A/N: Sorry for the delay! Here's Stefan's thoughts on Bonnie! Thanks for all of the reviews for the previous chapter! I REALLY appreciated it! Now, let there be reading, people! BEGIN!

Stefan

Exotic green eyes you lose yourself in, spitfire charisma, sassy personality, unceasing loyalty, and a RECKLESSNESS that nearly rivals that of my idiot brother's!

Elena says I worry too much about her.

I tell her I just care about her is all. She's always taking on more than she can handle, biting off more than she can chew, and constantly placing herself into risky situations for the "greater good." She's damn near suicidal! Of course I worry about her. She's my friend; I care about her.

Damon says I care a little too much.

Maybe he's right…

Maybe when it comes to Bonnie Bennett, I always have cared just a little too much. Much more than I should…but it isn't purposeful, intentional or any thing; it just kind of happened!

I've always had this intuitive concern for her, this need to protect her: like when Damon attacked her over the crystal, when she fell into the tomb that one time, the time she was kidnapped by Ben McKittrick, and the time she nearly died trying to get Jeremy out of the tomb (damn that girl sure gets into a lot of trouble!). It's just always been there, the need to protect her. And somewhere along the way, it's only worsened.

Somewhere along the way our "friendship" turned into a "close friendship" that blossomed into a playful brother/sister relationship. And now I don't know what the heck it is honestly…

Where the hell is she?

"Stefan! Calm down." Elena places a restraining hand on my shoulder, staring at me with soft eyes full of concern.

Calm down? Yeah, sure, only your destructive friend thinks it grade-A, textbook fine to go running off all alone in vampire infested places!

"Where is she, Elena?" I try my best to keep the growl out of my voice as I turn slightly, distractedly looking around the room we're in: the creative and colorful strobe lighting, the people dancing and grinding against one another…70 percent of them vampires. Shit! Where the hell is she?

"I'm sure she's fine, Stefan. We've been here for hours; she probably just had to go to the bathroom." Elena struggles to be heard over the pounding music of the crowded club, but I barely hear her any how.

Bonnie could've told someone if she had to go to the bathroom! She could've told me! She knows how I worry!

I scan every face within the crowd, only growing antsier when I still don't see her after a full sweeping. The last time I let her talk me into doing a "surveillance of the area;" out of town mission or not! I swear if any thing happens to her!

"Stefan! You've got to calm down; you're vamping out!" Elena pulls me to the side, and I let out a shaky sigh when her heady scent finally invades my senses once more.

I scan the crowd until I spot her lithe form descending the stairs and making her way towards us.

I can't glare hard enough!

She finally reaches us, and I furiously rip my eyes away from her.

"About time! Where have you been?" I hear Elena sigh in relief as she addresses the infuriating witch.

"I had to go to the bathroom." I feel her narrowed and calculating eyes upon me as she talks. (It's really crazy how aware of the woman I am…)

"Told you," Elena inputs, but I continue to glower angrily, because neither one of them understands what she puts me through…I don't even understand.

"What's his problem?" I then hear Bonnie question casually, and I scoff incredulously as I see her, out of my peripheral, angling her head towards me.

She really doesn't know?

"He was worried."

Damn right I was! You have absolutely no consideration for the feelings and concerns of others! You're trying to kill yourself; and one day you will, you crazy, reckless, witch!

"Aw! Stefan!" I can't seem to stop my frown from waning ever so slightly when she playfully sidles up to me from the side, wrapping her dainty arms around my waist, and hugging me close to her.

"Don't Aw Stefan me." I grumble stubbornly in reply.

I feel the right side of her lips quirk upward against my shoulder.

So this is funny? I shudder slightly as she angles her head upward and whispers into my ear.

"I said I was going to the bathroom. You just didn't hear over the music."

She did?

I look down in surprise to see her smiling playfully up at me and nodding her head matter-of-factly.

Oh. So she did say something about leaving...Damn, that smile…

"How many times do I have to tell you not to worry about me? I'm a big girl." my green-eyed witch lightly admonishes before ruffling my hair with her right hand, and kissing me briefly on the cheek.

I try not to notice the way her lips linger on my cheek longer than they should, but of course I notice! And of course I notice the butterflies that feel my stomach at the action. And no matter how hard I try to keep them away, they seem intent on habitation as I watch Bonnie soundlessly, nearly breathlessly as she prances away from me and disappears within the mass of bodies on dance floor. And I don't even follow to tell her to stay within my sight, because Bonnie Bennett and I used to be like brother and sister. I don't know what the hell we are any more.

I care about her just a little too much.

A/N: Well Stefan's section was a bit longer than everyone else's, but I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Stefan and Bonnie really are such an intriguing pairing! My fave! Any ways, enough rambling; sorry for the delay in updates; been a busy week! Had first essay due in English and it was a HEADACHE! Any how, please review and let me know what you thought of this! Do it for the children! They're the future. ;)