One week later on a Saturday afternoon the back yard of the Salvatore boarding house was filled because of the cook out being held there. It was filled with the smell of grilling meat and the sound of music playing from the speakers and lawn tables and chairs for people to sit in. Many people had attended Damon, Bonnie, Stefan, Elena, Tyler, Caroline, Blake, Sydney. Jeremy and Matt had arrived with their girlfriends that they both had been dating for a while now and who they had introduced to the gang way before the cook out. Jeremy had his girlfriend April and Matt had his girlfriend Tiffany there. So just about everyone in the gang was paired up with someone or dating someone. Alaric and Mrs. Forbes had also come as well as Caleb and Mercedes. There were other guest there ones that didn't hang out with thee gang but knew Damon or Bonnie or Stefan or Elena. Some of Bonnie's co workers were there as she invited them as a friendly gesture.

Bonnie was with the other women in the kitchen putting the last minute touches on the many side dishes that and Damon was outside on the large grill, grilling burgers, hot dogs and some fish for everyone. Blake was helping him since there was a lot of meat to grill for all of the people there.

"Heard that you and Sydney are getting married next spring." Damon said for conversation.

"That's true." Blake said "Seems like so far away though."

Damon flipped a few burgers. "Trust me your wedding day will be here sooner than you know it."

"I hope so." Blake said "I can't wait to marry that woman."

Damon nodded his head. "Marriage can be a good thing if you're committed."

Blake kept his eyes on the hot dogs. "I'm very committed that's why I'm marrying Sydney."

"Then your wedding day will be one of the best days of your life." Damon said

Blake smiled. "I know that it will be."

Damon thought back to his own wedding with Bonnie that was held in this very yard. "There's that moment when she's walking down the aisle towards you and it's an amazing feeling knowing that she's about to be your wife."

"Tell me about it, I'm very excited to watch Syd walking down that aisle." Blake said

"Being married is like the greatest thing ever." Damon exclaimed.

Blake took some of the hot dogs that had finished grilling and put it on a large platter. "If I didn't know if already I'd say that you are a very happily married man."

Damon smiled "Yeah well Bonnie gets the credit for that."

"Just let's me know how awesome being married to Sydney's going to be." Blake said

Cory near by had heard much of the conversation and decided to put in his two cents. He approached them.

"Couldn't help to over hear you two were discussing marriage." Cory started "Mind if I join the conversation."

"Were we talking to you?" Blake asked Cory annoyed.

Cory held up a hand. "Sorry man just trying to be friendly."

"It's alright Blake this is Cory one of Bonnie's co-workers." Damon commented.

"Oh." Blake said

Damon moved the finished burgers to a platter. "Go ahead Cory tell us what you know about marriage."

Cory looked at Damon. "Some things."

"You are married?" Blake asked

"Was." Cory corrected.

"So you got divorced then?" Blake questioned.

Cory nodded his head. "Yes and it's wasn't pretty."

"Bummer." Damon said

Blake cleared his throat. "When I get married to Sydney I'm never getting a divorce."

"I'm not worried about divorce either my marriage with Bonnie is perfect and we're happy." Damon put in.

Cory folded his arms over his chest. "That's what I thought during the first few months of my marriage and then things went south."

"Really?" Blake said

"There's a reason why such a huge percentage of marriages in this country fail." Cory hinted.

Damon kept working the grill. "Yeah so? Mine is going to be in the successful percentage."

"Mine too." Blake added.

Cory looked between the two men. "I didn't mention the worse thing about getting married."

"What's that?" Damon asked.

"The sex goes down the drain and out of the window." Cory told them.

Blake arched a eyebrow. "Is that so?"

"Yes." Cory said

Damon at that moment couldn't help but think of his and Bonnie's off of the charts sex life and how they had sex earlier that morning in their bedroom before they showered and got dressed, Bonnie had ridden him like a pro that morning.

"Speak for yourself buddy." Damon said with a smirk.

Blake's lips curved in amusement. "Yeah speak for yourself because I sure that I won't have that problem with my woman when we get married."

Damon being Damon had to say something to annoy and irritate Cory.

"Maybe it's you." Damon told Cory with that smirk.

Cory frowned. "How is it me."

Damon shrugged a shoulder. "Perhaps your ex got a little bored of you."

"He means that perhaps you didn't satisfy her in the bedroom." Blake leaned in. "Came up a little short?"

"She probably proud some guy or maybe a gal that could bang her properly." Damon snickered.

Looking offended Cory opened his mouth to say something and then walked away.

"Hey dude we're just messing with you." Blake called out after Cory chuckling.

"Right we were just joking." Damon agreed.

But Cory kept walking.

Damon shook his head smirk growing ever wider. The nerve of some people not being about to take a joke he thought.

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A couple of large tables were set up side by side each other food was starting to get placed on them buffet style so that people could serve themselves and get what they wanted. The women were going back and forth between the kitchen and the tables setting down the food.

Caroline followed by Sydney placed dishes on the table.

Caroline placed her hands on her hips looking over the table. "We're almost done."

Sydney put a big spoon in one of the dishes. "Won't be long before everyone can eat."

"Good because I'm really hungry." Caroline said

"Me too." Sydney agreed

Caroline looked at Sydney. "If I didn't tell you before it's pretty cool to meet you the sister that we didn't know that Bon had."

Sydney smiled slightly. "Thanks it's nice to meet all of Bonnie's friends."

"Even though some of us are vamps." Caroline gestured.

"I can deal with some of you being vampires." Sydney said

"Well any friend of Bonnie's I consider a friend of mine and it's great to have another witch around." Caroline stated. "Welcome to the gang."

"Thanks again." Sydney said glad that Bonnie's friends were accepting her with open arms.

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The food was served and people stood in lines to fix their own plates. There was a ton of food for everyone to eat. The meats included burgers, hot dog, grilled fish, shrimp, fried chicken, and barbequed chicken. The side dishes were many some included were potato salad, pasta salad, baked beans, Mac and cheese, green beans, corn on the cob, meat balls, and tossed salad with a option of dressings to choose from. The drinks were Coke, sprite, lemonade, sweetened iced tea, beer, and bottled spring water. So there was plenty to eat and drink for the people there.

People fixed their plates and sat down at the lawn tables that scattered over the boarding house back lawn. At a big long table in the center of the yard sat Damon, Bonnie, Stefan, Elena, Sydney, Blake, Tyler, Caroline, Jeremy and his girlfriend April, Matt and his girlfriend Tiffany, Caleb and Mercedes. Every one was having conversations about random things when the subject got on siblings thanks to Bonnie's long lost sister being in town.

"Speaking of siblings one of the perks is getting to make fun of your brother or sister." Damon looked across the table where Stefan and Elena were sitting across from him and Bonnie. "I make fun of my brother all of the time."

"He does." Stefan confirmed.

Damon bite off some of his burger. "I bet I could think of something to make fun of you right now."

Elena lifted her glass of lemonade and took a drink. "Be nice Damon."

"Yeah be nice Damon." Bonnie jumped in.

"I'm always nice." Damon said with a curve of his lips.

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure."

"It's okay." Stefan said "Let's see what my brother has in store for me this time."

"I can do the perfect impression of you." Damon told Stefan.

Stefan wiped his mouth with a napkin. "Go ahead and do your impression then."

Damon cleared his throat and did Stefan's wrinkly forehead expression. "My name is Saint Stefan, I like to brood and brood some more and I like to write in my dairy about my furry animal friends of the forest." He added finishing with Stefan's broody expression that Stefan did when even he was troubled or upset.

Bonnie and some of the others snickered.

Damon grinned. "Like I said perfect impression."

"It was an okay impression." Elena wrapped an arm around Stefan. "Only Stefan Salvatore can be the perfect Stefan."

Stefan smiled at Elena giving her a quick peck on the lips.

"Not bad." Stefan told Damon.

Damon smirked. "Like you could do better brother?"

"I'm sure that I could do a better impression of you than you did of me." Stefan said

"I'd like to see you try." Damon challenged.

Stefan put down his fork and started his impression.

"I'm Damon I have a massive ego and I'm all dark and mysterious. My wardrobe black, black, black, and well more black because actually wearing anything with color in it is for losers." Stefan mocked Damon adding in the classic Damon smirk. "Oh and did I mention that my wife is hot." Stefan did the wide crazy eyes that Damon sometimes did. "….just like me Damon Salvatore."

The entire table busted out into laughter at Stefan's impression of Damon.

"It's wasn't that good." Damon said although he grinned.

Bonnie playfully nudged him with her elbow. "Come on you know that was spot on he got you down pat."

"Damn right I did." Stefan said

"Maybe." Damon commented.

Everyone went back to eating.

Damon leaned in towards Bonnie. "By the way no shame in letting some know that my wife really is hot."

Bonnie was amused. "Just hot?"

Damon smiled. "Also very, very beautiful."

Bonnie gave her husband a sweet smile.

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Cory sat at a separate but near by table with some of the other co workers that Bonnie had invited to the cook out. He was enjoying the food off of his plate. But some of his female co workers kept gushing and swooning over the men that sat at the big long table even though they all were taken.

"Especially Damon Salvatore that man is sex on legs." One of them whispered.

"I know Bonnie is such a lucky woman being married to that man and having him in her bed every night." Another female agreed.

This caused Cory to turn his attention to the table and on Damon and Bonnie. They were sitting with their backs turned to him. He watched as they interacted and how intimate they were. Not that they were all over each other but it was the small gestures like how Damon would let her eat off of his plate or how Bonnie would feed him. Or how Bonnie would rub Damon's back briefly or how Damon would brush her hair out of her face. Small gestures like that that spoke to how close as a couple that they were and Cory couldn't help but think that Damon Salvatore was the lucky one to have Bonnie as his wife.

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He knew what they all were Cory got that vibe from Damon, Stefan, Caroline, and Caleb whenever he had been around them at the cook out. The vibe that they weren't quite alive even though they were walking around. Of course he didn't let Bonnie, Damon or anyone else know about that vibe he kept it to himself. Because if his vibe was right that meant that Bonnie was married to an undead vampire and knowing what Bonnie was also Cory found it hard to believe that she would marry Damon knowing what he was and yet she was married to him.

Cory wanted to investigate to see if his vibe was right. He went inside of the boarding house while everyone was outside still telling some of the co workers that he had to go on a bathroom break. The boarding house on the inside was big and spacious like someone could get lost if they didn't live there or weren't familiar with the place.

Cory walked inside of the house looking for signs that would confirm the vibe that he was getting. Like blood bags and other signs. He knew that they wouldn't have the blood bags out in the kitchen at the moment since there were guests there outside of their friends. Guests who they were hiding who they were from. Cory kept walking until he came up on some stairs that looked like it lead to the basement. He looked around he could hear the voices and music outside. If Damon Salvatore his brother Stefan had caught him snooping Cory knew that he would be in for trouble. Perhaps a quick look in the basement and coming back up before anyone could notice.

Just as he was about to take a step he heard voices and froze where he was. Around the corner walked Jeremy Gilbert and his girlfriend April holding hands and April was laughing at something that Jeremy must had said. They both stopped when they saw Cory standing there.

Jeremy was confused. "Where are you going man?"

Cory knew that he had to think of something fast. He found out that Jeremy was Elena's brother and she was married to Stefan Damon's brother. So Jeremy knowing that he was snooping for hints of vampires wouldn't be good for Cory.

"I was looking for the bathroom." Cory lied. "This house is so big."

Jeremy laughed. "Yeah it can be easy to get lost in this place."

"It can be. Do you know where the bathroom is?" Cory asked

Jeremy jerked his thumb behind his shoulder. "That way go down the hall some ways and you'll see one to your left."

Cory nodded his head. "Thank you."

Cory walked in the opposite direction away from the basement letting out a breath when he was out of Jeremy's and April's view. That was a close call he was just glad that it wasn't Damon or the other vampires that had caught him. Cory went back outside.

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There were activities provided to entertain every one there. Like games and other things for people to have fun with. One of the things that people could do was sing karaoke to see how they could sing or if they could sing or just singing for fun. As the hour went by the guests were having fun separated in groups and playing the games that was offered at the party.

The gang decided to try their hand at karaoke and Caroline got the idea that they all should sang in groups the girls and then the boys and everyone agreed after Caroline talked them all into it. The women went first with the backing track to "It's raining men." Bonnie, Elena, Caroline, Sydney, Mercedes, April, and Tiffany got up and sang the song together to the cheers and whistles of their men.

Then it was the men's turn to sang. Damon at first wasn't going to get up there to sing until Bonnie playfully called him a chicken and Damon saw that as a challenge so he stood with the rest of the guys to sing. Damon, Stefan, Tyler, Blake, Caleb, Jeremy and Matt were singing to the song "My girl" as the women watched. They were acting like they were really the Temptations with Damon taking the lead and the other guys singing back ground and doing dance moves.

Damon sang the lyrics to the song and looked at Bonnie almost the whole time adding in a wink every now and then and Bonnie was watching him with a big goofy grin on her face.

The party and fun went on into the evening hours until night fell. Most of the other guests had started to leave for home and now darkness fell over the bark yard of the boarding house as everyone gathered around a fire that had been lit over a big pile of woods. They were roasting marshmallows and making smores. The couples were all sitting together Damon and Bonnie, Stefan and Elena, Tyler and Caroline, Blake, and Sydney, Jeremy and April, Matt and Tiffany, Caleb and Mercedes. Since mostly every one had left already it was only Cory who had remained behind that wasn't part of the gang.

He wondered why he had stayed behind as he watched Bonnie with Damon next to the fire. They roasted marshmallows together and put the hot marshmallow between a piece of Hershey's chocolate and two graham crackers. Bonnie bit into the smore and then she held it out to Damon for a bit in which he did take a bite. Then Bonnie whispered something in Damon's ear and Damon looked at her and laughed like the two were sharing their own instead joke. Damon took her fingers licking the chocolate off of them and earned a giggle from Bonnie. Cory decided that he had seen enough of Damon and Bonnie together for the night, he was the only one left there that wasn't paired up so he just did what he thought was best politely dismissed himself and left to go home.

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It was after mid night by the time everything was cleaned up and the others left to go home. Calling it a night Stefan and Elena went to their bedroom, Sydney and Blake went to the guest bedroom that had been made for them and Damon and Bonnie retreated to their bedroom. But they didn't sleep or get in the bed. It had been a long day and Bonnie wanted to unwind with a late night shower and she asked Damon to join her and of course Damon took her up on her offer. They stripped out of their clothes and got into the shower together.

At first they just stood under the hot water washing off and talking to each other. But some how they ended up making out and that lead to Damon having Bonnie lifted up against the shower wall with her legs wrapped around his waist. Heavy gasps, moans, and grunts filled the bathroom as he thrusted inside of her fast and hard. Bonnie gripped onto his broad shoulders her eyes closed as she felt herself getting close. Damon crushed his mouth to hers as she came screaming his name and joined her in release seconds later. He slipped out of her, placed her on her feet and placed a kiss on her forehead.

Moments later they were out of the shower and dried up. Without even bothering to put on clothes they climbed into bed naked. They sat up in the bed as moon light was the only light that filled the room. Bonnie had her eyes closed her back resting on his bare chest.

Suddenly Damon started to laugh and Bonnie ignored it at first but he kept laughing.

Bonnie opened her eyes. "What is it, what's so funny?"

"Nothing." Damon told her but kept chuckling.

Bonnie raised both eyebrows. "If you don't tell me I'm going to think that something is wrong with you if you're laughing at nothing."

Damon glanced at her. "It was something that happened earlier."

"What your impression of Stefan?" Bonnie wanted to know.

"Not that." Damon answered. "It was something your co worker Cory told me and Blake."

"What did he say?" Bonnie asked

Damon grinned. "He said that sex after marriage goes down the drain and out of the window."

It took less than a second for Bonnie to figure out what Damon had found so humorous.

"Oh I get it." Bonnie said

"Yeah we're married." Damon said

"And can't keep our hands off of each other." Bonnie told him.

Damon smirked "Yeah what's is Cory talking about?"

Bonnie looked amused. "Not every couple has a active sex life like us Damon."

"I know and aren't I lucky?" Damon wiggled his eyebrows.

Bonnie's lips curved. "You are lucky but so am."

They stared at each other smiling for a few moments before Damon brought his lips to hers for s kiss. They adjusted themselves until Bonnie was laying on her back and Damon was hovering over her. He pulled his lips from hers to sweep his eyes over her naked body. He would never get completely used to how beautiful and perfect it was no matter how many times he laid eyes on it. Her body that remained hidden most of the time under the stylish but conservative clothes that she still wore on most days. The perky breasts, with taut nipples, the flat stomach, her hips and the legs that went on for days. He loved her body and loved that she was all his.

Bonnie felt wetness pool between her legs at his intense gaze never getting used to how just a look from her could affect her so much. He cupped her breasts running a thumb over her nipple, followed by his lips and her body arched in response. He placed light kisses over her collar bone and slipped two fingers inside of her dripping heat. Groaning when her walls instantly clinched around his fingers. Keeping his eyes on her face he began moving his fingers in and out of her. Bonnie gasped out in pleasure. He pressed his thumb over her bundle of nerves moving it in circles. Her body bucked under his and she moved her hips to the timing of his fingers and thumb moaning his name.

He loved bringing her pleasure, loved that this strong and powerful woman could be made weak by his touch, or his mouth, or his cock inside of her. Her cries grew louder and louder and that brought a smug smirk to Damon's face. Seeing that smirk was such a turn on for her she cried out as she came around his fingers. Damon pulled his fingers out licking off all of the juices. She lifted her hips towards his and Damon knew what she wanted. He guided his length inside of her and began moving in and out of her slowly.

She signed never taking her eyes off of his as she moved with him. Sometimes when they made love it was fast, hard and passionate and other times it was slow, sweet, and loving as it was now. But it was always good and filled with pleasure for them both. Damon kissed her on her lips and buried his face in the crook of her neck and slowly took them both to their finish.

They didn't know about the evil presence that was getting closer to Mystic Falls with each day. A presence and evil which they had never seen before and one that would challenge them in ways that they had never been challenged before.