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Note: Last chapter of the night. Special thanks to EvaMedina for commenting on every single chapter thus far. And thanks to everyone else for reading thus far. I hope you haven't gotten too bored. Alright, read on. =)

Chapter 30

"I thought you said he had a pulse when he got there" Stefan whispered as they all continued looking at the screen.

"He did" Damon responded, his own mind running at full speed as he tried to comprehend what was going on. He barely even noticed the time said five fifteen in the morning. This was going to be the first report of the day. He could only…he trailed off of his thought process as his phone beeped once, twice, three times, four, five, six; even as he clicked the messages it kept beeping.

"Is it Bonnie?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah," Damon started as he quickly scanned the messages. "She's scared as hell, she thinks she killed the guy, she seems…a little incoherent" he said checking the last message which was filled with spelling mistakes and random numbers where letters should've been.

"Can you blame—"

"I don't blame her" he snapped at Jeremy. "I don't know what happened but that guy was alive when I dropped him off at the hospital" Damon said as his phone started beeping again. "I'm gonna call her" he started to say but realized the new message wasn't from Bonnie. "I'll be back in a second," he said exiting the room as he looked at the unknown number. With any bad luck it was probably Katherine he thought as he tensed as the phone started ringing, the same unknown number popping up.

"Good to see you know when to answer" Klaus's voice said on the other end. He was surprised he let out a sigh of relief.

"Now is really not a good time Klaus but don't worry, we're almost done, it's just a little hard with all these obstacles" Damon said sarcastically.

"I try and get rid of the ones I can" Klaus said as Damon recalled the image of the dead witches. "Though I can honestly say I thought the death of that Felipe kid was your doing Damon" he said in his annoying British accent.

"I didn't touch him and you know that" Damon hissed as he heard Klaus chuckle.

"And sweet little Bonnie has nothing to do with it of course?" he asked.

"She might have pushed him away a little too hard but she knows she didn't kill him; I really wouldn't be surprised if it was you" Damon said.

"Sorry to disappoint you but it really wasn't. I'm really just calling to make sure Bonnie hasn't lost her mind about it. I don't need a crazed witch hunting for ingredients, could you imagine the mess it would make?" he asked humorously as the doorbell rang in the distance.

"You'll get your shit" Damon said through clenched teeth as he clicked off the phone and headed back into the room, stopping upon seeing a disgruntled Bonnie.

"I thought you said he was okay?" she said out of breathe.

"Please tell me you didn't drive here like this?" he said at the same time.

"No, we came too," Caroline said as her and Elena stepped into the house.

"Great, figured bring the party here" he started but stopped upon seeing Bonnie's expression. "Listen, you did not do this, I swear" he said walking over to her and cupping her face. "You did nothing wrong, do you understand me?" he assured her.

"And you didn't touch him, right?" she asked as Damon looked at her with slight shock.

"You know I didn't" he said though the unspoken voices said otherwise. "I didn't kill him" he said addressing everyone. "He was alive, I left him with those two nurses" Damon told him as he saw Elena's face scrunch up. "What?" he asked.

"Didn't you listen to the news? He was found dead upon arrival, the receptionist went outside for some air and she found him lying on the bench" she explained as Damon shook his head with his disbelief as he replayed the incident.

"No, there were two nurses, they asked what happened, one of them got a stretcher" he told her along with everyone else but Caroline shook her head.

"Look" she said pointing to the TV,
the report was on again. The time it showed the receptionist, she was talking about terrifying it was to see him just lying there, all the blood around his arms and neck and head. Damon shook his head again.

"No, that's not right, there were two nurses when I got there" he repeated as Stefan looked worryingly from the TV to Damon.

"Did you stay to watch them bring Felipe inside?" Jeremy asked.

"I didn't think to, I assumed they would take care of it since they were nurses. And the blood, he was only bleeding from the small wound on the back of his head" Damon added realizing what the receptionist had said.

"But obviously he was bitten" Rudy piped up as Bonnie seemed to relax, or at least look a little less a mess.

"I. Did. Not. Kill. Him" Damon said slowly as he looked back at Bonnie.

"Why were you even there last night" she asked as Damon felt as she just slapped him.

"I missed you, I couldn't sleep, I just wanted to hold you" he plainly admitted, this time Bonnie looked torn between being angry and touched. "I spoke to Caroline and Elena first, and then went down to see you, you were talking to that Felipe guy. Was I jealous and angry? Yes. Have I thought about killing him? Yes. Did I? No. I know how much of a risk that would be to our relationship. You know someone else did it" he explained wanting to add he suspected Klaus but in the back of his mind he knew it wasn't him.

"I don't get it, he wasn't even a threat, I didn't even know him" Bonnie said slumping into the nearest chair. "What the hell was the point?" she asked, her eyes glossy again.

"To pin against one another. You were supposed to believe I did kill him and push me away, you were supposed to hate me and leave. Someone out there, whoever thinks I'm forcing you do this thought Felipe dying would get you to break away" he explained as Bonnie shook her head in disbelief and put her head in her hands.

"Maybe we should lay low, stop for a few days, I mean, how soon before they start coming after us?" Caroline asked. Damon grunted, he hadn't wanted to think of that possibility but it was a reality. It surprised him why it didn't occur to him sooner, then he remembered.

"You guys aren't enough to make me stop, just Stefan" he said with a roll of the eyes.

"But if they get hurt I'll go to them" Bonnie told him. "God, this isn't fair. I—I can't do this much longer, why did Klaus pick me?" she asked, tears running down her face. Damon took a step toward her but stopped when he felt a slight twitch in his head. "I'm sorry Damon," Bonnie said as more tears ran down her cheeks. He clenched his jaw again, she was indirectly pushing him away, or whoever was 'helping' her was pushing him away.

"Let's go for a walk" Stefan said quietly as he lightly took Bonnie's arm and led her to the door. "I'll text or call, we'll be back" Stefan said as the others nodded. Bonnie looked over her shoulder as she started to cry.

"I love you Damon," she said as Damon nodded, trying to remain looking strong.

"I know, and I love you too, we'll get through this; promise" he said as the door closed.