AN: So I'm guessing by the drop in reviews that you guys don't like the direction I'm taking this story, well that's a shame, but I guess you can't win them all.

In any case, here's the latest update and thank you to the ones who are sticking with this fic and giving feedback because sometimes I do use your suggestions to further the plot such as I did in this chapter, so thanks.

Oh and Bonnie is not a witch in this story, so sorry.

Now on to the story. Enjoy!

The renovations to the boarding house were finally complete from the inside to the out and it no longer had that gothic, haunted look about it, though it still remained the most commanding house on the block.

On the inside Damon had done a complete overhaul, getting rid of everything and decorating the house to his tastes, which consisted of rich, bold colors and sleek yet masculine furniture. The house mirrored who and what he was without being overtly overstated.

But now that the house was finished Damon Salvatore had way too much time on his hands and that was proving to be a very dangerous thing to the citizens of Mystic Fall. With each passing day the small town was becoming the vampire's own personal playground as he fell back into old habits but it wasn't that much fun without Stefan but it did keep him distracted from what he truly wanted but denied himself because for once in his undead life he was trying not to be selfish, and take what he wanted.

But god only knew how long that would last.

Damon went out nightly, a true predator on the prowl and because of his beauty it was more than easy to catch unsuspecting prey but Damon liked the hunt.

It was the best part about being a vampire.

Abby was just leaving the hospital after having worked a double shift and was feeling the effects as she got into her car; she was bone tired and all she could think about was getting home and jumping into the shower and sleeping for the rest of the day. She yawned as she came to a stop at the red light and watched as the sun slowly began to rise in the sky. It was going to be another scorcher today but that was okay because she planned on staying inside and maybe after she woke up she'd give Bonnie a break and make dinner tonight.

Ever since having Bonnie examined by a doctor and finding out that she was still a virgin, Abby hadn't been able to look her teenage daughter in the eyes and things were really strained around the house. Whenever Abby was home Bonnie would mostly stay closed up in her room reading some book or her and Jamie would go to the park or the movies or library, anywhere really so that she wasn't around the house much and when Abby would spend time with Jamie, Bonnie use that time to hang out with her friends.

It was like Bonnie was purposely trying to stay out of her way like she really thought Abby hated her and it made the woman feel guilty.

Her and Bonnie used to be so close and Abby missed those days but after Rudy died, everything changed and there was so much placed on her shoulders and it became too much. Going back to work and having to work long hours while having to raise two kids, one of which was a special needs child was overwhelming and there was no extended family to turn to and lend a hand, it was just the three of them.

And at the time Abby didn't know what to do because if she didn't work then they would lose the house, so that meant only one thing. Bonnie would have to give up her childhood and help carry some of the load, which meant being the mommy of the house.

So at twelve years old while Abby was at work, Bonnie would make sure that Jamie was fed, took a bath every day and had clean clothes to wear. Every morning she would walk them to school and be waiting outside his classroom at the end of the day so that they could walk home.

Once home, Bonnie would make them a snack and start on her homework while trying to help Jamie with his and then around five o'clock she would begin to make dinner so that it would be ready by seven o'clock when their mom got off of work.

There was no going to a friend's house after school or hanging out at the mall. That was Bonnie's life and she wasn't even a teenager yet.

The light turned green and the car behind hers honked its horn when she didn't go, pulling Abby from her thoughts. She pressed on the gas pedal and crossed the intersection and was immediately sideswiped by a semi-truck whose driver had fallen asleep at the wheel.

She was killed instantly.

Jamie was in the living room watching television while Bonnie was in the kitchen making breakfast. She had just finished frying the bacon and was turning the heat off the grits when the doorbell rang.

"I got it Jamie." Bonnie said, wiping her hands dry on a dish towel.

She walked to the door and looked through the peephole and frowned when she saw that it was Sheriff Forbes and another officer standing at the door.

Bonnie undid the locks and opened the door and the looks on their faces had her swallowing hard.

"Hi Bonnie, can we please come in." The blonde woman asked.

Bonnie bit her bottom lip wondering what was going on. Was this about the fight the other day with Kol and his friends? Had her mother pressed charges like she said she would and the Sheriff was there to hear their side of the story?

The teenager nodded her head, opening the door wider so that they could enter.

When Jamie saw the police he got up from off the floor and sat on the sofa. Bonnie sat down next to him while the two officers sat in the two chairs opposite them.

"What's this about Sheriff?" Bonnie asked, becoming scared by the expressions on their faces.

Something bad had happened, she could feel it inside.

Sheriff Forbes cleared her throat. She looked at both teens. "This morning there was an accident."

Bonnie immediately stood up and walked behind the sofa, tightly gripping the edge. Oh god, this was eerily like four years ago.

Her heart began to pound as she remembered being woken up in the middle of the night by her mother's screams and she'd jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to see two officers in their living room and one of them was holding her mother in his arms while she cried. And all the twelve year old could hear was her mother sobbing over and over again that he can't be dead and that's when she realized that her mother was talking about her father.

Sheriff Forbes looked at the girl with tears in her eyes. It was moments like this that she hated her job.

"I'm sorry Bonnie."

Bonnie shook her head tears already sliding down her face. "Please, please, please don't say it."

Jamie didn't understand what was going on. He kept looking back and forth between the Sheriff and his sister.

He stood up and went to his sister. "What's wrong Bonnie?"

"Oh god Jamie…momma's dead!" She sobbed quietly, hugging him.

His brows drew together in confusion not understanding. "What…no she's not Bonnie."

The Sheriff stood up and went to them. She gently touched Jamie's shoulder so that he would look at her.

The boy pulled away from his sister. "I'm sorry Jamie but she is…your mother was killed this morning on her way home by a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel. I'm sorry baby, she's really gone." The woman said with tears slipping from her eyes.

Jamie's whole face crumbled. "What…no…she's not dead…she can't be!"

Bonnie grabbed him, hugging him tightly to her once again.

"No…no." He cried, squeezing his eyes shut.

When news hit of Abby's death, neighbors began flocking to the house. Matt and his sister dropped everything when they heard and came over and found Jamie and Bonnie just sitting on the sofa clutching each other hands like they were scared something else bad would happen if they let go. He moved across the room and sat down on the coffee table in front of them while Vickie stood at his side.

"Bonnie." He said softly, touching her knee.

She looked up at him and he swallowed hard. She wasn't there; it was like Bonnie had checked out. He looked around the room at all the people just standing around watching and he squeezed her knee.

"Hey, I'm going to take care of everything…you just stay here with Jamie okay."

He kissed her forehead as he got up and squeezed Jamie's shoulder.

First thing first was to get all of these people out of the house because they weren't serving a purpose just standing around running their mouths because they had nothing else better to do with their time.

Matt politely but firmly asked everyone to leave. It took a few minutes to get everyone out because people felt the need to once again tell the two teens just how sorry they were for their lost.

Once everyone was gone, Matt and Vickie watched as Sheriff Forbes sat down in front of Bonnie and her brother.

She reached over and touched the teenage girl's hand. "Bonnie, I'm going to need you to give me the name and number of one of your relatives so that I can call and inform them of what's happened."

Bonnie looked up at the woman, her eyes slightly swollen and red from crying. "There is no one to call. It was just me, momma, and Jamie."

Sheriff Forbes nodded her head. This wasn't good.

Kelly Donovan was still a very good looking woman at thirty-eight years old. She ate right and kept her body in shape because she knew how tight the competition was out there and she'd been on the market for a long time now and was ready for a real relationship. She'd been divorced for over ten years and now that both of her kids were old enough to take care of themselves, it was time to live her life. Of course she'd dated and had boyfriends over the years, but no one had ever really got her juices going… that was until now.

Damon Salvatore just showed up out of nowhere and thank GAWD for that because this town had no real prospects in the men department, so boy was he a catch. She couldn't get enough of him. He was gorgeous and young and had the body of an Adonis but more importantly he could fuck her into next Tuesday and be able to do it again five seconds later. He was unbelievable. She'd never in her life met a man like him. He made her pussy hot, in all of her years of fucking NEVER had a man had that kind of effect on her. It was official, Kelly Donovan had met the man of her dreams and so what if he was younger than her because as she saw it the both of them were at their sexual peaks, so it couldn't have been more perfect.

Kelly woke up with a smile on her face because she was in his bed. They'd hooked up last night and she purposefully fell asleep because she wanted to wake up next to him but when she opened her eyes, she was alone in the bed.

Kelly sat up with a frown on her face and moments later Damon walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist and she smiled.

"Good morning." She purred.

"Morning." He replied rather flat, going to the big dresser across the room.

Kelly's brows knitted together. He didn't even look her way. She ran a hand throw her tangled hair, trying not to let it worry her and watched as he dropped the towel to the floor giving her a great view of his ass and slipped on a pair of jeans.

Damn, he was beautiful.

She smiled biting her lip. "Didn't your mother tell you to always put on underwear?" She teased to lighten the mood.

Damon zipped up his pants before fastening the button and ignored the playful question. "The shower's yours if you want to wash up before you leave."

Wow. Okay. She swallowed hard. "Is there something wrong Damon?"

Yeah, he was ready for her to get the fuck out of his house.

"I just have a lot of things to do and you're sort of holding me up."

She tried not to take it personally. "Okay…I'll try to be quick then."

She went to get up when her phone went off in her purse that sat on the floor next to the bed.

She reached down and grabbed it.

It was a text from her son. She opened the message, reading it.

She gasped. "Oh my god." Kelly said, putting a hand to her mouth. "Abby Bennett was killed this morning in a car accident."

Damon turned his head to look at her. "What?"

Kelly got up from the bed. "I better get over there."

"I'll drive you." He uttered, sliding his shirt down over his torso.

They got to the Bennett house about ten minutes after Social Service showed up, but no one noticed them enter the house because everyone was too busy looking at Bonnie.

"You're not splitting us up!" She yelled angrily.

Sheriff Forbes had been forced to contact Social Service because Bonnie and Jamie didn't have any relatives that could take them in but never once did she see that coming.

Ms. Peters, the social worker from the department tried to speak in a calming tone to the upset girl.

"Bonnie, I'm sorry but your brother is a special needs child and he has to be placed in a separate facility."

"No, I'm not going to let you do it!" She shouted getting up from the sofa. Jamie stood up as well, taking his sister's hand.

The police officer who'd accompanied the social worker made a move but Sheriff Forbes stopped him. "Wait a minute there as to be some other way Ms. Peters, Bonnie and Jamie are all each other has now you can't separate them like this. It's not right."

The red headed woman shook her head. "I'm sorry Sheriff Forbes but unless someone is willing to take both children into their home until we're able to find a permanent foster home for them then they'll have to be separated. It's the law, I'm sorry."

Bonnie couldn't believe what was happening. It was like she losing her entire family in the span of a day.

She shook her head, tears rolling down her face. "If you take Jamie away from me I'll kill myself."

Everyone gasped.

Sheriff Forbes spoke first. "Now Bonnie you know you don't mean that, sweetie."

The girl nodded her head. "Yes I do. I'll kill myself...I swear it."

Damon stared at her and realized without a doubt that she would do it if they took the boy away from her. He had to do something fast. He turned to Kelly who was still standing next to him by the door and he quietly compelled her.

"Volunteer to take both of them into your home."

She blinked a few times and then turned to the room. "I'll take them…they can stay at my home until you're able to find them permanent placement."

Everyone turned their heads to the door and saw them standing there.

"And who are you?" Ms. Peters asked.

"My name is Kelly Donovan and I've known Bonnie and Jamie practically their entire lives and I'm willing to open my home to them for as long as possible."

Both Vickie and Matt's eyes widen not believing that this was their mother talking.

Sheriff Forbes spoke up. "I can vouch for her Ms. Peter's, this is a tight knit community and I've known Kelly for years, Jamie and Bonnie will be well taken care of in her home."

The woman stood up. "Okay Sheriff, I will allow this. Bonnie and Jamie will stay with Mrs. Donovan until we can find a suitable foster home willing to take both children."

Ms. Peter's walked to the door and the officer followed behind. "I will be in contact with you Ms. Donovan."

Kelly nodded her head, opening the door for them.

As soon as the door closed, Bonnie flew across the room and hugged the older woman. "Oh my god, thank you so much Mrs. Donovan."

Kelly hugged her back, still a little confused as to why she did this while Damon stood to the side of them, his eyes focused intently on Bonnie's tear stained face.

Fate had spoken and if there was ever anyone to take care of Jamie and Bonnie, it was him and Damon would see to it that it happened.

The next few days were a complete blur for both Bonnie and Jamie. It just felt like they were going through the motions but thankfully so far things were working out pretty well at the Donovan's. Vickie shared her room with Bonnie and Matt shared his with Jamie.

Everything that Bonnie used to do at home she did at the Donovan house, trying to make herself needed so that Mrs. Donovan wouldn't up and change her mind about them staying there. She was taking no chances. Her and Jamie just had to stay together. He was all the family she had left in the world.

She'd pray every day that Ms. Peters would find them a foster home together and two days before the funeral Bonnie's prayers were answered when the woman showed up at the Donovan house.

Vickie and Mrs. Donovan were at work and Matt had just left for football practice, so only Bonnie and Jamie were there when the woman showed up with her news.

"Hi Jamie, Bonnie…it's good to see you again." She said sitting down.

The two teenagers sat down on the sofa.

She smiled at them. "Well I've come bearing some good news. We were able to find you guys a home."

Bonnie took hold of Jamie's hand squeezing it. This was good. As long as they were together then everything would be fine.

"So when do we leave?" Bonnie asked.

"As soon as you can gather your things." Ms. Peters said simply.

"But what about Mrs. Donovan…"

"'She's been contacted Bonnie, she knows that you two won't be here when she gets home."

"Oh." The teenage girl said. She guessed that was it then. "Okay, we'll go get our things…come on Jamie." She said getting up.

Ten minutes later when Ms. Peters stopped her sedan in front of the boarding house Jamie and Bonnie looked at each other.

"Um…what's going on Ms. Peters." Bonnie asked from the back seat.

The woman turned around in her seat. "Why this is where you and your brother will be staying. Damon Salvatore is your new foster parent."

Bonnie's mouth dropped. Damon Salvatore had to be no more than twenty-five and he wasn't married and she was pretty sure that he didn't have a job.

No, this couldn't be right.

"Ms. Peters, I think there's been some sort of mistake." She said, scooting forward in the seat.

"There's no mistake Bonnie. Mr. Salvatore has been thoroughly investigated and I've personally talked to him and been to his home several times. You and your brother will be happy here."

What the fuck was going on? She was sounding like some recording, like she'd been programmed to say that.

But before Bonnie could question her further, she felt Jamie take her hand and she turned to look at him.

"Bonnie, we're going to be living in the boarding house. My wish came true…I can't believe it really came true." He said with his eyes lighting up in excitement.

This was the first time since finding out about their mother that he was this animated. The last few days he'd been withdrawing further and further into himself and it was starting to scare Bonnie.

She nodded her head. "It looks that way."

He smiled hugging her. "I got my wish."

Ms. Peters ranged the doorbell and a few moments later Damon opened the door. "You're here." He said smiling.

"Hi Damon." Jamie said excitedly.

"Hey Jamie." He said speaking back to the boy.

He then looked to the older woman. "Ms. Peters, it's good to see you again."

She blushed under his blue eyes. "You too Mr. Salvatore."

And lastly he turned his gaze on her. "Hello Bonnie."

"Hi." She said barely looking at him.

He forced himself to look away from her. "Well come in, come in. I have everything all ready for you guys."

Jamie walked in first, his breath catching in his throat while his eyes widened as he looked around.

"Well this is where I say goodbye." Ms. Peters said at the door.

"What?" Bonnie said looking at her incredulously.

So she was just going to leave them like that?

The woman touched Bonnie's arm. "You are in good hands Bonnie, I promise." She said and then walked away.

Bonnie honestly couldn't believe all this was happening.

She stood there in front of the door and watched as the woman got into her car and drove away.

"Bonnie?" She heard Damon say from the door.

He took hold of the black bag on her shoulder and placed it on his. "Come on, I'll show you two around the house."

She faced forward and walked inside.

Damon showed them around, his eyes constantly going to Bonnie to gauge her reaction but she just seemed to be going through the motions, but Jamie more than made up for her lack of response.

After the tour he showed the two teenagers to their bedroom. Damon stopped at Jamie's room first, opening the door and the boy couldn't believe his eyes when he walked inside. The room was twice the size of his bedroom at home. He touched everything that he walked past in total awe but he really got excited when he saw the flat screen TV and the X box with tons of video games stacked on the console.

"Oh wow!" He said breathlessly. "Is all this for me?"

"It's all yours." Damon replied, nodding his head.

Bonnie leaned against the doorframe and watched her brother. She tried not to feel resentful, but it stung at how easily he seemed to forget about their mother now that they would be living at the boarding house.

Damon looked at Bonnie standing quietly inside the doorway; he wished that he could read her mind.

"I'm going to go show your sister her room, okay buddy?" He said rubbing the boy's head.

"Okay." He said distractedly as he looked over all his new video games.

Bonnie moved out the way to let Damon pass and she followed him as he walked a little further down the hallway. If he had a heart it would be pounding right now in anticipation of her reaction. He'd spent extra care with her room, wanting it to be perfect for her.

He opened the door and allowed her to walk in first. She stepped inside and looked around. The room was just as large as Jamie's but much brighter because there were two windows and whereas Jamie's room was every teenage boy's dream, hers was very pretty and girlie in it's own right.

There was no X box and video games in her room but she did notice a laptop and there were plenty of books that aligned the bookshelf.

Bonnie walked pasted the gorgeous four poster queen-sized bed and stood in front of the window on the far side of the room.

Damon walked inside and stood by the bed.

"Bonnie, I know things are very difficult right now but I just want you to know that I'm here for you, okay?"

She finally turned to look at him. "Is that so?" She shook her head. "You don't even know me and yet here my brother and I are, living in your home."

She started to walk towards him.

"This is what I don't get, you just moved to Mystic Falls and yet Social Service is allowing us to stay here. You're not that much older than me, your single and from what I've seen you don't have a job but more importantly what exactly do you know about raising kids, like shouldn't you at least have that much going for you in order to be a foster parent?"

Damon threw her bag on the bed. "You know what Bonnie, I thought you'd be grateful to me because you and your brother are together but keep this shit up and that won't be the case."

He turned away from her and began walking towards the door but then he suddenly stopped, turning to look at her over his shoulder.

"Oh and by the way, you're welcome." He said slamming the door behind him.

Bonnie covered her face as she burst into tears.