It's Time To Wake Up, Elena

Chapter 20

Damon's POV 

I sneak back into the boarding house. I haven't seen Elena fro about 3 days now, and I'm dying to see her. I tip toe around the house and take a peek outside to see Elena and Caroline walking back towards the house. I hide behind a corner. Caroline walks past me without seeing me, once Elena walks past me, I put my hand over her mouth to keep her from making noise. I push her against the wall and I bring up my index finger to my lips symbolizing her to be quiet. She laughs quietly as I bring my hand down from her mouth,

"Hi." I whisper and smile at her.

"Hi." She returns the smile as I kiss her. Just her kiss calms me down, and blinds me of the world.

"I've missed you." I smile with my eyes as if I haven't seen her in centuries. 

She laughs and looks down, then back into my eyes, "I've missed you too. Uhh- Damon."

"Yeah?" I still have a huge grin on my face.

"There's something you should know." 

"Elena. No matter what it is, I don't care about it right now. These next few days, these are our days. You can tell me whatever it is after our wedding. I don't want to think about anything or anyone else besides you, Elena." I see in her eyes she feels the same way.

"Okay." She smiles and places a kiss on my lips as she walks away to re-join Caroline who still hasn't noticed that Elena and I snuck off together. 

I smile as I sneak out of the front door and drive to the place I should have been this whole time, The Grill. I take a seat in the same bar stool I've been sitting in for the last 70 years. a few drinks later, Jackson sits next to me and orders a round of shots.

"So, two more days? Huh?" He chuckles.

"Yup." I chug the last of my bourbon.

"Nervous? Excited? Scared? Come on. Give me the details." He laughs again.

"Anxious." 

"What?" He sounds confused.

"I finally get to be with the love of my life. I finally get to live in our own house with her, start a family, grow old. I can't wait, and I'm starting to that two days is too long to wait." I smile as I think of what our future can and will be like. "I can't wait." I repeat.

Jackson smiles and slides over a shot glass as he picks one up. "To...the beginning of something amazing." 

"Cheers." I lift up the shot glass.

"Cheers." He chugs his. I as well.

Elena's POV 

It's around 8 OM, Care and I are on our way back to her place. She lowers the radio. 

"Did you tell him?" She smiles. I honestly have no clue what she's talking about.

"What are you talking about?" I say.

"Oh, Elena. Don't play dumb." She laughs. "I know you and Damon were sneaking around earlier. Did you tell him?" She doesn't seem to be mad that I saw the groom.

"No." I look out the window.

"Elena!" She looks at me.

"I tried! He just...didn't give me a chance." I look over at Care. She looks mad that I haven't told him yet.

"I'll tell him after the wedding. As soon as I get the chance."

Care smiles. I think she's acting so paranoid about this is because she's treating my pregnancy as if it was hers.

Caroline's POV 

The wedding is tomorrow and I unlike everyone else is the only one helping. There's so much that still needs to be done, with little time left. I mean. Am I the only one that about this wedding?

"Stefan, you finish setting up the chairs." I order the lazy vampire on the couch.

"Damon, you go pick up the centerpieces for the tables." I tell Damon.

"Yes, ma'am." Damon says sarcastically.

Elena walks in with Damon still in site, "Elena, you aren't suppose to be here."

"Well, I figured you'd need my help." She smiles.

"Ahh. Elena, this is why you're my best friend." I smile. "Okay, the delivery truck with the flowers should be here any second, you tell there where to put what."

"Okay." Elena chuckles and walks out.

I take a deep breath, and look around, searching for more things that need to be done. I look out the window to see Stefan placing the chairs down differently from what I had.

"Stefan!" I rush out the door to save the day.

Damon's POV 

Blondie has us running around like chickens with our head's cut off. And if we don't participate in this setup she will literally cut our heads off, no doubt. Carebear thinks there's so much still to be done but no there isn't, we need a few flowers and these centerpieces, for real. But it'll all be worth it in 24 hours. Wow. 24 hours. I can't help but smile.

A few hours have passed, the flowers are almost done, table and chairs are good, and centerpieces are places. Blondie still won't really let me talk to Elena or even see her, which is driving me mad.

Elena's POV

As we finish up with the flowers I look around and soak up this beautiful sight and what it will become tomorrow. As the sun goes down, I walk into the living room of the boarding house. Care and Stefan are sitting on the couch talking and Damon is nowhere to be found, but that's not surprising, Care probably has him locked in his room or something preventing me from seeing him. I sit across from Stefan and Care.

Hours go by in minutes, and I didn't even see Stefan leave the living room and Care is trying to snap me out of whatever trance I was in.

"Elena? Elena?" Care yells and snaps her fingers.

"Huh? What?" I snap out of it.

"We're leaving." She laughs. "It's past midnight."

"Oh, uh. Okay, yeah." I get up and head towards the door.

"You okay? What was that?" She sounded nervous.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about, well you know." I hint towards the baby.

"Oh, yeah. Well, if you ever need anything. You know who to come to." She gives me her generous smile as we get in her car and drive to her place. She still won't let me and Damon even sleep under the same roof until the wedding, she thinks it'll make the ceremony even more magical if Damon and I haven't really seen each other in a few days. 

Damon's POV

I wake up from bed, alone. Blondie is driving me nuts with this whole 'no being, seeing, or talking each other until the wedding' thing. But it doesn't matter anymore, because today's the day.

Elena's POV

I wake up from the deepest sleep I've had in the past week. I gaze around the room, remembering that tonight I will be next to the love of my life again. Because today's the day.