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Here's chapter 9 I hope you enjoy it, it's the longest chapter yet and does contain Delena so hope you like it!
Chapter 9: Car Wash
Elena took a final glance at herself in her full length mirror. She was wearing very short denim short, showing off her mile long, olive toned legs. On top she had a cute red bikini and a see through lace crop top over the top of her bikini. Her perfect, slender figure was still visible through the lace top.
The door bell rang, she heard her mom answer it and allowed Caroline and Bonnie to wait inside. "Elena!" she called. "Caroline and Bonnie are here!" She let her wavy, chocolate brown hair fall over her shoulders and she ran downstairs to greet her friends.
"Yes, Mrs Gilbert. The car wash starts at 12:30 but we needed to be there to make sure everything is ready." Caroline said obviously answering a question Miranda asked.
"Well I hope you have fun and please call me Miranda, you're making me feel old." Miranda laughed and both girls giggled.
"Ready?" Elena asked as she reached the bottom of the stairs. Caroline's blonde hair was curled and too ends pulled back. She wore a pink and white polka dot bikini top with light blue denim short, shorts and a mini cream cardigan over her shoulders. Bonnie wore a plain white sleeveless, cotton shirt with a pair of short black shorts. Underneath she had a small black bikini top on. They all looked fantastic.
"Oh my God, Elena you look amazing." Caroline squealed and she smiled with a little giggle.
"Oh, let me look at you," Miranda stated as all three girls stood in a line in front of her. "Beautiful, you'll be turning some heads." Caroline and Bonnie giggled and Elena glared at her mom feeling a little embarrassed. "You have great weather for it anyway girls. It's warm out considering it's the beginning of October."
"We're just hoping it won't dramatically change." Bonnie said.
"I'll keep my fingers crossed." Miranda affirmed.
With that Elena, Bonnie and Caroline said goodbye and walked towards the school where the car wash was being held.
They walked into the parking lot to see Rebekah standing talking to the other cheerleaders. The three walked over to them. "The guys aren't here yet?" Bonnie asked.
"Stefan and Alex are," Rebekah notified, "their inside, don't ask what they're doing I have no idea," she added.
"Great, that leaves Tyler, Luka, Damon, Chad, Michael, Jason and Zach, they better be here." Caroline spoke sounding a little frustrated even before the event has began. "Okay, Tiki, Jess and Aimee come with me. Rebekah make sure we have enough towels, sponges, rags and...Well you know what we need. Also could you ask Stefan and Alex to check the water?" Caroline asserted and Rebekah walked inside the school. Then finally Caroline turned towards Elena and Bonnie. "You two, will you check the cash box and make sure we have enough forms and receipts for people to fill in." Caroline asserted and walked away with Tiki, Jess and Aimee.
"Yes sir." Elena and Bonnie said in unison and began to giggle before heading towards the school to follow Caroline's demands.
A couple of hours later the car had started. All of the guys had arrived an hour ago and were washing the cars along with the cheerleaders. A few of them were playing with the water and splashing each other.
Elena was sat minding the money already given and having people to play and fill out the form. One man finished filling out a form, Elena smiled and handed him his receipt. "You would like you can come and pick your car up in an hour or you can wait over at the refreshment area." She smiled and the man smiled bag at her leaving his keys.
Damon was washing the bonnet of a black Volkswagen. He couldn't help but watch Elena's every movement. She was so gorgeous in her short, shorts, red bikini and lace crop top; there was no denying he was totally attracted to her at that moment. He was soon knocked back to reality by a wet sponge hitting the side of his face. He turned his head abruptly to see Stefan chuckling. "You do realise you're ogling right?" he stated fully aware of who Damon was watching.
He threw the sponge back at his step-brother, "No I am observing actually," he corrected.
Stefan held is soapy hands up in mock defence. "Okay then, whatever you say." He said before chuckling.
Damon carried on watching her as he cleaned the car. Why does she have to look so hot? He asked himself as Stefan began to laugh again. "Go an talk to her, it's better than just staring at her from afar and looking like a creep," Stefan chuckled.
Damon stopped cleaning the car. "Fine," he said not looking at his brother and throwing the sponge hitting Stefan's face. He slowly made his way over to where Elena was sitting.
Elena smiled at another customer. "Thank you." She placed the five dollars in the cash box and looked up to see beautiful blue eyes gazing down at her. "Hey," she spoke a little quieter than she wanted.
Damon smirked. "Hey gorgeous," he stated as he winked at her causing her cheeks to redden a little. This caused a smile to appear on his lips.
Elena evened out the money on the table and placed it in the cash box and locked it with the small key as Damon continued to watch her. She eventually looked up at him, "Did you want something?" She asked.
Damon cleared his throat. "Uh, not really, I just got tired of cleaning and saw you were by yourself so I came to keep you company." He said with a one sided smirk pulling the right side of his mouth.
"Oh how kind of you," Elena spoke with a little sarcasm and smiled. "Well now that you're here you can watch the money while I go and find Caroline. We need some more of these shimmy things." Elena gestured to a yellow rag on the table.
Damon nodded and sat down in the spare seat as Elena stood up, "I'll be right back," she declared and started to walk away but turned around again. "I won't leave you too long by yourself." She said with a slight smirk that caused Damon to smile again. He admired her as she walked away from him and into the school.
While Elena was walking through the hallway Caroline turned to corner from a connecting hallway. "Hey," Elena said as she started walking towards her.
Caroline had a worried look on her face, "Hey Elena," the worried look came through in her voice as she spoke.
"What's wrong?" she asked concernedly.
"I can't seem to find Tyler anywhere, have you seen him?" Caroline asked.
Elena shook her head, "No sorry I haven't," she was beginning to worry herself. "I'm sure he's around here somewhere, probably just taking a break," Elena reassured her.
Caroline looked around and then back to Elena, "Yeah you're probably right." A worried look seemed to turn to a smile in an instant. "So, everything okay with you?" she asked.
Elena was concerned at how quickly her mood changed however she didn't question it. "Oh, everything's going great. All going to plan," she assured.
"Great," Caroline beamed.
"I just came to get some more of them shimmy rag things, I don't know what they're called." Elena shrugged.
Caroline smiled and giggled. "Ha me neither. I put a box of the in the English room, take as many as you need."
"Thanks," Elena walked towards the English room and Caroline went back outside to the car wash.
Elena was walking towards the door of the English room, she opened it and shock attacked her face. Jeremy and Anna were looked in a passionate kiss, Anna sitting on the desk and Jeremy standing in front of her, they pulled apart as soon as they heard somewhere there.
"Elena," Jeremy said embarrassed that his sister had just walked in the room and a shocked expression matching the one on her face.
Elena managed to function properly again, Jeremy had said they were just friends so this came as a bit of a shock. "I, uh, I, uh... I was looking for the...the shimmy rags for the cars." She explained.
Jeremy was still a little embarrassed. "Yeah over there," he gesture towards a cardboard box on one of the desks. Anna slipped down from the desk even more embarrassed than Jeremy.
Elena picked up two packets of the rags and turned to face both Jeremy and Anna directly. "What I don't understand is you told me, mom and dad that you two were just friends...Why didn't you just tell us you were dating?" she asked curiously.
Jeremy and Anna both glanced at each other before looking at Elena again. "Well we only now found out ourselves," Jeremy explained looking back at Anna who was smiling up at him. He put his arm around her shoulder protectively.
Elena began to smile widely. "Well I'm happy for you, both of you," she began to leave the room but turned around to look at them again. "Remember you're welcome over anytime Anna. I'm not sure if Jeremy has got to that part so in case he hasn't this is your invitation." Elena smiled at both of them before leaving the room with the two packs of yellow rags.
Jeremy and Anna stared at the door Elena has just walked out of and after a moment they turned to look at each other. Jeremy smiled down at her as she smiles up at him. He kissed her cheek and pulled her into a warm embrace.
Elena was walking back to the table and to her surprise Damon was actually still sitting where she had left him. He smiled when he saw her returning.
She put the rags down on the table and sat back in her seat next to Damon. "I didn't expect you to still be here, I thought you would have gone," she said while opening the plastic of one of the packets of rags.
He leaned back in his seat, "You asked me to watch the money so I did. I couldn't exactly leave it unattended, could I?"
Elena turned to look at him. "Oh yeah, I forgot. Thank you for that by the way," she smiled and looked down at the forms on the table.
"No problem," Damon said smirking, watching her read over the forms and receipts. "Hey I was wondering..." the sound of his voice after a short silence made Elena look up at him. "...since Tyler and Caroline are going on their date tonight and so are Luka and Bonnie, how would you like to come to the Grill tonight?" he asked.
Elena was a little thrown aback by his offer and grew confused at why he would even want to hang out outside school again after the incident that happened last time. "I don't know," she said in a slight unsure tone.
"Oh come on," he insisted. "It'll be you, Rebekah, Stefan and me. What do you say?" he asks again opening his eyes wide trying to pull off the puppy dog eyes. However it seemed to be working.
Elena rolled her eyes at his foolishness and smiled, she liked the idea of it not just being her and Damon alone, it was a group thing. I hope he doesn't think it's a double date, she thought. "Sure why not? I'll be home alone bored otherwise."
Damon smiled. "Great, just a group of friends hanging out," he stated slightly assuring. I don't want her to think it's a double date, he thought, I don't want to scare her away from our friendship.
"What time?" Elena asked.
Damon thought for a moment. "Uh, not sure yet, let me just ask Stefan." Damon was about to stand up when Elena grabbed his arm stopping him. "I'll tell you what, if I just give you my number then you can text me the time," she took her phone out of her pocket.
Damon nodded and smile, sitting back down and he putted his phone from out of his back pocket. He pressed 'add new contact' and handed me his phone so Elena was able to type in her number.
She handed him back his phone. "Now make sure you text the time at least twenty minutes before hand so I can get ready," she requested.
"Sure thing," Damon noted.
Elena was sitting up on her bed reading 'Sense and Sensibility' by Jane Austen. Jane Austen was one of her favourite authors she could re-read all of her books over and over again.
All of a sudden a buzz of vibration came from her phone on her nightstand. She was so engrossed in her book that the sound of her phone made her bounce up. She placed her bookmark inside on the page and settled the book or the nightstand.
A red light flashed indicating a new message.
Hey, meet us at the Grill in 30 minutes.
-D
Elena smiled at the text and saved the number under Damon. Quickly she changed into a pair of black skinny jeans and red blouse with her cream leather jacket and headed towards the Grill.
Damon, Stefan and Rebekah were pulling into the small parking lot as Elena was walking to the door of the Grill.
Rebekah jumped out of the back seat of the car and walked over to Elena and hugged her friendly. "Elena, glad you made it," she realised her.
"Yep, I made it," she said smiling. Rebekah linked her arm with Elena's and both girls walked into the Grill followed by Damon and Stefan.
They walked towards a booth at the far end of the Grill; Stefan sat next to Rebekah and Damon next to Elena. Damon leaned towards Elena's ear. "Glad you decided to come," he whisper and Elena looked at him and smiled.
Stefan handed out the menus from the stand. "Should we eat?" he asked and they all opened the menus.
Moments later a skinny, red headed waitress with too much eye make-up walked over to their table. "Ready to order?" she asked.
"Yeah I think so," Damon closed his menu. "Ladies first he said looking between Rebekah and Elena.
Rebekah spoke up. "Well, I'll have the chicken salad and a side of onion rings."
The waitress nodded and wrote down Rebekah's order. "Would you like a regular or large side?" she asked.
"Regular please," Rebekah said placing her menu back in the stand.
Damon, Stefan and Rebekah all turned to look at Elena who was still reading from her menu. She looked up, "Oh, uh, could you come back to me, I'm still deciding," Elena smiled and carried on reading over the menu.
"Well then I'll have the chicken curry with a side of garlic bread." Stefan spoke up and Rebekah raised an eyebrow. "Don't expect a kiss from me tonight then," she said with a little smile and Stefan chuckled putting his arm over her shoulder.
Damon looked up at the waitress as she turned her attention to him. "Uh, I'll just have the cheeseburger and fries." He leaned over Elena to place his menu in the stand.
The waitress wrote on her pad. "Do you want pickles?" she asked.
Damon rubbed both hands together. "Oh yes," he answered with a little one sided smirk.
Finally the waitress turned back to Elena and Elena looked up at her closing her menu. "I think I'll just have the same. Cheeseburger and fries," she placed her menu in the stand while the waitress wrote down her order. "Oh but minus the pickles," she added.
The waitress looked up and smiled at all of them, "Got it, the food won't be long, you can get drinks at the bar if you wish," she informed. "Have a lovely evening," the waitress added before walking towards the doors of the kitchen.
"Stef, want a quick game?" Damon asked gesturing his head towards the pool table.
"Yeah sure," he stood up. "You don't mind do you?" Stefan turned and asked Rebekah.
"Course not, get out of here," she joked. "Elena and I can have some girl talk." She smiled at Stefan and turned to smile at Elena.
Elena and Rebekah watched both boys walk towards the pool table. When Rebekah was sure they were involved in a game she turned to look at Elena who turned to her at the same time. "So, how are you doing Elena? Didn't really get a chance to talk to you at the car wash, Caroline had me doing, God knows what she had me doing," she laughed.
Elena nodded and laughed. "Yeah I'm good. Caroline can be a little full on at times."
"Yeah but I love her," Rebekah added.
"Yeah," Elena said with a growing smile. "So, how's things with you and Stefan?" she asked giving Rebekah a little wink.
Rebekah giggled feeling slightly embarrassed. "We're great. Sometimes I feel like I like him more than he likes me," she sighed.
Elena raised her eyebrows and widened her eyes. "Seriously, you can tell he's crazy about you just as much as I can tell you're crazy about him," she assured while giving Rebekah's hand a squeeze of reassurance.
Rebekah began to gleam. "Thank you so much for saying that." She stood up and gave Elena a big bug across the table before sitting back down. "So, anyone caught your eye?" Rebekah winked.
Elena laughed through a breath and rolled her eyes. "What is it with you girls and asking me about guys and who I want to date?" she asked smiling.
"What? I'm just interested. There are plenty of hot guys around that you could have," she said raising an eyebrow.
Elena leaned on the crossing her arms. "I know there are hot guys, I've seen them, but I'm not interested in having a boyfriend just yet." Elena explained.
Rebekah leaned back and relaxed in her seat, crossing her one leg over the other, "Fine," she began to smirk. "Not even Damon Salvatore."
Elena's eyes widened and she coughed in awkwardness. "I'm not interested in Damon that way; we're friends, well sort of but yeah..." she trailed off into her thoughts.
Rebekah interrupted her. "Sure of course. I've seen you two together, if you're not together now then just wait you will be. You guys chemistry and you can't deny it, just wait you'll see I'm right." Elena shook her head while Rebekah smiled cheekily at her. "I'll be right back, going to the restroom," she stated and Elena nodded.
Rebekah was out of sight and Elena leaned back in her seat. She looked over at the pool table where Damon and Stefan were. She smiled at how they goofed around together and it grew wider when Damon it the ball and three broke and went into the holes. He did a little celebratory dance to rub it in to Stefan. Why does he have to look so good? She thought to herself. Elena turned away at the same second Rebekah came back from the restroom. She thought about the way Damon smiled and at that moment a smile tugged at her mouth.
Hope you liked the chapter, chapter 10 will be up soon.
I just wanted to ask a question... I know where I am going with the story it's all mapped out however I was just curious to whether YOU think, or would like me to speed up the Delena getting together process? Or do you think I should hold off for a while? Please comment I'd love to hear your opinion on that!
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