Wow, thank you to everyone that read the first chapter. all of the reviews made me so happy. I'm so glad that you enjoyed it. so here is the next installment. so let me know what you think.
I own nothing but my ideas and writing. everything canon to the show is owned by the CW and LJ Smith.
Elena still felt the burning from his lips on hers when she woke up the next morning, after dreaming about the kiss all night. She relived the moment thousands of time during the night and woke up with a smile on her face for the first time since the accident. After she was showered and dressed she walked downstairs where Jenna was attempting to make breakfast.
"Good morning." Elena said smiling.
"Good morning. You look happy." she said analyzing Elena's expression.
"I am happy. I think today's going to be a good day." she said helping herself to some toast and some scrambled eggs.
"Are you ever going to tell me what happened to make you so happy? Did you meet someone?" she asked.
"Maybe. I met a guy yesterday, and he's really hot. I know you might disaprove of this, but I kissed him, and it felt amazing." she said unable to keep the silly smile off her face.
"What's his name? Are you seeing him?" she asked.
"His name is Damon. I don't know if we're anything. People kiss all the time and nothing comes of it." she told her aunt.
"Well if he makes you this happy after a single simple kiss, then he cant be all bad. Besides if one kiss makes you like this I wonder what a date will do." she stated sitting down across from her niece. Elena smiled softly as she ate her breakfast while she continued replaying the kiss in her mind.
"Where were you yesterday?" Stefan demanded when Damon came downstairs that morning with a smile on his face.
"I was out." he said.
"You cant be seriously still planning on slaughtering Katherine are you? Come on she's desiccating in the tomb." he said disapprovingly.
"Well I might hold off on that for a while. There are other things I'm more interested in at the moment. But even so the desiccated bitch needs to die." he said.
"Isn't 150 years of pain and starvation enough?" he asked.
"No. But your strange love affair with the evil bitch is safe for now. I have other more important things on my mind." he said.
"What are you doing Damon?" he asked wearily.
"Nothing right now." he said pouring himself a glass of bourbon.
"Isn't it too early to be drinking Damon?" Zack asked wearily, never sure if Damon is going to snap on him
"It's never too early for a good glass of bourbon Zack. Sometimes its all I need to get through a perpetually boring existence." he stated.
"You seem to be in an exceptionally good mood today." he noted uncertainly.
"I am strangely happy right now. We'll see how the rest of the day goes, evil Damon is never far from the surface." he said walking back upstairs.
"What's he doing?" Zack asked.
"I don't know. I know his master plan but I don't know the rest of it. He's clearly not telling me everything. But I have to get to school. I have someone to see and apologize to." he said.
"A girl?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'm into her. I like her." he stated.
"Well good luck. Hopefully Damon keeps a hold of his good mood." he said walking Stefan to the door.
Elena watched Stefan walk onto the school grounds and sighed.
"What? You and the new guy didn't hit it off?" Caroline asked stealing a glance at Stefan.
"Not exactly. He's kind of controlling and very uncessesarily protective. And besides, I like his brother." she whispered.
"He has a brother?" Caroline asked.
"Yes. He is gorgeous, and he is an incredible kisser." Elena spilled.
"You kissed him?" Caroline squealed.
"He convinced me to. He is cocky, and egotistical. But he is so charming. He's disarming. His name is Damon Salvatore." she said.
"Even his name is hot. The other is Stefan Salvatore?" she clarified.
"Yeah. He doesn't like his brother too much it seems." she noted as she seen Stefan walk onto the quad.
"Elena, can we talk for a moment?" he asked when he walked over to them.
"Sure. What's up?" she asked.
"Um... I just wanted to apologize for yesterday. I know I'm not family, and I'm not your boyfriend. But I'd like to be." he said smiling softly.
"Stefan, I'm not looking for a relationship right now. I just got out of one and I don't want to be in another. I need to be by myself for a while." she said trying to think of a realistic excuse. In reality she was completely taken with the older Salvatore. He was hot, passionate, dangerous and he consumed her. Already. He was everything she needed at the moment and wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. The problem was that he hadn't contacted her. She had given him her phone number while they were having coffee yesterday, but he hadn't contacted her yet. Maybe he wasn't as into her as she was to him. She hoped that wasn't the case, she hoped he was just busy.
"You are coming to cheerleading tonight right Elena?" Caroline probed
"I'll be there." she agreed sighing. She truthfully didn't enjoy cheerleading anymore, but she was doing it to appease her friend.
"You're a cheerleader? I play for the football team officially. I was accepted yesterday morning." Stefan said excitedly.
"Congratulations." she said smiling as Matt walked over. He was still upset about the breakup, and in his defence it did come as a complete shock to him. He had seen nothing wrong and then out of the blue she broke up with him.
"Congrats on joining the team." Matt said begrudgingly as he saw Stefan talking with Elena.
"Thanks. I'm excited." he said truthfully. When the bell rang everyone separated and went their own directions to their classes. Stefan wound up in Elena's history class and she ignored his contemplative glances all class. It always felt like he wanted something from her- something that she couldn't give. The rest of the day went by in a blur, and Elena grew more dejected as time went on. It was becoming clear to her that Damon wasn't going to call her up. Who ignored someone after a kiss like that. She decided to take matters into her own hands instead. If he wasn't going to go to her, she would find him. When the final bell rang she walked up to Caroline.
"I'm not going to make it to practice today. I have somewhere to be. I'll make it up to you tomorrow." she said.
"You better." Caroline said shrugging it off. She was just happy Elena seemed to be moving on from the tragedy of the accident.
Elena drove to the boarding house and knocked on the door. She was surprised when a different man answered the door.
"Hi. Can I help you?" he asked when he opened the door.
"Um is Damon here?" she asked quietly.
"I'm here. What are you doing here?" Damon asked appearing in the open doorway.
"I came to see you. I hadn't heard from you, so I figured I'd come see you." she said awkwardly.
"What can I do for you Elena?" he asked stepping aside to let her in. Zack sighed and walked back into the house while Damon led Elena into the parlour.
"I wanted to see you. You kissed me yesterday and it was great. It was amazing and incredible." she stated.
"I'm glad you liked it. I liked it very much also." he said.
"I liked it enough to come over here to try it again." she said softly.
"Elena, you really should be careful around me." he sighed. There was something about this girl that he wanted to protect. She wasn't Katherine, and she would never be Katherine. He didn't want his tainted past, and questionable morals to taint her life. She was still good and kind, he was evil.
"I feel safe with you. I don't understand it. But you're also everything else that I'm looking for at the moment. You consume me. You're passionate. And I can feel that you are dangerous." she stated. For a moment he feared that she remembered what he compelled her to forget, but then comforted himself. It would be impossible for her to remember. She didn't die and she wasn't on vervain that night. He would have smelt it or seen it if it was on her body.
"If you know I'm dangerous, then why are you still here?" he asked.
"Because you may be dangerous, but I also feel an overwhelming safety with you. It's like my conscience wont let me be afraid of you." she explained.
"That's not smart Elena." he stated perturbed at his girl. He had intended on kissing her, and taking her out party to keep her away from his brother. He wasn't entirely sure what his intentions were, especially with his reaction to Damon killing Katherine. But there was no denying that he still wanted her.
"Would you Salvatore's stop telling me I'm stupid for wanting to spend time with you. God. It's my choice." she said almost stomping her foot like a child in the midst of a terrible temper tantrum.
"Wow. That was priceless." he said joking. He was right, that girl had a lot of fire in her. It would be wasted on his brother.
"What?" she huffed.
"Nothing. If you wanted to kiss me that bad, all you had to do was kiss me. I won't stop you." he told her smirking. He decided that fighting with her wasn't exactly endearing him to her and keeping her away from Stefan. He decided that if she felt so certain about him he would give her what she wanted.
"So you want me to kiss you?" she clarified.
"If it will stop this screeching harpy routine you're starting there, then yes." he said still smirking. She glared at him and ran her fingers through her hair.
"God, you're annoying." she said unable to back away.
"I am the smarter, cockier, more sarcastic, hotter brother." he told her. At this point he wasn't entirely sure if she would slap him or kiss him. They were both looking like equally possible occurrences. She surprised him when she flung herself into his arms and kissed him with everything she had. Her tongue wrestled his lips open and devoured his. In his 170 odd years on this planet he had never been kissed like this. Ever. He had girls like this, but never had a woman kissed him like this. She was dominating him and he couldn't bring himself to care. When they broke apart, Elena wasn't the only one breathing harder than usual. She took a few steps away from him and smirked at him.
"That's what you'll miss if you don't call me again. If you're interested there is a football game on Friday. I'm cheerleading. You should be there anyway since your brother is playing. I'll see you around Damon." she said walking out the front door. For the first time in 150 years Damon Salvatore was left wanting more.
Elena drove home with a wide smile on her face, she showed him what he'd be missing if he ignored her, and got another mind blowing kiss. Life was definitely good at the moment. When she walked in the front door Jenna was having a sit down talk with Jeremy who appeared to be high.
"What's going on in here?" she asked, hoping to some high power that they weren't going to kill her Damon Salvatore induced buzz. The man was better than any drugs she could get her hands on.
"Your brother here isn't an very creative druggy." she said.
"I see. Jer, haven't we talked about this already. It's a new year, we have to move on. You cant keep living like this." Elena said feeling her mood change.
"You may be adapting well without mom and dad, but that doesn't mean that I am. I miss them Elena, and this is the only way I can cope." he said.
"Try talking to someone. Come on Jer. For me. I had a really good day today, and now you're ruining it." she said.
"Did you see Damon again?" Jenna asked curiously.
"I went to see him and we kissed again. It was great. Even better than yesterdays." she said.
"Good for you. But now with Jeremy I don't know what to do. Please stop doing drugs Jeremy." Jenna begged.
"I have to go." Jeremy said walking away from the intervention.
"I don't know what to do with him." Jenna said throwing her hands up in the air.
"You're doing a great job Jenna. I'm happy, and Jeremy will get there too. I promise." Elena assured her aunt.
"I'm not cut out for this." she sighed.
"You are. You're going to be just fine. I promise you Jenna. I'll help you with Jeremy." she promised.
"Thanks Elena." Jenna sighed,
"Your welcome. Now why don't you run yourself a bubble bath and pour yourself a glass of wine. It's called relaxation, its something you should do more often." she said.
"Thanks Elena." Jenna said doing exactly as Elena suggested.
"What's up with you?" Stefan demanded coming into the house after football practice.
"Nothing. How was practice?" he asked smirking.
"Fine." he answered.
"So did you make a bunch of new friends Steffie. Did you dazzle them with you wit and charm?" he asked sarcastically. He was relieved to note that the kiss with Elena didn't deactivate his sarcasm. That was his default setting.
"Shut up Damon." Stefan sighed.
"Great comeback Stef. Amazing job." Damon laughed smirking.
"Still working on killing Katherine?" he asked.
"It's on my list. It will happen and it will be more than painful for her. But right now I have other things on my mind." he said.
"Such as?" Stefan probed.
"Not telling. Unlike you, I don't spill all my secrets to people. I like the air of mystery around me. Women think its sexy." he said grinning.
"Damon, do you have a serious bone in your body?" Stefan asked running a hand through his hair.
"I do. Katherine and her impending re-death is a serious thing to me. She will be dead and I will relish in killing her." he said.
"Why can't you just leave her alone? Please Damon." he almost begged.
"Why the hell do you want the bitch kept alive?" he demanded.
"Because Katherine is the first woman I ever loved and who loved me." he admitted.
"Well boo hoo, you'll find a new one." he said.
"The only other girl I was interested in, isn't into me." he said.
"Let me guess... Elena." he said positively cheering inside. This time he had the girl, not Stefan.
"How'd you guess? Leave her alone Damon. She's human, you don't need to play those games of yours with her." he said.
"Don't worry Stefan. You don't need another line encroaching on a very crowded forehead. You worry to much. Live a little." he said patting his brother on the shoulder, in an entirely condescending manner.
"Damon, you're an ass." Stefan called after him. Damon chucked as he walked upstairs trying to figure out just what to do about Elena Gilbert.
