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Things have calmed down with Bonnie and her panic attacks, so Damon is getting comfortable...maybe too comfortable...
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"I don't understand why you have to leave?" I asked as I leaned in the doorway of the bedroom, that Bonnie and I shared over the past couple of months.
"Because my house is finished, my dad is coming home to take me shopping to replace everything and I don't think he will approve of his 17 year old daughter living with her…", she began as I raised my eyebrow, "special friend".
I smirked. After four months of us cohabitating in one way or the other, Bonnie was moving back to her house. Her father was coming home and somehow I felt as though I was losing her. Things were considerably better since she started doing that meditation mumbo jumbo that her grandmother taught her. As far as I can tell and according to Elena, she hadn't mentioned anything about Elijah, any nightmares or panic attacks.
Sometimes I have to take a couple of moments to realize that the compulsion worked and Bonnie was going to be ok.
"Why are you smiling like that?" she smirked looking over at me.
"I was just thinking of how many ways I can sneak into your new house to spend the night with you", I walked over to her.
"Damon, you will not sneak into my house…in fact, I'm not sure you are even invited in".
"Oooh come on Bonnie, you know that you wouldn't do something like that to me…you know that you will miss me".
She smirked, "Hmm…I don't know, you will have to earn admittance into this new house, since you were the indirect cause of the other one burning down".
"I thought we were over that".
She smiled and walked over to me, "We are over it…it was a joke…a tiny joke", she gripped my shirt and kissed me quickly on the lips.
"It didn't feel like a joke", I scoffed.
"I kissed you!"
"Nope…if it was really a joke, you would have sex with me", I smiled wiggling my eyebrow.
"Cute Damon…real cute", she snorted as she walked over to the closet and continued putting clothes in a bag.
"Ok…ok…fine…but I want you to promise me one thing", I replied walking over to her.
"What?"
"Whatever this is between us…it won't end with you moving out".
"You don't want this ending?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Listen Bennett because I am only going to say this once…I like you…I like you a lot…you're kind of amazing in 100 different ways and right now, I think you are the only one who could handle me…so no…I don't want this to end, I want this to continue and I am even willing to be a good…I mean…a kinda good guy for you".
She raised her hand and placed it on my neck, "I think that was the sweetest thing you have ever said to me".
"Well if you stick with me, you will hear plenty more of it", I grinned kissing her.
SSSSS
After somehow tearing myself away from Damon, I drove home to my new house. As I drove down the street, I felt butterflies. Even though I watched the house being built from the ground up, it still feels weird that I have a brand new house. As I parked in the driveway, I noticed a truck in the driveway which could only mean one thing…my daddy was home. I found myself grinning as I hopped out of the car with my bag and rushed up the stairs to the door. Before I could get my keys out, the door opened and my daddy was standing on the other side grinning at me.
"Daddy!" I grinned as he hugged me tightly.
"Bon Bon…I missed you".
"I missed you too…I thought you were coming back tomorrow morning".
"Yes…well…I thought that I would surprise you and I actually have another surprise for you", he replied taking my bag from me.
"What?" I asked.
"Come on…follow me", he replied as he headed for the stairs.
"Did you get me that recording studio that I always wanted?" I grinned as we headed up the stairs.
"Nope…not at all", he winked looking back at me.
I followed him up the stairs towards my bedroom. "Ok…close your eyes", he replied as I stood outside of the closed door.
"Daddy…what did you do?" I smiled as I closed my eyes.
I felt him take my hand and lead me in the room. "Ok…open", he replied.
I opened my eyes to see white furniture decorating the room. A white dresser, white wardrobe closet, white canopy bed…I felt like I had been punched in the stomach as I bent over and felt as if I couldn't breathe. "Bonnie…what's wrong?" I heard my dad saying to me as I felt like I was drowning and I felt sweat start to pour down my forehead.
I bent over as I tried to catch my breath as I looked around the room at the furniture. I wasn't sure why I was having this reaction, but as I grabbed at my throat, I felt myself getting lightheaded and I watched as my dad reached out for me.
SSSSS
I opened my eyes to my father sitting in a chair by my bed with Elena on the other side with Stefan standing in the doorway. I looked around and realized that I was in the hospital, "Daddy?" I asked.
"Bonnie…you scared the hell out of me!" he exclaimed grabbing my hand, "why didn't you tell me that you suffered from panic attacks?"
"I'm sorry".
"How do you feel ?" Elena asked.
"I…I don't know…how did I get here?"
"You fainted after you looked like you were choking or something…I didn't know what to do, I called an ambulance…the doctor said that it appears you had a panic attack", my dad replied.
"I…I don't know why…and why would furniture set me off like that…I'm losing it", I rubbed my temples.
"Let me go speak with your doctor and see if I can take you home", my dad stood up from his chair, "keep her company you two".
"Will do", Elena smiled.
My dad walked out of the room and I rubbed my head, "Panic attacks…I thought they disappeared".
"What happened?" Stefan asked walking over and standing closer to the bed.
"I don't know…my dad surprised me with new bedroom furniture and I freaked out…I freaked out over furniture, he's probably finding me a shrink or something...how did you two get here?"
"Your dad called me and I was with Stefan…we came right over".
"Damon wasn't home…but I called him", Stefan spoke up.
I nodded, "If you talk to him…don't tell him about anything this, he will start to act all weird around me again".
"Bonnie…I don't understand…"
"Neither do I…it was just weird, I mean it was just furniture…white furniture…I don't know, maybe I was attacked my furniture in another life or something", I chuckled as Elena and Stefan exchanged looks.
"What…is there something you two aren't telling me…did something happen that I don't know?" I asked.
"No…it's just weird you know, a panic attack triggered by furniture…it doesn't make any sense", Stefan spoke up.
"Do you think that someone is causing this…trying to incapacitate me…has there been any news on new vampires in town…werewolves?" I asked.
"No…but I will check it out", Stefan replied as my hospital door opened again and my dad walked in.
"Ok…well…they want to keep you overnight while they run some more tests…they aren't sure if it was just a panic attack or something more serious…so just overnight for observation ok?"
"Ok", I replied, "but I'm sure there's nothing really wrong".
"Of course not…but I agree with your doctor, I want to be absolutely sure".
I nodded as Stefan and Elena smiled at me in a way that told me that they were definitely hiding something.
SSSSS
"Ok…brother…is there a reason why you called me 10 times while I was out trying to get something to eat?" I sighed as I breezed into the boarding house where Elena and Stefan were sitting around looking worried.
"Bonnie's in the hospital", Elena spoke up.
I narrowed my eyes as I headed towards the door, but was stopped by Stefan, "Don't go there", he replied.
"What…why…what happened and why didn't you come find me?" I asked staring him down.
"I didn't know where you were and Bonnie doesn't want you to know, so don't bring this up to her".
"?" I asked slowly.
"She had a panic attack".
"A panic attack…she hasn't had one of them in months…it's because of her father being back isn't it…I knew he was bad news…I will rip his heart…"
"Damon!" Elena shrieked, "he's her father and he didn't cause this…well not directly".
"What do you mean 'not directly'", I asked moving over to her.
"He didn't know Damon".
"Didn't know what?" I asked feeling like I was about to tear out of this house and track down Mr. Bennett.
"He decorated her room with all white furniture…it must have triggered something…she couldn't breathe and he took her to the hospital, he called Elena".
I looked at Elena, "I'm going to see her".
"Damon…she didn't want you to know".
"I don't give a damn", I said heading out of the house.
When I arrived at the hospital, I found out which room she was in and paused at the door. She was sleeping on her side. I slowly opened the door and stepped inside. She didn't have many tubes sticking out of her, so that somehow allowed me to calm any fears that I had. I sat down in a chair next to the bed and looked at her as I listened to the sound of the monitors, "You know…you are starting to really scare me…you're turning me into Stefan", I smirked, "but you know what, you are definitely not Elena or Katherine…you are a fighter my little witch and you are the first person who made me realize that I didn't need to change myself that much to be with you and you know what…I love you for that, Bonnie Bennett. Now…there's another issue, I hate this…I hate that you are going through this…I hate that you are being tortured even a little bit…I tried to make this better for you…that's why I compelled you and that's why I don't want it to wear off…I don't want you to ever feel that fear that you felt that night in that room with Elijah…I never want you to be afraid of me like you were afraid of him…I never want that to be us…I never want that to define us".
"So you stay here…you get some rest and everything will get better…I promise you", I said caressing her cheek.
SSSSS
"Daddy, I'm fine today….that's why they let me out of the hospital", I chuckled as my dad helped me through the door of the house.
"We can never be too sure…I mean, you scared me yesterday Bon and I want you to know that I got rid of all of that furniture and I will never pick out anything for your room again", he replied.
"Daddy…"
"I'm serious…my taste gives you panic attacks".
I giggled, "It doesn't…I just freaked out…must be something residual from the fire".
"Soo…come sit down on the couch, you don't seem to have a reaction to that".
I shook my head and sat down on the couch, "Now, I'm going to head out to the supermarket and get you some food…so you stay right there", he smirked, "and I called Elena over to keep you company".
"Ok…fine", I smiled as he picked up his car keys and headed out of the door.
I shook my head as he closed the door and I turned on the television. I glanced towards the stairs and took a deep breath. It was driving me crazy that I couldn't figure out what made me have that panic attacks or any of them. The fact that I flipped out over furniture was starting to make me crazy.
As I switched to an old cartoon that I loved to watch when I was a child, someone rang the doorbell. I stood up and walked over looking through the window and noticed that Damon was standing on the other side. I took a deep breath as I opened the door. I hope that Stefan and Elena said nothing to him about my panic attack.
"Hi", I smiled slightly as I looked up at him.
"Hey…I called you all last night, where were you?"
"Oh…" I shrugged, "my dad made me tell him about everything I've done since the last time he was here".
"Ahh…so he wanted to hear about your kidnapping and things like that?"
"Noo…I kept it to school", I smirked.
"Well are you going to invite me in?"
I looked down at his feet, "Damon, if I let you in…you have to be on good behavior".
"I promise", he smirked.
"Come in", I said walking away from the door as he followed me.
"How long did you stay up telling him everything, you look exhausted".
"Yeah…I was up pretty late…I'm sorry I didn't return your calls".
He studied my eyes for a moment, "Its fine".
"I'm sorry for not calling you. I don't want you to think that I'm avoiding you or anything".
"I know…you can't get away from me…you're addicted", he smirked.
"Maybe", I returned his smirk.
He bent down and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him. He kissed me softly for a few moments causing me to melt into him. I almost wanted to take him upstairs to my room, but knew that my father would have a conniption if he came back and found not only a member of the opposite sex in my bed, but a man much older than me in my bed.
"Mmmm…I'm sorry…but you have to go", I mumbled in between kisses.
"Do you want me to go?" Damon asked.
"No…but you have to…but I do want you to come back…I want you to meet my dad, the right way that does not consist of him walking in on us in my bed or on the floor of his living room".
"Ok…ok", he sighed.
"See you soon Damon", I said kissing him as he turned and walked out of the door.
I shook my head as I watched him get back in his car and drive away. Damon was starting to make me doubt everything that I ever believed about him.
I plopped down on the couch and begin flipping through the stations on the television, when the doorbell rang again. I jumped up and headed for the door and opened it for Elena, "Oh come in…Damon just left and if he stayed here any longer, I think my dad would have caught us in a very interesting place", I grinned, "he doesn't seem to know about me being in the hospital…so thank you…I know that it was hard to keep it from him".
I turned around to see Elena closing the door and locking it. There was something about her that seemed different. "Elena…are you ok?" I asked walking over to her.
"For someone who I knew was a dead woman, you look pretty good…tell me…did he turn you?" Elena asked cocking her head to the side with a smirk.
I felt my heart rate start to increase as I looked more closely, "Katherine?"
She smirked, "And 10 points goes to the witch for figuring it out…probably too late though".
My heart crashed up against my chest as I backed away from her, "How…how did you get out of the tomb?"
"Well Stefan and Damon let me out of course…they needed my help".
"What…when…I don't believe you and they would need a witch to help them and I sure as hell didn't…"
"You gave them the spell…oh…you don't remember?"
I searched my mind for any recollection of what she was saying to me and there was nothing.
"Wow…I can't believe it…Damon and Stefan were going to use me as a pawn to make Klaus happy and save you and Elena…they brought me all the way from Mystic Falls to your little house in the woods…"
I shook my head.
"And when we got there…wait…you really don't know this?" she smiled.
"You're lying and you're going back to that tomb", I said heading over to my bag to grab my phone, when I was stopped by Katherine grabbing me and pushing me up against the door.
"Oh…you are completely clueless…we all came back to that house…the Salvatore house where you, Damon, Stefan and Elena were hiding…it was torn apart…Elijah came and he took you...almost killed Elena".
I shook my head, "You're lying!" I yelled.
"Am I?" she cooed, "then…how did I get out of the tomb".
"There were warlocks here…they let you out".
"Bonnie…if the warlocks found me, they would have handed me over to Klaus…oh no…I'm not lying and the only reason why you don't remember is because someone must have erased it from your memory".
"I don't believe you", I spat out.
"Oh no…well ask Damon…ask Stefan…ask Elena…they know…they were there…Elijah took you and I can only imagine what he did to you".
"I would remember that".
"Would you…what if you were compelled to forget…what if Damon used one of his tricks on you…god knows what else he could have done to you or compelled you to do", she purred.
"I can't be compelled…I'm a witch".
"And Elijah was an Original…a special vampire…he can do many things…"
"Get out", I said through clenched teeth.
"You know…actually…I think I'm staying…I think we could have a great time!" she smirked.
I felt my breathing increase as I flung open my front door with my mind and began to chant. I noticed Katherine start to walk backwards out of the house. "What…what are you doing?" she stumbled over her words as the wind picked up and I continued walking towards her.
"You're right…no need for you to go to the tomb", I said as I walked outside of the door as I noticed Elena's car drive up.
Katherine looked over, "I guess the fun just evaporated", she shrugged as she sped out of sight.
I stood on the porch trying to catch my breath as I felt liquid trickling out of my nose. I swiped my hand across it and it became covered with blood.
"Bonnie…what's going on…what happened?" Elena asked running up to me.
I looked over at her, "Katherine", I breathed out.
What happens now? Does Bonnie believe Katherine? Do they all come clean?