Part 12:

Raven was practically sitting in Damon's lap as he drove his
Ferrari. She planted kisses on his cheeks and neck every so
often causing him to serve occasionally.

"As much as I love this you have to sit in your own sit before
you get me pulled over," he told her after a while with a laugh.

"I'll pull you over my self," she told him not moving. Damon
smiled at her.

"You want me to pull over?" he asked. Raven jerked the wheel
making him turn down a side road. He cursed loudly, at first not
realizing he was still on a road.

"A little ways down here should be good." Damon shook his head
tolerantly. He drove until Raven told him to park. They got out
of the car and walked down a nearly non-existent trail. They
reached a small lake that looked simply gorgeous with the trees
and plants behind it. The sun glinted off the spectacular blue
waters.

They sat down on a grassy shore and held onto each other. Damon
stuck his chin on Raven's glossy black hair and stared at the
lake. Raven kissed his neck.

"I missed you so much," she whispered.

"I missed you too. I hate it when you go off and away to where
ever," he told her.

"Then come with me. Join Circle Daybreak and we'll probably
never have to be apart."

"I don't know if I can," he told her. Raven knew he was
referring to his past.

"Yes you can. Of course you can you've changed. Besides look at
me, I'm not exactly a pure soul." Damon had to agree, Raven did
some pretty wild things.

"Okay," he said heaving a sigh. His thoughts wandered as they
sat there holding each other. Damon kissed Raven as his thoughts
started on his brother. Damon mind didn't focus on anything but
the kiss after that.

They both felt the raw emotions in the kiss. The love and need
they both desperately felt. Raven's hands slipped under Damon's
shirt and massaged his back gently. Damon ran one hand through
Raven's silky hair and the other held onto her tightly.

They kissed as they were in each other's minds. They had been
apart for do long.

/So you got his address,/ Raven said with a mental smile.

/Yes, I got the address. I still don't see why you want it. My
little brother isn't exactly the best person in the world to
meet,/ Damon told her.

/And I don't see what you've got against me meeting him. He's
your brother for goddess' sake. I want to meet him because he
played such a big part in your life,/ she told him.

/Besides, even if I don't know the whole story on what went on
between you people I know you want to check up on him to make
sure he and Elana are okay and all./

Damon was a little surprised himself that Raven still hadn't seen
all of what had happened at Fells Church. The reason being Damon
didn't want to remember it or think about it as of yet, it still
hurt. So when ever Raven felt the warning bells go off in
Damon's mind she backed off.

Besides, he always let little things slip or would tell her some
tidbits. Like Bonnie being able to raise the dead. In fact he
hadn't even noticed he was telling her at first. When he had he
had clamed up suddenly. Also if Raven decided that she really
wanted to know she could ask Bonnie.

Damon, who had been following her thoughts, whispered mentally to
her, /I'll tell you about it tonight./

/You don't have to if you don't want to,/ she told him quickly.

/No, I might as well. You'll find out eventually. Besides,
it'll help if you know when you meet Stefan and Elena./

/I'll write them and ask if we can drop by to meet them when ever
I get a spare moment./

/Cool. I don't think you'll get one,/ he told her teasingly as
he broke the kiss and started to tickle her mercilessly.

"Stop!" Raven shrieked in laughter within minutes. "I give!"

"Only if you let me do what ever I want later."

"Anything. Just stop… it," she gasped out between peals of
laughter. Damon did so after a second or to. He loved to hear
Raven's laugh. It was one of the most beautiful sounds he had
ever heard if not the most.

After awhile they got up and went back to Damon's car. They only
held hands in the car and Raven let Damon drive properly this
time. They drove to a nice restaurant where Damon had made
reservations.

"Damon! You should have told me we were coming here. I'd have
worn something nicer. And you should have too," Raven told him
as they started to pulled up to the building.

"Well in that case," Damon said with a mischief smile and drove
past the place.

"Now what?" she demanded. He parked in a mall's parking lot that
was down the road. Damon leaned over the front seat to the back
seat and pulled out two clothing bags.

Raven unzipped the bag he gave her. She gasped as she saw the
black dress.

"You shouldn't have," she told him and threw her arms around him.
They went into the mall's bathrooms and changed. The dress Damon
had gotten her had a V-neck and came down to mid-thigh on her.
It had black-purple flowers all over it. It was gorgeous. Raven
ran her fingers through her hair and straightened it slightly
before she met Damon outside the bathroom.