OK! So for those of you who answered my post, there is a majority vote for me to post this one shot in parts so here is part 1, which basically sets up what the one shot will be about and so it is very dialogue heavy donât worry, Part 2 will be decidedly not) and I really wanted to make the triangle between Bonnie and Kai and Jeremy complicated and realistic and heartbreaking and raw and that means acknowledging Beremy but also being brutally honest about it and about the Bonnie Iâve created in my BonKai Fanfic World and how she feels. I really hope you guys like this and find it intriguing and complex because it is definitely one of my more psychologically interesting one shots ⊠I might also play up Damonâs role in this because a part of me is playing around with the idea of all these men want Bonnie in different ways but that she IS wanted and funnily enough I truly feel like these dynamics and these desires for Bonnie are IN the narrative. So please comment and reblog :) bonkais-witchywoo bonkai-is-life bonkai-diaries bonkaiforever bonkaiqueen bonkaimonluv thewitchandlonerdiaries humbu-bumbu beccacupcakesxo writeturnlove wasabicakes jordanjanellejoy darkbonkai offlinebonkai malachaibennett misslilmel kissmebluesexyvioletsme melissasbamonromantictales mysticfalls-originals l0nd0ninnit much-lemons queensfelicity sunnydrive92 sobeyondtwisted
The note said to be at the Salvatore Mansion at two-thirty in the afternoon. Bonnie had woken up to find a thick cream-coloured card on the pillow next to her, Carolineâs precise and swirly handwriting on the front. It was almost like an invitation.
Salvatore Mansion. 2:30 Sharp. Do not blow this off, Bonnie.
      The word sharp had been underlined three times and Caroline had chosen a Tuesday to call this meeting or whatever it was â a day Bonnie had only two morning classes and was free from noon on. It had to be important. Probably supernatural-forces-running-amok-in-Mystic-Falls important and this was the only way Caroline could think to get a hold of her. Bonnie knew she had been a hard person to reach lately; never in the dorm, barely present during lectures, forever sneaking off just after dusk and sneaking back in just before dawn âŠ
Bonnie had been a woman possessed for the past week, driving down roads and walking through campus hallways as if in a fog, only brought to life when she experienced his touch, his gaze  â the only thing that could devastate her with yearning and suffocate her with frustration; the only thing that could make her feel anything deeply.
Nights with him had cost her her daily life and she had allowed them to but now it seemed as if her daily life needed her back and so she made it a point to take the note seriously. It was two twenty-eight when she opened the door to the Salvatore Mansion. Bonnie had expected to see everyone in the living room: Caroline, Elena, Stefan, Damon, Tyler, Matt, Alaric. The whole gang. Instead she only saw Elena sitting tensely on the couch and Caroline putting a fruit platter on the coffee table. After a minute she saw that Damon was there too, skulking in the corner and glowering at the room, his arms folded.
Quickly, Elena stood up from the couch and rubbed the front of her jeans with her hands. âBonnie, hi,â she said.
Caroline turned her head away from the coffee table to look at the living room entrance. âOh, right on time! Come in. We have a fruit platter.â
Damon snorted just as Bonnie said, âYeah, I can see that. Whereâs everyone else?â
âYeah, arenât we ⊠isnât there something wrong?â
âYes,â said Caroline.
âNo,â said Elena, walking up to Caroline and standing next to her. âNot wrong. Well, nothing supernatural at least.â
âBut itâs only Tuesday,â said Damon.
Bonnie ignored him. âSo then why are we all here?â
âWell,â said Elena. âWeâre here, uh, weâre here for you, Bonnie. Because weâre worried about you.â
âWhy would you be worried about me?â
Carolineâs eyes widened. âAre you kidding me? Weâveââ
Elena nudged Caroline in the ribs and shot her a reproachful look. Immediately, Caroline pressed her lips together and then looked at Bonnie with a mixture of sheepishness and defiance. When she spoke again, Bonnie could tell she was choosing her words carefully. âWeâve noticed some ⊠changes in you lately, drastic changes and we wanted to talk to you about them, about the choices youâre making.â
Bonnie furrowed her eyebrows. âThe choices Iâm making? What choices? What changes?â
âOh I donât know, the staying out all night, the cutting class, the bailing on hot guys like Terrence, the mystery disappearances, the vague excuses for not spending any time with us, theââ
      âBonnie, look,â said Elena, cutting Caroline off. âWe just want to talk. This isnât about judging you.â And with these words Elena glanced at Caroline pointedly and Caroline sighed deeply, nodding her head.
      âI donât get it,â said Bonnie. âWhat would you be judging me for?â
      âOh come on! We know youâve been sleeping with Kai!â said Caroline, throwing her hands up in the air.
      There was nothing but resounding silence after Carolineâs exclamation and Bonnie felt herself experience a myriad of emotions. Panic was the most urgent and overwhelming of her reactions but beneath that there was guilt, the same guilt that soured her stomach whenever she and Kai lay next to each other breathless and spent yet hungry for more of each other, for more of what they made each other feel, it was a guilt that had become less consuming over time but still churned inconveniently in her gut whenever she descended to that darkness that always existed within her but that only became seductive whenever she and Kai lost themselves in one another. Beyond that guilt she felt bewilderment â how did they find out she and Kai were sleeping together? And then it came back to her. The day she and Kai had their âmakeupâ sex, if you could call it that, she hadnât been too convincing on the phone, sighing and panting, sometimes moaning whenever Kaiâs mouth made contact with her body, heâd done that to cause this. He probably didnât turn off the phone when he took it away from her either. And the bewilderment turned to anger at Kai for forcing this confrontation and yet that anger gave way to an odd sense of relief because now she and Kai were no longer a secret, which somehow made it feel less ⊠sinful because her best friends knew and she no longer had to hide. But in a bizarre way, that relief transformed into disappointment because as much as the secret of being with Kai chewed away at her, it also empowered her; it was something that was entirely hers and hers alone, something she didnât have to share with anyone else when sheâd spent so much time giving pieces of herself to those around her and getting nothing return. And finally the disappointment fell away to indignation and resentment at her friends for summoning her here because they obviously felt that they had the moral high ground in this situation.
      After everything theyâve doneâŠ
      Bonnie cleared her throat and then looked from Caroline to Elena to Damon to the fruit platter. She just realized that there were cue cards on the coffee table. How long have they been planning this?
She looked to Caroline and Elena again. âAre you hosting an intervention for me because Iâm sleeping with Kai?â
      âBingo!â said Damon. He didnât move from his corner.
      Bonnie scoffed, shaking her head. âI canât believe this.â
      âWeâre only doing this because we care,â said Caroline.
      âReally? Because it seems like itâs just a reason to stand around and feel superior.â
      âBonnie, thatâs not fair,â said Elena, shocked. âLike we said weâre worried about you and thatâs whyââ
      The sound of glasses clinking made Elena stop talking and she turned around to look at the living room. Damon was pouring himself a drink from the bar.
      âDamon,â said Caroline. âYou donât drink alcohol at an intervention!â
      âYou donât drink alcohol at an intervention for alcoholism, which this isnât so I can. I mean âŠâ He took a sip of bourbon. âIf I was nose deep in puââ
      âOK enough,â said Bonnie, raising her hand. âNo one asked for your commentary.â
      âIn fact no one asked you to be here, Damon,â said Caroline, turning around so she could glare at him from behind her shoulder. âSo why are you? This is just for friends.â
      Damon didnât respond but simply looked at Bonnie, his eyes locking with hers, as he took another large gulp of bourbon from his glass, his expression vehement and almost pained.
      âOK, I think weâre getting sidetracked,â said Elena.
      âRight,â said Caroline, turning back to Bonnie. âLike Elena said, this isnât about judging you. We called this intervention because we think youâre making a serious mistake andââ
      âYou care about me,â said Bonnie, finishing the sentence. âThatâs why you brought me here, right?â
      âYes,â said Caroline and Elena at the same time.
      âAnd you two, you care about each other, right?â
      âHow could you even ask that? Weâve all been best friends since we were kids, practically since we were babies,â said Elena.
      âExactly, of course me and Elena care about each other,â said Caroline.
      âOK so where was either of your interventions?â said Bonnie, folding her arms.
      There was a pause.
      âIâm sorry, what?â said Elena.
      âWell when you chose Damon over Stefan,â said Bonnie, inclining her head to where Damon was standing. âI donât remember us holding an intervention for you.â
      Elena opened her mouth and then closed it and then opened it again. âWell it wasnât like you two brought out the welcome wagon when we first got together, Bonnie.â
      âBecause he tried to kill me?â said Bonnie.
      âKai has also tried to kill me.â
      âWhy should that stop me from sleeping with him when Damon trying to kill me didnât stop you?â
      âIt did for ââ
      âFor what?â said Bonnie. âFor a while? Was that what you were going to say? But it wasnât enough to keep you from seeing him altogether. Him turning Vicki wasnât enough or him trying to kill Jeremy twice or him killing Tylerâs uncle or him compelling Caroline or ââ
      âHey! Iâm right here!â said Damon emphatically.
      Bonnie looked at him. âAnd?â
      He scowled and drained his glass, opening the decanter to pour himself another drink. âI donât know why I felt I had to come to this,â he mumbled.    Â
âI fell in love with him, Bonnie,â said Elena quietly. âAnd I fought it for as long as I could but he â he made up for everything heâs done ââ
âWhy? Because you said so? Because he made it up to you when it was other people he hurt?â
âShut up, Damon,â snapped Caroline. âBonnie, are you forgetting that Kai left you in a prison world to die? Didnât he stab you in the gut?â
âDidnât Tyler bite you and infect you with werewolf venom?â
âOnly because Klaus used the Sirebond and forced him to!â
âYeah and then you slept with Klaus. And he also stabbed you and bit you. And he killed Tylerâs mom.â
âI shouldâve never slept with Klaus,â said Caroline.
âBut you did and there was no intervention for you was there?â
âThe way youâre defending Kai, Bonnie,â said Elena. Bonnie saw Damon about to take a sip of his drink but then stop and look in her direction. âWhat is it between you two?â
Bonnie shook her head and sighed. âIâm not defending Kai, Iâm defending my privacy and my right to do what I want.â
âWhich is having sex with Kai,â said Caroline.
âJesus, the sex canât be that good,â said Damon, opening the decanter yet again to top off his glass.
âYou wouldnât be able to handle it if I told you just how good it was, Damon,â said Bonnie waspishly.
Damonâs jaw tightened. He looked like he was about to say something when another voice forestalled him.
Another loud silence filled the empty room; everyone stilled. That voiceâŠ
Slowly, Bonnie turned around. âJeremy,â she whispered.
Jeremy stood in the foyer, a large duffle bag hanging off his shoulder. His hair was longer than it was when she saw him last, almost floppy like it had been when they were in high school.
âHi, Bonnie.â His voice was quiet, the way he said her name, it was almost soft. The tenderness in his tone sent an initial shock of anger through Bonnie that dissipated as abruptly as it came forth and then Bonnie suffered thousands of emotions at once, more intense than what sheâd felt when Caroline had told her they knew about Kai because now her emotions were attached to images, memories. Her and Jeremyâs first kiss. The night she channelled him and lost her powers. Him talking to Annaâs ghost in front of her. The tears sheâd shed when she found out heâd kissed Anna. The day he left Mystic Falls. The night she gave her own life for his. The first time theyâd made love. Their last phone call before sheâd gone to the prison world. The numerous calls sheâd made when she found her way back from hell. The constant voicemails. The never-ending dial tone. The abandonment, the love, the loss, the longing, the betrayal, the heartbreak, the inevitable numbness ⊠and it all had transformed into another bout of anger, shades of which were directed at him but most of which was directed at herself. Â
Bonnie turned to Elena. âYou called him here?â
âI thought that you maybe needed to see him.â
âYou shouldnâtâveâŠâ
âWhatâs going on? I could hear the yelling from outside.â
âAn intervention, Little Gilbert,â said Damon. âI couldâve told Vampire Barbie it would go sideways. Interventions never end well. I should know. I have a ripper for a brother.â
âWe shouldâve used the cue cards,â said Caroline, mumbling to herself.
âWait, an intervention for what?â said Jeremy. âFor who?â
âDamon,â said Elena, her voice a warning. She shook her head. Â
Damon sighed. âNot important,â he said.
Jeremy switched his gaze from Damon back to Bonnie, a significant look intensifying his expression, and he walked toward her but she moved away.
âI canât, I canât do this. I have somewhere else I need to be,â said Bonnie, moving toward the front entrance.
Caroline and Elena took a step toward her. âBonnie, where are you going?â
âYeah,â said Jeremy, inching closer to her. âI want to talk to you. I need to talk to you. Thereâs so much Iâve wanted to sayâŠâ
Bonnie looked at him, her lips parted and she felt a familiar warmth twinge in her chest; a warmth unique to Jeremy except it was dulled now and somehow distant, almost like an echo. She blinked. âIâm sorry,â she said. âMaybe later.â
She left the Mansion quickly, Jeremyâs expression a dominant image in her mind, the feel of Damonâs eyes as they watched her back a shadow on her skin. She could still hear Elenaâs moralistic concern and Carolineâs self-righteous worriedness as she charged down the driveway. When she finally got back into her car, she started to drive without a destination in mind, the need to just aimlessly wander and decompress her motivation to put her foot to the gas. It had been months since sheâd seen Jeremy; not even seen but heard â he didnât return one of the many messages sheâd left when sheâd returned from the prison world much less visit her to see if she was really back in the flesh. It had wounded her. Deeply. Jeremy was the first person sheâd ever really loved, the first person she realized sheâd do absolutely anything for, he had been her everything before sheâd gone to the prison world. Thereâd been nothing she wouldnât have given him and she had given her life for his not one but two times to prove it. And he hadnât returned even one of her phone calls when she finally clawed her way out of the magical nineties.
But thatâs not the problem âŠ
No. That wasnât the problem. At least not anymore. The problem was ⊠she hadnât forgotten about Jeremy because that would be impossible, utterly unfathomable, but he didnât belong to her anymore and she didnât belong to him and that divorce of connection went beyond the simplicity of labels like girlfriend and boyfriend. No, ever since the prison world, Bonnieâs life had been split in two. Pre-1990s Bonnie and Post-1990s Bonnie. And Jeremy didnât mean to Post-1990s Bonnie what he meant to Pre-1990s Bonnie. It wasnât just that he didnât fit into her current life, the love sheâd had for him and the love heâd had for her, the way it had made her feel, it didnât move her now, it barely even made sense to her, remembering Jeremy was like remembering another life, like looking into the memories of someone who wasnât her.
Now he was here. In Mystic Falls. In her vicinity. Maybe he didnât expect anything, maybe he knew not to ask for them to get back together but thereâd been an unspoken understanding between him and Pre-1990s Bonnie, that in some way, shape or form, they were forever. No matter how much life changed or how far apart they grew, the understanding was that their love would be a constant and something theyâd both give in to even if it was only for a week or a day or an hour. They could always return to each other. But that Bonnie was dead. Heâd gazed at her in the Salvatore Mansion ready to return to her but there was no one there to return to him. And it angered her. It angered her that a piece of herself, a piece of herself that could revel in the simplicity of love, that could be content with warmth, that could appreciate innocence, was gone. It angered her that this Bonnie had found herself parked outside Kaiâs house even though sheâd had no intention of stopping there or anywhere, to just keep driving. It angered her that even now, even with everything going on within her, she was still a woman possessed, a woman drawn to the person who had complicated everything for her.