After the date, Caroline didn't hear from Bonnie for a couple of days, so she went over to her house to see if something was wrong.

"Hey," she said, coming to sit next to Bonnie on the sofa while she watched TV. "Is something wrong? You haven't called me since we all went out."

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "Nothing's wrong. I was just really surprised when I saw you and Kol together so I kind of cut myself off from everyone. Sorry."

"Are you mad at me?" Caroline asked. "For going out with Kol, I mean?"

"No!" Bonnie shook her head. "Kol and I are not together anymore. You can date him if you want to. Besides, I have Trevor."

Caroline nodded. "Uh-huh. The guy you met at the library. You dropped a book. He picked it up for you. So gallant." She paused. "How did you and Kol meet?"

"You know how we met!" Bonnie said. "You set me up on that stupid blind date, but the guy never showed, so I was sitting at the table all alone and feeling like a complete loser when Kol came over and sat with me. I knew he wasn't the right guy, cause you told me the guy you set me up with was blonde, and I came so close to telling Kol to go away, but I didn't…"

"Excuse me," a voice said. Bonnie looked up and saw a man with dark hair, dark eyes and an engaging smile looking at her.

"Yes?" Bonnie asked. "Can I help you?"

"I was actually thinking I could help you," he said. "Would you mind if I sat down, or are you waiting for someone?"

Bonnie shrugged. "Go ahead. I thought I was waiting for a blind date, but apparently he stood me up."

"What an idiot," Kol replied. "If you don't mind my being bold, you're a beautiful woman and it's this man's loss."

Bonnie grinned. "Well, thank you," she replied. "I'm not keeping you from anyone, am I? If you have people waiting for you, you don't need to sit here and console me."

"Oh, it's no trouble," Kol replied. "I come here every Friday anyway. It's a tradition, you might say."

"You've been here often?" Bonnie asked. "You wouldn't be able to recommend something good on the menu, would you?"

Kol took it from her. "Lobster pasta," he said. "But this is such a typical place for a first date, don't you think? I have an even better idea."

"Since when are we dating?" Bonnie asked as she stood up. "I don't even know your name!"

"Right," he nodded. "How silly of me. I'm Kol. And you are?"

"Bonnie," she replied. "Nice to meet you Kol. And thank you for helping me save face tonight."

Kol nodded. "It's my pleasure. Now, shall we go?"

"Okay," Bonnie nodded. "Where are we going?"

"How much do you know about the man who stood you up?" Kol asked her. "Do you know his address, by any chance?"

Bonnie shook her head. "I don't. But my friend Caroline does, though."

"Call her and get it from her," he said. "I've got an idea. We're going to leave here, go the the grocery store and pick up a few things. Is that all right with you?"

"Sure," Bonnie said. "I guess. What do we need to pick up at the store?"

Kol grinned and shook his head. "Nice try," he said. "But I'm not going to tell you because I'm afraid if I do, you're going to back out."

"Oh, god," Bonnie inhaled. "Now I'm feeling nervous."

"No need to be," Kol said. "All you have to do is trust me. Do you think you can do that?"

"Do I have any other choice?" Bonnie asked as he pulled her out the restaurant door and told his driver to go home. He helped Bonnie into the driver's seat of her car and then came around to sit beside her.

"Unless you want to be back sitting alone at the restaurant, then you don't," Kol replied. "Do you want to be sitting alone at the restaurant?"

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "I'd really rather not."

"And then you went to the grocery store and called me from your car in the parking lot," Caroline said. "I really didn't think that Kyle was gonna back out on you like that. He seemed like such a good guy. When you told me that he'd abandoned you, I felt so bad."

Bonnie nodded. "That must be why you gave me his address so readily."

"Okay," Kol said to Bonnie as they parked across the street from the house of the man who'd stood her up. "Do you understand what we're going to do? We're going to take the toilet paper and put it all over his yard, and he'll have a hell of a time getting it all off."

"I don't know if this is such a good idea," Bonnie said. "It's still kinda early. I bet he's not even in bed yet. What if he comes out and catches us and calls the police? I'm a very public figure and if word gets out that I got arrested, it will be all over papers."

"What do you do?" Kol asked. "Are you in some sort of government position?"

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "I'm a model, actually. But it's only to pay my way through grad school."

"Wow," Kol said. "An intelligent supermodel. I didn't know there were too many of those. I guess I got lucky."

"You didn't answer my question," Bonnie reminded him. "How are we going to get through this without getting arrested?"

"I have my ways," Kol assured her. "Just do what I say. I'll take care him if he comes."

Sighing, Bonnie got the toilet paper out from the back of the car, and the two of them began throwing the rolls at the trees in Kyle's front yard. Much to her surprise, after awhile, Bonnie felt herself relaxing and enjoying her time with Kol, laughing as each roll of toilet paper sailed upward into the trees. But just as they finished, the thing that Bonnie feared most happened. A light came on in Kyle's front window and he opened the door and called out.

"Hey!" He cried. "What's going on out here?"

Bonnie was about to scream and scamper away when she felt Kol put a hand over her mout and an arm around her waist so she couldn't move. "Stay here," he whispered. "Be calm and don't say a word. Will you do that?"

She nodded and he let her go. Then, as Kyle came toward them, Kol strode up to meet him. "Good evening," he said to the enraged man.

"What are you doing in my yard?" Kyle asked angrily. "You leave or I'll call the cops!"

"We came because you owe a beautiful woman an apology," Kol said. He pushed Bonnie gently forward. "You see her? You were supposed to meet her for a date this evening. Did you forget?"

Kyle squinted at Bonnie. "Wait a minute. I know you!"

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded. "My friend Caroline Forbes set us up. You were supposed to meet me for dinner tonight, but you never showed.

"Oh," He flushed. "Sorry about that. See, I went bar crawling with some friends of mine late this afternoon and drank so much it took quite awhile for me to sleep it all off."

"I'd be thankful if I were you," Kol told Bonnie. "Better he sleep it off and not show up then show up and get sick all over that pretty dress you're wearing."

"You think it's pretty?" Bonnie asked. "Thanks!" She looked at Kyle. "I forgive you," she said. "Get some rest and we'll get out of your yard."

Kyle was just about to go inside when Kol strode up, grabbed his arm and locked eyes with him. "You will go upstairs to bed," he said. "You will not come down again, no matter what you hear, all right?"

Kyle nodded and went inside.

"So," Kol said when he got back to Bonnie. "What about dinner now that we've used up all the toilet paper?"

"Sure," Bonnie nodded. "Where are we eating?"

Kol went to the car, asked Bonnie to give him the keys, opened the trunk and took the picnic basket out, bringing it into the yard and setting it under the most toilet-paper covered tree. He pulled the picnic blanket out of the basket and laid it out, along with all the food, then gazed up at Bonnie, who was stunned. "Are you going to join me?" He asked. "Or am I going to eat all this by myself?"

"Sure," Bonnie said, inching toward him. "I'll help you finish it all off. But how was it that you got Kyle to go inside and not come out again?"

"Magic," Kol answered immediately. "Either that, or the fact that I'm a very persuasive person. Which one would you be more likely to believe?"

"Well," Bonnie took out an apple. "You got me to do all this without saying much, didn't you?" She asked. "I believe you could persuade him."

"Do you feel better?" Kol asked her. "I hope you do. That was the whole point of this."

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded. "I guess I do feel better. I haven't laughed so hard in I don't know how long."

Kol took a sandwich out of the picnic basket and ate it. After the basket was empty, he said to her, "I've had a nice night. You wouldn't mind doing this again sometime. Would you?"

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "In fact, I think it would be nice. Are you free tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" Kol asked in surprise. "Most women I've gone out with in the past need at least a few days in between dates to recover?"

"'Recover'?" Bonnie asked curiously. "Why?"

Kol shrugged. "Some people find me to be a bit much," he said.

Bonnie shrugged. "I could do with some excitement in my life," she said. "So...tomorrow? Seven?"

Kol nodded. "I'll be there."

"And that was the beginning," Bonnie said, a fond look in her eye.

"How long until you found out he was a vampire?" Caroline asked. "It was our first Halloween together, actually. I decided it was the day I was gonna tell him about my powers, so I dressed as a witch, naturally, and when he came to pick me up for his family's Halloween party, he was dressed up like Dracula, and after a few rounds of spiked punch, it all came out. It was kind of cool, actually, going out with a guy who had powers too, so I didn't have to hide what I can do." She shrugged. "But now, it's just back to hiding everything." She sighed. "Kol really is one in a million and if it wasn't for the fact that he's so self-absorbed, think of all the fun we could have had...well, in addition to what we'd had previously, I mean."

"So you think Kol was fun," Caroline said.

"Well, yeah," Bonnie nodded. "How many guys do you know that would take you TPing on your first date?" She paused. "Don't worry, though. I'm not trying to steal your guy. You know I'd never do that to you."

"Of course not," Caroline said. "I know you wouldn't do something like that." Just then, her cell phone rang.

"Who is it?" Bonnie asked.

Caroline looked. "It's Kol," she said. "Do you mind if I take this?"

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "Go ahead."

Caroline went into the guest bathroom and put the phone to her ear. "Hi," Kol said. "So did it work? Did you get her talking about me?"

"Yeah," Caroline said. "She was reminiscing about your first date. You know, when you and she vandalized my co-worker Kyle's house?"

"Oh, yes," Kol said fondly. "No one deserved that more than him. When Bonnie spoke of it, did she speak like someone who was talking about fond memories or bad ones?"

"Fond ones, definitely," Caroline said. "She told me she thinks you're fun. And she misses being able to talk about her magic with you. She's completely hiding that now."

"So what's our next step?" Kol asked Caroline. "Do we go out again?"

"Yes," Caroline said decisively. "We go out again. I doubt Bonnie will have anything against her and Trevor doubling with us. It'll give her an excuse to shoot you longing, flirty glances across the table."

"And if she doesn't do that," Kol said, "then I will. Just to give her a push in the right direction."