the fire going on in the fireplace. Caroline could see that he was having inner turmoil over Bonnie's situation and that Elena would want to console him. She knew that it wasn't important right at this moment but she was curious what would happen between the couple once Bonnie awoke. She bit her lip a little as she thought about it.
She patted Elena's back and kissed her cheek. "I'll give you two a minute and see what Stefan has found out from Abby and Lucy."
Once she was out of the room, Elena turned to watch Damon. He had now made his way to the fireplace and was watching the flames intensely.
"What are you thinking about?"
He jerked his head to the right to look at her like he just remembered she was in the room. He stared at her for a few seconds before turning back to the fire. "A lot. Too much." He brushed his hand through his hair before turning back to her and crossing his arms. "I haven't asked with everything that's been going on…how are you? How are you feeling?"
"I feel fine. I thought I would feel out of it or sick at least but I just feel…alive." She smiled And Damon tried to muster a smile in return but it just looked painful. She stood and walked to him. She pulled his arms down and intertwined their fingers. "How are you?"
"I'm good. Just tired."
"I can see that. And maybe a little worried? Worried about Bonnie?"
He pulled his hands from hers and turned back to the fire. "I did this. I'm not worried…I'm guilty."
She walked up behind him and put her arms around him while lying her cheek against his back. "Why are you feeling guilty? Your mother did this."
"I did this. I didn't believe her when I had no reason not to and it made her irrational and she did something stupid, like going to a graveyard by herself in the middle of the night, and got herself attacked. If I had trusted her half as much as she trusts me none of this would have happened."
She nodded against his back. "What did you say to her to make her go to that graveyard by herself, by the way?"
He took a deep breath and let it out in a choppy manner. "I told her in no uncertain terms that I should have chosen you over her and saying it may have been the biggest mistake I've ever made cause I just might lose her. I don't know what I'll do if that happens….."
Elena felt like the air was being sucked out of her lungs but before she could respond Stefan cleared his throat. Elena pulled away from Damon and they both turned to Stefan who was waiting patiently.
"Well…what did they say?"
Stefan looked confused for a second before his face cleared and became relaxed. "The whole thing was a little confusing but the gist seemed to be that Bonnie's magic took the vampire blood and is turning it into something else."
Damon approached Stefan. "Something else? What the hell does that mean?"
"Abbie said she's heard of powerful witches who have been turned or attempted to be turned into other supernatural creatures and their magic has instead turned them into another type of witch. Some ancient type that doesn't exist anymore…supposedly very powerful. Lucy said that she assumes the cocoon was only to protect Bonnie from any further harm until she was in a safe place or with someone safe. I guess once her subconscious heard your voice it knew she would be safe so it let you take her."
Damon nodded. "Ok. I'll accept that theory for now. How long until she wakes up?"
Stefan shook his head. "I don't know."
"Stef I need to know when she's going to wake up. A ballpark…an assumption…something. I need to hear her voice. So….."
"They said it's up to the magic how long she's asleep and that it's likely that she won't wake until the transformation is complete."
"But she will wake up?"
Stefan's eyes instantly fell to the floor. Damon looked pass him to the rest of the gang who was fidgeting and looking slightly detached. "She is going to wake up right, Stefan?"
"They honestly don't know."
Damon turned on his heel to leave the room. "I need to go for a drive."
He left before anyone could say anything. Elena watched him leave with a hollow feeling in her chest. She had a lot of questions about her time away but the biggest was 'what was going on with Bonnie and Damon?'
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Everyone had gone up to bed a little bit after Damon stormed out of the house but Elena had stayed downstairs staring into the fire, trying to figure out what was going on and how she was feeling. After a solid hour she gave up and went upstairs in search of Caroline. She knocked on her friend's bedroom door and a mere three seconds later the door was opened by the slightly disoriented blonde pixie.
"Elena? Are you ok? Is Bonnie ok?" Her eyes became large and she looked panicked.
"I'm fine and so is Bonnie. Do you mind if I come in?"
"No of course not." She stepped back to let her in and closed the door behind her. Elena paced back and forth a few times and Care watched from beside the closed door before finally taking a seat on the bed to wait her out. Eventually Elena stopped and whipped around to Caroline.
"I have a very important question to ask you and I need you to be honest with me, ok?"
"Of course." Caroline said while nodding.
"Are Bonnie and Damon sleeping together?"
"What?! Like having sex?"
"Yes, Care! Like having sex. Are they having sex?"
"No! Damon and Bonnie would never do that to you!"
"You're sure?"
"I am positive."
Elena nodded repeatedly but Caroline could tell she had more to say. "That's good. That makes me feel a little better. One more question…do they have feelings for each other?"
Caroline eyes darted away from Elena. "Not as far as I know."
"You're lying. You won't even look at me."
"Look, Lena, neither one has said anything to me about having feelings for the other. I can only go on what I've seen."
Elena sat on the bed across from Caroline. "And what have you seen?"
"I think they care for each other a lot and that they're best friends and that they wouldn't know how to make it for very long without the other. That's all I know. Now why don't you go to bed?" She squeezed Elena's hand. "Why don't you go lie down and get some sleep? Waking up out of a coma must be tiring…plus I'm sure cuddling with Damon will help a lot."
"You're probably right." Elena walked to the door and opened it but before leaving the room she stopped and turned back to Caroline.
"I'm being crazy aren't I? Damon loves me.
"He does."
"I have nothing to worry about." Caroline merely smiled at her but didn't respond. Elena closed the door behind her and Care lowered her head with a grim expression. She thought Elena had a lot to worry about.
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When Elena got to the closed bedroom door of Damon's bedroom she readjusted her breasts and ran her hand through her hair a few times but stopped when she heard moving coming from inside. Damon must have come home while she was talking to Caroline. She decided to try and sneak up on him like she had done when she was still a vampire. She turned the knob slowly, as to not make a sound, but stopped when there was a barely a crack to see through when she saw Bonnie in one of Damon's gray shirts lying on a pile of pillows and with comfy blankets tucked in around her as she slept. What was Bonnie doing in Damon's bed? Then she remembered that he was the one that chose which room she would go into and she felt jealousy rising like bile in her throat.
She looked back up and through the crack when she had the bed groan from added weight and saw Damon climb in beside Bonnie. He readjusted the pillows behind his head and began to talk to Bonnie as if she was awake.
"I went for a drive. Sorry I left you all alone but I needed a minute away from all the crap of today. Stefan talked to Abby and Lucy and there's a small chance that you may never wake up. Frankly the idea isn't very appealing. In case they're right though I have to apologize now and hope you can hear me. I'm sorry Bon Bon. I failed you." He turned slightly so he could see Bonnie's face and he reached down to interlock their hands. "All you wanted was for someone to be as loyal to you as you are to everyone and I couldn't even do that. I would give anything to go back and listen to your side of the story. I would give anything to have just shut my mouth and trusted your plan and your wisdom. But more than anything I wish I could go back and tell you that I don't regret choosing you over Elena. I have never regretted that and I never will. If I could go back to that moment I would choose you every time. I need you in my life Bon. You're my anchor and not having you here even for a few hours makes me feel like I'm drowning. Just please come back to me." He leaned over and kissed her forehead. He kept his lips pressed to her forehead as he said, "Please."
He leaned back and reached over to turn off the light before settling down to sleep. Elena pressed her hand to her mouth to keep the sounds of pain silent. She closed the door softly and with one hand over her mouth and one hand pressed to her chest, she walked to an empty bedroom, while contemplating her place in Damon Salvatore's life.