When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you
This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby
When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to, I run to you
I Run To You by Lady Antebellum
Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I just like playing with the characters :]
A/N: Okay, so here's the next chapter, I hope you guys like it :] I'm gonna go return to watching my marathon of scary movies and ghost hunters shows because their pretty much all I watch during October (other than Vampire Diaries and Glee) because I love Halloween :] Let me know what you guys think of this chapter! xoxo, Avril
Chapter Ten: I'm Finally Yours
Elena didn't know where Damon was in the house, but she didn't put much thought into that as she tried to figure out exactly where she was in the house. She was pretty sure she had just passed the master bedroom…or at least a bedroom. She was lost somewhere in the maze of hallways upstairs and trying to find her way back to the staircase. She turned around to see if it was back there and nearly had a heart attack when she saw Damon standing right behind her.
"You're going the right way" Damon said
"You have got to stop doing that" Elena said letting out a deep breath and tried slowing her heart rate down
"Someone's a bit jumpy" Damon said with a smirk
"Only when people appear out of nowhere behind me" Elena sighed and turned around to find the staircase
"I thought you'd be used to that by now, after dating a vampire and everything, and one being your friend" Damon said
"Nothing will ever make me get used to that" Elena sighed
"Not unless you were a vampire yourself" Damon said
"Which last I checked, I'm not a vampire" Elena said and finally started walking down the stairs
"Not yet anyway" Damon said
Elena silently made her way downstairs and just turned to face Damon. She didn't know really what to say back to that. She tried to figure out something but came up with nothing in the end.
"I think I've just rendered Elena Gilbert speechless, I'm flattered" Damon smiled at her
"How do you do that?" Elena blurted out
"…Do what?" Damon asked
"One minute go from the nice guy to a jack-ass?" Elena asked
"A talent I've perfected over 169 years" Damon said "I got better at it after 1864"
Realizing that Damon wasn't smiling or being sarcastic anymore, Elena just nodded, thinking he would drop it now and hopefully forgive her for that.
"I do it to keep people from getting to close" Damon sighed
"…I've noticed" Elena sighed
"…I don't mean to do it half the time though. It just, happens" Damon sighed
"I'm sorry" Elena said
"…For what?" Damon asked
"…For pretty much being a bitch right back to you for being a jack-ass" Elena sighed
"Your bitch attitude thing has an excuse though, you broke up with Stefan last night, you have the right to be a bitch today" Damon said "I got dumped 146 years ago, I have no right to be a jack-ass about that anymore"
"Well…your ex was Katherine so…I think you have that right at least until you fall in love again…if you ever do fall in love again" Elena said
"Are you calling me unlovable?" Damon asked with a smirk "Because quiet a few ladies would beg to differ"
"Well, those ladies obviously don't know what love is" Elena said
"Your going to give me a lecture on love now?" Damon asked "Remember, I searched 146 years for the bitch who tore my heart out and basically used me purely for sex while she was really in love with my brother"
"…Well…I guess that's love…in a way" Elena said "Bitch or not, you still loved her, you searched years for her"
"What I'd do to get those years back" Damon sighed "Complete waste of my time"
"What would you have done those 146 years if you weren't still in love with Katherine?" Elena asked curiously
"Probably the same thing, just without her always in the back of my mind" Damon said
"…Can I ask you one more question, non Katherine related" Elena said
"Are we playing 20 Questions or something now?" Damon asked
"Just one more, you can ask me anything after this, okay?" Elena asked
"Fine" Damon sighed
"…What would you have done if you came back to Mystic Falls first, before Stefan, and met me before Stefan?" Elena asked
"You really wanna know the answer to that?" Damon asked
"Yes" Elena said
"Well…probably at first…used you as some sort of sick twisted fill in for Katherine" Damon sighed "Get you to fall in love with me and all that other stuff probably so I could break your heart in the end and feel like I ended it with Katherine" Damon said and looked at Elena's eyes and saw hurt in her eyes, as if she was shocked to hear this, but deep down knew that he was telling her the whole truth "But," Damon continued "…That plan wouldn't have lasted long"
"Why?" Elena asked
"Because, after probably getting to know you after one day, I would realize you're the complete opposite of Katherine and would have fallen in love with you for being Elena not Katherine. You would have me wrapped around your finger, doing anything you asked just from batting your eyelashes. And by now…we'd probably be so deeply in love that…we wouldn't notice anyone else in the world but us" Damon sighed
Elena was left speechless again from Damon. How could he take something so heartbreaking and turn into something so beautiful that she couldn't find the words to describe what she was feeling.
"…Then I wish you came to Mystic Falls first" Elena managed to say
"I wish I did too" Damon sighed and finally broke away from Elena's gaze "So, uh, how about I take you back home, we could watch a movie or something" Damon said, changing the subject
"Yeah, sure" Elena said
Elena knew that as she was walking out of the house with Damon that she had just seen a rare side of Damon that she got to see occasionally, and that he had just opened up to her in a big way, pretty much indirectly telling her that he's in love with her, just as Isobel had when she came into town. She noticed how Damon kept avoiding her gaze, she didn't want him to hide again.
"Thanks for telling me the truth Damon" Elena said and walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek
He finally looked at her again, knowing that she wasn't shocked or disgusted with the truth he had just told her seconds ago.
"I always tell you the truth…no matter what" Damon said
"I know" Elena said and walked over to the passenger side of the car and got into the car, waiting to go home and watch a movie
Damon and Elena ended up watching as many horror movies as they could before Jenna and Jeremy came back home. Elena was too scarred to close her eyes even for a second and was snuggled up next to Damon as close as she could be. She tried to be brave and watch most of the really scary parts in the movie, but she ended up burying her face into Damon every single time.
"I blame you if I can't sleep tonight" Elena said glaring at him
"Well, who's idea was it again to watch Paranormal Activity at 10 at night with a vampire?" Damon asked "I'll give you a hint, it wasn't me" Damon said
"Okay, well, you're the one who shut off all the lights and made it scarier" Elena said
"Elena, the only way you can watch a scary movie is in complete darkness" Damon smiled
"I hate you" Elena grumbled and went back to watching the movie
Damon just laughed and put his arm around Elena to hold her closer to him. She didn't mind because first of all, she was scared to death, and second, she felt safe with Damon's arm around her. It was the ending of the movie and Damon and Elena were both sucked into it, trying to see what would happen next.
"Boo!" Jeremy said from behind both of them
Elena jumped and got up off the couch as fast as she could and turned around to see Damon and Jeremy both laughing at her.
"You heard him coming!" Elena yelled at Damon
"Well duh" Damon said "Vampire, remember?" Damon asked
"Why did you let him scare me, there's no way I'm gonna sleep tonight now" Elena sighed and sat back down on the couch
"I'm sorry" Damon said
"Yeah, whatever" Elena grumbled
"You should have seen your face Elena, it was priceless" Jeremy laughed as he walked into the kitchen "Would have been even funnier if you screamed though!" Jeremy yelled from the kitchen
Elena just rolled her eyes and sat as far away from Damon as she possibly could on the couch now.
"Oh, come on Elena, it was a joke" Damon said
"I nearly died of a heart attack!" Elena yelled at him
"Oh please, you were no where near a heart attack" Damon said "You just need to relax, I would have warned you if it was any real danger" Damon said "I mean, it was Jeremy, what's he gonna do?"
Elena just glared at him and looked back to the screen watching the very ending which didn't scare her that much as it would have if Jeremy hadn't scared her already. Once the movie was done, Elena turned the lights back on and started cleaning up the living room without saying a word to Damon or Jeremy.
"Elena, I said sorry" Jeremy said
"I know, I know" Elena sighed "Both of you are forgiven"
"Then why so…quiet?" Damon asked
"I'm thinking" Elena said
"Of ways to kill us in our sleep?" Damon asked
"Possibly" Elena grumbled
"That's my cue to go then" Jeremy said "Goodnight Elena, I love you, and please don't kill me" Jeremy said and got up off the couch and walked to the stairs
"You say that like she's actually gonna try to kill us in our sleep" Damon said
"…She will try" Jeremy said glancing at Damon "She did once when I was 12 and read her diary"
"…Well, well, Elena, it seems your have a dark past filled with attempted murder" Damon said with a smirk
"I'm not gonna try to kill you in your sleep Jeremy, maybe Damon, but not you" Elena said
"Ok, goodnight" Jeremy said and walked up the stairs
"Damon, I won't kill you under one condition" Elena sighed and faced him
"What would that be?" Damon asked
"Since you made me watch these scary movies, you have to stay up with me all night until I fall asleep" Elena said
"Fine" Damon said "I will. I'm all yours tonight" Damon said with a smirk