A/N: Hey everyone sorry for the late update, I kinda got lost in this one, I sometimes never know when to end a chapter but I really hope you all enjoy this one. I really enjoy writing this and hearing all the positive feedback. You guys are the best. As always I only own my own writing and any quotes, characters or cannon themes from the show belong to the writers and directors of The Vampire Diaries and the CW. Enjoy and Happy reading:)
Chapter Twenty Six
"I love you so much Damon Salvatore." "I love you more Elena Salvatore." And with that they both nodded off into blissful slumber. The next morning Elena woke up to something that she would soon learn to be Damon's newest habit if you could call it that. "Damon Salvatore what the hell are you doing under the blankets mumbling to yourself by my chest?" Elena asked groggily. Damon sprung up and out from under the blankets and met her lips with a soft kiss. "Good morning beautiful!" "Well you're rather chipper. What gives?" Elena said still very much exhausted. "Well to answer your first question my love, I wasn't mumbling to myself, I was talking to our baby, and I plan to do it until he gets here. And after that, that little guy is gonna break all the hearts in his kindergarten class." Elena smiled. "Well, we will find out soon enough, I still think it's a girl, Caroline is on your side though she thinks it's a boy, but Jeremy thinks it's a girl." Elena said smiling. "Oh is that so." Damon said waggling his eyebrows. "Mhmm." "Well then…" Damon said trying to flirt his way out of of the conversation. "Damon I was wondering?" "Yes?" Damon said drawing out the one syllable word. "I was wondering would you cook me those amazing pancakes with the blueberries and whip cream for breakfast." Elena asked innocently. "Of course baby, anything for you. I will get dressed and I have to send mother on an errand anyways, perhaps into town to the florist to pick up some flowers to make the house smell nice. We don't need her being suspicious of why we're not coming back to the house." Damon said as he got out of bed and begun to get dressed. "Have her pick up whatever flowers you would like Damon, do you think she could run by the grocery store for me too? I want to try to bake one of my moms recipes, I just hope I can get it right." "Not a problem honey. What recipe did you have in mind?" Damon said kindly as he sat on the edge of their bed. "Well there was one family game night, it happened to be the night before Jenna was starting her first year at Whitmore, my mom made everyone's favorite well at least at the time it was," Elena started to explain. "Sweetheart what is it?" Damon asked sweetly. "Peach cobbler pie, it was like my mom's version of a peach pie and a peach cobbler all in one. I think my nana Sommers might have the recipe?"
Then it hit Damon like a ton of bricks. "Your Nana is still alive?" "Yeah I guess, she was my mom and Jenna's mom. I think she would like you." "How come you never told me about her?" Damon asked curiously. "My nana is very traditional, when she lived in Mystic Falls she fought for her seat on the town council, she would tell me bedtime stories about the big bad creatures that would prey on beautiful girls like me and to never trust them should I meet one, at the time I just thought she was talking about boys… but she was really talking about vampires." "Ahh, now it makes sense. Your grandmother is basically Bill Forbes." "Okay not fair, I didn't finish my story. As it would turn out she was close friends with Sheila, you know Bonnie's grams. And well, as my nana told me in a letter once, Sheila had a feeling something bad was going to happen if she stayed in Mystic Falls, so she moved her into a safe house up near Whitmore since she was teaching there at the time. I haven't seen her in a while, but I think Jer visits when he can." Damon looked at Elena confused and then knew what he had to do. "Come on honey, let's go have breakfast, and while mother is out on her errand for us I want to meet your Nana." Damon said kissing her temple. "Really? You want to meet her? She makes my uncle John look like a saint." "Elena, I have met the majority of all your family, I'm sure you have some cousins somewhere that I will meet eventually. But I want to meet her, maybe she has mellowed." Damon said as Elena got dressed.
As they went down stairs Damon called his mother and instructed her of the errands he had for her. He then told her once she was done at the grocery store to just leave everything with Bonnie and she would bring it over later. As he was doing that Elena was texting Bonnie letting her know that Lily would stop by with some things that needed to be dropped off before the dinner. "Alright, so mother is all set to go, and from the text I just got from Bonnie saying to tell you 'it's good' I'm guessing we're good to go." Damon said. "Yup." Elena said and then her stomach growled. Damon smiled fighting back laughter. "Oh is my little guy hungry." Damon said looking down at Elena's flat stomach. "Yes we both are, I would really love those amazing pancakes you make so well." "Of course beautiful." Damon said sweetly.
As Damon was mixing the batter Elena remembered the morning at the lake house when he was doing the same thing, and he looked so sexy doing it, but then she remembered how she felt, how the moment was light and playful when they were both suddenly covered in pancake batter. "Damon can I lick the spoon?" "Not a chance there is raw egg in here." "Oh please." Elena begged. "No, it's not good for you, either of you." Damon said standing his ground. "Oh fine." Elena said walking over to him and kissing the back of his neck, he still hadn't shaved or gotten a haircut since their return home and she honestly felt like she was married to a rugged mountain man. Or a rockstar. "I hope you're going to shave before we go meet my nana." "Of course I will, I want to make a good impression." Damon said continuing to cook. "Good because you look way too hot like this, I don't think I will be able to let you out of the house like that." Elena said flirting. Damon controlled himself. "Baby why don't you go sit, the pancakes are just about done." Damon said "Oh alright." Elena sighed.
Soon Damon came over with two plates of pancakes just how she liked them. "Hang on Damon you almost forgot the best part." Elena said grabbing the can of whipped cream and added fangs to his blueberry smiley face as well as hers. "It's perfect Elena." "Thank you for all of this." "Of course, you know I love cooking for you." Damon said just before sipping his coffee. "Not that, all of this, rebuilding my old house, becoming human with me, marrying me, making me a mom. You've given me everything I could have ever wanted." Elena started to get emotional. "Elena listen to me, I love you, I did everything because I love you and will always love you. You are my life Elena Salvatore, forever, you're it for me." Just then there was a knock at the door. "Who the hell is that. Can't we ever have a single moment…" Damon huffed. "Damon I think it's just Bonnie." "Oh right." Damon said embarrassed at his remark.
Damon answered the door and let Bonnie in. "Hey Bon Bon you okay, you look like hell." "Yeah, I think it's just normal pregnancy stuff, but I'm having Lucy look into it. Anyways here is the food and the flowers. Jeremy got excited when he saw the ingredients for the peach dessert." "Well here's hoping I don't screw it up." Elena said walking in. "Now all we need is that pesky recipe, I wonder where we could get it." Damon said facetiously. "Okay, let me grab my coat and we can go." Elena said. "I have to go back home anyways Jer is going nuts rearranging the house trying to make it baby proof." Bonnie said and then left.
As they drove down the street where Elena's grandmother lived, Elena became nervous, "That's it, there, the yellow one with the grey shutters." Elena said pointing it out. "Great, lets go." "Wait!" Elena hesitated. "What's wrong?" Damon asked concerned. "I can't do this." Elena said almost scared. "Okay, fine." Damon submitted. "Hold on, you're not gonna fight me on this, you're not gonna tell me why I'm wrong." "Nope, if you want to go back home and miss out on telling her about our little miracle that's fine, Jeremy could always tell her. And I'm sure that peach thing will come out fine without a recipe." "Dammit Damon, let's go see her." Elena said. "I love you ." Damon said lovingly. "Yeah, yeah." Elena sighed. And then they were in her grandmother's driveway.
As they walked up to the front door Elena was even more nervous and Damon could tell. He held her hand and kissed her cheek to comfort her. "Everything will be fine honey, she will love me, everyone loves me." Damon said with the last part trying to make her laugh. Elena rang the doorbell and it took about five minutes before the door opened. "Hi Nana." Elena said gripping Damon's hand for dear life. "Is that my little lightning bug?" "Yeah Nana it's me Elena, I came to visit and there was someone I want you to meet." "Oh… yeah Jeremy told me about your wedding to the Salvatore man." "Nana please, before you say anything at least let me introduce him to you." The elderly woman in the doorway nodded. "Nana this is my husband, Damon Salvatore, and Damon this is my nana, Adelaide Sommers." "It's very nice to meet you young man. Jeremy has said nothing but nice things about you. He did mention that you used to be a vampire, but you gave it up to be with my granddaughter, and for that I can look past anything you may have done when you were one." "Well that's great Nana but could we come in there is some other news we would like to share with you and by any chance do you have moms old peach cobbler pie recipe?" Elena asked. "Of course you can come in, and of course I have the recipe who do you think gave it to your mother." Adelaide said.
As Damon and Elena entered the house they went into the living room to sit where they waited for Adelaide to return. "She is so sweet Elena, she looks like an older version of your mother and aunt Jenna mixed into one." "Yeah I know." Elena said tapping her feet nervously. "Okay kiddos, I put on a kettle of water for tea, if you both would like some." Adelaide said walking into the living room. "Oh thanks Nana but I really shouldn't, I'm trying to cut back on caffeine... but I'm sure Damon would love some." "Oh yeah, I would love a cup. But just one please." Damon said not wanting to intrude. "Okay, you said there was something you wanted to share with me?" "Well, yeah…" Elena tensed for a moment, but relaxed once she felt Damon's hand on her back rubbing soothing circles to calm her. She subconsciously rested her right hand on her flat abdomen and the other on Damon's knee. Damon nodded to her urging her to tell Adelaide the good news. "Okay here goes nothing, Nana…. you're going to be a Great Nana. I'm pregnant." Elena said as she awaited her grandmother's reaction. Damon kissed Elena's temple, whispering in her ear, "I love you."
Adelaide smiled proudly, "Oh my goodness, this is wonderful news. How far along are you. I'm about five weeks. You should come over tonight, Jeremy would love to see you, he has some wonderful news too." Elena said smiling. "I can't. I can't go back. Not after everything." "Please Nana. We have missed out on so much already." "Sweetheart I want to, but I…" "It's okay Nana, I will tell Jeremy and Bonnie that you send your love and are happy about them becoming parents too." Elena said seeing if she would catch on. "Wait a minute are you telling me that both my grand babies are having babies?" "Yeah, I am." Suddenly the whistle of the tea kettle went off. " You ladies stay here I will go get that." Damon said kindly.
As Damon came back with the tea tray, he saw Elena looking genuinely happy, like she had a part of her old self back. "Here you go, I noticed when I was getting the cream that you had some orange juice in the fridge, I hope you don't mind but I poured Elena a glass." "Oh of course not, help yourself sweetie." Adelaide said kindly. "Oh before I forget let me go get that recipe for you, your mother would be so proud of you." "I hope so." Elena sighed.
After they got the recipe and were about to leave Adelaide walked to the bookshelf next to the couch. "Here, give this to Bonnie, tell her that Sheila kept a second one in case of emergencies." Adelaide said walking over and handing them what appeared to be a grimoire. "Oh wow, she will love this." Elena said. As they left Elena sighed in relief. "You okay?" Damon asked. "Yeah, I'm glad we came, seeing all those pictures my nana had displayed of the family made me miss everyone so much more." Elena said getting into Damon's car. "I know sweetheart, but at least Jenna is back, so that's good right?" "Yeah it is." Elena said plainly. "I love you Elena." "I love you too Damon." Elena blushed. "I know it's never going to be the same, your parents not being here or even John or Isobel, but just imagine the look on Ric's face when we give him the custom onesie, 'Grandpa Ric's Future Drinking Buddy.' and it's even cuter with the little picture of a baby bottle on it." Damon said smiling. "I know, it's adorable, but I just wish my mom was here, ya know. I always thought that when this time finally came, my mom would be here with me to help me through it." Elena sighed. Damon took both her hands in his, they were both now sitting in his car still parked outside Adelaide's house. "I'm so sorry Elena, I wish there was something I could do, maybe Jeremy could do that thing he did at our wedding so you could see your parents. I don't know. But ya know what, how about we put a pin in that and get back to the house, the food isn't going to cook itself." "Yeah you're right, I hope everything goes well, I'm so nervous." Elena said as they began to drive off. "Honey everything will be perfect. I will make sure it is." Damon said sincerely.
As they drove back into Mystic Falls, Damon noticed Elena had fallen asleep. But this was a first she was talking in her sleep. "Please don't leave me! Please come back to me!" Elena cried in her sleep. "Oh my god, she's dreaming of the day we said goodbye, oh my sweet Elena. How I wish I could get inside your head and ease your mind." And then he remembered something that might trigger a happy memory. And began to sing, "Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy 18th birthday my beautiful gorgeous Elena,happy birthday to you." A smile formed on her face as her dream changed to a happier one. Just then Elena woke up. "Damon Salvatore, promise me this is forever."Elena said recalling her favorite memory. "I promise. I promise I will never leave you again." Damon said just as they pulled into the driveway of their house. "I wish it was my birthday again, I miss that moment. That carefree moment I had just for a second when you gave me the locket, I should have told you sooner Damon, I was no better than Katherine." "Hey hey, none of that, do you think I would have married Katherine, do you think I would have become human and wanted to be human for Katherine. I love you so much Elena, I can't stand Katherine, you are the love of my life, my entire world, you have made all my impossible dreams come true. I love you so much Elena that if even though we are already married I would get down on one knee and ask you to marry me all over again and again and again, I will continue to love you no matter what happens." Suddenly Elena didn't feel so well and ran into the house and into the nearest bathroom. Damon chased after her. He saw her leaning against the kitchen sink with a damp dish towel patting her face. "Baby, are you okay?" "Yeah, it was just a false alarm. Sorry to scare you." "Oh no, you didn't scare me, I just wanted to make sure my girl was okay." Damon said sweetly. "Oh well thanks, I'm gonna go upstairs and change into some pajamas for a little bit, I really just want to be comfortable." Elena said walking towards the stairs.
When she came down, she was dressed in her favorite sleep shorts and blue tank top along with a long grey cardigan. "Okay my love where shall we start." Damon said admiring her from top to bottom. "Well we still have to wrap up the onesies we got everyone, we should probably do that before we make a mess cooking." Elena said "I don't make a mess, however, if you want me to make a mess…" Damon said naughtily. "Damon Salvatore…" But before she could finish her sentence she found herself being attacked by Damons sinfully passionate kisses. "Damon you have no idea how much I would love to do this right now but…" Damon wouldn't let her finish, the day was still young so Damon figured this was the perfect moment to sweep her off her feet. He picked her up, and she wrapped her legs around his torso. "You are so beautiful." Damon said looking into Elena's eyes. He sat her up on top of the counter. "Damon we can't" "Why not?" Damon asked kissing her neck. "We have cooking to do, and we need time for me to mess up on my moms cobbler pie." Elena explained. "But Elena…" Damon whined. "Shush you. I promise if you can be on your best behavior now and make it through dinner tonight, I just might give you a little surprise tonight after everyone leaves." "Ohhh" Damon moaned at the thought. Elena kissed him and hopped down off the counter.
A little while later Elena was putting the finishing touches on the dessert as Damon was boiling water for the pasta for dinner. "You are torturing me Damon, making my favorite food and I can't even have a little sample." "I know honey, I know. But the dessert is in the oven and then I will just put this in once that is done baking and by then everything should be ready to go." Damon said. "How do you think Stefan is gonna handle the news?" Elena asked. "Honestly I have no idea, I would like to think that he will be happy, but I just don't know." Damon admitted.
After all the food was cooked, Damon began to set the table. Elena watched in wonder as she saw him going crazy, running back and forth from the to the dining trying to make everything perfect. "Damon you are going a bit overboard don't ya think?" Elena asked crossing her arms as she continued to watch the organized madness unfold before her. "No I don't Elena, we are having a baby. And if I remember correctly this dinner was your idea." Damon said as he continued to set the table. Elena stood in front of him, blocking him so he couldn't move. "Honey what are you doing?" Damon asked eager to get the table done. "I'm trying to stop my lunatic of a husband so I can kiss him." Elena told him and he couldn't resist, putting one hand on the small of his back and the other gently pushing a stray hair away from her perfectly tanned face, thanks to the Grecian sun on their honeymoon, he pulled her in close, so close air could barely pass through them. "You know I should probably go change, I have been wearing my pjs since we got back from my nana's house, which was basically all day. And I know you dont mind, but we will have company soon and…" But before Elena could finish Damon put his hands on her flat abdomen and smiled. "Sweetheart we already have company." He said sweetly kissing her clothed abdomen referring to the reason for the dinner. "I suppose you're right." Elena said getting misty eyed. "I'm gonna go get changed, everyone is gonna be here soon, your mother included. I want to look nice and not gross." Damon hated that she thought she felt down about herself and it meant he had to build her up, he always did when she was down, and he always would. "Elena you are perfect, you look just as beautiful as you did as the first night I met you on that road, the night I so stupidly compelled you to forget." Damon said. Damon kissed her lips softly, using his special Damon touch. "Thank you Damon, I think I needed that boost." "Anytime my love." And with that Elena went upstairs and got ready for the dinner that would change everyone's life.
Elena got upstairs, completely nervous about what to wear. She opened the closet to see it was fully stocked with most of her favorite outfits and a few that Damon had always complimented her on, but then again he always thought she looked gorgeous in anything she wore. She looked through some shirts and skirts and couldn't find anything that stood out to her, until she found it. She got dressed and lightly curled her hair the last thing she wanted to do was to have Katherine curls, she learned to tolerate her but she wouldn't purposefully make herself look more like the woman who nearly destroyed her husband and brother in law.
When she went back downstairs Damon couldn't help but stare remembering the exact moment when she wore the exact outfit. "Elena you look amazing. Is that what you wore when we were at the bed and breakfast waiting for Care Bear to flip her switch back on." Elena nodded "That's the outfit you wore when we played the five year game." Damon noted. "I know, I thought it would be perfect, since well that discussion was about our future and this dinner is about our future." Elena said with a sweet smile, resting her hand on her abdomen. "While you were upstairs Bonnie texted me she said they just left the house and Jeremy is apparently really excited, he keeps referring to himself as Uncle Jer." Damon told Elena trying to not laugh at the whole Uncle Jer remark. "I think it's sweet that my brother is so excited, he is just like our Dad in that way, he gets excited over family things, it's just how he is." Elena explained. Damon walked over to her lightly kissed her lips trying to not mess up her flawless makeup. "I'm telling you baby, it's that damn Gilbert optimism." Damon joked. Elena laughed and playfully smacked his shoulder. Just then the doorbell rang. "I'll get that, it will be Bonnie and Jeremy." Damon said.
Damon answered the door too see a stupidly excited Jeremy and a rather amused Bonnie on the other side of the door. "Hey you two come on in, dinner is just about done, it's just staying warm in the oven. Feel free to sit anywhere, oh but don't look inside the gift bags, those are for later." Damon said. Jeremy and Bonnie walked in. "Wow, it really looks amazing Damon." Jeremy said complimenting the house. "Thanks man." Damon said patting Jeremy's shoulder. "Oh Bon, I can't wait to show you the nursery Damon surprised me with, it was so sweet." Elena said walking in to greet her best friend and brother. Just then as the girls were about to go upstairs they heard a couple of cars pull in the driveway. Damon looked out the window to see who it was. "Well it would seem that Caroline and Saint Stefan have just arrived, might i suggest putting on some music so my brother doesn't pick up on the extra tiny heartbeat in the room. I would like to keep it a surprise." "Of course honey."Elena said kissing Damons cheek, and went over to the stereo and put on some pleasant music that everyone would enjoy. "And it looks like Ric and Jo are here too. And they brought the twins." Damon said smiling lightly.
There was a knock at the door and Damon answered it. "Hello brother." Was all Damon said. "Damon you look rather chipper this evening, what diabolical plan do you have up your sleeve now?" Stefan asked suspicious. "Stefan be nice,cant your brother just be in a good mood and not have some big evil plan behind it." Caroline said coming to Damons defense. "Whoa there blondie, no need to defend me. I'm just kidding. I'm in marital bliss. Oh I almost forgot, won't you both come in." Damon said for the first time ever in over a hundred years inviting someone into his home, his home that he shared with his wife, his home that they will raise their baby in. His life was finally feeling whole. "Yes thank you Damon." Caroline said holding Stefan's hand as they walked through the doorway. Just behind them walked in Jo and Alaric, with the twins. "Hey guys, we're glad you could both come. And I'm happy you brought my goddaughters. Yeah know I hate to say it but they really are cute." Damon said to Alaric and Jo. "Thanks buddy."Alaric said with a smile. As they went inside Elena made sure to tell everyone to not touch or peek inside the gift bags, and while doing this she had realized they had never set up her teddy bear for the big reveal. "Damon we forgot the bear…" She said in his ear. "It's okay honey, we will casually place him on the couch or table when everyone is opening the gift bags." Damon assured her. "Okay" Elena said calmly.
A few minutes later Matt and Tyler arrived, followed by Lexi and Jenna. Then Elena remembered a moment of weakness she had whilst getting ready. And she had to pull Damon aside to tell him. "Damon don't be mad." "Lena, I could never truly be mad at you. What's wrong?" "So I may have, in a weak moment while getting dressed earlier, may have texted Katherine…" "You did what?" Damon said in shock, not yelling but just completely stunned. "I was thinking about how she has no family left, and really when you think about it Damon I'm really the only family she has, Nadia is gone, even though they talk on the other side that's not the same as having your family here." Elena began to explain. "Okay, shh, its okay, I love that you feel like you needed to invite Katherine, you are the sweetest person I know and I love you so much." Damon said pulling Elena into a hug. "However when she texted me back she said she couldn't make it, she said that this house held to many horrible memories for her of her doing awful things to good people who didn't deserve it and she was just going to spend the evening with Kai." "I'm sorry but that relationship still gives me shivers." Damon said getting a chill as if it happened on purpose. Shortly after that Enzo arrived with Lily, since she didn't drive Enzo was her ride but he was also invited to the dinner.
A little while later while they were eating Stefan noticed that Damon hadn't touched his bourbon, Damon had decided to lay low on the alcohol in support of Elena, but only she knew that. "Damon you barely touched your bourbon, what's up are you feeling alright?" Stefan asked. Enzo quickly covered for him. "Oh that's my fault, I asked him not to drink tonight just in case I drink to much and need a sober driver to bring me home." Enzo said hoping Stefan would buy it. "Umm alright." Stefan said not sure if he believed him. A little bit later Elena served the dessert, and much to her surprise everyone really enjoyed it. "Elena this tastes just like how your mom used to make it, how did you get it so exact." Jenna asked. "I went to visit Nana Sommers. She had the recipe and also once Damon found out she was still alive he wanted to meet her." Elena explained,Jenna sighed but smiled.
After everyone was done eating it was time for them to open the gift bags, one by one Damon and Elena handed out the specific ones that were meant for each person. "What is all this?" Alaric asked. "Well lets just say it's just a little something we brought back from the honeymoon." Damon said smiling at the double meaning behind what he said."Oh okay,well thanks man." Alaric said. As everyone began opening their gift bags, Damon sneakily placed Elena's teddy bear in the center of the mantle, it was wearing a baby size leather jacket and then Elena placed the positive pregnancy test in between the bears arms. It's was just in the eyeline of everyone. However the pregnancy test wasn't too obvious from where everyone sat at the dining room table.
Alaric and Stefan both pulled their gifts out at the same time. "Oh Damon this is sweet you got a onesie for the twins, but there is only one and it doesn't even make sense what it says on it." Alaric said as he began to over analyze it. Stefan caught on instantly pulling out the onesie. Stefan started crying to himself, and then everyone else quickly opened up their bags. "Ric, look at it." Jo pointed out smiling and then looking at hers. "Oh… ohhh…. oh my god!" Then Alaric started to cry too. All the men were surprisingly misty eyed looking at the custom onesies. "Elena are you pregnant?" Jenna asked looking down at hers that said "You are going to be an amazing Great Aunt Jenna" Elena nodded and held Damon's hand. Then Bonnie looked in the living room and noticed Elenas bear and smiled.
After the dust settled from the exciting news Matt had a look of clarity form on his face. "Okay what's with the look Matt?" Tyler asked. Matt ignored him, turning to Bonnie and Elena. "You guys are pregnant at the same time, and the twins are gonna be close in age to your kids, its like there is gonna be miniature versions of all of you running around Mystic Falls." Matt said partly excited.
After the majority of everyone left Stefan and Caroline stayed as did Jeremy and Bonnie. "So I'm gonna be an Uncle huh? How about that." Stefan said to Damon sipping on a glass of water. "Water brother? Really? That's not usually your beverage of choice." Damon noted. "Oh shut up Damon. I just felt like having a glass of water." Stefan defended. "Relax brother, I was joking. No need to get your martyr tighty whities in a bunch." Damon joked. "Alright, but really though Damon, who ever thought…." "I know Stef… you don't have to tell me twice, I know how lucky I am." Damon said looking over a smiling Elena.
Bonnie and Jeremy were talking to Elena and Caroline and waved the two brothers over. "I'm glad we're all together right now, Jer and I were talking, and we decided that we want to get married before the babies get here, I don't want to have to worry about finding a maternity wedding gown or getting looks from everyone thinking that I'm getting married for one reason." "Ya know Ric is still ordained from our wedding." Damon added. "Why don't you and Big Jer get married at the boarding house?" Damon suggested. "Oh yeah, thanks, but um…" Jeremy stammered. "Listen Damon, they want to get married some place special to them…" Elena said. Just then Bonnie felt two hands on either of her shoulders. She looked behind her. "Grams?Emily?" Bonnie said smiling. "Oh great my least favorite Bennett and my favorite Bennett in the same room." Damon said referring to Emily and Bonnie. "Damon be nice." Elena said playfully hitting his arm. "Hey don't break the human, he's fragile." Stefan quipped. Everyone laughed. "Bonnie the reason we are here is about your wedding." Sheila explained. "We know you think that you were cut off from the spirits but just know that you weren't, those witches cut you off when you brought Jeremy back at the burial ground, I was one of them, along with many others. But when you called out to me, with tears of agony and for the first time admitted to the universe and yourself how you truly felt, I couldn't help but plead your case to the other witches. They remembered your words 'Emily, please help me! I love him.' You have been a responsible young witch and all the while only worrying about the ones you care for the most. Well we wanted you to have one less thing to worry about. Will you get married there, let's just say there's about a hundred witches on the other side who would like to make it up to you." Emily asked. Bonnie was taken aback for a moment by the gesture. She reached for Jeremy's hand. "Okay, but only if they let everyone come, I mean the ones who we invite." Bonnie said. Emily and Sheila both smiled and nodded. And just like that the other witches were gone.
Caroline suddenly became overwhelmed with excitement realizing that she had another wedding to plan outside of her own. She was willing to put hers aside for now and focus on Bonnies if that's what was needed. She knew that's what Bonnie deserved. "Do you have a date in mind?" Caroline asked. "Well we didn't really have a date in mind. But sooner rather than later." Bonnie said. Then Damon had a thought, "How do you guys feel about May 20th, it's not in June and we all know how Care Bear wants her June wedding." Damon said teasing with the last part. "And it's still early enough that both you lovely ladies won't be showing." Damon said kindly. Bonnie looked at Jeremy. "What do you think?" Bonnie asked him. "Honestly Bon, I'm happy as long as you're happy. I'm following your lead on this one." Jeremy said sweetly. "Well then it looks like we've set a date." Bonnie said smiling. Caroline smiled excitedly. "Oh my god, we totally have to go dress shopping tomorrow!" Caroline squealed. "Calm down Care, did you forget that you all have classes, you didn't think spring break would last forever did you?" Stefan said kissing her lightly on the cheek. "Oh right… well when would you like to go?" Caroline asked. "How about we go after we're done with all our classes tomorrow, I know I only have a lecture in the morning and then Ric's occult studies class after that." Bonnie said. "Yeah it's about the same for me, I have my volunteer shift at the hospital and then I'm with Bonnie in Ric's class." Elena said. "Okay how about we do it after that?" Caroline suggested. "Okay sounds great." Bonnie said. Damon had just remembered a certain something Elena had said to him earlier and he couldn't exactly remind her of it with everyone there. Stefan could tell that his older brother wanted some much deserved alone time with Elena, so he spoke up. "Hey Care why don't we head out it's late and we're babysitting the twins tomorrow morning." Stefan reminded her. "Oh right, we need our sleep." Caroline said.
After everyone left, Elena found herself realizing she had to keep her promise to Damon. So when he was caught up on some paperwork for the bar she made a quick outfit change. When she came back downstairs she was wearing her old timberwolves cheerleader uniform and Damon's favorite leather jacket. She braided her hair into two pigtails just like she did when she would cheer. She knew this outfit choice would rile him up and that's just what she wanted. As she walked behind a very distracted Damon, who was at the table focusing on the paperwork, she kissed his neck and whispered seductively "Are you ready for your surprise?" Damon stood up quickly and turned to see her there. "Oh wow baby, you look...mmmmm" Damon said as wicked thoughts plagued his mind. "Come on Damon let's go upstairs." Elena said turning away from him, swinging her hips just the way that drove Damon nuts, and began walking towards the stairs.
A/N: So there it is... What did you all think about it? Leave. A review and let me know. Chapter 27 is on its way. See you in the next one. :)