Endless Souls

A Night of Romance

Damon smiles at me as we head for it, the place where it all started.

"Let's go."

"I'll meet you down there." He smiles then heads for the swimming hole. I run my fingers through my hair.

"You've slept with him a thousand times or more. It's just skinny dipping Elena." I say to myself, quietly so Damon can't hear. I watch as he strips. I grab my towel out of the back and I close my eyes.

What is wrong with me?

I know what's wrong, in all of the years you've been married to Damon Salvatore, you've never done something as romantic as skinny dipping under the stars in the place where your romance first started.

Shut up conscience.

Hey, I'm just saying.

I roll my eyes then I carefully breathe out.

"It's okay Elena." I whisper to myself. I take my shirt off then my skinny jeans, then my undergarments. My feet find themselves frozen in place, but I move them anyways. I tip toe down the path toward the swimming hole and toward my husband. I take a few deep breaths, then I drop the towel by Damon's. I shake, and not from the cool air, I'm a vampire, but from the nervousness. I crawl in the water, then I make my way out to where he is. I come behind him and I gently kiss his back. He doesn't say anything, he just kisses me passionately.

"It's beautiful at night."

"Yeah. I knew it would be." He pulls me to the side of him and looks at me up and down.

"What?"

"Sei così bella Elena." I look down and blush.

" Ti amo così tanto Damon."

" Ti amo con tutto il mio cuore." I kiss him again and he smiles against my lips. He grabs my hand and the towels on the beach beside us, then speeds us to a little clearing across the swimming hole.

"Where are we going?"

"Shhh it's a surprise mon amour." I smile and he hands me the towel. He wraps his around his waist and I see another clearing, surrounded by purple flowers with candles strung in the trees.

"I hope you don't think I forgot."

"The anniversary of the first time we ever slept together? Never." I laugh and Damon pulls me into him.

"I love you Elena."

"I love you so much Damon." He leans down and captures my lips with his. We both pull away only to drop our towels and reignite the kiss. Damon lies me down on a blanket and I pull one over us.

Your's is the first face I saw

I think I was blind before I met you.

"You're the one Damon. I love you so much. More then you'll ever know." He smiles down at me and kisses me harder, then our tongues dance together as we share kiss after sweet kiss. The candlelight burns like the fire in our souls, so bright you can't even see straight.

Remember the time you drove all night

Just to meet me in the morning

And I thought it was strange

You said everything changed

You felt as if you'd just woke up.

I wonder if it feels like the first time for him, because honestly it's so romantic that it fills me and consumes me, and I feel like I'm in Denver all over again. Damon's lips keep finding mine and he travels down to my stomach.

So if you wanna be with me

With these things there's no telling

We'll just have to wait and see.

His eyes are so warm and kind as he finds mine over and over. I run my fingers through his raven black hair as he kisses my neck softly and making me feel like I'm on a cloud.

And if a double-decker bus

Crashes in to us

To die by your side

Is such a heavenly way to die.

His lips are soft, like a blanket you don't want to get out of. Our breaths mix and I shudder under his embrace. He sits up and I sit up with him, stealing kisses and igniting a fire I only felt when I was just 18 years old.

Yes, Damon Salvatore is the only one who can make me feel like this, the only one who can make me happy when I'm upset.

I love him, more than he knows. Damon Salvatore found me when I was at my best and still found I didn't have what I wanted. I want a love that consumes me, I want passion, an adventure, and even a little danger. Damon got what he wanted too. I got everything I'm looking for and it's only with him.

Damon is the best thing that ever happened to me. He challenges me, surprises me. Makes me question my life. He's the best thing for me.

His lips are so warm, so inviting, comforting. I remember looking at them like that when I first kissed him in Denver. On this night, over 30 years ago, I fell in love with Damon Salvatore but I didn't know it yet.

Damon crawls off me and we stare lovingly at each other, the words that we need to express only in our hearts, not to be corrupted by this world.

I fall asleep as the last candle burns out and my body wrapped in Damon's arms, my heart pumping and my mind clear of all things except my Damon, my love.