Ch 2
"Why what's wrong?" "Well it's Damon..." "Oh great", Stefan interrupted, "What did he do now? I swear that if he tries to get you in bed with him again I will stake him." "No, no Stefan nothing like that. It's... well it's hard to explain. Bonnie messed up this spell and well... well Damon is now a three year old." "What?" "Damon is a three year old" Elena repeated. "I will be there in four days", he hung up quickly.
Great time to get some sleep Elena thought, She curled up on the couch and was out in five seconds. She didn't wake up when a small little figure came down the stairs. Nor did she wake up when that same little figure opened the back door to go outside in the pouring rain. And she definitely didn't wake up when the back door swung shut, automatically locking from the inside. She did wake up however a few hours later when a large clap of thunder shook the house.
When the thunder quieted down she thought she heard a noise coming from outside. She opened the backdoor and saw Damon sitting next to the door, soaking wet and covered with mud. He was crying in fear and when he saw her he jumped into her arms, holding her tightly as if he was afraid she was going to leave him there all alone.
Elena carried him into the house and sat on the couch with him still clutching her and crying into her shirt. "Damon why did you go outside?" Elena asked the little boy. He looked up at he with big blue eyes. "I wanted to go play but then noises and light came from the sky. I got scared but i couldn't open the door.
He started crying again. Elena noticed that he was still covered with mud and he was shivering from the cold. Elena tried comforting him. "Shhh Damon it's ok." She started rubbing his back. "Come on lets go take a bath." She picked him up and carried him to his bathroom.
When she got up the the bathroom she stared to fill the tub with warm water. She looked through his cabinets and found bubble bath stuff. I wonder why he has bubble bath stuff in his bathroom she thought to herself as she added some to the water. (AN. Andie!)
She helped him take off his shirt and then grimaced when she realized that she was going to have to take off his pants and underwear. So it takes him turning into a tree year old for her to do what he wanted. She took off his pants and underwear as quickly as she could and plopped him in to the bath.
He took some of the bubbles and put it up to his face like a beard. "Look Elena I'm Santa! ho ho ho" Elena couldn't help but laugh. She remembered doing that when she was little.
She took a washcloth and slowly started to wipe the mud off of his body. She then got some shampoo and worked it into his hair. She was extra careful not to get it in his eyes. Damon sat their without complaining at all. He was a very well behaved child.
When she was finished she took him out of the tub and wrapped him in a towel. Then she realized that she didn't have any cloths for Damon to wear. "Come on Damon", she said and picked him up. She carried him to his room and found one of his shirts to wear as a nightgown.
She had to remember to call Caroline and have her go shopping for some let her put the shirt on him and carry him to bed. He was strangely quiet through the whole thing. She had a feeling that he was still traumatized from his whole experience.
Just before he was going to fall asleep he whispered
"I love you Elena."