Chapter Seven

EPOV

I quickly stepped back from Damon's and looked at the ground. I was ready to bolt out of there, but Damon grabbed my wrist and pulled me back down on the couch.

"Please don't leave yet."

So I stayed. Probably the stupidest move ever but I couldn't ignore the plea in his eyes. I watched as Damon pulled out his phone and gave me an apologetic look.

"Hey Katherine."

The phone is loud enough for me to hear the other end of the conversation. "What took you so long to answer?"

"I was just putting Bryan down to sleep." The lie fell from his lips so easily it made me wonder if he's lied to her before….

"Oh well good. So guess what!" She practically screamed it, it's not like you have to scream bloody murder into a phone, we can hear you just fine if you talk in a normal voice. And doesn't she want to know how Bryan was all day? I mean any concern for her son at all! I watched Damon cringe and pulled the phone away from his ear.

Placing it back to his ear he said, "What?"

"Oh you are going to be so happy for me! I got the modeling shoot! They are going to take pictures of me from redneck all the way to sophisticated!"

I covered my laugh trying to picture Katherine in a redneck outfit. But then again knowing how models dress for that stuff, it's not going to be redneck at all.

"That's great honey." I could hear Damon's voice dripping with fake enthusiasm.

"I know! So I should go to sleep now. I need my beauty sleep." She obviously didn't hear it….

"Alright Katherine goodnight."

"Oh and Damon…I miss you."

"I miss you too."

"I remember you said the babysitter is going to help you with Bryan this week. How'd that go on her first full day?"

My heart started to leap and I watch Damon swallow thickly. "She is." He looked into my eyes and finished saying what he was saying. "amazing. Elena is great. Couldn't have asked for anyone better."

My heart leaped at his praise and the blood rushed to my face.

"That's great to hear. Well now I'm really going to go. Bye Damon. I love you so much."

Damon closed his eyes and this unknown feeling of hatred and jealousy overcame me at her words. "Yeah Kat…I love you too."

Do you hear that you guys? It's my heart wailing in agony. I can feel my heart breaking into a million pieces and I'm surprised I'm still alive.

I didn't want to find out so I grabbed my bag and headed for the door. "Bye Kat."

I kept walking towards the door when I felt Damon grab my waist and pulled me towards him. "Elena please stay. Let's talk about this."

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. I turned around hoping Damon's hands would let go but he only held on tighter when I faced him. I looked into his icy blue eyes, so close to losing it. But not quite. "There is nothing to talk about. Nothing happened. You have a fiancé you are in love with and you were just acting on loneliness and I have a sweet boyfriend and I was just acting on…instinct."

I felt Damon's hands grip me a bit tighter and his eyes turned dark, but this time not in lust, but anger.

And then his face went blank. No emotion. His arms dropped down to his side and I felt like the air was sucked out of the room.

"You're right. I'm sorry. I'll be seeing you tomorrow same time okay?"

I felt cold inside, this is the Damon I met. "Sure."

I started to walk back towards the door again when he said, "And this time, don't be late. I don't care if your smooching it up with Bunny Boy. Eight o'clock. Sharp."

I turned back around quickly. Anger coursing through my veins. "I was not…you know what. It doesn't matter."

I briskly turned back around and stormed off to my Mini Cooper. Speeding all the way home.