Chapter 25:

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Lilli woke up disoriented. It took a few seconds for her to recall the night before. She was currently lying in Damon's bed and wearing one of his black silk shirts. He lay beside her fast asleep.

They had gone back to his place the night before because Damon insisted that the first date would not be over due to a mere rain storm. Lilli showered in his bathroom and he had offered her a shirt that fell to her knees. She felt much better after she was warm and dry. Damon showered next and he wore a t-shirt and fresh jeans. They had spent the whole night talking, until they had fallen asleep. Lilli smiled, it was a remarkable night and she had learnt so much about him.

She had an idea. She quickly teleported to her bedroom in her house. She showered and put on a pair of jeans and a halter top. She chose a blue like Damon's eyes she thought, smiling. She grabbed a warm jacket and a pair of boots.

Lilli was in the kitchen making a fresh pot of coffee. It was still dark, so no one should be up. It was Sunday after all, the last day before school started for the boys. Lilli poured the coffee into a flask and put the flask of hot French blend into her back pack with cups. She listened intently, someone was trying to open the front door.

Lilli cautiously walked up behind them. It wasn't an intruder who meant the inhabitants of the house harm or the wards in place would repel them.

Lilli smiled, "Oooh! Bonnie Bennett doing the walk of shame!" she teased.

Bonnie paused, her hand on the door knob, she had been so close to freedom. She flinched and turned around. "Hi, Lilli!" she said, "I'm sorry. It's not what it looks like!" she blushed.

"I don't judge, Bonnie." Lilli said, trying to reassure the girl.

"Jeremy and I were just kind of re-connected, we spent all night just talking." Bonnie defended herself.

""That's good," Lilli replied, "It was about time that you guys decided to talk about how you feel. I understand, I spent last night doing something very similar," Lilli admitted.

"With who?" Bonnie asked, curious.

"With Damon." Lilli explained, "Speaking of which, I have to go finish our first date."

"Damon?" Bonnie asked, astonished.

"Yes," Lilli said, "I hope that's not a problem for you. I made him speak to Elena first before we went on our date."

Bonnnie shrugged, "If it's what you want." she said simply, she was in fact ecstatic that Elena had gotten away from the vampire. Bonnie thought that Elena could do so much better.

"Do you have your car? I'm just on my way out." Lilli said.

Bonnie shook her head, "I have my car here, thanks."

Lilli hugged her, "Okay, good. 'Bye Bonnie!" and she was gone.

Damon woke up to soft kisses on his cheek, "Damon, rise and shine." he didn't want to wake up, this was a nice dream. He turned his head. Lilli smiled, she changed tactics and placed soft butterfly kisses along his jaw. Still no response. She bit on his ear gently, he growled and finally opened his eyes.

Damon flinched, "Why is it so bright in my room and why do you have a halo Lilli?" he asked, as he lifted a finger to her face.

Lilli laughed, he was clearly in shock, "I don't have a halo, it's the sun, Damon. We aren't in your room anymore." she explained.

"What?" Damon asked, struggling to rise.

Lilli helped him up, "Careful!" she warned, "I don't want you plunging over the edge! I would probably catch you, but let's rather be safe."

Damon sat up, "Why are we sitting on a ledge?" he asked, looking around.

Lilli put the back pack beside her and poured coffee into the cups, she offered him a cup and he accepted. She handed him a jacket that she had grabbed from the back of the chair in his room. "Here put this on," she said. She handed him the jacket, she knew that he wasn't cold on account of the whole being undead thing, but still she thought he would look cold.

"Look around, Damon," She smiled, "Guess where we are?"

He turned and looked around, the run was rising and they appeared to be sitting on a ledge very high up. He looked down, there was mist so he couldn't see exactly where the ground was. He looked to the right and to the left of them, he saw stairs and more wall, the rising sun lighting up the stone to a beautiful rose red. "It's a wall of some kind?" he tried guessing.

Lilli laughed, "Try thinking about the only Wall that's visible from space?" she asked.

"Do you mean to tell me…" he trailed off, looking around in awe, wide awake now.

"Yes, we are currently watching the sun rise from the Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world." Lilli said.

"Wow!" Damon was at a loss for words, "I have never been here." he admitted.

"I figured," Lilli said, "So I thought this was a good way to end our first date, we could watch the sun rise on a new day."

Damon smirked, "So now you are trying to be more romantic than I am." he teased.

Lilli laughed, "No way, I wouldn't even try. After all the women that you have been with!" she scoffed.

Damon put an arm around her, "No one has ever done something like this for me before, Lilli." he said, softly.

"Well, then I am glad to be the first for something." Lilli replied, "Isn't it amazing?"

"It's so peaceful." Damon, sighed, breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the moment.

Lilli moved to open the back pack. "Here, I thought that you might be a little thirsty, you didn't feed last night or this morning." She handed him a silver flask.

He took the flask and sipped, "This is good! Not at all like the stuff we get from the hospital." he remarked.

"I used my links to the supernatural world, figured that I might as well keep some blood around, with all the vampires I've just met." Lilli said.

"You haven't offered me your blood yet?" Damon realized, "Why? Am I not as worthy as Eric Northman?" he teased.

Lilli smiled, "Damon, please! Eric Northman is a fictional character. If I had to offer you my blood, even a drop it would put you into a coma. Until the blood leaves your system you would be in a stasis." Lilli tried to explain as clearly as possible, since she did not want to hurt his feelings. "My blood is a source of light and life, your body wouldn't be able to handle it. As it is, I have to mask my scent around you. It would be too much for you."

Damon took all this in, "So if I was hurt, even then you wouldn't offer me your blood?" he asked.

Lilli shook her head, "I still wouldn't. But I have healing abilities, I am able to heal myself as well as others so I would be able to heal you." she replied.

"You've never shared blood?" Damon asked.

"Never!" Lilli stated firmly, "I couldn't ingest your blood, it would hurt me rather than help."

"You'd do it for Eric Northman, but not me?" he was a little jealous, even if it wasn't a real person that they were discussing.

Lilli tried hard not to smile, "But I get to kiss you and hold you, things I wouldn't do with Eric." She said hugging him.

Damon smiled, "That's true, I guess." he admitted, "And your scent, you mask it all the time?" he asked, he sniffed, he could still smell her scent so this is what she smelled like muted?

"I have to." Lilli explained, "It's too much for your sense of smell."

"I could handle it." Damon smirked.

Lilli shook her head, he could be quite stubborn, "No way, Damon. Not going to happen." she said.

"Please, Lilli. For me?" Damon asked, using his beautiful blue eyes for dramatic effect.

"Are you sure?" Lilli asked, this was so not a good idea.

"Absolutely!" Damon said, determined.

Lilli sighed, she took the flasks and put them in her bag, along with the cups. She took her warm jacket off, folded it and put it in the bag as well. Her arms rose in goosebumps in the cold fresh air, "Okay!" she said and she took opened herself to him, unmasking her scent.

Damon inhaled her scent, it was divine there was no other word for it. He inhaled, his eyes closed.

"Oh, crap!" Lilli said, as he fainted dead away and fell of the Wall. "This was what I was afraid off!" she grabbed the bag in on hand and leapt off the Wall after him.

She opened her wings so she would have leverage over the force of gravity that pushed and pulled at her. She surged forward, grabbing onto Damon who had just come too and he was terrified, she could see.

She got him, held him tight in her grasp as the ground rose up to meet them.

They landed with a soft smack on his bed, in his room.

"You scream like a girl." Lilli laughed.

"No, I don't." Damon said, but he was laughing too.

The door burst open, Stefan stormed in, his hair tousled, "What the hell? Damon?" he asked, clearly having woken up in a panic at all the noise. Lilli stood up off the bed and put her back pack on the floor.

"Sorry, Stefan." Lilli apologized, "Your brother was screaming like a girl because he fell." she laughed.

"In my defense, Stefan," Damon said, trying to redeem himself, "I fell off the Great Wall of China."

"What?" Stefan asked, in shock.

"Well," Lilli explained, "I took Damon there to finish our date, to watch the sunrise. He wanted to see what my scent smelt like, I showed him and then he fainted, off the Wall."

"Am I dreaming? I must be dreaming, this sounds like a dream?" Stefan muttered.

"No, brother." Damon tried to reassure him, "It's real! I was there, it was amazing."

"Did you get pictures?" Stefan asked, he was genuinely interested.

"No, I didn't think of that." Lilli admitted, that was a good idea.

"Is your scent that strong for a vampire to take?" Stefan asked.

"Yes," Lilli admitted, "Look at the fainting vampire still unable to walk." she gestured at Damon.

"Please!" Damon scoffed, "I am totally fine."

Lilli frowned, "Okay, if you say so. Well, I'm leaving, I am going to have breakfast with the boys at home." and with that she left.

Stefan smiled at his brother, who had closed his eyes and lay on his bed. "I think that you have finally met your match, Damon." he was pleased. Lilli was a wonderful person and Damon needed to feel loved like this.

Damon smiled, a rare true smile, "I know," he admitted, "I am lucky! What did I do, Stefan, to deserve this?" he asked softly, doubting his value. After everything he had done in his life, how did he find an Angel to care for him.

Stefan frowned, he didn't want his brother to have doubts, "I don't know what you did to get her, just don't do anything stupid to lose her!" Stefan knew how his brother sabotaged himself sometimes.

"I won't," Damon promised, "This time I won't mess up." he swore.