Trading Places
Chapter 8
It had been a while since Elena had been on a date and by a little while she meant never. This had been the first time that a guy had showed remote interest on taking hr out on a date and she had to admit that she couldn't care less if he liked her or not. She was only doing this for Caroline and Katherine's sake so she could show them that she was making an effort on her part of the deal. And if that meant going on a date with Stefan than she would go on a date with hi no matter how much she would have rather stayed home to study or play video games. But instead she had agreed to go to dinner with Stefan to see if they had any form of connection which Elena seriously doubted but hey she wasn't going to kick a guy down. Despite her antisocialness she refused to be an asshole. So she complied with Caroline's instructions and got dressed in the outfit that she had picked for Stefan and Elena's date and no matter how much Elena hated to admit it. She looked, well, amazing.
Despite Caroline making her a total prep, Elena had to admit that she liked the cute dress she had on which had a light pink halter top with a beige pencil skirt and a gold belt that covered her midsection along with pink pearl earrings and beige booties along with a few dashes of makeup and viola she was now up to Caroline's prep standards. She even had gotten Katherine's stamp of approval before she hoped into her car and made her way to the location of the dinner Stefan had given to her. She had to admit that she was a little nervous even if it was one of Caroline's many minions she had to admit that she was still nervous for her first date. What would it be like? Would it be like the countless movies she had seen? Or would it be a train wreck? She guessed there was only one way to fin d out. Taking a deep breath she opened the car door and walked into the dinner that Stefan had given her. She sighed when she saw him in a corner booth relieved that he hadn't ditched her and made her way to him trying to look more confident than she felt.
"Hey." she said giving him a smile that made her look more like Katherine than Elena.
"Glad you could make it. Have a seat." he said smiling at her politely.
Elena sat down confused at the formlessness. She thought this was a date not some kind of interview. She looked over the menu until she found something she liked and waited for the waitress so she could place her order.
"So what did you get?" she asked trying to make conversation.
Even if she was antisocial she had to admit that this silence was awkward as if he didn't want to be here as much as she did even though he had asked her on the date to begin with.
"I was thinking about getting a burger. What about you?"
"Ugh I was thinking about the chicken basket dinner and a milkshake."
"Are you sure you wouldn't prefer a salad with some water?"
"Ugh yeah, I'm pretty sure." she said slightly offended.
They sat in silence as Elena ordered what she wanted much to Stefan's displeasure. Elena could care less though. She hated jerks who tried to tell her what she could and couldn't do. So when her food came she revealed in it and even made a show of getting grease on her fingers and her chin. Stefan looked disgusted which couldn't have made her happier.
They managed to get through dinner without any more incident but Elena could tell that Stefan wasn't someone she wouldn't be interested in. After everything was done she walked out of the diner. Stefan told her to call him later but she knew she wouldn't.
Sighing she walked to her car and was surprised to see Damon on the other side of the street. She wondered what he was doing there as she crossed the street to go see him thinking that this night was about to get a lot more interesting.