Elena POV

I woke up the next morning to fifteen text messages from my mom and dad. I knew I had to call them but I really didn't want to move from this happy little cocoon I found myself in. Wrapped up in Damon Salvatore's arms while the window was open letting the morning breeze blow through was every definition of perfect. The sun was slanting through the curtains and he looked amazing even in sleep. I had wanted to stay awake later than him last night so I could study his features all night, something I was too embarrassed to do while he was awake. I wasn't at the point in our relationship where I could openly stare at hiim just because I wanted to.

"I can feel you staring." He murmured with his eyes still closed. His arms tightened around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I gasped when I felt his early morning hardness.

"How? You haven't even opened your eyes." I asked.

"I don't need to open my eyes to see you. I can feel your eyes on me." He said finally cracking open one eye.

"Well good morning there. He finally awakes." I teased. He responded by rolling me onto my back and straddling my body.

"You shouldn't tease me so early in the morning Elena." He warned me and I giggled.

"I should text my parents. Caroline was supposed to tell them I was staying at her house." I told him and he rolled off of me and I grabbed my phone from the bedside table. I opted instead to call home, knowing that if they wanted to yell at me it was better to do it over the phone instead of text message.

"Elena?" My dad asked when he picked up the house line after only one ring.

"Yeah it's me. I spent the night at Caroline's, I thought you knew." I told them.

"We know that now. I'm sorry for all the messages, we didn't get a hold of Caroline until this morning." My dad told me and I breathed a sigh of relief. I was so happy they bought our story.

"It's okay. I'll be home in a little while." I told him and my dad told me to take my time. It was Sunday morning and I had

all day to do whatever I wanted.

"Just call me when you want a ride, I'll come and pick you up." My dad told me.

"I was just thinking of calling Damon. I want to spend some time with him today before I come home." I told him and he agreed. When I hung up my phone immediately started ringing again. Caroline's smiling face popped up on my screen and I mouthed a "sorry" to Damon before answering it. He shrugged and started drawing shapes on the part of my arm that wasn't covered by his t-shirt.

"Hey." I greeted her happy that our plan worked.

"I think Tyler is cheating on me." She whispered. Her voice was hoarse so I knew she'd been crying. It wasn't too often that Caroline Forbes cried over a boy. If she thought something else was going on with any guy she was dating she'd typically just dump him and get it over with. But this was Tyler and she really liked him, maybe even loved him.

"Why do you think that?" I asked needing more information.

"I called him last night to see if he wanted to come over and he said no. I was okay with that until I heard the voice of another girl in the background. But now he's dodging my calls and he won't pick up the phone." She told me.

"Do you want me to come over?" I asked her, knowing that my duties as best friend involved comforting her in times of need. This was definitely one of those times.

"I don't want to interrupt your time with Damon." She said. I heard her sniffle and I knew without a doubt that I had to go to her.

"No you're not. You're my best friend, I'll be there whenever you need me. You need me right now, just let me change and get Damon to drive me over." I told her. She whispered thank you to me before we hung up.

"What's up with Caroline?" Damon asked getting the gist of who I was talking to.

"She thinks Tyler's cheating on her and she's really broken up about it." I explained as I got out of bed and grabbed my jeans and shirt. I quickly changed out of his t-shirt and back into my clothes while he dressed too.

"Tyler's been spending a lot of time with Mason lately. He's practically become an honorary member of our group. But I'm not sure what's going on there." He told me.

"It scares me that Tyler is spending time with Mason. Aside from you and Klaus, I don't like the rest of your group." I told him apologetically.

"Don't apologize. I'm not all that fond of them either." Damon said dryly as we left the room.

We made it out to his car without any interruptions. When we got into the car he turned up the radio and drove me to my best friends house.

"Am I going to see you again today?" Damon asked.

"I'll call you when I'm done with Caroline." I told him and he leaned over to kiss me goodbye. Before I even got to her door Caroline had it open and was pulling me inside.

"I can't believe this is happening to me." She cried.

"I know. But no matter what's happening you're better than this. If he's cheating on you then he's completely stupid. Now guy with half a brain would ever betray you." I told her and she flung her arms around me again.

"I love you Lena." She cried into my shirt. After she cried for a few minutes she pulled back and wiped all traces of tears from her face.

"Are you okay now?" I asked her carefully.

"I'm sorry I broke down. Will you stay with me?" She asked and I nodded my head.

"We can have a chick flick and junk food night." I told her and she smiled at me.

"That's exactly what I need." She told me and hugged me once more.

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Damon POV

After going home for a couple of hours Klaus texted me telling me that all the guys were meeting at the Grill to play pool. It was Mason's birthday tomorrow so he was throwing himself a pre-birthday party tonight. Everyone one we knew would be there and everyone would be getting pissed on a Sunday night. Only Mason would invite everyone to a party where there would most definitely be booze on a Sunday night. I agreed to go only because I knew Elena was spending the evening with Caroline after her revelation about Tyler. I couldn't explain it but I kind of felt protective of the blonde. She was my girls best friend so I tended to worry about her too.

"I'm going out." I called to my dad as I left the house. He said goodbye as I walked out, I knew he was mentally preparing for my mom to come home. She was flying in next week and it took that long to mentally prepare for her arrival. My mom was something else to say the least. I got into my car and drove towards the Grill, when I got there I was shocked at how full the parking lot was already. I also knew that the Grill would stay open late on a Sunday night for Mason. He just had that effect on people. Except Elena that is.

"Dude you made it." Mason clapped me on the shoulder when I walked in.

"Where else would I be?" I asked dryly as I walked in.

"Out tapping that virgin piece of ass?" He asked me and I rolled my eyes. I really didn't want to get into a fight with Mason tonight. I walked over to the bar and ordered myself a beer before sitting down on the stool. I was planning on behaving tonight, I had no intention of going to school with a hangover but I had every intention of going to school to see Elena. I said hi to a few people who were invited by Mason. He invited everyone in our grade and all of the seniors. Along with them he invited a handful of sophomores, just the ones he declared cool enough. He never invited freshman, according to Mason they didn't count until they were at least sophomores unless your name was Jeremy Gilbert. Mason only associated with him for his lunch money. I looked around the place looking for someone I actually wanted to talk to.

"She's not here dude." Klaus said sitting on the stool beside me with a beer in hand.

"Who?" I asked.

"Elena." Klaus teased.

"I know that, she's with Caroline. She's having boy issues." I told him and Klaus immediately perked up.

"Tyler doesn't deserve a girl like that. He's here flirting and she's at home upset." Klaus muttered.

"Elena's with her. I was actually thinking of calling her and asking her to come." I told him.

"Do it. It'll be good to see you be all twitterpated with Elena." Klaus told me.

"I think it's more so you can eye Caroline all night. But I'll call and ask Elena if she wants to come hang out." I told him pulling my phone out of my pocket and dialling her already familiar cell number. After a short conversation Elena agreed to come and join us here with Caroline. She wanted Caroline to show Tyler that she didn't need him. That he could do what he wanted but she would get the last laugh.

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Elena POV

"Are you sure I can face him? Caroline asked me as we walked up to the Grill.

"Absolutely. You don't have to face him, if he's going to cheat it's going to be tonight. Just watch and see what he does. There are a lot of people in here I don't think he'd notice you unless you walked right up to him." I told her and she nodded.

"Alright. Should I flirt with anyone tonight?" She asked.

"No, don't sink down to his level. Don't move on until it's actually over. You don't need him holding flirting over your head too." I told her and she nodded, agreeing my theory made sense.

"You lot hot. Damon isn't going to know what hit him." Caroline told me.

"I just can't believe we're at a party on a Sunday night." I told her giggling. I teetered for an instant in my four inch heels but quickly caught my balance. My combination of white camisole, leather jacket and tight jeans meant that a bunch of guys were already creepily licking their lips.

"No guy can keep their eyes off of you. I wish I had your legs. And ass. Your ass is pretty fantastic. I'd be surprised if Damon doesn't start a fight over you tonight." Caroline said and I brushed her off.

"Well look who it is our favourite virgin." Mason catcalled and I sighed.

"Where's Damon." I asked and he shrugged.

"He's around. But between you and me, you wouldn't be a virgin for much longer if you looked like that." He told me and I rolled my eyes.

"Let's go find Damon." I told Caroline and she nodded. When we walked past Mason she shot up her middle finger at him and I laughed.

We found Damon by the bar with a beer in hand.

"Hey." I greeted him, walking over and kissing him quick.

"Hey baby." He said wrapping his arms around my waist, his hands resting just above my ass.

"Hi. Having fun?" I asked him.

"Not as much as I could be having." He said to me and Caroline chuckled awkwardly.

"Well that's awkward. But on a more important note, look at that jackass. His hand is down the back pocket of that sluts jeans." Caroline ranted.

"He's been doing that all night." Damon told her and she hissed.

"I am this close to breaking up with him." She hissed.

"He wouldn't care until tomorrow. If you're going to do it wait until he's out of here with all these options." Damon told her and she nodded her head thinking he made a good point.

"Caroline gave Mason the finger." I told Damon and he laughed.

"I'm sure he deserved it. By the way you look so hot." He told me and I smiled shyly. I had never had someone appreciate the way I looked so intensely.

"Well thank you. I put this outfit together with you in mind." I told him and he grinned.

"Wanna dance?" He asked. Somewhere during our conversation I had gotten pulled into his lap. His arms were around my stomach and I was sitting in his lap. It was a very intimate position but I had no issues with that.

"Yeah." I said standing up. Damon stood up too and took my hand lacing our fingers together as he led me onto the floor. His hands immediately went to my hips and knowing what he wanted I started rolling them to the beat of the song. I placed my arms on his shoulders as I moved, his thumbs stoked the sliver to skin that was bared between my camisole and the tops of my low-slung jeans. His hands moved up my sides and I had no idea I knew how to dance like this. It was like it came naturally to me. Our bodies touched and slid against one another and it was getting hot in there. He was hard and I knew it was going to be agony for him.

"God I want you so much. Too much." He told me.

"I want you too. I'm ready. I think I've been ready since yesterday, but I'm really ready now. I don't know what I'm waiting for." I told him and he stared at me.

"You're ready ready?" He asked me.

"Yeah, I want you all the way. I didn't get quite enough last night and I want more. I want all of you, then I'll finally be rid

of my virginity." I told him.

"I don't want that to be the reason we decide to do this." He told me. We'd completely stopped dancing in the middle of the dance floor.

"It's not. I want to be with you. It's all I can think about." I promised him.

"You won't be able to stay out tonight. We have school in the morning." He reminded me.

"It's okay. We can leave now. We can go to your place. When we're done you can take me home." I told him.

"Is that how you want it?" He asked.

"Yes. I want nothing more tonight than for you to make love to me." I told him and he finally nodded.

"How is Caroline getting home?" He asked me.

"We got a ride here from her mom. We can drive her home then go to your house." I told him and he nodded.

"I'll go get the car, you grab Caroline." He told me before leaning down to kiss me. He walked directly to the door and I went to find Caroline who was sitting next to Klaus.

"Damon and I are leaving, do you want a ride home?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I've seen enough." She told me and she followed me out.

"So you two are going to seal the deal aren't you?" She asked when she was in the backseat of the Camaro.

"As a matter of fact, yes." I told her with a grin. Caroline squealed and wrapped her arms around me from behind.

"You have to text me afterwards with all the details." She said and Damon rolled his eyes.

"We'll see." I said.

"You have to. Best friend law." She informed me and I chuckled. By now Damon had parked in front of her house and I let her out.

"We'll see. I'll call you when I get home." I told her and she hugged me before walking up to her house. Once she was gone I got back into the car and we drove the rest of the way to his house.

When we got there we snuck upstairs not wanting to meet up with any of his family.

"You can still change your mind. We don't have to do this." He told me.

"I want to." I told him as we entered his bedroom.

"If it's what you really want." He acquiesced.

"You have no idea." I said and he laughed somewhat nervously. I knew he'd done this before, I just wasn't sure why he was

acting so nervous. He closed his door behind him and walked over to me.

"I'm going to try really hard not to hurt you." He told me and I reached up and kissed him.

"I expect some pain. I know it's going to be there." I told him.

"I don't want to hurt you. I'll go slow and make sure you're ready before I start." He said. I nodded my head but I wasn't scared. He seemed more afraid than I was.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

"It's going to actually mean something this time. I've never been with someone who I actually care about before." He told me and I smiled at him.

"So this is a first for both of us in a way." I told him and he nodded his head.

"Yes, in a way it is." He agreed. Deciding that I needed to make the first move since he seemed resistant I pulled my shirt over my head. I didn't have that much time, I needed him to get moving. I didn't want my first time to be rushed. He groaned and took a couple of steps towards me, kissing me deeply. His tongue broke through the seam of my lips and I willingly kissed him back just as intensely. I felt us backing towards the bed and whine my knees hit the back of it I slid back with him helping me. He followed me onto the bed as he slid us across the bed together, never once breaking our kiss. He pulled his shirt off as we moved across the bed and dropped it on the floor. He didn't really care where it landed, it was just laundry he could pick it up later.

"You need to tell me before we get too far if you want to stop." He told me and I nodded. I didn't want to stop, I was sure that nothing could make me want to stop. When he was lying along my body I reached in between us to undo his pants. I wanted him to know that I wasn't afraid and I wanted to do this. I was so excited and so turned on that I was sure I wasn't going to be able to wait too long. He pulled back to let me remove his pants all the way along with his underwear. Now he was completely naked and I swear I've never seen anything more beautiful.

"I want you. All of you." I told him never having been more serious about anything my whole life. I wanted this and I wanted it now. He leaned in and kissed me instead of answering which was fine by me. I wasn't nervous at all, it felt like it was meant to be happening here and now.

"I'll be careful." He whispered before sliding his hand down my body. I gasped when his two of his fingers slipped inside me. It felt heavenly but that wasn't what I wanted inside me.

"Damon..." I pleaded, needing more than what he was giving me. He widened his fingers stretching me and I knew he was trying to make it more comfortable for me when he replaced his fingers with a different appendage.

"Patience baby. I don't want to hurt you." He told me and I nodded. His desire to not hurt me was far too much for me to bear. He was so tender with me, nothing like I imagined having sex with him to be like. When he pulled his fingers out he leaned down and kissed me once more before lining his erection up with me. I took a deep breath as he slowly starting sliding inside of me. He moved slowly always stopping every couple of inches to make sure I was okay. This was exactly what I needed.

"Okay, this is the part that's going to hurt a little." He told me and I nodded my head, mentally prepared for it. I welcomed the pain because then I would be fully joined with him. It was all I could think about. When he pushed past that final barrier I gasped because the pain was more than I expected. The pain quickly subsided as he stayed still not moving until I felt good enough for him to.

"Are you okay?" He asked me softly. He was bracing his weight up on his arms so he didn't crush me. I was amazed at how caring he was being. This was nothing like I imagined before I got to know him.

"Please move. I need more." I told him and he smiled leaning down to capture my lips between his. He kissed me thoroughly as his body started slowly moving against me. It didn't take long for me to start enjoying this as much as he was. It felt amazing and I was suddenly sure that this is what actually making love felt like. Damon was making love to me. It wasn't just sex, this was love and love was exactly what I was feeling for him. I was in love for the first time. I had a hard time keeping my eyes open with the feelings he was evoking in me. I wanted to stare into his baby blues but I couldn't. I didn't move, I let him take the reins on this. He would slide partially out of me before sliding back in at the most tender speed I could imagine.

"How are you doing?" He asked. He never stopped asking me if I was okay. It just seemed to make me love him even more. I nodded my head and he kept moving, his body clenching on every thrust.

"I'm close." I told him, my body clenching with every thrust he made into me.

"Come on baby." He urged me. He wanted me to come and I wanted him to come. I wanted us to come together if that was possible.

"Come with me." I told him and he groaned, dropping his head into my neck. He lifted enough to kiss my lips as he never missed a beat with his lower body. I trailed my hands all over his back, loving the feeling of his skin under my fingertips. His pace quickened to an almost frantic speed, but still he never hurt me. I loved this new speed he had adopted. He only thrust three more times before I came loudly. I shut my eyes and opened my mouth unable to identify the sounds that came out. He followed right behind me and his entire body shook with the force of his orgasm. When he stopped he rolled off of me and pulled me into his arms.

"Best. I. Ever. Had." He informed me while he held me tight against his chest.

"Really?" I asked certain he was lying.

"It's never felt like that for me." He told me. I smiled but glanced at the clock.

"I really don't want to but if I don't want to miss curfew then we should probably get me home." I sighed dismally.

"Okay." He said unwinding himself from me and pulling his pants back on. He picked up all of my clothes and I redressed quickly.

Once we were both done I followed him downstairs and out to his car.

"You have no idea how badly I want to stay." I told him once I was buckled into the passenger seat.

"You have no idea how badly I want you to stay. But it's okay, I want your parents to like me so they'll let me be with you more often." He told me and I smiled.

"It'll take some time but they'll approve eventually." I told him and he leaned over the console to kiss me. I kissed him back but pulled away far earlier than I wanted to.

"Better get you home." I said as he drove away from his house. When we got to my house he parked the car and leaned over and kissed me again.

"Do you want me to walk you to your door?" He asked.

"Better not, I don't need any more questions. After-all I'm supposed to be with Caroline." I told him and he chuckled.

"Rebellious Elena. Lying to her parents so she can have sex with her boyfriend." He teased.

"Shut up, that's not how it went at all if you remember correctly." I laughed.

"Right, of course. I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow. Do you want a ride?" He asked me and I nodded enthusiastically.

"You bet I do. More time to spend with my amazing boyfriend." I told him.

"Okay, I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning." He told me and I nodded.

"One more thing before I go inside." I told him before leaning in and kissing him. He kissed me back before we mutually pulled away. I got out of the car and watched him drive away knowing that tonight was one of those nights I was never going to forget.