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Chapter 4

It was a tiring day. Bonnie is taking bath with ice-cold water. The water has calmed her pulse. She is trying not to think of the things that happened tonight. But it all comes in a rush to her brain. She groans and shuts off the shower, toweling hastily, rushing again. She pulled on her black sweatpants and a gray tank-top. She is drying her hair and thinking about the incidence.

It's really foolish of me to react this way. I can use my spell more secretly but I have not seen Damon in that way before. He was struggling; the pain and helpless feeling in his face, his defenselessness all were too much to handle. I have never seen him like that way. I have seen him pained when the crystal was broken, I have seen him in agony as Katherine was not in the tomb, arrogant and smug like always but this was too much. His utter defenselessness is still hurting her.

"Can I come in"?

It's Stefan's voice. "Yeah, sure Stefan". Bonnie answers him.

"You have not shut your door." Stefan raises his brow and asks the reason.

"I have called the room service. They will be here at any moment." They sit on her bed.

"Elena called me. She told me about what has happened. I'm sorry. I should have come with you and Damon." Stefan says guiltily.

"Stefan, you don't need to feel that way. We are fine now and that's what matter."

"I forgot about the fact that Damon has become human." Stefan chuckles and says that.

"Yeah, a human without humanity." She sighs and continues "Look Stefan, we are who we are. People don't change. You are a nice and caring person. On the other hand, Damon is still selfish and arrogant ….but Bonnie stops at the midsentence as she notices that there is a shadow in her door. When she looks up, she realizes that Damon is standing on the door.

Damon is watching her. His blue eyes are engaged on Bennie's green/brown hazel eyes. He then comes in front of Bonnie.

"You have left it in my room. Elena has called again." Damon gives her the cell phone and then tells her again "Oh and thanks for the compliment. I have heard all of it."

Saying this he leaves the room.

"But sometimes some people pretend also". Stefan mutters answering Bennie's assumption.

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"Oh I wish I can throw up." Damon is having a problem to swallow the human food. "After drinking nirvana, who will eat this shit?" Damon frowns and says with disgust. Bonnie and Damon are eating their breakfast while Stefan is drinking coffee.

"There is a caravan leaving today for that village within an hour and we are going with them."Stefan says sipping his coffee.

"Stefan, have you talked with the leader of the caravan? When will we reach at the village?"Bonnie questions him.

"Damon has already talked to him and we will reach there after sunset. Stefan answers her.

There is an awkward silence between Bonnie and Damon from the previous night. Although they are peeping at each other all the time but whenever they have eye contact, they stare at opposite direction. Bonnie watches him from behind the tea-pot this time and Damon is using the bread-basket for the same and their eyes meet. Noticing the scene, Stefan coughs and Bonnie becomes suddenly busy with her nails where Damon becomes busy with the food.

They have gathered in the market place from where their journey will begin. As the weather is hot, Bonnie wears a sleeveless cotton t-shirt with a shorts. When Bonnie is calling her Grams and talking about their journey, they hear a chaos then. Damon has already gone to that place and Stefan with Bonnie follow him. They reach at the place and see that Damon is carrying a kid and the kid is crying. Damon then gives the small boy in Bonnie's arms and punches a dark-eyed, bearded man.

"Never beat a kid. This time, I'm sparing you but if you ever do that to any kid, I swear I will kill you." He shouts with fury and anger. He gives another punch on the man's abdomen and throws him away.

Bonnie is watching it with an awe look on her face and she is trying to calm the baby as he is still crying. The man beat the kid as the boy had spoiled one of his fruit baskets. Mother of the kid has come to that place and takes the baby from Bonnie's arms. She then thanks Damon.

Damon comes to Bonnie's side and takes his luggage as he has thrown it in the ground. Bonnie and Stefan are watching him. Then he speaks between clenched teeth glaring at her "Yeah Damon Salvatore may be a selfish and arrogant jerk but he never hurts any kid or never tolerates it. Surprised that I'm less than a monster?"

Bonnie is opening her mouth to say something but Damon interrupts her raising the hand and tells her "Your thought about me doesn't even bother me. So, don't spoil your precious words on me. Save it for Stefan."

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The caravan has started its journey. It is moving towards the east. Bonnie observes in silence the progress of the animals and people across the desert.

Why Damon is reacting strongly about my word? I always thought that he doesn't care about other people or their thoughts but he proved me wrong. The way he spoke to me earlier, obviously means that my words had hurt him. I saw pain in his eyes or is it just my guess? Why can't I stop myself of thinking about him? I wish I can forget him. I don't want to think about him. What's happening to me?

Damon is thinking about Bonnie. He is pretending that he is reading a book but he is peeping at her. The book is just an excuse.

"Why does her word affect me this way? Why do I care that she hates me. I think that this is the first tome somebody's word has created an ache in my heart. Maybe these things are happening because I have become a human again. When I will be a vampire, this worthless feelings will also be gone."

They reach at the village after sunset. The village is very small but it has two huge pyramids side by side. When they pass the two pyramids, the sun is setting and only the sound of eternal wind from the dessert can be heard. That night in the hotel room, Bonnie is pacing back and forth in her room. It's the 5th day and they have not found anything about Batilda. She gathers her purse and goes to Stefan's room. Damon is already there talking about the same issue.

"So what are we going to do?" She asks them.

"We are going to ask about Batilda's home in the markets, in the restaurants and other crowded places." Stefan answers her.

"Will we start it now?" She asks him again.

"Why? Do you want to have an aroma message and then want to start?" Damon smirks and teases her.

"Alright let's go." Bonnie immediately tells them.

They are in a restaurant now and asking about Batilda. Damon has already sat at the bar and having a drink. He is using normal conversation with the people and asking about Batilda. Stefan is asking the customers who are eating and Bonnie is asking the waiters.

"Do you know the house of Batilda? I'm a friend of her and I don't know where did I lose the address? She asks casually to a dark haired waiter.

"Hey, she is right here." The waiter from another table replies her.

"Where?"

"Um she was right here but maybe just left the restaurant. You may sill find her outside the restaurant."

Bonnie hurriedly leaves from there and goes to the main street. Her appearance will not be a problem. She will be huge and will have white hair like grams. She thinks to herself. But she can't find anyone there. She turns and darts to the other side of the road.

"Look we have found the witch." The voice of the bald man shatters the intense quiet and makes her jump.

"Yeah, last time she has put spell on us. But the spell won't work here." A voice calls loudly from behind Bonnie as she tries to hurry down the street.

She feels that the four people of the previous night have surrounded her. Her throat becomes dry. With a quick movement she has slipped her purse over her head, gripping the strap with one hand, ready to surrender it or use it as weapon as situation demands.

"Stay the hell away from me." She threatens them.

"Come on honey, have some fun with us." he calls and they all start to laugh. Bonnie thinks that this is her last chance to escape. So, she kicks on the balls of the person behind her and starts to run but the other three immediately grabs her and Bonnie begins to scream "Damon, help me."

The thickest one shuts her mouth with his hand and other two grabs her arms and legs and put her on the ground. They have ripped her shirts. She just has bra on her top now. One of them gives a bite on her breast and it's bleeding now. Bonnie is in pain as he also keeps his booted shoes on her legs. The one whom she hits on the balls starts to approach.

"You can have her first." One of the goons says to him.

The man begins to unzip her pant.

But a pale hand stops him and throws him away. He then kicks another man who is holding Bonnie's mouth and his hand thrusts upward hopefully breaking the nose or shoving it into the brain. Bonnie Gasps "Damon". Damon commands the other two with a furious voice "let the girl go." They are not listening to him and hold Bonnie more forcefully. Stefan also joins them and grabs one man's arm and breaks it. So, the other one let Bonnie go and begins to run. Damon tries to chase but Bonnie runs towards him and throws herself to Damon and begins to sob. Stefan goes for the man.

Bonnie hugs Damon tightly. She is crying and Damon is holding her tight. He is kissing her hair. Although Damon is extremely furious and wants to kill those bustards but he can't leave her that way. He is sorting through the range of tortures to kill those monsters. Bonnie shudders and trembles and Damon can still feel the fear that is radiating from her. He pulls her more closely into the cradle of his arms as the sobs break free again.

He is cooing her "Shh , you are safe now."Damon kisses her hair and tells her this again and again. He gives his shirt to Bonnie and helps her sliding her arms into the shirt. Bonnie has hurt her legs also. So Damon cradles her in his arms and heads for the hotel.

Damon puts Bonnie in her bed and his finger caresses her cheeks wiping away the drop of perspiration. He checks her leg. It's not a serious wound.

"Did they hurt you anywhere other than that?" He asks her with a deep anger in his voice.

Bonnie nods and indicates her breast. This information fuels his anger. He thinks to kill them, to peel them slowly apart piece by piece. He immediately bends in and tries to open her shirt to see the wound. He opens her shirt a little bit and watches that a mark of human's teeth is still evident. He kisses her there and then looks up on her eyes. She is staring at him with profound relief. Her eyes are still wide and utterly trusting. So, the only thing left to do is closing the distance between their lips. He closes the distance and Bonnie closes her eyes. She can feel the tremor of his breath on her lips. His lip is almost touching her trembling lower lip. Suddenly, Damon pulls back and Bonnie opens her eyes.

"What happened? Damon ..." She softly asks him.

"You have to ask me to kiss you. Remember, I told you in the tomb." He smirks and tells her.

"Kiss me Damon." Bonnie whispers.

I will write it from here. I wrote this chapter hurriedly. So, please ignore the grammatical mistakes.