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One Month Later

kai parker x bonnie bennett

the long overdue sequel to Seventy-Two Hours with Kai Parker (here) (ao3)

summary: one month after the wedding and the bond brings some challenges bonnie's not sure she's ready to tackle. luckily, kai is there to help her through it.

tags: dubcon relationship, love / sex spell, bonding, weird coven lore, panic attacks, pregnancy, small line of kai mentioning su1cide as a solution to his problems, heretic mentions

word count: 3.1k

a/n: I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this chapter, but I've rewritten it three times and this is the best draft. I'm trying to still follow the original request, while writing up to the expectations of the readers who loved the first chapter, so I hope it's well-liked! Also, this could, potentially, have a 3rd chapter. It was supposed to be a one-shot, then it became 2 chaptered, but now it could be 3. Depends on the will of the people (my readers).😄

A month later, Bonnie’s friends are still having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that she’s dating Kai Parker, of all people. Damon, especially, is flabbergasted. Elena, Matt, and Stefan are perturbed. And Alaric and Tyler and their respective girlfriends have had trouble speaking to Bonnie at all. On a good note, Caroline did pull her aside once and sympathize with the young witch, reminiscing on her fling with Klaus, but aside from her, no one’s even tried to understand.

The girl can’t seem to get why. She knows his bad past, knows he did a lot of harm and wrecked a lot of havoc, but who in Mystic Falls hasn’t at some point? Since the wedding, Kai’s treated her well. Scratch that, he’s treated her like a princess. He’s had less instances of outbursts and has begun to listen to her when she tells him he needs to calm down. Kai’s far from perfect, of course, but she finds herself growing to love him more and more every day.

Not to mention, aside from love, they have something else that brings them together.

The baby.

Bonnie hasn’t felt movement from it yet - nor has she heard a heartbeat - but she already feels emotionally attached to the life growing inside her.

She can tell Kai is, too, the way he is with her belly, not even showing.

Every morning without fail, he wakes up with his head beside her belly. One palm rests upon her skin, while the other is somewhere else on her, usually holding her hand. As soon as his eyes flutter open, he presses kisses to her stomach, then lets his lips trail upward to her neck, then face. She smiles. For the first time in a while, she doesn’t find herself dreading mornings when she wakes up. Now, she knows Kai will protect her, from both the dangers of Mystic Falls, and from the manipulations of her enemies. And believe it when she says it, there are a lot of instances of that.

This morning, Kai’s kisses are more firm. Rushed, slightly, and pressed deeper into her skin. He’s anxious about something, she can tell.

It takes a moment to get him to talk, but eventually, he spills.

“I think it’s time to announce you to the coven,” he pauses, kissing her again, “tell them we’re together. That you’ll be leading them alongside me.”

“How do you think they’ll take it?”

He smiles. “Not well. Of course, Bennetts are highly regarded by our coven; it’s the me part of it they won’t like. They’ll probably come down on you for being with me, but I won’t let them hurt you.”

“Would they try? To hurt me?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t expect my father to try to kill Jo when he learned I could escape the prison world, but according to Damon, he did.”

Bonnie tenses, suddenly afraid of the man.

Kai picks up on her anxiety and kisses her stomach again. “He won’t hurt you, I won’t let him,” he repeats. “We’ll make no mention of the bond or the baby, and I’ll put a protection spell on you. Even if he tries, it’ll just bounce off and ricochet back onto him.” Kai then laughs. “That would be pretty entertaining.”

“Are you sure about this?”

“Are you?” He asks in return, gaze slightly challenging.

Bonnie hesitates for a second, but then a sharp feeling in her gut has her crying out. “Ah!” She winces in sudden pain.

“Bon? Are you okay?” Kai’s quick to put his hand on her forehead, feeling for warmth. Her temperature’s normal, though, so the symptom must be a side effect of the bond spell, squashing her moment’s hesitation.

“I’m okay,” she says between clenched teeth. The pain eases up slowly. “I think it’s time, too.”

That night, the Scull Bar is closed to the public for a meeting of the leaders of the Gemini Coven. The elders are present, as well as past leaders, and Kai and Bonnie. Liv is there to serve them drinks, though Bonnie knows she’s mostly there to lurk. Kai says she has no business attending unless the matter concerns her, and today, it certainly does not.

When the pair walk in, hand-in-hand, Joshua immediately bites his cheek. But it’s the elder, Jakob, who speaks first.

“Company? You know the rules, Malachai. No one accompanies in attendance unless the matter concerns.”

Bonnie almost chuckles, considering Kai said those words verbatim just an hour earlier.

“Yeah?” Kai challenges back. “Then explain Liv up there.”

They all look up to the curly-haired blonde clearly eavesdropping from the second floor. When she notices them staring, she flees.

“She’s serving us tonight.”

“Sure.”

“Please explain the role of your guest here tonight. You must have a good reason for bringing her along.”

“Yeah, I do. She’s going to lead with me.”

“What?” The elder spits.

Kai’s father steps forward, jaw tense, and Bonnie fights the urge to step back. “State her name.”

“Bonnie Bennett,” he answers, trying not to smirk as his father’s confidence flinches.

“A Bennett witch?”

“Granddaughter of Sheila Bennett,” the girl replies.

“Sheila was a friend of ours,” another stands from his chair, “she helped us put him away. You betray your own grandmother?!”

“Sit!” Jakob yells at the other. “Control your tongue.”

“Apologies.”

“You really choose him, of all people with whom you could marry and grow old?”

“I have,” she states, as Kai told her she’d have to say.

Granted, the wording is definitely different from usual announcements. One that Kai witnessed when he was a teenager was much calmer in the declarations. Much less accusatory.

You have chosen him, with whom you will marry and grow old?

None of this challenging wording that Kai’s not appreciating. As if he’s trying to make Bonnie out to be a fool. His posture tenses.

“And you have realized you will have to produce a set of twins to lead the next generation?”

“I have.”

“And you’ve realized you’re choosing to be with a siphon who could drain and kill you at any moment?” Jakob asks, eyes black.

“That’s not part of it,” Kai starts, getting angrier by the minute.

Bonnie grabs his arm comfortingly. “He’s not going to hurt or kill me. But yes, I have realized he’s a siphon, and that doesn’t change the way I feel.”

The man chuckles. “Alright, then. You have been announced.”

As soon as the words leave the man’s lips, Joshua tugs on his sleeve.

Jakob turns, “yes?”

“Are you out of your mind?! This cannot be allowed.”

“I can’t do anything about it! She has agreed.”

“Malachai is dangerous enough on his own. He does not need a Bennett witch alongside him. Figure something out!”

“I wish I could do something, but I cannot! We must follow tradition, have you forgotten?”

“Tradition is also to kill or imprison every siphon, because they do not have a place within us.”

“Well, unfortunately, thanks to your genes, may I add, the siphon line survived and now your own son has climbed his way to the top. This is your problem now. If he dies, we all do.”

“And to my understanding,” Bonnie interrupts the men, “you need a Bennett witch to do the prison world spell. And I’m the only Bennett witch still around.”

Joshua glares at her. “Your mother…?”

“Is a vampire,” she finishes, “and since there’s no siphons in my line, she’s just a vampire. No more magic. So good luck.”

Kai’s flooded with a sense of pride for her. Her confidence, lack of hesitation, and defiance toward his father. “And might I point out, Jakob’s already announced us. You’re powerless now, father.” He cocks his head. “How does it feel? To be weak? To be underneath someone who holds a weapon over your head?”

Bonnie senses violence and puts her hand on his back. “We can go now. What needed to be done is done.” She starts to lead him out.

“You still have to produce heir, Malachai,” his father calls, “is a soft little Bennett witch going to have the heart to let her children merge one day? And how can we trust you won’t kill the kid immediately after it’s been born?”

The boy turns back for a second. “I know the duties that come with leadership of this coven. Don’t have a heart attack worrying about it.”

◇◇◇◇

On the drive home, Bonnie had started to have a panic attack. By the time they pull into the driveway, she bursts into the house feeling completely sick.

“Hey, hey, hey, what’s wrong?” Kai comes in after her, concerned. “It went well. Better than I thought it would. What’s the matter?”

“I can’t do that. I can’t deal with the merge. I can’t lose a child.”

Both his hands find her shoulders, but she refuses to meet his eyes. “Bon, look at me.”

She pulls away. “I can feel the changes happening in my body. I’ve missed two periods, but I still feel the cramps. I’ve been so tired lately, and my stomach feels bloated, and swollen, and I know what that means. My arms are sore, and my breasts are sore, and this morning, the nausea started hitting me, but then I got distracted and it went away.”

“Bonnie, calm down.”

“I can’t! I can’t calm down. Don’t you know not to tell a woman to calm down?! I- I need- I don’t know what I need… I need to-” and then she finds herself in the bathroom, expelling what sickness was plaguing her earlier that morning.

Kai comes up behind her, sighing, before rubbing her back. “It’s okay, Bon.”

When she comes back up, he hands her a wet towel to wipe her face. She uses it, then leans back against the wall, tears still streaming down her face. He sits beside her, offering a hand that she doesn’t take.

“It’s not okay. I’m too young for this. I can’t handle it. I’m not ready. I can’t lead a coven. I can’t have a baby. God, I can’t have two babies. And I can’t let one die in twenty years.”

“Bon, take a deep breath.”

“I can’t.”

“Try.”

In a couple minutes, she’s finally able to stop crying. Kai reaches for her again, but when she rejects him a second time, puts his hand on her shoulder.

“You can do this. I know you’re young, and I’m sorry for that. But you’ll be a great mom, and a great leader, and we’ll figure out the merge stuff.”

“Kai, I can’t handle it. You’ve gotta figure a way around it.”

“I can’t. I can try, but I feel like if there was a way, we’d know it by now.” He lifts her hand and kisses it. “If it’s any consolation, the bond spell doesn’t promise twins.”

She stops sniffling to look at him. “What?”

“The actual purpose of the binding part is to give her a reason to feel close to him. Something about carrying one’s child that makes them feel a sense of loyalty. In my understanding, the baby could not even make it; it’s kind of a stepping stone. Once you’re emotionally bonded, or whatever, you can go off and make your own kids. But if my ancestors couldn’t find love on their own, in order to impregnate someone to get an heir, they needed a spell to do that part.”

Bonnie’s already bonded-mind completely skips over the fact that he spelled her to make her love him. Instead, it settles on the fact that she could only be carrying one baby. But even more so, on the risk that the spell doesn’t promise her baby could survive.

“It doesn’t?” She asks, in regards to her first thought.

“No, you might just have one.”

“But I could lose them?”

“Hey,” he can sense her rising panic, again, “you said all the right things that come with the first month. All the symptoms sound like you’re on the right track. Remember what I said? First three months, you’ll be a little uncomfortable, a little nauseous. Your baby is gonna be fine.”

“Can you sense them?”

Kai’s body jolts with excitement. “Honestly, I’ve been a bit distracted. Come out here and let me make you some tea. We’ll try it.”

Nodding, she follows him out of the bathroom and into the kitchen. Kai sits her onto a bar stool and hands her a tissue for her sniffles, then begins to boil a pot of water.

“Are you making the raspberry tea you mentioned?”

“Mhm. My mom drank this for all five pregnancies after Jo and I.”

“You’re not gonna do that to me, right?” She asks, a little joke in her tone.

“Do what?”

“Five times. I don’t know if I can handle that many pregnancies… or kids.”

“Oh,” he smiles, “definitely not. I come from a big family, and I do not want to make a big family.”

“Good. I was an only child.” She takes a deep breath. “But if this baby isn’t a twin, are we going to have to keep trying? To appease the coven?” She bites her tongue. “I’m not gonna get out of this merge duty, am I?”

Kai swallows hard. “I’m cutting it off at three. That’s the limit. No twins after three tries, sorry!”

She laughs, but then her smile fades again. “I’m serious, Kai. What are we gonna do?”

He’s quiet for a long time. He ponders her question while the water boils.

Kai thinks back to 1903. The heretics, discussing his two options - bond with Bonnie and rule the coven, or kill his coven and become one of the heretics.

(Speaking of the heretics, he totally has a deal with Lily, and sooner or later, has to free them from that snowy, October hell. He promised he’d do it after he could confidently deem the girl pregnant, so that their bond spell was proved effective and true, and then they could help protect the baby. Valerie was especially on board with this plan.)

The option of turning him was presented first, and he almost immediately agreed. But then Valerie mentioned the bond spell in passing, and when he learned he could have Bonnie and make his father crumble under his rule, he quickly jumped ship to that option instead. Still, if what then became Plan A were to fail, Kai would just go to Plan B.

“Kai?” Bonnie asks again, pulling him from his thoughts.

“Well you’re not Gemini blood,” he muses out loud, “even though the bond spell gave you access to Gemini magic, you’re still of Bennett blood.”

“Yes,” she answers hesitantly.

“So if my coven tries to force twins on you, and you don’t want it, I’ll become a heretic,” he decides. Plan B. “If they try to force the merge on you, or threaten you in any other way, I’ll kill them all by killing myself.”

“Kai, that’s crazy.”

“It keeps you alive, and it keeps my family off our ass.”

“But it would kill this baby,” she puts a hand on her stomach.

Kai bites his lip. “I know there’s a spell that could protect unborn Gemini from a leader’s death, I’ll just have to check the grimoires about it.” He reads her increasingly anxious face and pauses. “This is all just hypothetical, Bonnie. Only to be done if we were desperate. I just… I don’t want them to hurt you, and I’ll do anything to protect you.”

“I know… just… let’s avoid that, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Can we change the topic?”

“Mhm.”

“What exactly is in that tea?”

“My tea?” He asks, smiling, and serving her a cup. “Raspberry leaf, a little lemon, and a little honey. If you’re feeling really sick, I can swap the lemon for ginger, but my mother always liked the lemon.”

Bonnie takes a sip. It instantly soothes her nerves and her upset stomach. “Mhm, it’s good.”

“Good.” He comes around the counter to face her. His little smirk makes her heart race, and when he puts a hand on her stomach, she fights the urge to squeeze her legs together.

“What are you doing?” She takes another sip of tea to distract herself from ever-growing dirty thoughts.

“Feeling.”

“I can tell.”

He runs a finger up the side of her body. After a moment, he smiles.

“What?”

“You’ve got something.”

“What do you mean?” Her heart races faster.

“You’re positive.”

Bonnie almost drops the mug. “I’m- seriously?”

“I can feel it. Can’t tell sex or how many, but I can feel the magic.”

“Oh my god!” She finds herself leaping into his arms. Kai catches her around the waist, and she throws her hands around his neck. “Oh my god, I’m-” she pulls away from him to look down at her own body. “You’ve-” Speechless, she can only sit back down and sip her tea. Her smile doesn’t leave her face.

◇◇◇◇

Later on that day, they make the decision to cloak the baby. If Kai can sense it, it’s only a matter of time before one of the vampires detects a heartbeat. Or worse, if his father could sense it, too. (Kai isn’t sure if he could, but doesn’t want to take any chances.)

For the rest of the night, he stays close to Bonnie, bathing in the fact that he can feel his baby’s magic radiating off her. It gives him an unexplainable sense of pride that he can’t help but revel in. She finds herself obsessed with his reaction, too, never expecting Kai to be so happy over having a baby.

In the morning, though, they cloak it strongly and talk about when they would uncloak it for check-ups, both by Kai himself and by a doctor. They also talk, briefly, about their conversation from the night before, but he makes her promise not to stress herself out with worry. Kai recalls he and Jo learned at the young age of six that they were to merge for their coven’s future, and promises he wants nothing of the sort for his baby. At the very least, their kid’s childhood would be a happy one.

Regardless of what the future holds, they have twenty-two years to prepare, and she shouldn’t plague herself with it now. That would only affect her and the baby negatively, and that kind of stress is greatly undesirable. Instead, they will go on with their lives - Bonnie can go back to school, if she wants; his father and the elders will go back to Portland; Kai will lead from his announced and future wife’s hometown; and they won’t have to worry about any drastic change for a couple of months. By then, Kai will have several plans in place to protect his family, and he’ll be able to tackle whatever crazy might come his way.

And with the baby in eight months, and the heretics in three… crazy is sure to come.

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