Chapter 4:
For the next ten days Bonnie slowly began to stay awake longer and longer each and every day till she was able to stay awake all day, she was still unable to move by herself but her strength was growing back day by day.
They still took turns in playing babysitter. Caroline helped her dress and wash as well as bringing her gossip magazines and talking about anything and everything. Matt was sweet he would bring her food from the grill and they'd spend their time talking about the good old days. Jeremey came by now and again but it was strained it had been ever since they broke but Bonnie was grateful for a different face. Elena thankful stayed away and Bonnie was grateful, she missed her friend but the space was doing Bonnie good. Stefan brought her spell books he had collected over the years and helped her test her strength. She loved reading about the spells from different witches it was fascinating. Damon, surprised her most of all. He brought her books from the library, every book just as captivating as the last. Tails that made her forget about her situation. Most of the time they didn't talk, both to occupied with their books and their own thoughts but sometimes and more and more often over the last couple of days Bonnie found herself talking to Damon more and more.
"I want to get out of the dam room." Bonnie muttered as soon as Damon entered the room.
Damon glared at her.
"You can't." Damon replied.
"Please Damon." Bonnie begged.
Damon looked at her surprised.
"I just want to go outside." She added.
She could tell he wasn't sure, but he nodded anyway. Bonnie smiled.
"But I'm going to have to carry you." Damon pointed out as if it would make her change her mind.
"It's not like it's the first time." Bonnie replied.
Damon smirked as he picked her up, both of them remembering the first time he had picked her up.
FLASHBACK
Bonnie winced as she tried to stand on her ankle.
They were running from a pack a werewolves, too many of them to fight.
"Now is not the time to be hugging the floor Judgy." Damon said as he walked back to where she lay on the floor.
She had tripped on a falling log and damaged her ankle.
"Just go Damon, I'll catch up." Bonnie said she was not in the mood to hear Damon's comments.
He looked at her and nodded.
"Fine," he said before disappearing out of sight.
Bonnie took a deep breath.
She shirted her weight to her good foot and slowly stood up. She took a step and winced.
"Dam it," she cried in pain.
She could hear the wolves getting closer. She needed to get moving.
She moved again and this time her ankle gave out completely she felt herself falling when a pair of arms caught her.
"Now is not the time to be stubborn." Damon's voice whispered in her ear as he scooped her up in his arms.
"What are you doing?" Bonnie said defiantly.
"Getting us out of here now hold on." Damon pointed out.
Bonnie put her arms round his neck.
"Close your eyes." He ordered.
Bonnie looked at him confused.
"Trust me," he whispered harshly looking around them as if he was hearing something coming that she couldn't.
Bonnie closed her eyes and he tighten his hold on her. One arm under her legs the other arms around her waist securing her to him. It was a weird feeling being in Damon's arms but somehow she had never felt safer.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Is this ok?" Damon asked placing her on a garden chair.
Bonnie smiled and nodded as the sun hit her face.
"It's perfect." She whispered.
Stefan watch Damon and Bonnie interact from the kitchen window and he smiled to himself. Things were different with his brother even since Bonnie had come back to life and he couldn't help but think it was for the better.
When Damon had spilt up with Elena, Stefan had expected Damon to go back to his old ways but he hadn't he dealt with it calmly.
"What you looking at?" Caroline asked, her voice bringing Stefan out of his thoughts.
"Nothing." Stefan said turning away from the window and looking over at his blonde friend.
She raised her brow but shrugged her shoulders.
"How's Bonnie?" She asked.
"Better." Stefan said and Caroline smiled.
"A few more days and she should be able to start moving around on her own again." Stefan added.
"What about her powers?" Caroline asked.
"I've have been doing some research into draining and all the books say that when she gets stronger in herself so should her powers." Stefan replied.
Caroline nodded.
"So what's the point of a spell like that?" Caroline asked even though Stefan was sure she already knew the answer.
"To torture a witch." Stefan said regretfully.
Caroline gasped.
"So when they sent Matts body here they meant it as a warning for Bonnie?" Caroline asked and Stefan nodded.
"That's why she didn't want to go. She must have seen something in her vision." Caroline said putting all the pieces of the puzzle together.
Stefan had figured out that Bonnie was planning to investigate on her own but Elena had changed that.
"We should have listened to her." Caroline said.
Stefan looked up at her and noticed her tears.
He walked slowly over to her and brought her into his arms hugging her tight. From the corner of his eyes he could see Bonnie laughing and smiling in the garden sunshine.
"Your right we should of." Stefan replied guilt filling his bones.
Damon looked at Bonnie as she laughed at nothing.
"You ok?" he asked.
Bonnie smiled at nodded.
He shrugged his shoulders.
"He wanted some necklace that belong to Emily's mother." Bonnie said.
Damon looked at her, her face now serious.
"What was so important about this necklace?" Damon asked trying not to make a big deal out of the fact that she was finally telling someone what happened when she was alone with them.
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders and looked out into the woods.
"I don't know." Bonnie replied.
A tear slide down the side of her face.
"What happened when you said you didn't know?" he asked softly.
He heard her shaky breath.
"Sometimes he would just hit me." Bonnie said.
Damon's blood began to boil.
"And other times?" he asked almost regretfully.
Bonnie closed her eyes as tears fell fast, as if at that very moment she was reliving it all over again.
"He would order Malcolm to drain me." She said.
"I've never felt anything so painful." She added as an afterthought.
Damon exhaled in frustration as he slowly took her hand. If he wasn't determined to kill the bastard before now there was nothing that was more important to him now.
Bonnie looked down at the entwined hands and she felt comfort, something she never thought she would get from Damon Salvatore.
"Will you help me?" she whispered.
"With what?" he asked.
Bonnie looked at him, his eyes meet hers and she knew she could trust him.
"Find out about the necklace." She said.
Damon nodded.
"There'll be back and I want to be prepared." She added.
Damon nodded again.
"And we might find out who this bastard is." Damon pointed out.
Bonnie nodded her head in agreement.
"Thank you." She whispered squeezing their still entwined figures.
He gently squeezed back.
"Anytime." He muttered as if it was nothing.
Bonnie went back to reading her book. Damon had changed so much. She remembered the day he split up with Elena and how worried she had been that he would go back to his old ways.
FLASHBACK:
Bonnie walked towards the graveyard, she knew she should be with Elena. Elena was her best friend after all but she just couldn't stop her brain from wondering about him. Wondering if he was ok? Wondering if he would do something stupid to get back at Elena. She had check all his usual spots the grill, the boarding house and she had even checked some of his favourite clubs he like to visit when he was looking to feed. This was her last spot before she'd decided to give up for the night and would head home.
She made her way towards Alaric's grave.
"You were wrong you know." She heard Damon's voice say he must have been talking to Alaric's grave.
As she got nearer, she saw Damon sitting next to Alaric's grave an almost empty bottle of whiskey in his hand.
"Came to tell me you told me so judgy?" Damon asked.
Bonnie shook her head and waved an unopened bottle of whiskey at him. He looked at her surprised.
She sat down next to him and opened the bottle and took a swig before handing it to him.
"So what happened?" she asked.
Damon groaned.
"She kissed Stefan." He said.
Bonnie nodded waiting for him to continue.
"It's always going to be like this isn't it?" He asked but continued without waiting for an answer,
"Always the two of them."
Bonnie didn't answer she didn't think him hearing her response would help. She took the bottle of whiskey from him and took another sip.
"What are you doing here Bonnie?" he asked.
Bonnie didn't know how to answer, how could she explain that ever since they had started to spend time with him she found herself worrying about him or how her first thought after she found out that Elena and Damon had broken up was to wonder if he was going to be ok.
"I don't know." She settled for handing him back the bottle.
Damon nodded as he took a swig from the bottle.
"Thank you." He whispered.
Bonnie nodded.
END OF FLASHBACK
"The witch was in the garden today." Malcolm commented bringing him out of his thoughts.
"On her own?" he inquired.
Malcolm shook his head.
"The oldest Salvatore carried her out there." He replied.
The Salvatore's and the Bennetts had been connected for a long time.
"Do you think he'll be a problem sir?" Malcolm asked.
He thought back to the first time he tried to get the necklace.
FLASHBACK:
"I cannot raise the dead." Emily cried in frustration as he tightened his hold round her neck.
"I have seen it." He replied.
"I know you can do it." He added.
Emily closed her eyes as she tried to swallow his grip making it difficult, she was a lot like her mother. She was no more than 18 years old but already he knew he eyes had seen lots.
"I….don't…know…how." she replied struggling to breath.
He opened his mouth to reply when he was dragged back from her.
"Emily run." A raven haired man ordered.
"Damon no, his stronger than you." Emily argued.
Damon shook his head.
"I promised to protect you now run." He ordered.
He grabbed Damon by his neck and squeezed tightly.
"Stay out of my way." He roared.
Pain shot to his head and he dropped Damon. Emily ran over to Damon and helped him to his feet.
"We need to get out of here." She whispered.
He watched them ran unable to move as the pain pounded his head.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Maybe." He replied.
Malcolm nodded.
"Keep an eye on them." He ordered.
"Of course sir." Malcolm agreed before disappearing.