It's Time To Wake Up, Elena

Chapter 21

Damon's POV 

For the first time in like a week, I wake up with a smile on my face. I'm just so...happy. The wedding starts at 2:30 PM, and since I'm a late riser (human me always was), it's 11:37 AM. I hop out of bed and head downstairs, the only people here so far is of course Blondie, Stefan, Jeremy, and Alaric. Caroline is running around with a fucking checklist like a crazy perfectionist. Elena luckily isn't here, that I know of, no matter how much I want to hold Elena in my arms, I don't want to ruin the special moment when she comes down the aisle. Wow. I still cannot believe that Elena and I are getting married, I've been dreaming of this day for longer than I can remember.

Elena's POV 

I'm at Caroline and Stefan's house still. Care wants me to get dressed and ready here instead of the boarding house, which reasonable. Care just ran into the house, out of breath, which is weird since you know, she's a vampire.

"Care? You okay?" I chuckle.

"Yeah. Yeah. I've just been running around making sure everything is in place and ready to go." She giggles with me. She slowly walks up to me, I'm already dressed in my beautiful wedding dress, but I still don't have my hair or makeup done. "Elena. You look beautiful." Care started to tear up as I grab her hands.

"Thanks, Care." I smile through the tears.

"Okay no more crying 'till later." She laughs. "Now lets get your hair done." I sit down in-front of this huge mirror in Care's room. Caroline starts doing my hair and makeup.

Stefan's POV

I rest for the first time in 48 hours, but as soon as I relax Damon comes walking in with 2 glasses of bourbon in his hand, he hands me one and sits across from me on the other couch.

"Where did Blondie go?" Damon smirks.

"To help Elena get ready, and it's been like 70 years, why do you still call Care that?" I take a swig of the bourbon.

"Because I know it bugs you." He chuckles.

After a moment of silence I say, "Wedding is in a few hours."

He looks up at me. "And..."

"Nervous yet? I know I was about now." I laugh and chug the bourbon.

"Nope. Nothing. I really don't know what you were nervous about. I'm finally spending the rest of my life with the girl I fell in love with 70 so years ago. This is everything a man could wish for." He smiles and walks away.

I don't know why for sure, but when he said that I knew that Elena is the perfect girl for him, she brings out the good in him, and sometimes a little good is all you need.

Elena's POV

Caroline spins the chairs around so I'm facing the mirror again, and it took all the strength in me to hold back the tears from falling down my cheeks.

I have this huge smile on my face and I turn around to face Care again, "Thanks, Care."

I can see she's holding back the tears, "Don't worry. It's waterproof." She laughs and hugs me so tight that she squeezed a few tears out of me. "Okay. I gotta go get in my bridesmaid dress. I'll be in the other room if you need me." She walks away.

I face the mirror once more and the only thing I can think of is Damon. What will Damon think? What is he gonna look like  when he sees me? My train of thought stops. What is Damon going to think when I tell him I'm pregnant?

The wedding starts in an hour, Care and I just got back to the boarding house, I'm guessing almost everyone is here because not only is the driveway packed with cars but also the lawn out front. Care and I peek into see that mostly everyone is in the backyard so it wasn't too hard to sneak in unnoticed. I go into Damon and I's room so no one sees me yet, some more of Caroline's wedding rules.