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Chapter 2

The next morning came too soon, Elena wasn't ready to get out of her bed yet. She looked like hell, there were dried tears all over her face, her hair was messy and she felt like some kind of truck hit her and run over her for like a hundred times. She cried nearly all night and she was exhausted. Even if she would try to get up, it wouldn't work. Her muscles felt numb and she needed to rest, though she couldn't sleep. After everything her dad told her the day before, she just couldn't. She tried to, more than once but every time she fell asleep she saw her father's face again when he told her he arranged a marriage for her. How could he think he would make her happy that way? He just made her life a living hell. Not to mention the guy he choose, Damon Salvatore, really? How could he?

She would never love him, she didn't even like him. Her entire life she loved Stefan and she wanted to be his wife, not his brother's wife. She wanted to go to college with Stefan, start a life with him, far away from her father and his weird thoughts about the perfect life. Her entire life he made every choice for Elena, she never even got the chance to choose something herself.

He told her he did it cause he wanted to see her happy. After her mother, Isobel, died her father was totally lost. They shared a great love and were very happy together. Though she did know they had an arranged marriage too, Elena couldn't see how the same thing could happen to her. Certainly not now her father choose Damon to be her future husband.

Okay, she must admit, he was kinda handsome, sometimes even charming but she didn't like him at all. He has a major ego, he wasn't even friendly, he just thought about himself and nobody else. He was cruel and arrogant but the part she hated the most, he was so mysterious that she never quite got him. She couldn't see through him like she did with most people and that freak her out. Normally she knew how people would react, what they would say but with him? It was just blank, she never knew what to expect.

"Elena? Breakfast's ready," her dad said while knocking on her door. She had locked her door yesterday before she got in bed and she didn't unlock it so far.

"Honey, can you please open your door? I'm not in the mood to wait the entire day!" she could hear the madness in his voice. Let him be mad, she thought, he could be furious if he wanted. She didn't matter, not anymore. He'd hurt her, ruined her life.

"Elena? I'm serious! Open that fucking door or I'll just break it!" Still, she didn't answer, he'd probably know she was awake but she didn't want to give in.

"Elena! This is your last chance! Get up your lazy ass and open the door!" She actually started to enjoy the fury she got out of him. He deserved every bit of it.

"Are you actually listening to me?" he yelled still trying to convince her.

"I thought that just was my last chance?" she said nagging him. It was kinda dangerous to treat him like that but she didn't budge. He could yell as much as he wanted, it was not like it was gonna work or something.

"Okay, you asked for it!" he called before he slammed into the door with so much force that he immediately was standing right in front of her.

She couldn't say a word, he looked so mad, she was frightened. The way he broke that door…she couldn't believe he actually did it. Okay, she did provoke him but really, she didn't expect him to just break that door.

"I warned you. Get out of bed, now!" he was still yelling at her even if he stood right in front of her.

"To do what? Get in my coffin?" she couldn't hold herself back from saying it even when she regretted it the moment the words left her mouth. She knew, deep down her father was trying to do the right thing even if it was totally wrong.

"Okay that's enough. I'm gonna call Damon so he can take you with him. I'm not gonna stand this scandalous behavior of you any longer than I need to. I wanted this to be different, Elena. I really do but you leave me no other choice. You'll marry tomorrow morning, I'll make sure Damon has arranged everything by then. For now, you'll just stay at your new house. Just don't forget I love you, Elena." Before she got the chance to answer him, he left the room. She couldn't believe what she just heard, it must be a dream, a nightmare. This wasn't happening, it just wasn't.

"Hello?" Damon said when he picked up the phone. It was only eight in the morning, who would call him this early?

"Damon? It's John Gilbert."

"Oh Hi, John. Anything wrong?" Gosh, couldn't that man wait some other hour or something? Damon didn't sleep very well last night. He couldn't stop thinking about his further bride. He could almost see the way she would react when her father would tell her. She would be so mad, devastated probably. But hey, he wasn't that bad, was he? She could've got a much worse husband, much more ugly too.

"Uhm, yeah. It's about Elena. Though I knew how she would react, it was even worse. I told her I would call you so you could take her with you. I'm sure she doesn't want anything to do with me, not for now although. Did you get everything arranged for tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I did. But are you sure it's a good idea if I take her with me today? Doesn't she want to stay home for another day? I mean, it's the last day she can."

"Probably but her behavior is not acceptable. She treats me like dust and I'm not taking it. She has to leave before I do something I'll regret later."

"Okay, I think I understand. I'll be there in an hour or something."

"Did you tell Stefan already?"

"Not exactly. I send him on a holiday till after our honeymoon, that way he can't ruin anything. When he gets back, he needs to go to college and he'll probably forget Elena in minutes."

"I'm sure about that. He's just a boy, he needs to enjoy his life as long as possible."

"Doesn't Elena need to enjoy her life too?" He knew it was a difficult subject but it was just weird that John wanted Elena to marry so soon. Damon could admit he was an ass sometimes but it didn't mean he had no feelings at all. He felt pretty bad for Elena but he just couldn't stand the thought of her being married to Mason Lockwood. Cause that would be the case if he didn't accept the arrangement with John. He wouldn't lie about it, he loved the idea of Elena being his but she was just so young. She needed to enjoy her life some more.

"We talked about it Damon. I want her to marry as soon as possible, I want her to be save and have a good marriage. Teenage boys would just destroy her and I can't let someone do that to my little girl. But if you've changed your mind, I'm sure Mason's still a candidate. Like I said before, if you don't want to marry her I'll search someone else."

"No, John. I told you I would marry her and I'm keeping that promise. I'll make her as happy as I can." Even if it would be the hardest thing he'd ever done.

"I'll make sure you do cause I would kill you if something happens to her." He liked the way John talked about his daughter, he was very anxious about everything that happened to his little girl. It was good in some way but being overprotective was definitely not something good. He gave Elena the feeling she was useless by making all her decisions. She got no responsibility at all.

Even her younger brother had more responsibility than she had. Jeremy was only sixteen and he could do whatever he wanted. John was protective of his son too, but certainly not as much as about his daughter. It was weird seeing someone act the way John did but of course, he raised two children all on his own. His wife Isobel died a few weeks after the first birthday of Jeremy, she had a strong cancer. She fight it for a long while but eventually the illness took over and she died. Elena was only three years back then, he could still remember the day his brother came home and told him all about the pretty girl from school who was crying cause her mommy died. Even in kindergarten Stefan and Elena were already some kind of friends.

"I know John."

"Good. Well bye Damon, see ya soon."

"Yeah, see ya soon," Damon answered before hanging up. As much as he hated the fact that Elena would feel like her life was over, he had to do this for her own good and he would do everything to change her mind. This doesn't need to be the end of her life, it was supposed to be the beginning.

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Thanks for reading!

I know, it was a short chapter but I liked the end so I didn't add anything more.

I hope I've written Damon well cause it was kinda hard, I don't want him to be totally bad but also not totally good.

Next chapter they will see each other again! :)

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