After Damon left the girls he walked up the stairs to go get changed. He was just about to go into his and Bonnie's bedroom when the two twins came running down the hall to him from their room with small backpacks behind their backs.
Damon smiled when he saw them. He bend down on his knee and grabbed them in his arms. "Hey, where are the two of you going with your little backpacks are you two planning on going on a trip around the world?" Damon said and kissed them on their cheeks.
"No daddy." Caden said and put his arms around his dad's neck.
"Yes daddy." Aiden said and laughed adorably.
"Oh I see the answer is yes and no that makes it very difficult for daddy to figure out who is lying and who is telling the truth." Damon said and put them down on their feet. "Did you guys eat? Where is mommy?"
"Mommy! Mommy!" The two cuties called out excited.
Dylan came down the hall with a smirk on his face. "Hey dad. I see my two helpers are done packing their tools."
"Hey, I hope you're not planning on taking them down to the lake with you Dylan. Your mother and I already had this talk with you remember."
"I know, relax old man they're just going to help me fix my boat. You do know it's still in our garage seeing that I don't have the money to pay someone to fix it for me not even my own parents wants to borrow me money. That makes me wonder, am I adopted?" Dylan said with a smirk.
Damon laughed and said. "I will help you just let me go change okay? Do we have a deal Mr am I adopted."
"You got yourself a deal Mr money in the bank but just remember its my boat and the three of you are all working for me." Dylan said and grinned from ear to ear.
"Oh its like that now? Where is our contracts I want to see what you paying us."
"Oh! We talking business now, well I gave Aiden and Caden each a banana and my old baseball cards that is very valuable and I gave them my precious mark colour pencils."
"You are a horrible boss how do you live with yourself. Bananas from my fridge mister? Oh no, we want money right boys." Damon said to the twins. "If there is no money we strike, take off your little backpacks boys we not moving an inch and do what daddy is doing."
The two cuties nodded their heads in agreement and took off their backpacks and threw it on the floor. They tried hard to copy their dad with his arms folded smirking at Dylan.
Dylan laughed softly. "Sell outs." He said to the twins. "Okay old man you got yourself a deal I will pay you a dollar each do we have a deal?"
Damon laughed and walked to his room. "We might as well do it for free. I will be down in a sec."
...
Five minutes later Damon walked through the doors of their family garage freshly showered dressed in black khaki pants and a black T-shirt, barefoot. He was carrying a platter with a plate of ginger cookies, four glasses of milk and hand wipes on the side.
"The crown prince of darkness just showed up late as usual." Dylan said with a smirk when his dad walked in.
The twins was hard at work with their plastic toy hammers, hammering away on Dylan's boat. Walter was also there busy working on his bike. "What up mister Dee." Walter greeted Damon.
"Hi Walter and I'm not late I stopped by the kitchen for milk and cookies." Damon said and put the platter down on the work table.
When the two twins saw the milk and cookies they immediately dropped their toy hammers and rushed over to their dad. "We need to clean those dirty hands first boys before we can eat right. We don't want the germs to eat with us." Damon said.
"Oh come on dad you keeping my work force out of their job for milk and cookies, really now?" Dylan said with a sigh.
"Its not like they are really doing anything. You just use them to hand you your tools." Walter said and looked hungry at the cookies.
"Your mother baked them today, it is so fresh it crumbles softly in your mouth you should really have a taste Walt seeing that Dylan is too big for milk and ginger cookies."
"I'm not going to look a gifted horse in the mouth Mr Dee I will have some thanks." Walter said and he too rushed over for some milk and cookies.
"Majority rules. I think we have a little time for milk and cookies." Dylan said and he was close behind Walter.
Damon walked over to Dylan's boat to inspect it but something caught his eyes. He turned to Dylan wide eye. "Where is she?"
Dylan shrugged his shoulders and said. "I don't know why don't you call her."
"I am talking about my car! Where is she?" Damon called out with crazy eyes.
Walter started to choke on his milk from laughing.
Dylan looked at the spot where his dad's precious Camaro is usually parked. The spot was empty. Damon was standing there with wide crazy eyes waiting for an answer.
"I don't know." Dylan said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Maybe mom took her out. I think its high time those two went out on a date." Dylan said. Walter doubled over with laughter.
"I knew I shouldn't have told her where I hide her keys." Damon said and bit his finger. An old habit of him he did as a kid when his angry and nervous.
"Who? mom or your car?" Dylan asked nonchalantly.
"Damon unable to comprehend a sentence just pointed his finger at Dylan and said. "Don't."
Walter couldn't help himself. His tummy was shaking with laughter.
"Its not like mom is going to get a scratch on her and mess her up or burn her tires out, you know something like get her back for all the long miles the two of you spend together on the road alone without mom." Dylan said calmly but inside he was shaking with laughter.
Walter screamed out laughing like a hyena. Damon glared at Walter and said. "I swear Walter if you don't stop laughing I will throw you in this boat and push you down the street!" That was it for poor Walter. He dropped down on the floor laughing hysterically. The twins enjoyed the sound of Walters laugh and they too joined in even thou they didn't understand what was going on.
"I'm sorry Mr Dee, please come back." Walter cried out in laughter when a furious Damon walked out. "Man, seeing your dad tripping is funny." Walter said to a smirking Dylan.
"My dad is so pissed. Nobody is allowed to drive his precious car." Dylan said and laughed softly.
...
It was Zoe who came to the room to wake up her dad later that night "What time is it?" Damon asked in a hoarse sleepy voice.
"Its six, fifteen and mom and Kenz just got home. The charity ball starts at seven that's why I came to wake you up. Do you want me to put on the bed lamps or the main lights for you?"
"The main lights, thanks princess." Damon said as he got off from the bed.
Zoe switched the lights on. "Okay I'm heading down stairs. Mom and Kenz brought us pasta from Flavio." Zoe said and gasped softly when her dad turned around to look at her. The twins really did a number on him and went crazy with their new mark colour pencils that they got from Dylan. Lines in different colours were draw all over his face down to his neck and it looks like one of the two naughty little twins tried to colour his nose blue. Zoe put her hand over her mouth and started to laugh. "Dad I think you should really freshen up first before you come down okay."
"Sure." Damon said and yawned out loud. "I slept like a log, thanks for waking me up." He then walked to his and Bonnie's bathroom. Zoe closed the door behind her with a smile.
The Charity Ball at Sir Ackerman's castle
The hall was packed with the elite of Mystique Lake. Sir Ackerman and his wife greeted Bonnie and Damon personally at the door when they arrived. "It looks absolutely beautiful in here. I hope that tonight we can raise enough money for the needs of our town and that of Silver Lake." Bonnie said politely to her two hosts.
"I sure hope that too Bonnie. Tourism has always been a vital part of this town. We need to capitalise on it and ensure that we can create more work opportunities for our young people." Madame Ackerman said.
"Well we better make some money tonight. What do you say Damon you going to head in with me and start to fish. I want to introduce you to some big time investors." Sir Ackerman said and patted Damon on the shoulder.
"I'm always up for this kind of fishing." Damon said with a smirk. He then kissed Bonnie on her cheek. "Behave and no selfies without me." Damon whispered in her ear. He delivered a soft blow on her ass. Bonnie smiled shyly when she caught Madame Ackerman's eye. The old woman just smiled and waved her hand delicately around the hall. "The flowers that you see here tonight are from your daughter's flower shop and I must say they are lovely Bonnie." Madame Ackerman said to Bonnie.
Bonnie bend her knee lightly and thanked the old woman with a proud and grateful smile.
"How are Stephen and Caroline doing? I haven't seen the two of them for quite a while." Madame said politely.
"Oh they are doing great. I know Caroline and Stephen would have loved to be here tonight but the little one Anna has an ear infection."
"I hope the little angel gets well soon and speaking of soon I will extend a formal invite to you and Caroline and Kate and of course Stella in the coming week. My assistant will inform you in advance."
"That will be nice thank you Madame Ackerman." Bonnie said with a surprise smile.
One of the waitresses came over to Madam Ackerman and whispered in her ear. When he was done she turned to Bonnie and politely excuse herself.
Finding herself alone, her eyes scanned the room for Damon. She spotted him with Sir Ackerman and Brixton and two older gentlemen that Bonnie was not familiar with in a deep conversation. Bonnie watched his face. The way his eyes light up when one of the men said something that caught his attention. The cheeky smile he gives when Brixton talks. The genuine laugh and when he listen he had this calm almost lazy hot look on his face but she knew he was at his sharpest in moments like that. Bonnie had no idea how love struck she looked and when Damon suddenly looked up in her direction her breath caught in her throat. He smiled and winked at her before turning back to the conversation.
"Fuck, I need a glass of whiskey." Bonnie said to herself.
"Bonnie its so good to see you here." Amelia said and gave Bonnie a warm hug.
"Thank you Amelia I am glad I came. You look stunning in that dress." Bonnie said.
"Thank you Bonnie and may I say you and Damon in your Navy blue attire and so lovey dovey ten out of ten. What a way to shut up the gossip queens for good." Amelia said with a warm smile.
...
The rest of the night Bonnie and Damon mingled with the guests separately and occasionally had a dance together before they got whisk away to meet new people and potential investors and their wives.
It was just past midnight when Damon decided enough is enough it was time for him and Bonnie to take a break. "Lets go take a walk in the garden." Damon said when he took her hand. Bonnie wasted no time and the two escaped quickly through a side door out.
...
Outside they both took in a deep breath and head for the rose garden maze. "May I hold your hand Bonnie." Damon asked with a charming smile.
Bonnie cleared her throat. She felt like a shy teenage girl with butterflies in her stomach. "You may." She answered him softly.
"Did you had enough to eat?" Damon asked.
"Yup and I have some caviar and snacks tucked away in my handbag for us. What about you?" Bonnie said with a straight adorable face.
Damon chuckled and kissed her on her cheek. "I had enough thank you but I would like to join you with your caviar and snacks and when we get home."
The two came to a clearing in the middle of the maze. "Oh wow this is beautiful Damon and look at all the fireflies." Bonnie said excited and to her surprise she giggled like a school girl.
"It is beautiful." Damon said with his eyes on Bonnie.
...and what a beautiful starlit night it was.. The night sky was filled with twinkling dazzling stars. It looked clear and peaceful.
"How I envy the ones that can bring a beautiful scene like this to life on a painting." Bonnie said to herself.
"Every artist was first and amateur you know." Damon said with a smile.
Bonnie turned back to him and the smile that she gave him took his breath away. Time freeze around them when her lips brushed his, softly, delicately, like butterfly wings, just enough that he could inhale her breath. His strong hands slide ever so slowly over her skin.
"Can I kiss you Bonnie?" he breathed out against her soft lips. She rested her hands on his strong chest her lips an inch from his. "Kiss me Damon."
He kissed her, first softly and then more intense. She surrendered herself to him and melted in his arms under this magical night sky.
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