A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT. Parts of this chapter is taken from season 1 episode 19 Miss Mystic Falls. I DO NOT OWN IT! I want to thank TwilightElena for writing this opening delena scene
"Elena?" Damon called. "Dang, where is that girl? I can smell her but I can't see her." He was speaking to himself and he didn't really know why. Suddenly he heard her scream and within seconds he was in front of her and behind her was a vampire from the tomb. His name was Dominic.
"Hello Dominic." Damon said calmly as he stepped in front of Elena.
"Salvatore." The other vampire spoke back.
"Go find another snack. This one is mine."
"Aw, but she smells amazing… and she looks like Katherine."
Damon growled and he felt the veins in his face shift. "I said Leave. NOW"
He watched as the other vampire sped away and then he turned to Elena. "Hey, you okay?"
Elena nodded shakily. "I'm fine Damon. I'm fine."
"No, you're not fine." Damon argued back to her. "You're a mess. Come on, we gotta get out of here."
Elena nodded and kept her head down. "Take me home Damon…" She spoke so low that if he wasn't a vampire then he probably wouldn't have heard her.
Damon didn't say anything, he just picked her up softly and carried her bridal style out of the woods. He noticed she was shaking. Poor Elena.
He leaned his head down and whispered to her "Hey, it's alright. I got you. Your safe, no one is going to hurt you anymore."
Elena was his and no one would pick on her but him and if anyone dared to try then they would be punished. He wanted to rip off Dominic's head for scaring Elena so badly but at the moment he had to take care of the shaking girl in his arms.
"I got you. Your safe, no one is going to hurt you anymore." He continued to whisper in her ear.
Soon enough they were back at Elena's house. Thankfully she had invited him in earlier before she knew he was a vampire or getting inside her house would have been a problem. He sighed and once it was clear he sped up to her room and placed her on the bed.
"Your okay now Elena. I have called Stefan. He is on his way."
Elena just nodded as she curled into her blankets.
"Oh no you don't." Damon pulled the covers away from her. "You have to smile, I saved you and you still haven't thanked me. I'm the one who should be all pouty now."
Elena gasped softly. "Thank you for saving me Damon."
"You're welcome Elena but you still need to be punished." He saw the fear in her eyes and instantly chose a new word. "Not punished. My mistake."
"What are you trying to say Damon?"
He didn't respond. He held her none broken arm tightly above her head but not tight enough to bruise or hurt her. That wasn't his intentions. He ran his fingers lightly along her arms and across her shoulders, down to her stomach.
Elena's body trembled.
Damon laughed but continued. He would find her spot. He ran his fingers lightly down her stomach and to her legs, her knees and ankles… back up again. It was when he felt her jolt under him that he knew he found it. He wasn't going back to it already.
He loved hearing her giggle and laugh; it was the most amazing sound in the entire world. He moved his fingers a bit faster now along the sides of her stomach and she was actually shaking with laughter. It wasn't even her main spot. He smiled as he continued to ticking her. She was gasping for breath now as he tickled her sides without mercy. He wasn't a man to give mercy and he wouldn't do it now.
"D- D- Daaa" he heard Elena try to speak and she couldn't. She was trying to breathe.
"Yes Elena?" he said calmly and smoothly.
"D-Damm-Damooonn"
"What?" he asked her softly.
"S-st-stopp"
"Why?" he asked with a raise of his brow. His fingers still running down her sides, he didn't want to let her speak. He loved her little gasps and squeaks as she tried to speak.
"Can-can't brrr-breathe" she gasped out before resuming giggling.
"On the contrary, if you couldn't breathe your eyes would be closed and your heart would be racing." He didn't give her time for a comeback he moved his fingers to her underarm and moved them faster.
Elena let out a sound that was a cross between a growl and a squeak. Damon had found her spot and he loved the sound she made when he found it. She couldn't even stop laughing long enough to tell him to stop. She was under his control completely. Her body was shaking with laughter and it wouldn't stop.
A small distant sound came into his ears. His baby brother was home, Damon's fingers slowed and he let her breathe again. "Stefan is home Elena."
Elena smiled and stood up rushing to the door to greet Stefan. The couple hugged and then she looked to Damon. "Thank you for saving me and making me feel better Damon."
"Don't mention it Elena." He walked from the room leaving Stefan to help Elena the rest of the way.
(A/N the rest is mine)
Once Damon was out of ear shot Elena broke out into tears. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I tried, I really tried to keep everything together tonight. I'm sorry!"
"OH baby, please don't be sorry. It's not your fault. Things were going so well lately we both thought you were ready for this. I mean you told me the truth about what happen, you confronted Jeremy about his paper and told him you were adopted. You've done so much that we both thought you were all healed from them attack. I shouldn't have made you go inside. I should have known you weren't ready when you stepped at the front door. It's my fault not yours. I'm sorry. Please don't cry." Stefan held her close and rubbed her back.
She cried into his chest. "I'm never going to get through this Stefan. I'm never going to get over what happen."
Stefan took her face from his chest and made her look at him. "Elena, you're going to get through this. I'm going to help you pull through. It's going to be okay, you're going to be okay."
"No, I'm not Stefan. It's never going to be ok again."
"Hey, do you remember what I told you back when we first met? You had just told me about what happen to your parents?"
Elena nodded.
"What did I tell you?"
Elena sniffed as he used his thumb to wipe away her tears. "You told me I wasn't going to be sad forever."
"Did I keep that promise?"
Elena nodded.
"So, trust me when I say you're going to be ok. You're going to get through this."
Elena nodded. He let her face go. They stood there just holding each other tightly.
"I love you so much." She whispered
"I love you too." He whispered back. He kissed her head. He lifted her legs and carried her bridal style over to her bed. He laid her down and tucked her in. He grabbed her teddy bear and gave it to her. He sat down by her side.
"Sleep, it's been a long day." He said.
"Will you stay until I do?" she asked softly.
"Of course." He kissed her forehead and stroked her hair as she quickly fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning Stefan was at school headed to his first class when he saw Elena's car pull into an empty parking lot. He didn't think she was going to come today after what happen the day before. He went over to her.
"Hey, Beautiful," he greeted giving her a kiss.
She kissed back and smiled. "Hey, Handsome."
"I didn't know you were coming back today."
She gave a small shrug. "How can I heal if I can't even handle something as simple as going to school? I'm trying to get over what happen and to do that I need to be in place where there are lots of people and big crowds. Plus I know if anything should happen I'll have my super hot vampire boyfriend to protect me."
"Super hot huh?" Stefan teased.
Elena giggled and nodded.
"Well, I can't argue with that. Come on, we're going to be late."
"Right behind you, let's go."
They both locked hands and headed to class.
History was normal, except for Bonnie coming back, but something was off with her. She smiled at Elena but ignored Stefan completely. Elena knew something was wrong with her but she just couldn't figure out what it was.
After class Elena went to grab Bonnie but she was already gone. Elena sighed.
"Everything ok?" Stefan asked.
"Something is wrong with Bonnie, and I just can't figure out what it is."
"Why don't you go talk to her?"
"You won't mind?"
"Of course not. Go, I'll meet you at lunch."
Elena nodded. They shared a goodbye kiss.
Elena finally found Bonnie outside the school walking to her next class.
"Bonnie!"
Bonnie stopped walking and turned to face Elena.
"Hey." She greeted nicely.
"Hey, I tried to grab you after class but you had already taken off. How are you? How's your family?"
"We're dealing, it's been hard…"
"Everyone here really missed you."
"Yeah, I just had so much to deal with after Grams' funeral and, honestly after you told me the tomb spell failed I just didn't really want to come back."
"I hope you'll understand why I called… I wanted you to know before you came home."
"I understand why. I just… shouldn't know…"
A long awkward pause fell over them. Luckily Caroline broke it as she came running over.
"Bonnie! Bonnie."
She hugged Bonnie tightly nearly knocking her off her feet. Bonnie gave a small smile, and after that it was non-stop Caroline. "I know we talked everyday but I missed you…."
A look of hurt crossed Elena faces. She had tried multiple times to contact Bonnie while she was away and every time she just got her voice mail. Now to find out she had spoken to Caroline every day and not her just hurt her.
"…How are you doing?
"Better. You know, glad to be back and trying to keep myself busy."
"Well, I can help with that…major wardrobe problem. You need to help me pick up the perfect dress for the founder's court."
Confusion appeared on Elena's face. "The founder's court? Did I miss something?"
"The founder's court! You know, Miss Mystic Falls. They announced it today and you and I are both on it."
"Oh my gosh! We signed up for this so long ago… I completely forgot."
Other, more important things, had gotten in the way, like her parents dying getting kidnapped….it can really mess with a person's memory.
"So, are you dropping out then?"
Elena couldn't help but notice a small hint of hope in her voice. She sighed "I can't…" She looked at Bonnie not wanting to say why but hoping Bonnie would back her up and tell Caroline for her.
"Her mom is the one who wanted her into this."
Elena nodded as a small look of pain crossed her face. She could easily remember her mother and her signing up for this before she died, how excited her mother was, how happy it made her that she wanted to do this.
"So uh…I'm going to grab some lunch with Stefan, do you guys want to come?"
"I had a big breakfast. I'm going to skip lunch, but thanks."
"I'm going to hang with Bonnie, enjoy your lunch." Caroline said.
Elena watched as they two of them walked away. She sighed as they both started laughing. Why did she suddenly feel like the outcast? She headed back into the school and went into the lunch room. She grabbed her lunch and sat down. Stefan joined her shortly after.
"Hey, did you find Bonnie?"
Elena just nodded moving her food around on her plate.
"Is something wrong?"
"I think Bonnie is mad at me. This whole time she's been gone she's spoken to Caroline every day. I tried every day to call her and every time I reached her voice mail."
"That doesn't sound like Bonnie."
"I know but I just can't figure out what I did wrong."
"I'm sure it's nothing you did. Just ask her the next time you see her. It's the only way you're going to find out."
Elena sighed and nodded. Then she perked up. She told him all about Miss Mystic Falls.
"I'm sorry for the short notice; I didn't even know that the contest was coming up much less that I would be in it."
He just smiled at her. "I would be happy to escort you anywhere."
"My mom was really into this founder's day stuff. She was even Miss Mystic in her day. I want to do it for her."
"It'll be great, we'll have fun."
"Really?"
"Really."
Elena nodded. "Thank you Stefan. I love you."
"I love you too."
They shared a kiss and continued their lunch together. Stefan knew Elena was still upset about something.
"Are you sure you're ok?" he asked.
She nodded. "I just wish I know why Bonnie was ignoring me. I mean we've been best friends forever and now it's like I'm her worst enemy."
"I'm sure it's just her way of dealing with her grandmother's death."
"I thought so too but she has no problem with Caroline, the two of them are as close as ever. I just…I don't know. I just thought when she came back I could have them over and we'd have girls night and it would be…normal again."
"You could still do that. You just have to talk to Bonnie first. I'm sure once your talk to her you'll feel better."
Elena sighed and nodded just hoping he was right.
"After lunch I have to go meet with the Judges, it's going to Mrs. Lockwood and a two other people I've never met and just kind of introduce myself."
"That doesn't seem too hard."
"Then, during free period we have to meet with our dates and practice the famous dance."
"Ah yes, I remember that dance."
Elena giggled. "You're going to be the only one in there who knows what they're doing."
"Which means you'll end up doing it better because you'll have a pro teaching it to you."
"Whoa, who knew Stefan Salvatore had such a big ego." She teased.
He chuckled and poked her side making her squeal. "Just kidding."
They ate the rest of their lunch in silence. Stefan knew it was because she was still hurting over what happen with Bonnie.
After lunch Elena went to meet with the judges. Stefan went to his next class and promised to meet Elena during free period to work on the dance.
The introduction to the judges was also a little interview to find out why you deserved to be Miss Mystic Falls. Elena knew she really didn't deserve to be Miss Mystic Falls but she was honest and told the truth.
"I recognize that I haven't been as involved this year that I used to be. I've been distracted and I let a lot of things slide. But I'm aware of what an honor this is and I want you to know that I take it seriously. This was really important to my mother. She believed in community, family, honor and loyalty. It's the legacy she'd left for me."
The Judges just smiled nicely at her and nodded. Elena took that as her cue to leave.
Free period came faster than Elena expected. She met up with Stefan in the lunchroom where all the tables had been moved aside so everyone had room to dance. Carol Lockwood was the instructor and a few other students joined them.
Elena and Stefan stood facing each other.
"Bow to your partner." Carol said.
Elena and Stefan bowed to each other.
"Now focus…" Carol hit the play button on her c.d. player. "…Right hand around…"
Elena and Stefan both put up their right hands up and slowly started turn.
"…Flirt with your eyes…"
Stefan instantly put on his pretend flirty face. Elena put on her and they both started giggling softly trying to be quiet and stay focused.
"…Left hand…"
As they switched hands Stefan wiggled his eye brows a little making it harder for Elena to hold back her giggles.
"…Both hands…"
Elena giggled and then said "This is ridiculous."
"You're only saying that because you don't know how to do it." Stefan teased.
Elena smirked and decided to tease him back "Sorry, only one of us was around when the dance was invented."
"Ouch."
Stefan grabbed her arm spun her around and then dropped her.
"Whoa, whoa…" Elena trailed off and burst into laughter.
"No! No! There's no touching during this part. It's about the simple intimacy of the near touch." Carol said coming over to break up their fun.
They both nodded silently as Carol walked away.
"If you ask me, the 'near touch' is overrated." Elena joked.
Stefan just smiled. "You seem to be in a good mood" he commented.
"Is that a bad thing? Would you prefer me to be gloomy graveyard girl again?"
"Hey, I'm not complaining. It's good to see you laughing again."
She smiled and they shared a small quick kiss before going back to dancing.
Once practice is over Elena and Stefan head out. As they're leaving they saw Bonnie walking in.
"Hey." Elena greeted.
"Hey," Stefan said. "How are you?"
Bonnie didn't answer either of them. She just stood there looking at the floor. Again Caroline was the one to break the awkward silence.
"I begged Bonnie to fill in for Matt, he had to work today."
Nobody said anything in response to that. Finally Elena decided to it was time to talk to Bonnie
"Bonnie, do you have a minute?"
"We only have 30 minutes for rehearsal."
" It'll only take a minute, please?"
Bonnie nodded and they walked into the hallway.
"Bonnie you have to tell me what's wrong." Elena said.
"It not worth talking about."
"What do you mean not worth it? You barely said ten words to me and you won't even look at Stefan…"
Bonnie looked away from Elena which gave Elena all the answers she needed.
"Is that what it is? Is it Stefan?"
" Look, Elena, I can't just pretend that everything's okay. Everything my grams did was to protect us from those vampires from the tomb. And now they're out which means she died for nothing."
Elena sighed feeling like the worst friend for even telling Bonnie the truth but she had thought it would bebetter telling her before she just came home and found out on her own that's better right?
"I'm so sorry Bonnie, What can I do to make it better?"
"That's just it, there's nothing you can do. I blame him Elena, him and Damon and I'm not going to put you in a situation where you have to choose sides. I'm just having a hard time with it okay?"
With that Bonnie walked away. Elena turned and bumped into Stefan.
"Did you hear?" she asked softly.
He nodded. "I'm sorry Elena, if I never ran inside that tomb they never would have had to take off the spell."
Elena shook her head. "You ran in there to save my life. It was a noble choice. Plus it's technically Damon's fault, he brought the blood in and left it there giving the vampires their strength back."
"True, the tomb door was closed after we all got out. If they didn't have that blood they never would have had the strength to move it."
"Yeah, so it's all Damon's fault."
Stefan chuckled. "Funny, how everything always ends up being Damon's fault isn't it?"
Elena nodded. "I just wish his mistake didn't have to cost me my friendship."
"Give it time. Bonnie will come around. She just needs time to think and don't forget she's still healing from the loss of her grandmother. I remember a certain someone who pulled away from her friends and family after losing her parents." Stefan told her.
Elena nodded. "I know, I just…I wish there was something I could do."
"I know. I wish I could do more for you too."
Stefan pulled her into a hug and kissed her hair. Elena just snuggled into his arms. "I'm glad I still have you."
"You'll always have me."
Stefan kissed her head again. Together they went to their next class.
The day of the big party had come faster than Elena had expected. She had practiced the dance with Stefan more times than she could count. She knew it backwards and forwards. She trusted Stefan will all her heart and knew he'd make sure everything went right…so why was she so nervous.
Elena and Jenna went into the make-up area and Elena did her make-up as Jenna did her hair well…trying to do her hair.
"Thanks for helping me."
"Don't thank me until you're sure your hair isn't going to burn off." Jenna said seriously.
Elena chuckled. "You know I remember when my mom and I were first planning for this, she was excited."
"So were you if I recall."
"I was. She's made it sounded like so much fun…lots of things changed since then
"I hate to brake it to you but its little late for cold feet."
"I don't have cold feet. It's just… I think I'd be enjoying this a lot more if she was here with me."
Jenna just gave a small smile.
"I need to go put my dress on." Elena said quickly getting up and walking away.
Jenna sighed and put down the hair curler and unplugged it. She walked out of the room. She saw Stefan and went over to him.
"Just the man I was looking for. I need you to do me a favor."
"Of course, anything. Is Elena ok?"
"She's trying not to be, but I can tell she's really nervous and I think it will help seeing you one last time before she comes down."
"Of course."
Stefan went up to the dressing room. He walked in just as Elena finished putting on her dress.
"Wow, you look beautiful." He said.
She jumped startled. "Isn't this bad luck?" she asked shyly.
"Last I checked we aren't getting married so I think we're safe."
"What are you doing back here?"
"I could hear your heart beating all the way down stairs." he told her.
"Jenna asked you to come up didn't she?"
"She's worried about you. So am I, are you sure you're going to be ok with this. If not we can pull out. No one can force you to do this."
"My mom wanted me to do this. I have to do it for her, at least try anyway. If I fail and mess up…."
"She will still love you and be proud of you for trying anyway. But I can assure you nothing is going to go wrong. If you get nervous just follow my lead alright?"
Elena nodded and sighed. "I'm glad you're here doing this with me Stefan. I'd be a lot more nervous if it was someone else."
"Where else would I be?"
They shared a hug, a knock on the door broke them apart. Carol peeked her head in."Elena, let's go. The line up's starting."
"I just… I need a minute.."
" Escorts wait downstairs Stefan."
"Of course, we're on our way." Stefan said nicely.
He kissed Elena on the forehead. "I'll be waiting downstairs for you. If you're nervous just remember. I love you."
Elena nodded and Stefan headed back down stairs. Elena followed Carol to the lineup.
Elena stood at the top of the stairs and watched as the others walked down the stairs to meet their dates. She took a deep breath and let it out. She leaned over the rails. She smiled at the sight of Stefan standing there.
"Stefan…" she said so soft only a vampire would hear it.
Stefan looked up at her and with just one look knew what she needed. He smiled at her and mouth "I love you. I'm right here."
Elena instantly relaxed and nodded.
"Miss Elena Gilbert, escorted by Mister Stefan Salvatore."
Elena gulped and took a deep breath. She walked down the stairs and smiled when she saw Stefan standing at the bottom. As she reached the bottom Stefan took her arm and they walked outside. Stefan heard Elena's heart race. "Relax, just follow my lead, you're going to be fine." He whispered.
Once they got outside they stood across from each other. The music started and suddenly Elena saw only her and Stefan nobody else was around. She smiled and they two of them just danced like there was no one else on the entire planet but them. (A/N just picture the scene with her and Damon only instead of Damon it's Stefan)
After the dance and the music stopped Elena realized all the other people. She smiled at Stefan and they went inside with the others. Caroline did end up winning Miss Mystic Falls but Elena didn't really care, she did what she had for her mother and now it was over. Now she could really focus on healing from the trauma of what happen.
After the party Elena and Stefan went home. Elena got changed out of her dress and into more comfortable clothing and laid in bed cuddling close to Stefan.
"So, did you have fun?" Stefan asked.
"Yes, I loved dancing with you. It felt magical."She answered.
"Are you upset you didn't win Miss Mystic Falls?"
"No, not really. I didn't really care about winning. I just wanted to do it and make my mom proud. She wouldn't have cared if I won or not. I'm glad Caroline won. She really wanted this so she deserved it."
"You deserved it too."
"Maybe, but I didn't want it bad enough. Caroline did. Plus without you even realizing it I got you to do the one thing you always promised you'd never do."
"What's that?"
"Teach me a dance from another decade."
Stefan started to laugh. "Technically Mrs. Lockwood taught it to you."
"Technically," she said mocking him. "I learned more from you than I did her."
Stefan sat up and looked at her. "Are you mocking me Miss Gilbert?"
Elena giggled and nodded.
"Then you should know, when humans tease vampires it ends up in punishment."
Elena giggled but shook her head quickly. "No, no, no I'm not mocking you."
"That's what I thought."
He laid back down next to her. "You know, you may not have won but you will always be my Miss Mystic Falls."
Elena smiled and they shared a kiss. Elena snuggled into his arms and they both fell into a peaceful sleep.
A/N thanks again to TwilightElena for helping me write the opening scene. Sorry if you Stelena fans didn't like it but I needed something to make Elena trust Damon again. I'm going to skip the next two episode and so the next chapter will be the last. I'll have more info on my next story in the next chapter too. So please leave me a review with your thoughts. :)
