Well hey there! It's been a while! I'm back with a new story as you can see and I'm pretty excited about it! It's my first M-rated story and in later chapters it will contain smut! So if that's not your thing, back away slowly now!

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~~~Elena's P.O.V.~~~

I grumbled as I stared at the workload before me. This is what I got for majoring in creative writing. I growled again.

"Relax. Only one more week and we're free!" Damon reassured me.

I made my way over to Damon and promptly sat in his lap. "You'll be free, I still have another year of this hell." He chuckled and hugged me tighter to him. I buried my face into the crook of his neck. "I still can't believe you're leaving me. What kind of best friend are you?"

"The kind that's graduating college so he can support your lazy ass." I laughed and smacked his chest. We remained silent for a couple moments. It was the kind of nothing that meant everything to me. It was what you got when you were best friends with someone for twenty-two plus years.

"It's our last summer together before you leave Duke." I whispered. I could feel his frown against the top of my head.

"I know. But we're not going to be all doom and gloom about it, remember? We have to make this summer count! And I think I have a way to do that." I looked up to see his ice blue eyes shine with excitement.

"We already made plans to spend the summer in California remember? All of our friends are going to be there?" I asked him, confused.

"Oh, we're going to California. We're just going to get there a little later than everyone else." He smirked at me in a way that had me concerned about my summer plans.

"Damon, what did you do?"

"Calm down. We're still going to California, we're just getting there a different way." My eyes widened and the biggest grin appeared on my face.

"You mean?"

"Road trip baby!" He yelled as he started to tickle me. I laughed and screamed and tried to fight him off. Pretty soon he was on top of me, tickling me to what I was sure was my death. All of the sudden, I heard a someone clear their throat followed by Damon quickly getting off of me.

"Hey, Matt." I said as I stood up. I smiled at my boyfriend of five months. "Damon just told me some great news! Me and him are going to drive to California together. We'll get there a little later than everyone else but it will give us a chance to hang out before he leaves."

I watched as Matt's jaw clenched and he sighed. "Elena, can I talk to you outside?"

~~~Damon's P.O.V.~~~

My heart sank when Elena's smile dissapeared at Matt's words. It was a wonder to me why she liked this guy in the first place. He was a real dick to her most of the time. He sucked the life out of her when he was around. I hated him for it, and I hated myself when I just stood by and let it happen.

Lena followed him out the door before shooting me a weak smile. I sighed and tried to go back to case studies but my thinking process was interrupted by yelling outside.

"-the HELL Elena?" I immediantly tensed at Matt yelling at my Lena that way. Damn, I really hated him.

"Matt, I don't know why you're so upset with me. Can you just tell me?" Elena asked calmly.

"Oh please. You know exactly what I'm talking about!"

"This again? How many times do I have to tell you Damon and I are just friends?" She sighed. THAT caught my attention. Matt thought there was something going on with me and Elena?

"Until I fucking believe you! I'm tired of always coming in second to him!"

"I don't know what to tell you Matt. Damon will always come first to me. He's my best friend."

"Well I'm done with that. I'm done with him, I'm done with you!"

"Good ridance dick!" I heard her mutter as she walked back into the house.

She came back into the kitchen and started back on her work. I continued to stare at her.

"Are you okay?" I asked casually, looking down at my papers.

"I'm fine. It was never going to work out between us anyway. He hated you." And that's all she needed to say. Without a doubt, she would choose me over any guy, really anyone. It was times like these, where it was clear I was the most important person in her life, that I loved her most. Because I did love her. Just like Matt and all her boyfriends before him feared. It seemed like everyone knew except her.

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