A/N: I've been so busy, shopping for more school supplies and packing for school. It's so much work. Anyway I got this chapter done today and I hope to get the other done tomorrow. I'll probably end up being finished on Saturday since I move in on Friday and I have Saturday free. The good thing is that there are only three chapters left so even if I don't get it done by Friday it won't take too long to finish up.. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and thank you all for reading and reviewing it means so much.
Disclaimer: The characters are property of the CW and LJ Smith
Bonnie got her monthly visit early Friday morning and it was torture for both. Bonnie was in unbearable pain, she couldn't leave the bed. Damon went out and got her some breakfast and they spent most of the day in bed talking and watching movies.
"Is it always this bad?" Damon asked, ordering lunch from room service.
"On the first day," she groaned, "by the second day it's pretty much nonexistent."
"Well that's good to know."
"Does it bother you?"
"Not really," he paused, "just a little."
"I'm sorry."
"Hey, it's a wonderful smell," he replied smiling.
"Gross!" Bonnie laughed.
They ate and watched Mean Girls because Bonnie was in the mood for the most "quotable movie ever" and Damon complied. Of course, neither expected that Damon would be the one quoting the movie mostly. Bonnie felt better in the night and Damon took her to the restaurant downstairs. After they finished eating Damon suggested they had their first real date as a couple when they get back to Mystic Falls.
Bonnie was in bed and Damon was reading a book to her. They made plans on when to leave New York and to head back to Virginia. They decided to leave at eight which would give them enough time to get to Mystic Falls and that Damon would be using a GPS this time.
"Are we going to get pass me getting us lost?" Damon asked her.
"No! Never!" she laughed.
They also made plans to have Bonnie drive for four hours and Damon drive the remainder of the ride. Damon wanted to drive the full trip but Bonnie wanted to compromise, especially since they both drove to New York. It took some convincing but Damon agreed to the arrangement.
"Don't be a sour puss, you are not ruling me!" Bonnie laughed.
"Whatever," the phone rang and Damon answered, "Hey."
Who is it? Bonnie mouthed to Damon and he replied Stefan.
"Damon, what time are you and Bonnie heading back tomorrow?" Stefan asked.
"We should be in Mystic Falls by six o'clock."
"Ok,"
"What's the occasion brother?"
"Caroline wants to throw an 'End of Winter' party."
Damon rolled his eyes, and groaned while Bonnie laughed.
"We can't deny her this Damon."
"Why not?"
"Because even though she hasn't told us I know she and Tyler broke up."
"So? Not my problem."
"Damon,"
"Stefan,"
"How's Bonnie?"
"I'm good Stefan," Bonnie shouted.
"That's good to know," Stefan paused, "well, I'll see you guys tomorrow."
Damon hanged up the phone and turned to Bonnie, "did you know that Barbie and wolf boy broke up?"
Bonnie shrugged, "Let's go to bed."
She leaned forward and kissed him lightly on the lips. Damon took her into his arms and devoured her lips. She was getting better he decided, not that she was a bad kisser to begin with, it just felt different than the first time they kissed. It felt sweeter and more wholesome.
Bonnie pulled away from him and looked into his eyes. She saw that he was happy but there was still something there in his eyes. There was a little hint of sorrow? She shook her head, it wasn't sorrow. It was something more. Something that she couldn't put her finger on. He turned off the lights and they went to bed.
The ride back to Virginia was amazing. Bonnie drove and listened to her 'Hottie' playlist which consisted of 90s boy bands. Damon was annoyed, he was happy when he got the chance to drive. He searched through her playlists and found old school rock and roll. "Now this is music," is what he told her and he sang along. They arrived at the boarding house a little after six o'clock. Bonnie was nervous because they had decided they were going to tell everyone that they were a couple.
"There's no need to be so nervous," Damon said simply.
"I know, you'd think we were telling them we were married," she joked.
They opened the front door and saw the rest of the gang seated in the den with chips and sodas, things that Damon assumed were for the party. Everyone was there including Tyler who was currently playing footsy with Caroline; they didn't look very broken up.
"Hey guys!" Bonnie smiled.
"Bon!" Caroline jumped out of her seat and sped to Bonnie enveloping her in a hug, "I missed you too much for words!"
"I miss you too Care," she said in choked breaths, "but you're kind of choking the life out of me."
"Sorry," she said releasing her, "how was new york anything INTERESTING happen that we should know about?"
Bonnie shoved Caroline, Damon understood the exchange; Bonnie had told Caroline.
"Hey Bon," Elena said hugging her friend, "Duke was so much fun but it would have been better if you were there."
Bonnie embraced her best friend and Damon noticed the way she stiffened just a little.
"Brother, mutt," Damon said acknowledging Tyler and Stefan.
"Damon, stop calling Tyler a mutt," Bonnie said.
"That falls onto deaf years Bon," Elena said, "Damon listens to no one but himself."
"I don't know Lena, I'd say Bonnie can be VERY persuasive, they managed not to kill each other and they were alone for a week, I wonder what they did?"
"Caroline," Bonnie warned.
"Is there something we should know?" Stefan asked.
Damon looked at Bonnie and she shrugged, "I guess now is as good a time as any?"
"Bonnie and I are sort of dating," Damon said.
Caroline squealed and had a smile wider than the ocean. Stefan and Tyler's faces were similar, they both stood there completely shocked. Elena's face was impassible; there was no way to tell what she was feeling. A moment passed, then two.
"Congrats," Tyler finally said, which prompted Stefan to say the same.
"Please tell us the tale of your romance?" Caroline yelped.
"No, that's Damon and I's business and no one else's," Bonnie replied with a wink.
"Elena?" Damon asked, "Are you okay?"
Everyone turned their attention to Elena.
"Uh, yeah," she stuttered, "Congrats you guys."
No one believed her. The mood and changed completely and Stefan noticed the change in his girlfriend's demeanor.
"Anyway, we've been travelling all day, I'm going to head home and take a shower," Bonnie said, "I'll be back later for the party."
Everyone said goodbye and Damon wanted to go to Bonnie's house with her but she told him not to. Elena went to Stefan's room to pick out an outfit, while Caroline went with Tyler back to the house to get changed.
Bonnie closed her front doorand walked towards her car. Her father hadn't returned from his business trip as yet and she was a little sad because she wanted to tell him about Damon. Caroline had texted her saying she was happy for them and that Bonnie was exactly the type of girl Damon needed. She also texted her and told her that she was back with Tyler. "What can I say? I love him, and I'm certainly not perfect, he forgave me for that Klaus fiasco." Bonnie had cringed when she remembered the Klaus fiasco.
Elena hadn't texted Bonnie. She was looking forward to a text from her best friend but she never got one and it broke her heart. Bonnie knew there was something up with Elena and she really wanted to speak with her. She was determined to speak to her at the party. Bonnie put her car into drive and headed to the Salvatore's boarding house.
Bonnie shut her car door and walked towards the house, hearing the loud music and passing a bunch of horny teenagers going at it, in front of the house. Bonnie opened the door and she saw Damon standing there with a smile on his face.
"You look very beautiful," he said.
"Don't I always?" Bonnie said cockily.
Damon kissed her and far away Elena was staring at them while Stefan was beside her. Stefan noticed his girlfriend's reaction and felt a little heartbroken. He walked away from her and muttered some excuse that he was going to make sure no one was having sex in his room, Elena nodded.
Bonnie followed Damon as he led her to the kitchen and poured her a drink. They went back into the main room and they began dancing with each other. Rita Ora's "How We Do" starting playing and Bonnie was having a good time. When the song ended Bonnie told Damon to stay and dance while she went to the ladies' room. Elena saw this opportunity and approached Damon.
"Can we go somewhere and talk?" she asked. Damon hesitated then went with her.
Damon followed Elena as she led him to his room. They entered the room and sat on the bed.
"What do you want Elena?" Damon asked.
"Why? I just want to know why."
"I wasn't going to spend my time, hung up on my brother's girlfriend."
"So I didn't mean enough to you? No one asked me how I felt about this?"
"What do you even mean by that Elena?" Damon paused, "you chose Stefan."
"I chose Stefan because I love him Damon, but that doesn't mean I don't love you, Stefan deserved to have me, he fought hard for us."
"I fought hard for you too Elena!"
"Yes, but Stefan needs me, I never once had to question his love for me."
"You never had to question mine."
Elena turned around and placed her hands on his face.
"How would I look Damon? To be dating one brother and then start dating the other?"
"What are you saying Elena?"
"If," she paused, "if things were different Damon and if I were a different person, I would have chosen you."
Damon stared at Elena. Suddenly she pushed him against the wall and began kissing him. Damon froze for a moment and then he kissed back. The door suddenly opened and Damon saw Bonnie and Stefan. Bonnie had a look of horror on her face when Stefan rushed Damon.
"Stefan, NO!" Elena shouted stepping in front of Damon, "Damon didn't kiss me, I kissed him."
Stefan stopped, he stared at his girlfriend and his brother, he turned to Bonnie and said, "Found them."
Stefan left and Elena went after him. Bonnie stood immobile staring at Damon; he made a move towards her.
"Bonnie," he said.
"Is this my fucking curse or something?" Damon stopped, "Is it that EVERY boyfriend I have must cheat on me?"
"Elena kissed me first,"
"Oh well that makes EVERYTHING better, doesn't it?" Bonnie shouted, "You can kiss her back because she kissed you first!"
"Bonnie I'm sorry, I was caught up in the moment and-"
"And fucking nothing Damon, because you're too blind to see and I'm going to tell you," she stared at him, "Anything Elena said to you, she probably did mean, but you know what the difference is between Elena and I? I'm not in love with your brother!"
"Bonnie-"
"I know how to make decisions, I know that for me, you would have been first," Damon stared at Bonnie, "Tell me, did you notice she didn't stay here with you?! Did you notice that she chased after Stefan? What's it going to take for you to see that no matter what and how hard you want it, it's ALWAYS GOING TO BE STEFAN!"
Damon stood against the wall with an angry look on his face.
"If you weren't so busy holding on to the past you would have seen that I really do care about you and eventually I might have even grown to love you but you don't want my love, no, you want Elena's."
"Bonnie, I do like you,"
"Well you have a great way of showing it," she turned around and headed towards the door, "leave me alone Damon, stay the hell away from me."
Damon watched as Bonnie left, a part of him wanted to follow her but he heard the venom in her voice. He knew he had hurt her. He listened as he heard Caroline shout at everyone to "Get The FUCK OUT!" he decided that she must have found out about the kiss. Caroline came into his room and pushed him against the wall, choking him.
"Congratulations Damon," she shouted, "On being the world's stupidest prick! I told her, give him a chance and this is how you repay her? You must be stupid reincarnated! Kissing Elena? After everything that happened between you and Bonnie? What is it? Is Elena going to always be your first choice? Bonnie didn't need this."
Damon shoved Caroline of him, "I didn't mean it! I didn't want to kiss Elena! It was stupid! I was caught up in the moment!"
"That's one thing we can agree on, it was really fucking stupid," Caroline left.
Damon sat on the floor, he didn't understand why he kissed Elena, he didn't care about her, not in the romantic sense at least. He really just wanted closure, that's why he had gone to the room with her. As soon as they got to the room though, she started talking about loving him and if situations were different and when she kissed him, he kissed her back. The kiss was different; it felt like he was kissing his sister. There was no passion.
Damon stood up; the kiss hadn't felt as good as when he kissed Bonnie. Bonnie, he hurt her, her words bore into his soul and he could not deal with the fact that he had hurt her so much. Even though she hadn't cried or anything, Damon knew that he had really hurt her. He had to make it up to her. He didn't know how but he knew that even if it took his last breath he was going to get Bonnie Bennett to forgive him.
Bonnie pulled up into her driveway and saw Klaus leaning against her door. Great, she murmured. Bonnie exited the car and noticed her phone vibrating, she took it out and saw Caroline's name. She hit the ignore button and walked towards Klaus.
"What the fuck do you want?" Bonnie asked.
"Well I see someone is in a great mood!" Klaus said.
Bonnie ignored him as her phone vibrated, indicating a text from Caroline.
"You really should answer your calls."
Bonnie glared at him, "Is there a reason why you're here?"
"What's wrong Bonnie?"
"Klaus, I don't have time to play Dr. Phil, if you have a reason to be here then tell me otherwise I'd like you to leave."
Klaus stared at Bonnie he knew she was clearly upset.
"I just wanted to thank you for helping me to reunite my family."
Bonnie nodded and opened her door.
"Bonnie." Klaus said, "The Salvatores can be heart breakers but I personally think it's the doppelganger that is at fault, take care love."
Bonnie shut the door and went to her room. Elena held most of the blame but Damon was wrong. He shouldn't have returned her kiss. Stefan must have been completely heartbroken. Stefan definitely expected more from Elena. Bonnie sighed. She turned off her lights and went to bed.
Oh, no I do not hook up, up I fall deep. 'Cause the more that you try is the harder I'll fight to say goodnight.
