Chapter 4

Damon woke up to the biggest headache he had ever experienced in his life. He rolled off the bed and stumbled around, looking for his shirt. The girl whose bed he frequented the night before was fast asleep. What was her name again, something that

started with a V? Virginia? Valerie? Vicki? Yes, that was it, Vicki. In his drunken stupor he remembered finding Vicki at the party, who was clearly as smashed as he was, and was more than willing to have sex with him on the spot. As Damon pulled his

shirt over his head, he couldn't help but remember the brunette he hit on outside on the patio, whose name completely escaped him. Looking back on the night's events, it was clear that if he was sober, the encounter could have gone in a much more

favourable direction. Damon silently closed the door of Vicki's room and walked out in the hallway. He hadn't even walked five steps when he heard a voice calling his name. Turning around Damon spotted one of the newest members of the Kappa Alpha

fraternity, Tyler Lockwood, whom he had met last night.

"What's up man?" Tyler exclaimed, as he caught up with Damon with a slightly glazed look in his eyes, clearly caused by last night's festivities. Damon's memory was slowly coming together and he recalled that it was Tyler who informed Damon about

Vicki, and her tendency to be a bit friendly.

"Not much man," Damon responded. "Do you possibly know where I could get some breakfast? I'm starved and I have to eat something to settle my stomach."

"Actually, I do." Tyler answered. "My dad owns the local coffee shop on campus. My friend Matt should be working the opening shift, he's a nice guy. And bonus: I get everything for free." And this was precisely why Damon felt an aversion to Tyler when

he first met him: Tyler always felt like he was entitled to everything, simply because his father was rich. Not that Damon was poor by any stretch; he was the Crowned Prince of Spain. He just didn't feel the compulsive need to broadcast this piece of news

to the entire campus. However, despite his less than welcoming thoughts toward Tyler at the moment, he followed his companion, hoping that a large coffee and a blueberry muffin would be worth Tyler's constant ramblings en route.

"Matt! Buddy, you have to feed me and my friend, like right now!" Tyler yelled as soon as he entered the café, with Damon following, taking in the small coffee shop. It was small, but definitely cozy. It had a similar appeal as cafés did back in Spain, a

place where people could meet and mingle while having coffee or lattes. Matt nodded towards Tyler and began to prepare their food and beverages.

"I'm going to go introduce myself to Matt," Damon said to Tyler, who waved him off, checking missed calls and text messages on his cell phone.

"Hey man, I'm Damon." Damon greeted Matt as he stuck out his hand to shake Matt's. Matt looked up at Damon in shock when he introduced himself.

"Do you possibly know Elena?" Matt questioned, staring Damon down, a look of clear distrust painted across his face.

"I don't know an Elena, sorry." Damon responded, privately thinking that this kid asked bizarre questions and was fucking weird. Matt nodded at Damon and began to talk to him in a much friendlier tone as he poured coffee into two mugs.

"He just asked you to have sex with him? Like out of nowhere? Are you serious?" Bonnie screeched as Elena retold the story of how a random guy named Damon tried to pick her up. Although she was completely appalled with his actions, Elena could

recall the exact nature of his amazing blue eyes, which she had to admit, infuriated her more.

"That's what Matt said," Elena replied, as soon as Bonnie took a breath between her rants.

"You told Matt! Are you completely insane? I mean, I know you are I've seen you study. But why the hell did you tell Matt? He's totally in love with you! And he has been since you guys met when we started college. I swear, Elena, sometimes you are so

blind to something that's right in front of you." Bonnie exclaimed as she finished her second bottle of water.

"Dehydrated much?" Elena laughed as Bonnie downed another painkiller to reduce her headache. "And for the record, Matt is not in love with me. We're just friends." Bonnie rolled her eyes to Elena's rebuttal and was just about to open her mouth when

Jeremy walked into the girls' dorm. She threw herself in his arms, giving up the entire discussion.

"Sir, we have a problem," Zach announced as Damon walked into his room. "You have no more money to purchase groceries with. Furthermore, your parents did not incorporate a meal plan into your tuition."

"What does this mean Zach?" Damon asked, clearly exasperated, and wanting nothing more than to sleep in his own bed.

"It means, Your Highness, that you will need to get a job in order to pay for your food or you will starve." Zack answered.

"For the last time- it's Damon, just Damon. Titles are not required." Damon snapped as he walked out the door, a plan forming about how he would make some money.

A little while later, Damon found himself at The Coffee Spot, filling out a job application with Matt. "I can't thank you enough for this job man," Damon muttered as he wrote down his date of birth on the form. "My parents are although kind and wealthy

people have decided to take this time to teach me more about fiscal responsibility." Matt grinned in response and walked over to the cash register to help a customer.

"So tomorrow is going to be your first day, Elena will train you to work the espresso bar. She's really nice and patient, so you shouldn't have problems learning from her." Matt informed Damon as he walked towards him several minutes later, with a

training sheet in his hand, outlining when Damon would learn about various aspects of working in the café.

"I'll be here. Is this the Elena that you asked if I knew before?" Damon questioned, choosing to not mention Matt's obvious infatuation with the girl.

"Yeah, that's her." Matt affirmed as he began to date the days of Damon's training throughout the following week, with Damon wondering how the hell he went from palaces to serving coffee to college students.

DEDEDEDEDE

Hey everyone! Sorry about the wait, first there was Easter, and then the Royal Wedding (wasn't it amazing?)! Time got away from me, but I'm back now, and expect an update every week. I intended on having Damon and Elena meet again in this

chapter, but the characters completely disagreed with me on that front! Anyways, in the next chapter Damon and Elena will meet again, hopefully Damon will remember her name this time… watch for some serious drama between the pair.