It seems like heaven ain't far away
It's good to have you with us
Even if it's just for the day
Enterlude by The Killers
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After Elena cleaned up her appearance, she swallowed the rolls that Andy gave her earlier in the week. She wanted to feel the effects by the time she entered the rave.
Elena decided on wearing a white one shoulder dress. The dress was daringly short. She wore her hair up with a light-stick headband. She put some candy jewelry around her neck. She looked in the mirror, it was like déjà vu. She was staring at her 16 year old self. She tucked some cash and a lighter in her bra before exiting the bedroom.
Damon watched Elena as she skipped the short distance to Andy's house. Elena could feel the vibrations of the music. She couldn't wait to lose control. She grabbed Damon's hand as they entered the large basement.
An immediate rush of bass hit her. She felt connected with the music, every beat produced a shock to her bones. The air was hot and sweaty, she estimated around 200 people were dancing.
Green, blue, and red strobe lights moved to the music. Her white dress glowed from the black lighting. Elena recognized the music playing. "This song is so fun!" She shouted.
Elena was shaking her hips and singing along: 'Can you make me feel like a star? Can you make me shake and scream? Can you make me beg, baby?'
Damon was surprised by Elena's energy. He was used to seeing her in control of her emotions. With his vampire eyesight, he noticed that her pupils were dilated. He started getting suspicious about her sudden attitude change.
Andy found the pair through the crowd of bodies. He had an arm wrapped around a tall gorgeous red head. The red head was drinking from a bottle of Grey Goose.
Elena stuck out her tongue, showing off her glow in the dark barbell. The red head left Andy's embrace and started singing along to the song: 'Can you make me loose my mind? Can you tease me?' Elena gave her a flirty smile and the red head french kissed her. The kiss was short.
"Guess a kiss can get your drunk." Elena and Andy seemed unfazed about the kiss. Damon started to feel possessive, he didn't want any girls or guys kissing Elena. She was his. Everyone needed to get a clue.
Andy handed Elena two glow sticks from the back pocket of his jeans. Elena's eyes widened in happiness. She popped them and started dancing. She playfully poked Damon's side. She complimented his solid body. Elena's silly behavior made him feel good.
Caroline interrupted the group by shrieking. "It took me forever to find you guys!" She stumbled over to them, a little tipsy.
Elena rushed to her and twirled her around in the air. Elena couldn't stop saying "I love you". Elena nuzzled her face like a cat.
Caroline disentangled herself from Elena. "ANDY! What the hell?" She asked in her best bitchy voice.
"I didn't do anything. We didn't hang out today." Andy feigned innocence.
Caroline glared. Elena pulled on her cheeks and told her to "Turn that frown upside down!"
"Seriously!" Caroline prodded for the correct answer.
"She's rolling fucking hard." Andy laughed. "She's about to have a really good time. Looks like I need to catch up."
Elena started to feel up Caroline saying, "I want to touch something! I want to touch you. Oh, I like touching you. Yes, I do."
Caroline tried getting her to stop.
Elena moved away and shook her hips. Elena was in her own little world to the side of the group. She put on her mouth guard, which was glow in the dark vampire fangs.
She tapped on Damon's shoulder acting sneaky, like she had a big secret to share. She seductively showed him the fangs. He knew it was stupid, but he was aroused seeing her like that. She happily groped him, excited to touch him, but got distracted when the song changed.
Elena ran off in the direction of the speakers.
"Nice going." Caroline said sarcastically to Andy.
"Will you calm down?" Andy sighed. "You should join us on the dark side." Dramatically in slow motion, Andy placed a roll on the tip of his tongue before swallowing it.
"Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go all the way!" The red head cheered.
Andy winked before walking away with his date.
Damon and Caroline remained to the side of the dance floor.
"She didn't tell me she took anything."
Caroline look up at him in surprise.
"Is she alright?"
"Yeah, but she can't drink alcohol. That mix is a no-no. And she needs to keep wearing the fangs or she'll bite her tongue off."
Damon nodded.
"I think it's time to go back to the bar." Caroline made her way across the room. Damon followed needing some alcohol in his system for the interesting night ahead.
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After a few drinks, Damon didn't have to look hard to find Elena. She was dancing on the small stage near the DJ.
It pleased him that she wasn't dancing with anyone. She was happily playing with her glowsticks. He went through the crowd to stand near the stage in front of Elena. She saw him and motioned for him to wait. She took off her fangs and asked the DJ to play a song.
Elena jumped the small distance from the stage into Damon's embrace. Her arms were wrapped around his neck and she said "Hi" against his ear. She placed kisses along his neck. He found her lips and greedily kissed her. "Mmm, kissing feels great, do it some more. Give me more." She said against his lips. Elena was hot and sticky from dancing, but he didn't mind. He loved having her close.
Happy ravers danced around them. Damon's senses were on overload, even more so now being near the speakers. "I thought Caroline would be here." He heard Elena say with a pout. "What do you mean?" He asked.
"I requested this song for her." Elena looked around the room. She moved her head to the beats of the song.
"ELENA!" A happy drunk Caroline appeared. She waved her arms in the air, singing: 'It's been so long, I've been out of my body with you!'
Elena left Damon's arms, so she could dance and sing along: 'But I just wanna play it right... We are gonna get there tonight.'
Caroline took Elena's hands to spin her in a circle. The girls were singing: 'I just want to take you down... We are gonna bring you round.' They jumped up and down until the song finished.
Elena was panting. "Oh God, I need water, badly."
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Not long after, Elena laid in the grass in Andy's backyard. Damon sat next to her. Damon was happy to be out of the basement, the whole experience was overwhelming. It was a strange environment to be in as a vampire. He noticed that his blood lust was rising due to the mass of pulsing bodies.
Elena's feet tapped to the beat coming from the basement. She was tired from dancing after four hours. She was coming down, but everything was okay.
"You never told me about the drugs."
Elena squinted at Damon.
"There was nothing to tell you. I never got high in Mystic Falls. I wasn't interested in partying with Vicki's crowd." Elena frowned at the memory of the dead girl and her brother.
"So what's different now?"
Elena stayed quiet. She started pulling at the grass. "It's complicated." She said softly.
"Elena, tell me."
"Fine, I will attempt a quick version. I was 14, Andy was 19. I lied to him about my age. He had hot friends." Elena laughed. "That was the first summer I ever partied. The next year, he started the band. We started drinking a lot. I tried a few drugs, boring stuff like weed. The good stuff didn't happen until he turned 21."
Elena paused and looked in pain. "When I went back to Mystic Falls, I didn't have it all out of my system. I was stranded one night after going to a party. I called my parents, they picked me up and died. The survivor guilt took over. I turned into half a person."
Elena sat up and moved closer to Damon. "If my parents would have survived the crash... I don't think I would have dated Stefan. His personality clicked well with my grief. But we never had anything in common, not really. And now, now things are different. My brother died. Andy was at the funeral, we talked and it changed things."
"I don't want to be half a person anymore. I want to be me. So... yeah." Elena shrugged. "I did drugs tonight, but whatever, don't freak out."
Elena waited for Damon to say something. He pulled her into his embrace. "I won't freak out on you." He said gently and kissed her forehead. "You won't scare me away. I am a murderous vampire or did you forget? Aren't you the one who said I have no redeeming qualities?"
"Yes, but that was before..." Elena sighed. "I found out how good of a kisser you are." She leaned up to his lips.
"This is insane." Damon said as he watched a girl walk by with furry boots and goggles.
"You really think so?" Elena tilted her head to the side.
"I've been to Woodstock, clubs in New York, Mardi Gras, and party after party, but this is something else."
"It's just a rave." Elena gave him a goofy smile. "A small one at that, there ones with thousands of people."
"Have you been to one like that?"
"No, I couldn't, I didn't have a fake ID."
Elena noticed Andy close by and she called him over. He took off his shirt and tossed it in a trash can.
"I took off my bloody shirt because of your vampire. I don't want any accidents." Andy said as he sat down, his face was all messed up.
Damon rolled his eyes, but was somewhat grateful. He didn't want to be near blood right now, even with his control skills.
Elena laughed. "What's the story?"
"Some moron beat me for fucking his girlfriend."
"The red head?" Damon asked noticing the girl was no longer with him.
"No, different girl."
Elena furrowed her brows in disgust.
"I didn't know she had a boyfriend." Andy said in a mock whiny voice.
"Huh." Elena tried to determine if he was lying or not.
"I can't believe this happened in my own house versus a bar or some shit like that." Andy said bitterly. "Definitely need a cigarette. Can I use your lighter? I lost mine in the fight."
Elena handed him the silver zeppo from her bra.
"Do you need something to smoke?" Andy asked.
"Not right now. But I wanted to ask about something else..."
"I'm not in the mood to read your mind. Ask already."
"Kitty Flipping." Elena grinned.
"I can check. I'm going upstairs as it is to put on new fucking clothes." Andy grumbled, handed Elena the lighter and walked away.
"I think it's time to go back in. I want to make sure Caroline didn't pass out or something." Elena got up from the grass.
"Do we have to?" Damon asked half-joking.
A/N: The drug Elena is taking is MDMA/E. It was funny writing her. I waited to write this chapter, because I went to a rave this weekend. I wanted to be inspired. This is PART 1 of the rave. I will publish PART 2 asap. Hope you like it so far. xoxo BE GOOD & REVIEW!
Songs used: Scream by Starkillers, Ghosts N Stuff by Deadmau5
PS. I started a new fic that has plenty of D/E smutty fun, check it out if you're into that kind of thing. Just click on my profile.
