Here it is, finally after months of promising it- the sequel to Feels so right. It took me forever to figure out what I wanted to do with this story. I finally figured it out last week. I hope you enjoy it. this first chapter starts out slow, but it will pick up soon along with some delicious DE smut. Let me know what you think of this long-awaited sequel.
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Four years later
The front door slammed and the very angry vampire stormed out of the house and climbed into her brand new Mustang; a birthday gift from her boyfriend. The past four years had been a cycle of anger, fights, yelling and amazing makeup sex. But after four years of it, it was getting to be too much. She knew that once she turned and became like him, all the emotions would be more intense than before. But she never imagined how her heightened emotions would make them fight even more than before. She was more stubborn, more passionate than before. She equally matched him in so many ways that it made them fight more than ever. Then there was their differing opinions on certain topics that always erupted into huge arguments that more often than not had one of them walking out. Today it was her, but usually it was him walking away to go drink away his issues at the Grill. The car sped away from the house and towards the Grill. She laughed slightly when she realized her go-to cure for anger was the same as his. She was going to drink. It must be a vampire thing, she thought to herself. She whipped into a parking spot and turned off the car, before hitting the steering wheel a few times. When she worked out a small amount of her anger she walked into the Grill and took a seat at the bar where Caroline and Bonnie were sitting.
"What's up?" Caroline asked when Elena sat down.
"I hate him." she answered.
"What did he do this time?" Caroline asked sighing. This was becoming such a constant thing between Elena and Damon.
"He just doesn't get it. I know I'm a vampire, but I don't feel comfortable taking blood from the source. I'm content with my blood bags. But he doesn't understand that along with myself not wanting it that way. I don't want him drinking it like that in our home. It makes me uncomfortable." she said softly.
"He was drinking from a person at your house?" Caroline asked.
"Yes. And naturally I snapped, what with these glorious heightened emotions and whatnot. But he says that just because I won't drink it that way, that doesn't mean he has to stop." Elena explained.
"He does have a point Lena. Just a bit. He is a vampire, and blood tastes so much better coming from a person. You don't have to kill to get the blood. You know that." Caroline explained softly.
"I just don't like seeing that. All I want is for him to stop." Elena said.
"What is the real problem here Lena?" Caroline asked knowingly, while Bonnie sat on Caroline's other side listening intently to the conversation.
"The fact that he's drinking from a human. That's the issue." Elena said.
"Elena, you can't lie to me. What is the real issue? What upsets you so much about him drinking from a person?" Caroline asked again knowing her friend really well.
"It's that he drinks from women. He seduces them, and brings them to our home. I walk in to find him drinking from another woman's neck. It's far too intimate for me to be comfortable with. It makes my emotions go crazy, and I feel betrayed. To me it's no better than openly cheating on me." Elena explained.
"See now it makes more sense. Have you told him that?" Caroline asked.
"No." Elena answered.
"Maybe you should tell him how you feel. I'm sure he'd stop or come up with some other system to make you more comfortable. The guy loves you Elena Gilbert." Caroline insisted.
"I don't want to tell him. I don't want to talk to him. I don't want to even see him." Elena said, her voice raising several octaves.
"Can I get you a drink Lena?" Matt asked.
"Something strong. I need hard liquor to get through today." she stated running a hand through her long brown hair.
"What's going on Lena? Is it being a vampire? Or is it your tumultuous relationship with one Damon Salvatore? You don't usually drink hard liquor." he asked.
" A bit of both. I need hard liquor to get through this." Elena said.
"Okay. Here is your boyfriends favourite. Bourbon." he said pouring her a glass of bourbon.
"Thanks Matty." she said gratefully.
"So do you want to tell me what's going on?" he asked leaning over the bar.
"I'm just not too fond of him at the moment. I honestly feel like I regret changing for him at the moment. I thought becoming a vampire would make us closer than we were before. But it's just causing fights and more fights followed by extremely passionate sex. After the sex there are usually a few good days, but then the cycle starts up again." Elena explained.
"Do you really regret it, or are you just annoyed at him?" he asked.
"Annoyance isn't really on the list of what I'm feeling right now." she told him.
"Just think about it this way. You were completely and passionately in love with him, if you weren't you would never have changed. Is that gone now?" Matt asked.
"No. I am still just as much in love with him as I was before. It's just I might regret turning into a vampire. That's the source of most of our problems I think." she confessed.
"It's a bit late for regrets isn't it?" Matt asked.
"She's just being stubborn as she always is. This time I wasn't in the wrong. She is just as wrong as I am. I am doing what vampires do. I am drinking blood. It's just that for reasons unknown she snaps whenever I feed on a person. Over dramatic female vampire." he muttered as Ric sat on the arm-chair facing his friend.
"Are you usually in the wrong Damon?" Alaric asked going into full on friend/ therapist mode.
"Admittedly yes. I do stupid shit from time to time. But this time I was just doing what vampires do. So what I brought a hot blonde home and fed from her. That's all it was. Elena is too emotional." Damon argued.
"So you fed from a girl? A girl who by your own omission is hot. Why the hell do you think she's pissed? Idiot." Alaric exclaimed.
"It was just food. Good God, if she's pissed about that, then we have more problems than I ever thought we did." Damon said still not overly apologetic about that.
"Ever think that maybe she has insecurities that you don't know about. Maybe the thought that you having any sort of relationship with another woman scares the hell out of her?" Alaric asked.
"She's never been so insecure before. Either way I'm not wrong and I'm not going to be the first to apologize this time." Damon said not budging at all.
"Just think about what you're willing to lose. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back home to my wife. I like her better than I like you." Alaric said.
"Goodbye Ric. Thanks for nothing." he said as one of his only friends walked out of the house.
"Can I come home with you tonight Caroline? I'm not ready to face Damon yet." Elena asked.
"Elena, you can't avoid him forever." Caroline said.
"I know, just for tonight. For a little while, it doesn't even have to be the whole night. Just let me stay here until Damon goes to bed. Then I'll go home." Elena pleaded.
"Fine. But when Tyler gets home you have to leave. Its our anniversary today."Caroline said.
"Fine. At least that will give me some time to think about my existence." Elena said.
"You can't honestly regret turning into a vampire." Caroline said.
"I don't know. It's great most days. It's just so much shit has happened since then. I think I'm blaming being a vampire for all the bad stuff in my life lately." Elena said.
"Ever think of just taking a trip somewhere. Just you and him. No drama, just the two people who fell in love five years ago?" Caroline asked.
"Do you think that would help?" Elena asked.
"It helped me and Tyler, after we got back together. It could do wonders for you as well. And Damon has money, I'm sure he'd love to spend it on repairing your very broken relationship." Caroline offered.
"I hope so. I can't keep living like this. I'm not happy." Elena said.
"I can see that. And neither is he. You owe it to yourselves and to each other to try to make this work." Caroline said patting her hand softly.
"Thanks Care. Maybe I'll go see my brother instead. Let you enjoy your anniversary alone with Tyler." Elena said.
"Thank you. I love you Lena." Caroline said standing up and hugging her friend.
"I love you too Caroline." Elena said hugging her friend back.
"I hope everything works out for you." Bonnie said softly, picking up her purse and slinging it over her shoulder.
"Thanks Bonnie. That means a lot. How are things with you and Matt?" Elena asked trying to make conversation with her friend.
"It's going good. I love him. We're thinking of moving in together." she said.
"You know, I think your relationship has moved slower than any other relationship I've ever seen. Even Jeremy and Claire are living together." Elena said.
" But Matt and I, from the beginning we wanted to take it really slow. I mean we never slept together until our six month anniversary. It just made more sense. He was still pining after Caroline and you to some extent and Jeremy had dumped me when I thought we'd be together forever. We didn't want to rush something that could be good for both of us. And now it is good. It's the best relationship I've ever been in." Bonnie explained.
"I'm glad. I wish my relationship was as happy as yours." Elena said.
"It will be again. I'm sure of it. You and Damon are both too stubborn to just give in. You'll work it out." Bonnie said confidently.
"Thank you. But I better go. I'm going to visit Jeremy and Claire. They just moved in together. They're still in that learning curve of leaning how to live with another person. I'm curious to see how its going." Elena said picking up her purse and leaving the restaurant.
When she got to the small, one bedroom house Jeremy and Claire were renting, she walked up the front walk and rang the doorbell.
"Oh Lena, its you. What's up?" Jeremy asked.
"I was hoping for some company for a while. I'm not ready to go home yet." Elena said hopefully.
"Come on in. So what did he do this time?" Jeremy asked as they walked into the small living room.
"We just live completely different existences. He's into the traditional vampire eating habits thing, and I'm most definitely not." Elena said.
"Don't you ever think that maybe you should throw in the towel? Maybe your relationship isn't worth all the trouble it causes the two of you?" Jeremy asked.
"It is. My relationship is worth it. When things are good, they're so beyond good. Even when things are bad, I still love him to death." Elena told her brother.
"Well then maybe you should just talk to him." Jeremy suggested.
"I want to. But I think that conversation will only go so far. We need to get away." Elena said.
"Where to?" Jeremy wondered.
"Wherever. It doesn't matter. Somewhere where the two of us can be alone together. Somewhere we can get back to the couple we used to be. I love him and I know he still loves me. We just need to get back there." Elena said.
"Have you run this idea by him yet?" Jeremy asked.
"Not yet. I haven't talked to him since I walked out after finding him drinking from a blonde in our living room." Elena admitted.
"When was this?" Jeremy asked knowing his sisters strong capabilities of holding grudges.
"A few hours ago." Elena answered unwillingly.
"Well maybe you just need to go home then. Talk to your boyfriend. Tell him your plan and do it. Get out of town." Jeremy urged her.
"Alright. I'll go." Elena said standing up steeling her nerves at seeing him again.
"Good luck." Jeremy called.
"Thanks. I'm going to need it. Conversations after screw ups always turn into massive fights." she told him.
"Good luck." Jeremy repeated, walking Elena to the door.
Damon was sitting at home alternating drinking from blood bags and bourbon. The blood bags didn't taste nearly as good as the blood from the willing victim, but clearly it would have to do. Elena would not let him drink from a woman, and a more rational part of him understood why. The irrational part of him was angry. Unfortunately the irrational part was more dominant at the moment. He heard her car in the driveway a few minutes later and he chose to ignore it. There were happy days where she would come home and he would be there to greet her. Today was not one of those days. He stayed in the parlour with his drinks and waited for her to come to him. He would not object if she ignored him right now. It was safer for the both of them.
"Damon you and I need to talk." Elena said marching into the room, her determination clear in the way she walked.
"Now what do you want?" he asked harshly.
"Don't act like that. Don't talk to me like that. We need to discuss." Elena said.
"What is there to discuss. You're acting like a ball and chain designed to keep me behaving however you want me to. You're changing my eating habits. Everything I do has to be the way you want it. I have to keep you happy with whatever it is that I do. So what can I do for you now, dear?" he asked sarcastically.
"Just stop Damon. We need to do something about this. The fighting is taking over our entire relationship, and I can't take it anymore." she said sitting down on the ottoman on the other side of his chair.
"Ah, so now you're going to leave me. Are you going to run to Ric and Jenna? Or will it be Caroline? Or Jeremy? Who are you going to run too Elena?" he asked letting his mask slide into place.
"Did I say I was leaving you Damon? I never said that. I just need you to shut up and listen to what I have to say. Unlike you, I am not ready to give in yet." Elena told him taking a deep breath.
"Fine. Speak." he said gesturing for her to continue.
"I'm not ready to give in yet. I still love you and I can't imagine that going away. You're worth too much to me. So I have a proposition for you." she said.
"What kind of proposition?" he asked officially intrigued. He felt better knowing that she wasn't running away. He let one of the hard walls around himself fall down so he wasn't so cold and detached anymore.
"I want us to go away together. I don't know for how long. And I don't know where. Just you and me. We need to get away and go somewhere where no one can find us. We need to find out if we're still the same couple we were four years ago or not. You can pick where we go. I'll follow you anywhere." Elena told him.
"You want to go away? Just you and me?" he asked.
"Yes. No one else. You and I need to work on us, and we can't do that here." she said.
"Okay. Do you have any preferences on where we'll go?" he asked somewhat excited.
"You can pick. I'll follow you anywhere." Elena told him, excited for their newest adventure.