CHAPTER 7

Elena woke with a jump. She heard a loud crash coming from downstairs.

It took her a second to realize where she was. She looked around her and immediately remembered everything. She remembered Rebekah, the fight, the hospital …. Damon.

She just shook her head and wiped the sleep away from her eyes. It was much to early in the morning to start thinking about it again. She dragged herself out of Damon's bed and stretched. Everything went fuzzy for a minute. She felt a slight pang of pain in her shoulder. She looked down and remembered she had taken her cast off when she took her shower last night. She must've been so tired she had forgotten to put it back on. She went straight to the bathroom, glancing at the clock on the wall to see what time it was. The clock said it was 8:12. When she reached the bathroom mirror she stared at herself in horror. She had dry mascara plastered under her eyes, her hair was a frizzy mess, and she had something dark on her neck. She leaned in to examined it closer… she freaked when she realized what it was.

A hickey.

Suddenly a rush of feelings rammed into her. Fear, worry, shock… and just the smallest hint of humor. Her lips wanted to curl into a slight smile but her conscience got the best of her.

What was she going to do? She had no makeup to cover it. No high collared shirts to hide it. Hell, She didn't even have any clothes. She was still in Damon's John Varvatos T-shirt and her gym shorts.

She sighed and washed her face. She attempted to straighten out her hair, but just gave up in frustration and tied it into a high pony tail.

She rinsed her mouth out. It was the best she could do. She didn't have any toothpaste or her toothbrush. When she decided she was as good as she could get she headed downstairs. She smelt food and her stomach growled angrily. She wondered into the kitchen to see what the source of the smell was.

Damon stood at the stove, his back to her.

"Bacon?" He asked, his voice was calm… Hard for her to read.

"Yeah… I'm starving." She answered, eyeing him cautiously. He acted fine. Like last night didn't even happen. She at least expected ONE snarky comment. But he just stood there. She couldn't tell if she was relieved or nervous about that.

She sat on the barstool and didn't say another word. Just watching him cook.

He moved gracefully around the kitchen, grabbing things without even looking. Throwing them onto the skillet. He was obviously making more than just bacon, but she couldn't see what it was.

"So Stefan said he would be back sometime today. He found a witch that knows about this stuff. They were running a scavenger hunt when I talked to him last. Apparently this spell requires a lot of crap." He said, throwing something else into the fryer, "You like omelets?" He asked, turning slightly to face her.

She snapped out of her trance and straightened herself, "Yeah.." was all she could manage.

He took a quick glance at her neck and turned around, smirking widely.

She noticed it and quickly covered the dark mark on her neck with her hand.

"So.. " Elena started, eager to get his mind on something else, "Would you mind if I borrowed your car? I figured I should probably run back to the house and check in on Rick. Plus I really need a change of clothes." Elena said hesitantly.

'And I really need to cover this thing on my neck ' she thought to herself.

"Well I don't know , Elena. You don't have the best track record when it comes to cars. Need I remind you of a certain car wreck I just happened to save you from?"

She couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not, so she just starred at him. "Is that a yes?" She asked blatantly. He smirked at her and shook his head. "Just eat some breakfast first. You need it." He placed a plate in front of her. He had made her bacon, an omelet and some mini pancakes. She started eating it quickly, her stomach rumbling in appreciation. After she was finished she washed it all down with a glass of orange juice. "Thanks," Elena stated, hopping off the stool and placing her plate in the sink. She tried to keep the left side of her face hidden from him. Hoping he couldn't see the hickey.

She grabbed her clothes from yesterday and Damon's keys. She gave him a quick 'Be back in a few.' and headed out the door, making her way back home.

. . .

"Rick?" Elena yelled as she walked in her front door, "Are you here?"

There wasn't an answer. She walked through the house searching for him.

She found a note on the kitchen table.

'Elena, I had to go into school today. I have a few papers to grade. I should be back no later than 3:00 … Damon told me what happened. We should talk.'

Elena froze. The first thing that came to her mind was what happened between her and Damon. Surely he didn't tell Rick… But then again they were pretty good friends. If you could call it that. They fought more than anything. But then she remembered about Klaus and Caroline and her mind relaxed a little. Surely that's what he was talking about.

Elena headed up to her room and showered. She put on fresh clothes and did her makeup. Paying special attention to the mark on her neck. When she was done you could barely see anything. She sighed and just stared at herself in the mirror. She reached to get her phone from her pocket, only to remember Rebekah had broken it.

She cursed under her breath. Elena looked at the clock on her night stand. It was only 10:26. She didn't exactly have to get back to Damon right away. She took a minute to decide what to do with her free time. She finally just plopped down in front of the TV downstairs. Deciding to take a minute to be a normal teenager.

She left it on reruns of 'I Love Lucy' and got comfortable.

Her thoughts drifted elsewhere. She thought about Damon. Even though her subconscious fought her. She thought about how she had gotten to bed. Did he carry her? The last thing she remembered was sobbing into his arms. She had a slight recollection of him pulling blankets over her and kissing her forehead… But she had thought that was just her imagination. Maybe it wasn't.

She touched her lips and instantly thought about his. How they felt on hers. His softness. But his tongue…. Heat immediately flooded her cheeks. But she kept thinking. She was headed down a path and she couldn't stop herself.

She remembered his tongue… The way it danced around with hers.. Not in a gross way. She had been in a few situations when that had happened to her. Matt had done it a couple of times when he was drunk.

But not Damon. He knew what he was doing. The thought of it made her warm.

And she kept going. She thought about his abs. How good they felt under her fingers. His body pressed firmly against hers. She was breathing hard again. She remembered when he kissed her neck… then her chest.. Then his mouth moving to touch her breasts. His soft lips so warm on her skin. She couldn't stop herself. She was caught up in her thoughts, getting turned on without even meaning to. Her body so warm she was actually working up a sweat.

Suddenly, she was interrupted by the door. Someone knocked so loud it made Elena jump.

She looked around, like she had been caught doing something bad.

She hopped to her feet, almost glad for the interruption.

But someone came bursting in before she had even took three steps.

"Elena Gilbert!" Caroline yelled as Elena turned the corner to see her friend standing there. She could tell right away Caroline was pissed. She had her arms crossed and that frown pressed onto her face.

"What the HELL were you thinking?" Caroline barked, "I cannot believe you would do something so stupid!"Elena just stood there, wincing every time Caroline screamed at her,

"Do you have any idea how I would've felt if she had killed you? I wouldn't be able to live with myself! God! Don't you ever think about anyone other than you!"

Elena couldn't believe what she was hearing. She paused a moment before striking back.

"What the hell Caroline? I wasn't thinking about myself ! I went over there for you! I don't want him dragging you into this! He's sick and twisted and I won't just sit here while he screws with my friends! Don't you get that?"

"Yeah? Well I don't need you to look after me, Elena! I'm a big girl, I can handle this on my own! I don't need you to fight my battles for me anymore, okay? After all, I'm a vampire now for Christ's sake! I think I can handle it."

Elena just sighed and starred at her… "Like you wouldn't have done the same for me Care. You know you would have."

Caroline calmed down a little, "Yeah… Well there's a difference. I'm a vampire now, Elena. I can afford to do that kind of crazy shit. You…" Caroline paused, "You can't."

They both just starred for a minute before Elena broke the silence, "I know… I'm sorry. I just didn't think it through. I was upset and impulsive. I didn't mean for any of this to happen."

Caroline didn't say anything more. She walked over to Elena and hugged her.

"I know. And I didn't mean to worry you. I just didn't think Klaus's crush was a huge deal. I guess I shouldn't have said anything. "

Elena pulled away and looked at her, "No, no, no. I want you to be able to tell me these things, Care. It's what friends are for. " They smiled at each other. "And I promise I won't go all Kamikaze next time."

They both just laughed.

"So, your okay?" Caroline asked, looking her up and down/

"Yeah, I'm fine. Who told you anyway?"

"I couldn't get a hold of you, so I called Alaric. He told me what happened."

"Yeah, Rebekah the vamp slut broke my phone while she was going all psycho jealous on me." Elena huffed.

"Wait," Caroline said, "Jealous? Why was she jealous?"

Elena suddenly remembered that with all the crazy stuff going on, she hadn't told Caroline about Damon and Rebekah sleeping together the night after the ball.

"Yeaahhh…" Elena said, motioning Caroline to come sit on the couch, "So, you know how at the Mikaelson's ball I told you Damon and I had a fight?" Caroline nodded and Elena explained everything that had happened. She told her about the fight, then how Damon lashed out and slept with Rebekah, then how Elena had spouted off to Rebekah about only being Damon's distraction. Everything else was pretty much spelled out. Caroline's facial expression while Elena told her what she had said to Rebekah was priceless. Elena would have laughed if she hadn't been so concentrated on remembering the details.

"Wow.." Caroline said, when Elena had finished. "That's …. Intense." she giggled.

Elena rolled her eyes slightly, "You have no idea."

Caroline gave Elena a suspicious stare…

"What?" Elena asked

"Nothing…." Caroline paused, "Soooo…. What happened with you and Damon last night?"

Elena froze, unable to speak for a moment. "What? What do you mean? Nothing…"

"I mean like… Did you guys make up? Are you still fighting? Was it awkward?"

Elena sighed relief, "Oh.. Yeah. We made out."

Elena stopped herself in horror, Caroline's mouth dropping wide open.

"UP! I meant we made up!" Elena said, quickly trying to save herself.

Caroline closed her mouth but still looked at Elena in suspicion. "Elenaaaa?"

Elena looked sheepishly up at her best friend, knowing she couldn't keep this from her.

"What?" She asked, trying to keep calm.

"Don't give me that innocent puppy dog look… Something happened didn't it?"

Elena knew she had to come clean, "Okay… But I'm telling you this in confidence, Caroline. Not a word to anyone. Not even Bonnie."

Caroline shot up, "Not a word, I swear."

Elena was actually glad to be telling someone. She couldn't keep it inside forever. She would probably burst.

"Ok… I don't really know how it happened. But we sorta…. Um… made out."

Caroline just looked at her, "I kinda knew that already! You just said it. I want the dirty deets! Like I've said many times before -That's what your friends are for! To share the smut." She said with a little wink.

Elena chuckled slightly, then took a deep breath, preparing herself to tell the whole story.

"Ok.. So, when I got there and Stefan left, me and Damon talked. He apologized for what happened with Rebekah-"

Caroline interrupted, "Then what? You guys did it right there on the rug?" she asked, jokingly, giving Elena the eyebrow.

Elena just laughed, "No! Will you let me tell the story?"

"Well! I just wanna hear the juicy stuff! You're making me suffer."

"Fine.. But don't interrupt with questions because you don't know what's going on. Deal?"

Caroline just sighed, "Deal… Now get on with it!"

Elena continued, "I had a bad dream and Damon had just come out of the shower, "

Caroline's eye's then widened about 8 sizes.

"I didn't wanna be alone, and he was leaving. So I panicked and called him over to the bed. He laid with me for a while. Then he put his arm around me. That was fine. Then he snuggled his head into my neck. Which for some reason made my heart race… And you know… He's a vampire so he heard it. I think he took that as a sign… and he kissed my neck. "Caroline had the biggest, sappiest, face ever. Elena ignored it and carried on,

"It was just a little one… But… I made the stupid mistake of sighing.. Out loud. So naturally he did it again. And then I encouraged him by taking his hand… Which, again, was stupid."Caroline just rolled her eyes.

"And so he just kept kissing my neck! " Caroline stopped her, "Elena… Stop saying it like you didn't want him to. We both know you could have stopped him anytime.."

Caroline was right of course. But Elena ignored her comment and kept talking.

She told her about how he hit a soft spot and she couldn't control herself.

She told her how she had rolled under him and they starred at each other, and how she couldn't stop herself and she kissed him.

"Stop right there." Caroline intervened, "….How was it?" she asked Elena, with a slight smirk.

"You know what it's like to kiss him, Caroline. Hell, you've actually slept with him!"

"Yeah.. But I'm not you. He wasn't in love with me. I was just food for the weekend."

Elena frowned at the comment."But he's changed since then, Elena. We all know that. It's not hard to see."

Elena just shook her head.

"So tell me! Did his vamp kiss rock your world?"

Elena bit down a smile, "It was good…"

Caroline gave Elena a stern look..

"Okay fine! It was … Amazing.'"Caroline jumped a little on the couch. "I KNEW IT! Tell me, tell me, tell me!"

"I don't know what you want me to say!""Just finish the story you dip-head!"

Elena finished telling her about it. And how Stefan had called, interrupting the steamy scene.

After it was all out in the open, Elena sighed, feeling relieved to have it out of her system.

"Wow.." Was all Caroline had to say.

"Yeah… I know." Elena responded.

The girls just sat there.

"So…" Caroline said, suddenly becoming very serious, "What does this mean?"

Elena sighed… It was the question she had been dreading.

"Honestly, Care? … I think -"

Elena was interrupted by Caroline's phone.

Caroline handed it to her. "What?" Elena asked, confused.

"It's Damon."

(Thank you all sooooo much for your wonderful reviews J It means a lot! I know the Delena goodness got interrupted but trust me, they will get back there eventually. I just feel like Delena sex is a big deal. I don't wanna rush it. I try to make this as realistic as possible. Thanks again for your reviews! Xxx keep them coming 3 …I also don't know how long I want to make this story. Please tell me how you like it. If it keeps getting good reviews I will definitely keep writing! Ps. Sorry for the little mistakes. I made these in a hurry. I will try to do better if I make more chapters.)