Bonnie hasn't been excited for something in a while, but today, Stefan was taking her out and she personally couldn't wait. Damon thought that it was only fair that he too get a full 24 hour day with her which will take place the next day.
For now, her mind was on Stefan as he drove her to the special place that he wanted to show her. Her eyes were facing the window then turned to the man behind the wheel—her first ever love.
Stefan was one of the greatest men that she knew, her father was at the top of that list even though he now wants nothing to do with her, when they did have a relationship, he was the prime example of how a gentleman should act. She remembers when she was a bit younger how he used to take her out on dates and she didn't know it at the time, but he was showing her how all men should act when they take her out; compliment her on her outfit, open doors, follow the "ladies first" rule. When she actually started dating and the guys that she went out with didn't do those things for her, she saw a red flag. Maybe it was because he was born in the older times, but Stefan was the perfect gentleman.
"You're beautiful, you know that?" He said to her snapping her out of her thoughts.
"You're beautiful."
He smiled then stopped the car before turning to her. "Come on, we're almost there."
"You mean we have to walk the rest of the way?"
He smiled. "Yes, lazy bones, let's go."
He kissed her quickly before getting out and walking over to her side of the car to open the door. She smiled at him getting out then kissed him before fitting her fingers in the space of his hand. For Stefan, that wasn't enough, he wanted her closer so he lifted her bridal style gaining a smile from her as she circled her arms around his neck. He stares right into her eyes as he walks and she stared right back into his caressing the side of his face.
She stayed looking in his eyes when he laid her down on the ground then rolled them so that his back was touching the land. She felt his arms securely wrap around her frame and she should've been questioning him on what he was doing, but she found herself not caring at all. She just stayed looking into those eyes.
"Repeat after me." Stefan says in a hushed tone.
Bonnie nodded once knowing that he was teaching her a spell then repeated the words that he had said and suddenly found themselves floating.
"Keep concentrating." He said.
Stefan watched as she nodded again but couldn't stop the smile that came on her face. He smiled up at her never wanting to see that fade. If there wasn't a possibility that he would distract her, he would've kissed her.
"Tell me what you see."
"Uh, a wheat field and a- a cabin. With a lake behind it."
He smiled. "That's where we'll be staying. I know it looks small, but it's great inside, I cleaned it up real nice and we'll have a good time."
Bonnie smiled down at him and kissed his lips. He then told her to concentrate on getting them down and after somewhat of a nice landing, they started walking again until they reached the wheat field.
"W'do you say, we play some hide-and-seek?" He whispered in her ear from behind.
Bonnie opened her eyes once she no longer heard his voice, "Okay."
Stefan stepped in front of her and ran his hands up her back leaning in to kiss her. "Count to three." He say between kisses.
It takes her a while to actually start the counting because all she wanted to focus on were his lips and the way his hands were touching her.
"One," Stefan pulled her body closer, "two," his hand moved in her hair deepening the kiss, "…three" his lips were off hers the second she ended the number and all she could think about was getting this game over with so she can have his lips again.
Bonnie stood quietly trying to listen out to see if she could hear Stefan but she ended up seeing some wheat move to her left so that's where she headed; running.
She suddenly felt like a lion hunting down its prey and a rush of adrenaline flowed through her causing her to run faster entering the field.
Stefan watched her from about a meter away. He tried to not call her this word, but she looked so sexy in his eyes as she runs with a mission in mind. He wants her in his arms but he moves further away from her when she starts to head his way.
Bonnie tiptoes knowing that probably he's watching her right now but was trying to make that difficult by moving in zig-zags and not making so much noise. Stefan smiles at her tactic backing away slowly before he stops and stands to his full height when he loses sight of her. He looks around and heard his name being called and as he turns, he spots Bonnie descending quickly from the sky and before he has time to process what's going on, he tackled onto the ground.
"I figured if you can use your powers, why can't I use mine."
Stefan smiled loving how she felt comfortable enough to use her powers which he wanted her to do all along. He sped them over to the cabin and lifted her in his arms and walked her through the threshold before setting her feet on the floor watching her look around.
He told her that it was nice inside, but Bonnie still was a little skeptical about it, but now she realized that her feelings were worthless because it was beautiful. It has a nice fireplace and great kitchen and living room area furnished with a couch and area rug with a hallway on the left assuming that the bedroom was down there. She probably was going crazy, but she could actually picture herself living here.
"What do you think?" Stefan broke her out of her thoughts.
"I absolutely love it."
He smiled then leaned down to kiss her telling her that he's going to go get their bag out of the car before kissing her again then disappearing.
Bonnie smiled letting out a small breath walking straight into the kitchen so she could look out the window at the lake. The sun shines on it seeing its reflection in the water and she wondered if any ducks would make an appearance. She smiled feeling Stefan's arms wrap around her and kiss her cheek.
"We can take a dip later if you want. I'm kind of hungry now."
She turned in his arms then searched his eyes. "Do you want to drink from me?"
"I don't know, Bonnie."
"I trust you, Stefan. And I want you to."
He smiled then leaned in to press his lips against hers. He went for her wrist afraid that he might take too much if he drank from her neck. As soon as her blood hit his tongue, he felt a jolt of energy and drinking from her, he got to really sense how strong she was and he noticed that she had a lot of power to her that he wanted to explore with her.
He pulled away then licked her wounds before to traced his gums with his tongue. Her taste was addictive but he controlled the ripper side of him because he could never picture hurting the one that he loves.
"Thank you."
Bonnie chuckles some then reaches for a napkin to wipe the blood of his lips so that she can kiss him. She asks him where the bedroom is and he lifts her legs around her waist carrying her there.
-::-
Bonnie can't say that she's all that surprised when they ended up not having sex but just staring. It started to become their thing as of late and she had no objections about it. She found his eyes mysterious on how much they change every time she looks into them. Right now they were deeply green—one of her favorites. Her hand was in his hair and a slight smile appeared on her face as he rubbed their noses together.
Stefan smiles looking at her tracing her face with his eyes before moving his hand to the side of her face moving his thumb back and forth along her cheek. He's so captivated by this being that he doesn't even know what to do with himself half of the time when he's with her that all he does is just stare. He's glad that she isn't opposed to his staring and that she stares right back at him.
"Damn, Bonnie." Stefan shakes his head.
She just smiled knowing what he's trying to stay. "Damn, Stefan." She says through her smile.
"Come here."
She scoots in closer to him resting her head on his chest as his hand tightens around her. He kisses her head and lets out a breath wanting to stay like this forever and he knows a part of her wants that too.
"When I first saw you," he started, "I was so nervous to walk up to you, I just knew you were out of my league and I was just going to walk away, but then I saw you looking at me and I just had to know you.
"When I first met your eyes, I knew they were ones that I wanted to look into for a long time. Your smile just made me smile, I don't know what it is, but every time you would, I just had to myself. When I first met your lips, I… I swear there was this- this spark that flowed through me and that's when I knew you were the one."
She smiles against his chest feeling her heart warm and closed her eyes at the feel of his hands running up her back. His gentle touch made her want to fall asleep, but she wanted to stay awake not wanting to miss a single thing.
An hour later, they found themselves in the lake after Stefan taught her a spell on how to heat it up a bit. She questioned him on how he knew all these spells and he tells her that he's always been close to witches. Granted, it's basically in witches blood to hate vampires, but he was different when his emotions were on. He strictly drank animal blood, his pure heart and honorable spirit, made the witches give him a little bit of a pass. That and his enchanting looks, but he didn't tell Bonnie that.
He's been with a few witches and learned a lot from them. They were all different in some way but the one thing that was the same was that they weren't looking for a relationship. Sex, yes, and though they did other things, and maybe hang out a few times, nothing ever turned serious. He was glad that things were different with Bonnie.
Bonnie swims over to him and wraps her arms around his neck feeling his on her waist. "How did you find this place?"
He kissed her once. "It was a while ago, actually. I've been a vampire for a few decades when I found it, but it looked more like an abandoned place. You're a photographer, it would've been the perfect thing to shoot." He thought aloud. "Anyway, I started working on it just to keep my mind off of things and when I was finished, I never really came back. I may have been a loner, but this place is a little too remote for just one person."
Bonnie chuckles then takes them underwater. Stefan is surprised by her move but kept his eyes open watching her swim to the bottom. He follows her and swims above her when she turns so that she's looking right up at him as he's looking down on her. A smile grows on both of their faces, and needing some more air, Bonnie swims up to the surface where Stefan teaches her a spell on how to breathe underwater which she says for the both of them and they go back under.
She feels like a mermaid being there with him and a few minutes after that she feels like she's in one of those old school romance movies as Stefan chases her through the wheat field.
She's all smiles and laughs frequently looking behind her to see Stefan with a slight smile on his face and she screams and laughs when the next second he's standing in front of her and she's in his arms.
Stefan smiles looking at her face full of joy and just couldn't stop himself from kissing her when she smiled back at him. He takes her hand and they walk back into the cabin so he can fix her dinner.
Bonnie watches him from the counter in the kitchen feeling like a lucky wife whose husband decided to cook for her. Her eyes traced his body as he moved around constantly and occasionally asked her to pass things to him which she did then went right back to her staring.
Whatever he was cooking smelt delicious, but she couldn't take her eyes off of him to see what was in the pan.
Stefan smiled walking up to her meeting her eyes before kissing her once. "Babe, can you set up the table for me?"
She nodded circling her arms around his neck. "Anything for you."
He smiled kissed her. "There's blankets and pillows in the closet in the room."
She narrowed her eyes. "What so we need those for?"
He took a breath the let it out, "Well one thing that I forgot to do was put a table in here so we're going to have to eat Indian style for tonight."
She smiled running her hand up his hair. "It's getting dark so I'll light some candles."
He nodded then kissed her before letting her out of his hold watching her hop off the counter and walk back to the room.
As she was setting up, he placed their grilled salmons on their plates along with a small salad and poured them each a glass of wine taking hers to the "table" first then his. Bonnie smiles as he sits beside her then kissed him.
"It looks and smells delicious." Bonnie complemented.
"I hope it tastes just as good."
She smiled and was a bit surprised when he started to feed her. He would steal kisses here and there doing nothing but bring a smile to her face.
Bonnie catches herself staring at his face with her head slightly tilted to the side letting out a small breath. Stefan was just about to feed her another slice but stopped when he looked in her eyes noticing her gaze. A quick smile appeared on his face then his hand moved to the side of her face.
"I love you."
"I love you more."
He kissed her once slowly and sweetly. "Tell me when. You didn't get to finish before he came in."
"I remember the day because it was unusual since it was raining, pouring actually in August and we had made plans that day to do whatever and I remember you knocking on the door, you had flowers in your hand and when I opened the door and saw them, my whole body warmed and melted all at the same time. I was ready to kiss you when thunder sounded and we looked at each other oddly then not even a second later it started raining. We were pretty bummed out, but you were already there so we just made due.
"I remember us just sitting on the couch talking for hours and hours without even realizing it and never had I, in my years of existing had ever done that before, not even with Caroline or Elena. I mean we could talk for a very long time but that's with breaks and stuff between but you and I just sat on opposite ends of the couch just talking. I opened up to you and told you things that I would usually keep locked in my brain. I don't even remember falling asleep but I woke up in your arms laying on your body with a plaid blanket covering us. You were still asleep and I just stare at you and I tell you. Right then and I immediately feel so light and that's when I knew it was real. That you were my… one." She whispered.
Stefan wasted no time in kissing her. Her back smoothly hit the sheets kissing her man back with all the passion she had stored up in her. So many questions and realizations were flowing through her mind as they kissed breaking away occasionally to remove clothing.
Stefan kept it slow kissing her that way as well unintentionally mimicking their first time together.
Bonnie pulls away for air and enjoy the feel of Stefan's lips on her cheek and neck. He asks her for permission and when she gave him it, Stefan sunk his fangs into her vein on her neck. Her legs tighten around his waist and he releases his fangs from her neck licking her wounds as she meets her release.
-::-
Stefan draws circles on her back with his four fingers as she rests her head on his chest.
"What if," Bonnie breaks the peaceful silence, "what if the witches wanted me pregnant and you were the father? What would you do?"
"I have no idea what I would do, but I would feel like the luckiest fucking man on the whole damn planet." Bonnie chuckled. "Oh, I would be so happy."
She smiled then sat up so she could look in his eyes. "Maybe one day?"
Stefan reached to touch the side of her face. "I don't think you fully understand how in love I am with you. I love you so much, and if I had it my way, I want every day to be like this; just me and you." He looked deeper in her gorgeous eyes. "Run away with me. Be with me, Bonnie, only me. I know somewhere deep down inside you wants to be with me too, so I'm asking you to stay with me."
Her eyes searched his and she unknowingly stopped breathing. Did she want to? A part of her, yes, but the thought of leaving Damon all alone just didn't sit well with her. She knew that she had to make a decision to either be with one of them or just be with none of them. She's not some little kid and she wanted to start living the rest of her life doing things and going places with her *love and not love*s. She needed to make a decision.
"Stefan, I love you so much but I need some time to think. I'm sorry if that upsets you-"
"No, it doesn't." He moved his other hand to the side of her face. "I came to you with this out of the blue, I understand."
"Thank you."
He nodded then kissed her. "I know you want to think but answer this if you can. Do I have a shot?"
The corner of her mouth curved and she nodded. "Yes."
He let out a breath then kissed her pulling her body in close. He rubbed her back as they pulled away and they both tried to get some sleep.
-::-
Bonnie whined as she felt his lips trail down her body. The only reason she was whining instead of moaning was because she knew that those kisses were "wake up" kisses.
"Baby,"
"No, no, no. I want another hour."
Stefan chuckled then moved up to her lips kissing her there. "But if I have another hour it means he will too and I don't want to be without you more than needed be."
She sighed then opened her eyes. "Fine."
They kissed again before Stefan pulled her up had together they cleaned. Bonnie smiled at how well they worked together to get everything done on time and shortly she was walking up the stairs to their house before Stefan pulled her in kissing her. She moaned when his hand traveled and squeezed before letting her go.
"I love you." He kissed the side of her neck.
"I love you too."
He met their lips again then opened the front door for her walking in behind her.
Damon allowed her two hours of extra rest before he was dragging her out the door. What he had planned for them was scheduled in the lateness of the day anyway so he didn't mind when she asked.
He looked over at her as she was looking out the window have the street lights shine on her face. He smiled then moved his hand to cover hers causing her to look over at him and smile herself.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
Bonnie let out a small breath. "I don't know I'm just… ready."
"Ready for what?"
"You'll see."
Damon watched her with narrowed eyes, but let it go once they arrived. He sped over to Bonnie's side of the car opening it for her watching her eyes glow as she looked forward. Bonnie breathed out a smile then looked over at Damon placing a kiss to his lips.
"Man you know me so well."
He smiled. "Of course, you're my girl."
She smiled then kissed him again and took his hand and together they walked up to the boardwalk.
"Let me guess, you compelled everyone to leave this fantastic fair so we can have it all to ourselves?"
"Only for you, my love."
She smiled then headed straight for the Ferris wheel.
"Aren't we supposed to make this the last stop so I can kiss you at the end of it?"
"Come on, Damon, we're not the cliché type. We will kiss at the end of one of the fast and scary rides."
He chuckled then took her hand getting her situated first before he got on. The instructor made sure they were in well before walking back to start the ride. Bonnie smiled as they start to be carried away into the air and lets out a breath.
"How are you feeling?" He asked moving his hand to the side of her face.
"A lot better, honestly. I didn't tell Stefan this, but I was feeling a little depressed, but yesterday I felt good. Today I feel good. Things are looking up."
Though her words were positive for the most part, Damon still frowned. He didn't ever want her to feel depressed or sad for whatever the reason, he loves her and wants her to be happy. This twenty four hour day turned into something more than just to get some quality alone time with her. He wanted her well, he never wanted her to feel depressed again and he knows that he ultimately can't control how she feels every second of every day like he wants to so he'll make sure that while he's with her, all she would feel his happiness and joy.
"I love you so much. Come to me, please, Bonnie, come to me whenever you feel that way again. I want to be there. I want to help you."
She smiled. "I know but… I don't know, I didn't want to overreact or anything so I just kept it to myself."
"I love you but I hate that about you. You're like me, you keep things in that mainly should be released and I know that it's hypocritical of me to say, but you should stop."
She chuckled. "I'll try my hardest to not to. I can't help it though, I'm so used to being alone, I mean I have my family and friends, but still I feel… alone, I guess."
"Like maybe what's troubling you and bothering you has little value to anyone but yourself. What's got you breaking down is something so trivial to someone who isn't in your exact position."
She narrowed her eyes at him. "How did you—"
"I told you. You're like me, we're alike when it comes to certain things."
"I know I said that I would wait until the fast and scary rides, but," Bonnie leaned in connecting their lips covering his hands with hers.
There was a shift in the air, he could feel it and she could too. A shift that suddenly made their world spin violently yet calmly but enough to make them sick. As they pulled away their stomachs turned and they looked deeply into each others eyes and suddenly the world stopped spinning and things that they hadn't realized before came to light.
-::-
Bonnie woke up in his arms and stretched as best she could before looking over at him. She was surprised that he was already awake but then again she had no idea what time it was.
After their Ferris wheel ride last night, they spent the majority of their time talking. They would enjoy a fast ride here and there but for the most part they were getting to know each other. Down to the bone they dug throwing out story after story then makeout then more stories until they had none left. It definitely wasn't the way that either of them pictured their night going but that didn't make it any less better.
"How long have you been up?"
"Oh," he says through a breath, "just about an hour. I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Us. You and me. Our future."
Suddenly she knew what was going to come out of his mouth next because S—
"Runaway with me."
"Damon,"
"Right now, we can go and never look back. Last night changed things between you and I, I know that you can feel it too, we didn't even have sex. I'm a horrible boyfriend, I know, but I'll get better. I promise I will because, Bonnie, you're my one. You're my only one, I have never felt so strongly about someone as I do you, so please. Runaway with me, be with me and only me."
Tears rushed to her eyes. She knew that he meant every word that he spoke and that's what terrified her.
This should've never happened, she should've told the boys 'no thanks' and kept it moving, but it's two years too late to ever go back because she's already in too deep. They all are in too deep.
"I… I can't. Stefan—"
"I know, it was selfish of me to ask. I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize, Damon." She shifted so she could see him more clearer, "You don't know how much it means to me to be your one, it means everything, but I'm his one too. You're both are my ones, but the problem with this is you guys aren't one. You're two."
He let out a breath, "We should've never put you in this position. We were being selfish and only thought about ourselves."
"That may be true, but I partly want to thank you. If you weren't selfish I would've never experienced a quarter of the love and affection and attention that I have being where I am now. I would've never had you to push me and force me out of my shell. I'm stronger now and you're partly the reason because of it. Thank you for that, Damon. I don't know where or who I'll be if it wasn't for you."
They shared a kiss lingering their lips over and over before resting their heads together.
-::-
Damon held hand as they walked along the shore. He had bought her a floppy hat and light dress so she could enjoy their stroll comfortably and by the slight smile that was on her face made him think that he had done his job right.
He traded her hand for her waist wrapping his arm around her there pulling her side in closer to his. She smiled up at him and they shared a kiss before continuing their walk.
"Are you hungry?" Damon asked after a while.
"I can eat."
"Good, because that's our table."
Bonnie looking in the direction he was pointing and spotted a tall, white gazebo and inside a table and nearby a waiter. She playfully frowned up at him causing him to laugh slightly. He kissed her and took her leading her up to it. She was told that she could anything that she felt like and trying to not be so difficult ordered a crispy chicken sandwich with a salad on the side. Damon told her that he'd pick off her plate and usually she'd protest but since she wasn't all that hungry, she'd allow it.
"You're the sweetest."
"Don't you tell anyone else that. I'm only sweet when I'm with you."
She chuckled and looked over surprised that her (or she should say their) food was ready. She looked at Damon impressed gaining a chuckle out of him and shortly they started enjoying their meal. Damon quickly decided to move his seat beside hers to not only eat off her plate better but so that he could look at her.
He would push the hair that the wind blew behind her ear so he never missed a single blink of her eyes. When she turned to him they would look into each other's eyes and feed off of each others love. He would caress the side of her face with his thumb and she would move her hands in his hair to kiss him. They would confess their love for each other repeatedly never getting tired of hearing or saying those three special words.
-::-
Bonnie squealed then laughed as the water sprinkled her face. She was holding on tight to Damon as he sped down the ocean. They probably went out further than they were supposed to, but rules are for chumps. At least that's Damon's motto.
He looked back at his love who had a wide smile on her face and he just shook his head and let out a small breath. She. Is. Beautiful. Everything about her was beautiful and he considered himself a lucky son of a bitch that she was with him because a girl as special as her deserved to be with someone better, but with that being said, he wouldn't let anyone else come close to her.
Bonnie squinted one eye looking sideways at him gaining a chuckle from him and shortly he roared the jet ski and took off again.
They sat on the hood for his car facing the sunset. Bonnie rested her head on his shoulder pulling the blanket that he wrapped around them a little closer.
"How did today go by so fast?"
"We were having fun."
She chuckled. "I had a great time with you, Damon. You always make the time run by like a second."
"That's my specialty."
She smiled. "Earlier. When you said that you were thinking about our future. What did you see?"
He lets out a breath. "Well. We had a cat," she chuckled, "his name is Fee and we lived in a large home with a huge kitchen that we never use," she laughed, "and a backyard with a pool."
"And where on Earth is this place?"
"That's easy, Los Angeles. It'll be great for you to start your career, that is if you would still want to work but if not, it's still a great place since it doesn't get as cold as it does down here in M.F."
"I love it."
He smiled. "I knew you would."
They share a kiss then turn their attention back up front watching the sun descend into the ocean.
-::-
He was pushing it. He only had an hour left but he didn't want to move from this spot. She felt so good wrapped in his arms staring up at the stars and he wished that they could stay like this all night.
"I found the Big Dipper."
"Liar."
She chuckled. "I did, it's right there," she pointed.
Damon knew that he should be looking up at the sky, but he found himself looking at her. His hand reached over to the side of her face making her look at him. Their eyes locked and Damon just shook his head before leaning in to kiss her. Bonnie moved her hand to the side of his face kissing him back. She doesn't know how they made it home on time, but they did.