Thank you to my beta Kitty for betaing this even while sick.
"Can I tie you up?" He asked his lips quirking up into a smirk.
"Is that something that would interest you?" She asked smirking at him as she climbed into the center of the bed to await
him.
"Maybe later... I just want you right now. We'll save the kinky stuff for tomorrow night after the engagement party." He told her kissing her neck.
"Sounds good to me." She decided dropping her head back onto the pillow so he could suck and nibble at her throat. She threaded her fingers through his hair keeping his lips on the sensitive skin of her neck.
"This feels so good." She sighed throwing her head back further to give him more access. His hands cupped her breasts and she laid back onto the bed, he fell in between her thighs. They kissed like crazy, and he was sneaking her shirt over her head and she had his belt undone and his shirt off when they both heard someone walking into the house.
"What the fuck?" Damon demanded getting off of Elena and fastened his pants up again. He walked downstairs slowly with Elena following right behind him.
"Who's there?" Damon demanded at the bottom of the stairs.
"I need booze buddy. I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Alaric called from the parlour where he was going through the endless bottles of Damon's liquor.
"You couldn't have called to ask if you could have some booze? You just feel the need to break in and steal?" Damon clarified.
"I didn't want to interrupt, since clearly by your state of undress you were fairly occupied." Alaric suggested.
"I was occupied, but that was blown all to hell when I heard the door open." Damon stated dryly.
"Well... I'm not really sorry. I want booze and you have the good shit. I can't afford the good shit on a teacher's salary." Alaric stated unrepentantly.
"Are you leaving anytime soon?" Damon demanded.
"Well since you're down here, you may as well drink with me." Alaric decided.
"I was in the middle of something." Damon sighed.
"Not anymore you're not. Although you could put a shirt on." Alaric suggested.
"It's my house, if I don't want to wear a shirt I'm not going to wear a shirt." Damon pointed out.
"Well the least you could do is put a shirt on when there are other people in the house." Alaric muttered.
"I am not putting a shirt on. I don't want to and I'm not going to, so suck it up." Damon muttered going to sit on the comfy easy chair.
"I'm just going to get dressed." Elena murmured awkwardly, acutely aware of her state of partial undress.
"That's a good idea considering I'm apparently not getting any right now." Damon muttered, glaring at his friend.
"I'm not going to apologize, I needed booze, now let me get my booze." Alaric stated going through the bottles on the cart.
"Have at it." Damon sighed slightly annoyed.
Elena came downstairs a few minutes later fully clothed with her hair up in a ponytail.
"Where are you off to?" Damon asked when he saw her pick up her car keys.
"You can drink with Ric, that way he doesn't run off with your booze. I'm going to practice that persistence we discussed yesterday. Just because Dennis gave me the day off to prepare for the engagement party, doesn't mean that he gave Anthony the day off." Elena noted, slinging her purse over her shoulder.
"Good luck." He called as she walked towards the door.
"Thanks babe." She called, shutting the door softly behind her.
"You are so whipped." Alaric sighed, shaking his head when Elena was gone.
"I'm well aware of that fact. It's a fact I'm not entirely proud of." Damon pointed out.
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Elena stopped at the Grill to grab lunch for her and Anthony before heading over to her office.
"Elena, you don't work today? Shouldn't you be getting ready for the engagement party?" The receptionist asked.
"There is nothing for me to do, my father is handling everything." Elena told her.
"That's nice. So what are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm here for lunch with Anthony." Elena admitted.
"Oh, I heard the two of you had a falling out when he heard about the engagement." The receptionist stated.
"We did but in the words of my genius fiancé, "persistence is key."" Elena stated.
"Alright, have fun Elena. I'll see you on Monday." She said.
"My father invited everyone to the party, so why don't you come to the party." Elena offered.
"Sure, that would give me something to do. I have no life." She told her. Elena laughed and waved as she walked through the double doors making her way to Anthony's cubicle.
"Knock knock." She knocked on the wall of his cubicle.
"Elena... what are you doing here?" Anthony sighed seeing her there.
"I brought us lunch." She said with a smile on her face.
"I'm too busy for lunch. Besides shouldn't you be getting ready for your big engagement party?" He asked sarcastically.
"All I have to do is be there. No preparation at all until tomorrow when I have to make myself beautiful." She told him.
"You're already beautiful." Anthony sighed.
"Thanks, but please have lunch with me. Our friendship is important to me."
"I want more than friendship from you though." He sighed again.
"You want something that I can't ever give you. Something that belongs to Damon. Please..." Elena tried to explain.
"Then that leaves us at an impasse." Anthony stated.
"Just eat lunch with me, please. Eat lunch with me and come to the engagement party tomorrow night. It will be fun and you can meet Damon." Elena suggested hopefully.
"I guess I'll eat lunch with you. But do you really hate me so much that you would want me to have to witness you and Damon in love all night?" Anthony asked defeated.
"Of course not. You're my friend and that's what I want from you. I just want you there because I want everyone I care about to be there." Elena insisted.
"You care about me but you don't love me." Anthony sighed diverting his gaze from Elena's face.
"I'm sorry about that, but please come to the party. There will be good food and drinks. You can hang out with a whole bunch of people. Everyone is invited." Elena asked him.
"I'll see if I can fit it into my schedule. I am quite busy tomorrow." Anthony sighed.
"Thank you. Now, would you a roast beef sandwich or turkey?" She asked pulling the sandwiches from the Grill out of the paper bag.
"I'll take the roast beef." He decided knowing he wasn't getting rid of her. Elena smiled and took the chair sitting at the corner of his desk.
When Elena walked in the front door a while later the first thing she did was walk into the living room and planted herself on Damon's lap, kissing him long and hard.
"Now what was that for?" He asked when she broke the kiss.
"Persistence worked. He's going to try to come to the party tomorrow night." Elena enthused.
"Good job." Damon laughed.
"Thanks. Um, hi Ric. You're still here." Elena noted looking over her shoulder and seeing Alaric still sitting there with a
tumbler full of booze.
"Good to see you too Elena, I just adore seeing you mount my best friend." Alaric stated dryly causing Elena to blush a deep red colour.
"I'm sorry. I was just so excited to find out that Damon's theory actually worked." Elena responded.
"I understand your surprise. It really is quite shocking." Alaric agreed.
"It really is." Elena added on.
"Okay that's quite enough. There is no need to tease me, especially about something so untrue. My plans always work out for the best, there is NO denying that." Damon interjected putting a stop to that conversation immediately.
"Alrighty then, I'm going to head out. I'll see you at the party tomorrow night." Alaric stated standing up and shrugging into his jacket.
"No you're not, I'm uninviting you." Damon stated petulantly.
"You can't. You didn't invite me in the first place, Grayson did. It's his party and he invited me. Sucks to be you." Alaric replied and walked out the front door.
"I hate that guy, why the hell did I make him my best man?" Damon asked rhetorically.
"He's your best friend. Who else would you give the job to?" Elena asked.
"How about me?" A eerily familiar voice called out.
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"What the hell are you doing here Stefan?" Damon demanded, his head snapping back to glare at his brother.
"Katherine and I heard rumours running rampant that you were getting married. I had to come down and congratulate you." Stefan answered, sincerity clear in his voice.
"I don't need nor want your congratulations. Who told you?" Damon asked.
"News travels fast in the world of vampires. Someone told somebody else who told somebody else which eventually got to me and Kat." Stefan explained. For Katherine's part she was standing unassumingly behind Stefan which was a new position for her.
"Huh. Well you're still not invited to the wedding." Damon stated firmly, wrapping his arm tighter around Elena's waist, pulling her flush against his chest.
"Come on Damon. I've been trying to make amends to you for the past 50 years" Stefan whined.
"It's going to take more than 50 years for me to forgive you and the slut Stefan. Why don't you just leave, I'm quite happy right now and I don't need you ruining that for me." Damon stated.
"I'm not trying to ruin anything. Just give Kat and I one shot, if we screw up we'll leave." Stefan promised. Elena looked at Damon and he shook his head.
"Come on Damon." Stefan almost pleaded.
"Would it hurt to give him one chance?" Elena asked softly.
"You're joking?" Damon asked.
"Have they done anything recently that would prove that they're not here for forgiveness?" Elena asked.
"No, but I don't trust them." Damon explained to her.
"I've never met any of your family, just let them stay for a while. Invite them to the party tomorrow night." Elena pleaded, with her hands on his face forcing him to look at her.
"Fuck... fine." He gave in. "You guys can stay but I swear to God, the first time you fuck up the best you can hope for is me kicking you out." Damon stated firmly.
"You know that won't happen Damon. I wouldn't let you lay a hand on Stefan." Katherine warned him, making her presence known for the first time.
"I've gotten really good with a stake, so don't mess with me." He warned Katherine.
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"Should I wear the white dress or the black one?" Elena asked holding up two dresses as she walked out of the closet.
"This is getting to be a regular occurrence, you coming out of the closet dressed only in lingerie holding up clothing for me to choose from." Damon noted appraising Elena's dusty pink lingerie.
"You have good taste." She agreed.
"I like that." He told her.
"The white one or the black one?" She asked.
"Your lingerie." He told her smirking.
"Damon, choose a dress." She told him, narrowing her eyes at him.
"I can't help it I'm distracted by you in lingerie. There is only one reaction when I see you so under-dressed." He defended.
"Fine, just pick a dress." She told him rolling her eyes.
"Well you are the bride to be, wear the white one. Besides it's a bit shorter and it's strapless. Much more skin for me to ogle." He told her smirking.
"God you are incorrigible. But you're right, the white one is prettier. I love the lace on it." She agreed slipping into the dress and zipping it up.
"Are we ready to go now, we're going to be late?" He asked standing up.
"Yeah. Just one second." She said rushing into the bathroom and making sure her hair and makeup were still perfect.
"Hurry, Stefan is waiting for us downstairs. Katherine is staying here for obvious reasons." Damon told her.
"Can you hand me my purse?" She asked him. He picked up the small clutch from the bedside table and handed it to her. She opened it up to make sure all the essentials were in there.
"What the hell is the point of a purse that only holds like two things?" He asked completely baffled by the tiny handbag.
"It's pretty, besides you're holding everything else important. You have the keys since you're the one driving. All I have in the purse is my cell phone and lip gloss since that's all I need." She explained
"I'm not even going to try to understand the lack of practicality of that. Let's go." He said offering her his arm and she slipped hers through it. He led her out of the bedroom and downstairs where Stefan was sitting with Katherine.
"Are you ready to go?" Damon asked.
"Yeah, I was just making sure Kat was going to be okay. I'm going to leave the party a little earlier so I can spend time with her. It's not right to leave her here alone all night." Stefan stated.
"Fine, let's just go." Damon said taking Elena's hand and leading her out of the house. Stefan climbing into the backseat while Elena took her accustomed seat in the passenger seat.
When they got to Elena's parents' house, there were cars everywhere.
"I'm parking in the driveway." Damon told her as he pulled into the empty spot at the back of the house.
"I think they saved that spot for us." Elena told him.
"Probably." Damon agreed getting out of the car and flipping the seat forward so Stefan could get out.
"Thanks for letting me come." Stefan told his brother.
"Thank Elena, she's the one who told me to let you stay." Damon responded as they walked to the back door. When they walked into the house Grayson and Miranda immediately flocked over to them.
"You are very nearly late." Miranda hissed.
"I couldn't choose a dress and he was no help." Elena explained, pointing at Damon.
"You look beautiful honey." Grayson told her, kissing her cheek.
"Thank you." She said smiling.
"Now go mingle with your guests. Dinner will be in about 30 minutes." Grayson ordered. Elena glanced around the party and saw Anthony standing off to the side.
"I'm going to go talk to him." Elena whispered, reaching up on her tiptoes to kiss him quickly.
"Have fun. Remember persistence." He reminded her kissing her once more.
"I'll remember." She smiled and walked away.
"I've never seen you this way before Damon. Not even with Katherine." Stefan noted.
"I've never felt this way. Come, I have to go see Ric." He said walking through the room until he came to Alaric who was standing with Jenna.
"I thought I uninvited you." Damon spoke when he came to stand beside Alaric.
"I came anyway. After-all I am your only friend." Alaric stated after taking a sip of the amber liquid in his tumbler.
"I could have more friends if I wanted them." Damon pointed out.
"I'm sure you could but the fact is you don't. You only have me. By the way you clean up nice." He said appraising Damon's blue shirt and black jeans pants, although as always he had his leather jacket on as well.
"So do you. Not too shabby Ric." Damon approved.
"Jenna dressed me." Alaric noted.
"Ah now that makes sense. I dressed Elena, that's why she looks so hot." He said flashing a smile over to his girlfriend who was talking to Anthony.
"I'm glad you came." Elena told him when she stood beside her.
"It's hard to be here. You look beautiful tonight and so in love. I just wish it was with me." He sighed.
"I'm sorry, but we have to stop going there. I want to be your friend, but I can't if you keep going there." Elena sighed.
"I'm sorry." Anthony apologized.
"Look, stop apologizing. Just try to have fun. You're my friend and I want to keep that. You're important to me too." Elena promised him. He nodded and Elena grinned. A couple minutes later Bonnie and Caroline moved through the crowd and hugged Elena.
"You look so beautiful. You are most definitely the bride to be here tonight. The most radiant woman here." Caroline enthused hugging her friend tight.
"What do you want Care?" Elena asked knowing when Caroline went into full complement mode she wanted something.
"Well, I may have made reservations for the three of us at the spa and you have to come with me." Caroline told her.
"Caroline... you know you have to warn me before you make plans like this." Elena sighed.
"Oh come on, it's the perfect place to discuss wedding plans. You can pull yourself away from Damon for a few hours." Caroline decreed.
"Fine... pick me up in the morning." Elena decided, giving in immediately
"Yay. Have fun tonight." Caroline cheered. Elena shook her head and smiled. Everyone mingled for a while before Grayson called everyone into the dining room where a huge table was set up. Elena met up with Damon at the seats Grayson had assigned to them and they sat down.
"Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate my daughter's engagement with us tonight. This is a blessed occasion for our family. Now everyone enjoy this delicious meal that the Grill was kind enough to prepare for us tonight. I apologize to those of you who expected a home cooked meal, there just wasn't enough time." Grayson spoke. Everyone sat down and the staff Grayson and Miranda had hired for the occasion passed out plates of food and everyone started eating.
A few hours later Elena shrugged into her jacket, ready to call it a night. Many of the guests had already filed out, it was just Damon, Elena, Stefan, Alaric, Jenna and Dennis left.
"Do you need help cleaning up?" Dennis asked Grayson and Miranda who was washing dishes.
"Nope we're all good." Grayson told him.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yeah, we're fine. Tonight was such a great night." He told him.
"Is it okay with Damon and I head out?" Elena asked hopefully. She was getting tired, but she wanted nothing more at the moment to go to bed with her fiancé.
"Of course. Have a good night." Grayson said hugging his daughter.
"Thank you daddy, tonight was so much fun." Elena murmured.
"It was perfect, thank you for allowing me to do this." He thanked her.
"No problem. I'll see you guys later." She said before leaving the house.
"Congratulations again Elena, I never got to congratulate you before." Dennis said as he followed them to his car.
"Thank you for coming." She told him. Damon opened the door for Elena and she climbed in. Stefan climbed in the
backseat before Damon got in.
When they got back to the Boarding House Katherine was reading with an extremely bored expression on her face.
"Thank God you're back. I was getting so bored that I was about to leave the house." She warned them.
"I'm sorry Kat. I lost track of time." He told her. She nodded and kissed him quickly.
"We're going to bed." Damon told them, taking Elena's hand and leading her to the stairs. Once they were shut inside their room he kissed her slowly and deeply. Her hands were on his shoulder and his banded around her waist.
"If I asked you to would you make love to me?" She asked when they broke the kiss moments later.
"You don't have to ask." He assured her kissing her again, but this time he lowered the zipper to her dress.
When she stepped away from him the dress fell to her hips and he gently pushed it the rest of the way off until she was standing before him in just her dusty pink lingerie and black heels. She slowly worked her way through the buttons on his shirt, not in any rush, gently caressing the skin of his chest as it was revealed. He ducked his head and kissed her gently, not deepening it at all.
He picked her up and rushed her against the wall and finally deepened the kiss. She opened her mouth willingly and let their tongues tangle playfully. She ground her core against him and grew rapidly wetter. He carried her over to the bed and laid her down. She immediately sat up working his pants open and pushing them down impatient to feel his flesh against hers.
He kicked them off and hooked his fingers in the sides of her panties, slowly dragging them own her legs. She reached behind her and unclasped her bra before dropping it on the floor. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him over her, cradling him in the space between her legs. He kissed down her neck and chest, between the valley of her breasts while his hands covered the twin mounds. She ran her hands over his back slowly, and rocked her hips against his needing him inside her.
"Please." She pleaded raising her hips against him. He kissed her slowly again and eased his way inside her. He moved slowly, bringing her intense pleasure with his lips on her neck and his length hitting ever sensitive spot inside her. He nudged her G-spot on every thrust causing her wetness to increase dramatically. She panted loudly as he moved within her. He lowered his head and took a pebbled nipple into his mouth, laving at the sensitive bud with his tongue before nibbling softly on it.
"Oh God." She moaned, her eyes pressed shut tightly, unable to keep them open any longer. His thrusts were slow and deep, pressing as far into her as he could before pulling almost all the way out and thrusting in once again. Every thrust he hit the end of her and her eyes rolled back in her head at the intense pleasure. She needed more; she needed orgasm on a desperate level.
"Come for me Elena." He pleaded, his orgasm so close he could feel it. He was in immediate danger of falling off the precipice and he needed her to fall with him.
"Uh huh." She murmured nearly delirious in her pleasure. He reached between them and pinched her clit in between two of his fingers causing her to go off under him. She screamed out his name under the intense waves rushing through her. Her wetness coated his cock as he filled her completely. After a few moments of recovery he pulled out of her, and she immediately whined at the loss. He watched in undisguised lust as some of their shared liquids flowed out of her onto the bedspread.
"Shit that's hot." He groaned kneeling astride her.
"What?" She asked still in a daze caused by her orgasm.
"We soaked the fucking bed." He moaned rolling off of her and laying down on his back beside her.
"Why don't you come over here and soak the bed with me some more?" She asked wrapping her arms around him and pulling him back on top of her.