Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 42

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

The next morning Damon and Elena made their way downstairs to the kitchen for some coffee. After Elena had pulled Damon into her magical hug, they spent the following hour at the club with Damon proving the girl was no threat to Elena, a task he found thoroughly enjoyable. He also noticed while he was in her magical embrace, his love for her and the baby was almost overwhelming him, making him feel even more protective. Afterwards, Damon suspected this must have been a small glimpse of what Elena had felt when she saw red and attacked the girl, which was worrying him. Something needed to be done about the baby's powers, as it threatened to consume Elena, and possibly even him. Therefore when after a very long, hot, sexy shower with Elena, he was glad Bonnie and Jeremy were already up and making coffee.

"Good morning." Damon grinned as he and Elena walked into the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools around the island. "Is the coffee drinkable?" he asked.

"Bonnie made it, so yeah." Jeremy replied as Bonnie poured some into two mugs and handed them one each."

"How was your night?" Elena asked innocently.

"It was nice and quiet." Bonnie replied, looking furtively at Jeremy, although she didn't smile too much.

Damon glanced between the two of them and deduced the evening might not have gone as planned, especially as the look on Bonnie's face suggested it had been a bit of a disappointment. Maybe the younger Gilbert just wasn't up to what Bonnie was expecting, and as sad as it may be, it was the least of his concerns right now.

"We might have a little problem." Damon frowned as he and Elena exchanged glances.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.

"I sorta performed magic last night." Elena admitted sheepishly. "Twice." she added.

"How?" Jeremy asked.

"It was triggered by her emotional reactions." Damon explained.

"I got jealous?" Elena admitted.

"What do you mean triggered by emotional reactions?" Jeremy asked. "Jealous? What did you do to my sister?" he said angrily turning to Damon.

"Calm down Jer." Elena told him. "Damon did nothing wrong." she insisted.

"I was hunting." Damon explained. "Elena thought my prey was too pretty and she felt threatened." he shrugged.

"I got a red mist." Elena continued. "When I started to feed, I nearly killed her, but Damon pulled me away before I could. Then I blasted her across the room." she frowned. "Luckily Damon saved her." she sighed.

"I got a little more selective with the prey after that." Damon nodded. "Made sure Elena wouldn't feel threatened. Plus I didn't hunt in front of her."

"Did that work?" Bonnie asked.

"Yeah." Elena smiled.

"I thought you said twice?" Jeremy frowned.

"I tried more times than that." Elena shrugged. "But nothing worked because I didn't really feel the emotions which were guiding me."

"So what changed?" Bonnie asked.

"I thought about my love for Damon." Elena smiled.

"And then it felt like someone had wrapped their arms around me and dragged me across the room until we were practically touching." Damon explained. "I had no control over it."