Chapter 14

Bonnie's POV

Before we all went to bed, I stayed up in the guest room with Elena, needing to talk have at least a little girl talk to try and escape all the drama. But unfortunately, all we talked about was the drama. When I told her about the deal I made with Anna earlier in the day, her eyes narrowed. "Bonnie, how do you know you can trust her? Have you forgotten what she did?" she asked, and I knew she was referring to the time when Anna and the vampire Ben, who I had thought I had been dating, kidnapped us both in Anna's desperation to open the tomb.

"Listen Elena, I know this probably sounds crazy, but when I talked to her, I think she was being sincere when she said that she wanted to help me. And the only reason she did what she did was to get her mother back. Wouldn't you have done the same thing if Jeremy was in trouble?" I asked. I had been about to say "wouldn't you have done the same to get your parents back", but I knew better and quickly stopped myself.

Elena sighed, and nodded. "I guess I would have, but just promise me that you won't let your guard down." I smiled, and nodded. "I promise"

We were both quiet for a while, but then Elena suddenly smirked. "Alright, let's talk about something on a lighter note. How is it going between you and Damon?" I could really say that what was going on between me and Damon as a "lighter note", at least for me, but I just shrugged, not wanting to talk about what was really going on. "Same old same old", I muttered. But Elena, being the annoying, absorbent best friend she was, narrowed her eyes at me, and I knew that she knew that I was lying.

"Ok Bonnie, now tell me the truth. What's bothering you?" I knew she would find out eventually, and honesty, I wanted to talk about it with someone, and who better then my best friend? "Elena…I I think I might love him", I said slowly, and instantly wanted to kick myself for stuttering. But Elena's reaction shocked me. I was expecting some kind of remark about how stupid I was to fall for an amnesic vampire, but instead, she smiled.

"I'm happy for you Bonnie, but why do you look so upset about it?"

"Because I don't know if he feels the same way, and I feel like I'm cheating him or something, because of the spell", I said quietly.

Elena rolled her eyes. "I thought we already talked about the spell, you're doing nothing but bringing out the real Damon."

I knew she was right, but there was still a bad feeling at the back of my mind about everything that had to do with the spell.

"Bonnie, if you want, I can have Stefan ask…"

"No!" I yelped, loader then I meant. Elena narrowed her eyes at me, and I sighed. "I'm sorry, but I think it would be better for me to tell him, instead of making Stefan do it", I said, but I couldn't help but smile at the awkwardness it would put Stefan if we really did make him ask him.

"Hey, just think of it this way: if he doesn't feel the same way, you could always erase his memory and make him forget that you said anything."

I glared at her, and she held up her hands in surrender. "Ok, ok, I know, not funny. Just out there, and hope for the best. Good luck", she smiled, and I nodded before disappearing out the door. As I walked down the stairs of the boarding house, I started to seriously wonder if I really wanted to do this. If he didn't feel the same way, then I could be seriously threatening to make our relationship awkward by telling him, and that was something I didn't want.

But what if he did the same way, and we never admitted it to each other? He had once said that he felt something special towards me. What if that "special feeling" was the one thing I hoped it was? There was only one way to find out.

I breathed in another gulp of air before I took the last step of the stairs, and I was relieved when I saw that only Damon seemed to be there, Stefan was nowhere in sight. "Where's Stefan?" I asked nonchalantly as I made my way to the sofa, where he was sitting. He gave a small smile as I sat down beside him. "He went out to do a little hunting, since he didn't get a chance to get out there this morning."

"Oh", I said weakly, wishing I had something better to say.

But he didn't seem to mind, and even scooted closer to put his arm around me. I sighed, and leaned against him, and just buried my head in his chest for a while, but eventually I sat back up, wanting to get this over with and see his reaction. "Damon, there is something I have to tell you." His eyes widened slightly at my expression, but he still looked pretty calm, and that helped a little.

"Damon I…I think I might…be in love with you", I finally finished, waiting for his reaction. He didn't say anything at first, and that terrified me. His expression was a mixture of shock and…something else that I couldn't quite place. But when he did nothing but stare at me, I got up, not thinking that I could take his rejection, but he grabbed at my arm, stopping me in my tracks.

"Let go Damon", I snapped, trying to get out of his grasp, which was useless, considering how much stronger he was then I.

"No wait Bonnie…do you mean it?"

"Of course I meant it Damon, why would I lie about something like that?" I asked angrily.

He didn't say anything else after that, just pulled me down so that I was nearly sitting on his lap, and then suddenly his lips were on mine, and I weaved my hands into his hair, forcing him into a deeper kiss. Damon moaned, and pushed his tongue against my mouth, asking for entrance that I immediately gave. After we kissed for a little while longer, he pulled away to nip at my ear.

"I love you too", he whispered, his mouth still close to my ear. I smiled, and leaned against him. "Then why did it take you so long to admit it after I told you?"

"You just caught me by surprise. But it's a nice surprise when you find out that your beautiful girlfriend loves you."

I smiled again, and pulled him into another kiss, and he was quick to kiss back, even nibbling on my lower lip, causing me to moan. Suddenly, Damon seemed to be losing control, and he lifted me up into his arms, and began walking up the stairs towards his bedroom, and I was instantly relieved that Elena had decided to go to bed early tonight, and that Stefan was out.

The Next Day

I woke up the next morning in Damon's arms, and smiled, remembering everything that had happened last night. It had been my first time, and he had been so gentle. After last night, I knew I trusted him more than anything. It had been the best night of my life. I looked over and saw that he was awake too, smiling before he leaned over to kiss my forehead. "Good morning beautiful."

I smiled back and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Good morning" I looked at the small clock on the bedside table, and saw that it was already 10:30 in the morning. I sighed, and sat up. "We should probably get up", I said, and he pouted. "Aww come on, don't pout", I said playfully, tossing him a pair of his jeans, while I picked out an outfit from my bag that I could wear.

After we were both dressed, we walked out of the room, and down the stairs together, and found Elena and Stefan down stairs, already dressed and eating breakfast. I was probably beaming like an idiot, and Elena shot me a look that I knew to mean we'll talk about this later. Damon and I both took a seat, me next to Elena, and him next to Stefan and across from me, and for a while, we all ate in silence.

After breakfast, my cell phone rang, and I looked at the caller ID, and was surprised to see that it was Jeremy. Why would he be calling me? I answered it, curious as to what he wanted. "Hey Jere, what's up?"

"Bonnie, I want to know what's going on. Aunt Jenna swears that you don't know where Elena is, but I know better. Where is she?" he demanded, sounding a little hysterical.

"Jere, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't …"

"Can you please just tell me the truth? Everyone has been lying to me lately and I'm tired of it", he said, sounding completely sincere.

I sighed, and made my decision, hoping that the others wouldn't be mad at me about it. "Ok Jere, if I tell you something, do you swear not to tell anyone?" I gave a quick look at Elena, and she nodded, giving me the permission to tell him. "I do know something about Elena, but I can't tell you unless I know you won't say anything."

There was a brief pause. "Ok", he eventually answered. "Elena is at the boarding house. Find a excuse to get out of the house for a little while, and come meet me there", I said before I hung up.

We waited for about twenty minutes before we heard the door open, and we turned to see now only Jeremy, but Anna too. "Anna?" I said, and then everything suddenly clicked. Jeremy was the human Anna was talking about, the reason that she was giving up human blood.

Elena gave a small glare. "What are you doing here?" she asked, pointing at Anna.

A/N: Sorry that this chapter was kind of short. But the next one will be longer. Thanks for all the support on this story so far!