Crawling
Category: TV Shows » Vampire Diaries
Author: JustLola
Language: English, Rating: Rated: M
Genre: Romance/Angst

Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Disclaim : I do not own Vampire Dairies. Or any songs, movies or artists or phones or phone applications I refer to in this fanfiction.

Author's notes

Chapter 7 finally done and dusted. Not as good as I had hoped but I like how it came out and I hope you enjoy it too. Thank you for all the reviews and comments, it is highly appreciated. And it keeps me motivated. This chapter was just about playing around, nothing to serious just their trip to the mall. Please continue to read and I will try to update as soon as I can. XOXO

Damon's POV

It was 09:00 AM. She was up and ready and I was forced to have a semi cold shower because she took most of the warm water, not that I minded, girls needed to take their time in the shower. She made some toast and leftover pasta, which was really good by the way, she was in-charge of making food. We are currently about 30 minutes away from our destination and she was so excited and practically bounding out of her seat. I couldn't blame her. She hadn't been in a mall for the past few months.

"Were you serious that I could go on an all-time shopping spree?" she asks, the excitement in her voice is contagious.

"Keep it under 20 thousand okay? That's my daily limit on my credit card." I say and she almost squeals and that almost had me swerving of the road.

"Sorry Damon." She places her hand on my thing and it sends a shiver down my spine, I think she felt it because she soon removes her hand and that all too familiar blush creeps onto her cheeks, I can't explain it but I just absolutely love it when she blushes. It makes her so beautiful. Not that she wasn't beautiful before. She was really a breath-taking girl.

"No problem." I say and turn my attention back on the road. I don't belief that anyone would remotely recognize her in her oversized shirt and shorts with the Yankies cap she had put on, all she needed now was some sunglasses and her swag level would be over the roof. But to be honest she needed really clothes. She needed shoes and hair products, underwear and any girly utensils that she would need.

We have yet to speak about what she wanted to do in her future. Did she want to go back to her friends parents, or did she want to go her own way? I didn't know what she was planning after we took care of the problem. I sigh as we reach our destination. The mall's parking area almost seems deserted. Good we could finish up before peak hour. I hated a mall or shopping complex with lots of people.

"You ready for this?" I ask and she lifts her head until I can see her face and she smiles at me.

"I was born ready." That was very unexpected coming from her but I nod my head as I lock my car and we head of to the entrance of the mall. There are a few lone people walking around but nothing to be worried about. Probably just wanted to do their shopping and get it over with.

"So you should get everything you need. I mean like anything…." I felt awkward telling her this. "I mean like clothes and girly shit, and sleep wear and everything you need." Repeating myself was never a good thing but she nods her head to me.

I look around the mall and I mean it's been quite some time I have been here but I direct us into what seems to be a clothing store. I still have a few other things to do. I mean I needed to get her a phone. I could not stand being away from the apartment and not knowing if something happened. It would put me at ease somewhat. Elena starts to walk through the aisles and her smile just grows and grows.

"Damon?" she asks and I look up at her.

"Yeah?" I ask watching her closely as her hand glides over the material of the clothes.

"When we came in I saw a hair dress, if there is time could I maybe go there?" she asks and I'm surprised that she asked because here I am giving her 20 000 dollars telling her that she could do anything and now she's asking me.

"Sure. But hey I'm going to leave you here and hop to the phone store next door okay?" I ask and she stops and then looks at me like I just did something I was not supposed to. "It's okay, I'll be right next door. If you need me come and get me. I'll only be like 30 minutes or so then I'll be back." I know that this is a hard pill to swallow but she nods her head slowly.

"Okay. Just be quick." She almost whispers, her voice so small and afraid that I feel guilty for wanting to leave her.

"Maybe you could do the underwear while I'm gone." I say with a smile and the ends of her lips turn up into a small smile. With that I take my leave and she storms of to the underwear section. I wouldn't be able to choose out underwear with her, I'm sure we would both be crimson by the time we spent merely 30 second in that section.

I walk towards the cell phone shop, it's right next door and I'm sure if there is any problem she would yell. I would go running. I walk in and the guy, clearly just out of school is looking back at me with a dull expression. Did he really expect people to buy anything from him with that look on his face? I look around the shop and everywhere I look there are handsets. Touch screen, the newer age and then there was some of those old phones that still had buttons.

I look around and I know that currently I was sporting the Samsung S6. Would Elena want one or would she prefer something else a bit smaller or more girlish, I walk around the shop and I think that I am going around in circles and yes I am because this is the second time that I am looking at this damn S6.

"Could I like help you?" the guy asks and I just look at him like he is a complete idiot. No you can't help me I am just here to look at your phones because I'm going to rob you later. I roll my eyes at this acne faced boy who clearly thinks that he is the man.

"Yeah, looking for a phone for my… girl." The word sounds foreign as it rolls over my tongue. In a way she was my girl in more ways than one. The guy smirks at me like I'm the coolest dude on this pathetic earth.

"Yeah so you totally wanna go with the S6, I mean it has all the latest features, and your girl would love you like forever." Has civilization really degraded to this. I mean this guy was acting like a complete idiot. He gives me a wink and points to the S6 in the casing. "Your girl will give you a shit load of pussy if you buy this for her." I almost threw up in my mouth.

It was because of idiots like this that girls thought that all men are complete sex craved morons. And did he just say 'a shit load of pussy?' Holy fuck, please let this idiot get a heart attack and die. I mean you would be doing us all here on earth a favour by snatching this angle up.

"Yeah. Give me the S6." I say as I grab for my wallet pulling out my gold credit card. I hope to God that this moron cannot pro-create because this earth does not need a dipshit that compliments this dipshit. "Here put it on my card." I say and he snatches the card from me. I just hope this is quicker than what it feels like.

20 minutes of non-stop talking, 20 minutes. I feel like he rubbed some of his moron onto me. I hope it's not contagious. Cause clearly they are not working hard enough to cure it. So with the phone in the bag, it's up and working it just needed to be charged for about 4 hours, I was done and dusted with my taskings, I hope Elena had better help then me.

I walk into the clothing store and look around from side to side. At first she is nowhere in sight then again she might be in the fitting rooms, so I head of to the fitting room. This place got crowed in the 20 minutes that dipshit took to help me. I mean there were girls in every nook and cranny of this store. Talking non-stop. How do girls do that? I walk to the fitting room and soon I stand there waiting. Should I call out her name?

"Elena?" I say and listen for her to reply. There's nothing. Maybe I should call again. "Lena?" I say, the 'e' of her name silent on my lips.

I watch as one curtain is pulled to the side and she pokes out her head, a smile present. "You finished?" she asked in a hushed voice and I don't even know why we are whispering. I just nod my head at her.

"I'll be looking at some shoes okay?" I ask and she nods her head before the curtain is closed again. I don't wait long for her to emerge and her cheeks are that red crimson colour that I love so much. She doesn't stop and I don't stop her as she pushes the silky and lacy material into my arms. I start to blush as soon as I see what they are. Bra's and panties of every kind and colour.

I don't say a thing and neither does she as she goes her way about the store. She really took me up on my over because the clothes in my arms were piling by the minutes and she loved it as I walked around behind her becoming her little pack maul. From one side of the store to the other, from skinny jeans to baggy jeans and boyfriend jeans, she had to explain to me what the difference was.

Then there were t-shirts with hello kitty or was it some comic, then there were the spaghetti tops or just the some pretty girly tops. And she took something in every colour, somewhere along the line she mumbled that this was the best day ever and she had never in her life had a chance like this. I smile because at least this makes her forget about the monsters waiting for us back home. When we got to the tights and leggings I stopped, I needed to get a cart, and I did. She got something of everything.

We pasted the dresses and she was very reluctant to pick out any as she stared longingly at them. "Come one take a few." I say as I give her a panty dropping smile.

"And where will I wear them?" she asks looking down at her feet.

"If we go to dinner or a movie, or if we go for a walk in the park." I say and at first she's trying her best to hide that smile that she's sporting.

"Dinner, a movie and a walk in the park? Sound more like a date then an outing." She says, but her eyes don't meet mine.

"Maybe I could take you on one." I say and I watch her as she turns red.

"Maybe." She says, and then she starts going through the racks of dresses, trying to find her size. I just wait patiently as she looks. "Okay, I guess I have enough clothes. Now I just need shoes." She says and I nod my head as I start to push the cart.

When we get to the shoe there are a group of girls trying on some heals. They look up at us and I can see how Elena shy's away from the girls almost instantly. She starts looking at some sandals and she picks out two pair.

"She must be like a homeless girl." I hear one whisper to the other and I look up at Elena because I know she heard them.

Elena turns over to some converse and she looks up and down the railing. She spots a pair of black ones and then a pair of pink ones. Placing them in the cart. "Must be a charity case. Poor case worker getting stuck with her." Another girl say as the giggle. And I mean what the hell was wrong with these people.

"Damon I think that's okay." She mumbles clearly effected by what these stupid bitches had to say.

"Hey baby," I say and Elena looks up to me in surprise. I take a step closer to her and wrap an arm around her. "Get a pair of each, you know I love spoiling you." I say and I place a soft kiss to her forehead. I swear I saw the one girl almost fainting. I would have attempted slapping her on her ass and telling her how sexy she looks but that would not be appropriate.

"A pair of each?" Elena asks and I just smile at her as I grab a pair of heals making sure it's a size six before throwing it in the cart, then I move towards the girls and there are just one pair of size six and the one girl is ready to pounce but I get there first as I snatch it from her grasp placing them in the cart.

Elena smile just broaden as she takes a pair of pumps and a purple pair of converse and some more pumps and throw them in the cart. If we continued on with this, we would need a second cart.

I can say that we left the girls speechless and Elena having a big smile on her face as we made our way towards the check out. Somehow I felt that I am going to be broke when I pay for all this. As Elena starts packing out I watch her, she has a smile on her face and I love it. I can see the group of girls leaving the store, all not too happy about what had happened but I really couldn't and didn't care.

Okay so after 15 minutes at the checkout counter I finally swiped my credit card and I must say, Elena wasn't a big spender, she didn't even use half of what was allocated to her. I mean she did take a shit load clothing but it wasn't even close to $10000.

We look around and she still needed some girly items which I would get her from the pharmacy and she still wanted to do her hair. We pass the hair dresser and she looks up at me with her big doe eyes. "Could I?" she asks and I am not sure what that entails to.

"Sure, how about you go in and start of and I go place all of this in the car?" I ask, she's reluctant, but she nods her head and she be-lines into the shop seconds later leaving me with the cart full of clothes and shoes. When I get back to the hair dresser she is seated in a chair and I'm not really sure what the woman is doing but I walk past the receptionist and to where Elena is sitting. "So I was thinking, I could run a few more errands while you are here." I say and she looks up into the mirror, her eyes shining brightly.

"What type of errands?" she ask and the lady moves her head to the side before she gives me a small smile and she continues with her work.

"What else do you need?" I ask looking down trying to avoid the curious looks from the other ladies.

Elena turns her head to the side. "What do you mean?" she asks and I really do not want to tell her but she was acting like a complete idiot.

I take in a deep breath and look down to the ground. "You know like a hair brush and shampoo and girl shit?" I say and I actually hear her giggle, the woman next to her smiling brightly.

"Such a loving boyfriend you have dear, willing to buy you tamps and stuff." Both myself and Elena go bright red because hell the woman just told the whole shop what I wanted to do and what I was going to do.

"Um…" Elena coughs and she looks to the side and then back to my face. "The usual or anything you think I would need." She says instantly turning a bright red and I follow suite as I nod my head, and I get out of that shop like a bat out of hell. It wasn't bad enough that I had to ask her what she needed but now I was going to get it to.

So I walk around a bit before I find a pharmacy knowing that I would find every there. I grab a cart again as I start to make my way down each and every isle and I have absolutely no idea what I need to get, I mean seriously the only woman ever in my life was my mother and I didn't have to do shit like this for her.

So when the lovely assistant strolled over to me with a big smile asking me if I needed help I smiled and nodded like an idiot.

"Sir how can I help you?" she asks and I swear all you can see is teeth and lips nothing else.

"I need to buy some girly stuff." I say in a hushed voice and her eyes get really serious.

"For you daughter?" she asks and I almost fainted right then and there. Did I look old enough to have a fucking child?

"More like a girlfriend. She's moving in with me." I say and the girl start smiling brightly again, yes there it is, those teeth and lips.

"So the basics?" she asks and I'm not sure what that even means.

"More like everything from shampoo, to soap to a razor and everything that goes with it." I say in a hushed tone yet again.

"Sure thing! How about you go and check out some supplements or some manly stuff and I get everything ready?" she squealed and I just nodded my head as she darted of with my cart in tow, seems like she knew what she was doing. Good for her. So I could sit back and relax. I walk over to the magazines and look at them. Maybe I should get some for Elena. I know I like to read while taking a dump. I start to look at the different magazines. People, yes, Heat Mag, yes. You mag, yes. Cosmopolitan. Check, Billboard top 100, yes, Fair lady? Nope. Oh the new Men's health was out, I should get that. Sound and Wheels. Yes. Once I have an arm full of magazines for both of us I move to the medicine. I should get some cream for her back. More pain killers.

I quickly put in my request for the tablet I want, only being some pain killers, something for sinus, something for muscles, some cream and ointment. Some Savlon. Some gaze. I think that is about it. I turn around and the assistant is on her way to me, her cart almost overflowing with everything from hair treatments, to facial masks to lotions and was there make up?

"Is that everything?" I ask and the girl nods at me and she starts to usher me towards the pay point. I don't look at all the items that she placed in the cart so I just paid for them and placed them back in the cart as I went on my marry way. I would need to take this to the car as well before I could go and get Elena. She should be finished by the time I get back I mean it's been almost 2 hours. Holy fuck was it already two hours?

We had spent more time here then I intended. I take the cart going back to the car and putting the bags away. I take my time loading the bags into the car and then I stroll along the mall until I reach the hairdresser. Elena isn't in front of the mirror anymore and I have to look from side to side.

"Sir, she just went to the bathroom but you can pay." The lady offers and I just hand her my card not even looking at the total. I wait patiently for the transaction to be approved and I place my card back in my wallet. I look up and there she is. All smiles and there is even a sparkle in her eyes as she walks over to me, her fair brown hair now a shade lighter with darker streaks in between the strands. She didn't look like the girl I found so many days ago, scared and frightened.

She looked beyond beautiful as she looked up and her eyes met mine. "You like?" she asks and I don't know what type of question that was because I loved what she had done. She looked breath taking.

"Absolutely." I say smiling to the lady who had done this to her, she had her work cut out for her but she did great, I would come here again for her service. "It's well worth the money spent." I say and Elena is smiling from ear to ear.

She instantly looks away as soon as I hear her tummy grumble, looks like all this shopping made her hungry, but this place was getting crowded by the minute and I could see how anxious she was getting as she nervously looked around her every now and again.

As we turn for the door of the hair dresser the woman calls out. "Honey, he's a keeper, you should take care of that boy or someone will steal him away from you." I actually blush and Elena just smiles as she shakes her head. She gives the ladies in the shop one last wave and we are out the door in an instant.

"It's true, you are a keeper, and my savior." She almost whispers grabbing onto my arms. I feel a smile tug at my lips but I dare not look down or question what she had said. We decided to forgo lunch and we just got something to go. As soon as we got to the car Elena curled up into a small ball, today had taken more out of her then I imagined. On our way home I made one stop to pick up some pizza she had mentioned that she wanted pizza, and pizza is what she would get.