Chapter 1: Womanizer

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Dear Diary,

It's been two days since Damon's arrival and let me tell you, it's been two days too many! I swear he's made it his mission in life to drive me crazy or something, because everywhere I turn, he's there. Ugh! It didn't help that Stefan decided to take on some extra shifts this weekend in the hopes that he'll be better prepared for his midterm next week. It's just been me and Damon…well, unless you count the women from the bar. Seriously, the man is the biggest womanizer I've ever met! Friday night he brought home a bunch of sorority girls and they had a little party in the living room! He has absolutely no shame at all, and it's just so incredibly annoying. I pretty much hid in Stefan's room all night, but I could still hear them down there; let me tell you, they were at it all night. How is that even humanly possible? And then the next morning, he refused to put on clothes, preferring to walk around in his boxers. And okay, so maybe that's not such a horrible thing from an aesthetic point of view, but that's just the point! He's way too hot for his own good, and he knows it. He caught me staring a few times and offered to snap a picture for me so I'd have something to comfort me while Stefan was working the night shifts. I really could have slapped him for that comment; he's such a cocky, arrogant ass! Thank god he's out tonight so I can finally have some peace around here. And tomorrow's Monday, so I get a total of eight hours to myself; albeit stuck on campus, but it's better than being at home with Damon tormenting me every waking minute. Stefan also has the night off, so I'm thinking I might like to have the girls over for dinner. I'll admit I've sort of neglected them since I moved in with Stefan, so it might be a good idea to get everyone together so that they can get to know him better. I'm sure once we all hang out as a group, they'll warm up to each other a bit more, and then it won't be so awkward between the four of us anymore…god, I hope Damon plans to be out barhopping tomorrow until after everyone goes home; the last thing I want is to subject my friends to his company. Well, tomorrow's almost here so I should get to sleep. I've got an early class (ugh. Business Writing, then Communications), and then I'm going to try to meet up with Bonnie and Caroline in our usual spot since it's supposed to be nice out, and I haven't really hung out with them in a while. Here's hoping they forgive me for being MIA lately…

Elena made her way down the steps and headed for her usual meeting place, balancing the tray of drinks precariously and calling out a greeting to her friend Bonnie as soon as she spotted her on the grass near the parking lot.

"Well look who it is!" Bonnie Bennet said in mock surprise. "And to think I was about to send out a search party for you."

"Ha ha," Elena laughed dryly. "You act like I disappeared off the face of the earth or something."

"Considering how often you've bailed on our girl's nights, you might as well have!" Bonnie crossed her arms in front of her, staring at Elena as if she'd committed some horrible crime and it was her job to condemn her for it. In a way, she had; she'd pretty much committed the cardinal sin by ignoring her girlfriends since she'd gotten serious with Stefan. They weren't likely to forgive her without some sort of peace offering; which was why she'd made sure to pick up a mocha latte for each of them.

"I know," Elena replied, hanging her head in shame. "I've been a terrible friend lately, but I come bearing gifts. Consider it my way of saying I'm sorry." She held out the tray in offering; Bonnie immediately took her latte and started sipping it. After a minute, she rolled her eyes and motioned with her hand for Elena to join her on the grass. It was an unusually warm day for late September so they'd agreed to study outside before their respective classes, which didn't start for another two hours.

"So, have you heard from Caroline?" Elena asked after a few more minutes of uncomfortable silence.

Bonnie nodded. "Yeah, I saw her last night during Girl's Night" she said, making sure to give Elena another pointed look.

"Okay, I get it," Elena sighed. "Will you stop making me feel guilty already?"

Bonnie shrugged. "I'll think about it," she said noncommittally. "Anyway, you're not the only one who ended up ditching me. Caroline met a guy last night while we were tossing back shots at the Mystic Grill; guess she's done crying over Matt."

Elena raised an eyebrow in shock. "Hold on, Caroline hooked up with a guy last night?" she asked incredulously. Her best friend had been devastated after her latest break up with Matt Donovan three months ago. Word had it that Bonnie had practically had to drag her out of their shared apartment just so she could attend her classes; nobody was sure if Caroline would ever get over it.

Bonnie nodded, not looking too thrilled about the situation; obviously he'd gone back to the apartment with them, meaning Bonnie had wound up crashing on her friend Luca's sofa again in order to avoid hearing things she didn't want to hear all night. Elena gave her a sympathetic smile and decided to change the subject.

"So anyway, I was thinking about having you and Caroline over for dinner tonight!" she said.

Bonnie's eyes lit up in excitement. "Really?" she asked, "Just us girls?"

Elena bit her lip nervously, causing Bonnie to narrow her eyes suspiciously. "Oh," she said. "Stefan's going to be there too, isn't he?"

"It's his house, so yeah, he'll be joining us too." Elena said, feeling a little bit annoyed by Bonnie's attitude. Did she really expect her to just kick Stefan out on his night off from the hospital?

Bonnie tried to fake a look of disappointment. "Oh, sorry I forgot; I can't tonight. Tons of homework, sorry!"

Elena wasn't fooled. "You have to give him a chance!" she said sternly.

"Tonight's no good," Bonnie insisted. Elena simply stared at her, not believing her excuse for a second. "I should probably text Caroline and find out where she is," Bonnie said, pulling out her phone. Elena snatched it away from her.

"Don't change the subject, Bonnie Bennet!" she said. "You're going to be there."

Bonnie sighed in resignation. "Fine," she pouted. "I'll go. But if I have to watch you and Stefan make revolting kissy faces at each other all night, I'll hurl."

"I'll keep that in mind," Elena deadpanned. "Anyway, you can always hang out with Damon if the sight of me with Stefan becomes too much for you to handle!"

Bonnie chose to ignore the sarcastic comment. "How's that going, anyway? Him living there with you guys?" she asked.

Elena rolled her eyes. "Great," she sighed in exasperation. "When he's not making sexually suggestive comments and walking around the house in his boxers, he's bringing some random woman home from the bar. And he thinks nothing of having a party with her while I'm still in the house! Saturday night I accidentally walked in on him in the hallway with Matt's mom!"

Bonnie made a face at that. "Eww! I feel sick just thinking about it," she said.

Elena nodded in agreement. "Yeah, well it's even more disgusting to actually catch them in the act. And she was wearing this really skanky cocktail dress, and he had her up against the wall, and…"

Bonnie held up her hands, signaling her to stop. "Okay, I get the picture already; geez, you've made me lose my appetite! New topic, please?" she asked, trying to shake the horrifying images from her mind.

"Definitely," Elena agreed. "So tell me about last night. Who's this guy Caroline hooked up with? Anyone we might know?"

Bonnie shrugged. "I'm not sure," she said. "He seemed a little older, but maybe only by a few years. The bartender seemed to know him, though I'm not sure that's necessarily a good thing. Can't say I really blame Caroline for picking him up though," she blushed slightly and Elena smirked knowingly.

"That hot, huh?" she guessed.

Bonnie nodded. "Oh yeah," she confirmed. "And he definitely knew it too, because he had women falling all over him all night. I was a little surprised he went for Caroline."

"Bonnie!" Elena scolded.

She shrugged. "Sorry, but even you have to admit Caroline comes off a little too neurotic sometimes. That tends to turn a lot of guys off."

"Well maybe he's not one of them!" Elena said confidently. "Maybe he'll even help her get over Matt."

"Maybe," Bonnie said, shrugging again before looking around in annoyance. "Seriously, where is she?" she asked.

Elena suddenly spotted a blue sport-convertible pulling up into the parking lot and felt all hope for her friend disappear; she was leaning over in the passenger seat and kissing a dark haired man before pulling back. He was wearing dark sunglasses so she couldn't really see much of his face; but that smirk was all too familiar.

"Well, there she is; and she's with her mystery guy from last night," Bonnie commented, though it didn't really need to be said.

"That's no mystery guy," Elena told her, frowning. "That's Damon Salvatore."

Bonnie's eyes widened in shock at her words. "That's Damon?" she gasped, "As in, Stefan's brother? The obnoxious but sinfully sexy guy you're living with? That Damon?"

"The one and only!" Elena shot back, her good mood suddenly having been shot to hell. He must have caught a bit of their conversation because he took his glasses off and looked directly at her; she could tell he found the situation amusing. She glared at him, hating how damn smug he looked. She would have to inform him later that she didn't appreciate him adding her friends to his list of one-night stands.

Caroline skipped over to them, obviously having had quite the eventful night. "Sorry I'm late, girls, I was…uh…busy."

"I can see that," Elena said, still glaring at Damon even as he pulled out of the parking lot and drove away. She couldn't quite explain it, but the sight of him with Caroline had unnerved her; she supposed maybe she was just feeling protective, after all, it wasn't like she was jealous or anything, right?

Author's Note: Wow, I can't get over how many responses I've already received for this story! Thank you so much for that :) Anyway, I couldn't resist getting straight to work on the next chapter, and while it's short, it was sort of necessary since I'm building up to something here. I think you've probably guessed by now where I'm heading with the next chapter, especially if you're like me and have memorized pretty much every awesome Delena moment on the show.

Keep those reviews coming, and maybe I'll work on another chapter tonight ;)