Chapter 13 – a holiday full of cheer and fear.
Damon's POV
I woke up with Katherine in my arms. She was still asleep. I threw on some sweat pants and a shirt being careful not to wake her. I walked into the Taylor and Mason's room. They were awake and sitting up. I would have to get them beds with side rails because a crib wasn't really that necessary for them because they were growing up a little too fast. Didn't they know they had forever? I brought them downstairs and made them some bacon which I had to break into really small pieces. I ran up and woke Julian and Juliet. They ate a huge break feast. Next Bryce and Jenny came down followed by Pat so I got them all break feast. The only other person up was Elena who was feeding her babies. Kat was still passed out and I didn't even know what was up with Stefan. I got some blood and drank it then placed a bag on the dresser for when Katherine woke up. She looked so peaceful. I didn't want to wake her but Taylor stumbled in the room and tugged at her arm. Her eyes opened. "Hey buddy." She pulled him up onto the bed. Mason followed in and I placed him next to Katherine. Julian and Juliet ran in about five seconds later jumping on the filled bed. "Happy birthday Mom!" She looked surprised. I laughed. "You forgot didn't you love?" I asked. She laughed. "Completely. How did you know?" I sighed. "Like I told you before, I know everything about you." I kissed her and lay next to her wrapping my arm around her. Mason was bouncing up and down. I laughed. "Settle down Mase." He stopped bouncing.
I got up and pulled two little velvet boxes out of my dresser and passes her them. She took them. "You didn't have to do this." I smirked evilly. "This is just the beginning." She sighed. I kissed her forehead. She opened the diamond necklace I had Bonnie make into a day walking necklace. And then the diamond ring. She hugged me tightly it almost crushed me. She was getting ready to change the twins. "Nope, you are not lifting a finger today." She sighed again and walked down stairs where Stefan and Elena gave her I gift I didn't really pay attention to. I got the twins dressed in the new Louis Veitton baby collection. I liked my boys to look dashing. We went downstairs and watched television with Kat. The twins started fighting until Mason picked up a plastic block and threw it at Taylor. "Hey now!" I picked Mason up, and put him in the time out crib we now need again. Juliet and Julian were always well behaved and never needed it, but with these to trouble-making, and mischievous twins, there was always one of them in it. They never cried when we put them in it because they knew they were being punished.
Katherine picked Taylor up, there was a red mark on his forehead with a little bit of blood running from it. "Hey Julian can you get me a band-aid?" "Sure mom." Julian got a band-aid from the kitchen and passed it to Katherine. She gently placed it on his head. I hadn't realized my face had shifted until the blood was covered and I shifted back. "Maybe you should get some blood in you Damon." Katherine pointed out. "I already had a full bag." Just then it happened. "Damon what happened." Katherine pointed to the blood seeping through my white shirt. "Nothing happened, I never got injured." I lifted my shirt to see a gash on my side, and another one was opening. I fell to the floor in pain. Stefan came running in. Everything went dark, and I was passed out.
I hadn't recovered until at least three hours later. Opening my eyes hurt a little, but I seen Katherine right beside me. I was back on my bed in the Salvatore boarding house. "What happened?" She looked at me strange. "Tyler Lockwood bit you. And I brought you Klaus' blood for the cure. Was my life before a dream, it couldn't be. Then Katherine drove a stake right through my heart, and I woke up gasping for air. Stefan and Katherine grabbed me. A wound over my heart was opening. What was happening to me? I screamed in pain as a new wound would open, it continued all night. I needed to get better for my kids first Christmas. Elena took all the kids to stay at their mansion. Alaric came running into my room and shoved something down my throat. I heard him say morphine. About an hour later I tried standing up when nobody was paying attention. I stumbled out my bedroom door and to my surprise; I made it all the way to the tree line in the backyard. Stefan and Katherine both grabbed one of my arms. "Where are you going?" Stefan demanded. "Somewhere cold, I am to warm." I explained quite weakly. It was so painful, worse than the wolf bite. "Damon the house heater is off and its winter. Come on inside." Katherine and Stefan were dragging me into the house, I struggled.
Before we reached the house, we heard Latin chants. Stefan turned to see a man that was a witch, who was cursing me, Stefan lunged at him. He took Stefan down then Kat go him with an attack where she snapped his neck. I was dragged into the house and pushed onto my bed. Stefan placed the back of his hand checking my temperature. I could tell it was going down. About 12pm the next day I woke up, a little sore but I woke. I was in my Italian mansion not the boarding house. I only swung me feet over the edge and placed my feet down when Katherine bolted in the room. "Please be careful," she commanded. "I am perfectly fine," I announced proudly. "Mhmm." She placed her hand on my shoulder and I flinched with a burning pain. "You still need some time to heal Damon. Please lie down." She gently laid me back but I pulled her into the empty spot next to me. I kissed her for awhile. "Who was that guy last night?" she looked away which made me sit up. "Klaus?" I asked. She nodded. "I think so." I sighed, pulling her back down with me.