Chapter 10

Eric wakes up Saturday morning and heads out for his morning run hoping Elena was alone. He missed running with Elena plus he wanted to ask her how the painting where coming along. He sees her and gets a huge smile on his face. He runs up next to her.

"Good morning" Eric says.

"Morning superman."

Eric smiles. "How was your day yesterday?"

"Good, went to the Yankee game."

"Nice that was a good game. I watched it on T.V."

"Nice, yeah it was. How was your night?"

"Pretty boring, preparing for next weeks class and your pop quiz."

"Really? A pop quiz?"

"Sorry, you will be fine. Just study the homework."

"Ok, and thanks for the heads up."

"Your welcome, now how is my wall coming along?"

"Done with two completely and almost done with a third."

"Awesome. Just give them to me when you're done and I'll pick one and we can decide on a day."

"Sounds good."

They kept running and they got back to Eric's house.

"Bye Elena." "Bye, Professor."

Elena headed back home to work on Mr. Northman drawling. She finished painting it and left it to dry. Elena looks at the time and it was time for lunch so she texted Damon to see if he wanted to meet. He didn't response after about 15 minutes so Elena decided to just go to the local sandwich shop and grabbed a sandwich and headed back to her room to work on her paper for history. She basically finished it and she just need to prove read it. Elena decided to go grab a smoothie and sight see a little bit. It was a warm Saturday in New York. She had just finished her smoothie when her phone starts to ring. She looks down and the phone said Jeter.

She answers, "Hello."

"Hey beautiful. What are you doing?"

"Just sight seeing a little."

"Sounds fun. Could I convince you to come to the game tonight?"

"No convincing needed I'm always up for a game."

"Good, I will leave two ticket for you at Will Call."

"Awesome, thank you."

"Anytime, see you tonight."

They hung up and Elena called Damon to see if he wanted to go with her. He did not answer so she called Sookie but she had a date. She then called Klaus but he was also busy. Elena did not really know anyone else except Mr. Northman. What the hell she thought. She emails him,

From:

To: ProfessorNorthman

Subject: Question

Hey Professor!

I had a quick question. I was wondering if you wanted to go the Yankee game with me tonight. I have an extra ticket and no one to go with. Let me know.

-Elena

Eric reads the email and smiled. He was actually free tonight. He emailed her back.

From: ProfessorNorthman

To:

Subject: Answer

Hello Elena,

I would love to go with you to the game. What time would you like me to pick you up?

-E.N.

Elena smiled and emailed him back saying around four o'clock and gave him her number so he could text her when he got there. Elena was back at her dorm and saw it was a little after three so she decided to start getting ready. Eric also started to get ready. He wore a pair of blue jeans and his Jeter shirt. He put on his converse, grabs his keys and wallet and headed out.

He pulled up in front of the dorms and texted Elena telling her that he was out front. About two minutes later Elena walks out in jeans and her Jeter jersey. Elena looked around but she did not know what kind of car was his. Eric rolled down his window. "Hey you."

Elena looks over and got in Professor Northman's Range Rover.

"Nice car."

"Thanks."

They headed toward the field.

"So no friends to go with you?"

"No all were busy and I just got the tickets this afternoon."

"Oh, nice. Are they good seats?"

"I have no idea. They were a gift."

"Ok."

They got to the field and parked. They headed toward Will Call.

"I have two tickets under Elena."

"Yes, Ms. Gilbert. Here are you tickets and also Mr. Jeter told me to ask you to please meet him after the game in the locker room."

Elena smiles, "Thank you."

Elena looks at Eric whose mouth was wide open.

"What?"

"Derek Jeter gave you these tickets?"

"Umm yeah, he called and asked me to come to the game."

"You are friends?"

"Yep, well lets get to our…" Elena looks down and rolled here eyes. "Our suite." "What?"

"Jeter gave us his suite."

"Nice."

They headed to the suite. There was a man standing next to the door and says

"Good evening Ms. Gilbert, if there is anything you need just let me know."

"Thank you."

He opened the door and they headed inside. There was no one in there. Elena sees a bouquet of blue roses. She walks over to them to smell them when she sees a note that said Elena. She opens it and it says: To my lucky charm, thank you for accepting my invitation. Enjoy the game. See you after. –Jeter Elena smiles. "Those are nice."

"Yeah, there from Jeter."

Eric smiles and walks over to the refrigerator.

"Want something to drink?"

"Sure, what do they have?"

"Everything."

Elena walks over and it seemed like everything was in there. Elena grabs a smart water and Eric grabs a beer. They walk over to the outside area of the suite and sit down to watch batting practice.

"So how did you become friends with Jeter?"

"Well, the guy I am kind a seeing father works for the Yankees and he introduced me to Jeter and him and I just hit it off."

"Nice."

"Yeah and he has played well the two games that I have gone to so he calls me his lucky charm."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, he is always trying to convince me to go to the games."

"And you finally accepted?"

"Yep."

They both sat back and enjoyed that beautiful Saturday evening in New York. They both started talking about there past. Eric was from Boston and he got tired of Elena calling him Mr. Northman or Professor so he told her to call him Eric. Elena felt weird but said fine and she finally figured out what the E stood for.

The Yankees ended up winning. Eric and Elena had a blast. They headed to the locker room after the game. Elena ran over to Derek and gave him a huge hug. They talk for a couple minutes then they left. Eric drove Elena home and the whole night Eric thought about how he was falling for a student. Which was bad!