Recap: Elena's first day and Damon has already kissed someone else. Oh dear.- M.B.W.
"Elena? Hey are you okay, you've been quiet all afternoon." Katherine asked as they finished up at cheer practise.
"I'm fine Katherine." Elena sighed as she stretched out her legs.
"Hey girls, good cheering." Damon said as he dropped on the grass beside them.
"What's this I hear about you in the hallways with a mystery girl?" Katherine accused, glaring at him questionably.
"Well-"
"I'm going to go sit in the car." Elena said quickly, not wanting to hear that conversation.
She grabbed her bag and Katherine's key and stalked off.
"What's wrong with her?" Damon asked as they watched her go.
"I have no idea, she's been like it since lunch, went to the bathroom came back like seconds later with this attitude. She wont talk to me." Katherine shrugged.
"Go finish with the team and I'll talk to her." Damon said, getting back on his feet.
"Thanks Damon. Being captain sucks when you have younger sisters that need help." Katherine frowned as he walked over to the silver ford.
"Hey Lena. What's up?" Damon asked, opening the passenger door to see her sitting cross legged on the seat, with her head in her hands.
"Nothing." Elena said without looking up.
"Are you sure? You can talk to me if you want." Damon offered.
Elena looked up and leaned over to the door.
"I don't want to talk to anyone, least of all you." She snapped, grabbing the door handle and slamming the door shut forcibly.
"Any luck?" Katherine asked as she walked over.
"None. She doesn't want to talk, least of all to me. Wonder what that means?" Damon breathed heavily.
"Okay thanks." Katherine shrugged.
E.P.O.V.
Back home I shot out of the car before Katherine killed the engine. I was through the door, up the stairs and in my room in record time. I flung myself on top of my bed and buried my head in my pillow, trying my hardest not to cry.
I knew I was being stupid. Damon wasn't anything to me, he could kiss whoever he liked. Why was it any of my business?
Damon was nothing to me, he is my sister's best friend. He probably knew me when I was in diapers. He doesn't mean anything to me.. Not like that. So why does it hurt so bad?
I missed dinner entirely, telling mom that I had a big lunch and was exhausted after my first day, Katherine obviously didn't buy it because as soon as my parents went to bed she was in my room.
"So, what's really wrong Lena. Mom asked if you had a decent lunch, I vouched for you but I want to know why you lied to her." She said, dropping on my bed.
"It's nothing Kat. I'm fine I was just really tired and I knew mom wouldn't let me sleep on an empty stomach." I lied easily, not looking at her.
"Cut the crap Lena, you've been like this since lunch. What happened?" Katherine demanded.
"Kat, how did you know that you really liked Mason?" I ask quietly, praying she didn't hear even though I know she did.
"Why are you asking? You hate Mason, he's an ass. You never ask about my relationship."
"I know he's an ass, I'm not disputing that. But how did you know that you liked him?" I ask again.
"Well I don't know, I thought about him all the time, when I woke up he was on my mind, when I slept I dreamed about him. Then one day I heard that he had kissed my friend Sammie and it really hurt. I'd never talked to him about it obviously, the only people that knew were Damon and Lexi, but it hurt so bad. I cried for days, I didn't eat. It felt like there was a big hole in my heart, as cheesy as it sounds. I just knew that despite what an ass he was I loved him." Katherine sighed heavily.
GeneralPOV.
The rest of the week passed in a blur Elena had made up with Caroline who now sat with Elena and Katherine at lunch and finally Saturday came with the opportunity to let their hair down.
"Welcome back to the Falls bonfire tonight." Caroline grinned to Elena as she riffled through her closet.
"Damn right. I need to just forget this past week." Elena sighed from Caroline's bed.
"I heard about Damon. I'm sorry Lena, I know how much you like him." Caroline offered sympathetically.
"It's not just that. I think I love him Care. It's stupid because I only know him as Katherine's best friend and I'm sure he only sees me as like a little sister but I-" Elena just stopped and groaned.
A hard knock on the door had Caroline darting out of her closet to reach the door at record speed.
"Hello?" Elena heard her say chirpily.
"Is Elena here? I need to talk to her."
Elena's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at the sound of Damon's voice.
"Um, she is here but she doesn't want to talk to anyone es-"
"Especially me? Yeah I got that Monday too. Loom can you just tell her I came by? I don't even know what I did but she's been freezing me out all week." Damon sighed.
"Didn't think you'd noticed." Caroline snipped.
"Of corse I did. She's like my sister, how could I not notice that she has spoken to everyone but me all week." Damon said defensively.
"That's the problem." Caroline said.
"What is?" Damon asked.
"The way you see Elena. That's your problem." Caroline said bluntly and Elena's jaw nearly hit the floor, she was going to kill her best friend.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Damon asked haughtily.
"You're a smart guy, you'll figure it out. Until then, get off my porch because I am on Elena's side. Chicks before dicks. Bye now!" Caroline said cheerily, slamming the front door on him.
When she re-entered her room Elena threw a pillow at her.
"What was that for?" Caroline squeaked.
"Could you be anymore obvious Caroline?! You might as well have said, 'By the way Damon, Elena has fancied the pants off you for as long as she can remember and saw you kiss Rose and it broke her heart and that's why she's ignoring you so she can try to forget her feelings'!" Elena exclaimed.
"Well he's a boy they don't take hints well. For all he's knows I'm being bitchy cause I know something he doesn't." Caroline shrugged.
"That's exactly why your being bitchy!" Elena nearly creamed, to which Caroline shrugged and returned to her closet.
Elena's phone dinged and her eyes widened all the more.
"What is it?" Caroline asked when Elena checked her phone.
"I got a text. 'Hope to see you at the falls tonight Lena. -D'" Elena sighed.
"Well then, let's give him something to see." Caroline announced, walking out of her closet holding two dress bags and boxes of shoes.
At nine sharp the two girls were ready and waiting for Katherine, who was driving them, dressed up to the nines.
Elena wore a slate grey halter neck, backless, knee length dress with silver peep toe jimmy choos. Her wrists supported several silver bangles and she had silver hoops in her ears. Her hair was scrunched and she wore minimal makeup.
Caroline was in a red strapless, knee length, wrap dress with red platform heels, her hair was curled and pinned up with diamond hair pins, she had her lucky anklet on and light makeup.
"Hey girls, looking good." Lexi whistled as she and Katherine drove up.
"Thanks Lexi, you too." Elena smiled as she and Caroline slid into the backseat.
"Sorry we're late, Lexi took forever with her hair." Katherine explained as they drove.
"Hello, you have waist length hair and tell me how easy it is to blow dry and straighten on a clock." Lexi said glaring at Katherine.
"Ok I'm sorry, but you did take forever." Katherine shrugged.
"We're late for the party, we are like the last people here." Caroline said anxiously as they arrived.
"No problem, fashionably late people get noticed and we are H.O.T hot. Like I told Elena on first day, just ooze confidence, but not too much okay? You'll be fine." Katherine assured her.
"Ready girls?" Lexi asked as she straightened her dress.
"Ready." Elena and Caroline chorused.
"Elena, quick word of advice, keep and eye on your drinks okay? You look older than a freshman and someone might get the wrong idea. Keep an eye on Caroline too." Katherine advised as they walked toward the party.
Elena barely had time to nod before Caroline dragged her over to get their first drink.
Unfortunately, Damon was also there getting a drink.
"Hey girls, looking good." He smiled as they approached.
"Thank you but I have a boyfriend." Caroline smirked.
"Elena." Damon nodded.
"Damon." She acknowledged.
"You look great." He said, smiling half heartedly.
"Thank you." She said, grabbing her drink and walking away without another word.
"What did I do wrong Caroline?" Damon groaned as he watched her go.
"I cant tell you, but I can I ask you something?" Caroline said, keeping an eye on Elena's whereabouts.
He nodded, taking a swig of his beer.
"You said you think of Elena as your little sister. Is that really how you see her?" Caroline asked.
"It's how I have to see her." He admitted.
"But not how you want to, right?" Caroline pried.
"I am not drunk enough for you to interrogate Caroline. Go keep Lena company." Damon instructed, quickly refilling his drink before walking off.
"I hate boys!" Caroline muttered as she walked over to Elena who had nearly finished her drink.
Hours later when the party was in full swing Elena was starting to see double, she had more drinks then she could count and had lost track of Caroline and her sister. She walked over to a keg to refill her drink and managed to walk into Rose and her posse.
"Aw look it's baby Gilbert and she's playing dress up! How cute." She said scathingly.
"Leave me alone Rose." Elena snapped, filling her cup.
"What's the matter, lost your pacifier? Shouldn't you be at home, it's well past your bed time." Rose taunted.
"Says the girl who sucked her thumb till she was thirteen and wet the bed at my sisters sleep over? You wonder why my brother rejected you? Cause you are a skanky bitch." Elena sneered, fuelled by alcohol.
"You better watch what you say bitch. Why are you even here? No one notices you, you're a wanna be. People like people who stand out, not follow in their big sister's footsteps." Rose seethed.
"Funny cause you're boyfriend noticed me. Asked for my number bout a half hour ago. Now if you'll excuse me I have better things to do than talk to whores." Elena smiled sarcastically and turned to walk away.
Rose, not wanting to let her get the upper hand, grabbed Elena's hair and threw her toward the floor. Elena didn't stand a chance of regaining balance because of the amount of alcohol she'd ingested.
Rose cackled as she walked away, leaving Elena to pick herself up.
"Elena? What happened?" Damon cut through the crowd and saw Elena dusting herself of with angry tears in her eyes.
"Your damn girlfriend happened. Do the world a favour, keep her on a leash and leave me alone!" Elena hissed, barging past him.
Head swimming, eyes watering and legs like jell-o, Elena walked to a bench and sat down.
"Hi there, my name's Finn." Said a smooth voice, she turned to see the eldest, infamous Mikaelson brother standing with two drinks in hand.
"Elena Gilbert." Elena smiled as he handed her a drink.
"Ah so you're Elena, heard you had a run in with Rose Porter." Finn said, trying not to smile.
"Yup." Elena said, gulping her drink down.
"Walk with me?" He asked.
So she did.
"Caroline! Have you seen Elena?" Damon had finally found the girl who was trying to fight through the crowds.
"No, me and Katherine are looking for her! It's nearly one o'clock she was supposed to meet as back at the car at midnight!" Caroline said, looking panicked.
"We'll find her! Check all the keg stations, I'll take the left and Katherine is over that way." Damon said, cocking his head to the right before darting off.
They looked for ages until Damon heard a high pitched scream and took off running, toward the falls lake.
When he got there he saw Finn forcing Elena's head under the surface. She was tied up and Damon saw red.
"Get the fuck off of her!" He yelled, charging at Finn, knocking him to the ground before punching him repeatedly.
"ELENA!"
Katherine had followed Damon when she saw him take off and had abandoned her heels long ago.
She dragged her sister away from the water and untied her.
"Can you walk?" Katherine asked, trying to stay calm.
Elena shook her head.
"He- my drink. He did something. Didn't taste right." Elena mumbled between coughing.
"Damon he spiked her!" Katherine called to him.
"You sick fuck!" Damon yelled, kicking Finn in the chest.
"I wasn't trying to hurt her man! Fucking Porter paid me to scare her! Fuck! It's just a roofie!" Finn groaned, rolling on his side to spit up a mouthful of blood.
"You so damn lucky she isn't hurt or I'd be burying you in that lake you hear me? Stay the hell away from her or I'm going to put you in intensive care!" Damon spat, aiming one last kick to Finn's chest and then heading over to Katherine and Elena.
"Come here." He soothed, scooping Elena up.
They walked back to the car in silence, when they reached it, Lexi and Caroline were waiting anxiously.
"Oh my god! Elena!" Caroline shrieked.
"It's okay, she's going to be fine, we just need to get her home." Damon muttered.
"We cant take her back to mine. Dad'll be back from work any minute." Katherine fretted.
"This is my fault! I didn't stay with her! She said she'd be right back, I didn't even think she'd get hurt!" Caroline bawled as Lexi hugged her.
"Care, she'll be okay. We just need to get her changed, get her dry and get her sober." Katherine said calmly.
"Come on, you can all come back to mine. Giuseppe wont be back from his trip till Monday." Damon said as he set Elena in the car gently.
"There's not enough space in the car and Lexi is took drunk to drive." Katherine frowned.
"I'll ride with Damon, Lexi can sit in the back with Elena." Caroline sniffled.
"Damon?" Caroline asked after a while in the car.
"Yes Caroline?" Damon asked tightly.
"Do you love Lena?" She asked.
"Corse I do, she's like family." He snapped.
"Not like that. Do you love her?" Caroline asked.
"I've known her a long time Caroline, growing up I liked her more than anyone else. In the past year she's really come out of her shell and I just love her more each day. But I cant have her, I don't deserve her. Elena deserves someone who will be consistent and safe. Me? I'm unstable and im reckless. She deserves better. But she'll never feel the same way." Damon groaned, not completely realising who he was talking too.
"Maybe she does and maybe she doesn't want 'better' or safe. Maybe you need each other." Caroline yawned.
"She's strong Caroline, she deserves someone who is as strong as her and I'm not." Damon sighed.
"That's a lie. We don't make 'em weak here in Mystic Falls. Everybody is strong.. In there own way." Caroline concluded as they parked in front of Damon's house.
"Thanks Caroline. You're a good friend to Elena." Damon said, shutting off the car.
"Friendships aren't weak here neither. She's my girl." Caroline deduced as she stumbled out of the car.
"Just, don't hurt her!" She added over her shoulder as Katherine drove up.
"I couldn't if I tried." Damon whispered to himself.