Hi! So here's my first written fanfiction, I hope you're going to like it! It's an all human /AH
It's an M rated story
Firstly I want you to know that I got inspired by some fanfictions that I LOVE, I mean seriously some are epic but this fanfiction since it's a best friends fanfic, I got mostly inspired by "kiss me, break my heart" by LoveEpicLove and "the end of paralysis" by oftheseaandintothewinds
Secondly, I love those kinds of story about love that grew out of friendship, and this kind of relation that shouldn't be happening because they're friends, best friends. So I really hope you'll enjoy it!
With the end of TVD, that was quite good, even if I thought it could have been better when it came to DE. Anyway, with the end of TVD, I really miss DE and it's been what? 5 months without it…
Enjoy!
Synopsis
Elena Gilbert has been in love with her best friend Damon Salvatore since forever but he's also one of the most eligible bachelors and Elena knows he will never see her as more... On top of that Damon has a crush on the gorgeous actress, Katherine Pierce
Best friends, nothing more...
Chapter 1
Do you know what are the most painful things in the world? It's probably different for everybody, some would say, it is physical pain, others would tell you it's losing someone. Well they are probably right! But for Elena Gilbert, one of the most painful thing she has experienced was being in love with someone who will never love you back…
Indeed, Elena had been in love with Damon Salvatore for years, but she had also been his best friend for years now, and she knows he will never see her as more. She tried to shut those feelings down, but never succeeded… He was always there for her when she needed him, they could read each other like a book. Their friendship was perfect except that's what it was, a friendship. It's not like she had made something for him to notice her but here she was, 8 years after still in love with him…
She had met him in high school. He and his family had moved in the neighborhood. Elena and her brother were living with their aunt, Jenna and her boyfriend Alaric. When she met Damon for the first time she was 16 and thought he was an first class jackass. He was tough on the outside but once she got to know him she realized how sweet and caring he was. Once she figured him out they quickly became friends and best best friends.
Now he was the most eligible bachelor of all the city, he was a successful changed man, he had money and women would literally throw themselves at him, but he had never let any woman near his heart except when it came to Elena. Elena came first and that since they became friends. Elena was always there for him, and she felt a little bit guilty for having those feelings and sometimes she would fantasize what her life would be with Damon feeling the same way and by sometimes she meant often… and maybe just maybe one day he would feel the same way…
But there she was on a Thursday night, alone on her sofa, eating ice cream, even if it sounded cliché, it was her life. While Damon was probably with some girl he didn't remember the name of, getting drunk and having some "fun", Elena after this hard working day, she decided it was time for her to sleep, tomorrow would be a new day. With that in mind and the image of an ocean blue-eyed man, she took off to the land of dreams…
It was a sunny Friday morning, and the sun was shining through the curtains of Elena's bedroom. A ray of sunlight woke her up. Last night she dreamt of Damon, of course who else would haunt her dreams? In her dream he was in bed with her and not really sleeping. At the end he would have taken her in his arms and they would have fallen in a peaceful sleep. It was a perfect dream, except it was all it was, a dream. But she could still feel his presence in her bed and his scent…
Wait… his what?! His presence his scent?! Hang on!
She got up as quickly as possible. That's when she saw it… A very half naked Damon, there in her bed, in nothing but boxers, in her bedroom. That would have been a shock if it would have been any other woman. But this was Elena, his best friend. This was a typical case of I-got-so-drunk-last-night-that-I-couldn't-get-home-last-night. She sighed, because she always dreamt that one day she would wake up beside him, but not like that.
He looked so innocent and peaceful in his sleep. She could see his muscled chest. For a minute she hesitated whether she wanted to wake him or not, he was hot and he knew it. She realized she should wake him because, imagine the awkward situation if he would wake up now, and catch her staring at him the way she was eying him right now. She would have to face him and tell him how she felt about him…no way…
She approached him slowly and reluctantly shook him out of his sleep.
"Damon!"
He woke up with a groan, "My head! It hurts!" He winced in pain. Then I met his ocean blue eyes, even after all this time they still take her breath away.
"That's what you get after getting drunk like you did!" She laughed. "I mean seriously, how did you even got here? And how much did you have to drink last night?"
"I really have no idea." He smiled and looked around the room then back at her, "I'm probably gonna remember what happened last night but it's gonna take some time. Do you have something, an aspirin maybe?"
"It's not the first time you magically appear in my bed Damon, I pretty much used to it!" she laughed and gave him one aspirin that she kept in her nightstand and a glass of water.
He smiled, "I should probably take a shower, cause' I stink, and also should get going or I'm gonna be late for work. Being the CEO helps in a lots of ways, but not that way…" He smirked, and wiggled his eyebrows.
"Do you mind if I go first?"
Despite the fact that she was tempted to join him, she just said, "Sure, I'll wait downstairs " she smiled and left him. She tried to keep herself busy with the breakfast, but all she could think about was, him in the shower, naked…
When he came downstairs freshly showered and his raven black hair still a bit wet, he started looking for his favorite cereals, he closed the kitchen cupboard, sat down and Elena found herself staring at him. This guy was a gift for woman, a god, a Greek god, Elena thought.
"Elena? You okay?" He asked a bit worry, it shook her out of her transe
God no I'm not okay! You're just eating some cereal, and all I can think about is you, naked and in bed with me. So no! I'm not okay! Elena thought.
Elena walked towards him "Hum… yeah I just can't believe you can eat those cereals, these are not healthy!" With that she took the cereal box and threw it in the trash can.
"Hey! I liked those! Besides with my perfect body, I have nothing to worry about" He smirked and cocked an eyebrow.
'Yeah, I can see that!' She muttered, and fortunately, he didn't hear
All of a sudden his smile faded and he looked kind of sad,"Hey, I think I know why I got drunk last night…"His ocean blue eyes locked with mine.
"What was it?" she asked.
He looked away from her "Katherine", Elena choked on her toast and coughed "Katherine?" She asked in a tight voice. He looked down at the table, "I broke up with her, or she broke up with me…"
Of all the things Damon could have said, that wasn't what she had expected him to say. She let out a breath of relief and found herself holding back a smile. She never liked Katherine, normally Elena was very kind to everyone but Katherine was the baddest bitch of all. Katherine was only playing with Damon and everyone could see it, except Damon… from day one Katherine had seen their friendship as a threat, and tried to separate them at all cost. Katherine could see that Elena was in love with Damon, everybody could see it… except well Damon himself. And Katherine always made him choose between her and Elena. Of course Elena came first, and he made sure Katherine knew that. Even though, Elena never understood why Katherine was playing with him, maybe he was just one of her conquests…
Damon didn't do love, he was always cold towards women. The only woman who had the keys to his heart was Elena, but it was, unfortunately the best friend zone. When Katherine walked in Damon's life, she seduced him and at first Elena said nothing thinking Katherine would turn out as another one-night stand. But A, Katherine was gorgeous, B, what she just said.
"What… what happened?" Elena asked.
Damon looked at her and was hesitant to tell her the truth, finally "She…made me choose between you and her…"
Elena gasped, "And?" She asked shyly…
Damon's eyes softened at her insecure look, "Of course I chose you, why would you think for a second that I wouldn't ?" Was she really that insecure? Damon loved her, she was his only family and she was like a sister to him.
She looked down at the floor, "I don't know, I kind of feel that lately I've been competing with her and…"
He got up and came in front of her grabbing her shoulders, cutting her off, "Elena, I would always choose you, you know that." Then he hugged her and she was fighting back tears. Because even if her said that she knew she wouldn't stand a chance against Katherine when it came to love, real love.
Once he released her, he told her, "but yeah, after I basically got drunk and emptied the nearby bar, I was a bit upset." He laughed lightly but felt kind of guilty for making her feel like she was in some sort of competition. He would make it up to her.
"But it doesn't matter, I have to go anyway." He made his way to the door and turned around. "Hey, do you want to go out tonight? It seems like forever since we last hang out." He smiled.
Her eyes lit up, "Yeah I'd like that!" This was the second best news of the day, right after the breakup, and she'd been up for what? Thirty minutes? This was the best day of the week so far.
He grinned, "Perfect, pick you up at seven" he opened the door ready to head to his blue Camaro. The last thing she heard was, "Wear something pretty!" She could practically hear the smirk behind his voice. She smiled and closed the door, getting ready for work.
Yep, she definitely loved Fridays!
When she arrived at work this morning, a smile from ear to ear, she went straight to Caroline's office. When the blonde saw a pretty much exited Elena, she gave her a questioning look.
"You definitely had sex." The blonde started.
"What?! No!"Elena frowned
"Then what is it?"
"I have a date with Damon tonight!" Elena exclaimed smiling happily.
"No way! He finally see you as more?"
Elena smile faded, "No… I guess it's a best friends date" she shrugged "He said wear something pretty, I'm probably gonna put my black dress…"
"What?!" Caroline cut her off, "No! First…" Caroline took a deep breath and went on, "You have to tell him how you feel, you've waited long enough don't you think so?"
"You're probably right, it's been 4 years since I fell in love with him but I still think he doesn't feel the same way…"
"Elena you'll never know till you try, no?"
Elena nodded, "You're right Care, tonight is the night. I feel it." She smiled, so far it was her lucky day so why stopping now ?
"Great!" Caroline squealed "Right, second, you can't go with that dress, you have it like since forever, it's time to change."
"I don't know Care. This dress means so much to me… to us, he gave it to me, it might be my lucky charm." Elena smiled remembering when he gave it to her… it was her birthday
Damon and his brother Stefan lived with their father in the neighborhood, and Elena became friends with him, when it was her birthday, and she didn't have many friends except for Caroline and well, Damon. On her eighteenth birthday, Damon got her a gift. When they were alone at their secret place in the woods near the cemetery. It was creepy, they'll give you that but since Elena liked visiting her parents and Damon his mother, they came here to talk or just watching the sky on the grass
"You cold?" Damon asked, smirking.
"Okay, a bit." Elena admitted, she probably should have listened to her aunt when she told her to take a coat. But Elena being Elena, didn't listen.
"Here…" Damon took of his leather jacket that he never lent to anybody and gave it to her. It was the sweetest thing he ever did for her.
"Thank you…" she barely whispered
"It's nothing." He smiled. "I also got you that" he said giving her a gift-wrapped parcel.
"Damon I told you, you shouldn't have…"
"Please Elena just take it!"
"Alright, alright" Elena smiled unwrapping the gift.
It was a beautiful black dress, it seemed old, but was just perfect, it was long and classy. How much did he pay for that?! She was speechless
"Damon I…"
"Shhhh, I want you to have it, you're my best friend and I love you. It was my mother. And I know what you're gonna say, but please it would mean so much to me!" He almost pleaded
"Okay… but now I get to give you an expensive gift for your birthday deal?" She smiled
Damon rolled his eyes, "Deal." He smiled back
And in that moment, she loved him.
She smiled at the memory.
"Whatever!" Caroline exclaimed
"Thank you Care." She smiled
"By the way I also have a date with Stefan, our 1 year anniversary!"Caroline squealed
"Whoa! Congratulations! What are you going to wear?" She asked smiling
"Hun-hun, don't change the subject Elena Gilbert! We still have a lot to talk about!"
"Okay" Elena agreed
Tonight was the night. And nothing would change that. Tonight she would tell him how she feels about him, and he would tell her he felt the same way.
Hey, so here it is. Hope you enjoyed it. I enjoyed writing it!
In the next chapter we'll have the DATE, it's going to be… interesting *smirk*
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