He's got too much on his mind and yet he isn't focused on the matter at hand right now, Klaus is trying to blame a whole fraud case on him and Stefan and here he is thinking about something that is so not important right now. He's thinking about Elena, and her boyfriend, well not a boyfriend right now. What did he care? But he knew there was something there between them and it made him so uncomfortable, yet he couldn't stop it. Last night-being together in a hospital corridor. He felt like a creep looking at her while she rested against his shoulder. The scent from her hair- which was probably a fruity shampoo mixed with mud and dry blood, yet it was so intoxicating, her olive skin glowing under the pale white lights. And later in the car, he felt her eyes glued on his face, what was her business looking at him like that, with her big doe eyes. He knew she felt something, but he couldn't bank on the feeling alone, well leaning in closer made it pretty clear- she was practically begging him to kiss her. He shook his head at the thought as a smirk spread across his lips, Elena could act all tough and cold, she could act like she detests even the thought of him, but he can see through this act, it was evil but he felt so proud to leave her high and dry like that. He swayed the drink in his hand before taking a sip from it. He got up from the couch and walked to the fire place. He felt pretty good about himself, the next time he sees her, he'll make sure to make her realize that she wants him. But- Matt, was it just because there was this newly discovered attraction towards Elena or that the boy looked suspicious. He forgave her like he wasn't going to die? Or is he crazy In love with Elena? As for Elena he knew she was distracting herself or was too polite to turn Matt down, the guilt was eating her, he thought. He takes another gulp of the drink, his mind completely occupied and haunted with chocolate brown orbs.
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Elena was completing her unfinished assignments before they head for Colorado by the next weekend, Elijah wasn't hard to convince but Klaus gave her a tough time with things and she had a feeling that had nothing to do with Giuseppe or his schemes, she checked the clock on the wall in front of her bed, it was about 11'o clock. She felt so sleepy, every two seconds yawning on her textbooks, finally she gave up and wrapped up her bag pack keeping it aside her bed, she quickly brushed her teeth and set an alarm for early in the morning so she could complete an essay. Just jumping to bed and forgetting everyone and everything was a big relief in it's own. She took a deep breath and pulled the blankets up on her and turned off the lamp on her bed side. She shouldn't check her phone but she does anyway, Matt, as usual in character has sent her a lot of texts, she blushes at some of them and at some she finds herself cringing- why? She doesn't know- he's too sappy, too fast. She replies to his 'What's up?" text with a mere summary of her 'busy' schedule and how she's leaving for Aspen by the weekend for some outsider investor meetings with Elijah, he urgently asks if he can tag along. Elena presses the phone to her chest, thinking about it, can she take Matt? Well she can- no one said she couldn't, it's a good idea.
The next day when she told about it to Caroline, she laughed in her face, "Oh my God this looks obvious." She rolled her blue eyes as they walked the school halls, Elena can't keep up to her diva fast pace, "What? What's obvious?"
The blonde turns to her with a poker face, "You clearly want to make a statement in front of Damon Salvatore."
"What? Where did he come from in this conversation? Caroline you're seriously obsessed with him." Elena shrugged trying to go ahead but Caroline grabbed her arm, turning her around, "Come on, stop it, admit it, you want Damon to know you're with Matt, so he wouldn't think-"
She put her hand up stuttering, "I am going to stop you right there okay? This isn't about Damon- this is about Matt and I- the other day was a mistake, doesn't mean my head doesn't think about anything else and especially not him."
"Right so you tell me you don't have any- and I repeat myself any attraction towards him?"
Elena frowned at the Blonde's question, did she feel attracted to him like Caroline claimed she did? She never did before- this feeling was never there before the Liam incident, he just leaves her speechless sometimes, she doesn't want to like him because he tried to hurt Jeremy. She tucked her hair behind her ear in nervousness, "I – no, why would I be-"
"Elena come on." Caroline huffed loudly, "Okay we all know he's an asshole and if I had the honor, I'd like to squish him under my heels like a bug- aside that, you don't-"
"Okay so he's attractive what about that?" Elena spat, "He's out of his mind and he doesn't care about anyone but himself, he wants us to be his puppets and I refuse to do that regardless." She took a deep breath and moved a step back, "I am not going to say it again, I won't let him screw with my head." Caroline let out a sigh and pat her shoulder, "Okay chill, why do you take everything so seriously." Elena bit her lip, taking out her notepad from her bag, "Well if it was a joke it's fine in that case, I just don't want to think about impossible things okay?"
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Saturday was here and she was packing her flight which was at noon when her father walked in, looking at her pack her clothes, when she noticed him there she sat down on the end of her bed, "Hey, I am leaving in a few hours."
"I know." He said, folding his arms across his chest, "You don't listen to me anymore."
"When have I not? I always trusted you." She said calmly keeping her vanity bag in the luggage, "But you let me down, you didn't care for Jer, and now I can't rely on this, I want to stand on my own two feet now."
He let out a sigh and smiled, "You know what? You can't win from them and I request you to keep me and my family out of this." She swallowed thick at his words and nodded, "Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"Quit it- quit this game."
"I wont, it's not just about us anymore, the company is a scam, it's going to rob people off their money and I need to do something about it." She zipped up her bag and stood up, "I am disappointed as well." Grayson raised an eyebrow as he turned to the door, "This is your last warning Elena, if you wanna do everything your way, I guess you should do it under a roof that is yours."
She gritted her teeth as she put the bag down on the floor, "Fine, I'll make sure of that- but hear me out, you people deserve whatever happens to you! Because you accept it, but I wont let this happen to me, this is my town too and I'll live by my rules and what is right."
She just heard his footsteps as he went downstairs, she couldn't believe it, how could everybody boycott her this way? Even working in that company was a sentence and yet she was getting shit about it everywhere. But she was going to bring Giuseppe Salvatore down along with the Michaelson brothers. When she met Matt at the airport she wasn't in the best of the mood, he had bought his own ticket and fairly happy about their couple trip, at one point he noticed she was upset, "What happened?"
"Dad- he was just going crazy about this whole thing today." She ranted sitting back in the waiting area before boarding, he had brought her coffee which she was drinking sip by sip, "About Giuseppe and these guys, he just wants me to be like everyone else or he'll tell me to move out."
"What? Why would he do that? He should be proud of you." Matt said as he let his arm around her, she gave a light smile to him, "You can move in with me." he said with a smirk. Elena rolled her eyes and he immediately repeated, "Hey I am serious?"
"Move in where? Your treehouse?" she giggled, he gave her a poker face, "Uhh no, you remember the old playground?"
"uh huh? There?" she laughed again. He shook his head, "No there's an apartment there, My dad was renting it out before but he told me I could have it, you know when I almost died the other day- perks."
She let out a sigh, "I don't know, Dad hasn't thrown me out Matt, and we haven't started yet-"
"We can start right now." he said and stole a quick kiss from her mouth, her eyes went wide when he parted- she never thought she'd kiss Matt today, the feelings were still pretty cold about it, "Matt!" she couldn't help but giggle a little, "What was that?"
"That was a kiss." He said with a smirk before leaning in again and crushing his lips against hers, cupping her face roughly almost- when he parted she gave him a smile, Before either could comment, her eyes fell on a pair of shoes with a four feet distance, and she looked up, her stomach knotted seeing Damon looking at them with obvious disgust, they pulled away from each other as he gestured her to get up, she did and went to him, tugging on her maroon shirt's hem, "Uh hi."
"Guess who's taking Dad's place? ME!" he pointed his thumb towards himself, but face-annoyed, she frowned- didn't he want to be included always, "What about it?" he didn't say anything, just looked over her shoulder to Matt, she turned back to see Matt was sitting a little forward as if trying to hear the conversation, before she could say anything, Damon held her elbow, leading her out of the waiting area to the restrooms, she didn't know what to say as he pulled her in front of him, holding her arms, "He wants me to be at front here? So when the scam news breaks out I am the one to blame!" he said with spite, "The first inspection was all clear by Katherine, how? How do they do that? You said the contract was faulty but the other day-"
"I don't know, I told you what I heard." She said alarmed.
"You listen to me!" the corners of his mouth twitching with anger, "If this is your little game to set me up against my fucking father, you will regret this." She frowned and tried to push him but he held her in place pushing her back to the door, "No-No! stay here listen to me." he pressed his thigh against her stomach keeping her pinned, his eyes burning into hers, "You do me a favor and I'll do you a favor that was our deal, don't fuck with me now."
She bit her lip, pushing at his chest, "I am not! I don't know if Klaus and Elijah are playing me or anything, I told you what I heard, now if you keep pushing me this way Damon, it's not going to be good for you." She warned- he gave a sarcastic laugh, "What are you going to do? Hit me?" she stopped pushing against him and tried to catch her breath, "Okay-okay stop this." She held up her hands in surrender, "Just tell me what you want?" her voice in a low growl- he looked at her with narrowed eyes, so she thought she could fix it, but the words she chose to say that, What he wants? Immediately his eyes fall down to her lips, and he curses himself, This isn't a moment to be even remotely turned on yet he is, and why arghh- he hates her guts. "Tell me-" before she'd repeat her words, he squeezes his eyes shut and opens them to think of something else, "You have to make this clear to me Elena, I need proof I can't just blame my father like that. Show me if he is involved in destroying me with Klaus and Elijah."
She bit her lip and looked away as if thinking, "They must have covered up, made fake papers in front of Katherine, she can't sell out like everyone else." She looked at him with the last statement and he gave her a condescending stare, "Fine lets get to Aspen first okay? I'll think of something."
"Woah wait Aspen? You're waiting till Aspen? I don't want to sit in a fucking meeting okay and-"
"Well you weren't afraid of anything a few weeks ago." She raised a brow, "You kidnapped and occupied area, that didn't scare you? You may not be getting a sentence for that but-" He interrupted, "I don't want you to lecture me, I tell you a job and you do it! You want to escape my claws you will! And if you don't, I'll make your life a complete living hell." She spat , "It's already a complete living hell- I am trying to do everything you want you entitled asshole." Her voice a little louder this time, he didn't flinch, "Fine….Go." a little silence and he stepped back for her to leave, just when she reached the door handle, he spoke, "Maybe if you could stop being a human vacuum for that intolerable blond of yours, you'd be able to do a good job."
She clenched her hand around the handle and swallowed thick, "None of your business." With that she left the restroom and went towards the waiting area to Matt, she had been right, the way he behaved, the way he was, she could never expect him to change, all the moments from a few nights back were nauseating her now, where she actually was going to let him kiss her! What was she thinking? He was selfish, power hungry and she was the exact opposite, even if for a tiny moment she had seen something else in his eyes, seems it wasn't real.
Matt was asking questions like, "Are you okay?, what did he do?" she shook her head and forced a smile, "No just business crap- his Dad's not going to Aspen, boohoo rich son issues." She tried to make a bubbly impact- was it working? She didn't know, but when she saw Damon coming out of that restroom area, she immediately held Matt arm, putting it around her. Which she suddenly felt guilty about because she did it to show it to him. That there was nothing between them and she was with 'someone'
She didn't turn to see his reaction but was pretty sure he saw her.
Soon Klaus, Elijah, Damon and some of her seniors were in the business class so she was happy about not seeing their faces while she was in the premium economy with Matt, "Hey about the hotel, do you wanna share a room or split?" he asked, eyes of magazine for a while. She bit her lip, "I don't know if I can share a room yet, twin beds maybe."
"Oh."
"Yeah in that case, I am sorry." She pursed her lips, "But it's only our second date, counting the first one ended at the hospital."
"Good point." He nodded and followed it with a laugh, "Hey okay, no need to be nervous, we can definitely get twin beds."
"Cool." She said and leaned in to kiss his cheek, then moved back with a yawn, "I am going to take a power nap okay? I was up all night doing some last minute work."
"Okay." He kissed her temple and let her be, she couldn't believe the fact that she wasn't comfortable with Matt right now, it was just fast and weird, and to be fairly honest with herself, part of it was because she wanted to make up for his injuries but this was turning to a whole blown relationship, was she ready? She should be, Matt is a nice guy, he supports her of all the people, he forgave her for almost killing him, he's so soft and sweet with her. This time she did feel bad, just before she'd completely drift to sleep, she touched his arm, leaned forward and little and pecked him softly on the lips, "Thank you."
And this time she did it with her whole heart- but there were no butterflies- no chills running up and down her spine, it was as if her body was rejecting him, she wanted to like him, she really wanted to think about him, make him happy-but it wasn't happening. And just telling herself that it's real life, that chemistry doesn't blow in front of you like fire works she went to sleep.
Making a sand castle on the beach, she was happy, care-free- almost to the point where she looked delusional and robotic happy, was this what she was feeling? But she wanted to make it, it was fun for once things were peaceful, no harsh whispers, gentle wind stroking her naked skin, just when she turned around to gather more sand and turned back, it was stomped on, gone, the very next second she was tied, sweating in a fire, black acrid smoke was filling up in her lunges and no matter how much she coughed it wouldn't go away, she cringed hearing the sound of her clothes burning- smelling skin and blood heating up, the heat was too much, she wanted it to consume her now, so she could be at peace, just that second, like a blissful relief, a cold refreshing wind, her knight in shining armor picking her up, taking her to safety and this time she gripped at the fabric of his shirt to make him stay. There is no words just eyes, eyes she knows but can't recognize, then hands ripping her hands away from his shirt. "Ahh!" she was shocked thrown back to the ground because she never expected this- not from her savior and safety. "Hey! Stop!" for once this dream wasn't over, she tried to crawl up to stand as he walked away, "Who are you? Why do you haunt me? Listen to me Please." She pleaded finally able to stand, his figure disappearing in smoke as he walked away, "I know, I know." She chanted, and he stopped, she swallowed thick, "Please let me see you-"
"Please-" she moaned in her sleep, trying to catch her breath, "Elena? Hey!" Matt said alarmed, and shaking her, her eyes opened and she sat up quick, "Oh-oh my God, I am- I am so sorry."
"No Elena it's fine, it was a bad dream sweetie." He said hugging her, she swallowed thick, trying to breathe again, tears forming in her eyes, she didn't know why though? She rested her head on his shoulder, "Thank you, I'll be okay." She let out a sigh against hi chest as he lulled her to sleep slowly.
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He found the thought alone very absurd, but maybe it's something, he can't see her with Matt. At the same time she infuriates him, he doesn't know what to do with this, she looked angry at him and he knew he just ruined the little bit they had with it, was it a success to push her away or not? Because he knows Matt can't ever give her what he can- what's the right words- Rock her damn world. Yes he couldn't do that, Damon was used to being the first- the best. What did she call him, an entitled asshole? She thinks the worst of him, he could never press her down or her spirit and it was annoying him now, at first he thought he could easily scare her- but she just doesn't give up, he knows she isn't scared of him and that sort of scares him, he has never seen anyone not scared of him, with the exception of his own father whose abuse like training made him this steel-like person and fuck it but he's not letting all that harsh behavior sink that way because of her righteousness or her deer doe eyes, or the way her plumps lip part when she breathes out with frustration and anger, the way her hips sway side to side when she walks. He hasn't seen her smile much in front of him but it must be breath taking, she has pearl-like teeth, the sudden transition of his thoughts angers him further, why is he thinking about her? When she's sexing up to that pathetic loser. She'll never know what she's missing, or maybe she doesn't want to? Doesn't want him. Okay-hard to swallow. He leans a little forward from his seat to look at Klaus and Elijah's seats in the back, they are sharing the compartment and for all he knows- scheming. He should think about that and not an 18-year-old.
But after the flight lands and they get to the hotel by their cars, everyone's tired for the day, as it is the weekend people are checking in a lot and he has to wait in the lobby for his key. Along with the nightmare, he doesn't see them, they're probably sitting in the back booth somewhere but he can hear giggles and talking. Even though he tries, he's compelled to look, He is sitting on a semi-circle sofa, with plush red fabric, there are gold lights hanging from the massive chandelier and a mid-length table in front of him with his coffee on it, along with a menu card, also where he had kept his phone there with his wallet.
"Really? You must have been scared-" he hears Elena's voice, she's in a bubbly-giggly mode talking to Matt and it disgusts him for some reason, Elena never ever talks to him like that, well he hasn't given her a reason to be friendly. He opens the menu in front of him and tilts a little with, looking over his shoulder, they're about a sofa away, and sitting glued together, that's what he sees, she's listening to him tell a story, laughing, patting his thigh in the process, Matt has completely charmed her. "I was I thought someone's home you know, and I took this huge ass lamp from my parent's room, the biggest we had! And went into the backyard- freaking nightmare."
She giggled, "They were having sex there? Why?"
"I don't know." He says in a loud choky whisper, "But I was horrified, can't look at them the same, why are they kinky- who does this stuff in their fifties?"
She scrunched up her nose, "I mean it's cute in a way." He shakes his head, "No it's vomit inducing, now he has this system, he just tells me to hang out somewhere else- but I still know-"
"That they're." she laughed, "Doing it, ewww." He said with a laugh too, from a distance Damon clutched the card, why were they glowing, why were they all perfect? What was it about him? Pathetic high school seniors, he thought. A hand taps his shoulder and he looks up suddenly to see Klaus smirking, "Ah young love, so beautiful."
"Fuck off." He said and turned back to sit straight, Klaus sat in front of him , his fingers taping against the table, "You know I am really happy to be finally working with you, this is a great opportunity to mend our relationship." He was looking down at his knuckles, but Damon knew his every thought was grim and evil, Damon rolled his eyes, "If you think you can get me to believe you with that, let me tell you I am different than the prostitute who gives you two hundred bucks off because you're a regular." He said with a grin and stood up, "Whatever you do, do it Klaus, but if you try to pull me down in your shit, you're going to be disappointed." He got up and cracked his knuckles. Then turned back a little to see the couple one more time before going to get his key.
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Even though she insists Matt carries her over the threshold to her room while she is protesting, "No Matt stop it, put me down!" she said between giggles, her cheeks red at this point, she never knew Matt had such intense feelings for her, he put her down on the bed and jumped next to her in the small space, catching his breath, "You didn't look heavy but boy-" she smacked his shoulder, "Shut up."
"Kidding. Just a few injuries still bothering." He chuckled and let his arm around her, "I can prove it to you, let me carry you everywhere." He joked, she sat up and bounced down the bed to the mirror taking off her earrings, "No that's embarrassing and you shouldn't be doing so much, you're already travelling despite a few stitches fresh on your head."
"I am fine." He shrugged it off staring at the ceiling, "No you aren't you're over-exerting and we don't want any internal bleedings okay?" she said in a strict tone, he sat up on the bed and sighed, "You care about me?"
"Of course, I do." She looked at him in the mirror, "I like you, you're the only one who supports me no matter what." she turned around and walked to him, leaning down slightly, she cupped his face, "I don't know what I am doing anymore, I am just fighting and I need you to be with me as I do it." She let her forehead fall against his, the blue of his eyes toned down to a warm color and he sighed heavily closing his eyes, "hey, just don't worry." He messed up her hair and pulled her up to stand, "I am going to use the bathroom, do you want to use it first?"
"No I'll change outside." She said with a tight line smile, not realizing what happened, but she felt as if he pulled away from her. She didn't think much of it as he stood up and went to the bathroom, she opened up her bag and changed into a tank top with a sweat pant, it was so cold here, so she put on a loose cardigan as she jumped to her bed and pulled up the covers on herself, she needed rest and from the snacks earlier- she didn't think she needed dinner.
It was dark, but as If she was walking there, a deep never ending forest, sounds, whispers and hisses- all she could do was run, yet she felt powerless, she didn't have any more power to run, but the voices of steps, the thumps-they scared her and she found herself escaping, dark branches would stop her but she would untangle herself from it running free, "Water-I need water!" she thought feeling a spice and sudden heat in her system, the wider her mouth opened the more suffocated she felt, she couldn't breathe, "Water!" she cried, running through the wild plants, her feet probably bleeding by now but she couldn't stop- the sounds getting near, "Help please, someone Help!"
Her hands clutched something, soft like silk, but the minute she opened her hand, it just had her blood, she swallowed thick and stopped, turning around, "I can't- can't run anymore." She cried and dropped to her knees, "Finish it! Kill me!"
The darkness zooming on her, like two big dark hands, circling around her neck and clutching it- cutting off any left air, raising her above the ground with the intensity, she kicked her feet, eyes all she could she was eyes, scary, wide-murderous eyes.
She sat up, even when the blanket was off her and the cold hit her she was sweating. Looking outside, she noticed it was after sun-rise still morning, when she looked at Matt's bed, he wasn't there, but she could hear a distant sound from the attached balcony, she swallowed thick getting out of bed and pouring herself a glass of water, she gulped it down and went towards the balcony, Matt saw her and immediately disconnected his call, waving at her enthusiastically through the glass door, she slid the door opened, holding her cardigan close around her as she tip-toed to him with naked feet and he wrapped his arms around her, "Good morning beautiful."
She let out a sigh, looking at the beautiful view, the peaks covered in snow with a little sunshine for a moment or two between the clouds, he kissed her cheek, "I was just talking to Mom about how you look so adorable while you sleep."
She blushed and looked up at him, "Stop being so Romeo-ish."
He rolled his eyes, "Don't tell me to not like you."
She shook her head and stepped back, "Why? Why do you like me?"
He looked up at the view, cupping her face and then sighed looking at her, "Because you're so self-assured, your brave, you're not scared of anyone, it's stupid but-"
"No it's not stupid." She smiled, "You know why I like you?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Umm I have very impressive biceps." She chuckled and shook her head, "No- I mean yes but, I like you because you're just like me. I know you'll fight and not sit down and do what others say , the way you understand me, it's-"
His phone rung and she had to step back, he pursed his lips, "Sorry, I gotta take this. Okay?"
She nodded, he gave her a quick kiss before going back inside and leaving her to look at the view.
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Elijah was introducing her to Mister Parker one of their new potential investors, Damon was going to present the pharma plan in a few moments, he had already told her that he didn't plan to get involved but she didn't know yet if he would show up or not. Many investors from Mystic Falls were here too, to see the progress of the project and right now she was nervous about it, what if Klaus and Elijah had purposely wanted her to hear about it? But they didn't know she was helping Damon? She had to trap these two brothers somehow to prove her point. But if Damon refuses to even make an appearance and spills that she told him about the 'alleged' fraud, this would ruin everything. It was stressful, really-for a second she even felt a sharp pain through her head, knocking her back, Elijah caught her with a gasp, "Elena?" she squeezed her eyes and got up on her feet, "I am so sorry, I am just dizzy today."
"Hey come here." He said in a soft tone, walking her to a chair and poured her a glass of water, "You can go outside when the meeting starts back to your room, if you don't feel well." He sat on the next chair talking to her, she forced a smile, "I'll just go splash some water on my face and will be fine, I know, thanks you're so thoughtful."
He gave her a light smile, which was rare for him-she never saw him smiling much, he pats the side of her face in a friendly manner, "No problem, just don't ruin your health, you do know half my work is on you right?" she nodded and he pat her shoulder this time, "Good girl, okay I'll handle Parker and Campbell, just go freshen up and come back okay?"
"Ahuh."
She went out of the conference area back to the elevators, to go up to her room, take a pill maybe-wash her face and redo some light make up, the meeting will start in about 10-20 minutes and she couldn't miss a moment of it. She walked to the room, Matt was probably watching the die hard series on pay-per-view still, but at least he was getting his rest, she was worried he would hurt himself with all this running around and romancing, when she opened the door, it was quiet inside, maybe he went out to eat, she closed the door after her, heading to the bathroom when she heard Matt's voice from inside, "What do you want?" his voice furious, scared and angry for some reason.
"Stop calling me!" he threatened, "If Elena found out about this, she'll dump my ass!" he seethed, "No-she's out at the meeting….Well I am doing the best I can, your SON and she, they are brewing something and no matter how much I ask her or seduce her she won't tell me."
Elena swallowed thick, taking a silent step back so she wouldn't be discovered, what was Matt talking about?
"I just saw her at the airport with him, I don't know when they became friends okay? I DON'T ANYTHING! I am trying to find out, yes-yes I know, I know I can't pay you back- well that car is a piece of dump now already isn't it?" his voice loud and rude, "Yes Damon and her just talked once, I haven't seen them together since but I am sure that something is going on, give me some more time."
She bit her lip as a cry was about to escape her, she quickly muffled her sounds and quietly stepped back out of the room, there was no doubt about it- Giuseppe fucking Salvatore, of course everything had been so fast and movie-like, it was suppose to be a trick, a lie. She didn't know how, but her feet were taking her back downstairs, some how she went back into the meeting, Thank god Damon had shown up for his part of it and not given her another thing to worry about- despite not giving him any proof. He went with it, she had to bent her head down through out to hide the tears falling down on her lap. Elijah was telling her to take notes and she was just nodding to whatever he'd repeat. Somehow the horrible meeting was over after three boring stretched hours of agony and even though she had thought she wanted to escape this place, she didn't know what to do next, go back to her room? To Matt? Or just go no where.
"You're awfully quiet." Elijah said as she was packing up her stuff. "No I am fine, I just don't feel well." She had to look down for him not to see her red eyes. He nodded and took a step forward holding her arm, she resisted to flinch but he did nothing further, just packed the rest of her bag for her, "Just go back to your room and rest, you shouldn't be so stressed, we exhaust you I know."
"I am fine." She said in an uneven voice.
"Sure, but I want you to be better than this tomorrow, okay?" he tried to look in her eyes, she nodded her head, picking her bag and walking out of there. She checked her watch, it was about seven in the night, she didn't want to go back and look at Matt right now, she didn't know what to do with him? She didn't know what to do from this point, so she walked to the bar, "Hey I need a vodka bottle, there is a private meeting upstairs, room 2058, Damon Salvatore, put it on his tab."
"You are?"
"His PA." she showed her employer card and sat down on the stool. She knew the bar-tender wouldn't give her any alcohol without an ID but surely an employer card of a very influential company would do the trick, he handed her the bottle, "We could deliver it upstairs."
She waved her hand, "No need, he specifically told me to get it so I should." She pulled the bottle out of the ice bucket and went to the elevator, once out the elevator she took the downstairs route back outside, into the chilling night she sat in the dark at the pool side.
"Who swims here?" she said judging by the cold weather and opened the cap of the bottle sitting back on the chair, she didn't want to think right now, pulling her black dress down her knees a little to stop the cold, she took a huge gulp of the drink and got up for a walk and thought process.
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He had been back from the meeting and took off his coat, lying back on the bed, his phone rung and he rolled a little to pick it up and see it, "Stefan."
He picked up the phone, "Hey, how are you doing?"
"Where are you? I came to pick you up?" his voice a little whiny-he was used to that, "I am on a business trip to Colorado, not home, why? Is something wrong?" he asked sitting up against the headboard, "Yes! I mean no, nothing is wrong, you've stopped checking on me so-"
"Didn't you want to live your own life?" Damon said with a sarcastic chuckle, "What was it again? Yes- leave me alone, I don't need you, bad man! Bad man!" He impersonated his voice poorly, Stefan huffed, "Stop it dickhead, I really- I just I think I miss you."
"You think?"
"No I mean, if we can talk, I want to talk to you, we can work this out, set some rules, still be brothers." He said in a shy voice, Damon rolled his eyes, "Well in case you forgot, we are brothers- we are always going to be brothers no matter how long your new year's resolution lasts. Like the time you went vegetarian-"
"Stop calling it that, see that's the-"
Damon interrupted him sitting up on his bed, "Wait I am getting a call here." He picked it up, keeping Stefan on hold.
So Miss Elena Gilbert was buying alcohol with his name, what was this stupid gesture?
"Hey I have a problem here, I'll call you back in a while okay?"
"Sure." Stefan still pissed but he really wanted to fix things now.
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She was looking at her reflection in the pool with a dead stare, what was happening to her, she felt like hallucinating, going crazy. Everything and everyone was a lie, she took another gulp of the half bottle and looked down at her reflection, pulling the skirt of her dress lower on her knees, as she sniffled, her tears made a ripple in her refection and then her vision went blurry with more tears. She rubbed her palms against them wanting to look at herself more when a shadow appearing in the pool scared her to almost trip over, "Ahhhh!" she was saved by a hand coiled around her waist pulling her a little back, "What the fuck is wrong with you!" she knew the voice, Damon, she looked back at him, "What are you doing here?" her eyes bloodshot, nose red- she pushed him, "leave me alone."
"You stop it." He said in a cut-throat tone, as he pulled her back from the pool, "What is all this? Explain now!"
She pursed her lips and dropping back, he held her again, pulling her up, "Elena! Answer me." he was getting more annoyed, she shook her head letting her head fall against his shoulder, "Everything is a lie." She shivered and then the vibrating started, he rolled his eyes pulling her near and putting her hands around him, so they would be covered by his coat, "Come on." He said picking her up off the ground, she pressed her face against his shoulder and clutched at his shirt hard while still holding the vodka bottle, soon she felt relaxed put on a soft, comfortable mattress, she giggled pulling the blanket up to herself, he moved it and took off her shoes , sitting next to her legs, her body was cold, he didn't know how long she had been out there, she was laughing as she sat up against the headboard, "I like your room."
"Hmm." He took off his coat, life-life is weird, one morning your lusting after someone, and the evening they are in your room. She plopped forward and picked up the phone's receiver he had left on bed, "Hello? Excuse me? I'd like to order umm liquor, umm ice-cream cake and uh." She put the receiver against her chest, "Do you need umm anything?"
"Put that back." He ordered.
She pouted holding the receiver up to her ears, "The bulldog wants nothing…..pfft." she put the receiver down again, "Hey I didn't even dial huh!" she giggled. He rolled his eyes taking the receiver from her and putting it down, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing." She squealed, she crawled up to him and leaned in as if whispering something, he tilted his head to hear and she licked at his ear lobe, he frowned and pushed her to the pillow, "What the fuck is your problem? You're so beyond drunk right now."
She shook her head and reached for the bottle lying by her side, "trust me I never get drunk, Damon, I am just fun okay, I am fun."
He watched her down more vodka, she let out a huge sigh of relief and lied back against the pillow, "See I am not drunk."
"Yeah absolutely." He took the bottle from her hand, before he'd dispose of it, he shrugged and took a gulp himself, sitting back on the bed, she grinned at him, "I like your bed." Her voice mischievous, she sat up on her knees in front of him, he raised his brows at her, "Wanna jump on it?"
"No and don't even-"
Before he could finish his sentence she was up and jumping, "woo hoo- hey I like this."
He gave her a poker face, drinking from the bottle time to time as she jumped and giggled, "This is like a trampoline, I really like them." She giggled, jumping next to him and slapped his head slowly, "Come on, jump with me, please."
"You're an embarrassing drunk." He smirked, "I am going to remind you of this Elena."
She jumped down near him and smiled, "Really? Will you now?"
"Yes." He replied, she narrowed her eyes and took the bottle from his hand, "Then I am not sharing, you're mean!" she pushed her pointer finger against his chest, "I bet you have no friends, you're so mean you can never have friends." She spat which went unaffected to him, her mood swings were actually kind of humorous at this point. She slowly straddled him and put her hands on his chest resting her face against it, "But not like I am any different, I can't trust anyone anymore." Her voice getting shaky, she looked up at him, he was very taken aback by her physical and emotional forwardness, yet quiet surprisingly. "Damon." Her voice unsteady, "I want to die."
With the next jolt, she pushed her hand against her mouth and rolled off him, rushing to the door, "Wrong door." He said directing her to the toilet, he pulled away her hair from her face as she threw up. Her tiny frame shaking all the while and he felt like it was tugging at something inside him. When she got up and flushed the toilet and walked up to the sink, gargling water in her mouth, dizzy- but he felt like she was getting sober, by the way she was looking at him now, narrowed eyes, trying to recognize, he stepped back. She turned around against the sink and sighed, "I am going home now."
"Now?"
"Yes, I lose." She said tugging at her lips, her eyes filled in tears, "I'll move out of town, do anything, just can't do this anymore." Her sobs got louder, he stepped forward, "What happened? Tell me!" his voice urgent now, what were her tears doing to him? He never cared for tears before, she looked up at him, "before the meeting, he kissed me, told me, he loves me, always had-" she said between sobs, "But he lied, everything, he did everything because Giuseppe gave him money to keep tabs on me, to let him know about what we were doing."
He frowned trying to put two and two together , as she sat down against the washroom floor, out of energy and exhausted, she was quiet now, just tears rolling down her eyes, he looked down at her, letting his fingers touch the top of her head, "So what about it? He was tricking you, but-"
She just shook her head, saying nothing. He sighed and bent down a little, picking her up, "No-" she said weakly.
"Shut up."
He took her back to the room and put her on the bed, she sat against the headboard, pulling her knees up to her chest. He sat on the foot of the bed, after a while the silence was killing him, he looked over his shoulder to her, she was still crying and now it was bothering him, "So your two weeks relationship ended, what about it?" he said sarcastically. She shook her head, "No, we've known each other all our lives, it just hurts right now." she pursed her lips, "I trusted him when he said those amazing things to me." she sniffled, he turned back a little and she too put her knees down, "He said he loved me because how I was, strong-self-assured, not scared, he liked me."
"So? Him cheating you like this doesn't make all that un-true, anyone can see that." He shrugged and moved forward to her, "Wanna hear it from the person you loathe, I hate you for who you are."
She swallowed thick, "Is that suppose to make me feel better?"
"I don't know." He bit his lip, "But you make me angry, you confuse me, you're challenging, you might be the only woman I ever took serious." He said with a huff, "I mean your 'this is right- this is wrong thing' at least you stay firm and I fucking respect you for that. I don't normally hate."
"You don't." she gave a humorless chuckle.
"Because I never have to, I can easily do what I want, but with you in the way- huh, trust me when I say you were to good for him anyway." He said above a whisper, "He looked boring and usual and he sucks, because he doesn't have you."
"So you hate me?" she asked wiping the last of her tears, he grinned, "Well if you were drowning and I had a life jacket, I'd not give it to you. That's for sure." She nodded, "Ahuh- earlier you could have pushed me in to the pool, I could have drowned."
"That's not fair though-no fun." He shrugged.
She rolled her eyes, "You care about fair now?" she got on her knees, holding his collar to stay steady, feeling dizzy again, "You're not fair ever, not today, not the other day, not a week earlier-" out of breath, she cupped his face and crashed her lips against his, moaning at the contact, she jumped into his lap, forcing him to fall back against the mattress, he was immediately kissing her back, hungrily, his hands moving up and down her body, like they wanted to always, she opened her mouth for him, slightly biting down on his lip as he rolled them over getting on top of her, not parting for more than a second, he didn't want to think about this decision right now, he just needed to feel this, feel how amazing she was when it was real and not in his mind. She parted from his mouth for a breath and moaned feeling his lips dropping kisses down her neck to her shoulder, she moaned arching up her body to him, "Damon-yes" she whispered pressing his face against her neck, and dropped a kiss on his temple as her legs wrapped around him. A sudden bell was enough to knock her out of this fantasy-like moment, for the first time she had felt those shivers down her spine, butterflies in her tummy, maybe because she was doing something so dangerous and damaging to her morality, she sat up, when she realized the sound was from her bag and crawled forward to get it, not giving him a look, she was too ashamed of herself right now, how did she let this happen? Maybe she was too drunk and even though she thought she was normal a while back-she was still drunk. "Hello? Mister Michaelson, no uh , I am not in my room, why?" She dropped her feet on the carpet, leaning down to get her heels, "Yes- of course , I'll be there." She hung up and turned back to look at him, "He wants to talk, he was at my room earlier but Matt said I wasn't there."
"Now?"
"No- he called me tomorrow, first thing in the morning." She pursed her lips, and looked at the shiny black heels in her hand, "I am going."
"Why?" he asked, he moved forward towards her, but she tensed up, "No, no I am not okay right now, just let me be." She said getting up, he too got up, "Where are you going? Back to his room?" his voice a little rough now, "When are you going to learn, he'll get something out of you, just fucking stay here."
"Huh with you?" she said in a loud voice, " I'll get another room, now don't get your ass out of here." He said getting his coat, she bit her lip, watching him go, when he slammed the door shut after him self she sat back on the bed, what had she done? She kissed him! No attacked him would be the right word- she attacked him, when she looked back at the appearance of the bed, her stomach twisted in a knot, it was in ruins. How could she allow this? How could he consume her like this? What was happening to her.
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A/N: hey I've avoided this story for so long but I finally wrote a long a chapter to the two or three dedicated fans of the story. I care about you guys, I love you guys, show the story some love. And predict what's going to happen (a hint: you wouldn't expect it ever!)