There was a bar set-up located in the den to the Salvatore home. That's where Damon found himself early in the crack of morning. He hardly got any sleep. He had almost drunk every type of whiskey that they had. He tried to keep his mind focus, and he wanted to maintain calm as much as possible. However, Elena had driven him nuts the previous night. Things didn't go how he planned, and he just wanted to go around the town and snap everyone's neck including hers.
Stefan walked into the dim lit room. "Up drinking this early Damon, what's the occasion"?
Damon scoffed, "The death of my broken heart Stefan. What do you want"? He expressed his agitation. He swirled the drink around in his hands and took little sips every few seconds.
"I was just coming to catch up with you. We hardly spoke yesterday". Stefan slid onto a bar stool that was next to his brother.
"That was for a reason Stefan; I didn't want to talk to anyone".
"Is this about Elena"?
"Who else would it be about"?
"Makes sense".
"I saw that you brought Elena's necklace back".
"Yea, I should have left the damn thing there", Damon scowled.
"Sounds like there was the wrong intent behind it Damon".
"Stefan, do you know what Bonnie and I had to go through to get that necklace"? Damon spun his stool around to look at Stefan in the face.
"Not exactly".
"Plus, I spent two weeks away from home and everyone here because I was stuck in a damn cabin".
"Damon, Elena has been mad at you for months now. Who were you possibly in a rush back to be with? Let's be honest, it's not like you and I really celebrate the holidays together and you've terrorized the people of Mystic Falls for quite a few years".
Damon had to think about that. Stefan was right. If Elena wasn't going to spend the holiday with him, then no one was going to anyway. And he has indeed done some heinous things to the people of the town in the past. If anything, he was fortunate to have Bonnie this year, and that's only because she was unintentionally stuck with him. If it weren't for that he would have been alone for Christmas.
"Bonnie almost got killed for Elena, and I risked my life to protect Bonnie and get the necklace back. Elena is just selfish". Both of Damon's hands were on the bar and the glass nestled between them. He tapped his thumbs on the rim of the glass to control his nerves. He pouted as well.
"You were doing it for your own selfish reason though", Stefan pointed out.
"Why is it that you're always on the side of whoever I'm against Stefan? For once, can you just be on my side"? Stefan was always harder on his big brother. It was also easy for him to think that Damon was at fault for most things. Damon and Stefan played two separate roles. Damon was always the irrational and impulsive one and Stefan was always reasonable and careful.
Stefan reached over for the bottle sitting in front of Damon and poured himself a drink, "Maybe you should give Elena a break for a while. Give her some time", he suggested.
"Well, I've done everything that I could. I'm over it. If she wants to be with me, then she'll need to come back running to me".
"Well, wait and see", Stefan responded. "So, Bonnie… How is she? Were you nice Damon"?
"Wow brother! Everyone can't really think I'm that bad of a person. Do they? Even you"?
"As a person no, but as a vampire…" Stefan didn't bother continuing with his statement.
"Bonnie is fine. We're actually friends now, believe it or not". Damon poured himself a refill.
"Oh, you and Bonnie? You two finally signed a treaty". Stefan didn't expect to take him seriously.
"Stefan we spent two weeks in solitude with each other. What choice did we have but to get to know each other"?
Stefan nodded his head; he considered the possibility that Damon actually may not be exaggerating with this. Damon gave thought; there was something that he wanted to run by Stefan. However, he had told Bonnie that he wouldn't say a word. This was Stefan though. He wasn't the type of person who would go around and cause a big mess of things.
With all of the Elena trouble he was having, Damon had been trying to crack the code with Bonnie. He wanted to figure out this new change in her. She just wasn't the same anymore. People would be surprised if they knew that he actually kept tabs with what was going on amongst everyone. And he actually cared at times too. He knew the hardship that Bonnie was going through with Jeremy. He had never made that his business though.
"Hey Stefan, there's something that I have to talk to you about".
"Sure", Stefan waited for him to lead into it.
"So… This new relationship that I have with Bonnie… It gets pretty interesting". Damon was trying to fish for the words in his head.
"What do you mean", Stefan asked in response to Damon's vagueness.
"Well we're cool now. It's really weird because things got really-really cool between us", Damon wasn't being direct at all for the moment.
Stefan shook his head, "I don't get what you're saying Damon. I mean, I get that y'all are cool now".
Damon struggled to find a way to bring this up to Stefan, "Bonnie and I… We… Kissed". Damon's eyes ventured away from Stefan so he didn't catch his expression. He expected this to get a little uncomfortable.
"Uh… what did you just say"? Stefan wanted to make sure he heard this right. Damon moved in closer to Stefan, he didn't want to say it too loud for the fear that Elena would randomly appear out of nowhere.
"She and I kissed. We kissed Stefan. Did you get that"?
Stefan smiled, "Brother. You're joking right"?
"No Stefan, that's why I need your insight on this".
"I don't believe you Damon. You're kidding".
"What the fuck Stefan? Why would I joke about this? Tell me what this means".
"You tell me what it means Damon; it was you two that did it". Stefan's smile turned into a full-blown laugh.
"I know, but I don't really know. We were drinking, she was a little drunk. She leaned over for a kiss. And I kissed her back. It was just that I really wanted to kiss her even before that though. I just didn't have the guts to make the move, but she did".
"So you have feelings for Bonnie"?
"No! Well, I don't think so. I never did before. You know I love Elena. The kiss with Bonnie just has me so confused. For those brief minutes that we shared in this crazy make out session Elena didn't consume my mind. It was all about Bonnie and me at that moment. And she was so good, it felt so good too".
"So then you're cool now. There's no awkwardness"?
"Well, she was mad at me all of a sudden. I could tell she enjoyed the kiss as much as I did, but then she was so pissed and didn't want to talk about it anymore. She wouldn't even explain why"?
"Damon, by any chance did you happen to mention Elena at all"? Stefan knew what the answer would be, he knew his brother well.
"Well yea, a couple of times. I was trying to be direct with her. We both knew the purpose of the trip. It was all for Elena".
"Oh Damon, you dumb ass! The last thing a girl wants to hear after she kisses you is the mention of another woman. C'mon you idiot".
"It's Bonnie Stefan"! Damon threw his hands in the air.
"And you don't think Bonnie has feelings"?
"Yea I do, but why would it bother her".
"Because she likes you Peanut Brain"!
Damon hit a moment of silence. He thought about it. "She does not", he responded.
"Sounds like it to me. She got drunk and acted on the internal feelings that she had just like most people do. The fact that she got mad after you mentioned Elena is an indicator that she is feeling something for you".
Damon took a moment to process all of this in his head.
"Things like this happen a lot Damon. Two people go from despising each other to falling for each other".
"I'm not falling for her Stefan". Damon was unsure of how he felt. He hadn't considered that there would ever be a possibility that Bonnie had these types of feelings for him. This changes a lot of things in their dynamics. With no further words Damon got up from the bar.
"Where are you going", Stefan asked.
"I'm going for a drive, I need to think about this crazy reality my life is spinning off into".
Stefan shook his head and watched his brother snatch his keys from the hook they were hanging on. As Damon swung the door open Stefan shouted, "Stay out of trouble Damon".
"Yeah, yeah", Damon flicked his hand back at him.
Once the door slammed shut, Stefan turned forward and he placed a sly smirk on his face.