Chapter 5:
Bonnie walked slowly into the living room a book in her hand. She loved been able to walk by herself again. It had taken almost three weeks but Bonnie was finally walking on her own.
"Did you find anything?" she asked.
Damon, Stefan and Caroline were currently helping her go through all of the spell books Stefan had collected to see if they could find anything about the necklace.
"Not yet." Stefan replied.
Damon shook his head.
"What about this spell?" Caroline asked handing Bonnie a book.
Bonnie read aloud.
"Summoning spell, brings a sprit to the living world for 24 hours and can only be seen by those from the supernatural world."
Bonnie looked over at Caroline.
"This could work." She said excitement filling her bones.
She had missed doing magic and she was really looking forward to using it again.
"Maybe but not yet." Damon said.
Bonnie looked at him.
"I could summon Emily or Arabella and find out about the necklace." Bonnie pointed out but Damon shook his head.
"You're not ready." Damon said adamantly.
"I am." Bonnie argued.
Damon walked over to her.
"No," he said as if he could end their discussion.
Bonnie crossed her arms and glared at him.
"You don't get to tell me what to do." She pointed out.
He sighed in frustration.
"Just one more week of resting then do the spell." Damon said trying to reason with her.
Bonnie shook her head.
"Please Bonnie, I'm just try to make sure your safe." Damon almost begged.
Bonnie eyes widened in surprised her rarely said please. Deep down she knew he was right. She remembered the last time they had been working together to get her powers back.
FLASHBACK:
"This is pointless." She screamed in frustration.
"Calm down judgy you'll get there." Damon said.
She glared at him.
"How would you know?" she demanded.
Damon ignored her tone.
"Because I know you and I know if there is anyone who can come back from the dead and bring her witchy powers back with them it's you judgy." He said as if it was nothing.
Bonnie tried to send a migraine his way in frustration but it didn't work.
"Dam it." She shouted.
Damon laughed and she picked up the nearest thing which happened to be a large stone and threw it at him.
Damon caught it easily and looked at.
"I can't do this." Bonnie sighed in defeat.
"Bonnie?" Damon called.
Bonnie turned surprised he rarely ever called her by her name.
As she turned she saw something coming at her muttered a simple spell and move her hand spending the object back towards Damon with such force he fell back with it.
"What the hell?" Bonnie demanded.
She walked over to where Damon was slowly getting up.
"You're over thinking it." He said.
Bonnie glared at him.
"So you threw a stone at me?" she asked.
Damon smirked.
"It work didn't it. You used magic." He pointed out smugly.
Bonnie open her mouth surprised. He was right she had used magic.
"I did it." She cheered in excitement.
"Told you, you would." Damon said.
Bonnie stopped bouncing up and down and looked at him.
"Thank you." She whispered softly.
Damon nodded and bowed down with a smirk.
"Anytime." He muttered.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Ok." She agreed.
Damon looked at her for a few more minutes as if deciding whether he believed her or not.
"Thank you." He whispered.
She nodded.
Caroline followed Stefan out of the room as Bonnie and Damon bickered between themselves.
"Ok, so what was that?" she asked when they reached the kitchen.
Stefan smiled.
"What was what?" he asked.
Caroline sighed in frustration.
"Don't play dumb with me, you know what I'm talking about." Caroline said.
"I don't even think they know yet." Stefan replied.
Caroline looked at him.
"You think they have feelings for each other?" She asked.
Stefan nodded.
"I think so, but I don't think they realised it themselves." Stefan confessed.
Caroline nodded to herself thinking about the day after Elena and Damon had broken up.
FLASHBACK:
"Where were you last night?" Caroline asked as Bonnie walked into the grill, sunglasses hiding her face.
Bonnie winced as she sat down at the bar next to her.
"Not so loud." She begged.
Caroline shook her head.
"Are you hung over?" She demanded.
Bonnie's head hit the bar with a thud and she groaned.
"Shhhh…." Bonnie hissed.
Caroline laughed. It was hard to stay mad at a hung over Bonnie.
"What's so funny?" Matt asked coming over to serve them.
"Miss Bennett here is hung over." Caroline said poking Bonnie in the arm.
"Stop that." Bonnie said trying to raise her head and glare at them with little success.
"What happened to you last night?" Matt asked.
Bonnie groaned.
"After I saw Elena I went to check on Damon and he had whiskey." Bonnie mumbled as if that explained everything.
Caroline looked at Matt both of them generally surprised.
"You did what?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie slowly took of her sun glasses and looked from Caroline to Matt.
"This time it was Elean's fault and Damon got hurt because of it." Bonnie said.
"He helped me so much after I came back, I just wanted to make sure he wouldn't do anything stupid." Bonnie added.
Caroline and Matt continued to stare at Bonnie in surprise. Caroline knew Bonnie and Damon had been spending a lot of time together lately but she thought it was out of necessity. But now Caroline was starting to think maybe there was another reason for it.
"So you got drunk with Damon to stop his doing something stupid?" Caroline clarified and Bonnie shook her head.
"I went to check on Damon, getting drunk was just the outcome." Bonnie said.
Caroline shook her head at the situation.
"Matt can I have a very strong coffee, I'm going to need it today." Bonnie said.
Matt smiled.
"One coffee coming up." He said disappearing.
"You think drinking with Damon was a good idea, I don't imagine Elena will be too happy about it." Caroline pointed out.
Bonnie frowned.
"I don't care. Damon's a friend and he needed someone." She said.
Caroline blink in surprise.
"Since when are you and Damon Salvatore friends?" Caroline asked just as Matt came back with two coffees.
"I don't know." Bonnie mumbled confusedly into her cup.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Do you think that's a good idea?" Caroline asked.
"The two of them I mean." She added when Stefan looked at her confused.
"Why wouldn't it be?" he asked.
Caroline shook her head.
"Look I know you want to be with Elena but is pushing the two of them together a good idea?" Caroline asked.
"This hasn't got anything to do with Elena." Stefan said surprising Caroline.
"It hasn't?" she asked is disbelief.
Stefan frowned annoyed at her assumption and shook his head.
"No. I just think that they would be good for each other." Stefan pointed out.
Caroline looked at him intrigued waiting for him to continue.
"How?" she asked.
"Damon needs someone who will love him for him and Bonnie needs someone who will protect her even from herself." Stefan explained.
"And you think Bonnie is that person for Damon and Damon is that person for Bonnie?" Caroline clarified.
Stefan shrugged his shoulders.
"Who knows?" He said.
"But would it really be such a bad thing it they were?" Stefan asked.
Caroline opened her mouth to reply only to realise she didn't have an answer.
Damon continue looking through the books as Bonnie sat opposite him reading from another book. He couldn't believe how easily she had given into him. It was there thing to argue, to see her give in so easily made him feel uneasy.
"You'll really fine with waiting to do the spell?" Damon asked.
Bonnie raised her eyes and looked at him.
"I said ok didn't I." she said before returning to her book.
Damon studied her.
She sighed frustrated.
"What?" she demanded putting her book down and giving him her full attention.
"I can't believe you gave up so easily." He pointed out.
She shook her head.
"I can't win with you." She said standing up.
"First you're mad that I won't listen to you now you're mad when I do." She pointed out.
"I'm not mad." He argued.
"Then what's all this?" she demanded.
"You usually fight me on everything it makes me feel uneasy when you don't." Damon confessed.
"You asked me to trust you once, so that's what I'm doing." She explained softly.
Damon looked at her generally surprised. He remembered the first time he ever asked her to trust him. It had been a couple of weeks before she had been drained and they were on a roof of a burning building.
FLASHBACK
"Were going to have to jump." Damon said.
He looked from Bonnie to the door that was holding back the flames.
"That might be ok for you vampire, but for a witch like me that drop would kill me. Again." She pointed out.
He cringed at her words.
"I'll catch you." He told her.
"Yeah right." She laughed without humour.
Damon grabbed hold of her arms and looked down into her eyes.
"Trust me." He begged.
Bonnie's eyes widen in surprise.
"I know I've done nothing to earn your trust in the past but I am begging you, trust me Bonnie." He said.
"I promise I'll catch you." He added.
She looked from the door to him.
"You promise?" she asked.
"I promise." He vowed.
Bonnie looked down at the drop.
"You better catch me." She reluctantly agreed.
Damon smiled and nodded before he jumped.
He watched her at the top of the building from the ground.
"Trust me." He shouted up.
She took a deep breath and nodded before she stepped of the roof.
He caught her in his arms easily and she buried her head in the crook of his neck. Her breath shaky.
"I told you I'd catch you." He whispered in her ear.
He felt her shiver as he placed her to the ground.
"Show off." She muttered walking away.
He laughed and followed her as she whispered,
"Thank you."
END OF FLASHBACK
"Thank you." He repeated.
She smiled at him.
"I'm only waiting one more week though." She muttered and he shook his head.
He was just grateful that she would wait a little bit longer until she used magic again.
He was getting impatient, he had waited over a hundred years why did he have to wait more.
"They were looking at spell books today." Malcolm voice said as he entered the room.
He glared over at Malcolm. He knew it wasn't Malcolm's fault but since there was no one else to blame Malcolm would have to do.
"But did she do any Magic?" he asked and Malcolm shook his head.
He slammed his hand down in frustration.
"Why the hell not, the draining should of warn of by now?" he demanded.
Malcolm took a hesitant step forward.
"The witch who cast the spell said the more powerful the witch is the longer it will take for the witch to heal." Malcolm explained.
He already knew that it wasn't the first time he had used the draining spell or the first time he used it on a Bennett.
FLASHBACK.
He cupped Arabella's cheek.
"Tell me what else the necklace can do?" he ordered.
Arabella cringed at his touch and he smiled as she tried to pull away only to be stopped by her binds.
"No." she said fiercely determined.
"Remember you asked for this." He whispered in her ear making her cringe again.
"Drain her." He ordered pulling away.
He saw the electric pulse hit her and waited for her screams but she bit her lip holding in his satisfaction.
"Tell me what else the necklace can do?" he asked again.
She had bit her lips so hard she had made herself bleed. He longed to taste her blood.
"No." she whispered weakly.
He laughed as he approached her.
"You will tell me." He said adamantly.
His kissed her forcefully finally tasting her blood as he sucked on her lip. He smiled into the kiss as she fought against him without success.
He pulled away.
"Again," he ordered.
The electric pulse hit her again and still she didn't scream.
"Well I could always do this on Emily" He smiled.
She screamed then. A blood curdling scream and he smiled again. That was more like it.
"Tell me what else the necklace can do?" he ordered.
She bit back her tears and said nothing.
He sighed.
"Bring me her daughter." He ordered.
"Wait." She screamed.
"What else can the necklace do?" he asked.
She took a deep breath.
"It can raise the dead." She cried.
He laughed.
"I Knew it." He muttered.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Tell me when she uses magic." He ordered.
"Yes sir." Malcolm said before disappearing.
He had waited a hundred years, a few more weeks wouldn't hurt.