Elena approached the large wooden door that sealed the outside world from the Salvatore family. Today was the first day of October, which also meant the first day of learning how to celebrate Halloween, or as Damon had put it, "Coming to the dark side." Today, she'd be spending her time with Stefan simply because it was his first half of the month to be with her. She was both excited and not happy about the fact that it was Stefan first, but only because she knew he was more into historical and proper ways rather than well - fun.
Before she could even raise her hand up to knock at the door, it suddenly swung open, revealing Damon standing behind it while giving Elena his traditional smirk. He followed his arms across his chest as he leaned against the doorway.
"Wanna have a lil fun before," Damon started as he rolled his eyes in the direction of Stefan, "Saint Stefan bores you to death."
Elena groaned and rolled her eyes in respone to Damon's sexual suggestions as she brushed herself past the vampire. He looked at her for a moment with playfulness written all over his face before grabbing her bags and heading upstairs with them.
"Damon!" Elena called out as she chased after the dark haired boy.
"God, Elena, I knew I'd have you in my room one day. But I never thought you'd be running to it," Damon joked.
"Give me my bags, now," replied Elena.
"Suit yourself," Damon winked as he slowly walked to Elena and dropped the bags at her feet. She bent down to grab them, but as she came up, she welcomed a pair of crystal blue eyes staring deep into her own. Instead of playfulness, there was now curiousity, almost like Damon would be some sort of cat, and Elena some sort of new toy. He remained in the same composure for a few moments later before slowly making his way back to the lower end of the house without saying one word.
"Please excuse Damon. He hasn't had a girl who wasn't compelled over since more than two hundred years ago," smiled Stefan as he approached Elena, "You'll be staying in the guest room. I'll bring your bags there now if you'd like to see it."
Elena nodded silently as she followed Stefan to the end of the long hall way. Along each side of the wall were many family potraits of relatives throughout the generation. She slowed her pace down to take in all of the photos she'd never once seen before. Although she'd spent much time at the house, she never wondered off and realized what was all inside the large home. In one photograph, she recognized a younger Damon as well as Stefan, with their arms around each other. She smiled as she leaned in closer to get a better glimpse. Damon looked around the age of eighteen while Stefan appeared to be sixteen or seventeen.
"1830," Stefan stated. He walked over to Elena's side and glanced at the picture of his brother and himself as well, "That was the day Damon decided to join the confederacy, before everything with Katherine had happened, of course."
"What about this one?" Elena asked as she pointed to a similar picture, except this time there was a older blonde hugging both boys with each an arm.
Stefan smiled as he realized what picture she'd mentioned. "That would have to be a few years down the line, my guess would be around 1837. Damon and I had just met Katherine-we were unaware that she was a vampire at that time. The blonde in the middle, that's Lexi, shortly before she was turned."
Elena smiled without saying anything only because she didn't know what'd be the right thing to say. Lexi had been one of Stefan's oldest friends. But sadly, Stefan had to witness his own brother driving the piece of wooden stake into her heart, killing her instantly. She knew he still hurt from seeing his friend die, but she also knew Stefan was good at hiding his emotions. After a few more moments of glancing at pictures and discussing them, they finally made their way to the end of the hallway which was Elena's bedroom for the month. The minute Stefan openned the door she fell in love. The room was perfect.
"Stefan, it's gorgeous," Elena whispered as she took it all in at once. The walls were lined with white-golden silk along with beautiful flowers lining the area in which the ceiling and walls met. The curtains were the color of ivory, offsetting the colors in the room but blending in at the same time. The bed was extremely large and had a privacy canopy falling over it which she was glad for due to the fact that Damon could easily slip in at night.
"The door on the right leads to the closet, and the one of the left is the bathroom," Stefan commented, "Go ahead and get yourself settled in. In the meantime, Damon and I will be downstairs making dinner."
Elena turned around to face Stefan with a confused face. "You can cook?"
Stefan chuckeled to himself before replying, "Elena, even though we're dead, we still need food besides blood. Besides, how else would we feed you?"
Elena laughed along as she realized how stupid she'd just sounded. Stefan waved goodbye as he turned around and continued his way to the kitchen below the upper floor. So far, things were going pretty smooth. She was getting along with Stefan without things being awkward, her room was amazing, and the brothers weren't fighting. Elena snapped out of her thoughts as she could feel someone's eyes burning into her flesh from behind. She slowly turned around to meet the face of Damon.
"Aren't you supposed to be cooking?" she asked, unfazed at how close he was trying to get to her.
"Elena, when have I been one to help?" Damon asked.
"You helped rescue Stefan," she replied as she started to unpack her clothing, which only interested Damon even more than he already was.
"Did I mention that I hate myself?" he replied while picking through her clothes, pulling out any personal objects he may have found.
"I said it before and I'll say it again," she paused to remove her bras from Damon's hands, "Don't pretend like you don't care."
"Who said I pretending sweetheart?" he replied before heading out of the room. Elena rolled her eyes and smiled to herself while she continued her unpacking.
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It'd been at least two hours since either one of the brothers had been upstairs to visit her, or in Damon's case, try to seduce her. She figured it was due to the fact that they were both downstairs hard at work with the meal they were preparing for her. Stefan, she knew, was going to make it perfect just to see Elena happy with his hard work. Damon, on the other hand, would simply do it to impress Elena and try to be closer to winner her over. It amazed her how they could be so different in more than one way.
Elena grabbed her labtop from under the large bed she was currently sitting on. She worked her way onto the internet and signed on to her myspace account. She rolled her eyes as she noticed Damon's update from his mobile which was updated minutes ago.
"Damon- Making supper for the girl of my dreams, who, by the way is upstairs ;D"
"God Elena, if you wanted to see me all you had to do was ask," he winked as he made his way over to Elena and flopped onto the bed casually.
"In your dreams," Elena replied.
"And your's too, if I remember correctly," he smirked.
"Unwilling," she answered.
"You had vervain on," he smiled, knowing that he had won the agruement between the two.
Elena went to open her mouth with a cocky reply but closed it slowly when she realized Damon was correct and there was nothing she could do about it. "Why are you in here?"
"What? A guy can't visit a friend? Gee, thanks Elena," Damon joked, "No, food's ready."
Elena lifted herself off of the bed only to find herself flying down the stairs within seconds. As the room faded back to it's normal self, she realized that she was suspended in air. Apparently, while she was in the middle of getting up, Damon had used his super vampire speed to race down and pick her up in his arms, then bring her into the kitchen. She groaned as she freed herself of Damon's muscular arms and took a seat at the table across from Stefan which left one chair on the side of her for Damon. Happily, he took his seat as well.
"So, tell me about this five star meal," Elena smiled.
"Well, the main course that you are currently eating is Tuna au Poivre. Back in the 1800's, French meals were a huge success with the founding families of Mystic Falls-" Stefan started.
"Except, for myself," Damon added.
"Except for Damon. And in the glass is Red Wine, which was suggest by Damon," explained Stefan.
"Enjoy the Tuna Au whatever it is, if you ask me, it's a little too fancy for my taste. Just like this house..." Damon stated.
The three started to have conversations with one another for the rest of the dinner. They spent time laughing and joking around as well as being serious, even Damon was serious at some points in time. Elena enjoyed herself and for once, it felt like she was actually living the normal life with the people she was close to.
"So, what are we doing tonight?" she asked Stefan once the plates were picked up, leaving the kitchen back to its spotless self.
"I was thinking I could take you to this place deep into the forest. It's a far walk for humans, but for vampires it'll take about five minutes. It's worth it though, trust me," he replied gently.
Elena smiled as Stefan continued to explain his plans for the evening to her. She noticed Damon sitting at the kitchen table rolling his eyes to almost everything Stefan said while he sipped his scotch. She tried hard to redirect her focus to Stefan.
"I figured we could leave in about ten minutes. The car ride there's a little while," Stefan started.
"Okay that's cool. Um, let me just go grab my purse," Elena replied as she headed up the never ending stairs.
The moment she entered her room she found Damon leaning against her dresser with her purse held to his chest. She walked closer and tried to grab ahold of it, but the moment she was close he'd hurry up and fly across the other side of the room, making it almost impossible to reach.
"Are you having fun?" she asked, obviously annoyed.
"Actually, I am. But sadly, you won't tonight, because you're going to be with . Walking through the forests, smelling the disguisting fresh air, worrying about what critters wondered the forest floors, pondering about who's lurking in the trees above. Yup, sounds like a blast," Damon smirked as he threw Elena her purse and left the room.
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As the car came to a stop, Elena recongized the place as the old national park of Mystic Falls. However, once they discovered where the tombs of the soldiers were, the district government had decided to relocate the park.
"We're here. If we want to make it to the location, you might have to..." Stefan trailed off as Elena caught on to what he was hinting at.
Reluncantly, she made her way over to Stefan and allowed him to lift her up into his arms. She didn't mind being around him, but him holding her only after a short time of being apart made things extremely awkward. However, before she knew what was happening, the two were speeding through the forest. She shut her eyes tightly to try and stop the dizziness that was threatening her. In seconds, the rushing wind stopped and everything became still. She openned her eyes to meet a small path leading to the mysterious place.
"It's a little farther down that road, no more than three minutes," Stefan said.
Together, they walked down the dirt road. Everytime she'd hear a noise, Damon's voice would instantly flash throughout her mind, scaring her even more every time. Damn him, she thought. She ignored the fear threatening her body and toughened up, besides, this was what this month was all about. Learning how vampires celebrated Halloween.
"We're here," Stefan said suddenly.
Elena stopped in her tracks as she took in the site before her. Her mouth openned slightly as soon as the beauty of the location hit her. Before the two of them, was the biggest water fall she'd ever seen. In fact, it was the only waterfall she'd ever seen.
"It's not exactly scary, I know. But, this is the exact location where Emily and Katherine met and where Emily shared her magic with Katherine. It might not mean much to historicains nowadays, but to me, it means a lot," Stefan said quietly as he remembered all the memories that had happened near this location.
"Wow," Elena whispered, "Over a hundred years ago, Katherine stood in this exact spot. It's still so unreal to me."
"It takes a bit of time to get used to it," Stefan replied.
Elena caught onto the double meaning of what he'd just said. She knew he wasn't refering only to Katherine, but also to Elena as well. He looked down as realized what he'd said.
"I'm not Katherine," Elena stated.
"I know, I'm sorry," he replied as he offered an apologeic smile.
Elena felt her phone buzz and reached into her pocket to remove the small electronic from her pants. She quickly read the text to herself.
"Told you he's no fun. Be safe, you never know who's watching you... ;D -Damon"
Elena's head quickly snapped up and scanned the surroundings of the area. Slowly, she spotted him. There, about ten feet away in a tree, was a large black crow who turned it's head playfully the moment she laid eyes on it. Of course, Damon wouldn't leave her alone with Stefan. She rolled her eyes as her and Stefan contined to talk about the past.
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Okay, so it'll start of with some Stefan/Elena since the first part is about Stefan and Elena. But I'm a huge fan of Damon/Elena so ill throw some Damon and Elena moments in there every now and then :D but once the Damon days start, it'll turn into a full blown Damon/Elena. I'm working on chapter eight of my other story, it should be up by tomorrow. Enjoy and review!
