"Oh shit!" I tried to scramble out from beneath Damon but he held me firmly in place with one hand and deftly did up the buttons of his shirt at super fast speed with the other.
"Who invited you in?" snarled Damon, I really wished I wasn't in the middle of this.
"No one, no humans live in this flat. Not yet, anyway," he said looking at me pointedly.
"I came to see if you were okay, it's 4 O' clock and I hadn't heard from you. I'm sitting back at home worrying about you and then I come here and find you in bed with Damon!"
Damon opened his mouth to speak but my hand got in the way, I managed to wriggle out from underneath him, Stefan glared at my lack of clothes.
"Stefan! Please! Can we go downstairs so I can explain this?"
"No. Damon and I will go downstairs to discuss this. You are getting your clothes on and coming home Lizzie. Oh and remember that we can hear your every move so don't try anything, after you brother." Damon raised his eyebrows at Stefan but didn't say anything and he had a serious look on his face.
He wasn't angry, he wasn't threatening Stefan or cheeking him but was doing what Stefan wanted voluntarily without argument, I smelt a rat and there was nothing I could do about finding out what it was.
I got dressed and walked out the bedroom, they were arguing so loudly you couldn't help but hear them. "….You walked out on her when she needed you the most. Why now?
Don't tell me that you've suddenly realised how much you love her, of you loved her you wouldn't have disappeared when she was in hospital leaving her holding onto your ring!
She went through hell Damon and when you finally came back you left her for good!" Stefan was yelling.
I walked down the stairs listening intently. "I told you in Atlanta little brother, when I saw her in that dress I suddenly realised what my feelings for her were.
Even I can admit that I make mistakes on occasion, I tried to ignore them by dating Bonnie but you tipped her off that I wasn't particularly interested in her anymore.
I'm not even going to discuss the rest with you, it's between Elizabeth and I, but there is a very good reason for everything I do, I can assure you." Damon hissed the last part to Stefan but I was close enough to hear anyway.
"You've known since Atlanta as well?" I asked Stefan who jumped at the sound of my voice and looked guilty.
"So you wanted me to stop Damon from seeing Bonnie because you and Elena both knew that he loved me and not Bonnie. Does Bonnie know?"
"No, piccolina. Stefan knew because he still has a lot of the power that Elena bestowed upon him when she returned. He heard my thoughts when I saw you in that dress for the first time and he told Elena," explained Damon.
"Besides, after you gave me a piece of your mind the other night I wasn't sure that you actually thought of me as anything else but a brother." Stefan put his hand on my shoulder and grinned at me when I looked up at him.
"Damon! The girl's beyond all hope when it comes to you for crying out loud! She always has and probably always will be," I went red and hung my head.
"On top of that, she has five minutes to say goodbye to you while I get the car started, because it's now five O clock and her dinner's probably getting cold and she needs to tell the girls the good news." Stefan gave me a warning glance, Damon just looked amused.
We waited until Stefan was out of the door then I was in his arms and we were kissing, on the lips and then he moved lower to the neck.
"Tomorrow, Piccolina. Come round tomorrow so we can finish where we left off," it was a struggle not to tilt my head back as he nibbled on my neck.
"What about tonight? Don't tell me you've never sneaked into someone's bedroom before now through the window?" He gave a throaty chuckle and ceased kissing me, I saw his wolfish grin; "one or two. I'll see you tonight then about eleven then," he gave me a kiss that took my breath away.
Stefan's hooting broke the spell and I reluctantly got into the car, but the smile stayed on my face even after we got to the house.
"About time you got in! Uh Oh! I know that grin, Lizzie's in lurve!" Teased Bonnie, "who is he? Was he at the club last night?"
Elena came out of the kitchen with two plates of spaghetti Bolognese which Stefan hated as it was an English invention and not traditional Italian food.
"I thought Stefan said you stayed at Damon's last night?" she said confused, I grinned at both of them which made Stefan roll his eyes, "I did. I am in love."
The penny dropped with Elena first "oh my god! Well it's about time!" Bonnie was still looking confused.
"I don't follow, what's this got to do with Damon…. Oh, my, god Lizzie are you mad?" She said.
"Probably. But he feels the same way apparently, go figure."
Bonnie looked a bit upset, "I guess I had my chance didn't I? Well the best woman won in the end," she gave me a hug.
"Can we eat now? I'm starved!" I complained as I hugged Elena and Stefan, "all I had was a couple of slices of toast this morning at Damon's."
I sat down to eat my Bolognese trying to field the curiosity of Bonnie as to what happened in gory detail, ("nothing, Stefan came in at the wrong moment and dragged me back here") and then when Stefan was satisfied there was nothing more than a kiss exchanged between us he walked upstairs to his room, then paused halfway on the stairs.
"Is is it warm out tonight?" We all looked at him as if he were mad. "What do you mean by that?" asked Elena,
"I was just thinking that usually when it's warm people sleep with their windows open, but if it's not that warm out tonight she doesn't have an excuse.
He'll have to come in the front door won't he Lizzie?" I stared at Stefan gob smacked but he just laughed.
"My brother was always boasting of climbing in the windows of girls when we were human. He hasn't changed that much." I went red and everyone laughed at me.
Later that night I lay awake watching the clock, it struck eleven and nothing happened, no tap on the window, no knock at the door. It was almost two minutes past when the door opened and Damon walked into my room.
"Since I own the place I didn't think anyone could object," he said with a wolfish grin at the expression on my face, I shook my head and laughed.
I went to put the bedside lamp on but he stopped me by placing his hand over mine, "no, Bella. There's no need for light,"
He said before he kissed me passionately, it took my breath away and he knew it.
"Is this one of your interesting things?" he laughed at that and replied "possibly. You'll just have to find out won't you?"
The End- for now