Damon shook his head at Stefan. "Close your mouth little brother it's not very attractive."
Stefan closed his mouth but the taken aback expression remained on his face. "Wha, what, who, where, when, how?" He rambled baffled
Elena's coughing subsided allowing her to speak. "You mean together like boyfriend and girlfriend?" She asked wiping tears from the corner of her eyes that the choking had caused.
Damon rolled his eyes. "No Elena we mean like just friends." He said with sarcasm.
Bonnie nodded her head. "Yes like boyfriend and girlfriend, Damon and I are dating."
"We're a couple in every way that you can think of." Damon confirmed
Stefan and Elena looked at each other then back at the couple before them. "You guys are serious." Stefan said
"Why wouldn't we be?" Bonnie questioned
"You two can't stand each other." Stefan told them.
Bonnie shrugged a shoulder. "Obviously things have changed."
"Yeah things have changed little brother." Damon added
Elena put a hand to her forehead. "I can't believe what I'm hearing."
Bonnie looked at her friend. "Believe it because Damon and I are happening and he makes for a wonderful boyfriend."
Damon smiled at Bonnie's last words. "You are an equally wonderful girlfriend."
Elena stepped up and put her hands on her friends face.
"Why are you touching my face Elena?" Bonnie asked confused.
"Just trying to make sure that you don't have a fever or anything." Elena said
Bonnie furrowed her brow. "What does having a fever have to do with it?"
Elena dropped her hands to the side. "People who get really high fevers can get brain damage. That's the only way I figured that you would date Damon."
"Hey." Damon said taking offense.
Bonnie chuckled. "No Elena I don't have a fever my brain is A okay."
Elena narrowed her eyes. "You're not under the influence of drugs or alcohol you now things that can alter a persons rational thoughts and make them do things they wouldn't sober." She asked tone serious.
Stefan folded his arms. "Yeah Damon didn't compel you or anything did he?" He looked at his older brother like he was accusing him.
Bonnie sighed. "Witches can't be compelled Stefan."
"That's right they can't be Little brother." Damon scowled at Stefan and Elena. "Are you guys saying that the only way a woman can date me is if she is brain damaged, high, drunk, or compelled?"
"Not with every woman." Elena gestured. "Just when that woman is Bonnie Bennett."
Stefan chuckled.
Bonnie was amused. "I'm not high, drunk, didn't hit my head and my brain is one hundred percent fine. I'm willing in a romantic relations with Damon Salvatore."
"Hell just froze over." Stefan joked
"For sure." Elena agreed.
Damon smirked. "Whatever you two say just admit that Bonnie and me are hot together."
Bonnie's lips curved. "What he meant is we are enjoying being together and that you don't have to worry because everything between us is fine."
"Alright." Stefan said
"Okay." Elena said but they both still were shocked.
Bonnie decided to change the subject. "Where are you saying while you're up here?"
Elena twisted the cap back on her Coke and put it in her hand bag. "We were just planning to book a hotel room for the next couple of days."
"Why do that." Damon wanted to know. "I have some extra bedrooms at my house you two can stay there."
"Damon's right why waste money when you can stay at his house for free." Bonnie added.
"We didn't think about that." Stefan said
"That does make more sense." Elena commented.
Stefan rubbed his chin. "Alright Elena and I will stay at Damon's house for the next few days."
Damon walked over retrieving his leather jacket from where it laid. "You can follow me in your car Stefan and I'll show you the way."
"Right now?" Stefan asked.
"Yes, unless you want to rest for a while." Damon told his brother.
"I'm fine." Stefan said "I'll follow you to your house and drop off our luggage."
Damon put on his leather jacket. "Then let's go and I'll show you the way."
"The four of us can have lunch when you guys get back." Bonnie said "We can all catch up."
"Right." Damon agreed.
Elena put a hand on her stomach. "I like that idea I had a lite breakfast."
"We won't be long an hour at the most." Damon said
"Go ahead Elena and I will stay here and wait for you two." Bonnie told him.
Damon pulled on his black boots. "We'll be right back."
"See you later." Stefan added and the brothers left the two friends alone.
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Bonnie and Elena sat at the kitchen table waiting for Damon and Stefan to return. Elena kept staring at Bonnie.
"Elena dear would you stop looking at me like I have three heads." Bonnie said
"I can't help it, I just learn that you're dating a man you despise." Elena said still shocked
"You to despise." Bonnie corrected
Elena waved a head in the hair. "Used to whatever how did you go from hating Damon's guts to dating him?"
Bonnie shrugged a shoulder. " Like I said before things change, my relationship with Damon changed."
"That's obvious." Elena said "But what happened I mean this is the man you set on fire and could have killed, now you're dating and French kissing, I mean what's up with that?"
Bonnie sighed. "You know that Damon saved my life when those four bastards attacked me that night. They were dead set on raping me and might have even killed me afterwards to make sure that I didn't tell the cops of what they did to me. He saved me and I'm sure that I would have been raped if it weren't for him and I'll always be grateful to him for that."
"I understand where you are coming from." Elena said "But still people don't always get romantically involved with the person that saved them."
"That's true." Bonnie said "I guess the best way that I can explain it is that night made me see a different side of Damon. I knew that he could be caring when it came to you and Stefan, but that night really opened by eyes. He showed me a side that I've never seen before and he was so protective, kind, and compassionate and he took care of me I don't know what I would have done without him."
Elena could see how sincere her friend was. "I always knew that deep inside he care about you even when he tried to hide it, but still never would have thought in a million years that you two would be together romantically."
"Yeah I wouldn't have either." Bonnie smiled. "But things just happened between us you know."
"I know." Elena said "So how long have you guys been involved?"
"If you count from the very start than I would say close to seven weeks give or take." Bonnie answered
Elena arched a brow. "And I'm just finding out about this right now?"
"I was going to tell you really, but I've been distracted." Bonnie said
Elena gave an amused grin. "I'm sure about that."
Bonnie shifted in her chair. "I've been really into Damon."
"How serious are things with you and Damon?" Elena asked "If you don't mind me asking."
"Of course I don't mind." Bonnie said "Damon he can get under my skin and piss me off, he makes my blood boil and can be an arrogant jackass at times. But he also can be sweet, kind, compassionate and caring and he's a very passionate man. I don't know if a man that can make me fee so many things, but that's what draws me to Damon Salvatore. He makes me feel things that no other man has and I like that feeling. Plus it doesn't hurt that he's one of the most good looking men on this planet."
"In other words things are very serious with you two." Elena went on. " I think you're falling hard for Damon."
Bonnie sighed. "I guess that I am."
"Since I care about Damon as a friend, I'm glad that he has found a great woman in you my best friend forever." Elena said with a sincere smile.
Bonnie leaned over and gave her friend a brief hug. "Aw that's so sweet Elena."
"So if you don't mind me asking." Elena had a coy expression. "Is Damon any good in the sack."
Bonnie's mouth dropped open. "Elena!"
"What?" Elena exclaimed "This is what girlfriends talk about, I have no issues with admitting that Stefan is a beast in bed."
"Elena I love you like a sister, but I don't want to picture you and Stefan going at it." Bonnie laughed.
Elena laughed. "Well is he?"
Bonnie looked away and blushed. "He is."
"Aw Sookie, Sookie now." Elena said and both girls laughed.
Jerry entered into the apartment seeing Bonnie with some female that he's never seen before. "Bonnie?"
Bonnie looked towards him. "Jerry how are you doing today."
"Fine." Jerry said approaching the table.
"Jerry this is Elena one of my good friends from Mystic Falls, she came up here with her boyfriend Stefan Damon's younger brother. They are here for a visit for the next few days." Bonnie explained. "Elena this is Jerry my friend and roommate."
Elena nodded her head towards Jerry. "Hello Jerry."
"Hi Elena nice to meet you." Jerry told her.
"You too." Elena told him.
Bonnie looked at Jerry. "We're all going out to lunch when Damon and Stefan get back would you like to tag along."
"Wish that I could but I just had to run in here to get something and head right back out." Jerry answered.
"Too bad, maybe another day." Bonnie said
Jerry shrugged a shoulder. "Maybe." He ran into his bedroom and retrieved the things that he needed. "Bye Bonnie, Bye Elena."
"Good bye Jerry." Bonnie said and watched as Jerry rushed back out of the apartment.
Elena looked at Bonnie. "How does Damon feel about you having a make room mate?"
Bonnie turned to her friend. "He knows that Jerry and I are just friends, so he's cool with it."
"So there aren't any issues between Damon and Jerry?" Elena wanted to know.
"At first there were." Bonnie said "Jerry knows that I'm a witch and Damon is a vampire, he's not fond of vampires."
Elena narrowed her eyes. "He knows about all of that stuff?"
Bonnie nodded her head. "He grew up near Salem before moving to Virginia so he believed in the Supernatural."
"I see." Elena said "How does Damon take to him not liking vampires?"
"Damon didn't like Jerry, still doesn't but he tolerates him for me." Bonnie said "He respects me enough to allow Jerry to be my friend, he was the one that came up with a truce with Jerry."
"Damon Salvatore calling a truce, he must be serious about you." Elena said
Bonnie smiled. "Must be."
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Stefan followed Damon into his house pulling along his and Elena's luggage and sitting it down. He followed his brother into the kitchen.
"When were you going to tell me that you and Bonnie are dating?" Stefan asked.
"I was going to get around to it." Damon answer.
"You and Bonnie I feel like I'm in the twilight zone." Stefan mumbled.
Damon rolled his eyes. "I would think you'd be happy Stefan I have moved on from crushing on Elena and I'm very much into Bonnie now."
Stefan knew that Damon had a point it had been a long time since Damon showed any romantic interest in Elena, so he believed that his brother any saw Elena as a friend now. "It's not that I'm not happy for you it's just that I know you and Bonnie have hated each other."
Damon went over to the fridge and grabbed a couple of blood bags. He hadn't had any blood since the evening before since he had spent the night at Bonnie's apartment. "Things can't change Stefan."
"Of course they can, but you really can't blame me for being taken off guard like this, with two people who have hated each other." Stefan said
"You know what they say there's a thin line between love and hate." Damon poured the blood packs into a mug and stuck it in a microwave.
Stefan wrinkled his forehead. "I know the saying, you're not playing games with Bonnie are you?"
"Why do you ask that?" Damon questioned.
"Because I know how you can be, using women for sex and throwing them away." Stefan started
Damon narrowed his eyes. "Me and Bonnie have amazing sex, but that doesn't mean that what I only see her for. I'm not with her just because of the sex and don't plan on throwing her away and I care about her."
"I believe that you care but still." Stefan said
Damon took his warm mug of blood out of the microwave. "Still what?"
Stefan sighed. "I care about Bonnie like a sister."
"I know that." Damon said
"So I care about what happens to her and her feelings." Stefan went on. "Bonnie's a good woman, who's been through a lot and is always putting herself on the line for her friends, even if it risks her own life, she's self less and kind and a wonderful, sweet woman. She deserves a man that will care for her and love her like she deserves to be."
Damon drunk down some blood. "You don't think that I can be that man brother?"
"I don't know, I don't want to see her hurt or heartbroken by any man, Jeremy did that to her already." Stefan said
"I don't plan on hurting her. I know that I have in the past directly or indirectly." Damon told his brother. "But I would die before I hurt her like that again or break her heart."
Stefan watched Damon. "I believe you so what made you decide to date Bonnie Bennett of all females?"
Damon smirked. "She's hot and sexy I mean have you seen her?"
"So she's attractive to you." Stefan commented amused. "Is that all?"
Damon sipped more blood and then got serious. "No it's not. Part of the reason that draws me to her is her power, she's a very powerful witch who can kick Supernatural ass, she saved me the other night."
"Really, what happened?" Stefan asked curious.
"Three pissed off vampires happened and they would have killed me if it weren't for her." Damon said
Stefan chuckled. "Bonnie's always saving your ass isn't she?"
Damon grinned. "Yeah." He said "Besides the fact of her being a witch, it's the woman behind the powers that plays a bigger part. She's stubborn, bull headed, and head strong."
Stefan arched a brow. "In that case you are two peas in a pod."
"You could say that." Damon said "As I was saying she's all of those things and it drives me crazy. She stands up to me toe to toe and I admire that about her. She's compassionate, caring, loving and very brave, she takes on things that men more than twice her size would run in the other direction from. She's smart, sassy, and sexy and has this inner beauty. Some people can be attractive on the outside but assholes on the inside and Bonnie's she's beautfil inside and out."
Stefan could see the twinkle in his older brother's eye. "Wow man you've got it bad for her."
Damon drunk down the rest of the blood and wiped his mouth. "That you could say. I guess it was the night that she got attacked changed it all. When I saw those assholes attacking her I wanted to kill them, but I didn't. I did make them pay though for hurting her. I saw her hurt and in so much pain and that got to me." Damon admitted. "Seeing her hurt like that hurt me and I realized that I would miss her if she were gone."
"You really are serious about her." Stefan said
"Of course I am." Damon said "I hope that whatever we have lasts."
Stefan nodded his head. "Me too. Bonnie's a good woman and unlike worthless Katherine she deserves you're feelings."
"Forget bitch Katherine, Bonnie is the only woman I see." Damon said
Stefan smiled. "Glad that you and Bonnie are going out, you should be happy brother."
Damon looked at Stefan. "Thanks."
"Besides." Stefan added "Bonnie can handle you and doesn't take your bullshit, so I know that she could set your ass on fire if you get out of line."
Damon chuckled he knew that Stefan was joking but Bonnie really could if she wanted to. "Love you brother but don't tell anyone I said that."
Stefan grinned. "Yeah, Yeah I love you too."
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Later that night the two couples sat in Damon's living room watching a movie. Damon and Bonnie sat on the couch next to each other sharing a bowl of popcorn and Stefan and Elena were cuddled up on the floor with their own bowl of popcorn. They were watching an old classic movie called Alive. Where a plane crashes in the middle of a frozen tundra surrounded by snow and ice with no rescue in sight and how they had to find a way to survive. It was a good and entertaining flick, they watched hooked as the movie played out.
"Ewww they're eating people." Damon spoke with a grossed out expression.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Really Damon you drink blood."
Damon munched on popcorn. "That's different vampires but to have blood to live, people don't have to eat people to live."
"Not like they have a choice." Bonnie shook her head. "They are in the middle of no where with little food what should they do starve to death."
"She has a point they aren't in position to order a steak dinner or go to Mickey D's you know." Elena directed at Damon.
"Exactly they are doing what they are having to do to live." Bonnie said
Stefan looked at the TV. "What would you guys do in the same circumstances." He asked Bonnie and Elena.
Bonnie ate some popcorn. "It would be hard but I know that I would fight like hell and do everything that I could to live."
Elena nodded her head. "I agree with Bonnie, it would be tough but I wouldn't give up without a fight."
"You two could eat other humans?" Stefan questioned
"In the most extreme eat or die cases, if I hadn't eaten anything in days and days and there was no other options around, I'm sure that just about anything would look good to eat." Bonnie answered
Elena shrugged a shoulder. "The thought of eating a person grosses me out right now, but I'm not in a starving situation so I'm not ruling anything out."
Damon being Damon scoffed. "Please/"
Bonnie glanced sideways at Damon. "What do you mean by that?"
"You two and women in general couldn't survive five minutes in situations like Alive." Damon smirked
"How would you know?" Bonnie asked
Damon arched a brow. "I know sweet heart I've been around for over one hundred years."
"You're wrong women have survived extreme near death situations." Bonnie told him.
"They were just lucky." Damon said "A woman would need a man with her to live in cases like this."
Elena rolled her eyes. "That's very sexiest of you."
Stefan cleared his throat. "I actually agree with my brother in a way."
"See." Damon said
Elena looked at Stefan. "Excuse me?"
"I know that you're a strong girl, but surviving something like that." Stefan gestured to the movie on TV. "Wouldn't know if you have it in you."
"Why do you say that?" Elena wanted to know.
Stefan chuckled. "You know how you are I mean you go nuts if the internet is down for a day."
Damon laughed.
Bonnie rolled her eyes.
Elena glared with an annoyed like at Stefan.
"Just as I said women wouldn't last five minutes." Damon said
Bonnie folded her arms across her chest. "I suppose that you think a man would easily survive without problems. In the middle of nowhere" her voice dripping with sarcasm
"Of course we could, right Stefan?" Damon directed to his brother.
Stefan went along with his brother. "I do think that men have a better chance."
"That's easy to say when you're an immortal vampire." Elena said
"Even if we were human my brother and I would have a much better chance at survival over you two." Damon told them.
Bonnie looked at Damon. "Come on that's thinking is so old fashioned a woman can do anything a man can do."
"Really?" Damon questioned
"Yes really." Bonnie and Elena said at the same time.
Damon smirked "Than put your money where your mouth is."
"Meaning?" Bonnie asked
"A challenge, me and Stefan against you and Elena." Damon told Bonnie.
Bonnie lifted her chin. "What could of challenge?"
Damon searched through his mind. "A game of laser tag us two men against you two women."
"When would this game play out?" Elena wanted to know.
"Tomorrow down at the Fun and Games center." Damon told them
"The losing team should have to do something for the winning team than." Bonnie said
Stefan nodded his head. "How about dinner?"
"Dinner?" Elena asked
Stefan looked at his girlfriend. "Who ever loses should fix dinner tomorrow night."
Damon grinned. "A nice homemade Italian style dinner."
"Fine I'm game." Bonnie said "What about you Lena?"
Elena nodded her head. "I'm in, I don't back down from a challenge."
Damon smirked once more. "Looking forward to you two fixing me and Stefan dinner."
"You guys are going down." Stefan told the females.
"Give me a break we are going to kick your asses." Elena said "Right Bon?"
"Right Lena." Bonnie agreed. "You men are going to eat your words."