There's Always You and Me

Chapter 11

This chapter is dedicated to swalcott! I hope you enjoy this! 

*hands swalcott a chocolate bar*

-- Yuki :D

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The moment Damon had entered the area, Percy had already dove cleanly into the pool with barely a splash. He could see Elena, Jeremy, the Gilbert's aunt, and Elena's friends by the pool watching the swimmers practice and contemplated joining them. He decided not to, going to the far end of the pool where swimmers were practicing their laps so he could watch Percy more clearly.

"And here I thought you weren't going to come to my first practice."

The vampire jerked in surprise at the voice and looked down to see Percy smiling up at him, his upper half resting on the edge of the pool. Damon's eyes flickered to where the diving board was, noting that it was near Elena, and wondered how the human had gotten to him so fast without him hearing anything. "Told you I'd be here."

"I know," Percy nodded, looking completely in his element as the water lapped around him calmly. "But you also said that while drooling over a chocolate chip pancake."

Damon didn't even bother pretending to be ashamed, "It was a good pancake."

The human rolled his eyes, "Whatever, doesn't beat blueberry pancakes." He glanced back when his coach blew his whistle and sighed, "Gotta start laps. Thanks for keeping me company today."

The vampire found it odd that he said that. He never thanked him before, he never had to. So, why was he thanking him now? "Of course." He spoke without thinking, "Anything for you."

Percy didn't say anything, giving Damon a pleased smile, before he sunk in the water like a stone, swimming fast under the water like he was a rocket.

"Did you just say what I think you did?" Stefan asked as he approached his brother with a smirk.

"Go away before I push you in the pool," Damon hissed childishly, glaring at the youngest Salvatore.

The brunette laughed and held his hands up in a platcating manner, "You're sounding more and more like Percy and I can't tell if it's a good thing or not. I was going to tell you that Caroline heard Percy on the phone during last period yesterday. She thinks he might have been talking with his family."

"Why are you telling me this?" Damon wondered, narrowing his eyes.

"Because the last time Percy looked pissed off, he went to you," Stefan said like it was obvious and he thought it really was. "And now he showed up at our place cooking breakfast, breakfast for you."

The eldest Salvatore tilted his head, "You seem to care an awfully lot about Percy."

Stefan rolled his eyes, "I'll admit he can be pretty cool but I still don't trust him. I'm still bothered by the fact that neither of us heard him come inside this morning."

Damon would admit, he had been thinking about that since Percy showed him the amount of pancakes he had made while waiting for him to wake up. There was no way Percy could get inside his home without him hearing the door open. His senses were just too alert to miss it. But that didn't mean that he did not trust Percy. He trusted him enough that it was a bit worrying.

"They're starting laps," Stefan said before walking off like he didn't just ignite Damon's suspicions about his best friend.

Damon looked over at his best friend just in time to see him dive into the pool with some of his teammates to do laps. Percy was fast, easily already faster than the others even though they just started. He was already at the end of his first lap by the time his teammates were halfway done with theirs. It didn't seem like he was tiring at all, though at times he slowed down like he didn't even realize the speed he was swimming at.