Chapter 9 it's never quite normal with us
Damon was sleeping in the chair by Elena's bedside the next morning when Bonnie showed up.
"Wake up." She said shaking him.
"Did you find something?" he asked.
Bonnie nodded."I found a spell that will let me see her most recent and strongest memories. They might not come in order and might be kind of confusing. But if Elena remembers the spell we will know how to break it."
"I asked Alaric to come over and help too." Bonnie said motioning to Alaric coming in behind he with some coffee's.
"What about Stefan?" Damon asked.
"He's not here." Bonnie shrugged.
"Still not back from his date with girlfriends great, great, great grandmother?" Damon said raising his eyebrows.
"Didn't you sleep with said great grandmother too?" Alaric.
"Over 100 years ago." Damon muttered.
"Not to mention her mother." Alaric added thoughtfully.
"Well had you been doing a better job keeping her satisfied maybe she wouldn't have sought me out." Damon snapped.
"Guys honestly now is not the time." Bonnie grunted. "Listen up, I'm going to try to say out loud what I hear and see and you guys write it down because I will be getting so many flashes and images that I can only remember bits and pieces of what I actually pick up. I will call out the most important things and you need to write it down in case I forget."
She handed them each a note pad and pen.
"Elena might be mad about this.." Bonnie warned them. "We're going to be picking up things in her subconscious that she may or may not want known. So we are going to have to find a way to explain this to her."
"Let's deal with that later." Damon said grimacing.
"Okay." Bonnie said closing her eyes she begun chanting as she held unto Elena's hand. Damon watched as Bonnie's face fluttered slightly. She stopped chanting and seemed to be concentrating.
"She feels trapped." Bonnie said. " She can't move. But she can hear people talking. Bits and pieces.."
"She wants to answer and she can't. Her mouth won't move and Her eyes wont open." Bonnie continued. "She's really scared"
Damon's eyes widened.
"I can feel her emotions too." Bonnie said looking really scared. "She's hearing someones voice it sounds like her. It must be Katherine..'If you would have just done things my way'...'Oh well the truth will come out when you wake up'."
Ric was taking furious notes and Damon watched Bonnie's face she looked terrified. He took Elena's other hand and watched as Bonnie's face seemed to calm down.
"She just relaxed a little." Bonnie murmured closing her eyes and concentrating.
"She's hearing a lot of commotion. I can hear you and Stefan. Your telling her to wake up. She's feels frustrated she's trying so hard but she can't.
She opened her eyes. "Everything went black. I think her subconscious was in and out at that point in her memory."
"That was after Katherine compelled her?" Damon asked.
"Yeah it had to be. She was awake but she couldn't move." Alaric said looking at his notes.
"What about this truth when you wake up thing?' Damon wondered.
Bonnie shrugged helplessly. "Maybe I should try again?
"Damon hold her hand with me this time. I think it might bring back stronger memories." Bonnie instructed.
He tightened his hold as Bonnie started to chant again.
Bonnie felt the darkness Elena was in again but there was more warmth there now.
"'I'm so sorry Elena'." Bonnie said. "Stefan voice's..'I love you'."
"We went forward you need to go back." Damon said looking nervous.
"Shh." Ric hushed him.
"She feels his lips on her forehead. But she still cant move. She feels sad." Tears started streaming down Bonnie's face.
"I'm getting flooded with memories." Bonnie said her face flushed and her heart elevated.
"What? What are they?" Damon asked.
"Their all you.. your face. She's picturing your face." Bonnie said. "It's flashes of moments she had with you but it's to fast..."
"She's remembering voices now." Bonnie said calming down a little.
"'Because he's in love with you', A woman's voice..'Your going to know the truth when you wake up.''I'm doing you a favour Elena. You love Damon.' That sounded like Elena but off it was Katherine." Bonnie said concentrating as Elena kept seeing images and voices quickly.
"'Your drawn to him'...that was Stefan.."
Bonnie smiled slightly. "Ah..."
"What?" Damon asked sitting there open mouthed his pen in the air but nothing written on his paper as if he would forget a moment of this.
"She's remembering the dance she had with you. She got really emotional. She kind of swooned." Bonnie said.
"I wanted it to be real." Bonnie said. "She's desperate she wants to wake up."
Bonnie's heart started racing again.
"She can hear your voice now." Bonnie's eyes opened.
"Your too feisty to be that really". Bonnie repeated Damon's earlier words to Elena. "She wants to smile but her mouth won't move.
"I'm sorry for my part in this." Bonnie said. "She's trying so hard to wants to tell you something"
"A kiss between us would be so much more then that. I know your not mine and you would probably be telling me friends don't kiss or something right now." Bonnie said her face suddenly flushing.
"She's struggling to wake up. She wants to tell you that it's you. That your the one." Bonnie said.
Her eyes flickered for a moment. Alaric and Damon exchanged nervous looks.
"Your so tired. You just want to sleep. Sleep Elena..." Bonnie said suddenly. "That was Katherine! Elena is remembering Katherine's spell... The only way your going to wake up is if the man you love truly love kisses you."
Bonnie's eyes snapped open again and she breathed heavily feeling exhausted.
"Oh my gosh." Bonnie said flustered. "I just lived the moment my best friend realized she's in love with Damon. In her head. That was beyond weird."
"So now Damon kisses her and she wakes up?" Alaric asked looking bewildered.
"Like some kind of twisted fairytale." Bonnie said her eyes wide and her face still flushed.
"This is insane." Ric said looking over at Damon who was just staring down at Elena in shock.
"So I guess.. we go and let the evil prince kiss the girl and save the day then?" Ric said scratching his head.
"Seems that way." Bonnie said shuffling to her feet. She noticed Damon still hadn't taken his eyes off Elena. She rolled her eyes at Ric and they left the bedroom shutting the door behind them.
"This is it." Damon said nervously stroking her cheek.
"I kind of pictured you awake for this." He said smiling softly. "It's never quite normal with us is it?"
"You better not slap me this time." He said smiling again before leaning down and lightly pressing his lips to felt the warmth radiate through his own lips instantly and smiled against her mouth. He felt her heart beat quicken for the first time since she been put in this coma like state.
"Elena." He whispered against her mouth. He felt her lips start to move against his so softly he would hardly feel them if it wasn't for the warmth radiating from them. He brushed her hair back from both sides of her face and kissed her fully being tender and soft. She responded instantly her lips moving in pace with his.
He felt her raise her head up too deepen the kiss and carefully cradled the back of her head. Feeling the soft strands of her hair glide through his fingers. He deepened the kiss and she responded instantly. Moaning softly from beneath him. Damon suddenly felt as if the world has disappeared all he could see, smell and feel was Elena. This fragile little human girl who filled him with warmth and life from a kiss. He felt her small arms wrap around his neck as she responded eagerly and passionately to him.
He pulled back slightly and looked at her flushed face her eyes still closed.
"Open your eyes Elena." He said leaning down and kissing each eyelid gently.
"Damon." She said her voice hoarse. Her brown sleepy eyes gazing into his intense blue ones with wonder. "I have to tell.." She grabbed her throat and Damon quickly handed her a water glass.
"Here drink this." He said still holding her head and helping her sip slowly from the glass. She started to guzzle the water and started coughing. He helped her sit up and patted her back gently.
"Slowly baby." He said holding the glass to her lips again. "You've been asleep for a long time."
"It felt like forever." She whispered.
"I know." He said kissing her forehead she wrapped her arms around his neck again and he pulled her close holding her small body next to his. "I wish I would have figured it out sooner."
"You figured out the spell? Or did Katherine tell you?" She asked.
"Bonnie helped me. I'll explain later." He said casually. Tucking a hair behind her ear. He just couldn't stop touching her.
"So you know then." Elena said looking nervous. "You kissed me and I woke up.. you know what that means right?"
"I would like to hear the actual words." Damon said smiling.
"So would I." Elena said coyly.
"You have heard them." He countered.
"Not from you." She said quietly.
"Elena." he said softly his eyes full of compassion and love. "I love you with everything I've got. You mean more to me then anything in this world. You alone brought out my humanity after 146 years. You make me want to care made things matter again. You make me want to be a better man. I want so badly to deserve you and I know I don't. But I swear if you just let me.. I'll do everything and anything for you."
"Damon." She said her eyes brimming with tears. "You do deserve me. You have proven yourself to me over and over again. This change in you is because it was always in you. I always saw it. You deserve love and I love you. I pushed it down, I fought it, I even tried ignoring it. But I never could. I won't anymore."
"Why did you fight it?" He asked curiously.
"More then one reason." She sighed. "Stefan for one, I didn't want to hurt him. I didn't want to become Katherine. And most of all I was just scared."
"Scared of me?" Damon said looking upset.
"No. not like that." Elena explained. "It was just.. I'm only seventeen. Your a man. It's a little intimidating. The feeling between us these electric moments we always seem to have. They are so intense. I never felt like that with anyone before. Like I could lose myself and forget everything. It scared me."
His face relaxed as understanding washed over his features. "I know. It scared me too."
"Nothing scares you." Elena said smiling.
"Not true." He said kissing her cheek softly. "There's this cute little human girl I know. She packs a hell of a slap."
She giggled and curled into him. "I love you and I'm not scared anymore. I want to lose myself in you. But I still want to have my life. You know my last year of school and my friends."
"Elena.. I'm not going to drag you off to some dark castle never to be heard from again. We can stay here for as long as you want. I don't hate it here." Damon said kissing her head and pulling her in tighter. Surprised at how natural it was after keeping his distance for so long.
"Will you try to get along with my friends?" She asked.
He cringed slightly. "I'll try.. actually Bonnie's on team Damon so that's a good start."
"I heard part of that conversation." Elena murmured.
"How much do you remember from when you were out?" He asked.
"It's all kind of mixed up and in bits and pieces. I couldn't always tell what was real and what was a dream. But before you kissed me... something weird happened. I heard a lot of noise and I could like feel Bonnie and then you with me. It was really strange. I kind of blacked out and then I felt your lips.." Elena explained looking at his lips as she said it. Lust glazing over her deep brown eyes.
"That's all the invitation I need," Damon said closing the distance and kissing her passionately. Elena wrapped her body into his and responded eagerly. Feeling more alive then she ever had. His arms tightened around her pulling her body into his. She looked up into his eyes and didn't think. She just let herself get lost in his eyes this time. He smiled and gazed back at her lovingly. When he leaned down to kiss her again he didn't break eye contact.
Elena felt her heart stop when his lips met her while still looking deeply into her eyes. She flushed heavily at the lust in his eyes that gazed at her while he kissed her. Her heart was fluttering rapidly she could feel the world just fade to black and all she wanted was more of him. She loved the the smell of him, the feel of him, the taste, It stirred up a passion she had never felt. Eventually she drew back and took a deep breath.
"I forgot to let you breath." He said breathing heavily himself.
"And I thought the first kiss was amazing." Elena whispered looking awed.
"It's me and you now kitten." He said playing with a strand of her hair. "It's just going to get better and better."
I couldn't torture you any longer! I hope the kiss was worth the wait! Please review!
