Chapter 7: Clumsy little heart

~~ Clumsy little heart ~~

Elena wiped away the tears that had fallen down her cheeks as she was driving frantically around the dark roads of her old hometown. She pulled over to a familiar driveway and sprinted over the lawn, not bothering to lock the doors of the car. She was sure that no one would dare to steal a car from the mayor's yard. She reached the door and assaulted the Lockwood's doorbell. She kept pressing the doorbell non-stop until she heard someone come answer the door. The heavy door opened and she saw Tyler Lockwood standing in the doorway.

"It's great to see you Elena, but what the fuck are you doing?" He asked staring at the old friend in front of him. "Have you been crying?" He asked his facial expression softening a bit.

"Is Caroline here?" Elena asked wiping the tears away once again. "I really, really need to talk to her right now."

"She's upstairs… I'll go get her, make yourself comfortable and she'll be down in a minute." Tyler answered stepping away from the door and letting Elena in before closing the front door. Tyler left upstairs and Elena headed to the Lockwood's glorious living room. Her eyes scanned the room. It had changed so much since the last time she had been in there. The old cream coloured walls were now covered with old and quite expensive looking red wallpaper and the heavy chandelier, which had controlled the room was nowhere to be seen. Now it was replaced with small spotlights all over the high ceiling.

"Elena? What happened?" Caroline asked worriedly as she ran to her wrapping her arms around her sobbing best friend.

"I don't know! He made me leave and he didn't do it or he did. I don't know! I've been living in a lie!" Elena sobbed to her shoulder.

"Elena, breathe! Let's sit down to the couch and you should take a deep breath," Caroline told her as she pushed them both down to a couch next to them. Elena exhaled slowly and tried to cool down. It didn't help and she burst down in tears once again. "Shh, calm down, it's going to be okay," Caroline shushed stroking Elena's back slowly up and down. "Just take a deep breath and tell me everything when you're ready."

In the next half an hour Elena told everything that had happened to her and the blonde girl sitting next to her listened carefully her every word. Caroline's expressions changed from angry to comforting and finally to shocked. She gave Elena a tight hug after she finished her story.

"Oh Elena," Caroline said still hugging her best friend again. "If you want you can stay here for the night. I'll keep you company and we can watch films and have ice cream. I am sure that Tyler will survive one night without me around."

"That sounds nice," Elena admitted sniffing and smiling lightly. It felt so much nicer now after she had been able to share everything with Caroline.

"Yay!" Caroline shrieked jumping up from the sofa. "I'll go get a pajama for you, few movies and some food" She added leaving the room. Elena couldn't help but smile wider through her tears. Caroline always knew how to make people smile and Elena's situation wasn't an exception.


In the boarding house Damon couldn't sleep. He had been tossing and turning in his bed for hours, tangling his sheets completely. He had tried everything from counting sheep to thinking about chemistry with no luck. Somehow Elena found her way into his mind over and over again. He sighed and turned around once again, wrapping his arms around a spare pillow. He buried his face to the pillow drying to drown the scent that had been lingering in his nose for a long time, the scent of Elena's perfume. With Elena's scent still in his system he got up and walked to his office on the first floor to finish some paperwork, maybe that would help him to relax a bit.


In the Lockwood manor Caroline and Elena had finished their second movie. Elena had cheered up a lot and didn't feel as bad as when she had rushed to the house. Caroline's cure for broken hearts and confused situations worked like a charm as time passed and Elena started to feel sleepy and relaxed.

"Do you want to go to bed?" Caroline asked sounding a bit disappointed as she noticed Elena's sleepy eyes.

"Do you want to watch third film?" Elena asked smirking.

"Well, duh!" Caroline laughed.

"The Notebook it is then," Elena smiled as she plopped the disk into the DVD-player and hit play.

Both of the girls had fallen asleep somewhere during The Notebook. It was barely 10am and Tyler was sneaking to the kitchen right next to his sleeping fiancée. Caroline opened her eyes just in time to catch Tyler trying to kiss her forehead.

"Trying a steal a kiss, huh?" She asked sleepily from the man in front if her.

"You know it, wifey" Tyler replied pressing a quick kiss to her lips. Caroline let out a quiet giggle and grabbed Tyler's arm. He tilted his head slightly and lowered himself to her level on the couch. "What happened last night?" He asked from Caroline glancing over at the sleeping Elena on another couch.

"Don't worry about that. I have it under control. I'll explain it later when everything is fine again… I missed you last night" Caroline replied wrapping her arm around him.

"Oh I believe I missed you more… The bed feels empty without you in there," Tyler smiled and lifted Caroline a bit from the couch holding her in his arms and giving her a hungry kiss. Caroline returned the passionate kiss wrapping both of her arms around his neck, playing with his hair.

"Enough with the PDA! Leave the room or something." Elena muttered from the couch forcing Tyler and Caroline to break apart from their passionate moment.

"Nice cockblock, Gilbert" Caroline called her arms still wrapped around Tyler's neck.

"You don't even have a cock," Tyler laughed standing up and leaving to the kitchen. "Talking about roosters… and hens… I'll make some omelets for breakfast."

Elena sat up smiling at Tyler: "Thank you."


Damon had fallen asleep somewhere around 4am to his couch in the office. He had woken up several times during the night and finally ended up to his own bedroom from the office. It was now 9am and he decided that it was the time for him to get up. It was Friday, so he didn't have to go to the restaurant. One of the awesome perks of being an entrepreneur and have his own company was that he was the one deciding the working hours. Damon stretched his arms yawning and left to bathroom.

After washing his face Damon glanced at his reflection in the mirror. He had bags under his eyes and his normally blue eyes looked almost grey, completely colourless. He grabbed a towel and tapped his face dry and started to brush his teeth. Every time he had fallen asleep he had seen her in his dreams, some of the dreams were recaps of the previous night's events, some were memories from years ago and few were purely fictional horrors including everything from aliens to zombies. He felt so bad for not explaining everything to Elena like he had planned. Why the hell did he have to throw her out like that? He could've just asked her about the misunderstanding and maybe even patch up their relationship but now it would be almost impossible after yesterday. Damon dropped the toothbrush to its place and walked to the kitchen to have something to eat. As he reached the kitchen, he saw something white on the floor by the kitchen table. He moved closer to see that it was a folded paper. He picked it up, unfolding it carefully and started to read it. It was written in feminine handwriting and by the looks of it, it had to be a diary entry. He checked the date and found out that it was five years old. His eyes scanned the paper until he saw his name mentioned few times. He started reading the paper again, this time processing every word in his mind, as he knew where the paper had come from.

Dear diary,

Today has been horrible. Yesterday was perfect as you know, but today I found out something I should never have. Damon has been cheating on me! I can't understand why. At first I thought that mother was lying when she said that she had seen him with another girl. According to mother they had looked close and happy… And then they had walked into some shop hand in hand.

Damon read the text over and over again. It had been Isobel! She had always disliked him but just months before Elena's departure she had started to like him. Back then Damon considered it as a great thing but now… Now when he finally saw the whole picture and the pieces started to fit together. He grabbed his phone from the counter and dialled Bonnie's number.


Bonnie had woken up at 8am and had done everything from watching morning TV and eating a heavy breakfast. Jeremy was out of town on a business trip and Bonnie was bored out of her mind. She decided to go out for a fun to burn some extra calories and to get some fresh air. She was running in the town center as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She stopped on her tracks slowing down hear panting and answered after checking who it was.

"What is it?" Bonnie asked stretching her left calf. "Don't tell me you blew it…" Damon stayed quiet on the other line for a moment too long. "I am not helping you again." Bonnie said about to hang up on him.

"Wait Bonnie! This isn't what you think! We talked, it was going nicely but then she asked about the past and I told her everything and then I got mad at her and kind of told her that I love her…"

"You what?" Bonnie yelled standing up straight.

"Yeah… But lets move on, there's more to this story. I don't know if you still think that I cheated on Elena, which I did not do. It was Isobel's imagination! I found a paper from the floor and Elena must've dropped it last night from her bag or something. I think that it is part of her diary."

"That makes sense." Bonnie replied thinking about Isobel and Damon's relationships. As soon as Elena and Damon had broken up Isobel hadn't stayed in touch with him at all. She didn't greet him when she saw him somewhere. It was like he had disappeared from her eyes; it was like after the day Isobel had found out about Damon and Elena's romance. "What are you going to do?"

"I have no idea, Bonnie. My head feels empty," Damon answered sighing.

"You know what! I'll come over and help you with plotting. I am the second best person in this town to make plans, after Caroline of course. I could try to get he involved if you want," Bonnie offered.

"Not a chance! She isn't a big fan of mine and you know that she tells absolutely everything to Elena. We can't get her involved. It's like kissing goodbye for the secrecy."

"I guess you're right," Bonnie answered. "I'll be there in 15 minutes." She continued before ending the phone call and starting to run again, this time to the boarding house.


"I personally think that…" Caroline started as she was munching her omelet in the Lockwood's kitchen. She gulped down a mouthful and continued. "…You should go back there and make him talk. Do what ever it takes to make him talk about it" Caroline was rather pleased with herself. She was good at helping with problems and she knew that. Empathy and being social were her best traits. She had written that even to her résumé.

"I don't know. I mean, I need to talk to him, I realize that but I still can't figure out how."

"I am sure you'll find a way when you see him. It will go all naturally, I promise, Elena."

"Naturally? Yeah right."

"Have a little fate in you! He won't bite and I bet I will if you don't talk to him soon," Caroline replied making a supposedly scary expression but ended up looking like a squirrel. Elena smiled at the blonde in front of her and nodded her head in agreement.

"I'll do it as soon as possible, maybe even today" Elena replied standing up. "Thank you for letting me crash here."

"No problem! You're welcomed here anytime, Elena," Tyler answered by the fridge. Elena smiled at the couple and left the house and headed to the car. She decided to go see Damon right away.


"You told me that you're the master plotter in this town!" Damon whined throwing his head back.

"I didn't, I said I was the second best," Bonnie called writing down some words to a notebook Damon had given her few moments ago.

"Well, then this town has to be full of bad plotters."

"You are making me question myself. It's not that simple for me to offer you help, but if it makes Elena happy I am glad to help," Bonnie replied underlining few words and continuing to write down sentences. "Can I take a shower?" Bonnie asked as she finished the plan. "I came here running as you may have noticed and I am sweaty as you may have noticed too."

"It was you? I thought there was a dead opossum under the house or something. Sorry, my bad!" Damon said raising his hands up. "There's towels on the top self in the bathroom upstairs, the one next to Stefan's old room."

"Thank you" Bonnie replied shoving the paper to him as she left the living room. Damon laughed a bit and started to read the paper Bonnie had filled with text. He was so into reading it that he didn't hear a car pull onto the driveway. He soon heard a knock from the door though. He left the paper to the coffee table and went to see whom it was. As the door slid open she saw Elena behind the door. Her hair was a bit messy and she still had on the same clothes as yesterday.

"I am sorry, I should've believed you yesterd…" Elena began as she was interrupted by a female voice.

"Damon! Do you have any shower gel for ladies?" The voice called and Bonnie appeared to the door only wearing a towel, her wet hair tangled on her shoulders. Elena's eyes widened in disbelief and her mouth opened but no words came out.

"This is not what it looks like!" Damon called stepping in between of the girls.

"First you cheat on me and then you make my best friend cheat on my brother with you! What is wrong with you?" Elena yelled as she turned around and walked angrily to her car.

"Elena!" Bonnie yelled terrified from the doorway as Damon tried to catch Elena. He wasn't fast enough and Elena managed to get into her car and leave. Damon turned around clenching his fists. Bonnie covered her mouth and felt a tear fall down her cheek.


A/N

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