Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries, L.J. Smith does, I am just merely writing up a idea that popped into my head. All of The Vampire Diaries character's belong to her and not me.
Summary: What would happen if Elena lost her voice, would she be taken advantage of. How would Damon and Stefan react to this, How would everyone else react to this.
Author Comment: This is my first time writing a Vampire Diaries fanfiction Once again I apologize if anyone seems out of character. I stayed up late writing this, I really love the ideas that have popped up in my head which can result in ending up in this story of course. I also apologize if there is some grammatical errors, I currently don't have a beta reader so please bear with me if you can! I'll try and do my best!
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Elena awoke to the rays of sun streaming through her window and she twitched in response when the sun's rays suddenly shone brightly into her eyes. She looked at her clock and it read 11:50 am and she sighed.
She slowly sat up in her bed groggily, no thoughts going through her mind. Elena slowly stretched up, loosening her stiff muscles and the slight crick in her neck. She slowly got out of bed, made it lazily then, sat on her bed for a minute and then reached over for her table and checked her phone.
She had an unread text message from Jenna, it read:
Hope everything's okay, Jeremy says hi!
We plan to stay in California a little longer.
Also, be careful by yourself!
Elena smiled and texted Jenna back:
Everything's okay, just a little sick….I'm feeling better than yesterday.
Ok, have fun! Tell Jeremy I said hi back (Same with Alaric and Anna!)
I promise I'll be careful don't worry about me, just have fun!
Elena sent the message and got up and noted that she did in fact feel a bit better but she still felt warmer than usual, her throat tickled and didn't hurt as bad as the yesterday. She didn't cough as much they weren't really consistent and her sneeze was gone and she could smell and breathe properly, her nose wasn't runny or stuffy.
Elena bounded downstairs and grabbed a bowl and spoon and then some milk and cereal and fixed herself some breakfast. After she finished her quick breakfast and washed her dishes she headed for the bathroom.
When she reached the bathroom she opened up the cupboard and searched for the cough syrup medicine Jenna bought for them when Jeremy was sick last week.
She poured herself the right amount and took it, her face scrunched up in disgust slightly. It tasted awful and bitter and too sickly sweet. After a couple drinks of water she noted her throat didn't have that tickling feeling, at least she wouldn't have to take the other cold medicine unlike yesterday and other three days; she didn't even have the energy to write in her diary then, for those three days.
She hopped into the shower and turned it on to lukewarm but more hot than cold. After 10 minutes of standing there in bliss she got out and quickly wrapped a towel around herself and then started to brush her hair and brush her teeth.
She walked to her room and dressed in a solid lace turquoise cami with black skinny capris and put on new, black, low heel gladiators that were made of soft leather and had an upper T-strap at the front and back zipper and along the T-strap it was faceted with stones; that looked like Lapis Lazuli stones. Like the Lapis Lazuli stones; the stones used had the same shade of blue and gold flecks in it.
She fixed the necklace Stefan gave her and she put on a Lori Bonn White Magic Carved Medallion Ring necklace which hung below the Vervain necklace given to her from Stefan.
She plucked a hair tie off of her table and put her hair into a half up and half down ponytail. She walked over to her dresser and sprayed on a few sprays of her perfume and then sat on her bed and went through her contacts.
Just as she was about to call Caroline; she texted just in time.
Hey, Elena are you free?
Just wondering if you are able to hang…
She answered back:
Hey, Caroline I'm free; sure I'm able to hang but where?
Her phone buzzed a minute later
Well I was thinking we go to the movies first and then go back to the grill.
Sure, I'll come what time?
Be there at 6:40 so we can get good seats! Oh and Bonnie, Matt and Tyler are coming too!
Ok, Caroline I'll see you then.
'Kay see you then!
Elena stretched and placed her phone on her table, she looked at her clock and it read 2:00 and got up and went down to the living room and turned on the T.V. She changed the channel until she found an interesting and familiar movie.
After 10 minutes into the movie her mind drifted away to everything that was happening around her, the people around her, just random thinking.
When she came to the one name in particular she felt and indescribable feeling, she felt warmth and longing and affection but also guilt.
Damon
The person who belonged to it, the one with almost crystalline blue eyes, dark tousled hair and well defined features.
The older of the brothers: the arrogant, cocky, smart ass, sometimes hedonistic, self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities. (Or so she thought up until a while ago)
He has shown at times he is capable of fierce loyalty and affection; he even sometimes doesn't take danger too seriously and possesses a dark sense of humor, as well as very little regard for human life in contrast with his brother.
She realized just deep down he was kind but he didn't show anyone, he was misunderstood sometimes, he just buried lots of things deep inside and he locked all those emotions away inside himself. However he had started to show kindness towards her, feelings towards her.
Just like that night when he had said she thought about him even when she didn't want to that there was something between them she knew it was true at the time when he had said so she thought the opposite but now she thought she did have feelings for him.
But, she couldn't shake off the guilty feelings; she had shoved Damon off after he had been so kind and attentive. Her feelings had been growing stronger and stronger for Damon.
She thought of all the moments he had shown kindness, fierce loyalty, affection and whatever sort of feelings he had for her. Of all the sarcastic, arrogant, cocky, smart ass comments he made.
She was shaken out of thoughts when she heard the phone ring and she got up and got it on the second ring.
"Hello?" She asked slowly.
All she heard was silence on the other line and then she heard the phone click, the signal the person on the other end hung up then nothing but dial tone.
That was strange… she thought to herself. She once again looked at the clock and it read 4:00.
Had I really been thinking that long?
Two more hours until she had to leave to meet Bonnie, Caroline, Matt and Tyler at the movie theaters.
She had the urge to drive down to the boarding house, Damon was probably there though… and maybe he wasn't he was probably off feeding or something. She just stayed put and watched the rest of a movie and when it was done she waited for the next one to come on.
Damon woke up and groaned and looked at the clock, it read 2:00 in the afternoon. He got up and sped down stairs and opened the fridge and reached in for a blood bag and searched for a straw and pierced the bag with it.
He drank out of it while waking into the living room. He sat there sucking on the straw not thinking of anything. When he was done he quickly disposed of it in the kitchen and at vampire speed walked up the stairs and into the bathroom and took a long shower.
He walked slowly out of his room, past Stefan's room and threw a smirk in the room's occupant's direction that was currently just finishing buttoning up his shirt.
When Damon went to his room he got dressed, of course in his all black attire; black button up shirt, black designer jeans and black leather jacket slung over his shoulder and his black mirrored sunglasses in his hand and proceed to leave his room and head downstairs.
Damon passed Stefan and he gave him a grin and sarcastically greeted him "Hello little brother."
Stefan just gave him a blank look and replied "Good Afternoon Damon." with a monotonous tone.
Damon pushed further "That's not a proper greeting, it's so unemotional and to your own brother! You'd think you would say it with more feeling and my bad, Good Afternoon Stefan."
Stefan shook his head and walked past him and went downstairs, Damon trailed along and slung his leather jacket on the side of the couch and placed his sun glasses in one of the pockets. He walked over to one of the areas that held the alcoholic drinks and fixed himself a glass of bourbon. He lounged on the sofa and sipped at his drink.
He smirked when he saw Stefan passing him. "Where are you going little brother?"
Stefan curtly replied "Why does it matter?"
Damon started to imitate a parental guardian's concerned tone "Because, Stefan I need to make sure you don't go out and get yourself in some sort of trouble, like drinking and driving or any sort of trouble really, as the oldest I have to make sure you stay out of trouble, I'm supposed to look out for you and be responsible." Damon kept a straight face even though he was laughing a little inside and wanted to laugh in Stefan's face right now.
Stefan sighed "Damon, stop trying to be funny and act like the authoritative concerned parent, it doesn't really seem to suit you I'm 162 and I'm not you."
"Ouch…Stefan…just kidding...I think I'm quite funny actually and your right it doesn't suit me, suits you more…I think you're old enough to know by now; way more than old enough." Damon chuckled.
Stefan proceeded to leave but Damon called out "Hey! Is being me so bad? I think I'm pretty awesome, I mean: good looks that girls go crazy over, compelling eyes; literally, handsome dark features, an alluring voice, etcetera, etcetera…I draw girls like moths to flames."
Stefan shook his head "Don't get me started on why being you is bad."
"Ouch! Really no need for all these insults Stefan…now really where are you going?" Damon smirked.
"I'm going hunting actually." Stefan proceeded once again to leave.
Damon grinned and called out as he continued to leave and not stop this time "Have fun, Oh! Say hi to Bambi for me before you eat him and don't endanger too many bunnies while your out, we're trying to keep a low profile here."
Damon laughed to himself as he heard Stefan leave the house and the door close. He necked back the rest of his drink and got up to pour himself another.
He sighed and stopped pouring the drink as it almost began to overflow. He allowed his mind to drift to last night. Elena had a fever last night and she was burning up; more than her usual natural warmth.
Elena pushed him away though, which he admitted a little that it had hurt him and she seemed impatient and too irritated with him, as if she wanted nothing to do with him.
She obviously didn't want his help. Whatever he wasn't going to force it on her especially with her being all stubborn, the fever probably broke and she got better; besides she didn't want his help, that was very clear.
He walked back to the sofa in front of the fireplace and sipped at his drink and then necked a quarter of it back.
Elena turned off the T.V. walked upstairs and stuck her wallet in her purse, turned to look at the clock and it read 6:25, so she sprayed a little more of the light perfume on and grabbed her phone and key's.
She grabbed her black KRMA jade jacket and locked the door, got into her door and began to drive to the theater.
She switched on the radio; as she drove to, some random station she had been listening to previously.
When she got there it was 6:30 so she switched off the radio and waited for five minutes and then got out and waited for rest of the group to show up. Surely enough ive minutes flew by and they arrived and greeted one another with an added hug.
As the walked up to the booth Bonnie spoke up "So what movie are we seeing?" Tyler interjected "Not a chick flick! How about….something with a little action?"
Caroline spoke up "Not if there's a lot of blood and gore! No Horror films, what about something that has nice romance in it!" The two began bickering.
Elena and Bonnie looked at one another and she shrugged and laughed and Matt did the same.
"Um….I don't think they'll be deciding anytime soon." Elena side commented and then the two laughed.
Matt had a lost in thought look on his face, as did Bonnie and Elena tried to think too of some ideas based on the list of what was playing.
"I got it!" Bonnie and Matt said at the same time and then the three looked at each other while and then burst into laughter and then stopped.
"Matt you go first." Bonnie said. Matt nodded.
"How about The Wolfman or Robinhood?" Tyler stopped bickering with Caroline and said " I like those two choices, I guess there's some romance in one of those movies…possibly." he shrugged.
Bonnie went silent for a minute and Caroline interjected "How about Letter's to Juliet! It looks good and interesting"
Tyler responded "Nah…what about Kick Ass! It seems funny!" They all laughed for a minute it did look funny from the previews.
Bonnie shrugged "Got nothing really, I was thinking even if this sounds a little too childish and it seems to have slightly all the elements everyone wants how about Ironman?" Bonnie shrugged her shoulders and everyone contemplated this.
Elena tried to take a stab at this "Same goes with what Bonnie said but how about Avatar it seems interesting, good graphics, Sci-fi?"
Everyone nodded "Ok, well then let's go buy our tickets." Matt said after a moment.
Tyler grinned "Yea! Let's see this in 3D, it should be interesting!"
Everyone bought their tickets to go see Avatar in 3D. After they got through to the other side they went to the concession stand the guys of course bought each their own large popcorn and Cokes.
The girls bought medium popcorn and medium drinks and they planned to split; with the guys as well, a small bag of Skittles, a smaller bag of sour Skittles, a small packet of Fuzzy Peaches and a regular sized Caramilk chocolate bar.
After the movie they talked about how the little details, their own comments on certain scenes.
"That was so stupid of him! He almost killed himself!" Tyler exclaimed
Matt shook his head "I know!"
Caroline cut in. "It was to save the people he loved though."
Tyler shook his head "Yea, but those guys were still arrogant asses!"
Matt shrugged "Oh well, those graphics were amazing; loved the movie!"
Tyler nodded in agreement so did everyone else. Elena spoke up "The graphics were pretty good and refreshing, so was the plot line" she said with a smile her voice started to crack again.
"Yea…Whoa Elena your voice sounds hoarse and it's cracking…are you okay?" Tyler had a shocked expression on his face.
Caroline rolled her eyes "You just noticed it now?" Tyler nodded.
Elena sighed "Yea…I've been kinda under the weather…sick… I think I might lose my voice soon."
Matt smiled "Hope you get better then…that sucks though."
Tyler nodded "Man I hate being sick, oh well what can you do." he shrugged.
"'Kay so are we gonna meet back at the grill?" Bonnie asked with a small smile.
Caroline nodded with a cheery smile "Yea, see you guys soon" Everyone nodded and got into the car's the came in. Which was Caroline in Matt's car, Bonnie in Tyler's car and Elena in her own car.
She started her car and switched the radio on again to fill the silence and headed to the grill which didn't take long. She shut everything off and got out of the car and locked the doors.
She walked in to see Bonnie and Tyler; she walked over to them waiting for Caroline and Matt who arrived seconds after.
They walked to a booth and ordered their meals and drinks and chatted to each other.
Damon sat at the bar and ordered another round of scotch, not even drunk yet. His hunger was slightly becoming noticeable but he could repress it; it was pretty weak.
He perked up when he heard familiar laughter, the laugh that belonged to one Elena Gilbert and her friends.
He smiled to himself and sipped at his scotch quietly as he turned to look around and successfully spotted the group. She seemed better, as he predicted but her voice was off still similar last night.
He turned around as John Gilbert himself sat down beside him and ordered a drink for himself.
"Surprise, surprise I didn't know that John Gilbert himself drank! So what did you order something probably filled with Vervain right? Scared I'll compel you or snack on you?" He smirked and Gilbert turned to look at him with his own smirk which Damon would really love to wipe of his damned face.
"I do, not that it's none of your business I didn't and I really don't need to consume things with Vervain Damon, you'd think I carry it on me; not that I'd tell you where." he replied tone arrogant.
"Ohhhh…touchy are we? Just a question." Damon smirked
John smirked back "Curiosity killed the cat Damon."
"Who's the cat, you or me? Aren't you the one who'll come back to life?" he raised an eyebrow with a smirk and glanced at his ring and then back at him.
John smirked and brushed him off like he was just an annoying child "Well you got your answer, Now I have important business to attend to." John retrieved his drink and walked away.
Damon smirked and necked the rest of what was in the glass.
Elena said goodbye to Matt, Bonnie, Caroline and Tyler and got in her car and drove home. When she got home she changed into her pyjamas which consisted of A Simple midnight blue camisole and matching midnight blue shorts.
She reached for her diary and pen and began to write.
Dear Diary, nothing unusual happened today, it was pretty quiet.
I've also begun to feel better but my voice is still off and pretty bad
I'll probably lose my voice quite soon.
At least I can breathe properly now and don't cough as much as before (I took some cough medicine so that's what's probably helping as well)
I had a good day, I hung out with Bonnie, Tyler, Caroline and Matt it was fun we went to the theaters and saw Avatar in 3D – which was really good, amazing graphics, interesting plot line – Then we went to the Grill for dinner and just chatted.
I haven't seen Damon for a whole day, usually he shows up randomly or something like that but he's been quiet. Should I be worried or relieved?
I really hope I didn't hurt him really bad and I shouldn't have been so grouchy, it was rude and mean and snarky but I was so sick and irritable I just wanted sleep.
Oh, well I have to wait until later to confront him about this situation right now I need sleep.
- Elena.
She sighed and put her pen and diary away and noted it was 12:00
Time to sleep now, hope I don't feel worse tomorrow; although I didn't drink a lot which is good.
She curled up and snuggled into the pillow and blankets and closed her eyes, sleep took hold of her quite quickly.
Author Note: Hope everyone liked this chapter! Thank you for those who reviewed and story subscribed! I planned for Elena not to lose her voice so soon, she will soon though and then who knows what Damon will do? Or what will happen. ^^
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