Hello, my lovely and loyal readers. It's time for more craziness as we head toward the end. I'm almost done writing the story so I will be able to say how long it will be next week. I hope. And I have news. The sequel will be called "Hummingbird heartbeats." If anyone can guess what the meaning of the title is, I will give that reader a prize.
Chapter 28: Oh, Brother
"You had sex with my girlfriend," Stefan moaned in the back seat and Damon seriously contemplated the idea of a vervain laced gag for his little brother.
"No, I did not," Damon replied speaking as slowly as possible so that Stefan's drunky brain could understand the words. Glaring down at Stefan, Damon wondered why it was that he had listened to the younger Mikaelson brothers when they suggested that drinking was the cure all to heart break. For one thing Damon did not believe that Klaus really had a heart considering the way he behaved. Yeah, there was his little thing with Caroline but, come on. The guy was pure evil. Then there was Kol who seemed to love anything in a skirt, although he was becoming a thorn in Bonnie's side and had all but attached himself to the witch.
"I do not believe it matters that you were not the one in the body during the actions that took place," Klaus began in that almighty superior tone of his. "What matters is that the actions were performed and Stefan can only feel that is was you who betrayed him. Love is not logical. That is why I have tried to distance myself from it as much as possible for the last thousand years."
"And a splendid effort it was indeed. Good show, brother," Kol called from the back seat and Damon thought about flipping the car. He really hated these two. And right now Stefan was even more annoying than usual.
"This is boring," Klaus muttered trying to redirect the conversation. "Bekah is hosting a party tonight. Let's drop by and ruin it for her."
"Bekah," Stefan murmured, frowning. "Yeah, Party. Blood."
"No blood," Damon ordered staring ahead of him. He wasn't about to become a goody goody and he truly believed that Stefan could beat the ripper problem. However, there was no way in hell he was going to stand by while Stefan got out of control with the Originals hanging about.
"Elena will be there, too," Kol added with a grin and sparkling eyes. Stefan glared at him and then began to chug down a bottle of bourbon like it was water. "Oh, darling, there is no girl in the world worthy of a man drinking like that. Besides, that is our last bottle. So, ease up." Taking the bottle away from Stefan, Kol took a long swig.
"Damon, you never have told us much about your" Misadventures in not so Wonderland," Klaus reminded Damon, while turning in the passenger seat to smirk at him.
"What's there to tell?" Damon replied. "I was human and things were different. I guess other world Damon was dating Caroline for a long time." Smirking, Damon enjoyed the anger that he could see on the older vampire's face although he wasn't looking directly at him. "I met Elena. She was a lot like me, hot and quick tempered. Other than that things were pretty much like they are here."
"Oh," Klaus pressed. "But you said when you first came back that you met the me from the other world."
"Yeah, just for a little bit of time. The guy was a real ass," Damon told Klaus causing him to become even angrier.
"Other than being an ass what did he do? Did he at least attempt to sacrifice you? Is he a hybrid now?" Klaus continued in his usual single minded ranting style.
Damon sighed. "No, Klaus. Other you is not a big, furry animal. Caroline got him into this whole idea that she wanted to have babies and make a happy little vampy family. It sounded super cute. Maybe the CW will pick up the pilot for the Fall season."
Klaus was losing his patience, not that he had any to begin with but what the hell? Damon was trying to not laugh as the hybrid thought of a response. "That does not sound like me. I believe that that the other Klaus would have wanted to appease Caroline in some way. But he had to have had another plan in the works."
Laughing aloud, Damon grinned. "That's what we thought. Except Blondie. She was determined that other you was just going to fall in line with this whole stupid baby plot thing. Man, Caroline can by stu-" Seeing the dark look on Klaus' face Damon switched words. "She can be overly optimistic. Me, I'm a realist. We're here."
Feeling relieved that they had made it to the party and that maybe he could ditch Klaus at the door, Damon walked inside the Mikaelson home and went looking for Elena. They had a lot to talk about. Damon had been home for an entire week and he had been on Stefan duty all day and all night long trying to stop Stefan from doing anything too crazy. Now, he was going to have a little time with his beloved and screw what the others thought.
Unfortunately, the ladies seemed to have other thoughts about how Elena should be spending her time. They were huddled in a group in the kitchen having drinks and discussing what else: Damon. "Hello Witchy, Blondie, Barbie Klaus and my personal favorite, L-e-na," Damon drew out Elena's name just to watch her blush and shake her head. The wide happy smile said it all. "I brought you boyfriends. Now, if you'll all go and find them I would love to have some time alone with Elena."
"NO!" Caroline protested, stepping in front of Elena. "This is not the time to be messing with her head. That's all you guys ever do. You say one thing and then go and do something else. And you… you… you pretend to be someone else and make us love you and then you… poof into some kind of really, really old monster. So, no. No Elena alone time for you because then you'll go out doing something very, very wrong and bad." Caroline was waving her finger and her nose was wrinkled up and Damon couldn't help but smile at the response of the cheerleader.
'Man, other Damon's friendship with the annoying blonde cheerleader must be messing with my head.' Damon thought as Caroline continued to wave her finger and then seemed to become fascinated by her own finger nail. "Blondie, I promise I am not here to mess with Elena's head. Thank you for being over bearing and overly protective. You know it's too bad you cannot have kids because you would make a great mom."
It occurred to Damon after the words left his mouth and Caroline's lower lip began to wobble that he should have rephrased that. Then the baby vampire began to wail. "Shit," Damon muttered as Klaus, Kol and Stefan entered the kitchen.
"What happened, love?" Klaus questioned Caroline as she wailed again and pressed her face into his shoulder.
"I want babies," Caroline screamed into his shirt and then Klaus gave Damon a murderous look.
"There. There, love," Klaus told her. "We can talk about this in the morning when you're sober."
"NO," Caroline replied, her face becoming serious as she pulled back and took a fist full of his shirt. "I want to be a mother. I want to have a child, Klaus. You're a thousand years old. Now, make it happen."
Klaus blinked in confusion. "Caroline, I cannot just make vampires into a procreating race. It's against the rules and all that…" He trailed off as Caroline's eyes became steely.
"Figure it out," Caroline snarled and then she began to jerk him out of the room.
"Where are you two going?" Rebekah called.
"To have sex. You can't have babies without sex," Caroline yelled, yanking a more enthusiastic Klaus out of the room.
"How about you, Bonnie? Are you up for making with the little vamp/witches?" Kol asked Bonnie with an eyebrow lift.
Bonnie just widened her eyes and shook her head. "With anyone but you," walking out of the room she was pursued by Kol.
Rebekah was now leaning against the counter looking perturbed about the fact that she was stuck with the love triangle. "I'm off," she muttered and was shocked when Stefan grabbed her by the wrist.
"Dance with me, Bekah, for old time's sake?" Stefan asked and then they left the room, too.
"Alone at last," Damon announced, relaxing as he looked around him. Elena looked shy as she came to stand by the kitchen counter and then hopped on top of it. Damon smiled to himself before easing over to her and coming to stand in front of her. "Hi," he whispered.
"Hi," Elena whispered back and then Damon looked down at her knees which were bare due to the cute little skirt she had worn to the party.
"Hi," Damon repeated as he placed a hand on each of Elena's knees and then looked her in the eye waiting for how she would respond.
"I missed you so much," Elena told him sincerely and Damon was stunned by the sorrow and joy in her eyes as she stared back at him.
"I missed you, too," Damon informed her and felt her knees part. Moving quickly between them before she could change her mind Damon pressed his body to hers. Sliding a hand into her long hair and around the back of her neck he pressed his lips to hers and then he thought he must have died again and gone the opposite way of where he thought he would go because this was bliss. This was his heaven. Touching this girl's lips was almost too much.
"Damon," Elena murmured, pulling back from him and Damon felt pain begin to flood in. This was where she told him that this was a mistake and that she wanted to be with Stefan. "Damon," she started to speak when Damon shook his head and began to step away from her.
"Its okay, Elena. I get it. You were around the better model and now I'm back and you're confused. Caroline's right. You need space to figure things out. I'll see you," Damon started to walk away when Elena reached out and yanked him back, surprising him.
Grabbing Damon's face, Elena forced him to look down at her. "You lash out because you think I'm going to reject you and you don't want to get hurt. Well, guess what, Damon, you're wrong. I'm not rejecting you. I. Love. You. I. Want. You. That's what I realized when I was dying. My last thoughts were of you and how much I love you."
Damon studied Elena's expression for a moment before crushing his lips to hers. Yanking her off the counter and turning around her found the nearest wall. Pressing Elena's body to the wall he yanked her underwear off as she undid his pants. Coming together was the best feeling he had ever experienced. The only other time he felt anything like it was when he was with Elena Salvatore.
Feeling Elena's mouth against his shoulder, Damon didn't care if the entire party came in and found them like this. He thought he would go mad if he could have as much of Elena as she was willing to give him. Gritting his teeth he tried to not make this too quick not that he thought the kid who had been in his body could have made any lasting impressions. And it's not like they wouldn't have plenty of time to do this over and over again.
What felt like far too soon for Damon they finished and slipped to the floor in a sweaty exhausted pile. "What happened while you were in the other world? I mean you know what happened here more or less but I want to know what happened with you."
"A lot happened. You know you should try wearing leather. It looks really hot on you," Damon teased. "And the other Elena used to whip people when she got angry. Totally crazy girl. Couldn't be farther from you than I could imagine."
Elena began to laugh. "A whip, really?"
"No," Damon told her although it wouldn't surprise him. "The pants, yes, and the crazy. Oh, yeah."
"So, what else did you find out?" Elena pressed.
Turning to look at Elena Damon smiled. "Other than the fact that I'm seriously in love with you. Not too much."
"Why do I feel like there's more to it," Elena continued.
Damon sighed. "I slept with her. The other you, her."
"Oh," Elena frowned and looked at her feet. "I guess that makes sense given what I did. Did you fall in love with her?"
"Yes and no. I did fall for her but I'm in love with you," Damon reassured his Elena.
Nodding, Elena smiled at Damon. "I get it. That's how I was with the other Damon. I loved him but not like I love you. It's like I was waiting for you to come home to me."
"You are my home," Damon whispered pressing his lips to Elena's.
Moving so that she was straddling Damon, Elena flipped her hair over her shoulder before speaking. "I wonder if the other Damon ended up getting turned into a vampire like me?"
"He did," Damon told her only half concentrating on the conversation rather than their bodies beginning to move together again in a slow and steady rhythm.
"And Klaus was there in the other world. He must have reacted badly," Elena murmured, pressing her lips to Damon's neck.
"We didn't give him the time to react really. We decided to get the hell out of Dodge. We couldn't risk what he would do to any of us. So, we split up and ran," Damon informed Elena.
"Where did you go?" Elena whispered, staring down at Damon, stroking his face tenderly. "Elena, Caroline and I went to Greece. Elijah went to Bulgaria. Kol, Jeremy and Bonnie went to Japan. Tyler went to India. Rebekah and Stefan went to Australia. They're going to adopt a kangaroo. I think," Damon joked and Elena smiled at him.
Several hours later after no one had entered the kitchen and Damon had gone to sleep Elena got to her feet. She made sure that Damon was decent in case someone came into the room and that he truly was asleep before slipping out of the room.
The party was over and no one was there as Elena walked up the steps. She was overly aware of every little noise and made sure that no one saw or heard her. Tapping on the door quietly, she waited for a response. The door opened without a sound and the vampire came out in a pair of pants and nothing else. Not something Elena cared to see. Not that she cared to see this vampire ever.
He placed his hand on her back and led her into another room. Closing the door soundlessly, Klaus waved for Elena to sit on the guest bed and she glared at him. Shrugging, he waltzed over and laid down. Waiting for her to speak, his smirk just got wider. "Damon Gilbert was turned." Elena informed Klaus and his smirked slipped into a grimace. Although he did not look surprised.
"And?" Klaus waited for Elena to continue as if he knew that she trying to withhold the excess information.
"And they ran," Elena told him. She was hoping he would not ask her if she knew where.
Sitting up, Klaus was suddenly in front of her. "Where did they go?"
"They spread out over the globe in the hopes that the other Klaus would not be able to find them," Elena told him and Klaus studied her expression. "Thank you, Elena. You have been helpful. Now forget we had this conversation and go back to Damon."
Elena left the room and Klaus walked back to his own where Caroline was fast asleep. He would have to do something about this new development although he dreaded the journey he would have to make.
MysticGirl200: Don't worry Stebekah will be far from a one night stand.
Ser'slight: Elena Salvatore's reaction will be somewhere in the next couple of chapters because I will be switching back soon.
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