Hey guys! Hope you liked my very first chapter. As this story is about pain and sorrow I wanted to get over with the cause of pain in the first and second chapter. This chapter is entirely Elena's POV and about what she lost and her feelings. Elena's wounds are still fresh unlike Damon and she's going to have the hardest time. Don't hate me for it. Hope you like it.
"I can't believe mom and dad did this!" Elena let out a frustrated cry. "How can they give the custody of Jeremy to someone else when their daughter is an independent High School teacher?" Elena said in hysteria.
"Elena, you do realize that the 'someone else' you're talking about is your god-father, Alaric?" said Caroline Forbes, her best friend since she moved to New York for college. She was there when the news of Elena's parent's death came and saw Elena through every rough situation. Elena was forever grateful to Caroline for her support through her tough times. Without her, she didn't know what she would've done.
"I know Care, I have no doubt that Ric would be able to take care of Jeremy, but I wanted to take care of him myself. He is all I have left now." Tears were threatening to come as she said it. She wanted to spend the rest of her time with the only person she had left in her family. She spent five years apart from her family in New York, only visited them once in a year, probably during holidays. However the death of her parents made it different. She had the constant fear that Jeremy also might be taken away without her seeing him one last time.
"It's not like you won't see him at all. I am pretty sure Ric would even allow you to stay with him for days if you want. Even let you take Jeremy with you for sibling bonding. And if you think about it, maybe they had already made Alaric his next legal guardian before you became legal aged and a worker." said the cheery blonde to soothe her BFF.
That made sense; maybe it was done a lot before. Her dad was always the think-ahead one in the family, and Ric, being their godfather was the perfect candidate to take up the responsibility. "But Care I'm scared for him. This would be a huge change for him and I really want to be there for him." She said in a low voice.
"And you will. Plus even if you're parent gave you the custody, I don't think he'll appreciate being around two females. One who is a neurotic control freak bitch and the other is the overprotective big sister, who will watch every single step you take. I think Jeremy can grow up with a male figure to look up to and do all sorts of guy things." She shrugged trying to lighten the mood and it did. But there were still traces of wary. "Why don't you call Ric, then ask him about adjustments. It's 10 PM I'm pretty sure he's up."
Elena wanted to argue but she knew Caroline was right. So she gave up and said "Fine. You're right." she said with a shrug and headed to grab her phone and dialed the number of her Godfather.
"Hello?" said the person in an unsteady tune.
"Hey Ric sorry to disturb you." she said, second-guessing her timing, but what's done is done.
"No it's okay." But his voice said otherwise.
"I just wanted to know if you knew that you are Jeremy's legal guardian." She got it out into the air not beating around the bush.
There was a pin drop silence. "Yah I knew that your father took my signature for both yours and Jeremy's adoption paper for if they die a long time ago. I just didn't realize that the time has come. Now that you grew up, I guess its just Jeremy then." After a few seconds he started again, "So how are you doing?" he asked knowingly.
"As one can expect." she sighed, trying not let her emotions get the best of her. "So Ric I wanted to meet you for talking about Jeremy and all the adjustments if you don't have any problem." She asked through the thickness of her voice.
"No not at all. You can come meet me at The Pony Bar in 10th Ave. I'll be there at 8." He said wanting to get off the phone and go through the forms about Jeremy that he didn't realize had clogged his email.
"Thanks Ric." She hung up the phone and turned towards Caroline who gave her some sort of a proud smile.
"So I'm going to be out at the bar at eight to make adjustments just like you suggested." She sighed and dropped on the couch.
"Everything's going to be fine, don't worry." Said Caroline. Although Elena knew Caroline would stick by her to help her but she did need someone to understand her in extreme levels and knows the feeling of loss.
After getting dressed up, Elena left home at 7:50. She called an Uber and drove to the bar. When she reached her destination she paid a friendly wave to the Uber driver and made her way towards the crowded bar. She swung open the door and stepped inside looking for Ric in the mass of heads.
Her eyes finally landed on the sandy blond haired figure and made her way toward him. As she got closer her eyes landed on a raven-haired man, sitting beside him. He wore a leather jacket similar to Ric's and dark blue jeans. His skin was creamy white and his body was definition of perfect. God she didn't even see his face and yet she was turning into a puddle by the masculinity that radiated off of him.
She arrived to their table and was silent for while. Unable to say anything she cleared her throat that made both of them turn their head towards her. She slightly gasped when she saw the gorgeous face making him more like a Greek god. His perfectly sculpted face with rose coloured lips and intense blue eyes. However she could see the same thing in his eyes which she sees every morning in the mirror. Pain.
Alaric interrupted her as he got up from the chair and pulled her in his embrace. "Hey Elena. It's so nice to see you." Ric was always considered as a family and she used to go to him if she had any troubles with college and needed career advice. In New York, Ric was the closest thing to her as a family.
"It's nice meeting you too. After all it's been awhile since the funeral," she said as she pulled out of his embrace. Once again her eyes found its way to the blue one's and made eye contact with him. His lips were curved into a sexy smirk as he watched her and saw her chocolate orbs.
Ric interrupted them once again as he spoke. "So Elena, I'll like you to meet my best friend and boss Damon Salvatore." Then he turned towards Damon and said "Damon, meet Elena." It was a very Classic introduction on Ric's part.
Salvatore, as in SRLA. Where Ric worked. Elena thought.
He got off from the tool and moved towards her. He pulled out his hands towards her for a handshake, "Pleasure meeting you Elena." God even his voice sent butterflies all over my stomach. His voice was so velvety and manly.
She reached for his hand into the handshake. As the skins touched more butterflies started to form in her stomach. She replied with a sweet smile on her face, "Glad to meet you Mr. Salvatore."
"Call me, Damon please. I don't like being referred to as Mr. Salvatore outside of work." He continued to smirk playfully.
"Okay, Damon." She smiled ear to ear.
At that moment she knew that this person is someone she felt connected to. She also wanted to know the reason for his eyes to reflect her pain. This might be their first meet but they certainly would meet again.
Yes! The second chapter is up a lot sooner than expected. I just figured out that I still had some time left. So I thought why not? As for the next chapter I don't know when I'll be available to write it. The name of this chapter is from the song 'The Scientist' by Coldplay. Hope you liked the chapter and review please so that I can get your love for my story so far. Thank you.