Flashback to a fourteen year old Bonnie...
Bonnie was busy in the kitchen peeling potatoes. She had a soft smile on her face and a adorable blush on her cheeks. Her green eyes twinkled every time she thinks back to her first kiss with Damon. It has been two weeks now since the night of their kiss and by now her dating Damon Salvatore is no longer a secret. Elena completely stopped talking to her and the things Elena is saying to the other kids about her is down right vicious and ugly.
Sheila was sitting by the table watching her granddaughter with growing concern. "Will that potatoes be all peeled anytime soon." Sheila asked with a raised brow.
"Just four more then I'm done." Bonnie said cheery.
Sheila sight.
Hearing Sheila sight made Bonnie looked at her. "Everything all right?" Bonnie asked.
"The Gilbert girl tells me your seeing Giuseppe's boy. Out of all the boys here in Mystique Lake it had to be the baddest of them all. Are you that gullible and naive not to see what that boy really wants from you."
Bonnie looked down. Tears threatening to fall down.
"Now I know how his been going around town hopping from one girl to another like a dog in heat. Josephine told me its because of him Mr Will is leaving his wife. He slept with her. A married woman." Sheila had a displeased look on her face. "Are you with the boy" Sheila asked her granddaughter.
Bonnie softly nodded her head yes.
"In words Bonnie Bennet." Sheila said.
"Yes mam. I'm with him." Bonnie whispered.
"Oh Lord." Sheila said and put her cup down with a shaky hand.
"Mama he is different now. I want you to meet him and see for yourself. He really cares about me Mamma." Bonnie said with tears in her eyes.
"Now what do know about love Miss Bennet? The only reason why that white boy takes a liking in you is because your different from the other loose girls here in Mystique Lake. You are a beautiful challenge to him. Walking down the street with your hand in his is the top show of showing how he can rebel against his father and the older white folks of this town. Do you want to be dragged into the middle of this."
Bonnie didn't bother to wipe her tears away. "I know he loves me." Bonnie said softly.
"Sweet Jesus. Help me here." Sheila said and sigh. "That boy is going to break you Bonnie. His got a dark side to him that even you are not aware of because the devil knows how to hide his demons." The old woman got up tired to her feet. "I'm going to rest for a while." Sheila said. She stopped by the door and looked back at her granddaughter with soft eyes. "Tell the boy I want to see him this coming Sunday."
"Yes mam."
That night when Bonnie was at the Lake with Damon and his friends Sheila's words rang through her leaving her weak and cold. That night she witnessed a dark violent side of Damon.
"Stop it! Damon stop it!" Bonnie screamed. She looked at his friends for help but no one stopped him.
Damon was repeatedly hitting a senior kid in the face with his fist after the kid made a crude remark towards Bonnie.
Finally Enzo stopped him. "That's enough Day."
"Let me go I will fucking kill him! Let me go Enzo!" Damon yelled.
Enzo calmly whispered something in Damon's ear and nodded his head in Bonnie's direction.
That seemed to calm him down. He slowly walked to a distraught looking Bonnie. He took her in his arms and kissed her on the side of her head. "I'm sorry you had to see that. He deserved it Bonnie." Damon took off his leather jacket and hanged it around her shoulders. "Your shivering. Let me take you home." Damon said softly. He then turned back to Enzo and said. "Clean this up." Enzo just nodded his head.
Bonnie didn't move. "Damon is he alive?" she whispered in shock.
"You want me to finish him off." Damon asked her.
Bonnie's eyes went wide.
Damon sigh and pulled her closer to him. "He is still alive. I will never let anyone hurt you Bonnie. I love you."
Bonnie let Damon walk her back to his car.
End of flashback ... back to the present time...
The Lake House
A soft cold hand on her cheek woke Bonnie up. Zoe and Dylan looked at her with wide eyes.
"Mom? Is the storm over?" Zoe asked softly.
Bonnie quickly got up to her feet and ran to the door. She was just about to open it when the door got pushed open by a worried looking Stephen.
"Thank God you guys are okay." He said and hugged Bonnie.
Fitz, Dr Henderson and four agents were standing behind him. "Where is Damon? " Stephen asked and felt his heart sink to his feet when he saw the look in Bonnie's eyes.
"No." He muttered. "Did he go out there?" Stephen whispered softly in a broken voice.
Bonnie could not talk. She just nodded her head.
"No! No!" Zoe screamed and rand out of the Lake House.
"Stop her Stephen."
Stephen and the men ran after Zoe, but Zoe being the excellent athlete that she is outran them to the Lake and with a graceful bow she dived into the water and started swimming. "Dad? Dad where are you?! Dad!?" Zoe screamed.
"We need to get her out. We don't know if the storm is really over." Fitz said. The four agents dived into the Lake from the dock. The were quickly getting closer to Zoe.
Zoe felt her head spinning and her breathing was out of control. Before she could slip under water from exhaustion the agents got to her and safely brought her back.
"The water patrol rescue guys are on their way Bonnie. We will find him." Fitz said and put his arm around Bonnie for comfort. Bonnie just stared wide eye and dazed at the Lake.
Dr Henderson carefully examined a passed out Zoe. "They all need to be taken to a hospital. She's in shock. Bonnie too and Dylan is not far from passing out." Dr Henderson said and carefully pick Zoe up.
Stephen softly took Bonnie's arm and said. "Bon you need to see a doc. I'll stay here and as soon as we find Damon I will let you know."
"No!" Bonnie yelled. "He is coming back. He said he is coming back. Put my daughter down Dr Henderson. Come Dylan come stand with me. Your father will be here soon." Bonnie said and glared at the men.
Stephen and Dr Henderson exchange knowing glances. Bonnie is in shock and they need to sedate her.
Dr Henderson placed Zoe down carefully. Dylan walked slowly to his mother and took her hand. Bonnie looked down at Zoe. "She will wake up when her dad comes back. You will see." Bonnie said softly.
Fitz looked away. It was really sad to see Bonnie like this.
Bonnie didn't feel the needle going into her arm. She turned her head and saw Stephen in tears. "I'm sorry Bon. You need to rest for your shake and the kids."
With Bonnie sedated they rushed the kids and Bonnie to the hospital.
Flashback to a fourteen year old Bonnie...
Bonnie took off her shoes and ran to the Lake. Still dressed in her school uniform. She found Damon there. He was sitting at the dock with his back leaned against the pole.
"Damon?" she said softly.
"Hey little witch. Came to see if I'm still alive? " He said and chuckled. He started to cough and clutched his chest with his arm.
"Look at me." She said softly.
Damon turned back painfully and tried to smirk. "Its not as bad as it looks."
Bonnie gasps at the sight of a badly beaten Damon. Both his eyes were swollen. His right eye shut. Bruises all over his face. His lip were busted open. He tried to laugh it off but cough up blood.
Bonnie crouched down in front of him and quickly opened her schoolbag. She took out two jars and with trembling fingers she applied the cool ointment on his wounds and around his eyes. He was beaten to a point where he looked unrecognizable. Tears were rolling down her cheeks as she soothed Damon's bruises and wounds with her fingers.
"Don't cry for me little witch." He said softly "I'm tougher then I look."
Enzo told her after school that she better go check up on Damon. The kids father who Damon beat up came to Damon's father and demanded Giuseppe to punish Damon for putting his son in hospital.
"You know I lied when I told you that I'm not afraid of anything?" Damon said to her and gently wipe her tears away.
Bonnie nodded. Unable to talk through her tears.
"Well I am. One. I'm afraid of losing you and secondly, I'm afraid of becoming the monster that created me."
Bonnie took Damon's hands in hers and said. "You will never be like him Damon Salvatore."
End of flashback and back to the present time...
The Lake
A thick fog came over the Lake and a search for Damon made it impossible. The rescue guys had to wait for the fog to clear up completely before they could begin searching and to top it off it started to rain again.
"I have never experienced a weather like this." Fitz said as he watched the rescue men preparing their equipment.
"That's Mystique Lake for you Mr President. Everything is not as perfect as we advertise it on our town brochures." Dr Henderson said and looked at Stephen who was standing by the docs.
Stephen felt a hand in his shoulder and he looked back. It was one of the rescue guys. "We will find your brother. We need to clear the dock. A safety precaution."
Stephen just nodded his head.
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