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Chapter 31

Elena woke up her body spooned next to Damon's, his arms locked around her waist. She could feel her neck tingling, reminding her that last night wasn't a dream; she had made love to Damon Salvatore.

She looked at his perfectly structured face, as his eyes opened drowsily, revealing the dark eyes that dominated her dreams.

He smiled at her, pulling her closer and kissing her forehead, "Good morning angel"

"Good morning Damon" she said as he pulled away swinging his legs over the bed and walking to the closet, "Where are you going?"

"I have to show you the rest of Florence" he winked pulling on a black t-shirt.

He tossed her a white summer dress and flip-flops, "Wait, you got these clothes in America," Elena said reading the labels, "You knew I would come with you, didn't you?"

"Like I said, a scout always comes prepared" he smirked, as Elena stretched and pulled the dress over her head.

…

Judith sat in the waiting room at the police station; she decided to go face-to-face so they couldn't give her any excuses.

She'd been up most of the night, waiting for Elena to come to her senses and come home. Robert finally gave in to letting Judith go to the police, after driving around for most of the night.

Matt had even gone to the Boarding House but no one had answered because Stefan was out hunting. They were running out of options, so the police seemed like their last resort.

"Mr's Gilbert?" the man behind the desk, dressed in uniform, called.

"Yes?" Judith stood, her hands trembling, they hadn't stopped ever since Elena walked out.

"We've got some news on you niece, Elena Gilbert," he said reading her name off a file.

"How is she, where is she?" Judith asked leaning over the desk trying to look at the file.

"Her cell phone hasn't been on, so it's been difficult to trace, but her passport was used at the airport, she boarded a plane to Florence"

"She did what!" Judith exclaimed, needing to sit down again, "Oh God, I didn't think she was serious, when I get my hands on Damon…" Judith muttered.

The policeman looked uncomfortable, not knowing how to proceed when she looked like she was having a panic attack.

"Don't just stand there, do something" Judith screamed at him.

"There's not much I can do, especially if she went willing."

"She's only seventeen! She should be at school" Judith pulled out her phone dialling Roberts number, as the policeman fidgeted not use to being screamed at by a hysteric woman.

"Hello?" Robert answered on the first ring.

"We're going to Florence, get the passports and pick me up at the police station." Judith said replacing her nerves with determination.

…

Elena sat at the table of a small Italian coffee shop, while Damon ordered them something for them to eat in fluent Italian.

Elena checked her cell phone as Damon brought down two cups of coffee with chocolate muffins.

She had 42 missed calls from Aunt Judith, Meredith, Bonnie, Matt and Robert; she felt a pang of guilt as she thought of how worried they would be. Damon sensed how she felt and took her phone, "Someone's popular"

"Should I phone them, just to let them know I'm ok?"

"Mm," Damon said listening to the message Judith left, "You should probably text," Damon's voice dropped so she was the only one that would her him, "I'm a vampire and our Aunt is scaring me" he laughed as Judith's voice screamed through her phone.

Elena took her phone back reluctantly, taking a deep breath she sent a message to Judith, "Hi…I'm safe, don't worry, Elena x"

She didn't know what else to say, she didn't even know if she would ever see her Aunt Judith again.

Elena took a sip of her coffee, and in less than thirty seconds Judith sent a reply, "Stay where you are, we'll be there in a couple of hours" Elena nearly spat out her coffee as she read it, Damon pulling his chair closer to look at it.

"How does she know where I am?"

"Told you she was scary" Damon laughed, finishing his coffee.

"What are we suppose to do?"

"We'll just have to cut our visit short, but I want to take you to a festival tonight before we go"

"You want to go to a festival?" Elena didn't think of Damon as a festival type.

"I've went every year since the eighteenth century, it's tradition in this city to have a festival to celebrate wine,"

"So, I'm guessing that the wine is free"

"Why else would I go?" Damon said having a craving for wine now, or was it for blood? Probably both he decided.

…

"Florence isn't small, you know" Robert sighed rubbing the temples of his head, feeling a migraine coming on.

"Yes but someone is bound to have seen her" Judith doubted that but she wasn't going to turn back now, as they were getting off the plane.

Any other time Judith would have stopped to look around and take in the scenery but she was in too much off a rush.

She ran over to the taxi's that were parked outside the airport, Robert trying to keep up. Once inside she froze, unsure of where to tell the driver to go.

Robert pulled out a map, and said to the taxi-driver "Take us to the centre of town please"

The taxi driver pulled out, "You'll like it there, and it's the main attraction to tourists at this time of year because of the wine festival" he said with an Italian accent.

"There's a wine festival?" Robert asked he was a bit of a wine fanatic.

"Yes, it's beginning in an hour at the city centre"

"We won't be going to taste wine, Robert" Judith said accusingly, nudging him in the ribs.

"Of course not," he corrected himself quickly, in case Judith pushed him out of the moving car…

Hope you liked it. Spoiler's below, you might not want to read if you want the wait for update

JGE x

Spoiler: The next one's at the festival, leading to someone getting killed…