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December was now here and signs of Christmas around the corner was every where. Christmas decorations hung up outside of houses and stores. There were ads in newspapers, online, and on TV about Christmas sales. TV networks showed Christmas related episodes new and old and Christmas music was played on radio stations every where. People were in the Christmas spirit.
On a cold December night Bonnie and Damon decided to go out to eat. They picked the local popular Burger place to eat at. The parking lot was full so Damon dropped Bonnie off at the front while he drove around looking for a parking space. Bonnie stepped inside the place was busy and crowded. She told the hostess that she needed a table for two and was told that she'd have to wait a while. Bonnie sat down on the waiting area where others families and couples were also waiting to get seated. She took a seat next to a family and waited for Damon to come in.
Bonnie checked her cell phone before putting it back in her purse. She noticed a little girl of the family sitting next to her staring at her. The little girl was so cute with dark blonde hair, light brown eyes and her rosy cheeks. Bonnie smiled at the little girl the little girl smiled back.
"How are you?" The little girl asked her.
"I'm doing good." Bonnie smiled "And you?"
The little girl nodded her head. "Good too what's your name?"
"I'm Bonnie." The witch answered. "What's yours?"
"My name is Amanda." The little girl answered with a smile.
Bonnie grinned. "Amanda! What a pretty name."
Amanda giggled. "How old are you?"
The woman who looked like the adult version of Amanda spoke. "Amanda stop asking the nice lady so many questions."
Bonnie looked over at the woman. "Don't worry she's perfectly fine. I'm guessing that she's your daughter."
The woman nodded her head. "She is."
"I can tell she looks just like you." Bonnie said
Amanda's mother smiled. "Folks tell me that all of the time."
Bonnie smiled at the mother. "Your daughter is so sweet and adorable."
"Thank you." The Mother said
"So how old are you?" Amanda asked Bonnie again.
Bonnie returned her attention to the little girl. "Nineteen."
"Wow." Amanda said "I'm four."
"Really you seem like such a big girl!" Bonnie exclaimed
Amanda giggled again looking into Bonnie's eyes. "You pretty eyes, green is my favorite color."
"That's very nice of you to say." Bonnie said "Your eyes are pretty as well."
Damon came in and sat down in the spot next to Bonnie. He noticed Bonnie talking to some little girl.
"Damon meet my new friend Amanda." Bonnie told him.
"Hey Kid." Damon told Amanda he wasn't as adjusted to kids as Bonnie was.
Amanda looked at the dark haired and blue eyed man. "Are you her husband?"
The child like innocent way in which the question was asked made Damon's lips curved. "No we're not married I'm just her boyfriend."
"Oh okay." Amanda gave him a toothy grin before returning her attention to Bonnie.
Damon didn't say much he just sat there and watched Amanda interact with Bonnie. Amanda chatted away with Bonnie like she'd known her for a long time. Bonnie's interaction with the little girl was natural, the way she talked and laughed with the little girl, Damon could tell that she was the type that was good with kids, he discovered yet another reason to admire his witch.
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After dinner they returned home to Damon's house where they snuggled on the couch. Seeing how Bonnie had interacted with the little girl had him thinking.
"That Amanda was something else." Damon commented
"Yeah she was such a cute and sweet girl." Bonnie said with a smile.
"You were great with her." Damon said
Bonnie nodded her head. "Yeah she seems to be raised my her parents in the right way."
Damon eyed the fire place going before them. "Are you always good with children?"
"I guess so." Bonnie shrugged a shoulder. "I always love to be around kids, that's why I used to baby sit."
"I think that you would make for the perfect Mother." Damon told her.
Bonnie took it as the compliment that it was meant to be. "Thanks Damon."
Damon cleared his throat. "So ah…" He hesitated before going on. "Do you want to be a Mother?"
Bonnie laughed. "I think it will at least take a couple of years before I'm ready to bring a child into this world."
"Right." Damon went on. "But in the future do you see yourself as being a Mother?"
Bonnie thought about it. "Perhaps years from now depending on how my life goes. " A warm feeling came over her. "I do wonder what it would be like eventually to feel that life growing inside of you, to hold that baby you created and here the pitter patter of little feet."
Hearing the warmth in her voice as she talked about motherhood Damon was touched but he also felt some sadness. Vampires creating babies just didn't happen.
Bonnie saw the sad expression on his face. "What's wrong."
Damon shook his head. "Nothing."
"Damon." Bonnie said knowing that he wasn't telling the truth.
Damon sighed. "You talk about being a mother, me being a vampire."
Bonnie put a hand to her mouth as she realized. "Oh I sorry I forget about vampires…."
"That's alright." Damon interrupted "I asked and you were just answering."
"We can talk about something else." Bonnie said
"No let's talk about it we have to at some point right if we are going to be together." Damon said
Bonnie frowned. "Listen Damon." She didn't know quite what to say at the moment.
Damon found himself getting upset the more that he thought about it. "The true is that I can't give you kids."
Bonnie put a hand on his chest. "That's okay." She said trying to comfort him.
"No it's not, I don't want to hold you back by being with me." Damon said
Bonnie shook her head. "Hold me back? From having children?"
Damon diverted his eyes from her. "Exactly."
"You're not holding me back from anything." Bonnie softly told him. "I choose to me with you knowing what your are and he limitations that it might have."
"You deserve a man who can give you kids." Damon swallowed.
Bonnie saw how guilt ridden he was. "I don't want another man, all I want is you."
Damon still didn't look at her. "Staying with me means that I can't give you that precious feeling of life growing inside of you."
"Damon." When he didn't look at her Bonnie gently grabbed his chin and turned his face until she was looking into his blue eyes. "I want to be with you, I choose to be with you, you're all that I want. I don't care about you being a vampire I rather be with you without any kids, then to have one with a Human man that I have no feelings for."
"That means a lot to hear you say that." Damon admitted
"I mean it." Bonnie touched a hand to his cheek. "So don't feel guilty about something out of your control."
Damon nodded his head and smiled at her. "Okay."
Bonnie leaned in pressing a tender kiss to his lips.
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Damon looked down at Bonnie on Christmas morning she was curled up in his bed fast asleep. She looked like a peaceful angel when she slept it was too bad that she have to wake up.
He leaned in and whispered in her ear. "Wake up my little witch."
Bonnie didn't wake up just turned over in the bed.
Damon arched a brow. "I said time to get up."
"What time is it?" Bonnie asked without opening her eyes.
"Seven 'o clock a.m." Damon said
Bonnie pulled the sheets up to her chin. "Give me another hour."
"Another hour?" Damon reached down pulling the covers off of her revealing her in her pajamas. "How about right now?"
"Damon." Bonnie complained sitting up and looking at him through sleep heavy eyes. "What the hell?"
Damon looked at her. "It's Christmas morning Judgey."
"Yeah so?" Bonnie yawned
"Yeah so?" Damon scoffed "It's Christmas you're suppose to get up early remember."
Bonnie ran a over the wrinkles in her pajamas "It's been many years since I got up this early on Christmas."
"Me too, but this Christmas is special because we are together." Damon told her
That commented made Bonnie smile. "In that case, Merry Christmas Damon."
"Merry Christmas Bonnie." Damon smiled.
Bonnie swung her legs over the bed and stood up. "So how exactly should we spend out first Christmas as a couple together."
Damon ran a thumb over her cheek. "Well I'm going to bake us some Cinnamon Rolls and coffee for breakfast"
"Sounds good." Bonnie said
"But first we should open our presents" Damon said
Bonnie had to admit spending Christmas with him made for the most exciting Christmas that she had in years. "Alright let's do it."
They went into the living room where the living room were a tree was set up. They spend time opening gifts that their Mystic Falls friends had spent the both of them , getting gifts from Stefan, Elena, Caroline, Tyler, and Alaric. Then they moved onto the gifts that they got for each other. They had brought each other a number of things.
Along the things that Damon had gotten her a few included a new winter coat, a couple of bottles of her favorite perfume, some body wash from Bath and Body works, a Kindle since she loved to read, and a diamond bracelet.
Bonnie had also brought him a number of things which included am I-Pad, a new cell phone which was one of he latest models to come out, a few shirts and jeans all dark in color of course, New black boots, and a brand new leather jacket.
Damon took the leather jacket out of his bag. He ran his fingers over it. "This is awesome."
His reaction made Bonnie smile. "So you like it huh?"
"I love it." Damon told her. "I don't have one quite like this."
"Because as I was getting it I was wondering if it might be too much, since you have a couple already." Bonnie let him know
Damon brought the jacket to his nose, it smelled so new and fresh. "I'm Damon Salvatore I can never have too many leather Jackets."
Bonnie laughed. "Glad that you love it."
"I have something else to give you." Damon told her.
Bonnie looked at the pile of gifts that he alone had brought her. "That's more."
Damon reached under the tree and grabbed a small box, he handed it to her.
Bonnie unwrapped the box and opened it. She gasped at what was inside of the box and pulled out a pendant necklace that had an Emerald pear shaped diamond hanging in the middle. "Oh wow Damon this is beautiful."
Damon's heart warmed at her reaction. "The color of the diamond reminded me of the color of your eyes."
Bonnie felt a well of emotion. "Thank you."
"Let me put it on you." Damon said
"Okay." Bonnie said she handed him the necklace and turned around.
Damon put the necklace around her neck and snapped it. "There you go."
Bonnie turned back around to face him. "This will be forever special to me because it came from you."
"There's one more gift." Damon told her.
Bonnie's eyes widened. "What else could there be."
Damon put his leather jacket to the side. "Wait here."
Bonnie sat and waited wondering what else Damon got her. She heard something that sounded like a small puppy barking and moments later Damon came in with a small puppy chocolate lab in his hands. "Oh my….you got me a puppy!"
"Yeah." Damon said at the puppy tried to lick at his face.
Bonnie's heart was filled with glee and happiness. "Oh wow." She said eyeing the puppy.
Damon sat down besides Bonnie and let the puppy go, the pup immediately jumped out of Damon's lap and into Bonnie's licking her face. "You always said you wanted a dog right?"
"Right." Bonnie giggled as the chocolate lab licked her face. "But I would have never thought you'd given me one."
"Well I decided that you deserve one." Damon said
Bonnie grabbed the puppy and gently snuggled with him. "Thank you Damon."
Damon grinned "You're more than welcome witch."
"How did you hide him from me I was here all day yesterday." Bonnie wondered
"I snuck out last night while your were sleeping and picked up from the breeder." Damon explained.
Bonnie petted the puppy. "He's just the cutest thing."
"He can stay here and I'll help take care of him, since your apartment will be too small especially when this little guy starts to grow." Damon said "It will take some time for him to get house trained, but everything he needs is already here, food, bowls, toys. You can come by and see him anything you'd like."
"I'm going to come by here every day." Bonnie said as the puppy wagged it's tail furiously looking at her with it's brown eyes.
Damon reached over and petted the puppy. "What are you going to name him?"
"What would you name him?" Bonnie asked
"He's your dog." Damon chuckled.
Bonnie looked at the puppy and back at Damon. "I think I will go with Orion!"
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Four days later Damon approached Bonnie in her apartment. "Let's go on a road trip!"
Bonnie didn't expect him to say that. "A road trip?"
Damon nodded his head. "Yes you don't have any classes this week do you?"
"No." Bonnie answered "We are still on a Winter Break."
"Then let's go on a road trip for the next few days." Damon said
Bonnie shook her head. "What about Orion?"
Damon gestured "I asked the breeder, she said that she would watch him over at her home while we are gone and we'll pick him up when we get back."
"Where is this road trip that speak of exactly, I mean where to?" Bonnie wanted to know.
"New York City." Damon told her.
Bonnie leaned back on the couch. "New York?"
"Yes have you ever been there?" Damon asked
"A couple of times" Bonnie said "So why New York City?"
Damon put his hands in his pockets. "Well New years Eve is a couple of days away from now you know."
Bonnie gasped. "So you want to go to be in Times Square for New Years Eve?"
"That's exactly why I want to go." Damon told her with a grin. "Over the one hundred and fifty years that I have been on this earth I have been there a handful of times, we should go together when the ball drops!"
"I've never been there for New Years." Bonnie said
Damon looked at her. "Then go with me, I'll drive us there."
Bonnie thought about it, she might not ever get another chance to be in New York on New Year's Eve. "Alright I'll go with you!"
"That's my witch!" Damon exclaimed
Bonnie smiled at him. "So when are we leaving?"
"Later today." Damon said
"Today?" Bonnie questioned.
"Is that too soon?" Damon wanted to know.
Bonnie shook her head. "I can be ready to go."
Damon nodded his head. "Pack your bags to last for three or four days, I'll go home and pack mine, we'll leave this afternoon."
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They left that afternoon with their bags packed. Bonnie packed some clothes and other items that she needed on the trip and Damon packed his clothes, he also brought enough blood bags to last him for the next five days Being a vampire he had learned to pack his blood bags in such a way that they wouldn't be discovered by an unwanted human knowing about them. Of course if one ever did see him sucking down a blood pack Damon could always compel them to forget.
They hit the interstate driving along with the other cars. They talked and laughed with each other and listened to music on the radio. Damon enjoyed taking a road trip with just the two of them, not even the traffic jams they ran into ever now and then could ruin his mood. Because it took so many hours to drive from Virginia to New York they stopped a few times for bathroom breaks or to grab something to eat. The sun had set by the time they arrived in New York City, they booked a hotel room for two near times square.
Over the next couple of days Damon and Bonnie went out enjoying New York City and all that it had to offer, whether it was walking down the side walks holding hands or going to one of New York's famous places to visit they were really having a blast in the Big Apple as a couple. Then News Years Eve arrived and they found themselves in a mass of a crowd of millions who waited for the ball to drop and the year 2012 to arrive.
Bonnie never had been to Times Square she always watched it from the TV. But being here now she noticed him special that it truly ways.. Standing with millions as every one waited in excitement for the ball to drop. What made the moment for special was that Damon was by her side waiting with her. Finally it was Eleven fifty nine p.m. and the ball started to drop, Damon and Bonnie watched with so many others as the ball started to drop. They counted down with the rest of the crowd and 2012 had arrived. Damon and Bonnie kissed bringing in the New Years as the music played over the loud speakers and confetti rained down on them.
When the kiss was over Bonnie smiled at him. "Happy New Years Damon!"
"Happy New Years Bonnie." Damon told her "Welcome to 2012!"