So this is my swallowing my pride
Standing in the front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time
Back to December by Taylor Swift
Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I just like playing with the characters :]
A/N: Okay, so first off, I loved Masquerade last night! It was amazing! Now, if you're reading my other stories. I promise to update them really soon, I've just been really busy lately J But anyway, here's the next chapter to this story, I might be ending it soon, I don't know, I'm going to let this story find it's natural ending, so, I'll let you know which chapter is the last one once I figure it out :] xoxo, Avril
Chapter Twenty Six: Moving On
Elena was under layers and layers of blankets in the bed. She was freezing cold and it was getting cold outside in Mystic Falls, the beginning of November was the start of the extreme cold here. She realized she was snuggled up to a pillow instead of Damon who was sleeping on the other side of her under all the blankets too, she didn't think vampires got cold, but apparently Damon did. She smiled a little at the sight of him and snuggled up to him. That seemed to wake him up and he opened his eyes and smiled at Elena.
"Morning" He said
"Morning" She said
Damon looked around a little and saw that him and Elena were practically buried alive under all the blankets he brought in here for her last night. He threw a couple blankets off so there weren't so many and that's when he noticed just how cold it was.
"It's cold enough to snow out there" Damon said and pulled the blankets up
"I know, Jenna said that it was supposed to snow soon" Elena sighed
"Isn't it a bit early for Mystic Falls to get snow?" Damon asked
"Apparently not this year" Elena sighed
"Great, snow" Damon said
"You don't like the snow?" Elena asked
"After being alive for 169 years Elena, I've seen enough snow to hold me over for the rest of eternity" Damon said
"I love the snow" Elena smiled
"I still hate it" Damon said "It's cold and wet and just…annoying"
"Killjoy" Elena said "You've been bonding with Stefan too much" Elena laughed a little
"Don't compare me to Stefan like that again" Damon grumbled "I am not a killjoy"
"Sure, Stefan starts being fun and you turn into the killjoy in a matter of a few months" Elena said "Maybe I should go be with Stefan" Elena said playfully
"Don't even think about it" Damon said and got on top of Elena and playfully growled at her and kissed her neck where he bit her last night "I'm still the fun brother"
"The last time I saw fun Damon was last night in this room after about two weeks of grouchy Damon" Elena said and put her hands on the side of Damon's face and pulled him closer to her lips so she could kiss him "You have been become the responsible brother again" Elena laughed
"Well, I'm just gonna have to fix that" Damon smiled and kissed Elena's neck again and she kept giggling.
"Not right now Damon" Elena said and gently pushed him off of her "I have to go help Caroline today over at her house"
"What are you doing with her anyway?" Damon asked
"Helping her move, remember" Elena said
"…Move where?" Damon asked confused
"Seriously what do you and Stefan talk about?" Elena asked "Move into the Boarding House, remember. It's temporarily, only a few days since Liz is going away, someone in her family is sick and she doesn't want Caroline home alone, but Caroline refuses to go anywhere, so, Liz asked Stefan to keep an eye on Caroline for a few days"
"She's awfully trusting of my brother, isn't she?" Damon asked
"Caroline may have compelled her a little to stay there" Elena smiled
"I don't know what you girls see in Stefan" Damon sighed
"Hey, I love you, remember?" Elena asked
"Mhmm, a few months ago that was Stefan" Damon said
"Well, it's not a few months ago anymore. It's November and I'm all yours" Elena said
"Good to know" Damon smiled and got off of Elena and laid down next to her again and Elena sat up in bed and felt just how cold it was
"You sure the heat is on?" Elena asked and started rubbing her arms to warm herself up
"I put it on last night before we went to bed and checked it an hour ago, it's running" Damon said "It's just that cold out"
"I'm surprised it hasn't started snowing already" Elena sighed and got out of bed, grabbed her clothes from Damon's closet "I'm going in the shower to warm up a little" Elena said
"I know a couple ways to warm up other than the shower" Damon said with a smirk
"I don't wanna hear them" Elena said and kissed Damon on the cheek and walked out of the room and down the hall to the bathroom.
Damon heard her turn the shower on and get into the shower. He was thinking of going in there with her when her cell phone went off. He reached over and saw who was calling Elena already, it was Bonnie.
"Hello?" Damon answered with a smirk on his face
"Damon, where's Elena?" Bonnie sighed and asked
"In the shower, what do you want?" Damon asked
"Never mind, I'll call her later" Bonnie said
"Aw, you can tell me Bonnie. I thought we were friends" Damon said sarcastically
"We're not friends. I tolerate you for Elena" Bonnie said "Bye" She said and hung up
"Thank god witches can't live forever" Damon sighed as he put Elena's phone back on the nightstand and got out of bed and dressed and waited for Elena to get out of the shower to go get the Caroline thing over with.
"That was the worst four hours of my undead life" Damon sighed as he got back into the car with Elena
"It wasn't that bad Damon" Elena rolled her eyes at him and got into the passenger seat and buckled her seatbelt
"You were away talking to Stefan, I was stuck with blondie babbling on and on about how excited she was to stay here for a week with Stefan. It was truly sickening" Damon sighed "It was one of those rare moments where vampires wish we could easily kill ourselves like you humans can"
"You're being over dramatic" Elena said and the word 'human' rang through her thoughts. She was still only human. Still with a heart beat and still so fragile. "Speaking of human…"
"Elena, I thought we made a deal, not until you're 18" Damon said
"I'll be 18 in January" Elena said "Why do I have to wait two more months?"
"Because that was the deal we made" Damon said
"I hate that deal now" Elena grumbled
"You'll be fine. I died when I was 21, you're getting off the hook with that" Damon said
"If you made me wait until I was 21, I just might have to kill you" Elena said
"Hmm, I just might-"
"Damon!" Elena hissed
"I was kidding" Damon laughed and leaned over to kiss Elena on the cheek as he started the car "You look cute when you're mad"
"Make me wait until I'm 21 and I'll be as cute as a frickin' button" Elena grumbled
"Pout all you want, you got two more months to live" Damon said "Most people would be terrified to hear that, but you are a strange agent Elena Gilbert"
Elena just rolled her eyes at Damon and he started driving them back to his house where Elena had been officially staying for almost two weeks now after a little persuasion from Damon. Elena allowed him to compel her a little bit. The only reason Jenna was really hesitant at first was because it was Elena's last year of high school but she kept going to school for now, even though she didn't want to. Damon usually brought her there and dropped her off everyday, sometimes he even stayed around and bugged Alaric most of the day. But most of the time, he went over to the Boarding House with Stefan since Elena and Caroline were both in school. Caroline only kept going so she could stay in Mystic Falls longer with Stefan, Damon, and Elena. But today was Saturday and Damon hated wasting the weekend on doing things like that when he could have Elena all to himself, but she usually always had something planned for them to do on the weekends. Once they got back to the house and inside to warm up, the first thing Elena had Damon do was light the fire in the fireplace so she could warm up a little bit. Once it was lit, Elena made herself comfy in the room on the couch and laid in Damon's lap as he sat there next to her and gave her the hot chocolate she asked for.
"Here you go" He said and handed it to her
"Thanks you" She smiled and sat up to drink it and she sat it down on the table so she could rest her head on Damon's shoulder.
Damon gently grabbed her hand and held it there. Elena felt something in his hands and she pulled his hand up to see he was holding a bracelet in his hands.
"What's this?" Elena asked and held up the bracelet
"A present" Damon smiled
"What for?" Elena asked curiously
"No special occasion. I just thought you'd like it. It's made out of the same stone as the one in my ring" Damon said and held up his hand and he was right, it was the same stone
"It's beautiful" Elena smiled and had Damon help her put the bracelet on her wrist and she leaned in and kissed him "I love you"
"I love you too" Damon smiled and then suddenly Elena's phone went off again
"Hello?" Elena answered "Oh hey Bonnie" Elena said and Damon started listening in
"Did Damon tell you I called earlier?" Bonnie asked over the phone
Damon suddenly realized why he felt like he was forgetting something all day over at Stefan's. Before he could say a word to Elena, her eyes were narrowed and aimed in his direction. He just got her a present and he was already right back in the doghouse for forgetting Bonnie.
"I swear I forgot" Damon said
"Uh huh" Elena said to him "No, he didn't tell me" Elena said to Bonnie over the phone "What's up?" She asked with an edge to her voice
Damon gave up listening in and just drank his hot chocolate and waited for Elena to hang up. Once she hung up, he felt her glare on him again.
"Sorry" Damon said "I forgot. It was when you came out of the shower and I walked in there to tell you but I got kinda side tracked with the whole sex in the bathroom thing" Damon sighed
"…You're off the hook" Elena sighed "She said she called this morning and I know we were really…distracted, this morning"
"Distracted? Elena, you practically jumped on me and tore my clothes of when I walked in there" Damon said
"Whatever" Elena sighed and Damon knew she was blushing without even looking at her as she tried to casually brush it off
"Uh huh, sure" Damon said with a smirk and looked over to see her fire engine red remembering her behavior from this morning after the shower. He smiled and leaned over and kissed her on the neck "I love you and your random outbursts"
"Yeah, I'm sure you do" Elena said and laughed a little "Did anyone else call me today that I don't know about?" Elena asked
"Nope" Damon sighed
"Huh…I wonder how Isobel is since she left" Elena said
"I heard from her yesterday" Damon said
"And you didn't tell me?" Elena asked
"You just asked about today, not yesterday" Damon said
"Okay wise guy, what did she say?" Elena asked
"She'll be coming back. By Christmas time supposedly" Damon said
"That's good" Elena nodded "Anyone else?"
"…Nope" Damon said after thinking back to the past week, everyone seemed to have the worst timing and call when Elena was in the shower
"You swear?" Elena asked
"I swear" Damon laughed and kissed her
"Okay" Elena smiled
"Come on, lets go to bed, it's getting dark and freezing cold outside" Damon sighed
"It's supposed to snow tomorrow" Elena said
"Great" Damon said and rolled his eyes "Come on, bed time" Damon said
"Fine" Elena grumbled and got off the couch and kissed Damon "You're getting old on me. You want to go to bed early"
"Don't even start that conversation" Damon said and laughed a little bit