It's Time To Wake Up, Elena

Chapter 15

Damon's POV

Being human feels...different, but not in the bad way. Instead of everything being heightened, everything is plain. The sun feels warmer, water is cooler, and yet I still don't have the guts to take my ring off. I walk downstairs with Elena behind me, Yes, I said everything isn't heightened anymore, but I still feel like my love for Elena is forever heightened to me. I walk into the library, Stefan and Caroline are sitting next to each other on the couch laughing about something, Stef is reading the same book and Caroline is looking at some wedding magazine.

"Hey he's alive." Stefan joked around. I looked at Elena, she smiled and nodded. How do you tell your brother for like 250 years that just took the cure for vampirism for the girl you love? Is there even a way to explain that? I don't even know where to start.

"What's up, you're acting weird." Stefan looked me up and down.

"Uh, okay, I'm just going to say it. I took the cure. I'm human. I can't believe I just said that, he's gonna kill me.

Stefan and Caroline started bursting into laughter.

"What's so funny?" Elena asked them.

"You think we wouldn't have figured that out by now. I can hear your human heartbeat right now." Stefan laughed.

"Wait so you know? When?" Elena looked almost as surprised as I was.

"This morning I knew for sure." Caroline smiled up at Damon and I.

"And Damon never use to sleep like that except when he was human. I remember having to fight him to wake up past noon."

Stefan smiled at me. I was ready for the worst, I was ready for Stefan to rip my throat out for doing this without him knowing. "I'm happy for you two."

"We're happy for you two." Caroline corrected him.

"So, what's it like? How do you feel?" Stefan asked me. I don't even know how to describe it.

"It's...different. But not a bad different. I don't know how to explain it." I shrugged.

All day we just sat around talking about Stefan and Caroline's wedding. It was annoying having to listen to Caroline going on and on about who's coming and where things go, I would rather talk about anything honestly.

Elena and I walked into my room, I still have no idea how I'm going to propose, I was going to propose right before I took the cure, but it didn't feel right so I don't know, I'm not very good at this kind of thing. I just feel like it needs to be perfect for Elena. I couldn't care less just as long as she says yes.

"Are you okay?" Elena wrapped her arms around me.

"Yeah, just thinking." I smiled at her. Thinking about how I'm going to make you my wife. She smiled at me. I smirked then threw her on the bed.

I started laughing when I got on top of her, "That was a little tougher as a human." She smiled and pulled me down so our lips would touch. This is the beginning of our future, our future as humans.

Elena's POV

This is everything I've imagine in the past 65 years, Damon and I, both human and happy. To be honest, I was sorta scared when he took the cure, cause what if Damon doesn't love me the same way vampire Damon does, you know. But everything is perfect.

It was about 8am, I'm cuddled into Damon's side, and yes, Damon is still snoring. But I don't care, it's cute.

I felt Damon move, "Morning." He pulled me closer to him.

"You're awake? I didn't think you would be up for another 3 hours." I laughed making fun of him.

"Funny." He said sarcastically and smiled. He kissed me, I couldn't stop smiling when he kissed me. I don't know what's with him, whenever I'm around him, I get all giddy.

I put my hand on his bare chest, "Let's get up. I can smell eggs."

He laughed and got up. It didn't help that he was walking around his room butt naked. I at least pulled the covers off the bed and wrapped them around me, but Damon is stripped down naked.

"Really? You couldn't have but underwear on at least." I laughed and eye balled him.

"Oh, come on. Don't tell me that you aren't loving this right now." He laughed. Tell you the truth, I was loving it, what, just look at him. I laughed and got dressed. By the time I was done Damon found the clothes we threw across the room last night and put them on. We walked downstairs together. Stefan and Care were talking on the couch, probably talking about their wedding. Damon and I fixed ourselves a plate of eggs and toast, Caroline probably made it. She was never good at cooking, but I'm not either so. But I think I can do better than toast, ahh I love Care, she drives me nuts half the time, but you learn to love her.

Damon's POV (Time Jump)

It'sbeen about 3 weeks since I took the cure to vampirism. Stefan and Caroline's wedding was just around the corner and Blondie'srunning around like a chicken with it's head cut off, while Stefan is justsitting around he's like me, he doesn't care about the wedding just as long asthey get married, for me I don't care about the proposal just as long as Elena saysyes. Stefan and Caroline decided to have their wedding at the chapel inMystic Falls, which is kind of weirdbecause the one time I remember all of us there is when someone died, not amarriage, but whatever. I still haven't decided how I'm going to propose toElena, and it's been driving me up the wall for the past month.