Hey guys, sorry it took so long. I've been doing like a million other things lately. Anyways, here's chapter 12. Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries.

Chapter 12

Elena drove back to her house, walked into the living room to see Bonnie standing in the middle of the room.

"Hey, Bonnie. What's up?"

"We're going out tonight." She said with a slight smile.

"Tonight isn't really a good night…" she tried to get herself out of it.

"Stop it. You're going and that's final. You've been in your own world since you went to Georgia, which you still haven't told me about. What's gotten into you?"

"It's nothing." She said with a weak voice.

"It's something! What are you hiding? You broke up with Stefen out of no where and you never talk to anyone anymore. Everyone is worried about you."

Elena was quiet for a few minutes. "I can't talk about it. Not yet." Her voice was laced with such sadness that it almost brought Bonnie to tears.

Bonnie ran towards her friend and hugged her tight. Elena wrapped her arms around the younger girl and clung to her. After a few minutes of hugging, the girls pulled away from each other.

"I told Caroline and Matt that we would meet him there. Please?" Elena had no choice but to nod her head.

"Just let me get changed. I'll be down in a minute." She walked up to her room and began to get changed for her first night out since she got back.

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Damon sat on the stool at the bar as he called the bartender for another drink. He had run out of bourbon at the boarding house so he had no choice but to go to the Grill. He had been there for several hours and he was silently thankful that no one had come up to him to talk.

It was about eight o'clock when he smelt her. He wouldn't mistake her scent anywhere. 'Of all the nights for her to go out, it just had to be tonight.' He sighed in his mind.

He tried to ignore her but he was finding it incredibly difficult. He had trouble not running over to her and taking her in front of everyone. He shook his head slightly as he called the bartender for another drink, this time telling him to leave the bottle.

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Elena and Bonnie walked into the Grill and were immediately greeted by Caroline and Matt.

"Hey, where have you guys been? I thought I said seven." Caroline whined.

"Sorry. I had to get changed and get ready." Elena answered, forcing a smile as they walked over to a booth and sat down. It was a few moments later that a waiter came over, taking their order and walking away.

"So, how have you been?" Matt asked Elena.

"Fine. I've just had a lot of stuff going on. Sorry I haven't talked to you guys in awhile."

"It's fine." Caroline smiled forcefully as she brought Matt's focus back to her. They began chatting idly with each other, Bonnie joining them after a few moments.

Elena just sat there for a few moments listening before she started looking around, ignoring what they were saying. She looked around the room, looking at who was there. She scanned over the bar area quickly before turning towards the pool tables.

Almost instantly, her eyes flew back to the bar. Her eyes grew large as she stared at the back of his head. 'What is he doing here?! I can't be here. Not with him here too.'

Elena quickly stood up from the booth. "Sorry guys, but I need to go. I just remembered something I have to do." Her eyes kept flying over to the man in the leather jacket. A nervous sweat broke out on her brow as she began to turn away.

"You just go here though! Plus you haven't eaten yet. You can't go yet." Caroline tried to reason with her.

"I'm really sorry. Maybe another time. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye." Elena was already halfway to the door as she said all this. She practically ran out of the Grill and ran to her car. She felt bad about leaving Bonnie to find a ride home, but she had to get out of there. She wasn't ready to face him yet. She jumped in her car, started it, and started towards home.

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Damon sighed aloud as soon as he felt Elena's emotions spike. 'Finally noticed me I see.' He took another drink of his bourbon, pretending that he didn't know she was staring at his back. He set down his drink when he heard her leave the building all together. He stood from his stool and turned to follow after her.

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Elena sighed deeply as she stepped inside of her room. "Why did I run like that?" she whispered to herself. "I'm such a coward."

"Yes you are." A voice came from next to her window.

With a gasp she turned to see Damon standing there with his signature smirk in place. "What are you doing here?!" she yelled at him.

"This is the reaction I get when I come to visit you after not talking in so long? I'm hurt." The smirk on his face only grew as he said this.

"What do you want?" she glared at him. "Another good fuck?" she spat at him as she turned away from him, planning on walking out of the room. Within a second, Damon was leaning against the door, blocking her only escape. "Get out of my way."

"Make me." With a huff she turned away from him and walked over to her window standing next to it.

"Seriously, Damon, what do you want?" she said, her voice had a slightly defeated tone to it.

"I came here to ask you a question." Elena looked at him through the reflection on the glass, waiting for him to continue.

When he didn't she sighed. "Well?" she asked impatiently.

Damon took a couple steps toward her, before reaching into his coat pocket, pulling out some papers. He held them out for her to take.

With a sigh Elena turned around and took the papers from him, looking at the contents. Her eyes nearly flew out of their sockets.

"LONDON?!" she screamed at him. "Are you kidding me right now?" she glared at him.

He just smirked at her. "Wanna go?" was all he said.

She through the tickets at his face. "Is this some kind of sick joke?! No way in hell I'm going on another trip with you! I'm not falling into your tricks again."

Damon sighed inwardly, his smirk still showing on his face. "I'll just leave them here." He said as he placed the tickets on the table beside her bed. "If you want to go, I'll meet you at the air port tomorrow night at six." He sent her a gleaming smirk and a second later he was gone.

Elena glared at the tickets on the table for several long moments. 'This has got to be a joke. He can't be serious. After what happened last time…I can't handle another trip like that.' A sigh escaped her lips as she walked over to her bed, sitting down.

She stared at the tickets for a few more moments before she reached over and picked them up. 'I have always wanted to go to London though…' with another sigh she set the tickets down again. 'I know I'll regret it if I let this opportunity pass. Plus maybe Damon and I can talk about what happened, get things straight.'

Elena nodded her head in confirmation. 'Okay, I'll go. But absolutely NO sex.' With that she got on her pajamas and climbed in bed, falling asleep.

A pair of icy blue eyes stared in through her window. A small smirk formed on his face. 'I'll win you back yet, Elena.' With that, he disappeared into the darkness.

Okay, let me know what you thought. I hope to have chapter 13 up soon.

~Thanks~

~Ashley~