It was six am on Christmas Eve and Elena was sitting cross legged on her bedroom floor wrapping presents and adding ribbons and tags to them. She knew she should be in bed but she had a lot to do today and she wanted to keep on top of things. She reached for the next gift, this one was Damon's. If she was honest she had no idea what to get him so she went a bit over board and bought him the latest PlayStation and a stack of games. She figured it would keep him occupied during his recovery and it wasn't strenuous so that was a bonus. She hoped he'd love it. She had bought Stefan some aftershave and a hoodie, again she didn't really know what he'd want so she was getting him the standard stuff.
Elena was really enjoying Stefan's company. Although he was nineteen he wasn't the typical lazy teen. He was polite and funny, he cleaned up after himself and he looked after Jenny well. She'd stay up late with him and casually get him chatting about the past. She'd learned a lot of things about Damon from Stefan and she found she was falling even harder for him because of it, but some of the things Stefan had confided in her had hit her hard. Stefan had told her last week about the time he wanted to go on a high school trip and Damon had worked three jobs to pay for his place because he didn't want Stefan to miss out. Or the time Damon took a beating for Stefan from a nasty neighbour when Stefan had accidently smashed his windscreen with his baseball and they didn't have the money to pay it back… Elena didn't know that Damon had had such a hard time because he always seemed so upbeat about life, she really admired him.
When all her gifts were wrapped and gift bagged, she got up and dressed and got Jenny ready. She drove around town delivering her gifts to Caroline and Bonnie, Aunt Jenna and her assistant Mary. When she was done she got Damon a coffee with a shot of cinnamon from his favourite coffee shop and drove to the hospital.
Elena was pleased to see that Damon looked a little brighter when she saw him.
"Hey there." She smiled
"My two favourite girls." Damon laughed before he returned the kiss Elena was giving him, she made sure not to spill any coffee on him as her arms were full of bags, cups and babies.
"Brought you coffee." Elena said setting it down on the bedside cabinet
"Thank you, the stuff in here sucks." He replied
"I know." She confirmed.
"Day-min." Jenny said reaching out for him and grabbing the air with her pudgy hands.
"Jen-ny!" Damon sang and Elena set her carefully onto the bed. "Hey there baby girl."
Jenny lunged herself onto him with a laugh.
"Ahh." Damon said, his face screwing up in pain.
"Oh God, did she hurt you?" Elena gasped as she watched him move Jenny to his other side.
"It's alright, she just kicked the stitches." Damon said
"Do you want me to take her?" Elena offered
"No." Damon said quickly "It was an accident, wasn't it Jenny Bean?" He kissed her chubby cheeks and blew a raspberry into her neck making her squeal in delight.
Elena laughed.
"So how are you feeling today? Are we getting our Christmas miracle?" she asked cautiously
"No." Damon sighed "looks like I'm definitely here for Christmas."
Elena sighed but said "Oh well, we're going to have the best time anyway. We'll just have to have Christmas right here."
"As long as we're together it doesn't matter where we are." Damon agreed "It just would have been nice waking up to you."
"You will be soon enough." Elena said "Also, I have some news that might cheer you up…"
"Do tell." Damon encouraged as her stroked Jenny's hair
"Well Morris called late last night and apparently your friend from collage phoned him and he said he'd just heard about your injury and that's why you missed your interview for the social worker job, so he explained to his boss and they've agreed to give you another interview when you're feeling up to it. The job doesn't start until the 28th February, so if you want the interview it's yours."
"Are you kidding me? That's great!" Damon exclaimed
"Isn't it. I couldn't wait to tell you." Elena smiled
"Wow. I'll call Morris." Damon said
"No need, he's coming in later." Elena added "He said he's sneaking you a beer but he better not or I'll have to kick his ass…"
"Ha. I bet he's terrified." Damon laughed
"He better be. I'll get on my Wonder woman costume and beat his ass." Elena smirked
"Oh. I'd like to see that." Damon said raising one eyebrow. "Is there a sexy, lycra cat woman outfit cause she could come and bust me out of here…"
Elena smiled "I wish there was baby."
Damon chuckled. "So do you really have a wonder woman outfit? Cause I'd really like to see it if you do…"
Elena smirked "I guess you'll just have to wait and see…"
When visiting hours were over Elena and Jenny kissed Damon goodbye, Stefan would be going tonight with Morris so Elena would be at home with Jenny. She promised him they'd have a lovely day tomorrow.
It was just approaching eleven pm. Jenny was sound asleep and Elena was setting all the presents out for the morning. Stefan was sitting having a beer and he's set out a glass of wine for Elena.
Elena's phone buzzed from the table and Stefan passed it to her.
Her heart sank when she read the message.
"What does Jenny want for xmas. Love Matt x" Elena scowled at the screen.
"Is everything okay?" Stefan asked
"No, it's from Jenny's Dad. You remember I told you about him turning up out of the blue last month? Well he's just text me asking what he should get Jenny for Christmas! I thought we were rid of him for good, I mean there's only one hour until its Christmas, what is he possibly going to get her? I actually wouldn't put it past him to turn up…" Elena ranted
"Let's hope he doesn't." Stefan replied
"He won't be getting in." Elena raged, she picked up her glass and took a sip.
"I want everything to be perfect tomorrow." Elena said "I want Damon to have the best day ever."
Stefan nodded. "He deserves it."
Just then a knock came from the front door. Elena jumped up.
"Matt." She hissed
"He won't be getting passed me." Stefan warned. "I'll get the door."
"If that's him he better not wake the baby up." Elena said as she followed Stefan to the door.
"Don't worry he won't be getting the chance." Stefan said, he unlocked the door and opened it.
"Merry Christmas." Came a quiet voice
"Damon!" Elena shouted.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan said
Damon was standing in the hall way. He was wearing jogging bottoms and a grey zipped up sweater with the hood pulled up, very un-Damon like.
"I've escaped." He smirked "Well are you going to let me in or what?"