Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I just like playing with the characters a little :P
Chapter Four: Someone Like You
Damon and Elena pulled into Elena's driveway, with the bunny still in Elena's arms.
"If Jenna is as afraid of rabbits as you say she is, than this will be hilarious" Damon laughed
"Trust me, she's scared of these things" Elena smiled
Damon got out of the car and opened the passenger side door for Elena. Elena, still holding the bunny, got out of the car and started heading for the door with Damon right behind her. Damon and Elena walked inside and Jeremy was sitting on the couch watching a movie, but he turned around when he heard Damon and Elena walk in and stared at them in confusion.
"…What's with the bunny?" Jeremy asked confused
"Where's Jenna?" Elena asked and handed the bunny to Damon since, after all, it was him that wanted to scare Jenna
"Kitchen…why? Your not having her kill the rabbit are you?" He asked disgusted
"No, remember how Jenna was scared of Cotton?" Elena asked
"Oh yeah" Jeremy laughed "That was hilarious, I've gotta see this" Jeremy said and walked into the kitchen and Damon and Elena were close behind him
Jenna was looking in the fridge, rearranging everything in there, she was making sure that blood was no where near her morning orange juice and having a repeat of when she almost willingly drank human blood.
"Hey Jenna" Elena said
"Hey" Jenna sighed, not looking over at everyone staring at her and the bunny in Damon's arms "What's up?"
"Nothing" Elena sighed "Damon just brought me home"
"Oh, you have fun?" She asked
"Yep" Elena said
"Next time you see him, tell him to keep this damn blood away from-" Jenna was cut off mid sentence and her eyes grew wide as she looked at the bunny in Damon's arms "…W-What's with the r-rabbit?" She asked and shut the refrigerator door but kept her eyes locked on the rabbit as if it would jump out of Damon's arms and attack her
"Wow, this is so much funnier than I expected" Damon laughed and grabbed the bunny by the scruff of his neck and held it up in front of Jenna
Jenna leaned away as if the thing could kill her and not the vampire that was holding the rabbit in front of her.
"Get that thing away from me!" She said and ran out of the kitchen at what should only be vampire speed
Damon was hysterically laughing now, holding the rabbit normally in his arms. "I see why she liked Stefan more than me now, Stefan used to be a little bunny eater"
"We still to this day have no idea why she is petrified of bunnies" Jeremy said through his laughter "But, I don't care, it's hilarious"
"Alright, give me the bunny" Elena laughed and took the rabbit back from Damon and walked out the back door of her house and set the rabbit free in the nearby forest
She turned around from setting the bunny free and there was Damon right behind her. "I'm convinced that you and Jeremy are trying to kill me with a heart attack" Elena said trying to bring her racing heart rate "Did Jeremy mention yet that I was looking into getting you a collar with bells on it?"
"No…but I'm not gonna wear that" Damon smirked
Elena smiled and yawned, the sun was just setting and she was getting tired already. It had nothing to do with the fact of that Elena and Bonnie stayed up until 4am the night before.
"Late night with Bonnie?" Damon asked
"Mhmm" Elena said and yawned again
"Alright, come on sleepyhead, that's enough for you in one day" Damon said and scooped Elena up in his arms and carried her into the house and didn't put her down until she was upstairs in her bedroom, sitting on her bed.
Elena went in the bathroom to change and get ready for bed and went back to her bedroom to find that Damon wasn't in there as he usually was. She walked downstairs and saw that Damon was downstairs talking to Jenna. She didn't look happy, in fact, she looked like she was about to go grab the blow torch. I always wondered why Damon didn't just use compulsion on her, she barely wore her vervain jewelry, so why didn't he just make her calm and happy? And what was he talking to her about that made her so pissed off?
"What's wrong?" Elena asked Jenna and Damon
They both looked at Elena, then back at each other. Jenna sighed and looked back over at Elena.
"Nothing" Jenna said and Damon looked up at her in shock "You know where Jeremy is? This was on the porch for him" Jenna sighed and handed Elena an envelope that had Jeremy's name on it written in perfect cursive
"Nope" Elena sighed "I think he said something though about going to the Grill, I'll just go put this up in his room" Elena said and took the letter and noticed that Damon and Jenna went back to their conversation and Jenna remained looking pissed off, but at least she was listening to Damon for once.
Jeremy was sitting at the bar at the Grill, Damon was right, stay on a steady diet of human blood and that compulsion really worked, and the alcohol really did make him less hungry. He looked around the place, everyone was happy, smiling, laughing, and blissfully ignorant that their town was a magnet for vampires. He looked back toward his drink and finished it off and ordered up another, drink number five and he was still feeling nothing. Finally, he saw a familiar face walk into the grill, it was Bonnie. At first, she hesitated walking up to Jeremy, but eventually gave in and walked right up to him.
"Hey Jeremy" Bonnie said "Ring working?"
"Yep" Jeremy sighed "Thanks again for doing that for me"
"No problem" Bonnie sighed
"…You want something to drink? It's not really a problem for me" Jeremy smiled and laughed a little
Bonnie hesitated for a second and sat next to Jeremy at the bar. "Why not" She sighed "I'll just have a beer"
Jeremy ordered up a beer for Bonnie and she started drinking from it right away.
"So, what's up?" Jeremy asked
"I got this weird letter today" Bonnie said and took the folded up letter out of her pocket "It doesn't say who it's form, no initials or anything. It did say something funny that I thought you might want to see though" Bonnie sighed and unfolded the letter and pointed out the sentence to Jeremy that she found strange
"Make sure Jeremy reads his letter before 9 tonight." Jeremy read out loud "Letter? I never got a letter"
"Could be at your house right now" Bonnie said "All I know is, you have to read that letter before 9"
Jeremy looked up at the clock hanging in the bar, it was only 8, he still had time to finish his drink, head home, and read whatever stupid letter he had to read.
Elena was trying to hear what Damon and Jenna were talking about from the living room, but they were talking at a level that was just quiet enough for Elena not to hear what they were talking about. Jenna didn't look so angry anymore, but it looked like Damon was still trying to sweet talk her into something.
"I give up" Elena sighed out loud "I'm going to bed" She said and marched upstairs and got into bed, covering herself up, and turning out the light.
She was a little mad that Damon and Jenna were having a secret conversation, who knows what they were talking about, especially something that had Jenna so pissed for so long. Elena was just about to drift off to sleep when she heard her door open and close and heard someone sit down in the chair in her room across from her bed. She turned the light on and sat up and saw Damon sitting there.
"What were you and Jenna talking about?" Elena asked immediately "And don't you dare lie to me Damon Salvatore" Elena said firmly
"Elena, it's nothing to worry about, it's not gonna happen for a while, at least with your sunt acting like this, it's not" Damon sighed and sat on the bed next to Elena
"It's not anything potentially dangerous, is it?" Elena asked, worrying that Katherine was coming back now
"No, nothing like that" Damon sighed "I was just…being a gentleman, your aunt needs more persuading though"
"…I don't know what your up to, but no compulsion on Jenna" Elena sighed
"Please, I wish I used compulsion on her1 She's stubborn, way worse than you" Damon laughed "But I will not use compulsion on Jenna…maybe bunnies, but not compulsion" Damon smiled
"Fine" Elena smiled "I have no problem with you using bunnies…but no using compulsion on the bunnies either"
"Ugh, fine, no compulsion on anyone, human or fluffy bunny" Damon sighed
"Good. Goodnight Damon" Elena smiled
"Goodnight Elena" Damon said and kissed Elena on her forehead
Elena leaned over and turned the light out and tried to go to sleep, she knew Damon was still there in her room, watching over her, but there was one small problem, she couldn't sleep.
"…Damon" Elena said
"Yeah?" He asked
"…Can you stay here?" Elena asked and sat up in her bed in the darkness, only the moonlight streaming in through the window lighting up the room
"Over there?" Damon asked and looked toward the bed
"Yeah, I can't sleep" Elena sighed
"…Sure" Damon said, kinda surprised that Elena was asking him to come to bed with her basically
He got under the covers in Elena's bed and she snuggled up to him and laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes. She fell asleep with a smile on her face and Damon couldn't help but smile. Elena was falling in love with him, maybe she'd never say it to his face, but he knew Elena was falling for him. As he slowly traced the veins in Elena's hand that was grasping onto his waist, Jenna's word were racing through Damon's mind.
Flashback:
"Why won't you let me date Elena?" Damon hissed to Jenna, low enough so that Elena in the living room couldn't hear him
"Because, I know you Damon. I've seen how you work. You string a girl along until your bored with her then break her heart, you've been doing it for centuries" Jenna hissed back, just as quiet as Damon
"Elena's different" Damon said
"What makes her different to you? Is it because you can't have her? Or maybe because she was with Stefan?" Jenna asked
"I love her" Damon said
Jenna froze in place and looked Damon dead in the eyes, looking for him to back down. Jenna knew too that Damon didn't lie, especially about stuff like this. Jenna sighed and backed down, not catching a hint of lying in his eyes.
"Why do you love her?" Jenna finally asked
"Because she's the most beautiful girl I have seen in my entire lifetime, she's caring, kind, stubborn, funny, the list can go on" Damon said returning Jenna's gaze
Jenna sighed and looked away from Damon.
"I give up, I'm going to bed" Elena said loudly from the living room and Jenna and Damon heard her walk upstairs and go to bed
"…I'll think about it" Jenna sighed "Tomorrow, I'll let you know"
"…I really do love her Jenna" Damon said
"…Tomorrow" Jenna said and put the last of her dishes away
Damon walked up the stairs and up to Elena's bedroom, hoping that Jenna will change her mind about him and let him ask Elena out on a date.
Present:
Jeremy was walking in the house now, he heard Jenna walked around upstairs, and Elena mumbling in her sleep, and Damon laughing at what she was saying. Seems like everyone was heading to bed early tonight. He walked in his room and saw an envelope laying on his desk. He opened it up and took out the letter.
Jeremy,
Open up you window, you won't be sorry.
That was all the letter said. Jeremy looked at his cell phone. 8:58pm. He walked over to his window and opened it up and waited those two long minutes. 9 came along and suddenly he heard something land on the roof. He looked out the window and someone was walking on the roof towards Jeremy's window. He let himself go into vampire mode and felt his fangs come out and the veins under his eyes become more noticeable.
"Relax" He heard a familiar girls voice laugh and she looked into the window and was visible in Jeremy's room lighting "It's just me" She smiled and kissed Jeremy on the cheek and Jeremy relaxed now
"…Anna?" He asked and saw her standing there right in the window
"Yep" She smiled cheerfully and walked into Jeremy's room and shut the window behind her
"How are you even alive? Damon said he saw you get staked!" Jeremy said
"I was, and set on fire" Anna sighed "But, I was wearing this" She said and pointed to a ring on her finger, different from the one that let her walk in the sunlight "My mom gave it to me a week before she died, I forgot I was wearing it on Founder's Day until I woke up in a burned up building with dead bodies all around me and finding myself healing form burn wounds" She sighed "That and I had to pull a stake out of my chest, it hurts worse to pull out than for someone to plunge it through you"
"I can't believe your alive!" Jeremy said and hugged her tightly
"Ow" She said and Jeremy let go
"Sorry" He said "Still getting used to the vampire thing"
"So you really did change, huh?" Anna asked
"Yeah" Jeremy sighed "I changed. So where were you for those two months?"
"Tracking down Katherine. I saw she had Stefan with her and I wanted to make sure she wasn't planning on coming back here. Turns out she just really wanted Stefan with her, she could care less about this place" Anna sighed "But, I found out something else while I was gone, Elena will want to hear this though"
"She's asleep but-"
"I'll tell her tomorrow then" Anna sighed and sat down on Jeremy's bed "It's about her mom"
"Isobel?" Jeremy asked
"Yeah, she's coming back to Mystic Falls. I overheard Katherine talking to her, saying she was insane for coming back here, but she insisted. She mention something about coming back because of Damon doing something to her daughter, and I know her only daughter is Elena and Damon is here so…I just don't know what she wants with Damon and Elena" Anna sighed
"Do you know when she's coming?" Jeremy asked
"Tomorrow night" Anna sighed "I got here as fast as I could from Alaska, that's where Katherine and Stefan are now"
"We'll tell them in the morning then" Jeremy sighed
"Okay" Anna said "So…how's the bloodlust been treating you?"
"Terrible. But I took Damon's advice on drinking, alcohol really does work" Jeremy smiled "No cravings for the past hour"
"That's good" Anna laughed "But I wouldn't exactly listen to all of Damon's advice, there are some things he's not exactly an expert on" Anna smiled
"I kinda figured that" Jeremy smiled "So, what do you wanna do?"
"How about I finally beat you at that damn video game downstairs" Anna smiled
"Your on" Jeremy laughed and raced Anna downstairs at vampire speed, she won of course, being older has it's perks with being a vampire
Elena was starting to wake up a little from her peaceful sleep and found herself sleeping on a shirtless Damon Salvatore. Two months ago, she would have slapped Damon for coming in bed with her, but now, she felt safe, and well, It was different to feel safe with Damon. She slowly sat up in bed and watched Damon sleep. She wasn't used to seeing Damon sleeping, he looked…human to her. He was vulnerable in his sleep. She smiled and laid back down next to him and rested her head on his chest for a minute, before looking back up at him and kissing him on the cheek.
His eyes fluttered open and looked down at Elena and smiled.
"That was nice to wake up to" Damon smiled "Good morning"
"Morning" Elena smiled and kissed him on the cheek again
"That's not fair" Damon laughed "That was twice now"
Elena laughed and soon Damon's lips were on hers and she was kissing back almost immediately. She felt the butterflies in her stomach again and her heart racing and she forgot about everything else in the world except for her and Damon. But Damon pulled away too soon from the kiss for Elena's liking.
"What-"
"Jeremy" Damon sighed and sure enough, Jeremy opened the door
"Guys, come downstairs, I gotta tell you something" He said and left the room
Elena sighed and threw her legs over the side of the bed and felt Damon's hand on her shoulders and his lips start kissing her neck. Why was he being so…romantic like this to Elena all the sudden? Elena didn't really care to put too much thought into it and let Damon keep kissing her neck, until she heard her brother from downstairs.
"This centaury would be nice guys!" Jeremy said
This time it was Damon that sighed and pulled away from Elena again and got up out of bed.
"Damon?" Elena said
"Yeah?" He asked turning around and paying full attention to Elena now who had a concered look on her face "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Elena sighed "It's just…you never acted like this before around me. Like actually kissing me and wanting me"
"…Elena, I've always wanted you. It's just Stefan's always been in the way. And I didn't want to be a complete jackass and take advantage of you right after he left. It's just…you seemed to be getting better and…I can stop if-"
"No!" Elena said "I like this" She smiled and kissed Damon on the lips quickly and pulled away
"I like this too" He smiled and kissed her this time, but pulled away, knowing Jeremy would annoy them until they came downstairs "Come on, let's get down there before Jeremy blows a gasket" Damon laughed
Elena smiled and got up and dressed. Damon and Elena walked downstairs and stopped in their tracks when they saw who was standing there with Jeremy.
"Anna?" Elena asked in disbelief
"Hi" Anna smiled and waved a little at both of them
A/N: So, what do you think?
Yes, Isobel is coming back in the next chapter, she won't be too bad, I promise I'll keep her on her best behavior :P But at least it's not Katherine, right? :P
Anyway, I had to bring Anna back, it'd be hard to write a love story about Damon and Elena with Jeremy left out and alone, I love his character too much to make him suffer like that without Anna :]
So, let me know what you think :] xoxo Avril