Cleaning

Chapter: 4

Damon got bored and sick of being in the same house as his moping brother so he decided to get out of the house and decided to go to The Grill for a drink. He got in his car and drove off towards The Grill.

He walked in and took a seat on a stool at the bar. "Bourbon please." He told the bar tender. The bar tender handed him the glass filled with the liquid and he quickly downed it and asked for another.

Elena pulled into an available parking space in front of The grill. When she got out she thought for sure she saw a blue Mustang but passed it off as her imagination getting the best of her. She walked inside and looked around to see if Stefan was already there but, there was not sign of him. As she took one last look around her eyes landed a familiar person wearing a leather jacket, Damon Salvatore. Her eyes grew wide and her heart started to race as the memory of the kiss flooded through her mind unwillingly.

Damon sensed Elena staring at him; he downed his fourth glass of bourbon and decided to join her.

Elena went to sit at an empty table to wait for Stefan and try to get a handle on her thoughts. Elena, you love Stefan, that kiss meant nothing to either of you, stop letting it and him bother you. Elena Continued to argue with herself.

"Hello Elena." Damon's velvet voice interrupted her thoughts. "Missed me?"

"Hi Damon."

"What are you doing here by your self?" Damon sat down in the chair across from her.

"I'm waiting for Stefan." Elena replied flatly.

Stefan walked into The Grill and immediately saw Elena sitting with Damon. Stefan stood there for a minute trying to pick up on there conversation but couldn't hear anything over everybody else that was in the restaurant.

Stefan walked over to the table and Elena looked up at him, she smiled and got up and hugged him tightly. Stefan glared at his brother with his "stay away from Elena" look over her shoulder. Damon laughed under his breath and walked back to the bar. As Damon sat down something twisted deep in his stomach, jealousy, not possible, he didn't feel jealous especially over what his brother has.

"Bourbon and leave the bottle." Damon told the bartender whom was about to object. Damon wasn't in the mood to use his compulsion just for a drink. He glared at the boy and spoke, "if it makes you feel any better I won't drive home."

The boy figured Damon was telling the truth and reluctantly left the bottle.

Elena let go of Stefan and sat down, she saw that Damon left without saying goodbye or a witty remark like he normally did.

Stefan bent down and kissed her sweetly before taking a seat across from her. The kiss was sweat and loving but something was missing. She didn't know what it was, was it her? Stefan? Both of them?

Stefan and Elena continue to sit, eat, and talk until it was time for Elena to go home. "Goodbye Stefan, I better get home or Jenna will be worried." Elena said.

"Goodbye. I love you.

"I love you too." Elena said and turned to leave.

Elena got in her car and drove in the direction of her house.

Fifteen minutes later Elena arrived home. She parked her car in the driveway and walked in the house. "Elena is that you?" Jenna called from the living room.

"Yes." Elena answered walking into the living room.

"Hope you had fun tonight, I just wanted to remind you that you have to have an escort for the Founders day gala Friday."

Elena's heart skipped a beat, the gala was in two days and she forgot to ask Stefan to escort her. "Yes I know." She answered and turned to walk up stairs.

She got to her room and closed the door behind her. Elena walked over to the picture that hung above her bed and grabbed her diary from behind it and went to sit on the window seat to write.

Dear Diary,

I'm no longer grounded and I got my dress for founder's day. Those were the only good things that happened today or at least that's what it feels like.

The darker side of today started while I was cleaning the house, Damon dropped in. Alright, it wasn't bad that he dropped in; it got bad when we kissed. The way he kissed me, with such passion. Oh my Diary, I think I enjoyed kissing Damon.

That's not all, when Stefan Kissed me tonight it felt wrong, like something was missing. What's going on?

On a totally different subject, I hope Stefan will be my escort for the founder day gala. I mean, I am not giving him any time at all to prepare.

~Elena~

A/N: Please Review!

I need one favor from everyone…I need a place for Stefan to go for a little bit.

You will know why in the next chapter if you don't already. WINNER WILL BE MENTIONED. PLEASE HELP!

Thank you to: tweety09 and joe-damonfan for the idea of bringing Damon to The Grill.