Damon's POV

It's been about a week after Elena had her first drink. She has come to terms with drinking blood even though she gags every time, other than that everything else has been fine. It's been so peaceful up here. Elena has been nothing but smiles since we've arrived. Everyone has been giving us our space to deal.

"Damon." Elena breaks my train of thought.

"Yes, love."

"What are you thinking about?"

"Just about how lucky I am." I reply with my famous smirk.

"We are pretty lucky. I mean other than people wanting to kidnap me and our child."

"You know I will never let that happen."

"I know it's just scary to think about."

"I know. That's why we're here." I gesture out the window.

She smiles and snuggles up to me by the fire.

"I don't know what I'd do with out you Damon."

"Well... You wouldn't be hiding out here for one and your life wouldn't be in danger."

"Damon. I love you. And I love that we're going to be having a baby together. Whether or not someone is trying to destroy our family. We're in this together and it's more than I could ever ask for."

"Elena..."

"Don't say anything. Just sit and enjoy this moment with me."

I smile and just hold her. "I love you, Elena." I kiss her forehead and we watch the fire and listen to it crackle and pop.

Elena's POV

I love the smell of a fire. Its just so enticing. The sounds are calming and romantic. It makes me forget about what's going on around me. It brings me to a place where it's peaceful and quiet. The sound of my stomach growling breaks me out of my little happy place.

"Sounds like someone's hungry." Damon jokes.

"I guess so," I reply with a smile. We get up and make our way to the kitchen.

"There's the love birds right now." Jeremy smiles and pushes a chair out beside him.

"Hi Jere. What's good to eat?"

"We have party mix..." he says nonchalantly.

"Mmm sounds good to me." I say as I grab a handful and start eating.

I start to smell something delicious and it causes my mouth to water. I look around and Damon is in the kitchen cooking something.

"What are you cooking?" I ask licking my lips. "Smells delicious."

"Pineapple and chicken kabobs." He says with a chuckle. "Elena, you're not eating for just yourself anymore. You need to eat something healthier than chex mix."

"That's why I keep you around." I joke.

"Oh I'm sure thats the only reason." He playfully smacks my behind.

"Damon!" I half yell/whisper.

"What?" he whispers back, catching my glance at Jeremy. "He already knows we have sex Elena. I mean come on." He starts rubbing my tummy. "It's obvious."

I could feel my face grow hot with embarassment. Of course he would know. "I still don't want to do things like that in front of him. He's my brother, Damon. It's weird. I don't want to see him and Bonnie do things like that."

"Okay I see your point. I'll keep it in my pants...until we get back into our room that is."

He smirks. I could feel myself grow warm at the thought.

"I suggest that you hurry then." I smirk back and wink.

I make my way back to the table. "How have you been feeling?" Bonnie asks.

"I feel fine. It's been a little crazy with all of my cravings but that's to be expected. How are you liking the vacation?"

They laugh. "It's so beautiful here. I'll admit it, I thought the place would be a dump. And I can gladly say that I was wrong."

"That's what I thought too. It's so peaceful and calming. It's going to be a winter wonderland when the snow starts to fall."

"Here you are madame." Damon jokes setting the plate in front of me.

"Mmm, it smells amazing." I ate while I listened to everyone's conversation, chiming in whenever my mouth wasn't full.

After about ten minutes everyone was making their way to their rooms. Damon grabs my hand and leads me to the door and leads me outside. That's when I notice the big basket that Damon is carrying. It has a lid so it's concealing the contents inside.

"Where are we going?" I ask trying to hide my excitement.

"It's a surprise."

"I do love surprises."

He leads me to a small opening in the trees which turns into a path. My excitement growing every five minutes. We were making our way further from the house. The trail starts grow steeping leading us up and over a hill. After about twenty minutes or so we reach our destination and I was out of breath. I was taken a back when I looked out of the mountains. The view was nothing like I've seen before. "Damon..." I gasp.

He led me a large open field. The grass was bright green. The smell of the pine trees filled my nose. I basked on the last bit of sun before it was about to set. You could see other mountains from here, a big lake sat at the bottom of the mountain separating this one from the another. Tree lines stretched as far as the eye could see. Big open fields were seen in between trees. And the sky... big fluffy clouds that I could almost touch. It was beyond gorgeous. I looked back at Damon who was sitting on a blanket next to a giant pillow. How did he get all of this to fit in that basket? I thought. He smiles. As he taps the blanket beside him.

"The sun is about to set. Hurry up, you won't want to miss it."

I plopped down beside him and he wraps his arm around my side, pulling me closer.

The season cast an orange haze above the horizon, lighting up the sky as if lit by fire, yet the haze was so crisp and clear.

The sun, like a large, granduer orange fireball in the distance was partially cloaked by the hanging clouds, which were all splashed with the random colors of hot pinks, reds and even hints of purple and blue. The sun was so large that I felt as if I could almost touch it.

The sun which had it's time to shine for the time it was given as it sunk lower and lower in a lazy manner; almost as if it never wanted to leave. The multi colored sky looked amazing as the sun slowly descended down once more for the moon to rise. The beauty of it all was breathtaking. I gasped at it's beauty wishing to stay in this moment in time forever. I look back at Damon and he is lost in the moment like I was. It was almost as beautiful as watching the sunset. I've never seen him like this, peaceful and serene. I have just seen a new side to Damon. Damon has changed so much from the time I first met him. He's become a better man and will be a great father to our child.

"What are you looking at?" Damon must've caught me staring at him.

"The love of my life." I reply kissing his lips.