Chapter 19

A/N: Ok, so I think this is the last chapter, but we'll see how it goes.

I am SO sorry for making everyone wait so long! For some reason, this has been the hardest chapter to write in any of the stories I've written. I hope I don't screw it up…

Bonnie's POV

I knew Damon was still following me but at the time I didn't care. I just wanted to get out of view from Elena and Jeremy. God, from the way I looked at him, Jeremy probably thought I was some kind of monster now.

After I had gotten far enough into the Old Wood, I just sat down, and put my head in my hands, ignoring the fact that Damon was now sitting down beside me.

"You just have to get used to it."

I finally looked up at him, hoping my expression showed no emotion. "What?"

He sighed, and I thought he looked a little annoyed.

"You have to wait a while before you're completely used to it. After that, you shouldn't have any problem."

I wasn't sure if what he said was the truth, or if he was only trying to comfort me because Elena or Stefan was making him.

"But what if I never get used to it?" I asked thinking about the way Stefan, a vampire who had managed to resist human blood for a while, had gone downhill after one taste of Elena's blood. I didn't want that to happen to me.

Damon glared at me. "It's a chance that you have to risk if you want to live. You want to live don't you?" Even though he still sounded angry, I thought that I could catch a hint of desperation in his voice.

"Why do you even care anyway? I thought you hated me now", I snapped, turning away from him again.

For a while, everything was silent, but when he finally spoke, I was listening to every word.

"I thought I did too."

I whirled on him again. "You thought you hated me? That doesn't make any sense Damon!"

He continued talking, as is he hadn't heard me.

"I know I should hate you, but for some I just…can't."

He paused for a moment, but then comprehension flickered in his expression, as if he was just now figuring something out.

"You know what? I know exactly what's going on. You're using some kind of witch like voodoo magic on me aren't you?"

I glared at him. "The spell was to make you forget things, not to make you have feelings you don't mean Damon."

When he didn't say anything, I continued.

"Look, I'm sorry ok? But for the record, I wasn't trying to erase so much. Elena only wanted me to erase the parts about Katherine, but something went wrong with the spell, and I ended up erasing way more then I wanted."

"But you know what Damon Salvatore? When you were like that, we actually had FUN. You were a decent person, and I actually grew to ENJOY your company, which is something I never would have done only about a couple of weeks ago", I ranted, wanting to get it all out.

I was irritated when he still didn't say anything, and then I wanted nothing more than to be alone.

So I got up and began to walk in the other direction, but he grabbed onto my arm.

"Where are you going?" he demanded, and I glared.

"I'm going to my Gram's old place. Now that I WASTED my effort on taking that charm off the device for you, I need to find some other way to protect everyone."

I tried to walk away again, but he still had a firm grip on my arm, and being an older vampire, he was stronger than me.

"Damon, let me go!" I hissed, fighting hard to hold back the tears.

He shook his head stubbornly. "No, not until you hear me out."

I nodded, and he finally let go of my arm, and I just stood there, crossing my arms and waiting for him to speak.

"Did you mean it?"

I sighed. "Meant what Damon?"

He glared at me, as if he was annoyed that I didn't already understand what he was asking.

"Did you mean it when you said that you took the charm off the invention for me?"

I frowned at him. "Yes, didn't Stefan already tell you that?"

He nodded. "Yes, but I didn't know if he only told me that to calm me down or something. It's something he would do", he muttered bitterly.

"Well, he was telling the truth. Believe it or not, during the time that we spent together, I was actually dumb enough to fall in love with you Salvatore."

He looked at me in disbelief for a moment, but then he smiled his signature smirk that once made me want to punch him, that I actually grew to love.

I turned away from him again. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have too…"

But I never got to finish my sentence, because at that moment, Damon, lighting fast, had spun me around to face him, and his lips were crushed onto mine.

After I got over my surprise, I kissed him back, and before I could stop myself, my hands were suddenly weaved into his dark hair, but he made a sound between a growl and a moan, telling me that he enjoyed it.

For a while, we just stayed like that, until we heard the sound of a nervous fake cough, and we both broke apart, only to see Stefan staring at us nervously.

"So I'm guessing that you two are back on…good terms?"

Damon chuckled and I nodded.

Stefan smiled. "Come on, Elena and Jeremy are waiting for us."

Jeremy…I was going to have to apologize to him for the way I acted, right after I fed.

As if reading my thoughts, Damon stopped in his tracks.

"Brother, I'm going to show Bonnie how to hunt. We'll meet up with you later."

Stefan nodded. "Of course"

Damon smiled as he watched Stefan head back to the boarding house, and we both began to walk in the direction of the Old Wood.

"Damon…what are we going to do about the device?" I asked after a moment.

"We'll figure it, and we'll do it together."

I nodded. "Together", I repeated, liking the sound of it.

And that was how it always should be.

A/N: Ok, well that IS the last chapter. But I am going to be writing an epilogue to the story, that will take place a year after this, so you can all see how everyone is doing and how everything worked out. Thanks for all the support! And because I made you wait so long, I'll try to have the epilogue up by tomorrow night at the latest.