As they walked, Damon carried her bag in one hand and his other held her close to his side.
"Ok… spill. I want to know every detail that led you being chase by a werewolf, who let me guess… was Tyler?"
"Did I mention that I could not use my vampire speed to get away?" she peaked up at him.
He can't help but raise an eyebrow at that. "Come on. Talk. You're here. You aren't screaming in pain from a bite, so I am assuming you are healthy, though I will be doing a thorough investigation soon."
"Have I mentioned how wonderful you are? You asked earlier whether I trusted you or not. Don't ever doubt my trust in you. Always, I could tell you anything and you don't judge me in a way that makes me feel like you will ever think less of me - Maybe just more breakable? I trust you with my life. I trust you with Jeremy's life. I trust you."
She feels herself being pulled closer to him as they paused their walking and he leaned down to kiss her temple.
"Alright here's the thing. I want to hear everything in the next few moments because when we do get to our destination, we are going to be selfish. We are going to just take the rest of the night and that blanket of stars and just be us. No drama. No stress. Just us."
"I like the sound of us"
"I do too, but are you sure your sire bonded to me? because you aren't listening."
"I'm testing my restraint."
"Seriously? Can you resist me?"
"It's hard and for more reasons than the sire bond. But I am getting better at distinguishing between the sire bond and my own wants and desires."
"So there is hope that the cure isn't the only answer to the sire bond… hmmm."
"Restraint or not, I'm going to tell you everything because I also want that selfish evening."
She proceeded to recount the entire event at school. To say that he was mad about Alaric's stake being in the hands of Rebecca, due to Vampire Barbie, was an understatement. Especially when there was a good chance that their line of vampires was related to Klaus. Reluctantly Damon paused in the path again and set Elena's bag down and reached for his cell phone.
"Damon, what are you doing?"
"I'm calling Klaus."
"What? Why? What happened to being selfish?"
"To buy Jeremy more time before tomorrow."
"What's going on tomorrow?"
"I'm not exactly sure, but Klaus is not happy about the progress we have been having here. He came by today commenting on the weather and wanted to know how the killing, not training, was coming. The one positive thing about the visit, is that I got to show Jeremy how to shoot a vampire."
"What? The pizza girl?"
"Nope. Klaus."
"You shot Klaus and you're worried about me being bitten by Tyler? Damon, you can't do that. I can't lose you."
"Hey, you're not going to lose me. Besides, he killed Carol. I liked Carol. We might not be able to harm Klaus, but it doesn't mean we can't protest a little here and there. Plus, he was eying Jeremy, like he was going to take him to speed up the process so he could get more hybrids himself. I redirected his frustration onto me."
She pulled him into a hug. "Thank you".
Damon looked at his phone. "Call Klaus" and put the phone onto speaker phone so that Elena could be a part of the conversation.
"Damon, to what do I owe this disturbance from my midnight snack? Seeing things my way yet?"
Elena spoke first. "Klaus, Rebecca and Kol are back. Did you know that?"
"Elena? No, I did not. That is most unfortunate."
Damon spoke next "Well it looks like they are looking for a grand spectacle. They have Alaric's stake. They want the cure. They want to give you the cure. And they are looking for something that Prof. Shane has, only after they tried to kill him."
"I'll take care of it, but it would be so much easier if I had my hybrids."
"Don't worry. Jeremy got his care package and staked it this evening. We're on it. I just don't need Rebecca scheming up a way to kill Elena to stop you from getting your minions."
"I'll take care of it." And with that he hung up.
Damon put his phone away and turned to Elena. "Ok, that maybe got us 12 hours before all hell breaks loose and we are making a mad dash to wherever this cure is." He noticed that she had this distant look on her face. "Hey, it's going to be ok. We are going to get this cure."
"I don't want to talk about the cure. I don't want to talk about crisis after crisis." With a sly grin she looked at him "I want to talk about being selfish. I want to talk about you and why you thought that bringing my bag along for a stroll along the lake was necessary. I want you."
