The Vixen & the Fox II

Chapter 351

Breaking up her family vacation to go straight to Salem was an easy decision. Easier yt was the decision to take Apollo and Ophelia who were now in Kai's custody as Jo and Kai were their nearest living relatives. The kids weren't... they weren't what Bonnie was expecting. Fraternal twins Apollo Benjamin Parker and Ophelia Abigail Parker were... different. Both fraternal twins, obviously, but they looked a lot like their mother had, though they both had dark hair. They were a lot like Lizzie and Josie, and about the same age, and they were full of behavioral issues. Which had Bonnie decided they'd be having family therapy as well as individual therapy with Cami. It was an easy decision; the Gemini had clearly twisted up these twins to an extreme that even Lizzie and Josie weren't.

Bonnie was relieved that Salem was actually welcoming and peaceful, she was surprised at how much family she actually had in Salem that wanted to know her. She was equally surprised how interested they were in her boys, and her nieces and nephews. Then there was their curiosity about living with the Mikaelsons because all of the kids referred to the Mikaelsons as aunt and uncle, and just talked about the Skulk in a familial way, it wasn't refutable about who Bonnie considered family. Though they were skeptical about her polyandrous relationship; more than once she had been told it just wasn't natural or proper, and Bonnie didn't expand on the fact these were the men who saved her life so she'd be keep them regardless of what the world wanted. They were hers, and they fathered her children, and she was keeping them.

They went home in the beginning of June, and honestly, Bonnie had never been so happy to have a place to call home. She broke down when Rudy walked out to greet her, throwing herself in her dad's arms as she cried, because she was so thankful, he had come back into her life now. The Mikaelsons returning also had her breaking down into tears, she and Freya went to maternal yoga, and Rebekah attended with them. Bonnie felt safe and loved, and happy with these people, and it was hitting her hard after everything with the Gemini and Elena. Unsurprisingly Rebekah was pregnant again, which had Bonnie wondering how the hell Rebekah tolerated pregnancy when Bonnie felt like it was the worst thing ever.

Seriously though, Rebekah just sort of glowed when she was pregnant, and it was like it wasn't some massive strain on her body. If ever someone embodied a fertility goddess it was probably Rebekah, she annoyingly at ease with both pregnancy and motherhood; and as she aged, it seemed so easy to her. Bonnie envied that, though she didn't hate Rebekah for it. Some women just had an easier time with pregnancy than others; Bonnie's favorite part was motherhood, not pregnancy.

Pregnancy was just not for Bonnie and after this baby she was getting her tubes tied; kinks and family desires be damned; she was not going through this again. The sooner her son was out the happier she'd be, and she was only guessing on the son part. She hadn't actually gone to her OB to confirm the gender or anything. She should do that, it might explain why she felt like a freaking house again; but she also couldn't just yet, and Keelin and Jo were dealing with so much they had both taken time off work to work on their families; especially as Jo found herself in custody of two more challenging children, and Keelin and Freya were preparing for their daughter's arrival. Freya's pregnancy, unlike Rebekah's, was apparently very high risk, and it was stressing out Keelin.

Stefan reached out to Bonnie in June, Elena had delivered a healthy baby boy, Jeremy Damon Salvatore born June fourth, and Stefan asked that she and Caroline go no contact with them. Bonnie agreed. She had no interest in ever involving Elena in her life ever again, childhood friendships be damned.

Caroline and Bonnie both had a bitch on Elena fest when they broke into tears over losing one of their dearest friends who clearly didn't value them as much as they had valued her. Because they had spent a formidable part of their teenage years just trying to be there for Elena. Matt was the one to message them with promises to update them on Mystic Falls happenings, but he did ask they stay away for a while. They agreed, and Matt invited them to his and Penny's wedding though, because it would be an Elena free event as Penny didn't get along with Elena and Elena's status as ex-girlfriend. Despite it being high school, Matt wasn't allowed to invite his exes. (he conveniently forgot to mention he had dated Caroline to Penny, so Caroline was going). Bonnie decided she was going to; Elena didn't own Mystic Falls, so Elena could fuck herself as far as Bonnie was concerned.