We're quickly coming to the end of this story. I'm thinking there may be a sequel to it, an idea keeps floating around my head that I can't get rid of. Enjoy this somewhat longer than usual chapter.

Thank you Courtney for betaing this, you're amazing. :)

As predicted when they pulled up in front of the house after finally getting back from Hawaii, there were several cars parked outside.

"How did they even get inside?" Elena asked shaking her head. She had really wanted one night to lay low before meeting up with everyone. Apparently everyone who knew them wanted to know how the honeymoon was, not that it was any of their business.

"We're home." Elena called wearily when she opened the front door.

"Lena!" Caroline squealed rushing around the corner and throwing her arms around her.

"Hey Care. What are you doing here?" She asked hugging her friend back.

"I had to see you after your honeymoon. You're so tan. Wow you look amazing." She said appraising her best friend.

"Thanks." Elena answered grinning. If Caroline thought she looked amazing after a long flight then she must be doing something right. It must be all the sex she'd been having.

"Lena, how was the trip?" Her dad asked appearing from the sitting room.

"It was wonderful. Every single part of it. I learned to surf." She told him.

"You learned to surf?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yes I did. Even ask Damon." She told him. Damon nodded his head agreeing with Elena so everyone dropped the topic.

"Well come on in and sit down." Grayson urged them.

"This is our house dad." Elena reminded him and he laughed.

"Right I knew that." He shrugged.

"It's great to see you all and I'm so happy you guys came to see us. But I'm so tired from the long trip and the time difference." Elena hinted really hoping they'd all just leave so she could get some sleep before work the next morning.

"Alright Elena has a point. That was a long flight they were just on, so maybe we should let them get some sleep." Miranda called over the group.

"Thank you mom. I have to work in the morning." She added on.

"Oh come on, she just wants to be alone with her husband so she can jump his bones again." Caroline called out with a smirk on her face. Elena's face went a deep red colour and she immediately started denying it.

"No, I'm tired. I want to sleep." She told them with her eyes fixated on Caroline.

"Since when has tired been a different way of saying primal monkey sex?" Caroline teased.

"Shut it Caroline, or I'm not telling you about the resort, of the cottage, or the really hot surf instructor." She told her friend with her arms crossed.

"Super hot surf instructor. Tell me tell me please." She pleaded.

"Sorry, can't. It's time to go." Elena pointed to the door with a smirk on her face.

"You can't tell me that little tidbit of knowledge and them hold it back from me. Please Lanie." She pleaded.

"Nope, it's bedtime for Elena. Unlike some people I work in the morning." She explained.

"Why on Earth would you go back to work the day after your honeymoon ends?" Caroline demanded.

"Scheduling mix-up. I booked one day short off." She told them as everyone started filing out of the house.

Once everyone was gone Damon turned to Elena.

"Finally alone." He told her as he leaned down to kiss along her neck. Her reflexively tilted her head to give him better access to the most sensitive parts.

"Damon... no. I really do have to get some rest." She told him as she tried to push him away feebly. Her mind was telling her to get him off of her but her body was already aching for his touch.

"Elena... you know you want it as bad as I do." He urged her. "I thought that was why you wanted Caroline to leave you alone so bad."

"No, I want to go to bed." She complained, but she still tilted her head to the side to give him better access. "Im exhausted, Damon."

"Alright, let's go to bed." He told her taking her hand and leading her up the stairs.

"Not what I meant." She sighed as he pulled her to their bedroom.

"Here let me undress you." He told her as he stood her in the middle of the room.

"Why are you trying to seduce me?" She asked.

"I'm going to prove that you want this as much as I do." He told her as he kissed her lips far too briefly.

"If you're going to kiss me at least do it properly." She told him pouting.

"Lift your arms." He told her and she found herself forced to comply. She was pretty sure he was right about her, she wanted this as bad as he did. But she would never admit that. He took the hem of her shirt and pulled it upwards and over her head leaving her upper body only clothed in a pale blue bra.

"Nice." He whispered as he pressed kisses all over her upper body. He started at her jaw and trailed kisses down onto her neck where his kisses got slightly harder. He sucked and nibbled the skin trying to mark her as his.

"Damon..." She groaned as she tilted her head again. He smirked against her skin, the smell of her arousal filling the air. He moved to the front of her neck and licked a trail from there to the valley of her breasts. He moved and sucked a nipple through the lace of her bra causing her to yelp. He squeezed the other in his hand at the same pace he was sucking on the other through the lace.

"I'm going to make you beg to have me inside you. And even when you beg I'm not sure I'm going to do it." He told her.

"Oh God." She moaned when he reached behind her and unclasped the bra.

"Have I ever made you come just by sucking on your tits?" He asked curiously.

"No. God please." She begged needing an orgasm by now and not caring how she got it.

"You want me to try it?" He asked raising his eyebrows loving the challenge she essentially put out in front of him.

"God yes." She decided, knowing there was no point in hiding what she wanted now. Damon always got exactly what he wanted out of her and always made her feel like she wanted it in the first place. He smirked at her and bent his head to take a pebbled nipple into his mouth. He sucked an laved at the tight little bud while his fingers placed with the other one. He squeezed it and tugged at it, pinched it twisted it. All the sensations going straight to her core while he sucked and nibbled on the other one.

"Damon, I'm already so close." She told him.

"Come for me baby. You know you want to." He urged her, lifting his head away from her breast for a moment before returning to the task at hand.

"Oh God." She groaned when a small orgasm went through her body. It wasn't nearly as intense as the orgasms when he was inside her, but it was pleasurable nonetheless.

"I win." He bragged when he stood up straight again.

"Now let me go to sleep." She ordered him.

"Uh uh. You haven't let me finish undressing you yet." He reminded her.

"I'm never going to get to bed tonight." She whined.

"Stop whining and you'll get lots of sleep. You're going to need it after I'm done with you." He warned her as he ever so slowly removed her pants and panties.

"Damon..." She pleaded knowing she needed rest if she was going to get through tomorrow at work. The first day back after holidays was always painful.

"Elena... relax. I didn't get to have you yesterday and I didn't get you this morning either. I'm going to have you now." He told her.

"Please be quick. I promise that we'll do this slower tomorrow." She promised him. The flight took a lot out of her, especially when their connecting flight was delayed.

"I'm going to hold you to that. Get into bed, I'll be quick." He promised her as he pulled his shirt over his head and quickly rid himself of the confining denim. Elena did exactly as he wanted and climbed under the covers on their bed. He walked over to the light-switch on the wall and flipped it off before walking back to the bed. He crawled into the bed and situated himself over her.

"I'm ready for you." She told him spreading her legs as wide as they would go. He traced her slit with his finger, spreading the moisture around before lining himself up with her. He sank forward, filling her slowly. Her mouth hung open in a wide "O" shape as he slowly filled her.

He lowered his head to capture her lips between his, kissing her as he pressed the rest of the way into her. When he was fully seated inside her, he pulled out until just his tip was inside her before slamming back in.

"Oh." Elena breathed as he repeated the action over and over again. He would pull almost all the way out before slamming back inside her to the hilt. Elena dug her nails into his back as she fought for control.

"Please." She begged as she tried to raise her hips to meet him. He tightened his grip on her hips, ensuring that she couldn't move against him.

"Just hold on." He told her and she did as he said. She dug her nails into his back and he growled at the slight prick of pain.

"Damon I'm so close." She begged as he picked up his pace. Thrusting in and out of her at a near vampire pace. She bit her lip as her orgasm washed through her moments later. The force of the sensation had her curling her toes and squeezing her eyes shut with her mouth open in a silent scream.

"Fuck..." Damon moaned when after a couple more thrusts he came inside her violently. He released in several long spurts, filling her completely.

"That was so incredible." Elena whispered reaching up to lazily kiss him.

"I know." He told her rolling off of her and collapsing into the bed. Gathering whatever energy she could, she rolled over and lay her head on his chest.

"I'm going to get some sleep. You better have something amazingly sexy planned for tomorrow after I get home from work." She told him.

"Issuing a challenge are we?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Look at it however you want." She told him shrugging.

"I shall. A challenge it is." He decided.

"I love you." She murmured as she buried her face in his chest.

"I love you too wife." He told her smiling into the dark. Every time she said those words it made it feel like a huge weight was lifted off of his chest. It didn't matter that she had married him, still the words meant everything.

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The alarm went off far too soon for Elena.

"Why?" She whined when the shrill beeping noise went through the room.

"You're the one who wanted to go to work." He muttered with his head stuffed in the pillow.

"I have to. I can't call in sick. I better go shower." She decided, swinging her bare legs out of the bed.

"You better before I decide to take advantage of you again. I didn't have quite enough last night." Damon told her as he raised himself up on his elbow.

"I'm going don't worry. If I don't go right now I won't. Then Dennis will be upset with me." She said.

"Fine, go. Get out of here." He told her shooing her from the bed.

"I'm going." She said rushing away from the bed into the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later Elena was out of the shower with a short robe wrapped around her body while she blow-dried her hair.

"Hurry you're running out of time." Damon teased from his spot in their bed.

"I'm going as fast as I can." She called back as she straightened her hair and fastened a section of it back with a clip. She quickly applied her makeup before she rushed out of the room and into the closet. She slipped on some lacy underwear and a matching bra along with a pair of slim-fitting black pants that showcased her mile-long legs. Along with that she selected a glittery, nude blouse and slipped it on.

"Perfect." She declared as she found a pair of black peep-toes to slip on her feet.

"You're kind of hot." He told her as she walked back into the bedroom.

"Thank you." She replied as he pulled on a pair of black lounge pants and followed her out of the room. Elena immediately walked to the fridge to make herself a sandwich for her lunch break while Damon started brewing a cup of coffee for her in the Keurig.

"You're getting into this husband role amazingly quick." She told him as she watched.

"I've been waiting for a century to marry you Elena. It's only natural this is fairly easy for me. Besides it's only coffee, I know how bad you need it." He told her as the single cup brewer finished brewing the coffee.

"Thank you." She said as she took the steaming cup from him.

"You better get going or else you'll be late." He told her glancing at the clock, reading it as 8:45.

"Crap. You're right. I'll see you after work." She told him, kissing him briefly before rushing out of the house as fast as her three inch heels would take her. He laughed as she walked away and headed into the parlour to pour himself a quick drink before he got on with his day.

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Elena rushed into the office at five minutes to nine.

"Welcome back. How was your honeymoon?" Chelsey asked when Elena rushed through.

"So perfect. Meet me for lunch and I'll tell you about it." Elena told her as she rushed through the glass double doors.

"Welcome back Elena." Dennis called from his office when she sat down in her chair.

"Thanks." Elena called back, smiling at her dads friend slash her boss.

"I hope you had a nice time." He called back.

"It was amazing thank you. Is there anything you want me to do right now?" She asked.

"Yeah, can you edit a story for David?" Dennis asked.

"I guess so. I have nothing but time." She answered.

"I know you're not overly fond of working with David, but he really needs the help. How he passed his writing courses in college are actually beyond my knowledge. He's a talented writer just has no grasp of grammar." Dennis sighed in bewilderment.

"I'll get right on it Dennis. Don't worry about it." She told him as she stood up and walked to David's office. On her way she passed Anthony.

"How are you?" He asked quietly as she walked by.

"Fine and you?" She asked politely.

"I'm fine. Did you have a good trip?" He asked cautiously.

"It was wonderful. Damon and I had a wonderful time." She agreed.

"You got a tan. You look lovely." He admitted, casting his gaze anywhere but at her.

"Thank you. But I better get going, I have to edit something for David." She said pointing in the direction she was walking.

"Oh right. Well... have fun." He told her unsure of what to say.

"I'll try." She nodded with a smirk on her face.

"I'm sure you will." He laughed. Elena continued walking down the long hallway, relieved somehow that her relationship with Anthony was slowly getting back to normal. She knocked on David's door and waited for him to call her in.

"Come on in." He called. Elena opened the door and walked in.

"Elena Gilbert, welcome back from your vacation. I was wondering when you'd sidle on in here." He said in what he hoped was a seductive tone.

"David, it's good to be back." She answered in her most polite tone.

"Of course it is. You get to see me again." He replied cockily.

"For the record my return has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with the fact that my honeymoon was over. It was time to get home so my HUSBAND and I could get back to regular life." She told him, emphasizing the word husband.

"Oh right you got married. I think that's probably temporary." He told her shrugging.

"I don't really care what you think of my marriage. Can we just get to work, please." She pleaded, desperately not wanting to keep talking to him.

"Sure." He decided as he passed her a couple sheets of as of yet unmarked sheets. "Be gentle with that, it's some of my best work."

"If you have no mistakes then I'll be gentle, but please note that if you have any mistakes they will be crossed out with my lovely red pen." She told him showing him the pen she carried in her hand.

"Do you have to use red? Red is so... obvious." He complained.

"Hence the reason why I use it. Now shut up so I can work." She told him as she took the lid off of her pen and started reading.

A little while later when she was done editing, she got up and faced him.

"Well that was fun, but I have to go. It's lunch time." She told him as she walked to the door.

"Eat your lunch in here. It could be fun." He suggested.

"Nope, I've had enough conversation with you to last me a long time." She demurred as she walked out of the room shutting the door. When she got back to her cubicle, Chelsey was already sitting in the spare chair. "Hey."

"Hi, you told me to have lunch with you, so here I am." Chelsey told her.

"I'm glad you're here." Elena admitted with a smile on her face.

"As you know, I'm here to quiz you about the honeymoon. I have to know everything." She exclaimed, unable to contain her excited fidgeting.

"What do you want to know? Keep the questions tame and I'll answer them. I am not talking about my sex life, although I'm certain that since your name is not David, you won't ask." Elena told her.

"I wouldn't ask that. Anyway so besides that what did you two do there?" She asked.

"We rented a boat and sailed around the island. We went to this village that literally had a guy named "The Fixer," apparently he could save anyone and he did. He's like an urban legend of some sort that actually came true. He was insane, that's all I'm going to say about that. We went to the beach. We spent a lot of time in our private hot tub. I learned to surf." Elena listed.

"Wow, you learned to surf? How was that?" Chelsey asked.

"It was such a rush. It was amazing. I can't wait to go back next year and do it again." Elena told her.

"You're going back next year?" Chelsey asked.

"Yeah, we decided we were going to take a honeymoon every year." Elena admitted.

"I am so jealous. I got one honeymoon and it was just camping. I would love to go somewhere like Hawaii. It's always been a dream of mine." Chelsey sighed.

"Well someday you'll go." Elena assured her.

"Tell me about your hotel room. Did he go all corny and rent the honeymoon suite? Let me live vicariously through you please." She asked fishing for information.

"Nope, he did it one better. He rented a cottage on the beach for us. It was so beautiful. I miss that room already, though our bedroom is pretty damn good too." Elena admitted.

"Wow. Was the cottage part of a resort?" She asked.

"Yep, so we got all resort ammenities for either a small cost or completely free. Damon also got free car rental, though we never really used the car. Only to get to and from the airport." Elena explained.

"Wow, I want to go there so bad. Maybe I can talk to my husband and he'll take me." Chelsey sighed hopefully.

"You'll get your chance someday." Elena assured her.

"Are you ladies talking about me?" Asked a deeply recognizable voice.

"Always." Elena replied tilting her chin up for a kiss from her amazingly handsome husband.

"I knew it. It's always about me." Damon replied before kissing her softly.

"Hello Mr. Salvatore." Chelsey greeted him.

"Hi Chelsey. How are you on this fine day?" He asked grinning.

"I'm good thank you. Just living vicariously through Elena. I'm so jealous of your honeymoon." She admitted.

"It was a pretty good honeymoon if I do say so myself." Damon agreed.

"Were you that bored at home that you had to come bug me at work?" Elena asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Yep. The house isn't the same without you in it. I was bored. Even bourbon gets boring after a while." He admitted.

"Why don't you go bother Ric? I'm trying to have a girl talk filled lunch with my friend Chelsey here." Elena told him.

"Ugh fine. Even my own wife doesn't want to hang out with me." He complained before lowering his head and kissing her quickly.

"Not right now she doesn't. When she gets home, maybe. As long as you have some deliciously kick-ass food waiting for her when she walks in the front door." Elena suggested.

"I'll give that a shot." He told her.

"Good, I'm sure your wife will be super excited at being fed so nicely." Elena told him.

"My wife is a lucky woman. She gets to eat my culinary expertise on a daily basis." Damon thought out loud.

"That she is. But you better go so your wife can enjoy her lunch with her friend." Elena urged him.

"I'm gone." He said as he began to walk out of the building.

"You and your husband are so cute." Chelsey pointed out after Damon was gone.

"Don't let him hear you say that. He's knows we're an awesome couple." Elena warned her.

"I won't. I wouldn't want him to get any more egotistical than he already is." Chelsey promised.

"No we sure wouldn't." Elena laughed.

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That evening when Elena walked in the door her senses were flooded with the amazing scent that was wafting out of the kitchen.

"What smells so good?" Elena asked when she walked into the kitchen to see Damon standing over the stove with a tea towel draped over his shoulder.

"Culinary expertise my dear. Have a glass of wine and sit down." He told her pulling a chair out at the island for her. She did as he said and sat down leaning her chin on her clasped hands.

"So I guess we should talk about my future at some point shouldn't we?" Elena asked staring at him.

"Not until you're ready to talk about it. You can stay as you are for as long as you want." He told her.

"We can still talk about it though." Elena pointed out.

"That's true. So where is your mind about that anyhow?" He asked.

"I'm having a hard time with it. It's like I know that if I change, I'll never have a baby. I've always wanted a child, and I know it's impossible with you and I don't hold that against you. I love you more than the possibility of any child. It's just something I'm still unable to let go of. It's like if I change right away I'm permanently giving up on it. Who knows what the future will bring, maybe at some point they will find a way for a vampire to get a human pregnant." Elena explained not sure if she was making any sense.

"So you don't want to become a vampire?" He clarified.

"I do. I want to be with you for an eternity. I know that. But I figure I'll give myself a few years to get there. I'll give myself a few years to make sure nothing is going to change. I wanted to wait until I was your age anyways." She told him.

"So you want to turn but you want to wait until you're 24 to do it?" He clarified.

"Yes. That's the perfect time." Elena told him.

"Then that's settled. When you turn 24, I'll turn you. As long as you don't change your mind between now and then." He told her.

"I won't change my mind. I can't. I can't be with you when I'm old and grey and I refuse to let you leave me. It's my only

choice." Elena told him.

"Only if you're sure Elena." He stated firmly.

"I am sure." She promised him, cupping his face tenderly.