Chapter 25

Elena

I wake to an alarm going off. I groan and throw the sheet over my head. "Ohhhh god. Make it stop."

"Shit shit shit." Damon whispers as he shuts off the alarm. "I'm sorry Lena. I forgot to turn it off."

I peer out from the edge of the sheet. "What time is it?"

He looks over at me and chortles; "Just after 7."

He lifts up the sheet and peeks inside of it, looking down at my body. "I will never get tired of this." he says wiggling his brows.

I huff and yank the sheet back down. He lays down beside me and curls into my body. "Good morning."

I scratch the back of his head with my nails, "morning."

He kisses the top of my left breast. "How are you feeling?"

"A little sore but in a good way."

"Yeah?" he asks with a soft smile.

I palm his cheek and kiss his forehead. "Yeah."

I quickly fall back asleep to him stroking my side through the sheet.

"Elena" Damon says to me pulling me out of my slumber. "Lena …come on baby. You've got to get going."

"Shit. I fell back asleep." I say pushing up. The sheet falls around my waist and he reaches out; gently tugging on my nipple.

"Yup but that's okay." he says as he stands up. "But up and at em lazy bones. Dress shopping."

I stand and slowly walk around him to the closet. I grab a red t-shirt dress and bend over to get my underwear set and white leggings.

He groans. "Keep doing that and you'll be walking down the aisle naked."

I wiggle my ass and laugh. "I love you too!" I holler as I go into the bathroom to change.

Damon and I walk out of the elevator hand in hand to reception. Mom, Emma and Lily are sitting there waiting for us.

"Sorry" I say looking down to the floor. "I fell back asleep."

Lily snorts; "I wonder why?"

Mom laughs. "Nope. I'm not going there."

Damon stands beside me and actually has the nerve to act shy. I elbow him in his stomach.

He lets out an oof. "What did I do?"

I scowl at him. Little shit.

"At least I know they're being safe." Mom says with conviction. "I know because I got the insurance approval."

"Nope. No no no." Emma says shaking her head. "I don't want any part of this conversation."

We all laugh at her.

Lily hums. "Who knows what will happen. They are getting married."

Mom levels Damon and I with a stare. I put my hands up defensively. "I promise. If something were to happen it wouldn't be because we weren't safe."

Damon nods and grips my hand. "I'm going to head back to the room and make some calls. You good?"

"She will be fine." Lily says waving him off.

He pulls out his wallet and places a card in my hand. I drop it when I snatch my hand away. He raises a brow, "seriously?"

"No!" I say vehemently pointing to the card on the floor.

He reaches down and picks it up. Licking his bottom lip; he growls at me. "You need to all pick out dresses. I'm buying. Don't worry about the cost."

I shake my head. He growls louder and I giggle. "Elena Gilbert. I'm serious."

I giggle again. Soon I will be Elena Salvatore. God, I love the sound of that.

Lily swipes the card from his hand. I jut out my bottom lip but straighten and smiles when she glares at me. "Don't mind if I do." she says placing the card in her wallet.

I look at Damon and mouth scary to him. He nods. "Stubborn ass." He says gripping my chin.

I grin and whisper "you love my stubborn ass."

He mock eye rolls and I kiss him fully on the mouth. "I'll see you later."

He kisses me once more. "I love you."

"Love you!" I shout as I skip away. Laughter sounds from behind me.

We've been shopping for almost 5 hours now. It's going on 3pm and I still have yet to find a dress. Emma's dress is floor length navy-blue chiffon. It has two spaghetti straps on each shoulder and a bow that wraps; tying at the side. Mom picked out a light lilac purple lace dress that goes to her knees. It has a matching chiffon overcoat. Finally, Lily chose a navy-blue knee length lace dress with a matching three quarter sleeve lace overcoat.

"This is ridiculous!" I exclaim as we head towards 5th Avenue. "We may as well just cancel the wedding now."

Mom rolls her eyes; "You are stubborn child."

"We will find you your dream dress. We still haven't checked Armani." Lily explains calmly. "Don't go as far to cancel the wedding."

"What about there?" Emma asks grabbing my arm.

I look to where she's pointing. It's a clothing store. I look at my mom and Lily. "It's worth a shot." I tell them pressing the crosswalk button.

We walk into the store and I look around. Mom and Lily go off into another section leaving Emma with me. I start at the end of one rack; sliding forward the hangers after I look each dress over.

"Do you have an idea of style?" Emma asks from another rack.

"It has to be off white or ivory. I don't want a pure white. I would love it to have a lace and maybe thinner straps." I explain picking up a gown. "If it's already my size that would be amazing."

I grab another gown and Emma whispers "holy moly."

I look over at her and she is facing me holding basically what I asked for. "Please tell me that's my size!" I plead.

She looks at the tag and back to me; nodding enthusiastically.

"Okay okay. Calm down. Breathe." I instruct. "It might not be the one."

Emma laughs; "are you telling me or yourself?"

I grab the dress from her, running to the dressing room. I shout; "who cares?!"

I quickly undress and slip the gown on. I ask Emma to come into the dressing room to button up the back. She comes in and mouths wow. "Mom and Lily are waiting." she tells me finishing the last few buttons.

I nod and follow her out. I walk straight over to the mirrors, stepping on the platform. It's an off-white lace gown with a semi long train. The dress pools around my feet nicely. A sweetheart neckline with beaded shoulder straps. The back is almost a half open back; reaching just below my shoulder blades. The buttons are small pearl buttons that go all the way down to the top of my butt.

I look at my face in the mirror; my vision blurry with unshed tears. A couple tears fall as I slowly spin around to face the 3 of them.

By the time I face them, they all gasp. Moms nods her head and chokes out a yes.

"That's it. That's the one." Lily whispers with an awe.

"Yes!" Emma exclaims loudly; fist pumping the air. "I found that!"

We all laugh at her. It's pretty funny that we search for hours yet my 14-year old sister found my dream dress. I quickly dress and place the gown on the hanger. I look at the price. $700.00. That's not bad at all compared to what we were looking at.

I walk up to the register and place the gown down. The cashier puts it in a dress bag and Lily swipes Damon's card. 4 purchases under him today. That's 4 blowjobs I'm giving him. I will keep track.