I'm sorry its so late. This isn't my favourite chapter, but its more or less just a filler. Only a few chapters left before the end of this one and the beginning of the third installment of this series. Thank you to my amazing beta Kitty for fixing this.
"Why did this have to happen to me?" Damon wondered as he reclined against the couch bored out of his mind. Aiden wasn't speaking to anyone, Aurora and Elena had gone shopping for a little while, citing they wanted some mother and daughter time.
"What?" Aiden asked sulking.
"Why did procreation have to happen for me? I can imagine how much easier my life would be if it hadn't happened like that." Damon muttered.
"Oh great now you don't want us anymore." Aiden whined.
"Maybe if you weren't me in human form this would be easier. Have you ever considered how your behaviour affects your mom?" Damon asked pointedly.
"No." Aiden admitted.
"You have probably taken ten years off her life." Damon told him.
"I'd say you have done more damage." Aiden muttered.
"I probably have, but she shouldn't have to deal with it from both sides. You're supposed to be part her and part me, but you seem to be mostly me. Which is not a good thing." Damon explained.
"I think you should unground me, if I promise to be good for the duration of this trip." Aiden suggested.
"Are you insane? We've tried that before." Damon scoffed.
Elena and Aurora walked in the house a little while later and Damon immediately met up with Elena and kissed her passionately.
"What's that for?" She asked breathlessly.
"I missed you, and I had an idea while you were gone." He said his eyes glinting.
"Oh?" She murmured curious as to what his idea was.
"I was thinking we have a game night." He said his voice lowering seductively.
"A game night! That's brilliant baby. It would be so much fun." Elena enthused, clearly missing the intent at seduction in her voice.
"Elena... not that kind of game night." He hissed after she had gotten the attention of the kids who looked mildly interested in the game night.
"Damon... no. We are having a family game night. We haven't had one of those in a long time." She said laying down the law.
"Well if that's the argument you're going to go with, we haven't had sex in a long time either." He argued.
"We had sex the other day." She corrected him.
"Yeah but you promised me last night that we would have sex this morning... in the shower if I remember correctly but did that happen? No it sure as hell didn't." He pouted.
"You can last another night Damon." Elena assured him.
"This is vacation Elena. A vacation by definition is going on a trip and doing what you want to do. I want to be having sex." He whined.
"Where did you get that definition?" She asked laughing.
"I thought of it myself, but that's not the point. I want sex, I don't want to play games. Well I do, but not with THEM." He said pointing at the teenagers sitting on the couch studiously ignoring their parents.
"I want to play games too, just not the kind that you want to." She told him.
"I want sex games. I don't know what kind of sex games I want, but I know I want some." He continued to whine.
"Well you will have to wait." Elena told him and walked around him into the living room where the kids were sitting.
"So what do you guy's think? Game night?" She asked.
"I love the idea, it will be amazing. I can kick dad's butt at Monopoly again." Aurora cheered.
"If I play, can I get a shorter grounding sentence?" Aiden bargained.
"If you behave, I will shorten your sentence slightly. Life is a bit harsh." Elena agreed.
"I'm in." Aiden said happily.
"So what games do you guys want to play?" Elena asked sitting down on the couch.
"Monopoly." Aurora shot in.
"I kinda figured. You love catching your dad with hotels and draining him of his money." Elena laughed.
"Scrabble. I kick ass at that game." Aiden suggested, knowing he was good with words.
"I want strip poker." Damon muttered still pouting.
"That is so NOT going to happen, dear." Elena said glaring at him.
"You... Are...Evil." He muttered glaring at her.
"We can have a good old fashioned connect four war." Aurora suggested remembering all the ones from the past.
"Sounds good, any more suggestions?" Elena asked.
"Can we play ball hockey, like we used to when me and Aurora were younger?" Aiden asked hopefully. When they were kids it used to be boys versus girls on the living room floor with a soft ball and man-made hockey nets.
"That is brilliant." Elena murmured adding it to her mental list.
"So when do we start?" Aurora asked excitedly.
"Once pouty over there stops pouting." Elena muttered pointing over to her husband who had a scowl imprinted on his face and his arms crossed on his chest.
"Dad, stop pouting. Let's play hockey." Aurora cheered trying to shake her dad out of his mood.
"Fine, but I am NOT playing fair." Damon told the girls.
"Good because neither am I." Elena warned him shooting him a smirk as they moved furniture around the room to create a space to play their game. The fashioned hockey nets out of couch cushions and placed them against opposite walls while Elena and Aurora kneeled on one side with the guys on the other.
"So same rules as usual. No goalies and no rules?" Elena clarified.
"Sounds good to me. You're going down Elena." Damon warned her.
"Not where you want me to." She replied to him cheekily.
"Oh now it's on." He told her as the kids faced off for possession of the ball first.
"One rule, no vampire speed." Aurora called out before she took possession of the ball.
"That's a good rule." Both vampires said simultaneously. All through the game Damon "accidentally" bumped into Elena or caressed her breast, causing her to glare at him.
"I'm going to take you down." She warned him, attacking him to the ground. He sat up so they were nearly touching but not quite.
"This is how you start a hockey fight." Elena mentioned casually to Aurora before taking Damon by surprise and pulling his shirt over his head so he couldn't see and rushing away.
"That was rude." He muttered readjusting his John Varvatos t-shirt.
"That was hockey." She told him as Aurora shot the ball into the net.
"This is crap! I want mom on my team." Aiden shouted knowing the score was 6-2 favouring the girls.
"Your mom plays dirty, and usually I like that. But not today since apparently I'm not getting any." He hissed.
"Stop whining." Elena told him giving him a gentle shove causing him to topple onto the floor.
"You know, I don't like you much." He said getting back up.
"Sure you do. If you didn't have me where would you get all your orgasms from?" She asked earning herself a glare from both kids.
"Good point." Damon allowed.
"Okay... new game. Girls win. Boys suck." Aurora called out, eager to break up the sexual tension that her parents gave off whenever they were in the same room together.
A few minutes later the furniture was all back where it belonged and the couch cushions back on the couch. Damon, Elena, Aurora and Aiden were sitting at the table with a monopoly board spread out between them.
"I don't think I want to play this game. Aurora cheats." Damon muttered while sneaking his hand onto his wife's lap.
"I do not. It's not my fault that I get really lucky with hotels." Aurora called out.
"No you cheat. How is it possible that every damn time I roll the dice, I land on one of your spaces with a hotel on it?" He asked exasperated.
"You're just really unlucky." Aurora decided. Damon subtly caressed Elena's thigh while she rolled the dice and landing on the "Just visiting" jail square.
"Stop that." Elena whispered.
"Why?" He whispered back.
"You're trying to seduce me." She whispered back annoyed.
"Is it working?" He asked smirking.
"Shut up and play the game." Elena told him as Aurora rolled a 2 on the dice.
"Yes ma'am." Damon mock saluted her and rolled the dice.
"Is anyone hungry?" Elena asked after a while.
"I know I am..." Damon trailed off.
"Not for that you horny bastard." Elena hissed as Aiden rolled his eyes and Aurora just ignored it.
"Do we have chips?" Aiden asked.
"I think there is some. I was just going to order in for some pizza." Elena said grabbing the phone and dialling the local Italian pizza joint.
"That sounds good." The kids agreed. When the pizza arrived, they ate and continued their game.
"Ha, I got Boardwalk. Eat your heart out Aurora." Damon gloated when he purchased the most wanted square.
"Shut up. You know I always get Boardwalk. That's how it goes. I get Boardwalk and gouge you on the hotel fees." Aurora whined.
"You whine like your dad." Elena laughed.
"It looks like I'm winning this time around. Look at that, it's a miracle." He bragged as he collected from Elena on another one of his squares. When that game was finally finished Damon sending the three into bankruptcy, Damon leaned back in his chair.
"Scrabble time?" Aiden asked hopefully.
When all the pieces and the board were put away Aiden grabbed the Scrabble game and laid the board out and all the tiles.
"Since I won the last game, I go first this time." Damon pointed out glancing at his tiles and smiling. His goal was utter and total seduction while playing this game. He guaranteed to himself that he was going to get some, and Elena was not going to be able to resist. I don't like the word total.
"Fine, go first." Elena gestured to him.
"Kiss." He said laying out the tiles on the board and smiling at Elena who scowled at him.
"Kite." Aiden put down earning him more points than his father.
"Eagle." Aurora called, putting the tiles down and smirking.
"Snake." Elena put down before they turned the board back to Damon. He pondered for a minute and looked at his tiles before putting the word "breast" down on the board, smirking at Elena. The game went on like that for a while longer, everyone playing the game like they were supposed to while Damon kept putting words down that aimed towards seduction. He ran his foot up her leg under the table and she glowered at him.
"Damon, behave." She warned him.
"Me? I am doing absolutely nothing wrong." Damon smirked while the kids shook their heads.
"You know exactly what you're doing, so stop." Elena ordered.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Damon shrugged before turning back to the board, waiting for it to come back around.
"I think I'm winning again." Aiden murmured when the board was in front of his dad. Everyone was down to their last couple letters. All Damon had left were C, O and K. He glanced at the board and pondered for a moment before he saw an opening. Damon smirked while putting his letters down as the kids looks disgusted and Elena looked annoyed.
"Cock, really Damon?" She asked shaking her head.
"Hey, you're the one with the dirty mind here, I meant it as rooster." He corrected.
"Sure you did." Elena scoffed.
"How the hell did you end up with so many letters Aiden?" Damon demanded seeing the 6 letters he still had at his disposal.
"Small words dad. Small words that always equalled up to big points. I kick ass at this game." Aiden told him.
"Apparently." Damon muttered as Aiden spelled out his word.
"Awkward." Aiden spelled out. "Which is exactly what you and dad have been all night, mom."
"Egg." Aurora spelled out using up the last of her letters.
"Pup." Elena spelled out before declaring Aiden the undisputed Salvatore Scrabble champ.
"So what now?" Aiden asked seeing it dark outside.
"Well I was thinking since I managed to make it through your mother's cruel torture of me all night, that allows me to pick a game." He stated, trailing off at the end.
"What game?" Elena asked
"I was thinking poker." He suggested.
"Oh?" Elena asked.
"I'm in. I love poker." Aiden called.
"Off to bed for the two of you." Damon pointed out.
"What? It's only 9:30." Aiden whined.
"Well you see, I was thinking of playing strip poker?" He suggested his eyes glinting naughtily.
"Ew... we're out of here." Aiden gasped and stood up rushing towards the stairs.