Chapter 4 That smile
When Bonnie wakes up that Friday morning she shuts off her alarm clock. With a yawn and a stretch, she gets up grabbing her clothes from her chair she walks out of her room to the bathroom. Locking the door, she turns on the water stripping down to nothing she grabs her body wash and once the water is warm enough she steps in. With a sigh, she cleans herself up and gets out turning off the water and wrapping her towel around her. She brushes her hair, then plugs in her straightener. Once her hair is done she dress in mint green capri pants, with a grey tube top with matching shoes and to finish her look is white light jacket. She brushes her teeth taking her mini mouthwash with her as she leaves the bathroom. When she's in her room she grabs her school bag, her cheer bag and finally, her posters she walks downstairs and places her stuff by the door. She walks to the kitchen to see her mom making french toast and hash browns.
"Good morning, Mom." Bonnie says as she takes a seat.
"Good morning, Bonnie." Abby says as she turns around with two plates setting one down in front of Bonnie and the other for herself.
"So, did Dad leave for his business trip?" Her mother nods then sips her coffee.
"Yes, which means he won't be here for the rest of the month." Bonnie's eyes shoot up.
Not for the rest of the month? He's going to miss the homecoming game and the coronation. Well, Bonnie let's be honest when has he ever really been there for you when you or Jamie needed it? They eat the rest of their food in silence and soon Jamie comes running downstairs.
"Jamie what have I told you about running in the house?" Abby asks calmly.
"Not to do it." He says. Bonnie laughs then looks at the time.
"I have to go; Bye Jamie be good in school. And Mom have a good day at work." She takes her plate to the sink. She gets her water bottle out of the fridge then leaves. Grabbing all her stuff she walks out of her house, locking the door and to the crib where Enzo leans causally against his car. He looks good in his navy-blue shirt with black pants and shoes all going together with his signature leather jacket. He takes her posters opening the backseat and placing them in neatly, then her bags go on the floor. He closes the door and gives her a kiss. He pulls back, with concern.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie says nothing as she opens the passenger door and closes it putting on her seat belt. Enzo gets in turns on the engine then drives them to school.
"It's my Dad." She says when the light turns red. Enzo takes her hand.
"What happened?"
"He's not going to be there for the last two days of homecoming week. He's a busy man so it's not that important." They had just pulled into the school parking lot. Enzo cuts off the engine.
"Bonnie, I'm sure that if he could be there for you he would."
Bonnie nods her head, he gets out and she rolls her eyes. She gets out taking her posters and her school bag while Enzo carries his and her cheer bag. Once inside she sees Caroline and Tyler who's holding all her posters. "Hey Bonnie. Hi Enzo." She waves them over. Bonnie opens her bag and pulls out the tape she hands Enzo her other posters as she puts one up next to the lockers on the wall behind Caroline. Once she positions it were she wants she tapes the corners then smiles at Enzo's work. The quartet then move to the cafeteria and hang up posters on the opposite sides. They separate taking the rest and putting them up on opposite walls all over campus and Bonnie has one last poster to put up.
She sees that the science department doesn't have any homecoming posters up yet, so she places her final poster there. She turns to Enzo with a smile.
"Looks like that's all of them, love." He says as he gives her a hug.
"Yeah, we should get to class." He nods placing his hand on her shoulder as they walked to English. When they walked in they didn't see their teacher, it was still pretty early, so not as many students are in just yet. Bonnie and Enzo take their seats and pull out their essays. It's not long before more students pile in and Rebekah and Valerie among them. They start gossiping as usual.
"Look Val, have you ever since such a disaster couple in your life?" She made it known for the whole class to hear.
"Well besides you and-"
"I'm not taking about the past I'm talking about right now. I mean what does he see in her?"
"Oh, I don't know. Did we ever find out what Kai saw in her?"
"He saw something, and she's probably the reason he got killed. I mean she was there when it happened-"
"I didn't kill him!" Bonnie exclaims. The entire class looks at her. Rebekah rolls her eyes.
"Of course, you didn't Bonnie. Rebekah and Valerie, you will have detention after school, harassing students is not tolerated. Now, if everyone will turn in their essays we can move on to the next chapter."
Everyone does so, and Mrs. Sommers starts the lesson Bonnie isn't paying much attention her thoughts are all over the place and soon the class is over. Robotic like Bonnie puts her stuff away and mumbles to Enzo that she'll see him in History she takes her bags and leaves without another word. She doesn't focus as much as she should have in her next class. Elena tries to talk to her, but she won't budge. History was the only class that she put her focus on that day she didn't talk to any of her friends or even react when Enzo gave her a hug she was emotionless and she even cancelled practice she just wanted to go home.
Enzo took her bags and put them in the back seat then got in they drove back home in utter silence. Once they pulled up at her house Bonnie was already getting out of his car. "Bonnie, wait!" She stops and looks up at him, he looks so worried about her.
"Bonnie, please talk to me. I can't help if you don't talk to me."
"Tomorrow." She says.
"What?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow, you still want to take me out, don't you?"
"Oh, Bonnie I do, but not like this. I would rather you be in a better mood."
Bonnie walks over to him giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"That's sweet of you, but if I don't tell you about what happen with Kai, then I never will." With that she gets her bags and opens her door then locks it behind her. The house is empty she walks upstairs to her room tossing her bags on her chair then jumps on her bed and sobs. All the pain she had been holding back is finally coming out. It makes her happy that she wasn't wearing any make-up or it would have been all over her pillow. She takes a deep breath and sits up wiping the remainder of her tears away. She gets her phone out of her bag and plugs it in then she gathers some nightwear and heads to the bathroom. She turns on the water letting the whole place fill with steam before she steps in.
Bonnie sighs as the hot water hits her skin. Her muscles relax all the tension is gone. After about 15 minutes she turns off the shower and gets a towel wrapping it around her. Once she's dry she puts on her pj's then goes downstairs to get something to eat. Then she gets her homework done by then her mom and brother are home and she's about to go to sleep when she gets a text from Enzo.
Dress comfortable, and bring something to swim in. Goodnight, I'll come by around 10.
Bonnie smiles and then frowns. Shaking her head, she turns off her lamp pulling the covers over her. She is thrilled and terrified for this date, but she knows she needs to give him a chance. With that in mind Bonnie goes to sleep.
When her alarm goes off the next morning she feels anxious and giddy for her date. She gets out of bed and goes straight downstairs to see her mother making breakfast.
"Good morning, Mom." Abby turns around and smiles.
"Good morning, you're up awfully early." Bonnie blushes.
"Well, I do have a date today."
"With Lorenzo?" Bonnie's eyes widen.
"How?" Abby shrugs.
"I'm your mother I know everything." Bonnie rolls her eyes and smiles. They eat in comfortable silence and then she glances at the clock in the stove knowing she only has an hour and a half to get ready. She cleans her plate before going upstairs she grabs her robe and some clean underwear before taking a shower. Once that's done and she's dry she ties robe in her then goes back to her room she has narrowed it down to two looks either her sky-blue halter top with green shorts and checker vans or her floral purple sundress with her white vans. Bonnie decides to go with her first choice and changes the shoes once she's dressed she brushes her hair and does a fish tail braid to it and the grabbing her purse she goes downstairs.
She doesn't have to wait long soon Enzo rings her doorbell right on time, but before she can get to it she sees Jamie run an answer it.
"Hello, you must be Jamie." Enzo says.
"Yes, I am and you must be Enzo." Enzo nods with a smile.
"That I am, is your sister around? I'm here to pick her up." Jamie nods then says.
"BONNIE YOUR BOYFRIEND'S HERE!" Bonnie rolls her eyes with a smile.
"I'm right here you don't need to yell, and were just dating." She blushes at Enzo and he smirks. She side-steps her brother and is about to close the door when Jamie says.
"Don't hurt my sis, or I'll come after you." Enzo puts his hands up in surrender shaking his head.
"I won't, I promise." Bonnie rolls her eyes and closes the door locking it. She turns around and hugs him.
"You look amazing." Enzo says as they walk to his car. He opens the door for her, once she's in he's getting in on the driver's side.
"So, where are we going?" Enzo shakes his head.
"Sorry, love I can't tell you, just sit back and enjoy the ride." Bonnie pouts which causes Enzo to chuckle as he takes her hand and he pulls out of her driveway. They pass many familiar streets and soon there is no more town just trees and flowers. Enzo pulls off at the most beautiful site ever. A lake and far off in the distance a waterfall. Bonnie is in awe at the whole thing. She gets out and sees Enzo pulling out a few things; a blanket and basket. Bonnie takes the blanket and then Enzo's empty hand. He points to the perfect spot and set the blanket down they sit on it Enzo puts the basket down they take in the view.
Bonnie lays her head on Enzo's shoulder she takes a deep breath. Gathering her thought's, she turns to face him. Enzo places his hand over hers in support.
"I met Kai when we were in middle school then he was a skinny and had acne. He was very smart and very polite. He was the type of good boy, that would always tuck in his shirt and comb his hair back. He changed when we started high school, I mean he was still smart, but he wanted to fit in. So, he worked to get nicer clothes and by then his face was clear of all acne and he was moving on up. I was part of the cheer squad and was excelling at all me classes, like Kai and then he finally asked me out he was such a gentleman and so sweet. We dated up until summer of last year. He was going down a dark path his dad had died and his mom was not the best, he felt alone so he started doing drugs and I wanted to help him get through it, he needed someone to help him. Kai didn't want any of my help, but I kept at it and one night I followed him to find his dealer, but Kai saw me and told me to leave. I refused to move and then other dealers came and Kai didn't have the sum they had asked for so they open fire. He literally took a bullet for me and I-" Bonnie feels Enzo's arms around her waist hugging her close to him.
"Bonnie what happened to him was not your fault, you were trying to help him get better and he refused it. Kai knows now that in the end you stood by him. He would have wanted you to remember the good times you had not the bad." Bonnie continues to sob into his shirt, Enzo just holds her closer. They stay that way for a while then Bonnie pulls back Enzo whips the remainder of her tears away then gets a napkin out of the basket and wipes her face clean then he kisses her cheek.
"Are you feeling, better?" Bonnie nods then pulls the basket closer she opens it and finds some sandwiches, water and some brownies for dessert. They eat in comfortable silence, then move the basket away any lie down and look at the clouds for a while. Then they leave, Bonnie folds the blanket holding it in one arm and taking Enzo hand. He puts everything back in his trunk then he pulls Bonnie into his arms and kisses her softly and passionate. Bonnie wraps her arms around his neck. After a while they pull away Enzo opens her door and they head back the way they came. Bonnie feels like a bunch of weight has been lifted from her shoulders she looks at Enzo and sees him smiling not smirking she smiles too, feeling better than ever.
Don't hate me! I still have the second part of that date to write! And I'm going to warn you now that there will be many time jumps in this story. So tell me what you liked about it and I will do my best to get the next chapter out before I go on vacation next week. Until next time...