This was hellagood! Thank U

What a wonderful chapter! Bonnie really showed her age in the previous chapters. But both she and Damon did a lot of growing up over the course of this chapter. I loved their honesty, and the way they both took responsibility for their previous and recent mistakes. And I kind of love Rudy now :). Is he a perfect dad? By no means. Does he have a lot to make up for? Absolutely. But at the end of the day, he did what no-one else did: he put aside his own feelings and did what was best for Bonnie. He really does love his daughter and I'm even hopeful that he and Damon can someday have a good relationship. Again, great chapter.

Ok, not gonna lie. I got mad at Bonnie in this chapter. After all her declarations, she jumped straight to thinking the worst of Damon. She didn't even try to hear him out. Could she not see that he was equally upset by what happened? Surely that should give her pause to rethink that Damon had just blindly attacked Tyler for the hell of it. She's likely still in shock and upset too. But still. I didn't expect Bonnie to give up on him so easily, not when she's given her friends a hundred chances after they constantly neglected or hurt her. But Damon? The guy she loves? Couldn't she give him the benefit of the doubt? I'm hoping she comes to her senses soon.

My heart broke for Bonnie in this chapter. She's given up so much, lost so much, for Elena, because of Elena. I'm not entirely buying Damon's spiel about not being responsible for his feelings. Yes, he didn't actively choose to have feelings for Elena. But he did actively choose to pursue her, knowing she was with Stefan, and thus causing the dysfunctional crap storm that followed. And the guy is needy. He imprinted on Elena like a duckling on it's mother duck. I'm questionning the legitimacy of his sudden "feelings" for Bonnie.

This chapter was made of all kinds of win. I loved your characterization. The confrontation between Damon and Stefan: Damon was absolutely right. Something that always drove me crazy was the way both Elena and Stefan would warn Damon away, and in the next breath, want to hold him to ransom with how he should be concerned about the doppelganger's feelings. It was unfair and hypocritical. Damon doesn't owe Elena anything. And I wish the brothers had, just once, showed more loyalty to each other instead of a duplicitous, disloyal and unfaithful girl. At least Katherine knew and was honest about what she was. Elena always claimed to be innocent, which made her so much worse in my opinion. Also loved Bonnie coming to Damon's defence. That was a pretty huge moment for him because no-one, not even Elena, ever put Damon first. But Bonnie took his hand, clearly displaying that she's in Damon's corner.

Nice work!

I've just discovered this fic and I think you've crafted a wonderful story. I'm really enjoying the way you depict the parallels between Bonnie and Damon, and contrast the differences. One of the reasons, IMHO, the Bonnie/Damon relationship works so wonderfully - aside from the oodles and oodles of natural chemistry! - is that they compliment each other's individual strengths, and help each other transcend their flaws and weaknesses.
Focusing specifically on this chapter, in this rare (for me) instance, I'm actually siding with Damon. Knowing his history and resulting insecurities, Bonnie could have been a bit more sensitive to Damon. Granted, she can't control Jeremy's actions, but she can manage her own response to it. Jeremy may have unresolved feelings for her, but Bonnie is not helping matters by humouring him because she doesn't want to hurt his feelings. She needs to set some boundaries with Jeremy, especially now that she and Damon are trying to build something, and she knows how uncomfortable Damon is with her having a relationship with her ex. Especially since said ex is still trying to rekindle things with her. Speaking of exes, YAYY! Damon for finally putting Elena in her place. The doppelganger has always had dog in the manger syndrome and wanted to have her cake and eat it too. That kind of selfishness annoys the crap out of me! Even more so because she tries to couch it under the guise of "But I do care about you". And I'm rambling now. Sorry. But there really is no love lost between me and what I consider one of the worst characters to ever appear in print and on-screen. Swings and roundabouts though - I can't wait to see how this story progresses! Thanks for writing this gem. :)

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hahahahah!

I love the sense of humor of damon I have not stopped laughing and I'm at 3 em chap I look forward to reading the rest , I guess you have to be super funny in real life : - )

I don't get it. Bonnie should know better than to play the conniving girl who will play around with Jeremy in front of Damon. Its not fair for that Damon cant even say that he will go look for hot chicks when she was letting Jeremy put his hands all over her in front of him. Trust and loyalty and maturity works both ways. In this chapter, Bonnie is nothing but an imitation of Elena playing around the hearts of two guys.

cute story

This story was everything! So, so GOOD! My Bamon babies! Thank you!

I AM SOOOOO LOVE THIS FICTION!

hey,i don't know if you will get this msg or not but to tell the truth the story is amazing...you should write more and more and more...i am just overwhelmed!so keep on writing!
#bamonforever!