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Chapter Two: The Reason
Elena was walking back in through the front door of her house, just coming back from Bonnie's house. It was around 11, so she figured that Jenna should be up by now. Elena walked up to Jenna's room since she wasn't downstairs, and Jenna wasn't even home, in fact, she never even came home because her bed was still made.
"Looks like Jenna had fun last night" Elena sighed to herself and went to her room and plopped down on her bed
"Long night?" Jeremy asked looking at his sister from the doorway
Elena bolted up and was grabbing her chest. "You and Damon must be trying to give me a heart attack, I think I'm gonna get you both collars with little bells on them" Elena said and stood up off her bed "I see the ring works"
"Yep" Jeremy said and was showing off the ring now "Works like a charm, it feels nice to be in the sun again"
"I can imagine after only coming out at night for two months" Elena sighed and hugged her brother, she just needed a hug right now for some reason, and she knew Jeremy had enough control to at least handle a quick hug
Jeremy hugged her back and let her go as she pulled away. "You okay Elena?" He asked, worried that his sister was going to be depressed again.
"Fine" She sighed
"That's what you said last time you were like this and Damon found you trying to cut your wrists" Jeremy said
"…Yeah, I remember" Elena sighed "…I need Damon" She said choking back tears now, she had no idea why she was suddenly all sad and depressed again, she was fine last night…so what was wrong?
Jeremy pulled out his cell phone and quickly called Damon.
"Yeah?" Damon answered
"You need to get here, now" Jeremy said
"Did you kill someone already?" Damon asked and sighed
"No, it's Elena-"
"What's wrong with Elena?" Damon asked immediately
"She says she needs you, she's all sad and depressed again" Jeremy sighed
"I'll be right there" Damon said and hung up
Jeremy put his cell phone away and held his sister there. He could handle the blood, he could handle hugging his sister. Plus, he had a big breakfast of about two people hiking around the woods today, they wouldn't remember a thing, and they had enough blood in them to keep going. Elena started crying a little bit and Jeremy just held her there, that was all he knew to do, just be there for her.
Damon walked into the Gilbert house and walked right up to Elena's room, hearing her sobs coming from upstairs. He saw Jeremy trying his best to comfort his sister, but Elena knew when Damon walked into the room and she looked up at him. Damon hated seeing her like this and crying, especially over his dirt bag of a brother, Stefan. Jeremy stood up and left the room and Damon took Jeremy's place and comforted Elena.
"You know Elena, it breaks my hear to see you like this" Damon sighed and wrapped his arms tightly around Elena's waist and pulled her closer to him
"I know" Elena said and started wiping tears away "I just…I don't know why, I just woke up feeling like this today"
"It happens" Damon sighed and kissed her forehead
Elena didn't mind that Damon occasionally kissed her on the forehead or on the cheek, she liked it. It made her feel like someone still wanted her, that she was still loveable, even though she knew that Damon probably wanted nothing romantically to do with her since she was the reason Katherine left with Stefan, the girl Damon had loved for so long.
"Damon," Elena said and looked up at Damon and just gazed into his beautiful blue eyes
"Yes Kitten?" Damon asked and smiled
Damon knew that would make Elena smile, and it did, but only for a second. "I'm sorry" She sighed
"For what?" Damon asked
"…For…being the reason that your stuck here taking care of me and not with Katherine" Elena sighed
"…Elena, you have nothing to be sorry about" Damon said "I'd much rather be here with you than with that bitch" Damon smiled
"Your just lying to make me feel better" Elena said and sat up
"No, I'm not" Damon said seriously and focused his gaze onto Elena's dark brown doe eyes. "I'd never lie to you Elena"
"…I wish Stefan never lied to me" Elena sighed "It would have made things a lot…simpler between us"
"Well, that's just Stefan, a liar" Damon said "I've known him for 169 years Elena, he's never gonna change"
"…I guess not" Elena sighed and leaned her head on Damon's shoulder "So…you really would rather be here?"
"Of course" Damon smiled "Plus, who else would teach that little monster downstairs how to not kill everything in sight?" Damon asked and laughed a little
Elena had to laugh a little too, without Damon here, Jeremy would probably some wild, blood thirsty vampire running around Mystic Falls. "Thanks Damon"
"For what?" Damon asked
"For making me laugh and smile when I really need it" Elena smiled and hugged Damon
"…I'll always be here Elena" He sighed and breathed in her scent that drove him wild, she always smelled like strawberries, but this time, there was also a heavy scent of chocolate there too, he had to smile a little, knowing that chocolate and candy was a definite sign of Elena hanging out with Bonnie and actually having fun for the first time in a long time.
Elena slowly let go of Damon, but couldn't help but look back into his beautiful blue eyes as she pulled away. His eyes stayed locked with hers and for that minute, it was like tome stood still, like they were really seeing each other for the first time. Damon slowly leaned in toward Elena and she was leaning in too. She felt butterflies start swirling through her stomach and her heart was about to beat out of her chest. Damon Salvatore. She was about to kiss Damon Salvatore. If you would have told her four months ago that she'd be kissing Damon and be excited about it, she would have laughed at you, but now, it just felt…right for Elena. She wanted to kiss Damon more than anything, she wanted Damon.
And when their lips touched, it was like lightning went racing through the both of them, and they loved it. Elena wrapped her arms around Damon's neck and Damon wrapped his arms around Elena's waist. It wasn't long before a simple kiss was turning into a full make-out sessions and their tongues were dancing with each other.
"Hey how is, whoa, dude, that's my sister!" The interrupting voice of Jeremy came from the doorway
Elena and Damon quickly pulled away from each other and looked at Jeremy. Elena was trying her hardest not to blush, but it was too late and she was turning three shades of red. Damon looked over to Elena and smiled at her blushing, causing her to blush more.
"God, never mind, everything's great I see" Jeremy said, still grossed out by having to see his sister making out with Damon "You too should put like a sign up or some sort of warning, I'm a vampire, I'll remember that for the rest of eternity now thank you very much" Jeremy sighed and walked downstairs
"God…I have to deal with that for an eternity" Damon sighed, making Elena laugh "I love hearing you laugh, that means your happy. You should be happy all the time Elena" Damon smiled at her, gazing into those beautiful brown eyes of her's again
Stefan was sitting in the living room area of the hotel room he was staying in with Katherine in New York City. They've been there for two weeks now, just getting back from London and Pairs, they decided on New York next. Katherine came walking out of the bed room and walked up behind Stefan putting her hands all over him and kissing him on the cheek.
"Morning" She smiled
"Morning" Stefan sighed
"Someone's being Mr. Grumpy again" Katherine said and sat down next to Stefan on the couch
"Just thinking" Stefan said
"If your thinking about Elena again-"
"I'm not" Stefan said "I'm thinking about what Damon could be doing to the people in Mystic Falls as we speak"
"Damon wouldn't hurt a fly with him falling for Elena like that" Katherine sighed
"How do you know?" Stefan asked
"I've had both yours and Damon's blood Stefan, I know what your feeling." Katherine smirked "Damon's hopelessly in love with Elena, as in nothing you say or do could change his mind about little Miss Elena, he's in love, intoxicated by her even" Katherine said "It's sickening" She sighed
"…Isobel was right" Stefan sighed
"Of course she was" Katherine said "She has just this thing about always being right, that's why I like her" Katherine smiled "When Isobel can see how hopelessly in love Damon is, then you know it's true"
"…If he hurts-"
"Stefan honey, you shattered the girls heart into a million pieces" Katherine said in a matter of fact tone "Damon loves her more than you ever did and ever could, it's amazing really, but it's been happening since they took that little trip down to Georgia, they've been falling in love, you stomping on her heart kinda just postponed it by two months, but now, their gonna be full force in love"
Stefan sighed, he knew Katherine was right. Damon and Elena had been falling in love while he was there, right in front of him. Stefan sighed and watched the news of what was going on in the city, refusing to think about Damon and Elena anymore for today.
Jeremy sat at the kitchen table, reading a book for the first time in a long time, when he heard the front door open. He looked up to see Jenna trying to quietly walk in, but she lived in a house where vampires were frequent visitors, there was no fooling anyone.
"Morning" Jeremy said
Jenna was suddenly alert and looking at Jeremy at the kitchen table wide eyed.
"Morning" Jenna said "I see you got that ring them, huh?"
"Yeah but as of ten minutes ago, I'm kinda wishing I didn't." Jeremy sighed
"…Why?" Jenna asked
"Nothing, don't worry about it" Jeremy sighed thinking about how Damon and Elena would kill him for telling Jenna they kissed, it was probably just a one time thing anyway.
"…Okay" Jenna sighed "How's Elena?"
"Uh, spent the night at Bonnie's but she's up in her room right now with Damon" Jeremy said "She was pretty upset this morning so…"
"Oh…okay" Jenna said "Is she okay now?"
"Yeah" Jeremy said "She's good"
"Okay" Jenna said and walked upstairs to her room
Jenna let curiosity get the best of her, after all, Damon may be helping Elena get better slowly and steadily, but she still didn't trust him. As far as trust goes, he's still a womanizer in her eyes. Jenna peaked in the door that was slightly cracked and saw Damon and Elena playfully arguing about something.
"You are not making me watch that damn…thing again!" Damon said "You had Bonnie last night for that!"
"Fine, fine" Elena laughed "No more Notebook"
Jenna smiled and walked down to her room, she was happy that Damon seemed to be making Elena happy. Weather she liked to accept it or not, she knew that Elena had a crush on Damon. She may have read a page in her diary two days ago when Damon went hunting and Elena was passed out on the couch with her diary open and in hand.
Flashback:
Jenna walked into the living room after Damon left to go hunting. She saw Elena curled up on the couch, her diary dangling from her hands hanging over the edge of the sofa. Jenna smiled and took her diary from her hands and was about to shut it and put it on the coffee table so Elena wouldn't wake up freaked out, but she had to read about how Elena was feeling at least.
Dear Diary,
Things have been…better. Not one hundred percent excellent, but better than how it has been most other days. I never thought I'd say this, but I think Damon is a really big part of why I'm feeling better. His sarcasm makes me laugh and smile when I really need it, and I may piss him off a little bit with making him watch The Notebook over and over again, but, it's funny to see his face when I tell him we're watching it again. And he's been taking really good care of Jeremy, he's not a blood crazed vampire that's for sure. Jeremy's starting to act, well, human around other humans.
I find myself thinking about Damon a lot more than usual…is that too weird? I mean, two months ago I would have followed Stefan to the ends of the earth, and now…nothing. I just want…Damon. I know that sounds weird and people would think he used compulsion on me if I told them, but it's real. I really feel for Damon Salvatore. As far as how he feels for me…well, I have no idea. Damon makes sure that no one really ever knows what he's feeling, other than the cocky jackass vibe he sends everyone. But deep down, I know Damon has a heart…I just don't know if his heart loves me…
Jenna sighed and put the diary down on the coffee table and covered Elena more with the blanket she had around her. She kissed her fore head and walked upstairs, she knew Damon would wake Elena up or take her up to her room and put her in bed.
Present:
Damon sat there with Elena on her bed, he found it hard to stop looking into Elena's eyes, he was hoping she did too. Elena was blushing still a little bit. She didn't expect herself to let go like that so fast, just forget about everything messed up in her life for those few minutes and get lost in Damon. It was like being with him was a drug, one that could make her forget about everything for as long as she was entangled with him. And she was on that high right now, letting it slowly wear off, but that was hard with him still right here and close to her, his icy cold breath there on her skin. She wanted to just jump on him and kiss him all day long, but she had to control herself, she wasn't going to just lose control over a guy again, not like how she did over Stefan. This time was going to be different. She swore that she would not give in to her every desire, no matter how charming or sexy Damon was, she was going to stand her ground and take things slow, really slow. She just needed that right now, she needed friend Damon, not horny boyfriend Damon.
"So, what now?" Elena asked
"How about we just get out of here. Truthfully, I'm getting sick of looking at these four walls and I don't even live here" Damon smiled
"Fine" Elena said "Out. I'm getting changed" She said and pointed toward the door
"I'm going, I'm going" Damon sighed and walked out of the room and shut the door behind him
He was really tempted a few times to just open the door and peak at her, maybe scare her a little bit, but he resisted that urge and waited patiently outside her door. He heard Jeremy cover for them earlier even though he really wanted to tell Jenna, he would have to thank him later for covering for him, Jeremy wasn't turning out so bad after all. A few minutes later, Elena opened the door and found Damon standing there waiting patiently.
"Where are we going?" Elena asked
"Boarding House first if you don't mind" Damon said "I gotta get something there"
"Sure" Elena said and followed Damon downstairs to see Jeremy there at the kitchen table
"Thanks Jeremy" Damon said to Jeremy
Jeremy looked confused for a minute, but then he caught on. "Oh, no problem. Just, warning would be nice" Jeremy sighed and looked back down at his book
Elena knew what they were talking about now, Jenna must have come home and Jeremy covered for them. Elena smiled a little bit, but quickly dropped it. No more thinking of Damon! She shouted to herself mentally. She was going to let things happen as they come, not as she gave into her desires. Like her desire to think about Damon every waking second.
Damon and Elena finally reached the Boarding House and Damon left Elena in the living room while he went up to his room. Elena wandered around a little before she stopped in front of a box full of pictures. Katherine. They were all of Katherine. Sitting right out here in the living room, he must have been recently looking through them. Elena picked up one of the pictures and stared at Katherine. It was like looking in a mirror into the past, and it scared Elena. But it also broke her heart. Katherine. It would always be Katherine that Damon and Stefan would want, never little human Elena who could barely keep herself together lately. She felt a few tears start falling again and she quickly wiped them away. Still holding onto the picture of Katherine, she stormed out the front door of the house, she didn't want to be in there right now, where Katherine had been, where she kissed Stefan in front of her and watched Stefan kiss back. Elena looked down at the picture of Katherine. She may be a twisted bitch, but she had the hearts of the two boys Elena cared for the most in her life. Elena sat down in the front yard and just stared at the picture of Katherine. She found herself comparing herself to Katherine. Elena was fragile, weak, breakable, and cried at the drop of a hat lately. Katherine was strong, beautiful, indestructible and probably never cried in all of her existence.
Elena heard the front door open and a frantic Damon ran up to her and sat next to her and saw Elena holding onto a picture of Katherine from the box.
"Elena, what are you doing?" Damon asked
"It's always been Katherine and always will be Katherine" Elena sniffled "I can see why"
"Elena, come on" Damon sighed "I told you- "
"Why is there a box of pictures of Katherine in the living room?" Elena asked "You can tell me the truth"
"I always do" Damon sighed "I'm getting rid of them, burning them, tearing them up, anyway to get them out of this house" Damon sighed and took the picture from Elena and tore it up "See?"
"…How come you don't lie to me, like Stefan does?" Elena asked "There has to be a reason"
"I trust you" Damon said
"…Other than that?" Elena asked
"You wanna know the reason why I tell you the truth Elena?" Damon asked and Elena nodded "Because you deserve the truth. You don't deserve to be lied to. Lying to you would be like insulting you and your intelligence, and I would never do that" Damon sighed
"Thanks" Elena sighed and smiled a little "…Why do you care so much about…making me feel better?"
"Because, I hate seeing a woman cry" Damon sighed "Especially you" He smiled a little and kissed her on the forehead "Come on, let's get out of here" He said and helped Elena stand up and she brushed herself off
"So, where are we going?" Elena asked
"…Somewhere" Damon said and smiled at Elena
"That can't be good" Elena sighed
"Hey, have a little faith in me for once" Damn laughed
"Fine" Elena said "Let's go" She sighed and made her way towards the cars
A/N: Okay, so what do you think? I really like writing this story, so I hope you guys like it too :] I know Elena seems really emotional right now, but she's gonna be until she finally gives in to Damon ;] I don't really plan on having too much of Stefan in this story, just when he's needed in the chapters. But, I hope you guys like this story! Please review, I love reading your reviews :] xoxo, Avril
P.S. The collar with little bells on them, that idea came from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer :P I love that show :]