As soon as I fell into a routine days passed so fast everything seemed blurry. And before I knew it, our "17th birthday extravaganza" was only two days away. Both me and Katherine had gotten our dresses, which she had searched at least over ten stores for the perfect one, and I found mine online. Hers was a fuchsia color that melded to every single curve of her body, reaching just barely after her knees. It had sequins making intricate designs on the bodice. She paired it with strappy silver heels that were dusted with glitter. I on the other hand, chose a simple navy blue dress that was strapless, with a sweetheart neckline. It reached mid thigh, and flared out some, I bought black pumps to match.
"Ok so the cake needs to be picked up at 3:30 tomorrow so in can be ready for the dinner we're having at Damon's" Katherine said coming into the room and breaking me from my thoughts. We were having a birthday party on Saturday, but tomorrow, we were having a dinner thing with our aunt Jenna, Damon, Bonnie, Caroline and Damon's mom. Usually me and Damon would go to the movies or out to eat on my birthday but since he was with Katherine now, we were having a dinner party of sorts since Katherine had yet to formal meet Ms. Salvatore
"Ok, I'll get it" I said distractedly trying to finish the last few problems of my chemistry homework
"I'm nervous" Katherine said quietly I sighed and shut my book, I could finish up in the morning. I crossed my legs and turned to face her
"About what?" I said looking at her face, I was pretty sure of what she was going to say
"Meeting Damon's mom… I mean I know she loves you but you've been his best friend for years, what if she hates me?" she asked looking at me, eyes wide. I chuckled
Salvatore was one of the best people I had ever met, and true she was ferociously protective of Damon, but she trusted him and if Damon said Katherine was ok, then she was ok
Katherine scowled "I hope your right" she said getting up off the bed
"Of course I am" I said smiling she just shook her head and went into the bathroom. Since I had already taken a shower I put on a baggy shirt and a pair of shorts. Tomorrow was going to be a long day and I needed all the sleep I could get
"Happy 17th birthday!" is what I woke up too, and the sound of a party blower. I rubbed my eyes groggily and there stood Jenna wearing a bright smile and holding a tray with a plate on it, 2 chocolate cupcakes with a candle in the middle of them, I could help but smile I looked over and saw Katherine stretching and smiling at Jenna
"Thanks Jenna" I said laughing a little and taking a cupcake and quickly blowing the flame out. The cupcake was delicious, devils food cake, our favorite. The rest of the morning was a blur of running errands and making phone calls. Jenna handed us our presents before the party and we both got new laptops, mine in red and hers in pink. By 4:30 the cake was picked up, and we were all dressed and ready to go. Jenna drove us to Damon's and parked in the driveway. Katherine's eyes were wide
"She's going to hate me" Katherine whined and I rolled my eyes only frowning at her in response. Before we could even get to the door to knock Lucy swung it open, a huge grin on her face
"Elena!" she screamed and threw her arms around me, hugging me to her tightly. Lucy was a small woman, maybe a bit taller than Bonnie with thick black curly hair that fell to the middle of her back, and ice blue eyes just like her sons
"It's been too long since I saw you last" she said letting go of me and hugging Jenna. Katherine just stood there with the cake in her arms, smiling awkwardly. Finally Lucy looked at her and smiled
"And you must be who has my son smiling all the time, it's nice to finally meet you Katherine" Lucy said warmly smiling at her Katherine's cheeks reddened
"Thank you it's so nice to formally meet you Ms. Salvatore" she said hastily and Lucy laughed
"Oh dear God no, it's just Lucy. Ms. Salvatore was my mother" she said laughing heartily
"Lucy" Katherine said smiling
"Oh I'm so rude please come in and set the cake on the counter. Bonnie's already here and so is Caroline" she said opening the door wider and disappearing down the hallway. Katherine sat the cake on the counter and turned to look at me
"She's nice" she said simply I nodded I saw Damon walking towards her and he put his finger to his lips to keep me from saying anything
"I mean I was totally ex-" Katherine's sentenced was interrupted by her squeal as Damon put his arms around her waist from behind. He kissed her cheek and grinned
"Happy birthday baby" he said and Katherine's returning smile was bright
I looked at them and tried to keep my face as blank as possible, sometimes they really made me want to gag, they were so affectionate and sweet towards each other, it made me jealous that I didn't have that
I heard someone clucking their tongue in disapproval and found Bonnie looking deep in thought, she crossed her arms across her chest
"Your jealous" she said smirking, looking smug and adorable in a grey polka dot dress, converse on her feet
I nodded "Yeah, that I don't have that. I seriously have never had a stable boyfriend." I said sighing which was true, I dated but nothing serious. Bonnie shook her head
"Yeah sure, that's what it is" Bonnie said easily I quirked an eyebrow in defiance, I knew where she was going with this
"I'm going to shut my mouth because it's your birthday" she said hugging me tightly and handing me a small purple wrapped box. I smiled at her and unwrapped the box, inside was a beautiful moon pendant necklace
"It matches mine, see" Bonnie said showing me the sun pendant around her neck I laughed. They were both beautiful, and the gift was so Bonnie. I loved it. I hugged her excitedly
"Thanks Bonnie" I said and she smiled, beaming.
"Ok, dinners ready!" Lucy said from the dining room. We all headed to the table. Lucy made lasagna with home made garlic bread. It was delicious and I went back for seconds, and was tempted to go for thirds. After that we exchanged gifts. Lucy got me a beautiful blue sweater, that looked incredibly warm, and Katherine a black and pink scarf that Katherine squealed at when she saw. Caroline got Katherine the yellow Louis Vutton bag she had wanted, and saw online since this was Mystic Falls and we didn't have anything close to Louis Vutton here. Then it was Damon's turn
"Happy birthday" Damon said handing Katherine a silver tiny box, nestled inside was a silver chain necklace, with a pink diamond heart pendant, Katherine gasped
"Oh my God Damon it's beautiful!" she exclaimed throwing her arms around his neck he laughed
"I'm glad you like it" he said kissing her lips she sat down back in her seat and beamed.
Damon looked at me from across the table and smirked, oh this was going to be good
"Now Lena, you didn't think I forgot about you now did you?" he said eyebrows raised I frowned
He slid a pale blue box towards me
"Happy birthday Lena" he said I ripped the paper off and opened the box I gasped at what was inside. I was silent for a second, and then I began to laugh, Damon only smirked and chuckled along with me
"I can not believe you remember" I said shaking my head in disbelief and laughing some more
"What's so funny?" Katherine asked looking irritated that she wasn't in on the joke, everyone else seemed confused too
I pulled out the thin silver chain and examined it in the light, it was a delicate chain and the charm dangling from it was an ice cream cone, the ice cream a cotton candy blue with sprinkles on it
"It's amazing" I said
"It's an ice cream cone" said Katherine at the same time she looked over at Damon who was still smiling
"Why'd you get her an ice cream cone?" Katherine asked confused, still looking annoyed that she didn't understand
"It's how we met" I said simply grinning at Damon and everyone looked even more confused
"When we were 8 years old in our third grade classroom we had an ice cream party for doing well on the end of the year test, and there were some boys that always bullied me and they took my ice cream cone and stepped on it. I just stood there dejectedly, looking down at the smashed thing, when all of a sudden this little girl appeared next to me holding out an ice cream cone, she said she'd share with me" Damon finished, laughing at the memory
"How.." Lucy started smiling
"Touching" Katherine finished stiffly
I took the necklace and clasped it around my neck
"Thanks Salvatore" I said smiling at him
"No problem Lena" he said smiling back, Katherine cleared her throat loudly
"I think it's time for cake" she said dryly getting up from the table, Bonnie snickered
I shot her a glare. For the rest of the time we had cake, talked about old memories, and new ones and the tension from earlier was gone. I would have to talk to Katherine when I got home. Lucy while saying goodbye looked me deep in the eyes, her own twinkling
"For such a smart girl, you sure are blind Elena" she said shaking her head and hugging me tightly. I sighed. Everyone seemed to be so cryptic, still it had been the best birthday in a long time, I went to bed with a smile.