One and Only

Chapter Thirty Six

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX- One and Only

Damon's P.O.V.

My voice is shaking as I crack a joke and everyone in the crowd laughs at it. "I guess these two really messed up when they picked me to replace the professional who knows what he's doing. But, anyways..Now, where was I. Oh, yeah..." My voice trails off as I find my place on the sheet of paper and start again with ceremony.

" Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join my little brother and the woman that he loves in holy matrimony. Stefan, do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, to honor her, to comfort her, and to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?" I turn towards my brother, watching as he clears his throat and exhales when I smile and say "Come on, buddy. You should already know the darn answer..I'd say 'I do' before your beautiful bride kicks you in the shins!" I comment, watching as Stefan rolls his eyes and opens his mouth to speak. "I do." He states firmly, when I nod and smile as I direct my attention towards Elena.

"Now, beautiful soon to be sister in law. Darn it, Stefan if I would have known that she would be looking this good after all these years." I state in a joking tone with a wink at him when he glares at me. Both of us stopping the silly banter as Elena leans towards me and steps on my foot, hard!

"Ouch. Okay, okay..let's see here..Okay. Now, back to being serious for a moment. Elena, do you take this man to be your husband, to live together in matrimony, to love him, to honor him, to comfort him, and to keep him in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?" I ask her, watching as she nods and smiles widely before she looks over at Stefan again and says "I do."

I clear my throat, a nervous laugh escaping past my lips as I look down at my cell phone and zoom into the words on the screen, the half written paper with steps of what to say dropping from my hands. Maybe Elena was right, this is fairly ridiculous. Me, Damon Salvatore- a firefighter thinking that I could also be a last minute ordained minister as they all call it, was a silly plan! I'm nervous and I keep losing my place on this darn sample sheet for the vows! However, my nervousness is lifted when I feel a tug on my suit and look around to see everyone else smiling, huge grins on their faces when Sam steps beside me and clears his throat. "Uncle Damon, I think that you can let mommy and daddy speak now." He says, a smile lingering across his face when I bend down to be eye level with my nephew, looking up at my brother who looks like he's already had a few drinks before we even got here and over to my new sister in law who just wants to have this part of the ceremony over with and get to the -making out with her husband in front of all these people part.

"You know what, buddy? That sounds like a great idea." I say out loud, hearing as the crowd sends out a loud 'awhh' between them all and I stand back up, my hands running through my hair when I state "Well, luckily folks. The bride and groom where smart enough to take over for a bit with their own written sappy vows about how much they love each other and how they obviously can't live without one another or we all wouldn't be here today celebrating these two crazy in love kids who are just as cute as a button! Now...Elena, Stefan. Take it away." I instruct them, hearing as Caroline lets out a loud laugh and Elena hands her the dark red and white colored bouquet of roses that she has in her hands.

I step aside and watch as Stefan holds onto Elena's hands tightly, a smile on his face when he clears his throat and begins to speak with a shaky tone. "We never got the chance to be a family and today, in front of all of our friends and family, our own children. We finally have that chance, to make up for all the things that I had promised you all those years ago. Elena, I'm going to spend the rest of my life making up for all the years that we missed together and I know that I'm still learning. But, I swear to you that I'm going to be the best father to Sam and Olivia that I know I would have been and that I can be. I couldn't have ever asked for a better person to spend the rest of my life with." Stefan pauses for a moment, inhaling deeply before he starts again.