Hello everyone! So I can't believe we're already at chapter 10, and things are just getting interesting. I know some of you were concerned that Damon will go back to avoiding his feelings and it'll be like it was in the beginning. Don't worry that won't happen, but he'll certainly try. Now that their feelings are out in the open ignoring them would be impossible. Anyways, this chapter kind of introduces you to the second half of the story and this couple will have a lot to overcome. Thank you to everyone who has been following and reviewing I love that you're all so interested in the story. Please continue to review I absolutely love reading your comments!

Chapter 10

EPOV

I could not be any happier that my parents let Damon stay with us, but I knew it would only complicate things even further. My dad got a moving truck and we all went to the Salvatore house to help Damon get his stuff. His dad is even scarier than I imagined he would be.

"So let me get this straight," Damon's dad said," you're going to take in my son? Why would you do that?"

"Because he needs a place to stay," my father said sternly," and he needs people that care about him. You're never home so he practically lived at our house all these years anyways. I can't let you take him to a new city where he doesn't have anyone."

"Fine take him," Mr. Salvatore said shrugging," I don't really care what the kid does, but I'm not paying for it. He'll get access to his money when he graduates, but until then he's on his own."

"No he's not," I said speaking up," he has us, so he'll never be on his own."

Damon's dad looked at me sternly, and my heart was beating so fast it almost fell out of my chest. The man is quite possibly the scariest human being I've ever come across, no wonder he's in the FBI.

"Look I'll just get my stuff," Damon said looking at his dad," and then we'll be out of your hair."

We all walked up to Damon's bedroom, and it reminded me of the morning I woke up with him after the Elijah situation. He held me in his arms, it was the best wake up I could've ever asked for.

"Alright," my dad said interrupting my thoughts," Damon and I will take big furniture and you girls can box up everything else."

Katherine, my mom, and I boxed up all of Damon's belongings and it was interesting to see all of the things he owned. He even had a few stuffed animals, imagine, the Damon Salvatore, with stuffed animals.

"Damon's dad is even worse than I imagined," my mom said while we folded Damon's clothes putting them into boxes," I don't understand how someone could just reject their own child like that."

"In all the years we were friends I met him once," Katherine said sighing," and he was an ass. I think his wife's death really took a toll on him."

"He's scary," I said looking up at them," I mean I couldn't imagine living with someone like that."

"Well he won't have to anymore," my mom said smiling," I think living with us will be a good fit for him."

We finished packing up all of Damon's belongings and the furniture was in the truck. Damon waved goodbye to his father and we drove back to our house, now Damon's house too. After we got his room all set up and his clothes in the closet it felt real. Damon Salvatore would be living under the same roof as me, I couldn't figure out if this would be good or bad. Either way it's better than him moving away.

"So how does it feel," I said walking into his room later that night," you know to be officially living here."

"It feels good," he sad smiling," I have a feeling you were behind this whole thing with your parents."

"Yeah I was," I said smiling back," I just couldn't let you go."

"Well thank you," he said walking over to me," seriously Elena."

"You're welcome," I said before pressing my lips to his with a soft kiss. He pulled me in and kissed me back with feeling as our lips melted together.

"Wait," he said pulling away," Elena we can't do this."

"Why not," I said confused," I thought you loved me."

"I do," he said running his hands through his hair," but I can't do this to your parents. They've given me so much, and if they knew about this I doubt they'd still let me live here."

"They don't have to know," I said sheepishly," we can keep it a secret."

"Elena I love you so much," he said pulling me towards him," but we need to seriously consider the ramifications of what we're doing. The timing is wrong, we have to wait."

"I don't want to wait," I said desperately," I love you now. I want to be with you now."

"God I wish we could," he said moving aside a piece of my hair," but I'm doing this because I love you. Things would blow so out of control if we were together now. It's because I love you that I can't be selfish with you, and us being together would ruin things for you too."

"I disagree," I said defiantly," but fine do what you want Damon."

"Elena please," he said with a painful look on his face," I don't want to hurt you."

"Well it's a little late for that," I said angrily before storming out of the room. I couldn't hear anymore from him. He finally told me he loved me, and he's staying, but now we can't be together. Once again I ended up crying myself to sleep over this boy. I woke up in a bad mood and did everything possible to avoid Damon all day. I know I have to make up with Caroline so I could have another person to hang out with besides Damon and Katherine. I hated being in a fight with her anyways.

"Hey Car," I said walking over to her during lunch," so I was hoping we could talk."

"Oh you mean about how you quit," she said annoyed," you didn't even tell me Elena. You just showed up one day saying this is it and now you're just not on the team. I thought we were best friends who told each other everything, but you kept that from me."

"I know," I said sadly," I am so sorry. I have so much going on right now and I was afraid of telling anyone the truth. I know how stupid that was; I just want us to be friends again. Please."

"Well I'll accept your apology," she said crossing her arms defiantly," as long as you never keep a secret from me again."

"Okay deal," I said smiling," and since we aren't keeping secrets I have to tell you something."

"Ohh gossip," she said excitedly as we went to sit at a cafeteria table," so what's going on?"

"Well it's about Damon," I said nervously," we kind of got together after formal. He told me he loved me, and I said I loved him too."

"Oh my god," Caroline said with a small smile," that's incredible. Isn't that what you always wanted? Did anything else happen?"

"Well we kissed," I said blushing," and it was amazing. The problem is that we only did it because we thought he would be moving away, but my parents decided to take him in so now he's living with us. He thinks that if we're together he'd be disrespecting my parents and he thinks it'll cause problems for me. It just sucks because we finally told each other the truth and now I feel like we're back to square one."

"I think that's completely stupid," Caroline said animatedly," he's being an idiot. You just need to convince him he's wrong."

"How am I supposed to do that," I asked her," I mean he's pretty set in his decision."

"This is just like Gossip Girl," Caroline said enthusiastically," you know in season two with Chuck and Blair."

"Caroline my life isn't a TV show," I said laughing," what do Damon and I have to do with Gossip Girl?"

"Just hear me out," she said seriously," on Gossip Girl when Blair wanted Chuck to be with her and give her what she wanted she seduced him. It'll be easy with you guys living in the same house. It's the same as the show I mean you guys already know that you like each other now you just have to get him to cave."

"You need to take a break from the Netflix," I said laughing," but you're right that could work. I just don't really know how to seduce him. I've never seduced someone before."

"Well you could walk around the house naked," she said laughing," or buy some sexy lingerie. We could go to Victoria's Secret after school."

"Yeah that's not going to happen," I said laughing," I need something a little more subtle."

"All right, well just make yourself available," she said matter of factly," you could try and come off I don't know like sexy around him. Just make him regret his decision."

"I guess," I said sighing," but I'm not really good at that."

"Well I'll help you," she said smiling," let me spend the night Friday and we'll come up with a plan. You also need to play it off like you don't care, it'll get to him if he thinks you're moving on."

"I don't know," I said skeptically," this seems a little strange. How do you know all of this will work?"

"Elena just go with it," she said smiling," we have to at least try. I know you love him, and I know he loves you. I've seen the way you look at each other. At your birthday dinner you were having eye sex all night."

"Eye sex," I said laughing," well I guess that makes sense. When I broke up with Matt he told me he noticed the way Damon looked at me, but he did a good job of avoiding his feelings. That's why I'm afraid it'll go back to how it was before."

"Elena that isn't going to happen," Caroline said putting her hand on my shoulder," things are different now. He knows you love him too, and you've already given in and kissed each other. He won't be able to go back to how it used to be, especially if you tempt him."

"Yeah I hope so," I said shrugging," but maybe he'll just avoid me again, it seemed so easy for him before."

"Trust me Elena," Caroline said taking a bite of her sandwich," he's a boy. He's already had a taste so I can guarantee he wants even more now. He probably imagines you naked every night."

"Of course you turn this into a conversation about sex," I said playfully smacking her," honestly you're incorrigible."

"I'm just stating the obvious," she said smiling," don't deny that you haven't at least thought about it."

"Well maybe a little," I said blushing," but I don't want to rush into it."

"I know I know," she said waving her hand," for now we just need to get him to stop denying what he wants. You know it's worth a try."

I know she's right. I have to try. It seems a little ridiculous to me that I'm going to try and seduce Damon, but if it actually works it won't seem so ridiculous. Even though Caroline is a little outrageous she gets this kind of stuff. I wouldn't have her any other way. I can't let Damon pretend that nothing happened between us, it isn't right.

DPOV

Once again I had royally screwed up with Elena, it seems that's all I ever do. I love her so much, but I know if we were together things would get complicated. I didn't want to keep our relationship a secret; it isn't fair to her. I know that things would be so much easier if we simply waited until the time was right. When she's older our love won't be so forbidden. She had completely blown me off at breakfast this morning and she ate lunch with her friend Caroline. I understand why she doesn't want to talk to me, but I had hoped it wouldn't be like this. Katherine and I were eating lunch together and it felt nearly empty without Elena. I've been in a bad mood all day.

"Ugh Mason is being such a jerk," she said slamming her tray down on the table," Friday is senior night at the playoff game and when I asked him if he wanted to go out after he said he couldn't because he had plans with his friends."

"Dump him," I said shrugging," there problem solved. Tah dah!"

"It's not that easy," she said taking a bite of her food," I can't just break up with him over something like this."

"Then break up with him because he's an ass," I said seriously," come on Katherine the guy is clearly not worth your time. Elena agrees with me you know."

"You've talked to Elena about this," she asked irritated," I didn't realize my relationship was such a hot topic."

"We're just worried," I said looking at her," you can do so much better than Mason Lockwood. We both care about you and think you deserve better. The guy can barely form a sentence."

"He isn't retarted," she said angrily," and I love him."

"Love sucks," I said bitterly.

"Someone's grumpy today," she said getting up," I think I'll go eat with Lexi. You're being an ass."

Great now Katherine's mad at me too. I'm really doing well with the Gilbert sisters these days. Now I'm just a pathetic idiot eating lunch alone.

"Damon Salvatore," a voice said next to me," I'm surprised you aren't surrounded by your usual band of Gilbert sisters."

"Hey Klaus how are ya," I said sarcastically," what brings you to my table today?"

"Cut the bullshit," he said angrily," I'm here to warn you. I know you're the reason my brother's in jail right now. Apparently the cop in charge of the investigation is named Salvatore and I don't believe in coincidences."

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said nonchalantly," but either way I'd advise you to leave me alone. I wouldn't want to have to ruin your life too."

"Don't act all high and mighty Salvatore," he said rolling his eyes," just watch your back. I take family loyalty very seriously, and what you did to my brother will not fly. Have a nice day."

This day just keeps getting better. I always knew Klaus Michelson was an ass hole, but now he's threatening me too. I swear to god if he involves Elena in this he's done. In this moment it's probably a good thing that she's avoiding me, I don't want her tangled in this at all. I ran into her doing homework in the kitchen when I got home.

"Hi Damon," she said without looking up from her assignment.

"Uhm hey," I said taking a seat next to her," so how are you?"

"I'm fine," she said smiling," I just have a ton of math homework. Plus I have a test on Wednesday."

"Right well I'll leave you to study," I said getting up and heading back to the living room. At least she's talking to me now.

"Wait Damon," she said before I left the room," do you know how to write proofs? I'm beyond confused and I know you already took geometry."

"Yeah I think I remember," I said sitting back next to her," what problem are you on?"

"This one," she said pointing at a problem in her book," I don't really understand."

I explained how the problem was done and showed her on a separate piece of paper. I couldn't help but notice how close she's sitting to me. I also couldn't help but notice her clear amount of cleavage coming from her low-cut top as she leaned over the counter. Elena Gilbert is making things very difficult for me.

"So are you good now," I asked standing up," you seem to be doing better."

"Yes thank you," she said smiling and chewing on the end of her pencil," seriously you're a life saver."

"You're welcome," I said gulping before practically sprinting back to my room. I have a feeling she's toying with me, and not on accident. Elena-1. Damon-0.