a/n: Wow! Has it really been almost two months since I updated?! *hangs head in shame* I'm sorry I took so long, life and a lack of muse gets in the way u.u
Well anyway here's a shiny new one for you guys, I hope you like it! It's a bit longer than the last one so that's good right?:)
Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed/followed/favorited it really means the world that you guys like my story enough for that.
Okay enjoy the chapter! (oh also, i finished the entire thing tonight, so I'm sorry for any mistakes)
Elijah dropped Elena's arm quickly, as if it had burned him, a shocked expression slowly filtered across his face as he stared at Damon before turning back to Elena. He ran a hand through his neat brown hair and murmured something that sounded like, 'sorry' and 'talk to you later' as he stroked the arm that he'd previously been grasping. A moment later he was gone down the hall leaving Damon and Elena alone, with the exception of a few other students.
Elena watched Elijah leave until he disappeared into the crown. When she turned around to face Damon she smiled brightly as if nothing had happened, "Hey Damon, what's up?" She asked casually, picking her messenger bag up from where it had been laying on the floor. Walking towards him she continued to act as if it were just a normal day of the week, "Ready for class?"
"Seriously?" Damon said as they started to walk to their next class, she looked up at him, pretending to be confused. Damon rolled his eyes, determined to get some answers, "Are you seriously just going to pretend that nothing happened? Elena, what was going on back there?" He asked, trying hard to keep from sounding annoyed.
"Nothing happened, Damon, just a little disagreement." She said, hoping she sounded convincing enough for Damon to drop it. No such luck.
"Right, because when I have small disagreements with my friends I always have a death grip on their arm." He scoffed, not bothering to keep his annoyance at bay this time.
"Damon it wasn't a death grip, he barley even touched me." She said defending Elijah, he had just lost his temper a bit, and he really hadn't hurt her that badly at all; it probably wouldn't even leave a mark.
"Sure." Damon dead panned, "Look Elena, I know there's more that you're not telling me so don't think I'm going to just forget about it." He told her, leaving little room for discussion.
But of course Elena had to try, "Damon, it was seriously nothing!" Elena insisted as they reached the classroom door.
"Bullshit" Damon said in a low voice as he held the door open for them, following Elena into the room. They spotted Bonnie and Tyler in a corner of the room and walked over to talk to them, a few minutes later the bell rang, signaling that classes were starting. Mr. Saltzman stood up, and greeted the class before delving into a lecture about World War One.
About ten minutes into class Elena's phone buzzed. Sliding it out of her pocket to see who it was from, she rolled her eyes, when she saw Elijah's name blinking on her screen. Opening the message anyway all annoyance left her body as she skimmed the text.
'I'm sorry, you were right. I was over reacting. Any chance I can redeem myself tonight? I hate the thought of you going to sleep upset with me.'
Elena couldn't help the small grin on her lips as she looked at Elijah's message. They had been dating since the end of sophomore year; and continued to see each other throughout the summer and into this year she was really happy with him, other than a few small fights here and there things were great.
'Cheesy. But sure, I'd like that.'
She responded, shutting the phone right as Mr. Saltzman called on her to answer a question, "Uh, sorry could you repeat that?" Elena asked politely.
"Sure, what country was forced to sign treaty of Versailles after the war?" The teacher asked.
"Uh, Germany?" Elena guessed, hoping she had remembered correctly.
"Correct, but next time let's keep our phones away until after class." He said sternly.
"Yeah, sorry," Elena said quietly, writing down a few notes that were projected to on the board.
Damon had his eyes on Elena more times than he would like to admit during class, but today he couldn't help it, he was curious to what was really going on with her and Elijah; and as selfish as it was he couldn't hope they were hitting a rough patch with this. He wanted Elena to be happy; he truly did, just not with some guy who didn't deserve her, he wanted her to be happy with- His eyes flicked over to her again and he shook his head before the thought could complete itself 'don't kid yourself Salvatore.'
Thirty minutes later the bell rang and kids started to leave the room. Damon decided to go over and talk to his friends for a bit, well he intended to ask Elena to hang out tonight, hoping he could force something more about the incident out of her. Tyler had already left, but Bonnie and Elena were still chatting when he walked over to them, leaning casually against a nearby desk he cleared his throat, waiting to be acknowledged. When they both looked over Bonnie rolled her eyes, but offered a polite 'hey' to which Damon just smirked.
"So what are you doing tonight? Because I can't remember the last time we hung out." He asked, turning his attention to Elena.
His mood dropped slightly when she exchanged a look with Bonnie, "Well, I'd love to but uh, Elijah was going to take me somewhere tonight." She told him.
"Seriously, weren't you two fighting like, an hour ago?!" Damon said harshly.
"Well yeah but he felt bad so…"
"Right" Damon scoffed, pushing off the desk.
"Damon why does it matter to you if she hangs out with her boyfriend tonight," Bonnie asked, defending Elena.
"I doesn't," and with that he grabbed his books and walked out the door.
A few minutes later Bonnie and Elena gathered their things and also walked out the door. "So what's wrong with Damon today?" Bonnie asked.
Deciding not to tell her about the whole scene Damon had walked in on, Elena just shook her head, "I have no idea he was fine when I talked to him this morning."
Bonnie shrugged indifferently, after knowing the guy for the better part of nine years, you get used to his moodiness. "So, you and Elijah are still good, I mean aside from the little argument?" Bonnie asked changing the subject.
"Yeah, yeah we are" Elena said smiling at the thought of him, "I'm really happy with him Bon."
School had ended quickly enough; Damon was busy taking books out of his locker and stuffing them into his backpack, trying to ignore Elena and Elijah who were talking and smiling at the end of the hall by her locker, he was failing miserably at it though and when Elena touched Elijah's arm, laughing at something he'd said Damon felt the familiar ping of jealousy nip at his gut.
"Damon!" Someone called him, drawing his attention away from the couple down the hall, however when he saw who it was he had to stifle a groan. Andie Star was strolling up to him with a large amount of confidence, grinning flirtatiously at him; he had slept with her once last summer. At the time it seemed like a good idea, she'd been flirting with him all and he'd had a little too much to drink so he went for it, but she seemed unable to comprehend what a one night stand was because he couldn't get her to leave him alone. It wasn't that she wasn't hot, because she was. Her strawberry blond hair was always styled to perfection, she had an amazing body, which he knew from experience, and she had quite an impressive rack. Her wardrobe choice wasn't too conservative either; Andie wasn't shy about showing off her physical features at all. She was just too obvious with things for Damon's taste, "Hey Andie," he greeted leaning against his locker.
"So there's this party, at Tyler's Friday and-" Andie began, but Damon cut her off.
"-Yeah, I know, I'm his friend he told me about it." He said shortly.
"Oh, so you'll be there then? Well that's great, we can go together, huh?" Andie suggested in a way that could be mistaken for seduction, as she leaned into him.
"Look Andie, I was just going to kind of show up, but yes I'll be there at some point," Damon explained, Andie was about to say something but her face fell to a scowl when something caught her eye over Damon's shoulder.
Turning around to see what Andie was looking at he sighed in relief when he saw Elena standing behind him.
"Ready to go, where are Stef and Jer?" He asked looking for their younger siblings.
"Well, actually, I'm catching a ride with Bonnie and Caroline today so you don't need to worry about taking me home. But as for Stefan and Jeremy I have no clue, sorry." Elena replied, but when she noticed Andie still glaring at her over his shoulder she decided to help her friend out, Andie wasn't exactly their favorite person anyway, "Oh, hey Damon I just remembered, I needed to give you that thing, for uh, homecoming committee. It's in my locker come on." She said, hoping he would get the message.
Damon gave her a confused look for a moment but when she raised her eyebrows he got it, god, she was amazing, "Ohh yeah, I remember you saying something about that." He said playing along, "Sorry Andie I should go, see you later."
Andie huffed in annoyance before marching away. When she was gone, Damon turned to Elena and gave her a big bear hug, "Thanks for saving me Lena," he said while squeezing her tighter. "Ah, Damon can't breathe" Elena wheezed out, struggling against him.
"Ass," she smirked slapping him lightly on the chest when he finally released her, "And you're welcome."
"Oh, come on Elena, you love my hugs." Damon grinned at her.
"Sure just keep telling yourself that" Elena laughed, shaking her head.
"Maybe I will," He drawled, leaning slightly closer to her.
"Could you two maybe flirt somewhere else?" Jeremy asked loudly as he and Stefan appeared in front of them.
"We weren't flirting Jer," Elena said with an eye roll, "anyway I should probably go, see you guys later" Elena said, giving a small wave before heading out the main doors.
"Where is she off to?" Stefan asked.
"Uh, she said something about catching a ride with Bonnie and Caroline." Damon answered absent mindedly.
"Ohh, so she's hanging with Caroline then?" Stefan grinned rubbing his hands together, "I wonder if they have room for two more, eh Jer? I'm Sure Bonnie wouldn't mind either." He winked at his friend who just laughed.
"Dream on Lover boys," Damon said, slapping them both on the shoulder, "Caroline and Bonnie are way too hot for the two of you," he teased.
"Yeah, well I could say the same thing about Elena and you," Stefan shoot back.
"Well you see, little brother, the thing about that is..Elena and I are both hot," He finished with a smirk and walked off to his car.
"Elena! Tell us why Elijah wants to take you out for an 'I'm sorry I was an ass' date!" Caroline whined flopping down on the bed next to her and Bonnie.
"Okay fine, it's just not that big of a deal!" Elena said, throwing her hands up in the air, "I don't know why you two insist on knowing, but if you must know. Elijah sort of got upset about Damon driving me to school all the time and how much we talk or text, things got a little heated, I told him he was being ridiculous, because he knows Damon and I are just friends, then he grabbed my arm, but not aggressively or anything, he just had a grip on me is all" Elena explained with a shrug, "So, were hanging out tonight," Elena explained as she flicked an invisible piece of lint from her shirt.
Bonnie and Caroline looked at Elena with raised brows, both of them sporting somewhat judging looks crossed with a little worry.
"What?! You guys couples fight all the time, it's no big deal. First Damon, now you two," Elena sighed growing increasingly frustrated.
"Well, sorry but Lena, he did grab you, even if he didn't hurt you; it is a tincey bit alarming." Bonnie said softly
"Okay listen, he feels bad, if he didn't we wouldn't be going out tonight, its fine really, we'll talk it out." Elena said, running a hand through her long hair which she had let down during the day so it now cascaded down past her shoulders.
"Look, I'm sorry I got upset, but I should go Elijah said he wanted to meet around six, and uh he can't really pick me up, something at work came up and he said he wouldn't be able to pick me up? We are just going to the grill, so it won't take long." Elena gave a smile and pulled her best puppy dog eyes, "please," she asked looking between Caroline and Bonnie.
"Oh, fine! But only because we like you." Caroline chuckled under her breath as Elena gave her a tight hug and said her thanks.
Elijah would normally pick her up, he was actually planning on it, but she got a text from him about a half hour ago telling her that he'd be kept late at work and probably wouldn't have time to pick her up. Elena understood, she didn't have a problem with driving herself placed every once in a while, it's just this time she didn't have a car to drive with.
About ten minutes later the three girls pulled in front of the grill and Elena hopped out, "Thanks again guys! I'll see you tomorrow!" Elena said before walking into the restaurant, searching for Elijah.
"She spotted him at a nearby booth, and walked over to join him.
"Hey, you look lovely as always" He greeted her, smiling broadly as she sat down.
"Thanks, you don't look half bad for just getting off work." Elena complemented him, even though he looked beyond tired.
"Thanks for lying to help my self esteem," he joked.
"Look Elena, I just wanted to really, really apologize for how I acted this morning, you're right, I was overreacting to things between you and Damon. I should believe that you see nothing more than your relationship with him than friendship, and I should have trusted you more. But instead I acted like a complete jealous idiot, and I'm really truly sorry Elena." He said honestly, reaching across the table to hold her hands, "Forgive me?"
Elena bit the inside of her cheek to keep herself from telling Elijah, for the hundredth time, that Damon also saw her as nothing more than a friend. But she didn't want to push things so instead, she squeezed his hands and said, "Of course," adding a reassuring smile.
The rest of dinner went by rather well and the two spent the whole time joking around and talking about plans for the weekend.
Once eight thirty rolled around Elijah let out a loud yawn.
"Work really took it out of you huh?" Elena asked, growing concerned.
"Yeah," Elijah nodded. "This entire week has just kicked my ass, thank god tomorrow is Friday."
"Yeah, well how about we head home, you look like you could use some rest."
"Gee, you sure know how to make a guy feel nice about himself babe, but an early night doesn't sound like the worst thing in the world." Elijah said, throwing a few bills on the table and stood up.
"Oh, come on you know I'm just looking out for you" Elena said, snuggling closer to him as he put an arm around her.
It only took a few minutes to get Elena dropped off at home. "Thanks for tonight Elijah; I had a really nice night." Elena said softly, pecking him lightly on the lips.
"Yeah, so did I. Sleep tight Elena, I'll see you tomorrow."
When Elena climbed out of the car she noticed Damon's blue Camaro was still parked in her driveway.
'Well that's weird,' she thought as she unlocked the front door.
a/n: So there you have it (I know icky Elijah and Elena stuff) I'll try to keep it all to a minimum but you have to remember that Elena does love Elijah right now. So what did you think? Leave a review if you have time! They make my day better:D
~Syd
