Sorry for the wait on this. It took forever to write it and then I broke my wrist. Everything has went downhill since that. But here we are, thanks to my wonderful beta Courtney.
We're coming to the end on this story, only a couple more chapters left.
A couple days into the honeymoon, Elena finally found the courage to boot up her laptop and check her emails, and Facebook account. She knew that by now she should have lots of comments on her status, some of them angry, some of them shocked and some of them happy of course. The surprise factor was definitely an issue in these nuptials.
"Elena?" Damon called as he walked down the hall looking for her.
"I'm just checking my messages to see what everyone has to say about us getting hitched." Elena called back and Damon walked into the room a minute or two later.
"I was just checking to see if you'd like to go down to the beach for a while today." Damon asked walking up behind Elena who was sitting on the computer chair logging into her Facebook account.
"That would be great. I should probably check my phone too." Elena noted as she went to her profile and found her relationship status change post. "Caroline is pissed."
"I can see that." Damon chucked as they read through the list if increasingly annoyed comments.
"Hm, the last one says check your texts and voice-mail immediately. Elena noted.
"Let's finish reading these first." Damon told her. There were lots of "congratulations," and even a few "about time's." Alaric stated that he so predicted that this was going to happen on the trip. He should get a prize for being so intelligent. Jeremy expressed his happiness that Elena's life was coming together. Jenna was almost as mad as Caroline, although she stopped commenting after the first time. Bonnie was pleased and knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later. Matt was happy for her. For the most part everyone was happy for them and Elena grinned.
"Alright better check the phone." Elena said logging off the computer and going to grab her phone from the place they stashed it when they decided that there was going to be no phones during their honeymoon.
"You have 16 new messages." The machine said to her when she typed in her pass-code.
"OH my God." Elena muttered when she heard that.
"Elena Gilbert you're going to be sorry for doing this to me. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?! I AM YOUR BEST FRIEND, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR MAID OF HONOUR AND YOU GO OUT AND GET MARRIED WITHOUT ME. AND DAMON DON'T THINK YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK EITHER. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. Now I'll never get the chance to be your maid of honour Lena, and I think that was supposed to be me. You better have a long and drawn out apology for me for doing this. By the way Jenna isn't all that pleased either." Caroline's voice said through the phone.
"Elena, Gilbert although I suppose you're Elena Salvatore now. Stupid Salvatore's, why do they have to ruin everything? But call me right now and tell me all about the wedding. Since I don't get to be there for it, I want to at least know where you had it and what you did. Please tell me you didn't go to city hall and sign a marriage licence? I will kill you if that's the case." Her second message said.
"You are in big trouble Missy" Jenna's message stated, short and to the point. Elena was relieved. She listened to message after message, deleting them as she went.
"Maybe you should just call Caroline." Damon suggested from where he was sitting beside her listening to her messages.
"I think you're right. It'll be a lot faster than this." Elena agreed as she deleted the rest of the messages and dialled Caroline's number on the landline in the villa.
"Hello?" She greeted on the second ring.
"Hey, it's me." Elena greeted her friend back.
"You are in so much trouble Elena. I am so upset with you right now." Caroline stated.
"Yeah I got that from all the messages you left on my phone and on Facebook." Elena spoke dryly.
"Whatever happened to you guys fighting? Last time I talked to you, you guys were fighting and you weren't even sure if your relationship would be able to get past it." Caroline reminded her.
"I know but then we made up. Then he told me he was going to ask me again and I told him that I just might say yes. Then he didn't talk about it again for a couple days until we got to Venice. He proposed to me on a gondola in Venice, we got married a couple days later in Verona on Juliet's Balcony." Elena explained.
"That's a whirlwind engagement if I've ever heard of one. Why didn't you just wait to get married until you came home. You wouldn't have had to wait that long. You're coming home in a couple weeks aren't you?" She asked.
"We are, but I wanted to get married in the most romantic place I could think of. We were planning on letting you throw us a reception." Elena told her hoping to appease her best friend.
"It's not the same, but it's a start at least. So, since we're on the phone right now, tell me all about the rest of your trip so far." Caroline told her, her voice brighter than it was before.
"Right now we're at Damon's villa on the Amalfi Coast. It's gorgeous, we're going to have to take you here someday. You'd love it. There's a private beach, but if you don't want to climb down the stairs, then there's also a pool. It's practically situated on a cliff, if you were to walk to the edge of the property you'd be on a cliff. It's so picturesque, but then again this whole trip has been. I'm really having a hard time convincing myself to come home." Elena admitted.
"You'd better come home. I'm not letting you move there without even coming home to say goodbye." Caroline screeched.
"Don't worry, we wouldn't move here full time. Damon wouldn't have a problem with it, but I would. I would miss everyone there. But we are considering moving here for half a year and being at home for the other half. It's an option." Elena told her.
"But then there would be half a year every year that I wouldn't get to see you." Caroline whined.
"Not necessarily. You'd be more than welcome to come and stay in one of his houses with us." Elena told her.
"I'm liking the sound of this idea more and more. I've never actually been out of Mystic Falls all that often. I've never been out of the US." Caroline admitted.
"I never had either until Damon and I needed to get out of there. It's been a wonderful trip and we're happier now than we've ever been." Elena told her.
"Of course you are, you're married. You guys got hitched and now I don't get to be your maid of honour." Caroline sighed.
"Sure you do. If we have a reception, we'll have a wedding party too. The only thing that will actually be missing is the ceremony; which we had someone record for us. That way if there is a reception, which is completely up to you, you'll all be able to watch the wedding video." Elena told her.
"So I'll still be able to watch you get married?" Caroline asked, her voice a little softer than before. It actually sounded like she was on the verge of tears.
"Yes, you'll be able to see me marry the man of my dreams." Elena told her.
"That's good. I'll start planning an amazing party right now. Only the best for my best friend. Speaking the man of your dreams, what is he doing right now?" Caroline asked, knowing how annoyed he must be getting for losing his new wife on their honeymoon.
"He's sitting here beside me, playing with my hair and waiting rather impatiently for me to be ready to go down to the beach." Elena told her.
"I better let you go then. I have a lot of work to do as it is. You go have fun. Enjoy your honeymoon, I'll talk to you when you get home." Caroline told her.
"Okay, tell everyone else that I'll explain everything when I get home. And assure Alaric that he's still the best man for Damon, even though there's not going to be an actual wedding." Elena told her.
"I will. He's a bit upset that you guys eloped." Caroline told her.
"I didn't get that from his message. He just said he predicted that it was going to happen." Elena muttered.
"He's more upset than he let on. I always thought that when you two finally tied the knot, he would be standing beside Damon as his best man. He's just trying to be mature about it." Caroline explained.
"That's very Alaric. He's always masking his own feelings about the issues." Elena sighed.
"Just let him be the best man to my maid of honour then he'll be fine. Maybe I'll even let him help me plan a little bit." Caroline suggested.
"That's already a given I'm pretty sure. The only person that could even possibly be competition would be Stefan and I can't really see that happening. Stefan and Damon have had a tense relationship in the past." Elena said.
"Good, by the way Stefan is very happy about your nuptials. He knew it was going to happen and he's happy that you finally made things official." Caroline told her.
"I'm glad, but I really have to go now. Hubby is getting impatient."Elena laughed at the glower on Damon's face.
"Just tell him that if he's patient he might get laid." Caroline suggested.
"I think he already knows he's going to get laid. He thinks that's what's going to happen at the beach." Elena muttered.
"Well live a little. Have sex on a beach. The actually thing, not the drink." Caroline told her.
"Damon would love your enthusiasm. But I'll consider it. If the beach is really as private as it's supposed to be." Elena compromised. Damon nodded his had enthusiastically, having heard both sides of the conversation clear as day.
"I'll talk to you in a couple of weeks." Caroline said.
"Bye." Elena said before hanging up the phone.
"Let's go down to the beach." Damon commanded, taking her hand and pulling her from the chair.
"Fine, let's go. So pushy." Elena laughed as she followed him outside.
"Come on, I want to be inside you on the beach." He told her tugging on her hand trying to urge her to go faster. They walked down the stairs leading to the beach carefully. Even as vampires, falling down the stairs would put a damper on their plans. Broken bones were inconvenient at the best of times.
"See look, completely private. No one is out here and no one will be. This beach is 100% private." Damon assured her.
"I still don't feel completely comfortable having sex out here. Public sex is still kind of taboo for me." She told him.
"This is hardly public sex. Public sex would have to involve other people being in the general vicinity of us. Nope, no one else here." He told her as he whipped his shirt off to reveal his perfectly chiseled chest and abs.
" Fine then I don't feel comfortable having sex outdoors." Elena muttered.
"Come on, it'll be fun." He cajoled her.
"I don't want sand in places that sand doesn't belong." She told him.
"Sand can't get anywhere you don't want it because I'll be there. My cock fills you until you're more than full anyways." He told her with a smirk on his face.
"I don't want anyone to emerge and see anything." She attempted knowing it was a last ditch effort.
"No one will be come here. I'm a vampire and so are you, we'll hear them coming a mile away." He told her as he undid the button and zipper on his already low slung jeans.
"Damon..." She begged as the zipper slid down slowly. He knew he was affecting her; her eyes just wouldn't leave the slowly lowering zipper. She wanted to see what he was offering her, she just wouldn't admit it. Even though every time she tried this routine, he always won. They always ended up having sex wherever he wanted. Last time it was in the car and she was afraid of being seen. Once the zipper was completely lowered he pushed the stiff denim down his legs slowly revealing his god-like body.
"You always do that. You always use your body to win. I think you're cheating!" Elena screeched.
"Your turn." He told her stifling laughter. She didn't move, her gaze was entirely fixated on his massive cock..
"I don't think we'll have a problem out here. No one will see us." Elena decided as she started ripping off her clothes. First her shirt landed somewhere in the sound behind her, and her bra was flung elsewhere. She pushed her jeans down and left them sitting where they dropped, adding her panties to the pile.
"I didn't think so. How about a swim first?" He suggested, offering her his hand. She nodded her head and took his hand as he led them down to the water.
They slowly waded down until the water reached up to their chins and they were treading water.
"This water is heavenly, the perfect temperature." Elena sighed happily.
"Mmhmm." Damon agreed.
"I love you and I love that I'm finally married to you. You know that?" She asked.
"I know that and I love you too. There is no way you would have put up with everything you've put up with over the years if you didn't. There have honestly been times that I didn't think we'd make it because of stupid shit I've done." Damon admitted to her, brushing some wet hair out of her face.
"I don't think there is anything you could do that would push me away. I'm in this for eternity, especially now that we are bound together in every way possible." Elena told him.
"Well not quite every way." He noted as he ground his erection against her center. All of a sudden the intimate tone of the day was changed into something much more primal. A much more desperate need to be with one another in every way.
"You always have to ruin a perfect moment don't you?" Elena sighed with a small smile on her face.
"Well I just had to correct you. When I'm actually inside you then we'll be bound together in every possible way." He told her smirking.
"As always your logic astounds me. Come with me. I don't want to get all wrinkly." She urged him as she pulled him towards the shore.
"If you think we're leaving the beach without me getting at least a little bit of action then you've got another thing coming." He warned her.
"I'm very much aware that you're not going to give in that easy. You have never taken no for an answer before so why would you start now?" She asked.
"Good point." He allowed as she went to sit on the shoreline with her feet still in the water.
"Any reason we're sitting here?" He asked as he dug his toes into the wet sand.
"The sand is too hot to lie down in up there. Here the sand is cool because of the water. If you're going to do me, then I'd rather not have burns from the sand on my back. Even though I know they would heal almost immediately." Elena told him.
"I'm most definitely going to do you. You don't have to worry about that." He told her as he gently pushed her down so she was lying in the sand.
"Is this how our honeymoon is going to be?" She asked.
"Definitely, I want to make love to you as often as I can until we go home. We both know that once we go home it'll be slightly harder to find time alone together with all the other people vying for our precious time." He told her.
"So you want to kind of get it out of your system while you can?" She questioned.
"I'll never get you out of my system Elena Salvatore." He told her as he hovered over her, his weight balanced on his arms.
"That's good, I'll never get you out of my system either. But are you planning on putting it inside me at some point? I'm lying here ready and willing and you're not moving." She told him.
"Yes ma'am." He saluted her before he lined his erection up with her and gently pushed in. She raised her hips as he lowered his, taking him in faster, meeting up with him halfway there.
"That's better." She breathed as he dropped his head down and kissed her with everything he had. He kissed her like it would be the last time; which was how he always kissed her.
"I want you on top." He told her as he rolled until he was under her. She situated herself over him and took him inside her once again, letting him fill her to the hilt.
"It always amazes me how perfectly you fit inside me. You're so big." She told him as she started sliding herself along his length. She would rise all the way up before sliding back down, taking him back inside her. She moved at a slow and steady pace, Damon gripped her hips to aid her movements although she didn't really need it. She was doing just fine on her own. Every time he hit the end of her, her mouth opened in a silent scream. She clenched her internal muscles around him always keeping him inside her as she rode up.
"You feel so good." She breathed as she felt her orgasm gain intensity. Her toes dug into the sand underneath them as she rode him faster than before. She needed speed to achieve her orgasm.
"Fuck... Elena..." He groaned as rolled her hips and fucked herself on his cock over and over again.
"I'm so close." She moaned taking his hand and putting it on her clit telling him he should rub it. She knew that's what she needed to go over the edge. Damon felt as hard as steel inside her and she knew he was desperate to come too.
"Oh fuck... me too." He moaned as she took him inside her again and again, at a pace that closely resembled vampire speed. After taking him inside her two more times, she erupted all around him. Her body spasmed with the force of her release. She breathed and moaned his name over and over again as she collapsed against his chest unable to move. He thrust up into her once, twice a third time before spilling deep inside her, calling her name as he came.
"Once I'm able to even think about moving, I think we should consider taking this back to the house." Damon suggested moments later.
"Those stairs do not look appealing to me at all right now." Elena noted as she stared at the stairs leading back to the house.
"We have to go back eventually. This may be a private stretch of beach but still. There is something wrong about lying naked on the sand where anyone can find you. Not that I have any issues with public indecency, but you might." Damon told her, trying to find the intent to get up and walk up those dreaded stairs.
"I know. Come on we should get up. I think I can feel my legs again, and those delicious orgasmic tingles have subsided." Elena said as she slowly rose to her feet.
"Help me up." He commanded holding out his hand. She reached for it and used her superhuman strength to pull him to his feet. "Thank you."
"Let's go. We may as well get those over with right now." Elena sighed, knowing that a few stairs shouldn't make a difference to a vampire, but at the moment they were.
"We could just stay here for the rest of our lives. This beach looks like as cozy a place to stay for the long-term." Damon suggested staring at the large amount of stairs.
"Come I want a shower. If you follow like a good little vampire, I'll be sure to reward you in that shower." She told him.
"Coming!" He cheered as he employed the super speed that came with being a vampire to good use making it to the top of the stairs almost immediately.