Mystic Falls Loner Club - A Vampire Diaries Fic

Chapter 14: Morning After

I wake up to my phone ringing repeatedly. I sit up and reach for it but I hit Damon's face by accident. "Ow." He mumbles, not bothering to move. "What the hell Damon! Why are you still here?" He groans and throws his arm over his face. "Good morning to you too, KJ." My phone stops ringing and I collapse back onto the bed.  "Sorry. Good morning." I sigh and clamber over him, sliding over the comforter and picking up the phone. 3 Missed Calls from Bons. I shake my head and hit redial, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand.

"KJ! Hey. What happened? Why didn't you pick up my calls?"

"I was asleep. The phone woke me up. Did something happen?"

I hear Bonnie sigh before she responds. "No. I was just checking in. Grams said you went back to Elena's last night. It's 3 in the afternoon. What were you still doing asleep?"

"I went to bed late last night," I answer, scratching my hair under my scarf. "Wait, are you on your way over?" 

"Yeah, Elena, Caroline, and I are gonna go shopping and we wanted to ask if you wanted to go."

"You guys didn't leave already? Jeez, what were y'all doing all day?"

Damon throws the sheets off of himself and motions to the bathroom. I nod and he grabs a towel and rag from the shelf before shutting the door behind him. 

I hear Bonnie laugh and she answers, We also had a long night but Care took us out for brunch.

I sit back on the bed and I say, "That sounds like something Caroline would do. And I'm absolutely up for shopping. I just need to get ready." 

M'kay. We'll be there in 30 or so. Love you. 

"Okay. Love you too. See you soon."

I wait for Bonnie to hang up before putting my phone back on the nightstand. I close my eyes for a second and let my left hand rest on the back of my neck before making my bed. As I lean over to tuck the corner of the sheets in, I hear Damon say, "Cute undies." I press my lips together and turn to look at him. He's standing in the doorway, drying his hair with the towel with only his jeans on. I press my lips together as I'm made overly aware that I'm wearing a black t-shirt that barely covers my ass. 

"Thanks. How was your shower?" I ask, tugging the shirt down. He chuckles and looks around my room. "Fine. I heard you're going shopping. Sounds like a girl's bonding trip." I roll my eyes and head into the bathroom, brushing my teeth. "Knowing Care and Bonnie, it is. They probably think I'm sitting in the house, plotting how else to assault Tyler." Damon shakes his head and looks in my dresser until he picks up a pair of blue jeans. "What about these for today?" I shrug and reply, "Sure. But can you see if I have any baggy ones left?" 

He rummages around the drawer and I finish my morning routine. I pull off my hair scarf and adjust my hair tie so my braids are in a low bun. After putting on a bra and some facial moisturizer, mascara, and eyebrow gel, I venture back into my room. I look through my shirts for a black t-shirt and see that all of them are in my hamper. "Damn it, I was supposed to wash last night," I mumble.

Damon pulls out a baggy pair of blue jeans and I nod. "Yes. Perfect." He throws them to me and I catch them, pulling them on quickly. I fold the waistline over before tugging off my t-shirt and continuing to look through my closet. "You didn't tell me you had a butterfly tattooed on your back." I pause for a second before pushing another hanger across the bar.