Note: And here it is folks, the (unedited) other half. It's been fun XO

And Have Its Way

Lana couldn't help but narrow her eyes as she and Damon both waited for Bonnie to have some kind of response to his declaration. When it became apparent that her wordless gaping was all she could muster Lana twirled her wrist, leaving Bonnie in the same state as Kai.

"What the hell woman?!" Damon barked, surging forward, Lana grinned and stepped into a crouch causing Damon to reel back and keep his distance.

"Smart," She commended icily, "It seems not so long ago you would have gone balls to the wall and straight up tried to kill me. I wonder what could possibly have changed that." Her eyes glimmered as she took a step forward, Bonnie and Kai's floating bodies twirling above her, just out of reach. "It wouldn't perhaps have something to do with the fact that I reunited you with the love of your life would it?" She grinned, "Although to avoid any chance of ambiguity, I meant Bonnie, not that dreadful doppelganger."

"Leave Elena out of this." Lana giggled, covering her mouth with a hand.

"Why? You seem to be doing enough of that for everyone." Damon's mouth clamped shut and his eyes shone with annoyance. "Look, here's the deal, I don't care about the impending emotional politics that's about to upturn your life as you volley between following your heart and falling in line with a role even you don't believe in anymore – what I do care about is fixing what Kai did, because the majority of it is my fault." That brought Damon up short.

"How the hell is that psychopath your fault?" He wondered and Lana shrugged and averted her eyes for the first time.

"I think you of all people know of the downsides to love and loss." She muttered, "When I took away the memory of his love for me I sealed his fate for him to become this person, this monster that would stop at nothing in his quest for power. You still had hope Damon, I took that away from Kai when I took me away from him… he wouldn't have done any of the things that he did if I wasn't a coward."

"You're wrong," Damon said assuredly, "People become who they are in time, no matter what, you can fight it or deny it as much as you like but the truth doesn't shy away from itself and neither can we. He was always a monster, inside, where it counts, trust me, I know because I'm the same." Lana barked a laugh.

"There is nothing menacing about you Damon," Lana countered, "All you want is forgiveness, acceptance and to be loved, just like everyone else. Sure, you went about it in a messy way at first but your desperation made you sloppy and your failures made you angry, driving you so close to the edge – just enough to taste what it would be like if you gave in to the worst parts of yourself and then Bonnie came along and pulled you back, gave you perspective, gave you hope and despite yourself you fell in love with her – she's everything you need it makes perfect sense. Kai?" She began pacing, "Kai will never stop and I know that. He's relentless even in his love. My powers were hidden until I came of age, the same night they sent him to purgatory – and I guess through loving him I had unknowingly bound our life forces together…so when he died I did too, except, I stayed here, on this plane, keeping the balance that he was on the other end of, on the other side." Damon was enthralled, "When I heard about what he did, and when I felt him come back…I knew I needed to stop him, that I was the only one who could…and the reason why I'm telling you this, is because you're going to help me, and so is Bonnie. It started with the four of us so this story ends with the four of us."

"What if I say no?"

"Then I kill you." He pursed his lips and nodded.

"Fair enough, let's go."

Flashback

"What's your name?" The little boy asked after he finally mustered up the bravery to talk to the prettiest girl he'd ever seen. Her curls bounced as she spun around and beamed at him, her missing tooth making her prettier to him somehow.

"Lana." She smiled and stuck out her skinny little arm to him and he shook her hand properly, like his dad taught him. She gripped his hand too, which he immediately liked. "Yours?"

"Malakai." Her black eyes shone with happiness as she repeated his name.

"Can I call you Kai?" She wondered, "It's easier for me to remember." He nodded instantly; she could call him any name she liked. "Kai." She said again and his heart swelled with a foreign sensation.

"Can we be friends?" Kai asked, wondering where all this courage was coming from. She giggled and the sound was musical and familiar, even though he'd never heard it before that moment.

"Of course we can," she replied and began walking as she had been before he had come over, wading through the flowers that framed the edges of the town park, their parents a few feet away watching closely, "But you have to promise me something."

"Anything."

"Promise me that we'll always visit the flowers." He frowned.

"Sure, but can I ask why?"

"Yes."

"…Why?" He asked when he finally realised she was waiting for him.

"Because flowers are my friends too, if you were a flower, wouldn't you want me to visit you as well?" Kai nodded fiercely.

"I am glad I'm not a flower though." He said, suddenly serious, "Otherwise we'd never have met."

"We would have," she smiled, "You would have been my favourite flower too."

"I think you might be my favourite person in the world Lana." Kai said, his prepubescent voice belying the intensity of his sentiment. She laughed again.

"But we've just met silly." She countered and he nodded with a quick shrug of his shoulders as his eyes travelled over the flowers her hands ghosted over.

"Imagine how much I'll like you tomorrow." He said, his voice filled with promise and wonder.

Present

"Bonnie, did you hear what I said?" Lana asked and the witch's eyes fluttered again and for the shortest moment Lana expected her to topple over again but Bonnie nodded her head as she bit her bottom lip, "And do you understand all of it?"

"I think so." Bonnie replied, her voice distant, her eyes distracted as they followed Damon while he made the arrangements they needed for the spell Lana was about to chant. "…How did you get Damon to do all of this?"

"I asked," Lana replied simply and seriously but then a smile shot through her features, quick like a flash of lightning, "I also threatened to kill you. It's astounding how compliant he became after that."

"You're …odd." Bonnie commented a little awkwardly, like the word failed to suffice what she really wanted to say. Lana chuckled softly as her eyes drifted to where Kai was bound up to a tree a few feet away.

"Thank you," Lana said, "It was hard at first, inheriting half of Kai in exchange for half of myself when he came back to the world, reigniting the bond… I thought for sure I'd lose the rest of myself to him as well like I did in the beginning but instead I ended up like this, with an indifference so consuming that all I can do is claw my way through and try and remember why I'm here in the first place."

"How can you say for sure that you can kill him?" Bonnie asked, seriously, looking up to Lana.

"Because I myself am ready to die…haven't you figured it out yet?" Lana's black eyes seemed cold when they met Bonnie's this time, making every other interaction before then seem warm and reassuring, "We're bound he and I, in love and life. If he dies, I die. I just had a few things to do before I went you know? Visit my parent's graves, fix everything he broke, and see him one last time…"

"Lana –"

"Oh no," The taller girl waved off whatever was about to transpire between them, "This isn't where you tell me there's another plan, that there's hope for me…It was hard enough living in a world without him knowing he was alive somewhere else; knowing I was alive in a world where he simply doesn't exist anymore, where he's gone forever?" she drew in a sharp breath, "I'm not the girl who gets depressed, I'm the girl who burns the world to the ground. Me without Kai is no friend to even myself, it's for the better for everyone concerned if I die with him – trust me on that."

"How can you be so confident when you're about to take your own life?" Bonnie gasped and Lana cackled gleefully.

"You're really funny did you know that Bennett?" Bonnie frowned, "You realise what that sounds like coming from you right? You're lucky you know; you always think that the odds are never in your favour but you forget that every time you're brought back, there's always been a way back for you – is it really the Universe that's at fault for every choice you make that sends you back to your grave?"

"Everything's ready." Damon said, flashing to Bonnie's side and tossing an arm over her shoulder as his eyes held Lana's, "Anything else you need or do I get to watch from now on."

"I just need some of Bonnie's blood." Lana said and both Bonnie and Damon became apprehensive. "Look you two, we all know Bonnie has a boner for dying, I'm doing this to make sure she never dies again – clear?"

"Clear." Bonnie muttered, sticking out her hand, Lana smiled and nodded, gripping Bonnie's upturned palm and with a blink of her eyes a gash appeared while Bonnie winced. Lana covered the wound with her other hand and began to chant. After a few moments Damon noticed an iridescence coalescing between the two women in front of him, strands of power transferring from Lana to Bonnie. After a minute or so Lana's eyes opened and she took a step back, frowning as she caught her breath. Bonnie groaned and felt to her knees.

"Give her a second." Lana said hoarsely to Damon as she ambled over to Kai and unbound him from the ropes, easing them both onto the forest floor. "Wake up." Lana hissed through gritted teeth, she could feel her heartbeat faltering; she didn't have a lot of time left. Kai's eyes fluttered open and locked on her. Damon's eyes snapped over to Lana and Kai when Bonnie reassured him that she was fine. "Kai, come on, we have to go."

"What did you do?" He hissed, but the menace lacing his words wasn't malignant in the slightest, there was a profound disappointment coating his words. "You're paling." He accused, his eyes wild as they searched her face. She smiled sadly and cupped his cheeks, leaning in a little more.

"I'm dying." She said softly and Kai's face became pinched as tears filled his eyes.

"No," He growled as he tried to sit up but his eyes rolled a little as his head swam, clutching his chest his breathing became laboured and he locked eyes with Lana again, "What's happening to me?"

"You're dying too." She said her voice still even, still sad. "We're bound remember?"

"You bound us?" He spluttered, fumbling as he had to blink a few times to clear his vision.

"Unintentionally," She said with a nod, "You've had me all along regardless."

"I suppose that should make me feel better." He commented dryly.

"You wouldn't care one way or the other." Lana mused as she shuddered and fell over, her head landing on his chest as she began to seize. Kai's arms wrapped around her, pulling her closer and even through her haphazard breathing Damon could hear her soft gasp.

"Of course I would," Kai said, "You're the only thing I care about, you're my favourite person in the world." Lana laughed through her shudders, her skin bleeding from all of its colour. Kai's eyes squeezed shut as his body began to shake as well, in tandem with hers. "I can't believe this…" he chuckled softly, "I told you, remember when we were sixteen? I told you you'd be the death of me."

"Shut up and die already, this is hard enough as it is." Lana ground out and Kai smiled.

"Just promise me one thing." He said.

"Fine."

"That we'll visit the flowers?" She nuzzled a little closer to him, using the last bit of her strength, nodding when he tucked her head under his chin with stiff, spasming hands.

"Always."

Thirty seconds later they were both dead and Bonnie and Damon watched as their skin shrivelled until their bodies turned to dust and blew away in the soft breeze that swept through the woods. Bonnie was still staring at where their bodies had been when Damon spoke up.

"You realise what this means?" He asked and she frowned, looking down at her hands. "You're immortal now."

"…I'm an immortal witch." Bonnie's voice was barely above a whisper, "I'll never age, my powers will never wane and I can't die." She turned to him then. He narrowed his eyes playfully.

"Well you can die," He reminded her and she rolled her eyes, "You're bound to me after all."

"Doesn't it bother you that the ones who sired this bond between us are possibly the two most sociopathic supernaturals we've ever come across?" Damon gave her a look.

"Doesn't it bother you that the only reason you're bound to me is because you're in love with me?" Damon shot back and Bonnie's jaw tightened as she crossed her arms, jutting her chin out somewhat petulantly. This seemed to please Damon and he grinned, pulling her to her feet and beaming down at her still. "I just want you to say it," he went on, "Just once." Bonnie snorted.

"Please," The witch said with a quirk of her brow, "We both know you're a glutton when it comes to affection. Once will never be enough."

"Can you blame me?" He countered, "I got you Bonnie, you, of all people to fall in love with me. Surely that calls for a ceremony at least."

"A ceremony?" She spluttered and he chuckled.

"Not so fast Bennett, we have time now, no wedding bells for you, we haven't even been on a date."

"That," Bonnie replied with a sudden seriousness in her voice, "And Jeremy is still in love with me and you have Elena to deal with – you know, my best friend?"

"Pfft," Damon rolled his eyes, "Like I can't handle a vengeful doppelganger," Bonnie gave him an exasperated look, "Or a prepubescent pseudo hunter boy," she crossed her arms and frowned, "Or getting you to agree to go on a date with me," she pressed her mouth into a line, "Stop trying to distract me," Damon snarked, "Just say it already and put me out of my misery." Bonnie huffed. "Bonnie…" Throwing her arms out she replied:

"Fine Damon, god, I love you too okay!" She snapped and his face lit up …just as someone behind Bonnie gasped. They both redirected their attention to Elena, Stefan and Caroline that seemed to have sped back into the woods once Lana's blocking spell fell away. "Oh shit."

"Is anyone going to explain what the hell is going on?" Elena called out. Damon looked down at Bonnie and then back at Elena. Then back at Bonnie, then up at Elena until his eyes settled back on Bonnie. He took a step and a half until he stood beside her and took her hand in his.

"What's there to say Elena?" Damon asked, "You threw what we had away in time for me to realise I no longer wanted it; we both came to the same conclusion but you took the coward's way out…and as impossible as it seems I'm in love with Bonnie, I have been for some time now and …thanks to Lana, who I think could have been my Lexi in some other life," Damon's eyes locked with Stefan then, "She made sure I had Bonnie for forever and I'll never be able to thank her for that…not to her face at least –"

"Damon what are you talking about?" Stefan interjected.

"Lana's life was bound to Kai when he was sent to purgatory, when he returned the bond was brought back with him so she had to kill herself to kill him," Bonnie explained her eyes misting up at the recollection of having seen them both die with her own eyes, "And she killed herself by making me immortal, by giving me her powers – I'm an immortal witch now."

"What?" Elena gasped.

"Bon –" Caroline's eyes were filled with impending tears.

"That's impossible." Stefan tried to reason and both Damon and Bonnie shrugged.

"That's pretty much my life in one word." Bonnie countered and Damon nodded.

"And us being together." He pointed out.

"We're not together Damon." Bonnie quipped.

"Only 'cause I haven't asked you to dinner yet, I'd like to see you try and say no to all of this –"

"You're an idiot." Bonnie huffed and he grinned. Elena's heart twisted in her chest.

"How am I supposed to support this?" The doppelganger wondered her face scrunched up in slowly building hysteria, "My best friend and my, my –"

"Your what Elena?" Caroline snapped, shutting the brunette up immediately.

"…I'll leave." Elena said after the tensest moment. "And I won't come back." Her face was hard and determined.

"That might do you some good," Damon reasoned, "You should leave, you should see the world and rediscover yourself, I'm serious," he added when she scowled at him, "You need new Elena, we all do…this town is poison and we're poison in it…I say we all leave and see where it takes us."

"I won't leave Bonnie." Caroline said stubbornly, "I just got her back."

"I'm not leaving you Damon, not again." Stefan declared.

"Then come with us." Damon said earnestly.

"Us?" Bonnie echoed, "And where exactly are we going?"

"Wherever you'd like." Damon swore, "Tomorrow too." Bonnie's heart fluttered and he heard it and made his insides warm with promise of their new chapter.

"Promise?" She asked and Elena's tears fell at the look Damon sent Bonnie's way in response.

"I promise. As long as you promise me something in return…"

"What?" She asked sceptically.

"That we visit the flowers too." Her heart skipped a beat and she squeezed his hand and nodded as tears welled up in her eyes. The fact that Damon was as moved by Lana and Kai as she was meant so much to her…In a lot of way there were parallels between the four of them and she was sure that Damon was hoping that their story would have a happier ending and Bonnie had it in her to find that out with him.

"Always." She said confidently and he pulled her into a hug, whispering softly in her ear.

"I'd kiss you," his arms wound around her waist, "But you're not my girlfriend yet." When he pulled away Bonnie smacked his chest as she smiled. Elena had sped away when they embraced.

"You can kiss me." Bonnie replied softly and he got a smug look on his face, "Only because I've missed you so much."

"I'll only kiss you if you come to Italy with me in the morning." Damon said, already leaning in. Bonnie shook her head but couldn't keep the grin from spreading on her lips.

"Okay." She said and before the word was fully out of her mouth it was covered with his.

And that's how their forever started.