Well the cat leapt out of the bag and things are about to explode! This chapter was supposed to be shorter, but didn't end up that way…
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Bonnie's mind began to spin as she looked at the trio in front of her. The first one to rush to her was Damon. The look in his eyes portrayed a man who knew that he was about to lose something precious and he was so very right.
"Bonnie…," he stated standing in front of her.
"I…heard you," she stumbled over her words looking from Damon to Elena feeling as if the air was being sucked out of the room.
"Bonnie, what you heard...," Damon began reaching out to touch her arm.
"Get off of me!" she screamed pushing him away as she stomped over to Elena, "you…you went to my grandmother? You begged her to do a spell?"
"Bonnie, you have to understand…" Elena began, but was caught off guard by Bonnie's hand connecting with her face. Elena immediately grabbed her cheek in surprise as she stared back at Bonnie with wide eyes.
"You begged my grandmother to do a spell and she ends up dead the next day!" Bonnie screamed, "you knew…you knew that there was a reason why she went into a cardiac arrest and you said nothing! You sat back and cried with me, you…you acted as if you didn't know what happened. How could you do that to me? How could you do that to Grams!" Bonnie cried. She was so angry that her entire body shook with emotions.
"Bonnie, I'm sorry…I didn't know how to tell you!" Elena cried out, "I didn't think…I didn't know that this would happen!"
"You didn't care!" Bonnie roared as she balled her hands up into fists, "I can't believe this…and all of you, you've been keeping this from me. Damon…," she turned to him as her face melted, "this was all because you threatened Elena's life?"
Damon took in the pain on Bonnie's face and he had never felt the amount of remorse that he felt at that moment, "Bonnie…listen to me…"
"I don't want to listen to you!" she cried, "all of this for some bitch that left you behind…wait…wait…wait…" Bonnie held up her hands as tears fell from her eyes as it dawned on her, "what was her name?"
"Who's name?" Damon asked totally blanking out.
"The bitch's name that you were so in love with that you were willing to kill for, what was her name?" Bonnie asked.
"That doesn't matter…"
"Her name, Damon!" Bonnie screamed stomping her foot.
"Katherine," Damon breathed out.
Bonnie's eyes laser focused on Stefan who put his head down, "Katherine? That's why you wouldn't tell me who Katherine was…"
"Wait what?" Damon asked.
"Katherine, she's in Mystic Falls…she helped me find you guys up here…she's the one who bashed me over the head, she was the vampire in the woods and Stefan knew this entire time," Bonnie shook her head.
Damon's head jerked to see Stefan, "Katherine's been in town?"
"Damon…"
"And you didn't tell me?" Damon fumed walking towards Stefan.
Bonnie felt like someone had literally stabbed her in the chest, but she wouldn't be the only victim here. She would make sure that others hurt just as much, "No he didn't tell you, but I guess he didn't want to tell you because…," Bonnie then turned to face Elena, "Elena, want to know what Katherine looks like? She looks exactly like you, guess Stefan got off on fucking someone who looked like one of his ex-girlfriends," Bonnie spat out as she noticed Elena's mouth drop as she looked over at Stefan, "you all are disgusting and you better stay the hell away from me. I never want to cross paths with any of you!"
"Bonnie…wait…please…wait," Damon reached for her, but she moved out of his reach while throwing up her hand and causing him to fly into a wall and then to the floor.
She rushed out of the room as Elena took off behind her, "Bonnie, please listen to me!" Elena pleaded behind her running.
Bonnie rushed away from her and down the stairs as Caroline stood at the bottom with her arms folded, "Bonnie, I saw you dancing with Damon…what's going on with you two?" she demanded.
Bonnie looked at her through her watery eyes and a face with smeared make up, "You can fucking have him," she hissed brushing past her.
Bonnie rushed out towards the front of the mansion where the valets stood. She cried into her hands almost uncontrollably as the men stood around uncomfortably watching her, "Bonnie…," Rudy called from behind her.
She turned to him as she collapsed into his arms, "Can we please just leave?" she pleaded.
He hugged her tightly as he handed his ticket to valet.
Damon rushed down the stairs away from Stefan trying to explain to Elena why he never told her about Katherine and he headed outside scanning the crowd for Bonnie or even her father. He didn't see them. He rushed down the stairs and looked around. Where did she go? He turned to head up the stairs and that's when he saw her in a red dress looking down at him with a smirk that he used to love.
He sped up to meet her on the balcony, not caring who saw and pushed her up against one of the doors causing the glass to splinter. His hand was wrapped around her neck and she smiled at him, "Well hello, Damon."
"What did you do?" he snarled.
"What? No kiss?" she teased, "oh I've done so much, you want to be specific?" she cooed.
"Bonnie…what did you do tonight with Bonnie?"
"Damon, I just helped her find you…that's all…why the anger? I thought she was your new object of affection," Katherine blinked innocently.
"You are a bitch; do you know that?" Damon loosened his grip and dropped his hand.
"A bitch because I didn't wait around for you to save me or a bitch because I made sure that your little witch never wants to see you again? You used to like that about me," she winked.
"I'm going to kill you, so I suggest you leave town as soon as possible," Damon warned.
"You're not going to touch me, Damon…you still love me…now give me that kiss," Katherine smiled placing her hands on his cheeks.
Damon violently pushed her away from him sending her careening through the glass door sending splinters of glass everywhere. Katherine glared at him as he stood watching her pick glass out of her body before walking away.
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Bonnie felt sick as she walked into Sheila's house. She didn't even deserve to be in her grandmother's house. She had aligned herself with those who had basically driven her to death. Her sobs had quieted, but the tears were still falling from her eyes. Rudy stole glances at her during the ride. He wasn't sure what happened, but he was 99.9% sure it had something to do with that damn Damon Salvatore.
Rudy stood in the middle of the living room watching Bonnie sitting on the couch with tears streaming down her face. "Bonnie," he said quietly walking over and kneeling down in front of her, "what happened?"
Bonnie looked at Rudy. She wanted to tell him everything, but he would be so disappointed and she couldn't handle her father's disappointed look at that moment, "I can't tell you," she whispered, "not now," she began to cry again.
Rudy frowned, "Oh Baby Girl…does it have something to do with Damon?"
Bonnie looked into her father's eyes and she nodded slowly as she broke down into sobs as Rudy pulled her into a hug, "It's going to be ok, I promise…it will be ok," he rocked her.
Bonnie clutched onto Rudy closing her eyes tightly as the tears squeezed through. After a few moments, the doorbell rang and Bonnie stiffened in Rudy's arms.
"Stay here," Rudy stood up and walked towards the door. He looked through the window and he could see Damon standing on the other side. Rudy took a moment and then opened the door, "now, is not a good time…in fact, it will never be a good time."
"Mr. Bennett…" Damon began.
"It's Hopkins and like I said, its not a good time."
"I know Bonnie's upset and I just want to talk to her…"
"You're damn right my daughter's upset and it has something to do with you, so I'm not letting you in to talk to her or even look at her."
Damon balled up his fists, he was fighting every single emotion inside of him and he wanted to rush past Rudy into that house, "I…I just need to talk to her," he said quietly, "I don't know what you think, but I care about her…I care about her a lot and I just want to talk to her, try to explain…things."
"Well you're not doing it tonight or ever, my daughter doesn't need you in her life," Rudy stated before slamming the door in Damon's face.
Bonnie sat on the couch waiting for Rudy to come back. He took a seat next to her, bringing her back into his arms, "I've been so stupid, Daddy," she mumbled as he rocked her.
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Damon slammed the boarding house door behind him as he walked into the living room to find Stefan alone sipping on a beer. Damon dropped his keys on the coffee table as Stefan watched him. He walked over to the bar and poured a shot of bourbon, downing it and refilling the shot glass again. He held it to his lips and before finishing it, he threw the glass in the fireplace sending the flames high as he sped over to Stefan grabbing him by the lapels and knocking him down to the floor. Damon lifted his brother up and quickly threw him into two walls in the living room. Damon dropped him to the floor as Stefan wiped his bloody mouth.
"What the hell Brother!" Damon raged as Stefan got up from the floor, "you knew that Katherine was in town and you said nothing? Then you and Elena decide to have some intervention and you see what happened? Bonnie hates me! She hates all of us! Annnnnd Katherine's running around!"
"I told you to come clean with Bonnie," Stefan stated quietly, "I warned you that this would blow up in your face…in all of our faces and you didn't listen to me. As for Katherine, I was trying to protect you. Katherine only brings chaos, as we all saw tonight," Stefan threw up his arms, "Elena won't even talk to me."
Damon gritted his teeth, "Good," he spat out as he walked out of the living room leaving Stefan behind.
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Bonnie watched the ceiling fan turn over the bed as she played with the necklace around her neck. She hadn't slept all night and she wasn't sure when her tears stopped falling. All night she thought about every word, every look, every touch, every lie that Elena and Damon told her. They lied to her over and over again. Listened to her talk about her grandmother's unexpected death and said nothing. It all made sense why Elena was always so uneasy around her. She felt guilty. Then there was Damon…every time Bonnie thought about him, the tears came to her eyes and she felt an ache in her chest. He probably knew who she was when he met her in the Mystic Grille and he did everything in his power to make her fall for him. She was an idiot.
"You deserved this betrayal," she whispered before covering her eyes and beginning to weep.
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"Hi, sorry you missed me! Please leave a message and I will call you back," Bonnie's voice came over the voicemail.
Damon closed his eyes, "Bonnie, I just want to talk to you…explain to you…I know you are angry, you have every right to be…but please, let me explain to you everything," he left on her voicemail before ending the call. Damon tapped his cell phone against his forehead. He had called her at least 20 times since the previous night and every single message went to voicemail. He had to stop calling her at some point, but he couldn't…he wouldn't. He had to talk to her. He wasn't sure what he would say exactly, but he would say something. Tell her that he had changed. Tell her that he was sorry for what happened. Tell her that he wanted to make it up to her. He wouldn't stop until she listened to him and forgave him.
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Around noon, Bonnie heard the doorbell downstairs and then Elena's voice. Just hearing it, made Bonnie furious. She quickly opened her bedroom door and rushed down the stairs.
"Elena, Bonnie doesn't want any visitors…"
"But Mr. Rudy, can I please talk to her…just for a moment," she heard Elena plead.
"Elena…maybe tomorrow…"
"No, Daddy…please…I want to talk to Elena," Bonnie stated from the stairs.
Rudy turned as Elena peered around him. Bonnie noticed that Elena looked like hell and it pleased her, "Bonnie…" Rudy began.
"Dad, it's ok," Bonnie steadied looking directly into Elena's eyes, "Elena, why don't we go upstairs and talk?"
Elena nodded as Bonnie turned to walk up the stairs, "I will be down here if you need me Bonnie," Rudy called from the foyer.
Bonnie led Elena into her bedroom and closed the door. She mumbled a quick spell and then turned to Elena, "Bonnie, I am so so sorry…" Elena began.
Bonnie shook her head, "Sorry for what Elena? Are you sorry for lying to me? Are you sorry for getting caught in your lies? But wait…maybe I should ask you this, are you sorry for driving my Grams to her death," Bonnie fumed moving closer to Elena staring directly into her face, "because that's what you should be sorry for. You should be sorry for driving someone who loved you like you were her own granddaughter to her death!"
Elena visibly shook at Bonnie's words, "Bonnie, I am so sorry," tears appeared in Elena's eyes, "I never thought…"
"You never thought what? That my grandmother would die because of some sick game that you guys played with Damon?"
"It wasn't a game Bonnie, it was…it was a mistake and it was a mistake that I wish that I never made. I loved Grams…"
"Don't you dare!" Bonnie shrieked pointing at her, "don't you dare pretend that you cared about my Grams. If you did, you would have never asked her to do something that was obviously so taxing that it killed her. You didn't care about my Grams, you cared about yourself! When I came here and you saw the pain I was in because of her death, you ignored it…you didn't come clean, you covered it up."
"I didn't want to hurt you more…"
"No, you didn't want me to hate you. You didn't want to face any consequences for what you did…you were like a sister to me. I cared about you…I loved you like family and this…" Bonnie teared up, "this is the worst thing anyone has ever done to me. I never want to talk to you again."
"Bonnie, please…I'm sorry…", Elena cried reaching out to touch her hand, as Bonnie backed up, "if I could do everything differently, I would have…you have to believe me. I never wanted any of this to happen."
Bonnie watched the tears stream down Elena's face as she blinked a few times to keep hers from falling, "I'm sure you didn't, but it did…now please leave."
Elena shook her head in refusal, "Bonnie…"
"Elena, you need to go," Bonnie stated in a steady voice.
Elena looked over at Bonnie's dresser where a picture of them looked back at the two young women before walking towards the door, "I will make this up to you Bonnie."
"I don't know how one can make up for killing the other's grandmother," Bonnie spat out.
Elena nodded before opening the door and walking out. Bonnie covered her face as she heard Elena mumbling to Rudy before the front door opened and closed. "Bonnie," Rudy stated from behind her.
She quickly wiped her eyes, "Yes…"
"I don't know what happened, but we can talk about it…"
"Umm…I have to go out," Bonnie stated walking over picking her purse up off a chair.
"Where are you going?" Rudy asked watching her.
"Dad, I won't be long."
Rudy stopped her by grabbing her arm, "Bonnie, where are you going?"
"To put an end to things, so I can concentrate on what I came here to do," she replied as Rudy let her go.
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"Hmm…you and Elena still on the outs?" Damon asked walking into the living room.
Stefan looked up from his chair, "She hasn't answered my calls."
Damon chuckled, "Well at least some things are right with this situation."
Stefan narrowed his eyes, "I'm not the cause of what happened between you and Bonnie."
"Are really? Because if I remember correctly, you went with Elena to convince Sheila Bennett to open the tomb…so yes, you are part of what happened between me and Bonnie."
"I told you to tell Bonnie the truth," Stefan stated through clenched teeth.
Damon scoffed, "Well now she knows, so what about Katherine…you knew about her and you kept quiet. I should have known that she was in town…"
"What would you have done?"
"Be on the lookout!" Damon exploded, "what happened last night was Katherine blowing everyone's world apart. Maybe if I knew that Katherine were around, I would have confessed to Bonnie…the thing is, we will never know."
"I'm sorry that you believe that my actions lost you Bonnie, but maybe you don't deserve her…like I don't deserve Elena," Stefan stated before leaving Damon in the living room.
Damon heard the front door open and close and he shook his head. "This is bullshit," he mumbled before the doorbell broke through his thoughts. He headed towards the door. If it was Katherine or Elena, he couldn't say he could be held responsible for his actions. He stomped towards the doorway and flung the door open, not expecting to see her. She was standing there with her hair up in a ponytail, but her face looked like something was missing and he could tell that she had been crying. He wanted to reach out to her, but he knew that she would set him on fire if she even sensed him thinking about it.
Bonnie breathed deeply, "Can I come in?"
"Sure," he stepped out of the way allowing her entry.
She looked around, in fact, she looked everywhere but at Damon's face. It hurt her to look at him—but she refused to shed one tear. She needed to get control of her emotions—she refused to let him know how hurt she was. She closed her eyes, 'Don't let them show', she whispered in her mind and then she turned to Damon, "I came to let you know that I don't want any more phone calls or visits," she began.
"Bonnie, I want to apologize. I never reached out to your grandmother to do anything…I never involved her."
"You never involved her, but you did threaten Elena…didn't you?"
Damon frowned, "I'm not proud of the way I acted…"
"I don't want to hear any more apologies from you or from Elena. I just want you to stay away from me, don't call me…don't drop by my grandmother's house…I don't want to see you anymore."
"Bonnie, I want to make this up to you…" he reached out to touch her, but she immediately backed up.
"I…I don't want you to touch me, ever again."
"Bonnie, I care about you…I never…" Damon ran his hands through his hair in frustration, "I realized some time ago that I care about you and I didn't want to lose what we had together."
Bonnie's eyes narrowed into slits, "A couple of weeks ago, you came after me because you thought I was lying to you about why I was in town and never once did you think you needed to come clean about what happened with my grandmother?"
"Bonnie…"
"Stop talking!" she screamed, "stay away from me. I mean that and if you don't stay away from me…"
"If I don't stay away from you…what?" Damon moved closer to her staring down at her.
"I will kill you and your brother and I can do it easily," Bonnie stated with absolutely no fear looking into Damon's eyes. He saw she was unflinching and the hatred in her eyes, told him that she was not kidding.
"Bonnie…"
"No, it's done…we're done…we are completely done," Bonnie turned and started towards the door.
"Bonnie, please…I'm sorry…I never wanted this to happen. If I could take it back, I would," Damon called after her.
Bonnie stopped in the doorway, taking a deep breath as her tears fell from her eyes, "But you can't," she stated without turning around and walking towards her car.
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The next morning, Rudy watched Bonnie sit on the back steps of the house creating stakes from the wood that he had collected a couple of weeks back. He remembered telling her weeks ago that she needed to make more stakes, but she kept putting it off. As he looked out at her on the stairs, he saw that at least eight stakes were created and in a neat line.
"Bonnie, I'm sure that's enough," he replied stepping onto the porch.
"I'm going hunting tonight, I need at least 15," she stated continuing to cut the wood.
Rudy sighed, "We need to concentrate on the moonstone."
"I called Tyler, I told him I left something at his house during the gala, I will get the moonstone later today when I go to the Lockwood mansion."
"I see…umm…are you ready to talk about what happened with Elena and Damon, were they…" Rudy began but trailed off finding it painful to even discuss.
Bonnie stopped whittling her stake and turned to look at Rudy, "No, Dad they weren't cheating together. What happened with them was a betrayal, but not that kind."
Rudy nodded, "Bonnie…" he walked towards the stairs and sat down next to her, "I know you're hurting, so I think you need to take a couple of days to work through whatever it is that happened and then we can…"
Bonnie met Rudy's eyes, "I'm fine."
"You're not fine, you were hysterical after the Gala…"
"I'm fine," she stated again with unflinching gaze.
Rudy sighed as he stood up, "If you say so…"
He started to walk towards the door, but was stopped by Bonnie's voice, "What if I told you there was a Ripper in town?" Bonnie asked looking straight ahead.
Rudy stopped walking and turned to look at his daughter, who didn't turn to face him, "Then you know what you would have to do."
"I do…" Bonnie stated as she went back to whittling her stake.
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Damon picked up his phone to call Bonnie, but threw it down on the table. She needed time. That was the only option here. If he pushed her too much, she could strike out and he didn't want to do that. He wanted to save whatever they were building and if he pushed her, she would shut down completely. Then it was the fact that she was a huntress. The fact that she didn't put a stake through his chest the day before told him that there was still some type of feelings inside of her that made her want to protect him at the very least.
His brother had been miserable ever since the gala because Elena refused to speak to him and that gave Damon some pleasure. Stefan was Mr. High and Mighty about Damon coming clean with Bonnie, but he didn't think it was necessary to come clean with Elena about Katherine.
Katherine…the mere thought of her name set Damon's teeth on edge. It made his fangs itch. She had shown up out of the blue for unknown reasons and she blew his life to pieces. Any love that he had her for her, disappeared when he realized that she was never in the tomb. Everything he did in Mystic Falls, including the fact that Sheila Bennett did open the tomb—was for nothing. Katherine had caused so much damage before she stepped foot in town and now that she was actually in town, she had orchestrated something that could end in his death. It was right up her alley.
Katherine brought Bonnie to that room. She was hell-bent on destroying whatever Damon had built up with Bonnie. That was Katherine, if he was happy without her—she would destroy it. Damon reached over picking up his phone again, but a knock on the door stopped him. Stefan was out and that meant, only he could entertain visitors today.
He rose to his full height and walked over to the door, opening it to Elena standing on the porch. "Damon," she drawled with a smile.
He rolled his eyes, not Elena…Katherine, "Katherine."
"You think we can have a little chat?"
"Unless it centers around me putting a stake through your heart, no."
Katherine smiled and reached out to touch Damon's cheek, but he caught her arm, "Aww Damon, what's wrong?" she purred, "I thought my homecoming to Mystic Falls would be filled with booze and your balls…and now, all I get is evil stares…it's really not nice."
"You could have had that about 100 years ago, but you decided to get out of town and never tell me. So I would say time doesn't make the heart grow fonder."
"Damon…come on, you had plenty of fun without me."
Damon scoffed, "What do you want?"
"I need some information."
"What information?"
"I'm looking for something and I am pretty sure since you were giving that Bennett witch all of your sweet, sweet lovin' that you may have an answer for me, may I come in?"
Damon raised an eyebrow. He was suspicious of Katherine, but the fact that she brought up Bonnie interested him. He wasn't sure what Katherine's plan was and why she brought up Bonnie, but he needed to know what she was talking about.
Damon sighed sliding to the side as Katherine sauntered in looking around, "This place has been updated," she smirked turning to him, "I remember we had some good times here, finding places to get to know each other better…you know, it was quite a feat for me to try to keep the places straight where I had you and where I had Stefan…not easy…"
Damon's anger began to rise as he narrowed his eyes at her, "What Do You Want?"
"I'm looking for something, a very important stone. I'm looking for it…some other vampires are looking for it and I believe your girlfriend is looking for it as well, she is a huntress…correct?"
Damon blinked.
"You're wondering how I know that she's a vampire huntress, Damon—I've run into a couple of Bennetts in my time and I know their history, remember, my handmaiden, Emily? I know a lot about your girlfriend's family, probably more than you do."
"I don't know what you are talking about?"
"Damon, playing dumb is not one of your strong suits…so just tell me where she has the moonstone or where she said it is and this will all go down a little easier."
"I don't know what the hell a moonstone is and Bonnie sure as hell never told me anything about it, so I have no information for you. However, what I would advise you is to get out of town. If Bonnie is a huntress, as you say she is, you probably pissed her off one too many times already and you may be the one hunted now. Forget a moonstone."
Katherine narrowed her eyes, "I'm sure she has cast you to the side after finding out your part in her grandmother's death, but of course…you still want her."
"That's because my tastes are better than they were when I met you. She's better than you in every, way, shape and form…"
Katherine smiled placing her hand on Damon's chest, "Should we put that to test, I've learned some new tricks," she winked, "where's Stefan, I'm sure that we could all take advantage of what I've learned."
"Get the hell out…now," Damon grabbed her arm.
Katherine drew her hand back and her face turned into a scowl, "Talk to your ex-girlfriend, find out where the moonstone is and if she doesn't tell you, tell her I will pay her a visit and it won't be nice."
Damon gritted his teeth as Katherine turned on her heel and walked out of the house as Stefan walked up the front steps, "Elen…Katherine," he stated with total disappointment.
"Talk to your brother Stefan, get him to see reason or this town will rain with blood…my doppelgangers and his little young tail's," Katherine threatened brushing past Stefan and getting into her car.
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"Bonnie, I didn't expect to see you after the Gala. I heard something went down…" Tyler drifted off as he opened the front door for Bonnie.
Just stepping into the Lockwood mansion caused a feeling of dread to come over Bonnie. The last time she was here, she had one of the happiest moments of her life and one of the most devastating moments of her life. The more she replayed the moment in her head regarding Elena and Damon arguing about what happened to her grandmother made her sick.
"Yes, well…sometimes the people you trust the most, let you down," she shrugged.
"I know how that feels," Tyler nodded, "so what did you leave here?"
"My shawl…I was making a phone call and I ducked into your father's study. Normally, I wouldn't care about the shawl and make a big deal about it, but it was my grandmother's…" Bonnie turned to him with sad eyes, "and it holds a sentimental value."
Tyler nodded understandably as he escorted her into Mayor Lockwood's study, "Here you go, you can look for it…I have to make a phone call, I will be back."
Bonnie nodded as Tyler disappeared out of the study. She looked around before closing the door with a flick of the wrist and then focusing on where her father told her the safe would be.
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Damon parked his car in front of the Bennett house. Bonnie's car wasn't in the driveway, but there was a car there and since Bonnie wouldn't speak to him, he could at least appeal to Rudy. This wasn't about his relationship, so he had a chance.
He killed the engine to his car. This wasn't exactly the place he wanted to be, but if Katherine was doling out threats, he had to make sure that she was stopped or at the very least Bonnie knew that Katherine was a problem. He walked slowly to the front door of the house and knocked. Moments drifted by and the door opened, "What do you want?" Rudy asked without a hint of niceness.
"I want to speak to you."
"About?"
Damon looked around, "Something you probably don't want the neighbors hearing."
Rudy narrowed his eyes.
"Bonnie told me about her job…"
Rudy's eyes widened, "Come in and this better be about anything but you trying to rekindle a relationship with my daughter."
Damon nodded as he stepped inside the house. He looked around and then focused on Rudy, "I know you don't like me and you have no reason to trust me."
"Correct on both points."
"And I know that I messed up, but I think we both care about Bonnie…"
"I'm going to stop you right there; you don't give a damn about my daughter. I do…"
"You trained her to kill vampires since she was 8 years old…she was a child…"
"It's part of her birthright."
"To make an 8-year-old a killer?"
"She kills those who deserve to be killed," Rudy stated.
"Then why don't you do it, why would you allow your daughter to go out there and fight things that could kill her with just one squeeze of the hand?"
Rudy looked at Damon as realization came over him, "You're one of them."
"What?"
"A vampire…you're one of them…" Rudy shook his head, "damn it! I knew that she…but I thought…I thought it was just a phase…"
"No it's not just a phase and if we had time to dissect what the lifestyle that you brought your daughter into has done to her, you would end up being blamed for this…"
"Get the hell out of my house…"
"Someone knows that you are looking for the moonstone, whatever the hell that is…and this someone doesn't care about anything and she will kill Bonnie to get what she wants."
"One of your friends."
"Definitely not."
"Then how do you know?"
"People talk."
Rudy walked away from him, "And they know about the moonstone."
"And they know that Bonnie is a huntress. She needs to know this; she needs to be protected…"
"My daughter can protect herself, she's more than likely the best she's ever been now," Rudy replied, "and I have you to thank for that. Heartbreak fuels people."
"This is bigger than that!" Damon threw his arms up, "look, you may think that I was just using Bonnie or that I wasn't serious about her, but I care about her a lot."
"I find that hard to believe because whatever you said or did, you wouldn't do that to someone who you care about."
Damon sighed, "Maybe you're right, but I am trying to make it up to her."
"My daughter doesn't need you. You would only distract her and compromise her, stay away. I will take the information that you gave me and handle it."
"Fine," Damon moved closer to Rudy, "but know this, I'm not giving up on Bonnie. She's special and she's special to me."
"You're no longer special to her, so stay away," Rudy walked over and opened the door.
Damon looked at Rudy, "You should know something about me, I don't give up easily."
"Bonnie may make you give up, my daughter doesn't like to be played," Rudy warned.
"I understand that, but I never lied to Bonnie about how much she means to me and I can guarantee you, that I won't just walk away. I will fix what happened…but I know why you don't want me to fix anything with Bonnie. You want her to be alone with just you. You want her only to be able to confide in you…talk to you…you want to be able to control her…"
"Get the hell out," Rudy seethed.
Damon smirked, "Guess I hit a nerve."
"I love my daughter."
Damon scoffed, "Of course you do, as long as she does your bidding."
Rudy glared before stomping over to the front door and flinging it open, "Get the hell out!"
Damon stared at Rudy before brushing past him and heading towards his car as a neighbor walking their dog jumped out of his way.
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After retrieving the moonstone and making small talk with Tyler, Bonnie returned home. The sun had just set and her father's car was in the driveway, but all of the lights were off in the house. Getting the moonstone was easier than she thought and her father would be satisfied. They would destroy the moonstone, he would leave and she would leave Mystic Falls. There was no way that she could stay in this town…with these people. Her heart was broken. She could admit it. She had fallen for Damon, betraying everything that she had been taught and her heart was shattered. There was too much to even process for her to begin to work through it.
She took a deep breath before sliding out of her car and closing the door. She slowly walked towards the front door, removing her keys from her pocket and turning the lock. As soon as she walked inside, she felt the air change inside. "Daddy," she called out setting her keys down on the console table.
She sat her bag down on the floor and began to walk, when she slipped on something wet on the floor causing her to fall to her knees. The stickiness and the thickness of the substance made her blood run cold. Then she heard the shallow breathing and her heart leapt into her throat. She crawled through the blood on the floor and rushed over to her father who was lying on the floor with blood gushing from his neck. She quickly grabbed a blanket off of the couch and pressed it up against his wound, while fishing her phone out of her pocket. She dialed the phone with her blood stained hands, "Daddy…it's going to be ok…it's going to be ok," she repeated over and over.
Yeah…about the Salvatore Brothers being protected from Bonnie's mission…
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