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"Come on Bon, I have something to show you," Elena led her towards the water as they cleared the trees near the lake.
"What? Why are we out here alone?" Bonnie looked around as all her senses went into overdrive and they entered the water.
"Do you trust me?" Elena turned to her.
"Of course I do."
"Good!" Elena stated before pushing Bonnie into the water.
As much as Bonnie tried, she couldn't stand up and Elena kept pushing her down. Bonnie was taking in water as she pleaded Elena to stop as she resurfaced. Finally, Elena grabbed her by her shirt, "Sorry Bon, can't help you," she stated before holding Bonnie under the water.
Bonnie immediately sat up in bed struggling to catch her breath. The sun was peaking through the curtains in her room as she gasped for air. That was the second dream she had where Elena was trying to kill her and it was wrecking havoc on her mind.
Her father kept her out until 6 in the morning. It was amazing how she could turn off everything and do what she was born to do. She reached over to her night table to see if Damon had text her and there was nothing. However, there was a text from Caroline asking to have lunch. Bonnie was kind of curious about why Caroline wanted to have lunch. The relationship between her and Caroline had always been an interesting one. Caroline talked non-stop and when she took a breath, she was always curious about who Bonnie was dating or seeing and virtually nothing else. However, Caroline was always a bevy of information and maybe she could give her some information on who Katherine was or at the very least, what happened in Mystic Falls before Bonnie showed up.
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Ever since his dream or rather memory from the night before Damon hadn't been able to sleep. He sat in the chair in his living room going over every inch of his dream. Maybe it was a coincidence that Bonnie had the same tattoo as Lucy, the one who tried to kill him so many years before. It's a family thing, she had told him after being so dodgy about it for weeks. Then there was the moment with Colin in the alley and the night she came to his house with the broken rib. He should have figured out something was up with her. Finally, it was the fact that she went after Vicki's attacker so quickly. She showed no fear and there had been rumblings that vampires were disappearing around town. It all made sense, what didn't make sense was that she knew about Stefan and she did nothing about him. Hell, she knew about him and didn't appear to be hunting him…what happened between them was much more than her stalking him to kill him, but he needed to find out.
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"Bonnie! Thank you for meeting me," Caroline hugged her tightly as Bonnie walked into the Mystic Grille later that afternoon.
"No problem, I'm sorry I've been distant lately…"
"It's ok, I know that you and Elena have always been closer," Caroline frowned slightly, "you two have always been the best friends with me looking in."
"Caroline…I only visited during the summers, you and Elena are just two people who don't always get each other and that's ok," Bonnie smiled and then frowned, "but I do have a question, you two seem further apart than you've ever been. I thought for sure that you two would have been rooming together at Whitmore, what happened?"
Caroline rolled her eyes, "The Salvatores happened. I don't know Bonnie, Elena just got really distant and cagey since she started going out with Stefan. Maybe she was upset at me for flirting with Stefan in the beginning, but she didn't have a claim to him then," Caroline defended herself, "and then it was the whole thing with Damon, but he led me on and it was just a mess and…I don't know, I just…things have changed Bonnie, Elena has changed and there's so many secrets."
Bonnie blanched at the mention of Caroline and Damon being intimate in any way, shape or form.
"Do you think it has to do with Stefan and Damon?" Bonnie probed.
"That's the only thing that changed really," Caroline replied thoughtfully.
Bonnie looked out towards the street and then back at Caroline, "Hmm…I know you're going to the gala, how about you stay at my house the night before and we can all get ready together…me, you and Elena."
Caroline raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure about that?"
"It's my house, of course I'm sure," Bonnie smiled.
Caroline's mouth slowly moved into a grin, "Sounds like fun, thank you Bonnie."
"It's fine, Caroline and I promise you…no boys."
"No boys," Caroline agreed.
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Damon watched from across the street as Bonnie and Caroline sat outside of the Mystic Grille. They were laughing about something and Damon gritted his teeth. He couldn't hear what they were talking about, but they were more likely talking about him and his history with Caroline. For weeks, Bonnie had been studying him and learning about his life. She had to be doing it for a reason. Because one of her kinfolk failed to kill him years earlier, Bonnie would probably finish the job—but he had a plan.
Damon removed his cell phone from his pocket and looked over at the table with Bonnie and Caroline. He quickly texted a few words and watched as Bonnie stopped speaking for a moment and glanced down at her phone. He watched her text back and he looked down at his phone as a smile spread across his face, "Bonnie Bennett, it's time you answer some questions…"
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"Two minutes more than your usual time," Rudy shook his head staring at his watch. After finishing lunch with Caroline, Bonnie met her father at the high school's track. He was starting to give her some freedom to do what she wanted, so she was willing to do some training with him daily. She finished running her 2 miles and stopped in front of Rudy as she chugged her bottle of water.
"Really Dad?"
"Yes, really. You know what we're up against here. You need to be in your best shape, especially since we are close to getting the moonstone."
Bonnie nodded, "I will do better next time…"
"Five minutes to rest and after that, you have the stairs…"
"Daddy," Bonnie whined.
"Since I left you here, I'm sure you weren't training…so go…recover and then start again," Rudy nodded towards the track.
Bonnie shook her head as she began slowly walking around the track.
Rudy watched her walk and shook his head again. His daughter had been keeping secrets from him for weeks now and being in town, he was sure that she was still keeping something from him—but it was much harder. He was curious about this Damon Salvatore and he had little information about him. He and his brother apparently only came home recently. Liz told him that Damon was somewhat of a ladies man and flirt, but she didn't see much of that lately. Rudy figured that the lately had to do with the fact that this Damon had zeroed in on Bonnie. Damon Salvatore was a distraction and Rudy didn't like distractions when it came to Bonnie. When he finally laid eyes on Damon at the gala, he would have to encourage him to keep his distance.
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Bonnie listened to her navigation direct her to the address that Damon had texted her earlier. She was slightly intrigued as to why he would want to show her something all the way on the outskirts of town, but with Damon, anything was possible. She could still feel the soreness in her legs from the workout her father put her through and she wanted nothing more but to lie in a bathtub soaking, but Damon was kind of adamant about meeting up.
She turned down a dirt road towards what appeared to be an abandoned mansion, "Damon, what are you up to?" she whispered as she noticed him standing by his Camaro. She drove up next to it and parked her car, sliding out, "umm…Damon, this is a weird place for a date."
He turned to her. She was dressed simply in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, one that showed a trace of her stomach. Her hair was pulled up in a messy ponytail and she looked absolutely gorgeous. She was a gorgeous, but traitorous woman, he thought to himself. "Is it?" he cocked his head to the side, "I thought we could benefit from some alone time, plus this place has history."
"Looks like it," she gazed around, "but what are we doing here?"
"Follow me," he started walking towards the house.
Bonnie hesitated. She wasn't exactly sure what had changed, but something in the air felt strange and Damon's voice…the way he looked at her…it all seemed wrong.
"Why would I follow you into an abandoned house?" she asked.
He turned to her, "You don't trust me?"
Bonnie hesitated, "Why does this suddenly feel like a scary movie."
He turned to her and smirked, "Come on now, why would you say that?"
Bonnie raised an eyebrow as she removed her bag from her car, "Ok, my interest is piqued but we are not having sex in some abandoned house."
"Right," Damon commented as she followed him up the stairs. Damon opened the door and stepped inside gesturing for Bonnie to follow him. Bonnie walked in after him and looked around as he watched her with a predatory gaze.
"What is this place?" she asked, "did your family own this?"
"No…however, I kind of inherited awhile back," Damon looked around without looking at her.
"Really…hmm…"
"This place is where some of the great residents of Mystic Falls found one traitor witch to cast a spell to lock some of her fellow witches in while they waited to be burned at the stake," he stated with his back to her.
Bonnie's entire body went on alert and her heart slammed against her rib cage, "Why would you bring me here?" she asked uneasily.
Damon turned around to face her and before she could react, she was being pushed into a wall and pinned by her shoulders, "What's wrong with you!" she shrieked as she fought against his hold on her.
"You didn't think I would find out, did you?" he snarled in her face.
"What…find out what?" she asked.
"That you're a fucking vampire hunter!" he barked.
Bonnie looked at him as she realized what this was all about, "What?" she gasped.
"Don't you deny it, Bonnie. I know. The tattoo…I knew that something was up with it and I couldn't remember it, then last night…I remembered…one of your freaking Bennett relatives tried to murder me years ago and I barely got away…so they sent you to kill me now? What was the plan, fuck me and then stake me…is that what you're into?" he vamped out.
Bonnie eyes went wide and suddenly she went into huntress mode as she narrowed her eyes, sending all of the pain possible to his brain. He immediately dropped to his knees holding the sides of his head crying out in pain. Bonnie removed one of her stakes from her bag and immediately knocked Damon to the floor straddling him holding the stake over his chest, "You thought you would be able to what…kill me," she hissed at him as he realized he couldn't move.
"Let me go, you fucking witch," he struggled to move, but couldn't.
"Not until you tell me what you think you know about me," she held the stake firmly in her hand as her heart beat rapidly in her chest. It was amazing she could keep her voice steady or her hand because she was afraid, for the first time in years. She never expected Damon to find out about what she was or at least not the way he allegedly did.
"I was on the receiving end of one of your Bennett witch's stakes before…in the 90's…she was pretty just like you, she led me into an alley and then I found her trying to stake me, I barely got away from her and here you come…years later…you knew I was a vampire from the moment you touched me, you fucked me and what was the plan Bonnie, were you going to stake me in my sleep one night…stake my brother…do away with us both?"
Bonnie leaned down staring directly into his stormy blue eyes, "I've been doing this for more than 10 years…if I wanted you dead, you would be. If I wanted your brother dead, you would be having arguments with ashes on a daily basis. You are alive because I want you to be and I thought you realized that awhile ago, but if you want to do this…let's do it," she moved her body off of his and stood up holding onto her stake spreading her arms out.
Damon felt his body release from the invisible bondage and he stood up quickly, "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "Are you kidding me? I don't advertise what I am and we…"
"We what?" he challenged her.
Bonnie rolled her eyes as she held onto her stake tightly, "We weren't supposed to be anything more than one night and then you started doing the most…"
Damon gasped, "I started doing the most?"
"Yes, the dinner…the talking…everything…and I started to see things differently."
"So if you're a hunter, why are you sparing me and my brother?" Damon asked moving closer to her.
"Huntress and its because you're not on my list," she answered simply.
"Ahh…and if we were to appear on said list?"
"You won't, I will make sure of that," Bonnie answered.
"Doesn't that go against your little vow?"
"Damon, just know that you and Stefan are not on the list and you will never be."
"Because you actually care about me despite everything?" Damon inquired moving closer to her.
"You just brought me to a house probably to kill me and I'm supposed to declare my feelings for you?" Bonnie scoffed walking towards the door, "you can go to hell."
"I found out you were a vampire hunter…"
"Huntress," she corrected him turning around, "and after everything that happened last night, you thought that this was some covert plan to kill you and Stefan? You really are an asshole."
"Look, I didn't know what to think ok!" Damon threw up his hands, "I'm sorry! I overreacted."
"Overreacted?" she raised an eyebrow, "no…you showed me why I shouldn't cut you any breaks," she turned to walk out the door, but Damon sped in front of it.
"Bonnie, I'm sorry…look…I should have known, but I just reacted. You don't know me, but I can be a complete dumbass at times. I'm sorry. I do stupid things…ask Stefan."
Bonnie shook her head.
"Bon, come on."
"Come on what? You bring me out here…"
"I wasn't going to kill you. No matter how much I suspected you…I wouldn't be able to do that to you."
"Because you like me, right?" Bonnie snorted.
"You saved me."
"That's right, I saved your ass when that vampire was about to kill you…what does that tell you!" Bonnie yelled poking him the chest, "I could have watched or taken you both out!"
"Ok…fine…I was wrong to suspect you of coming after me and my brother!" Damon exclaimed, "I'm sorry. Look…I'm going crazy here!"
"Crazy? You bet you are."
"Look, I come into the Mystic Grille that night and I sit next to you…I never thought we were turn into this. If I ever thought that we would…"
"Would what?" Bonnie asked.
"Look, I was an asshole a couple of months ago. Mostly because I hated my brother and because I found out that the woman that I loved for a very long time basically left me behind and never came back for me and then I meet you and things got complicated…I wasn't supposed to feel anything more for you and since that night in my Camaro, I've been intrigued by you Bonnie and my feelings for you are much deeper than I could have ever imagined," he walked towards her, "I'm sorry for bringing you here. I'm sorry for doubting you."
Bonnie sighed loudly rubbing her temples, "I'm sorry for not telling you the truth about me, but you have to excuse me for not broadcasting what I am to every vampire I come in contact with."
Damon nodded slowly, "You've been doing this for over 10 years…you started this when you were a kid?"
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Since I was 8 years old."
"How does an 8-year-old kid kill vampires?"
"Vampires underestimated me then and they underestimate me now…"
"So the broken rib a couple of weeks ago?" he gestured towards her torso.
"I killed the vampire that attacked Vicki in the woods."
Damon shook his head. Although he had some time to digest the fact that Bonnie was some kind of witch huntress, it was still a lot to take in, "Wow, so Elena knows about this?"
"Elena knows about me being a witch, nothing about the vampire hunting."
"So you keep it a secret."
"Those are the rules," she shrugged.
Damon raised an eyebrow, "So you would sleep with the vampires and then kill them?"
"No…I kept all of that separate, look its complicated," Bonnie felt uneasy. The last person she wanted to explain her sexual activities to was Damon.
"I have so many questions…"
"Damon, I've never told anyone about this and I like to keep it that way. If it gets out what I am, I won't be the one hunting anymore," she replied.
Damon nodded, "How about we go somewhere else to talk about all of this."
Bonnie hesitated. She was still a little shook by what occurred earlier, but her life had been a lonely one for so long and talking to Damon about it, may actually be a good thing.
"Give me a chance to make up for what happened earlier…please," he flashed her one of the most sincere smiles that she had ever witnessed from him.
"Ok," she agreed, "we can do that."
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"So the women in the Bennett family all hunt vampires?" Damon asked an hour as he and Bonnie lay on his bed. They were fully clothed, which was quite a change for Damon. After what happened in the house and the way she straddled him with the stake, he was kind of turned on—but he realized that now was not the time to act on his impulses.
"Something like that, sometimes it skips a generation…my Grams wasn't a huntress. When exactly did the member of my family allegedly try to kill you?"
"Not allegedly, she did…it was the 90's…early 90's, I believe in New York. Her name was Lucy."
Bonnie nodded knowingly, "Lucy," and then she laughed, "Lucy is something…you didn't sleep with her did you?" Bonnie focused on his eyes.
"No…we didn't get that far, she kind of killed the mood when she tried to stick a stake through my heart."
Bonnie felt a part of her relax, "Lucy stopped hunting years ago, she settled down…she's married to a warlock and she has three kids, all boys. She's not pleased."
"You can feel free not to tell her that I said hi."
Bonnie laughed, "I won't, she may try to finish what she started. Lucy was not happy when she retired."
"And I guess you took over somewhat, but what about your mother?" Damon asked noticing a shift in Bonnie's demeanor.
Bonnie shrugged.
"What happened to her?" he asked slipping his hand under Bonnie's shirt and rubbing her back.
Bonnie shrugged again, "Not sure, we got to Seattle and she just bailed. My father refuses to talk about her and Grams would always change the subject. I don't know if she was a huntress or not and you know, I don't care. She left when I needed her the most and I don't think I could ever forgive her for that."
"Soo…is the hunting something natural or is it something you learn…"
"Part natural ability…part training, my father has trained me since I was 8."
"And he's in town now because…"
"He doesn't trust me and if we're being honest," Bonnie turned to look at Damon with a half smile, "he shouldn't. I've been sleeping with a vampire for weeks and I'm keeping quiet about his brother, The Ripper. My father would have a heart attack if he knew what I was doing."
"So why are you here?"
"To be closer to my grandmother's things and my best friend," Bonnie winked.
"And kill a few vampires on occasion to keep your huntress badge," Damon commented.
"It's not like that, there is a structure to it all and I don't want to talk about it anymore…" Bonnie settled down on the bed next to him.
"Ok…fine."
"So there you are…you know all my secrets," Bonnie stated.
"Mmm,hmm," Damon mumbled as he traced a circles on her back. She had come clean to him after he confronted her and told him more than he deserved to know. He was still keeping a secret from her and that secret would destroy everything between them. She would never forgive him and he didn't want to risk that anymore. His feelings for Bonnie were deeper than he ever expected and she was what he needed in his life. She had the potential to be everything he craved his entire life. He had fallen fast and hard for her and he wasn't willing to give her up for selfish mistakes of the past.
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"Ok, I have the pizza…snacks…and soda, sorry my Dad's downstairs sitting in front of the liquor cabinet, so none of that will happen tonight," Bonnie entered her bedroom to Elena and Caroline.
They were both sitting on the floor occupied by their phones and not speaking to each other. Bonnie sighed. She kind of figured this would happen. After what happened with Damon, she was starting to relax and if she was being honest with herself—kind of happy. Her father had backed off a little knowing that once they got to the gala the next night, they would find the moonstone, destroy it and Rudy would go back home. Bonnie could explore whatever she had going on with Damon more freely. After confessing or rather their confrontation about her being a huntress, she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. The time she spent with him was about more than just sex, it was about a deeper connection. As she looked down at Elena and Caroline sitting on the floor on their phones, she wondered why she even bothered with this in the first place.
"Ok, you two…how about you put the phones away, we are having a slumber party just like we used to when we were younger," Bonnie plopped down on the floor between them, taking the cell phones.
"I tried to make conversation, but I can't talk to myself Bonnie," Caroline sighed as Elena cast her a look.
"You asking me about my relationship with Stefan wasn't making conversation, it was about you wondering whether we broke up," Elena countered.
Caroline rolled her eyes, "I'm not that interested in the status of your relationship with Stefan."
"That's new…or is it because you have Tyler and Matt both making fools of themselves for you?" Elena bit back.
"Stop you two!" Bonnie interrupted exasperated, "what is going on? I said we could have this sleepover to bond and not pick at each other. What happened? Why are you two like this?"
Caroline and Elena looked at each other, "Bonnie, you know and I know what happened…Elena started hanging with the Salvatores and she changed," Caroline began, "she didn't have time for anyone else, except when she spent time with your Grams."
"I didn't change, what are you talking about?" Elena gasped.
"You spent every moment that you had with Stefan and when things fell apart with me and Damon, you weren't there to listen…"
"You and Damon were just a fling!" Elena exclaimed, "and you only went after him after Stefan turned you down…"
"Oh yes, because everyone just loves Queen Elena," Caroline quipped sarcastically.
"Will you two stop it, Elena…Caroline, there's no reason for you to be at each other's throats. Yes, things probably got catty between you, but come on…we're about to go to college and we're going together, can't we put everything aside for that?" Bonnie pleaded.
Elena and Caroline looked at each other sheepishly, "You're right, Bon," Elena frowned and then looked over at Caroline, "I'm sorry for not listening to you."
"The same," Caroline stated hugging Elena.
"And besides, I don't know why we're talking about the Salvatores when Caroline has both Matt and Tyler after her," Bonnie rolled her eyes with a smirk.
Caroline gasped, "I am not in a triangle, I am with Tyler at the moment and Tyler only," Caroline declared.
The three girls burst into laughter, "Bonnie, it's nice having you here full time. I'm sorry that its because Sheila died, but I am looking forward to us hanging out more and just having fun. The gala will be one way to do it," Caroline beamed.
Bonnie nodded as she sipped her soda. Her father made it clear that most of their time at the gala would be finding the moonstone and finding a way to destroy it. However, she hoped to find a few moments to actually dance with Damon. It would be the only time she could be out with him and not draw a lot of attention. Her father would always be suspicious, but she could find a way to make him happy as well.
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"So you're really going to the gala tonight?" Stefan asked as Damon finished the knot on his tie as he breezed into Damon's room.
"Yes, why wouldn't I? Bonnie will be there and she is looking forward to a dance," Damon turned to Stefan wiggling his eyebrow.
Stefan furrowed his brows, "Have you given any additional thought to telling her about what happened?"
Damon closed his eyes, "You have an uncanny ability to kill anyone's buzz, do you know that?"
"I'm just trying to save whatever you two have…"
"Stefan, me and Bonnie are fine. In fact, we're more than fine. We are moving forward…she's happy, I'm happy and you know that when I'm happy, the world is happier," Damon winked.
Stefan sighed. He wasn't as confident as Damon was. The secrets between the group were all thinly hidden and when they inevitably came out, it would be explosive.
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"Oh shit!" Elena screeched as she looked down at her a pink blob on her dress.
Bonnie and Caroline immediately turned to her and both gasped in horror. Elena's black dress had a huge smear of pink lipstick. "Let me try to get some club soda or something to get it out," Caroline rushed out of the bedroom and down the stairs.
Bonnie helped Elena get out of her black strapless ball gown, "I hope this is not a preview of things to come tonight," Elena frowned looking at her dress in disgust.
"I can always get it out with a quick spell," Bonnie matched Elena's facial expression.
"No, Caroline will ask a million questions about how you got the stain out…it's fine," Elena whispered.
Bonnie nodded.
"Bon, I'm going to say this and if you ever bring it up again…I will claim ignorance, but you do look happy. You look happier than I've seen you in years, Bon."
Bonnie felt a smile spreading across her face, "Let's just say that I've had a chance to get some things off my chest…"
Elena blanched, "I don't want to know…"
"It's not about sex," Bonnie hit Elena lightly, "I'm just saying, that I've been carrying something for a long time and I just let it go and it feels good."
"I'm happy for you Bonnie, above all else, I want you to be happy—you deserve it," Elena brought her into a hug.
"I want you to be happy too Elena," Bonnie sighed holding onto Elena tightly.
"This may work!" Caroline stated walking in with the club soda and a towel, "wait…did you two have a moment?"
Elena and Bonnie looked at each other and began laughing, "Nothing worth talking about," Bonnie and Elena fell into laughter.
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Damon leaned against the bar scanning the crowd on the Lockwood grounds. This Miss Mystic Falls Gala was actually not that bad. The Lockwoods always did everything top notch and the bar always had top shelf. Damon scanned the crowd. Stefan had to stop at Elena's before coming to the gala because of some dress mishap; he secretly hoped they wouldn't show up. How was he supposed to romance Bonnie with their disapproving eyes staring at him? Damon grabbed an appetizer off of one of the trays and looked around. Ordinarily, he would be scanning this party for his newest conquest…food and fucking would be what he had in mind, but he actually wanted to see Bonnie and maybe even meet her father…the one who had kept her so busy that he barely saw her over the past month.
Damon didn't fully understand the parent-child relationship. His mother died when he was young and his father was a bastard—so much so that he had been the one to kill him and Stefan, which facilitated their transformation into vampires. With that background, Damon didn't understand or respect parental relationships, so it would be quite a feat to appear as if he cared about Bonnie's father's role in her life.
He sipped on his glass of bourbon and then he turned towards the stairs leading towards the grounds, where the gala was being held. He focused on the beauty walking down the steps in a white dress that showed off all her curves. Her hair was partially up, but she allowed strands to spill out and caress her neck. He slowly sipped his drink as he took in Bonnie holding onto her father as she made her way down. She was a vision. Her all white ensemble made her look pretty damn close to an angel and in his all black ensemble, he resembled the devil that everyone always said he was.
She was holding onto her father and she smiled as they reached the bottom of the stairs. Her father leaned over and whispered something in her ear. She hesitated and then nodded in response, as he let her go and turned to walk back up the stairs. Bonnie took one of the masquerade masks off of the table and looked around. He watched her. The look on her face was a mixture of amusement and annoyance, if that was possible. The men close to her drank her in. Her tawny skin glistened in the moonlight and Damon knew that he may just have to commit murder that evening, if anyone stepped over the line. He placed his glass on the bar and headed towards her, but stopped when he saw the lame one…Jeremy Gilbert step in front of her.
Bonnie had been so preoccupied looking around for Caroline (who had left earlier with Tyler) and Elena (who basically gave up on her dress and went home to switch it out), that she didn't notice Jeremy appear in front of her.
"Bonnie…wow…you look…wow," he shook his head in amazement, "you look gorgeous."
Bonnie looked down at her dress. She wasn't sure about the white, but by Jeremy's reaction—maybe it was a right move, "Thank you, I think," she cocked her head to the side, "I'm actually looking for Elena."
"I think she was still home changing her dress," Jeremy answered.
"Oh…ok…" Bonnie held onto her clutch looking around. Her father instructed her to wait outside until he finished consulting with some council members about where the safe could possibly be.
"Bon, I know that you have been busy dealing with your grandmother's things, but if you have some free time…I was thinking that maybe we could hang out," Jeremy mumbled looking around not actually making eye contact.
Bonnie smiled, "Jeremy…I am flattered, but we are better as friends…"
"Bonnie, I know you may think I'm a little too young for you, but I'm more mature than you think…"
"Jeremy, you're Elena's little brother. I see her as a sister. Being with you would be so weird," Bonnie stated hating the conversation. She looked around and that's when she caught his gaze near the bar. His gave her a wry smile.
"Jeremy…umm…I am sorry, but I just want to be honest," she frowned, touching his arm.
"Yeah…it's fine…fine…," Jeremy smiled dejectedly and moved away from her quickly.
Bonnie breathed out as she made her way over to Damon. The smile that spread across his face, the closer she got to him—made her feel beautiful. Telling him about her huntress life, actually made her feel better about everything. No one else knew and telling someone, made some of the pressure leave her. It was odd to confess to a vampire, but the more time she spent with Damon—the less she saw him as just a vampire.
When she reached him and his eyes lazily scanned her body, she suddenly felt like she was naked. He leaned down with his lips close to her ear and whispered, "You look good enough to eat, we should find a spare room."
Bonnie's body immediately reacted to his voice and his words, "Damon…" she gasped looking around to make sure that no one heard his words.
"You are absolutely gorgeous, are you sure that you're not Miss Mystic Falls?" he asked, moving a strand of her hair away from her cheek.
Bonnie laughed, "Oh I'm sure…"
"So where's your father, I was so excited to meet him," Damon remarked sarcastically.
"He's around…", she shrugged.
"Then I guess I have a few moments to actually spend with you uninterrupted."
"Damon, I can't disappear with you…"
"I was talking about a dance, I like being the envy of all of the men here," he winked holding out his hand. Bonnie looked down at it and she felt a case of the nerves come over her, "you're not going to leave me hanging Bennett, are you?"
She shook her head as she took his head and he led her out to the dance floor. Damon pulled her body to his and she laced her hand through his. As he began to lead her around the floor. Bonnie had boyfriends before, although never serious, she'd been with guys before. She'd kissed, had sex, done all kinds of things, but dancing with Damon at this moment felt different. It felt real…it felt authentic…and she could easily see herself losing herself in this. At one point she looked into his crystal blue eyes and she knew that she was falling. She was letting down every defense and she was free falling.
Rudy walked out on the patio with Liz Forbes and scanned the dance floor. He quickly noticed his daughter gliding across the dance floor with an unknown gentleman. The look on Bonnie's face rocked him, "Damon Salvatore?" he gestured with his chin towards the dancing couple.
Liz focused on Rudy's gaze, "That would be him."
Rudy's jaw clenched.
Elena and Stefan walked towards the sound of the music in the back of the Lockwood mansion and immediately Elena saw Bonnie and Damon on the dance floor. "Stefan," she tugged on his sleeve.
Stefan looked over and noticed his brother and Bonnie dancing. They appeared to be enjoying each other's company and he frowned. Things were definitely complicated now, "We need to talk to Damon," he replied taking out his phone and texting Damon.
When the music stopped, Damon smiled down at Bonnie before leaning down and kissing her softly on the cheek, "Thank you for the dance," he whispered.
Bonnie's insides were officially on fire as Damon's phone beeped. He sighed fishing his phone out of his jacket pocket reading Stefan's text message, "I have to talk to Stefan, I will be back in a few…"
Bonnie nodded as he turned leaving her on the dance floor and heading towards the house.
"Well that was impressive…quite a show…" Rudy walked up behind Bonnie.
Bonnie felt like she had just been pushed off of her cloud of happiness, "Daddy, where did you come from?"
"The sidelines…so I guess that was Damon?" he raised an eyebrow.
"It was…and I will introduce you, I promise…" she turned to him.
"I'm sure, you two looked pretty close."
"It was just a dance, Daddy," she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Oh is that what it is…"
"Daddy, did you have any luck finding the moonstone?" Bonnie asked changing the subject and lowering her voice.
"Some…let's talk," he replied guiding her off of the dance floor.
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"Damon, we saw you and Bonnie..." Stefan began.
"Jealous?" Damon smirked looking from Stefan and Elena as they stood in one of the bedrooms.
Elena scoffed, "You are a piece of work, do you know that?"
Damon turned to Elena, "I'm a piece of work, you have a nerve…you're a shitty friend, do you know that Elena?"
Elena gasped in response, "How dare you!"
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Rudy had tasked Bonnie with getting Tyler to let her use his father's study. She wasn't sure exactly how she would do it, but Rudy didn't care about the how…he just needed her to do it. Bonnie entered the mansion and looked around. She had only been to a handful of parties in the mansion, so she wasn't exactly sure where the study was or where Tyler was. She walked down the hallway casually smiling at guests and the servers. She was also curious where Damon had disappeared to with Stefan and she hadn't seen Elena either.
"Hey Bon…Bonnie!" Elena called from behind her as she glanced into one of the many dining rooms.
She turned to see Elena walking towards her wearing a slinky red dress. It was kind of surprising. Elena was set on wearing a ball gown type of dress, so this was a complete reversal, "Elena…hey…that dress is different," Bonnie laughed checking the dress out.
"Well I thought that I would do a little sexy number…"
"I guess," Bonnie replied.
"Are you looking for Stefan and Damon?" Elena asked and then leaned closer to Bonnie, "well then again, of course you are looking for Damon after that dance outside."
"It was just a dance," Bonnie found herself grinning and knew that she was blushing.
"That was sex with clothes on," Elena smiled back at her, "but it is Damon, so can't really blame you."
Bonnie raised an eyebrow, Elena had never mentioned or acted as if she found anything about Damon more than repulsive, "Well I guess I should find him, do you know where they are?"
A look flashed across Elena's face that Bonnie felt was a little odd, but she quickly ignored it. She was sure that she was seeing things because of whatever reason—maybe that dance with Damon had completely clouded her mind, "Yes, I think I heard them upstairs…sounds like they were having one of their brother arguments," Elena rolled her eyes.
"Great," Bonnie sighed.
"I know, right…maybe we should go up there and diffuse the situation," Elena suggested.
"Maybe we should, this gala will be over before we know it if we leave them alone."
Elena smirked, "Exactly…follow me…"
Bonnie noticed Tyler enter the house engaged in a conversation with Caroline. She figured he would be there when she came back down. She turned to follow Elena towards the stairs. As soon as she stepped on one of the stairs, she felt uneasy—but she pushed it down.
"I think they're down here," Elena guided her down the long hallway, where Bonnie could hear traces of voices.
Bonnie could see the light from a door being partially closed and she could hear Stefan.
"Damon, we only wanted to talk to you because we see that things are starting to become serious between you and Bonnie," Bonnie heard Stefan say.
She walked faster towards the door.
"Oh I'm sure this is for my benefit," Damon chuckled humorlessly, "face it brother, you don't give a damn about me and even if you did, she sure as hell doesn't."
"I care about Bonnie," Bonnie heard a distinctive voice say which completely confused her.
Bonnie reached the door knob.
"Oh did you care about Bonnie when you basically got her grandmother to do the tomb spell?" Damon asked.
Bonnie stood in the hallway confused as she turned to look behind her and saw…Elena standing behind her.
"What in the…?" she whispered turning around.
"Hi Bonnie, nice to meet you. I should really introduce myself or rather, formally introduce myself…I'm Katherine…thought you should be part of the conversation in there," the woman in the hallway who wore Elena's face waved a bit before speeding away.
"What the hell?" Bonnie stated as she stood staring at the space where Katherine had disappeared from. Her eyes had to be playing tricks her, but she was brought back to the room where she peered inside and saw Elena with Stefan and Damon.
"See you don't want to face the fact that you were the one who begged Sheila to do that spell and the next day she ended up dead. You…Elena, were the one who caused Sheila to have the heart attack…that's not on me…that's on you!" Damon pointed.
Bonnie's eyes widened as she peered further inside.
"Because you were threatening to kill me!" Elena screamed, "you didn't care about anything or anyone, you just wanted Katherine back! Sheila died because of all of our actions and you don't deserve Bonnie!"
Bonnie's heart began beating rapidly as tears appeared in her eyes. She didn't just hear them…she didn't just hear the two people she'd been closest to in Mystic Falls say that her grandmother was dead because of them.
"I never went after Sheila for any fucking help, you did!" Damon argued, "this is on you Elena…"
"Guys…" Stefan stated.
"Stefan, do you hear what he's saying?" Elena whirled around.
"Guys…stop!" Stefan barked, but by then Bonnie was standing in the room staring at the trio.
Well a lot happened this chapter. Bonnie came clean about her life as a huntress. Damon kept quiet about his secret and that will have major consequences.
Bamon's dance was one that solidified them as a couple, but that was quickly blown apart by Miss Katherine. We will see EXACTLY how much Bonnie means to Damon and vice versa. Then there's the whole Bonnie and Elena dynamic and that explosion will be big!