AN: Thank you again for the great reviews on the last One Shot. I'm so happy about the great response. So, I'm kinda suffering from some bitchy writer's block and this chapter is okay (in my eyes), but I'm not 100 % satisfied with it.
I chose the song "So Close" from Enchanted (yes...Enchanted again...I'm very creative XD) and it's such a beautiful song and great scene in the movie. I think I have a thing for Delena dances XD Anyone else so anxious about the season finale tonight? I really hope for one good Delena scene (that is not a hallucination -.-) I hope you'll enjoy that chapter.
I would love to get some comments :)
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So Close
Elena smiled as Stefan slowly moved with her over the dance floor. He was a good dancer. Nothing special, but okay. Elena enjoyed the harmony and calmness for one evening.
It was Mystic Falls' annual 'Under The Stars Dance' another great invention of the one and only Carol Lockwood. Why Mystic Falls needed another dance event? No one knew. Since when it was annual? No one knew. Elena didn't care anyways. She enjoyed it to have some time apart from all the craziness in her life.
Her dress was light pink and she felt like a princess. Stefan looked good in his suit and according to Carol, they were adorable. Elena sighed. Sometimes it felt like she was under a big pressure always being the golden girl to Stefan's golden boy and she wished for a little time out.
"So, my dear dancers." Carol spoke into her mike. "Now it's time for the 'switch your partner dance'. You heard me; everyone will dance with someone who is not his date. Have fun!" Carol seemed satisfied with herself and even if Stefan didn't understand the matter of this dance he briefly kissed Elena's cheek and walked over to Caroline. "I'll be back."
Caroline was more busy kissing Tyler than dancing, but she smiled as Stefan asked her. Elena bit her lip. She wanted to ask Tyler to dance, but he already was with Bonnie. She looked around. Jeremy danced with Jenna and Alaric was captured by Carol Lockwood herself. Elena giggled at his painful expression. She tried to find Matt but he was nowhere to be found.
"May I have this dance?" A smooth voice asked from behind. Elena turned around and looked into Damon's fabulous blue eyes. She gulped. That man shouldn't be allowed to wear a suit. Elena's mouth was dry looking at him. He was absolutely stunning. He reached his hand out, a cocky smirk on his face. Elena hesitated for a moment. Then she took his hand and smiled. "I would love to."
He softly kissed her hand. "Miss Gilbert." He said and Elena laughed. "Mr. Salvatore."
He guided her to the dance floor and to Elena it felt immediately right being with him. She looked over her shoulder and glanced quickly at Stefan. He didn't seem happy about her choice of a dance partner.
They stood in front of each other and it reminded her suddenly of the Miss Mystic Falls competition and their first dance.
"You're in my arms,
And all the world is calm,
The music playing on for only two"
The music started and Damon put his arms around her waist. She thought her heart stopped beating for a second as he touched her. She thought he noticed it to, because he chuckled silently.
They started to move to the slow rhythm and Damon guided her gracefully over the dance floor. Every step was in a perfect harmony. They just felt each other's presence and the music around them. The world outside was not existent anymore.
Damon would never tell her that, but the moment she touched him, his heart would've stopped too, if it was still beating.
"So close together,
And when I'm with you,
So close to feeling alive"
He pressed her tiny body nearer to his. She almost forgot to breathe. Damon softly stroked her back. Elena smiled at him and he smiled back. A real smile, a genuine smile, not a smirk or a grin. Being with her, looking into her eyes, holding her so close, let Damon almost forget what he was. He was no vampire. He was no killer. He was just a man, being the woman he loved more than anything else in this world.
"You look beautiful." He whispered into her ear and she blushed. Damon liked it that he had such an effect on her. "You don't look bad either." She said.
He slowly twirled her around. She trusted him completely. Every step was like magic.
She was shining in the starlight and Damon couldn't believe how wonderful she was. She felt soft and warm. He remembered the dances he shared with Katherine and thought it was ironical, in a way. Both girls, so similar and yet so different.
With one he danced while he was alive, but she made him dead inside, and with the other one he danced while he was dead and she made him feel alive again.
"As life goes by,
Romantic dreams must die,
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew"
She laughed and it was the purest sound he ever heard. "Where did you learn to dance like that?" She asked amazed. Stefan was okay, he knew the steps and how to guide her, but Damon made her feel the dance. Made her feel the music.
"Well, Elena…what can I say, I'm just gorgeous." He smirked and she shook her head. "If you have an eternity, you learn one or two things. I always enjoyed dancing, even back in the 1860's." He explained and she liked that answer better.
They floated light-footed over the floor. "It's kinda romantic." She said sweetly. "Damon Salvatore you have a romantic side." She giggled and Damon wished he could show her how romantic he could be. He watched her with Stefan and thought more than once that he would treat her differently. Not just like a girlfriend, but like a princess. She deserved romance and everything she dreamed of. But he knew he would never get the chance to show her. She would never know how he really felt about her. He told her once and made her forget. He loved her too much to burden her with his feelings.
She laid her head against his chest for a moment. She was so warm and smelled like peaches and sunflowers. How much he wished he could just tell her and see what they could be.
"So close was waiting, waiting here for you,
And now forever I know,
All that I want is to hold you
So close"
Elena enjoyed every moment of the dance. Being that close to him, feeling his hands on her skin, his hot breath in her face and his eyes locked into hers made her feel something she never thought she was capable of. It was amazing, so intense and scary in a way. She wanted to press her body even harder against his. She wanted him to put his arms around her and hold like there is no tomorrow.
Every thought of Stefan was blown off. There was no boyfriend. There were no other people. There was just a dance floor and her and Damon.
When she was a little girl and her mother read her fairytales before she went to sleep, she always dreamed of a prince and a dance like this. It felt like she waited forever to get it and now she was here, with Damon, dancing the perfect fairytale dance and wished it would never stop.
"So close to reaching that famous happy end,
Almost believing this one's not pretend"
He twirled her around again. They stopped dancing for a moment and just stared each other. There was so much reflected in both of their looks. Longing, joy, fear and love. He placed his hands around her again and the dance went on.
For a brief moment Damon thought she was all his. Her body, her heart and her soul.
For a brief moment Elena thought it was meant this way. Him and her, together until the end.
She closed her eyes and got lost. One step, only one step to make and she would get her fairytale ending.
He looked down at her lips. One kiss and he would get all he ever wanted.
But both of them knew that this was not the reality. He was not her prince and she would never be his princess. But even to pretend it for one second, made them happier than ever before in their lives.
"And now you're beside me and look how far we've come,
So far we are so close"
Damon couldn't believe how perfect that moment was. When he first met Elena Gilbert she was a curiosity, because of her resemblance to Katherine. He wanted to destroy her to destroy Stefan. Than something strange happened. He started to like her, to see her as a friend. And friendship turned into something more. He always thought he loved Katherine, but his love for Elena was so much more. He messed up countless times and still she always forgave him and let him in again. She was his redemption, his angel.
And now they were here, together so close and he didn't even understand how far they came to get there.
Elena couldn't believe how perfect that moment was. When she first met Damon Salvatore he was her boyfriend's big brother who turned out to be a maniac vampire. He killed and made her life miserable. But then something strange happened. They became friends. And friendship turned into more. Elena fought everyday against her feelings. Too much happened between them, many bad things they were both to blame for and yet she always was drawn back to him.
And now they were here, so close and she didn't even understand how far they came to get there.
"How could I face the faceless days,
If I should lose you now?"
Damon and Elena were lost so deep into each other that they didn't even notice that all eyes were on them.
The closeness between them was so strong, that everyone wondered, what was going on. Especially Stefan. He looked worried and scared and jealous. The way she looked at his brother, she never looked at him.
He slowly pulled away from Caroline. "I'm sorry, Care." He walked towards his girlfriend and his brother.
Caroline gave him an understanding smile and left the dance floor.
Stefan tapped Damon's shoulder. His brother turned around and looked like he just woke up from a dream. "May I cut in?" Stefan asked determined.
Damon glanced at Elena. She didn't move. Everything inside of her screamed 'No' but she wouldn't say anything.
Damon nodded and stepped aside. "Of course, brother." Every inch of his body ached not to let her go. Their hands touched briefly for a last time and he wished for nothing more than to pull her back and kiss her. But she wasn't his. She belonged with his brother and he needed to accept that.
Stefan smiled at Elena and put his hands around her waist. It didn't feel electrifying and her heart didn't stop beating. She wanted for Damon to come back. To pull her out of Stefan's arms and kiss her. But that would never happen. Damon wouldn't come and she wouldn't go. She belonged with Stefan that at least was what her mind told her. She wouldn't hurt him like Katherine did. She wouldn't break that bond between the brothers again. So she would smile and dance.
Stefan twirled her around, but there was no magic and no fairytale atmosphere. It was just a dance.
"We're so close,
To reaching that famous happy end,
Almost believing this one's not pretend,
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close"
Damon ordered a drink and watched Elena finishing the dance with Stefan. He could still feel her body close to his. Both of them merge into one person on the dance floor. He could see her eyes, telling him that she never wanted them to stop and wishing for the same things he did.
Elena looked over Stefan's shoulder. She didn't want eye contact with him. She searched for Damon. Their eyes were locked again the moment she saw him. And then she started to pretend. She pretended that she was still dancing with Damon and not with Stefan. That she had their moment back and were close to him again. And for a second she believed it. Stefan's touch made her feel the reality again. He was not Damon and he would never be.
The music stopped and they left the dance floor. As they passed Damon, he gave her a small smile.
She didn't know if they would ever be that close again, but she could dream about it, knowing he would do the same.
She had her arm linked with Stefan. He was talking to Tyler for a moment and Elena reached automatically her hand out. Damon did the same. Their fingertips touched for a second before Stefan started to walk again, pulling Elena with him.
"So close
And still so far"
The End