Over You?

New Threat

"Who is it and what or who do they want?" Stefan asked inquisitively.

They had received a mysterious letter from someone, saying they were coming after Damon's beloved.

"It's obvious, isn't it?" Meredith asked. "Whoever it is, is going after Elena, Damon's "princess of darkness"."

They didn't know how Damon really felt. Not even he truly did. All he thought he felt for his little Redbird was an overwhelming sense of protectiveness, and that's all it was, wasn't it? There was no way it could be love. He only felt that for Elena. Or so he thought.

"Damon. Damon!" Stefan shouted at his brother. "We obviously have to protect Elena."

"More than usual you mean. You forget little brother, I am always watching her."

Bonnie flinched a little at his words. Yes, she knew he didn't love, but had always hoped for more. Too bad she didn't have the go getter attitude Elena did, but she was happy watching from afar. She had come to terms with the fact that it would never be her.

"Oh, hey! I have to go; I didn't realize how late it was." She told the group.

"Okay, but be careful. There's still a monster on the loose out there." Elena warned her.

"It's you we should be worried about, but if it makes you feel better, I'll look over my shoulder on the way home." Bonnie teased.

Elena gave a small chuckle and said goodbye to her friend.

"Oh, wait Bonnie. I'll go with you." Matt offered.

"It's okay, really. It's just a short walk home."

"20 minutes isn't exactly short, but I'm going that way anyways, so I'll just tag along."

"Okay."

Damon was fuming. Where did that Mutt get off going home with his little bird? There was no way he was going to let them walk home alone. What if he tried to make a move on her or go further? Wait, what was happening to him? Since when did he care what happened between Bonnie and the Mutt? He couldn't deny that he had been thinking more and more about her lately, like the way her strawberry curls shone in the sunlight, or how her eyes looked like you could just dip strawberries in them. But he wasn't in love with her. No way. Not ever. Was he?

"I'm going hunting." He told Elena and Stefan.

"I thought you just went an hour ago. And you need to stay here and help me protect Elena." Stefan told him.

"Well I'm hungry again, so unless you want me snacking off of her pretty little neck, I'd suggest letting me go out again. And in response to protecting Elena, I'll only be gone for a little while. Even youshould be able to hold something off for that long, little brother."

"Fine, just hurry back."

With that, Damon flew out the window as a crow to go and see what Bonnie and the Mutt were up to.

It was an awkwardly silent walk back to Bonnie's house. She didn't know what to say, and neither did he really. They didn't go to school or do much outside of saving Fell's Church, numerous times.

Matt cleared his throat. "So, how's your magic training been going?"

"Good. I have more power now, and can do more things with it."

"That's good. Sometimes I wish I had a cool power to." They both laughed a little. "I mean, Stefan and Damon are vampires, Tyler's a werewolf, you're a witch, Meredith's a hunter-slayer, and Elena' an angel." She noted the dreamy look he got on his face when he started talking about her. It just crushed her soul a little more.

"Yeah…" Things became silent again. Matt mentally slapped himself. How could he do that and be so stupid. He knew Bonnie had a hard time with the fact that she was 2nd best to everyone. She didn't know he knew, but he had heard her sleep talking, and crying about it.

From above, they heard a crow caw, followed by Damon stepping out of the shadows.

"What are you doing here?" Bonnie asked, a little too enthusiastically.

"Well, I was starting to get hungry again, so I was out looking to feed, and it seems I found a perfectly good meal right here." Matt stepped protectively in front of her.

"That's all?" She asked.

"Yep. What else would I want out here?"

A tear slid down her face, and she looked down, trying to hide her sadness. His expression softened a little, but not much, because he didn't want Matt to see. It took everything him to not reach out and wipe the tear away.

"Well you're going to have to keep looking, because there's none here." She said sternly and walked ahead of the group.

"Bonnie, wait!" Matt shouted.

Damon grabbed her hand as she tried to pass him. She immediately snapped around at him and couldn't control the next words to come out of her mouth.

"Why? Why is it always Elena? And if it's not Elena, it's Meredith. Why doesn't anyone ever see me?!" Bonnie shouted. It started off just towards Damon, but ended up going to Matt, to.

It had left both of them speechless. Damon couldn't tell her how he really felt. He couldn't move and neither could Matt. She stormed off into the woods. From now on, she wouldn't be sweet little Bonnie anymore. She would be stronger, and wouldn't let anything, or anyone hurt her. The next time they saw her, she would be a different person. A far less innocent and naïve person.