Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries belong to L.J. Smith, the producers of the show and all the other people involved in the CW. I'm just borrowing these characters from the show for fun purposes, even though I wished I owned Damon Salvatore;)
CHAPTER NINE
She stared at her reflection and smiled softly to herself. Her bright orange blouse gave off enough cleavage to seem more classy than trashy, her mid thigh creamy pink skirt covered part of her stomach and formed a nice definition to her curves, while her cream colored heels matched her entire outfit giving off the exact look she was looking for.
Bonnie came inside her room with a light smile on her nude colored lips. "So you ready for your date?" she questioned in a chipper tone.
Elena giggled at her friend while placing the small diamond stud earrings on her ears. "Yeah, I think so." she replied still looking at her reflection that the full length mirror gave off. She couldn't believe she was actually starting to date, if it wasn't for the little push she gave herself, she would've probably declined his invitation to dinner. But what could one date hurt? It's not like they were going steady or anything major. She needed a distraction and she finally found it.
"Don't double think this Elena, I can tell you're excited to see how your date is going to go. And I think this might be for the best, you moving on from him can be the big step you need to forget about what happened." Bonnie suggested, she had to watch her close friend suffer in complete misery from their break up and when Elena came home smiling that Saturday. She knew something or someone had cheered her up. If Elena moving on with someone else is what can help her bring back her friend then Bonnie would gladly push her towards that direction.
Elena nodded at Bonnie's advice, she deserved to be happy and right now she felt like she was on cloud nine, even though she hasn't even gone on the date yet, she could tell today will turn out just fine. "I know, I'm just going to enjoy it. Today is about having fun and not looking back on the past."
Bonnie shook her head in acceptance then flashed her another bright smile once the doorbell rang from downstairs. "He's here." she announced skipping her way out of Elena's room and running down the stairs.
She looked at the mirror once more before looking down at her phone that was buzzing on the nightstand. She grabbed her cell from the wooden surface and glanced at the new text message.
From: Damon
To: Elena
I hope today will be as fun for you as it will be for me,
I know your probably reading this right now and thinking why hasn't he given up yet ?
Well, we had something good and I blew it.
I'll give you the space you need, but don't think for a second that I'm going to give up on you, on us...
Because I will keep fighting till you finally think I'm worthy enough to have you back in my life.
PS: You looked incredibly sexy on the cover of that Glamour magazine ;)
her eyes began to burn at his beautiful words, she always tortured herself whenever she read his texts. It was as if they never had fallen apart. He would text her like they were having a normal conversation although she never had the guts to reply back. Elena covered her mouth with her other hand as she re-read the text for the fourth time and sadly giggled at his last comment. Leave it to Damon Salvatore to turn an asking for forgiveness into a snarky comment on her looks.
She remembered him saying the thing he liked the most about her was her face, out of all the things she thought he would've said he answered with liking her round face. And when she asked him what about her body? he said her figure was just a plus, that whenever she smiled her face would light up the whole room and that was something he treasured the most about her.
Elena brought her attention back to the present as she grabbed her purse and dropped her portable phone inside the small bag. She waltzed down the stairs preparing herself for Mason's reaction when he would see her.
He was in complete awe as he saw her walked down those steps. God she had the most amazing body, and that smile that graced her lips made her look even more like the goddess everyone made her out to be.
"You look beautiful." he said once she reached him and placed on her black leather jacket that covered her top.
"Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself." she replied with a bright smile.
He smirked at her as she looped her arm through his. "Bye Bon." she spoke as they left the warm home to get hit by the cool air that invaded the quiet streets. He walked them toward his navy blue CAMRY, once inside he began to drive them to their next destination.
"So, are you going to tell me where were going?" Elena's curiosity took the best of her, she always loved surprises but right now she was just wondering where he would take them.
"Nope." Mason answered to her eager question.
She sighed and sat further into her seat "Alright." she sighed staring at the outside world that passed by the speeding car.
The car came to a stop in a very busy parking space; he surveyed the area looking for a good place to park his car. After a few seconds of glancing back and forth for a good place to put his car he grabbed the steering wheel and worked its engine back to life leading them to a nice parking spot.
He took her arm through his as they walked to a nice well known restaurant. She smiled at his Gentleman ways; once she was properly seated Mason pushed her chair back into place then sat on his own chair adjacent to her's. "This place looks magnificent." she studied the authentic restaurant amazed by how beautiful everything looked. This was a first for her to go into a classical place like this, especially since it was only just a first date. Damon never really took her out to these kinds of things; he knew she loved to be layed back. Nothing too extravagant, that just isn't her style.
He used to either cook whenever they didn't go out, take them to a very nice Italian Diner owned by one of his father's friends, or when he had this romantic feeling going on he would got out of his wits to take special care of her for the day and take her out to a very nice restaurant even though she always told him he didn't really need to. He would always say "Your special to me and you deserve nothing but the best." and that small comment never ended without a soft kiss from his addictive lips.
Snap out of it she told herself. Elena paid her attention on the menu that contained a humongous list of all different type of dishes. Finally she decided on getting the dumplings, rice, broccolis and a side dish of boiled shrimp.
They both smiled at the waiter that placed their different dishes on the table. Elena digged into her food giving out a low moan from her partially full mouth. He stared at her with an amused look on his god-like face. "Amazing isn't?" he questioned cutting out a piece of his fish to stuff into his mouth.
"Yeah it is." she replied while nodding her head to his statement.
"I kind of grew up with this type of food ever since I was a teenager." Mason explained.
"Oh, you never got tired of it?" she asked with interest in her tone.
"Nope, there's always something new to try out and all their dishes are extraordinary."
"I bet they are." she responded with a small smile on her lips then took a small sip from her iced tea.
"That's why the Then's are one of the top 5 best restaurants in Los Angeles." he proudly stated.
"What exactly is it that you do?" she found the small quiet between them not a good way to start out their date.
"I'm a photographer and I help around with this restaurant when needed." he said while getting lost in her muddy colored eyes.
"You know your nephew speaks very highly of you." Elena smiled at him knowing that Tyler had always spoken very highly of Mason.
"Wow, I never thought he would. Our family wasn't exactly proud to hear that I wanted to be a photographer instead of being upgraded to the mayor of Mystic Falls." he spoke the truth like it was nothing, and that was something she found to be amazingly cute about his personality.
"That shouldn't matter much, your doing something you enjoy and that should matter over anything else." she placed her input on what she thought to be right. Even though she really does enjoy being a very well known model she always thought about what if she stayed behind in her hometown and became a writing teacher? But there was nothing she could do now, once you let yourself known there's no going back.
"Except you know how the Lockwood's can be, since my brother saw that Tyler would become the great football player he is now. He wanted someone else to take over once he dies." Mason explained while finishing off their main dish.
"Yeah I know, my parents were the same way except for my mother of course. She used to give me that extra push to put myself out there and once I was in the spotlight, all my fears went away and all I could think about was the people who were enjoying the little show I gave them. Even though my dad was not exactly proud of the profession I chose he still supports me through it all." she gave him a light smile indicating there was more to the story than she let on.
"It's kind of weird to think most of the people that came from our small town are now very well known huh?" he questioned calling over for the waiter.
After the waiter took away their used plates and kitchen utensils he brought over their dessert.
"Yeah it kind of is. I mean I would never guess for Bonnie to be a wedding planner, while Stefan is a photographer himself. I guess since we all come from the founding families, that probably helped with connections and all." The mint ice cream started to melt its creamy feel on her tongue and she got a slight taste of dark chocolate. She sighed in contentment taking yet another scoop of her mint chocolate ice cream.
They walked away from the restaurant getting hit by the cold air that filled the night. Arms crossed Mason and Elena took a stroll pass the parking space to a close park that was nearby. As they walked pass many trees and growing flowers they talked about their past from the most happiest moments to the most embarrassing ones.
"Let me get this straight, you were flirting with this girl and weren't watching were you were going so you tripped over a rock and fell in mud." she laughed laying out a small summary of his story.
He nodded his head while letting out a laugh, "Yup, it was those stupid hormones I tell you. Once I got up from the floor she immediately ran away."
She let out a cute giggle while shaking her head "Awwh, well if I were her I would've helped you out and not run away like a scared squirrel."
"Well she wasn't the smartest person out there to begin with." he explained.
"I bet, I can't believe she actually called you the swamp monster." she felt hot tears come from the corners of her eyes from laughing so much. She sighed as she tried to control her breathing.
"What else do you expect from young love? It's full of stupid decisions, raging hormones and most importantly a lot of memorable moments." he said while picking a cream flower from the ground.
"I don't think your suppose to take that from there." she commented looking around for anyone else who might've noticed what he just did.
"I'm sure they won't mind one missing flower." he said placing the small flower in front of her.
She giggled softly and took the rose from his hand "I guess not." she smiled linking their arms once again then continuing their stroll trough the enormous park.
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These grunts were heard from the outside of the small space. He punched and punched the big bulk of leather as he got all his frustrations out of his body and mind. For the past few days he has been working out in a family's friends gym, he began working his muscles to perfection, while hardening his abs, and he felt that his arms needed more force so he also started doing a lot of weights.
So far he has been satisfied with the progress he made. He was one step closer to finishing his long list of things that needed to be fixed. He gave one last punch of the thick surface then he walked over the bench reaching for his big bottle of water. His heart was racing in a very fast pace and he wanted to keep it that way. Taking in a deep breath he dropped the clear water bottle on the wooden bench and walked back to his work out. His stance was in good shape as he gave punches to the big piece of leather. All that invaded his mind was Elena, he couldn't get her out of his mind. No matter how hard he tried, something or someone always reminded him of her. He needed to get her back in his life. His world was beginning to spiral out of control without her being included in it. And if it wasn't for his twin he would've probably been kicked out of the national football team by now.
Speaking of which...
She strolled into the hot room with a bright smile on her lips.
"Hey bro." she said as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"What is it Rebekah?" he questioned irritated.
"Stefan is coming home tomorrow." she stated giving him the biggest smile he had ever seen on his sister's face.
"That's great; I haven't seen him in a while." Damon said while getting his attention back to his boxing techniques.
"Yeah, maybe we should all have dinner together." Rebekah already had the gears rolling in her head as she watched her brother work his fists on the big object.
"Count me out." he grunted putting more force into his punches.
"Why?" she frowned.
"If were going to have a family Dinner for Stefan's return, Elena will be there and I don't think I'll be able to control myself."
"Oh come on you'll be fine." she said knowing that he wouldn't act out like a crazed person especially if this involved Stefan's coming back home.
"You don't know that. I may control myself with some things but when it comes to Elena she's the one person I cannot control myself with." Although Damon was confessing his weakness out loud he needed his sister to understand just how broken he truly is. He saw Stefan as the younger brother he wished he could have and maybe he might be able to restrain from making a big fool of himself but he just wasn't sure how much self-control he could have when it would involve seeing Elena after a whole month of breaking up their relationship.
"I get it Damon, if I were in your position I would've probably gone up to Stefan and beg and beg till he gave in. But, I just need you to behave like the brother I know and love." She said with a small smile.
"Fine, just because you asked nicely." He sighed giving one last punch to the heavy bag that hanged in the middle of the room.
"Thank you." She smiled once more and placed a sweet kiss on his cheek.
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"Today was amazing." Elena stared into his hazel orbs getting lost into the bright rays that shinned off from his beautiful eyes.
"Thank you for giving me a chance." He stated with a slight smirk.
"No problem." She smiled.
His face came closer to her own forcing their foreheads to touch; she took in a shaky breath knowing that sooner or later it would come to this. His thin lips softly pressed on hers as he placed his palms on her waist. She quickly gave into the kiss not wanting to tear apart their heating connection; her hands combed themselves into his short curls pulling his muscular figure closer to her female form.
While they kissed a memory of her and Damon's first date flashed through her mind leading to the time he kissed her on her doorstep. She sighed pushing Mason closer to her (if that was even possible) and tried her best to take the memory of her first date with Damon out of her mind. When they broke apart she was breathing heavily with her hands still invading his soft hair, he gazed into her dark chocolate brown eyes and placed his lips on her cheek. "Goodnight Elena." He whispered.
"Night." She said in a breathless tone while taking her hands away from his brown curls, she then watched him walk to his car. After he left she opened the door to the big house and walked inside finding Bonnie with a smile on her face.
"How was your date?" she questioned in a giddy tone.
"I don't kiss and tell." Elena responded walking past her friend with a small smile on her lips.
AN: This chapter took me some time since I've been writing it by parts each and everyday for the past week so I hope you guys don't find this chapter lacking anything. What did you guys think about their first date? Do you think she's moving on too fast or just in need for a rebound? Do you think Damon will be able to control himself? Because we all know life in the Rich & Famous always has paparazzi following them around so our bad boy is about to find out what Elena has been doing in her spare time.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter & thank you for your reviews in the last chapter :)
