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Disclaimer: OH MY GOD THE DELENA IN THE SEASON 5 PREMIERE WAS AMAZING. I AM SO HAPPY. I've decided to dedicate each chapter to someone from now on. This one is dedicated to someone who asked me for the link to this so he could read it, and who gave me an amazing bracelet that I do own, unlike The Vampire Diaries. I still do not own that. Forgive me while I excuse myself to go into a corner and weep. Thank you to my best friend and one of my favourite people since I was only 3: Kevin, thank you so much for being willing to take the time to read this story that is so not your thing. I apologise for the time you had to spend reading this ;)

"So, Damon, did you ever consider joining the Marines like your brother?" I ask, and take a sip of coffee.

Coffeegasm. I am never drinking coffee anywhere else ever again.

Damon can read my thoughts as I close my eyes in satisfaction. "Did I deliver on my promise of good coffee, Elena?"

When I lower the cup to glare at him, albeit with no heat, he chuckles.

"No need to reply, I can guess what your answer is."

"I'm glad," I scoff, "but could you give me your answer to my question?"

He sighs slightly. "I answered this before, back at my office. I'll answer it again but I'll be honest this time, to show you I was honestly sorry about before. Yes, I considered joining. But as you know, I decided to go into business so I find it irrelevant."

"How old were you when you started up your company?"

"I was 22."

I'm pretty sure I'm gaping a little at him. "22? But that's so young!"

"Yes, well, I knew what I wanted and I made sure I got it. I was raised to know what to want from life, despite it not being what… the rest of the family wanted." He looks at me evenly, his face betraying nothing.

He's good at keeping his emotions on lockdown. What is he hiding?

Lexi comes over then and I startle, not having heard her coming, being too absorbed in trying to 'read' Damon. "Need anything guys?"

We both look up at her. "Uhh, no thanks," I respond.

She nods a bit and looks at Damon. "Could I get a slice of your chocolate cake, please Lex?" He smiles politely at her.

"Sure." She walks away and soon returns with a slice of the most delicious looking cake I have ever seen.

Damon looks at me out of the corner of his eye. "I can share."

I don't even look away from the slice of temptation heading our way and reply simply, "You'd better."

Lexi hears our interaction and smiles. "My own recipe. I can guarantee it's amazing." She winks, takes another look at us and leaves, going back behind the counter of the bar.

Damon offers me a bite of the cake on his fork, lifting it up towards me. I lean forward and take it into my mouth.

Oh. My. God.

"This is the best tasting thing I have ever had the chance to put in my mouth." I groan, loudly.

Damon erupts into laughter. I open my eyes and look at him. He looks like a mixture between adorable and insanely attractive.

"Laugh it up Salvatore." His laughter slowly dies down, a few last chuckles escape him as he focuses on me again and sits up properly.

"Sorry, but your reaction was one of the best things I have ever seen. Back to the interview?" He pushes the slice of cake towards me after taking a few quick bites. "Want the rest?"

I don't even hesitate. "Yes and gimme."

I finish the slice quickly and wipe my mouth. "Um. Give me a moment."

I try to escape the haze of amazingness that was that cake and flick through my notes. "Yes, right, have you ever been to the Nevada base Stefan was staying at?"

"Yes. I have." He nods curtly.

"Were you visiting your brother?" I ask, pen poised over the paper.

"No, I was there for… personal reasons. I'm sorry, I'd rather not explain." He seems uncomfortable so I leave the line of inquiry there.

"Okay, what did you do during the time between you finishing high school at 18 and starting a business at 22?"

"Ah, ah, now every man has to have his secrets, no?" He winks at me.

But you have more than anyone I have ever known. There are so many questions I have and I don't have a right to the answers of any of them. I wish I wasn't so curious… But then again, I wouldn't be a journalist and I wouldn't have met Damon. Stefan I mean, Stefan! I wouldn't have met Stefan.

"Okay, fine. You can keep your secrets today. I'll find them out someday, though." I assure him, with a light smile.

He stares at me and replies, "Oh, I'm sure you will. I just hope you don't run."

I blink. Okay, what did that even mean?

"What music do you like?" He asks.

"Uh, I'm not picky. I'll listen to anything but lately, I've been listening to Hoobastank's 'The Reason'. It's been on repeat on my MP3 player, I have to admit."

He grins, takes something out of his pocket and shows it to me. It's a small, blue MP3 player and when he shows me the song it was paused on, it was the one I just mentioned. I grin back at him.

"Well, I like your taste in music, that's for sure." I state.

"So what else do you listen to, Elena?"

After that comment, we keep talking until Lexi comes over again.

"Guys, I'm actually closing now, I'm afraid." I look out of the window and gasp. It's dark out which means that we've been in here for at least six hours. Time passes so fast when I'm with Damon.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! We'll get going."

Lexi just smiles at me, "It's no problem, Elena. Don't worry. Please come back soon?"

"I definitely will, as long as you have chocolate cake." I say, cheekily.

She laughs and replies, "I'll make sure I always have some in stock then."

Damon helps me out of my seat and I head towards the door. When I don't feel Damon following, I look back and I see him and Lexi talking in hushes voices and staring at each other like they're in a staring competition.

I decide not to intervene and wait until Damon comes over, his and Lexi's 'argument' apparently over.

"Would you like a ride home, Elena?"

"That's be great thanks, if it's not too much trouble."

"It's no trouble at all. I'd be more than happy to, I'd also be happier knowing you're safe."

I thank him and we head out to his car. I turn and wave at Lexi who returns the gesture.

He opens my door for me and gets in after. "Where to, milady?"

I give him my address and he turns out into the traffic.

"I'm sorry that took so long, I didn't mean for it to."

He looks at me briefly, "It's fine. More than fine, actually. That was more fun than I've had since… for a while."

"I'm… glad?" I tilt my head.

He smiles out of the corner of his mouth. We drive in what is mostly silence, a few words exchanged here and there.

When he gets to my house, I face him. "Thank you Damon, for opening up to me and for showing me where I can get a really good cup of coffee and food. I had fun."

"You're very welcome. I hope I've made up for my earlier behaviour, back at the office?" He asks, hopefully.

"Yes, you did." I assure him.

"Right, well, goodnight, Elena." He leans towards me.

Oh, what is he doing?

He places a soft kiss on my cheek and then moves back to his side of the car. "I'll see you soon, maybe?"

"Umm, I-uh," Smooth, "Yeah. Soon, maybe. Goodnight."

I get out of the car and walk up to the front door. As I unlock it, I look back and he finally turns the engine on and backs out.

Well. That was interesting. I hope I see him again. There's a lot I want to learn about him.

I get through the door, place my stuff down on the chair closest to it after taking out my notes and recordings and walk into the living room, where I collapse on the sofa.

After a minute or two, or ten, to gather my bearings, I start to organise my notes and type up what I have so I can finish the article.

The phone rings and I pick it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey." Stefan's voice replies.

"Hi. How are you?"

"I'm good. I'm actually coming back soon for a few days."

"Oh, great!" Is that disappointment I feel? Why?

"Yeah. Anyway, how was it with Damon, did he give you anything to work with or was he his usual uncooperative self?"

I felt a bit of annoyance at his comment. Why did he have to say bad stuff about his brother? I'm even more annoyed with him than I was with Damon when he was saying bad stuff about Stefan, which I know makes no sense. What is wrong with me?

"It was fine. He's quite nice."

"Uh huh. Don't let him fool you, Elena. He can seem nice but there's a lot you don't know about him."

Tell me something I don't know, why don't you?

"Yeah, okay. When are you coming back?" I change the subject. "In about a week, on the seventh."

I look at the calendar. It's the third today. "Great. I have to type up my notes now. I'll talk to you soon?"

"Yeah, okay. Goodnight, Elena. I love you."

"Yeah… me too." I hang up.

I shake my head and get back to work. This article won't write itself.

A/N: SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT! I did not mean for it to take this long! Anway, yes! So, Damon and Elena seem to be getting along quite well and it seems Stefan's coming back for a bit. Not long, don't worry! Next chapter is when it starts getting interesting, would you believe it

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I'll try and update quicker next time, I already have an outline of what's going to happen next chapter so hopefully that should speed things up! Till next time!