"Elena, is that you?" called Jenna.
She'd been alone in the house for a few hours since the teenagers had decided to take a stroll though the park. It'd been exactly one week since Anna and Damon had been staying with the Gilberts. Anna had been a complete angel – so polite, well-mannered, and quiet. While Damon, on the other hand, had done everything in his power to bring his witty Salvatore charm and sarcasm into the home.
"Yeah, I'm just running in to go get my skates. The lakes are all frozen over. We're going ice skating," Elena called out as she ran up the stairway.
"Okay, have fun," Jenna replied, "And Elena, please be careful."
"I always am," she said as she smiled sweetly at her concerned Aunt before closing the door tightly behind her. In front of the home, Damon stood with his hands in his pocket as he waited for Elena to catch up with him.
"How was hunting?" she asked, knowing that Anna and Damon hadn't been on the "stroll through the park" with her and Jeremy. Instead, they were in the forest, hunting for whatever passed by – which in Damon's case, seemed to be fresh human.
"Tasty, enjoyable," he smirked as he licked his lips.
"You know I don't approve of you hunting on humans," she sighed quietly.
"Relax, I didn't even take that much. He's not even hurt," replied Damon as he wrapped one arm around Elena's shoulders and pulled her closer into his chest.
She smiled as she looked up at his shaggy black hair and amazing blue eyes. Due to the snow which was currently falling, he had white specks all throughout his hair, reminding her of a Dalmatian. She giggled to herself for a moment as she continued to stare at the snowflakes.
"It's okay," Damon smirked as he noticed Elena laughing to herself besides him.
"What?" Elena asked as soon as her laughter died down.
"I said," Damon repeated, "It's okay."
Elena looked at him with raised eyebrows for a moment. Clearly, she was unsure of what he meant, "What is?"
"Laughing at yourself for realizing how stupid you were to resist me for so long," winked Damon.
Elena rolled her eyes as she ignored his statement, "So, how's it feel to be a normal vampire?"
"You say that as if being a vampire is an everyday thing," he replied.
"You know what I mean," she commented.
"Elena, being a vampire is never normal," he said with an icy voice, causing Elena to instantly drop the subject, leaving the two to walk to the iced pond together in silence.
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Jeremy held on to Anna's small arms as she slid onto the ice for the first time in her life. He smiled as he saw her eyes light up as she glided peacefully down the ice while in his arms. As she had stated earlier, her mother never allowed her to go more than six feet from her line of site, leaving Anna with not much of a life experience.
"You better not let me go," giggled Anna as she twirled around while still holding onto Anna's arms.
"It'll be okay Anna. You can do it, I know you. If you can fight vampires, you can ice skate," smiled Jeremy as he slowly eased his grip on Anna.
"Jeremy Gilbert!" Anna called out as she felt his hands leaving her arms, "Don't leave me!"
Anna felt herself reaching out for Jeremy as she threw her head backwards as she laughed loudly with Jeremy. He continued to back away from her hands, causing her to continue moving forward on her own. He smiled widely as she turned away from him on her own without any problems in balance or such.
"You did it," he smiled while clapping as Anna bowed.
"With the help of my lovely boyfriend," she smiled as she skated closer to Jeremy before embracing him in a tender hug.
When she thought about it, it was kind of depressing but revealing at the same time. She was extremely grateful for Jeremy Gilbert, especially since the death of her mother. After losing her mother for a second time, she was unsure what to do with her life. She was a vampire living the life of a normal teenager, while in love with a human boy, with no place to live. Her mother and her had been trying to lay low – they had no plans of ever attacking any humans or putting anyone's life at risk. Her mother didn't deserve to die, she hadn't done one thing wrong besides trying to make life normal with the daughter she had just became reunited with after a century.
Jeremy looked into her eyes while he thought to himself about how amazing his life was. After months of searching, he finally found someone to truly except him as he was and to love him unconditionally. "I love you."
Anna smiled as she pushed herself up a bit in order to reach Jeremy's lips. As soon as she was tall enough, she placed a small peck upon the pair of lips before skating away and ending in a twirl. She smiled playfully at Jeremy as he skated after her causing her to skate away which resulted in the beginning of their chase.
"You remind me of a puppy so much," laughed Jeremy as he found himself gaining speed while chasing Anna around the large homemade skating rink.
"The kind you eat?" giggled Anna.
"Oh, I see how it is. Now you're really gonna get it," smirked Jeremy as he used his vampire speed to catch up with Anna. He felt as he feet lifted off the ground, tackling the two into the nearby fresh snow.
Anna held her side as she leaned against the snow while trying to catch her breathe due to laughing so much. Never in her life had she enjoyed herself so much. Jeremy held onto her tightly as he laughed along as well. She flashed a full grin as she wrinkled her nose before replying to Jeremy. "I love you too."
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"I think we should discuss our future," Caroline suggested as she walked hand in hand with her boyfriend of two years.
"What about it?" Matt asked as he turned to face his girlfriend.
"Well, you're about to be twenty and I'm about to be nineteen..." she trailed off, hoping Matt would catch on to her hint.
"What are you hinting at?" he asked, obviously unaware of what she wanted.
"I was thinking..." she started as she let out a deep sigh, "Not now or anything, because it's way too early. But within three years, I'd really want to think about about...having a baby."
She let out a sigh of relief. After months of preparing this speech, she had finally gotten it out in the open, although she wasn't sure of Matt's judgment of the matter. Judging by him spitting out his entire can of soda, he must have been extremely shocked.
"A baby? As in a mommy-daddy baby?" he asked in disbelief.
Caroline looked at him with a small smile as she nodded slowly.
"What brought all this on?" he asked, still in shock.
"Well...Elena and Damon are obviously in love, Bonnie's dating some guy nowadays and they seem to be pretty happy together. I just want our relationship to remain perfect and keep getting better," smiled Caroline.
"Well, a child is a huge responsibility Caroline. Let's just take things slow for now, and in about two years we can discuss the possibility of long term commitment and all the stuff in between," he replied causing Caroline to smile even larger.
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"Why are you such an ass?" Elena shouted as she threw her hands into Damon's hard chest. They'd been fighting for hours, and it was beginning to drive her insane, especially when he would just reply with a laugh or a cocky comment.
"Maybe because my girlfriend is the cause of this attitude," he said as he rolled his eyes and removed himself of her physical contact.
"I swear, sometimes I could just beat the daylights out of you," shouted Elena as she skated past Damon and made her way over to a nearby frozen bench. She sat down alone as she quickly changed for her skates to her snow boots.
"And sometimes you make me want to just say screw it and leave for good!" screamed Damon as he appeared in front of Elena – inches from her face.
"Do it," she whispered as she demanded him to leave her.
"You really think leaving would bother me? Because I'll do-" Damon started.
"Do it," repeated Elena with just as much attitude as before.
"It's only going to hurt you," Damon warned.
"No, because if you planned on leaving you would have done it months ago, like you planned on doing," Elena breathed, causing Damon to become silent.
"How do you do it?" he asked as he ran his hand through his hair and turned his back to Elena.
"Do what?" she asked as she remanded resting on the bench.
"Manage to shut me up – make me lose my words, even any cocky remark I had planned to say long before," he sighed.
"The moment you fell in love with me I gained that power," she smirked to herself as Damon turned around and took a seat beside her.
"I'm sorry," he whispered.
"You should be. It's Christmas Damon, you shouldn't be threatening to leave me during the season of spreading the joy and cheer," Elena sighed.
Damon outstretched his arms as he waited for Elena to scoot closer. As soon as she did, he found himself laying his head down gently on top of her's as he breathed in her scent.
"I can't leave," he muttered, "Dammit you, had to get me tied down."
"Stick your tongue out," Elena smiled as she stuck her own out.
Damon stared at her like she was stupid as he watched her jump to her feet and run towards the middle of the area, with her tongue still out. Slowly, he picked himself up and followed in his girlfriend's footsteps, trusting her judgment as he stuck his own tongue out. Then he felt it. The cold wetness hitting entering his mouth and melting quickly, also know as snow.
"This is my favorite part of the season," whispered Elena as she closed her eyes and allowed the snow to fall around her.
Damon watched closely as the happiness bounced from Elena's body to his own. She was such a peaceful girl – one that didn't let many things hold her down. He had been inspired by her positive attitude the moment they met. If he remembered correctly, he had called it "spunk."
"This may sound strange to you," Damon started as he grabbed a hold of Elena's hand, "And if you say one thing to anyone, I promise I'll make you regret it. But...do you think we can stop by the boarding house? Stefan's alone this Christmas besides a few visits from Meredith and I was hoping to lighten his mood a bit..."
"Who would have thought that cold hearted himself would be asking to spread the love," laughed Elena as the couple started making their way towards the boarding house.
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Stefan sat alone in the boarding house while he sipped casually at a glass of fine wine which was currently being held between his hands. Meredith had planned to pay a visit today, but recently called to cancel due to a blow out sell at some designer store – not that he was worried. Meredith was an...interesting person. She had charisma, she had heart, and she had spunk. However, she didn't have sympathy or the decency to care about many things in life as Elena once did. In Stefan's eyes, Meredith was a smaller, more human version of Katherine.
Truth be told, he missed Elena. After all, he had fallen in love with her after almost a hundred and fifty years of being out of love. Of course, he would never admit his feelings to anyone – he wasn't going to ruin his brother's happiness, he'd done a pretty good job a hundred years ago. More importantly, he didn't want to ruin Elena's happiness.
Suddenly, he was startled as the large door of the boarding house opened quickly, revealing two figures. As they approached him, he instantly recognized them as Elena and Damon.
"Brother," Damon said.
"Damon, Elena," Stefan returned that same attitude.
"Hey Stefan," Elena smiled sweetly. She could feel the tension between the three of them. Maybe coming to the boarding house wasn't the best decision...
"I'm surprised to see you two here," he said quietly, in his usual low voice.
"Damon wanted to stop by and visit," Elena said softly, hoping to lighten the mood.
"Is that so, brother?" Stefan asked as he looked up at his brother, who had been remaining silent the entire time.
"Have I ever been one to answer questions directly, Stefan?" smirked Damon as he brushed past his brother and made his way over to the bar.
"Have you ever been one to answer questions in general?" Stefan replied as he followed Damon closely.
Elena watched as Damon's face tensed as soon as Stefan placed a large hand on his brother's back. She knew Damon had good intentions; however, as soon as he walked through the door, every good intention he had disappeared.
She rushed to the side of the brothers hoping to change the awkwardness which was now circling the two. "So, Stefan, how's Meredith?"
Stefan replied without turning way from Damon, "Wonderful, thanks for asking. And you?"
"I'm fine," Elena replied quietly.
"Nice to know that my brother hasn't ripped out your throat yet," commented Stefan.
Elena's mouth dropped as she quickly changed the direction of her view to face Damon. She knew Stefan's comment would anger him deeply, which could possibly end in a fight. As she expected, Damon's face grew hard and cold as he clenched his fight tightly, as he tried so hard not to hit his brother with all his might.
"We're leaving," he said roughly as he grabbed his glass of alcohol along with Elena. They were out the door within seconds, leaving Stefan alone and silent.
"Damon," Elena started as she ran after her boyfriend who was speeding away. He refused to turn around even as she continued to scream after him.
"Dammit Damon would you listen to me!" she shouted as she ran to his side and grabbed a hold of his arm. He stopped suddenly in his tracks as he turned his head swiftly to face her. She felt chills run through her body as she realized how dark his eyes were. "What Stefan said back there – it doesn't matter. I love you. Only you, you understand? And if you rip my throat out, so be it. It's a risk I'm willing to take."
Damon stared at her for a moment as his facial expression softened. Slowly, he brought his hand up as he gently dragged it across Elena's lower jawline before placing a small kiss onto her rosy cheeks. Elena smiled to herself as she felt Damon's hand slowly meeting her own before holding on like a small child would. She closed her eyes as he continued to brush his fingers along the side of her face. If only he knew how much she really loved him.
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okay, so there's a lot of heated tension in this chapter.
And I apologize, but relationships aren't always PERFECT, like oh we always get along.
And Damon's not the kind of guy to always be peaches and cream with everything so I had to throw in some anger into this story.
I tried to add a small part of just Anna and Jeremy as someone has requested, I'll try to do that in each chapter from now on.
Or what I may do is after I'm finished with both of the stories I'm currently working on, I may switch over to write one story about Anna/Jeremy as well as one about Caroline/Tyler as for these two pairings are quickly growing on me...
anyway lemme know whatcha think and review please.
And thanks for all the feedback guys, it means a lot to me.