Thank you to all who are reading this story. I really appreciate it. Here's chapter 4, hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 4: The Grill

When Elena and Jeremy arrived home together, Jeremy went in the living room to play his video games and Elena went straight into her bedroom. She dropped her bag on the floor by her door and fell face first on the bed in the shape of a star.

After several moments Elena turned over and just lay looking up at the ceiling.

Before she knew it an hour had passed. She decided to sit up and get changed into more casual house clothing. Before Elena even had the change to go over to her closet to change her phone began to buzz on her desk. It was a message from Caroline; they had exchanged numbers at lunch. Apparently she wanted it so she could get hold of her later for some reason she didn't mention. This was obviously what she wanted to do.

From Caroline

Hey Elena, Bonnie and I are going to the Grill with Rebekah and a few of the boys from the football team, do you wanna come too? Please get back to me ASAP

~Caroline xoxo

From Elena

Hey, yeah I'd love to meet you guys at the Grill, what time were you thinking?

~Elena xoxo

From Caroline

In about an hour is that okay for you? You can always meet us later if you can't make it then...

From Elena

That's fine; I can make it then...who's going again?

From Caroline

Me, Bonnie, Rebekah, Tyler, Luka, Damon and Stefan, I know you and Damon didn't get off to a good start but will you still come with us? It'll be nice for you to get to know us properly.

From Elena

Yes, of course I'll still come. Damon wouldn't put me off going, I guess he's just got that personality and I'll have to get use to his cockiness.

From Caroline

LOL! He does have that personality and don't worry we've all had to get use to it, it didn't take too long.

From Elena

That's good then. Why does he act like that anyway?

From Caroline

He's Damon Salvatore. Why does he do anything? He just knows when he's good at something and makes sure everyone know it. He is the best football player at our school, that's why he's captain, but I would never admit it to his face.

From Elena

Wouldn't what him getting a big ego, it wouldn't make being able to put up with him any easier.

From Caroline

You mean an even bigger ego. His ego is the size of the Solar System now!

From Elena

Haha! Hey, I have to get ready now, I'll see you soon!

From Caroline

Me too haha! See you soon! Glad you're coming!

Elena smiled to herself at the last message, she was happy that even on her first day she was able to fit in with a group of friends that have probably known each other since they were babies.

Elena set her phone down on her desk and walked over to her closet to find something to wear for this evening.

When Elena entered the Grill she noticed Caroline and Bonnie sat at one of the booths and the three four boys were over by the pool table. Elena walked towards Caroline and Bonnie. "Hey girls," Elena greeted them happily.

"Hey," Caroline and Bonnie said in perfect unison and all three girls started to laugh.

"I thought Rebekah coming too. Is she still going to be here?" Elena asked.

"No, she had a family emergency with her brother's she didn't go into detail only that she wouldn't be able to make it," Bonnie explained.

Elena felt so comfortable around Caroline and Bonnie even though she had only known them since the start of the school day. They talked for a long time and laughed about old stories that they were sharing with Elena. They girls talked about their old crushes and first kiss. It was like they had been friends for years.

Meanwhile, Damon, Stefan, Tyler and Luka were playing pool. They looked over at the girls once in a while as they began to laugh hysterically which caused them to laugh also.

"So Damon, what's the deal with you and that new chick?" Luka asked.

Damon shrugged. "There's no deal, I only met her today like the rest of you," he began to smirk at the thought of Elena.

Tyler took his shot and hit the ball in. "Yeah but she's hot, you can't deny that," Tyler wiggled his eyebrows at Damon.

Damon chuckled at how weird his friends were acting. "I never said she wasn't hot. She is hot...and very beautiful but that doesn't mean there's a deal."

"So," Stefan said, "are you planning on making your move on her?" he asked.

Damon smirked. "All I did was some harmless flirting, she isn't even into me so I'm not going to make a move and be rejected. I don't get rejected," he stated.

"He doesn't want to do anything because of Katherine," Tyler said in fact pouty and slightly sarcastic voice.

Damon frowned. "This has nothing to do with Katherine."

Stefan took his shot. "But aren't you and Katherine like a thing?" he asked.

"No we're not a thing. We aren't in any relationship at all. I don't even like her, I think she's hot but she's a bitch." Damon corrected his step brother.

"But I've seen you guys make out..." Luka said a little confused.

"Yeah and don't you hook up, that sounds like a thing to me." Stefan finished with a grin.

Damon rolled his eyes and took his shot, he managed to hit every single ball in. "Yeah we've made out and hooked up but only out of boredom, she dislikes me just as much as I dislike her. Ask her if you want?" Damon said cockily knowing he was going to have the last work on the matter.

"Yeah I never really believed that you two would ever be a real couple. She likes Elijah now doesn't she?" Tyler asked not really knowing the real story.

Damon leaned against the other pool table. "I don't know, does she? I actually hope she does so I can finally get rid of her." Damon stated with a little hope that she might actually have feelings for Elijah.

"Finally get rid of who?" a flirty and seductive voice came from behind the group of boys.

Damon turned around and immediately felt shock cross his face, "Katherine?"

"So Elena, is there anyone you have your eye on yet?" Caroline asked cheekily.

"Caroline!" Bonnie yelled friendly, "sorry Elena, Caroline can be a little...forward, with questions like that." Bonnie spoke apologetically.

Elena laughed and took a sip of her drink. "It's okay," Elena reassured. "No Caroline, I haven't had my eye on anyone." Elena smiled.

A wide grin plastered Caroline's face. "Not even Damon Salvatore?" Caroline asked playfully.

Elena coughed in shock. "Especially not Damon Salvatore," she exclaimed.

"Why?" Bonnie asked concerned at what Damon had done.

"He's too cocky and arrogant, his ego is the size of the galaxy and he doesn't seem to really think about anybody else or how they feel. He seems too self absorbed." Elena explained.

"Oh," Bonnie said not at all shocked that, that was the reason Elena didn't like Damon. "He's an ass. You shouldn't worry about him. Just ignore him, everyone else does." Bonnie smirked.

Elena and Caroline both grinned. "That's what I plan to do," Elena said still smiling and trying not to laugh at what she had said about Damon.

Caroline turned her attention to a girl who standing by the pool table talking to the boys. Her hair was dark brown and tightly curled shaping around her face. She wore a little too much makeup and had a black, leather flared skirt on with a red lace cropped tank top. On top of that she wore a black leather jacket and knee high, high heeled black leather boots. Caroline narrowed her eyes with a look of disgust appearing on her face as she glared at the girl. "What is Katherine doing here?"

"What do you want Katherine, I'm busy? Damon asked with no interest in his tone as he took his shot then handed the cue to Stefan.

Katherine strutted closer to Damon pushing her body against his and spoke in a seductive tone. "I wanted to see you, I needed to talk to you," she told him.

Damon forced Katherine away and gestured towards the corner of the bar where they could talk in private. "So Katherine, what do you want to talk to me about?" He asked becoming frustrated as she played with his shirt.

Katherine continued to play with Damon's shirt and looked directly into is iced over blue eyes. "I wanted to see you one last time. I wanted to kiss you one last time before I left."

Damon raised an eyebrow at her. "Where are you going?" he asked curiously however still uninterested.

Katherine smirked. "I'm going to visit family in California for a while. I'm transferring there for a few months. I need sun on a daily basis not this fickle Mystic Falls weather," she explained.

Damon removed her hands from his shirt. "Well good luck Kat, I hope you settle in okay there," he began to walk away.

Katherine grew angry she grabbed Damon's arm and putted him back to her pressing her body against his and places a hard and violent kiss on his lips. She asked Damon for access but he refused pulling away from the kiss and pushing her lightly away from him. "Goodbye Katherine."

Katherine was furious with Damon; she stormed out of the Grill with not even another word to anyone.

Damon returned to the pool table where Tyler, Stefan and Luka all stood there paralysed with shock and confusion.

"What happened?" Stefan asked turning to Damon who was preparing to take his shot.

"Katherine's moving away to California for a while. She wanted to say goodbye first so I said goodbye and she left." Damon stated making his shot and hit every single ball in again.

"She didn't look happy when she was storming out of her with a face of thunder, what did you say?" Luka asked.

Damon smirked. "I refused to kiss her back. I didn't feel like kissing her so I didn't. She a seductive bitch and I had enough of playing her silly little games."

"Well I guess that's a good enough reason." Tyler stated. "Should we have another game or join the girls?" he asked after a few silent seconds.

Damon smirked again. "Well we did come here with them, I would be rude not to join them," he winked at the other boys with a 'let's annoy them' face and they all laughed and walked over to the booth the girls were sat in.

"They boys are coming over here." Bonnie pointed out causing Caroline and Elena to turn and look in the direction they were walking.

Damon sat down next to Elena and put his arm above the backrest. Tyler came and sat next to Caroline, meanwhile Luka sat next to Bonnie and Stefan sat on the end next to him.

"You finally decided to join us then?" Caroline said but gesturing it more to Tyler as she laid her head on his shoulder as her put his arm around her.

"We thought it would be rude not to join you lovely ladies." Damon smirked and looked in the direction of Elena. Elena noticed Damon look at her as he spoke which made her feel a little anxious of him. She didn't know what he would do or say.

"How considerate of you," Bonnie said in a sarcastic tone then turning to look at Luka.

After hours of talking, everyone seemed relaxed and comfortable with each other. Bonnie, Luka, Caroline and Tyler had to leave which left Damon, Elena and Stefan. Caroline offered Elena a ride home so she didn't have to stay with Damon and Stefan alone however she refused and said she didn't mind hanging out with them for a while.

Another fifteen minutes of talking passed when Stefan had a text from Rebekah saying she needed his help. "Sorry guys but I have to love you and leave you; Rebekah needs my help with something." He said while standing up from the booth.

"Call me later if you need me to come and pick you up from Rebekah's if it gets too late to walk, okay?" Damon said.

"Okay will do. I'll see you tomorrow Elena." Stefan said while waving goodbye to Elena.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Elena said while waving back.

When Stefan had left the Grill it was only Elena and Damon remaining. Elena began to feel hesitant again in the presence of Damon. She was silent for a moment not knowing what to say to him. Luckily for her, Damon was the one to break their silence. "Fancy a game of pool?" He asked gesturing towards the pool table.

Elena was surprised that Damon hadn't made some flirty comment since he was finally alone with her. "Sure, I guess." Then both stood up from the booth and headed towards the pool table. "Just to warn you, I'm not very good at this," Elena giggled.

Damon smirked as he picked up to cues and handed one to Elena, "Well I hope you're not a sore loser," Damon teased and smirked.

"Game on Salvatore," Elena narrowed her eyes while smirking at Damon. He smiled and allowed Elena to take the first shot, "Ladies first," as he smirked.

"Oh you are so kind," she said with sarcasm in her voice.

An hour had passed. Damon an Elena were having fun playing pool and joking around. He let his arrogant act slip even though he still acted a little cocky at times. Elena was surprised by Damon's behaviour, he didn't once make her feel uneasy or anxious, he made a few flirty comments but that was natural for Damon. This was the side to Damon Elena liked however she couldn't stop herself from feeling attracted to him.

Damon was having fun with Elena, he didn't care it let his reputation slip or that he was dropping his arrogant act. He was having too much fun with Elena to even care. As he watched her make her final shot a smile appeared across his face, not a smirk but a real smile, he was happy to be in Elena's company and he had never seen anyone more alive. They had only met at school that day but that didn't matter, they were acting as if they had none each other for a lot longer. Damon couldn't help but feel attracted to Elena, she was beautiful and he liked that she knew how to have fun. He enjoyed being around her. He left move alive in her presence.

Elena looked at the clock on the wall in the Grill, "Oh it's getting late. I should go." Elena said while picking up her bag from under the pool table.

Damon looked down at his watch and saw it was getting a little late, "Yeah I should be going too."

Both of them headed towards the door of the Grill and walked outside into the small outside parking lot. Damon stopped walking and turned to face Elena, she turned to look up at him. "How are you getting home?" he asked.

Elena smiled at the fact he cared enough to ask. "It's okay, I drove here. My car's over there." She replied.

Damon nodded. "Oh, good as long as you're not walking."

Elena turned to walk away when Damon lightly grabbed her forearm; he gazed down into her eyes before leaning down and kissing her tenderly on the cheek. "Goodnight Elena."

Elena blushed a little however it was too dark for Damon to notice, "Goodnight Damon. I'll see you tomorrow." Elena smiled, turned away and walked towards her car.

Damon smiled as she got into her car and drove away. He walked over to his car, got inside and drove in the direction of his house.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next chapter will be up soon!