Elena woke up and reached for Damon instinctively. She felt empty sheets and opened her eyes. "Damon?" she said sleepily. "Damon?"
"Hey." He said rounding the corner, his waist wrapped in a towel. "Just took a shower."
"I might take one too." she said. "You make me feel dirty."
"I could take one with you." he said.
"That sounds perfect." she said. She sat up the sheet draped over her as she looked down. "You let me sleep naked? What happened to needing to keep yourself sane?"
"Well I may have snuck a peek or two this time." he said an eyebrow arching. "Let's get you cleaned up." He leaned down pulling the sheet off her. She stood up and pressed into him.
"Thanks for staying." she said.
"You can stop saying that." he said. "I'm not going to leave while you sleep." She smiled up at him. She walked into the bathroom pulling him behind her. She stepped into the shower and he reached over her to turn on the water. She backed into the water pulling him in with her. He pressed himself into her. She kissed him softly running her hands through his hair. She pulled back and looked at him water streaming over their faces.
"I'm glad I chose you."
He held her waist rubbing against her. She turned around pressing her back into him. He ran his hands across her stomach and up to her breasts. He squeezed them gently as she moaned arching into his hands moaning. "I love the way you sound." he growled into her ear.
"I love what you do to me." she said closing her eyes. One hand slid over her stomach and her rubbed his hand between her legs. Her knees gave out and she fell into him moaning loudly. "Oh don't stop."
"Not until you're screaming my name." He sucked against her neck and she lifted up on her toes reaching up to grip the back of his neck pulling him into her. She bucked against him.
"More." she said. "I need more." He pressed two fingers inside her and she moaned again.
"Sometimes," he moaned in her ear. "I would hear you and Stefan at the boarding house. And all I could think was 'I could make her scream louder.' I knew he wasn't satisfying you like you needed. Like I knew I could." With the combined slickness of the water and the arousal his fingers had created he slid inside her easily. She moaned and both of her hands pressed into the wall. He pressed into her again and she gasped her voice high as she whimpered softly. "Could Stefan ever make you feel like this?" He growled into her ear driving into her.
"No." she gasped as hot water poured over her back.
"Louder." he said pushing deeper.
"No." she groaned louder. "Stefan couldn't make me feel a fraction of what you do. And now you've ruined all other men for me. I won't ever know pleasure unless you're giving it to me."
"That doesn't matter." he said. "I'll never let another man have you." He increased the speed of his thrusts and she moaned louder grinding back into him. "You are mine Elena." he moved into her even faster and she felt her eyes roll back as her fingers curled against the warm tiles.
"I'm yours." she said her voice breaking as her thrust into her again.
"Who do you belong to?" he said thrusting again.
"You." she said.
"Who makes you scream?" he said.
"You." she said her hands curling into fists as she moaned louder.
"Who's about to make you come?" he said pulling her into him. She was so breathless she couldn't speak. "Who's going to make you come Elena? Say my name."
"Damon." she said breathless. He thrust into her a final time and she cried out gripping at the sides of the shower frantically trying to find something to hold onto. "Damon!" she screamed. She felt him climax inside her and heard him groan into her hair. He used one arm to hold her in place and he tangled the other one on her hair pulling her head back so his lips could meet hers. She swallowed his lips hungrily.
He pulled back and Elena saw his elongated fangs. She groaned again and pulled his mouth down to her neck. He drank hungrily and she gasped still not used to the immense pleasure his bite gave him. She dug her nails into his shoulder and he slid his hands down to tease his fingers between her folds. He felt her heart rate spike under his tongue and her blood flow increased. He pulled back letting the warm water wash his mouth clean before he kissed her again. As they both finally came down from their high she turned to face him leaning against the glass.
"I love you." he said looking down at her. She looked up at him and opened her mouth and his breath caught.
"I-" she bit her lip and closed her eyes. "I still don't know." She said shaking her head. The sound of the water hitting the tile and glass was suddenly deafening. "I'm sorry." she said looking up at him. "But I think you'd rather I was honest then say something I didn't mean."
He leaned over her and for a moment she thought he was going to open the door and leave. Instead he picked up a bottle of scented body washed and squeezed some onto his hand. He rubbed it into her skin working it into a rich lather. "Of course not." He said working the soap over her skin. He seemed focused on making sure every inch of her was cleaned and she closed her eyes savoring his touch. She wondered why he was actually following through on his promise of getting her clean.
"I didn't think you were serious about actually washing me off." she said trying to catch his eye but he seemed focused on the path of his hands. "I thought it was just some clever ruse for you to get your hands on me." His eyes finally met hers.
"I want to wash every trace of him off you." he said his hand sliding over her. I don't want you to remember what he felt like. I want to replace every touch he's left on you." He stepped forward with her under the stream of warm water. She watched the water wash away all the soap Damon had carefully spread over her. As the last of it slid from her skin into the drain she looked up at him and ran her hand over him, slowly tracing the planes of his face with her fingertips. He watched her face as she studied him and as her fingers reached his temple he reached up and held her hand. He turned his face kissing her palm gently and ran her soft hand over his face closing his eyes.
"Do you need me to erase someone?" she said. He nodded running her hand over his lips again. "Who?" she said almost sure she knew.
"I'd like to say Katherine." he said and Elena nodded her suspicions confirmed "But it's really me.I need you to erase who I became because of her, Elena. She changed the person I was so completely, beyond just turning me. I was a good person before I knew her. I believed people were good. I trusted so openly. And she took that all away from me. I hate who I became while I was looking for her. I killed people, tore apart families. I hurt so many people, Elena and I can never go back."
Elena looked at him and she couldn't be sure because of the hot steam of the shower but she thought she saw tears fall over his pale skin. "I don't want to erase you." she said. "I can't lose you." She looped her arms around his back and fell into him rubbing his shoulders. She kissed him gently and he sighed into her mouth. "Don't show me what I've been missing then disappear." The water filled the silence between the two of them and though they were pressed together Damon pulled them even closer as Elena closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. As the water started to run cold, she didn't move even as she started to shiver. He moved one hand from her back to turn it off. All they could hear was their deep breathing. Elena didn't know how long they stood holding each other, their bodies and secrets bared, in silence.
"You're going to get sick." he finally said quietly. "You're already shaking."
"I don't want to let go of you." she said and as her breath warmed her chest he shivered. "I need you."
"Elena I'm not going anywhere." he said as she leaned on him fully. "Let's just get back to your room." He pulled back and unwrapped one hand from her waist to open the door. He stepped out and wrapped a towel around his waist as Elena leaned against the shower wall. He wrapped her in a towel and hugged her looking down at her as she leaned into him. "Come on Elena." He pulled back and she fell into him and he felt that she was limp against him. "Elena?" he said looking down stepping back. She plummeted forward her eyes shut. He caught her quickly and pulled her face up to his and he saw her eyes were closed and her cheeks were pale. "Elena? Elena you need to wake up now. Wake up, come on." She lay limp in his arms as he ran Into her room laying her on the bed. "Elena, come on." She didn't move and the sound of her shallow breath terrified him. "Elena please. I can't lose you, not now. I don't have anyone else."
"Damo..." he heard her voice so faint he thought he had imagined it.
"Elena are you alright?" He said frantically feeling her pulse. The coldness of her skin scared him but her pulse was steadily growing stronger.
"Cold." she mumbled. "So cold." she said her eyelids fluttering.
"I told you we needed to get out." he said wrapping the fleecy blanket on her bed around her. He rubbed at her rapidly trying to warm her up. He was relieved to see the color return to her cheeks.
"I can't lose you." she said leaning into his chest as he warmed her up.
"I've told you I'm not going anywhere." he said kissing the top of her head.
"Mom I can't lose you."
"What?" he said stopping his frantic movements for a moment.
"Daddy, no no. Why did I go out? It's all my fault, all my fault." She slumped back again onto his arms. Her pulse was strong and it seemed like she had slipped into sleep again. He knew due to the vampire blood in her system she wasn't in any real danger but he still watched her as she tossed and turned in her sleep. He knew she must have been dreaming about her parents but he didn't know why.
I know this chapter is way shorter then the others but I got caught up with my other story Nighttime Promises. I'll update this one as soon as possible. Thanks for all the reviews please continue to post!