We're almost at the end, only a couple more chapters left before starting the third and final installment of this series.
Thank you Courtney for betaing this so quickly, you are amazing. :)
"Are you serious?!" Elena exclaimed when Damon flashed her a smirk and yet another winning hand. She was quickly running out of clothes to remove and if she wanted even a prayer of winning this game, she would have to start beating him at some point very soon. She contemplated her remaining clothing for a moment before deciding to shuck off her shorts.
"Happy now?" She demanded in a slightly pouty voice.
"Very, but I think we should up the ante a little bit. What do you think?" He asked shuffling the deck of cards in his hand.
"You think I want to raise the stakes when you're already beating me severely... no thank you." She told him shaking her head.
"Wimp." He taunted her.
"Damon Salvatore don't act like a five year old." She admonished him.
"Wuss. Come on Elena, if you want me to stop calling you names, you will accept my terms. Don't worry the terms are quite fair if I do say so myself." Damon urged her. He reached across and squeezed her bare knee reassuringly.
"Fine, whatever. What do you propose we up the stakes to?" She asked curious as to what he had in mind.
"I know you've been wanting to take the kids out sightseeing and whatnot this trip. Something I don't think is all that important but I promise we will do it eventually no matter what. But if you win we'll go sightseeing around Rome tomorrow. But if I win we spend the entire day in bed together. We be overly trusting parents and allow the brats to go wandering around the area near here alone. We just stay here, and we'll have our cell phones on the bed side table in case something goes wrong but I just want to be alone with you." He prompted.
"Fine those terms sound fair enough." She agreed, reaching her hand across their makeshift table on their bed to shake his.
"I think we made a mistake in playing this game on the bed though. It's much more difficult that I imagined, not bumping the cards." Damon murmured.
"I'm not moving now. I'm getting comfortable in my pretty much undressed state. You look constricted in those jeans darling." Elena teased.
"I see a lot of skin in front of me. A lot of skin that I want to do so many things to." He told her waggling his eyebrows at her. She shook her head and turned back to her hand.
"Two pair?" She said deciding to go for it. What was the worst that could happen? He could beat her again and she would have to either remove her bra or panties. It was all something he'd seen before on countless occasions.
"Damn. I only got one pair." He hissed taking off his shirt. She stared at his chest for far too long before he chuckled.
"See something you like?" He asked her, amusement clear in his voice.
"I always do. You taking off your clothes is always distracting to me." Elena told him.
"Likewise. I've been hard since you took off your shirt. That is an incredibly sexy bra, where did you get it? I have never seen it before so it must be new." He asked.
"I bought it when I was shopping with Aurora. Yes I know how awkward it is buying lingerie with my daughter. But she knows what we do and she knows how often we do it based on how loud you are. It wasn't that much of a stretch for her to have to come shopping with me while I picked out lingerie. By the way it is a matching set." She told him standing up so he could see the matching panties.
"I really like that set. I will be sure not to tear it." He promised her.
"Well you won't be getting your hands on it tonight, since it will likely be on the floor by the time we're done the game." She shrugged.
"Are you admitting that you have no hope in hell of beating me?" He asked cheekily.
"No you cheeky bastard I'm not. I am simply stating the facts. It doesn't look good for me at this point in time, but it's poker. Its a game of mostly luck, never know I could get a few good cards next hand and come back to win the game." She told him.
"You could, but it's not going to happen baby. I am not leaving this bed tomorrow and neither are you. We will get up long enough to cook breakfast for the brats and shoo them out the door before we're right back here." He told her.
"It does sound nice in a way, but this is our kids first trip to Italy, they should be enjoying it." Elena sighed, the game forgotten for the moment.
"They will enjoy going wandering around Rome, hitting all the shops as long as they don't leave the area we allow them to go to." He told her crawling across the bed so he was sitting directly beside her.
"Damon... I really don't like the idea of letting them walk around alone." Elena sighed.
"They're 16 and we really do have to give them more freedom. This is a start. No one knows us here, and no one should be planning on targeting our kids. We'll make sure they stay together though, that way they are always safe." He assured her with his hand on her thigh.
"Fine." Elena gave in.
"Yes. This is something good parents would do. We will give them an area they are allowed to go to. I would say 3 blocks in either direction. What do you think?" He asked.
"Fine, that will work. I think I can handle that." Elena agreed taking a deep breath.
"Since we dealt with that what do you say to stopping the game and going to bed?" He asked.
"Are you giving up Damon?" Elena asked raising her eyebrow.
"No I am not giving up I just figured we're going to need all our strength tomorrow and just thought we'd like to go to sleep. Unless you want me to beat your ass at this game?" He asked.
"No it's fine. Let's get some sleep." Elena agreed putting the deck of cards back together and placing it on the table beside the bed.
Damon stood up and stripped out of his jeans, climbing into bed clad in just a pair of black boxer briefs.
"I'm still baffled that you finally decided to start wearing underwear?" Elena laughed slipping in on the other side of the bed, snuggling into his arms.
"Well going commando isn't the best idea anymore. Much like sleeping naked. I got out of that habit the first time Aiden walked in on us when he was five." Damon recalled.
"Ah yes I remember that. Now ever since then after sex we quickly put something on in case we get early morning visitors. Which we don't get anymore because they are 16 and never awake in the early morning." Elena stated.
"Are you saying you want me to sleep naked?" Damon asked curiously.
"No I'm quite happy like this. At least right now there is one extra step in case you decide yet again to try and take advantage of me." Elena teased him.
"I'm more worried about you taking advantage of me." Damon teased.
"I would never." Elena scoffed causing Damon to burst out in laughter.
"You are funny Mrs Salvatore. Let's just go to sleep before sleep just doesn't happen for us tonight." Damon suggested.
The next morning Elena groaned when the warm sunlight hit her face. Why the hell didn't we shut the curtains last night? She rubbed her eyes and lifted her head before laughing out loud. Damon had his face mushed into her bra covered breasts. She picked him up by the hair and lifted him back onto his own pillow causing him to jerk awake.
"What the fuck?" He demanded.
"Even in your sleep Damon." Elena said shaking her head disapprovingly.
"Even in my sleep what Elena?" Damon demanded.
"I woke up to find your face smashed into my breasts. You automatically gravitate to my body even when asleep." Elena laughed.
"Well your body is kinda hot. We should get downstairs to make breakfast so we can get rid of the brats for a few hours." Damon said standing up and pulling on a pair of black pants.
"I really hate it when you cover up your body." Elena whined.
"Well it's kinda mandatory considering I'm going to cook breakfast for our kids." He told her shaking his head.
"I know, but it's still a shame." She said tying a silk robe around her body. He waited for her at the door and she followed him out taking his hand on the stairs. The kids were already in the kitchen when they walked in.
"So who won poker last night?" Aiden asked with a strange mixture of disgust and curiosity on his face.
"No one. We made a decision and stopped the game. We both win I guess." Damon explained.
"That's retarded. There has to be one winner." Aiden exclaimed.
"Oh believe me I definitely win, and so does your mom. Which brings me to the next topic at hand. Your mother and I are trusting you today." Damon told them, looking between them.
"What do you mean you're trusting us?" Aiden asked uncertainly.
"Conditionally. You have to stay together and you have to stay within a three block radius to this house at all times." Damon told them firmly.
"You're letting us leave the house alone?" Aiden asked.
"Yes on the conditions stated before. You do not leave each others side which means if Aiden wants to go into a video game store, Aurora follows or if Aurora wants to go into a clothes store, Aiden follows. Understand?" Damon asked as Elena stood silently behind him, letting him take the reins on this one.
"Why are you letting us out of your sight?" Aiden asked finding his newfound freedom odd. Last time he had checked he was grounded for some amount of time less than life.
"Why do you think? I want some good old fashioned adult alone time with my wife. I can't do that if you're here." Damon explained.
"Well I'll take it. What about curfew?" Aiden asked knowing that was key.
"Before dinner." Elena interjected.
"Alright. Are you going to give us more money because after all we're leaving because dad is horny." Aiden asked.
"That is up to your dad after all this is his project." Elena said turning to Damon. He grabbed his wallet and pulling out a small pile of Italian currency.
"Share it, and you will be paying me back when we get home. I know exactly how much is there and I will demanding every single penny back." He warned them, shaking his finger between them.
"Yes sir." Aiden saluted him.
"Don't be a smart-ass." Damon told him walking to the cupboards. "You're just having cereal this morning. I don't feel like cooking." Damon decided pulling boxes out and placing them on the table.
"Nice cooking dad." Aiden joked reaching for the box of Capn Crunch while as always Aurora went for the box of cocoa pebbles.
"Clean up your mess when you're done, then leave. Be home by five. We're going back to bed." Damon instructed. He grabbed Elena by the elbow and pulled her back to the stairs.
"I'll see you guys later." Elena called as she was unceremoniously dragged up the stairs. Once upstairs Damon shut them both in the bedroom and immediately stripped out of his pants.
"You know, I think we should get out of here before we start hearing things." Aiden suggested putting his bowl in the sink.
"I think you're right. Let's go." Aurora agreed, grabbing the money from the table and dividing it in half. She handed one half of the money to Aiden and she put the other half in her purse and followed Aiden out the door.
Meanwhile upstairs, Damon kissed his wife hard, pushing his tongue past the weak barrier of her lips. His tongue wrestled hers, dominating completely. Elena simply held on as he dominated her mouth, making her feel hotter than she could remember being in a long time. He tore himself away from her lips and kissed over her jawline and down her neck. Making a circuit he went back up and took the lobe of her ear into his mouth, sucking and nibbling on the flesh. He licked and kissed the spot behind her ear. Elena moaned a guttural noise and threaded her fingers in Damon's hair and pushed him towards the bed that dominated the space. Before she pushed him onto the bed, she pushed his pyjama pants to the floor leaving him completely bare for her. After she shoved him onto the bed, he moved to the center and waited for her to join him, which she did moments later after removing her robe and underwear. She kissed him before holding herself over his tumescent erection and sinking down, letting him fully enter her.
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"This is definitely uncharacteristic of mom and dad." Aurora stated as they stopped at a gelato shop for a scoop.
"Come on, you know dad is capable of almost anything when he's horny. Of course vampire stamina make it so he's always eager for more. Mom's been holding out on him lately I think." Aiden mused.
"Apparently. Aiden can I ask you something?" Aurora asked softly.
"Sure, what's up?" He asked concerned. It wasn't often she asked him something that sounded serious.
"Have you actually given consideration to becoming a vampire? Or is it something you want solely because it sounds cool?" Aurora asked.
"I've thought about it. There is nothing that I want in my life that being human can exclusively give me. I don't want kids, I would be a terrible father and I don't want to fuck up some kids life because I'm too selfish. Everything I want in life could be accomplished better as a vampire." Aiden explained.
"Oh." Aurora stated unsure of what else to say.
"Why do you ask?" He asked.
"I know that I don't want to become a vampire, I was curious whether you actually wanted to. I want kids and I want to get married. I want a love like mom and dads except I want to have it as a human." Aurora explained to her brother.
"I hope you get all of that. Do you think it'll be Landon that you have all that with?" Aiden asked knowing of his sisters yearning for the boy in her class.
"I don't know. He doesn't want to date me anymore. I hurt him when I broke up with him." Aurora told him shrugging her shoulder.
"Ah I'm sure he'll get over it. He would be stupid to not want to date you. I have the most amazing sister ever." He assured her squeezing her shoulder.
"I have the best brother too. Do you think I'm selfish for wanting to stay human? We both know what will happen eventually." Aurora asked.
"No I don't think you're selfish. You want what you want. I mean, yeah no parent wants to bury their child, but no parent wants to kill their child either. I think I'm the selfish one out of the two of us." Aiden shrugged.
"How do you figure? You're not the one who is practically forcing their parents to bury them when I die. Like you said, no parent ever wants to bury their child. I don't want to put mom and dad through that." Aurora sighed, happy she was finally able to talk about this.
"You know that in order to turn into a vampire you have to die first. Mom and dad are going to have to kill me in order to change me. Making them do that is by far the most selfish thing I can imagine. It's not fair but I can't help what I want." Aiden told her, taking a bite of his gelato.
"You know considering my luck with vampires and all I should be eager to turn because then I can defend myself, but I'm not. I don't want to be a vampire. I want to be human, I love being human." Aurora said.
"If you want to be human, you have to stay human. That's all there is to it. Mom and dad will make sure that no harm ever comes to you. I'm positive you have nothing to worry about." Aiden assured his sister.
"Thank you Aiden. You know, no matter how much we fight, it's still you that I go to when I have a problem I don't want to talk to mom and dad about." Aurora told her brother.
"Me too Aurora." Aiden said hugging her.
"Now let's go shopping before we run out of time." Aurora said grinning.
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"Wow, as always that was incredible." Elena sighed, still breathing heavily after her fifth orgasm. Her entire body felt like jello. Damon laughed and kissed her hair.
"I want to do that again." He told her.
"I can't do that again. I can't feel my body." Elena laughed.
"I did my job well." Damon stated happily.
"You always do. We should get up and make dinner for the brats." Elena sighed sitting up getting out of bed.
"Do we have to? Can't we let them starve?" Damon whined wanting nothing more than to stay in bed for the duration of the day if not the entire trip.
"Yes we have to and if you're not out of bed in ten seconds, I'm going to cook. We both know what happens when I cook." Elena stated, slipping into a matching set of lingerie and a pair of yoga pants with a t shirt.
"Fine, fine. I don't want our kids poisoned. I may not like them but I don't want them dead." Damon stated pulling his pair of pants on again.
"Come on, you like them." Elena laughed.
"I liked them before they acquired attitudes and the ability to speak." Damon stated.
"Fine, even I don't like the attitudes. I remember having an attitude and how much my parents hated it. I understand how they acted now." Elena laughed as they walked downstairs.
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Supper was on the table when Aurora and Aiden walked through the front door laughing.
"How was your day?" Elena asked when they walked in and dropped their bags on the bench at the front door.
"It was fun. I realized why I kinda like my brother today." Aurora said grinning.
"Yeah, I even liked Aurora today." Aiden added on.
"Well that's good. Come and eat, your dad made dinner." Elena told them as they walked into the dining room. Both kids had smiles on their faces, and the sight warmed Elena's heart. As a mother there was nothing Elena liked more than seeing her kids happy.
"It looks good." Aiden complimented.
"It's not much. Tortellini with chicken and cheese, baked in the oven." Damon told him.
"Well it looks good anyway." Aiden stated taking a bite of the food.
"Tomorrow finally your dad is taking us around Rome. You'll finally see everything you're supposed to see when you go to Rome." Elena stated excitedly.
"Finally." Aurora sighed happily.
"So basically we have to spend the entire day looking at buildings that fell down?" Aiden clarified.
"We are spending the day looking at history." Elena corrected.
"Whatever you say mom." Aiden scoffed, digging into his dinner. Elena chuckled and shook her head before following her sons example and digging into her dinner along with the rest of the family.