Bonnie's Theft

Chapter 28

She didn't want to ask, the devastation was written on his face. The harsh lighting of the hospital ceiling couldn't hide the dark shadows looming over him. "Is he?"

"Yeah he's gone," he said rubbing his forehead as if he had a migraine.

She went to him wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Don't touch me." He pushed her away and went to the elevator pressing the down button.

She stepped on to the elevator with him. Determined to make him see reason. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go hug my baby because I won't be seeing her for awhile."

"Stefan, you have to understand it was for Bonnie."

He tore his eyes away from the little red numbers that were slowly descending over the closed elevator doors. "I'm going to go home and I'm going to hug her and I'm going to try to remember what she smells like and what her hair feels like when it tickles my arm. Because in the morning I have to tell Emma goodbye because she wont be staying with me anymore. Because mommy doesn't live with me, anymore."

"You're kicking me out?" Caroline asked stunned.

"It's all I've been able to think about since his heart machine went flat." He turned back to the hypnotic numbers. "Since the blood I gave him didn't work. What would I say to Emma?" He ran his tongue along his bottom lip. "Simple is always best with these things. Maybe something like Mommy did something really bad without talking to me first. If I allowed her to stay I'd have to stake her."

"I know you're being sarcastic so I'm not going to tell you how angry I am right now that you said that. And I know you're not going to listen to me -"

"Nothing, you say will make this better." He screamed unable to control his emotions as he turned full vamp. "Nothing."

The elevator dinged as it arrived on the first floor and just as quickly as it came he was back to normal and smiling at the little old lady waiting to get in. She took a deep breath. "So allow me to show you why I did it." She took his reluctant hand and pushed him over to a small waiting area. But Bonnie was no where to be seen. Neither was her little girl. "There not here."

"So you played God and decided that Bonnie's life was worth more than Damon's and this is supposed to make me happy." He snapped.

"Mr. Salvatore," a security guard yelled out from behind a reception desk.

"Here," he said turning around and going up to the desk.

"The nurse wanted me to catch you before you leave. There are a few documents you need to sign. If it's easier she can bring them down to you," the guard asking cradling the phone in his hand.

"Yeah sure," He responded. Whatever would get him away from Caroline sooner.

Caroline looked around. She had to find them both. He had to see his niece. If she were Bonnie where would she go? She was just upstairs she would have seen her if she tried to go up to Damon's room. Her eyes caught sight of the room signs. It said the morgue was just down the hall. She looked back at Stefan who was actively trying not to look her way. She had nothing else to lose. The hall was eerily quiet as she walked through two double doors and saw Bonnie standing near a viewing window clutching on to her daughters hand who was trying furiously to pull away.

"What are you doing sweetie?"

"I want to go see him."

She knelt down on one leg. "Mila Rose, come to auntie."

Bonnie released her hand and the excited girl came rushing into Caroline's arms. She had Damon's eyes. She lifted the girl up into her arms and noticed what she was wearing for the first time. She briefly wondered what time it was there because she had on a pale pink sundress.

"Mommy said daddies in there," Mila whispered into my ear.

I smiled sadly. "He is."

"Can I go see him too?" she asked innocently.

"Will see what Mommy says when she comes back?"

The girls brow creased a little as she ran her hands through her short black bangs. Her hair pulled back into a curly ponytail. "That's what mommy said."

Caroline was going to say something else to comfort the obviously distressed little girl, but the sight of Bonnie tugged at her heart strings. "Mila stay here." She put the little girl down and opened her arms to her mother.

"Caroline, he's gone," Bonnie gasped unable to breath as she fell into her friends arms sobbing uncontrollably.

Tears welled up in the little girls eyes as she saw her mommy crying. She tugged on her mothers skirt. "Mommy, I want to see daddy too?"

"Stop, Mila," Bonnie cried out into Caroline's shoulder. Waving off the girls grasp.

"SSSh, ssssh," said Caroline rubbing Bonnie's hair consolingly.

Neither one saw as the little girl slipped into the room behind them.

Their was a large table in the center of the room. She could barely make out the silhouette of someone lying there. It must be daddy sleeping. She pulled at the white sheet revealing his face and upper torso. "Daddy wake up. Why did you make mommy cry?"

She looked around and saw a stool near a file cabinet. She pushed it over to the table and stood up top. She pushed his arm lightly. "Daddy wake up."

He sat up straight shaking.

She bent down not sure if she wanted to see him now. Scared and unsure of where she should go.

He felt the hunger pains immediately. He looked towards the sound of a small heart beat. But made no move to bite her. As frightened eyes that looked just like his looked up at him. "Who the hell are you?"

She smiled. "You're not supposed to say bad words. Daddy?"

"Mila?" Bonnie screamed busting open the door with Caroline and Stefan trailing behind.

"Damon?" Everyone said in unison.

He grabbed the little girl and sat her beside him on the table. Thoroughly enjoying everyone's shocked expressions. "Missed me?"

Author's Note: Shorter Chapter. Mostly because Chapter 29 is the end.