What Lies Beneath

Chapter 58: Property Of

"Can I ask you something?"

Bonnie sat in the middle of Damon's bed with a candle in front of her, running her fingertips over the hard wax. The more she thought about the nature of vampires in general the more she was having problems understanding the current situation of a certain vampire. She watched her fiancé strut around his room with an old book in his hands, his brows furrowed as he scanned a page before flipping to the next. "Damon?"

"Yes?" He inquired not looking up. "I heard you. What's the question?"

"Well…" She thought back over the past few days but decided there was no delicate way to phrase what she wanted to ask. "So I remember how it was for Caroline when she was a new vampire. She was neurotic for a bit but then she gained control of herself and everything was okay. Is there a reason why Elena can't even seem to get being a vampire right?"

"Heh." He snorted and lay across the bed, tossing the book to the floor. "Honestly I don't know what her problem is. I mean I get the not wanting to kill thing but not being able to drink from a blood bag? Katherine can drink from blood bags and she was a doppelganger too. I don't know if there is another vampire out there that can't drink from an artificial thing or whatever."

It was horrible to think so but Bonnie had the feeling Elena just wanted to be another special snowflake. Try as she might she couldn't remember the exact moment her best friend had turned into this annoying damsel that either always needed to be saved or was so different she could hardly function. Granted drinking blood did not look like fun but it was something she had to do now. Caroline—freaking Caroline—had come to terms with it and she used to be a big old mess. Becoming a vampire made her awesome yet did the exact opposite for Elena. She was unfortunately more annoying than ever.

Which explained only one of the reasons why they hadn't hung out in a while.

If Elena wasn't whining about being a vampire she was whining about all of the people she might kill, as if Stefan would ever let that happen. He probably wanted her to keep her blood innocence more than she did What a cluster fuck that is now. I can't believe they broke up! Okay so I can sort of believe it because I'm sure deep down she was getting on his nerves too. Not to mention copping an attitude when he was trying to do her a huge favor without knowing or waiting for all of the details…

She realized laughing at Elena killing the one chance to turn her human again made her kind of a bitch but that had been her initial reaction. Only Elena would do something like that. Though perhaps she had been right since Connor did try to kill her first.

"Does Stefan plan to give up the whole turning her human again thing?" She asked quietly. "Now that Connor is dead."

Damon sighed and stared up at the ceiling. "I don't know what Stefan's next move is. I told him I'd help him if he needs it but he hasn't said anything. I do know that Klaus has his hybrid panties in a twist over it, and that the hunter tattoo passed on to Jeremy. Which I think it would have been better off on a gerbil but there you go."

She smiled. "Is it bad if I say I don't care? I mean I care but I just…don't wanna bother. All that drama and stress and for what? Elena? The girl who doesn't come to see me unless she needs a spell? Or Klaus who only gives a crap because he wants to make more servants?" Pause. "You're fine and Caroline is fine so the rest just isn't as important."

He looked at her. "You have become so cynical lately. Do I need to take you out for ice cream and cake to make you feel better?"

She giggled and focused on the candle until a tiny flame erupted onto the wick. "No. Truthfully I feel fine. I'm just not going to hold stuff in anymore. I think I did in the past because I didn't want to hurt Elena's feelings but she's proved the feelings of others' don't matter to her so much anymore. I think the only person whose feelings she would care about now is yours."