A/N: Before we start of this chapter I want to apologize for being so late with this update. But some stuff has been going on and that's why I simply had no time for writing. I hope you can forgive me and thanks for understanding. XXX BlackRoses

Damon's pov

Time is a weird thing. I thought while pretending to listen to the teacher in front of the class.

Time, it slows down and makes the awful times seem longer, but it goes faster and makes the good times seem to go by in a second. That's exactly how my life looked now. The precious moments I shared with Keiths went by way to fast while the moments without him seemed to be lasting forever.

I was glad Thanksgiving was nearing quickly, because it meant that I had no school, a whole day where the house smelled like heaven and a nice Thanksgiving dinner with mine and Keith's family. 

And because Keith and his mother were coming over, Drake decided to ditch his friends and have dinner with us. And between Thanksgiving and Christmas were only a a few weeks. Things were looking good and I can say I was actually really happy and having a great time with Keith. 

I startled out of thoughts when the bell ring and I could finally leave this living Hell and go to Keith. The cafe had become our safe haven where we would hang out most of the time after school. Of course I hadn't forgotten about the guy in front of the window, but I had pushed it to the back of my head. 

Today was a sunny day and made the leafless trees appear less depressed. Keith and I walked close next to each other over the pavement to the cafe. Keith told me a funny story about his neighbour and a bucket of water and I heard only half of what he said. 

"Damon, I know that it's November and not really warm, but do you want to grab a sandwich and some coffee to go and have lunch with me at the park?" He asked and I looked up at him, meeting his expectant eyes and I smiled. 

"Of course, it's a nice day to be at the park." I said and not long after we sad with our food and drinks in the park under our usual now leafless weeping willow. We both knew we were observing each other in silence while eating our lunch.

The low sun with it's golden rays gave him a halo around his blonde hair. Where the light hits his left eye it's bright colors took my breath away and I was overwhelmed by the emotions I saw in them. 

As I leaned in his eyes twinkled with mischief as he quickly took a bite from his sandwich. I smirked and planted a kiss on his nose before I took a huge bite from his sandwich as well. 

"Hey!" He exclaimed staring at the small piece of bread he had left. I laughed at his silly face and offered him a bite of mine.

"Don't you ever try that again." Keith threatened and I raised my eyebrows coming a little closer. 

"Or what?" I asked challenging him to come up with something. But I had trapped him with my gaze as I kept closing the space between us until there was no space left and my nose touched his. I smiled as he let out a little sigh and kissed him gently before pulling back teasingly. 

But he was quick and grabbed my neck before I was too far away and he pulled me back against his lips. We melted against each other and my arms found their way to his waist. 

We both jumped apart when the alarm on my phone went off. "Oh shit, we have to go back." I said checking the time. 

"We're lucky you set an alarm." Keith said with relief in his voice. We indeed were. I'm sure that if I didn't we would have ended up being terribly late due to our make out session. 

The days went my like this, almost carefree and filled with joy. We became more reckless, maybe too reckless. We didn't care, but we should've. 

Finally Thanksgiving arrived, I smelled it before I realized the date. My mother had a habit on Thanksgiving to start cooking really early and make us a nice brunch when we woke up. When I rolled out of bed I decided to take a shower and get dressed before following the delicious smell that came from downstairs. 

Drake arrived just before brunch and after that I helped my mom with cooking and the rest of our household had been given the task to clean the house before our guests would arrive at five o' clock. 

I honestly couldn't wait for them to arrive and I caught myself humming a song while cutting some vegetables. The hours flew by and I hadn't noticed the time until someone knocked on the door. With a knife still in my hand I ran to the door to be the first to open. 

With a smile I greeted Keith and his mother. "Knife to see you too, Damon." Keith said looking at the kitchen tool in my hand. "Ha ha." I said sarcastically pulling him inside with my free hand. "Thank you again for inviting us, Damon." His mother said and I smiled at her. She had a bouquet of flowers in one hand and used the other to pull me into a hug. I held the knife away from her before I'd stab her. 

In the living room I introduced Claire to my parents and siblings and left her and Keith with my family while me and my mother disappeared into the kitchen to make everything ready. 

When everyone had a seat, the dishes were served on the table. I was proud of my mom and I. We made a nice turkey, mashed potato, cranberry sauce, some stuffing, green beans and a pumpkin pie. 

My siblings and I cracked jokes with Keith while Claire and my parents conversated and seemed to get along really well. I really hoped both Keith and Claire would like the food my mother and I had been working on all day. 

It was a lovely night and afterwards we played some games until Sam and Lucy had to go to bed. They begged and begged for a story from Keith until we gave in and agreed on bringing them to bed. And since our parents were busy talking, we decided to sneak to my room to be alone for a bit. 

"Did you like the food?" I asked as we dropped ourselves on the couch. 

"Like is and understatement. It was divine! Did you and your mom make all that?" Keith asked in disbelief. I nodded and smiled at him. "Promise me you'll make me dinner once more." I laughed and pulled him closer. 

"You know Keith, if you'll promise you'll stay with me, I'll make you dinner whenever you want and also breakfast and lunch if you please." I said resting my head on top of his. 

"I promise." Keith whispered and that was all it took for me to crash my lips on his and make him feel how much that promise meant to me. 

Keith's pov

On the way back home my mom and I had a pleasant conversation about the family Stone. 

"I'm glad you and Damon's parents are getting along so well." I said and she gave me a smile. 

"They're so nice and warm. And I'm really happy for you and Damon by the way. You two are doing great, right?" She said with an all knowing smile. I felt my cheeks heaten up knowing that she referred to the part of the evening where Damon and I had gone upstairs, only to come down with messy hair, red cheeks and swollen lips. Also he had kissed me goodbye in front of our parents, but it hadn't been uncomfortable.

"Yeah, we're doing great." I said with a big grin. 

At home we sat on the couch and watched some TV until she turned it off and faced me with a serious expression on her face. 

"And you're not being bullied or something?" She asked a little hesitant. I bowed my head and shook it. "No, but that might be because we're keeping it a secret for now." I said with a soft voice. 

My mother sighed with a slight frown of worry. "And you're okay with that?" She asked carefully. I nodded. 

"Yes mom, I'm fine with that. I don't know how people will react and neither does Damon. We'll have to find out one day." I said with a sigh. She nodded and for a moment I thought the conversation was over. 

"Keith, if you ever want to talk to me about things, you know you always can, right?" She asked and I nodded reassuring before cuddling up next to her like I used to do when I was younger and there were no more things to say.  

After a while both my mom and I struggled to keep our eyes open so we went to our beds. Before I crawled under the sheets of my nice warm bed I grabbed my phone and checked my messages. 

"I miss you. :(" Damon had send me. And I smiled before typing a reply. "I miss you too :)"

"Aren't you tired?" And the smile on my face grew wider. We texted for way too long and before I knew it, it was early in the morning around 2 'o clock. I sighed when we wished each other goodnight and tried to fall asleep. 

But I couldn't. My mind kept replaying our Thanksgiving together. It felt so complete to have dinner with both our families like that and it made me wonder if I would get to experience that again. 

I promised Damon I'd stay with him, but for how long? It's not that I didn't wanted to be with him, but about what amount of time had he been talking? 

I sighed in furstration, why would my mind come up with these types of questions when all I wanted to do is to enjoy my sleep. Why was my mind completely blank in class but filled at night? 

Annoyed with myself I sat up straight in bed and put on my bedside lamp. I grabbed a piece of paper and a raw piece of kohl from my drawer and started scratching. The lines were pointy and messy and sharp, filled with frustration, rage and screaming for help in it's own chaos. 

When I let it all out and looked at the mess on paper from a distance I saw it was somewhat heartshaped and I was astonished by my subconsciousness. I sighed and felt more relaxed, but I'd started and couldn't be stopped.

So I grabbed another piece of paper and started drawing my favorite pair of eyes. I tried to draw as realistic as possible, putting emotion in them and playing with the twinkles he always seemed to have when we locked gazes. 

I used different shades of grey to accentuate the amber dots in his iris, it was a black and white drawing after all. His thick dark lashes were swiftly drawn stripes and after adding some more shading around the eyes I was satisfied with the way Damon's eyes looked at me. I smiled and yawned. When my eyes fell on the clock on my wall I chuckled. Two hours had passed and I felt my eyes close once more this. 

I put away my freshly made drawings, turned the lights off laid down again. This time I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. 

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Hello lovely readers, I explained at the beginning of this chapter why this chapter is published so late, that's also the reason that this chapter is a bit shorter than usual and yes a little bit of a filler, but it'll make sense. And once again I'm really sorry and thank you all so much for still reading. So chapter 16, the tags said it, this won't be a very long story and there won't be another ten chapters or so. That's why I wanted you guys some questions and I would love to hear from you. 

What do you think of this story so far? 

Who's you favorite character and why? 

What has been your favorite part to this point?

What do you think will happen next?

And for the last question: Do you have tips or feedback?

I'll try and finish another chapter this weekend, but I can't promise. 

XXX BlackRoses