Please don't scroll over this. I have an important announcement.
Yesterday I found out that I had been plagiarised. The very end of my chapter three was used as a direct copy in this other writers story and now I am appealing to all of you.
Please, please, please do not plagiarise anyone's story. It is a complete disrespect to the writer and if you want to use an idea, contact the writer and ask if you can paraphrase it! Do not use a direct copy. The writer took direct copies from two stories, mine and
I'd like to thank hotvox for pointing this out to me. She has supported me throughout this whole ordeal and I want her to know that I greatly appreciate it. Anyway, I'm not going to stop writing because of one little thing, so I hope you enjoy the chapter! :)
Written: 21/2/1 Published: 22/2/12
Chapter 11
Damon wants to go to the lake house with me! I am so much more excited than I should be, but to make sure I'm allowed, I think I'll ask Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline along as well. Then my parents won't be as suspicious if it's just me and Damon. I think he has something important to tell me but maybe it's just me getting my hopes up. On the bad side of the news, my car is broken. It's falling apart, literally. When my dad tried to fix it the exhaust pipe fell off. I need a new car, and pronto!
Stefan was more than a little surprised at the invite to Elena's parents lake house. The last time they had talked, it hadn't ended too well. He and Damon were making the journey at 10pm and it was fair to say, they were exhausted. The three girls that were going we're already up there, having made their way at 5pm instead.
"Remind me again why we are going to Elena's lake house?" Stefan asked.
Damon rolled his eyes at his brother. He didn't ever seem to be paying attention to anything these days. "Because Elena thought it would be nice if everyone got together, you know, reconnect or something along those lines."
That wasn't necessarily the whole truth. Albeit, that was what Elena decided in the end but Damon had helped push her towards realising this with a few words of longing about 'how he wished everyone could be friends again, like they were in middle school'. Of course, Elena took it upon herself to make this happen putting Damon's plan in progress. It had been a pretty successful day for Damon, getting Elena and then having a quick, snappy conversation with Katherine. It wasn't exactly the nice conversation he was hoping of, actually, it left him kind of freaked.
"Damon! You have to take me back, we've been through so much together!" Katherine had wailed at him. They talked to each other in a quiet corner of the library, so there wasn't many people around to witness the argument.
"Katherine, we have hardly been out! Stop acting like we've been to the end of the earth and back with each other, it just hasn't happened!"
"Damon, we have such a bright future together, we will all get along greatly."
"What do you mean, 'all'?" Damon said, using his fingers as air quotes.
"Oh, nothing, forget I said anything. See you over the weekend Damon," she wiggled her fingers at him before leaving. As she walked, Damon couldn't help but notice that she was clutching her stomach. He thought she had looked a little pale and the caring side of him was sympathetic.
Sometimes, Damon was too caring as unknown to him, Katherine left the library and put her own plan into action. She found the biggest gossip in the school and told her one little thing that was sure to stop Damon from seeing Elena and focus more on her. But Damon didn't know. And of course, now he was nearly at the lake house, having forgot his phone which was receiving hundreds of texts from his fellow football team members asking what was going on. Stefan was receiving a few of these texts too but he couldn't be bothered with them and turned his phone off.
And so, the five teenagers at the lake house were oblivious to the evil that Katherine had bestowed, which would eventually effect them all.
"Damon! Stefan! You're here!" Elena said as she launched herself at the two brothers. They both caught her as she hugged them, both blushing a little. She beamed at them. "Come on inside, make yourself at home."
The Salvatore's hadn't been at the house since they were younger, their families would get together and stay here most weekends. However, that stopped when they grew up and didn't have time because of school and such. Once again, Damon was blown away by the beauty of the place.
It couldn't have had a better location. The sun had set and the only lights over the lake were millions of fireflies giving the area a romantic atmosphere. Damon made a mental note to take Elena there either that night or the following as it would surely blow her mind. Inside was amazing as well. The decorating made it seem as if they were in a little log cabin, with a roaring fireplace which made it cosy. Otherwise, it was completely the same. The only thing completely different from when they were younger, we're the five makeshift beds in the middle of the floor. The beds were made of five separate sleeping bags in a circle, around seven or eight pillows and a hell of a lot of blankets.
Seeing Damon's confused face Elena giggled and said, "It's a precaution, it can get cold here. And the fact we brought quite a lot of scary films and you know how us girls get. We would rather have two strong football players near us while we sleep." Her laugh tinkled and the two brothers smirked. She was always doing wonders to their egos.
"I don't know about you guys, but I am beat. I don't think I could stay up to watch a horror film, not even one of my favourites," Caroline told them, a yawn escaping her lips.
"You're probably right, it was a long drive," Stefan put in. Elena looked round at everyone.
"So is it decided? Go to bed now and have a brilliant day tomorrow?" Everyone nodded in confirmation. "Brilliant, I have so much planned. Do you know you can hire canoes at the other side of the lake?" she teased. Everyone looked really excited and Elena smiled with joy. She adored being there with all the friends she loved the most.
There was a lot of movement around her as each of them took turns of getting ready for bed. Elena was last to get changed, and she came back to find one sleeping bag that hadn't been claimed, her old Barbie one. She laughed, thinking of how much she used to adore sleeping in it. Then she noticed who it was next to, Bonnie and... Damon. She scolded herself as he cheeks flushed bright red. She was suddenly aware of the pyjamas she had brought, old short ones that she usually brought to a girls sleepover. She had forgotten that there would be boys there.
She moved quickly to try and get under the sleeping bag before anybody noticed what she was wearing, but as it was Elena, of course that plan would fail. She tripped, head first, onto the bottom of the sleeping bag. Thankfully, there were a lot of blankets to break her fall.
"Oof!" was the noise she spluttered as her head mad contact with the cushioned floor. She could hear cackles of laughter come from Bonnie and Caroline who had witnessed her clumsiness many-a-time. The brothers whooped with laughter and she turned to face them all, her face the same colour as the fire. It probably felt as hot as it too.
"I'm going to pretend that didn't happen, and climb gracefully into my sleeping bag," she told the, when the laughter didn't stop. She didn't care if they saw her pyjamas any more, they had already gotten a nice view of her bum. Damon had noticed of course before he burst into fits of laughter. He loved that they were quite tight and showed the shape perfectly, giving his imagination something to think about.
"Goodnight everyone," Caroline was the first to announce.
"Goodnight!"
"Night."
"Goodnight."
"Night, don't let the bed bugs bite!" Stefan teased, earning him a whack in the face by a pillow from Caroline.
Damon smiled and turned the way he usually lay to sleep and noticed he was facing Elena. She face him as well and mouthed the words, "Goodnight Damon," to him. He mouthed back a similar reply and when she closed her eyes happily he mouthed the words, "My love."
He closed his eyes and found that he fell asleep quickly when he expected to be tossing and turning all night.
Damon was awoken by the sound of rustling blankets. He refused to open his eyes just in case it was time to get up but his curiosity got the better of him when he heard the padding of feet against floorboards and the patio doors sliding open. He looked to see it was pitch black but he could make out an empty bed where Elena should have been. He could see her silhouette through the doorway and decided to sneak up on her. She had. Shoved a jumper on and was leaning against the patio railing, looking out into the lake.
"You know, I'm sure this is how horror films start," Damon chuckled in her ear. She jumped ten feet into the air and clutched at her chest, insinuating he had given her a heart attack. "Pretty girls like you leaving a door open as they gaze out into the night... Hoping... Wishing... Dreaming...!" Damon said dramatically as he slumped against the railings, looking wistfully across the lake. He turned round to see Elena stifling fits of laughter.
"Oh my god Damon!" she whispered. "Don't try and give me a heart attack and then kill me with my laughter!" she giggled.
He grinned foolishly at her. It always seemed like his proudest moments, making her laugh or smile.
"Anyway, there are more pressing matters at hand," she told him seriously. He straightened up, looking back at her seriously as well, thinking she would make a joke. "You just called me pretty."
Those five words caught him off-guard and he nearly stumbled back. She looked at him earnestly, her large brown doe eyes reflecting the small light of the fireflies on the lake. He gulped.
"That's because you are."
It felt like such a cliche moment, but he thought time was standing still. He thought that it was only Elena and him in the entire universe, staring into each others eyes. It was a moment of complete intimacy, even though they were not touching at all.
"I never told you, the other reason for me breaking up with Katherine," he whispered to her.
"You mean the was another reason besides her being, vile, cruel, malicious and pure evil?" she joked. She was whispering too as she could see where this conversation was headed. Now the time had come, she was extremely nervous and could feel her palms sweating a little.
"I told her I liked somebody else," he stared taking a little step closer.
"Were you asking for a death sentence?" she joked again, her nerves obvious to Damon now. He wanted to take control of the situation so she didn't have to feel nervous.
"Can you be quiet for a second now, will ya?"
She nodded.
"Okay," he continued. "I never really liked Katherine the way I like this other girl, you see. This girl is smart, beautiful, kind, generous,mall the things Katherine is not." Elena shivered at the words that sent tingles down her spine.
"Do you know a girl who is like that, Elena?" Damon asked, closing the distance between them and wrapping his arms around her waist. She couldn't seem to move, or breathe for that matter, with such close proximity to him. She managed to shake her head slightly.
Damon chuckled. "It's you."
He leaned down towards her mouth, fireworks exploding before their lips actually met. He lingered around her mouth for a few seconds, unsure as to continue but Elena pushed herself up to join their lips together.
It was everything each of them had dreamed it would be, yet so different. They knew it would be amazing but they didn't understand the full picture. They had never before imagined the heat, the smell, the touch, the taste as their mouths explored something that seemed so familiar yet so new.
His hands pulled her body closer to his and left no gap in between them. They fit perfectly into each others shape, like lock and key. Elena brought her hands up and let them sift through his gorgeous raven black hair and they stood there, their bodies joined, for what could have possibly been hours, could have possibly been minutes as they made up for lost time they never new they wanted before.
I think that is the best romantic scene I have or will ever write in my entire life! I hope you enjoyed it as much as enjoyed writing it!
In other news, what do you think Katherine's plan is? You will find out in a few chapters but let me know what you think :)
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I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you for sticking by me, all of you :)
