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Marching On (One Republic)
Bloodstream (Stateless)
Chapter 12 : Let's Get It On
Dear Diary,
I woke up today only to realize that everything was not a horrible nightmare. Everything was real. And the Stefan I saw days ago was the Stefan I supposedly fell in love with. It had been three days since we broke up, and naturally, I'm still at loss. I don't know how long this pain will last, but I'm sure things will fall into its place, like Damon said it would.
Jeremy left yesterday for a boarding school downtown. He wanted to attend to learn more about fine arts, and find himself while on the process. He won't come back anytime soon, but before he left, it felt like he almost forgave me. Maybe not completely, but it's a start.
Since Jeremy left, Jenna will be coming back tomorrow. I heard about an engagement but she hasn't officially told me yet. Maybe, soon enough, Ric will be moving too.
Anyway, I'm going to school today, coz I haven't gone in a week, everyone's probably worried. I'd have to pretend to them yet again, that everything is alright. But why not? Maybe I could fake it till I make it. Damon is picking me up today. He has been extremely helpful, and I'm glad that I have a friend like him.
Elena closed her diary upon seeing that she was going to be late for school. She took her bag, and put a jacket on. Then she headed downstairs, she heard someone fixing something in the kitchen. Jenna's back, she thought.
"Yes. I can actually cook, Elena. Unlike you." Damon smirked as Elena walked towards him.
Elena smiled thinking that Damon probably figured she wouldn't have anyone to fix up a meal for her, so he obliged. She gratefully uttered, "This is incredibly sweet of you, Damon Salvatore."
He put down the plates on the table and sped right in front of Elena, "Stop being all mushy. It's early in the morning." He said, leaving Elena grinning.
"So, I was thinking about our relationship..." Elena sat down at the table. She took some pancakes and spread syrup on it. She looked at Damon and cracked up, seeing that he was holding out a plate, frozen in shock.
Realizing what state he was in, he snapped and hit her with sarcasm, "Elena. Don't you think it's a little bit too early? I mean, you literally just broke up with my lil brother." He sat beside her, and put some more pancakes in her plate.
"That's not what I meant Damon," she hit him playfully, "I meant our friendship." Damon looked at her and asked, "What about it?"
"I already forgave you for every jerk thing you did, I trust you, You trust me, I care about you and you care about me too. So... I want you to be my bestfriend." Elena smiled to him and put a pancake on his plate.
"Okaaay. Time-out." Damon formed a T-shape with both of his hands. "First off, Who said I care about you?"
Elena, with an annoyed face, took hold of the pot. She pretended that the pot was hot and gave out a small scream, "Ah!"
Damon's face turned tensed. He turned his whole body to Elena's attention, panicked and asked her, "Where does it hurt?"
In reply, Elena giggled. Damon rolled his eyes realizing Elena pretended just so she could prove her point. "So... if that's not caring... then what is Damon?" She gave her a devilish grin, it almost set him off on how sexy she looked.
Defeated, Damon said, "We'll talk about it later. You're late for school."
Shit, Elena thought aloud. She took one last bite as both of them headed towards the door. She was surprised seeing what was parked outside her house. It was a black Ferrari, two-door, top-down. Classy Ass.
Seeing Elena's reaction, Damon said, "What? I bought a new car." He smirked as he opened the door for her, "Sue me."
She went inside the car. It smelt new, but it already had Damon's scent on it. She thought that the car was perfect for a guy like Damon. It's funny coz as she looked at Damon who was turning the car on, she couldn't believe that he was now her bestfriend. She grinned at the thought.
They were almost to the school when Elena realized that she forgot her history book. Damon saw the panic in her eyes, so he took out the book ,which he secretly brought, and held it out in front of her.
"You literally saved my life." Elena felt relieved.
"It's becoming a habit." Damon replied.
They walked out of the car and Damon locked it with the remote, it gave off a cool sound. It felt different for her that now, she was walking in the school grounds with Damon beside her. She noticed people staring at them, maybe it was because Damon was hot? Or maybe because it wasn't Stefan beside her? She didn't know, didn't care.
"You could be like my personal nanny, if you don't want to be my bestfriend." Elena teased Damon.
He whispered in her ear seductively, "Sure. If you'll let me scrub your back when you shower." She rolled her eyes as he continued, "I would even put your clothes on for you if you want." Damon chuckled at the thought.
"What time do I pick you up?" Damon asked as he gave Elena her book and bag, he carried it for her.
"5. Sharp. Don't be late, okay?" She looked at her with puppy eyes.
He gently brushed his cheeks, "I'll see you later."
Elena watched Damon as he walked towards the car. She smiled yet again. She wondered why she keeps on smiling every time she's with Damon. She was about to attend class when Bonnie showed up.
"Please tell me Damon Salvatore has a doppelganger!" Bonnie panicked.
"No. Bonnie, that was really Damon, who happens to be my bestfriend now."
"Wait, what? I thought you hated him."
"It's a long story. I'll tell you about it later."
Elena went inside the classroom. She was already late. It was a good thing though that Alaric was his first professor. It made it easier for her to slack off, since he surely wanted to get in her good graces for the engagement thing with Jenna.
She almost slept at all of her classes. She realized she hasn't really slept much the past week. Too many things had happened that that week almost felt like a year to her. It made her wonder how close she and Damon have gotten since he saved her life. For some reason, she wanted time to just pass by fast, so it would already be 5, so he could see Damon. What was she thinking? She didn't understand but it made her feel good to have him around.
Sooner than she thought, it was already dismissal time. Bonnie came running too her, as if too eager to listen to the story of her week. If she had a choice, she wouldn't want to tell anyone about it. But it's not like Bonnie was an outsider in her life. She needed to know at least.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you."Bonnie's face was in shock as if trying to take in everything that Elena just said.
"You didn't know Bonnie, it's okay." Elena smiled as she patted Bonnie's shoulders. She finally let it all out to her. A part of her felt relieved.
"There's one thing though..." Bonnie added as Elena looked at her in confusion, "When are you gonna tell Damon about your feelings?"
"Feelings?" Elena laughed awkwardly, "What do you mean?"
Bonnie looked around, fearing that someone might hear their conversation. Unluckily though, she didn't notice that Damon was standing behind a tree, listening intently to every word they were saying.
"You like him, right?" Bonnie continued with an intriguing eyes.
Elena felt her heart beat faster. Was I turning red? She suddenly felt answered stuttering, "Ye- Yes. But only as a friend."
"Okaaay." Bonnie saw the hesitation in her eyes. "How much do you like him then?"
Elena was dumbstruck with the question. She hasn't really thought about how much he liked Damon. Everything that happened with Stefan kept her occupied. All that she knows though is that Damon is special to her in more ways than she could imagine. If not for him, she wouldn't even know if she would be standing there right now.
"I like him very much... Very very much." Elena answered smiling to herself. She was so confident that she almost forgot that it was actually Bonnie she was talking to.
Damon heard Elena's statement, and he was monstrously happy that he didn't even want to move. He was hoping they'd talk more about him, but instead, they started talking about a new restaurant. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost 5 pm. She started walking towards them. And Bonnie saw him first. She rolled her eyes, annoyed.
"Incoming..." Bonnie uttered as Damon walked closer to Elena.
Elena looked towards Bonnie's gaze and to her surprise, a cookie jar was held out in front of her face by Damon.
"OATMEAL COOKIES!" Elena rejoiced as he put her arms around Damon tightly. Bonnie stared more intently. They are seriously too close, she thought.
"Where did you get it?" Elena asked as she started unwrapping the cookie jar.
Damon sat beside her and they faced each other, totally leaving Bonnie out of place. He answered, "I bought it at a store called 'Make Your Bestfriend Happy By Buying Her Cookies That Taste Like Crap'." Elena giggled. She was too happy. Damon had been really sweet to her the past days. And she really liked that.
Bonnie started feeling too awkward. She started to realize that Damon and Elena were like in their own little bubble, not minding others around them. With this observation, she coughed in purpose, hoping to get their attention.
"Oh. Hi Sabrina! Didn't know you were here." Damon smiled to Bonnie sarcastically. She looked at him sharply, as if irritated.
Seeing the retaliation of the two, Elena rebutted, "Let's go to the new restaurant across Mystic Bar. Caroline said they have heavenly steak."
Damon answered, "Perfect. I'll have mine extra raw." He turned his gaze to Bonnie who was more and more annoyed at his sarcastic comments, "Come with us?"
Bonnie was about to turn him down when she thought about how she wasn't there for Elena the past week. Elena gave her a pleading look, so she decided to go.
The dinner hasn't gone well. Damon had been dropping his usual sarcastic comments, and Bonnie didn't like it all. Elena laughed at almost each and everyone of them, and that surprised Bonnie a lot. She thought maybe she had to get along with Damon. After all, he did save her a lot of times.
"So, have you seen Stefan lately?" Bonnie asked Damon, trying to ease up her annoyance.
"The new loveteam's MIA, fortunately. It'd be kinda odd, us three, living in one roof." Damon answered, he noticed that Elena was happy to see that her two best friends were getting along, or at least trying to.
"So how's the magic thing going?" Damon tried to continue the conversation.
Bonnie, unable to resist, threatened him, "Better actually, I could kill you within a two-second stare."
This bitc- I mean, witch has got to have some sort of sense of humor! Damon complained in his thoughts. He had to get along with Bonnie, coz he knew it'd be easier for Elena that way.
"Can I ask you something?" Damon asked Bonnie. He leaned forward and covered the side of his mouth as if whispering. Then with an extremely serious face, he asked, "Do you like... uh-... have a broomstick?"
Bonnie tried to prevent herself from laughing, but she couldn't any longer. She smiled widely. And Damon saw it. Finally! He thought. Elena started laughing loudly too. And that's when Damon commented rather strongly, "ELENA! Bonnie laughed at my joke! Call TMZ!"
Elena laughed even louder and louder. Bonnie did as well too. All three of them couldn't stop giggling. And for the first time in a long time, it was as if they have found a little normalcy in their weird lives.
It was almost like they never stopped chuckling. They went straight to the Mystic Bar after that. They drank shots, and laughed a lot. They couldn't deny that all of them were really having fun. After some time though, Elena was getting drunker and drunker. They decided to call it a night. And in perfectly good terms, Bonnie and Damon bid goodbye.
"Oopsie Daisy." Damon softly grunted as he carried Elena out of the car and into the house.
It was a good thing that Jenna wasn't there yet. Too much bad impression for Damon. He took Elena to her room, and he saw that she was sobering up bit by bit.
She went to the bathroom on her own, and Damon waited at the bed. He laid half of his body down, his feet still firm on the ground. He decided that he would leave after she falls asleep. He closed his eyes for a bit.
After a minute or so, Elena went out of the bathroom with her face all cleaned up. She was still dizzy and walking was still kind of difficult. She was about to lay beside Damon who still had his eyes closed, when she suddenly slipped on Damon's socks placed on the floor.
She squeezed her eyes shut in shock, and when she opened them, she was atop Damon. Her face was so close from his that she already smelt the liquor they drank from his breath. Her full bosom was heavied upon his vigorous chest. Their middles colliding. Damon opened his eyes and smirked at her, "Woah Elena, I never really took you for the predating type."
Elena rolled her eyes at his comment, her head was still spinning. She was about to stand up when her feet touched the other sock, and she slipped again. She turned red when she realized his lips were already placed firmly on Damon's.
HOLY SHIT! Elena shouted in her thoughts. The heat of the alcohol, and its effect were taken away in a snap. She was perfectly sober as she looked at Damon whose eyes were as wide as hers. They were both startled, and for a few seconds, Elena wasn't breathing and Damon wasn't moving.
What do I do? Elena panicked in her thoughts. Maybe pretend to faint? Maybe just fall on the other side of the bed? Her thoughts were so rambled, she didn't even notice she was already turning red. She saw Damon sneer and that's when she decided to stand up, and just apologize.
She removed her face from his, but before she could even stand up, Damon took a hold of her bodice tightly. There faces were close again. His eyes were glued to hers, as if looking deeply into it, trying to find something. With a husky voice, he softly said, "Stay."
One word was all it took and Elena passionately crushed her lips on Damon's sensual and supple one.
God. Please don't be one of my perverted dreams, Damon thought.
Author's Note : I kinda dragged this one, but I hope you like it. I've been waiting so long for a Delena kissing scene. Finally. :) And of course, your review is love.
To Tsukivamp, thanks for the appreciation. :)
To Vanessa, as always, blissful reading your reviews. I'm glad the prev chapter almost made you cry (that kinda sounded wrong. Lol.) Oh, And BTW, I reviewed on one of your awesome stories. :) Thanks again :)
