"Do we have to get up?" Elena asked the next morning when the late morning sun was shining through the bedroom window.
"As much as I would love to, we can't spend the entire day in bed." Damon remarked.
"Why? I don't want to go downstairs." Elena whined.
"Why is that? Maybe because you were unnecessarily loud last night, and your brother and brothers girlfriend were in the house during that time?" he asked smirking at her.
"Yes. My brother should never have to hear me having sex. That is so wrong on so many levels. I'm humiliated and nervous about facing him." she whined.
"Well you should have thought of that before you screamed and yelled my name last night." he said not apologetic at all.
"Maybe he didn't hear it. Yeah, that's a good theory. Maybe he heard nothing and I wasn't as loud as I thought I was." she said nodding her head. Damon smiled at nodded but made it clear that he didn't agree.
"Who am I kidding, he heard all of it last night." she sighed.
"Yeah, he definitely did. But we have to go downstairs. Your brother goes home today, and we should take them for breakfast before they go." he said swinging his legs out of bed and walking to the bathroom gloriously naked.
"Fine." Elena sighed getting up and following him into the bathroom.
"Oh no. We don't have time to shower together. You go first and then I'll slip in when you're done." Damon said walking back out to the bedroom to find something to wear. When Elena was done showering she stepped out and wrapped a towel around her chest before walking into the bedroom.
"You're done?" he asked.
"Yeah. Just need to get dressed and do my hair and makeup." she said digging through the closet for something to wear.
"You have more clothes here than you do at your apartment." he mused as he seen the clothes littering his closet.
"Maybe. But go shower, before I decide to take advantage of your currently naked state." Elena said. Damon smirked and walked into the bathroom. She heard the shower run and Elena slipped on some of her sexy underwear and jeans and a t-shirt before heading back into the bathroom. She was blow drying her hair when Damon stepped out of the shower and tied a towel around his waist.
"What do you think, underwear or no underwear?" he asked.
"What do you think?" she asked crooking an eyebrow.
"Commando it is." he said smirking. Elena grinned and went back to doing her hair and makeup. Damon was sitting on the bed when she came out fully dressed and made up.
"Ready to go downstairs?" he asked.
"As I'll ever be." she said as he opened the bedroom door and walked downstairs with Elena trailing behind him.
"We were wondering when we'd see you two. But judging by the terrible noises we heard last night, we guessed it would be a while yet." Jeremy said glaring at the two of them.
"I'm sorry Jeremy. It's his fault." she said pointing to Damon.
"I'm not sorry. And I am also quite proud to be at fault for those particular noises." Damon said smirking widely.
"Of course you're not. Because you are Damon Salvatore and you don't feel guilty about anything." Elena said snarkily.
" I feel guilt. I felt guilty about lying to you last night. But one thing I do not feel guilt about is bringing you pleasure. I love it when you make noises like that. It tells me I'm doing my job right." he said placing his hands on her hips and pulling her close to his body.
"Okay. Ew. Noises such as that should be kept in the bedroom. I don't want to hear it and I don't want to see it." Jeremy said with his arm firmly around Katie's waist.
"Jeremy is right. Do not touch me in front of him." Elena said firmly while backing out of his embrace.
"How about we take you guys for breakfast." Damon offered.
"Sounds good to me. Maybe food will erase the torture from last night." Jeremy said wincing theatrically.
"Let's go. No bugging Elena about last night. She's horrified enough about last night." Damon said firmly.
"As am I. And Katie." Jeremy said.
The trio left the house a few minutes later and climbed into separate cars knowing that Jeremy and Katie were going to be heading back to Richmond after breakfast. When they got to the Grill they got seated at a table and Jeremy was still unable to make eye contact with Elena or Damon. They sat in silence until Grayson and Miranda walked into the restaurant.
"Oh God, what are they doing here?" Jeremy asked trying to hide.
"They've already seen us, so just give it up." Elena whispered.
"Good morning." Miranda said walking up to the table with her husband trailing behind her.
"Morning." Jeremy said as Elena nodded in greeting.
"So you're heading home today?" Miranda asked.
"Yeah. I told Katie's mom we'd be home around noon today. We have to leave after breakfast." Jeremy said.
"I would have loved to have spent more time with you this weekend." Miranda sighed.
"I came to see Elena, not you and dad. She's the only family that hasn't attempted to ruin or run my life." Jeremy said shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm sorry for my part in you leaving Mystic Falls, but please know that Mystic Falls will always be your home. And you will always be my son. I know I've made mistakes with both of my kids, but I am trying with both of you. Please give me the benefit of the doubt." Miranda begged, looking contrite.
"It's not only you mom. You're trying. Dad needs to try too. Mystic Falls is just a place I grew up, Richmond is my home." Jeremy said.
"I can understand that. And I will miss you so much when you go. But I don't want to lose you." Miranda said.
"You won't lose me, but until dad changes, I can't have any sort of relationship with either of you. Dad needs to sort out his issues with me, and his issues with Elena."Jeremy said.
"If you're staying you may as well pull up some chairs and sit down." Elena said. Miranda turned to her husband, and for his credit he shrugged his shoulders. Miranda grinned and pulled up a chair sitting on Jeremy's side while Grayson said on Elena's. He stiffened visibly when he watched Elena take Damon's hand on top of the table in a show of solidarity.
"Are you excited for your new job tomorrow?" Grayson asked trying to make conversation with his daughter.
"I am. Nervous though at the same time. It's my first full-time job." Elena said.
They all sat together for a while longer, the conversation considerably more awkward than it was before Grayson and Miranda sat down.
"Mr and Mrs Gilbert, its good to see you." Matt said walking in clad in his uniform.
"Hello Matt. How are you dear?" Miranda asked.
"I'm fine. How are you Jeremy?" Matt asked.
"I'm great. I love Richmond. I gotta say I was surprised to hear that you and Elena broke up." Jeremy said glancing between the two of them.
"We were better off as friends. I know that now. It took me a while to get past it, her and Damon. But I'm good now." Matt said smiling.
"I'm happy for you. So you're working here, still?" Jeremy asked.
"Full time now that I'm graduated. Someone's got to pay the bills. But I've got to go, its time to work." Matt said.
"It's good to see you ." Jeremy called as Matt walked away.
"Are you done?" Damon asked. Elena nodded and pushed her plate away.
"We're finished too. We better hit the road." Jeremy said standing up. Katie followed him up and smiled at everyone.
"It was really nice to meet you all." she said kindly.
"You too." Elena said smiling at the girl. "I'm going to miss you Jer." Elena said hugging her brother.
"You never told me you cheated on Matt with Damon. I know Matt never said it out loud, but he clearly hinted that was what happened." Jeremy whispered.
"it's not something I'm proud of. But I don't like talking about it." she whispered back. Damon and Elena walked Jeremy and Katie out to Jeremy's car.
"I'm gonna miss you little brother. Don't be a stranger." Elena said hugging her brother.
"I'll miss you too. You too. You can always hop in the car and come to Richmond too. I'm sure my friends would be happy to see you again." Jeremy grinned.
"I'm sure they would." Elena laughed. When they were done saying goodbye, Jeremy and Katie got into the car and drove away.
The next morning when Elena's alarm clock woke up, she reluctantly pulled herself out of bed. After her shower, she walked into the kitchen and glanced at her phone. She grinned when she saw the text message on her phone from Damon.
Have a good day at work baby. Come to my house after work, I'll have dinner waiting for you. I love you.
She beamed at the message and grabbed her keys to head to work. Her boss was waiting at the door when she walked in.
"Good morning Dennis." she said happily.
"Morning Elena. Are you ready to get to work?" he asked with a wide grin on his face.
"Definitely. Thank you so much for this opportunity." Elena said following her boss into his office.
"Don't thank me. Thank your father. He was the one who got you this job." he said.
"I'm not exactly speaking to my father at the moment, so that will have to wait." Elena muttered.
"I'm sorry to hear that. Your father is a good man." Dennis said gesturing for her to sit down.
"He is a good man. Except when he's been an overprotective, overbearing, control freak." Elena stated.
"I must say I'm intrigued. I always thought your relationship with your father was good. Work can wait for a few minutes, I want to hear about this." Dennis said clasping his hands underneath his chin.
"All in all, he just controlled my life to the extent where I could not take it anymore. I snapped, and started dating his arch nemesis. Now I live on my own and am still happily dating his enemy. I'm free," she said.
"You must be dating Damon Salvatore. He is the only man whom I can rightfully say is a nemesis to your father." Dennis stated.
"It's true." Elena said nodding.
"Well anyways. Today you're going to get extremely well acquainted with the copy machine. Have you used one before?" he asked.
"When I was younger and still living under my parents extremely strict roof, I used to go to work with my father on Saturdays. He would leave me with the receptionists, and they would have me photocopy things all day. I got really used to the machine. It can't be much different from the one here." she said.
"I'm sure it's the same. I'll show you where it is. I need copies of all the stories going into print, on my desk so I can read through them, and then you get to file them away in alphabetical order." he told her.
"Sounds good to me." Elena said smiling.
At noon Caroline strode through the door and asked to see Elena.
"Elena Gilbert. Is she here?" the bubbly but annoyed blonde demanded at the reception desk to the receptionist who was ignoring Caroline.
"I do not know an Elena Gilbert." the receptionist finally responded.
"She just started here today. I think she's the assistant to someone named Dennis." Caroline said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Fine. Since it's clear to me that you won't leave until I call up there, I will call up there." the woman said picking up the phone and calling Dennis's office. After a minute or two on the phone she hung up and smiling tensely at Caroline, "she'll be right down."
"Thank you." Caroline said going to sit on one of the benches. Elena emerged a few minutes later and grinned when she seen her friend.
"Do you have a lunch break?" Caroline asked hopefully.
"I do. I was just getting ready to head for lunch." Elena said.
"Good. Let's go to the Grill and catch up. It's like we never see each other anymore since you're always in a sex filled haze with Damon, though I can't blame you." Caroline said smirking.
"Sounds good. Just let me run to my desk and grab my purse." Elena said rushing away and back to her desk.
"Hey, what can I get you guys?" Matt asked when they sat down. He looked flushed and exhausted.
"Coke and a burger." Elena said.
"Same here." Caroline chirped in.
"Alright. I'll be right back with your drinks." Matt said.
"Are you okay Matt?" Elena asked.
"Well let's just say that the minute I graduated, my boss here decided to take an extended vacation. Now I'm practically working by myself out here, while everyone else screws around in the back." he complained.
"If you want I can help you out after work someday." Elena offered.
"I can't ask you to do that." Matt said shaking his head.
"No its fine. Think of it as a friend helping out a friend. Besides you didn't ask, I offered." Elena said.
"Well then, sure. I think that's great." Matt said perking up considerably.
"I can come in tomorrow after work for a while." she offered.
"That would be amazing. Even if you just drink orders for me. I can do everything else." he said.
"I'm happy to help." Elena said.
When her lunch break was done, Elena rushed back to work. When she walked into her cubicle she saw her dad sitting at her desk.
"Oh God. Today has been a great day so far. Don't ruin it." she said dropping her purse into the bottom drawer of her desk before staring expectantly at her dad.
"I just thought I'd come in and see you. After all it is your first day of work. I just wanted to come and check in." he said.
"You mean to say that you were coming to check up on me to make sure that Damon was nowhere around the premises. He's not. Are you happy now? I'll see him tonight. He's making me dinner." she said.
"That's nice of him. So do you like the job so far?" he asked.
"It's good. I've gotten really acquainted with the photo copy machine. But I really need to get to work. Dennis asked me to edit a couple of documents for him this afternoon." she said.
"Right. I'm sorry, I shouldn't keep you from your work. I'll see you soon." Grayson said before walking out of her cubicle. Elena shook her head and sat down at her desk immediately getting to work on the documents Dennis asked her to do.
Eat When the day was finally over, Elena gathered up her stuff and said goodbye to Dennis before rushing out to her car. She missed Damon like crazy and couldn't wait to see him. The drive to the boarding house took a little less time than usual and when she pulled up outside the house, he was standing in the open doorway waiting for her. She ran into his arms and kissed him with everything she had.
"Miss me?" he asked holding her tightly to his body.
"Always." she said smirking at him.
"Good, because I missed you too. I missed you so much that I resorted to masturbation this afternoon without you."he told her.
"Wow. I wanted to, but couldn't. By the way I'm working with Matt tomorrow at the Grille for a couple of hours. You should come and hang out." she said.
"I will." he told her.
"Good. Now kiss me or do something." she ordered.
"How about I feed you, then kiss you. And then take you upstairs to bed." he suggested.
"Perfect." she told him pecking him quickly on the lips and untangling herself from his embrace.
"Good. Come with me. Dinner awaits." he said taking her by the hand into the kitchen where there were plates of pasta sitting on the table.
"This looks and smells delicious." Elena said.
"Then you should taste it. It is amazing if I do say myself." he said.
"Well we'll see." Elena said sitting down and immediately twirling some pasta around her fork. She tentatively took a bite and chewed thoughtfully.
"Well?" he asked with a smirk on his face. He knew that it was delicious, and he knew she would think it was too.
"It's not bad." she said shrugging.
"Not bad? Come on Elena, tell the truth." he said mock glaring at her with his hands on his hips.
"It's not the best I've ever had." she said smirking at him.
"Everything I do is the best you've ever had. Don't try to lie to me now." he said.
"You've got a point there. You are the best everything I've ever had. Now shut up so i can eat. I'm starving." she said.
"Eat. Because I'm starving too. In a different way." he said grinning lasciviously at her.
"I'm starving in that way too." Elena whispered.
"Then eat. No wasting food. You don't get to take a ride on this hot body until all the food is off that plate." he told her, staring at her pointedly. Elena obliged him and ate her food quickly, shovelling fork fulls of pasta into her mouth. When she was done, she took a drink of her water and pushed her plate away.
"Done." she said smirking at him.
"That was disgusting. My food is meant to be savoured not demolished." he stated.
"You wanted me to eat, so I ate. Now you have to live up to your part of the deal." she said pushing him out of the room towards the stairs.
"Sounds good to me." he said shrugging his shoulder and letting her push them up the stairs. When the were in his room, all gentleness was out the window as he shoved her on the bed and climbed on top of her. He quickly divested her of her clothes before getting rid of his own at vampire speed. Just before he plunged inside her she stopped him.
"You if I ate all my dinner I could take a ride on your hot body. Doesn't that mean I should be on top?" she asked.
"Fine. Just put me inside you already. I'm hard and ready for you. I have been since this morning." he said. He rolled over and she climbed on top of his naked body and immediately pressed herself down over his erection. She loved how he stretched her and filled her. He felt so good inside her.
"If you wanted to ride, ride." he told her as she sat still on top of him. She smirked at him and made her walls clench his member deep inside her. He groaned and mischief sparkled in her eyes. She leaned down to connect their lips as she started moving along his length. He started thrusting up into her on every one of her down strokes, causing them to meet in the middle constantly. Her breathless moans were turning him on even more, and making him hotter as his movements started getting more erratic.
"So close. Just need a little more." she moaned. He grunted as he spilled himself into her without warning. His explosion deep inside her triggered her orgasm and she came around him. She could feel their combined juices seeping out of her and moving down her legs.
"I want to do that again." Damon said flexing his hips into her. She gasped when she felt him hardening inside her again.
"Already?" she asked.
"Yep." he answered.
"I can't take another orgasm yet. I'm not ready to go again yet." she said.
"That's okay. I am. You just lay back and relax while I fuck you." he said rolling the until he was back on top. Not able to deny him, she laid back and took his sometimes tender, sometimes rough treatment of her body for the rest of the night.