Chapter-1

As much as Elena Gilbert wanted to say no to her best friend Damon Salvator, she couldn't bring herself to say the words as he looked at her eagerly, waiting for her answer. She knew he was not going to take a no for an answer.

She could only focus on his dreamy crystal blue eyes which pierced her heart every time she looked at him. Right now they both were in Elena's house sipping hot coffee from the coffee mugs. He had asked her to be his date for the Masquerade ball which was going to be held tomorrow evening. He had got the tickets somehow and now he wanted her to go with him. Well it was not exactly a date, he wanted her to accompany him to make Katherine jealous.

"Ok, I'll go with you."

She sighed as she could only mummer back, her eyes never leaving his.

"Yes..yes! Thank you Elena, you are the best friend ever."

Elena could only smile back as her heart sank, she was hopelessly in love with her best friend. She sat down on the couch as she watched the magical smile that played upon his lips. She could tell he was exited about going to the Masquerade ball which was actually going to be held in a cruise ship.

The only reason Damon was interested in going to the party was because Katherine was going to be there. She was his ex girlfriend, he had said to her that he wanted to win her back. Every time he brought up Katherine's name she felt like as if she has been punched right into her heart causing it to break into thousands of pieces. Little did she know that Damon only wanted to take his revenge for dumping him. He only wanted to toy with her feelings, make her fall in love with him and the break her heart just like she did with him.

When he had told her about winning Katherine back, she couldn't believe that he was still in love with her, the most important thing was that everybody knew that Katherine loved playing with fire, she would make someone fall in love with her in a couple of seconds with her charm and when she got bored with them, she threw away the old ones and looked for a new target.

She wanted to put some common sense into him but he wouldn't listen about this. His mind was made up and once he decided to do something, he doesn't let it hang by, rather every time he completes it successfully. He could be quite stubborn sometimes. Elena felt a mixture of emotions whenever she saw them when they were still together, but more than this feeling of hurt, anger,and maybe even jealousy, she wanted to save him from that bitch.

"Are you even listening Elena!" Damon stood up with a questioning glance in his eyes.

"Umm...yeah I am, continue."

"So, be ready, I'll pick you up on Wednesday morning at six and thanks again Elena. I think I'll head home now, I have some work to complete. "

He gave her a quick hug, then he walked away closing the door behind him. Her doe brown eyes never left the sight of the door as her mind drifted back to the time they had first met.

It was the first day in college, she was never late in anything but she had overslept on one of the most important day, she had hurriedly ran through the corridor to her classroom. And then and there she had collided with Damon, later she had learned that a year senior to her. Later that day she had collided with him for a second time, and this time they had both broke into laughter. After a few days it had became a normal routine for them to stumble upon each other every now and then.

One day, while she was heading towards the gym, and out of nowhere Damon came running towards her direction, probably he didn't notice her as she could understand that he was probably late for his class. But before she could finish thinking they collided with other as they fell on the floor.

"And we collide again!" Damon smirked as he spoke out.

"I'm Damon Salvator... by the way."

He held out his hands as they both steadied themselves, removing the dust from their dresses.

"I'm Elena...Elena Gilbert."

Elena didn't look at him as she shook his hands. Her eyes were wet. She couldn't manage to look up. But the tears eventually trickled down his cheeks.

"Hey... what happened, are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't mean this."

His voice was full of concern but right now, she didn't want to answer anybody's question because she knew if she shared the sad news with someone, she wouldn't be able to control her tears anymore.

"I'm...I'm okay. I gotta go now. "

She hurriedly walked away from him, outside the college, wiping her tears as Damon watched her go. She felt broken. Her parents had died a few years ago in a car accident and the only person left close to her was her aunt, Jenna. But nobody could alternate the event that has happened. It felt like only yesterday when they were laughing, giggling, sharing everything with each other.

After her mother, Jenna was the only person who took her in, she had acquired a special place in her heart. But unfortunately, she had met the same fate as Elena's parents. And now, she had nobody...she felt like as if she was cursed, every person she loved seemed to go far away always leaving her alone. She was sick and tired of loosing people.

The park in which she was sitting was pretty much empty. She sat down on a bench as she inhaled slowly and deeply trying to calm down herself. Within a couple of minutes she felt someone sitting beside her. It was Damon.

"Hey.. c'mon tell me what happened. I promise I won't tell anyone."

He squeezed her hand reassuringly as he nodded indicating her to continue. After that Elena poured her heart out to him. At that moment she didn't know why she was telling him all these, but she felt she could trust him. Elena broke into sobs as she finished her story. She felt a lot lighter by sharing her grief with him.

"Don't worry..everything's gonna be alright."

She actually believed his words as he held her while she cried for hours. Eventually they had developed a friendship, which she cherished whole heartedly and she didn't even realise when she had fallen in love with him.

Damon had a number of girls in his life who came and went. He was not afraid of relationships, but he loved to stay unattached and whenever he felt close to any girl, he would withdraw himself. Only Elena had stayed in his life, she had been there on his ups and he had never left her side whenever she needed him.

She had wanted to know about his inner demons, why serious relationships bothered him so much, why would he run away every time but whenever she brought up this topic, he would either ignore or change the topic. Eventually, she had stopped asking him questions, she believed when it was the right time, he would tell on his own, after all they were best friends.

Ringg! Ring!

Her phone began to rang as she stepped out of her world. It was Caroline,her best friend since high school.

'C'mon, where are you, I heard some juicy news about that gorgeous handsome taking you to the ball.'

Elena couldn't help but smile at her friend's words. Indeed she had a way with words.

"I'm coming to the grill Care, gimme a couple of minutes. I'll pick up Bonnie on my way."

With that she went inside to get changed, she knew Caroline was going to bombard her with questions and she didn't know exactly how to explain them.

"Lets hope for the best!"

A/N: This is the first DE fanfiction I'm writing. There are going to be more chapters in this story. Let me know how the starting was. And please forgive me if there are any typos.

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