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Damon woke up with a wicked hangover in a bed he barely recognized but with a girl he knew very well, the details of last night fuzzy.

He was naked and so was the girl.

He groaned as his head pounded. 'What the hell happened' he questioned

The girl was Katherine and she rolled over

"Mmm morning" she purred

"Uh morning" he greeted her back.

She pulled him down and kissed him. Damon made no argument as he kissed her back.

Things got steamy quick he finished fast and then he got dressed.

He had agreed to breakfast at the Grill with the lockwoods and Katherine was all too excited but to invite herself.

She pulled him in for a kiss and who was he to deny a girl what she wanted.

Elena woke up a frown on her face as she got ready for her shift at the grill, miserable as all ever.

She pulled her hair into a high ponytail and slapped on some makeup to not look so unhappy.

She arrived at her shift right on time as she tied her apron around her waist and grabbed her order pad.

"Good morning Elena" Matt Donovan greeted her cheerily as always

She plastered a smile on her face "morning Matt" she told him

"Happy you could make it in, there is a table in the back waiting for you to take their order" he said pointing to the back.

Elena nodded as she looked over the counter to see nothing but Katherine, Tyler and Mason Lockwood and...Damon.

Elena didn't even try to fake a smile as she let out a groan.

"Something wrong?" Matt asked

"Switch with me?" Elena begged

Matt shock his head "sorry Lena I'm crazy swapped, you'll just have to take that one" he said

Elena let out another groan as she worked up all the courage she could and started her journey over there.

Damon was zoning in and out of the conversation going on at the table when he looked up and saw a very unhappy Elena coming his way.

Why was she unhappy?

'Shit!

Shit! Shit! Shit! '

Damon repeated over and over in his head.

Last nights events hitting him like a train.

The date he had planned with Elena , the lockwoods kidnapping him and getting him drunk ,him stumbling into bed with Katherine.

Before he had to react she reached their table.

"What can I get you guys?" Elena asked her voice monotone

"How about a little more enthusiasm?" Katherine said bitchly while the lockwoods laugh.

Elena just stared at them making sure to avoid eye contact with Damon.

"Didn't know goody goody Gilbert worked here" Tyler joked

"Are you guys going to order?" Elena asked squinting her eyes.

"Breakfast platter" the lockwoods ordered

"Fruit salad with a Diet Coke" Katherine said Elena nodded as she went to walk away but was stopped when an annoyed Katherine called after her.

"Gilbert you didn't get my boyfriends order" Katherine said hatefully.

'Boyfriend! When the hell did that happen?' Damon thought

Elena wanted to cry for being so damn stupid for actually believing him.

"What can I get you?" Elena asked still not looking at Damon.

"Coffee" he answered quietly.

Elena nodded and then walked away. She put in the order and waited for their food to arrive.

Elena hurriedly gave them their food and yet again Katherine called for her.

"I asked for diet" she said "you know some of us actually care how we look" she said smirking. Elena didn't reply as she just took her glass and got her Diet Coke this time.

Damon not saying anything to defend her just remaining silent.

When they were done Elena went to go collect her tip and instead found written on the receipt 'you wanna a tip? Don't wear your hair up'

Elena crumpled it up and threw it away. Not caring that they didn't even leave a tip.

The rest of the day dragged on. Elena's mood not lifting at all, but she plastered on a smile anyways.

She got home and she fell back into her bed, sighing heavily.

As she was about to go into the shower and wash away another's day disappointment.

Her mind went back to how Damon did nothing to defend her when his friends we're being rude to her and that just instilled further into her brain that it was a joke to him.

He just sat there with a blank expression on his face. Wordless.

Elena got out of the shower and slipped on her pajamas and got ready for sleep.

Just as she was about to throw the blankets over herself and call it a night her phone rang, she grumbled as she got out of bed to look at the name.

It was Damon.

Elena gulped 'why the hell was he calling?' She thought she rolled her eyes and quickly pressed reject. She had hardly made it back to her bed when it started to ring again and of course it was Damon.

She denied the call again and received a flurry of text messages form Damon one after another.

-please answer!

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-I'm so so sorry!

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-Elena! Just let me explain...

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-I want to apologize Elena please just hear me out!

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-Come on Elena! Please just call me or text me and I can explain everything!

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-it's not completely my fault just listen to me...

Delete

Elena deleted each message as they each came on not even bothering to read them. They were just empty excuses.

He then tried to call again. Elena pressing ignore again. It was on the forth call and the tenth text message the Elena finally decided to just block him all together.

That was she could actually go to sleep without worrying about him trying to text her.