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"Bonnie you took a pretty bad hit…maybe I should give you some of my blood to heal you," Damon held the icepack up to the back of Bonnie's head. He studied her for a few moments, her eyes looked fine—but he was still concerned.

"I don't drink vampire's blood," she protested.

"Yes…yes…unless they make you orgasm first," Damon rolled his eyes.

Bonnie's mouth dropped as she stood up quickly from the bed immediately feeling woozy. She shifted on her feet for a few moments until she felt Damon's arms around her, forcing her to sit back down on the bed. "Drink some of my blood Bonnie and then you can stomp away from me properly," Damon bit into his wrist as his crimson blood raised to the surface of the puncture wounds, "I'll let you in on a secret, I gave you some when I found you because I wanted to make sure you didn't die…"

Bonnie glared at him and then looked down at the blood pooling. She never drank vampire blood outside of those moments when she was trying to climax. That was part of the rules that she made for herself. She knew that drinking blood from a vampire slowly bonded you with that vampire if the drinking continued and she wasn't interested in that, especially not with Damon. She licked her lips as she stared down at the blood.

"You only have a few moments to think about," Damon teased her.

"Bonnie!" Elena flew into the room immediately grabbing Bonnie into a hug. Damon's skin began to heal as Elena kneeled down checking out Bonnie, "what happened to you, I called you…I went to Grams' house…are you ok?"

"Someone hit me on the back of the head when I went after the person who attacked Vicki and when I was looking for Stefan…"

"Someone hit you…who?" Elena asked looking over at Damon.

"I didn't see them…", Bonnie mumbled and then she focused on Elena, "did you find Stefan?"

Elena's eyes shifted, "I found him, he was in bad shape…I gave him some of my blood…"

"You did what?" Damon's voice rose as he looked over at Elena.

After Bonnie took off, Damon went after her. He lost sight of her, but when he heard her cry out, he rushed to her—she was lying on the ground and he gave her just a small amount of his blood to make sure she wouldn't need to go to the hospital. He went straight to the boarding house and never once stopped to wonder where Elena and Stefan were.

"I gave Stefan some of my blood, he was hurt…he's ok now though. He went out to hunt…"

"You gave Stefan some of your blood?" Damon clarified standing up from the bed.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Elena asked confused.

Damon slipped on his t-shirt, "I have to go find my brother…I will be back,"Damon looked over at Bonnie before rushing out of the room.

Bonnie looked at Elena, who matched her gaze, "Bonnie, what were you doing here with Damon, especially with him being half naked?"

"I told you, someone knocked me in the head and he must've found me. He was in the shower when I woke up, I don't know…Damon is weird. What was that about with him rushing out of the room?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know…I don't understand why Damon would take off like that. I just gave Stefan some blood, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "What exactly is your relationship with the Salvatore brothers, did you..." Bonnie tilted her head to the side, "with both of them?"

Elena's eyes bugged out, "What…no!" she gasped, "absolutely not, I would never…I've only been with Stefan and I only want to be with Stefan. I don't want anything to do with Damon, he's not good Bonnie."

"Maybe, but he found me tonight and brought me here, so he can't be all bad…"

"He probably has an ulterior motive, he always does," Elena replied.

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Damon had no idea why he was doing this. His brother was his least favorite person on earth, but he felt compelled to find him. He drove along the road leading away from the boarding house and noticed a car on the side of the road with the lights on, but no one around it. It was telling, especially the fact that it was still running. Damon parked his car behind the deserted one and looked around. He could hear a scream in the distance and he took off running. He could smell the blood as he made his way closer to the sound of the screaming, which had stopped by the sound of skin ripping echoed through the air. Damon reached the clearing and found Stefan standing over the dismembered body. His hands were covered in blood and the body parts were strewn all around. His eyes were bloodshot and his fangs were dripping with blood.

"Well Brother, what have you done?" Damon looked around.

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"What has Damon done exactly?" Bonnie followed Elena out of Damon's room and down to the living room.

"What do you mean?" Elena asked turning to face Bonnie.

"I mean, you obviously have an opinion on Damon, but you haven't given me any examples as to why you feel the way you do." Bonnie wasn't sure exactly why she felt the need to press Elena on this issue, but something wasn't right between Elena and the Salvatore brothers.

"Bonnie, is something going on between you and Damon?" Elena moved closer to her with narrowed eyes, "I mean, it's like you don't believe me when I say that Damon is bad news."

"He saved me tonight, so that's what's going on at the moment. But I want to know what happened before I got here to make you hate Damon or whatever it is you two have going on. You say he's not a good vampire, whatever that means…but apparently there's a line in the sand with you and him, so what happened?" Bonnie folding her arms. Her heart was pounding because she could feel that Elena was holding something back from her.

Elena sighed, "He killed one of our teachers in school. He got angry at Stefan, wanted to prove some obnoxious point and he ripped his throat out Bonnie."

Bonnie blinked in disbelief, "He killed one of your teachers?"

"Yes and he threatened to turn me into a vampire, if Stefan didn't cooperate with him."

"What did he want Stefan to do?" Bonnie asked.

Elena opened her mouth, but the door to the boarding house opened and Damon walked in with Stefan. Bonnie studied Stefan, she could see the traces of blood around his mouth and something about him didn't look the same, "Stefan!" Elena rushed over to him, "what happened…are you ok?" she studied his face.

"Elena…" Stefan breathed out as he placed his hands on Elena's cheeks looking into her eyes.

"Brother, perhaps you should go to the kitchen and have some of your deer blood," Damon raised an eyebrow.

Stefan walked away from Elena and headed towards the kitchen. She looked over at Damon before following Stefan towards the kitchen.

"What in the hell was that?" Bonnie asked.

"My brother had a rough night," Damon walked over to the drink cart and poured a shot of bourbon.

"What is going on…there are some secrets here," Bonnie looked around.

"You have noooo idea," Damon mumbled.

"Then how about you tell me some of them because for some reason, I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't know what's really going on here," Bonnie folded her arms.

Damon took his shot and turned to Bonnie, "How's your head?"

"It's pounding."

"Drink some of my blood," he stated biting into his wrist and holding it in front of Bonnie's mouth.

She looked at it. One time wouldn't hurt. She placed her lips on his wrist and began to suck. Damon looked over at her and the way she closed her eyes while sucking on his wrist made him want to grab her and rip her clothes off right in the middle of the living room.

"Much better," she mumbled moving her lips away from his wrist, "so I spoke with Elena…"

"Did you now?"

"And she told me that you threatened to turn her into a vampire and to make a point to Stefan, you killed one of her teachers…so it seems as though, you are like every other vampire that I have ever come in contact with and because of that, I want you to stay the hell away from me. I don't know what game you could possibly be playing here, but stay away from me," Bonnie warned him staring him down.

Damon looked at her for a few moments and then smirked, "I bet you want to storm out now, but I guess you realize you have no way of getting home…do you?" Damon said in almost a teasing manner.

"You're an asshole!" Bonnie shrieked.

"As you found out tonight, that's exactly what I am. Look, I will give you a ride home and you can feel free to give me the silent treatment."

Bonnie narrowed her eyes into slits. She had half a mind to set him on fire, but she needed to conserve her energy. She needed to find out who attacked her and Vicki Donovan at the bonfire, because it definitely wasn't the same person and most of all Damon wasn't worth the flick of the wrist.

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Damon turned up the radio as he drove towards Bonnie's house. There was definitely silent treatment during the entire ride. Bonnie kept her arms folded and stared straight ahead. He could see her jaw clenching and unclenching as he pulled into the driveway and killed the engine, "Look, ok…I'm an asshole Bonnie. I don't care about many people and I show that frequently, but I went after you in the woods tonight because I wanted to make sure you were ok. You saved me before and I had to return the favor."

"Why were you going to turn Elena?" Bonnie turned to him.

Damon turned to meet Bonnie's gaze, "Because I wanted Stefan to do something and he wouldn't."

"What did you want him to do so badly that you were willing to turn Elena. He would have hated you…"

Damon chuckled, "I don't care about my brother hating me, Bonnie."

"Sure you don't, that's why you tore out of the boarding house to track him down when Elena told you that she fed him her blood".

Damon's mouth snapped shut.

"And what was up with that anyway? So what she gave him some blood to heal him. Big deal. Vampires drink blood all the time."

"My brother has a slight problem and let's just say that Elena giving him her blood could have led to issues…"

"Issues? Is Elena in trouble being with him?" Bonnie asked concerned.

"No, I will handle it."

Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "So whatever you wanted Stefan to do, did he do it?"

Damon looked over at Bonnie. If he told her the truth, she would set him on fire, no question about it and a part of him believed he deserved it, but he liked her and he didn't want it to be the end of them, "No, he didn't."

"Then why did you take back your threat?" Bonnie asked.

Damon looked over at Bonnie meeting those emerald eyes of hers, "I got distracted," he remarked casually.

She snorted.

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Bonnie ran through the trees. She could feel the tree branches slicing into her body as she ran away from the figure chasing after her. Her heart threatened to beat out of her chest as she ran for what seemed like her life. The footsteps of the person chasing her got closer and closer and Bonnie felt as if she wasn't moving fast enough. Finally, she reached a clearing and felt two hands push her to the ground. She turned around looking for a stake, a tree branch…anything to help her and found herself being flipped over onto her back by someone strong. She came face to face with familiar brown eyes and a face she recognized.

"Elena?" she whispered.

Elena opened her mouth to reveal fangs and within seconds they were sinking into Bonnie's neck as she screamed.

Bonnie sat up in the middle of her bed, jumped out and rushed into the bathroom. She checked out her neck and noticed an absence of puncture wounds. Her nightmare felt so real. Her hands were shaking as she tried to gather her nerves. Elena was a vampire and she was chasing her. That nightmare had to be a result of what she found out earlier that night from Elena about what Damon threatened to do. She gripped onto the sink and looked in the mirror, before running her hands through her hair, "Let it go, Bonnie," she whispered, but a part of her was shaken to the core.

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Damon walked into the boarding house to Elena walking down the stairs. After dropping off Bonnie, he had no interest in going home. He would let Elena handle the mess that she created. Stefan went through his little cycle and it would be a day or two before there would be any more incidents.

As soon as her eyes met his, Elena immediately lit into him, "Did you attack Bonnie tonight?"

Damon backed up in complete surprise, "What?"

"I searched all over for her and when I do find her, she's here with you and she's been hurt."

"I didn't do anything to Bonnie, I found her in the woods hit in the back of the head and unconscious…I brought her back here to make sure that nothing else happened to her. You tell me, after you gave my brother your blood…did you keep an eye on him until you got back here?"

"What…yes, why?"

"Because Elena, my brother has a problem…did he tell you?"

"Yes, he doesn't drink human blood because it affects him differently, but he has it under control…"

Damon snickered, "Is that what he told you?"

"Damon, I trust Stefan."

"Good idea," Damon winked, "but some advice, if you don't want Bonnie to find out about how you involved Sheila Bennett in our little game, then I suggest you back off giving Bonnie history lessons on what happened before she showed up."

Elena's eyes widened, "You and Bonnie, you have something going on with her…don't you?"

"That is none of your concern, just know that if I tell her what you did…it will blow up your already fragile friendship and I know you wouldn't want that," Damon stated picking up his glass and brushing past her.

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The next morning, Bonnie found herself walking the halls of Mystic Falls General Hospital. Her nightmare had knocked her through a loop. She wasn't sure what it meant, but she would file it away for later. She wasn't necessarily a seer, but there were times when her nightmares or dreams meant something in real life. Elena wasn't a vampire, so she had to believe that her nightmare was just that—a nightmare.

After the previous night, she had to turn her attention to finding out who attacked Vicki. It had to be one of the vampires on her list and maybe speaking with Vicki could help her figure it out. Bonnie walked towards Vicki's room carrying a bouquet of flowers. She could hear Matt talking to Vicki from the hallway, so when she knocked on the door—Matt and Vicki looked at her in surprise.

"Bonnie?" Matt asked standing up and walking over, "hi…what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come by and see Vicki, I was at the bonfire last night and I heard about what happened…I just wanted to stop by, see how she's doing…"

Matt looked a little confused, "Um…she's ok…"

"Yes, I'm ok and I can speak for myself, Bonnie what are you doing here?"

"Well someone knocked me out last night during the bonfire, I thought there was a possibility that it was the same person who attacked you…"

"Excuse me, Mr. Donovan…can we speak for a moment regarding the insurance card that you provided?" one of the nurses stepped into the room for a moment.

"Sure…umm…I'll be right back Vic," Matt left the hospital room leaving Bonnie with Vicki.

"So you said someone attacked you last night too?" Vicki asked watching as Bonnie moved closer to her.

"Yes, I was running through the woods when everyone began running and I don't know what happened—I just felt something…"

"Well I don't remember much…I think I should, but I don't."

Bonnie reached down and took Vicki's hand, "Sometimes, we have a way of blocking out traumatic events…"

Vicki nodded slowly. Bonnie felt a jolt of emotions and then she saw a vision.

She could see through Vicki's eyes in the woods and she was walking…stumbling away from the crowd. She eventually tripped over something. "Let me help you…", a deep voice stated holding out their hand.

She reaches for the hand and is helped off of the ground.

"Thank you," she answered.

"No…it was all my pleasure," the man stated before revealing his fangs and ripping into her skin.

She screamed as he hung onto her tightly.

"Vicki!" Stefan's voice came from behind them.

"Well…well…well…", another voice that sounded oddly familiar drifted through the air as her eyes began to close, but not before Stefan's voice broke through…"Katherine?" he stated before she fell to the ground and closed her eyes.

Bonnie let Vicki go, "What was that!" Vicki asked panicked.

"I…I have to go," Bonnie gathered her bag and rushed out of the hospital room. Bonnie's mind raced as she rushed out of the hospital towards her car. Stefan found Vicki, but he also found someone else. Katherine. He recognized another vampire who was there with the one who attacked Vicki and Katherine was more than likely the one that knocked Bonnie unconscious. Stefan knew her…so Stefan was who she needed to talk to. But there was just one thing…Katherine's voice…it sounded familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it exactly.

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Stefan opened his eyes to Damon holding a cup of blood under his nose, "Well Brother, you really stepped into it…your girlfriend left to get a change of clothes, but she will be right back much to my annoyance…so drink," Damon ordered.

Stefan took the mug, "Is it animal blood?"

"I don't need you running around ripping poor women apart here…so yes, its deer…a doe to be more specific," Damon smirked.

"Thanks," Stefan took the mug and drank down the blood as Damon stared at him, "what?"

"Can you control it?"

"What?"

"Can you control it and you know exactly what I am talking about, the fact that you ripped that girl apart last night because you had a taste of human blood…"

"I can handle it," Stefan sipped, "last night…I lost control, but it won't happen again. It can't happen again."

"Oh because that one time you lose control, you may actually turn your little ripper problem onto Elena and she may be one of your victims."

"I would never do that to Elena."

"Of course, because your love is perfect," Damon snorted.

"You know what Damon, if you'd ever…" Stefan began but was silenced by a knock on the door downstairs.

"Maybe that's Elena…she can take care of you for the rest of the day," Damon left the room with Stefan following behind him.

As he made his way down the stairs, Damon noticed Bonnie standing on the doorstep. This was unexpected. After their discussion last night, he was sure that he wouldn't see her for awhile. He opened the door and leaned in the doorway, "Miss Bennett, nice to see you again."

"I'm here to see Stefan, can I come in?"

"Stefan? Should I be jealous?"

Bonnie scoffed. Damon was so annoying, but he had a way of looking damn right sexy when he was being an annoying jackass and she had to ignore that part, "Stefan…" Bonnie looked around Damon, "can we talk?"

Stefan nodded as he gestured towards the living room. Damon began to follow, but Bonnie turned to him, "I want to talk to Stefan, without an audience."

Damon smiled, "I will just listen from outside the door."

"Of course…" Bonnie gave him a look before closing the living room French doors and apparently putting up a muffling spell, because Damon couldn't hear a thing.

"Damn witch," he mumbled.

Stefan watched as Bonnie looked around the living room of the boarding house. He realized that this was the first time that he'd spent one on one time with Bonnie and he was slightly intrigued. The gnawing bloodlust was starting to subside, but it was still there—humming below the surface of his chest and Bonnie looked like her blood would taste amazing. He looked at her neck and admired it. She was a witch; her blood would probably leave him sated for awhile. All he needed was a drop of it and he would be fine.

"So how old are you exactly?" Bonnie asked looking at some of the pictures around the room.

"Over 200 years or so…give or take…" Stefan watched her like a predator as she moved around the room.

"Uh, huh," Bonnie nodded.

"How long have you known about vampires?"

She turned to him, "Since I was 8 years old."

"8 huh? How exactly did that happen?"

Bonnie turned to Stefan and shook her head, "We don't know each other that well for you to get that information out of me."

"Fair enough."

"You knew my grandmother?"

"I did."

"Did she like you?"

Stefan shook his head, "Your grandmother tolerated me moreso than liked me."

"Sounds about right…are you ok?" Bonnie moved closer to him, "you don't look well…"

"I had a rough night last night," Stefan breathed out.

"Yes, you were staked right, in your stomach…Elena gave you some of her blood."

Stefan nodded slowly, he felt like he was being interrogated.

"Well it's a good thing she was there to help."

"Umm…yeah…" he cleared his throat feeling the temperature in the room increase.

"I saw Vicki this morning."

"Did you, she's ok, right?"

"She is. I went to see her to maybe figure out who attacked her and who knocked me unconscious."

"I see…and did she remember anything?"

Bonnie gave him a look, "She didn't, but I helped her remember some things. Such as the fact, that you were there. You saw who attacked her…"

"It was dark…"

"Yes, it was dark but not dark enough that you didn't recognize someone who was there…I believe you called her Katherine."

Stefan's eyes darkened as he looked at Bonnie, "What are you talking about?"

"No need to pretend, I saw you when you noticed her. You recognized this Katherine person and that's when she staked you."

"Bonnie, I'm not sure I know what you are talking about…I didn't see anyone in the woods last night," he walked away from her.

"Stefan, I know what I saw and I know that we haven't exactly been around each other long, but I trust my spells and I trust what I see and I heard you when you called out to Katherine…now who is she?" Bonnie moved closer to him, "because whomever she is, she had something to do with what happened to Vicki last night."

"Bonnie, I know that you've been through a lot since you returned to Mystic Falls…the death of Sheila…your attack last night, I understand. However, I did not see anyone named Katherine last night".

Bonnie looked around the room. She didn't believe a word Stefan said, but she figured he wouldn't come clean to her, "How about I ask Elena if she's ever heard the name?"

Stefan turned to face Bonnie as he moved to stand closer to her, "You don't want to do that."

"Stefan, I just want to know who attacked me and Vicki last night, that's all. I don't understand why this Katherine person is such a secret."

"Bonnie, that is a Pandora's box you don't want to open," he warned her.

"The fact that you are lying to me, tells me that it is exactly something I want to open," Bonnie challenged him.

"Bonnie, you should go…" Stefan walked away from her.

"Stefan, is something wrong?" Bonnie moved closer.

Stefan gripped onto the chair, "Bonnie, you need to leave…you need to get out."

Confusion spread across Bonnie's face. Stefan appeared to be a different person at that moment, "Stefan…"

He turned to her and within a blink of an eye, he was in front of her displaying his vampire visage. Her eyes widened as lunged for her and plunged his fangs into her neck. She screamed using all of her power to push him away and into the bookcase. He stood up and she didn't recognize him at all, "Stefan stop!" she yelled as she narrowed her eyes and he grabbed the sides of his head as the doors to the living room burst open and Damon rushed inside to see Stefan gripping his head and Bonnie standing in the middle of the floor focusing solely on him.

Damon looked over at her seeing the blood flowing from the wounds on her neck.

"Stop…please…stop it!" Stefan pleaded as he gripped his head.

Bonnie didn't let up as she tried her best to make his head explode. He had bit her and she wasn't in the mood to be forgiving or stop herself from causing him immeasurable pain.

"Bonnie, stop…" Damon stood in front of breaking her gaze from Stefan on the floor.

"He bit me," she stated.

"I know and I will handle it, trust me…stop…" Damon stated quietly.

Bonnie relaxed as she lessened the pain to Stefan's head. Damon turned and walked over to Stefan, "Sorry Brother, but looks like you need a time-out," he stated before twisted Stefan's neck sending him crashing to the floor.

Bonnie stood in the middle of the floor holding her neck and glared up at Damon, "You tell me what the hell is wrong with him and you tell me now!" she demanded.

Well some things happened…please show your love/like for this chapter. It's my Birthday tomorrow, reviews would be a great present!