This is my last chapter guys. I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has been reading this story!

Bonnie sat at a table at the Grill. She'd gone because she'd thought maybe she should eat something but hadn't had the appetite when her food had come. Her mind was still back at the boarding house. She'd left in a hurry after Damon had disappeared. The bond breaking had left her feeling strangely hollow. It was what she was thinking about, her head resting on the table and the plate of food she'd ordered forgotten.

"Bonnie?"

She snapped her head up at the voice. "Jeremy." She watched him as he sat across from her.

"Haven't seen you in a while," he said, watching her.

Right. She had been avoiding places like the one she was currently in because of that. "Sorry," she mumbled. She felt a stab of guilt. His eyes were readable. He'd been hoping she would have come to see him.

Apparently, he could read her too. "I guess you worked it out."

"I did." She sighed. He really was a good guy and she didn't like hurting him. "I am sorry."

Jeremy nodded, looked away. He opened his mouth to say something but didn't. Instead, he simply got up and walked away. Bonnie put her hands to her head again and fought not to cry.

"Bonnie?" A second voice called her name and then someone sat down next to her in the booth. "Are you alright?"

Bonnie simply shook her head and threw her arms around Caroline in a hug, resting her head on her friend's shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Caroline asked and the concern in her voice was what did it. When Bonnie pulled back, she spilled everything that had happened in the past several weeks.

Xxxxxxxx

Damon watched for a moment as his hand sizzled in the beam of light that shone through the curtains. He watched just another confirmation that the humanity that Bonnie had given him was gone.

He brought his hand out of the light and stared at it as it healed. Even the physical pain of that couldn't distract him. Slipping his ring back on his finger, he sat and stared up at the ceiling.

Mystic Falls was really starting to turn him into something he hated. He was brooding almost as much as his brother. He couldn't seem to help himself. But, he was also angry.

It wasn't the invasion of privacy or even that she had lied to him. Well, it bothered him and that was where the anger was coming from. More than that, though, was the thought that maybe she hadn't really ever given a damn about him.

It was plausible, wasn't it? She'd hated him before, after all. Maybe it was just some stupid bond that kept her from telling him to get the hell out?

"You alright?"

Damon did not look over at his brother. "Peachy," he answered shortly.

"Bonnie left out of here pretty fast," Stefan started.

Damon let out a frustrated breath. He did not want to talk about that. He may have been brooding as much as his brother lately but nobody else needed to know that.

"Look, I don't know what happened with you guys but she did leave a message. She said to tell you that she's sorry and that it wasn't just the bond."

Damon rolled his head to the side so he could look at his brother.

"Actually, her exact words were 'if you think I'm stupid enough to let you get that close over something so idiotic then you don't know me at all'." Stefan shrugged.

Despite himself, Damon's lips twitched in an almost smile. That definitely sounded a bit more like the witch.

"Like I said, I don't know what happened or what that means but..." Stefan hesitated a moment. "I know you hate people telling you what to do but, Damon, don't let something stupid ruin whatever it is you have with her." And with those sentiments, Stefan left the room.

Xxxxxxxx

"So, he's angry," Caroline said after Bonnie finished the story.

"God, Care. It's more than that." Bonnie let out a frustrated breath. "I know what he thinks. He thinks I was only letting him get so close because of the bond."

"And it's not...just that?" Caroline asked.

"No," Bonnie admitted after a moment. "It's not."

"Then you have to go tell him that," Caroline stated with a shrug.

"Except I really don't think he wants to talk to me right now."

"So make him listen," Caroline replied with just a little bit of exasperation. "You've never backed down from him before. Don't back down now."

"I'm not..." Bonnie stopped and thought about it a minute.

"Look, if he spilled his guts the way you said he did he must really care about you. As far as I know, he never even did that with Elena. So..." Caroline raised an expectant eyebrow.

Bonnie couldn't help but to smile and then she pulled Caroline into a hug. "Thank you."

"No problem," Caroline said easily.

Xxxxxxxx

Thankfully, Bonnie didn't have to search to much for him. She found him in the exact same place she'd found him when this had all begun. The same place where she'd found out he was dying and where she'd agreed to do whatever it took to save him.

He turned to her but didn't say anything. He seemed to be waiting for her to start.

"I'm sorry," she blurted out first. "I'm sorry I lied, okay? But I just wasn't sure how you would react."

Still, he didn't say anything. He set the glass in his hand down and started over to her instead.

"It wasn't just the bond. At least it hasn't been lately."

Damon reached her and brushed her hair back, leaving a hand on the back of her neck.

"Damon-" He cut her off. The kiss was just as mind blowing as the one he'd given her when he'd still been human. "Wow," she managed when he pulled back.

Damon smirked. "You should stick around. This isn't the only thing I'm very good at."

"Not mad at me anymore?" She asked, tracing thumb across his jawline.

"Oh, no. I'm still mad." His smirk didn't leave, however and his eyes sparkled. "You're still going to have to make it up to me."

"Oh? How am I supposed to do that?"

"I'll think of something." He leaned in again. Bonnie put a hand on his chest.

"Am I going to like this?" She asked warily.

"Trust me."

A smile formed on her face. "Can't. I hate you remember?"

Damon's smirk widened into a grin. "Hate you too, Judgy."