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AN: Sorry for the wait everyone. I'm not the fastest typer (is that a word?) at the moment, and my life has been incredibly busy. I know, that's no excuse, but still... and here's chapter 4. R&R!
~Closer To The Edge~
Chapter 4
"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." -Keri Russell
Two Weeks Later...
DPOV.
"I. Want. Sleep." I groan, climbing out of bed and walking to the twins room. Joel is screaming his head off, waiting for his bottle of course. I pick him up and walk downstairs to heat up his bottle.
"Your killing me here, dude." I whine, crashing on the couch and holding the bottle to his mouth. He quiets instantly and starts sucking like there's no tomorrow, his crystal blue eyes staring up at me.
"Happy now?" I ask, lying my head back.
Beep... Beep... Beep...
"Ugh... it can't be bottle time already." I groan, opening my eyes to see the bright sunshine covering my room.
"Oh great." I say, looking at the alarm clock that reads 9:58am. Ric's supposed to come over and help me pack at ten. This will be the first time we've seen each other since the twins were born. I jump out of bed and walk over to my mirror to take in the damage. Hair in desperate need of a cut, eyes that look like they haven't seen sleep in years, and black pajama bottoms.
Great.
I walk out of the bedroom and down the hall to the twins room to find both their cribs empty. I run downstairs but slow when I smell waffles. I round the corner to the kitchen to find Ric standing over the stove with his favorite apron on, the twins sitting in their car-seat's, unbuckled on the table, watching him curiously.
"You scared the shit outta me. Please let me know before kidnapping my kids." I sigh. The twins eyes dart over to stare at me and I smile at them weakly.
"Sorry. They looked bored up there in those cages, so I thought I'd teach 'em how to make waffles." Ric says, turning to smirk at me.
"Fair enough." I reply, sitting down in front of the twins. They turn their heads to look at each other and start a conversation of little cooing noises.
"Whoa. When did they start that?" I ask.
"About an hour ago." Ric says, sitting a plate of waffles in front of me and sitting down to eat his own.
"That's awesome, guys." I say, letting Sammy hold my pinky.
"Hey, I was thinking... I could stay with the twins while you go say goodbye to Elena... if you want." Ric says.
I wait a moment before responding. "Thanks Ric."
"No problem, man." He says, hitting my shoulder.
After breakfast the four of us are upstairs in twins room. Ric keeps them entertained as I pack their clothes, diapers, etc.
"Oh I almost forgot." Ric says, walking over to the changing table. "I sat these here earlier. I had them made for the twins." He says. He holds up two onesie's, both black. One says Joel in white letters and the other says Samuel.
I laugh. "Nice. Thanks Ric. I'll put them on 'em before we leave. Well, I'm done packing their things, so I'll go start on mine."
"How about I take Joel and Sam to meet their cousins... err... aunts?" Ric says, raising an eyebrow at me.
"Um... Well Jenna is Elena's aunt. So that makes your twins her cousins. Which means they're my little twins... aunts." I say, just as confused.
"Yea well... whatever. We'll go hang out with the aunts, and then when you finish packing you can just go ahead and see Elena. Come over afterward and we'll all have dinner." Ric says.
"Sounds good. Thanks man." I say, walking over to the twins. "Bye guys." I glance up at Ric, then lower my voice to a whisper. "Love you."
"Soooo..." I say, twiddling my thumbs as they rest on Elena's hospital bed. "I decided to let my hair grow back out. I know how you like it shaggy." I mumble, giving her an eyebrow wiggle. "Um... guess what. Samuel's eyes are getting darker, I think they're going to be the same beautiful brown as yours. I know if you were awake you'd roll your eyes and give me that look that says 'get to the point, Damon' so I'll just get on with it."
"I'm going back to the team..." I say proudly, even cracking a smirk. "...and I'm taking Ric with me. Now don't be upset. He'll be back before you know it."
"Alright, alright... the truth is..." I start, until Ric opens the door and walks in the room.
"I left the boys with Jenna. They're all hanging out, so I thought I'd come say hey." He says, walking over to sit beside me.
"I was just about to tell Elena the truth, Ric." I sigh.
"Oh, well... that's good. Continue." He says, motioning for me to continue.
"So anyways, the truth is... me and Ric are having an affair." I blurt out, jerking around and pressing my lips against Ric's.
"Damon... what the hell... would you get off of me." He mumbles, attempting to push me away.
"No Ric. We can't keep hiding how we feel. It isn't healthy." I say in a dramatic voice, pushing him back onto the couch.
"Damon" Ric groans, hitting my shoulder.
"What is going on in here?" An elderly nurse asks, walking into the room with her hands on her hips.
"Nothing, mam. I was just admitting to my unconscious wife that I'm in love with my agent who is also my uncle." I say, pulling Ric up into a sitting position next to me. His hair is mused and his cheeks are red. He looks to the nurse and smiles, giving her two thumbs up.
"Oh my lord." She shrieks, walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.
After explaining everything to an unconscious Elena, picking up our luggage, and eating dinner at the Saltzman's, the four of us make the drive to the bus stop. We wait forty-five minutes, in the cold rain, for the bus to show up. I throw our bags into the side compartment and look up at the clear windows, to see all of my former teammates looking down at me expectantly. I sigh and pick up Samuel's car-seat as Ric carries Joel's. We climb the stairs and stand at the entrance of the isle, looking for our empty seats.
"Ha, I told you she would dump his sorry ass." Trevor says from the front row.
"Yea but you never said anything about her leaving him with the kids. So I win." Brandon says from beside him. Trevor sighs and hands him a twenty dollar bill.
"Dicks" I mumble, walking passed them to our seats. Strapping the car-seat's in is pretty difficult but with Ric's help I get it done. Once we take our seats the bus starts to move, and I watch as Mystic Falls fades into the distance.
