Chapter 20

Bonnie looked at herself in the mirror quizzically just before wrapping the towel around her body. How could she look exactly the same, when her insides heated at just the remembrance of last night…she blushed and cast her eyes away from her refection.

Damon had made her eager with anticipation, yearn and breathless with his kisses and…made her be completely uninhibited. It had her cheeks turning from pink to red just thinking of the words he had spoken to her and the way she demanded from him during their many sessions last night.

Damon hadn't stopped with his 'fun' as he put until they both were tirelessly spent into the early morning hours and only then had she been able to drift off into slumber.

When she woke, Damon was nowhere in sight.

What was left were her clothes of last night on the floor as a reminder to what had transpired and a new set of clothing laid out on the end of the bed, which she had recognized as her own.

She'd gotten up from the warm bed and slowly walked over to the bath area in last night's sheets engulfing her while rummaging through the drawers, which paid off as she found a spare toothbrush. Bonnie was grateful for the luck before hopping into Damon's shower.

Bonnie didn't know how to feel at not finding him beside her when she awoke, but as the warm water had trailed over her skin, relaxing her muscles- she was glad for the alone time to ponder.

The shower had been done some time ago now, but she still stood in a towel looking at her image in the large mirror. Last night had been an experience. More than she thought it would be. It had warmed her up and swallowed her whole into a world where it was only the two of them. Damon had delivered more than she was even capable of asking for at the time …And now was the part she didn't know how to deal with.

Bonnie reached for the comb beside the sink and ran it through her locks to untangle the knots, hoping it would be this easy when she saw him as the knots gave way to the force she applied. She had gone with her need and want last night, but her rational mind was rearing up- ready to take the wheel and direct her.

Placing the comb away she reached for her undergarments that had been supplied with the casual shirt dress.

She dropped the towel and put on her bottoms and adjusted the strap of her bra. Bonnie grabbed the dark blue dress and put her arms though it.

Turning to the mirror, she adjusted the attached belt through its loops and left it hanging as she went to close the buttons on her dress, but automatically stilled her actions as she heard her ringtone burst through the quiet room.

Rushing, Bonnie picked up her cell from her jeans and saw Elena's name on display. Unconsciously her tongue sliced along her top lip briefly in indecisiveness and snuck away from Damon's view as she turned and glanced outside the window, unaware of her audience, while she answered her call.

Damon stepped through the door of his room quietly and listened to the conversation.

"I had gone for a walk to gets some air, I must have just missed your call when I left" Bonnie said, trying to make her voice sound normal as she replied to Elena.

Bonnie knew Elena had stated of not have feelings for Damon romantically, but it still felt weird having slept with Damon and being in his room while talking to her now.

"I was worried because I kept trying afterwards but there was no response and then Stefan said you probably just wanted time alone so I stopped calling, but I couldn't help myself today. I'm worried about you. Are you still at the hospital?" Elena asked.

"No, actually I'm at the house" Bonnie said, surprised at the lie coming from her lips.

"Really? Cause Caroline just phoned me and said your car was at the hospital."

Crap. "Um…actually I didn't have my keys on me. Damon had come by the hospital and said he forgot to bring them with him so he agreed to drive me home when I asked him this morning. I needed to get some clothes and check up on the house." Bonnie replied, not exactly sure why she was lying, but knowing she couldn't tell Elena of what happened last night. She couldn't tell anyone, they wouldn't understand and they probably would twist it around and think Damon took advantage of her when that wasn't the case.

"He came by the hospital, really? He didn't mention that when I spoke with him briefly at the 60's dance meeting." Elena said perplexed a little at Damon's actions.

"How did that go by the way?" Bonnie asked, hoping to switch topics from Damon to the 60's themed dance.

"Damon didn't tell you?" Elena asked

"What was he suppose to let me know?" Bonnie asked confused and a little anxious.

"Klaus made an appearance" Elena stated bluntly

"What!" Bonnie exclaimed in shock. "Are you guys okay, is anyone hurt?"

"We're fine Bonnie. I'm sorry- I should've phrased that better. Klaus compelled Stephanie, a girl two years behind us and basically sent us a message that he's going to be at the dance." Elena rushed to explain.

Bonnie let out a breath in relief at knowing Klaus wasn't actually there and no one was hurt. "Thank god. You seriously scared me there for a second."

"I'm sorry. Look we're all meeting up later on today. I wanted to let you know, but if you can't make it that's understandable. You'll probably want to stay at the hospital" Elena reassured.

"That's actually were I was planning to be today, but I want to be there with you guys as well. After all, the key to killing him lies with me. The witch's power at my disposal will finally be put to good use. " Bonnie said determinedly.

"Well okay, but if you can't make it- we won't hold it against you" Elena said, worried about Bonnie and her emotional state. She didn't want Bonnie to get hurt in the process of trying to take Klaus out. She didn't want any of the one's she loved to be caught in the crossfire.

"Elena I'll be there- Look… I hate to cut this short, but I just got out of the shower and I need to get dressed" Bonnie said wanting to end the conversation before she spilled anymore lies that had to do with last night to Elena.

"Okay no problem, See you later then"

Bonnie ended the call after saying goodbye. She let out a sigh realizing that Klaus was becoming a reality and Bonnie hoped she was strong enough to take care of the problem and survive through it. The use of magic had always drained her and the amount of power needed to kill an original was going to be immense.

Bonnie had realized shortly after acquiring the witches power, that to kill Klaus- an original would require the same amount of energy that her Grams had used to open the tomb.

Bonnie hadn't voiced her concerns to anyone, not even Luca at the time when she had first had these thoughts, but she knew if it came down to her life and the ones she loved. She would fall on the sword without a second's thought and Bonnie knew if her friends knew of the plan they would fight her on it. If she could rid the world of Klaus then she'd make it happen no matter her own safety.

"Should I run for cover as your regret rears its head?"

Bonnie jolted at hearing Damon and spun around quickly, wondering when he had come in. "What did I tell you about being sneaky?"

"I'll reiterate what I said before- I like to hear the heart racing." Damon voiced, while coming towards her. He took the cell from her hand and threw it over his shoulder onto the bed. "I got use to the rhythm yours sped at- from our activities last night. I couldn't help myself to scare you for old time's sake."

"You like poking at me"

"More then you know" Damon said, lowering is voce intimately. Reminding her of how his hot breath caressed her with words that made her gasp with need just only hours ago.

Bonnie diverted her eyes from his and side stepped away. "That's not what I meant and you know it."

"Finally, some reference to last night. Had me a little worried I didn't do my job" Damon replied smugly as he watched her pick up her clothes from the floor and throw them on the bed.

"Somehow, I don't buy that" Bonnie said sarcastically as she pointedly looked at her clothes and started folding them.

"That wasn't what you said to Elena? In fact, you told a couple of white lies"

"Damon" Bonnie said frustratingly. "Stop talking"

"What would you have me do with my mouth then?" Damon asked while walking up behind her and spinning her around to face him. "I left you in the morning to get clothes from you're house and your car is waiting outside whenever you want to escape me, but if you want to start up play time again- I don't mind in the least."

"That's not going to happen again" Bonnie said, trying to slip past Damon, but he got a hold of her dress that was still unbuttoned and tugged her closer instead.

"I highly doubt that"

"I'm not pretending that last night didn't happen, I don't regret it- however it doesn't mean there will be a repeat of last night." Bonnie replied, trying her best not to fidget under his explorative gaze on her exposed skin.

Damon leisurely dragged his gaze up her body and smiled with a devilish grin as he said "Okay fine- I'll play your game."

"It's not a game. I'm still me and your still- you. Just because we ruffled up the sheets last night does not mean anything. It was good- more than I could imagine, but it's not going any further." Bonnie said strongly and even managed to say it without red smearing her cheeks from the look he was giving her.

"From what I heard earlier, you obviously don't want anyone to know, which I'm fine with. I don't like other people's noses in my business anyways, but this will happen again. You wanted me to erase Luca from your system. I know I did that last night. You didn't trip up once when screaming out my name. I made sure you knew who was inside you all night long." Damon said while starting to button her dress up. "I'm afraid the cost of asking me to sleep with you is going to have unexpected affects that you didn't bargain for."

"You're not all that" Bonnie nonchalantly stated, trying to play it cool.

Damon promptly brought her close, so they were chest to chest before dipping his head and capturing her lips that responded without pause.

Her hands on their own accord slid up his arms, shoulders, and sank into the depths of his dark locks. He kissed with no restraint, as he plunged into her mouth seeking her tongue to duel with.

Bonnie knew at the back of her mind she needed to pull away. She needed to sweep this under the rug because prolonging this physical need with Damon would only be complicated, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Bonnie thought the need had been satisfied, but realized it was only the start- she had unknowingly stepped into the lion's den and it was going to be a struggle to get out.

Damon's hand snaked down her neck, rubbed her breast through her bra before trailing down below to where he wanted to be inside of.

He slipped his hand past her bottoms and went straight down and cupped her there, which had Bonnie pull back from his direct actions below. "Damon"

"You think- you should tell me to stop cause it's what your heads saying, but where has that got you in the past Bonnie…nowhere worth remembering. Your body on the other hand is telling you something altogether different" Damon huskily stated as he slowly rubbed his hand against her and felt the evidence of her arousal.

"We shouldn't. We don't get along most times and we frustrate each other to no end and most importantly- you have feelings for my best friend. I don't want to be a player in the unspoken triangle that consists of Stefan, Elena, and you." Bonnie replied steadily, which she was proud of since Damon continued to play with her core and laid kisses down her neck as she had spoken.

"You wanted to escape last night and by asking me to be a participant- so did I. I liked where I was and what I was doing and who I was with. We can annoy each other, but that doesn't mean we can't come together and be mutually satisfying in other ways Bonnie." Damon replied as he inserted two fingers into her.

Bonnie felt the yearning inside her stir and wanted to sway her hips to Damon's stroking, but held herself from giving in. "What are you doing to me?"

"Making you see it's going to be a lot harder for you to get me out of your system" Damon replied, nipping her jaw on his last word.

"And what do you get out of this? Than the obvious" Bonnie said breathlessly now as his strokes increased pace.

"An escape" Was all Bonnie heard before Damon's hand left her core, which had her moan in protest, but he caught her lips while picking her up so she straddled his waist.

They both fell onto the bed with Damon underneath her and their lips tore apart briefly as he took the dress and ripped it apart so the buttons he had closed sprang free. He tugged the dress off and skillfully threw away her bra as well before Bonnie knew what he had done. She straddled him naked now with only her panties on.

Damon leaned forward and sucked on her breast as she gave into the need of her hips that rocked against his lower half. Bonnie wanted him inside her.

She pulled the t-shirt off of him and got to work on his belt and jeans. He helped take his pants off and pulled her back on top of him while kissing her inside out.

Bonnie felt Damon's shaft pressed through her panties to her core and wanted to rub right up against it to get the release her body craved that Damon hand started with his earlier touches.

Damon must have wanted the same because he grabbed her bottoms from both sides and torturously rose up the fabric so it rubbed her clit in sweet pleasure before he ripped them away from her body, which had her eliciting a gasp in surprise.

She saw the smirk before he tugged on her lips, while he rubbed her core. Her hand travelled down his chest, stomach and slid around him.

Bonnie's hand stroked upward and won her a groan from Damon that had her actions growing bolder as she worked her hand up and down the length of him.

She hand never done this before and found she liked the sound of Damon's groans- she enjoyed the feeling of being able to unhinge him like he did with her.

Bonnie brought her mouth to his ear and licked his lope before she captured it with her mouth and sucked on it- only leaving after biting it softly and moving along his neck. "This isn't what I had in mind when I was thinking of talking to you earlier."

"Well you should have buttoned up that dress before you let me see all this soft skin again" Damon replied, leading kisses down her shoulder to her chest.

"So it's my mistake" Bonnie said breathlessly as she rocked her hips to his stroking as she matched his rhythm with her own hand on him.

"Absolutely" Damon got out roughly before taking his free hand and squeezing her breast to bring into his awaiting mouth where he sucked, bit, and licked to her liking- which he made out by the heated moans she breathed onto his neck.

"I can't wait…wait anymore. I want you inside me" Bonnie got out as he continued to pay the same attention to her other breast.

"Lead the way Bonnie. I'll follow" Damon gruffly replied and felt her slightly lift to guide him inside her body.

Bonnie slid slowly onto him and let out a groan at the way he stretched and filled her whole. "I had you all night and still my body wants more"

Damon felt the clenching of her walls as she started to roll her hips. He leaned back onto the bed and watched her put on a show. He was turned him on by the sight of her riding him and the way she touched her breasts time to time, while biting her lip with her damp hair cascading around her.

Bonnie was experiencing the most exhilarating feelings cursing through her body and she gave into the pleasure every time, not caring how she looked in anyway. Her hips rocked to a rhythm that increased every so often and slowed down to a torturous state that had her grasping her breast in aching relief as her body yearned release.

Bonnie opened her eyes and was caught in Damon's dark gaze that left her feeling on the edge of coming from just the hungry look he gave her.

Without a word, Damon brought his hand up along her neck and grasped it while he slid one of his fingers into her mouth.

Bonnie's hands slid along his muscled arm and held his hand where it was and without being directed, filled the urge she saw in his eyes.

She attentively began to suck, slowly at first and then with more vigor as she felt the storm brewing within her.

Damon never took his eyes away from hers and she felt herself almost there. She suspected he knew it too because he slipped his finger out of her mouth and swiftly rolled them over so he was on top.

Damon was near the edge and he knew Bonnie was too. He lifted her leg and draped it over his shoulder to get a deeper thrust and was granted greater access which they both benefited from. His lips crashed down onto hers and he crushed her moans as his hips moved faster and deeper- over and over again.

Damon felt it when he hit the mark and repeatedly thrust over and over as he too came with Bonnie and plunged his tongue into her mouth to mimic his thrusts below.

Bonnie's sense all were struck with such sweet pleasure, she couldn't speak a good time afterward. Not even when her heart rate had slowed down to jog.

Damon brought his forehead away from hers and gracefully slid her leg down from his shoulder. "Still think it's going to be so easy to forget this between us"

"You're gloating" Bonnie said simply as her mind tried to concentrate.

"Stating a point"

"Well it still sounds like gloating." Bonnie said with a reluctant smile she couldn't help but give him. "This is going to be more complicated than I thought at first"

"No one has to know" Damon replied, sweeping away the hair that clung to her neck. "We're good at this and it makes us feel good. No need to complicate it further than that. We'll leave everything and everyone at the door."

"An escape" Bonnie reiterated his earlier words.

"Yeah"

Bonnie looked at Damon and shook her head at him in dismay. "This is insane. You and I… like this… yesterday and again today"

"Many would say witches and vampires don't exist and yet here we are proving them wrong. Just because this may be strange- doesn't mean it shouldn't be explored" Damon replied as he trailed a finger along the side of her face and tipped her chin up so he could kiss her.

Bonnie melted into the kiss effortlessly and with some control, ended it quick. "I need to get home, shower, change and get to the hospital."

"You can take a shower-" Damon started to say and then looked at her still damp hair and smiled when he continued on to say "another shower here"

"I have a feeling if I do that- I'm not going to being leaving anytime soon." Bonnie replied

"That wouldn't be such a bad thing" Damon said but Bonnie was having none of his words as she slipped from underneath him and slid off the bed to put on the clothes from yesterday.

"Sorry about the dress" Damon stated and after a second added "And for the lacy bottoms as well.

"No you're not" Bonnie said disapprovingly, but couldn't repress the laugh that erupted as she put on her shirt and tried to slip on her flats.

"What's so funny?" Damon asked as he watched her bending over and picked up the discarded clothing he'd ripped off of her.

"Us. This wasn't part of the picture and somehow it seems to be now" Bonnie replied. "I didn't know how to deal with this earlier, but now it seems like it's out of my hands."

"It's not a bad thing" Damon said as he sat up and looked at her seriously.

"It would depend who you're talking to. Everyone I can think of in my life would probably freak if they found out what happened between us" Bonnie stated as she picked up her fallen cell off the floor and stuffed it in the back of her jeans. "My keys?"

"Downstairs by the door" Damon replied. "What's the real reason you don't want others to know. Is it cause of the hassle or you're ashamed to have been with me?"

Bonnie turned and looked at Damon sharply. "I take serious offense to that question. Did it really look I was ashamed when I was on top of you five minutes ago? ...I just know how everyone's going to behave and they might start accusing you of things that wouldn't be true. I'm the one who initiated this whole thing to begin with."

"No need to get all Xena warrior princess on me- just asking"

"Next time, don't ruin the afterglow" Bonnie said as she walked over to the bedroom door.

"Can't promise anything" Damon said smugly as he lay their naked.

Bonnie sighed as she looked at him one last time "You're so…irritating- you know that"

"The feelings mutual babe- no hard feelings"

Bonnie just walked out of the room in reply and didn't hesitate to burst a couple of veins and instantly smiled hearing the annoyance in Damon's voice cursing her name. She laughed suddenly and hurried her pace to escape any retaliation.

A/N:

First I would like to say: Happy Holidays Everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the season with family, friends, & good cheer! Wish you a good new year as well!

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