"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Elena POV

"Damon, that's your name right? You see there is something that is really, really, really annoying me about you." I stood in front of the ridiculously hot guy that has been eyeing me this whole time ever since I walked into the bar. If I was being honest, I was eyeing him back with flirty glances. Neither of us actually approached each other till now. At first I got a little giddy at the thought of a distraction. The only reason my friend Bonnie and I were here was to forget about the asshole guys that have recently broken our hearts but here I was now, fighting with flirty eye guy himself. Probably, if I wasn't in such a delicate stage after my recent break up I wouldn't have been this aware of how full of himself this guy was.

"And what is that?" His cocky voice just added fuel to my fire. He didn't actually do anything wrong but I was having my ups and downs lately, and for some reason I felt like I had to take all my aggression out on him, just because he was a confident guy, who was obviously a player. He flirted and almost had me hooked till I realized what exactly was happening. Maybe because I felt like I was played myself from the last guy I dated was the reason his smoldering gaze suddenly didn't affect me anymore. It was almost like a sudden blast of anger came over me and I wanted to put him in his place.

"I have to admit, when I first saw you, I did want it but now I'm realizing something. You are sickeningly hot, but don't you just know it." He quirked an eyebrow as if he was expecting something like that.

"Darling, that's just part of my charm."

"You're charm sucks. Charming guys suck. Therefore; you suck." I said while crossing my arms and glaring at him. I must admit I was taking a little too much out on just a stranger. I guess I didn't how angry I was till now. "I would never be interested in you."

"I don't even give a fuck, I have a girlfriend anyways." I watched as he nonchalantly poured the rest of his drink down his throat and gave me a wicked smirk. He had girlfriend... I didn't think it was possible for this guy to be a bigger ass till now. We were heavily flirting not only a couple minutes ago and I thought it was actually going somewhere and I know he did too by his body language. He had a girlfriend this whole time!

"Oh my, doesn't she have a catch." I added sarcastically and was about to say something else when Bonnie suddenly appeared, clearly just having witnessed this whole thing. She encouraged me to talk to him and now I could tell she was wondering how the hell I messed this up.

"Elena lets just go." Bonnie tugged at my arms, clearly the only rational one in this situation. "We have class in the morning." The thing that caught my attention was the class part. It was my third year of college and I couldn't mess anything up now, as we had a lecture to go to in the morning. I had to get away from this before I slapped him or started to furiously make out with him. Even if I was extremely put off by him, didn't mean I wouldn't maul him like any other girl.

"Well, it was certainly...interesting, talking with you." I said to the guy while grabbing my purse off the counter. "Can't say I wish to do it anytime again soon."

"Oh, please. We both know a couple hours from now you'll be thinking about me and next time I see you, we will talk again. We barely even talked now, and I already left a mark on you, just imagine what an actual conversation could do. " I rolled my eyes while walking past him towards the doors of the bar with Bonnie by my side.

"Can you believe that guy?"

"Elena, why did you do that? I thought you guys were hitting it off?" She stopped by her car and gave me a confused look.

"We were... it's just. We were talking and he charmed his way into my head and then I suddenly remembered Matt doing the same thing, and looked how that turned out. I mean, he fell in love someone else, so I can't really blame him for cheating on me, but that guy. Ugh, I could blame him."

"Okay." I saw it all finally click in her head as she nodded. "I guess if you needed to yell at a stranger to make you feel better, it's worth it."

"Can we just go home now before I start to feel like an idiot, for what I've all done tonight?"

The next day I came home and almost crashed on my couch from exhaustion. Class wasn't too long but I only got a few hours of sleep. I shifted on the couch to get comfortable and the moment my eyes slowly drifted shut there was a loud banging on my front door. I opened my eyes and sighed knowing that it was inevitable something like this would happen. The banging just got louder as I gave all my effort to push off the couch and shuffle to the door.

"Hold on, I'm coming! I don't need a permanent hole in my door from all the banging." I opened the door expecting it to be anyone but Caroline. I haven't seen her in a while. She has been so wrapped up in her new boyfriend that she has been distant. I haven't even met the guy yet and she was one of my best friends. "Oh my god! Caroline, what's wrong?" I said finally noticing the blubbering mess before me. She was crying her eyes out as her make up ran down her red face.

"He cheated on me!" She yelled in a mumbled voice. She walked right into my house and sat down on my couch while shoving her face in her hands as her body shook with sobs. "He cheated on me with a stupid redhead! A redhead!"

"Oh, Caroline." I sat down next to her, somewhat putting the pieces together. I knew how much she liked this guy from the constant talking she did about him. She even thought he was going to be the guy, but clearly, he didn't feel the same way.

"I loved him, I really did." She started wiping the tears form her eyes, trying to gain composure. "I'm such an idiot!"

"No, he's the idiot. He doesn't know what he is missing out on. It's his loss, not yours." I knew exactly what this felt like. I knew everything she was feeling at this exact moment, so I knew there was nothing I could do to make it better. The only think I could do was be there for her.

"I did everything for him! We didn't even have a bad relationship. I thought it was going so great, but I never was good enough or him. He had to find someone else to keep him satisfied. Why couldn't I be enough to keep him?"

"Caroline, I know you loved him, but he isn't a good guy. You deserve someone who will worship the ground you walk on. Obviously this guy wasn't your future. Just think about it this way, the faster this guy gets out of your life, the man you're supposed to be with will come around."

"I just want him to suffer the way I am. I want him to know how it feels." She was finally calming down as her tears stopped.

"I know. Trust me, I of all people know the feeling."

"I hope some girl messes him up, the way he messed me up." I wrapped my arms around her and gave her a hug she immediately complied to. After a few minutes of calming her down I saw something in her switch. I saw the sudden flash of an idea hit her and I didn't know whether to be comforted she was calming down or worried what this idea will be. "What if a girl did break his heart?"

"What?" I said, not really following.

"What if we made him fall in love with you and then... we crush him!" She said suddenly very enthusiastic about it.

"With me? Why me?"

"Because Elena, you just got cheated on, I just got cheated on. Who better to do this than us? We both have been hurt, why don't get a little revenge? We shouldn't be the ones getting walked all over all the time."

"You are right." I said thinking about it. Why did we have to be the only ones getting hurt in the situation. "He deserves to be put in his place. But me... I can't do that. I'll never be able to pull it off."

"Trust me Elena, with my help, he'll be eating out of your palm."

"I'm not sure about this. Haven't you talked about me, wouldn't he know."

"Just don't tell him your last name. This will work. We need this."

"Okay." I said finally expecting it. "What's this guy's name anyway?"

"Damon Salvatore." I let a laugh escape at the name. "What?"

"It's just funny. I met a Damon yesterday, who was a complete asshole as well."

"It's something about those Damon's." She stood up from my couch suddenly in a different mood then when she first arrived. "Okay, so tomorrow his best friend Alaric is throwing a huge party at the Salvatore mansion. Since, I was invited because at the time we were still dating, we are going. Tomorrow you are going to hook him."

"What if he doesn't like me?"

"I'll come over and help you get ready and give you some tips." She ran over to my door with a huge smile on her face. "This is going to be awesome. It's about time a guy tastes some of his own medicine." She almost literately bounced out my front door when I finally collapsed back down on the couch.

What the hell did I just get myself into?

AN: So I'm not sure if this story will stay T, I'm still deciding. I hope you like the idea:)

Review!