Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

twelve

12. What Are You?

Damon stood in front of the fireplace in the Salvatore's living room, a glass of bourbon in his hand, when suddenly two arms were wrapped around his waist.

"Hey".

Damon titled his head and smiled seeing his soulmate, "Hey" he whispered.

"What you thinking?" a curious Aria asked.

Damon turned around and put his free hand on Aria's waist, pulling her closer to him, "I'm not thinking about anything, I'm just happy".

Aria smiled, "I'm happy too, everything is starting to fall back in place, you're back, Kol's back, the siren's are gone, the triplets are happy, everything is just great".

"And we have you to thank for everything" Damon said, kissing Aria's nose.

Aria shook her head, "I might have brought you back, but the triplets brought Kol back and Cade is the one who got rid of the sirens".

Damon shook his head in amusement, "You can never just accept a compliment, can you?".

"Yes, I can" Aria retorted.

"No, you can't" Damon retorted back, placing his glass on the table, he then turned to Aria and placed a hand on the back of her neck and pulled her towards him, their lips lightly brushing against each other, "By the way, did I tell you that I love you?".

Aria smiled against Damon's lips, "You didn't today".

Damon smiled, "Well, Aria Connor-Forbes, I love you".

"Forever?" Aria asked.

"And ever" Damon said, finally placing his lips on to Aria's.

Aria wrapped her arms around Damon's neck and pulled her closer to him, while one of Damon's hands went down to Aria's waist, the other travelled behind her back, just as things were getting heated between the two soulmates, someone interrupted them.

"Forgive me", hearing the familiar voice, immediately caused Damon and Aria to separate from each other and turn to the person who barged into their home.

"Cade" an annoyed Aria greeted.

"I figured you two were busy so I let myself in" Cade informed the couple, "I came to offer my condolences, I'm sorry for your loss".

"Our loss?" a confused Aria asked, "What the hell are you talking about Cade? We haven't lost anyone".

"I'm referring to your ex-lover" Cade clarified.

"My ex-lover?" a confused Aria asked.

"Kol?" an equally confused Damon asked.

"When Kol made a deal with me, he agreed for a whole year both you and him would keep your humanity off" Cade informed, "However since you Aria, just couldn't stop yourself from turning their humanity back on, it rendered our agreement null and void, Damon and Kol are now free".

Damon and Aria immediately exchanged a look, they were happy that Kol and Damon were freed from Cade's deal, but they were also worried Cade wasn't going to give the two vampires their freedom for free.