Hello there teenagers, adults and vampires of all ages.
I am so sorry that this took so long.
I swear, I had half of it done and then I got blocked.
When I first started this authors note I was in a good mood, due to finishing this and uploading a new video on youtube (it's delena and my user name is EllenthalialuvsDamon if anyone is interested). Now I am slamming the keys of my keyboard so hard, out of rage, I am going to break my laptop so I am going to stop typing before I do that or depress you.
Enjoy...
Elena POV
Anna ran over and we both got in the car. As soon as the doors closed the questions started.
"Oh my God! Elena what happened? Where did you go? Where's Damon? Are you okay?-"
"Whoa! Anna! One question at a time please" I requested, cutting her off.
"Are you okay?" was the first and I smiled at the concern in her voice.
"I'm fine Anna, relax," I assured her.
"Where's Damon?"
"He said he was going home," I answered, thankful that the questions were easy but knowing the harder ones would be in their wake.
"Where did you two go?" was Anna's next question, like I said harder questions.
"I'm not sure exactly," I told her honestly, "we just drove for hours and then when I got tired Damon pulled into a motel."
"What happened?" Anna asked. This was the question I was hoping to avoid.
"Nothing really. We drove, talked about random stuff, slept and then we came home," I lied I'd never lied to Anna before but as I could lie to Damon and Stefan okay, I hoped that she wouldn't question it. She didn't
"Oh, okay... Wait! Did you say you have Damon's credit card?" Anna asked suspiciously.
I smirked.
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I woke and was blinded by the sun I blinked and adjusted my eyes before pulling the lever on my seat and sitting up.
"Afternoon," I heard Damon beside me, voice cocky and arrogant as ever.
"Hey," I mumble still coming to my senses.
"How are you doing?" Damon asked, he almost sounded like he couldn't care less but I could hear an underlying tone of concern in his voice.
"I'm fine," I told him as we passed the 'Welcome to Mystic Falls' sign.
He looked at me for a moment, studying my face. When he was satisfied that I was telling the truth he turned back to the road. "Where do you want to go? Home or back to the boarding house?" he asked.
"School," I answered.
"Elena, school only has about 10 minutes left," Damon told me, looking back to me to make sure I was okay – again.
"I know that Damon!" he smirked, seemingly reassured by my reaction, "I told Anna we'd go shopping after school today," I explained.
"Elena, you've just been hit by a car. It's hardly the time for a shopping trip," Damon spoke slowly, looking at me like I was insane. "I'm sure Anna will understand."
"I'm not planning on telling her or anyone else about it Damon," I stated obviously. "It's not like I have any injuries. I am perfectly fine," I justified.
"You need rest Elena! Injuries or no injuries, being hit by a car is a traumatic experience," he insisted.
"Damon my life consists of vampires, witches and car accidents! I am fine, I'm not in shock, I'm not going to freak out if I cross a road and I am not going to let you stop me getting back to as normal as my life ever gets!" I argued.
"You have my blood in your system Elena!" he pointed out. "I take it you're not too keen on joining the resident Mystic Falls Vampires. The only thing you should do until tomorrow morning is watch TV and sleep."
"What is going to happen to me in the middle of the day, in a town I know like the back of my hand with a vampire at my side?" I asked rhetorically.
"You'd be surprised."
"I'm going Damon, whether you want me to or not," I informed him stubbornly. His head snapped around to me and we stared each other down. "The best chance of me becoming a vampire is right now when you are trying to outstare me rather than looking at the road," I told him when the intensity of his hard eyes was growing too much for me to handle, I would not be the first to turn away. Damon turned to face forwards and we arrived at the school in silence.
"Promise me you'll be careful," Damon requested seriously.
"I promise."
Damon nodded.
I open my glove box to search for my purse. It wasn't there.
"Dammit!" I curse out loud.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't find my purse."
A few seconds later I am surprised to find a plastic car before my face, "Use this," Damon orders.
"Damon I don't need your money-"
He cuts me off, "Well if you don't have your purse then you obviously do. Besides, Anna hasn't gotten her card yet and the counsel might still suspect vamps are in town. We don't need any of them discovering that a load of shops have tills short, it won't take much for them to work out it's compulsion."
I took the cadr and slid it into the pocket of my jeans, "Thanks Damon."
He nodded his head and vanished from the car half a second before the bell rang. I got out and perched myself on the bonnet, waiting for Anna.
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I revealed the card, "Damon thinks that it's too dangerous to compel check out girls at the moment, so he has given us free reign."
"Awesome," Anna grinned.
So I parked and we got out ready to spend a couple of hours in dressing rooms, trying on everything in the shops.
Anna POV
Elena and I were shopping for about two hours. I tried to ask more about her little trip with Damon but she avoided the subject by giving a vague answer and then finding something to try on, so I didn't ask again. I could tell there was something she wasn't saying. I knew that it wasn't any of my business but I felt guilty for kidnapping her so I wanted to make up for it by being a good friend. I could see the attraction between Elena and Damon so, as a friend, I wanted to get them together so they could be happy, they both deserved that.
So when we were done shopping we piled our bags in the trunk and Elena drove us back to the boarding house. We walked in the ever unlocked door as Elena told me about Stefan challenging their old history teacher with his superior knowledge of historical dates, back when he first went back to school.
"I wish I could have seen that guy's face," I said between laughs.
"Oh, it was priceless," she replied.
"What was priceless?" Damon whispered in Elena's ear as he appeared behind us, causing her to jump. Damon grabbed her arms to steady her and turn her around to face his smirk.
"Nothing," she smiled and tried to step back from him but Damon held her securely in place. I rolled my eyes at them before putting my bags in the living room and leaning in the door way where I could see them, in under a second of course.
"Are you going to let go of me Damon?" Elena asked.
"Nope," he responded, popping the 'p'.
Elena raised an eyebrow, "Damon, get off me," she ordered.
He feigned thinking about it before saying, "Nah, I'm not gonna do that," in a teasing manner.
"Damon!" Elena huffed in an exasperated tone.
"Well doesn't somebody like saying my name today," the arrogant git commented.
"Anna, a little help here please?" she requested, twisting her head around to face me as best she could.
"Don't drag me into this," I called smirking. "I have to live with him," I reminded Elena. "Besides, it's too much fun watching for me to stop it."
Elena sighed in annoyance and turned back to Damon, "Damon!"
"Elena!" he mocked.
They glared at each other. I knew nothing would happen while I was standing there so I said, "Wow, this is very entertaining but I have homework to do before I meet Jeremy," with that I walked into the study, leaving the door open a crack. With my vamperic eyesight I could still see them through the crack.
"Well thank God she's gone," Damon announced as he lowered his arms to wrap them around Elena's waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Damon," was Elena's only answer as she raised her hands to his chest in - a failed – attempt to push him away. "Please, just let go of me," she half pleaded with him.
"I will," Damon paused for dramatic effect, "for a kiss."
Elena sighed once more and looked down, "No Damon."
"And why not?" he questioned, only half teasing now.
"You know why," she replied, confusing me.
It was Damon's turn to sigh and he reached up a hand to brush a stray hair behind Elena's ear and cup the side of her face. They stayed like that, completely frozen as if the world had stopped spinning, for a few moments. Then Damon gave the slightest of nods and dropped both his hands to his sides. Elena brought his credit card out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"Tell Anna I said bye," with that she walked to the door. I heard it open and Elena whispered, "Thank you Damon," almost too quietly for me to hear, before the door closed.
After we heard her drive off Damon mumbled, "Stop eves dropping Anna. Don't you have homework to do," and he disappeared up to his room.
I bit my lip, taking a moment to consider what to do, and I followed him. I didn't bother knocking, I just walked in and leant against Damon's desk and watched him as he lay on his bed staring at the ceiling.
We were silent for five minutes before he said, "Can I help you Annabel?" rather harshly.
"You're really getting into the parental role aren't you?"I joked referring to his use of my full name.
"Hmm... are parents still aloud to beat annoying children?" he shot back emotionlessly.
"Ouch," I laughed. After a pause I grew serious, "What happened?"
"You know what happened. You were listening remember," he was still appearing emotionless.
"Damon you and I both know that I wasn't talking about just now." I told him firmly, "What happened while you two were gone?"
Damon sat up and looked at me with hard eyes, "You and Elena were off spending my money for over two hours. Why didn't you ask her?" Damon questioned.
"Of course I did but I want your side as well," I stated the obvious.
"Well what did she tell you?" he shot back too quickly, confirming that they were hiding things.
"You were there with her, you should know," I countered. "Unless you two are hiding something."
Damon smirked, "Elena said she wanted to keep one event between us and I am guessing she doesn't want to advertise the other so I'll say this... we drove, we talked, we ate, she slept, we came home, we argued about whether it was a good idea for her to go shopping."
"Why wouldn't it be a good idea?"
"She doesn't want people to know."
I nodded, respecting Elena's privacy, "So what was the other 'event'? Was that what she was talking about down stairs?" I inquired.
Damon looked away, that was all the answer I needed.
"Damon, what happened?" I asked him softly.
"It doesn't matter," he shrugged.
"It clearly matters to you and Elena."
Damon was in my face instantly, "So what business is it of yours?" he growled.
"I'm trying to be a good friend to Elena!" I snapped. I took a deep breath, exhaling slowly to calm down, before I carried on, "and to you."
Damon regarded me for a moment before brushing me off with, "I don't need you to be a good friend to me Anna. I need you to stay out of my way," he sat at the desk and played with an old quill be for opening a leather bound book. "Go away Anna."
I sighed and went to leave. Half way to the door a thought crossed my mind; back when I was human I had a cousin who lived with us. He was 23 (the same age as Damon – sort of) and I could be annoying enough to get him to tell me anything...
I used vampire speed to go back to his desk and sat on it. I then began poking his shoulder saying "Tell me," every time my finger made contact. I repeated it over and over again at a steady rhythm trying not to laugh as he failed to hide his irritation. "Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me..."
I went on poking him for about three minutes before he caved, "I KISSED HER ALRIGHT!!!!"
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