Elena's POV
My ears are ringing from the scream my best friend just let out. She's jumping up and down on my bed now, like how we did when we were 8. Only this time we are celebrating my engagement instead of the new Britney Spears song.
"Caroline." I pull on her arm to calm her down. She smiles wide and stops jumping. She's breathing heavily and I can't help but laugh.
"Elena! You're engaged! I've been waiting for this day since the moment you and Damon started dating! A part of me knew he'd be the one." She winks and falls down on her knees before turning on her back and staring up at the ceiling.
"Elena, I'm so happy for you. You deserve all the happiness in the world. And I know Jeremy would have loved Damon. Especially with how Damon looks out and protects you. Jeremy was the same way." Caroline squeezes my hand and I hold back the tears. I miss my brother so much, and I know he would have loved Damon.
"He loved Stefan. Cause Stefan was the same way. And now you have him, and I have Damon." I smile at her.
"Yes we do. We have the best men in the world." She winks.
"Best men in the world eh?" Damon walks in the room and we sit up fast. He walks towards me and kisses me on the cheek.
"Hi babe." I say as he kicks his shoes off.
"So I'm assuming Caroline knows? I heard her screaming from 10 blocks away." Damon teases. Caroline throws a pillow at him and he laughs.
"Took you long enough." She winks teasingly at him.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Damon steps between my legs and Caroline groans.
"Please don't tell me you are about to have sex?" She covers her eyes with her hands. I push Damon away and stand up.
"No because he still needs to shower. You smell like a wet dog." I laugh and walk in the hallway with Caroline following me.
"She better be gone when I get out, unless she wants to stay for the show." Damon jokes. I kiss him on the cheek and shut the door. Caroline and I go in the kitchen and I help her get the cookies we made for her class.
"And to think he's my brother in law now." We both laugh.
"I'll see you Saturday at the cook out. I can't wait to show you the new furniture in the living room." Caroline hugs me and I keep the front door propped open. Her and Stefan bought their first house last month and she's been decorating like crazy.
"I'll just hire you to decorate mine and Damon's house when we decide to buy one." I wink at her. She smiles and heads off to her car.
"I love you!" I call out and she blows a kiss back. If Damon never came over, I'm pretty sure my neighbors would think Caroline and I are lesbians.
I shut the front door back and lock it. I go into the living room and lay down on the couch and flip through the channels until I find something to watch until Damon gets out.
"Elena?" Damon calls out from upstairs and I sit back up on the couch.
"Yes?" I answer back.
"When did we get a cat?" He says and I run up the stairs. A cat? We never brought home a cat.
Damon's standing in the hallway when I make up the steps and he looks at me confused. I give him the same look and step aside him to see the cat.
"I didn't bring the cat in here." I walk over to it and pick it up off the bookshelf.
"It must have came in when Caroline and I were moving something out to her car. We left the door open." I pet the cat and Damon walks over to pet it.
