Light Me Up

Chapter 23: How The Sirens Stole Christmas

I step out of the bathroom and walk back to my bedroom. It was 5pm and Enzo was asleep. We'd passed out after lunch, exhausted from the past few days. I myself had barely managed to get out of it a few minutes ago, after my phone's non-stop buzzing from texts from Caroline. She wanted me and Enzo to come to her Christmas Eve dinner, but I wasn't sure. I lazily flopped back onto the bed, making Enzo wake up.  He turned and looked at me.

"Hey" He said

I smiled "Good morning... sorry good evening". I leaned in to kiss him "Mmm" He groaned "What time is it?"

I picked up my phone to check the time and saw Caroline's texts again. I sigh "Ten past 5" I tell him "Listen Caroline's doing this Christmas eve dinner thing and she wants us to come... but I can tell her no if you're not up for it"

"Bonnie, I'm fine, I promise" He assures me "Let's go. What time are we supposed to be there?"

I grit my teeth "Technically? 5:00"

He shakes his head "Fashionably late it is then"

"Yeah we should get up and get ready" I sigh "Can't show up like this" I look down at my clothes. I was wearing one of Enzo's T-Shirt's and my old cheerleading biker shorts.

"Why not?" Enzo asks with a smirk "I think you look lovely"

I roll my eyes about to get up, when he pulls me back.

"Wait I got a little christmas gift for you" He says pulling out a small giftbox, red and white striped with a bow on the top.

I eye him "When did you have time to get me a gift?" I ask, confused. We'd been pretty occupied the past few days

"I have my ways" He smiles. "Open it" He holds the giftbox out to me and I take it from him. I sit up excited and begin to open it as he watches. I pull the top off and see a small statue of the eiffel tower inside.

"Awww" I smile, holding it up and turning back to look at him "I love it. Now I can keep all my papers from flying away"

He laughs "I'm taking you to Paris!" He exclaims "Silly witch" He holds his arms open expectantly.

I squeal, jumping into them and he wraps them around me, hugging me tightly. I pull away shaking the hair out of my face and rest my head near his shoulder, with my entire body leaning on him as his arms continued to be wrapped around me. My arm rested on his bicep. Our faces were merely inches apart.

"Say the word... and we're off" He says softly, before pulling me in for a kiss. We pull apart and I look into his eyes happily as he rubs my shoulder. Suddenly, my phone starts ringing. I lean in for a quick kiss before pulling away to answer it. However when I try to pull away Enzo pulls closer to me continuing to kiss me.

"Enzoooo" I laugh pushing him away and sitting up

He smiles flopping back onto the bed as I answer the phone, holding it to my ear. It was Caroline.

"I'm sorry" I sigh "I know we're late"

"Thank goodness. Don't come" Caroline whispers

I stare blankly for a second confused, not sure if she was kidding. Though her tone said anything but humorous. Enzo sits up, clearly having heard her with his vamp hearing. I pull the phone away from my ear and put it on speaker.

"Damon is here with that psycho american idol reject... Enzo cannot be around her" Caroline continues "And don't even get me started on what Matt and Ric just tried to pull..."

"What do Sybil and Damon want?" I ask, trying to focus on one thing at a time.

"To ruin Christmas? I don't know!" She spat. I hear clinking of glasses. She's probably in the kitchen prepping. She sighs "But they promised to leave my kids alone and I don't want a war. I just hope that they leave soon"