Meant To Be
Chapter 2: A Day of Sorrow
April 16th 2001
"Stefan and Elena sitting in a tree. K-i-s-s-i-n-g! First comes love. Second come marriage. Third comes.." Mason Lockwood, the bully didn't get to finish his song because he was pushed to the ground by Stefan's older brother Damon. Stefan and I were just swinging on the swings at recess seeing who can go the highest when Mason came over and started singing that awful song. Mason picks on Stefan and I all the time because we hang out all the time and we are best friends so he says we are dating even though we are only seven and are just friends. Mason is in a grade younger than Damon and is the school bully he has a new person to pick on every week but for the past three weeks he has been picking on us and Damon who is now eleven now hates it. Mason has a little brother Tyler, who is mean too but not as mean as Mason and he's in our grade. Tyler and Mason's dad is the mayor.
"No one picks on my little brother! Except for me." Damon says angrily. "Stop picking on Stefan and Elena." Damon looks up at us; we are now just sitting on the swings and smiles at us. "Stop picking on them or else." He said sternly.
I look behind Damon and see Mrs. Fell mine and Stefan's teacher coming over. "Mrs. Fell is coming over." I said scared to get in trouble because I'm a good girl, and I never get in trouble.
When Mrs. Fell got to us, she looked at Mason on the ground and sighed. Mason stood up and tried to act innocent by saying Damon pushed him for no reason. She looked at me. "Elena what happened here?" She asked because she knows I will tell the truth.
"Um, well…" I really don't want to get Damon in trouble.
"It's okay Elena, just tell the truth." Damon said to me sincerely because he knows that I don't want to get him in trouble.
"Mason was picking on me and Stefan about how we are best friends and he said we were dating and Damon came over and pushed him and told him to stop picking on us." I told her.
The teacher sighed. "Okay than, well Mason you should not be bullying; it is mean and wrong and I want you to go to the principal right now." She said and Mason walked off towards the school. "And Damon, although you were sticking up for your little brother and friend, you should've told me so you have to go to the office because you pushed him."
"Okay." He mumbled and walked off into the school.
A little while later, I was sitting in class not paying attention to the teacher teaching multiplication which I already know when the secretary came over the intercom.
"Can you please send Elena Gilbert to the office?" The secretary asked.
"Yes, she's on her way." Mrs. Fell said into the intercom.
I get up out of my seat and while I'm walking out of the class I hear a bunch of "owws" coming from my classmates.
I walk the short distance to the office and walk in and see the secretary on the phone, she points to the principals office and mouths 'go ahead'.
I go in and see Mason and Damon sitting in front of the Principal Forbes, she is the Sheriff's sister in-law and my friend Caroline's aunt.
"Hello, Elena. Sit down." She pointed to the chair next to Damon's.
"Okay." I said smiling at Damon and he smiled back. Okay he's in a nice mood today; good to know.
"So I just needed to hear the story from you." She smiled at me.
"Okay well, Mason has been bullying Stefan and me for a couple weeks about us being best friends and he keeps saying we are probably dating and Damon came over and pushed him to stick up for us." I said.
"Okay well Damon, you need to know that that isn't okay; if you know about bullying go and tell me or a teacher and we'll deal with it. Tomorrow during recess you have to report to the library to serve recess detention. Mason you will too but for the next four days for your bullying. Mason you have to stay here while I call your parents, Elena can you make sure Damon gets back to his class?" She told us.
"Sure." Elena and Damon walked out of the principals office.
When they were leaving the main office they ran into Giuseppe with tears in his eyes.
"Dad?" Damon asked concerned.
"Hi, Mr. Salvatore." I said politely.
"Son, Elena. What are you guys doing here?" He asked wiping the tears from his eyes.
"We go to school here." Damon said.
"No I mean what are you doing in the office?" He asked sternly.
"Stefan and I were being picked on, Damon stuck up for us and we had to tell our stories to the principal." I told him.
"Oh okay, well Damon there something I need to tell you." He said still with tears in his eyes. Damon looked concerned. I don't know what's going on and I'm so confused. "Elena why don't you go back to class, I need to talk to Damon alone." Than he led Damon back into the office and I went back to my class.
About ten minutes after I got back to class, Stefan was called down to the office and he didn't return for the rest of the day.
On the walk home with Jeremy I could not understand what was going on. I knew when I got home, that I wanted to go see Stefan and Damon and see what was going on but I knew that it must have been something upsetting for Mr. Salvatore to be crying so I would talk to my parents first.
When we got home, both my mother and father were sitting on the couch both looked very upset. My mother looked like she has been crying. Her eyes were all puffy and red. I hated seeing her like this.
"What's going on?" I asked concerned.
"Um Elena, Jeremy come here." My father said sadly.
We go and sit between my mother and father. "Um, something happened this morning. Elisabeth was driving to the grocery store.." My mother paused. "And there was an accident." She said in barely a whisper.
"Okay, is she going to be okay?" I asked.
"Sweetie, she passed away." My father said. They started talking about how we have respect for Stefan and Damon right now and not overwhelm them and how we will be attending her funeral in a few days. But I'm not paying much attention, I don't know what to do or think. Elisabeth was like a second mom to me, she was so kind and generous and an amazing person. I feel a tear come down my face and I stand up quickly wiping the tears off my face.
"I'm going up to my room." I say before grabbing my backpack and going up the stairs. I drop my backpack off in my room and brush my hair and teeth in mine and Jeremy's bathroom; it's my after-school routine. Then I sneak down the stairs and make sure my parents can't hear me; they are distracted explaining everything to Jeremy who's only six years old. I slowing walk past the living room door and they don't notice me. I sneak out of the front door and walk across the front yard to the Salvatore's.
I knock on the door and Mr. Salvatore opens it. He sighs. "Hi, Elena."
"Mr. Salvatore, I'm so sorry." I say a tear coming out of my eye. I jumped into him and hug him tightly. Giuseppe has never been a hugging guy unless it was too his wife or sons but I didn't care.
"Stefan is at his grandparents, he wasn't comfortable coming back here tonight." He informs me.
"Well is Damon here?" I asked.
"Yeah he's in his room." He says opening the door so I can come in.
"Thanks, I just want to go see how he is doing." I say and walk up the stairs to Damon's bedroom which I have never actually been in since he is very private about his room. I knock on the door.
"Go away, Dad!" He yells loudly with a hint of crying in his voice.
"It's me, Elena." I say.
I hear nothing so I slowly open is door and I see a very dark room with a t.v and video games and dark curtains. There were no lights on so I couldn't see much but I saw him lying on his bed with his head in his pillow.
"Damon." I say.
"Go away please." He says calmly trying to make it sound like he wasn't crying but I knew he was; who could blame him.
"Please I just want to talk." I say shyly.
"Why? We are barely friends. You are my brothers friend." He said sitting up and I went and sat beside him on his bed.
"Because I know you're upset and I hate to see people upset." I say.
"Well there's nothing you can do about."
"I can be here for you."
"I don't want you here." He said angrily while looking into his lap.
"I'll leave if you look me in the eye and tell me too."
He tries to look in her eyes and say it but he can't so he just looks down to his lap. "She was the only one in this house I actually liked. My dad favourite's Stefan and Stefan is so annoying. My mom also cared for me and made sure I wasn't ignored like I am from my father. She just started to teach me how to cook." He started to cry. I did the brave move and hugged him. He leaned on me and then started to cry on my shoulder and I kept my arms around him.
We stayed like this for at least twenty minutes. At some point during it I started crying too. Finally his tears stop flowing, and he sniffles. "You will never tell anyone about this." He practically threatened. I look at him and shake my head no. I won't tell anyone, that's just mean. "Promise me?" He asked more sincerely now.
"I promise, I won't tell anyone." I say calmly and sincerely.
"This doesn't change anything, you still don't know me. You're still just my little brother's friend." He said.
"I know and you're still just my best friend's older brother." I say. I was about to leave but Damon called out my dad.
"Elena?"
"Yeah" I turned around a looked at him.
"Thanks. You are a good friend even if we aren't friends." He smiled just slightly.
"You're welcome." I smiled back at him and left. When I got home my parents hadn't even noticed I was gone.
Later that week I attended Elisabeth's funeral with my parents and Jeremy and I helped Stefan get through it. Stefan was horribly upset and sad but it wasn't the same as Damon, Damon was much closer to his mother and although he didn't cry at the funeral I knew how upset he really was and how easily he can put up a good front.
But that day; the day I saw Damon's other side, I realized I really like Damon maybe more than a friend and I don't know what it means because he would never like me like that, he sees me as the annoying little girl that follows his brother everywhere. I'm only turning eight, why have I already got a crush? And why did it have to be Damon? I don't know the answers to these questions but I do know that now when I see Damon I get butterflies in my stomach, like the ones they talk about on movies.
AN: There you go. I really like how I'm making this better. I've found so many writing mistakes that I've had to fix. I've also added little bits here and there. Once I get to like chapter five or six, it'll start being really different. Please review if you liked it or if you didn't I'm okay with constructive criticism.