Forbidden Love

Chapter 2

Damon Salvatore unlocked the front door and entered the big house where his grandparents used to live. Damon, his brother Stefan and their parents, Diana and Guiseppe, lived in Italy but every summer they travelled over 1000 miles to visit Diana's parents, Jessica and Adam. Sadly, they died when Damon was thirteen. Diana couldn't sell the house so the Salvatores kept it even though they stopped spending the summers there.

When she was still among the livings Jessica was a writer. She taught Damon how to write stories and to write in his journal when he was eight. Ever since then he knew he wanted to be a writer just like his grandmother. Unfortunately his inspiration died along with her. However, when Damon graduated high school he moved to America and started studying in Princeton but not for a writer – he decided to be an English teacher so he could teach children just like his grandmother taught him. He graduated two years ago but he couldn't find a job. A few months ago he read in a newspaper that the high school in Mystic Falls was looking for an English teacher. He applied for the job and got hired.

Today was his first day as a teacher. It was his first day but he could sense he wasn't going to stay long at this job. The only reason for this was sitting at the front of his forth class for the day. She had long chocolate locks cascading down her shoulders. With her deep dark eyes she could enchant every boy in the school. And like that wasn't enough she enjoyed writing! Damon had absolutely no idea what was he going to do about her.

Elena was sitting on the bed in Caroline's room. Her friend was talking about something but she wasn't listening. The only thing on her mind was the new English teacher, Mr. Salvatore. She knew that it wasn't right to be in love with a teacher but there was something in his deep cobalt eyes that…

"Elena!" Caroline interrupted her friend's thoughts. "Are you even listening to me?"

"Of course I am." Elena lied.

"Then what was I talking about?" Caroline said suspiciously.

"Klaus?" Elena had absolutely no idea what her friend was talking about so she said the most possible thing on her mind.

"Yeah." Caroline nodded. "He is freaking me out!"

"Why?"

"That shows you weren't listening to me." Caroline scoffed. "I was saying that that thing with Vicky is just… It feels like he's only doing it because he wants to make me jealous. And he actually succeeded!"

"Don't worry!" Elena tried to comfort her best friend. "I bet their relationship won't last even a month."

"A whole month?" Caroline moaned.

"May be even less." Elena said. "Now… Let's go to the Grill for a drink. It will make you feel better!"

Damon entered the Mystic Grill. He spent some time in his house thinking about Elena. At the end he decided that he should drink some bourbon and may be the alcohol would show him the right way. He didn't have anything to drink in the house so he questioned a few people and they told him the Grill had lots of alcohol. He sat on a chair next to the counter and ordered a glass of bourbon to a blond woman who was wearing a batch with her name – Rebekah.

"Here you are!" She said and gave him the glass.

"Thank you." Damon said and took a large gulp of the drink.

"You're wearing a tie and you talk too polite." The woman said. "Are you new in town?"

"Yes, actually."

"Well, if you need a guide for sight-seeing – I am available." Rebekah said devilish and winked to Damon.

"I'll make sure I call if I need your favours." He smiled perfectly knowing what the blond woman meant.

"I see you're still hooking up with almost every woman you meet!" Someone said behind Damon. He turned around and saw Alaric Saltzmann.

"Well, some people are just so good at it." Damon laughed. "How are things with you?"

"Great!" Alaric smiled. "I recently married and now my wife is pregnant."

"Congratulations!" Damon smiled. "You must be very happy!"

"We are. Especially… Elena!" Alaric called his niece who has just appeared at the counter with Caroline. Damon looked up at the girl, without knowing she was his friend's niece, and his jaw dropped. She was the girl from the front of the class. "What are you doing here?"

"We're here for a drink." Elena smiled at her uncle. "Caroline is in depression." She whispered so Alaric was the only one who heard her. She hadn't noticed that her English teacher was standing right next to him, staring at her. "And by the way, Aunt Jenna asked me to tell you to get home on time because grandma and grandpa are coming for dinner." She said now loud.

"I'll do my best to be on time tonight." Alaric smiled. "Oh, Elena, this is my friend from college, Damon Salvatore. Damon, this is my niece, Elena." When she heard his name Elena was shocked. She tried not to show it and just smiled politely.

"We already met." Damon said.

"You did? When?" Alaric was a bit confused.

"Mr. Salvatore is my new English teacher." Elena said.

"And how come I don't know?" Alaric said. "I teach in the same school, for God sake!"

"You do?" Damon raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, I'm a History teacher."

"I'll leave you talking!" Elena said. "Goodbye."

Damon watched her walking to her friend. The swing of her steps – it was so cute. And her curves – they were perfect.

"I was surprised she wasn't with a boy." Alaric said to Damon.

"Why?"

"With her looks… You will notice in school there are a lot of boys talking about her and her friends, sending them messages and so on." Alaric sighed.

"Does she have a boyfriend?" The question just slipped out of Damon's mouth.

"She had. But she broke up with him last year." Alaric said without noticing Damon's sigh of relief. "Her brother, Jeremy, once told me that the boy was trying to convince her to get back with him. And when she said 'No' he swore he will make her regret. But he will never have the chance to actually do it because if he makes even a try to hurt her I'll make him regret!"

"You sound like a dad!" Damon said.

"My future kid is a girl." Alaric smiled. "I'm just practicing. So, I have to go because Jenna has always been the drama queen and now that she's pregnant…" Alaric said. "See you tomorrow in school."

"See you." Damon sighed. He now realized that he would never have this girl. She wasn't only his student – she was the niece of one of his best friends. Damon never had issues with women… But she wasn't woman – she was just an innocent high-school girl…

"Your bill." The blond woman behind the counter gave Damon a small piece of paper.

"Thank you." He gave her a bill of ten dollars. "Eh, Rebekah," Damon said as he read the woman's batch, "do you still want to show me the town's places of interest?"

"Sure." She said and winked to him. "My shift is ending in fifteen minutes."

"I'll wait." Damon smirked. He wasn't having Elena but why not try with that nice blond woman? And that's how everyone would be happy – Alaric won't have problems with him, he himself was getting a good-looking local girl and Elena… well, she can have all of the boys in Mystic High, according to her uncle's words so, why would she want someone else? Especially if that someone else was her English teacher.

I know I haven't being uploading for a while and this is really short but I have my exams coming soon so I won't be able to write very often. Though I hope you like it and if I get many reviews I'll upload one or two more chapters before my exams which are in the middle of May. Have a good time reading!