There's Always You and Me

Chapter 12

This chapter is dedicated to notasinglelady! I hope you enjoy this little piece of perfection!

Anyways, December is nearly upon us. If anyone remembers the post I made about the first two weeks of December and the Christmas special, you can start sending in your requests now! If you all forgot, I'll post something about it in a few days.

Enjoy!

-- Yuki :D

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"Percy's getting too close to Damon," Elena said, looking up at Stefan from where she was cuddled at his side.

"I know," He nodded. "But there's nothing I can do."

She turned towards him, eyebrows furrowed, "Why not? You can take Percy easily if he tries anything."

Stefan shook his head, trying not to shudder, "I can't, Elena. I can't do anything about it."

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"I will cut you," Percy said, pointing at Damon with a sharp knife when the vampire tried to steal some chocolate chips.

"But chocolate..." Damon didn't usually pout but he turned it on full force and even brought out the puppy eyes.

The human's stern expression slowly faded into amused irritation and he rolled his eyes, filling a small bowl with chocolate chips before sliding it towards the Salvatore, "Only that. Mrs. Lockwood asked me if I could bake some cookies for her party since Ms. Blake is on her honeymoon. I want to make sure we have enough for everyone there."

Damon tilted his head, doing the math in his head, and slowly brought a chocolate chip to his lips, "That's... A lot of cookies. Where did you even get the money for all the ingredients?"

Percy paused for a moment, setting down a mixing bowl, "I asked my dad for some money." He shrugged, "He sent me enough for two weeks. Paypal is amazing."

"Two weeks?" Damon blinked in surprise, "Is your dad rich?"

"Eh," The human shrugged. "I guess he is. He's... Out there."

"Would I know him if I saw him?"

Percy tilted his head, "As my father? Most definitely. As anything else? ...Probably not. I don't know, you're smart so anything can happen."

Damon nodded, accepting the answer (and the compliment), "Okay. Anything I can do to help?"

The teen looked around his small kitchen, the counters covered in flour and baking supplies, "I might need you to go to the store for some more butter."

"Sure," The Salvatore stood up, grabbing his keys.

"Thanks!" Percy beamed at the vampire, a fondness in his features that made the green of his eyes shine brightly. His blue apron was covered in flour and bits of egg yolk, and his hair had a tint of white to it from the sugar that went flying everywhere after the teen struggled to open the packaging. He looked bright and happy as he mixed cookie dough, sneaking bits for himself to eat and occasionally giving some to Damon.

Damon blinked and his voice sounded a bit strangled when he spoke, "Of course." What was wrong with him? He must have spaced or something. He walked to the door of Percy's apartment, only turning back once to watch how his best friend hummed along to music coming quietly from his phone while swaying his hips lightly.

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"Damon?" Bonnie blinked in surprise at the vampire, who was glaring at the assortment of butters in Mystic Falls' small grocery store. "What are you doing here?" She didn't like Damon, couldn't stand him, but he looked like he would physically explode if she didn't do something.