Gemma was still tracing lazy circles on Nathaniel's chest under his shirt where she was laid atop him.
"This feels nice," she said, "I feel safe with you and I love being with you like this. Did you...have a girlfriend?"
"Once," He whispered. "It didn't work out-five months after we began dating." He smiled and kissed her. She smiled and melted into the kiss.
"Gemma," Elena said and once she and Nathaniel parted, Gemma stared at her mother. "We need to introduce him to everyone here and then you can make out with him whenever you want."
"The same thing for you Taylor," Bonnie said to her daughter who was curled up in Ryan's arms.
"Just don't let Mason and Will steal you away," Gemma sighed. The family had adopted a coded text message system and Elijah sent the text to gather them all in the living room.
"My goodness," Aaron Westin gasped as he took them all in.
"Okay we'll start with my family first, all of you stand up. You've already bet my wife Elena, our sons Will and Daniel and our daughter Gemma but here is our daughter Luna."
"You've met my daughter Eva. This is my wife Caroline," Klaus said.
"This is my husband, Stefan and my daughter Grace," Rebekah announced.
"This is my daughter Mia, my son Mason. You've met my daughter Taylor, my daughter Brenna and my wife Bonnie," Kol said.
"Everyone this is Mr. Aaron Westin and his sons Ryan and Nathaniel. They're here because Ryan is Taylor's mate and Nathaniel is Gemma's." Luna giggled at her sister with a smirk.
"He looks cuter than Mason." She said with a smile at Nathaniel before turning to Aaron. "Luna Mikaelson." She added with a curtsey.
"Very well mannered." Aaron said warmly. "It's very nice to meet you." Mia smiled and flashed to hug Aaron.
"Nice to meet you." She said brightly to him.
"You have such polite children," Ethan smiled, "though I would imagine anything else is impossible when Elijah Mikaelson is involved."
"Considering that my wife was the one who taught them manners," Elijah smirked at him. "I would have thought they were born with it." Elena blushed and then saw Davina waddle in.
"Davina honey! Sit down." She nearly ordered and turned to the girls. "I need a comfy chair for Davina now." Luna and Mia were already on it as Gemma and Taylor went to get Davina something to eat and drink. Jeremy was in right behind her. He didn't even notice the other vampires as he had Davina sit in the chair Luna and Mia got for her.
"Let me guess," Aaron said, "mated?"
"Actually they're both human," Elena said. "She's only got another month, maybe..."
"Then we're going to have a baby!" Mia and Luna enthused. Aaron shook his head and Davina smiled at her round abdomen that was currently holding their daughter.
"Elijah what in the world has happened to the Mikaelson family?" Aaron smiled at his old friend.
"Have you met our better halves? They tied us down and made us domestic." Elijah answered easily as he sat down and placed Elena on his lap.
"I love it and I'm happy for you all but Elijah if word of this gets out you'll have problems - which means my sons will be in danger..." Aaron worried. "At least here you're protected and pretty inaccessible. Now it's been a while for me so what exactly does one do for sustenance around here?"
"Blood bags," Kol said. He walked to the kitchen and then returned with a bag offering it to Aaron.
The vampire took it gratefully. He had no idea what to do as he was, surprisingly, in unknown waters at the moment. Looking around, he saw Daniel sit on his mother's lap and start reading a book that read 'Peter Cottontail'. All of this was fascinating yet dangerous.
"How was your shower?" Eva asked Will.
"Cold," Will shivered.
"How about I warm you up?" Eva smiled as she laid her head against his chest. "I love you."
"I love you too." He murmured as he shivered. That had to have been the coldest shower he had ever taken and it didn't help that Stefan had thrown ice in there as he stood underneath the freezing cold water. Stefan had told him that it wasn't 'cold enough' for him.
"You're shaking...they forget you're not yet a full-fledged vampire. I don't know why they can't just let us be," Eva sighed as she held him. "I love you and you're my mate. It's not as if I'm going to let something awful happen to you. I just...it hurts to be away from you anymore...it's getting stronger with every hour it seems like."
"I know." Elena looked and her eyes were narrowed.
"William-why are you shivering?" Will tried to flash her a smile but it didn't work.
"Ice cold shower and most of that was with ice cubes thanks to Uncle Stefan." He stuttered out, still feeling the cold. Elijah looked at Stefan and shook his head as Elena glowered at him.
"He's still human Stefan! I'll not have my son get sick because you all thought that he needed to cool off!" Stefan gulped as did Klaus.
Eva was glaring and growling as she took Will's hand and led him to his room. She bundled him under the covers and then she laid atop the covers before covering them both with a blanket. He was propped against his pillows and her head was laid on his chest. He stroked her long chestnut locks and she lifted her head to gaze into his beautiful brown eyes with her grey ones.
"Here," Eva said and she opened her wrist holding it to his lips. "I hope that works." She laid her head back on his chest once more as they listened to music. After a few minutes she kissed him tenderly. "Are you feeling better?" She was so obviously worried.
"A bit actually." He murmured, feeling a little warm and cozy. "How about we just stay here and sleep the whole day away?" She smiled and as soon as she got comfortable, she was asleep like he was.
"What do you want to do today?" Nathaniel asked.
"I just want to be with you," Gemma said. "I want to be close to you."
"We could take them to the cove," Taylor suggested where Ryan's arms were wrapped around her waist.
"Well then your mother and I will go." Kol said as he looked at Taylor. "You all need a chaperone at the moment. Who knows what could go on while you're at the pond so I'm not taking the chance of anything bad happening - to any of you." The look he gave her basically said 'do not get me angry' and she quickly agreed. It was better than sitting at home where they would walk in at any opportune time.
Everyone got changed and in deference to Bonnie they strolled at a casual pace to the cove.
"Wow, this place is fantastic!" Nathaniel exclaimed. "Hey watch this!" He flashed to the top of the twelve foot high waterfall and dove into the pond.
"Oh I wanna do that!" Taylor exclaimed and she hurried to the top. She did a cannonball into the pool of water and soaked Bonnie and Kol. Bonnie giggled as she settled against the side enjoying the buoyancy the water offered her. Gemma dove in next and as soon as she surfaced Nate had her in his arms making sure she was okay. She kissed him. Ryan dove in from the side and a few minutes later the guys decided to play 'chicken' they taught the girls how to play and then the girls squealed as the guys rose from the water on their shoulders. Soon they were struggling and tussling with a loud yelp Gemma was victorious and Taylor hit the water. The next round she toppled off again but on the third round she hung in there when both girls fell off and the guys looked for them to come up only to be pulled under themselves. The girls surfaced then giggling away and a dunking game ensued.
"Just look Kol-they're having the time of their lives and acting like teenagers." Bonnie squealed happily to him. "This is what I wanted for them anyways."
Kol smiled at them and at his wife before kissing her forehead. "Did you want to go swim with them?" He asked and she shook her head.
"Just sitting right here is fine for me." She told him and emphasized her point by placing a hand on her bump. "The boys will be just fine if I don't go swimming."
"Yes well they're not normal teenagers," Kol reminded her. "They're mated BonBon just like we are. Not to mention they're the same age you were when we made Brenna."
"I know that." She smiled. "But look at them Kol! Tell me that you haven't seen a teenager act like that." He tried to recall any teenagers that he knew who acted like an actual teenager and he blushed.
"I actually don't know any who would act like this." He admitted.
"Well this is normal teenager behavior," Bonnie said.
"For humans darling," Kol said. As if to illustrate his point Nate lifted Gemma up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. They kissed for a couple of minutes and then they were blood sharing again. "That is normal behavior for mated vampires." Taylor was sitting piggyback style on Ryan's back as he walked her around in the water. She laid her head against his shoulder and began kissing him there.
"Just like that is normal human teenage behavior." She countered. "But in this case-they aren't going to break up at all so we should be safe on that side."
"No we don't leave our mates. We can try to resist until we know for sure but once we do both our fate and theirs is sealed."