**Chapter fifty six**

The birthday girl

*Hailey*

On November fifth- a few days after I moved in with Damon- I woke up in our bed, to find that Damon wasn't next to me. I yawned, and sat up. Ellie was curled up at my feet, still asleep. She didn't like being in a house full of vampires and stayed in my bed most of the day.

"Happy Birthday."

I looked up at Damon, who was standing in the doorway. A small purple bag dangled from his fingers. He had a half smirk on his lips, and I grinned sleepily back.

"What'd you get me?" I asked, sitting up. I grinned excitedly, and Damon handed me the bag.

"Open it and find out," he told me.

I looked down at the bag. "Damon, you better not have gotten me underwear," I said in warning tone. Damon just smirked at me.

I opened the bag, to see it full of multi-colored panties. I glared up at him. "Really?"

"That's not your present. Tissue paper is just a waste of money," Damon said, a giant smirk on his face.

I rolled my eyes at him, and then dumped the bag onto the bed. Through the lace and silk, I found a small silver key with a purple bow on it. I looked back up at Damon, and raised an eyebrow. "I already have a key to this house, Damon. I took Stefan's," I told him.

Damon rolled his eyes. It's not a house key," he said, before pulling the blanket off of me. "Come on."

I raised my eyebrows, but grabbed the key, and followed him out of our bedroom. Once we were downstairs, Damon covered my eyes with his hands. I couldn't see a thing.

"What the hell, Damon?" I complained.

"I don't trust you not to peek," he answered.

Somehow, we managed to get outside without crashing into anything. We stopped walking after a few minutes, and Damon made me go stand in a corner with my eyes closed. I tried to peek, but it was as if Damon had eyes in the back of his head.

"Hailey, you look one more time, and I'm selling your present," he threatened, after my fourth attempt at peeking. I rolled my eyes, but I knew that he meant business, and didn't look again.

"Okay," he said finally, as I stood in the corner, my eyes shut tight. I felt him grab my shoulders, and turn me around. "Open your eyes."

I did as told, and my eyes widened to the size of soccer balls. I gasped in surprise, not believing what I was seeing.

My car stood in front of me, in perfect condition.

I looked up at Damon, and he smiled softly down at me, pleased with my reaction. "You got my car fixed?" I whispered.

Damon shrugged, like it was no big deal. "Well, you wanted three things," he said. "Your car, me, and a bottle of bourbon."

I smiled slightly. "There's no bottle of bourbon," I pointed out.

"Check the passenger seat," he countered.

I walked to my car, looking like it had before the car crash. I pulled my pajamas down- one of Damon's shirts, that went to the middle of my thigh. On the passenger seat, there was a bottle of bourbon, a purple bow on it.

I smiled slightly, touched by his presents. I loved him so, so much. "Thank you," I whispered, turning back to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and hugged Damon tightly. "Thank you so much."

Damon smiled into my hair, and didn't say anything. His hands skimmed my bare thighs, and I shivered- though not because of his cold hands. I kissed him, and buried one hand in his hair. Damon hoisted me up onto the hood of my car, and I sighed contently into his mouth. We were in his garage, completely alone.

Damon's lips traveled from my lips, past my jaw, to my neck. I wrapped my legs tightly around his waist. "Bite me," I gasped slightly, as he slowly unbuttoned my oversized shirt.

Damon did'nt need to be told twice, and bit me in my shoulder and my neck. I moaned, leaning into the windshield, as I quickly undid his shirt. We had sex right on the hood of my car, just making my amazing birthday morning even better.

My shoulder was a little sore, as I slipped my shirt back on. Damon wiped my blood from his lips, before kissing me. I could taste a hint of blood in his mouth, but I didn't mind. The kiss made me want to skip school, but I wanted to see my friends on my birthday.

Before Damon could change my mind, I drank some of his blood and got dressed. Then I drove to school, glad to have my baby back. I was in a terrific mood, from the great sex and great presents, that not even Elena avoiding me in the parking lot could bring me down.

"Hey Caroline," I smiled at the blonde when she ran up to me.

"Happy birthday Hailey!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around me.

I laughed, and even hugged her back. "Thanks Care," I said cheerfully.

"Here you go," she said, handing me a rectangular box wrapped in silver wrapping paper.

I opened it, praying that it wasn't anything too girly- when I pulled out a Cobra Starship t-shirt, an autographed one.

"Thank you so much!" I exclaimed, hugging her.

"You're welcome! I'm glad that you like it," Caroline said, as I pulled off my shirt- I was wearing a tank top underneath- and pulled the Cobra Starship shirt on.

"I love it," I beamed. "Let's get to class."

My birthday was turning to be great, even without Elena.

~LMF~

At lunch, Matt and Tyler wished me happy birthday. "Here you go, Hails," Tyler said, giving me a paper bag with half a blueberry muffin in it.

"You suck at giving presents," I repeated from our conversation when I was in the hospital.

"I forgot, okay?" he defended himself.

"I wrote it on your hand," I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Well, as hard as it will be to top that, here you go Hailey," Matt said sarcastically, giving me a small rectangular present.

I opened it, to find a framed picture of Matt, Tyler, Elena, Caroline, and me when we were ten. We were all using a slip n' slide in Elena's front yard. Elena was blushing, smiling sweetly at Matt, while I had pushed Caroline halfway out of the picture. But what I noticed the most in the picture, was that Elena and I were hugging.

How I missed the days when everything was simple.

"Thanks, Mattie," I said, hugging him.

"Hey, well I'm also throwing you a party tonight," Tyler said, frowning slightly.

I sighed slightly. I hadn't really wanted a party, but it would be fun- hopefully.

"Okay, sounds fun," I said, hoping that I wasn't going to land myself in a huge dramatic mess.

But in Mystic Falls, everything was dramatic.

~LMF~

"Hailey, be careful!"

I laughed drunkenly, as I stumbled down the stairs. Matt caught me before I face planted. I was looking for my boyfriend.

"Danks Matteh," I slurred, giggling as I spilled a little of the drink in my hand.

I managed to pull away from him, and stumbled into the crowd. I was pretty wasted, but I was having a good time. I lost Damon in the crowd, and was on a mission to find him.

"Hailey?"

I turned around, and stumbled. Stefan caught me, and looked slightly amused. "Stef!" I exclaimed, saying everything like it was a cheer.

"I loss Damon," I told him in a sad, serious voice.

"Let's go find him," Stefan said, now completely amused. He grabbed my arm, and helped me through the crowd, as we looked for his brother.

Damon looked through the crowd of teenagers. He had lost a very drunk Hailey, which wasn't good. He was glad that she was getting the chance to act like a normal teenager, though. She needed it.

He spotted Elena in the crowd. Despite the fact that Hailey would kill him if she found out what he was about to do, Damon walked up to the brunette. Elena looked less than thrilled to see him.

"What do you want, Damon?" she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Stop being a bitch to Hailey," he told her bluntly.

"Excuse me?"

"Stop being a bitch to her," he repeated. "She doesn't deserve it. She felt horrible, lying to you. She cried for four hours straight, when you refused to be friends with her because she loved me. She saved your life- almost ending her own- and now it's her god damn birthday, and still, you're mad at her because she loves me. If you want to be pissed at anyone Elena, be pissed at me. Hailey doesn't deserve the way you're treating her. So, get over yourself and just accept that we're together. You hate me because I've hurt her Elena, but you're hurting her more right now than I ever had." Then Damon turned and left her. Elena gaped after him.

Stefan and I couldn't find Damon anywhere. But we did find Tyler, who was just as drunk as I was. "Wait, Stef. I gonna hang wit Tyler, kay?" I said, pulling away from him.

Stefan chuckled. "Be careful, Hailey," he said, before leaving me.

"Hi Ty!" I said cheerfully, as I ran to him. Tyler was in a small room, an empty bottle next to him.

"Hi Hails!" he slurred, and I tripped and stumbled into his arms.

"Oopsy daisy!" I giggled, but Tyler didn't let go of me. Instead, he leaned in and kissed me hard.

I pulled away as quick as my drunk reflexes would allow, and slapped him. "No! No, Tyler! No!" I shouted, as if he was a dog that peed on the carpet.

Damon looked around everywhere for Hailey. He was starting to worry, when he heard her drunken giggle. He followed it to a small room. He figured that it was time to take her home, before she started dancing on tables.

Damon walked into the room, just in time to see Tyler Lockwood kiss his Hailey on the lips.

Hailey pulled away and hit him. She mumbled, "No!" over and over again, but Damon was already seeing red. He slammed Tyler into a wall, across the room. His hands went around his neck, ready to rip his head off. Tyler stared, terrified, up at him, too scared to speak.

"No, Damon!" Hailey screamed at him, but Damon ignored her.

Suddenly, he was ripped off of Tyler by Stefan. He watched in anger as Lockwood ran from the room. Hailey glared at him, shook her head drunkenly, before storming off. Damon just watched her go, still being held down by his brother.

I was drunk and angry- never a good combination. I walked down the dark road to the boarding house. I was angry that Tyler kissed me, and even more that Damon almost killed him. Being drunk made it even worse.

I somehow managed to lose my shirt along the way, and was just in my bra and jeans. I started hearing noises coming from the woods. I did'nt know if it was my drunken imagination, or if it was real.

"Dis was not a good idea," I mumbled to myself, before plopping down in the middle of the road.

"Hailey, thank god that I found you."

I looked up, and saw Damon looking relieved. "No, I'm mad at you," I told him stubbornly, and turned away from him.

"Hailey, if you ever run off on me again, I'm going to handcuff us together," Damon told me, completely ignoring me. He pulled me up, and I frowned at him.

"No, Damon," I told him, pulling away, before falling down again.

"Hailey," Damon sighed, helping me up again. "I'm sorry for almost killing your friend."

"Okay!" I beamed, lunging at him. He chuckled, before picking me up bridal style. I rested my head on his shoulder, as he walked us home.

"Damon, I think I'm drunk," I sighed, suddenly exhausted.

"Wow, could've fooled me," he said sarcastically.

There was a moment of silence, before I blurted out, "Do you ever think about our future?"

Damon paused. "All the time," he answered quietly.

"Do you ever think about me becomin a vamp?" I asked curiously.

He didn't answer, so I continued. "Cause, I would, Damon. I want us to be together forever and ever and ever!"

Damon looked down at the sleeping fairy in his arms, not knowing what to say to that. But she was already fast asleep.

~LMF~

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