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Damon drunkenly sat in the living room drinking from his bottle of bourbon. He wasn't sure what he expected from Bonnie's father…maybe a hint of gratitude for warning him about Katherine's plan, but of course he got nothing but trouble for it. Sure, he didn't expect Rudy to cheer him and Bonnie making amends, but he expected a little more.

Ordinarily, he would move on and put whatever he had with Bonnie behind him, but the Bennett witch had found a part of him that he was sure had been locked away for years. He didn't fall for women. He had lived for over a hundred years, the run of the mill woman didn't do much for him. So why was he so intrigued by Bonnie? Maybe because she was different, but yet the same as what he was attracted to usually. He didn't deserve her in any capacity, but that didn't stop him from wanting her. He would give her a few more days and then he would try to get her to understand.

He took another long swig of his bottle when someone knocked on the front door. Stefan was out, so he was left to attend to any unwanted guests. Maybe it was Bonnie coming to yell at him for going to see her father. He stood up quickly and rushed to the door, opening it quickly to find Elena on the doorstep. As soon as she locked eyes with him, her mouth immediately formed into a straight line, "I'm looking for Stefan, is he here?"

"No," Damon answered folding his arms across his chest.

"Will he be back soon?"

"I'm not his assistant, if you want to know where he is or when he is coming back—call him or go wait in his room, I don't care," Damon walking away from the door and going into the living room. He hoped that Katherine's doppelganger would disappear, but much to his chagrin, he heard her footsteps behind him as he sat down in his chair and picked up his bottle again.

Elena typed on her phone and then she looked at him, "Stefan said he will be here soon."

Damon shrugged unbothered.

Elena sighed, "You know I told Bonnie before everything blew up that she hadn't looked that happy in ages."

Damon sipped on his bottle.

"And I told her I would never admit it, but it was probably because of you."

Damon shrugged, "And you and Stefan decided that I still wasn't good enough and you tried to ruin things…oh wait…you helped to ruin things."

"We didn't know that Bonnie would hear us…Katherine…" Elena sighed deeply.

"Katherine…" Damon chuckled without a hint of humor.

"She looks just like me…" Elena replied thoughtfully.

"I can assure you Elena, you two are nothing alike," Damon stated.

Elena narrowed her eyes.

"Bonnie won't speak to me either…well…she did, just to tell me that our friendship was over," she sat down across from him, "I never thought, when I asked Sheila to open the tomb for you that she would have died. She was always the picture of health, it never made any sense to me that she would die just like that. She didn't deserve what I did. I shouldn't have asked her."

Damon said nothing as his chugged his bourbon. He knew that he should actually verbalize that he shouldn't have threatened Elena, but he refused to. If she and Stefan didn't decide that they needed to meddle at that point and time, Bonnie would have never found out about what happened to Sheila the way she did. The look in her eyes when she spoke to him after finding out wrecked him. She didn't deserve that, especially after telling him about her life and her mission…she didn't deserve the heartbreak that she endured.

"Damon…Bonnie will never forgive us for what happened," Elena stated quietly.

Damon continued to stay silent as Elena's phone began to ring. She looked down and answered, "Hi Caroline…now is not a good time…wait…what do you mean…what's wrong with Bonnie?"

Damon's head immediately turned to Elena at the sound of Bonnie's name. He listened closer to Caroline on the other end, "My mom called me, there were cars and an ambulance called to Bonnie's house. Her dad…something happened to her day, he's in the hospital and Bonnie's with him. I'm on my way there now," Caroline stated almost breathlessly, "I don't know what's happening between you two, but you need to come to."

"I will be right there," Elena stated ending the call and looking at Damon, who was now standing up staring at her with wide eyes, "I'm going to the…" she began, but was cut off as a gust of wind pass by her and the front door was left open.

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"My names Bonnie Bennett and my dad's Rudy Ben…I mean Hopkins, I just need an update on him…umm…he was brought in with a neck wound," Bonnie took one of her hands that was still stained with her father's blood and gently touched her neck. Her face was shaking and her hands were doing the same. Ever since she found her father on that door barely breathing, she felt like she was having an out of body experience. She had no idea how she was still breathing.

"He's still in surgery…I will update you when there's a change," the nurse gave her an unreadable look.

Bonnie felt the back of her throat start to burn as her eyes filled with tears as she nodded turning to sit back down in one of the waiting room chairs. When she first got to the hospital, she must have been in shock because she fished her phone out of her pocket to call her Grams and then realized that she couldn't do that. She almost broke down, but she couldn't. Not right now.

"Bonnie," Liz walked towards her in the waiting room.

Bonnie looked up at her.

"They told me that Rudy's still in surgery."

"He lost a lot of blood," Bonnie remarked quietly.

"But he will make it through this…how about we go to the bathroom and wash some of that blood off of your hands."

Bonnie looked down at her hands as if for the first time she realized that she had her father's blood all over them. Her face broke and Liz immediately pulled her into a hug as Bonnie began to cry. Liz rubbed her back, "It's ok…the crime scene guys are at your house, they didn't find any fingerprints…"

Bonnie immediately let Liz go staring directly into her eyes, "You know who did this…they wouldn't leave fingerprints."

"Bonnie, we shouldn't jump to conclusions."

"I am not an idiot," Bonnie stated through clenched teeth.

"Bonnie! Oh my god, I came as soon as I heard!" Caroline rushed over bringing Bonnie into a hug, "he's still alive right?"

"Yes…he's in surgery," Bonnie answered as she hugged Caroline back.

"What happened?" Caroline asked looking around, "I don't understand, someone just broke into your house and tried to kill your dad?"

"Caroline, now may not be the right time for this…" Liz warned.

Caroline nodded, "Right, right…I'm sorry Bonnie, I will just sit here with you ok?"

Bonnie nodded, "Ok…thank you."

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He watched from behind a pillar in the hospital. She was standing with the sheriff and Caroline. Her face was drained of all of it's light and happiness and he felt like shit. He watched her in pain as the sheriff and Caroline attempted to comfort her, but he noticed nothing changed on her face. He knew what happened…he was sure of it. He wanted to go to her, but he knew his presence would only upset her and more than likely end in his death.

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Hours later the machines surrounding Rudy's comatose body provided a song of misery for Bonnie. She had washed her hands, but her clothes had turned stiff from the blood stains on them. She held her father's hand tightly holding it against her cheek. She stared at him, her father had never looked so peaceful than he did at that moment. It almost scared her. The doctor told her he lost a lot of blood, he needed multiple transfusions and they weren't sure if he would wake up. They lost him on the table at least twice and brought him back each time…they stated it would be touch and go. She wasn't sure over the last day if her heart could break any more, but it seemed as though someone wanted to test that theory.

"I'm sorry Daddy, this is all my fault," she whispered closing her eyes and holding his hand as tears fell from her eyes, "but as much as we fight. As much as I annoy you, I don't want you to leave me. I don't want to be alone and without you—I am alone."

"Bonnie…"

Her eyes shot open.

"Bonnie, I wanted to give you some time before I came. I just couldn't stay away," Elena moved into the room as Bonnie looked over her shoulder.

"Get out…," Bonnie placed her father's arm down and stood up turning to face Elena.

"I know you want me to leave, but Bonnie…I can't leave you here alone."

Bonnie's eyes widened as she chuckled, "You care about me being alone, huh?"

"Bonnie…I know how much your father means to you," Elena moved closer.

"Get out of my father's room," Bonnie stated.

"Bonnie, please we are best friends…"

Bonnie immediately grabbed Elena by the arm and escorted her out of the room, "We are not best friends anymore, you are nothing to me. My father is in their fighting for his life and at the end of all of this, I may…Elena, leave…please…just leave."

"Bonnie, I am so sorry. I regret every day what happened with Grams."

"Don't call her that…ever…you don't get to call her that!" Bonnie warned.

"Bonnie, what can I do?" Elena pleaded.

"Leave me the hell alone and never come back here," Bonnie answered as she brushed past Elena and walked down the hallway.

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Damon watched them from around the corner as Bonnie yelled at Elena and then stomped away with Elena rushing into the bathroom wiping her eyes. He started walking towards Rudy's room, but was grabbed by the arm.

"What are you doing?" he barked.

"Where are you going?"

"Where do you think? I've seen Bonnie since he was brought in, she's a wreck. I'm going to give Father Bennett some of my blood and he will be as good as new."

"I don't think Bonnie would want you to do that," Stefan warned.

"I doubt that she wants her father to die either."

"He's in a coma, he will wake up. Give it some time. I'm not sure you rushing in and giving him blood will help anything with Bonnie and think about this, you know what happened to him. Caroline told Elena that someone tried to rip his throat out. You know and I know who that was," Stefan narrowed his eyes, "and that person more than likely wants one thing…Bonnie coming after you."

"Bonnie knows I would never do that…"

Stefan raised an eyebrow, "Bonnie is angry at you, her father's in a coma—she's not thinking straight."

"Bonnie knows that I would never do something like this to her," Damon narrowed his eyes at Stefan, "never…" before turning around and walking down the hospital hallway.

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After Liz promised to stay with Rudy and have a council member outside of his room, Bonnie drove home to take a shower and change clothes. She had no intention on leaving her father alone, especially when whatever vampire attacked him was undoubtedly still around. She parked her car that Liz had someone bring over to the hospital and slipped out. She walked towards her front door and sighed. Liz said she would have a cleaning crew over in a couple of hours.

"Bonnie…oh my god…I saw all of the ambulances…" Mr. Reynolds, one of the neighbors rushed over to her, "is your father ok?"

"Umm…hopefully he will be," Bonnie answered.

"Good…good…I saw him while I was walking Honey earlier. He looked like he was arguing with some guy and I was going to intervene, but I just minded my business…"

Bonnie's focused, "What guy?"

"I don't know…tall, black hair…drove a Camaro…"

Bonnie's eyes widened, "Mr. Reynolds…I have to go," she stammered rushing towards her door and opening it, stepping inside the house.

She looked around, why didn't she notice it before? The house was in disarray—not just from the paramedics, but it was that way when she first walked in. Her father was arguing with someone…a vampire…a vampire who was allowed in her home. The anger that spread from her toes up to the top of her head threatened to engulf her as she rushed upstairs to her bedroom. She dropped to her knees opening her foot chest and removed her grimoire. She hadn't opened it in months, she flew through the pages looking for the right spell and when she found it, she held her hands over the page as the words trailed up her hands, to her arms and across her face.

She stood up from the floor next and headed over to her closet, where she moved one of the panels where her Grams formerly kept her herbs and ingredients. She removed her crossbow and grabbed a bag of stakes. She trusted the wrong one. She made a mistake and she would correct every single mistake she had ever committed by stepping foot in Mystic Falls and would start with the Salvatore brothers and their deaths.

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Stefan watched as his brother took a shot of bourbon as they sat on two stools in the Mystic Grille. Stefan dropped Elena home and committed the rest of his night to making sure that Damon went no where near Bonnie or the hospital.

"So I guess you and Elena made up and are back in love," Damon mumbled.

"We talked about it. She's not like Katherine, I made that clear to her. I love her because she's not Katherine."

Damon looked over at Stefan, "How nice," he remarked sarcastically.

"Oh lookie here, my two favorite brothers," Katherine purred from behind them before taking a seat next to Stefan, "hey Stefan, long time-no see since I staked you in the woods," she winked.

Damon was up from his stool in a flash standing in front of her, "Leave town."

"Why would I leave town? I haven't found what I'm looking for," Katherine smiled.

Damon felt Stefan's hand on his arm, "Damon…ignore her."

"Yes, Damon…ignore me," Katherine looked at him amused, "you know, I never would have imagined that you would be so bent out of shape over an 18-year-old girl…"

"You know exactly why I have a problem with you."

"Oh the fact that I didn't wait for you to save me?"

"You destroyed my life," Damon stated through clenched teeth.

"I didn't do anything, every choice you made was your own. So the little girl is angry at you, so what? I have nothing to do with that…you lied to her," Katherine shrugged.

Damon lost it for a moment grabbing Katherine by her throat as Stefan grabbed his arm.

"What is going on here," the bartender rushed over.

"Mind your business," Damon growled staring into the bartender's eyes causing him to walk away.

Stefan pulled Damon off of Katherine as she smirked rubbing her neck, "Soo sensitive," she teased.

"Katherine," Stefan began holding onto Damon, "Bonnie's father was attacked tonight, would you happen to know anything about that?"

She closed her eyes for a minute pretending to act as if she was thinking, "Hmm…a guy about ye high…", she gestured, "and living in a house that wreaks like witches' brew and pictures all around of Damon's 18-year-old girl? Nope…I have no idea what you are talking about, but if I did—I would think that whomever attacked him had to be a vampire who had access to the house…an invitation if you will," her eyes drifted over to Damon, "hmm…wonder what the Bennett witch will do about that."

"You attacked her father," Damon reached for Katherine, but she quickly side stepped him.

"See you later boys," she grinned with a wave before speeding out of the Grille.

Damon picked up his glass and slammed it down on the counter causing it to shatter into pieces, "She set me up and Bonnie's going to kill me."

"Bonnie's too caught up in what happened to her father, she's not coming after you."

"She's going to come after me and she's going to kill me…you will be lucky to not be included as collateral damage."

"As much as Bonnie may hate you now, she has to know that you would never come after her father…"

"She's a vampire huntress," Damon stated.

"What?"

"You heard me, she's a huntress…she hunts vampires."

"That doesn't make any sense…" Stefan shook his head.

"It makes a lot of sense when you think about what's been going on, how she acts…what she does…how she handled you…she's a huntress, trust me…I know."

"If that were true, why are we still here? Shouldn't she be hunting us?"

Damon looked over at Stefan, "Whatever reason keeping her from going after us, evaporated over the past two days."

"Damn it Damon!" Stefan slammed down his beer.

"Yeah well…trust me, I'm a dead man walking and I know that…it may not be tonight…or tomorrow, but she's coming after me," Damon stated.

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A couple of hours later, Damon turned the key to the boarding house with Stefan following behind him, as soon as he stepped up to the front door—he smelled her. She was inside. He turned to Stefan, "You need to go to Elena's now," he whispered.

"What why?"

"Bonnie's inside and I don't need both of us to die tonight. I may have a chance without you," Damon whispered.

"I doubt you do, let me go in with you," Stefan replied pushing past Damon and entering the dark house.

Damon stepped inside behind Stefan and within a blink of an eye, Stefan was hit with a stake in the shoulder. He yelled out in pain as he fell to the floor and the front door slammed. As Bonnie stepped into the foyer holding a crossbow. She looked as if she was ready for war. Her crossbow was in her hands and strapped to her back was her arsenal. He could see numerous stakes attached to her backpack.

Stefan grimaced on the floor as he pulled the stake out of his shoulder where the blood continued to flow.

"Bonnie…I need you to listen to me," Damon stated.

"If you speak again, the next one goes into your brother's chest," she stated aiming her crossbow at Stefan.

"Bonnie…Stefan, doesn't have anything to do with this," Damon stated holding out his hands.

"Oh?" Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "I thought he had something to do with my Grandmother opening the tomb and then DYING!" she screamed looking down at Stefan on the floor who continued to grimace in pain, "oh…Stefan, are you still in pain? Does it feel like the stake is still piercing your skin?" she teased, "that stake was enchanted with something special…it will burn you long after its been removed…have fun with that."

"Bonnie…listen to me, we all made mistakes with what happened with Sheila…"

"What happened with her?" Bonnie turned to Damon removing one of her stakes from her backpack and inserting it into her crossbow, "what happened with her is that you, your brother and my so called best friend drove her to her death!"

"Bonnie…I'm sorry…I'm sorry for that. If I knew…" Damon began.

"If you knew what?" Bonnie asked, "if you knew or better yet, if you weren't fucking me you wouldn't have drove my grandmother to a heart attack…well…ok then…but what about my father?"

"Bonnie, listen to me…" Damon held out his arm glancing down at Stefan who writhed on the floor, "I know what happened to your father."

"Of course you do, you were there…you went to my house today and I swear, if you come any closer to me…I put another stake in him and it won't hurt any less," Bonnie threatened.

"Bonnie, I didn't attack your father!"

"Stop lying! Stop lying to me! All you do is lie to me!" Bonnie screamed, "you came to my house today and what? My father didn't agree to help you make nice to me and you tried to kill him! You tried to rip out his throat…how could you do something like that!?"

"I didn't!" Damon moved closer to her as she lifted her crossbow and sent another stake into Stefan, this time into his leg, "damn it Bonnie, stop it! Leave Stefan out of this!"

"He's in this…you both are. I betrayed everything I knew because of whatever I thought I had with you! He's a ripper, I should have killed him on sight, but I allowed him to live because of you…because of Elena…but you two didn't give a damn about me."

"Bonnie, I did…that's why I didn't tell you, I didn't want to lose you…lose us…please…listen to me. I didn't attack your father, I went there today…yes…but I went there to warn him, not to hurt him," Damon explained while trying to keep an eye on Stefan and then switching to Bonnie, "I went there because Katherine, she's after the moonstone and I told your father that. That's all. He's not my biggest fan, there were some words exchanged and that was it…I swear to you."

Bonnie looked from Damon to Stefan, "Please stop the pain that Stefan's going through. He's not who you are angry with, you're angry with me…I get that."

Bonnie glared over at Stefan for a few moments and suddenly Damon heard Stefan breathe a sigh of relief, "Bonnie, let Stefan leave…you want me…you can have me…"

Bonnie looked over at Stefan, "Leave and I'm only giving you three seconds to do it," she stated with her crossbow trained on Damon.

"Bonnie, you have to believe him…Damon didn't attack your father," Stefan stated.

"Get out before a stake goes through your chest," Bonnie hissed.

Stefan looked at Damon, who mouthed 'Go' and quickly sped out of the house as the door slammed shut behind him. Bonnie kept her crossbow on Damon.

"Bonnie, I know that you are angry with me. I know that you hate me after finding out what happened with Sheila, but let me say this…you know that I care about you. You know that what we were was so much more than sex. I knew that if you knew anything that happened with Sheila that you would feel hurt and betrayed and I didn't want that. I never wanted that, not just because of what it would mean for me but because it would hurt you and I never wanted you to be hurt. What happened to your father, I had nothing to do with it and I know deep down—you believe me."

Bonnie continued to hold her crossbow tightly as Damon moved closer to her, "Bonnie, I probably deserve to die. I probably deserve to die by your hands—but don't…I want to be here for you."

"You used me."

"I didn't use you, I would never use you."

"Shut up!" she screamed as she went to fire her crossbow and Damon closed his eyes expecting to feel the immediate pain, but then he didn't feel anything.

He opened his eyes to see that the crossbow was jammed and Bonnie was trying to unjam it. He quickly sped over to her and wrapped his arms around her, "Bonnie, listen to me. I didn't hurt your father," Damon held her tightly as she struggled, "I wouldn't do that to him…I wouldn't do that to you. You love him and I know that, you have to believe me! I may be a lot of things, but I wouldn't do that to you…not now. Bonnie, I know that you hate me for the part I played in what happened to your grandmother, but I had nothing to do with what happened to your father…please believe me!"

Bonnie dropped the crossbow to the floor as she covered her eyes and Damon wrapped his arms around her, "Get off of me!" she pushed him away from her and held up her hands, "get away!"

"Bon…"

"Get away from me!" she screamed, "I don't want you near me! I don't want you to touch me! I don't want you to talk!"

"Bonnie…" Damon stayed in place, "I know that you are going through a lot and I know that I lied to you, but I also know that you love your father and you are angry and upset…but let me be here for you now. You remember how we connected a couple of nights before the gala…I'm still him."

"You're not."

"Bonnie, I am sorry for not telling you about my part in what happened to Sheila. I'm sorry for what happened to your father and I want to be here for you tonight, while you deal with everything. Let me do that…please, you don't have to be alone here," Damon took a step towards her.

"I am alone," Bonnie whispered looking up at him, "my father could die."

Damon moved closer to her and pulled her towards him, wrapping his arms around her, "He won't die…I promise you that," he whispered.

"Get off of me!" she screamed wiggling out of his embrace, "stay away from me and stay away from my father," she moved away from him.

"Bonnie, I didn't do anything to your father, but I can help him. I can give him some of my bloo…"

"No! He would never forgive me; he will be ok. He wouldn't want any vampire blood to heal him," she shook her head wiping her eyes.

"Bonnie, I will do whatever you want me to do. Give your father blood, not give him blood…anything…sit there with you in the hospital room, just tell me and I will do it," Damon walked closer to her, "I'm sorry for the lies. I'm sorry for hurting you…I just want to be here for you now, I want you to forgive me and I know that I need to earn it…but I'm willing to do whatever it takes."

Bonnie wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and kneeled down to pick up her crossbow, "I need to get back to the hospital," she stated quietly.

"Bonnie, I will go with you. I will sit with you, you don't have to be alone."

Bonnie looked at him. His eyes were sincere. She'd seen those eyes before, but as much as she wanted him to come with her and be with her—she couldn't. She had to stand her ground…she had to let him know that things were not forgotten, that they couldn't be, "But I am alone…I just need some time."

Damon nodded, "Whatever you need me to do, I will do."

"Just give me some space."

Damon hesitated, but nodded slowly.

Bonnie returned his nod and headed towards the door, placing her hand on it. She immediately felt Damon behind her and he placed his hand over hers, "Bonnie, you know you mean so much to me. I messed up and I want to make it up to you…but I want you to make sure that I can, so please just concentrate on your dad getting better and don't go after who did this to him."

Bonnie opened the door, "I make no promises," she mumbled before heading out of the house and walking down the stairs.

Well Katherine did set Damon up to be killed by Bonnie and that plan failed. Katherine is still after the moonstone, but when will she make all that known to Bonnie.

And will Damon ever get Bonnie to forgive him?

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