When Elena woke the next morning she wasn't alone, and frankly she didn't want to be. The strong arms wrapped around her from behind held her in a way the made her feel like she never wanted to leave the bed. She turned over and stared at the man sleeping next to her, seeing now how beautiful he was laying there, something she had not thought of last time she woke in the same bed as him.
Jenna and Alaric had not come home until late the night before, and in their absence Damon and Elena had spent the entire afternoon and night together, ordering pizza and watching a movie, ending up not really watching it, since Damon kept her busy with other things like, well, him.
Elena carefully got out of Damon's arms and snuck off to the bathroom. She stopped by the stairs and listened, but she could hear Alaric snoring from Jenna's bedroom and it seemed quiet downstairs.
When she came back from the bathroom she listened again, and since it was still quiet she decided to surprise Damon with breakfast. She walked down the stairs as quietly as she could and got to the kitchen, where she got the ingredients for pancakes out and started. She was not a brilliant cook and pancakes was really the only breakfast she could think of to give him. She was just putting the first one on the plate when she felt strong arms curl around her waist from behind and someone kissed her cheek. She giggled and turned around, kissing him on the lips, forgetting all about the pancakes.
However after a few minutes Damon pulled away.
"Elena you're burning your food!" he exclaimed and quickly grabbed her pan and moved it from the stove. The pancake was almost black.
"Well, you occupied me!" Elena protested.
"I think it's better if I do this, you just sit down and relax" he grabbed her by the arms and pushed her towards a chair by the table.
"But I was going to surprise you"
Damon laughed. "Well, if your big surprise breakfast is burned pancakes, I'm better off, sorry babe"
"I wanna help" she insisted.
"Are you capable of making coffee?" Damon asked and she nodded. "You do that then"
Just as Elena put the steaming hot coffee on the table Damon flipped the last pancake onto a plate and carried it over to the table were they sat down facing each other. None of them said anything, but the silence wasn't at all awkward, but comforting. Damon reached over and took Elena's plate and started putting pancakes on it. Elena looked around for some syrup or jam or something to have with the pancakes.
"I didn't know where you kept it, so I just made the pancakes" Damon said as if he could read her mind.
"That's fine" Elena smiled. "I'll go get some of everything"
She got up and walked over to the cupboards on the wall over the sink. She opened one of them and realized that the jar of peanut butter was on the top shelf. She got up on her toes, trying to reach, but it was impossible. She heard Damon laugh from the table and heard him get up from his chair. She turned around and moved a bit so he could reach up and get the jar for her. He smiled and handed it to her, she grabbed it and tuned to go back to the table, but he stopped her and pulled her to him and kissed her. He put his arms around her waist and turned them around, pushing her against the wall.
"Oh my God!"
Elena and Damon flew apart when they heard Jenna's voice. She stood in the doorway to the kitchen and behind her was Alaric who looked equally shocked. Elena looked around, feeling her cheeks grow redder and warmer by the second. She quickly looked at Damon and found him standing there, smirking.
"Well, I must say" Damon started. "For once in your life Ric, you were right. I can't stay away from Elena"
"Why am I the only one who is surprised by this?" Jenna turned to glare at Alaric who just stood there smirking.
"Well Jenna these two have been hanging around each other at campus for a while now. I actually brought Damon here to get to stop getting drunk over Elena every day. And it wouldn't surprise me if Elena went here to get away from him too" Alaric looked incredibly amused when Elena's face confirmed his theory.
Jenna still looked completely shocked. "You mean you're both here to get away from each other and now we find you making out all over my kitchen, which by the way is completely gross"
"Well Jenna what can I say? The body wants what the body wants." Damon smirked. Jenna glared at him and he softened and put his arm around Elena. "And I guess it's what the heart wants as well…" he said a bit insecure. Elena beamed at him and put her head on his shoulder.
"Then I only have one more thing to say" Jenna said and walked up close to Damon, staring him in the face. "If you hurt her, I will kill you."
"Yes Ma'am" Damon quickly replied.
Hello guys! Long time no see. My life is crazy right now with school and other stuff. I'm trying to direct a musical with very little money and so on. I'm sorry this chapter is short but I'm working on the next one already so I hope you wont hate me. Hope you enjoyed!
