"Hey Elena, how are you?" Stefan said. My heart was still beating a mile a minute from Damon's kiss. "I'm fine just getting ready to head out of the hotel." I said trying to make my voice sound as normal as possible. "You sound out of breath is everything ok?" he asked, so much for trying to sound normal.
"Yeah I'm fine just running up and down the stairs to get the bags to much, we're on the fourth floor and the elevators out of service" I hoped he wouldn't hear the lie in my voice, I was never very good at lying.
"Hahaha, I told you not to stop going to the gym, you're getting soft on me," Stefan laughed, I laughed with him more out of nerves "yeah you were right, I'll go back after I'm home."
I gave a sigh of relief; Stefan wouldn't suspect me of lying because he loved me. I felt wretched at the thought of doing this to him, but this was something beyond my control.
I knew that my relationship with Stefan wasn't what it used to be, I used to think that what I wanted was a normal relationship. No drama or bad guys to think about. There hadn't been bad guys for a while and Stefan had given me just what I'd asked, the problem was that I didn't know normal wasn't the right thing for me.
I was dating a vampire, my best friend was a witch, and there were werewolves in mystic falls. There's nothing normal about my life and I realized that I didn't want it to be. "Elena? Are you there?" Stefan asked, I realized I hadn't been listening to what he'd been saying.
"I'm sorry, what were you saying?" "Is everything ok Elena?" Stefan asked sounding worried. "Everything's fine, I'm just tired that's all, I've been up late excited and wanting to get to Chicago. Guess I should've gotten my sleep." I gave a small laugh trying to put some humor into my voice. I hadn't lied, I was tired, just not for the reasons I'd given.
"Oh, then you should let Bonnie drive and get some sleep in the car. You don't want to be too tired for your concert. I'll tell you my news when we see each other." "What news?" I asked.
"It's nothing you should worry about Elena, just go have fun. We'll see each other soon, miss you, love you." "Goodbye Stefan" I hung up, I couldn't say that I loved him because that was no longer true. I took a deep breath and started to pick out my clothes.
I considered something short and flattering but I realized I was too tired for even that. I took out my pj's, little black shorts and a bright red tank top and slipped them on. I cleaned the makeup off my face and only put on some eyeliner again. My hair I left down. There, comfortable but vain enough that I didn't look completely frumpy. I grabbed my pillow and my bag and went downstairs.
Damon was waiting by the open trunk as I came down. Again he did the wide eyes, it made me happy to see I had the effect on him even in pajamas.
"Not bothering with clothes now?" he asked. "I'm tired and I'd rather sleep and be comfortable then bother trying to talk to you right now" I said trying to be indifferent.
"That talk with my brother straightened you out I see, glad to see things are back to normal" he said it in a tone that I knew meant he was hurt.
My heart gave a clench; I didn't want to hurt him. I wanted to make him the happiest damn vampire there ever was. I turned around and caught him in kiss before he could protest; I put my entire body into it, and pulled away before he could.
The look on his face was just what I had wanted. Surprised and heated, those blue eyes burned at me. "Nothing has changed" I said. "I want to sleep and I know you don't want to talk about anything right now, so I'd rather sleep and let you think about things."
I walked to my side of the car and got in. It didn't take me long to fall asleep, and the dreams I had about Damon would make any woman blush.
I woke up to the sound of the city and waves. We were driving along the lake. I opened my eyes and took everything in. This was definitely not Mystic Falls.
I wanted to get my camera out and start taking pictures but I was a little embarrassed. "Have a nice nap?" Damon asked. I turned around and saw him, my stomach gave a little flop, damn he was sexy. "It's not polite to stare, we need to get rid of that habit of yours" he said, the smirk on his face audible in his voice.
I started to feel the heat climb up my face but decided to turn the tables instead. I leaned over to kiss his cheek, and put my mouth next to his ear "how can I not stare when you look like a piece of candy I want to suck on" I gently gave his ear a bite at the last.
I felt the car give a little jerk, and I sat back quite satisfied with myself. He turned to look at me "you know that's not a very safe thing to do while a person is driving." "Well then why don't you park somewhere that way we won't have any problems." I was betting he wouldn't take me up on the offer but he surprised me by taking an exit by a beach and parking. We were practically alone since it wasn't great beach weather. Only one other car was there, probably some person taking a lunch.
"So you were saying" Damon asked, I turned to look at him those blue eyes staring intensely. I could tell he had pulled over trying to call my bluff; problem was I wasn't bluffing not even close. I undid my seatbelt and in a move faster than he expected reached over and put his seat back. I straddled him and leaned in. The look on his face was a mixture of surprise and arousal, "well, I wasn't expecting that" he said. I went in for a kiss but he stopped me with a "how was your call with Stefan? Filled with I miss and I love you's I suppose."
I knew what he was trying to do, trying to avoid this yet again even though we wanted it so bad, well too bad for him because this time I wasn't going down. "I told you how I felt, and I'm not going to keep repeating myself Damon, what I felt for Stefan has been gone for a while even though I didn't want to face it. What I want, what I need is you and you will not try and convince me otherwise. Now you can either accept it, or you can look me in the eye and tell me you don't want me. Tell me that I'm the only one feeling this need for us to be together." As I said it I moved in closer and pressed our body's together, god it felt so good to be so close to him I thought I wouldn't be able to keep talking without ripping his clothes off. My voice got lower "tell me you don't want this to happen, that it doesn't feel amazing to you too" I rocked my hips against him and saw him close his eyes together. I took that opportunity and kissed him. I didn't bother with slow, I ate at his mouth and traced his lips with my tongue, he made a sound in his throat and opened for me. I took the invitation and plunged my tongue in to explore him, god he tasted so good.
I kept rubbing our bodies together as the kiss grew frantic. I undid the buttons on his shirt and ran my hands down that smooth chest, perfection I thought. I was growing impatient that he wasn't doing anything with his hands so I grabbed them and placed them on my lower back. He got the idea because they moved down to my ass, he squeezed it so tight it made me gasp finally breaking that kiss. I looked down at him at those eyes of blue fire so hot I could see flames dancing in them. Before he could protest I took off my tank top, I commended myself for wearing the pajamas. I was down to my shorts and bra, I knew it was a little risky to do this in a parking lot but it added to the excitement to the perfection of that moment.
Damon looked at me, "Elena we shouldn't" I cut off his words with a kiss, I was not going to let him ruin this, he was either going to have to physically pry me off or have a cop come and arrest us for public indecency. I felt him try to hesitate; I needed something drastic so I slipped my hand in his jeans, and wrapped my hand around him. Commando, I smiled to myself only Damon. I gave him a squeeze and felt him gasp, I looked into his eyes and saw they'd turned red and vein-y. He still looked beautiful to me, and I kissed him to let him know. "You're perfect Damon" I gave him another squeeze and his eyes shut.
