Damon POV
Okay, here we go. Day two of seven in the "Make Elena Gilbert go on a date with me so I can sleep with her" plan. This was so not going according to plan, I was supposed to have already won this bet. But no, Elena was being stubborn and I had to admit I kinda liked it a little bit. It was something I hadn't really experienced before. Not that I enjoyed being turned down time after time after time. Today I was going to have to bring my A-game. I was actually running out of time and this was not going as well as it was supposed to. I artfully messed up my hair before walking out of my private bathroom and out of my room shutting the door behind me. The general rule in my family was that if the bedroom door is closed no one will enter. Unless my mother is home, then she just barges into my room whenever she feels like it. She feels like she has some sort of strange claim on me since I am her first born and admittedly the only child she likes or ever wanted. It sucks for Stefan and for that reason alone I feel bad for him. Everything else he brings on himself. When I got downstairs he was sitting at the table and I could see the explosion brewing behind his green eyes. I knew he was going to yell at me and honstly I've looked forward to it since yesterday since he saw me walking down the hallway with Elena.
"What the hell are you thinking Damon? She's mine. She was this close to liking me and then you swoop in and she wants nothing to do with me. What the hell is wrong with you Damon? Do you feel the need to sabotage everything I want?" Stefan yelled and I chuckled. It was better than I imagined. Did I feel bad that I was stealing the girl that Stefan wanted? Yes and no. I felt bad that I was going after a girl he wanted, but since it was Elena all bets were off. She was far too good for Stefan and he needed to learn to go after girls that were in his league. I was more the willing to teach him that lesson. Elena was in my league, she was leaps and bounds better than what Stefan should be able to get.
"Whoa calm down Steffie. Just think of it this way, I'm doing you a favour." I told him and that just seemed to piss him off more.
"You're doing me a favour? How the fuck do you even see that? I know you're selfish and all but I don't get how you can even see the logic in that one." Stefan yelled just as Giuseppe came down the stairs.
"What the hell are you yelling about Stefan?" He demanded as he carried his brief case. Clearly he was working again today, he was just leaving later than usual.
"Damon is interfereing in stuff that doesn't concern him." Stefan shouted.
"Stop shouting. What is Damon doing exactly?" Daddy dearest asked. In his defense we were both always innocent until proven guilty. He wouldnt' take Stef's side until he knew exactly what I did. I still maintain I was doing him a favour.
"He's stealing the girl I like!" He said raking his hands through his overdone hair.
"And I say I'm doing him a favour." I interjected.
"Why do you say your brother is stealing her from you?" Giuseppe asked.
"I claimed her. I wanted her and now he's just stepping in and wooing her completely." Stefan muttered.
"Wooing her? Really Stef?" I asked.
"Yes. Why can't you pick from the bevy of other girls that are always flocking her every move?" Stefan asked.
"They're boring. I want a girl who can keep up with me. Which she can. She's witty and smart. But most of all, she's a virgin. I want to pop that cherry." I said with a smirk on my face.
"You're stealing the girl that your brother likes because you want to take her virginity?" Giuseppe asked with what clearly sounded like disppointment in his voice. That was fine, it wasn't the first time he'd been disappointed in me and it probably wouldn't be the last.
"Essentially yes. But the thing is, I'm doing Stefan a favour." I repeated.
"Why do you say that?" Giuseppe asked.
"She's not into him. I heard her say it plain and simple. She told me that she felt no connection with him. I'm simply saving him from her having to tell him that to his face." I said feigning concern for my little brother.
"Did she really say that Damon, or are you simply saying that to make yourself look better?" Giuseppe asked.
"It doesn't matter what I say to make myself look better. I'm never good enough in the eyes of this family. Either way I'm going to go on a date with her. I have twenty bucks riding on that." I said as I grabbed the keys to my Camaro along with my backpack and left the house.
When I got to school I walked over to Elena and took the empty seats next to her. None of her friends had arrived yet and as predicted she sighed when I sat down.
"If you're going to ask me out again, you may as well get it over with." She said staring at me.
"Fine, I will. Go on a date with me." I said aware it wasn't my best work.
"Nah. I think I'll pass." She said and I smirked at her.
"Isn't playing hard to get getting a little boring. Imagine how much more fun you'd have if you just said yes." I asked her and she actually laughed.
"But where would the fun being in that? I actually enjoy turning you down multiple times a day." She said to me and I grinned. Oh yes, this girl was definitely one I could keep around even longer than Sophia.
"Guaranteed I'll break down your resistance soon enough." I told her and she smiled up at me.
"Good luck with that." She said and I stood up to join my buddies on the other side of the quad.
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Elena POV
I smiled ahead of me when he walked away. The start of my evil master plan was starting today and I couldn't wait to be the first girl to dump Damon Salvatore. It would put him in his place and hopefully then he would make an effort to get himself into a relationship that was real. He didn't need to only have sex with various girl for his entire life. Everyone needed to have a realtionship. I truly believed that.
"Elena, can we talk?" Stefan Salvatore called to me as he took the seat across from me. I was instantly praying that Caroline and Bonnie would show up soon so I could avoid this awkward conversation.
"Hi, Stefan. Did you finish your English homework?" I asked him making polite conversation.
"Yeah. It was fairly easy. So I just wanted to talk to you about something." He pointed out as he ran his hands through his hair. I recognized it as a nervous habit.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" I asked even though I knew what was on his mind. I also didn't want to talk about it, but I knew that if I didn't he would just keep talking about it.
"My brother Damon. Don't go out with him." He told me and I tried to stop myself from rolling my eyes.
"It's not your choice who I go out with." I told him crossing my arms.
"Elena, he's not a good guy. He'll wreck you like he wrecks everyone else." He told her worry filling his eyes.
"Then that will be my problem not yours. It's my choice who I go out with and it's my choice what I do with them." I told him desperately needing to get my point across.
"I'm just looking out for you Elena." He told me.
"I don't need you to look out for me. I have enough people who do that already." I said to him and he sighed.
"But none of those people know my brother as well as I do. None of them know his intentions with you." He said and this time I did roll my eyes.
"So you don't think I know what I'm getting myself into? Well I do. I've seen how he treats other girls but I also feel like it can't hurt to go on a date with him. He's very persistent." I said.
"Then go on a date with me. I could date you better than he could since I'm actually intersted in you for more than just sex.' He said laying all of his cards on the table.
"Stefan, I can't. I don't like you in that way." I said to him. I never wanted to hurt him but it seems like I had to anyway.
"That's what Damon said you said. I didn't believe him since he does nothig but lie. Just don't date him please. It'll end badly." Stefan urged.
"I can handle myself Stefan thank you very much." I said when I saw Caroline and Tyler approaching.
"Alright, I'll leave you alone for now." Stefan said and I nodded my head. I knew it wasn't over for Stefan and knew he would keep trying.
"What was that all about? You looked tense?" Caroline asked.
"Stefan asked me out. I'm not into him in that way." I told her and she nodded her head.
"Ah yes. So how's it going with the sexier brother?" She asked me and I smiled.
"I'll say yes to him today after school. He tried again this morning." I told her as I closed the novel I was reading.
"That's good. At least he seems to be into you. That's never a bad thing." Caroline shrugged as she snuggled in closer to Tyler.
"It's not. But I just wish someone I could actually like was into me. Not someone that I can't stand." I sighed as the bell finally rang and I headed to class.
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At lunch time there was a bouquet of daisy's sitting on the floor by my locker when I came to drop my books off. I sighed and read the card.
Go on a date with me. Xoxo Damon.
I laughed and opened my locker stuffing the flowers inside. They were beautiful, how did he know that I preferred wildflowers over anything else. I was not a rose girl, I was definitely a daisy and wildflower girl. I just didn't know how he figured that out. We'd never talked about anything like it. Maybe he was more perceptive than I gave him credit for. When I walked outside I passed by him as I walked to my table.
"Did you get my flowers?" He asked as I walked by.
"Yes." I told him.
"Do you have an answer?" He asked grinning.
"No." I told him.
"Is that a no?" He asked.
"Yep." I told him smiling widely now. I loved tormenting him but it was going to feel really good to break up with him.
"I'll get you to say yes soon enough Elena." He said as he walked to his table. I watched him walk away before going to sit with my friends. When I sat down I looked up to see Caroline and Bonnie staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Are you going to tell us what happened over there with Damon?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah. This time he gave me flowers. He bought me daisies. I couldn't believe he knew I liked them. But I know he still is the enemy, he's just doing a really good job right now." I told them.
"He's playing a tough game. He's pretty good." Caroline approved.
"I know. But he is Damon Salvatore, so for women everywhere I have to do this." I said nodding my head firmly.
"Have you ever given the idea of you actually starting to like him, or even love him a thought?" Matt asked cautiously.
"It's not possible." I said.
"What if something changes in him while you're fake dating him and he gets better. What if you fall for him?" Matt asked.
"It won't happen so the point is moot." I told him shrugging.
"I'm just warning you. I've seen it happen before. It could happen to you too." Matt told me and I nodded myself.
"I've protected my heart really well from guys like him. I'll be fine." I promised.
"Okay, as long as you're sure." Matt said nodding his head. That was the good tihng about Matt, is he would take my word for it even if he was certain I was wrong. So I wasn't sure whether he trusted me or not. I couldn't worry about that. I needed to worry about making sure my plan went off without a hitch.
"But if your plan is to be able to dump Damon Salvatore, then won't you have to sleep with him to make him stay for more than one date?" Bonnie asked after pondering for a few minutes.
"I hope not. I hope I can put on a good enough date that he won't want me to sleep with him." I told her and Bonnie nodded her head satisfied that I'd thought of it.
When the end of the day finally came I walked out of the school and towards the parking lot where my mom was supposed to be picking me up.
"Elena, wait up!" Damon called behind me and I stopped happy that he was coming after me.
"Hey, what do you want now?" I asked him.
"You had to have known I wasn't ready to give up. I'm going to ask you again. Will you go on a date with me?" He asked me.
"You really are persistent aren't you?" I asked him and he nodded his head with a grin on his face.
"I am very persistant. If you don't say yes now I will keep asking." He warned me.
"Fine then. Since I want you to leave me alone, I'll agree to one date." I told him.
"Great. I'll pick you up Friday at seven." He told me.
"Fine. Do you know where I live?" I asked.
"Yes. Don't ask how I know, I just know where everyone lives." He told me.
"Fine. I will see you Friday." I told him.
"You sure will. After this date you'll be begging for another one sooner than you think." Damon told me and I grinned.
"We will see about that." I told him.
"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into. It'll be more fun than you've ever had in your entire life." He said cockily.
"I guess we'll find out won't we." I said before walking away from him. He watched me walk away and I grinned. Step one... complete.
