Damon quickly tossed the mushrooms inside the already butter filled pan. From the pan a sizzle escaped, Damon cocked his head to the side, hearing footsteps approach him.
"What are you cooking?" Stefan asked, suddenly beside Damon.
"None of your business, and anyway what are you here for, Steffie?" Damon asked, his face as solid as stone.
"Elena wanted a glass of water, oh and Damon?" Stefan said, grabbing a glass out of the cupboard.
"Yes, brother?" Damon asked pouring the whisked eggs into the pan with the mushrooms.
"Today I'm going with Alaric to Duke to find more about the werewolves" Stefan said, heading back up to his room.
"With Elena?" Damon said, knowing his brother would be able to hear.
"No, this doesn't concern her... I want to find out if when a werewolf bites a human is it lethal" Stefan said. Damon heard the door close shut, he tried to get his mind off of what Elena and Stefan were doing.
Would Damon have to babysit? In his mind babysitting Elena wasn't a hardship.
/:/
"Bye Stefan" Elena said as she gave her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek. Damon turned his head away as Stefan pulled Elena's body closer to his body and gave her a lingering kiss. Damon stared at a tree until the "Lovebirds" were finished their face sucking.
Elena walked back into the boarding house, she walked into the living room where she found Damon reading a book called "Vampires, Do they exist?" a smirk was plastered on his face.
"isn't it funny reading about how you are supposed to stay out of the sunlight and can't be in the vicinity near garlic." Damon said, not looking up from his book.
"Sounds funny" Elena agreed, and curled up on the couch.
"Believe me it is." Damon said and put the book down, Elena had fallen asleep. He picked her up easily and carried her to his bedroom and placed her underneath the covers.
"Goodnight princess" Damon said and he placed a chaste kiss on her forehead. And tucked her in, turned off the lights, closed the door, and was back to reading his book.
/:/
Elena woke up with a burst of curiosity, where was she? She pulled the satin covers off of her and stood up, she looked at the sleeping figure beside her, Damon. She walked into the washroom and looked at herself in the mirror, she was still wearing makeup from the night before. She picked up a face cloth from the towel rack and ran it under cold water, she washed her face and when she looked back in the mirror Damon was standing in the doorway.
"Good morning" Elena said politely. She hung up the wet face cloth back on the rack and faced Damon.
"How was your sleep?" Damon asked her.
"Very nice, thank you. What about you?" Elena asked.
"Fine until your footsteps woke me up." Damon said tapping his ear.
"oh, sorry... forgot about the hearing." Elena said apologetically. She moved past Damon in one swift stride. "it's okay" replied Damon.
"Have you heard anything from Stefan?" Elena asked, impatiently.
"Geez, Elena... he's only been gone for ten hours." Damon said, following Elena into the kitchen.
"Sorry, I'm a little paranoid." Elena said, pulling out orange juice from the fridge.
"I'll make you breakfast." Damon said, shooing Elena out of the kitchen.
Damon made Elena a platter of fresh fruit, hash-browns, bacon and oatmeal. They sat at the dining table reading the newspaper and talking to each other.
"So Miss Gilbert, what should we do today?" Damon asked, pulling on a black button up and his favourite pair of black jeans, while Elena was still sitting in the living room.
"I don't know Mr. Salvatore, what should we do today?" Elena mocked.
"I was thinking a stroll through a meadow, and then a picnic on the river bank?" Damon said.
"Ooh, sounds great... when should we depart?" Elena said.
"How about 15 minutes?" he said while practically sprinting down the stairs.
"Sounds good" Elena said as she flicked through a Home & Garden magazine she had bought while buying gas for her car.
/:/
"So would you rather get a snake bite or swallow a live bee?" Damon asked Elena, they were playing "Would you rather" while walking in thick woods.
"Is the snake bite lethal?" Elena asked.
"Yes." Damon said.
"Swallow a bee then," Elena said she continued, "would you rather get shot with a wooden bullet or go through transformation all over again?"
"Ooh, that one's tough" Damon said, deep in thought "I say wooden bullet. Okay would you rather kiss me for two minutes or kiss Matt for one minute?" Damon asked, impatient for the answer.
"Matt of course" Elena said, a smile spreading across her face, Damon grabbed Elena's waist and and tightened his grip, she started laughing.
"I'm kidding , I would choose you!... stop please!" Elena said, hysterically laughing.
"Good" Damon said, automatically letting his hands drop. The atmosphere was awkward, after that last "Would you rather" Damon and Elena didn't talk until the river bank.
"So I brought turkey and ham sandwiches, and for me A+ from the blood bank." Damon said, Elena started to giggle. She hoped the blush forming on her cheeks wasn't visible.
"No one's ever done this for me..." Elena said, biting into her turkey sandwich. Damon was just watching her eat while he sipped his blood from a non-see-through water bottle to not make Elena lose her appetite.
Elena watched Damon sip his blood and stared in amazement when dark veins appeared underneath his eyes.
They moved onto dessert which happened to be chocolate mousse, courtesy of chef Damon.
"Oh my god, this is amazing." Elena said, as she dug her spoon deep into the glass.
"Thank you, it's a family recipe." Damon said as he licked the stray mousse off the back of the spoon.
Elena finished her mousse and so did Damon, Elena and Damon lay on their back watching clouds go by, after a few minutes of secretly nudging closer to each other Elena rested her head on Damon's chest.
Both secretly hoping they could stay this way forever.
Hey guys, sorry for the late update... love the new episode... is it just me or do you think Klaus should be blonde?
Mwah! My neonites!
Kat