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Chapter 3
Elena woke up with a good feeling, finally, after five months, she got some sleep during night. She was so grateful that Stefan eventually gave his permission so Caroline could sleepover. The only question was why? Why did he gave his permission? He probably wanted something in return and she didn't look forward to it. But that were worries for later, for now she just needed to get ready to greet Damon, Stefan's brother.
What was she actually going to say to him? She didn't know a thing about him and just asking questions wasn't really polite. Maybe she should ask Caroline cause her husband wouldn't answer any of her questions. The only question she could ask him was 'can I sleep with you, tonight?'
After staring outside for a few minutes, the view was beautiful, birds were flying through the gardens, she stood up and walked to the bath room. But of course, the minute she walked in one of her maids were there.
"Is there something I can help you with, Lady Elena?" After a long time they started to call her Lady Elena cause she got a sick feeling from the name Lady Salvatore. Most of the maids now understood the situation, they knew king Stefan wasn't the most loving husband you can imagine.
"No thanks, Ms Vicky. I'm fine, you can leave."
"Oh, okay."
"And Ms Vicky?"
"Yes, Ma'am?"
"Can you ask Ms Caroline to see me in twenty minutes? She can come to my room."
"Of course, Ma'am." After turning the water of the hot tub on, Vicky left the room. Always doing what they were supposed to do, Elena hated it. Really all the maids listened perfectly to the commando's of the king. He told them to always help the queen even when she took a bath, and that was every morning cause he wanted her to be ready for him every day. How thoughtful of him, she thought sarcastically.
When she stepped in the bath, the water temperature was perfect, as always. Sometimes she really got goose bumps of how correct her maids where. They almost never made a mistake, other persons would be happy for that. Well, she wasn't, she actually didn't like it at all. Cause she thought every person made mistakes, they needed to, that was the only way they could learn something. But Stefan only aloud maids who never made mistakes, when they did, he just fired them. It didn't even matter how long they already worked for him. Last year, he fired an older maid, she worked for him for more than ten years but she dropped a spoon when she was clearing the table. Come on, she dropped a spoon? How could you possible fire a person for dropping a spoon? Yeah, of course, the king could do that.
That was also the reason why all the maids where so thoughtful, none of them wanted to be fired. Their salary was quite much and they would never find another job with such a high salary. Of course that was what the king wanted, that way he could ask his maids whatever he wanted. They would always listen.
Elena knew well enough what they needed to do sometimes. She'd only ask him to leave Bonnie alone cause it was her head maid. First he didn't want to listen to her but after a few 'punishments for bad behavior' he agreed. Sometimes she asked Bonnie if the king still was holding his promise, her maid always said 'yes', but of course, if Stefan told her to shut her mouth, Bonnie would do that.
After washing herself and her hair, she stepped out of the bath, her flesh got pink from the hot water. It was quite a lovely color. But of course, the king didn't liked it, he liked a brown skin more. That was why he didn't argue with her when she went outside, she needed to come in the sun for a darker color on her skin. Another thing he was thoughtful of, really everything she did was cause the king allowed it to do.
When she walked in her room again, after putting a bathrobe on, she saw some tea standing at her desk. It was probably the new tea that would help her for getting pregnant sooner. Some witch called the king she was making such tea and of course he immediately bought everything the witch had in store. It probably was just another stupid thing that didn't work. Come on, who would believe that a witch could make such a tea? Witches didn't even exist. In other countries people got killed because someone thought they used magic. Never there had been an evidence that such things were real.
She sat down at her seat and drunk some of the tea, it tasted awful. It was like someone peed in it, she didn't know how pee tasted but it couldn't be worse than this tea.
"Is it that bad?" she heard a voice asking behind her. When she looked up, she saw Caroline standing behind her.
"Even worse," she answered looking sadly.
"I hope it works this time."
"I actually hope it doesn't." When Caroline looked confused, she added, "I don't want a kid of the king."
"I can understand that," she said softly.
"I always dreamed of having children but since the last couple of years, I always have nightmares of a mini Stefan."
"Yeah, I wouldn't like a mini Stefan, either."
"Are you ready to have children?" Elena asked curious.
"I would love to have some of them."
"Not just one?"
"No, I want a big family. Maybe four or five, or even more," she smiled.
"I used to want a lot of them too."
"You can't believe how bad I feel for you."
"Don't be. I'll be alright."
"I truly hope that's true."
"Come on, enough talking about bad thing. I want to get ready to see Mr. Damon Salvatore."
"You sound like you've a crush on him, already," Caroline giggled.
"Oh come on, that's not true," Elena said defensive.
"Are you sure?" Caroline answered winking. She loved to see Elena that way. It was just a lot more fun than talking about the king.
"Of course I am sure! I don't even know him."
"Oh, but you soon will." Elena got nervous already. Why the hell was she nerves? It was just Stefan's brother. But she couldn't stop thinking about how he would be, would he be like a second Stefan? Or would he be totally different? From the few things she knew about him, it didn't look like he was going to be a doppelganger of Stefan.
"What should I say to him?"
"I don't know. You can show him the castle or the gardens. Oh, I you should ask him if he's hungry after his long trip to Europe."
"Thank god you remind me about that. I totally forgot he had a long trip. Maybe he's even to tired for walking around in the castle or the gardens."
"Good be true, so that's probably a good question to start with."
"I just hope I don't ask to much questions cause that's not really a proper attitude for a queen. I'm to curious sometimes."
"Yeah, you're right about that."
"Do I ask to many questions to you?"
"Of course not. I don't mind if you ask questions, I like it. For me, it means you're interested in my life too."
"Of course I am."
"Yeah, I know that. But most of the other high society girl are only interested in their selves."
"Then they are selfish."
"Almost every high society girl is selfish, that's why I love you so much. You're totally different, you're actually the most selfless person I know."
"Thank you," Elena said a bit unsure, her cheeks were becoming red already.
"See? You even are shy when someone gives you a compliment."
"That's not true."
"Oh, of course," Caroline answered sarcastically.
"Lady Elena? Mr. Salvatore has arrived," Bonnie told her queen as soon as she saw a carriage coming through the gateway.
"Thank you, Ms Bonnie. I'll be there in a second." Oh gosh, now she was getting really nervous. In a few minutes she would meant Damon Salvatore, only thinking about his name made her nervous.
"Ready?" Caroline asked. She was still in her room, she wanted to stay until Damon arrived.
"I hope so."
"Everything will be alright," Caroline said trying to calm down Elena, "Now go downstairs and try to relax a bit. It's just Stefan's brother. I'll wait here until you're finished with him."
"That could take a while."
"I know and I don't mind. I wanne be the first one who hears all the details," she said cheerful.
"Okay than, see you soon."
"Yeah, good luck Elena." She just nodded before going downstairs, hoping that man outside would be totally different than Stefan.
When she arrived in the living room Vicky told her that Mr. Salvatore would be there every minute. Bonnie would lead him to the living room and tell him that she was waiting. Okay, calm down, Lena, she told herself. Like Caroline said, everything would be alright. She was probably nervous for nothing. Maybe Damon was ugly and stupid, so that Elena didn't need to feel uncomfortable. But he probably wasn't.
When a tall, dark haired man walked in Elena knew she had to be uncomfortable. His beautiful blue eyes looking right into hers. It made her feel very uncomfortable, never had someone looked into her eyes like that, not even Stefan. He hated eye contact, it was to personnel.
"You must be Elena," he said giving her a charming smile before kissing her hand. She immediately got shy and her cheeks turned red. She wasn't used to such charming things. He was totally different from his brother.
"I have to say my brother made an excellent choice, you're one of the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." Still that charming smile on his face. Gosh, this was going to be hard. She felt the blood rushing through her veins.
"Good morning, Mr. Salvatore. How was your trip? You must be exhausted," she tried to say it as normal as she could, she succeeded fortunately.
"You can call me Damon. And I had a quite lovely trip."
"Is there anything I can make you happy with? Maybe some delicious food?" she said friendly.
"I don't feel like eating, but your company would make me more than happy, Elena." He used her first name without asking if she was okay with it, he was really different from Stefan. Normally, if you follow the rules, you never called a women with her first name.
"Okay, no food than," she answered still being as polite as she could.
"Elena, can you please do something for me?"
"Hm, sure, what is it?"
"Please stop being polite and try to relax. You just look like a robot." That hit her like a rock. She was almost never as polite as today and he asked her to relax and stop being polite?
When he saw the look on her face, he added, "I know it's what Stefan told you to do. But I just hate it when people follow the rules the entire time."
"Okay," she said quietly. "I don't like rules either but the king can be very convincing."
"I do understand that. I know my brother well enough. He probably makes your life a hell," he said it like it was the most normal thing in the world without ever stopping with his charming smile. When she didn't answer he proceeded, "So Elena, tell me something about yourself."
"I don't think that's…" He quickly interrupted her. "No rules today."
"But Stefan…"
"He isn't home. I made sure I arrived on a day when he had a meeting with someone important."
She looked confused. "Why did you do that? I thought you came here to visit your brother."
"I actually came to visit you. I wanted to make sure Stefan didn't kill you already."
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing important. I'm just happy you seem to be fine." He didn't want to scare her. Stefan had killed many women before, he just was a pro at keeping things secret. When he was bored he did some very bad things. It was the first time Stefan actually married a women before he killed her. Damon truly hoped he could talk some sense in his brother cause they really needed a heir to the throne and Damon himself wasn't really the kind of guy who wanted to stay with a women forever.
"How long are the two of you actually married?" Stefan had never invited him to the wedding and it wasn't since recently that he knew there had been a wedding. It wasn't like they were close brothers. When he heard his brother had married he immediately arranged a holiday to Europe.
"Since five years, why? Didn't you know?" she looked confused.
"No, I didn't. It's not like Stefan really likes me."
"But he told you I need to be very friendly to you."
"Did he also told you why?" When he saw her cheeks becoming red again he already knew the answer. "I looks like he did. Can I know why?"
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"So, you didn't deny it." She immediately looked away, ashamed of her behavior. Of course she had to deny it, she just simply forgot. She was totally confused because of this charming, beautiful man in front of her.
"Okay, you don't have to answer. Let's talk about something else. What do you usually do when you're not busy with my brother?"
They talked almost the entire day and Elena started to feel very comfortable with Damon. He was so different from every men she ever known. He was charming and arrogant at the same time. But the part she liked the most about him, was that he didn't follow any rules expect from the ones he made himself.
"Oh, I almost forgot. I bought you a little present on my way to the castle." He took a little box out of his coat and gave it to her.
"I really can't except that."
"You don't even know what's in it." She slowly opened the box, her eyes widen when she saw what was in it. There were two beautiful earrings with little diamonds on them.
"Amazing," she said overwhelmed by the gift.
"I know I am amazing," he said smirking. She looked at him while smirking too. "You know well enough I was talking about the earrings."
"But you can't deny I'm amazing? Can you?" he never stopped smirking, she got nervous again. He seemed to have that effect on her. Why did she feel this way? And did he act this way with every women? Or just with her?
"You have a big ego, Mr. Damon Salvatore," she deliberately used his full name. For the first time she actually could say the name Salvatore without getting a sick feeling.
"Maybe I have." Please stop looking like that, she thought. "Something wrong, Elena? You look pretty nervous." Oh god, was it that notable?
"No nothing's wrong," she lied.
"Good. But I 'm started to get hungry."
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I totally forgot you hadn't had dinner, yet." She really did. Everything went so fast today. She didn't even had a proper dinner either and she was starting to get hungry too. "I'll call one of my maids and ask if we can eat in a couple of minutes. They are always ready to make some food."
"If you don't mind, can I cook? I usually cook myself."
"Uh, I guess so. Don't you have a maid to cook?"
"Of course I have a maid. But I rather cook myself. The only thing my maid needs to do is keep the house clean and welcome my guest properly."
"That would me a lot more fun than in this castle. The maids do everything, I can't even take a bath without being disturbed."
"Yeah, my brother doesn't like working. He thinks that everything is work, even cooking. Don't you like to cook?" again the charming smile.
"When I was younger I always made pancakes with my mother but from the day I met Stefan I needed to stay for away from the kitchen. He says cooking is the work of maids not of the queen."
"That sounds like him. So what do you think of cooking together?" She looked at him like he was saying the weirdest thing in the world. "Elena, it's just cooking."
"Stefan wouldn't appreciate that."
"He isn't home, remember? I'll take care of the kings wishes. You don't have to be scared. I'll make sure he doesn't hurt you."
"I never said I was scared of him."
"True, but I know you are. So just stop thinking about him and have some fun."
"I don't think I'm able to make a decent meal."
"That's no problem, I'll learn you how to cook." She nodded, still surprised. A man who cooked? She didn't know anyone who cooked except from the maids and her mother.
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