Forever And More (DAMON X READER)

Chapter Eleven

Present Y/n's POV

As I had explained to him how I was a vampire before Katherine was ever in the picture, I told him my whole family was turned many years before and how we were running from the one person we should have felt safe with. I didn't tell him who they were specifically because I could sense it would not be a good idea, I wouldn't want them poking around and Klaus coming to find them and the doppelganger.

"But you never fed on me or compelled me? If you did I would have remembered when I was turned..." Damon said at the end, it made me smile solemnly- the fact that monsters like Katherine put us in the bad image.

"I would never, I never had to nor wanted to. How could I have done that to the person I loved dearly?" I saw his smile flicker and the sadness in his eyes. I could feel the regret radiate from his body.

"All of the things that I've done, Y/N! How could I even deserve you now? And I told myself it was all for you, first it was the grief, and then when Emily told me you were alive..." He took a breath, preparing himself, "I did worse things, I was doing anything to bring you back. I was so focused on the tomb that I never considered anything else, you were out here the whole time!" His eyes were teary, his voice breaking.

"Damon if I could tell you the sick things I have done to try get you back, and that was me trying to get you back from the dead! I thought you had moved on to a better place or whatever it is" My voice matched his as I put my forehead to his, my hand on his, taking in each other's breath. "I'm sorry this happened to us, we've lost so much time we could have had together, I feel like I was lost in myself for so long," I whispered.

After some time and more talking, we eventually started getting more giddy and running around, it felt like the century without each other never existed and we were just back to the old manor. I ended up falling as he tripped over me and we rolled in the autumn leaves, I laughed so loudly I could feel the animals getting annoyed. Damon couldn't tear his eyes away, I suppose I couldn't either.

We were making our way back to the boarding house, and as Damon drove humming along to whatever was playing on the radio, I sat quietly- a smile printed on my face that felt permanent. 

A thought that kept catching up to me was playing on my mind, Katherine told me to come here and she hasn't said anything since. I was wondering what her plan could be- I turned to look at Damon next to me, I wondered if he heard anything from her.

"Heard from who?" Damon asked, my eyes widened- how did he heard me? "You're really bad at thinking things without saying them out loud, you used to do it all the time and think I was some sort of mind reader," He laughed. I did an awkward laugh as those memories came to me.

"Well, the reason I was driving to Mystic Falls was because... well... Katherine told me to come- which I was pretty sure could be a trap but I came prepared, I have a werewolf on my hip and I'm older than her so she shouldn't be able to get away this time." I said with a content smile and my eyes shut. 

"Oh yeah, because werewolves are real, I'll just call my fairy godmother, maybe she can do something," he laughed, I'm assuming he doesn't think I'm being serious which I'm shocked about. How has he not heard about the werewolf legend? I mean I suppose I didn't tell him that there was a part of me that needed to be 'unleashed' but I wasn't bothered about becoming a hybrid unlike my idiotic brother. I just gave Damon a look saying I was serious to which he had stopped laughing and ultimately stopped the car. "So they are real? like... Aaargh- awhooo" he tries to impersonate a wolf, "like that type of wolf-wolf?"

"Well, I don't know about that type of howl but I mean yeah, they're real- I'm shocked you've never heard of them before. The Lockwood's had the werewolf gene, George Lockwood was one of the wolves that were killing people and blamed it on vampires." His face was a look of wonders, his mouth was agape and eyes bulging out. I missed gossiping with him, we used to do this in his room, I always thought it was so funny. He shook his head while he carried on driving and I was bombarded with questions for the rest of the car ride. With this I also learnt that Katherine had given a few appearances to them, she had killed a girl called Caroline with Damon's blood in her system, which Damon didn't really speak much on, she had also kissed Damon which I couldn't help but seethe, but Damon didn't know it was her- and then he told me about the Gilbert girl, the doppelganger.

A little while later, we had arrived back at the boarding house. We both walked through the door and to my surprise I was met with a group of people. I stood shyly behind Damon's shoulder, I was not prepared for an ambush. My eyes scanned the room and they landed on the doppelganger, I couldn't help the face I pulled- it was instinctive. I straightened up to introduce myself, that was until Damon squeezed my side and pulled me closer.

"Um, sorry for being gone all day- this is Y/N, my fiancé" he said staring at me the whole time, making it more real. I gave him a side eye when he said that word. I wasn't mad about it at all, but I still felt guilty that I hadn't been completely honest with him yet and he was ready to marry me once again.

Everyone looked at us in shock, not really knowing what to do- even Stefan was shocked, I'm assuming he wasn't sure his brother would come back in one piece after what he pulled. Hayley came running over to me giving me the biggest embrace.  "I was so worried what this... guy was doing, you never told me how good looking he was" Hailey said with a cheeky smile.

As I sat down and the group were talking I had learnt their names the brunette girl was Elena Gilbert, the blonde was Caroline, then there was Bonnie, Alaric, Jeremy and then obviously Stefan was there.

At the end when people were going home, Damon looked at me from the first step holding his hand out, inviting me to his room, I could tell it was more of an offer than anything as I could see his was still trying to be a gentleman. I graciously took his hand in mine, bid my goodnight to Stefan and was eagerly pulled upstairs, I wondered what Damon's room would look like now.

We got to his door and as he slowly opened it, I peaked inside and it was exactly what I would picture from him, so rugged and rough yet it had a soft touch to it, I immediately went to the bed and flopped, now feeling the exhaustion of today, who would have known that meeting the love of your life again after over one hundred years would be tiring.

I got covered up and comfortable as I felt Damon lay his head on my chest, my hand instinctively moving its way to his hair, twirling it between my fingers and stroking the nape of his neck, remembering this is how he used to lay with me. I was finally at peace again.