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"I see through all your selfish acts of love"

Chapter 30: Unapologetic Tainted Love

When the phone rings a smile forms on my lips. I had spent the better part of the morning stressing out about what was going on with Damon, and then the other half of the time I was fighting with Klaus and then Elijah. To say my morning was hectic was an understatement. Klaus and I had made up though as passionately as we new how. Elijah was still scum and now that Lucy got a clear picture of the dude, my day had gotten brighter. And to top it off Damon was calling me, so everything was much, much better.

Answering the call, I speak quickly a light feeling coming over me. I was happy, Klaus and I were doing our thing against the all the judgement in the world, yet we stood unbothered and now I was about to speak to my best friend, all was right in my world.

"Damon, I'm so glad you finally called." I pause to catch my breath. "I was so worried about you! Don't you ever pull a stunt like that on me again, I don't care what the circumstances are."

I expect to hear a chuckle followed by a snarky remark that only Damon would send my way. However that wasn't what I got.

"I always wondered what it would be like to talk to you again, to hear your voice, to say hello my gorgeous girl and now I've got my chance." Pause. "Hello Bonnie, miss me?" Enzo says causing the smile to fall from my lips.

As the seconds ticked by it felt like ice was gradually starting to run through my veins making me stiff and cold. My fist balled up tightly causing my knuckles to go white, as my mind and my heart began to race.

Once I really recognized the person on the other side of the phone, I was immediately taken back to another place and time. The last time Enzo and I had spoken it had been brutal for both of us. It was difficult for me to reconcile the person who he had turned into and the person who I was once in love with. But I had seen it with my own eyes. I had seen the person I thought he had left behind when in reality he was waiting for the moment to bounce back and then blame me for it.

Flashback

When I found him on the outskirts of town he had a cigarette in hand as he leaned against an old car. From head to toe he was covered in crimson, his hair that was normally slicked back now hung in his face as the monster shown his full face.

"I painted the town red for you dollface and bathed in it, relished it." Enzo said his vampire teeth showing with droplets of blood dripping. "Was it worth it, knowing that all these people are now fallen because of you and your devotion to that vampire." He spits out.

I shake my head. "You didn't have to do this! All you had to was move on, let me go."

"Why would I do that, when I can haunt you this way." He says walking close to me. I stand still my chin raised as usual. On the inside I'm shaking as my magic is begging to be released. "My hands may be red." He says holding his hand up and then smearing the crimson mess on cheek. "But this is your fault– and had you been the anchor I would've watched as each and every one of them crossed through you with a smile on my face." He laughs now almost manically. "And each of them would know you were the reason."

I let out scream and soon launch myself onto him, my magic clings to him reaching and out and digging into him like hooks. "You want to hurt everyone, then maybe I should show you what real pain is."

My magic lashes out causing him to scream till the sun comes up and his voice is hoarse. I broke him down the best way I could and then set him free once I had- had enough. I could see it in his eyes, the fear he had never had when it came to me, now he knew better.

Pushing away from him I wipe my face as my breathing becomes stable again. "If you ever do anything like this again, it'll be your last time and you will be dust." I spit out. "Your ashes will be my gift to those you've hurt."

"Bonnie!" Enzo calls as I start to walk away, he's slumped over and needs a blood bag, but he's still standing. "What about the pain you caused, you broke my heart!"

I lick my dry lips as a car quickly approaches. I look up to see that it's Damon. Of course, he found me and of course this was the wrong time. "We're done and your done doing this." I say keeping my voice leveled. "I swear to you Enzo if you—"

"Why don't you just go and get it over with, you've already got your hands around my heart. Just finish it off." Enzo says a bleak look on his face. "It's the best way to get rid of a vampire after all, I bet I wont even feel a thing, because you've already done it without lifting a finger."

I don't say anything and turn around walking back to my car. In the background, Enzo is screaming my name. It's only when I get into the car do I finally exhale.

End of flashback

Immediately upon hearing the sound of his voice, of Lorenzo I was swarming with so many emotions, fear being the most prominent one. Dread crept in next, because I knew in my heart of hearts what this was about. The only reason Enzo had called was to let me know that he held all the cards and that he had Damon. It was then that I realized that I couldn't catch a break, everyone seemed to have an opinion on my life, who I should and shouldn't be with and most importantly everyone wanted a reaction out of me. If Enzo wanted a reaction he was going to get one, because I refused to play games with him. I had already warned him once, and that was his only warning. I was no mood for his manipulation tactics, tactics I was sure he was about start any second now.

I swallow hard readying myself for what was to come. "Enzo," I say pausing.

"Bonnie."

"I guess I don't have to ask how you got my number, why don't you tell me how you got Damons phone?" I ask not wanting this to go any further then it has to. I knew Enzo well enough to know that this was only the beginning and I had to play my cards close to the vest.

He breathes into the phone. "Can we not talk about him for five seconds." Sigh. "Instead lets relish in the fact that you and I are talking again, have I ever mentioned how much I love hearing you say my name?" Pause. "Sometimes it plays on loop in my head, sometimes it's all I hear...you and me."

I close my eyes. I knew Enzo had taken our breakup hard, I knew that he had a difficult time moving on but this, this was something I didn't want to have to go through. Enzo and I had been over long before I had even admitted it to myself and then to him. "I'm not doing this with you Enzo." I say exhausted already. "Just tell me what you want and what you've done to Damon." I say clenching my teeth.

When he only starts to laugh I grit my teeth only further. "I swear if you hurt him–"

"You'll what, hunt me down, that could be fun!" He says gleefully. "You're still as beautiful as ever Bon." Pause. "Damon, he has so many pictures of you on his phone– kind of creepy, very Damony." Pause. "How is it possible that in each picture you look more beautiful than the last– I mean we're not together and you are just glowing while I feel like I'm rotting on the inside."

It was the catch in his voice that had gotten to me. I did love Enzo at one point in time, I had loved him very much, but that love had faded away and I couldn't seem to get it back even when I was trying to, for his benefit. "Enzo please don't to this." I say a bit deflated. "I know the breakup was hard on you... that it has been hard on you. I want you to find happiness with someone who can love you the way you need to be loved, just know that person isn't me."

Enzo sniffles and I tilt my head back. I hated when guys cried, it was just so freaking sad. But I knew I had to stand my ground. "You are the only woman for me Bonnie, I know that and you do too- your just so stubborn." Pause. "I found all the love I needed in you, we can try again and be better."

I shake my head. "You know I don't to remixes."

"But you would for Damon wouldn't you, in fact you gave him another chance, and another and another. But for me, you can't manage to show some decency." He says his voice turning more bitter and more angry at each word that passed his lips. "I can list all his offenses, and you'd still stand by his side, hold his hand and smile up at him."

I clinch my fist. "You wanna talk about decency, you've orchestrated some fuckery to get me on the phone." I snap. "You want to talk decent, tell me what you've done to Damon. Let go of all your anger against me and Damon and let us both go! Be happy without us, live your life."

The line goes silent for a brief moment before Enzo speaks again, he's got a smile in his voice. "He always was the third person in our relationship?" He says more to himself than to me. "He's not even here and yet he's still here."

I let out a harsh breath, as I fight to keep the words he's the only reason I'm even entertaining you from falling from my lips. I suck my teeth. "There is no you and me Enzo, their hasn't been an us for a very long time." Pause. "Its time for you to accept that and let me go."

"They way you let me go, I could never do that." he breathes hard. "I cant let us go, not when I know that we were perfect, we had a life, a love and then Damon came back and you couldn't help yourself." Pause. "But you did love me once and you can again." Enzo says full of delusions.

I said nothing for the longest time because it didn't matter what I really said, Enzo was not listening. "I want you to hear me when I tell this, never again."

I can tell by the sound of something crashing in the distance that I've angered him, which was probably not a good idea, but I didn't want to further delude Enzo. I just wanted my friend back. "I'm only being honest." I say to his silence.

He swears loud in my ear and then breathes hard. "You do realize that this is all your fault, you've fucked me up and in the process fucked up Damon." Pause. "You wanna talk honesty. Let me tell you how I feel honestly my Bonnie." He says his voice taking on a different tone. "I had to watch the two of you act like it was 1994 all over again the moment you decided to forgive him! You two acted like you were the only two people in the world and it drove me crazy!" He screams. "You drove me crazy."

I bit my lip tears welling up in my eyes at his tone. This conversation is hard to have because I've never been in this type of situation. I had never wanted to hurt Enzo, in fact I stayed as long as I could till I realized I wanted more for myself than to make someone else happy.

"Damon, he used you. You told me before that he and everyone else used you for every last drop and then they tossed you away like trash." He says his voice going softer and softer. "He used your connection in 94 to get you away from me, because he was jealous."

I shake my head. "I shake my head. "Don't talk about something you know nothing about or could even possibly understand!" I snapped. The events that lead to us being sent to 94 and everything that came after it was still a touchy subject for me. I was dealing with everything that happened in my own way and in my own time. The one thing I knew for sure, was I would never be the same person I had once been, never again.

"I know how Damon gets into your head, how he draws you in till he's the only and you're his one and only. He looks at you and its like you're the only two people in the world, the only thing that matters." He chuckles now. "And then he decides you don't matter anymore. He left you Bonnie and I was the one that picked up the pieces of your broken heart!"

"Stop it!" I spit out.

"It's not 94 anymore Bonnie." He says his voice getting softer. "You and Damon aren't trapped together without anyone else on the other side anymore, their's no more hunters, Silas or Kai."

In the distance a tree snapped apart falling to the ground with a loud crashing sound. "Don't you ever mention him again to me!" I yell into the phone.

"I'm sorry." Enzo says quickly. "I'm sorry that I'm not sorry. I get you, I understand you and why you cannot seem to let Damon go– he saved you, he chose you over Elena but that is no reason to let him control you...to give your life to him."

I could not believe the audacity of him right now. He just wanted me to go along with what he wanted and I would never do that. "The way you're trying to control me now!" I snap him into silence. "You don't get to use my trauma as a way to lure me back your way- you bastard!"

"Why not?" Enzo snaps. "You let Damon lure you back in all the time, why cant I join in on the fun."

"You disgust me." I say the words being so true it's terribly sad.

"Why don't you just admit it, admit that you want him that you wanted him then and you want him now and that is what led to our downfall." Enzo says suddenly. "Oh wait, you can't admit that you are flawed like the rest of us."

I sniff. "I'm flawed in some of the worst ways..."

"But you can't admit it, can you?" Enzo snaps. "You can't admit that your attachment to that man led to our downfall. You were looking for a way out as soon as he came back and made it clear that he wanted you all to himself." pause. "You were under his spell all over again, throwing away everything in the process."

I walk away from Lucy and hold the phone close to my ear. "You wanna be mad at me, fine but Damon–"

"Damon is the reason for all of this, but we can fix this...all you have to do is come back to me."

Silence falls between us. "What if that's not what I want?"

You have an hour Bon to make your decision. In that time I could free Damon, or I could've already freed him of his mind, his sanity and humanity. You will never know unless you come back to me."

I bite my lip. "You flipped his switch."

"Maybe, maybe not."

"I don't want to hear it anymore! I'm going to ask you once more, where is Damon? What have you done with him?"

He doesn't speak for the longest and when he does his voice takes on this perverse sound. "Does the man you're currently screwing know how far you'll go for Damon? Does he even realize that he's just someone your using till Damon wants you?"

I don't say anything.

"In an hour I'll expect your call and your answer. Think about it Bon, you have to chose between your new lover and your bestfriend, if you chose Damon, you get me, if you chose your new lover...well, you'll lose it all in the end." He smiles in to the phone. "All that I do, is for you and for us, remember that when you make your final decision."

With that he hung up the phone and I slumped to the ground.

KM-EM-KM

Klaus

To say his was angry had been an understatement. Fire was in his veins as he trained his eyes on his brother. Elijah was the reason that all of this had fallen apart, he was the reason Bonnie had been terrorized, hurt and nearly left him and the reason she was not here right now.

In the background he can hear Rebekah trying to ease tension with talk of her wedding but it does nothing to quell the fire that burns through him. He waits till he hears the sound of the door shutting meaning Bonnie and Lucy were outside with Marcel before he finally speaks.

"I guess this is where we have it out for the last time brother." He says ready for a fight because nothing else seems to get through to Elijah. Maybe if he had bit him like he had planned then his brother would have time to think about what he had done. Of course, Rebekah would be upset, Haley would want to know where Elijah ran off to, and Hope, his daughter would surly miss her favorite uncle. Biting him was not the way but their were other ways to extract his revenge.

Elijah is too busy enjoying the rest of breakfast to spare him a glance which only further angers him. He has no patience.

"What do you have to say for yourself Elijah?"

Elijah opens his mouth and all he hears is blah, blah, blah, blah. His brother claims everything is about love and family and hearing it makes him grit his teeth.

As he continues to listen to the rubbish Elijah dares to spew his way, he has this moment of clarity through all the haze and anger. For once in his life he was in a good place. It had taken many moons to get here, many lifetimes had come and gone and he had been stuck in the same situation till Hope came into his life. With Hope came sunshine, laughter and a sense of fulfillment he had never thought he'd have. Elijah had been the one to encourage him when he had been deathly afraid of being a father. In a way he had always felt he owed Elijah, because without that push, he would never know the joy that was being a father and having Hope.

He had counted on his brother more than Elijah had known. Though he had always considered himself, a lone wolf, an outcast when it boiled down to it, Elijah would never leave him, and never stray for to long. But what had occurred between his brother and the woman that had awaken long dead feelings deep inside of him was horrendous. If Hope was sunshine, love and warmth, Bonnie was comfort, peace, and companionship... something he had been searching for, for so long. Though things between them had started out purely physical, Bonnie was beautiful, smart, wicked in her own way– she was everything a man like him could want, the perfect mate. In his eyes, Bonnie was his, and Elijah had sought after what was his, and he would never let Elijah or anyone else take away the happiness that Bonnie brought his way.

"Niklaus are you listening?" Elijah calls breaking through his thoughts.

"To your bare bone apologies and pathetic excuses," He says looking over to his brother. "Not really. "He says licking his teeth. "I'd rather settle this like men."

Elijah tilts his head to the side. "You know I can't beat you."

"At least your not completely delusional." He snaps. "Are you happy now Elijah?" He asks walking around a chair , his fingers lingering on the wood of the back of the chair. "Bonnie's gone, and she took Lucy with her, or rather Lucy is gone and she took Bonnie with her?"

Elijah folds his hands in front of him slumping over in a chair. "I didn't expect it to go this far." Elijah breathes out. "I was just trying to protect you...protect my family."

He tilts his head to one side. "No, you were doing all of this because you were threatened by her." He chuckles. "She could've wiped the floor with you, but she held back for me." He says hitting his chest as his words come out in a roar. "And now look at the mess you've made brother." he says his words softening. "You attack Bonnie, send her all of your venom... yet you still hold precious Elena in high regard even after what happened with Kol."

Elijah gets up from his seat and he's ready for whatever comes next, but instead of fist flying Klaus stands across the room, anger radiating off of him so vibrant that the room starts to get hot. ""I admit, I was wrong. I didn't plan for the fallout."

He chuckles now. "No you didn't. You didn't expect Bonnie to fight back, for me to have her back."

Button up vampire shakes his head. "She was the last on my mind, you and Hope, the safety of you two and Rebekah and Marcel was my priority."

Blue eyes rolls. "You can be honest now, after all its just us, and Rebekah." He says sending a steely look in the way of his sister. "Bekah, I suggest you and Marcel follow the lead of Lucy and Bonnie, and leave Elijah and I alone so that we can settle things, the way he always wanted.

Stubborn to the bone Rebekah stands her ground. "I'm not leaving the two of you alone, not right now."

He glares now at his sister. "Afraid of what your nightmare of brother will do to your good brother?" He asks fist with his fist clenched so hard blood runs down his closed hands. At this point he wants both of his siblings out of his damn house. If Rebekah takes the side of Elijah then she's just as much as the problem as Elijah is.

"No." Rebekah says teary eyed. "I'm afraid that you'll both go too far to come back."

Rebekah stand looking between the two. "Nik, I know you care for her and now Elijah does to. We can all move past this."

"I will not forget this, even for you." He snarls looking to his sister.

Elijah speaks now. "Rebekah, go on, this is between Niklaus and I. Everything will be okay, I assure you."

Arms crossed he watches the way Elijah tries to appear to be the better person the bigger person and it makes him even madder. "On second thought, how about you stay Bekah, that way you can listen to all his lies just as I."

Elijah scrubs his hand over his face for the umpteenth time. "What is it that you want from me, Niklaus?"

"I want the truth!" He snaps, loud and violent. "I want to hear the words that you are trying so desperately to avoid. Admit, your happy now that you've got your hearts desire Elijah. You wanted Bonnie to fight back and she fought back dirty. You wanted her as far away from me as possible."

Elijah looks up now a look crossing his features. "Fine, I'll admit it, I'm thrilled she's far away from you!" Elijah finally admits. "Now it will give you time for some clarity."

"My vision Elijah is perfectly clear, I see through all of you– just like Bonnie had."

Throwing his hands up in the air Elijah walks over to the bar. "You want to make someone the bad guy in the scenario and it's me because you refuse to see her for what she is. I was trying to protect you and this family from potential heartbreak. Have you ever thought of what will happen to Hope when this thing with Bonnie ends badly and she's grown attached?"

"I'm not going to tell you again, Hope is mine to protect and mine alone."

"You are my family, Hope, Rebekah and Marcel are my family and I was trying to protect you all." Elijah says throwing a glass across the room. "I was trying to protect your heart most of all. Everything I've done has been for you."

"No!" He fires back. "You wanted to rip my happiness away from me, but it backfired on you." he smiles now. "You lost Lucy and your budding relationship."

Elijah looks down at his ring and spins it. "She- Lucy just needs time." The button up vampire swallows hard.

He snorts. "To plan your demise."

"She would have done the same thing in my shoes." Pause. "Family is everything to her, and she just needs time to see where I was coming from."

He has no time for Elijah and his delusions, he just wants his brother to hear him for the first time and know that he beans business. "You are quite delusional, but that is none of my business." He says with a quirk of the lips. "I want you Elijah, out of my house and do not return in less invited." He spits out causing silence to fall upon the house.

"Nik, you cant be serious." Rebekah says her voice quaking as she speaks.

"That I am dear sister." He says looking from Rebekah to Elijah. "I practically begged you not to go after her." He seethes a drink in hand sloshing as she speaks. "And you," He says pointing at Elijah. "Callously went after her, making comments knowing damn well–" Pause.

Elijah licks his teeth and looks down at his family crest upon his finger. "Knowing what?" Elijah snaps. "Knowing full well you are dangerously close to falling in love with her."

He tightens his lips but says nothing.

"If not already in love with her. Niklaus," Elijah lets out a long breath followed by a swear.

Never to be the one to be silent for too long he speaks. "She is mine."

Elijah nods his head. "I'm sure Damon believes she is his as well." He says sympathy laced in his voice. "Niklaus, please get out while you can, before she breaks your heart."

He chuckles now. "You keep bringing up Damon as if that will change a thing between Bonnie and I." He says smugly. "She chose to stick with me despite it causing a rift between her and Damon, she chose to stay even after you nearly drove her away."

Elijah just stands hands in his pockets. "I guess you made up your mind."

He tilts his head to the side. "I have." Pause. You know, I never thanked you for helping me to come to terms with Hope." He says walking pacing back and forth. "When Haley turned up pregnant, I was shaken to a core." He remembers. "I thought I'd ruin her." he says with a sad chuckle. "But you," he says looking to his older brother. "You believed in me when I couldn't believe in myself."

Elijah sniffs. "And I always will believe in you Niklaus...I always have."

He eyes him as rage simmers inside. "But not enough to trust me where Bonnie is concerned."

"Niklaus you cannot let her drive a wedge between the two of us." Elijah pleads though it does nothing for him. He's done with the sentimental talk, Elijah had crossed the line for the last time.

Rage nearly causes him to lose his train of thought as he think about the way Bonnie was about to walk away from him all because of Elijah. He saw it in her eyes, she was done and she was going to leave and ever come back, their would be no looking back for her because she was the type to mean what she said. And what she said it pained him to hear.

"You mean the woman you terrorized, targeted and baited at every turn." He shakes his head. "She didn't cause this wedge between us, you did!" He yelled. "This isn't the first time you've inserted yourself into my personal life– you did it with Haley, Aurora, Katherine," he swallows hard thinking of the woman he loved while human. "And lets not forget about Katia- we know what happen with her."

Elijah has the nerve to look down. They had never discussed Tatia, she was someone they left unsaid in the past, but she was a part of their history and the history Elijah had with trying to control the narrative of his life.

Rebekah stands between her brothers knowing that if they had gone as far back as Katia that this was more serious than even she had imagined. "Guys, settle down. We're all a bit insane and overbearing when it comes to each other but it's love that drive us."

"I've let your overbearing overprotective ways go unchecked for so long, but that ends right now with Bonnie." He swears.

Elijah snorts. "You get to draw the line after what you did to Celeste."

He can't help it he begins to laugh because Elijah had fallen in love every time his eyes met with someone across the room. He can admit what he did with Celeste was a bit drastic but Mikael was near and he was trying to save them all. What Elijah was doing held on merit because Bonnie was not a threat. All Bonnie wanted to do was live her life and he found he wanted to do the same. Maybe they could continue living life together for a while.

"Celeste! You bring Celeste into this conversation after falling in love every other month within a blink of the eye." He lolls his head to the side. "Don't make me laugh."

They don't get a chance to talk any further because a blood curling scream causes all talk to stop.

"Bonnie."

"Lucy."

Enzo-Enzo-Enzo

Enzo

When he's finished with his phone call with Bonnie a smile finds its way to his lips. He would be lying if he pretended like hearing her voice again didn't do things to him. She had full control over his emotions without even knowing it. Hearing her say his name made him mad him feel all tingly inside and lets not even talk about how hard he was at the moment. Everything about her was what he wanted, the fierceness that he had found so fucking sexy and annoying at the same time, and the devotion she had for those she loved. He use to be one of those people and if he pushed the right buttons, he could be one of those people again. Sure Damon would be a casualty to it all but life happens. As for her current beau, someone with much more hatred for the hybrid would take on that daunting challenge and Bonnie, she'd be too busy trying to rescue Damon.

Shifting in the chair he slumps down his fingers falling to his pants. The reunion of he and Bonnie would be a sight to see. He plans to erase every man from her heart, and her mind so that she can only say his name. It'll be just like it was before. Of course he would have to take her far away because any reminders of her time away from him would be a set back. It would be just the two of them...just like before. When they were together at the cabin it was like they were the only two people in the world, and that was what he was going to do the second time around. He'd make it so, all she could think of was him, and the love they shared. The first thing he had to do was use his bargaining chip.

Brown eyes float across the room as he looks at the one man that had changed his life. He had at one time wanted to be Damon Salvatore, he wanted to screw Damon Salvatore and then he wanted to replace Stefan in his life. To say that his obsession with Damon was a bit complicated was putting things lightly. Now all he wanted to do was use the Salvatore for everything he was worth, and in the eyes of Bonnie he was worth more than anything in this world. He chuckles lightly, it was a pity that the three of them couldn't reach an agreement, he'd love to have them both but if it came down to Bonnie or Damon, as much as Damon had always been his ultimate goal– being loved by Bonnie was something he could never get over, and he never would.

That was why he connected with the witch he had met while on a binder, though she never gave him her real name, she had often gone by the letter C. She understood what it felt like to be hurt and like he she would not just let that go easily, she had lifted him up when he needed it. She had given him the confidence to do what was needed and now he was following that plan.

Damon

When he awake its with a scorching feeling of skin burning. Blurry he opens his eyes enough to see Enzo standing before him, the smell of vervain strong. He looks down to see that he's drenched in it. His skin sizzling with harsh red marks that are as angry looking as he is.

"What the fuck Enzo?" He yelling ripping his shirt and jacket off. He'd take his pants off but that would only serve as a dream come true to the lovelorn vampire.

"Howdy Damon." The dark eyed vampire says wiliest holding his phone. "If you think you're gonna call for help, then think again." Enzo chuckles. "I hold all the cards now."

He watches as the shadows dance across the face of someone he once considered his sort of friend. Enzo looks like he's cracked like totally cracked, which is not a good thing considered the way the dark eyed vampire is looking at him. "I thought we were on better terms."

Enzo drags a chair and sits on it. "You thought wrong once again. As if I'd ever forgive you for taking her away from me, you took the love of my life away, because you just have to win at everything!" He ranted. "It wasn't enough that you took your brothers girl but then you went after mine."

He sucks his teeth. "I never went after Bonnie, not like that."

"But you wanted to, admit it- you hated seeing her with someone like me, it made you crazy seeing that someone like her would want me. Admit it!"

He nods his head. "It drove me crazy!" He finally yells out loud. "Someone like her was never meant for you." He says his voice getting quieter. "I didnt know, not till much later but Bonnie and I, we were the ones that were suppose to be meant to be– it was suppose to be us all along." He says now more to himself. "If only I had looked outside of Elena and revenge."

Enzo looks like he wants to laugh and cry at the same time but does nothing but hold up his phone which tells them Bonnie is calling.

"I guess now we'll see who she'll chose right here, right now." Enzo says causing him to swallow hard.

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Bonnie

A scream leaves my mouth so loud it rattles in my body and everything around me.

Lucy rushes to my side her hand on my shoulder. "You have to pull it together Bon, you're a Bennett and we fight hard, your not alone this time, you have me and together we'll take on anyone who comes your way."

Her words bring me back to reality and give me the push I needed. I would not fall apart, nor would I let Enzo control me, never again would I let anyone control me because this time around I was living my life my way and doing things my way nay sayers be damned.

I had to admit, anger was something that I was use to, it was something that often clung to me and something I had pushed down more often than I wanted to admit. But right now, I was furious! The mere fact that Enzo, was someone I had let in, someone I had let get close to me for him to turn around and use someone he knew I cared about against me, to get me– was low.

"I can't believe he would stoop so low." I growl out while I pace back and forth like a caged animal. My teeth are gritted so hard I'm surprised they haven't chipped.

Lucy looks over at me and cautiously. "You said he was having a difficult time with the break up."

I turn around. "Fuck him, his feelings and his difficult time." I snap back. "He went after Damon to get to me, so I'm going to get at him."

"What are you planning?"

I lick my teeth. "I plan on angering him enough that I'll be able to recognize his vibration." I say proudly. "Enzo is way too smug not to taunt Damon, so wherever he is, Damon is with him." I say pulling out my cell phone. "But first, I'm going to talk to my best friend."

The phone rings once when Enzo picks up. "Bonnie lass, I knew you'd call back. Its because I know you, like you know me."

I chuckle, he thought he knew me, he was wrong. "If you know me so well, you know that I won't let this go."

Enzo smiles into the phone. "All you have to do is come down here, have dinner with me, we can talk and see where things go." He says so suggestively that I have to bite my tongue. I had wanted nothing to do with Enzo! When I ended things I meant it and looking back I realize the mistake I made ever getting with him in the first place. "Let me talk to Damon."

Enzo laughs now, a laugh that is not only exaggerated but one that is grating on my nerves. "Of course, he's the one on your mind." He says bitterly. "It's almost as if you don't trust that I have him, or that he's still here."

I lick my lips. "Do you remember what I called you upon your arrival to M.F."

"You called me a two bit hustler." Enzo says a smile in his voice.

"That's right, I don't want to talk to hustler Enzo, I want to talk to the Enzo that loved me as best as he could when I was damaged. I want to talk to the Enzo that became my friend."

"I'm still the same, I never changed." He says his voice hopeful.

"I need you to be honest, do you want me?" I ask causing him to let out a long breath.

"What kind of game are you playing at dollface?"

"Answer the question, do you still want me– after all this time...after everything?" I ask keeping my voice neural yet knowing what strings I had to pull in order to get Enzo to at least soften up a little bit.

With a long winded sigh he finally speaks. "You know I do." He says his voice laced with the only kind of love he knew. It's the desperation in his voice that fuels me. You never knew the lengths a desperate person would go and I wasn't willing to take that chance with Enzo. I knew Damon was stronger then him, but apparently Enzo got the jump on him and at this point in time I didn't know what he was capable of and I didn't want to find out.

He lets out a string of curses. "I know you're upset with me now, but everything I'm doing...all of this is for you and for me." He chuckles. "I'm setting you and Damon free of each other– it's the only way for any of us to be happy."

Now its my turn to be chuckle. "If you want me to be happy then you'll let him go, just let Damon go and that will make me happy."

Enzo clicks his tongue. "If I let him go, you'll go back to that same song and dance, it'll never end– we know that."

I lick my teeth. "You said you loved me, that you still were in love with me, prove it."

"Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie, you wear your heart on your sleeve, even now."

"Then it should be very obvious how I feel in this moment." I say bitterly though my words seem to fall on deaf ears with Enzo. I would never love him again. The thought of him made my skin crawl at this point in time and next time I saw him, I'd make sure I told him that to his face, after I knocked him out. "If you ever loved me, then you'll meet me halfway– let me talk to him."

"It's always about Damon with you,"

"You made it about him when you went after him."

"Fine. I'll let you talk to him."

BB-DS-BB

Bonnie and Damon

The line goes silent for a while before I hear talking in the background some grumbles and then a muffled hello. I could've sworn that my heart nearly leapt out of my chest at the mere sound of his voice.

"Hey." I hear his voice say into the phone. He sounds tired and bored but that could just be Damon being Damon.

"Hey!" I say with an instant sigh of relief. I could not really explain the way I felt just hearing his voice again. It gave me hope because I knew we still had a chance to get him out of whatever he had stumbled into. "How you holding up?" I ask cradling my phone. Out of the corner of my eye I catch Lucy watching me and listening as a small look of relief crosses her features as well.

"Meh." He says disinterested. At least captivity hadn't dulled his Damoness. "It's not the first time I've been abducted by someone with a hard on for revenge against me." Pause. "But it is the first time that the whining had been continuous." Pause. "I guess I have you and your now heartbreaker status to thank for that."

I wipe my hand across my face. "You're making light of this?"

"When life give you lemons..."

"Add it to your bourbon."

"I've taught you well."

We share a chuckle. "Damon, since this isn't your first rodeo that means you are now the male equivalent to,"

"Don't you dare say it–"

"Elena." I say a smile in my voice and on my face. "Congratulations, you've joined the ranks." I joke, hoping to keep him on the phone.

He doesn't miss a beat. "I think that's the meanest thing you've said to me...ever."

"You like it?"

"I love it, it tells me I'm rubbing off on you the good kind of way." He says with a chuckle. "So how are you? Have you raged yet or what?"

I look down. "Beast mode is definitely activated."

"All for me, how sexy. Please tell me when you ride in on your white horse, you'll be wearing a bikini?"

I roll my eyes. "That and some cut off hoochie shorts."

He chuckles. "Now that's what dreams are made of." Pause. "It'll only be a matter of time, I hear Enzo kicking shit."

"Stay strong."

"I will." Pause. "You're my gravity Bon."

I feel my eyes water. "As you are mine." I sniff. "Now, close your eyes."

When I'm positive he's done what I've asked, I close my eyes as well. I was hoping to reach him with my magic and let that guide me to where he was. When we had died and gone to the other side, the connection that we gain was more profoundly than most had known. Yes we were connected as two friends but it was more than that now. Damon had always been the protector of the Bennett line, so he had a connection with us long before I was born. But when we became friends, real friends it had strengthen then bond that was already established. If he had tried really hard he could find me, and I was hoping that worked both ways.

Carefully I recite the spell I had learned when we had started training on the other side. I had used it many times the words like a song from my lips to his ears and then I saw it. Flashes of places I had never known. I knew Damon was down in the Carolinas that was for sure, I clench my teeth I reach further with each word it feels like I'm under water trying to reach him but he keeps escaping me. Just when I feel like I've nearly grasped him a voice of another witch is clearly heard.

"Better luck next time buttercup."