The Fight (Stefonnie)

Chapter 3

He was disappointed when he didn't hear from her the past few days. When they were trying to pick out a date, he realized how busy she was so he didn't want to distract her but then he decided to stop caring about that and called her. He ended up having to leave her a voicemail explaining why he hadn't called earlier before asking her to call him back when she gets the chance. He ended the call sighing then walked back inside the station to get some work done.

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She's been avoiding the mirror for the past few days but today she decided to see just how badly she was hurt. It put her to tears all over again and that's when her phone started to ring. She saw that it was from Stefan and she knew that she couldn't fake being OK, so she decided to let it go to voicemail and picked it up once his message was over.

His voice was soothing to her and she was going to call him back but knocks filled her apartment. She stilled and sucked in a breath not making any noise at all. The knocking got louder then she heard her name being called.

"Rebekah?"

Bonnie quickly walked over to her door then opened it seeing her friend that suddenly grew a horrified face. Rebekah stepped in and closed the door behind her taking Bonnie's hand and walked them over to the couch.

"Is this my fault?"

She shook her head, "No. I... I met a guy and Jonas just so happened to come by as he was picking me up. I thought I was safe but once he dropped me back off here, Jonas came back and we started arguing and then... he tried to kiss me and I pushed him off and that's when he hit me and then it just kept...going."

"I'm so sorry. Who's this guy, maybe he can help you get out of this?"

"His name is Stefan, he's a cop." Rebekah's eyes grew. "I know, but he said he wanted to help me and be my friend for whatever the reason."

"Well he will for sure help you then. He may give you a place to stay. You can get out of this, just don't screw things up with him."

She nodded then narrowed her eyes. "Wait, why are you still here?"

"I leave tonight, I just wanted to say my final goodbye." She pulled her in for a hug. "I love you, Honey B."

She smiled. "I love you too, Beks."

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Stefan shook his head at his brother and was about to comment but knocks interrupted him. He went over to answer it then immediately frowned seeing a woman stand there with shades covering her face.

"Bonnie?" He wondered.

She let out a breath then slowly removed the shades from her face and he felt his anger spike seeing the bruises that marked her face.

"Who did this to you?"

"I don't know."

"Bonnie,"

"I don't, Stefan... I promise." She avoided his eyes and he knew that she was lying but wouldn't push her on this.

"Please, come in." He stepped aside and looked both ways outside before closing the door. "My brother is here, but I'll ask him to leave."

"No, you don't have to, I'll just come back—"

"No, you're staying here." He stated firmly then sighed. "I would like for you to stay here. Please."

She nodded and he asked her wait upstairs and she only waited a few minutes before he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. She sat on the bed as he asked her to and examined her face. She saw the sadness in his eyes as he looked at her very carefully.