Chapter 12:
Caroline watched Stefan throw himself into the wall and she winced.
"Stefan take a break, I'll have a go." Caroline begged.
Stefan stopped and looked her.
"Its fine I got it." He said before throwing himself at the wall again.
Caroline stepped forward to stop him but Arabella stopped her from moving any closer.
"Stefan was born in a time when men still did all the heavy lifting let him do this." Arabella reasoned.
Caroline shook her head.
"I don't like watching him get hurt." Caroline argued.
Arabella smiled at her sadly.
"Because you love him?" She asked.
Caroline's eyes darted towards Stefan to see if he heard but he was too engrossed in what he was going.
Arabella laughed.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Caroline lied.
The truth was Caroline had been I love with Stefan for years but he had always been Elena's and Caroline had made herself believe that it was better to be Stefan's best friend then to lose him altogether.
"You can lie to yourself all you want child, but the heart never lies." Arabella whispered.
Caroline sighed knowing there was no point in fighting.
"He has always been Elena's I could never hurt my friend like that." Caroline said.
Arabella gently took her hand.
"Stefan does not belong to anyone." She told her softly.
"And do not pretend to know someone's heart." she added.
Caroline looked at Arabella, knowing she was right.
"I'm in." Stefan called bring their attention back to him.
Caroline stepped to follow him but Arabella stopped her again.
"Don't give up on your feelings for him, you just might be surprised." Arabella advised.
Caroline smiled, maybe she shouldn't give up.
Damon looked down at the girl in his arms as she slept soundly and he smiled. There first time together had been better than anything he could ever have imagined but he was mad at himself that it had taken him this long to realise the right women for him was the little witch that always saved the day no matter that somehow the consequence seemed to be on her and only her.
They got close after she was brought back to life and after all their time working together but he messed it up just before this whole thing started and he hated himself for it.
FLASHBACK
Damon took a sip of his drink at the bar as he waited for the little witch. They had an engagement for some training but he knew his mind was elsewhere.
Bonnie sat down on the stool next to him.
"You're late." He pointed out.
Bonnie ignored him and ordered a shot of tequila. Damon studied her she looked guard and annoyed he hadn't seen her this way around him since before they started training and it bothered him.
"What's got you panties in a twist judgy?" Damon asked as the barman handed over her glass.
Bonnie downed her shot before glaring at him.
"I thought we were training." Bonnie said standing up.
Damon frowned but followed her out anyway. Something was defiantly up with the witch.
They got to the woods in silence and it bothered him how much he missed the little witches voice. The silence continued as they trained only talking about instructions he was giving her. After a while Damon couldn't take the silence, the rainy was pouring down and both of them were miserable.
"Ok enough Judgy what the hell is wrong with you?" He demanded.
Bonnie shook her head.
"Nothing." She spat back but Damon knew she was lying.
Bonnie turned from him and begun walking away Damon moved so he stood in front of her blocking her path.
"Come on Bonnie we were getting along so well don't go and spoil it." He reasoned.
Bonnie looked at him and shook her head before she tried to push him out of the way.
"Move Damon if you don't want to train then I'm going home." She said.
Damon frowned it was not like Bonnie to keep what was bothering her to herself at least not with him, at least it wasn't in the few short months they had become friends she never hid what was bothering her from him.
"Why are you so mad?" he asked.
Bonnie glared at him.
"I'm not mad I am disappointed." She said.
Damon looked down at her and he could see she really was disappointed in him and he had no idea why.
"Why?" he questioned really wanting to know the answer.
Bonnie shook her head.
"I spent week's watch you pretend to be ok around everyone then drink yourself stupid at night to get over her and the first bit of attention she gives you and you just go back to being her obedient pet." Bonnie spat with disgust.
Damon got it then. After they broke up Damon had stayed clear of Elena and the others except for Bonnie but she never really gave him a choice about that and deep down he had been grateful for her company then yesterday Elena had come to him saying she missed him and she had kissed him. Damon admitted he kissed her back and he did miss her but he was not planning on going back their anytime soon.
"We just talked, that's all." Damon defended although he wasn't sure why he had to or why he wanted Bonnie to believe him so much.
Bonnie shook her head and walked past him.
"It's none of my business." She said.
Damon followed her.
"Then what's all this, why are you mad?" he asked.
Bonnie stopped as the rain fell harder and she glared at him.
"I love Elena I really do but she hurt you and I hated watching you go through all that." Bonnie said.
Damon shook his head angry himself at her for being mad at him.
"I never asked you to watch." Damon pointed out.
Bonnie scoffed.
"You right you didn't but you had become my friend and you needed someone, I became that someone who sat with you every day while you dealt with it." She reminded him.
"Then Elena bats her eyes and you come running." She added.
"It's not like that." Damon argued but it was weak and he knew it.
Bonnie shook her head.
"It's exactly like that." She protested.
Damon was fuming as they glared at each other.
"I won't watch you let her hurt you again. I won't." she concluded.
"I never asked you to." He shouted back.
Bonnie nodded her head.
"Then there is no point to this." She said.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Training, us being friends there is no point to it." She replied.
It hurt to hear those words not just him but her as well he could see it on her face.
"Fine." He said.
Bonnie shook her head before walking off and this time Damon let her go.
"Damon." She called.
Damon looked at her and meet her eyes.
"You deserve better please don't forget that." She said sadly.
Damon stood there frozen knowing he had made a mistake and too stubborn to let himself fix it.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Stop staring." Bonnie sleepy voice ordered through her soft smile.
Damon kissed her cheek and she slowly opened her eyes.
"Hey," she said softly.
"Hey beautiful." He replied.
Glad he made up for the mistake even if it was late.
Stefan followed Caroline and Arabella into the room. The room was made up for four stone walls and a door. There were no windows, no paints just the stone walls and a single stand that stood in the middle of the room.
As they slowly approached the room Stefan could see that the stand held the necklace in a glass container.
"It's beautiful." Caroline gasped.
Arabella nodded as she slowly and carefully lifted the lid of the glass container.
"Beautiful things tend to be the most dangerous just look at the two of you." Arabella pointed out.
Stefan smiled as Caroline laughed.
Arabella gently took the necklace out the container and her eyes were lost in it. The necklace had brought Arabella so much some good and some bad.
Stefan smiled sadly as he watched Caroline put her arm around Arabella's shoulders to comfort her. Arabella slowly came back to herself and she smile her thanks at Caroline.
"Thank you." She whispered softly.
Arabella looked over at him.
"We should get back to the house." He said and she nodded in agreement.
"It will be hard because he will be watching." She pointed out.
"He will come after us." Stefan concluded and Arabella nodded.
"What about if we split up? He can't chase all three of us." Caroline suggested.
Stefan didn't like the thought of leaving Caroline alone but it was a good plan, Arabella seemed to like the idea too.
"Ok here is what we do…"Arabella started.
Lord Alderson looked up as a blonde vampire entered his office.
"What?" Lord Alderson demanded.
The blonde vampire looked startled as she met his eyes.
"I have a message from Malcolm." She said.
Lord Alderson nodded waiting for her to continue.
"They have the necklace but they had split up and Malcolm doesn't know which one to follow." She relayed.
Lord Alderson slammed his hand down and the women jumped.
Arabella was smart she knew him but he knew her as well.
"It would be too obvious if she gave it to the younger brother, or kept it herself." Lord Alderson said out loud.
"So the girl vampire?" The girl asked.
Lord Alderson met the girls' eyes once again.
"Yes and tell Malcolm to hurry up." Lord Alderson said and the girl dashed off.
Lord Alderson settled back against his sit. Soon he would have the necklace and with the aid of the girl vampire it wouldn't be long before he had the witch and then he would finally have his son back.
Caroline hurried through the woods preying she could get to the house before anyone caught her, she knew she was the one they would least likely to suspect to have the necklace but that didn't mean she wasn't nervous carrying it.
Caroline sighed as she caught the boarding house in sight.
"Almost there." She breathed in relief.
"Not, quite." A voice said from behind her and before she could turn around and face her attacker the world went black.
Bonnie sighed in relief as Stefan walked back into house.
"Where are the others?" she asked as she hugged him.
Stefan explained about being followed out there and splitting up.
"So who has the necklace?" Damon asked.
Stefan looked towards the door.
"Caroline." He breathed.
Bonnie could hear the worry in his voice.
They sat down waiting for Arabella who showed up an hour later. After three hours there was still no sign of Caroline and Bonnie's bones filled with fear.
"He has her doesn't he?" she asked Arabella.
Arabella looked up and nodded slowly.