Chapter 42

EPOV

I felt a strange sensation when I woke up; it wasn't nerves because if there was one thing I was certain about, I loved Damon and wanted to be with him, forever. It felt more like the beginning, a new start, and a new me.

Meredith and Bonnie had rushed me through breakfast, so that I could start getting dressed. Bonnie pulled me into the chair in Meredith's bedroom, she swivelled the chair around so I was facing away from the mirror and wheeled over a large make-up case.

"Where did you get that?" I ask warily, getting nervous as she starts searching through the huge case.

"I know some people" she said, clapping her hands together, she had been like this all morning, just as excited as I was.

"Don't worry, she just borrowed it from her sister" Meredith walked in, with a reassuring smile, plugging in curling tongs into the wall. An hour later they were both standing in front of me with approving looks on their faces as they examined their work. Before both of them grabbing one of my wrists each and pulling me to my feet, before helping me into my dress, I don't know how they knew which way was up since it looked like a pile of white fluffy material.

"Can I look now?" I plead, Bonnie's curls bounce with excitement as she spins me around I gasp as I see my reflection. My hair is braided intricately at both sides of my head with white ribbon braided into it, and then it falls into golden curls that are loose and sit just above my waist.

Bonnie had left my skin bare, adding only blush making my skin look like a porcelain dolls, my eyelashes twice their original size, with a gold eye shadow to match the gold flecks in my eyes, she had even added blue eyeliner the same lapis lazuli colour as my eyes. My lips looked plump with pale pink lipstick, I could feel tears in my eyes as I remembered how not only last month I was human with no clue about vampires and no knowledge of who Damon was, now I couldn't imagine life without him.

"Don't you dare cry" Bonnie warned me, "It took me too long to get that eyeliner perfect!"

My gaze wandered down my body to the strapless dress, with its tight bodice that's glimmered with tiny diamonds, it brushed the floor with white silk, with pale blue silk material in the middle tied at the back in a bow. It cost more than my Aunt Judith's house, but didn't even make a dent in the amount of money in Damon's bank account.

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"Ready?" Stefan asks Damon, as they stood in front of the huge cathedral, looking up at it.

"Do you mean am I ready to go inside or ready to get married?" Damon smirks, rolling back his shoulders, he wasn't used to not wearing his leather jacket, and it felt like a part of him was missing. His black tuxedo was lined with red silk on the inside, with a black shirt and blood red tie while Stefan wore a white shirt and red tie.

"Both"

"Yes, and hell yes, I know what I want and it's her" he admits, he turned his attention to his brother, eyeing him cautiously, "You know what we had with Katherine… it meant nothing, compared to how I feel towards Elena, she used us, you know that, right?"

He looks down at the ground, kicking loose pebbles with the front of his shoe, finally he sighs meeting Damon's gaze, "I know, but I can't help but think if I had of just let her be with you then maybe she wouldn't have killed herself"

She didn't kill herself, I did, he wanted to tell him, his throat was aching the longer he stayed quiet, but what if he didn't understand, what if he would hate him for it? He had only start to build back up their trust, he didn't want to lose him, "It's not your fault, someday you'll find someone you love and Katherine will be nothing but a distant memory"

Stefan smiled lightly at him; Damon had never tried to give him brotherly advice before. The Church bells rang, signalling that it was time for them to move inside; they walked into the church together for the first time in over five centuries.

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The church doors opened, letting the sunshine light up the entrance, Margaret skipped down the aisle in a purple dress with a tutu underneath that made it stand out. Bonnie and Meredith walked in next, both of their hair twisted into a bun at the side of their head, wearing long silk purple dresses, everyone turned as they waited anxiously for Elena's entrance. Damon's eyes widened as he seen her, the sunshine at her back outlining her hourglass figure, looking like an angel as she smiled at him, her eyes never leaving his as she walked inside, taking Roberts arm as he walked her up the aisle, music flowing with their every move.

"You look beautiful" Damon whispers as takes his hand, only now noticing Stefan was standing behind him and nearly the whole town was present.

"Did you invite everyone?" she asked shocked as she looked down at the smiling faces of the people who had watched her grow up.

"Not me" he smirked nodding towards Bonnie and Meredith who were trying not to laugh.

Elena smiled at him, holding his hand all the way through the service until finally,

"Do you Elena Gilbert take Damon Salvatore as your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse" Damon smirks at this part, "for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till to do you part?"

"I do" she said confidentially, Damon's smirk turns into a genuine smile, one that is rarely used, one that makes my heart swell.

"And do you Damon Salvatore take Elena Gilbert..."

The priest was cut short when Damon said, "as my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish forever?" his eyes shined, the light in it brighter than ever, "I do" and with that he swept me off my feet, not waiting for the priest to say 'you my kiss the bride' as he leaned down, and kissed me passionately like we weren't in a room full of people. Everyone was laughing, Aunt Judith half laughing half crying with joy as he carried me outside confetti covering us as flashes of cameras blinded us.

We collapsed into the wedding carriage, in fits of laughter, Damon turned to me then his face serious, "I meant it Elena, I promise I'll love you and protect you forever" his hand cupped my face, as he kissed my cheek before pulling back and smiling at me, "Now lets go party, Mrs Salvatore"

Sorry for taking so long to update, only a few more chapters and this story's complete! Hope you all liked this chapter please review and suggestions for their first dance song are welcome thanks! xx