This story is rated M.
In the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Chapter four
"When he grabs your neck, you make sure to push with your free hand just under his chin. This will give you the upper hand. He'll eventually have to let go, or at least loosen his grip on your neck so you can escape." Damon explained. "You ready to try it."
"Yes." Elena said nodding her head. Damon walked across the room away from her. He nodded his head at Rick. The next thing Elena knew was that she was grabbed from behind. She felt someone grab her neck. Her hand stretched out trying to find Rick's chin, instead she just pushed her hand flat against his face.
"Not his face. Press your hand under his chin, Elena." Damon said to her coming up closer. Elena's hand slowly moved from Rick's face to his chin. She pushed as hard as she could and felt as Rick loosened his grip on her neck.
"Not bad. You just need to remember that your target is his chin, not his face. You can push against his face but you'll probably get bitten." Damon explained.
"Okay, chin not face." Elena nodded her head.
Damon smirked at her handing her the bottle of water. "Here."
"Thanks." She smiled at him taking the bottle of water and drinking it.
"You need to get some meat on your bones." Rick commented taking a seat on the spear chair.
"Why?" Elena asked.
"You're not strong enough. All this self-defense stuff is for nothing if you don't have the strength to fight your defendant off. You might know the technic but if you're not strong enough it's no use." Damon explained.
"Okay, so what do I need to do to get stronger?" She asked looking from Damon to Rick.
Damon smirked at her as he asked. "Well, for starters you need to eat more. Nibbling does not qualify as eating." Elena was just about to protest but Damon placed his hand up in defense. "Let me finish woman." He said wiggling his finger with a smirk. She smiled at him rolling her eyes. "Is there someone that you really hate?" Damon asked.
Elena looked at him weirdly before asking. "Why? What does that have to do with getting stronger?"
"It's simple actually." Damon smiled at her. He came right up to her and placed his hand on her back. Elena felt a shiver run down her spine. Every time he touched her she felt like she was going to melt. Damon guided her to the punching bag. "This, Elena, is your new biggest enemy."
She giggled before saying. "Let me guess. Every time I punch the punching bag I have to visualize someone I really hate and that gives me the energy and rage to push myself to the limit."
"Smart girl." Damon smirked at her.
"Thank you." Elena smiled proudly.
"Don't thank me yet, infect, I think you're going to hate me soon."
"Oh, no, please no!" Elena begged already knowing what he was going to say next.
"Just for half an hour."
"DAMON!" She whined. "We've been training all morning. I need a break." She begged giving him her best puppy dog eyes. "Please, please, please." She fluttered her eyelashes. She always did that when she needed something from her dad, it always worked. She always got what she wanted with a few blinks of her long eyelashes. She was hoping it would work on Damon as well.
Damon rolled his eyes, not able to say no to her. She was too adorable. He couldn't make her do something she really didn't want to do. "Okay, I'll give you a break, but we are not done." He pointed his finger in her direction.
Elena giggled with a huge grin on her face. "Thank you!" She cheered like a five year old. Damon rolled his blue eyes at her happiness. She was so innocent. She didn't deserve to be in this situation. He turned around ready to leave when she called his name. "Damon?"
"Yes." He glanced back at her.
She blushed slightly, biting her bottom lip before saying. "Um…can I borrow another one of your sweatshirts, this one really stinks." She scrunched her nose up in disgust but it looked adorable on her.
"Sure." He smiled at her.
"Thanks." She smiled back.
Grayson walked through the corridor of the company his future son in law owned. 'Green' is a nuclear engineering company. One of the most successful companies in New York and Stefan Von Schwarzschild was the owner. As he passed each room, he could hear people talking on phones, rushing from one office to the other. It was crazy. He got into the elevator and pressed the button 15. The doors closed and the numbers started to light up.
He needed to talk to Stefan. Today was the 5 day since his baby girl had gone missing. Grayson was going out of his mind. He couldn't sleep, eat or even shower. They needed to do something. Five days have passed and there was no sign of her. Grayson was pissed enough as it is. Isobel was driving him crazy every time she said that everything was going to be alright. How could she be so calm and sure? Stefan had hired some people to search for her but there was nothing, no news.
The elevator dinged and the number 15 lighted up signaling to Grayson that he has arrived to the last floor of the building. He stepped out of the elevator and headed straight to the front desk. A blond with straight hair greeted him with a smile. "Hi, how may I help you sir?"
"I'm here to see Stefan Von Schwarzschild." Grayson said.
"I'm sorry sir, but Mr. Von Schwarzschild isn't seeing anyone today."
"Well, I guess he's going to have to make an exception." Grayson said annoyed. "Call him and tell him that Grayson Gilbert is waiting outside his office."
"I'm afraid I can't do that sir. Mr. Von Schwarzschild said not to be disturbed."
"Look lady, I don't have time for this!" Grayson yelled. "I need to see him now!"
"I'm sorry sir, but-" She stopped talking when Grayson headed straight to Stefan's office. "Sir, you can't go in-" She stopped when the door opened.
Grayson walked through the door without even knocking with the blond on his tail. Stefan's head snapped up from his desk when he saw Grayson.
The blond started to defend herself. "Sir, I tried to stop him but-"
"It's fine, Lisa." Stefan stood up. "Can you please give us a moment?" He asked, signaling her to get out.
"Of course." She smiled politely before heading out of the room closing the door behind her.
"Gray what's going on? Is everything okay?" Stefan asked in a calm and concerned tone.
"No, nothing is okay! I don't know where my daughter is!" Grayson hissed angrily.
"I'm doing everything I can-"
"Yeah, I can see that you're doing everything you can to find her! You're filling out paper work!" Grayson growled.
"I know your upset-"Stefan started but Grayson cut him off.
"DAMN RIGHT I'M UPSET. MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING FOR 5 FUCKING DAYS! YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO FIND HER! WELL DO IT!" Grayson yelled.
"Keep your voice down!" Stefan hissed before walking over to the door to check if it was closed properly. When he saw that it was he turned around and said. "I have hired a team of 20 men to find her. I have 3 FBI agents on the lookout. Everything in my power that I could have done I've done."
Grayson took a deep breath before running his hand over his face. "We need to tell the police."
"No, that's the worst thing we-" Grayson cut him off.
"My daughter is missing! I will do everything I can to find her!"
Stefan walked right up to him as he said. "I f you involve the cops, you're just going to make it worse for Elena. Whoever has her wont hesitate to kill her if she's reported missing on national television."
Grayson took a deep breath before sitting down on a chair in front of Stefan's desk. He placed his head in his hands wanting to sob like a little child. He couldn't take it anymore. He needed his baby girl home where she was safe. He swallowed thickly before pulling his hands away from his face. "Is there any news?"
"Elena's car was found at 33 West 37th Street, New York. Her handbag was across the street. It was found in the alleyway near the fat cat wines." Stefan said sitting down next to him.
Grayson closed his eyes for a second trying to keep his tears in. "What…what…what if she's…" He couldn't say it.
"She's not. She can't be!" Stefan said in a hard tone. He refused to believe it. She couldn't be dead.
Grayson turned his gaze to Stefan. He spoke in a defeated and scared voice. "Find her. Please find her."
"I give you my word, Gray, I will find her." Stefan said in a serious voice.
"Just follow my lead, Jer. Don't play the tuff guy if you don't want your ass kicked. You don't want to mess with these guys." Matt warned.
"Fine." Jeremy rolled his eyes. Matt pushed ruffle through the mettle garage door making it bag lewdly. He walked in with a serious facial expression. "Yow, Fredrick!"
A man in his late 20 made his way through the dirty garage with a bottle of bear in his hand. His left had had a huge tattoo on it. He had a murderess look on his face. "Who's asking?"
"Me." Matt said stepping up right in front of him. Jeremy watched as the two men stared at each other with murderess looks. He was already prepared to start running when the guy named Fredrick smirked. "Donovan, you mother fucker! I haven't seen you in ages."
"I could say the same for you, mother fucker." Matt said with a serious facial expression.
"Now, now, let's not get pissy. I was kidding." Fredrick placed his hands up in defense. "What bring you here?"
Matt pulled out of his pocket a picture of Elena and held it up for Fredrick to see. "This." Fredrick looked at the photo but didn't say anything. "Have you seen here before?" Matt asked.
"No, man. I've never seen here before." Fredrick answered.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. If I saw a bitch like that around here, I wouldn't forget it." He smirked at Matt. "I sure would love to fuck her though."
Jeremy's face hardened and his hands formed into fist. He was ready to throw in a punch when Matt said. "She doesn't do scum like you."
"Ooooh." Fredrick placed his hands up in defense. "You're girl?"
"Yeah." Matt answered.
"Sorry man." Fredrick said before taking a swing of his beer.
Matt placed the photo back into his pocket before asking. "Who runs the show down here now?"
"Marcel." Fredrick said before glancing over at Jeremy. "Who are you?"
"I'm-"Jeremy started to say but was cut off by Matt.
"He's with me."
Fredrick nodded his head before saying. "You might want to stay off Marcel's radar; he's rolling with the wolves now."
"Just tell me where I can find him."
Damon, Rick, Nick and Elena were all seated down on the floor of the warehouse in a circle eating the pizza Rick had bought. Elena placed the last piece of pizza into her mouth before moaning out. "This pizza is amazing." She loved pizza but since she moved in with Stefan she stopped eating it. He doesn't like fast food and always criticizes her for eating it.
"Do you make the same noises when you're having sex?" Nick asked smirking.
Elena swallowed the pizza before saying. "Seriously, can you not keep your mouth shut?"
"What?" Nick rolled his eyes. "I was just asking." He took a bite before saying. "I can't believe you like pizza."
"Why is that such a shock?" Elena asked taking another piece of pizza.
"Well, considering you have gourmet chefs who cook for you, I didn't really think you'd be so flattered to have pizza."
"Well, that just say how little you know about me." Elena smirked at him. Damon watched the two of them with an amused smirk.
"Well, why don't we get to know each other better then?" Nick offered smirking at her.
"You're disgusting." Elena sent him a dirty look.
Nick placed his hands up in defense before saying. "Wow, calm down lovely. I was thinking more along the lines of a civilized conversation." He smirked before adding. "Is your mind always on sex, Elena?"
"NO! Don't make it look like I was the one-"She stopped talking when all 3 men started laughing. She looked from Rick to Damon and nether one of them stopped. "What's so funny?" She hissed at them.
Damon almost chocked on his own laughter before saying. "Nothing." Elena rolled her eyes at Damon before turning to Rick. She raised her eyebrow at him.
Rick composed himself from laughing before asking. "Why are you so sensitive?"
"I'm not." Elena said in an annoyed voice. "He's always picking on me!" She pointed to Nick.
Nick busted out laughing. "What are you in kindergarten?"
"Stop it, man." Damon said to Nick.
Nick raised his eyebrow at Damon. "Why are you so protective over her? Huh?"
"Just leave her alone." Damon said to him before getting up from the floor.
Elena popped the last piece of pizza into her mouth before making a move to grab the coke. Nick grabbed it before her and smirked. "I'll let you have the coke if you answer one question without getting offended."
Elena just shook her head before standing up. "I'd rather die of thirst then answer to you." She turned around and said to Damon. "Damon, can I have some water, please?"
"Sure." Damon handed her the bottle of water. Nick smirked at both of them raising his eyebrow. "I see what's going on here." He took a big gulp of the coke before making an 'ahhh' sound. "That's so tasty." He placed the coke down before turning to Elena again. "So, Elena, you mentioned that you have a fiancée? Right?"
"Yes, and Damon mentioned that you have a control freak of a girlfriend. So what's new?" Elena bit out. She wasn't in the mood to play his annoying and stupid games and she definitely wasn't in the mood to think about Stefan and her family. The last 5 nights she cried herself to sleep thinking about all of them. She missed all of them so much.
"Ah, you wounded me, Elena." He faked hurt. In that moment a loud crash echoed through the warehouse. Elena turned panicked to Damon who stared back at her with a worried facial expression. Rick grabbed a pipe nearby and Nick jumped from the floor grabbing his gun out of his pants.
"This place is such a dump." A women's British voice was heard echoing.
Nick groaned before placing his gun back into his pants. "Rebekah, my dear sister. What a pleasant surprise." He rolled his eyes.
A girl with long blond hair in a white dress above her knees walked around the corner carrying a sports bag. "Nicklaus, it's good to see you dear brother." She sent him an annoyed look.
"You certainly know how to make an entrance." He said sarcastically.
"Why the bloody hell do you have trashcans at the main entrance." Rebekah asked her brother while she walking over to Damon.
"Gee, Rebekah, haven't you heard. I've found a new job. I'm picking up litter for a living." He said sarcastically.
"You're hilarious." She rolled her eyes before handing Damon the bag. "Here, I picked up most of the stuff that wasn't to slutty from her wardrobe."
"Thinks, Rebekah." Damon said before turning to Elena. "Here, there is some stuff in here that might actually fit you."
She looked up at him confused. "I figured you'd get tiered of my sweatshirts so I told Rebekah to pack you some things." Damon said awkwardly.
She smiled up at him as she said. "Thank you, you didn't have to do that."
Damon rolled his eyes playfully with a lopsided smile before saying. "I kind of did. I had no sweatshirts left. You were stealing all of them."
Elena giggled before saying. "Sorry."
Rebekah looked from Damon to the new girl. She coughed awkwardly before saying to Elena. "Hi, I'm Rebekah. And you are?" She stuck her hand out for Elena.
"Elena." Elena smiled politely before extending her hand.
"So are you Damon's new girlfriend?" Rebekah asked.
"No!" Damon and Elena said at the same time. Nick whistled with a smirk. Rick looked at Elena's blushing face but didn't comment. Rebekah looked from Damon to Elena as she said. "Awkward."
"Elena's stuck with us for a while." Damon explained.
"Okay, so um…Kol called." She said earning everybody's attention immediately.
"What did he say?" Nick pressed.
"Just that he searched the first ten floors of the empire state building and found nothing."
Everybody's face fell immediately. "He didn't say anything else?" Damon asked.
"Nope." Rebekah shook her head. Everybody fell in an awkward silence. It was so quiet that the sound of heels could be heard coming closer. Elena looked immediately up at Damon with a scared facial expression. She was just about ask him if he could hear the footsteps when a women's voice was heard.
"Nick!" A girl in a shorty slutty black leather skirt and high heel brown boots walked around the same corner Rebekah came from. Her hair was brown and slightly curly on the ends. She had wide hazel eyes. A devilish smirk was plastid on her face.
"Baby." Nick walked right up to her, grabbing her and kissing her hard on the lips. Elena turned her head away. She thought it was disgusting. The girl pulled away from him smiling before turning around. "Hi, boys."
"Hayley." Rick smiled but Elena could see that it was a fake smile.
"Hi, little wolf." Damon smirked at her.
"Suck it Salvatore!" She hissed at him.
"It's nice to see you too, Hayley." Damon winked at her.
She rolled her eyes at him before turning to Nick and asking. "You got anything strong?"
"Baby, I'm living in a trashcan." He waved his hand around the room.
She rolled her eyes before saying. "Fine. Do you have a beer?"
"That I do." Nick smirked walking over to get her one. She spun around on her heel saying. "Hey, Bex."
Rebekah just sent her a small smile. "Hi, Hayley."
Elena watched as the girl named Hayley gazed at her. She tilted her head to the side as she asked. "And you are who?"
"Elena." Elena answered.
"Oh, yeah, I've heard about you. You're the annoying brat." She rolled her eyes.
"Excuse me?" Elena asked looking at her confused.
Hayley smirked before saying in a threatening tone. "Stay away from my boyfriend."
"Don't worry; I won't touch your boyfriend." Elena shook her head not believing this girl.
"You better!" She warned looking Elena in the eyes.
"You're into my brother?" Rebekah asked looking at Elena.
"No! I haven't even had a proper conversation with the ass!" She almost screamed out, but then composed herself before saying to Rebekah. "Sorry."
"She's been dreaming about me." Nick smirked at Elena as he approached Hayley with a bottle of beer in his hand. She grabbed the bottle of beer and took a swing before pointing the bottle in Elena's direction. "Stay away whore."
"Don't be a bitch, Hayley." Damon said to her before Elena had a chance to open her mouth.
"I'm just warning her." She smirked at Elena before looking back at Damon. "Is that your shirt she's wearing?"
"Yeah, it's my shirt. You got a problem with that?" Damon asked staring daggers at her. He hated her. She acted like a bitch to everyone and it pissed him off like hell.
"No, but you can find better than that, Damon." She smirked pointing to Elena. "Does she at least make your dick rise?"
"Are you crazy?!" Elena hissed blushing like a school girl.
"Look she's blushing." Hayley mocked. "And to answer your previous question, no I'm not crazy. I'm spontaneous." She turned her gaze back to Damon before smirking. "Come on Salvatore, answer my question."
Damon smirked before saying. "Elena's hot. What can I say; any man would go crazy over her." Elena eyes widened at his response but then he continued. "You see, Hayley, My biggest concern is that Nick might be picturing someone else while fucking you. I still don't get-" Nick cut Damon off.
"Shut the fuck up Damon!" He hissed. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Did I hit a nerve?" Damon hissed back at him. "I'm sorry buddy if I'm hurting your feelings but I was just dying to get that off my chest!" He turned back to Hayley and said. "Don't think so highly of yourself wolf girl, not everybody's gonna bend over backwards to save your ass." Damon stared daggers at Bitch.
"Okay guys calm down." Rick said in a calm tone. "This is not the time or the place for –"Hayley cut Rick off.
"No, I think this is the perfect place that we settle this once and for all. What do you, Salvatore, have against my brother?"
"What I have against Marcel is between me and him, but you are so full of yourself. You think the whole world revolves around you! Guess what? It doesn't!"
"Coming from the guy how dragged all of his friends down with him!" Hayley bit out angrily.
"I didn't ask for anybody's help!" Damon yelled. "Everybody in this room is here for their own reasons!"
"Yeah, like Nick!" She yelled staring daggers at Damon. "You got him into this shit in the first place."
"Hayley!" Nick yelled at her.
"What? If you're not gonna tell him what you really think, than let me!" She turned back to Damon as she said. "Fin got shot because of you! Kol is running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to find information to clear you name, and after all the things Nick did for you back in Tennessee you should keep your mouth shut!" She hissed.
"Don't you fucking dare try to turn this around on me!" Damon stepped closer to her wanting to rip her little head off. "You fucked Atticus and that's the reason Nick is stuck here in the first place!" Damon growled at her. "Your nothing but a little whore who couldn't keep her skirt down and it almost cost him his life!" Damon pointed angrily to Nick.
"DAMON!" Nick yelled stepping in front of Hayley.
"WHAT?" Damon growled at him. "I had your back in every situation! If you have something to say to me then say it!"
Nick just stared at him when Hayley said from behind him. "He has a lot to say but he's-"
"SHUT UP, HAYLEY!" Nick yelled turning around to face her.
"What the hell, Nick! I'm just-" She started to say but he cut her off.
"Don't!" He placed his hand in front of her before saying. "I don't want to hear it!" He grabbed the beer form her hand before turning around and walking away.
Everyone was quiet. Elena was confused and pretty much scared. She had never seen Damon lash out like that. Nick was pissed and from what she could tell hurt. She didn't think a guy like him could actually experience human feelings. Rick stood awkwardly and so did Rebekah, neither one of them making a sound. Hayley didn't say a word; she just turned around and walked over in the direction Nick disappeared in. Damon turned around anger was still flowing through his veins as he walked past Elena straight to the car.
Jeremy pulled up in front of a mansion. It looked like it was from the 18hundreds. The roofs were pointed and made it look like a castle. It was painted white with dark blue carvings around the windows, door and porch veranda. Lavender roses and lilies were planted in big pots on the porch steps heading straight to the front door. The grass was mowed recently and was defiantly the greenest grass Jeremy had ever seen. A patio was on the right side of the house with a huge swing.
Jeremy swung the door open and stepped out as he said to Matt. "I thought we were going to see some gangster not prince charming who happens to live in a castle."
"It's a mansion." Matt pointed out as he closed the door.
"I know." Jeremy rolled his eyes. He followed after Matt to the front porch of the house and watched as he rang the doorbell.
A young woman in her early 20 opened the door with a small smile on her face. Her hair was long with loose chocolate curls. Her eyes were between a hazel and brown color. "Hi, can I help you?" She greeted politely.
"Hi, I'm Matt Donovan…" Matt smiled at her politely and then pointed to Jeremy. "And this is my friend Luke. We're looking for Marcel Deveraux."
The girl rolled her eyes as she said. "Typical, no one ever comes here looking for me." She smirked at Matt before throwing her head back behind the door and yelling. "MARCEL, SOMEONE'S HERE TO SEE YOU!"
"Well, if I knew that such a pretty face was living her I would have come sooner." Matt commented as he winked at her.
The girl bit her bottom lip and smiled shyly. "I'm Sophie Deveraux. Marcel's cousin from New Orleans."
Matt was just about to open his mouth when the door swung open and the guy he knew all too well walked out with a murderess look. He stepped right in front of the girl and tilted his head as he examined Matt from head to toe. "Matt Donovan, what a pleasant surprise."
"Marcel." Matt tried to sound as reasonable as possible, but every nerve in his body was screaming at him to throw in a punch.
"Sophie, go inside." He said to the girl in a warning tone. The girl immediately did as she was told. He glanced in Jeremy's direction before turning back to Matt. Marcel smirked watching him like a hawk. "You here for a rematch?"
"No." Matt answered.
He threw his hands in the air saying. "Then what the fuck are you doing here?"
Matt swallowed his pride and bit his own tang to stop himself from saying something that might screw his only chance at finding Elena. "I need your help."
The guy threw his head back and started laughing. Jeremy glanced at Matt and then back at the guy who was laughing his head off. He watched as every emotion passed Matt's face. There were glimpse of anger and rage before he settled for an expressionless facial expression.
After what felt like hours to Matt, Marcel stopped laughing and his facial expression changed to serious. "You want my help?" He raised his eyebrow.
Matt swallowed thickly before saying. "Yes."
He chuckled softly before saying. "Well would you look at that. Matt Donovan is asking me for help."
Matt bit his tang so hard that he tasted blood in his mouth, but it kept him from saying out laud what he really wanted to say to this jerk. Marcel walked right up into Matt's face before asking. "Why should I help you?"
Matt smirked before saying. "Well, I'd say in the name of old friendship, but I know that ship has sailed a long time ago. So I'll go for something called the moon stone."
Marcel raised his eyebrow and smirked. "And what makes you think I'll be interested in a shiny piece of rock."
"Well, the obvious reason is that it's been in your family for generations but now the Fell's own it." Matt smirked.
Marcel took a second to think about it before saying. "What do you want?"
Matt pulled out the photo of Elena and handed it to him. "I want you to find her and bring her to me. In return I'll talk to Logan and I'm sure we can work out a deal about the shiny rock."
Marcel analyzed the photo with a smirk before handing it back to Matt. He made a serious face before saying. "Yeeeaah….no…I don't think so." He smirked at him with amusement in his eyes before adding. "You can keep the rock."
Matt's face became pail before he said. "Marcel, if you know something you need-"
"I don't, Donavan." He smirked before adding. "But even if I did I wouldn't tell you." He grinned like a cheshire cat before turning serious again. "Now, if that's all you came here for I advise you to get off my porch before the wolves get here."
It's been almost 3 hours since the outburst incident. Nick and his girlfriend, Hayley disappeared to god knows where. Rebekah spoke briefly to Damon before leaving and Rick was working on his computer. Elena sat in the corner of the room watching Damon as he took apart the engine from the old red car that was parked at the end of the warehouse. She could see that he was still pissed and wasn't quite sure if it would be a good idea to approach him or not. She knew that she was going to drive herself crazy sitting there all alone. Every time she was alone all she could think about was her family and Stefan. Oh dear god, Stefan! She hated the fact that every time she spoke or touched Damon caused her to blush or feel butterflies in her tummy. It was wrong. She loved Stefan. She was going to marry Stefan before all of this happened. He was the one for her…at least that's what she kept telling herself.
"ELENA!" She heard Damon yell her name out.
She jumped from her seat. "Yes, yes?"
"Could you give me a hand?" He asked pointing to the huge engine on the table.
"Sure." She said approaching him. When she got to the table he continued. "Ok, just hold the hood up so it doesn't fall on my head." She did as she was told and held the hood up. She watched as he struggled to pick it up.
"Do you need some help?" She asked.
"No, I'm fine." He said finally managing to pick it up on his own. He carried it very careful to the car and placed it in its original spot where it belongs.
Elena still held the hood up as she asked. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." He answered as he grabbed some wires and started connecting them. She stood there awkwardly not knowing what to say or do. She kept her mouth shut as she watched him connect the wires. When he was finally done he decided to look up at her.
"How are you doing?" He asked scanning her facial expression. He could see that she was tense and he knew why. It was because he freaked her out earlier.
"I…I'm okay." She faked a smile.
Damon wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand before saying. "Look, Hayley's a bitch so just ignore her." He paused for a second before saying. "I know what happened earlier must have freaked you out." He looked so ashamed. "I…I didn't mean to scare you."
"You didn't." Elena blurted out. Ok, it wasn't a completely lie. She was a little freaked out when he stepped in front of the girl. She thought he was going to slap her…but then again she would have deserved it. Elena didn't know the truth behind why they were fighting but she was certain Damon wasn't to blame...well maybe a little.
His blue eyes stared into Elena's. Just looking at this beautiful girl made him feel again. He knew she wasn't telling the truth about not being scared, but it was confuting knowing that she didn't decide to ignore him like most people would. He lost control for a split second and he hated it. He wasn't the type of man to raise his hand on a woman…but Hayley was a big pain in the ass. No one could push Damon's buttons more than that little wolf. "Thank you." Damon said sincerely.
"For what?" Elena asked not quiet following.
"For…for just not judging and thinking I'm a freak or something." He looked down ashamed.
"I would never think that." Elena said moving her hand subconsciously away from the hood of the car. She was just about to place her hand on Damon's when the hood slammed down with a huge bang. Elena jumped at the sound and Damon chuckled.
"Imagine if my head was under there." He smirked at her before sitting down on the hood.
She ran her hands through her hair nervously as she said. "I…I didn't mean to. I just moved without thinking and it fell. Sorry." She made that adorable face that Damon loved seeing.
"You're lucky I like you, otherwise I wouldn't be so forgiving about you constantly trying to kill me." He teased.
"Hey! It was an accident and it was once!" She poked him in the ribs with her hand.
"Hey!" Damon pouted like a five year old. "Now you're physically trying to abuse me without even hiding it." He faked hurt.
Elena shook her head not able to keep the smile hidden any longer. She smiled up at him as she said. "Thank you."
Damon raised his eyebrow at her. "For what?"
"For making me laugh…just for not being an ass." She smirked back at him and giggled when he rolled his eyes.
"It's my pleasure, Elena." He smiled at her.
Rick watched them from the corner of his eye before turning back to his computer. A few days ago he would have sworn on his life that Damon was done with woman but now looking at him smile with the young girl he saved changed his thoughts complete. He deserves to be happy after all the pain he's been through. He knew that Damon would never admit it but he was falling for her slowly. He just hoped that Elena wouldn't break his heart; after all, she does have a fiancée. Rick new she was telling the truth…the ring on her finger was enough evidence. Watching her giggle and smile at everything that Damon said made Rick think that there were some sparks between them, he just hoped that she wouldn't stir the pot and leave him for her fiancée when this is all over. It was bound to happen especial in the situation that they both were in.
So there it is. Chapter 4 is officially done. What do you guys think? Sparks are flying between Damon and Elena. We have some new characters in this chapter, so who do you like and who do you dislike? What do you think Matt and Jeremy might do next? Poor Grayson, he's so worried about his daughter…L Any ideas who the wolves might be?
I'm sorry for not updating faster but I have some stuff going on right now, but I'll try to steal some time to write and update faster.
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