Recap Chapter 11: Elena and Damon left for Tennessee to find Stefan.
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Chapter: 12
The plane Stefan was on finally touched down in Tennessee. As he walked down the airplane tunnel he realized this nobody will be there to greet him and Alexis might want to kick him out, after all he did kiss her and ran off back home. He started to think of home and how he left things with Elena, how she called his name but he didn't turn around. Why didn't I listen to her, we might have been able to work this out? Stefan asked himself internally. No you wouldn't, she loves Damon and you love Alexis. An internal voice reminded him.
Stefan stepped out into the harsh floret lights of the Tennessee airport to be surrounded by thousands of people and his own inner turmoil. He made his way through the crowd to the large front doors.
Before going to talk to Alexis Stefan decided to rent a car, he didn't feel like walking or running any more. He went to the nearest car rental agency which happened to be Avis car rental. He walked up to the clerk in the window and told her what kind of car he was looking for, "corvette."
The clerk looked at him like he was crazy, "how old are you?"
"Twenty one." Stefan answered. The clerk studied him for a minute then asked for identification. Tired of the back and forth about his age Stefan caught the clerk's gaze with his and spoke in a monotone, "you will give me this car, you don't care about my age." The clerk repeated Stefan's words in a robotic whisper.
"Alright that will be eighty five dollars down, the rest when you return the car." Stefan handed over his credit and the clerk did all that she needed to do and handed the card and a set of keys to Stefan.
Stefan walked outside and found a fire engine read Corvette that was his for now. He got in and started the engine.
Damon and Elena had been driving for hours, Elena had fallen asleep against the cool glass of the Mustang. Damon looked over to her and a small smile crept upon his lips but he quickly wiped it away, she was his and nothing was going to change it.
An hour more has passed until a little diner came up on Damon's left. He pulled into the parking lot and nudged Elena awake.
"Mmm" She groaned trying to go back to sleep.
"Come on kitten, time to eat." Elena slowly began to open her eyes and take in her surroundings.
"Where are we?"
"Some of the wall diner in Franklin." Damon stated getting out of the car and flashing to the other side to open the door for Elena. Elena stumbled out of the car and would have fallen directly on her face if Damon wasn't there to catch her.
She looked up at his clear blue eyes and whispered, "thank you."
They walked into the diner hand and hand. Once inside they were greeted by a young black haired girl with a toothy grin. "How many today? She asked looking Damon up and down.
"Two." Damon smirked and followed the women to a table, Elena followed them slowly.
The women showed them to a table; Damon held the chair out for Elena and then took a seat across from her. "What may I get you to drink?" The women asked once they were seated.
"Coke." Elena spoke up.
"And for you sir."
"Nothing."
"Alright, let me know if you change your mind, my name is Beka." Elena felt a ping of jealously go through her body because of the way the waitress was eyeing Damon.
A few moments later Beka returned with Elena's coke and asked if they wanted anything to eat. Elena order scrabbled eggs and bacon, Damon once again ordered nothing. He must need blood. Elena thought to settled her guilt of eating and Damon not, but it didn't do any good. "Why aren't you eating?" Elena decided to ask to see if her thought was right.
"Offering?" He smirked and then Elena knew her thought was right.
Beka returned half way through the meal and asked, "Is there anything I can get for you?" Looking directly at Damon. Damon shook his head and Beka walked away.
Damon thought she might make a good meal but not here, not in front of Elena. They would stop at a hotel somewhere outside of Virginia and he would handle it there.
Elena continued to eat and finished a few minutes later. Damon motioned for Beka to return with the check. She laid the check down on the edge of the table and gave Damon a large smile before walking away. Damon glanced over the check and placed some cash down on top. He stood up and walked over to the other side of the table and offered Elena a hand. She took it without a thought and they walked out.
"Thank you. You should come back around six tonight, I'll be off." Beka said to Damon at the door.
"We are on are way out of town." Damon answered. Elena brought herself closer to Damon to show that they are together.
"Well, either way." Beka walked off clearly disappointed that Damon didn't find her attractive as well.
"Someone's jealous." Damon taunted as Elena slid into the car.
"Am not."
"Yeah, then why were practically climbing on my back when she told me to come back tonight?"
"Was not." Elena said under her breath.
"If you say so kitten." Damon said in a whisper.
They started to drive again; they should hit Kentucky by nightfall. Elena settled back into the seat and took out her phone and sent a quick text to Jenna.
Sorry I left without saying goodbye, I will call you later. ~Elena.
A/N: Please Review!
I know I probably got the whole rental car thing messed up but I wanted to do it that way.
I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter!