Cannonball
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I know I said the next chapter would be posted come Sunday or Monday, but I had some unexpected spare time come up today in uni and I felt bad for the way I split the chapter yesterday and left you all hanging! I worked my butt off to get this finished today, so I hope you enjoy it!
Here is part 2…
February 20th 2013.
Wednesday 12:40pm
Mystic Falls
"Do you want to fucking tell me what the hell happened to our daughter?!"
I feel my entire body trembling in a mixture of rage and pure fear. This cannot be happening; I can't have a baby somewhere and not know about it.
I can't have a baby with Katherine.
Oh my god, what is Elena going to think when she finds out?
As if our situation wasn't bad enough, this bombshell gets dropped on us? This isn't fucking fair and Elena doesn't deserve any of this. I hate myself for the situation that I've put her through, I hate myself for ever getting involved with Katherine in the first place.
I feel like the biggest asshole on the planet.
I wait with baited breath as I watch Katherine clutch at her hair, her eyes squeezed shut like she is trying desperately to make herself disappear but there is no way in hell that I'm going to give her an out in all of this.
"Answer me Katherine!" I roar loudly, seeing her jump slightly at my raised voice. "Where is she?!"
She looks at me with wide eyes and I watch as her face expression changes to one of pure desperation and fear.
"Shut up, Damon! Just shut up!" she screams back at me, her fingers tightly clutching her hair.
"No! Not until you tell me the fucking truth!" I stride towards her and pick up the envelope before shoving it against her chest, forcing her to take a hold of it. "Tell me!" she ignores me and I swear that a growl escapes my lips as I try my best not to lash out violently. "God," I run my hand through my hair as a thought crosses my mind. "When you left town it wasn't because of the sex tape scandal was it?" I ask and watch as she doesn't react to any of the words leaving my mouth. "It was because you went to go have your fucking baby! Our fucking baby!" I shout furiously. "Where is she huh? Because I sure as hell haven't seen you walking around Wal-Mart with a baby cart!"
I feel my breathing quicken as I wait for an explanation, for some answers but they don't come.
"God damn it Katherine, ANSWER ME!" I slam my fist down on the desk beside me and watch as Katherine groans loudly in frustration and takes a step back.
"Just shut up, Damon! SHUT UP!" She screams at me frantically and I watch her in disbelief as she swings around so her back is too me but I immediately grab her shoulder and swing her roughly back around to face me.
"Just start telling me the damn truth for once in your sad pathetic life!" I grip onto her shoulders tightly.
"IT'S NOT YOURS OK!" she cries back at me, her entire body shaking.
For a second my entire body deflates with what can only be described as pure relief.
But then I'm reminded of something.
This is Katherine Pierce and I should know better.
I feel my shoulders tense as the next words leave my mouth. "I saw the date you gave birth, Katherine, and I may have failed Math but I'm not a total fucking moron and I can sure as hell work back 9 months or so from that date to realize it was around the time we were still sleeping together!"
She looks down and shakes her head before looking back up at me and I'm a little shocked to see tears in her eyes.
"It's not yours." She repeats firmly. "Trust me, I fucking checked." She mutters bitterly. "It wasn't hard to steal a sample of your DNA when you were passed out drunk in my bed beside me at least once a week." She looks at me coldly. "It's not yours." she repeats.
"Then who's?" I ask unsure if I should believe her.
She looks away and for the first time ever she looks vulnerable.
"Mason's." she practically whispers but I hear it.
Of course.
"Does he know?" I ask calmly, my entire body filled with relief.
For once luck is on my side.
"What do you think?" she snaps at me coldly and I let out a dry bitter laugh.
"Of course he doesn't know, because you are a lying manipulative bitch." I glare at her and she doesn't say anything back and I use her rare moment of weakness to my advantage. "I'll be taking this back thank you very much." I step forward and grab the envelope from her hands but she clutches onto it tightly.
"No way in hell!" I'm stronger than her and I immediately rip it from her hands and I watch as her eyes widen and she lets out a dark laugh. "Oh I see how this is going to go, you're going to use this to blackmail me?"
"Why do you sound so put out by that? I thought you liked blackmailing tactics." I smirk at her and her eyes darken. I let out a low chuckle and take a step back. "So here's how this is going to go, I'm going to keep this and a copy of course, very safe and locked away where you'll never find it, and in turn you're going to stay the hell away from Elena and drop your pathetic vendetta against me. You're going to return every single photo that you have of the two of us together and most importantly you are going to keep that dirty little mouth of yours completely shut."
"And if I don't?" she weakly attempts to challenge me.
I let out a laugh. "What do you think, Katherine? I'll send a copy of this to the Lockwood's, hell I'll even send one to the entire town." I smirk. "So…I think we are done here, don't you?"
She stays silent, bristling with pent-up anger but I can tell that she won't retaliate.
She has too much to lose.
I shove the envelope back into my inside pocket and leave the classroom without another word.
I don't look back, I don't need to.
I've won.
I stand in the library during my free period and find myself just staring at the books stocked up tidily in the tall shelves in front of me.
I can't get Damon out of my head.
Something was definitely off about him earlier when I saw him in the hallway, not only did he look as white as a sheet but he didn't even attempt to be discreet as I passed him and I couldn't will myself to look away either.
There was something in his eyes that left me with an uncomfortable pit in my stomach.
Luckily Caroline was completely oblivious to the incident and I spent my entire lunch hour staring down at my food, not having an appetite to eat anything. Bonnie immediately noticed that something wasn't right so I had to come up with an excuse of a sickness bug but I'm not even sure if she bought it this time.
Once the bell rang, I excused myself from my friends and headed straight here, deciding to spend time on my own in the library rather than join my friends in the computer labs where they normally spend our free periods updating their Facebook status and tweeting or reading all the online celebrity gossip.
I sigh and break myself out of my trance, briefly checking my phone to see if Damon has attempted to contact me and I'm not surprised to see that he hasn't.
I was the one who asked for space between us.
I go to turn and walk further along the aisle but suddenly there is a hand wrapped around my mouth and I'm being pulled backwards against my will and I'm about to try to scream when a soothing voice whispers in my ear.
"Hey ssh ssh it's just me."
I'd recognize that voice anywhere, even in that husky whisper and I let him spin me around into the next aisle and turn me so we are face to face, his face just millimeters away from me.
"Damon." I look at him with wide eyes as he pins me back against the tall book shelf behind me
"I know, I know, I know you're mad at me." He pushes some fallen hair from my face, his other hand pressed against my hip as his eyes dart around quickly. "But I needed to see you and I needed to see you now."
There is a nervous feeling in my stomach and I'm again reminded about how he looked at lunch time in the hallway.
"Damon what is goi-"
He cuts me off by pressing his lips against mine, I freeze for a moment shocked by his actions but it doesn't take me long to return the kiss, my hands immediately clutching his jacket tightly.
God it's been far too long.
I cling to him as he deepens the kiss and I can't stop the moan escaping my mouth as he presses his body flush against my own.
It takes me another few moments before I realize where we are.
"Damon," I pull away reluctantly, my eyes fluttering open. "Damon stop." I push him back slightly. "We can't do this, not here where anyone can see." He sighs slightly and nods his head in agreement and I briefly turn my head to make sure that there is no one around.
His eyes close briefly and I watch him confused as he dips his head down and kisses my neck but it's not in a sexual way, not really, instead his weight sinks on to me and I instinctively wrap my arms around him as he leans against me, his head resting in the crook of my neck.
"Damon?" I question him worriedly, that worried sinking feeling back in my stomach as one of my hands runs through his hair, my fingers sinking in his soft dark hair while my other hand presses against his back. "Damon what's wrong?"
He stays how he is for a moment before slowly pulling away and this time there is a smile on his face.
"I did it." He whispers, his eyes glistening and I frown confused.
"Did what?"
"I beat Katherine." He smirks and my eyes widen and I can feel my heart rate immediately speed up.
"What?" I whisper in shock.
"She's not going to be a problem for us anymore…" he cups my cheek with his hand and I watch as his smile falters. "And if you'll still have me…we can be together." He gulps slightly while looking down and I hate myself for making him feel like he has to question our relationship.
"Damon," I place both of my hands on his cheeks, bringing his gaze back to meet my own. "I love you." I tell him firmly, a small smile making its way to my lips. "I'm always going to love you. Ok?"
He nods his head, his body deflating with relief and I take the risk and briefly press my lips against his as another thought crosses my mind and I pull away.
"How did you do it?"
He gulps slightly and shakes his head. "I nearly gave myself a heart attack," he laughs slightly and I look at him confused and he sighs before linking our fingers together. "Do you think you'd be able to get out of your last class? I don't want to talk about it here."
I immediately scan my brain as I think about the next class that I have, trying to think of anything important that I need to be there for but nothing comes to mind.
"Yeah." I nod my head with a smile. "I can."
His smile widens and he takes a reluctant step back. "Meet me at my place in 10?"
"Ok." I grin, a feeling of excitement building up inside of me. "I can do that."
I watch in amusement as Klaus literally spits out his beer in shock as the words leave my mouth about Katherine having a baby.
I know that in order to keep my somewhat deal with Katherine that I should probably keep the information that I found to myself, but there was no way in hell that I wasn't going to tell Elena about it and I trust Klaus with my life and figured he'd want to know why Elena and I are suddenly back together.
"That was my reaction too." Elena grins as she shuffles slightly on my lap and I hold back a groan as she unintentionally grinds against me as she sits on my lap while I'm sat on the bar stool in Brogan's.
My fingers stroke the skin between her shirt and jeans as my arm is wrapped securely around her waist holding her in place and I watch in amusement as Klaus wipes his mouth from his place perched on the stool beside us.
"Jesus Christ." He mutters in disbelief before a look of worry and skepticism crosses his face. "Wait…it's not…it's not yours, is it?"
"No." I smile slightly as I think back to my earlier panic. "But the thought did cross my mind." I feel Elena's fingers slide through my hair as one of her arms is wrapped around my neck while the other holds her beer on top of her thigh. I take a large swig from my bourbon before placing the empty glass on the bar and ordering another one.
We're celebrating after all.
"I was well and truly freaked out." I chuckle slightly. "But thank fuck it's not my problem."
"Let me guess…Mason?" Klaus questions and I nod my head. "Jesus," he mutters under his breath again before smiling. "Lucky escape there mate."
"Tell me about it." I press my lips briefly against Elena's cheek before grabbing my refilled glass. "I'm just glad that it's over."
"Me too." Elena smiles happily and I'm so relieved that her anger towards the situation with her brother has been wiped away completely because of these sudden change of events.
"You want another one?" I ask noticing that her bottle is nearing on empty but she reluctantly shakes her head.
"I can't, I have dinner with my family tonight and the last thing I need is to show up drunk." She smiles slightly and I can't help but feel disappointed that she can't spend her whole night with me. She must notice the look on my face however because she immediately dips her head down and kisses me softly on the lips. "Don't worry, I'll sneak out straight after and come see you." She smirks and my grin is back.
"We have a lot of time to catch up on…a whole month's worth." I smirk as my hand slides up her thigh.
"Uh guys, I'm still here!" Klaus groans in annoyance and I give him the finger as Elena giggles against me, her lips briefly pressing against my temple before she pulls away and stands up.
"I gotta go."
"You want me to come back to Mystic Falls with you?" I move to stand but she presses her hands on my shoulders and keeps me firmly in place.
"No, you stay here with Klaus, celebrate getting that bitch out of our lives." She grins happily and it makes my heart flutter. "I'll text you when I'm done and meet you at your place, ok?"
I nod my head and watch as she quickly calls for a cab from her cell. "Let me at least walk you outside."
"I didn't know you could be a gentleman, Mr Salvatore." She teases me as I lead her outside into the chilled air; thankfully it's not as cold as it has been lately but I still wrap my arms around her and pull her against me as we stand outside the bar.
"I may have other intentions," I admit with a smirk as one of my hand trails down her back to grab her butt and I squeeze it firmly. She shrieks slightly and attempts to pull away but I keep my grip strong before crashing my mouth against hers in a searing kiss.
The kiss doesn't last as long as I had hoped and I groan loudly and pull away when we are interrupted by the loud beeping of the cabs horn and my eyes flutter open just in time to witness the annoyed look on Elena's face when she pulls away.
"I guess that's for me." She sighs, her hand briefly landing on my chest and I nod my head reluctantly before walking towards the cab and opening the door for her.
"Here," I had her some notes to pay for the ride despite her protests and kiss her quickly once more before stepping back and letting her climb inside. "See you soon." I smile and beam when she grins back at me widely, her eyes sparkling.
"You sure will." She bites on her bottom lip and I smirk before winking at her and slamming the door shut. I stand still and wait for the cab to disappear out of sight before walking back inside re-joining Klaus who is still sat in the same place by the bar.
"I thought you'd ditched me." He smirks as jump up on to the stool next to him.
"Oh trust me brother I would have if I had the choice." I chuckle before ordering a beer, deciding to pace myself on the bourbon tonight, especially if I want to keep myself awake and fresh for Elena tonight.
We stay in a comfortable silence and it's not until another 20 minutes later when Klaus speaks up again.
"So…do you think that's the end of it then?" he asks seriously. "With Katherine I mean."
"If she has any sense then yeah." I take a sip from my beer. "Katherine will do just about anything to protect herself first, no matter what. She is selfish and self-serving and she'd rather save herself first than even come after me." I tell him. "Trust me, you didn't see her face today, she was spooked." I shake my head as I think about it, because I have never ever seen Katherine Pierce in a vulnerable position before.
"I still can't believe it." He frowns as he stares down at his bottle. "How on earth did she manage to keep that a secret?"
"According to the stuff Zach found she gave birth in Southampton so I'm guessing she was shacked up away in her beach house out of sight of the judging eyes of Mystic Falls."
"Yeah but surely someone would have noticed that she was pregnant?" Klaus looks confused and I don't blame him because that thought crossed my mind at first too.
"Think about it, she left town in September and she didn't come back until December, that's a good solid three months. She's skinny as hell, maybe she didn't really show until late on in her pregnancy and that's when she left for the Hampton's?"
After I told Elena about it, she looked up information about pregnancies on my laptop and found that some people don't even start to really obviously show until late on in the pregnancy, it's rare but it happens and besides, Katherine could have easily hidden her swollen stomach with loose shirts and sweatshirts.
It's not like she has a lot of friends to hide it from anyway.
"Well I'm just glad it's over." Klaus smiles slightly and taps his bottle against my own and I grin and take a swig.
"Me too buddy."
"You seem a hell of a lot happier, and I'm glad Elena forgave your stupid ass for the Jeremy incident."
I chuckle slightly and sigh loudly in relief. "Yeah I got a lucky escape with that one." I take another swig of my beer. "I'm going to make sure that I don't screw up again." I tell him confidently. "I love her, and everything that has happened these past few weeks have sure as hell been a wake-up call and I need to get my head out of my ass and do things properly from now on."
Klaus studies me for a moment. "And what about the family situation?"
I sigh as I'm reminded that Elena and I will never truly have a normal relationship and I hate that I can't give her that.
"I worked too damn hard to keep us a secret to let it all go to hell now." I admit before taking a deep breath and speaking the next words with wholesome determination. "We keep things quiet, but when the day comes that we need to go public then I sure as hell am going to fight so damn hard to keep her."
I get through my family dinner completely unscathed, albeit I had to lie my way through questions about why I am in such a good mood this evening and I guess it has been a complete 180 to how I have acted lately.
I clearly had done a terrible job in hiding how miserable and lonely I have felt these past long few weeks.
Of course that doesn't matter now.
The absolute sinking relief that ran through me when Damon told me that we no longer had to worry about Katherine was a feeling that I am not going to forget for a long time. Of course, it was momentarily taken away from me when Damon told me why Katherine would no longer be bothering me, and just like Damon, the first thought that crossed my mind was that the baby was his and I felt like my entire world was about to be destroyed.
Again.
He was of course quick to reassure me and squash those thoughts, telling me that the baby was Mason's and that he has used the situation to threaten Katherine into stopping blackmailing us.
I decided to drop my anger towards what happened between Damon and Jeremy, knowing that life is too short to hold a grudge and that Damon really is sorry for what happened, things have sure as hell changed in the last 24 hours and there is no way in hell I could stay mad at him after he has fixed this whole Katherine situation for us.
I excuse myself after dinner with the excuse of having so much homework to do and that I'm going to lock myself in my room before sleeping, making a point that I do not want to be disturbed.
I know that it's risky to sneak out before my parents go to bed but I can't just wait around all evening when I finally have Damon back.
I smile and feel giddy just thinking about it.
I'm about to walk into my bedroom when I notice my Dad's spare work bag resting in the open closet in the upstairs corridor and an idea immediately crosses my mind with an excited smirk on my lips.
I make sure to lock my bedroom door behind me as I gather an overnight backpack before grabbing my coat and sliding it on, opening my window and climbing over, being careful on the trellis as I climb down the side of my house, thankful that it hasn't been raining today because they sure are a nightmare to climb when it's wet.
I practically run all the way to Damon's street and I hold in an excited giggle as I stride up the stairs towards Damon's apartment, my eyes briefly scanning the empty street around me from the second tier balcony before I stop by his door. I take a deep breath before knocking my knuckles against the deep wood door, not having to wait long for it to swing open and I'm greeted by my smirking boyfriend.
"Damon Salvatore?" I question him in the most serious tone that I can muster up, but the amusement in my eyes gives me away immediately.
Damon sends me a confused yet intrigued look as he eyes me with suspicion for a few moments but I'm grateful when he decides to play along.
"That's me."
"I'm afraid you're under arrest." I whip out the handcuffs from behind my back and watch as Damon's eyes widen, an excited grin creeping on to his lips. "You've been a very bad boy." I try to hold back my giggle as I push him backwards into the apartment and slam the door shut behind me. "And I'm afraid you're going to need to be punished." I quickly twist the lock of his door and turn back to face him with a smirk.
"Oh yeah?" his eyes flicker in excitement, glistening as he grips my hips as I push him backwards towards his bedroom.
"Oh yeah." I confirm as I push him down onto his bed, I peel his hands from my hips and motion for him to move closer to the headboard which he immediately does in the least smooth way possible and I can barely hold in my laugh as he swiftly removes his t-shirt and throws it across the room. I unlock the cuffs and immediately slide his right hand into one before snapping it against one of the poles of his headrest.
"Ouch, not too tight baby." He grimaces slightly and I instantly apologize and loosen the cuffs so it's no longer digging into his skin, I do the same with his other hand and sit back proudly as he sits up against his headrest with both of his hands cuffed up. "What are you planning on doing to me?" his eyes flicker slowly down my body and I feel a fire build up inside of me.
"Hmm…" I pull off my coat and toss it aside before slowly lifting up my shirt and discarding that too so I'm left in just my black lacy bra. I move onto his lap so I am straddling him and my smirk widens as he immediately moves to wrap his arms around me but of course he is immediately stopped. I trail a hand down his chest slowly before leaning forward and pressing an open mouthed kiss against his lips. He moans and again I feel his body tug towards me but the cuffs still locked into the poles of the headrest are preventing him.
I pull away amused and move backwards, slowly unbuttoning his jeans before sliding down the zip. "Lift up." I murmur and he complies and raises his hips and I slowly remove his jeans. "And again," I look up at him with my eyes and he moans slightly as I remove his briefs, my fingers lightly grazing along his growing hard member as I do.
"Damn it, Elena." He grunts slightly when I dip my head down and take him in my mouth, my tongue darting out as he shudders against me. "Jesus." His body shakes and I pull back far too quickly for his liking, his eyes immediately find man. "Elena!" he is breathless and I look up at him amused.
"Yes?" I ask innocently as I trail my hands back up his chest, more than happy to take advantage of his tied up state.
"Don't be a tease." He grumbles as he lifts up his hips for some friction and I smirk before leaning back again and kneeling with one leg on each side of his. I slowly make a point of removing my jeans leaving me in just my underwear, not missing the way his eyes hungrily soar up and down my body and it takes everything in me to not blush.
I deliberately take my time in undoing my bra, moving to straddle Damon again as his arms yet again try to tug free and I smirk amused before leaning forward and I gasp and my eyes slam shut as his mouth immediately wraps around my left breast as I use my arms to hold me up, my hands clutching onto his headrest behind his head as I lean against him.
I whimper as he sucks and licks before moving back and doing the same to the next one and for a moment I forget that I'm the one who is in full control. He pulls back with dark eyes and he immediately attacks my mouth with his and I moan against him as I kiss him back just as passionately, both of us fighting for dominance.
I eventually pull away, a smirk crossing my lips as his eyes remain closed as he continues to pant breathlessly as one of my hands slides down to his now extremely hard penis. I stroke it slowly, deliberately taking my time and I press a kiss against his jaw when he moans loudly.
"Elena please." His eyes flicker open and for a moment I'm taken back by the intensity of his gaze. "I need to be inside of you."
How can anyone deny him that?
I remove my panties before lifting myself up and sinking on top of him, gasping loudly as he fills me completely and I moan as I start to ride him slowly, my speed picking up with every movement and Damon just makes it worse by attempting to move out of the cuffs, desperately trying to be in control but still being prevented.
I press my mouth back against his to swallow my screams as his movements cause a change in angle and I try to keep our pace fast and steady but it's so damn hard when all I want to do is ride him frantically.
So I do.
"God Elena!" he murmurs against my mouth before kissing me again.
I quicken up my movements, making them sloppy and hard but it doesn't matter because it gets the job done and soon Damon's lips are ripped away from my own as he grunts and moans out my name as he cums inside of me, and it doesn't take me long to follow.
I collapse against his chest breathlessly, a slight whimper escaping my lips as I rest my head against his chest, feeling his pounding heartbeat against my ear.
Damon pants unevenly as he comes down from his high and before long I feel his body shake against me and I look up amused to see him chuckling to himself.
"What?" I ask, my cheeks immediately reddening.
"You sure as hell are something else Elena Gilbert." He smirks at me teasingly and I roll my eyes and bite his neck jokingly as punishment. "Now uncuff me." He orders me with a growl and I feel my heart pound again as I reach down to the floor and pull out the key and do so with shaky hands, he is free for not even a second before his arms wrap around me and he has me flipped over on my back, a devils smirk on his lips as he roughly grabs my wrists and cuffs my hands together before I can even blink.
I feel the pool in my stomach heat up again as he slides underneath my arms so my locked arms are wrapped around his neck and he looks down at me with that signature Damon Salvatore devils grin.
"You're mine now, Gilbert."
Hope you liked part 2! I am very much aware that the previous chapter would have been read completely differently had it been attached to this one, so I apologize for the slight panic I gave everyone at the thought of Damon having a baby with Katherine!
I would greatly appreciate a review on what you thought about this chapter, especially since I worked my butt off to get it posted within less than 24 hours haha ;)
Thanks again for reading everyone! Love you all!
Until next time :)