Chapter 1: Crazy,Stupid,Love.

Friday, April 6

"Damon I'm pretty sure Katherine won't mind if your shirt has a small stain on the side. I'm pretty sure she wont even notice. "Elena watched him rummage through his cupboard looking for a new shirt.

"Its not just about the shirt Elena. "He sat down next to her on his bed. "II really like her. When I' with her its like I cant breathe properly. I can't function when I'm around her. And she's really hot." He added with a smirk.

Elena smiled. She'd known Damon her entire life and she'd never see him panic like tis over a girl. Normally, he'd just throw on whatever he found in his closet. Whether he looked like James bond or Ace Ventura he didn't care. It was just a date to him. But this time it was more. He had been crushing on Katherine since his final year at college. They'd met on campus and he was completely taken by her.

"Okay, Fine!" She said getting up and walking into his closet. She took a black shirt of its hanger and gave it him along with a black leather jacket. Damon's signature look. "Happy now?" she joked.

"Ah! Elena Gilbert, my style guru. What would I do without you?"

"You'd probably die" she playfully punched his shoulder. "Anyway, you should seriously go shower cause you stink. Literally."

"Mean." He smirked "You wanna join me?"

"Yes Damon I would love to join you because you are just so hot, Mr. Salvatore." she laughed and started pretending to fan herself.

"Ugh! You two should totally get a room." They turned around to see Stefan. Damon's younger brother. He and Elena were the same age and they'd been friends since they were young but no one would ever replace the role of a friend that Damon was. No, that was solely Damon's place.

"Jealous much, Stefan?" Damon said heading towards the shower.

"Of you? Totally." Stefan said sarcastically. He waited till Damon was gone and then he looked at Elena. "So, have you told him that you're in love with him yet?" he whispered with a wink.

"Shhh!" she hissed looking at the bathroom door. "He might here you. And I'm not in love with him."

"You're right. You're not in love with him. You just stare at him when he's shirtless and right now you're probably stabbing yourself on the inside for agreeing to help him with his date who you are so jealous of!" he smirked.

"You're just jealous cause he could get a date and you couldn't. "She smiled. She could deny it as many times as she wanted. She could shrug it off whenever she had to. But no matter what, she was not going to tell Damon how she felt. That she loved him. He'd hate her. She'd disgust him. He'd think she was pretending to be his friend so that he'd learn to love her. So she just pretended like those feelings were never there.

She caught Stefan staring at her. "Fine, ill say it. I have feeling type thingys for Damon. Are you happy?"

"Lena you have to tell him."

"Tell me what?" they turned around to see a shirtless Damon with a towel wrapped around his bottom half. Elena couldn't stop herself from staring at his perfect body. She watched the water drip from his arms and legs and she felt a wave of electricity flow through her. "Like what you see?" Damon whispered to Elena but Stefan heard him.

"Tell me again why you two aren't together." Stefan saw Elena glare at him out of the corner of his eye.

"No need. Anyway I must go. Elena are we on for Friday night movie marathon tomorrow?" Damon asked.

"You bet. I already got the popcorn and beer and a chic flic. Don't panic its just one." She said with a smile.

"Okay. Bye." He looked at Stefan" I might not come back alone tonight. So don't walk around in smiley face boxers throwing yourself a pity party okay?" Elena giggled looking at Stefan's face heat up.

"Have fun." Damon sang as he walked out of the door. It took Stefan and Elena a few seconds to start talking again.

"So, are you going to tell him tomorrow?" Stefan asked Elena.

"Yeah. Like I'm going to tell him. There are 3 ways that could work out. He's either going to be heartbroken because Katherine doesn't feel the same way about him or he's going to be in a relationship with an amazing, beautiful and smart girl or he is going to tell me we cant be friends anymore because he doesn't feel the same way." She smiled at Stefan.

"Yeah but wouldn't it be better if you knew how he felt so that you could maybe move on or be with him." He put his hand on her shoulder when he saw some tears building up in her eyes.

"I can handle not being able to tell Damon how I feel." She paused, wiping a tear that slipped." But I'm not sure what I would do if I told him and he rejected me."

"What if he feels the same way?" Stefan said, trying to reassure her. "You've been friends since forever what if he sees it as more than that?"

"What if he doesn't?" she said. Then she got up and started walking towards the door "Damon and I meeting tomorrow night but I'm free in the day wanna do something?" Stefan nodded and she left the house.

Saturday, April 7.

Elena awoke to the smell of fresh coffee and sugar-filled pancakes. She went downstairs to see her aunt Jenna at the table along with her best friends Caroline and Bonnie.

"Hey!" She said as she reached the bottom of the staircase.

"Morning Sunshine!" Jenna said. "Grab a seat and let this amazing food take you away." She winked at Elena.

"So. Who's making breakfast? And I know it wasn't one of you guys because you all suck at pancakes." She giggled as Caroline pretended to pout.

"That would be me. Want some?" She turned around to see him. Damon. With a pan in his hand and cloth draped over his white shirt. It framed his upper-body perfectly.

"Damon? What are you doing here?" She went over to him hugging him after he put down the pan. "Aren't you supposed to be with Katherine right now?" she whispered, winking.

"We'll talk about it later." He whispered back. She figured things probably went bad last night. She knew she was supposed to feel bad for him but she couldn't help but feel a little relieved and happy on the inside. Who was she kidding she was in love with Damon Salvatore and he would never love her back. Not in the same way. But she wasn't going to give up without a fight.