Damon let out a aggitated sound as Airena continued to move around in his grasp, making it exceedingly hard for him to tie her wild brown curls up into two ribbons. "Airena, stay still."
It's been a week since he found the little beauty abandoned in the woods, and he instantly felt himself being tightly wrapped around her little fingers over the past days he spent with her.
Elena and Caroline just adored her, and Stefan had agreed to let Damon keep her; aslong as he didn't harm her, or do anything stupid. Which, Damon knew he woud never hurt his little angel.
She was very mature for her age, when it came to serious things, but she loved ribbons and being held. And Damon was more than happy to give her anything she desired.
"Listen, do you want to see Elena and Caroline, or not?" She stopped squirming and let out a little giggle as she allowed Damon to tie her ribbons around her locks in low piggy tails.
Damon was suprised that he was so attatched to her, but he loved it, because she seemed to look up to him in dependence. It made him feel needed, wanted, useful.
She was just as equally dependent on Damon, as he was on her.
"Okay, Princess," Damon turned her to face him and almost melted as her big hazel eyes sparkled beneath his gaze, her little curls being held down by the ribbons, making her cheek bones stand out with little freckles scattered over her nose. "What do you want to wear today?"
He had agreed to let Caroline take her shopping, and made one of the guest rooms her bedroom. Though, at night she would make her way into Damon's arms and fall asleep; instead of her own new bed.
Airena put her finger on her nose, which Damon had noticed she did whenever she was thinking, and then jumped off his lap and took off to her bedroom. Damon hot on her heels, laughing at the little patters her piggy slippers made across the wooden floor.
When he entered the purple room, Airena had already pulled off a pretty red sundress from the hanger, with the help of the small wooden steps that Stefan had built for her. "This one, Damie!"
Her little bell like voice exclaimed as Damon scooped her off the stool, and placed her back on the floor. He nodded, and she slipped off her slippers and ballerina pajamas, leaving her in her under dress. Damon smiled down at her as she crossed her legs slightly and bent down as she giggled up at him in a shy manner.
Adorable little thing.
Damon slipped the red fabric over her outstretched arms and smiled when she pulled it down the rest of the way, and jumping on her feet in excitement. Then she patted Damon's leg and rummaged through the closet again, until she came back out with silver flats and slipped them over her little toes.
"Okay, Air, you hungry?" He questioned her, but she just held her arms up and waited for Damon to bend down and pick her up, which he did, wrapping his arms securely around her as he placed her on his side.
Leaving the room, Damon carried his Princess downstairs and smiled at the two excited girls who were already racing over to take her out of his grasp.
He didn't want to let her go, he just wanted to carry her around for eternity, but he had promised her a day with the girls. "You better watch her, if theres so much as a bruise, or scratch, I will rip both of your throats out and stomp my foot on them." Damon hissed, making Airena giggle slightly and plant a butterly kiss on his cheek, before wavering her arms out to Caroline.
Airena loved Caroline. There was just some weird connection between his Princess, and the blonde vampire. Sure, she loved Elena too; but Damon knew that something made Airena always running to Caroline when he would let her loose for awhile.
Maybe it was the fact that Airena had told him her mother had long blonde hair, and Caroline had that motherly instinct that she showed when her eyes first layed on Airena.
It was cute, but Damon always felt somewhat jealous that he couldn't be everything to Airena. As she was to him. But he let it go, realizing that what he had, was enough for him.
"Don't worry, Damon, I wont let anything happen to her," Caroline snuggled her face against Airena's bright colored cheeks as Airena let out al oud giggle, "I promise."
Damon took one more look at Airena's pretty little face, before smiling at Elena who was now tickling Airena's sides.
Elena was like Airena's older sister, Damon realized. Something Airena never had before, but always wanted.
He knew everything about his little doll's past. She told him all he could ever know, the second day he kept her. She opened up, and accepted the fact that she was going to be starting a new life with Damon and his family.
How her father was never home, but when he was he would always take Airena and her mother to the movies, and let them watch whatever cheesey movie they wanted. She would always be clinging to her mother's side like she was glued there, and loved to play with her long blnode hair.
She missed them, Damon knew that, but he couldn't help but feel happy for the fact that she attatched so quickly onto everyone here. Especially himself.