Elena awoke to the soft pitter-patter of rain on the window sill. She looked around her room and sighed. Had it all been a dream? She thought. Then her eyes snagged on something black on the un-used reading chair in the corner, Damon's leather jacket. So it was real… She thought, amazed. "Well, I'll just wait and see what happens next…" Elena whispered quietly. So she did just that.
Elena walked to school in her usual elegance but something was different. She was wearing Damon's jacket. To the other kids it seemed like some sort of trademark, marking him as hers. Her eyes scanned over the usual crowd of kids. She spotted Bonnie and Meredith and jumped and hopped and hollered until they noticed her and came rushing over with their mouths gaping at the jacket draped along her sleek arms. "How'd you get his jacket!?" Was the question everyone was asking. She saw Damon and she waved for him to come over and share in the delight of the tale but he shook his head and ran a finger over his lips, imitating zipping it shut. She knew that he wanted that little exchange to be kept secret. "That's for me to know, and you to leave to your imagination." Was her response. Her first class was English. Damon's in that class. Elena thought, her excitement bubbling up in her ready to overload. She skipped to class that day. That's right, skipped. She wasn't watching where she was going so she bumped right into Damon Salvator. "Oops, excuse-" She cut off when she realized the very person she was so excited about had just bumped into her on accident. "Oh, hi Damon…Umm, I think that this belongs to you." She said and fumbled trying to get the jacket off. Damon's rough hand caught hers and her world seemed to stop. "Keep it. I don't need it anymore anyways. Oh, and by the way," He said, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper. "Here. Take this. Oh, and keep the ring." He said mysteriously. Elena looked down at the paper and noticed that there was a large bump in the middle of it. She turned to say good-bye but he was gone. I wonder what it could be? She thought nervously. Elena anxiously opened the paper and the first thing she saw was the ring. It was beautiful. It had an aquamarine stone in it that matched her eyes. She slid it on her finger and admired it carefully. He had said to keep the ring, right? She thought. Then her eyes slid down to the paper and she read it's contents…"Dear Elena, I am writing this in the hopes that you will accept my invitation. I cordially invite you to go to the Halloween Ball with me. I would be honored if you would accompany me to the Festival of All Hallows Eve as well. I will wait for your response." Her heart thudded against her chest. He asked me out…He really asked me out… She thought. "Are you going to say yes?" A voice came from behind her. She turned and looked at the boy behind her questioningly. "And who are you?"She accused. "I, my dear Elena, am Stefan Salvatore."