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Damon
The next morning, I woke up a bit before my alarm went off. I hadn't ever woken up so happy before unless it was Christmas when I was a child. Waking up with Elena was the equivalent of Christmas. I knew I had to wake her up even though I didn't want to. I knew she wouldn't want to do the whole walk of shame thing at school wearing the same clothes she was wearing yesterday. She would want to go home and clean up, and probably see Scarlett. I decided to wake her up the nicest way I knew how and I started trailing kisses along her shoulder until she started stirring.
"Morning." She said groggily, rolling onto her back, tightening the sheet around her.
"Morning. If you don't want to go to school wearing what you were wearing yesterday we should probably get up." I told her and she sighed.
"Of course, you're right. Do you want to come with me? Scarlett really wants to see you again." She told me and that made me feel ridiculously happy.
"Of course, I want to see her again." I told her and she pressed a solitary kiss to my lips before swinging her legs out of bed.
"Good because we have to go. I still need to take her to Mrs. Neal's this morning." She told me as she searched for her clothes on my bedroom floor. She had an incredible body and sleeping pressed up against her all night had been fantastic. My body had been acutely aware of how close she was when I woke up this morning half hard. Now that she'd let me have her once, I was going to be insatiable. I knew what it felt like to be inside her and now I wanted more.
"What's on your mind?" She asked me as I sat there watching her get dressed.
"Do you really want to know?" I asked her with a grin.
"I'm not sure, but I can't let you lie to me. That would be starting this relationship off on a bad foot." She told me with almost a matching grin.
"I was thinking about how badly I can't wait for the next time I get to be inside of you." I told her and I had the pleasure of seeing a blush creep onto her face.
"I'm excited for that as well." She said before pulling her shirt on and waiting for me to get dressed.
"Do I have time for a quick shower so I can calm what you caused?" I asked her and she laughed.
"I was sleeping, I had nothing to do with that." She said staring unabashedly at my cock which was just standing there at half mast.
"You had everything to do with this. But I digress, I'll be back in a few minutes." I said walking into the bathroom aware that she was watching me walk away still fully nude.
When I was finished, I had to give myself credit because it was the shortest shower I'd ever taken.
"Ready to go?" I asked her and she stood up and grabbed her bag. I opened the bedroom door and gestured for her to go first. When we got downstairs we ran into my mom giving my dad a kiss goodbye at the front door.
"I figured you'd spent the night when I never saw you leave last night." My father said and she nodded.
"Well you deserve to be the first people to know that we're officially a couple." She said and I tossed my arm around her shoulder. I was so happy to hear her say it out loud because I was never sure if she was going to do it. I wasn't sure if we were low key or if she just wasn't going to want to talk about it. I'd already decided that she could have whatever she wanted in this relationship because I was in it for anything. I'd take whatever she'd give me.
"I'm very glad to hear that." My father said and she smiled at him. My mom was almost vibrating with excitement waiting for her turn to speak.
"When can you bring that sweet little girl over again? It was so nice having a little girl to dote on." My mom asked and Elena shrugged.
"We're available most days. The only time I have a life other than her is Fridays. She would love to come and hang out with you again." Elena told her.
"Well you and my son should have a dinner out together some night without her. On that night, why don't you bring her here and I'll watch her instead of you taking her to your babysitter." Mom suggested and I saw Elena smile.
"Well whenever your son decides to ask me out on a date, then that will be a wonderful idea. But he has to actually ask me to dinner first. But we have to go, I have a little girl at home who I didn't see last night." She said and my parents laughed and stepped aside to let me past.
"I'll just ride with you today, that way we can go to school together." I suggested and Elena smiled.
"Sure. But you have to drive. I only drive because I have to sometimes, I don't actually like it." She said as she threw her keys at me. I caught them and walked to the passenger side to open the door for her. She reached up and gave me a peck on the lips before sinking into her seat and fastening her seatbelt. When I was in I started up her car and drove to her house.
"So, you realize this is going to be my first-time meeting Scarlett as your boyfriend. How do you want to broach this with her?" I asked her when I pulled into her parking spot in front of the apartment.
"She will probably do it for us. Just a warning, she's been asking for you to be her new daddy. You don't have to be involved to that extent, she'll just be happy that you're involved at all." She told me, trying to let me off the hook. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be let off the hook about this. This little girl had never had any sort of male role model before and I wanted to be one for her.
"Don't worry about it. I will fill whatever role you want me to fill for her. I care about you, and I care about her. If I have to play daddy sometimes, I'll do that." I told her and she beamed at me.
"I couldn't imagine doing this with anyone else. You make this so easy in comparison to what I thought it would be. I didn't want to risk dating someone who didn't love my daughter. Scarlett is the most important person in the world to me and for you to care about her too means the world to me. I just thought that you should know that." She told me, taking my hand in hers.
" Shall we head in?" I asked her and she nodded but not before leaning across the seat to give me a kiss. She held my hand all the way up the stairs and when we got to her door she didn't even waver. She just turned to smile at me and put her key in the lock. The second the door opened Scarlett was running to the door with the biggest smile on her face.
"Mommy, you brought Damon to play with me." She said with a happy squeal as she ran over to me and threw her arms around my legs. I laughed and bent down to her level so she could hug me properly. I hadn't had much to do with six-year-old girls in my life, but Scarlett made it easy.
"So, how was it?" Caroline came out of the kitchen and stood next to Elena. She was staring at Elena so I knew the question was directed at her.
"Which part?" Elena asked with a smile on her face.
"All of it, unless there is a part I'm supposed to be asking about. Oh my God, Elena Gilbert did you get some action?" She asked with a small gasp. Elena laughed and blushed a deep red colour, before glancing over at Scarlett who was still hugging me.
"Come Damon, I have to show you my toys and my room." Scarlett said and I let the little girl pull me from the room so that Elena could answer Caroline's question without little ears overhearing.
"For the record, yes I did." I heard Elena answer as Scarlett led me down the hallway. I heard Caroline's squeal of excitement as Scarlett pulled me into her room and started introducing me to her piles of stuffed animals.
"So, Damon, I have a very important question to ask you." Scarlett stated, looking at me seriously.
"What's up?" I asked her, having a fairly good idea of where she was going with this. I just wasn't sure what my answer was going to be.
"Would you like one of my stuffed animals to come live with you so that you're not alone in your room at night. I know I get sad when I'm all by myself. You're my friend now so I trust you." She asked me seriously and I was relieved. I really hoped she wasn't going to ask me to be her new dad right now because despite what I told Elena, I had no idea how to be that. I would do it, I just probably wouldn't be very good at it.
"Of course. Who do you think would like to live with me?" I asked her, and she pondered that for a moment.
"Brutus the Bulldog is too much of a mommy suck to ever leave me, so he'll have to stay. But I think Tallulah the Tiger might be okay. Just let me ask her." Scarlett said before turning to a stuffed tiger with a flower on it's forehead. She whispered to the stuffed animal for a second before turning back to me. "Tallulah is happy to come live with you." She told me seriously.
"Perfect. I'll make sure Tallulah has a very special place in my house." I told her.
"No, Tallulah has to sleep in your bed with you. She loves cuddling at night." Scarlett insisted very seriously. Her stuffed animals all had different personalities and before I knew it Elena and Caroline were standing at he door.
"It's time to get going Scarlett. We have to get you to Mrs. Neal's." Elena said and Scarlett grinned and ran past me before stopping in front of her mom and turning back to me.
"Make sure you take special care of Tallulah. She's never left me before and I've had her since I was a baby." She told me, and I promised quickly.
"She's giving you Tallulah?" Elena asked with a smile.
"She's letting Tallulah come live with me, but she has to sleep with me every night." I explained.
"She must love you. Tallulah is her favourite. I gave it to her right after she was born. It was the first stuffed animal she ever had." She told me, and I smiled wider.
"Well I really like her too." I told Elena and she took my hand and smiled at me.
"Come on. I want to go to Mrs. Neal's." Scarlett called from by the front door, so Elena chuckled and started walking out of the room.
A few minutes later when we pulled up outside the apartment complex that Scarlett went to throughout the day, there was that black sedan parked outside again.
"Wait here." Elena said to Scarlett as she got out and walked towards the man getting out of the car.
"Does she need backup?" I asked Caroline who was sitting in the back with Scarlett.
"It wouldn't hurt. He's more likely to leave without the police being called if someone is out there with her. He's always been the boss in their relationship because he was older. He has always had a massive superiority complex." Caroline told me, so I got out of the car just as Liam demanded to see Scarlett.
"The way I see it this is a court issue now, so you may as well just run along." I said as I walked over to Elena.
"Oh, so now you have a bodyguard? You can't deal with me alone because you know you can't take me alone?" He asked with a snicker.
"Just screw off Liam. I'm not letting you see my daughter." Elena stated, and I could tell that she didn't need my help. But just because she didn't need it, didn't mean that I wasn't going to offer it.
"Very mature Elena. What would a judge think if they knew you took that kind of language around Scarlett?" He scoffed.
"A judge would think "who the fuck is this loser who thinks he can use the word "screw" as a method to take a child from the only parent she has ever known."" I jump in.
"Who the hell do you think you are? This has nothing to do with you." Liam spat.
"Not that you deserve to know, but this is my boyfriend Damon. Now my lawyer has advised I don't speak to you, so you can get out of here before I call the cops and get a restraining order." She spat and I was so impressed with her strength.
"You can't afford a lawyer, and you wouldn't call the cops. You don't like making a scene." He laughed.
"You don't know me as well as you think you do." She told him stiffly.
"I'm gathering witnesses, Elena. People who can prove that you're a negligent parent." He told her, and she laughed.
"Who could you possibly have gotten?" She asked.
"I don't need secrets. I'll just tell you now, your parents are on my side." He smirked.
"That's just fine, I haven't spoken to my parents in over six years. They have nothing on me." She told him, and I was proud of her.
"My lawyer is the best in the business. Prepare for the fight of your life." Liam said before spinning on his heel and walking back towards his car.
"From now on instead of coming to track me down you can direct your questions and statements to my lawyer. You might have heard of him, his name is Giuseppe Salvatore." Elena called to him before turning around and walking back towards the car with me right behind her.