～～First date～～

Katherine Pierce was sitting on the plane and sipping a cocktail she had ordered from the cute male flight attendant just moments ago. She rose the glass at some elder woman who gave her a funny look and kicked off her high heels she had been wearing all day. It would take 4 hours to get to the airport and then an hour to get to Mystic falls and to her hotel. She smiled slightly in her thought and took another sip from the glass and leaned to her seat.

It was already 2pm and Damon had gotten everything ready. He sat down to his sofa and looked really smug. He was proud of his creation. He had cleared the large dining table in the dining room and got new candles for the golden chandelier, which hanged just above the table, he had also added a candelabrum to the middle of the table and changed its candles as well. He had picked up red roses from his garden and placed them to a crystal vase by the candelabrum. He admitted that it was a cliché but the flowers looked stunning in the dark room plus they were Elena's favourite flowers. He smiled at the thought of Elena and stood up walking to the kitchen to start up the dinner. He had planned to order some food from his restaurant but decided to surprize Elena by cooking himself tonight. He started to get the ingredients from the refrigerator and placing them to the island in the middle of the room. He had decided to make bruschetta for appetizer, Cajun pasta fresca for the main dish and ice cream tiramisu for dessert. He got his mother's recipe book from the cupboard and started to go through the pages to find the right recipes before getting started.

Elena was once again standing by her closet, her hands on each side of her hips. She was trying to figure out what to wear. She knew Damon so she knew he was planning something fancy. That means she should wear a dress. Only if she would've thought about this she would've gotten some of her dresses from her apartment before she left. Now she had only one choice, which means going through tons of shops and spending loads of money. She sighed and decided to dial Caroline the shopaholic.

In about 45 minutes Elena was standing by a window of the most expensive shop Caroline had found from the mall.

"The perfect dresses live here," Caroline said as she pulled Elena into the bright shop. Its walls were pale white and the only colours in the room were the neatly placed dresses on racks and mannequins by the window.

"I'm not sure about this shop Care," Elena said as she glanced at the price tag, which held way too many digits.

"Money isn't problem. Just pick something and you'll get it for free." Caroline replied picking up a red knee length dress with diamonds decorating the neckline.

"Excuse me?" Elena asked staring at her best friend.

"You surely didn't notice the name of this place didn't you?" Carolina stated laughing. "Does C.F. say anything to you? Caroline Forbes perhaps?" Caroline asked holding up another red dress from the rack.

"You own this place?" Elena asked taking in the decoration more carefully. By the register on the wall were painted C.F. in black capital letters and one of the four walls of the room was mirror which had been decorated with silver decorations.

"I do silly! Now hurry up and pick a dress or two! Which colour and length?" Caroline asked turning to her best friend.

"I don't know… And I can't accept a free dress, Caroline!" Elena said running her hand through her hair.

"Of course you accept it! If you feel bad you can return it if you want but I suggest you keep it. And for deciding the dress… We'll do that the old fashion way. Get into the fitting room Gilbert!" Caroline answered pushing Elena into the fitting room before she could open her mouth to protest. Elena let out a breath and started to undress while waiting for Caroline to come back.

Just after a moment Caroline held three dresses in her arms and gave them to Elena who was waiting in the dressing room in her underwear.

"Here! I want to see every single of those on you so step out when you're done," Caroline called from the other side of the curtain and sat down to the design chair close Elena's stall.

Elena glanced at the first dress. It was light pink and way too short. Elena sighed at pulled it on. The chiffon looked great on her and hugged her curves perfectly. The layered hem was light and looked like a cotton candy because of the net-like material in between of the layers.

"This is too short." Elena said as she stepped out of the fitting room, trying to pull the hem down.

"It's not! It looks nice and cute! Girly but sexy," Caroline explained motioning Elena to turn around. "Try on the another two though."

"Fine…"

The next dress was dark purple with lighter dots all over it and black top part. It was knee-length and had a layered hem also. She stepped out again and Caroline looked really happy.

"That dress is so beautiful on you!" She shrieked clapping her hands together.

"You think?" Elena asked straightening the hem.

"Absolutely! But you still have the last one to go!"

Elena stepped into the room once again and put on the golden 50's inspirited princess cut strapless dress. It fit perfectly to Elena's figure, making her waist look really small and her bust look fuller. As Elena stepped out of the fitting room Caroline covered her mouth with her palm.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh, Elena! Now we are going to get a pair of high heels for you! Change back into your own clothes and throw the dress to me, I'll wrap it up for you." Caroline said and pushed Elena into the fitting room and waited for the golden dress.

One and half hours later Elena was in her bedroom surrounded by shopping bags. In one of them was the golden dress, the one she was still holding included a pair of black designer shoes Caroline had made her buy and on her drawer was necklace and earrings Caroline had borrowed to her. The earrings were simple diamond studs that were slightly yellow coloured, and the necklace was as simple as the earrings, simple golden chain and a tear shaped diamond hanging from it. Elena dropped the bag with shoes to her bed and examined the last bag on her bed and bit her lip. It was like an unwritten rule, when you went shopping for date clothes with Caroline it meant getting a set of beautiful underwear. This time Caroline had made Elena buy red and black bustier to 'keep her posture straight' according to Caroline. Elena hadn't argued with her, she was tempted to see Damon's face as he saw her wearing it. Maybe it wasn't tonight but some other night then. She bit her lip as she ran her hand over the corset and decided to wear it. Just in case.

Damon was proud of himself again. He had managed to create a perfect dinner and now it was time for him to get ready. He had already showered and almost dressed up. Now he was trying to decide between white and black button-up shirt. He decided to wear the black one. Damon buttoned up the shirt and checked his appearance from the mirror. He fixed his hair and stared at his shirt and decided to unbutton two buttons. He smiled at his reflection, gave his hair a final touch and made his way downstairs ready to meet Elena. He sat down to an armchair and relaxed.

Elena stood behind the door of the boarding house and took a deep breath. She took a mirror from her handbag and checked her dark brown makeup and curled hair. She pouted her lips and put the mirror back. She tried to relax and shrugged off her doubts for tonight and knocked the door. The door opened in seconds and revealed Damon. His eyes seemed to be even bluer than before and his hair looked just perfect. Elena froze to the doorstep and just stared at the man in front of her.

"You look so beautiful, Elena," Damon said giving her a small kiss to her blushed chin. "Please come in."

"Thank you," Elena replied taking his extended arm and following him into the house. Damon helped her take off her long black coat and held his breath as he saw the dress. She looked good enough to eat on her.

"Would it be rude if I kissed you?" Damon asked gulping. Elena could see his eyes darken as he stepped closer.

"It would be rude if you didn't kiss me."

Damon closed the distance between them and gave her a gentle kiss, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer as Elena's fingers made their way to the back of his neck. They parted and Damon looked down at the woman in his arms and gave her a small peck. She smiled at him not being able to let go of him.

"You hungry?" Damon asked still looking down at Elena.

"Yeah, a bit." She confessed using all of her will power to let go of him. Damon let go of her as well and took her hand leading her to the dining room. Elena gasped as she saw the roses and candles decorating the beautiful room. Damon led her to her place near the cracking fire. He held the chair out for her like a proper gentleman and poured some wine to her glass.

"Trying to make sure that I don't leave tonight?" Elena asked playfully.

"What do you mean?"

"Pouring me some wine so I can't drive home…"

"Oh… You don't have to drink that then."

"Oh I will." Elena replied sipping the alcohol. Both of them could feel the tension in the room but there was nothing to do about that, at least not yet.

"Appetizers are coming up!" Damon called as he left to the kitchen.

Katherine Pierce was sitting in the Gilbert's living room with Isobel. She was filing her nails and occasionally sipping the cocktail Isobel had gotten for her.

"When do you think we should act?" Isobel asked staring at the woman in front of her. Katherine glanced at the older woman in front of her and huffed.

"As soon as possible, obviously. When we see them together I'll do an appearance and everything will be over in between them. Oh and hopefully I'll get Damon out of the picture completely. I want him to be all mine." Katherine answered smiling sweetly at Isobel who was trying not to get her hopes up. There were so many things that could go wrong.

"Ahh! This tiramisu was perfect!" Elena sighed as she leaned back on her seat.

"Not as perfect as the company…" Damon trailed of staring intensely into her eyes. Elena felt a slight blush creep to her cheeks. Damon reached over the table and took Elena's hand to his. "It was a pleasure to spend this evening with you." Damon said smiling at his female companion.

"It was nice to spend it with you too." Elena replied staring at his eyes. "I think I should leave…" Elena started as she let go of Damon's hand and stood up. Damon stood up as well and walked next to her.

"Please, don't. I've spent too many days, too many nights without you in my arms. I am not going to let you leave from me. Not today, not tomorrow, never. I am never letting you go." Damon said pulling her to his chest and wrapping his arms around her tiny waist. "Oh and you've drank too much wine to drive…" Damon continued placing a lingering kiss to her lips.

"Mood killer," Elena muttered as she let Damon guide her to the bedroom.

A/N

Updated this finally! I had some sort of writer's block going on but I think I've gotten past that thanks to my brother who helped me with the plot.

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