"So what do we do?" I asked him. He flicked a small pebble of the ledge of the roof and we listened until it hit the sidewalk far down below.
"We're going to play her game. Just go along with it until I can figure out everything we're working with. Until then it will be best for her to think everything is actually going her way." He said.
We stood up off the ledge and looked out over the city again.
"Well, I better brush up on my acting skills." I smiled. Damon looked down at me a smile playing on the edge of his mouth but then his face went serious.
"You better, we have to do this the right way...I can't lose you...I'll never let anything happen to you." He said.
"Cause I'm yours and yours only?" I asked smiling.
He smiled wildly. "Hey, don't make jokes...I'll go king kong on you, grab you up and start climbing these sky scrapers." He said.
I laughed uncontrollably. He jerked me up into his arms.
"She's mine! Grrr!" He yelled holding me up in his arms. I was laughing so hard my sides were hurting.
"Put me down!" I laughed.
"I love you." He said softly as he rested me back on my feet.
"I love you to." I said looking deeply into the blue eyes looking back at me.
We finally made it back to Mystic Falls the next day. After checking in at the house and staying a night I made it back to the boarding house just in time to walk in on Charlotte's meltdown.
"I miss Thomas! If he hasn't starved to death yet then he's probably close!" She yelped pacing back and forth. A very bewildered Damon stood in front of her watching her cross back and forth on her path of panic. He turned and looked at me, a look of helplessness written on his face and shrugged.
"What's wrong Charlotte?" I asked. I was answered with a fresh batch of sobs.
"She misses her cat." Damon answered trying to control the humor on his face. I watched her wipe her tears with her sleeve.
"I just want to check on him, maybe bring him back here. No one at home will no any different cause they knew I was visiting here." She said through tears.
"Stefan might eat him." Damon said dryly, a smile playing on is lips. I slapped his arm in protest but was also trying not to laugh.
"You don't understand the bond between a girl and her CAT!" She yelled.
Damon rolled his eyes and sighed. "I need a drink." He said making his way over to the bar.
"Why can't you just go then Charlotte? Go check on him, bring him back if you want." I said.
"I can't go by myself, I'm still not used to this whole...vampire thing...I need support and apparently Damon is to BUSY!" She cried.
I looked over at Damon who was looking at a pretend watch on his wrist as he poured a drink.
"Damon." I said. He looked up and tapped his pretend watch. "Busy schedule." He said shrugging.
"Give me a break." I said smiling.
"You can take her to Morgan Town if you want. I'm staying right here." He said pointing to the floor at his feet.
"Oh really, I can huh? Well thanks for your company King Kong...I'll go it alone." I said sarcastically.
He looked up and narrowed his eyes. He then proceeded to drink the largest glass of scotch I had ever seen him drink at one time. He slammed the glass down.
"Fine...let's go." He said.
"Go where?" I heard Katherine say out of nowhere. I looked up at her and to Damon. Damon nodded slightly at me.
"Katherine! Hey!" I said overly cheery.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Can we talk outside?" I asked a little quieter.
She narrowed her eyes but agreed. We made our way out to the back.
"What's this about?" She asked looking around uncomfortable.
"Well, I made my decision. Well, I should say Damon and I both made a decision." I said.
"Oh really?" She said perking up in interest.
"Yep, and we decided we are all for it." I reached out and took one of her hands in mine. "You and I...are going to make the best sisters ever." I said as serious as I could.
"Yeah...but are you being serious?" She said doubtingly, tilting her head to the side.
"Of course." I said. "Don't act insecure Katherine...we are better than that." I said sharply.
A huge smile spread across her face.
"You're damn right we are." She said looking vibrantly satisfied.
One thing was for sure is that I was acting. We just needed to keep her satisfied until we could find a way to fight it. After a while Damon, Charlotte and I made our way to the car and set off towards Morgan Town. Not too long after we left Damon rolled down his window and hooked his Iphone up to the speakers and had music playing on blast. I looked over at him. I could tell by the forced casual drum of his fingers on the top of the window and the deeply imbedded frown he had on his face that he was nervous about something.
Boarding House
"Knock Knock." Katherine said as she entered Stefan's room.
"Oh hey." Stefan said not turning away from the lap top.
"Missed you." She said, running and leaping onto his bed.
He turned all the way around in his desk chair and faced Katherine with a look of annoyance.
"So...what brings you over here?" He asked.
"What doesn't bring me over here?" She snapped.
"Katherine...maybe you're not aware...but you do know that your just a crutch right?" Stefan asked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Katherine asked growing angry.
"I love Elena...that's what it means. But...she's unavailable and you just so happen to look just like her." Stefan said smiling coolly. "You're a crutch. You help ease the pain and so on." He said nodding.
"Well, your just going to have to get over that." Katherine said with a raise of her chin. "Damon and Elena decided that we should all just be together so if you're just afraid that someone disagrees with you and I then you're wrong." She smiled. "Plus...you weren't calling me your crutch last night now were you?" She asked.
Stefan sighed and shook his head even though he was trying to hide the shock of her statement about all of them being together. He decided that as soon as Damon and Elena got back he would be asking about what the hell he was missing.
"By the way...where IS Damon and Elena?" Katherine asked, her eyes narrowed.
ELENA
"Damon?" I said when we finally stopped. Charlotte got out of the back seat and began to pump gas into the car. Damon gripped the steering wheel like it was his life support.
"Yeah?" He asked without even looking at me.
"What's wrong?" I asked growing very worried.
He looked at me, his eyes wide with anxiety. "Elena, you changed my life. A life that I had for a very very long time before you were even born." He said looking down, his midnight hair falling into his face.
"You went to this college didn't you?" I asked beginning to understand.
"Yes." He answered nodding. "It's where I was right before I came to Mystic Falls." He explained.
"And what are you trying to warn me about?" I asked
"I'm just trying to remind you that I have a past." He said quietly gazing out of the front windshield.
I considered this for a second, knowing that if it was bothering him this bad that obviously there would be something that I wasn't going to like. But I knew this, and I would except it no matter what. Just the look of worry on his face was enough to make me weak with compassion.
"Damon...it's okay..I promise." I smiled.
"It is getting cold out there!" Charlotte said getting back into the car. Damon grinned at Charlotte's loud interruption as he cranked the car and we headed out.
After getting back out onto the highway Damon's phone rang and he put it on speaker phone.
"Hey little brother, I'm glad you could reach the emergency numbers on the fridge." Damon smiled.
"Not funny. And by the way...I'm not far behind you. Katherine decided that if your heading to the college, on a Friday, during fall break there would most certainly be a party. And since we're all one big happy family now...she decided she didn't want to miss it." Stefan said through his teeth.
"Yeah...about that. I meant to explain the whole situation." Damon said hearing the anger in Stefan's voice.
"Oh really...well...guess what? You DIDN'T. So...I'm dragging her out here with you guys so that I can place the largest inconvenience on you possible." Stefan snapped.
"Clever, I'm proud...but you do know that I'm pissed now, right?" Damon asked.
"Don't care much." Stefan said and hung up.
"Great." Damon sighed tossing his phone down.
"Yeah...no kidding." I said looking out of the passenger window watching the trees blur past. I was more concerned about Katherine's love of public hook ups. The last thing I needed were those feelings back again. It seemed like every time it happened the feelings stayed a little more each time. Slowly slipping me back into a genuine loving feeling for Stefan.
We finally made it to the campus a little while later as the sun was setting. Our main objective was just to get stuff out of Charlotte's dorm room and to make sure everyone saw her to establish that she wasn't missing. But as soon as she got out and squealed because a group of her friends were walking by I knew we were in for the long haul. Damon seemed to take an un needed deep breath and braced himself for whatever was coming. It was only a matter of seconds before Charlotte turned around from the group of her friends and yelled "Can we please go to the party! It's the frats and sororities mixer!" She yelled.
I nodded smiling. I was actually intrigued by Damon's nervousness. I had a strange curiosity growing inside of me and suddenly I wanted nothing more than to see who he was right before he came to Mystic Falls. I had to see him in this light. Damon Salvatore, and his life in college. I smiled wider.
"Yeah let's go." I said.
Damon looked at me, his eyes piercing. I shrugged and smiled.
"Your enjoying this aren't you?" He asked quietly as we made our way into the building.
"Yup." I answered. It wasn't long before we found ourselves walking down a long corridor with students lining the halls, downing red plastic cups of beer. The room ahead where the main party was, was packed and we could already hear the music blasting and the raised voices.
"Charlotte! Omigod come here!" A girl waved from further down the hall. Then she did the opposite and ran to us.
"Hey Sarah!" Charlotte squealed hugging her.
"Where have you been!" Sarah asked.
"Mystic Falls. I went down for the college recruitment day and...then I found some friends." She smiled gesturing to me and Damon. She smiled at me and then looked at Damon, her eyes widening as her eyes flickered to Charlotte in a secret smile.
"No damn way! Damon Salvatore!" A guy suddenly yelled from behind us. Damon didn't turn at first he just merely cringed. Then he turned and looked at the slim, athletic brown haired guy as he made his way over.
"Ben! How are you man?" Damon asked.
"Uhhh I would say it's been friggin LAME since you left! The party is here now!" He yelled.
"Oh uh..no I'm just ...stopping by.." Damon began.
"Oh right! Nope...your staying right here Salvatore! Oh, I'm going to tell the rest of the guys your here. Frat master is back!" He yelled running toward the main party.
I was in shock but I raised my eyes to Damon grinning so hard my mouth hurt.
"Not a word Elena." He said.
"You...were a frat guy?" I asked.
"Maybe." Damon shrugged.
"It makes a lot of sense." I said as I began to laugh.
"Ohhh now I know why your name sounds familiar." Charlotte gasped and then began laughing. "You are like that guy that all the other guys want to be!" Charlotte laughed.
Damon shook his head and we began to walk into the party.
"Hey guys, one of my friends was keeping Thomas for me. I'm going to go check on him and then I'll be right back, okay?" She said.
"Alright." I waved.
We made our way into the party and the crowd busted out into a commotion and then they all started cheering. It only took a second for me to realize they were all turned watching Damon walk in. Damon waved small and nodded. They were patting him on the back, punching him in the arm. He was literally like a celebrity.
"Damon! Have a drink man!" A guy called handing him a cup. He thrust it literally into Damon's chest. Damon took a long draw from it and then squeezed it and tossed it to the side. As soon as the cup hit the floor the crowd cheered again.
I shook my head in amusement as everyone began to gather around him talking.
A little while later when everything had gotten back to a normal party we were standing by the wall talking. Damon, myself and Charlotte.
"Damon?" I heard a girls voice ring out behind him. We all turned to find a slender, model beautiful auburn haired girl standing there.
"Jade." He stated quietly. But his face rang surprise.
A soft smile stretched across her face and she ran and jumped into his arms smashing her mouth into his.
I took a step back in surprise and looked at Charlotte. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened.
Damon jerked her off and set her to her feet.
"Oh...mi god...I'm so sorry. It's just been too long Damon. I miss you." She pouted looking uncomfortably over at me.
Damon smiled politely but then wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I usually would be very flattered but I was too busy trying to swallow the jealousy from watching her kiss Damon.
"Jade, this is Elena." He introduced me to clearly to show that we were together. She smiled, but it was forced. I could see the hurt wash over her face. Something told me that she was just as jealous of me as I was of her. Damon bottomed up on his eleventh cup of beer and I could tell he was drowning in uncomfortableness.
"Nice to meet you." She lied. She looked back to Damon. "I'm not sure if I ever thanked for what you did Damon. It's too bad I can't give you an appropriate thank you." She winked. He smiled, truly smiled at her.
"I'm glad your doing well Jade." He said.
I felt the slightest tug at my face, hoping it wouldn't begin to grow dark. Hoping the canines in my mouth wouldn't begin to take over.
She smiled up at him admiringly. She reached out and touched the side of his face. "I missed you." She whispered.
I was just about to open my mouth and say something, although I wasn't even sure what when I heard Katherine's voice.
"Fancy meeting you here." She laughed. To my surprise, I was relieved to have Katherine there. Something about it made me feel more confident. And Stefan was here. I looked over at him. Stefan looked at me long and meaningfully.
"Oh wow, you look exactly like Elena." Jade said in surprise.
"We're sisters...twins." I nearly interrupted her. Katherine smiled over at me. She glanced toward Jade and then back to me. I knew she understood how I felt. The look on her face said it all. She was being jealous with me. I guess that Jade began to get the message, because then she seemed to laugh nervously and walk off.
"She's pretty, Damon. Did you lead her on into obsession?" Katherine snapped at Damon.
"Who invited you here again?" Damon said.
"Well played..asshole." Katherine grinned.
"Come on." Damon said taking my hand and leading me away from Katherine, Stefan and Charlotte.
"Where are we going?" I asked as we made our way out into the crowd.
"Away." He snapped. He pulled me into a darker corner of the huge room. His body pressed closer to mine in the corner, his face lowering, inches to mine.
"Elena, I'm sorry about Jade...it was a...thing." He said.
"Oh a thing?" I laughed sarcastically, mad at myself for being angry after I promised him I would be fine.
"Yes, Elena...it was just ...it doesn't matter okay? You know I love you." He said. Suddenly he was jerked by his shoulder. He turned and face a group of guys standing behind him,
"Damon! My man! We're about to play a drink off. Let's go. It would be an honor to compete with you." The guy in the middle chimed.
"Um, no thanks Gerard. I'm sorry." Damon said.
Gerard busted out laughing. "Really Salvatore! Let's go." He said yanking the front of Damon's shirt. They led him to a table covered in nothing but shot glasses filled with tequila.
"Okay, one shot after another! Last man standing is the champion!" A guy yelled at the head of the table. Damon suddenly looked humored, he knew he had this down.
"1,2,3!" The guy yelled. Damon picked up the shot glasses along the with the other guys and began taking them one at a time. On his 15th the other guys began to dwindle down slowly until Damon was the last on the 20th."
"The champion!" A guy yelled holding Damon's arm up. The crowd cheered. Damon stumbled his way over to me.
"I'm very sure that I'm wasted." He slurred. Suddenly I felt the sensation of Stefan hit me so hard I gasped and looked over to him and Katherine. Sure enough she was kissing him deeply. I stared longingly at Stefan without even realizing I was doing it.
"I'm sorry don't let me interrupt you." Damon hissed pushing past me. He stormed out of the room. I touched my lips in shock that I could feel so much detail. After a few minutes I went in search of Damon finally finding him outside leaning against a wall. His hair hung in his eyes as he drew a cigarette to his mouth, drawing from it and exhaling a cloud of smoke into the air.
"You smoke?" I asked in surprise.
He looked over at me, his face drawn with anger. "I used to." He said, flicking it out of his hands as it hit the ground sending a burst of embers spiraling close to the ground.
"Damon I;m sorry okay? I can't help how it feels." I said walking up to him. I noticed his blue eyes were faded and unfocused with intoxication.
"I don't really care." He said.
"Really, well I'm sure you don't care as much as I don't care about that Jade girl. I'm sire something DID happen but it seems like something is still happening!" I snapped. "What does she have to be so thankful for anyway, Damon? The awesome sex!" I yelled.
In a flash he pushed me against the wall. "Yes..." He answered in a whisper. I felt my stomach sink in anger and uncontrollable jealousy. He stared angrily into my eyes for along moment. It was both scary and strangely sexy. "But she also is thankful because I saved her life. She was dying. She had cancer Elena and I changed her so that she wouldn't die." He hissed. "But then I moved to Mystic Falls, found you and fell completely in love. You know...while you were falling for my brother. Looks like things are beginning to repeat itself." He snapped, pounding his fist into the wall on either side of me.
"Damon I can't help it." I began to cry.
"And I can't take it!" He snapped.
Then he kissed me wildly and I jerked him into my grasp. His reflexes were weal with intoxication but it felt nice to have the control over Damon. He was mine, like I was his. It was love and an obsession.
The moonstone will be the topic of the next chapter. Hope you will be truly happy with what I have planned for it. :D Reviews please!