Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

nine

09. Cold As Ice

As it snowed down on them, Damon with the help of Kol carried Lily's casket towards the grave they had compelled some people to dig for them near the Salvatore's crypt.

"Well, this is it?" Damon asked, seeing Nora, Valerie and Aria walk over to them, all dressed in their black funeral coats, "This is the whole funeral party?", Damon looked at Nora, "Where's your girlfriend?".

Nora glared at Damon, "Not your concern".

"Trouble in paradise?" Damon teased.

"Can say the same thing about you and Aria" Nora snapped, making the two soulmates glance at each other, ever since their argument neither one of them has talked to each other, both of them were too stubborn to apologise, and neither thought what they said or did was wrong.

"What about Julian?" Kol asked curiously, "Where the bloody hell is he?".

"I haven't heard from either of them in days" Nora informed, "I sided with Lily, or did you forget?".

"It's just us, Beau couldn't bring himself to say goodbye" Valerie said.

"Ah, I'm sure he just couldn't find the right words to say" Damon mocked, making Aria shake her head at him, "All right, let's get 'er done".

"Stop" Aria said, before Damon and Kol could put Lily in her grave, "We can't just bury her like this, we should say something first".

"No, we shouldn't" Damon said.

"Yes, we should" Nora retorted, stepping forward and looking at Lily's casket, "When I was a girl, I loved my mother deeply, she loved me too, until she found out about my little siphoning problem, if she only knew that was just one of the things that made me different, when she turned her back on me, I thought I'd never find that kind of love again, you proved me wrong, thank you Lily".

"Next" Damon said, as Nora stepped back.

This time Valerie stepped forward, "You knew me at my brightest and my darkest" she started, "No matter what my mood, you always saw the light in me", Valerie touched the casket, "I'll miss you Lily", once Valerie was done, she looked at Damon, "We'll leave you alone".

Damon waved as Nora and Valerie walked away together, once they were gone, Aria turned to Damon, "Life is giving you a second chance Damon" she said, "You didn't deliver your mother's eulogy back then, but you can do it now".

Damon looked at Aria, "Good point" he said, "How's this?", Damon cleared his throat, "Lily, you were a terrible mother when you were alive, and you were a terrible mother when you were dead", Damon tapped the casket, he then turned to Aria, "You're right, that does feel good".

Aria glared at Damon, "I sincerely hope you never hear kids say the same thing to you when they grow up Damon" she snapped.

Damon glared at Aria, "My kids will never say that to me because I will be better, I will do better by them then Lily did by me" he snapped back.

"How?" Aria asked, "By being bitter? By teaching them how to hold on to their hatred instead of letting go?", Aria shook her head in frustration, she then turned to Kol, "I'll see you later".