Sorry for the delay I had a little problem with my lack of inspiration and catching up with Nikita season 2 kept me bussy too but I'm back on game now and I already have the next chapter half-written so I'll probably update it soon.
Thanks to Amy who's an awsome beta and also thanks to everyone reading and following this.
Enjoy
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I'll never stop trying
I'll never stop watching as you leave
I'll never stop losing my breath
Every time I see you looking back at me
I'll never stop holding your hand
I'll never stop opening your door
I'll never stop choosing you babe
I'll never get used to you
Never Stop –Safetysuit-
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A ray of light casted perfectly across her face, she could feel the warmth engulfing her and sighed contently; a light feathery touch started going up her back and she opened her eyes to see the ray of sunlight peeking through the curtains. Soon the feathery touch turned into lips and hands started to ghost her front, gently caressing her stomach.
"Good morning." A soft deep voice spoke in her ear and she felt her belly quiver at the sound.
"Good morning." she responded with a smile gracing her lips.
"Feeling happy again, Miss. Gilbert?" he purred before taking her earlobe between his lips and sucking lightly.
"Very much." Elena whispered before turning in his arms and facing those amazingly blue eyes that enchanted her.
He gave her a smirk before taking her lips in a burning kiss, no matter how many rounds they went yesterday, the need was still there just waiting to be lightened up.
"I love you Damon, so much." she murmured while he devoured her neck.
And just like that they became one once again, locked up in that bedroom where nothing bad could happen, away from all the sorrow and misery that they had faced over the last few years. They were in their own piece of heaven, completely unaware of all the chaos in the world, making up for lost time and falling in love again. In there they were just Elena and Damon loving each other for the first time.
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"Gilbert get your ass here!" Damon shouted from the kitchen. "Your breakfast is getting cold!"
He had made her the exact same breakfast he made for her the day after she found out she wasn't going to be able to have kids. He wanted to spoil her, pamper her, he wanted her to feel how much he loved her, but right now she was ruining his fun; he had been calling her for the last ten minutes and she still hadn't decided to show up.
"I'm coming to get you, don't say I didn't warn you!" Damon said with a smirk as he made his way to his room but found the door to Julian's room open and figured out she was in there.
"You did this for him?" Elena asked with awe in her voice the minute she felt him enter the room.
"I did." Was his simple response. She was currently admiring all the books and toys that were on the shelf so he walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"This is amazing." Elena said while tears gathered in her eyes. "You are the most wonderful man in the world Damon Salvatore."
"I think you are overreacting." he said nonchalantly while placing a kiss onto her cheek.
"You underestimate yourself babe," she smiled and turned in his arms so she could look into his blue eyes. "Damon, I'm so sorry." Her voice was a small whisper.
"For what?" Damon asked, confused.
"For everything I put you through, with Stefan and Julian, you didn't deserve any of it. You wanted him for real and I was taking it away from you and-" she took a deep breath and caressed his cheek with her fingers. "and you were going to let me, because you love me."
Elena Gilbert was sure that there wasn't another man as good and kind as Damon, people thought the worst of him, they said he wasn't good enough, he was trouble - a womanizer and just a man with no redeeming qualities, but the people who said all of these things had no idea who the real Damon was, they didn't know him like she did. And no other man was going to love her as much as him, just as she knew that there was never going to be another man like him, she couldn't possibly love anyone else but him.
"It's okay Lena, let's just forget about all that, all the bad things that happened. Let's just leave it in the past, okay? This is our fresh start." A big smile appeared on his lips and she couldn't help but feel tainted with his happiness.
But she knew that there was still something from the past that they would have to dig up together, but not right now. Elena pushed the thought to the back of her mind just like she did with all the bad stuff in her life, today was about them and their new beginning; she didn't want anything to ruin that.
"But we can't forget about Julian." Elena said while resting her head on his chest.
"Of course not," he stroked her hair lightly. "I'm sure by now Beth thinks we're playing a game about who's going to take him and she's probably pretty upset with us but I'm sure you've got your contacts." Damon said with a smirk on his face. "Do you think we can adopt him, together?"
She lifted her head to see his eyes staring at her hopefully, afraid that she was going to turn him down on this. "Do you really mean it? I mean maybe is too soon"
"Of course I do Lena, I love that kid and I think we already waited long enough, this could be our family." He placed a soft kiss onto her forehead.
"Then I guess I can talk to one of my contacts." She replied with a big smile on her face before Damon took her lips in a kiss. "Feeling happy Mr. Salvatore?"
"Very much." He detangled himself from her and took her hand, leading her towards the door. "Of course I'm gonna be so much happier once you eat my special breakfast."
"Well, that's something I'm not planning on missing."
"Of course not." He answered with a smirk and smacked her behind playfully.
"Oh my God, you did not just do that." Elena stopped in her tracks and looked at him with a raised eyebrow and her mouth open in surprise.
"Oh yes I did. Want to do something about it?" Damon answered, kinking his eyebrows at her while the biggest of smirks was appearing on his face.
"You're dead Salvatore, I swear." She yelled with a smile as he started running towards the kitchen.
It was amazing how good she felt, how relieved and happy. It was like being 17 and in love for the first time again. She didn't want this feeling to end, never. She'd waited so long to have it so she was going to enjoy every single minute of it.
He opened his eyes and found darkness. That was all that was surrounding his mind. He adjusted his eyes to the darkness and he was able to see the small ray of light that threatened to enter underneath the curtains.
He closed his eyes once again and felt rage invading his body, just like it had been doing since yesterday. He knew that the next time he saw Damon he was going to kill him. What he did to him was something that couldn't be forgiven.
He was always there for him, supporting, caring, even in his worse moments and yet he had the audacity to go and steal his bride. Damon Salvatore was no longer his brother, he stopped being it the moment he took Elena away from him.
Stefan sighed and rubbed his hands against his eyes. How the hell did everything get so messed up? He knew that Elena didn't love him completely, deep down inside his heart knew that. Then how could he ignore it, pretend that everything was okay and that they were going to live like a big happy family?
He understood, he knew that it was better this way but still, rage was taking over his body, and who could blame him? His world came crashing down in a matter of seconds. His fiancé ran away with his brother, all the people were surely making fun of him by now and Caroline… well, he lost Caroline, but he was the only one guilty for it.
Did he love her? He wasn't sure. He didn't know anything anymore. He thought that he loved Elena so he didn't know who he loved anymore. He missed her, that was for sure.
She was always there for him in his worst moments, and right now he needed her but of course she wasn't going to come. He had hurt her, that was his biggest mistake.
Stefan rolled in his bed and covered his head with his pillow. He could hear his father's screams from the parlor and the only thing we wanted was to shut him out, to shut out everything for a while.
Giuseppe Salvatore was going crazy after what Damon did, he still couldn't believe that his son was capable of doing such an atrocity, and worse, that such a good girl like Elena Gilbert went along with it. His poor son Stefan was heartbroken. In that moment he denied Damon as his son, someone who does something like that shouldn't be a Salvatore. But Stefan knew that Giuseppe doesn't care a bit about his feelings or Damon's for that matter, the only thing in his head right now is the people's reaction, his friends, his business, for him his children are only puppets in his big play, nothing more.
"Stefan darling, I got you breakfast." Karen spoke in a soft voice through the other side of the door. His father may be a jerk but at least he had found a good wife to marry. Sometimes he couldn't understand how Karen was able to put up with all his shit. She must be really in love.
"Stefan-" she repeated his name when she didn't get an answer. Stefan really liked Karen but he wasn't going to talk now, he just wanted to be alone, away from the rest of the world.
"Okay, well I'm going to leave the tray here. Please, just eat something." Then he heard the sound of footsteps going away.
For the life of him he couldn't find any strength to get up from his bed, he needed Caroline, he needed her to be better but she was going to send him away, so why make the effort? He already screw things with her and he wasn't planning on hurting her anymore so he just closed his eyes, letting darkness embrace him once again.
Still get my heart racing –you-
Still get my heart racing -for you-
Still get my heart racing –you-
Still get my heart racing -for you-
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She couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so content, so calm and so happy. It was like everything that was wrong in the world suddenly was right; nothing else mattered but the fact that she was truly happy.
"What are you thinking?" he whispered in her ear while stroking her stomach softly.
"About how happy you make me." She said with a smile while running her fingers across his arm. After spending their afternoon together rediscovering everything about each other they were now enjoying a bubble bath in Damon's tub. She was resting against his chest while his arms surrounded her and their legs were tangled underneath the water.
"Is this real?" Damon asked with a little bit of uncertainty in his voice.
"Yes, very much. Even though it seems like a dream." Her eyes were closed and she was just enjoying the blissful feeling of being with the one she loved.
"You know, I was thinking that we're epic babe." Even though she couldn't see him she knew that he was smirking and smiled at that. "Think about it, after everything that we went through we're still together. Lies, bad people, evil parents and we still found our way back to each other." He kissed her hair softly. "And nothing else matters."
"Well, since you put it like that..." Elena twisted her head so she was able to kiss his lips. "I think we're pretty much epic." She smiled against his mouth and deepened their kiss. His hands moved towards her center and started stroking her softly, earning a moan from her mouth.
"You know, one would think that after the," he started counting in his head "well, around 10 times that we already made love between today and yesterday you would be tired."
"Nope," she murmured against his lips. "I just can't get enough of you babe." She bit his bottom lip and he let out a groan.
"You're gonna be the death of me woman." Elena resumed her original position against Damon's chest. He took the bath cloth and put some jasmine oil on it and started rubbing it on her body. "Can I ask you something?" he said in a calm voice.
"You can ask me anything Damon." Her eyes were closed in relaxation, her body was enjoying all the spoiling he was giving her.
"Did you love him? I mean, like really love him?" Her eyes shot open immediately, the fear was palpable in his voice and she felt her heart ache at the sound.
"I think that a part of me did," she chose her words carefully. "you see, when Stefan and I started going out together I was in a really bad place and he kind of reminded me that life had some good things too." he rubbed the wash cloth around her arms and his jaw clenched immediately. "But I think that the love I felt for him was more fraternal you know? Like you love a friend. There were never fireworks or sparks or shudders in all my body. We weren't epic." A small smile graced her lips; he sighed contently, happy because of her answer.
"And there are fireworks with us?" he said huskily into her ear.
"Are you kidding me? It's like a nuke bomb with us!" Damon started to laugh and Elena loved the vibrations of his chest against her back. "We're twin flames Damon, everything about us is spectacular."
"What the hell are twin flames?" she turned her head to look at him staring at her like she was some kind of lunatic.
"You don't know what twin flames are?" Elena mimicked his expression.
"No! That's not even a thing." he said, dropping the wash cloth in the water.
"Of course it is." she said, offended. "You're more lost than I thought. I'm so going to download you ten pages of the meaning of twin flames."
"You totally sound like Barbie," he said with a roll of his eyes. "but okay if you say we are, then we are." he kissed her cheek softly and tightened his arms around her.
"So you think we are?" Elena said in a sheepish voice.
"Yes, my love. Of course we are." he answered to her even though he had no idea what she was talking about.
They stayed in the tub for a few more minutes, kissing and touching, just enjoying the quiet nobility of being together, of how good it felt. But eventually the water ran cold and they decided that it was time to get out.
He stood up first and grabbed a big towel to dry himself, then he pulled her up and started drying her himself while she purred like a little cat. He enveloped her in an over sized robe and took one for himself.
"I think it's time for bed princess." he kissed her hair softly while she was combing it.
"Yes I guess." she said softly.
There was an issue that had been bothering her since this morning but that had made itself evident during the last few minutes, she had to be honest with him. She just couldn't let anymore lies get inbetween them and they weren't going to be completely okay if he didn't know all of the truth. They were going to survive this, they were epic - he said that. Their love was going to overcome everything, even her mistake.
"Elena, are you okay?" Damon said with a frown the minute they walked back into the room. She just looked distracted like something was bothering her.
"Damon, why don't you sit down." he looked at her confused but did as she told hi
m and took a seat on the bed. Elena walked towards him until she was standing right in front of him, then she kneeled and took his hands between hers and placed a soft kiss on them, all while Damon looked at her with fear of what she may say.
Elena was terrified, so scared that he was going to hate her once she told him about the baby, but she needed to, needed to tell him the truth.
"Damon, there's something I have to tell you."
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Sam