Hey guys. I hope the last chapter wasn't too boring but it was really there to bridge the gap between chapters 4 and 6. Thanks for the reviews, keep them coming! :D
Rachel xx
Large green vines grew across the sign that read, 'Mystic Falls Cemetery – ESTD 1792'. Damon and Elena walked into the cemetery together in silence and noticed there was no one else around. There were ancient trees which stood all around the gravestones, making the whole area feel very private.
Elena walked over to where her parents' grave stood and Damon hovered behind her. He watched as she used her hand to brush off the dirt that had built up on their gravestone.
"Damn, I forgot the flowers. It's just been so exciting having you around that I completely forgot." Elena sighed. She turned around to look at Damon but he had disappeared. She stood alone in the cemetery, craning her head to see where he had gone. He swiftly reappeared in front of her holding two colourful bouquets of wildflowers. Elena smiled brightly at him, took one of the bouquets and leaned down to place it at the foot of her parents' gravestone. She placed her hand gently on top of the old gravestone and whispered, "I love you guys."
Then she navigated her way over to a different row of gravestones and beckoned for Damon to follow her. He cautiously walked over to her, where she had stopped by a large stone with the words 'Stefan Salvatore' written in a beautiful, old-looking script. It also had his date of birth, date of death and small description of Stefan written on the stone. Of course, the date of birth was technically incorrect because Stefan was born around 150 years prior to the one on the gravestone.
"I'm sorry you weren't able to come to the funeral. I didn't know how to get in contact with you. I felt so terrible." Elena said quietly. Damon could hear she was a little bit teary-eyed.
"Don't worry about it, Elena." Damon mumbled. His eyes were fixed on the gravestone as though he were trying to take in every letter on it. Elena placed the second bouquet of beautiful flowers in front of Stefan's grave.
"Everyone from the town came, because they all loved him too. And Jeremy spoke at the service; he and Stefan had become best friends since Stefan was always at my house." She laughed. She looked over at Damon, but he was still just staring at the stone.
"The service was really beautiful. Your brother was a great man and he deserved nothing less." Elena said, trying to soothe Damon.
"I'm sure it was exactly what he would have wanted… being surrounded by those who loved him." Damon agreed. He reached out and took Elena's hand, entwining their fingers. They stood there together for a long time, just enjoying being close to Stefan.
Finally, Elena let go of Damon's hand and turned to walk out of the cemetery.
"Elena, do you mind if I have a moment by myself?" Damon asked.
"Sure. I'll just wait over there." She replied, signaling to a tree near the entrance. She strolled over to the large tree and nestled herself into a nook at its base. She lay there comfortably, watching Damon.
Damon had sat down in front of the gravestone with his hands in his lap. He had his head down, but Elena could tell he was talking to the stone… talking to Stefan. Elena closed her eyes and lay back in the sun; she didn't want to intrude on his moment.
It wasn't long after that she could feel Damon standing over her, blocking out the sun. She opened her eyes and he helped her up. She put her arm around his waist in a comforting way and they walked out of the cemetery together.
The streets around the town of Mystic Falls were unusually busy; Elena assumed people must be out enjoying the sun. Elena decided to get herself a strawberry ice cream from the local market but Damon didn't get anything. He explained he'd had enough human food for a while.
They walked to the town square and sat down on a bench together. Damon watched and laughed as Elena struggled to eat her ice cream before it melted. Damon's attention was drawn quickly to the pregnant blonde woman waddling across the other side of the town square.
"Elena, is that Caroline Forbes over there?" Damon asked. Elena looked up from her ice cream which she was dripping down the cone.
"Yes, it is. She's actually pregnant." Elena announced. Damon looked over and saw Elena was being distracted by her ice cream again.
"I can see that, Elena. She's huge!" He explained, waving an arm in Caroline's general direction.
"Just don't let her hear you say that. She's very sensitive about her weight at the moment." Elena said, crunching her way through her ice cream cone.
"So who's the baby-daddy anyway?" Damon asked. He laughed as Caroline struggled to pick up the coins she had just dropped.
"You mean the father?" Elena corrected. She ate the last few mouthfuls of her ice cream before she answered.
"It's Matt. They got married just after Stefan and I got engaged." She said.
"What? I thought he was still hung up on you." Damon commented as he turned towards Elena.
"For a while Caroline thought he was and she got really jealous, but it was partly because he and I were still really good friends. Eventually he realized that I was in love with Stefan and that wasn't going to be changing anytime soon, so he moved on with Caroline." She told him.
"Moving on probably wasn't as easy as he made it look…" Damon said quietly. Elena looked over and saw he was deep in thought, so she let him be.
A/N: I just need to add a note here that I mention Caroline in this chapter but she is definitely a human in my story. Please review xx