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Chapter 15

Bonnie called her father last night and told him that she would be spending the night over Elena's house's, but she actually had stayed the whole night at Gram's, she wondered when she'd start to think of this as her house. Eventhough the house hadn't been used since Grams died, her father still kept the electricity and water on. She had a sneaky suspicion that her father was going to try to talk her into selling it once she went off to college.

Bonnie had been up for a while now, but she didn't feel like getting up, so she just laid there in bed, staring out the window. The sound of birds chirping filled the quiet room. It was beautiful outside. Bonnie grabbed her phone off the nightstand, turning it on, looking at the time. It was only 8 a.m.; man, it felt like it had to be at least after 10, time was going by so slowly. She checked her phone; her inbox was filled with messages from Damon. She deleted them all. Bonnie decided that she might as well get up because there was no way that she would be going back to sleep. She got out of the bed and went to her big dresser. She still had some of her clothes here. She pulled out some jeans and a t-shirt, throwing them on the bed. The house was too quiet so Bonnie walked across the room and turned on the radio, the song "Through the Glass" by Stone Sour was just starting; she turned the volumn up loudly.

Bonnie stepped into the shower, turning it on as she let the spray of hot water take away the tension in her body. She could still hear the radio as she showered. The Foo Fighters' "Best of You" played on the radio, and she stopped what she was doing and listened as Dave Grohl's voice spoke to her. The tears came automatically to her eyes, spilling down her face blending in with the hot water from the shower.

Bonnie leaned her forehead against the brown tile as her small naked body shook with heart wrenching sobs.

Stefan waited for Damon to wake up and come down stairs so that he could talk to him. Stefan had been up since dawn, not really able to sleep after what Damon told him. Stefan knew his brother better than anyone, and Damon would never violate a woman especially a woman that he loved. And, he knew for a fact that Damon was in love with Bonnie even if he was too dumb to realize it. Something definitely wasn't right because Damon Salvatore was a lot of things, but rapist was not one of them.

Damon finally came down the stairs after what seem like forever to Stefan. He watched as his big brother avoided eye contact with him as he went straight for the bar, pouring himself a glass of bourbon. Damon's face was stoic as Stefan walked up to him because he was expecting Stefan to tear into him and rightfully so.

"I've been up all night thinking about what happened between you and Bonnie." Stefan started off, looking at his brother. When he saw Damon's jaw clench, Stefan ignored it and continued.

"Remember when you asked me if I would believe you if you said that you didn't know what happened between you and Bonnie…what did you mean by that?

Damon frowned. "Stefan I don't want to talk about this with you." Damon walked around the bar, but Stefan stopped him before he could walk passed him.

"No, Damon we need to talk about this. I know you better than anyone, and I know that you are capable of a lot of things, but not this."

Damon exploded. He threw the glass he had in his hands across the room. "But I am capable of it Stefan because I did it…I fucking raped her, Stefan…I hurt her so badly." Tears ran down his beautiful tortured face. He sat down hard on the couch, his elbows resting on his knees with his head in his hands.

Stefan swallowed hard. He had never seen Damon like this. "Listen, I need for you to talk to me, so we can figure this out, okay. Think about it Damon, not once in over one hundred and sixty five years have you ever done anything like this especially to someone that you lo…care about, so why now; it doesn't make any sense?"

Damon looked up at his brother, thinking. Stefan was right. What happened between him and Bonnie went against everything that was in him. Of course, he was a manipulating, vindictive killer, but no one could ever accuse him of brutally raping a woman…sure he'd compelled one or two over the years and had his way with them but never did he hurt them. He loved making love to a woman and giving her pleasure. Even when he had compelled Caroline and used her has his sex toy, never once did he physically hurt her.

"You're right…what the fuck is going on?" Damon asked, jumping up off the couch because his gut was telling him that someone was fucking with his mind.

Stefan placed his hands on Damon's shoulders. "Tell me everything that happened last night."

Damon told Stefan everything that happened outside between him and Bonnie. Stefan tried to keep his face neutral but it was hard, all he could think about was Bonnie and what she had went through. When Damon finished, Stefan sat there for a while thinking.

"Where did this need to hurt her come from?" Stefan asked his brother. "You said that this sudden need to hurt her just overcame you, and you snapped…where did it come from?"

Damon looked confused. "I-I don't know… I can't explain it…something in me just wanted to…I don't know…break her, I guess."

Stefan had been pacing the floor, but stopped. "You wanted to break her?"

Damon ran a frustrated hand through his hair. "I don't know how to explain it Stefan. Bonnie is…was…is a strong person; and I used to admire that about her, but lately all I can think about is breaking that strength…breaking her."

Damon couldn't take the look on Stefan's face. He walked passed his brother and stood before the window. "I'm ashamed to admit this Stefan, but something inside of me enjoys...seeing her weak."

Stefan frowned. "This doesn't make any sense. Why the sudden need to break Bonnie now when you have been getting along with her…I mean I could imagine you doing something like this in the beginning but not now when you both have come to tolerable each other…which for the two of you, was a huge leap forward."

Stefan and Damon both suddenly tensed at the same time as they could sense another presence in the boarding house. Klaus waltzed into the living room as if he'd done it a million times before. He looked at both Salvatore brothers as he walked to their bar and poured himself a drink, smiling at their stunned expressions.

"Long time, no see Salvatore brothers…at least in Stefan's case that is." Klaus said as he downed the alcohol in one shot.

Stefan and Damon didn't know what to say. They had not seen Klaus in months and now here he was in their living room.

Damon recovered first, cutting to the chase. "What do you want?"

Klaus laughed. "It is fitting that you are the one to ask me that question…considering that I've gotten exactly what I want, thanks to you. Eventhough I have to say that your tactic was a barbaric…but no worry…you got the job done. Here's to you for doing exactly what you were told." Klaus held his glass up in the air and toasted Damon.

Damon shook his head in confusion. "What the fuck are you talking about?"

Klaus walked pass the brothers and sat down in his favorite chair. "Why I'm talking about our little Bonnie."

Damon's light blue eyes darkened. "What the fuck does Bonnie have to do with anything that concerns you?" Damon took a couple of steps towards Klaus before Stefan stopped him.

"Everything." Klaus responded, as he took a sip of his drink. "You see I had to punish our little witch for the part she played in trying to kill me. You didn't think I was just going to let her get away with that, did you?"

"What the fuck did you do to her Klaus…I swear…" Damon didn't get to finished because Klaus interrupted him.

"I didn't do anything to our girl…it was all you…all I did was plant the seed, but the rest was all your doing."

Damon was tired of Klaus talking in circles, he barely kept himself in check, but he couldn't risk doing anything stupid and endanger Bonnie. "You are not making any sense, can you please get to your point."

"Why Damon, I compelled you." Klaus said simply.

"No, you didn't." Damon said in disbelief, but then reared back when Klaus's little rant started to sink in.

Klaus smiled sinisterly when he saw the wheels starting to turn in Damon's head. "I compelled you to make the Bennett witch fall in love with you and then break her down."

Stefan gasped as he looked between Klaus and Damon. Stefan didn't have the strength to hold Damon back because in seconds Damon had Klaus by the throat, slamming him against the wall.

"I'm going to fucking kill you." Damon fumed, as spit came out of his mouth.

Klaus laughed because it was very funny to him, but he soon lost all humor of the situation when Damon grabbed the poker from the fire place and stabbed Klaus in the chest with it. Klaus grabbed Damon by his throat with one hand, pushing him at arm's length as he slowly pulled the poker out of his chest with the other hand, throwing it across the floor.

Klaus face was devoid of expression, but his eyes glinted evilly as he tightened his grip around Damon's throat and then tore through Damon's chest grabbing a hold of his heart. Damon's eyes widen in fear and pain.

"Everything you did to Bonnie was of your doing. I didn't tell you to kill her little friend or threaten her love ones, or rape her…all those things you did on your own, my friend."

When Stefan tried to intervene, Klaus squeezed Damon's heart causing his eyes to roll back in his head and Stefan stopped.

"I'm not going to kill you…at least not this time because you did what you were told. I wanted to break her down, and I did because of you. You did an excellent job my friend because you managed to break her down in mind, spirit, soul, and body."

Klaus squeezed his heart one last time just for kicks causing Damon to almost pass out, before taking his hand out of his chest. Damon's body sagged. Klaus then looked deeply into Damon's eyes. "You are free from my compulsion." Damon's pupils dilated and Klaus roughly pushed him back, and Damon's body dropped to the floor from exertion and Klaus was gone.

Stefan rushed to Damon's side trying to help him up. Damon let his brother help him up unto the sofa; he touched his chest, still feeling the pain there. "Stefan, I need some blood." Stefan nodded his head and sped out of the living room. He was back in seconds, giving the blood bag to his brother. Damon fangs tore into the bag of blood, draining it. He laid back on the sofa.

Stefan didn't know what to say as he stared at Damon, too much had happened in a short amount of time. His brain was still trying to sort it all out. "At least we now know that it was Klaus behind all of this, and you don't have to beat yourself up over what happened because it wasn't you fault, Damon."

Damon looked at Stefan with a pained expression. "Stefan, Klaus didn't tell me how to break Bonnie down, everything that I did to her came from my deep seeded mind."