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Note: Sooooo I'm bacccckkkk...! Woohoo. For those who don't know, this is a sequel to The Day I Found You. Read a ton of VD out there and I was just itching to get back into the swing of it. So excited to have chapter one finished. Took a look at all my stats, I know it's not a lot of people or views or whatever and it isn't a big deal, but it honestly is to me. So thank you guys for reading my stories. Please continue to check out the HP one, I'll be uploading the second one (fifth year) soon enough. It would be an honor to hear your opinions on that one; but I know I'll get most of comments with this one. Okay, enough babbling. Read and enjoy! -T

Chapter 1.

"Are we ever going to discuss what Klaus told you?" Bonnie asked as Damon pulled up to her house, the lights off.

"Nope" he replied cheerfully as he threw the car in park and hurried over to open Bonnie's door. "Can you just be a typical girl and giggle when I open doors like a gentleman?" he said pretending to sound as if it actually bothered him.

"But it's serious" Bonnie whined as she stood up and wrapped her arms around Damon's neck. "This is huge Damon, I can be a huge help to Elena, to Stefan, to you…" she said softly as Damon squinted a little and searched her green eyes.

"I don't want you to save me Bon, it's much too late for that. So the only thing I can do is enjoy myself while I'm being dammed" he said sliding his hands around Bonnie's slim waist. He'd been waiting for this day for a while now. They hardly got to spend any time together since they're arrive back from the caves. From destroying Silas.

"I love you Damon, if I can save you, I will" she whispered before closing the space between them with a kiss.

"The problem is Bonnie, you wanna save everyone, so, really, how much more do you love me than them? What makes me so special?" he teased as she smiled and kissed both his cheeks and then nose and then stood on her tiptoes to kiss his forehead. "Okay, how about this? You give me one more week to enjoy your company, no conversations about Klaus or Silas or cures or even death. If we can go a week then fine, we'll go talk to Klaus, together, I'll drive. If I can't find anything I like about what he has to say then we leave, deal?" He knew he was asking a lot, he knew he was being overprotective even though he didn't need to, he knew he was letting his feelings get the best of him. But he also knew he loved Bonnie and that was certainly enough to want to keep her protected.

"You know I don't like making deals Damon, there are too many risks and things that could happen in between. But, let's just take it one day at time. Let's start with no killing innocent people and let's have a nice dinner tomorrow" she said with a bright smile. How could he say no to that? With a grin he nodded and kissed her lightly on the lips.

"So this the part where I get to sweep you off your feet and carry you inside?" he teased but Bonnie only tilted her head and smoothed down the front of her shirt.

"Not tonight, I'm really tired from shopping, and Elena and Caroline are waiting to Skype so we can go over our dorm room décor" she said happily.

"Again, I love you, but you're seriously making my pants very uncomfortable lately" he said half teasing. It was true though, since officially starting their relationship the day after they got back—during incredibly bad jet lag—he had somehow managed to corner Bonnie at her house and concluded they were dating, publically, officially, truly, whatever, they were together. Bonnie seemed too tired to argue, so with an exhausted smile she agreed and minutes later they had collapsed and fallen into a deep sleep. Thankfully he managed to stumble out before her dad came home. Since then she scheduled herself with hanging out with the girls and seeing Damon either with a group of people surrounding them or in the daylight away from beds. He knew it was partially because she didn't want to jump into bed with him and he did honestly want to prove to her he could wait, he could express his love in other ways. But he did miss sex.

"It will happen, I just want it to be special and nothing surrounding us that could complicate things and no pressure" Bonnie told him.

"Right, right, rose petals and silk sheets" he said with a wink as Bonnie gave him a love tap, smiled and kissed his cheek.

"Night Damon, I'll see you tomorrow," she said as she started into the house.

"Hey, question, how's Elena? Since you know, we announced our undying love for each other?" Bonnie turned around to face him but shrugged as she let out a little sighs as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"She's alright, still kinda hesitant at moments. Sometimes Caroline will blurt out something and thankfully that breaks the tension, but overall, better. She's thankful for Stefan and her brother" she said before waving and heading inside.

Damon waited until he saw her bedroom light go on and then he climbed into his car but waited until she waved at him from the window before driving away. As he slowly drove home he thought about what he was grateful for. Certainly for Bonnie. And his brother. Bonnie mostly though because what they had was real, worth fighting for and consistent of other things other than admiring each other's beauty. In a way it still bewildered him how she was attracted to him, how she felt anything for him after everything he had done, all things he did to ruin her life.

Something flinging into the road made him slam on the brakes so hard he was surprised he didn't go spinning. What the hell kind of animal was that? He wondered as he glanced around but saw no one. Slowly, cautiously he got out of the car to inspect the scene, just case he needed to rush someone off to the emergency room, Bonnie did say no killing the innocent.

He paused mid step as he watched someone get up from the pavement. "Ouch…" said an average height skinny long hair brunette voice as she rubbed the side of her head, even in the light little trickles of blood were visible. "You made me bleed, guess you'll just have to give me some of yours." Damon should've have been the least bit surprised to see Katherine Pierce standing there with one of her signature smiles, but still, he found himself unable to move. "Hello handsome." One week, I can barely get through an hour. Damon thought as he braced himself for impact.