Chapter 8:
Damon put his arms round Bonnie pulling her in closer as she wrapped her arms round his neck. Her lips were soft and demanding against his, so much better than he had ever imagined.
"Elena wait?" Caroline shouted bring both Bonnie and Damon out of their kiss.
They both dropped their hands and stepped away from each other just as Elena walked into the living room, Stefan and Caroline following closely behind.
"What are you doing here?" Damon asked.
Elena glared at him and looked over at Bonnie.
Damon followed her line of sight and looked over at Bonnie too. Had she wanted that kiss as much as he did? She looked flushed and was avoiding his eye.
"Bonnie can we talk?" Elena asked.
Bonnie nodded and walked towards the front door.
"No, you stay here will go somewhere else." Damon said remembering how dangerous it could be for Bonnie outside.
Bonnie met his eyes and smiled softly.
"Thank you." She whispered.
Damon nodded and he left the room Stefan following closely behind.
"What is she doing here?" Damon demanded.
Stefan shook his head.
"She said she wanted to talk to Bonnie." Stefan replied.
"And you just let her?" Damon asked.
Stefan shook his head.
"You and I both know when Elena gets and idea in her head not matter how stupid or dangerous it is you can't change her mind." Stefan defended.
Damon sighed in frustration.
"It was not her choice to make, it's down to Bonnie whether they sort things out or not." Damon pointed out.
Stefan held up his hands in mock surrender.
"I agree with you and so does Caroline we tried to talk her out of it but she wouldn't listen." Stefan explained.
Damon nodded noting Caroline wasn't with them, and that she had probably stayed to keep an eye on them both.
"Can I ask you something?" Stefan asked.
Damon looked over at his brother who looked deep in thought.
"You just did." Damon pointed out sarcastically.
"Do you still love Elena?" Stefan asked ignoring Damon's comment.
Damon thought about his kiss with Bonnie and he knew there was nothing he wanted to do more than kiss her again and again.
"No." he replied honestly.
"So how do you feel about Bonnie?" Stefan asked.
Damon glared at Stefan who just smiled and held up his hands in defence.
"Just be careful with Bonnie, she deserves to be happy." Stefan added.
Damon nodded in agreement.
Lord Alderson paced in the spot where Emily had been.
"I think it was a summoning spell." Malcolm voice called from the door way.
Lord Alderson looked up at Malcolm.
"Summoning spell?" he asked.
Malcolm nodded and walked further into the room.
"It's a spell that can summon someone from the spirit world for 24 hours." Malcolm explained.
Lord Alderson nodded, understanding.
"So why did Emily disappear she hasn't been here 24 hours yet?" Lord Alderson asked.
Malcolm shrugged his shoulders.
"It could be one of two reasons. Either the caster sent the spirit back or something happened to the caster." Malcolm replied.
Lord Alderson nodded.
"What do you think it was?" He asked.
"The guards on the witch say she is fine, so I imagine she sent Emily back." Malcolm informed him.
Lord Alderson studied Malcolm, he had been a warlock when he still needed to breath and Lord Alderson had saved his life by changing him Malcolm became loyal.
"Keep an eye on the witch personally and let me know the moment she uses magic again." Lord Alderson ordered.
Malcolm nodded.
"Yes sir." He said before leaving.
If Emily hadn't told Bonnie about the necklace then maybe Bonnie would someone who would.
Bonnie sat down on the sofa, while Elena paced and Caroline learnt against the door frame.
"You wanted to talk so talk." Bonnie ordered softly.
Bonnie's mind was all over the place and she wasn't ready to sort out her anger towards Elena yet but Elena always got what she wanted.
"I just want to sort things out with us." Elena begged.
Bonnie sighed.
"Maybe so, but I am not ready too." Bonnie admitted.
"Please Bonnie." Elena cried.
"I never meant what I said, you have to know that." She added.
Bonnie sighed. Did she really think it was just about her stupid comment?
"This isn't just about you comment Elena." Bonnie replied and Elena's eyes widened in shock.
"Then what is it about?" Elena demanded and Bonnie could tell she was annoyed.
Bonnie shook her head.
"Forget it Elena." Bonnie said standing up.
"No." Elena shouted and Bonnie froze.
"I want why you're so annoyed with me." Elena demanded.
Bonnie turned and looked at Elena.
"You don't get it," she started.
"I would do anything for you because you have been like a sister to me and I love you." Bonnie added.
"I know you would." Elena replied.
Bonnie shook her head.
"But every decision that you have made without thinking I have paid the price and when you said that you have never asked me for one thing it made me feel like everything I have done to protect you and everyone I have lost meant nothing to you." Bonnie explained.
Elena looked guilty.
"I'm sorry I know how much you do for me." Elena replied begging Bonnie to believe her.
"I know you do now." Bonnie said.
"But I need time. Time to remember that I have the right to be alive." Bonnie added.
"And being around you doesn't help me do that." Bonnie explained.
Elena nodded.
"I understand and I'm sorry." Elena replied.
Bonnie nodded.
"Will you come find me when you work this out?" Elena asked.
"Because I miss my best friend." Elena added.
Bonnies smiled and nodded.
"Of course." She replied.
Elena left the house with a little hope of fixing her friendship with her best friend. She knew her stupid words had hurt her friend but she didn't realise how deep that went until today.
"You should have waited until Bonnie came to you." A voice said from behind her.
Elena turned round to find Damon standing there. He looked different somehow but she couldn't tell what it was.
"She is my best friend and I wanted to check on her and let her know I am sorry." Elena replied.
Damon shook his head annoyed and Elena frowned she was not use to this side of Damon.
"She asked you to give her time, you should have done that." Damon said.
"Why didn't you?" he added.
Elena felt numb all Damon seemed to care about was Bonnie. She had always knew that Bonnie and Damon had chemistry, everyone could see that in their fights and they trusted each other more than anyone else even when they hated each other. But after Bonnie died and came back their relationship was different. At first Elena tried to ignore how close they had become but after a while it became harder and harder. It was then Elena found herself falling for Stefan again. After they broke up she noticed it had been Bonnie who helped him though it and after Bonnie got hurt protecting her it had been Damon who feed her his blood to heal her.
She remember the first time she realised Damon and Bonnie had feelings for each other.
FLASHBACK:
Elena looked around at the scene in front of her. There had been a pack of werewolves who Elena had accidently anger by feeding from one of the wolves human partners and accidently killed. Her friends had gathered round to protect her and they had ended up having to kill the pack.
"I have never hating killing so much in my life." Caroline said.
Elena looked around her Damon and Stefan were put the bodies in a line to make it easier to burn their bodies and Caroline was looking round in disgust.
"Where's Bonnie?" Damon asked.
Bonnie and Damon had built a strong bond that none of them really understood.
"Over there." Caroline replied looking grim.
Elena turned to found Bonnie bowed down over one of the wolves.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked as he approached her.
"They didn't deserve this." Bonnie muttered.
Damon shook his head.
"There were going to kill Elena." Damon pointed out.
Bonnie shook her head as tears began to fall down her face.
"I know that." She mumbled.
"Which is why I helped kill some of them." She added.
Damon sat down next her.
"Bonnie we didn't have a choice." He told her softly.
Bonnie shook her head.
"That doesn't make it right." She replied.
"I am a murder." She cried.
Damon made Bonnie turn to face him he put his hand on her cheek and forced her to meet his eyes.
"You are not a murder." He told her.
Bonnie shook her head now sobbing.
"Yes I am." She replied.
Damon whipped away the tears.
"You are far too kind, to caring and to honest to be a murder." He told her.
She looked at him in a way that Elena had never seen her look at anyone and Damon looked at her back just the same.
END OF FLASHBACK
"You like her don't you?" Elena said.
Damon looked up at her.
"Yes," he told her honestly.
It hurt to hear him say yes but Elena knew deep down she had lost him for good the moment she had kiss Stefan again.
Bonnie fiddled with Arabella's ring.
"You ok?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie nodded, her conversation had gone better then she imagine but her head was still thinking about her kiss with Damon and what that meant especially since he was now talking to Elena outside.
Elena had always been Damon's weakness.
"Come on Bon, what's going on?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie sighed.
"Damon and I kissed." Bonnie confessed.
"Really?" Caroline squealed in excitement.
Bonnie laughed.
"Yes, he started it but I kissed him back." Bonnie informed.
"What does that mean?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know but he has always loved Elena." Bonnie said.
Caroline shook her head.
"But he doesn't anymore." Caroline said and Bonnie knew she was right but she couldn't help her insecurities.
Caroline sighed.
"Why don't you just see what happens?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie nodded.
Damon walked back into the house.
"Hey." Bonnie said softly as he walked into the living room.
Damon smiled at her.
"Did everything go ok with Elena?" They asked at the same time.
They smiled at each other, both nervous.
"I told her I still needed time and she accepted that." Bonnie told him.
Damon nodded.
"I told her that I had feelings for you." He said.
Bonnie looked up at him surprised.
"I don't know what this means." He added.
Bonnie nodded.
"Me either." She confessed.
Damon stepped forward and Bonnie met him half way.
"But I want to find out." He told her.
Bonnie smiled as she looked up at him.
"Me too." She confessed.
Damon smiled before bending down to capture her lips.
Stefan stood at the back of the house.
"Now that Damon has given up on Elena maybe you and Elena can finally be together." Caroline said her voice bringing him out of his thoughts.
Stefan looked at her.
"When I said this wasn't about Elena I meant it." Stefan told her.
Caroline walked over to him.
"I don't understand." Caroline confessed.
"When I found Elena I thought the universe was trying to tell me something but my relationship brought nothing but heartache and pain, not just to me but to Damon too." Stefan explained.
"Don't get me wrong," he added.
"I loved Elena and I am grateful for everyday that I had with her but it's over and I think it would be better for everyone if it stays that way." He continued.
Caroline opened her mouth in shock.
"That's a big decision." Caroline commented.
"But the right one." Stefan added and Caroline nodded sadly.
Stefan cleared his throat.
"What are you going to do now?" she asked.
Stefan walked back to the house with Caroline following closely behind.
"When all this with Bonnie has been sorted out I was thinking of going traveling for a bit." Stefan suggested.
Caroline sniffed and when Stefan looked over at her he notice her tears.
"Care, you know I will always be here for you." He said putting his arm around her shoulder.
Caroline leant her head on his shoulder.
"I know." She said with a said smile.
"I'll miss you but you have to do what's right for you." She added and Stefan smiled.
"Thank you." He whispered.