Her Saving Grace

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

A couple of weeks later, I decide I need to venture out. Since it's summer, I don't have to worry about being stuck in classes with people and fighting the blood lust. Lucky me. "I want to go out. Do something." I say. "We can go to the Grill." Caroline says. "We will go with you. The three of us there, it will be easier to help you if you start feeling like you are losing control." Stefan says and I agreed.

A half hour later we walk into the Grill and see Matty working the bar. Walking over to a booth, Matty takes a break and comes to check on me. "Hey Sis. How ya feeling?" he asked. "Really good." I say smiling. We spend the next couple of hours just hanging out and playing pool and never once did I start feeling the urge taking over. "You good?" Damon asked softly in my ear. "Yeah. I'm okay." I tell him and he kisses me softly.

One thing about being a vampire, I can hear a lot better. "Is that Nate's ex? What is she doing here?" One girl said. "It is. Looks like she moved on fast. You know she tried to say Nate raped her?" Another girl said. "Yeah, him and his friends. She probably begged for it." the first girl said. I tensed up and Damon noticed. "You okay?" he asked. "Yeah. Uh, I think I am going to head back home." I say, grabbing my jacket from the back of my chair. I stand up and start to walk away and he grabs my arm. "Baby, talk to me. What's wrong." he said. "Those girls were talking about me. Saying that I was probably begging Nate and his friends that night." I said as my eyes start tearing up. Caroline walks up and hears what I told Damon. "Stay with her. I'll handle this." he says and walks off. Caroline walks me back to the table to sit down and we hear Damon talking to the girls. "Hello Ladies. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but the girl you were talking about is my girlfriend and you see, what you were saying has upset her. I can't have that." he looks into their eyes and says "You two don't know her. You will leave and go home. You ate and had a good time but are really tired so when you get home you will go to sleep, forgetting me, her and this conversation. Do you understand?" he asked. "We understand." they said blankly. Damon walks back over and says "I took care of it. You okay?" I look at him and snuggle into his embrace and say "I am now."

That night we are laying in bed and I am snuggled into his side and he kisses my lips. "I love you Char." I smile at him and say "I love you too, Damon." We close our eyes and go to sleep. Waking up the next morning, I am still in his arms. I don't know how I slept before meeting Damon. He has done wonders for me.

***Six months later***

It's graduation day. I can't believe we made it. Sitting on the football field waiting our turn to get our diplomas, they start calling names. "Bonnie Bennett...Charlotte Donovan...Matthew Donovan" The principal calls out. As we walk across the stage we hear our friends cheering for us but when I accepted my diploma, I looked over to Damon and saw him cheering louder than anyone else. Once the ceremony is done, we join Damon and Alaric and Damon pulls me in for a tight hug and kisses me softly. "I'm proud of you Char." he tells me. I tighten my hold on him just to hear him laugh.

That night we are sitting in the Salvatore's parlor, celebrating our graduation. Damon is standing at the fireplace and makes a toast. "Here's to all my favorite pains in the ass and my favorite Princess. We are really proud of you guys." We all hold up our drinks and cheer with him. Putting my drink down, I walk over to Damon and wrap my arms around his neck. I whisper in his ear "It's someday." He looks at me and his eyes go wide. "Really?" he asked. "Really." I reply. He picks me up and twirls me around and kisses me passionately. Everyone looks at us confused. Stefan asked "What's going on?" Damon smiles and says "It's someday." Stefan and Bonnie start cheering and come to congratulate us. "Someone want to explain what that means?" Caroline asked. "When Damon gave me my daylight ring, it was his mother's engagement ring. He said he would wait an eternity for my answer and I said someday I would say yes. I told him it's someday." They all look at us shocked for a second before they envelope us in hugs and congratulations.

Later that night, we all call it a night and laying in bed with Damon, he kisses me and hovers over me. "Love my Damon." was all I had to say before we spend the rest of the night making love. Laying there in blissful afterglow, he asked. "When do you want to get married?" I looked up at him and said "As soon as possible. I love you Damon but I don't want a wedding. Just us, our friends and brothers and a courthouse is perfect." He smiles and says, "We have everyone here. We can go to the courthouse tomorrow and get married. Of course I will have to compel a few people but we will get it done." I kiss him softly before saying "As long as I become Mrs Salvatore, I don't care how we have to do it." I snuggle in closer to him and we drift off to sleep.