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Requested by damvampsal21
Warning: Substance Abuse, TVD Book References (no spoilers), Meredith Sulez OOC, Book!Damon References, General Adult Content.
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(But she is dressed for something, something that is no good.)
She wondered if any of these people could actually see her, you know - really see her. Every time she caught someone staring at her, she'd politely smile back until the person looked away. After a few hours, her face started hurting from all of the fake smiling. She was bored out of her mind. More like dying slowly at her own Sweet 16th birthday. Girls dreamed of this day to come all of their lives, more so than even their own wedding, because such a glorious celebration can only happen once. Logically speaking, a girl's 21st birthday was a different beast entirely. She smirked promising herself to actually live a little on her 21st birthday to make up for such a catastrophic celebration.
"Elena!" Miranda Gilbert, her picture-perfect mother called her from across the hall.
She nodded dutifully and walked over to her.
"It's time to cut your cake, sweetheart." Miranda said petting her hair in a way that made her feel like a doll. "Why don't you freshen up?"
She looked at her mother incredulously.
"Your lips are so pale, Elena." Miranda complained with a firm expression. "You want to look your best for the photographs, don't you? These are memories you're creating!"
She rolled her eyes and walked away. She couldn't believe her parents had hired a professional photographer to document her birthday party. The night had turned into a total circus. The entire town was invited to see the Gilbert's prized jewel on display. Her younger brother had only spent a few hours with her earlier in favor of going out, since all of the attention would be on the birthday girl.
Her tight fuchsia gown felt increasingly suffocating; the party of course had to be black tie. She huffed in disdain like there weren't enough black tie events in Mystic Falls? Of course, her dear mother couldn't pass up another opportunity to show up Carol Lockwood. The women were notorious frenemies, always competing to namesake this charity and that fund. It was exhausting to keep up with, but apparently not much had changed in over a century, dating back to when the founding families had battled it out to host the first Founder's Party. The Lockwoods won.
Finally making it through the hordes of people and upstairs to her bedroom, she lazily looked around for her lipstick. After finding her Chanel 'No. 54 Frivole', she stood at her vanity mirror carefully applying it. But a buzzing sound on her dresser caught her attention, it was her cell phone. She hadn't checked it in hours, what was the point? Everyone she knew had been invited to the party. Curious, she flipped open her LG 'enV2' to check for unread texts.
All of the texts were from the one and only Meredith Sulez.
Meredith had been one of Elena's best friends until she graduated and left for college. She was a freshman at William & Mary, enrolled in the Pre-Med track. A week ago, Meredith had declined the RSVP to the party because of looming mid-terms. Elena had felt broken hearted and forgotten by her friend, it was hard to get over the rejection. She wondered if Meredith had finally realized how lame it was to hang out with her given their age difference.
"Elena! Pick up your phone."
"Hey, what time is your party ending?"
"I want to see you!"
"I miss you! Come on, you know I want to see you."
"Ugh! Elena!"
Elena read all of the text messages from Meredith and immediately her mood lightened. Meredith was older, experienced, wiser… none of her friends in Mystic Falls were anything like her. Meredith possessed a strong inner confidence that never faltered even around the most intimidating people. She knew seeing Meredith would make her a lot happier.
She quickly dialed her friend and prayed that she'd pick up.
"Elena." Meredith answered into the phone after the fifth ring.
"Mere!" She squealed in return. "What happened? Are you coming?"
"I just happen to be on the road right now." Meredith replied smugly.
"What? No way! What happened? I thought you had a mid-term?"
"It was a take-home paper and a done deal now..." Meredith explained flatly. "So what's up, birthday girl? How's the party? Am I missing anything?"
"Argh." She huffed in disdain. "I'm so so bored. It's the same ol' Mystic Falls scene with fucking hors d'œuvres."
"Ouch." Meredith sympathized softly. "Sorry you're so bummed. What about Bonnie and Caroline?"
"What about them?" She hissed. "Bonnie won't even have one drink with me! And Caroline isn't speaking to me. She's just hanging out with what's her face - Amber."
"What?" Meredith exclaimed, raising her voice uncharacteristically. "What are you guys fighting about this time?"
"Hell if I know… I think she's secretly jealous that Matt Donovan asked me to the Winter Formal."
"Who's that… oh, that one football player from JV?"
"Varsity." Elena corrected coyly. "Anyway, so, when are you getting here? Save me!"
"I'm still like 2 hours away." Meredith replied casually.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Anything." Meredith answered smoothly.
"Get me out of here…"
"What?"
"Like, when you get here, let's just go out. 'kay?"
"But your party-."
"Who cares? I'll think of something." She rushed hearing her name called. It had been awhile since mother sent her up to 'freshen up'. "I gotta go! Just call me when you're close by."
Elena took a deep breath. Okay, she could do this, she reassured herself. She could plan the perfect escape and have a real birthday! Checking her perfect complexion in the mirror one last time, she left the confines of her bedroom to meet the crowd. She acted like everything was normal, but on the inside she was burning with fierce anticipation. Sneaking out had always given her such a rush!
"Happy birthday to Elena…."
"Happy birthday to Elena…."
"Happy birthday to Elena…."
After the photos, cake, presents and festivities, Elena secretly pulled Bonnie into a corner away from everyone else.
"So how does it feel to be 16?" Bonnie asked cheerfully giving her a warm hug.
"It's about to feel a whole lot better." She answered mischievously.
"Elena?" Bonnie questioned suspiciously.
"Meredith is coming."
"Wow! That's great! I thought you said she couldn't come." Bonnie replied enthusiastically. "But it's so late, isn't she's going to miss the whole party?"
"Um. Yeah." She rolled her eyes. "Listen, I'm going to tell my parents that I'm sleeping over at your place."
"Oh, you are?" Bonnie asked surprised by the change of plans.
"No!" She quickly dismissed. "Didn't you just hear me… Meredith is coming!"
Bonnie looked at her blankly.
"I'm going out with Meredith tonight and I'm probably not getting back until sometime tomorrow afternoon." She explained in a hushed tone.
"Elena. I don't know if this is such a good idea."
She glared at her best friend. "You could come with us."
"Oh, no, I don't think so..." Bonnie replied nervously. Her grandmother was always so strict about staying out late at night.
"Fine. Whatever." She shrugged flippantly. "Just do this for me. Please. Best friend to best friend."
And those were the only words she needed to guilt trip Bonnie into helping her escape.
(Can't believe it, what I'm seeing when I stepped inside.)
"I can't believe you're doing this." Meredith said cracking up as Elena got into her vintage Audi 5000 Quattro. The girls had decided to meet in the Grille's parking lot, because it was located right in between Elena and Bonnie's houses.
Elena simply raised a brow in defiance.
"Okay, yeah, this is totally something you'd do." Meredith smirked grabbing her best friend's hand. "What's with the bag?"
Elena looked down at her overnight bag. "I didn't know what to wear." She shrugged nonchalantly. "And… my parents think I'm slumbering it with Bonnie."
"Smart." Meredith nodded calmly, her silky jet black hair shined in the moonlight. "So where to birthday girl?" She asked tapping her fingers on the steering wheel.
"How about somewhere we can dance?" Elena asked hopefully. "Maybe all night?"
Meredith sat quietly contemplating her request since the girls were both still underage and Elena didn't even own a fake ID. She doubted Elena could pass for 21 regardless. She sighed reaching for her iPhone to find somewhere lax on the rules.
"Who are you calling?" Elena asked curiously.
Meredith shook her head. "I'm checking Facebook to see if there's anything going on."
"Uh-Huh." She replied lowly in understanding.
"Got it." Meredith said victoriously after scanning her events page. On a Saturday night, more importantly the first weekend of Spring Break, there had to be something going - she just knew it.
"All ages?" Elena asked surprised and getting increasingly excited.
"You'll see…" She answered vaguely while putting her car in reverse.
(She's so wasted, acting crazy, making a scene like it's her birthday.)
"Are you sure this is okay?" Elena asked nervously looking down at her outfit.
"For the hundredth time, yes, Elena." Meredith drawled out in annoyance. The girls had to make do with changing in her car.
It was nearing the 11th hour of the evening and the air was quite chilly, but Meredith insisted on dressing light. The girls were both wearing halter tops combined with micro-minis. Meredith didn't have any make up on, because she never did, but Elena had painted her lips blood red.
"Have you been here before?" Elena asked looking around at the crowd, she grabbed Meredith's arm almost as a source of protection.
"No." Meredith replied simply.
Elena looked a little frightened.
"It's fine." She reassured. "I've been to other parties by these guys, they're pretty much the same thing every time."
"These guys?"
"The promoters." Meredith replied flatly, dragging them to the front entrance of the abandoned house practically in the middle of nowhere. Elena would have never believed there was an actual party out there, if it hadn't been for the mass unsuspected amounts of traffic.
Kids were all over the place, a lot were sitting down on the dead grassy hills, some of them were smoking splifts and other favors. Elena scrunched up her nose detesting the smell. She always harassed Jeremy for smoking that stuff.
Elena gulped nervously hoping she'd made the right decision to sneak out. She wanted to have fun, but maybe not this much fun.
"Two." Meredith said smoothly, handing a $10 bill to the twenty-something guy at the door.
The guy simply reached out to stamp their hands with a glow-in-the-dark stamp and shuffled them along.
"Woah." Elena said amazed at the blatantly hedonistic scene before her.
Bass was blaring in huge speakers left and right, a different mix of sounds and genres, giving way for multiple DJs on deck. Girls and guys were grinding against each other leaving little to no breathing room. Sex on the dance floor was the idea. Everyone looked lost. Lost in a pleasurable a way.
Meredith nodded not impressed anymore. Half-way through her first year of college, she'd come to realize that most raves were the same type of scene. However knowing Elena had still been living a sheltered life in Mystic Falls, she had figured this would be a real treat for her special birthday.
"Let's go." Meredith said confidently, grasping Elena's hand as they walked through the large three story house lit up by a portable generator.
(Going insane, falling on me like it's her birthday.)
"Oh my god!" Elena shrieked happily while jumping up and down. "This is so fucking cool!"
Meredith simply smirked while continuing to seductively dance to the pulsating beats. She closed her eyes allowing the music to take her over entire nervous system. Her favorite Miami Horror song was blasting, "You've got me dancing, no need to ask…", she happily sang along.
"Just come to me when you're in need of some romancing." A very hot guy whispered the lyrics in Meredith's ear, coming right up behind her.
Elena's eyes went wide wondering what her friend would do.
Meredith whirled around to meet Jake's brilliant green eyes. He was a college acquaintance of sorts.
Elena started feeling a little awkward just watching them talk. Meredith hadn't introduced her. Elena decided just to keep on dancing and see how it would eventually play out. Then suddenly out of nowhere, Meredith told her that she'd be 'right back' leaving Elena in the middle of dance floor. Elena huffed in confusion, she was ditched! She figured it was time to get a drink, she hadn't had one since they arrived.
Easy as the breeze, Elena bought a Jack & Coke at the makeshift illegal bar. It was a little strong for her taste, but whatever. She bit the bullet and chugged it, so she didn't want to wander around with the plastic cup in her hand.
Across the room with a different agenda entirely, Damon Salvatore, the eternal stud was experiencing wild bloodlust urges within the crowd. He had found out about the shindig from a tasty sorority girl that he snacked on the night before. He loved these type of things, it was easy pickings where everyone was high or anxious to fuck or both. Damon bobbed his head, charmingly smiling at some girls while prowling the downstairs dance floor. He was in the mood for something not so easy. After all, there had to be some way to fill up his boredom if he wasn't torturing Stefan. He smirked evilly, quite enthusiastic about visiting his baby bro, it had been a long time coming. Last Damon had heard, Stefan moved back to Virginia, therefore he'd also follow along to their home state.
For at least a minute, Damon swore he was hallucinating about seeing her across the way. Katherine Pierce. There was no way. No way the love of his life, the reason why his heart didn't beat, was out of the tomb. The very tomb he'd been waiting to open for over a century. Goddamn waiting around for that stupid comet to pass again.
It just couldn't be!
Damon studied the young girl as she danced alone to the whimsical electro song. Her olive skin looked silky to the touch. Her dark hair was straight as paper while it tossed in the air. Her legs looked like they were miles long. She looked like she didn't have a care in the world. There was a sweet smile on her face. A smile that didn't remind him of Katherine. After replaying every memory of Katherine in his head, he knew all of her expression. Katherine never looked this sincere - so open and warm like. Damon's curiosity about the look-alike got the better of him, the girls could seriously be identical twins. How could this be happening? He casually leaned against a decaying fireplace while deciding what to do with the girl.
Meanwhile completely unaware of the heavy scrutiny, Elena continued to dance around the room until Meredith finally found her. Elena was relieved to see her friend, she was getting a bit lonely and worried out there alone. It had been at least twenty minutes since she had run off with that guy. Meredith dragged Elena away from the dance floor and into a medium sized walk-in closet.
"What the fuck, Mere?" Elena asked confused looking at their dark surroundings.
Damon was thinking the same thing after seeing the whole scene played out before him. 'Maybe she's a lesbian?', he thought with a bewildered expression on his face.
"I went to get rolls." Meredith explained plainly, revealing a small clear bag with four orange star-shaped pills. The girls were in the closet, so she could talk to her best friend in private without any pressure.
"Rolls?" Elena repeated puzzled. "Wait, you mean like drugs?"
"It's just Ecstacy." Meredith replied nonchalantly, smirking lightly.
"Just?" She questioned incredulously, she couldn't believe how much her friend had changed since going to college.
Meredith shrugged looking confident.
"I mean, come on, it's not like Heroin or Crack." She grimaced. "This is just gonna... make all that more fun. Trust me."
Elena looked at her nervously.
"Look I'm not gonna like pressure you and stuff." Meredith said suddenly serious. "Your choice."
"Will you be able to drive home?"
Meredith laughed, trying to not embarrass Elena for the naive question. "I'll be completely sober by the time we leave."
"Oh." Elena replied softly, swallowing thickly. "So, the, um high… it doesn't last long?"
"Three hours, give or take."
"And how exactly does it make you feel?"
"Like you're on top of the world." Meredith grinned.
"Mere." She warned.
"I'm totally serious." Meredith replied. "Would I ever lie to you?"
Elena thought it over in her head. Meredith had always been the level-headed one. Actually, Elena had always been the one making her take risks; oh, how the table had turned. 'If Meredith doesn't have a problem with E, then it can't be like that bad, right?', Elena reasoned in her head.
"So, uh, there's like no chance that I'm gonna like, you know, overdose and my parents will find out…" Elena asked nervously, biting her lip.
Meredith laughed a little harder this time. "Elena. I'd never buy enough E to overdose. I mean, if you're really worried, then don't do it with me. Honestly... You gotta be in a good mindset if you wanna have a good time with stuff like this."
"Umm…" Elena thought aloud. "How about? Can I have like... half of it?"
"Of course." Meredith assured in a nonjudgemental manner.
As Elena swallowed half of the star-shaped pill, she thought, 'This is it. I'm losing my innocence on my 16th birthday in a dusty closet with Mere. Oh my fucking God!'
(Eh. This ain't the night I thought it'd be. Oh. She ain't shy, apparently.)
Damon's attention was still firmly focused on the closet as Elena and Meredith exited it and made their way back to the vibrating dance floor. He carefully watched the girls trying to figure if they were in an intimate relationship or not.
Almost two hours later, Elena was having the best time of her life! She'd gone ahead and taken the second half of the pill and everything was working out okay. More than okay. Nothing hurt and nothing looked ugly either. Beauty, so much beauty surrounded her, the colors just seemed more vibrant, the bodies looked sexier - fluid like, the music was jumping off her body in large waves. She could actually see the music as if the beats were physical entities.
Elena laughed tilting her head back as she danced with a random guy. Meredith was dancing with some other guy across from her. The girls mischievously smirked at each other. This was her craziest birthday ever and she couldn't get enough of it! How she wished the night would never end.
A few feet away Damon started heading in Elena's direction. He'd grown tired of watching her grind against a worthless nobody. It was obvious that Elena was not a lesbian. Regardless, if she'd been, he didn't think that would have stopped him from approaching her. Compulsion came in handy that way.
Damon firmly grabbed the nobody by the shoulder and quickly compelled him to leave. Elena stopped dancing wondering what happened to her partner and met Damon's heavy gaze. Her heart felt like it was on fire and the E was only exaggerating the sensation; such a wondrous feeling.
Damon took a step closer and she could see his vibrant blue eyes even in the darkness. As if you could look deeper and deeper until you fell into them, and went on falling forever.
The continuing silence made her uneasy. He was just standing there, unmoving, watching her. Why didn't he say something?
"Is there something you wanted?" She asked with a bright smile on her face. She was still rolling, carefree without any worries or insecurities plaguing her.
He was still gazing at her in a way that made her more and more uncomfortable. She swallowed wondering if he'd dance with her. Why else would he be looking at her like that?
With his eyes on her lips, he murmured, "Oh, yes."
Elena couldn't hear his reply over the blaring music. "What?" She questioned again, feeling so light-headed. If only he'd stop looking at her.
Yet easily and so naturally, she walked closer to him, hoping to hear him better.
"Yes, I want something." He repeated placing his hands on her shoulders. Then a single finger darted out, gently grazing her sweaty cheek. "Someone, actually. You."
Elena couldn't breathe. He was standing so close. It didn't help that the room was humid from all of the orgy-like pit of bodies blending together.
And even among all of the bodily smells, she could smell a faint hint of cologne and the leather of his jacket. And his eyes still held hers—she could not look away from them. They filled her vision as he leaned toward her, bending his head down to hers. She knew this part. He was going to kiss her and she was going to let him. Her head tilted back, her lips parted. Just before their lips touched, thoughts of common sense tried to stop her. 'What am I doing?', she thought in shock. 'I'm going to kiss a total stranger, someone I met only a few minutes ago.'
Elena swallowed and went ahead with it. She was too weak to fight the intense instant attraction. The kiss was surprisingly gentle, yet it still completely took her body over. She didn't know if it was because of the drug running through her bloodstream or what was happening to her exactly. After all, Meredith had warned her that E would make her a bit… friendlier, so to speak.
Damon could hardly believe that a tiny human had turned him upside down. It wasn't possible. He suddenly felt alive, less alone somehow. It was a beautiful, purest of pure feeling that lifted the dark cloud away from his heart. Taking it a step further, he continued to kiss her, yet still not using tongue. Her warm body against his felt like it belonged there. There was something between them, something he couldn't describe. How was this happening? She could never replace Katherine, he had to keep reminding himself.
When they eventually parted because she had needed the air, she looked at him with an enchanted expression. There was something hot and fierce about him, he frightened her in a different way.
To Be Continued
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A/N: I'll post the second part soon. It's 95% Damon/Elena centric. Yay. Song is "Like It's Her Birthday" by Good Charlotte (InnerPartySystem Remix!). Be Good & Review!
Here's the original prompt by damvampsal21: "i like the idea of a story pre-pilot. elena is her old partying self and one nite she meets damon (vampire) and they have a crazy fun nite...i want her 2 b drunk or rolling lol and damon just has 2 have her after watching her dance...hope u can work something out from this lol…"
Love you! *nods* Bad girls unite forever!