Chapter 8 – Today is the Day Update/proofed 06/09/2022

Everyone is at the breakfast table, Damon looks down the length of the table, and feels anxious. His mind is churning with all the details that need to happen today, his stomach takes a flop over the thought of how it has to happen perfectly. So much is riding on this plan of his. He shakes his head, and lets one thought take over, 'Today is the day I get Elena back, my family will be complete'. He looks at his brother, Stefan is talking to Caroline, and with an instinct of absentmindedness reaches over and refills her Orange Juice. Bonnie is holding onto Damon's arm while talking to Enzo, and a laugh escapes her lips, she releases Damon's arm long enough for Enzo to disappear, then her laugh stops. Damon feels the pressure again, and Bonnie's smile returns. His anxiety returns, everything has to be perfect, Damon realizes that failure is not an option. His entire family's happiness is riding on today's success.

That is Damon's cue to start the conversation about today's plan. "Big day today, people. Lots and lots of magical preparations to get ready. Just a reminder, there are 4 major spells that are being broken or transferred today. So let's not screw this up. Stefan and I are heading out to the Magical Man Cave after breakfast to start prepping it. Caroline, you and Bonnie are going to bring Elena and this list in a few hours. Bonnie, please eat, you need as much energy as possible. Caroline same with you, you can't have any blood bags near the Magical Man cave, make sure you are ready for anything, we have no idea what is going to happen and you're the strongest one of us. You and Ric will take charge of the protection detail. Matt and Jeremy will be back up and on surveillance duty, you two are the long-range eyes and ears, don't let anyone or thing sneak up on us. I showed you the best spots on the map, if either of you has better ideas once we get there, just let us know where you will be stationed once we get there. That makes up Team Defense."

Ric, Matt, and Jeremy walked into the kitchen. Damon annoyed, "About time you guys arrived, did you find them? Ric answers, "Yes, it wasn't easy. Next time, saying 'In Bonnie's Mom's backyard, not exactly the 'x' marks the spot treasure map directions for a pinpoint dig mission. And… Yes, I have them… Enzo's bones are in the footlocker." Damon was relieved, "Ok, great job Ric, get breakfast. I'm heading upstairs to get Elena ready. This will take about an hour."

Bonnie asks, "Do you need help?" Damon understands how much she has invested in this, "Everything is going to be fine. Stef and I have got this. All the ritual parts have to come from nature's magic for now at least. Why don't you and Enzo go out by the fire and focus on your connection, it has to be at its strongest. Bon, it will be easier if you can connect with the world you created. It will give us one less wall to crash through. If you and Enzo can communicate with each other without me, it will make it that much easier." Bonnie knew what he was talking about, she needed to tap into her psychic powers, if she could connect with Enzo more than just sensing him, knowing he was around her. She had to be able to communicate telepathically to link souls together between plains. Bonnie wasn't as confident as Damon seemed to be with her powers, "We will work on it." Damon reminds her, "Love, Bon, don't underestimate the power in your love, start there, focus on that, see where that gets you. I know you two can do it." He paused as he broke her connection with Enzo for the final time, "I'll let you know if we need an extra pair of hands." Bonnie nods, "Take care of our girl," He bowed his head as he walked out of the room.

In Damon's bedroom.

Damon adds the last of the ingredients into the bathtub. "Never thought, We'd be making potions in a bathtub." Stefan is stirring the bowl of essential oils as directed. "Tell me about it. The Salvatore brothers from humans to vampires to witches, how the hell did fate cook that one up."

Damon spoke softly as if he was confessing, "Last night, I was just laying next to Elena thinking about the moment I realized she was sired to me. How devastated I was. I watched her drink from that blood bag, knowing I couldn't trust anything that she had said or felt for me, during what I thought were the best moments of my existence. It was truly the lowest moment of my life. With every swallow she took, I couldn't deny that she was sired, all those feelings she had, all the moments that we shared weren't real, or at least I convinced myself they weren't at the time. She always knew better, she knew that everything we felt was real. She had so much faith in our love, in how much we felt. She tried and tried to convince me. I wouldn't listen, I couldn't believe that she could just love me for me, the same way I loved her. The part that I realized last night was almost comical, all that time I worried about her being sired to me, I am the one that has been sired to her. I've been 'sired' to Elena Gilbert since the first time I laid eyes on her in the middle of the road. She has inspired me on every level and changed me to my very core. She made me want to be a better person with just a look. She would bat those big brown chocolates at me and I would do anything she would ask of me." Damon walks over to the side of the bed where Elena is, he reaches and caresses her cheek. In a voice that tried very poorly to mimic Elena's, "Damon, don't kill her, it's wrong. You can't just go around hurting people. You don't have to be what everyone expects you to be." Damon took a deep breath and adjusted the blanket that covered Elena, "The big bad Damon Salvatore brought from bad to humanity by this frail, weak, stubborn, iron-willed, warrior human Elena Gilbert, boy, did I underestimate her."

Stefan smiled, "I learned early on that she was stronger than I was/am. She could take more, be more, handle more than I could as a vampire. She was right when she accused me of wanting to fix her with the cure, I didn't understand it at the time. I didn't know how to deal with the fact that even though she hated everything about being a vampire, she was still herself, she found peace with it. That was something that I would never be able to do." Stefan looked at Damon, "You knew she would, you always knew she would find her way as a vampire. You loved her unconditionally either way. I was jealous of that love you had for her, being able to love the light and the dark of her. I guess I could see her happy with having a dark side as being part of her. One day it came to me, you were there for her in ways that I never could be, or was able to be. Despite everything that I felt, you two are good together, you belong together. It was in my face, both of you made each other better, more complete, you fought as one. The reasons or excuses I made to be upset or be jealous just weren't there anymore. Damon and Elena belong together, it was your story. I couldn't deny it."

Damon reflected, "I was going through something similar, I knew I didn't deserve her, all the evil and pain I had inflicted throughout my life, how could someone so good, caring, loving, how could I ever deserve her love? The more I pushed her away, the more my heart filled with her, and the more I wanted to do good, to earn her. It was hell, pure torture." Damon smiled. "We better stop this sentimental crap, she is going to give both of us hell when she wakes up, listening to all this." Both brothers let out a chuckle.

Damon asked, "Are you ready to energize the water now?" Stefan walks over to the bathtub, "Are you sure I can do this? If it isn't just right the entire ritual can fail."

Damon nodded his head, "Just like we build the temple… I mean our "Magical Man Cave". You will channel the water, and use my power to energize the water with your magical essence, and then I will do the same thing with Elena immersed in it. It will work, it will help her human body be at its strongest to help the spell work, and channel her doppelganger blood magic with ours so we can transfer all the spell magic to Enzo." Damon paused and looked at Elena, then back at Stefan, "It will work, it has to for Bonnie, for Elena, we need a big win".

Stefan nodded, "I'm ready" Damon walks over to the window and opens it wide, he leans out. The sun rays bounce off his skin, and the warm charge his body, he raises his arms and a gentle breeze swirls around him. Now Damon is ready, he turns and heads over to Stefan. Damon takes Stefan's hand, the wind is now blowing around both of them creating a wall of protection. Stefan leans down and puts his hand in the water. The bathwater begins to bubble and burst, and large drops drift upwards and hover over the tub as Damon and Stefan begin to chant the ancient Greek words of the ritual. As the last verse is said the wind dies down slowly, and the hovering drops of water begin to descend. Then it is done and all is calm. Damon is breathing deeply, he feels drained of power and energy. Stefan can feel how weak Damon is, he wraps his arm around his brother and takes him to the open window, Stefan knows this will help immediately, Stefan smiles, better than blood, he thinks to himself. At the window, Damon feels the wind surround him, the sun on his face, the color immediately returns, his breath eases, this strength returns, his legs are strong again, and hold his full weight again. Damon grabs the window sill and turns to Stefan, "Now that was a Woww, I have never felt an energy drain like that before. I really felt you pulling your power from me. It was so different from when we built the temple. I had no idea how much of my power I was pulling from the earth. I guess that means, I'm going to have to move my bedroom to the atrium." Damon felt himself again, recharged and strong, turned and looked at Elena.

Stefan caught the concern in Damon's eyes, "Do you need a hand? I can help you with getting Elena ready." Damon looked into Stefan's worried eyes, he knew that Stefan was worried about him as much, maybe even more than Elena. "Brother, I am truly well and re-energized. Elena and I will be fine together. I can do this, she is in the best of hands. I will call you if anything changes, I promise, I will not endanger either of us." He nodded his head and turned back to the sun soaking up all the rays.

Damon stayed at the window for 5 more minutes making sure that all his energy reserves were filled, and that he was as strong as he could be. That wasn't supposed to be a tough spell, he thought, it was Stefan who drained his power so fast. That didn't matter now, all that mattered was getting Elena ready for today, she was going to come back to him today. He turns around with the sun on his back, facing the bed where Elena lies. He thinks about lying next to her the last few nights, how it has been both ecstasy and a curse. Having her so close, yet not having her. He had calmness and peace laying next to her at night, his heart and soul were as one, one with her. How did Damon Salvatore fall hopelessly in love with a mere human, who made him alive again? He walked over to the bed.

As he pulled the blanket down, he realized that Elena was dressed in the same clothes he and Caroline put on her the night he woke a witch. After a moment, he decided against saving her outfit, the visual of her body flopping around as he was getting her clothes off was too much. Damon went to his desk drawer and got a pair of scissors, cutting them off of her seemed an easier approach. Back at Elena's side, he slowly and carefully glides the scissors' edge up the leg of the pants, slicing the fabric in two to the waistband. He repeated the procedure on the other side. After laying the scissors on the nightstand, he gently raised her leg to remove the cut pants. Her skin was so pale, with a sickly tone to it. He then carefully lifted her into his arms and slid his body under hers. With her back on his chest, he rested with his arm holding her. "Soon, I will hold you and you will hear me tell you how much I love you, you will listen to my confession of how hard it was without you, the mistakes I made, the lessons you taught me, and the life I want to share with you. I will wait to find out if you still have me." Damon slowly pulled Elena's shirt off her arms, and then over her head. He lifted her torso gently up and slid her back onto the bed. He stared a minute at her, God she is beautiful, how he missed the way her body felt on his. At this moment, he wanted her eyes to open, so he could kiss every inch of her body. The memory of that threat in the Mystic Fall High School hallway at Jeremy's teacher's conference made him smile. Right then he put it on the list of things to do when she woke, he was going to make good on that threat.

Damon shook his head, "Stop with the distractions!" he said out loud. He went to the dresser and got the bowl of oils that Stefan had been working on. He took his hands and cupped the oils, turning them to coat his hands, he looked to the window, and a warm wind started flowing through, it began to circle him and the bed that Elena laid on. Damon carefully took Elena's leg and began massaging the oil into it. The color of the skin immediately started changing, he could feel the warmth of the blood circulating faster, stronger. He kept going until all the oil from his hand was absorbed, he dipped into the bowl again, and went down to her feet, he never noticed she had a mole on the top of her little toe. The thought came to him, how many times had he seen her amazing body but never really looked, cherished, he had brought her pleasure. There was so much more of her to know. Yet another item on his mental list. Her other leg began to get its color back as the oil was absorbed. He moved up to her hips, his hands spanned over them and he remembered each curve easily. He continued until he had covered her entire body, making sure every inch of skin was slick to the touch. As he got to her face, he couldn't stop the tears, his soul, mind, and body were reacting to every touch his hand was making. His fingers touched her forehead, and his lips followed, down the bridge of her nose, over her cheeks, across her lips, and circled her chin. He kissed each of her cheeks before he sat up. He paused and looked at her naked body, another item for the list he thought. Her skin looked normal, she was strong again, he could feel it. He felt the desire that was stirring in her, she was aware, he knew it.

He went to the closet, all the way in the back, he pulled out a garment bag and carefully unzipped it. Inside was the dress from so many years ago, he bought it while he was in Europe. She had just been taken away from him. He needed to keep her in his life, his thoughts, his actions. So when they passed the little shop window, he saw this dress, he saw Elena wearing it, he went back and bought it. He packed it away, and hid it from everyone, especially himself during all those evil times, he kept it safe for her. He never understood why he saved and protected this dress. Now he did. This was the dress she would wake in. He walked over to the bed and carefully put her dress on her. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He placed her hand around his shoulder and slid his hands underneath her, once she was safely in his arms, he carried her downstairs.

Stefan was in the living room with Caroline and Bonnie, when Damon reached the bottom of the stairs. Stefan looked up, "Are you ready to head out?" Damon glanced at him, "Yep, is everything packed in the SUV? Don't forget your daylight ring?" holding Elena in his arms, he looks at Stefan. Stefan pulls his hand out of his pocket to show off his daylight ring. Caroline and Bonnie head to the front door, Bonnie "Everything on the list has been checked and double-checked, it is in the back. Matt is holding down the fort, keeping an eye on the police reports for AB activity."

Damon gently pulls Elena into the backseat of the SUV, and seatbelts her in as if she isn't in a magical coma. Caroline climbs in and secures her a little more with a pillow once the passenger door is shut. Bonnie gets in and Stefan climbs in the front with Damon driving. Damon looks in the rearview mirror and smiles. Stefan catches the smile, "What's got you so chipper?" Damon isn't fazed by the implied sarcasm, "I was just thinking about my profound list." Damon looked over his shoulder and smiled. Stefan realized what Damon was talking about, "Yes, indeed, it is profound". The drive was quiet until Stefan started speaking "I've been thinking about this whole Enzo coming back part, I think we are missing a piece of the puzzle." Damon looked over with his brows pulled, "Ok, speak".

Stefan continues, "We have all the good magic represented Bonnie's blood, Nature's magic, but it is evil magic that took Enzo, Ripper Stefan under the control and mandate of Cade that murdered him." Stefan looked at Bonnie through the reflection of the window, she was intently listening, "I think that we need to add some of my human blood into the blood spell before I unblock my magic. While Ripper Stefan is still dying. If Ripper Stefan is completely dead then the evil that killed Enzo would be able to die in the transfer as well, letting the good conquer the evil." Damon lets out a deep breath, "hmm, that is a very very interesting theory. It holds a lot of weight, nature requires balance. Good versus evil, there is always a struggle. You and I are having an issue with the other shoe dropping as it is."

At the temple, Damon and Stefan start preparations. Ric arrives with Enzo's bones. They start putting all the bones in their proper places. Damon jokes, "Who knew so many bones. Hey Enzo, you don't mind if we have a few out of order, do you?" Bonnie responds "Yes, I do. I want all of them exactly where they belong. I'm here to make sure they are correct." She smiles at Damon. Damon stops and looks for Caroline, he sees her bringing Elena and rushes to her. Damon carefully takes Elena from Caroline's arms.

Damon carries Elena to an altar made of rose quartz that was risen from the mine below, then lays her on top of the cherry blossoms and rose petals that cover the top. He smoothes her hair and kisses her forehead. He takes a bowl the filled with the paste of herbs that Demetrius helped him create, he makes the signs of earth on her forehead, wind on the top of her foot, thumbing the mole on the top of her little toe with a smile, fire on the inside of her palm, and water on the inside of her other palm. Damon calls on Stefan. Stefan walks over to the altar. He looks at Elena and takes her hand for just a second before looking at Damon. Damon holds out the bowl, Stefan dips his hand in and covers his palm with the herbal paste. Damon does the same. Damon lowers the shoulder strap of Elena's dress, he places his palm down onto Elena's skin right over her heart, then lifts straight up, leaving his handprint. Stefan follows Damon's route with one exception, his handprint crosses Damon's print. Bonnie is watching the brother very closely "What is that? What are you doing?" Damon explains, "It is a herbal paste made of natural herbs angelica, cinnamon, galangal, & wormwort, they are to help channel nature and resist evil." Bonnie brings the empty bowl over to the altar with Enzo's bones. Damon has the knife in hand, "Bonnie, we need to get the blood ready, are you sure about this?" Bonnie takes the knife from Damon's hand and cuts her wrist. She picked a good vein because she knows a lot will be needed.

Damon watches Bonnie's face as he pulls her necklace out of his pocket. She looks at it as he holds it in his opened palm, waiting on her approval one last time. The two friends make eye contact for a long moment, no words are spoken, Damon knows the answer is yes, her eyes are filled with longing and hope, and she nods. He gives her what she needs; a genuine, cocky-confident, Damon Salvatore smirking smile as he closes his palm around her pendant. Damon pulls the glass chamber of blood out and breaks it into the bowl. Enzo and Bonnie's blood mix thoroughly, then Stefan takes the knife, and cuts his hand, "Now let's add some doppelganger with just a dash of evil for a little bit of luck, shall we." The blood begins to flow from the open wound. When Stefan's blood has stopped dripping into the blood, Damon begins to gently swirl the liquid in the bowl. After he is confident that the contents are mixed well, Damon carefully pours the blood mixture over each bone. Damon takes his place at the altars, Stefan follows to his place, and Bonnie stands between Damon and the altar with Enzo's bones. Damon speaks, "ok everyone, remember love is the power, you have to channel the purest thoughts and feelings of love you have. Bonnie keep your spell going until I tell you to stop, keep pulling the magic to Enzo, don't stop no matter what happens." Damon looks at Stefan, "Stefan, our power is from our brother bond, trust it, there are thoughts and feelings that you are going to have to fight through to unblock your magic, trials you will face, our brother bond is the key, ALWAYS, no matter you might see or hear in your trance, you have to remember, brother bond, it is the only way this will work. I have your back. I am here. Remember the words, if you forget them, feel me, feel my love for you." Damon looked Stefan in the eyes with a tenderness that he had not seen since they were children, a time when Stefan knew Damon would protect him with his very life. Stefan knew they could do this. Damon and Stefan clasped hands. Damon felt the earth beneath his feet and the wind begins to swirl around the temple, as a protection wall. Stefan began to channel his power from Damon, the waterfall began to flow and the fire pits ignited. The brothers began to chant.

The images begin inside Stefan's head, faint at first, he tries to focus on what Damon said earlier 'brother bond', he repeats this over and over in his thoughts. All of a sudden, his eyes open to see Caroline being chased by hybrids, 6 of them, they are gaining, Damon is behind them, and a tree flies to knock 2 of them out of the way. Damon yells, "I've got this, stay with Elena, protect her. I'll keep Caroline safe." Stefan looks down, he was at the altar with Elena surrounded by a ring of fire, he was protecting Elena with his magic, if he stopped, Elena would be completely exposed. He heard Caroline scream. Stefan looked up, one of the hybrids was dangling upside down from a tree branch, and Damon's arm was stretched outward. Four other hybrids were moving in, and all of a sudden a wall of wind surrounded Caroline. Stefan's heart skipped a beat. Then he saw Damon, Katherine had a knife at Damon's throat. Katherine looked at Stefan "Choose Stefan, your brother, or Caroline" Damon yelled, "NO... NO Stefan... I have this. I can protect Caroline. You have to protect Elena... I have this, I will not fail you. I love you brother. Brother, we can do this together." Stefan understood, Katherine burst into flames, and all the images disappeared.

Stefan opened his eyes. Damon's hands were no longer locked with his, the waterfall flowed stronger, the fire pits flamed higher, and Stefan felt the elements through his own body, he no longer felt Damon's presence in his magic. It was only his now. Damon got Stefan's attention, "Welcome to the Game! Shall we make some magic, Brother?" Stefan smiles, nods, and raises his arms. Damon says "Ok, Bonnie, you're on. Caroline, time for you to get into position." Caroline walks around to Stefan, he looks at her and mouths, "I love you." She puts her arms around his waist, "Ok, I'm in position." Damon takes hold of Elena's hand and locks his other hand with Bonnie's. Stefan takes Elena's other hand and puts his other hand into the water basin. Bonnie begins to chant, she lays her free hand on Enzo's blood-covered bones. The brothers begin their chant, the winds begin to gall, the fires blaze higher, clouds start to cover the temple overhead, and the sounds of thunder are heard. And then a flash of lightning crashes onto the altar base with Enzo's bones and the electric energy starts flowing through the entire altar. Damon pulls Bonnie's hand away from Enzo's bones. Smoke fills the area, it blackens the air, and the darkness is everywhere.

No one can see anything. Fog cover and smoke have blanketed the temple. The wind has died, the fire pits are out, the smoke is billowing out of the bowls everywhere, and the waterfalls have stopped flowing. Stefan is the first to speak "Is everyone ok? I can't see you Damon, Bonnie, someone say something?" He feels Caroline's arms around him. He knows she is fine. She squeezes him "I'll go see." He grabs her arms before she releases him "No, stay with me. Let's give it a minute."

Damon feels a tug on his hand, it is Elena, Damon feels her moving, then he hears the sweetest sound he has been longing for, Elena's voice, "Damon… Damon" cough...cough... Damon responds to Elena "Elena, Baby, I'm here, Everything is ok, you're fine. We are all here. Care is here, Bonnie is here, so is Stefan, he is holding your other hand, he is on the other side of you. Just hold on, don't move. You are fine." Damon holds onto Elena tightly, Bonnie still hasn't moved, he is worried, and he can't see anything. Damon's voice shuttered, "Stefan, Bonnie hasn't moved. Get hold of Elena, I don't know how strong she is. I have better access to Bonnie. Bring Elena toward my voice. I have to make sure she is ok." Damon feels Elena being pulled from his grasp, he lets go. He pulls Bonnie into his other arm, close to his body, he can finally see her, she is unconscious, with blood dripping from her nose. As he puts his arms underneath her legs, he feels another arm grasping her, then the familiar voice, "Mate, You have your own woman, this one is mine." That familiar voice is Enzo's. He lets Bonnie gently slide into Enzo's arms "Welcome back, friend." Enzo looks at Damon then down at Bonnie "Thank you for bringing me back and Thank you for taking care of this one. She is going to be just fine." That last part sounds more like a question than a statement. Damon responded, "She just needs a little nap. She always thinks she is invincible."

Damon feels a sense of relief. He realizes that he needs to lower the protection wall that he had created to keep everyone safe. He smiled, he had become mother earth. Damon took a big breath, relaxed, he let thoughts of love, safety, and peace flow through his mind. Slowly the fog starts to dissipate, and the outlines of everyone become clearer. Damon sees Elena for the first time, cradled in Stefan's arms. Her eyes meet his immediately, her body turns, and he takes a step towards her. He has her in his arms before he remembers that he moved, his lips are on her before he takes a breath. Elena breaks the kiss, buries her head into Damon's neck, and whispers, "Is Bonnie ok?"

Damon's trance is broken. He turns to look at Enzo, a little shocked at what he sees, naked Enzo holding Bonnie. Damon smiles, "She is going to be just fine. We need to get her into bed. BonBon loves to be dramatic." Damon directs his next comment at Enzo "We really need to get you some clothes. Oops best-laid plans, something always falls through the cracks. Mate."

Damon looks around, Stefan has Caroline in his arms, naked Enzo couldn't be happier with unconscious Bonnie in his arms, and they're staring at him as Elena, awake, looking at him with the love in her eyes that he had been wanting for so long. A thought... SO this is peace.

"Damon" in a hushed voice caught his attention, he blinked. He was already looking at her. Elena had said his name. He bent down and kissed her lips, softly, she kissed him back, more eagerly than he was prepared for. He pulled her tightly to his body, and their kiss deepened. She opened her mouth to him, and he swept his tongue into her mouth, finding and mating with hers, fueling a passion that had been sleeping with her. His breaths deepened each time his mouth took hers, his arms pulled her body closer to his, and his hands pulled her shoulders and face flush with his. Damon could only feel Elena, breathe Elena, taste Elena, all his fears for the past 4 years were being extinguished by this kiss, right here, right now. The sound of Caroline and Stefan caught Elena's attention, Damon looked at her face to see it flushed pink from the blush of being caught in their passionate kiss. Damon looked at his brother, Stefan was beaming with pride, he spoke with a bit of sarcasm, "So, Brother, are you two going to put on a show right here in the Man Cave?" Damon turned away from his brother and looked back at Elena, lifted her chin, "Maybe" and kissed her again.

Elena pulled back, her big brown eyes looking up at Damon, god, how he missed drowning in them, especially, when they were filled with passion, like right now. Damon looked up and realized it was time to get everyone back to the house. Bonnie needed to recover. Enzo needed clothes. Stefan and Caroline needed privacy. He needed to get Elena alone. The right thing to do, the new destiny Damon would get his coven safe, "We should start heading back to the house. Stef, how do you feel?" Stefan responded with a display of his magic, the fire pits ignited, and the waterfall burst. Damon smirked "I'll take that as a pretty darn good. Let's get everyone home, we have some recuperating to do. Enzo, can you get Bonnie to my car, do you need help?" Enzo nodded, "I've got it, Mate. Just feeling quite drafty" Stefan volunteered, "When we get back to the house, I've got some stuff you can wear."

Damon gently lifted Elena off the altar, "I can walk" she said. Damon responded, "I'm not letting you out of my arms for quite a while, so just get used to it". He carried her to the car and settled her in after Enzo had sat in the backseat. He went around the driver's side and climbed in. He looked over at Elena sitting there in the car next to him. He couldn't stop himself, he leaned over and kissed her again.

Enzo reminded everyone, "My bare arse is on your backseat, Mate, do you mind if you do that at the house?"

Damon took Elena's hand up to his lips, and kissed it as he stepped on the gas, one way or another he was going to be kissing his woman, he smiled with a hint of mischievousness.