Elena sat in the back of her last class before lunch. Thankfully her teacher had been sick and the substitute was just letting them read. She was hunched over her book but she could feel people staring at her. She heard people talking around her all day and more than a few people had given her ugly looks. One particularly stupid girl had asked her if she had forgotten which brother she was dating. Elena had merely dropped her head walked away but she couldn't avoid Stefan. Elena regretted that she and Stefan had scheduled as many classes together as they could when they had started dating because now she had to face him in most of her classes.
She looked up to see the time and unwittingly caught Stefan's eye. She saw him giving her a look that conveyed not only anger but also a sadness that made her heart twinge. She knew she had made the right choice in breaking up with him but she hadn't planned on letting people know she was dating Damon so soon. She looked back down at her book rereading the same sentence she had been looking at for the last ten minutes still not absorbing a word. After what seemed like hours he bell finally rang and Elena grabbed her bag and bolted. She passed Stefan as she ran out the door but kept her eyes firmly on the ground. She sped down the hallways to the front of the school praying Damon wouldn't take too long before he got to school. When she finally opened the front door and looked up at the parking lot she nearly broke into a full run. Damon was already in the parking lot leaning against the trunk of his car. She went down the stairs weaving between the students before she got to him.
"Hey." he said cooly as she approached. "Since people know now, am I allowed one kiss or-" Elena dropped her bag, tangling her hands in his hair as she pulled his mouth down to hers. After a few minutes she let go and looked at very shocked Damon. "Hello to you too."
"Thank god you're here." She said wrapping her arms around him.
"Why the sudden change of opinion?" he said. "This morning you barely let me touch you."
She leaned against the hood of the car looking up at him."This morning everyone wasn't giving me dirty looks and talking behind my back. If they're going to talk we might as well give them something to talk about." She grabbed him by the collar of his leather jacket and pulled him back to her.
He pulled back after a moment and looked at her."What about-"
"What about what?" she said slightly annoyed.
"Not what. Who." Damon looked to the side inclining his head to something over her shoulder. Elena turned over her shoulder and saw Bonnie and Stefan standing side by side their arms crossed glaring and Elena and Damon.
"Who cares?" she said turning back to Damon. "Now are we going to sit here and let them glare all day or are you gonna follow through on your promise to kidnap me?" She stood up on her toes kissing him gently then pulling back to look at him biting her lip.
"Good point." he said. "Get in the car, but first..." He pulled Elena back into her by her waist pushing her against the car. She ran her arms around is neck as he braced his hand on the trunk of his car leaning over her. She leaned into him smiling into him as she heard the people around her murmuring. She ran her hands under his leather jacket pushing it off of him but finally pulled back.
"I don't know about you but I'm not up to giving the school a free show. Let's get out of here." She dropped the jacket to her side.
"You got it." he growled into her. He kissed her one more time bending so far forward her back hit the trunk before he stood up. She stood up grinning catching Stefan's eye one more time before she got into the car. He looked like he was about to come towards her but he stayed on the sidewalk staring back at her. She climbed into the car throwing his leather jacket and her bag in the back or the car, looking out the tinted windows at all the students staring at the car, biting back a smile as some of them snapped pictures on their phones.
"You'd think they'd never seen two people kiss before." she said as Damon started the car and drove towards the exit.
"They've just never seen two such insanely attractive people kiss before." he said. As they approached the entrance a security guard flagged them down. Damon slowed down rolling down the window.
"Do you have an off campus pass?" he said leaning down to look at Elena. Damon leaned forward looking at the security guard and Elena watched as his jaw went slack.
"Yes she does." he said. "In fact she's got one all week."
"Of course." said the guard slowly. "Go ahead."
"Thank you." said Damon pulling away rolling up the window.
"You just compelled him didn't you?" said Elena.
"Of course I did." said Damon turning onto the street and slamming on the gas. "Do you care?"
"No." she said throwing her head back. "Anything to get me out of that school."
"Good." he said. "Now do you want to go back to your house or-"
"Anywhere." she said. "Anywhere that gets me away from everyone."
"The Boarding House work?" he said.
"As long as we're the only ones there." she said.
"We will be." he said.
"Then let's go." she said. They turned down the road that would take them to his house.
"So how bad are things going?" he said looking over her.
"Awful." she said. "I mean I was planning on telling everyone that Stefan and I were done and that you and I were together, just not at the same time. Now everyone thinks I dumped Stefan and climbed into bed with his brother."
"But you did-"
"I know!" she said. "But I didn't want everyone else to know that." She said laughing. "I needed time to spin it."
"Well I'm sorry you've got to deal with all this." he said. "I'll try to help you as much as possible."
"You just being here helps so much." she said.
"Good." he said. "I'll stick around." They pulled into the driveway and before Elena could open the door Damon had pulled her out of the car and pressed her against the car.
"Is this your new thing?" she said the wind knocked out of her again. "Because if it is I love it." She ran her hand over his face, running her hand into his hair and pulling him into her. He kissed her gently running his hands through her hair.
"I love you." he said quietly against her. She looked up at him and he couldn't read the expression in her eyes. She pulled him back into her by his neck kissing him hungrily.
"Let's get inside." she said. "We only have a couple hours before I have to get back to school and I want to take full advantage of it." She gripped onto his collar turning them around and pulling them towards the front door. He reached around her, opening the door. She backed him into the wall running her hands up his chest.
"Are you going to let us get up the stairs?" he said.
"I'm still weighing the pros and cons of sex on the floor." said Elena. "Or the table. Or-"
"God I don't know what brought this on but I like it." he said. "Let's keep it to the bedroom today." He bent down scooping his arms behind her knees and speeding them up the stairs. He set Elena down outside the door to reach for the doorknob.
"I've never seen you room." she said as he turned the doorknob.
"You haven't?"
"Nope." she said. "You're always downstairs on the couch with a glass of scotch when I come over."
"Oh." he said. "Well welcome to my boudoir." he said waggling his eyebrows. Elena walked in and looked around.
"It's very you." she said. She looked around and the dark stained wood of the elaborate furniture and silky curtains.
"I've had enough time to decorate." he said. She ran her hands over the delicately carved bedposts before turning to face him.
"Well..." she said. "We gonna just stand here admiring your bed?" She leaned forward and started to slide her hands under his shirt feeling hi muscles tense. "Or are we gonna put it to use?" She slid his shirt over his head then kissed him gently as she dropped his shirt and slid her arms around his neck. He ran his hands up her back kissing her gently. She backed into the bed laying down and pulling him on top of her. He slipped his hand under her back centering them on the bed. Elena quickly pulled off her black t-shirt along with her tank top and she moaned as her skin pressed against Damon. He quickly pulled off her jeans and then his own. She sat up and he slid between her legs pressing her back against the wall at the head of his bed. She tangled her fingers in his hair as he kissed her hungrily. "So is this going to be a daily thing?" she gasped as he kissed down her neck sucking the space between her neck and shoulder.
"What?" he said as he nipped at her collarbone.
"You picking me up early to ravage me in a parking lot, then kidnaping me at lunch and taking me back to your place?"
"If you want it to be." he said.
"Good." she said throwing her head back. They removed the last of their clothes and Elena lay on her back looking up at him. He lay over her staring down at her. "What?" she said. "Why are you waiting?"
"I just can't believe you're really here." he said smoothing back a piece of hair. "And that you trust me like this." he said running his fingers over the bite mark on her neck.
"Well, believe it." she said. "I'm yours." He drove deep inside her and she gasped arching her back into him.
"God that's one of the hottest things I've ever heard." he said grinning as she clawed at his back moaning.
"The 'I'm yours' or the moaning?" she said as he started to rock against her slowly.
"Both." he said. "But then again I love almost everything that passes over those lips." He said biting her bottom lip. She gripped at his back as he pushed deeper inside her.
"You are amazing." she said rolling her hips against him as he groaned bracing his hands on either side of her.
"You are beautiful." he said pushing deep inside her as she cried out. He looked down and saw her blushing. "You're going to have to get used to hearing that." He said. "I'm going to tell you how beautiful you are everyday." He kissed down her neck kissing the tops of her breasts.
"Damon..." she moaned. "I'm so- so close." She gripped his neck pulling him down to her throat. "If you want to..." she trailed off looking up at him.
"No." he said. "I just want to hear you scream my name." He increased the speed and intensity of his thrusts and she moaned louder gripping him tighter. With a final thrust Elena felt herself dig her nails into his back as she screamed his name pressing herself closer into him as she felt him empty inside her. He fell on his back looking over at her. She laid against his chest her breathing returning to normal as he stroked her hair. "I love you." he said. She looked up at him for a few moments then closed her eyes laying back into his chest. "Do you not want me to say it anymore?" he said and his hand pulled away from her hair.
"I want to say it." she said quietly. "I wish I could but I just can't. Every time you say it I feel so guilty for being too scared to say it."
"So you want me to stop?" he said staring at the ceiling.
"No." she said running her hand over his chest. "Please don't."
"Why?" he said. "Are you proud of yourself for being able to get Damon Salvatore to say he loves you, while you get away with batting your eyes and-"
"No!" she said sitting up gripping the sheets to her. "Damon please don't."
"Well then why should I keep saying it?" he said sitting up to look at her.
"Because every time you say it I get closer to being able to say it back." she said.
"I still don't get why you can't say it." he said looking down at her his jaw set.
"I- I don't know." she said falling back into the wall.
"You said it to Stefan fast enough." Damon spat back.
"I only said it because I thought I was about to lose him." She buried her head in her hands. "And now I feel like I'm about to lose you if I don't say it."
"I'm not going to dump you because you won't say you love me." he said some of his anger dissolving. "I just don't want you to think I'm sleeping with you to piss of Stefan."
"So do you love me?" she said looking up at him her face streaked with tears.
"Of course I do." he said wiping her tears away with his thumb. "I'm not going to leave you." He pulled her into his chest and she exhaled shakily as he stroked up and down her arm.
"I'll get there soon, I promise." she said.
"Don't say it before you mean it." he said. "That way when you say it, I'll know how much it means." She wrapped her arms around him inhaling his scent.
"I don't want to go back." she said quietly.
"To school?" he said. "Well we've got some time before we have to go back-"
"Home." she said. "While I was figuring out how to tell people at school I didn't even think about having to tell Jenna." She nervously stroked the pendant he had given her. "I don't know I'm going to keep her from flipping out, she was mad enough when she thought she caught us kissing on the porch and yesterday I told her there was nothing going on between us."
"I could compel her into thinking she loves me and that Stefan has a coke problem." he said.
"I'm almost hoping you're not kidding. At least Jeremy likes you." she said.
"Say the word and I'll do it." he said.
"No." she said. "I just feel trapped right now."
"Why?" he said looking down at her as she twisted and untwisted the chain between her fingers.
"At home I'll have Jenna glaring at me disapprovingly across the dinner table, everyone at school is talking about me, not to mention Stefan's 'I'm so angry I could snap at any second' glare, Bonnie doesn't understand and Caroline, the one person who might be able to understand me right now, is in the hospital. I have no one."
"You have me." he said stroking her face.
"I wish I could just stay here." she said. "But Stefan-" her voice caught.
"Yeah, that would be an awkward breakfast table." said Damon. "The only way it could get any weirder was if Katherine was there."
"Oh crap I forgot about Katherine." said Elena throwing her head back. "I forgot about my ex-boyfriend's scorned vampire lover, who is also my doppleganger, hellbent on taking me down. I have such an amazing life." She rolled to the side looking up at Damon. "If it weren't for you I'd fall apart."
"Elena," he said pulling her up to him again. "Jenna will eventually accept your devastatingly handsome new beau, some new scandal will blow ours out of the water by lunch, Bonnie will calm down, Caroline will be out of the hospital in no time and I will keep Katherine away from us any way I can."
"What about Stefan?" she said. "He's at school and here. There's no escaping him." Damon was silent and Elena looked up at him. "This is where you say he'll get over it and eventually accept us."
"I'd love to but I've got 140 years of proof of how good my brother is at holding a grudge." They both exhaled looking at each other. "But we'll find a way to make this work."
"How?" she said.
"I don't know yet." he said. He leaned down kissing her softly and she held to him.
"We may officially be the most screwed couple in history." she said stretching out her legs pointing her toes.
"But also the most attractive." he said.
"And that's what really counts." she said.
"In the grand scheme of things." he said. She rolled over looping a leg around him kissing him gently. He slid his hand up and down her back kissing her back. He kissed her forehead then leaned down. "I'm sorry." he said. "But I have to get you back to school."
"No." she whined gripping onto his chest. "I don't want to go back they're all going to be mean to me."
"Would it make you feel better if I made out with you in the parking lot again?" he said looking down at her.
"Very much so." she said sighing as she climbed out of bed reaching down to pull on her clothes. They both got dressed in silence quickly. As they got in the car Damon noticed how absently Elena was staring out the window.
"You may want to put your hair in a ponytail or something." He said. "You've kind of got ridiculous sex hair."
"I have an idea for how to deal with the people at school." she said not seeming to hear him.
"What method is that?" he said looking over at him.
"Fuck them." she said.
"What?" he said smiling slightly.
"Fuck them." she said. "Who cares about a bunch of stuck up bitches and brainless jocks who judge me about stuff they know nothing about. If they think I'm a whore then let them think it." She pulled her black t-shirt over her head and threw it in the back of his car grabbing his leather jacket as she did. "You mind if I borrow this the rest of the day?" she said pulling it on over her tank top.
"Uh no." he said looking at her. "I know you're willing to let them think you're a whore but you don't need to help them."
"Oh this isn't for them." she said. "This is for me. If I don't care what they think then they can think anything they want. This is just too see if I can ignore the worst things they can think of. Don't worry I'll get your jacket back to you tomorrow. Or tonight, whenever I see you first." Damon looked at her concernedly as they turned into the parking lot.
"Elena you can't just burn the bridges to keep people away."
"Fine." she said reaching back to grab her shirt. "I'll change back and take off the jacket, when I get home."
"Baby steps." he said stopping the car and walking around to meet her. "If anyone's really mean I'll rip their heads off." He said kissing her and sliding his hands under his jacket feeling the bare strip of skin under her tank top.
"Promise?" she said running his hands over his chest. She smiled slightly as she bent down to pick up her book bag. "Will you be back to take me home?" She said.
"Yeah." he said. "Three hours. You can make it that long."
"With my new method I can do anything." she said kissing him again.
"Why don't you start with getting back to class on time." he said. "I don't want Jenna to think I'm a bad academic influence."
"God forbid the nymphomaniac vampire affect my attendance record." she said. "Bye."
"Love you." he said.
"I know." she said kissing him one more time. "Thank you." She stood to the side of his car and watched him pull away. She finally turned back to the school and the first person she saw was Stefan. He didn't seem to have moved from the spot. He still stood there arms crossed glaring at her. "Take a picture it'll last longer." she said ready to breeze by him. He reached out and gripped her arm spinning her around.
"What the hell are you doing?" he said looking down at her.
"Well you saw for yourself." she said looking up at him. "Your brother is a really excellent kisser, among other things." she said looking up at him.
"Elena what is going on?" he said.
"Well obviously you've heard the rumors around school and you're looking at me like a slut so you seem to have a pretty good grasp of things." She tried to pull away but he pulled her back.
"Elena this isn't you. I don't know if you're doing this to piss me off or if Damon asked you to or what-"
"I'm doing this for me." she said trying to wrench her arm out of his hand. "You don't own me and you don't have any business knowing about my life anymore. Now let go." she said finally ripping herself loose.
"Elena you're going to blow your life apart for someone who's going to get bored with you in a week."
"Stefan you have no idea what's going on between me and your brother. Damon and I have something you and I never had. I trust him."
"You really trust him?" he said.
"Completely." she said. "I have nothing more to say to you." She said turning away walking into the school.
"Elena!" he yelled after her but she didn't turn around. "Elena!" he yelled again. Elena walked through the school doors slamming them behind her. She saw everyone start to stare at her again but this time it didn't faze her. She walked down the hallway her head held high on her way to her locker. As she twisted the lock Bianca approached her again.
"Hey Elena!" she said sounding ridiculously chipper.
"Hey." said Elena smiling back sarcastically, imitating her voice.
"So I heard you and Damon left campus for lunch. Is that true? Is that his jacket?" she said tilting her head inquisitively.
"Yes we did and yes it is." said Elena exchanging her books.
"Did you change clothes?" said Bianca.
"Yes I did. Excellent powers of observation." she said concentrating on her books.
"Why?" said Bianca. "Did you two go out to lunch and you spilled on your shirt. Oh I get it then Damon gave you his jacket to cover up-"
"No." said Elena slamming her locker shut. "We went back to his house and fucked and I left my shirt behind so he gave me his jacket to cover up." Bianca stood open mouthed staring at Elena. "Now go text that juicy tidbit to all your little worker drones and have a nice day." Elena slung her bag back over her shoulder and headed off to her next class.
Elena made it through her remaining classes without speaking to another student. The news of her scene in the parking lot with Stefan and the one inside with Bianca seemed to have spread rapidly. When she entered a room, instead of the whispering suddenly starting it dropped away into silence. When teachers asked her questions directly she answered them as she normally would but she didn't speak to anyone else the rest of the day.
Unfortunately in her final class she and Stefan were forced to sit together due to the teachers love of seating charts. Elena sat staring directly at the board waiting for the class to start as Stefan slid into the seat next to her. "Elena-" he started.
"Don't." she said reaching down to pull her notebook out of her bag.
"I just wanted to say-"
"I don't care." she said flipping open her notebook to an empty page.
"I just-"
"Do I need to write it down for you?" she said finally snapping her head around to look at him. "I don't want to hear anything you have to say unless it's 'Katherine and I are leaving Mystic Falls forever.' If that isn't the next thing out of your mouth I don't wanna hear it." She snapped her head back to the front of the room as the teacher finished writing something on the board as the bell rang.
"Today I'd like you to discuss last night's reading with your partner and we'll discuss your thoughts next class." The teacher turned around to face them. "I put the guidelines for discussion on the board. I'll be grading your latest papers so you have the rest of class to talk." He sat down pulling out a stack of papers as the class filled with the sound of students talking.
Elena dropped her head in her hands staring at the desk before throwing her head back to face the ceiling. "Why?" she muttered skyward opening her palms. "Look," she said turning to Stefan. "We are discussing Great Gatsby and nothing else got it?" She pulled the book out of her bag.
"Got it." he said pulling out his copy. He looked up at the board reading the first question. "Do you think Daisy was justified in her affair with Gatsby?"
"Yes." said Elena. "Tom was a big angry jackass and she and Gatsby had something special."
"But they were married." said Stefan. "They were committed to each other."
"Is that why he was sleeping with Myrtle behind her back?" she said. "The two of them had something going on way before Daisy started seeing Gatsby."
"Maybe Daisy only suspected the affair because she made assumptions about the kind of person Tom was."
"Well Daisy didn't stand for that did she? She wasn't afraid to take Myrtle down."
"But she ended up alone." said Stefan.
"Only because Gatsby was killed." said Elena. "Don't make it sound like he left her. Tom made everyone think Gatsby was driving the car that killed his wife. Look, Gatsby knew he wanted to be with Daisy so much he changed everything about himself just to get near her. Daisy only got with Tom because she was worried people would disapprove of her being with Gatsby."
"So you're saying Daisy never really had any feelings for Tom? She just got with him to make people happy?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying." said Elena glaring back at him.
"You both raise very interesting points." said the teacher who had walked up behind them. They both jumped and turned around. "You're both so passionate about your opinions I look forward to your discussion tomorrow."
"Thank you." said Stefan. "We both really got into the story."
"I'd like you two to make your arguments individually and kind of make it a debate."
"Sounds great." said Elena. She opened her copy of the book and started taking notes furiously keeping her eyes on the page.
After what felt like hours the bell rang and Elena bolted, not bothering to stop by her locker to get her books. She sped straight to the front door running into the parking lot before a flood of students reached it. She looked around and saw Damon's car pulling into the lot. She ran down to the car pulling open the door and climbing in. She slammed the door and turned to him. "Get me away from here." she said. Damon didn't pause before he slammed on the gas squealing out of the parking lot. "I can't do it." she said. "I can't spend everyday having to listen to him."
"The day didn't get better?" he said glancing over at her as she pulled off his leather jacket digging into her bag to pull on her black shirt.
"Well I snapped at a cheerleader so everyone else left me alone but Stefan-" She exhaled heavily pulling her shirt down.
"Do you want to go home?" he said. She nodded propping her elbow up on the window and leaning on her hand. They rode in silence for most of the way. A few minutes from her house she turned to him.
"I want you to come inside when I get home." she said.
"Of course." he said. "Do you mind if I ask why?"
"Well two reasons, protection and-" she stopped looking at him. "You'll find out the second reason once we get there."
"Do you want to tell me what Stefan did?" he said.
"He argued with me under the guise of literary appreciation." she said crossing her arms.
"What?" he said looking at her. "Am I dense or-"
"We had to partner up in English class and he tried to use Great Gatsby to argue with me."
"How did he manage that?"
"He equated you to Gatsby, me to Daisy and himself to Tom." she said. "And I equated Katherine to Myrtle."
"Wow." said Damon. "It does kind of fit oddly well."
"You got a yellow car I can run Katherine down with?" she said.
"Nope." he said. "I'll take care of Katherine." The turned onto Elena's street and she sat up looking down her driveway.
"Perfect." said Elena. "Jenna's not home yet." They pulled up to her house and Elena jumped out running up to the front door. "Come on!" she yelled back at Damon you was still getting out of the car. She ran into the living room dropping her bag at the bottom of the stairs and when she looked up to see if Damon was behind her he pressed her into a wall kissing her hungrily. "Wait, wait, wait." she said turning her head to the side to free her lips.
"Why?" he said. "Isn't that why you were so excited Jenna wasn't back?" He growled down at her pressing his hips against her. "Isn't this the other reason you wanted me to come in?"
"No." she said pulling away from him. She walked to the TV dropping to her knees to open the cabinet beneath it. "Look everyone at school already disapproves of us being together. If I can convince Jenna that we're a good couple at least I'll have one safe haven where we can be together." She dug through her DVDs pulling them out at random to look at them. "If she comes home and sees us sitting here with our hands to ourselves, looking like a normal happy couple it'll at least help her to stop hating you."
"She hates me?" he said looking down at her.
"Well maybe not hate, but she doesn't love you." she said. "Ok we need a film that will subtly hint at acceptance. Breakfast Club?" she said holding it up.
"We are not equating our relationship to a John Hughes movie." He said.
"Why?" said Elena pouting. "It's every girl's dream to live in a John Hughes movie."
"Exactly, every girl. How about something a little more mature?" He reached over her and pulled up Choclat. "A French town full of overtly religious people learn to accept a smoking hot choclatier and her love affair with a river pirate."
"Plus Jenna will be distracted by Johnny Depp." said Elena pulled the DVD out of its case and popping it into the player. She sat next to Damon lifting the remote to start the movie. Damon pulled her into him her back pressed against his chest his arms around her waist. "No." she said pulling away. "We can't be on top of each other." She sat next to him leaning against his chest and tucking her feet underneath her. He looped an arm around her lower back and she crossed her arm over her waist to lace her fingers with his.
"Is this better?" he said squeezing her fingers.
"Perfect." she said looking up at him and kissing him once before leaning back into him.
They sat Elena smiling for the first time since she had gotten home. They watched about half the movie before they heard Jenna's car pull up to the house.
"Showtime." said Damon quietly.
"Shut up." said Elena biting back a laugh.
"You home Elena?" said Jenna opening the door.
"Yeah!" she yelled back "I'm just watching a movie."
"Well can you pause it? I need to talk to you about-" she walked into the living room. "Damon." she said clenching her jaw her hands tightening around the handles of the plastic bags she was carrying. "I didn't know you would be here."
"He gave me a ride home." said Elena looking up. "And I don't have any homework so I figured we'd watch a movie together." She leaned back into him trying to look relaxed but Damon felt her body tense and knew she was holding her breath.
"Is Stefan coming over?" said Jenna carefully.
"No." said Elena. "We ended things."
"Elena could you help me get the rest of the groceries?" said Jenna setting the bags she had on the counter.
"Let me help." said Damon standing up before Elena could reply.
"That's not necessary." said Jenna. "There's only a few bags left." Elena stood up looking back at Damon biting her lip nervously. She followed Jenna out to the front of the house and to the back of her car. "What are you doing?" hissed Jenna. "You broke up with Stefan and you invited Damon over?"
"Which one upsets you more?" said Elena reaching into the back of the car.
"Well obviously I'm sad that you and Stefan broke up-"
"I'm not." said Elena.
"But I'm worried if you spend this much time with Damon he'll get the wrong idea."
"What idea?" said Elena handing the bags to Jenna.
"That you want to be with him." said Jenna readjusting the bags on her arm.
"I do want to be with him." said Elena setting the last bags on the ground.
"Elena, I think I know what's going on." said Jenna carefully
"What?" said Elena slamming the trunk shut.
"I'm sorry if Stefan dumped you but if you want to get him back using Damon to make him jealous is only going to push him away more."
"You have no idea what's going on." said Elena bending down to pick up the bags. "I ended things with Stefan and I'm with Damon because I want to be with Damon."
"But Stefan was so great." said Jenna. "I'm sure whatever fight you had you can talk it out-"
"Why does everyone think Stefan is so fucking great?" said Elena gripping the bags tightly. "I didn't break up with him over some petty fight. I broke up with him because I found out he has been using me since the first day we met and he's had feelings for someone else all along."
"Well I'm sorry about that but I really don't think that Damon is the best guy for you."
"Well I do." said Elena. "He takes care of me, he cares about me. I'm sorry of you don't like him but I do. He makes me so happy and he's the only one holding me together right now."
"I don't trust him." said Jenna still keeping her voice low despite Elena's rise in volume. "There's something about him-"
"Jenna I don't care what you think." said Elena stomping towards the house. She pushed in the door throwing her bags down in the kitchen. Damon stood waiting for her. "Did you hear all that?" she said looking at him. He nodded and looked up as Jenna came inside.
"Damon, Elena and I need to talk if you don't mind coming back later-"
"No." said Elena. "I don't have anything else to say." She stood in front of Damon and she felt him grip her hand comfortingly.
"Elena we need-"
"I'm not going to stand here and let you tell me who I can and cannot be with." she said.
"Elena you can't do whatever you want just because-"
"You can't tell me what to do!" yelled Elena. "You are not my mother!"
The silence between them was so tense even Damon held his breath as Elena and Jenna stared at each other. "Damon." said Jenna quietly. "You need to go now." Damon nodded slowly watching Elena staring at Jenna unblinkingly.
Just as he was about to let go of her hand she turned into him pressing her face into his chest hugging him close. He bent down to kiss her forehead gently and she looked up at him. He hugged her again and said so quietly only Elena could hear. "As soon as I can I'll meet you in your room." She looked up at him nodding slightly.
"Bye Damon." she said quietly watching him go. As he shut the door Elena turned heading up the stairs.
"Elena Gilbert we are going to talk right now." said Jenna following her to the bottom of the stairs. Elena stopped halfway up the stairs and turned around sitting on the step.
"Fine." she said. "Talk."
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Oh man the drama don't stop coming! I've got at least three more chapters planned out (more if the ideas keep coming) so the updates should be pretty great. I'll be out of town this weekend so I might get one more chapter posted Friday if not by Monday. Your reviews make me so happy so please keep writing them! I'm still weighing the pros and cons of bringing a vamped out Caroline into the story so if my next update is postponed that might be why. I love you all almost as much as i love episodes of Vampire Diaries where Damon takes his shirt off. *sigh*
P.S. The link to the locket is on my profile! Go nerd out.