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"Hey…" Damon grumbled as he lightly shook Bonnie until she mumbled something. "C'mon, wake up…" he said as Bonnie finally rolled over, her hair completely out of sorts as she looked over at Damon with a sleepy smile, her eyes barely open.

"What time is it?" she grumbled back.

"I don't know, where's your clock?" he asked not even trying to move.

"Look at the phone" she replied with a loud yawn and she turned to snuggle into Damon.

"Turned them off," he said putting his arm around her. He waited to for her to ask why, or start yelling at him but instead she just seemed to snuggle closer to him.

"Okay" she said in a muffled voice as she tossed one leg over his legs. "Just, don't get used to doing that, the others will freak out" she said.

"Pretty sure they know what we were doing last night Bon" he said as he started playing with her hair. Bonnie shifted uncomfortably as she put a hand on his chest. "Don't worry, it's a good thing, not like we went out and slayed a bunch of innocent people" he told her.

"Yeah, but, it's not like, you know, you've been a virgin your whole life" she said, her voice full of embarrassment. Damon wanted to comment that he was a lady's man so it was impossible for ladies to keep their hands off him, but obviously that wasn't a good idea.

"Everyone is going to see that you waited a really long time, even with me" he said instead as Bonnie ran her fingers across his stomach.

"No, they're going to think I gave in, they're going to think you're somehow still holding something against me" she said but didn't sound like she was trying to make an argument.

"People are going to think what they want Bonnie, whether it's right or wrong. We know the truth, our friends know the truth, that's all that matters, okay?" he said kissing her head. She grumbled something but didn't say anything. "Are you hungry?" he asked as he unlocked her legs from around him before getting himself out of bed.

"I want pancakes with a side of bacon" she said with a giggle as Damon raised an eyebrow at her. "And applesauce" she added as Damon caved to his urges and climbed back into bed, positioning himself on Bonnie as she giggled again.

Half an hour later they were downstairs waiting on the bacon; the pancakes were mostly done. "Have you ever been a cook at any point in your life?" Bonnie asked as she munched on one of the few pieces of cooked bacon.

"Nope, but I had plenty of time to practice" he said as he stretched and let out an obnoxious yawn as Bonnie sat on the counter in a plain yellow tank top and black yoga pants, her hair done up in a messy ponytail. Damon looked over at her as she absently stared ahead, humming quietly to herself as she did. He reached out and patted her leg though didn't say anything. She smiled and pulled him closer; he was only wearing a pair of red boxers, though he thought about just walking around naked. "The bacon is gonna burn" he told Bonnie who had wrapped herself around him.

Reluctantly she unwrapped her legs; as much as Damon wanted to spend the day having sex with Bonnie he knew it wouldn't be a good idea. Mostly because he didn't want to tire her out in case they had to make a run for it, and also because in the back of his mind he didn't want her to start wanting him just for sex. "Okay" she said pointing at the bacon. "It's ready, I'm going to get our phones" she said hopping off the counter and making her way upstairs.

"Good idea" he called after her as he turned his attention back to the stove. For a minute he let himself envision this life, settling into the guy who made breakfast, the human who didn't chase vampires or drink blood. A human in a committed relationship with the girl he loved. He could do that, right? He could give her everything she wanted. Eventually. Right? He continued thinking, images popping up in his head of Bonnie, weddings, kids, Stefan and Elena, more kids, being a dad. He could do that; some part of him wanted to do that.

But this still felt like a fairytale, playing pretend. No, this is real, he told himself as he scooped off the last pieces of bacon. I can have this. He continued telling himself as Bonnie came downstairs, phones in hand as she scrolled through hers. "Anything good?" he asked setting a plate in front of her as she sat down.

"Stefan checked in, said everyone is fine, Rudy is a bit upset" she said in her embarrassed tone as she blushed a little. "I guess the whole my boyfriend is an older guy thing is a lot for him to get used to" she said.

"I think it's more so the older boyfriend is a homicidal undead killer whom his only human daughter is dating that's the real problem" he half joked as he sat across from her.

"Used to be" she corrected as she started through her pancakes.

"I'm still pretty dangerous" he reminded her as she continued eating, either not hearing him or pretending she didn't hear him. As he watched her eat he thought again about the life he could have. The life he wanted. If he did ever decide to go with it it was going to take a lot of work; after all, he couldn't just erase the past. He couldn't just snap his fingers and be human. And even if they successfully made the cure who was to say no one would kill him right after.

"But you're trying, that's the most any human girlfriend can ask for" Bonnie said bringing back to attention. He nodded as he continued thinking. He was dangerous to everyone as a vampire, trying or not, but he was dangerous to himself as a human. There were so many ways to die, so many less things he could do to protect people, protect his kids. He shuddered at the thought, no doubt people would go after them. Bonnie would only be able to do so much to help.

"I know neither of us want to say it, but," he paused as Bonnie stopped eating. "This day is going way too fast" he said as Bonnie seemed to relax. He wondered if she had been thinking the same thing in terms of him.

"Well maybe we can do this once a month or something" Bonnie suggested as Damon smiled, he liked that idea, having Bonnie for a whole day and night, the things they could do.

"That sounds like a good idea" he said as Bonnie nodded, finished her plate and carried it to the sink and then started washing the pans. Bonnie's phone chirped a few times, signaling she had a new text message. "Want me to get that or is it private?" he asked, unable to completely hide the annoyed tone as he thought of her and Stefan.

"Go ahead" Bonnie said not bothering to turn around. He thumbed through the messages, still not understanding why she didn't have some sort of passcode on her phone. Even though he was supposed to be checking the new message he couldn't help but look at the ones Stefan sent. Nothing encrypted, nothing secretive, nothing flirtatious; good. The new message was from Caroline, she needed help with the décor for her dorm. Damon rolled his eyes, no doubt it would entail lots of pink and fuzzy or fluffy things.

"Caroline needs your help to set up her room to look like fairyland" Damon told her.

"You should come, you can carry boxes" Bonnie said, though it didn't sound like a suggestion in any way.

"I'd love to join you" he said as he silently gritted his teeth.