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Chapter Seven: He Can't Be That Bad, Can He?
"What do you mean I'm watching?" Elena asked franically holding Bonnie's hand tightly.
Bonnie took a deep breath trying her best to get the image out of her mind. "I mean that I was you watching. You were there, frozen basically, mostly pain was what you felt, like you were going to die from watching it."
Elena let go of her hand and got off the bed, standing up, she started pacing. "What does this mean? I don't want to go through that, just hearing it makes me want to cry."
"Me too." Bonnie leaned her head against the headboard of the bed and sighed.
"Are you sure it was Oliver? He didn't really seem like the evil kind." Elena said stopping and looking at Bonnie.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow and replied, "Did you think Damon was the nice kind?"
"Yes." Elena replied instantly, feeling all kinds of emotions as she thought of Damon.
Bonnie frowned and stood up next to Elena, "We need to tell Damon and Stefan now and Caroline."
Something small, but almost occured to Elena as she thought back to what Bonnie told her, "Why was Katherine there?"
"Why would I know? But all I saw was that it looked like she was screaming and yelling, but you couldn't hear her, she was banging on a something and shoving herself at it. That's all that I saw Elena."
Elena nodded, "Okay, so I guess we should go now and tell them."
"Yeah, are you okay? I know what happened earlier, but are you sure you want to go?" Bonnie asked.
"I'll be fine, I need to grow up and talk to him now anyways, it's now or never so I pick now, let's go. We need to sneak away though Jenna wants me to get some sleep so you go out first and I'll get Jeremy to cover for me." Elena sat down on the bed and watched
Bonnie nod and and then leave down the stairs.
Elena put on her heavy sweatshirt and shoes, it was still pouring rain outside loudly clicking against the roof. She took a deep breath and opened her door some, she slowly open her door all the way and went into Jeremy's room. He was on the computer typing furiously. "Jer, I need to go to Damon's with Bonnie it's important can you cover me?"
Jeremy turned around and nodded, "Yeah, but when you get back I want to know what's going on."
"Okay, bye Jer, thanks!" Elena said over her shoulder and walked down the stairs silently. Jenna was on the couch in front of the T.V with her phone pressed to her ear. Elena walked out of the house shutting the door quietly behind her. The cold rain hit her covered skin, already soaking it, she jogged to Bonnie's car and got in as fast as possible to get out of the rain.
They drove to the boarding house silently, both deep in thought. Once they arrived, Elena ran out of the car and knocked on the door. Damon opened the door as Bonnie ran up next to Elena. Damon ushered Elena in with Bonnie following behind.
"What are you guys doing here?" Damon asked as Stefan and Caroline came down the stairs.
"We have to tell you something important Bonnie saw, but I'm not sure if who we saw in it is really evil or not." Elena said, shivering lightly, she took off the sweatshirt and held it in her arms.
Damon nodded and took off his jacket he was wearing. He handed it to her and she quickly put it on, smelling his scent.
Stefan walked with Caroline over to the couch and called, "We should all get comfortable if you guys have stuff to tell us."
Bonnie walked over to the opposite couch and sat down. Elena followed with Damon behind and sat next to Damon and Bonnie. Hesitantly she laid her head on his shoulder.
Stefan looked away from them and cleared his throat, "So what's going on?"
Bonnie sat up and sat uncomfortable, "Well I was talking with Elena and to make it easier instead of her telling me everything we were going to talk about so I touched her to see what happened. And I ened up seeing into her future, you're future." Bonnie paused a moment, "So I saw this guy, Elena doesn't think it's who I think it is, but I saw Oliver. And you, Damon and Caroline were on the ground, getting the life or undead life sucked out of you. Elena was basically frozen watching and Katherine was in something screaming and yelling, hitting herself against it, it was invisible."
It was quiet for a moment as it all sunk in, Damon was the first to speak, "Well doesn't that sound dandy."
"Who's this Oliver guy?" Caroline asked in confusion.
Elena still had her head leaning on Damon, she closed her eyes and replied, "He took me from the graveyard today,because I was sitting there in the rain, getting soaked."
"Why?" Caroline asked.
Elena felt Damon's eyes on her, as he moved his head to tilt to look down at her. But, she didn't opened her eyes. "Not important."
Stefan looked up and asked, "Why would Katherine be there?"
Bonnie sighed, having to answer the same question was annoying. "I don't know okay, all I know is what I saw. Maybe you should try talking to her."
Elena opened her eyes then and nodded, "You should, maybe she'll know something."
Damon looked between Elena and Bonnie in surprise, but he didn't say anything he figured he'd ask Elena once Bonnie and Caroline left and hopefully Stefan too.
Stefan stood up, "I guess if that's what you guys want. I'll go and try to find her."
Bonnie and Caroline looked at each other for a moment before awkwardly looking at Damon and Elena, "Um, I'm gonna go with Bonnie, see what's going on with her and Jeremy, yeah bye!" She took Bonnie's arm and took off outside in the rain.
"Do you want to talk now?" Damon asked hopefully. Even though it had been less than an hour since he had last seen and talked to her it felt like forever.
Elena sat up and faced him on the couch. "I guess, so I'll start with the beginning. Katherinecame to my house and told me that I needed to make sure Stefan starts to love her again. She said if I didn't then someone I cared for would be punished."
"Is that why you have some new boyfriend all of the sudden? To show Stefan that you've moved on?" Damon asked some jealousy showing in his eyes.
Elena shook her head, "I don't have a boyfriend."
Damon was confused, "But, you said-"
"I don't have a boyfriend, Damon. I made him up, out of this hot actor I really liked." Elena blushed some and looked down.
Damon laughed, "Are you serious? You got me all freaked out over a fake boyfriend?"
Elena smacked his arm, you're the one getting all freaked out, idiot. But can you at least pretend he's real? Just so Stefan thinks it's real? It's actually kind of fun, and if maybe i was talking to you on the phone pretending it was him, that would be really helpful."
"Sure, I'll do that." Damon was happy that she really didn't have one he would've gone through the jealous stage and then the blood phase. "Who's the actor?"
Elena bit her lip and muttered, "Ian Somerhalder."
Damon's jaw dropped, "The guy that looks like me, but not as hot?"
"Shut up! And he's hella hot." Elena argued blushing furiously.
Damon smirked widely, "I see, so that only means you think I'm even more "hella hot". Finally you admitted it."
"Huh? No, no I didn't say that Damon!" Elena lunged at him and they fell backwards on the couch.
"You know if you wanted to jump me all you had to do was ask." Damon said holding her in place smiling at her red face.
The front door opened with Katherine and Stefan. Stefan looked at Elena on top of Damon and his eyes widened, "I thought you had a boyfriend?" He paused and then if it was even really possible his eyes widened more, "Wait, he's your boyfriend?"
Elena got off of Damon and straightened herself, "Okay I'm going to be cliche and say this isn't what it looks like."
"No, no Elena it's okay. You don't have to explain anything Stefan said.
"No, I do have a boyfriend. His name is Ian and uh I was just attacking Damon, because he said something stupid." Elena explained.
Damon sat on the couch with messy hair and a grin, "Well this is awkward..."
Katherine turned to Elena and smiled, "Stefan told me about the witchs little look see and I want to talk to you about something we discussed earlier."
Elena nodded and stood up, "We're going in the kitchen with the blender on."
Damon stood instantly, "I don't know if you should-"
Katherine cut him off and said, "I'm not going to hurt her."
"Fine, but I'll be outside the door." Damon grumbled.
Stefan was silent as Katherine and Elena walked into the kitchen the blender starting up blocking his hearing, but surprisingly not Damon's.
"Okay Katherine what is it now?" Elena asked sitting against the counter top.
Katherine frowned, "That's not a very nice way to talk to your relative."
Elena glared at her and hopped off the counter, wanting her to get to the point already so she could leave.
Katherine smirked, "Fine. So it seems someones getting cosy with the other brother."
"Is that really what you wanted to talk to me about? Really?"
"I wanted to see if you've already started your little task. Does your boyfriend happen to be Damon, but you're just covering it up? I mean I wouldn't blame you, I've seen the looks you give him, the way you walk around him, your inital reaction to him, it's actually quite nauseating." Katherine said suspiciously, circling Elena.
Elena shook her head, trying to stop herself from blushing, "No, he's real and his name is Ian."
Katherine opened the fridge and grabbed a cup, filling it with blood, "Hm, who is this...Ian then?"
"Does it matter? You want Stefan, details shouldn't make a difference." Elena replied throughly annoyed by Katherine's persistent questions.
Katherine tsked, "Don't worry your pretty little head, or well ours technically, I was just curious."
Elena sighed, "Whatever, is Stefan wanting you again at all?"
"He's too worried about you. What you think, if you and Damon are together, if you're safe, all that stuff that makes me want to rip your head off your shoulders." Katherine shrugged looking at her nails, but hints of jealously rolling off of her.
"Isn't that pleasant," Elena muttered sarcastically, she turned to Katheirne, "Are we done here? I need to go home and sleep."
Katherine turned off the blaring blender and said, "We're done, but you know I always get what I want one way or another."
Elena sunk down against the cabinets and closed her eyes, it had been a tiring day and with Katherine adding to the mix, it just made things weirder and more complicated. Damon came in and scooped her up from the ground. He wordlessly took her to his room and laid her down on the bed. She was slowly drifting into unconciousness, the exhaustion kicking in and Damon's warmth sending to sleep.
"Elena wake up. Wake up!" Damon shook her awake, from Elena's loud screaming.
Elena's eyes opened as soon as she saw Damon she sprang forward into his arms. "You can't leave me, I won't let him take you." She sobbed into his neck, clutching him tightly.
Damon held her as tight as she was and whispered, "I'm okay, you're okay. It's alright."
She started to calm down and pulled back a little bit, "You're really okay?"
He nodded, "I'm fine, no worries see?" She looked down at him and smiled. Elena grabbed him in another hug and didn't even realise what she was doing until she actually kissed his neck.
Damon froze as did Elena she backed away from him and mumbled, "Sorry, that was uh...Stupid yeah, not thinking much."
Elena looked at the clock and cursed, "I have school soon, damn it."
"I got clothes from your house last night, it was raining too much to take you home and i didn't feel like it anyways." Damon replied a little awkwardly, but getting back to normal.
"Thanks I really appreciate it."
Damon handed her, her clothes and then turned for the door, but stopped in the doorwway, "Oh and a heads up, Katherine's here." Ina softer much quieter voice he whispered, "I'm gonna call you and pretend to be your boyfriend."
She nodded and mouthed a thank you. He closed the door behind him and Elena could hear the slam of the front door. A few minutes after she changed, her phone rang as she went downstairs. She opened her phone, "Hello?"
"Hey love," Damon deepened his voice just a little bit to make it sound like it would be another persons voice, but similar sounding.
Elena giggled at his voice and replied, "Hey sexy."
"I miss you, how' ve you been." Damon asked,
Elena reached the bottom of the stairs and sat at Damon's bar playing with a shot glass, "I've been okay. I miss you too, too much. Is there a chance I'll be able to see you?"
Damon paused thinking of an answer before saying, "No, I don't think so, but if I could I would spend every minute I had with you." And kick your ex boyfriends ugly ass."
Elena laughed at that, while her heart warmed at his words. "I would lay in bed with you and run my hands through your hair and kiss you like I want to."
"I want you Elena, but I have to stay here and you have school, but if I was there I would kick your ex boyfriends ugly ass."
"You can definately take him." she said without thinking, knowing Damon could anyday.
He laughed, "I know, I'm cocky like that, which you just love."
"Gag me," Elena muttered, rolling her eyes at Damon's nonsense, but loving every second of it.
Damon replied automatically."Happily,"
"Oh that's gross, Da- Ian." Elena bit her lip finding her mistake. She wanted to hit her head against the wall for getting caught up in the conversation.
"Were you just going to call me Damon?" he asked quietly sounding like he was upset, but it was all an act. A good one.
Elena saw Stefan ready o punch something as he walked by from the living room just across the room. "I-I..."
"I didn't know you'd mistake me for your best friend, I'll talk to you later okay? I've gotta go." Damon finished, acting like he was inbetween the jealous boyfriend and good one.
Elena took a deep breath, "Fine," she added as an after affect, one that truly effected her, "I love you."
Damon was in shock at her words, but composed himself with a sigh, he sincerly, the way he would really say it to her, said, "I love you too."
Damon and Elena quickly hung up. Elena sat at the car and took a deep breath, she couldn't believe how much she got into it. Like she was really talking to him like that. As if she was madly in love with him talking about ex boyfriends. It made her scared of what it would be like if Damon found out she really loved him more than anyone she's ever really loved before. To the point it hurt.
As Elena heard the door open and close she took a bottle from his bar and poured a little in a glass before knocking most of it back. Damon walked up to her, looking at her in a way that made her blush. He brushed passed her to grab the bottle and put it back, "Love," he said too lowly for anyone to hear, but her. Even for a vampire in the other sid eof the house.
Elena couldn't help but giggle and then elbow him playfully, she faked a cough, "Sexy."
He grinned, "You know it, now don't you have school?"
She nodded, "Sadly, yeah. Could you take me?"
Stefan appeared out of no where and said, "I can take you, I'm going too."
Elena shook her head, "No thanks Stefan, I think Katherine wanted to talk to you about something, maybe you should hang with her? It's up to you, but I'm gonna go with Damon, if that's okay with you." Elena said looking up at Damon.
"Right his way Miss Gilbert," Damon held out his arm and Elena took it, putting her hook up in the process.
Stefan looked at her desperatly, but sighed and turned away from them. He was already hurt for having to listen to her and her boyfriends conversation. But now adding Damon to the mix was not helping.
Damon drove Elena to school thinking of their conversation, it seemed too real, felt too real. He wished it was, he wished that when she said she loved him it was real and actually filled with love. Yet, it wasn't.
He stopped in front of the school and watched Elena gather her things together, "Bye Damon." She was about to leave, but she stopped and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you for pretending to be my fake boyfriend earlier."
"Welcome," He said winking at her, before driving off. His cheek was burning where she had kissed him and it mad him want to jump for joy and yell hallelujah, but of course he didn't.
Elena felt confident and a little bit moren then happy and wobbly. She felt like she was in middle school again, having that crush on that boy you weren't sure that liked you and you just did the unthinkable. She had the butterflies in her stomach, the light blush and tingly sensation going.
It made her smile.
"Hey, beautiful." A slightly familar voice said.
Elena turned and raised an eyebrow, "Oliver?"
"It's me. I see your doing okay after your adventure yesterday." He said, smiling at her, his sparkly brown eyes doing wonderous things in the light, melting like chocolate.
"Yeah I'm fine," she replied politely.
Oliver took his schedule out of his pocket and scratched his head, "Could you help me around? I'm still new here so it would be nice to know one person. Does that one guy Damon go here?"
Elena shook her head, "No, he doesn't but I guess I wouldn't mind helping you out."
"Thank you. I kind of figured he'd be too old to go here anyway, just checking."
"Why?" Elena asked.
Oliver smirked, "Because, he likes you a lot."
"No, no you've got it all wrong, he doesn't he's just a really good friend, we're close." Elena smiled at the thought of Damon, but focused on now, standing in front of Oliver.
Looking at him he seemed to be so nice and genuine, he couldn't be evil, he couldn't. Maybe he had a twin or something that was evil. It was possible, if vampires and dopplegangers were real then why couldn't cheesy movies be possibly real?
He couldn't be all that bad could he?
Well here it is people, how was that? Don't forget to review it's super important! And I seriously hate the little Rose/Damon thing in thrusday's episode. I knew it was coming too, but damn it still made me want to puke. GROSS! lol. Sorry for any mistakes I rushed!
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