No one's POV
Elena gets out of the shower and dries herself off with the towel. She made her way to the closet slipping into a pair of black lacy panties and a black bra. She shakes her head seeing that the bra was a bit tight and barely covered her breasts. The pregnancy was making them grow and many of her old bras were getting too small.
Damon walks into the room stark naked.
"Good morning." Damon greeted.
"Good morning-" Elena gasps seeing his naked form, covering herself up.
"Uh-It's habit. I I'm sorry, it's not like you haven't seen it before."
Elena laughs, "This is not funny." She says to herself trying to stop laughing. "Um, you should knock."
"I would go out and knock again except that your body guard is lurking around..."
"Of Course. I'm sorry." Elena replied.
Damon quickly gets dressed and let's Elena wander around. He leaves the room and heads to the kitchen. He cooks breakfast and peels and cuts fruit arranging them on plates. When he was finished he was quite proud of himself. The plates look like they had just come from a five star kitchen.
"Do you normally do this?" Elena asked when she came down.
"It's an apology for last night. It was such a bonehead move. I should've seen it coming."
"Don't worry about it. It wasn't your fault." She replied, stacking food onto a plate.
Damon brings her a glass of orange juice.
"Thank you, Damon."
Damon looks at the time, "I have to go to work for a bit. Will you be okay?"
"Yah, I'll be fine."
"Okay, I won't be long I promise," Damon leans over and plants a feather-like kiss on her cheek, wishing it could've been on her lips.
Damon leaves. After breakfast Elena looks around. She finds herself in a huge library. She was in awe. On one side of the room were books and on the other were old records and movies. One movie popped out to her. Our Wedding. She grabs it off the shelf and puts the DVD into the player.
Yellow by Vitamin string quartet starts playing. As the brides maids make their way down the isle. She didn't recognize any of them. And then she sees herself.
She watches Grayson walk her down the isle in a beautiful white dress.
"Dad..." She started to cry. Memories start flowing back to her. She was finally realizing that Damon was right. The life she was living wasn't hers. She continued watching.
The camera catches Damon's first reaction to seeing her. Tears formed in his eyes as he watched her walk toward him, amazement filling his eyes. She could see that he loved her deeply. But she still couldn't remember.
Grayson places Elena's hand into Damon's. Tears were falling from Grayson's eyes as he smiled and then takes his seat next to his wife Miranda.
Damon and Elena had their eyes on each other. Tears now running down Elena's face. She smiles as Damon wipes them off with his hands.
"Today Damon and Elena have decided to write their own vows."
"Damon, I promise to be true to you, to uplift and support you, to frustrate and challenge you, and to share with you the beautiful moments of life. Someday, if the stars align, I might even let you win an argument."
The crowd chuckles along with Damon.
Elena watches herself declare her love for him.
"From the moment our paths crossed, I thought you were an ass. You were arrogant, impulsive, extremely vain, and self-absorbed. But once I got to know you, you've surprised me, distracted me, captivated me, and challenged me in a way that no human being ever has. I found out that you're really compassionate, intuitive, and considerate. You're also amiable and affectionate. Damon, I've fallen in love with you again and again, countless times, without reservation, and I still can't believe that today, I get to marry my best friend. But more importantly I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands to speak when words are needed and share the silence when they're not. To live within the warmth of your heart and to always call it home."
Tears rolled down Elena's face, wishing that she could remember the man that she was talking about in the video.
"Elena, from this day forward I promise to be worth it. Worth the time, the trip, the energy and the embarrassment. But most importantly, be worthy of your love. I promise that you will always count. You will always come first, and of course, if you don't for whatever reason, I will buy you a new pair of shoes."
He chuckles when he sees Elena laugh.
"From the moment that you entered my world, you have filled it with life, color, and energy like never before...like kool-aid in a mud puddle, a cupcake in a salad, or better yet a rose garden in a junk yard. You are my rose, Elena, and I promise to devote my life to being your dirt."
Elena laughs.
"Your good looks, heart, and intelligence motivate me to be the best person that I can be. I guarantee to love you for endlessness, regarding you, respecting you, being dedicated to you, and sharing my whole life with you. I vow to offically love you in all your forms now and forever. I promise to never forget that this a once in a lifetime love. And to always know that in the deepest part of my soul, no matter what challenges might tear us apart that we will always find our way back to each other."
Elena cried even harder than before after hearing those words. And he meant them, he was doing everything he could to help her bring back her memories. She needed to call her parents. Watching this video had brought a lot of memories back just not the ones about Damon. She hoped that they could help her bring them back. She wanted to be as happy as she was before. She knew that even though she might've been happy with Kol...there was no way it had compared to what she had seen in the video. She wanted her life back.
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So...What do you think? Was it good? Be honest. I know they're vows were really long but what did you think of them? I spent a long time writing this chapter... I think a lot longer than most chapters actually. I hope my hard work paid off.
