The hot water woke Bonnie up, who was still half asleep as she got ready for school. She wrapped a tower around herself as she got out of the shower and looked in the mirror. Her eyes seemed older, like the events of the last few days have aged them. It was weird for Bonnie to think that she knew more about the world than people twice her age, and some will never know about what exist in this world. It was hard to know for sure which was the better option but when you don't know it's easier to be normal because you don't have to pretend that you or the world are. Bonnie dressed in a simple outfit and began to do her hair and makeup, when there was a knock on the bathroom door. Her heart stopped in surprise, her father is usually never home, let alone knocking on the bathroom door to talk to her. She opened the door and saw her father standing there in his work clothes. "Hi, Dad. What do you want?" The expression on Mr Bennett's face leaned towards it being a serious matter rather than a 'did you eat the last piece of chocolate?', Bonnie hoped that it wasn't something too bad, there is already enough to deal with. "What the hell happened to the living room window?" "Would you believe that I got kidnapped by a vampire and his werewolf friend?" "Bonnie," Mr Bennett warned, looking at his daughter with hard eyes, he refused to indulge in the supernatural world like his mother did. "Dad, it's true. Just because you don't like to have anything to do with the supernatural world that doesn't mean it doesn't exist," Bonnie replied, anger bubbled in her voice, ever since her mother had left them her father doesn't want to know about the supernatural. It was fine when she had Grams but now she was alone in this and her father continued to ignore this part of her. "I would know if that did happen," Mr Bennett argued. "No, you wouldn't Dad. You are never home!" The light in the bathroom flickered on and off, as a response to Bonnie's anger. Mr Bennett was speechless, and seeing Bonnie's power didn't help. They stood there in silence until finally Mr Bennett, his voice soft and gentle asked, "Am I really that bad?" Bonnie's fire was dying out, this was the first time she has had a proper conversation with her father for months. "I love you," Bonnie started, "but you are never around when I need, when I just want to talk, when I come home or when I get up in the morning. I barely see you." Mr Bennett saw the tears rolling down his daughter's face. He stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'll try to be a better father to you," he whispered as he rested on Bonnie's head.
Bonnie pulled into a car park just before the bell rang. Quickly, she grabbed her bag and rushed into towards the school, not really paying attention to where she was going, until she hit a solid surface. Confused and stunned, Bonnie didn't realise who she ran into until he spoke. "The little witch late for school is she?" Damon asked, his trademark smirk in place, he really should get that copyrighted. I can't believe that of all the people I run into, when I'm late it's Damon. "Yes, and I'll be even later if you don't let be get passed," "Last time I checked you ran into me," "Really? Damon," Bonnie said raising an eyebrow, "why are you even here? Last time I checked you haven't needed to go to school for over a hundred years." "I'm here to talk to Alaric, if you really must know," Damon explained looking slightly bored, and not in the mood to have a session with Bonnie. "I would have found out though as soon as you needed a witch," Bonnie was a bit sick of how she was always used for her powers, she was all for using them to help protect the people she loved and Mystic Falls but when it was just to help the Salvatore brothers, if it wasn't for Elena she would not be lifting a finger. A second bell rang, "Damn!" Bonnie muttered, she had hoped that she would make it to class on time but everyone seemed to want to talk to her today, first her father and now Damon. "I'll let you go," Damon said stepping to the side, and Bonnie passed him. Damon grabbed her on the wrist and leaned closer to whisper, "Oh, and keep a leash on your dog or I may have to put him down." Bonnie was so not in the mood for threats especially from Damon, so without a second thought she gave him an aneurysm.
Quietly, Bonnie walked into class and sat down. "Nice of you to join us, Miss Bennett," Alaric said but didn't say anything more to her. She was lucky that she had Alaric or otherwise she would probably have been in trouble. Elena shot her a questioning glance, and Bonnie mouthed Damon in reply. Elena nodded in understanding, she had seen Damon talking to Alaric earlier so she knew that he had been around the school, before they both turned to pay attention to what Alaric was teaching. After the lesson, Elena and Bonnie walked together to their next class. "What did Damon want?" "Nothing, really I just ran into him," Bonnie explained, "What is going on with everything, anyway?" "Katherine's in the tomb and she warned Damon, when he was closing the tomb, that something will happen to me," Elena explained not really sure if there is any truth in Katherine's words but there always seemed to be something dangerous looming over them. "It's probably just Katherine being herself and there's no truth in it," Bonnie said but she wasn't exactly sure, the recent events seemed to be proof that anything can happen.