Don't Say a Word – Ellie Goulding

Birds chirping- That's what Elena heard when she woke from the deep and peaceful sleep she'd been having. As she opened her eyes she ran her hand through her long and tangled hair. After a few seconds of waking up and letting her surroundings sink in, something didn't feel right.

"Where I am?" The memories of last night were fuzzy and making their way back into her conscious mind slowly but surely. She looked to her left at the opposite side of the bed and panic set in. "What did I just do?" Elena's memories of the night were immediately clear and rushing through her head as she scrambled to gather her scattered clothes off the floor. She ran into the bathroom and closed the door as quietly as she could not knowing where else she could hide temporarily. Sweat was beading at her hairline; her nerves were in shambles. As her hands shook she managed to pull her cellphone out of her purse to do the only thing she knew she could. Ring Ring…

"Hel..Hello?"

"Caroline?"

"Elena, what's wrong? It's 5 o'clock in the morning!"

"I need you to come pick me up at the Hilton, NOW!"

"Elena what's goin…."

"I'll explain later!"

Elena abruptly hung up the phone and slid down the side of the wall into a sitting position. "Breathe Elena. Just Breathe." She held her stomach afraid she was going to be sick. She got up and splashed some water on her face from the sink and tried to relax. After composing herself, she changed into her clothes and gathered her belongings so she could go sit outside and wait for Caroline.

As she opened the bathroom door she dropped everything in her hands sending things flying all over the floor again. "Did you plan on telling me you were going to leave?" he asked her with a sincerely sad look on his face. "I thought I'd get to talk to you a little this morning. I'm not one for wham bam thank you ma'am kind of hook ups." He began to laugh a little. Elena stood speechless just staring at this beautiful man, still naked lying under the covers of the bed showing only enough of his chiseled torso to make Elena's skin crawl all over again. He saw the discomfort written all over her face.

He climbed out of bed with nothing hiding him and made his way toward the dresser. "Can I at least offer you some tea or something before you run out on me?"

"My friend is waiting for me downstairs. Thanks but no thanks. I really have to go. This was a huge mistake."

He gently grabbed a hold of her wrist and stopped her.

"At least let me walk you down?" he flashed her his million dollar smile, literally. "What kind of gentleman would I be if I just let you walk out of here alone?"

"Won't people see us?" Elena asked him warily.

"Not at this hour. Even paparazzi have to sleep sometimes." He gave her a puppy dog face and shrugged his shoulders. She believed him that it would be alright so she agreed to let him walk her out.

He put on a pair of grey sweatpants that hung low and loose in all the right places. He didn't bother putting on a t-shirt which was extremely distracting in its own way. "After you." He motioned to the door politely letting Elena out first. She blushed and hurried out of the room.

"You know, I really enjoyed last night. I really enjoyed you." He looked at her and waited for a response that part of him knew wasn't coming.

During a silent but short walk down to the lobby, he took the time to appreciate her deep brown eyes, her long and radiant brown hair, and the freckles that so perfectly marked her nose and cheeks. "I'd love to see you again, if you'd let me" he whispered in her ear.

Feeling his soft touch and his lingering breath on her neck as he whispered she managed to break out of the trance he had her in. "My ride is here. I've got to go." Elena hurried to the revolving door that would unleash her back into the real world but he stopped her again.

Stepping in front of her one last time, he told her thank you and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek. He watched her get into Caroline's car from the lobby window and leave him, probably thinking that this was all over. Little did she know it wouldn't be the last she saw of him if he could help it.

Caroline was pissed and wouldn't look at her best friend in the passenger seat. "You woke me up you know. What the fuck is going on? " Caroline's harsh tone made Elena burst into tears. It was the last straw this morning. "This is really unlike you Elena."

"I did something terrible Caroline…" Caroline started straight ahead of her, continuing to drive while giving Elena the cold shoulder. " …and what's worse is that I'm not sure if I really feel bad about it."

"Well get to the point. You have a lot of explaining to do Elena Gilbert. Not to mention the fact Matt was blowing my phone last night asking me if I knew where you were. I told you were at Bonnies and forgot your phone so that he'd stop calling."

"Caroline I am so sorry. Oh my god how did this happen? What the fuck did I do?" Elena began to frantically rant.

"Elena STOP!" shouted Caroline. "Calm down!"

The two girls were silent the rest of the ride. As they passed the bar where Elena worked, the previous day began running through her head from beginning to end considering that work is where this whole thing actually started. The short ride was becoming even shorter with all the tension building up inside the car. Elena just wanted to get home, burry her face in her pillow, and scream.

Caroline pulled into the driveway of their house and practically turned off the ignition and jumped out of the car slamming the door at the same time.

"Caroline, please wait!" Elena called after her, sinking to the ground next to the side of the car.

"You know I have a big day ahead of me! My shoot is at 8 am and you woke me up for god knows what!" Caroline had just recently graduated modeling school and had her first shoot booked for a local magazine. Elena knew how much additional stress this was probably going to put on her and she felt bad for it but eventually Caroline would forgive her.

Walking around to the other side of the car, Elena could see the fury in Caroline's face. "You know how important this day is to me!" Luckily for them they didn't have any neighbors close enough to hear them fighting so early in the morning. They were so loud that neighbors would have probably called the police.

"You either tell me right now what happened or I am going to go in the house and go back to bed and we'll have to drag it out all day and deal with it later after my shoot." Caroline's face twisted and turned as she stood in place for about 10 seconds waiting for Elena to give her an answer. Time was up and Caroline started up the steps onto their front porch. Mumbling under her breath, she put the key in the lock and turned the handle. Right before she stepped inside Elena shouted at her.

"I SLEPT WITH DAMON SALVATORE!"

Caroline turned around with her jaw nearly hitting the floor. Caroline started at Elena speechless while Elena pulled on the bottom of her shirt, refusing to look up. After about fifteen minutes of silence both girls found their way into their living room.

Caroline just started at Elena in awe. She wasn't sure if she was happy for her or not. That was obviously a huge deal considering Damon was one of the most desirable superstar athletes to play baseball on one of the best teams and any woman would die if they had the chance to crawl into bed with him. He had the looks to accompany his skill. Elena's current situation with Matt is what caused the problem. However, if Elena's life was in a different place it may have been a good thing.

"Are you going to tell Matt?" Caroline asked. All the color drained from Elena's face.

Matt was Elena's fiancé. They dated all through high-school and got engaged their last year in college. They have known each other practically their entire lives. It didn't even cross her mind yet about Matt. She was trying to understand for herself what had happened up to this point, but she knew. She knew why this happened and she wasn't sure if she regretted it or not.

"Let me make some coffee first and collect my thoughts, then I'll tell you alright?" Elena sighed and shook her head. "You can help me figure out what to do about Matt after I explain."

AUTHORS NOTE: I changed Elena's appearance to looking like the TV show version. For some reason I guess it really matters what a fictional character looks like show vs. book so I decided to edit this slightly. It was just easier to do this rather than keep answering questions! So I changed it to brown hair and brown eyes. But the idea for this story comes loosely from something that actually happened between myself and a friend (I will not specify who is who) but both Caroline and Elena's characters are based on the experience itself (obviously more exaggerated, it is a story after all!) and things taken from the TV show. I hope you all enjoy the story so far and keep on reading! Keep the feedback coming :)