The third chapter is here. This story is a bit different than my other stories, but I like writing this and will continue to write it until one of two things happen. The first one is if I end this, and the other is if it stops getting reviews. You don't have to worry about either right now because this is only the third chapter.
This chapter ends in a way that I didn't plan, but I am positive that it wouldn't matter (according to the reviews) to you guys anyway.
I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Damon was lying on his bed next Elena. He looked at her, watched her while she was sleeping. A smile appeared on his face. She looked so peaceful sleep, not worrying about anything. Not about the vampires, werewolves, or hybrids. She looked at peace. He couldn't help but smile at her when she looked like this. Damon titled his head to the side when he heard her starting to moan a little. She snuggled closer to Damon's chest. He smiled some more as she continued sleeping on his chest.
Elena slowly started to open her eyes as she did, she lifted her head towards his face. He smiled at her as her eyes met his.
"Good morning sleeping beauty." Damon said to Elena with a small smile on his face.
"Déjà vu." Elena said quietly with a small smile. They both lightly chuckled as they looked into each other's eyes. There was happiness in his and tiredness mixed with happiness in hers. "How long have you been awake?" Elena asked Damon, still with her head gently resting on his chest, looking at his face.
"Not long." He smiled. "I was watching you sleep."
"That's creepy." She said with a smile as she started to sit up in the bed. Damon rolled his eyes and smiled at Elena.
"Well, if it's so creepy, then I won't do it anymore." He smirked. Elena smiled and playfully slapped him. Damon looked at her before slowly getting off of his bed.
"Where are you going?" She asked. He stood at the foot of his bed and looked at her.
"I'm going to burn your breakfast." Elena gave him a 'are you kidding' look as he gave her a smirk.
"You don't always have to make me breakfast. I'm perfectly capable on cooking my own food."
"I know, but I don't cook that often."
"Okay." Elena said with a shrug which made him smirk. He sped down stairs leaving Elena alone in his bed.
Elena reached over to the side, opened the drawer of the bedside table, and took out her diary. She opened it up to the first empty page. Elena spent a moment looking at the page, debating rather or not to write in it or not. She eventually closed her diary a few minutes later. 'I'll just write in it later' she thought before she put it back into the drawer. She got up off Damon's bed and walked into his bathroom.
Elena's POV
As I was brushing my hair straight I looked at myself in the mirror. I'm glad that Damon is getting my mind off of things. It makes me happy to know that he is there for me. I've started to see the softer side of him the past two days. I'm sure that it was always there, it just needed to come out. I took a deep breath before putting my brush down and continued to look into my reflection. There was no frown, no tears, no sadness on my face and it was all because of Damon. A smile appeared on my face as I started to think of him again. There was always something between us, but I never did anything about it, because I was always doing something that involved Stefan. I'm free to do whatever I want now, free to choose anybody else I want to be with. It's only been a few days since Stefan and I broke up, but I'm not going to be the person that lets that stop me from moving on, or have it slow me down from going forward.
General POV
Elena took a minute longer to look at her reflection before going back into Damon's bedroom to grab her phone. She took a step out of his bathroom only to spy a single rose on Damon's bed. Elena smiled as she walked closer with a smile on her face thinking it was from Damon. As she got closer to it she saw that there was a folded piece of paper underneath it with her name on it. She curiously took it out from under the rose and read it.
'I love you Elena. From the moment I first saw you I knew that you were better than Katherine." Elena gently sat down on Damon's bed, next to the rose before she read the rest. 'You are kind, gentle, thoughtful, beautiful, and so much more. You are my reason for existing. Everyday I'm with you I forget what I am, the danger that I'm capable of. You will always have a permanent place in my heart." Elena couldn't help but smile. That is some of the sweetest things that someone has told her. Her happy mood started to change as she saw what was written at the bottom of the page. "I will always love you and I will do what I can to get you back. ~Stefan." Elena's mouth opened wide in surprise. 'Why would he tell me this now, after we broke up? Does he not want me to be happy with Damon?'Elena thought to herself as she stared at the page.
Elena just sat there, thinking about what Stefan had wrote to her. She broke up with him because she didn't want to be with him anymore, but what he wrote made her slightly second guess herself about it. 'No,' She thought to herself. 'I'm not going back.' Elena shook her head. 'He's just saying that now because he doesn't want me to be with Damon. He's always had a problem with that. It was just hidden deep down inside. You know what? I'm not going to worry about it. I'm going to do what I want because I am single. If anything happens, I'm sure Damon will protect me.' Elena smiled at the end of her thought because she was thinking about Damon.
Elena started to hear the sound of footsteps coming from the hall. She looked up at the doorway to the hall and the sight of him broke her train of thought.
"You're breakfast is getting cold." Damon said with a smirk.
"Well, if it's burnt then it doesn't matter if it's cold." Elena said back to him. Damon took a couple of steps into his room, closer to Elena.
"You know I don't burn food on purpose. Come on." Damon slightly nudged his head toward the hallway. "If you don't walk down there you are just going to have cold food." Elena stood up from the bed and faced Damon.
"Then I guess I would just have to warm it up in the microwave." Elena said with a small smirk. Damon's eyes strayed to the piece of paper that was on his bed that Elena was reading.
"What's that?" Elena turned her head and saw the note from Stefan. She was relieved that it folded itself when she set it down.
"Oh, just something." Elena said quickly as she picked it up and put it in the drawer that had her diary in. "Let's go eat." She said as she turned back towards Damon, while changing the subject. Damon nodded his head while looking somewhat curiously at Elena. He covered it up with a small smile on his face.
Elena was sitting down at the kitchen table, eating the breakfast that Damon made her. She never really tasted his cooking before, but she loved it.
"Elena," Damon said to get Elena's attention. She raised her head from her plate and looked at Damon. "Why don't we go somewhere?" Elena slightly nodded her head.
"Where?"
"I want to leave it a surprise, but it's not in Mystic Falls." Damon gave Elena a small smirk.
"Sure." Elena said with a small smile. She looked back at her plate for a moment to think. "I think I'm going to call Bonnie." She looked back up to Damon who watched her grab her phone and walk outside.
Elena closed the door behind her and took a deep breath of fresh air. She looked around at the trees, the stone used to make the boarding house, the spot where she and Stefan shared their first kiss. Elena shook her head to try and get the thought of that out of her head. She dialed Bonnie on her phone and sat on the stone and waited for an answer.
"Hello?" Bonnie said on the other end when she answered.
"Bonnie." Elena said.
"Elena?"
"Yeah. Can you meet me at my house later? I need to talk to you about something."
"Sure. Where are you now?"
"At the boarding house. My car is at the grill, so either Damon is driving me back to my house, or you can pick me up and drive me there. I mean, if it's okay."
"It's fine with me Elena. We're both going to the same place anyway."
"Thank you Bonnie." Elena said with a small smile that Bonnie couldn't see. She ended the call and just looked out at the trees.
Elena looked at the peacefulness of nature before walking back inside the boarding house. She walked right into the kitchen where Damon was doing the dishes.
"You're doing the dishes by yourself this time." She said when she saw Damon at the sink washing the dishes.
"You left me alone." He turned around to face Elena.
"I'm gonna go upstairs." Elena said with a small smile and started to walk towards the hall. Right before she got to the steps, she jumped back. She was surprised that Damon appeared in front of her.
"Damon." She said with a gasp.
"There's something I want to tell you Elena and I don't know if I want to wait to tell you." Elena stared into Damon's eyes as his skimmed Elena's face for any reaction.
"What is it Damon?" She asked him quietly.
"I love you." Elena couldn't help but let a slight gasp happen as she heard the words come out of Damon's mouth. She was speechless. It was the first time that she has heard the words out of his mouth. Damon watched her as she thought about what he had just said. He slowly got closer to her, closing the gap that was in between them. He gently took his hand and brushed her chocolate brown hair behind her ear. Her heart started to beat faster as she couldn't help but have her gaze change to his lips. They seemed to slowly get closer to her, getting closer to her lips. Elena closed her eyes as she felt his lips lay onto hers. She felt happiness swell up inside her as they kissed. Damon slowly started to pull his lips away from hers. When there was space enough between them, Elena looked into his eyes and couldn't help but smile. Damon looked at her and smiled at her smile. Elena rushed her lips back onto his. She never kissed him, but she loved it. He didn't have any objections to kissing Elena, so he didn't bother to stop it.
They didn't know how long it was, but they were still together. They had taken their kissing to a more private area, Damon's room. They were lying right next to each other, staring into each other's eyes. It was the first time that they did that and they both had enjoyed it. Damon was staring into Elena's chocolate brown eyes and Elena was staring into his ocean blue eyes. Elena was smiling while Damon just stared at her. She is the most amazing girl that he had met in his 171 years of existing. They both moved their heads to the doorway when they heard the doorbell ring.
"That must be Bonnie." Elena said before looking back at Damon. "I have to go." She said as she started to move off the bed.
"Don't go." Damon said, pulling her back onto the bed. She couldn't help but have a small smile appear on her face.
"I have to go Damon. I have to get some stuff from the house."
"You have stuff here."
"I want to get some other stuff. I need stuff for the trip you want to take me to."
"Oh yeah." He said with a smile while he let Elena get ready to leave. Damon lay on the bed, watching Elena get ready to go. Elena turned to Damon before leaving his bedroom.
"I'll see you later." She smiled and left him as he watched her walk out his room.
~Did you love the Delena moment? I did and I didn't even know I was going to put that into this chapter. I just felt it flow out when I was writing and being the Delena person that I am, I decided to keep it in.
~My other stories have an OC in them or it doesn't have much drama stuff in it. Otherwise if it does, I have some sort of fight or problem in it.
~I absolutely enjoy seeing review and the overall reaction to this story. I have no plans to end it anytime soon.
~Damon mentioned to Elena that he wants to take her on a trip somewhere. I have an idea on where he could take her, but if you have any ideas, leave them in the reviews along with your thoughts on the story so far.
~Also, on my page it will say the next day I am updating this story, along with my other stories.
R&R 'till next time.
