~Promise Me This~Damon Salvatore~Ch. 11
~I Can See It In Your Eyes~
Abby sighed, the pout on her face making her bottom lip pooch out as she allowed Damon to drag her into the grill.
Damon stopped, turning to give her his sexiest lopsided grin "Don't give me that pout, little girl. I could hear your stomach growling a mile away. I know you're hungry." he informed her as he waged his finger in her face.
"That's not far. You have super hearing. You could hear my stomach growl even when I can't." She informed him, still pouting.
Damon smiled, wrapping his arm around her waist as he once again started leading her towards a table. "Come on, I'll buy you a chicken sandwich."
Abby couldn't help but smile a little as she rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm tired." She told him, like he didn't already know that. She'd been sleeping since they'd gotten back into town.
"Abby, you've been asleep for almost an entire day." Damon told her, once again stopping so he could look at her. He knew she could feel his concern, but he wanted her to see it as well. "Its freaking me out a little, okay?"
Abby didn't say anything, simply looked into his eyes.
"I know you're not trying too. But if anything happens to you…" He cut himself off, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He opened his eyes and looked into hers. "I need you to take care of yourself, Abby." He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a hug that she returned. "I can't lose you."
She nodded, forcing a smile to her lips as she pulled out of the hug. Looking into his eyes, Abby's little hand slipped up to caress his cheek. "I promise I'll take better care of myself so I can stay with you as long as I possibly can."
Damon smiled, slipping her hand from his cheek and giving it a kiss. "You better." He told her, making her chuckle. He proceeded to lead her to a table where they both sat down and waited for their waitress so they could order food.
x-X-x
Abby stood at the bar of the grill waiting for Ryan to come back with her schedule for work that week with a sigh. Her nails clicking on the bar top as she waited.
"Abby!" Elena and Bonnie called, as they walked over to her.
Abby turned, giving her friends a forced smile as her nails continued to click on the counter.
"I've been so worried!" Elena informed her, wrapping her arms around her cousin. "I tried to come and see you but Damon said you were sleeping and he wouldn't let me wake you." She told her, not hiding her frustration.
Abby nodded, her foot beginning to do an impatient dance as she waited for Damon to come back from talking to Alaric.
"Are you okay?" Bonnie asked, looking at Abby with a lifted eyebrow.
"Fine. Why?" she asked, clinching her hand into a fist to stop her nails from clicking on the bar anymore.
"You look different." She informed her, squinting her eyes as if trying to get a clearer picture. "You're aura…"
"You see Auras?" Abby asked lifting an eyebrow.
"No. Not usually. But yours is so… its like its missing a peace. And its shining as bright as it can so it can be found..."
Abby scrunched her brow in confusion. "You're freaking me out right now…"
"Or maybe its…" she started but cut herself off, her eyes going wide as Damon came up and wrapped his arm around Abby's shoulders.
Her body instantly relaxed. Her hand unclenched and her foot stopped bouncing.
"Its you." Bonnie said, looking at Damon in shock. "How did you do it?"
"Do what?" Damon asked, lifting an eyebrow as he leaned down to press his lips to the top of Abby's head.
A smile pulled at her lips, as she rested her head on his shoulder. He made her feel so much better.
"Here you go, Abby." Ryan said, setting a piece of paper with her work schedule written on it down on the bar beside her.
Abby gave him a small nod and a smile. "Thanks." She told him quietly as she slipped the piece of paper into her pocket.
Ryan nodded, giving her a little wave before getting back to work.
"Can we go?" Abby asked, still feeling tired.
Damon gave her a smile and a nod. "Sure."
"No, don't!" Bonnie ordered, reaching out to grab Abby's arm only to feel her wrist being squeezed to near breaking by Damon who caught her first.
"You don't touch her." Damon growled, his defensiveness for Abby turning his eyes red and throwing both Elena and Bonnie back a step.
"Damon…" Abby said, just above a whisper. "Let her go." her hand came up to his arm in that moment and he turned to face her. "Shhh.." She whispered, practically hearing all his thoughts running through her own mind.
She knew he just wanted to keep her safe. That he wouldn't let Bonnie or anyone else touch her if she didn't want then too. And she also knew if she didn't calm him his anger would get the better of him, like it had a tendency to do.
"Its okay." she told him, her hand coming up to touch his cheek. "I'm okay. We're okay, everything is okay.." She told him, watching as his eyes went back to their normal beauty at her words.
Damon took in a deep breath, letting his forehead fall gently onto hers.
Abby smiled, her arms wrapping around his neck as she hugged him to her and pressed her lips gently to his.
"Holy fuck…" Bonnie's voice cut through the moment, causing another, less animalistic growl to escape Damon.
"What's your problem, witch?" he growled, forcing himself to look away from Abby to Bonnie.
"You're bonded!" Bonnie declared, shock obvious in her tone.
"Bonded?" Abby and Damon asked at the same time, both lifting eyebrows.
"Holy shit…" Bonnie mumbled, staring at the two in disbelief.
"Bonnie, what are you talking about? What does that mean?" Elena asked, finally joining the conversation again.
"It…It means there's another witch in town." She told them, "And with the magic they had to of used to create this…we're screwed."
An: hey guys! Thanks for all the great reviews! I just sat down and read them today and I wanted to do something special since you guys were so nice to write me… so I decided to sit down and make myself write for you. Do you like? :) i know its a little short...but i wanted to get it up today... Things will hopefully be kicking off pretty soon in the story…so I hope you like! it's a bit of cut off I know, but the suspense is fun. :D and I'll try and update again soon. Thanks again SO much for the reviews. I love hearing from you guys! Thank you!
