AN: so I got this idea from some personal experiences, and then just ran with it. It is ALL AU/AH. Some stuff will be the same, but I have drastically changed a lot. I hope you all like it please be sure to review please? Oh and there will be a lot of cuss words and possible smutt.
Chapter 1: broken
Elena sat at the bar watching the couples having fun playing pool, Dancing, kissing, laughing, and talking. She was of course jealous. She wished she had that. She rarely kept in touch with her friends and family back home. After her parents died, she did her best to get on with life and pretend everything was fine, but in reality she wasn't. She would go to school, participate with her friends, hung out with them, and went to parties, had fallen in love at one point her sophomore year. Stefan was everything to her. They had met shortly after her parents had died. He was the only one who could bring her out of her funk, make her laugh, and have fun, forget about all her problems. They were inseparable, until senior year. Elena been accepted into a summer program at Duke for journalism and was gone all summer. The first 2 weeks she would talk to Stefan every night for hours. The third week the phone calls would get shorter, by the fifth week he was calling every other night and only to return Elena's calls. Then he had just stopped calling at all, she would occasionally receive a text from him, but they were short and distant. Elena was a little worried but figured he was busy with his summer job and friends. During this time Stefan was spending more time with a new girl named Lexi. Elena was still talking to her friends and Jeremy, and they would occasionally ask how she and Stefan were and mentioned about him being with a blond girl that no one knew. Elena didn't know what to think. When she'd called to ask him about it, he'd sent her to voicemail. That's when she decided she needed to find out what was going on. She packed her bags and got in her car and took off to mystic falls. She had only called Caroline and Jeremy to let them know she was coming and to not say anything. 6 ½ hours later she arrived in Mystic Falls, she wasn't sure where to go, but she had a feeling something was going on. She first went to the grill where she met Caroline, Bonnie, Matt and Tyler they had told her that Stefan had left a few minutes before she got there and that they assumed he was heading home. So she took off to the Salvatore mansion as she pulled up she had seen the lights were on and his car was in the drive. She parked her car and got out. When she knocked on the door it opened a bit, so she walked in and yelled for Stefan, but got no answer. She walked upstairs to Stefan's room hearing some noise then a muffled grunt, and a moan. She opened the door and almost fell to the floor; there Stefan was in bed fucking a blond girl. Tears started streaming down her face she tried to quietly back out and run but as she backed out a sob escaped her mouth and Stefan had turned to look at the door. She didn't even wait around to hear him explained she sped home and cried in her bed all night. She wouldn't answer any texts or calls from anyone, surprisingly Stefan had tried texting her multiple times. The one man who she had trusted, who was supposed to protect her and love her, had broken her so bad. She was shattered; they were supposed to get married in the summer before college. She couldn't believe he would have done that. Weeks later they had eventually talked and he had explained everything, and had told her that he had fallen in love with this Lexi and that they were going to go off to college. He had thought he had loved her but in reality he didn't. That was when Elena went back into her shell. She finished her senior year, she would occasionally hand out wither friends, but mostly she stayed in her room. She was accepted in to Duke and didn't waste any time leaving Mystic Falls. She had spent a year watching the love of her life with his new girlfriend; she just couldn't seem to get over him. Her and Caroline ended up going to Duke together, she had gotten Elena to go on dates and come out of her shell some, but deep down she was still broken, none of the dates had turned into boyfriends. She simply couldn't trust anyone. They had recently graduated, and Caroline had moved back Mystic Falls to be with Tyler. Elena didn't want to move back, she never wanted to step foot in this town again. But here she is sitting at the bar at the grill drinking her screwdrivers, taking shots of patron while watching all the happy couples. Bonnie and Matt had hooked up and were living together, and Jeremy was engaged to his girlfriend Anna, Caroline and Tyler had talked about getting married but so far it was just talk and to top it off she was dragged back here for her aunts wedding. She and Alaric had finally decided to get married after 7 years and Elena was her maid of honor. Elena wished she had had what all her friends had. She was lonely and miserable, and hated the fact that one man could break her so bad. Her thoughts were interrupted by Caroline.
"Elena, don't you think you've had enough?" She said with a small hint of a giggle. Elena tossed back the shot of patron and looked at Caroline.
"Yea I guess I have. I'm going to head home now." Elena got off the stool and grabbed her purse. She started to walk when Caroline grabbed her arm.
"Lena, you can't drive. You might not feel drunk right now, but you have had way too much to drink. Let me drive you home?"
"No, car it's ok I'm just going to walk. I need the fresh air. Will one of you drop my car off for me?" Caroline nodded and Elena hand her her keys and walked out the door and she slammed right into a strong chest, she almost fell back when she felt strong but gentle hands grab her arms to steady her. She looked up and was amazed at the brightest blue eyes she had ever seen. She couldn't help but stare, he was beautiful.
"Are you ok?" He asked. Oh his voice was even beautiful it sent shivers down her spine.
"yy..y..yea I am." She stuttered out." I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention." She started to slur. He smirked at her, and her heart started to flutter a bit. What was wrong with her! She thought to herself.
"It's alright." He replied still smirking, he wasn't moving. Elena was nervous not sure what to do next.
"Umm..I..I was just leaving. Thank you" She smiled. He dropped his hands and she walked around him as she reached the door she turned to look at him.
"Bye" She said softly.
"Bye, I hope I'll see you around." He said and winked, that made her blush a bit. She didn't notice he kept his eyes on her watching her walk out the door.
On her walk home she couldn't seem to get him off her mind. She had only spoken a few words to him, and yet he was all she could think about. She was hoping to see him again too. She got home and didn't even change she fell on her bed and passed out with him in her thoughts.
4 days had passed and she hadn't seen the beautiful stranger again. She still thought about him all the time, but today she had to have her mind on other things. It was the night of the rehearsal dinner, and she had to focus on Jenna's wedding. Jenna, Jeremy, Anna, and Elena got into Jenna's car and headed to the boarding house for the rehearsal dinner. Elena silently prayed Stefan wouldn't be there. She had heard that Lexi and him had gotten married 2 years ago, but wasn't sure If they lived here or not, she wasn't about to ask either. As they pulled up into the driveway her nerves were starting to get the best of her.
"Lena, he's not here. They don't live here anymore. You can stop freaking out." Jeremy said.
"I wasn't freaking out, I was just nervous." She replied shutting the car door and walking back to the garden.
DPOV
He couldn't explain what was going on with him. Ever since the first time he seen her he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. She was beautiful, and her voice was sweet. He hadn't seen her again since then, he had been so busy with being Ric's best man. But he wasn't the type to be hung up on a girl. He had only been serious once on his life, with a girl named Katherine. They had dated for 2 years when they were in high school. He was so in love with her, He had forgiven her for cheating on him twice, and she had sworn to never do it again, and then he had walked in on her fucking Elijah in the bed they shared, on their anniversary. That was when he had ended it, and decided to never trust a woman again. He didn't think of himself as a total womanizer, but he tended to like one night stands. He never thought about a woman like he was thinking of the beautiful brunette from the other night. He was sitting down next to Ric at the wedding party table for the rehearsal dinner, when he saw her. She walked in with Jenna; she had her hair pulled half way up with curls, a soft subtle amount of make-up, and a form fitting knee length blue strapless dress, with black opened toe stilettos. He was literally stunned by how beautiful she had looked. He also couldn't believe she was here with Jenna. How had he never met her before? He elbowed Ric to get his attention.
"What the fuck dick?"Ric asked
"Who is she?" Damon asked
"Who? Elena?"He asked looking in the direction Damon was.
"Is that her name? Who is she?"
"She's Jenna's niece and you leave her alone. She been through enough, she doesn't need to add to it." Ric snapped glaring at Damon.
"Damn Ric, calm down I was just asking who she was. What's the harm in talking to her?"
"Damon, I mean it, don't fuck with her."
"Oh shut up Ric I don't fuck with every girl I talk to." He smirked and watched as Elena walked up to another blond and was talking to her. He watched her body the way it moved when she was talking and her facial expressions as she talked and laughed. That laugh made him smile. He didn't know what was coming over him but he had to get to know her. Just as he was getting ready to stand up she turned and had started walking towards the table. She finally spotted him and she paused and looked at him. He smiled at her and waved at her, in which she returned. His eyes followed her as she took her seat next to Jenna. Ahh so she's the maid of honor and I'm the best man, perfect he thought to himself. After dinner was done, everyone was drinking and dancing. He spotted Elena standing over by the bar with a drink in her hand talking to a couple of girls. He walked over to the bar standing next to her and ordered himself a drink. When he turned around the 2 girls Elena was speaking to had left and she was leaning against the bar, he turned to her and watched as she took a sip of her drink.
"Hi" He said smiling. She turned towards him.
"Hi" She replied smiling.
"I'm Damon, the best man."
"I'm Elena the maid of honor." She replied smiling slightly blushing.
"It's nice to meet you, Elena." He smiled and grabbed her hand and kissed it, which caused her to blush more.
"Nice meeting you too." She replied looking into his eyes. Just then take my breath away had started. He didn't know why he was going to do what he was about to do, but he felt he had to.
"Would you like to dance?" He asked her. At first she looked like she was going to decline, she looked out to the dance floor then back to him and shrugged.
"Sure." She replied smiling. He grabbed her hand and led her to the dance floor. He put his hands on her hips and she put her hands on his shoulders.
'Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away'
He was thinking it was kind of ironic. He had just met this girl but yet she had managed to literally take his breath away with her beauty. They continued to sway to the music, keeping their eyes locked on each other's in silence.
'Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love
Never hesitating to become the fated ones
Turning and returning to some secret place to hide
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away'
He couldn't break his eyes away from her no matter how hard he tried. Something about this girl was different. He knew she would be different then the other girls. He just wasn't sure how, or why. His left hand left her hip long enough to brush a strand of hair behind her ear, and then slowly with the back of his hand he caressed her cheek, before replacing his hand on her hip.
'Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
when the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid
Take my breath away'
Neither of them even realized that the song had ended, they were still swaying along to the music they thought was still there until party rock anthem came on and Tyler started yelling about everyone to get there asses out there and dance to the song. Elena and Damon giggled at that, and decided to dance along with everyone else. For the first time in years they were both having fun dancing, and laughing. Around midnight everything was wrapped up and people were leaving, Damon didn't want the night to end though, he was finding himself very interested in Elena.
"So would you like to get together tomorrow, and have dinner or something?" He asked her his eyes never leaving hers. She looked like she was thinking before she smiled at him.
"Yea that sounds good. Do you want my number?" He nodded and handed her his phone and she punched in her info and handed it back to him.
"OK, I'll call you tomorrow morning and we talk about it then." He smiled. She nodded smiled and got into the car he waved at her and she waved back. He stood there and watched the car leave before turning to go inside the house. He didn't even know this girl and yet she's already making him do stuff he normally wouldn't do. He was already changing, and that worried him a bit. Last time he was like this he ended up being broken. He knew that he couldn't walk away now though, he had to know her. There was something about her that made him want to do those sweet things for her. He walked over to his bar and poured himself a drink and sat down on the couch.
"Ric will be pissed off at this!"He chuckled to himself.