Chapter 8 'The darkness within him'
Warning: Dark theme story
"I am fine and I need to go to hospital! I can't take another day off," Elena repeated as she brushed her hair swiftly, making a high ponytail.
"You're not feeling well," he said, concerned. "I don't want you to go to work for at least another day." he insisted.
"Damon! I have work. Lots and lots of work to go, through besides I am fine now," she added as she grabbed her files and stuffed them in her backpack.
"Baby! Please," he pleaded.
"I know that your mortified by the fact that someone is threatening me and it's not every day someone sends me freshly cut human body parts but If I stay here I would continue thinking about what happened two days ago and I really don't want to think about that. I need to work to get my mind off stuff," she rambled.
He nodded, understanding her reasons.
"Let me call Sage,," he said.
She huffed, she really hated the bodyguard thing.
"Don't give me that Elena. You know it's necessary. If it weren't for my work I would haven't let you out of my sight," he added, angrily.
"Fine,"
He took a look at her appearance. Her sundress was showing enough skin to tempt him. She was wearing a yellow sleeveless bead belt dress that went down to her knees.
"You look really beautiful," he commented, making her blush. She would always blush whenever he complemented her out of the blue.
"Although I can't help but wonder isn't it a little too dressy for work unless you have someone to impress," he said, eyes narrowing mockingly.
"All the girls at the college wear this stuff," she defended herself.
"You mean your students who are like 4-5 years younger than you,"
"Are you implying that I am too old for sundresses because I am just 25-that's not very old…" she said, eyeing him angrily.
"Hehe. You still look a hundred times better than them," he commented, getting closer, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Lies." she muttered.
"Oh I almost forgot to tell you. We are having dinner with Caroline tonight," she added.
"Ugh! Not again," he muttered.
"Please! Ugh! Please! Let's cancel on her!" he said, annoyed.
"No! I already promised. It's been awhile we went out on dinner with my friends. I am always going out with you on those fancy dinners of yours," she said.
"When you say friends-who else will be them?" he asked, kissing the top of her head, hands still wrapped around her waist, bringing her closer.
"Care, Tyler, Bianca Caroline's friend, Angela and couple of my friends." she said.
"Fine! When should I send Butch to pick you up then? Because I think you have night duty at hospital tonight, don't you?"
"Yeah I do. I will be free till five from college I only have one class. Then we will spend some time here at home. Our reservations are at 8 I guess. You can drop me off at hospital by 10," she explained.
"You will be coming home in the morning?" he asked.
"I think I should cover the morning shift too. I will be coming back till lunch I guess," she told him as he fed reminders to his phone.
"Dating a doctor is so difficult!" he said, as he closed his phone, stuffing it back in the pocket of his jeans.
"We aren't dating anymore. We are engaged now," Elena said, showing him her ring. He smirked.
"How much time do we have before you have to go?"
"Thirty seconds!" she said, checking her watch.
"Ugh!" he huffed.
She smiled before capturing his lips, kissing him until they were out of breath.
"Love you,"
"Love you more," she called out as she left, looking back at him as she left his room.
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The incident that happened two days ago really shook her. Damon however managed to calm her down and that she didn't need to worry because he was there to protect her. She calmed down. He however was practically fuming. She didn't exactly know much but the security team of their house was on high alert now. She heard him bark orders at people on phone. She couldn't make out what he said to them but she knew he didn't take this incident lightly.
Her room was locked up. All her stuff had been shifted to his room. Sage and Jake literally followed her around every day. Every person coming to the house was thoroughly checked before they were granted entrance. All the posts had to pass through security team. She was heavily guarded now. He didn't even let her go to work. But she had a life, work to do, she couldn't just lock herself up just because someone threatened her. She was strong. Hell, she didn't even need all this security, the only reason she let her fiancé have his way was because she could see how worried he was.
Sage walked her to her class. It was hard to tell her colleagues that Sage was her bodyguard. Sage use to stay outside the college before but now after what happened two day ago, Sage insisted on dropping her to her class.
"Who is she?" Stefan asked, looking outside the door, watching the red haired woman who was reading a magazine.
"Umm. A friend. She is waiting for me to finish. We have plans for tonight,"
"Your friend or your fiancé's friend?" he asked, with bitter tone. He still couldn't believe she got engaged. He never thought her relationship was serious. It didn't help that his criminal brother was engaged too. Like really, even his brother found his match and here he was single, nowhere near the happy ending he'd thought for himself.
"What's this?" he asked as he held Elena's hand when she was explaining a student's answer on a paper and asking if it was correct.
Elena tried to hide her smile, blushing. " I got engaged". The smile on Stefan's face faded. "What? but haven't it just been what six months" he asked, surprised, He didn't know it was that serious.
"Yeah…but he is it for me"
"Elena! This is really fast…Are you sure about this?" he asked, frowning.
"Yes… I am in love with him. I can't imagine my life without him" she said, slyly.
Her voice boomed in his ears as he downed another drink. Drinking under the table was now a part of his routine. She was kind and beautiful. She was one of his closest friend. She had been there for him when there wasn't anyone. He remembered that he had a very tough breakup, he didn't tell anyone about it yet she knew.
In about an hour he heard a knock on his door. As he opened the door, the brunette stood their holding two boxes of extra-large pizzas and a huge smile. "Hey Stefan!" she said, as she brushed past him.
She went over to living room, dropping the pizza boxes on the kitchen counter. She washed her hands and opened a cabinet taking out some glasses.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"You seemed pretty down so I thought I should come over and cheer my boss up, of course, if that's okay with you," she replied, cheerfully, washing the glasses.
He smiled a bit. "I thought you had a party tonight?"
"I did but I rather spend time with my boring boss than at an awesome party with free booze. On a completely different note how is Aurora?" she added.
"Aurora and I broke up." he replied, looking down. There, she figured the reason he was upset in a second, it was like they were soulmates or something.
It had been just two months since she became his TA. But they had a connection, he always knew what she wanted to say before she would even finish.
"Huh! Too bad for her," she said, nonchalantly as she handed him a glass of wine.
"she has no idea what she is missing! I mean you are an awfully good looking doctor slash professor and young too. If I were her I would be bashing my head with a wall for losing you," she said, taking a sip from her drink.
"I am struggling. Apparently, she wants someone financially stable. She doesn't want anything to do with a guy who has to pay his study loan back and who lives in apartment that has only one room and a kitchen." he added, sadly. He really thought Aurora was the one.
"She left you because of that?" Elena asked, brows raised.
Stefan nodded.
"She is more thick then I thought she was"
Stefan smiled. Elena opened the pizza box as she guided him to the living room like she owned the place. He couldn't help but notice how comfortable she looked.
"I actually think your apartment is hot. I think it gives masculine vibe," Elena said, as she sat on the floor, Indian style and stuffed a piece of pizza in her mouth. Stefan sat in front of her, following her actions.
"Wow! This is delicious," he complemented.
"I know. Alfred's are the best. They are cheap but they are the best."
"You got this from Alfred, Elena they are very unsanitary," Stefan said, talking with mouthful.
"I know, that's why their food is delicious," Elena replied, stuffing another piece inside her mouth.
"You have got something here," she said, rubbing the ketchup off his nose. Stefan smiled, shyly.
"Elena."
"huh."
"Do you also want a tall handsome rich guy?" he asked, out of the blue.
Elena made a weird face but she shook her head in a no.
"You're just saying that!" he said, mockingly.
"No. I am not saying that I don't get my head turn by a hot guy every now and then as much as the next girl but sexy doesn't impresses me. Sincerity does. I don't care if he lives in mansion or rat infested hovel. I want sincerity and truth in my relationship. No lies. No secrets. Secondly I want strength of character. I mean yeah bad boys are hot but I want to settle down now. I want a family and kids. The perfect white picket fence." she explained, not looking at how intently he was listening.
"Then why don't you date? How will you find the guy if you keep turning down every guy who asks you out?" he asked. She looked at him for a second. "I don't know. Something is just holding me back." she replied, shaking her head.
"Enough about me let's watch a movie," she said, smiling brightly at him.
Aurora crushed his heart and self-respect but she was his last heartbreak. After Aurora it has always been his cute TA Elena. He started dressing up for work. He tried to spend time with her. They really connected. He realized that he wanted what she wanted, a family, someone to come home to. Someone to love. The thought having children never crossed his mind before but in next week he had already decided the names of his four future children. Crystal, Eden, Chris and Max.
And he would be lying if the thought of Elena being the mother of his children never crossed his mind. She was decent, stylish, beautiful and kind. Most of all her heart was filled with love. He wanted that love. He needed that love. He was the illegitimate child of Giuseppe Salvatore. His mother gave him up as soon as he was born. His father brought him and handed him over to his legal wife.
Lily, Giuseppe's wife, knew her husband was cheating on her but to have her husband bring his son from another woman to her house devastated her. She refused to take care of him. Having no other way Giuseppe hired nanny for him. He was abandoned from the start and after what happened with Damon, his half-brother, he didn't believe in the concept of family anymore. After his discussion with Elena, the thought of having his own family was so tempting.
He wanted to ask her out but her stupid policy of not dating with coworkers ruined his chances. He wasn't going to give up on her until HE, her fucking boyfriend, came along and ruined everything. Stefan wanted her. He wanted Elena so bad. He hoped her relationship would fall apart but now she was engaged she was fucking engaged.
And then Damon had to rub it in his face.
"Chick problem?"
"Go away, Damon."
"Ugh! No welcome at all! I am hurt." Damon replied, smirking.
"Why the long face?" Damon asked.
"Why the fuck are you here?" he asked, rather harshly.
"Ok…What's wrong?" Damon asked, a little concerned.
"None of your fucking business," Stefan replied, slamming his glass.
"Come on! I am your big brother. You can tell me," he said, reminding him about their relationship back when they were kids.
"She only sees me as a friend and now she is engaged," Stefan blurted out, he didn't know why he just said that, must be the alcohol. It reminded him of the time when he begged Damon to buy him a sports kit way back in six grade.
"She…who?"
"The girl I am in love with," Stefan replied.
Damon looked at him with eyes filled with pity. He couldn't even imagine how painful it would have been for him to see the love of his life with someone else… let alone engaged.
"You never mentioned you were in…" Damon trailed off.
"Like you care," Stefan replied.
"I mean I try and try but nothing changes. She still doesn't want me. She wants him-that fucking son of bitch-with the big house and huge cars and fancy dresses and business parties," Stefan downed another drink.
"You're here to laugh at my misery or is there a reason for you to be here?" Stefan added.
"I actually have a good news. I am not sure I should tell you now though. I think we should get you home" Damon said, uncomfortably as he tried to take Stefan's drink, they were at a bar far away from home.
"No. I don't give a fuck about what you're about to tell me but since I really don't want you to visit me again it would be better you tell me now." Stefan said.
"The girl I told you about. Well! I am getting married to her in about two months. I wanted to invite you." Damon blurted out.
"WHAT?" Stefan shouted.
"Great! Oh Great! Even he found his match. Even this man whore is getting married. Even he has a girl now and here I am single as pringle, masturbating to my TA's pictures every night," Stefan shouted in outrage, looking at the roof.
"Okays! We need to get you home. You obviously had enough drinks for the night, also baby brother that's very creepy," Damon said, uncomfortably as he helped him up.
The rest of the night was blank.
"Sir?" Elena snapped her fingers in front of him.
"What?"
"It seems like I lost you there," she said, smiling.
"Oh, sorry. You were saying?"
"I was asking you about Betty's grades." she said, showing him a paper marked F.
She was telling him about how Betty should be given a chance for retest but all he could see was how beautiful she looked in yellow sundress. Her beautiful curly hair falling down on her chest. Her plump lips just waiting to be kissed. He couldn't resist the temptation. He dove in capturing her lips, pushing her down his desk. She gasped, giving him a chance to deepen the kiss. Just maybe, she will also feel the connection because hey! He didn't have anything to lose.
Elena froze as she felt him press her against his table, kissing her lips, roughly yet passionately. When she felt his tongue that's when she snapped out of her shock and pushed him off her.
"What the hell?" she shouted.
Stefan froze. Okay, what the hell did he just do. He had no idea what came over him. Before he could apologize, she slapped him across his cheek.
"I am engaged!" she shouted.
"I am really sorry Elena. I really don't know what came over me. I am so so sorry." he begged.
Elena eyes narrowed in disgust as she turned around and swiftly ran out of the room ignoring his apologies.
How the hell will she explain this to her fiancé? She can't lie to him. She can't hide this from him. Rule number one 'Never Lie to your partner'.
Stefan knew she was engaged then why the hell did he kiss her.
She sprinted toward the lady's room. Washing her face and rubbing her lips clean. She tried to even her breath. "Calm down Elena! It's not like you cheated or something Damon would understand. Won't he?" she talked to herself.
"Caroline. I should call Caroline." she said, as she took out her phone, calling her best friend.
Caroline didn't answer even after she redialed the third time. Elena really needed to talk to someone before she tells about this to her fiancé. Rose…She could tell Rose. But what if Rose tells Damon. She wasn't ready to tell Damon yet. She needed to be assured first that she wasn't at fault. She didn't cheat him. She decided to call Rose.
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"huh! That's strange!" Rose said, as she picked up her phone.
"What?" Damon asked, still busy with his laptop.
"Elena Calling"
His head shot up. "What are you waiting pickup...Wait Wait…Put on speaker I want to say Hi" he added, with a grin.
"by Hi you mean you want to make her uncomfortable by talking dirty to her in front of me" Rose said, annoyed.
"It gets her hot and bothered. She is reallyyyyy into phone sex"
"Ugh! I don't need to know that"
"Pick up already"
"Fine…Hello! Elena! What can I do for you?" Rose said, putting her phone on speaker mode, just when Damon was about to make a lewd comment, he heard her sniff.
"Rose…A terrible thing happened" Elena said in a scared tone.
"Elena! Honey? You okay?" Rose said before Damon could inquire.
"Something happened with my boss" he heard her voice and his heart dropped.
"Promise me you won't tell Damon yet? I mean I will probably tell him about this not today but I will tell him…I need to sort my mind first and I really need to talk to someone first…Please Rose?" she begged, almost sobbing.
Rose looked at Damon. His expression was blank but he nodded. "OK I won't …What. What is it?"
"Ok…I was talking with my boss about a girl's grade. I don't know what happened. He just out of the blue kissed me…I mean I swear I didn't give him any sort of signals and he knows I am with Damon. He just kissed me and I…" she trailed off as she heard someone snarl and she knew exactly who it was.
"Rose… Am I on speaker?" Elena squeaked.
"Did you kiss him back?" Damon growled, demanding, snatching phone from Rose's hand.
"No! No! No! I swear I didn't. I promise. I pushed him off me. I even slapped him. I swear I didn't cheat you." She squeaked.
"Then why didn't you want me to know?" he barked.
"It happened five minutes ago…I am still in shock and I was scared you will be mad I mean I was going to tell you but I needed a minute to sort my mind…but I promise I was going to tell you" she reasoned.
"You didn't kiss him back right?"
"No! I promise I didn't"
"I am coming to pick you up"
"Damon!"
"No! Elena…I trust you explicitly, and I'm not a violent guy at all and I know you are drop dead gorgeous fuck knows how I lucked out there but it's not an excuse, and I am coming down to beat the ever living fecal debris from your boss's body and you're not going to stop me"
"Damon! No!" she squeaked, scared of his tone.
"See you in twenty" he said before throwing Rose's phone against the wall in utter anger and frustration.
"That was my phone" Rose complained.
"Mason! Mason!" he shouted.
A tall guy appeared on his doorway. " I am going down there to beat the fuck out of a guy …Rose! Get a lawyer ready, the university will probably get me arrested for beating the fucking shit out of one of their professor and Mason as soon as the guy is transferred to hospital I want you to go down there and kill him" he ordered as he picked up his keys from his desk.
Rose sighed. "Okay"
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"I think you're over reacting…" Rose said.
"That guy kissed my soon to be wife…I don't think I am being unreasonable when I ordered him to be killed" Damon replied, as he sped to his fiancé's college.
"Like about a year ago I remember you when you went into clubs and sometimes just out of the blue grabbed any hot girl's ass and made out with her without even talking to her…not to mention without even asking her if she had a boyfriend or something. You told me according to you it was the most alpha way to pick up a girl. And when the said girl's boyfriend got pissed off you would end up beating him to shell" Rose reminded him of a dark time.
"I was a jerk, man-hour and bastard but that doesn't mean anyone could just kiss my girl out of the blue. I will not ever allow anyone so much as look at her the wrong way. You just wait and watch what I do to that son of bitch who kissed her. He is a dead man. "
"Karma is a bitch no?"
"I will tear your hair off and feed it to you if you don't shut the fuck up" he spat.
Rose snorted.
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"Damon! What are you doing here?" He heard a sharp voice.
"Didn't I repeatedly tell you to never visit me in my workplace. I have a reputation here?" Stefan hissed, getting him to a side.
"Relax! Rabbis! I didn't even know you still work here. I am here to pick my girl up" he replied nonchalantly, ignoring him.
"Your girl?"
"My fiancé … she works for some anatomy professor as a TA. You can help me find her, all these corridors look the same" he said, ignoring his brother's narrowed eyes.
"You are engaged to a girl with a college degree huh…" Stefan eyes widened.
"A topper actually! Neurosurgeon!" he said, proudly.
"What's her name?" Stefan asked. "Please Don't be Elena! Please Don't be Elena!" he thought, panicked.
"Elena…Elena Gilbert soon to be a Salvatore" he said, smirking but looking distracted.
And that was it.
Nothing. He felt numb, Ears ringing, heart racing, Heartbreaking, No, heart wrenching pain, make that ringing go away, let this be a dream.
"Damon!" he heard her voice.
She came almost running toward him. She hugged him, tightly as Stefan watched thunderstruck.
" So I met this girl…She is very beautiful, she gives you a feel of sunshine…she has this very radiant smile that can lit up the room…She is so full of life and passion and the best part is she so caring and sensitive and interesting, it's like she is made just for men to fall in love with. And it's not just her physical beauty. It's her inner radiance, her uniqueness, her inner light." Damon's voice from six months ago rang in his head, mocking him.
"The girl I told you about…Well! I am getting married to her in about two months …I wanted to invite you" His brother's voice from almost a month ago boomed next making it unbearable for Stefan to breath.
"Damon…Please Don't " Elena pleaded, looking into his eyes, her arms encircling his neck.
"Honey…I am going to go through exactly what I told you but first thing come first. I want you to meet my brother." Damon said, kissing her forehead.
Elena eyes narrowed. She untangled her arms around him.
"Elena! Do you remember I told you about my half-brother awhile back? Well! Meet Stefan Salvatore oh sorry Williams…He changed his last name due to some issue. Stefan…meet my soon to be wife. Elena Gilbert" he introduced them.
Elena stood their thunderstruck. Ok! This situation was beyond awkward now. Did Damon didn't know Stefan was her boss. Wait! She never introduced them, did she? Of course, she didn't.
"You're marrying HIM?" Stefan growled.
"Stefan!" Damon warned.
"Lena! Really?" Stefan asked.
"I am guessing you guys already know each other" Damon said.
"It's none of your business Stefan" Elena replied.
"Of course! It's my business…How can you marry a guy like him?" Stefan couldn't believe, a respectable girl, coming from a very respectable family would ever marry his criminal, mobster brother.
"Watch your mouth brother" Damon warned.
"Professor Will! Mr. Kong is waiting for you…ash…you're busy. I will tell him to wait then" with that said the short dark haired boy left.
"Professor Will…As in your boss?" Damon asked, eyes widening, turning to Elena.
Elena pressed her lips but nodded.
His brother kissed his fiancé. His BROTHER kissed his FIANCE. His fists clenched as the green eyed monster took over him and all he could see was red now. Stefan had a habit of snatching his things but Elena was his.
"Elena…Rose is waiting for you in the car. I will be right there" he ordered. Elena pressed his forearm, trying to get him to relax but it only made him madder, she left. He launched himself on Stefan, grabbing his throat and pushing him against the wall.
"You're in love with my faience?" he snarled.
"Not anymore. I saw her for a respectable lady she was. If she can fuck you than I guess she isn't worth it at all" Stefan spat in hatred.
7.5 billion people and his brother had to fall for the girl he wanted. Just fucking great.
"If it weren't for the fact that you are my brother you would be dead by now" Damon snarled.
"And I want to kill you exactly for the fact that you're my brother" Stefan spat.
"Stay away from my girl"
"Wouldn't dream to be near her anymore…" he replied.
"You're just jealous because she loves me and she will never see you more than a friend…in fact I think she hates you now after you forcefully kissed her" Damon said.
"She told you she loves you?" Stefan asked, because it hurt. It really hurt. He felt like drowning but he couldn't die.
"She was the one you stalked …Wasn't she?"
How could a girl like Elena love a man like his brother?
"Elena told me she is in love with me" Damon said with a smile Stefan had never witnessed before.
"Wow! Your months of stalking finally paid off huh" Stefan replied.
He had to cut back the venom in his tone. He was dead jealous and he didn't want to give Damon the satisfaction that he won again.
"I still can't believe a girl that decent, coming from a good family too will ever fall for a mobster like you! "he added
But Damon's face went blank at this. His eyes drifted from his brothers and the grip of Damon's hand on his throat loosened a bit. Seeing Damon's expressionless face, Stefan realized "Unless she doesn't know who you really are?"
Yes. It all made sense now. Elena was a respectable girl. She could never end up with a guy like Damon. Damon wasn't worth love. He was a killer for goodness sake. According to Stefan his brother should be put down, killed in the most ruthless way. Damon was after all the killer of his own father. He had no regard for love or feelings. He was a killer and Elena was his obsession. Just his obsession.
"yes! She doesn't know anything. For her, I am the perfect guy who is madly in love with her, who is as respectable as she is, as kind hearted and normal as she is and who gets along with her family pretty well. In her eyes I am perfect and it's going to stay that way unless and until you have death wish" Damon growled.
"I would rather die than be a part of your charade. You're cheating her into marrying you when she doesn't even know who you really are?" Stefan snapped at him.
"I have been selfless all my life. I risked my ass for you. It's because of you what I am now… I deserve to be happy. I deserve to be selfish" Damon replied in his mind.
"I don't care what you think…All I care about is the little fact that Elena should never know about my little dirty secret or I will slit your throat in your sleep" he threatened his brother.
Stefan paled but nodded.
"I am not kidding Stefan. She is mine. You're going to shove your feelings for Elena up your ass and apologize to her for kissing her without permission then you're going to go stay the fuck away from her until our wedding. You will come to our wedding which is two weeks from now and you will be my best man. And you're going to delete Elena's pictures from your phone and find another girl's picture to masturbate to" He said, angrily.
"I will stay away from Elena but no fucking way in hell am I coming to your wedding…" Stefan spat.
"You will come if you don't want me to pull your heart out from your chest and shove it up your ass" he said in a sinister tone.
"Rot in hell!"
"Nope…I will be rotting in hell making love to the girl of my dreams while you're here in your heaven masturbating" he mocked, leaving his throat.
Stefan huffed loudly. "I will see you in two weeks then but finger crossed for Elena finding out your reality and dumping you right on spot" he spat.
"She can't and she won't…even if she finds out"
"She will. She will hate you. She will hate herself for ever loving you and I will be waiting in the wings for that to happen. She will dump your ass and maybe then we will give it a go" Stefan hissed.
"All you can do is watch her from a safe distance cut I am not ever going to let her go…" Damon replied but Stefan could detect vulnerability.
"You can't be loved Damon. Who would ever love a guy who killed his own father? And for what? Power! Money!"
"Elena does…She is with me. She loves me." He replied, smirking. "Jealous?"
"I pity you… you have to lie to her to make her love you…"
"You don't even have that. You are all alone Babygro" he hissed.
"This is going nowhere. I am going to go apologize to my new sister in law as per your order and then I am going to leave you two alone and I pray to God you drop dead soon cut I really don't want to just watch her destroy her life by marrying you" Stefan hissed as he turned around.
Damon stifled a growl. His brother hated him. He knew that. He deserved his brother's hatred. His brother didn't know the reality of his father's death. His brother didn't know anything. But he better stays away from his fiancé. He won't even tolerate his brother's shit when it came to Elena.
"Stefan"
Stefan turned around. "Welcome Punch to the face" was all he heard before he felt a sharp blow and blood dripping.
"Sorry…Boyfriend duty and all! Got to set examples for boys out there never to mess with my girl again" Damon continued coolly.
"Clean yourself up…We will be waiting for you outside"
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"What's taking so long?" Damon huffed tapping the steering wheel of his car as he watched Stefan and Elena talk from a distance.
Sage was standing closer to Elena. Rose was in the backseat humming to a Taylor Swift song.
"Stop whining!" Rose said, annoyed.
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"I am really sorry for kissing you like that out of the blue. I didn't mean to disrespect you in anyway Elena! You're a very important friend of mine" Stefan apologized looking down.
"Yes…It was very rude of you considering you knew I was engaged"
Stefan shook his head.
"But it's okay! I forgive you…"
Stefan looked up and smile sadly.
"Elena…I…My brother isn't well a very …" he trailed off as he saw Sage eye him.
"I know that you and Damon have your differences but he is your big brother. He is a great man. I love him a lot. I really want you to come to our wedding despite your differences"
"I will! I promise" Stefan said, looking up, caressing her cheek sadly.
"Take care of yourself" he added.
"You too"
"Goodbye"
"bye"
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Stepping out of shower, covered in a towel, she saw him eye her lewdly. She rolled her eyes. " Sex Sex Sex. Is this all you think about?" she asked.
"Yeah…We still have an hour. Let's make good use of it" he said, stepping closer to her.
"Nope! I refuse to make our relationship all about sex. We are not having sex until tomorrow" she said, stepping toward the dresser.
"Oh come on! Elena! It's been too long since I've been inside you" he whispered in her ear, longing evident in his voice.
"Last night three times"
"too long"
She circled her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. As soon as his hands reached down to her chest to remove her towel out of the way she pushed him away.
"Nope…Like I said you have to wait till I get back from duty tomorrow" she said with a smirk, heading toward her dresser.
"Ugh Fine"
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"How does this one looks?" she asked, twirling around in her galaxy purple reversible Skater dress.
"Beautiful! Just like the last five dresses you tried" he said, looking at her smiling, his hands behind his head as she twirled again.
She rolled her eyes. She walked over to her dresser. She took out her moisturizer and rubbed it on her legs and then her arms, she smirked lightly when she saw how intently he was looking at her without blinking. She ignored him and styled her hair in loose curls. She noticed his eyes were still on her.
"Damon! Stop looking at me like that…" she ordered faking her annoyance.
"Your mine I can look at you as much as I want" he replied, smirking.
She rolled her eyes again, clearly enjoying his attention.
She picked up a light purple nail paint and threw it at him. He caught it, expertly. "Paint my toe nails" she ordered as she jumped on bed and laid her legs in his lap. "Yes maim" he replied in a robotic tone.
He planted feathery kisses from her knees to her toes. She let out a low moan. He smiled before opening the nail paint. "Just like in the tutorial you sent me" he said, painting one of her toe.
"Nice" she complemented.
He was half done with her first foot when Rose and Mason busted in without knocking.
"Should have knocked…What if we were busy being intimate?" Damon said, without looking up, busy painting her toe nails. He knew he lost his man card in their eyes anyway.
"Elena wasn't screaming so I knew it was safe to walk in without knocking" Rose replied, making Elena blush.
"You're painting her nails" Mason gasped.
"you will be minding your own business" Damon replied looking up, witnessing the shocked look on his face. It's not every day you see your badass boss who terrorize the city painting his fiancé's toe nails.
"OH… Mr. Perkins wants to meet you as soon as you are free" Rose said.
"Tell Mr. Perkins I will be free by eleven" Damon said, finishing her toe nails.
"Wow…You're really good at it" Rose complemented, surprised.
"It's not the first time I am making him do this" Elena said, giggling.
"Baby!" Damon warned, gesturing at Mason who was doing his best to stifle a laugh.
"whipped" Rose commented.
"Shamelessly" Damon replied.
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As the waitress came to take their order Elena couldn't help but wince when she tried to shamelessly flirt with her fiancé. She cringed when she saw the blonde girl almost shoving her bosom to his face. Women just threw themselves at him. It annoyed her a lot.
She huffed and looked away. Damon noticed that. He bit his lower lip to stop himself from smiling. "What's up babe? You look bothered?" he whispered.
"Oh you noticed…" she replied. Definitely jealous. He mentally cheered.
"Of course I did"
"I thought you were busy getting smitten by the waitress who was practically shoving her bosom in your face" she hissed, lightly.
Was it so easy to make her this jealous. He smirked.
"Why? You jealous. Do you want your bosom to be shoved in my face?" he asked, smirking.
She glared at him for a second. "All right that's it No sex for you for a week" she declared.
"What? Hey I was just kidding" he whispered, pleadingly.
"Fine! A month"
"what are you trying to do? kill me?" he spat, annoyed.
She smirked. "You're kidding right?" he added.
"Sex ban?" Matt who was sitting on his left asked.
Damon nodded.
"She is not kidding." Matt replied sighing. Damon literally cringed thinking about Matt being Elena's ex.
His head snapped up. "Baby! I am so sorry I won't ever joke about that again. I swear I wasn't looking at her. Baby I will die" he begged, whispering.
"It's too late now" she whispered back.
"What can I do to make up for it?" he asked, whispering.
"What are you two whispering about?" Caroline who was sitting across the table asked.
"Sex ban! Elena banned sex because she was annoyed that the waitress was throwing herself at Damon" Tyler replied, without looking up from his phone.
Everyone stopped their conversation and stared at them awkwardly. Elena's cheeks were red from embarrassment.
"How the fuck does you know that?" Damon asked.
"I can lip read" Tyler replied.
"Why does the girl always treat sex like a reward?" he added.
"Exactly…If she doesn't want sex, no matter how much the guy craves it he still doesn't get sex but the case is opposite when it comes to girls, she gets sex whenever she wants wherever she wants" Leo, Bia's boyfriend said.
"and she uses the sex as her tool" Damon added.
"She can make you do whatever she wants with this particular tool" Matt said.
"OH…Stick your wieners up each other's butt hole if you have so much problem with women" Caroline roared.
"I rather stick it up your butthole" Tyler said, lewdly.
"I will cut your balls and shove it down your throat if you don't apologize right now" Caroline hissed.
"See that's what I am talking about. She bullies us. Do you know what happened last night Lena" Tyler said, looking at Elena who had been giggling all this time.
"What?"
"Last night I come home late and she starts shouting at me for no reason and even accused me of cheating"
"You smelled like a whore" Caroline growled.
"I spent the day with my mum" Tyler replied.
Caroline blushed at his revelation. "Oh"
"Oh" Tyler mocked.
"Well…he doesn't do his chores. He can't even do the mundane task of ironing his own god damn shirt. He just stands there and looks at it as if it's some sort of rocket science and then eventually I get annoyed and do it for him" Caroline complained.
"Actually Barbie! I for one think ironing is tough I mean what if I accidentally turn its temperature very high and burn my $10000 shirt? I mean I don't want to ruin my shirt so I prefer if my ironing is done by some professional…Elena doesn't seem to agree with me though" he said when he noticed Elena huff.
"It's not difficult baby. It's just you're a lazy piece of ass who is so thick he can't even iron his own shirt"
"Take that back" he said glaring at her playfully, and playfully rubbed his foot with hers.
"That's my foot …Damon!" Matt said.
"Gash" Damon cringed.
Elena giggled. He smiled looking at her laugh.
"You guys make a cute couple…you will make the prettiest babies ever" Angela commented, making them both blush a bit. Yes, they were a couple. Yes, they were getting married and yet this simple innocent comment made them blush.
"What say we try making babies tonight?" he whispered in Elena ear. She narrowed her eyes playfully.
"You two are getting married in such a haste…Why?" Liam who had been silent throughout tonight asked.
"I think they are hiding something" Tracy said, smirking.
"Excuse me" Elena knew exactly what they were talking about.
"You're pregnant aren't you?" Angela asked.
Damon spat his juice out.
"What?" he asked, looking at Elena.
"No! No! of course not!" she said shaking her head.
"then why are you getting in such a haste?" Chris asked.
"because we want to" Damon replied on her behalf.
"I don't see how married life would be different then what we already have I mean with me and Care, she is the boss. She will make me do whatever she wants whether or not she is the Mrs. Lockwood yet" Tyler said, smirking.
"Aww…Don't call me that…Aww" Caroline said, making a disgusted face.
"What? Now my last name is too old fashioned for you. Guess what? Care! You are going to be MRs Lockwood whether you like it or not" Tyler said, eyes narrowing.
"I mean she practically has me wrapped up around her pinky. She even makes me take out the trash and ooh the sappy movies she makes me watch" Tyler complained.
"I know…Like the really irritatingly romantic movies and the worst the part…Elena falls asleep before it even finishes and then I have to stay put with a numb arm until the dumb movie finishes because if she finds out I didn't complete it she will make us watch it all over again" Damon complained.
"Exactly" Chris agreed.
"and oh the borderline psychotic emotional breakdown before their time of the month" Damon reminded the guys. Every guy on the table agreed in unison, giving their views about how the time of the month of their girlfriend's affect them.
"Ok! Enough!" Caroline tried to control the situation.
"oh and then there is this thing she makes me do. Every time I come back from work she asks me how my day went and apparently "Fine" is not a satisfactory answer. I have to tell her exactly how it went and my "feelings" regarding every part of the day too" Damon added, making a weird face.
"Yeah! I hate when she does that. I mean woman! I just had been through a tiring day I don't need to go through it all over again" Tyler added his important opinion.
Elena huffed loudly as Damon further complained about her "Annoying" attributes. She knew he was just kidding. She smiled and playfully argued with him for a while. "I got to go to the powder room. I will be right back" she said as she kissed his cheek. "Take Sage with you" he said.
"It's just ladies room"
"Take Sage with you" he repeated.
"Ok" she sighed in defeat as she headed toward the ladies room, she went against the plan of calling Sage and went to the Ladies room straight.
"Hello Elena" she heard a voice boom when she was washing her hands in the sink. She turned around and found herself face to face with none other than Damon's ex Rebecca Michelson.
"Hey Rebecca! Long time no see! How have you been?" she asked, smiling.
"I have been fine even though your boyfriend made my life a living hell." She growled. "OH…Is that what I think it is?" she asked, grabbing her hand, looking at her ring with hatred.
"What are you doing?" Elena said as she tried to snatch her hand out of her grasp.
"Ring huh! He is marrying you. Wow! You have really smitten him Haven't you?" she asked, circling her.
"I need to go" Elena said as she tried to brush past Rebecca.
"You fucking bitch! I will kill you" Rebecca said as she launched herself at Elena. Pushing Elena against the sink, pulling her hair, slapping her hard on her cheeks over and over again. Elena screamed in pain as she tried to defend herself.
"HE HURT ELI JUST BECAUSE ELI VISITED YOU. HE HAS GOT KLAUS IN JAIL CUZ OF YOU. HE IS GONNA KILL KOL TOO BECAUSE OF YOU! I WILL KILL YOU WHORE!" she shouted as she dug her nails into her face, scratching her. Elena shouted in pain as blood started dripping from her face. Rebecca grabbed the brunette's right arm who moaned in agony as the blonde twisted her arm, she pushed Rebecca off her but Rebecca was fast she grabbed Elena by ankle and pulled her toward herself. Elena fell on the hard marble, her jaw hitting the floor first.
The bathroom door bust open as Sage entered.
"You fucking bitch" Sage screamed as she launched herself at Rebecca but Rebecca kicked her on time and made a run for it. Sage rushed toward Elena's side. Elena had already passed out. Sage knew she was in shit load of trouble now.
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"What kind of people are your acquaintances with?" Caroline growled at him as she helped him tend the bloody scratches on her best friend's face. Elena winced even though she was unconscious.
Damon didn't reply. He was too far gone. Elena was hurt. She was badly hurt all because of him. It was actually causing him physical pain to see her in pain.
When Sage called him and told him Elena was hurt, he rushed to her, Caroline hot on his heels followed by all of Elena's friends and ex-boyfriend/cop Matt.
Excruciating pain shot through him, setting him on fire when he saw her passed out on bathroom's marble. Pain erupted, blocking his vision. It felt worse than his nightmares.
She withered in pain when Doctor Hampton tended her bringing him back from reliving the worst moment of his life.
"Who would ever hurt Miss Gilbert, she is such a nice young woman!" Doctor Hampton said.
"His ex-girlfriend" Caroline spat.
"You're pressing charges right Damon?" Matt asked, a serious look on his face.
"We will deal with Rebecca ourselves. She isn't your headache" Rose replied seeing he was too lost to answer.
"When will she wake up?" Damon finally spoke.
"In about an hour or so…The wounds aren't septic or deep but I guess the shock of attack disturbed her. I think you should press charges against the woman who attacked Miss Gilbert" Dry Hampton suggested.
"Oh she is not getting off the hook that easily" he muttered under breath.
"I have prepared a report. She can take a leave for about a week." Dry Hampton continued.
"Thankfully she doesn't need any stitches. Although you will be using liquid skin bandages but before applying that you will have to wash and dry the wounds first. We already gave her tetanus shots. You will need to give her Advil for the pain. With the spirit she has, she will be up and about in no time. However, she can stay home till the shock of attack wears off" he instructed.
"Thank you for the house call on such short notice"
"She is my most favorite internee. Take care of her" Dry Hampton said, before he turned around and left with his assistant.
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Laying her on his bed, Damon took his place next to her. She was still sleeping under the effect of drug. Caroline on her side along with Tyler. Caroline continuously gave him dirty looks as if it was his fault she was hurt. Matt left when Damon declared he won't be pressing charges.
Just like the doctor instructed, he poured the antiseptic on a cotton and tended the scratches on her face. She withered and moaned at the contact. "Don't hurt her" Caroline spat.
"I am trying to help her" he spat back.
"You have helped hell a lot already. She is here, wounded, hurt because of you" Caroline hissed. She knew she could be mean when she was angry.
"Care honey…It's not his fault his ex was a psychopath" Tyler comforted her.
Caroline huffed. She knew she wasn't being reasonable when she was blaming Damon but she just needed someone to blame.
No one knew how Damon felt right now. He seemed cool and collected from the outside but he was fuming and burning with rage and guilt from the inside. It was like every nerve in his body wanted to kill Rebecca in the most torturous way possible. His conscious, laughing at him for not being powerful enough to protect the only reason of his life. Everything was useless, his money, his power everything if he couldn't protect her. She could have died today for all he knew. She swallows thick at the contact of the cotton…she weakly opened her doe eyes murmuring "Dam. Damon."…he sits straight, getting the cotton off "baby. calm down it'll be okay… I am not going to let this go "…. he heard Caroline nag "oh so more trouble …. No tell me Damon …. how much more will she have to suffer before you stop …."
She was right. He hated to admit that he was the reason for her condition. Her half-moon eyes look up at him, tears flowing down as she said weakly "Care…. please. Don…don't blame him. hush …listen Damon …pl. Please I don't want you to hurt anyone…Lets Let it go…. I. I know. You have. buss. Business issues…ash…. but."he interrupted her running his hand through her hair
"Bringing you in isn't fair Elena …. I can't let it go it questions my honor…It questions my love for you" She flinched "Damon I don't need a person… who's low enough to bark back…edh …besides. There is stuff we have to discuss". He was stone stuck …Did the bitch told her everything? She wasn't that stupid. Did she tell her about Elijah?
He had to shut her before she spilled all the beans. It was now or turned to Caroline and Tyler getting up "You guys take care of her I have to check some security arrangements "
Caroline snarled "OH We will take care of her unlike you and your good for nothing wrestling team "He ignored looking back at Elena. He kisses on the top of her head "I'll be right back baby…"she sighed as he left.
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This room was the darkest one in the company …his pretend building. He sits on the wooden chair in the mid of the deserted dark room. Many people died on this chair. This was his torture chair. the one he hated. screamed to death dark on it.
Sage and Rose brought in the blonde tall girl. He has one leg on the other. he sits straight gritting his teeth. he gets up slowly saying "We all want to murder that one ex only few like me get the honor though ".
Rebekah was panting. She was already beaten by Sage and Rose and some of his other girl guards.
He turns to Sage "It's a good thing you caught her or it would have been you in her place Now chain her to the chair and leave."
Rose and Sage knew Damon was enraged. So they did as he told and walked out knowing they had to make preparations to hide her dead body after he is done with her.
He turns to Rebekah "My mother once said Damon Never hit a girl…they are weak…."
He gets ahead toward the table near the chair had his torture box. He picks out a spanner "She didn't say I can't use this " He hits her leg hard with it. She shouts out "ash, Damon please … I am sorry." He nodded "Oh you will be "
He holds her chained hand and ripped off her nail with the spanner. She shrieks through the whole time, her nails bleeding. He looks up at her "You scratched Elena's face with these right? These were those god damn hands right. Tell me bitch…Where did you muster up the courage to have a bad thought about her. Weren't you aware of the fact that I will kill you. Why would you hurt her Rebecca! Why? She is such a nice and loving person. She was even nice to you. She helps everyone. She loves everyone. Why would you want to hurt someone like that? Why? She is my sunshine, my hope, my humanity. Why would you hurt her? " She winces in pain.
"God…Damon it hurts …gash… edh please I am sorry … " He shook his head.
"You went too far. Were these the eyes who looked at her with hatred?" he growled. She sees him pick a bowl of what seemed like a red chili powder. She panted "No No Damon..." She closed her eyes. He nodded. He hit the blood stained spanner on her arm "Open you're fucking eyes ". Her eyes opened and experienced the worst sting. Every part of her burned as a bone melting, blood warming scream erupted from her mouth.
"ahhhhhhh huh huh my eyes…. ahhh… "she thought someone had put her on a flame.
She heard him laugh, enjoying her pain.
She shouts " HELP…. SOMEONE HELP!"
He laughs louder" You can torture your throat and shout all you want but no one is going to listen. WHY? CAUSE THIS IS YOUR DEATH REBEKAH…THIS IS YOUR END….AND I AM GONNA KILL YOU. ILL SUCK OUT YOUR SOUL. YOU MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. YOU HAVE NO ONE TO SHOUT TO, NO WHERE TO GO TO, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, I AM GONNA KILL YOU "
She winces in pain. The tremors of her body shook the chair violently.
She cries "PLEASE KILL ME …. PLEASE… AHHHH IT HURTS …PLEASE KILL ME ".
He laughs.
"Not yet…. but for my ex-girlfriend I can make it a little fast…"
He kicked the chair down saying "You need to see your death. You terrorized My Elena…My Elena. You must know how hurt she is. What else did you do? …You pulled her beautiful hair right? RIGHT? "
He leans over her pulling roughly at her hair, so rough her scalp burned. And she could feel some hair coming off. She shouts "SOMEONE HELP …NICK …. HELP …VHHHH…HUH…. DAMON I AM SORRY…. PLEASE I BEG YOU PLEASE …. I WILL NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE LOOK AT HER THE WRONG WAY … PLEASE LEAVE ME …. DAMON PLEASE. ILL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO "
She screeched against the chair. He leaves her "Now you're sorry? Why did you do this to her Rebecca You don't know the pain You've caused me. This pain is nothing compared to what I felt when I saw tears in her eyes. Now I will make your eyes bleed. I want you to feel exactly how I felt when I saw her hurt".
He paced around the room thinking of something more painful, muttering "You have to know it. You have to …. Are you really sorry?"
She shouts "YES YES…. I AM REALLY SORRY …ILL WRITE IT DOWN A THOUSAND TIMES …"
His brain clicked, a smirk across his face "Write it once. I'll do it for you ". He picks up a nail "Scratched her face didn't you?" Her eyes were red and close. Tears on her face she screams "NO DAMON PLZ "…he starts engraving something on her face, she felt a sharp point making her face bleed causing her the pain enough to open her spiced eyes she winced "NOOOO…. AHHHHH…. NIK…. ELI…. KOL…. HELP "
He held her chin tightly growling "HOLD STILL YOU FUCKING WHORE ".
The word I AM SORRY ELENA were blood carved on her face.
She shouts "ahhh ohm…. Help please help…."
She was gasping as if she'll pass out he taps her face
"oh no no no not yet. Wake up… "He grabs a cloth covering her face. He threw kerosene on the cloth that covered her face blocking her way to breath. She felt her nerves ready to be exploded. As if something pressured her brain cranium. She couldn't even shout. Her mouth was filled with kerosene. He gets off the cloth.
She blurted "please."
He picks up a knife " No" he replied. And with that being said, he punctured the knife in to her chest ...he plucks it out …thrusts it again and again. Till the lights it her eyes go down. She winced as he plucks it in for the fifth time. He got off her with a satisfied smirk.
"Sage ...Rose "
They came in almost horrified at the scene even though they have seen a lot worse. He gets up the floor passing them "Pick up the trash ".
They saw her face, bloody and ruined and engraved with those words. They flinched. Elena maybe his humanity but she was also the trigger to his most inhumane side.
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