Bonnie motioned for me to come and stand up with them as the rest of the cast came up to join in the photo opportunity. I noticed Ian and Damon standing next to each other; Bonnie shot me a worried glance that made me smile. One Damon was bad enough but two? I was jumping up and down inside with excitement at the thought, although I could understand that it might fill certain people with dread.
I stood next to Bonnie and Katerina and then Stefan beckoned me with his finger and stabbed it next to him. I rolled my eyes and went to stand between him and Damon; he grinned at me and said "I'd rather have you next to me where I can keep an eye on you. Who knows what sort of trouble you'll get up to standing with Ian and Damon." Elena elbowed her husband and grinned at me, "as long she keeps them out of our hair she can do what she likes." I laughed and I heard Damon laugh as well, I looked up and he had strange white lights in his eyes. He was enjoying the fact that the photographers and reporters were all scared of him and he was playing in their fears.
Eventually we made it into the cinema and I breathed a huge sigh of relief, Stefan came over and gave me a huge hug, "I'm proud of you Lizzie. We both are, without you we wouldn't have known about this or the books and we would have been totally unprepared for this." I felt tears welling up but I would hold them back and not cry, "well just for the record, you guys have been fantastic. Thank you so much for everything that you've done for Lee and I recently, I love you all so much. You're like family to me." Bonnie started sniffing and then I immersed in a group hug with her and Elena, with Stefan standing slightly apart but grinning like a Cheshire cat. "I'm going in before I throw up. I'll see you all in there," I heard Damon say, I pulled back from the near suffocating hug and followed him in, although I noticed that the other three were walking very slowly trying to be discreet.
I saw Damon sitting in the back row and sat next to him, "why doesn't it surprise me that chose the back row of the cinema?" I grinned at him; he flashed me a wolfish grin. "There's nothing like snacking on a pretty girl in the back row in the middle of a vampire film," this tickled me so much as I could just imagine him doing it that by the time Stefan and the others came in I was in hysterics.
I stopped eventually and it was time for the premiere to start, it must have been weird for Stefan and Elena to see Paul make a beeline for Nina, rather than Stefan ignoring Elena for as long as he could. Although it was quite sweet, even if I had to give someone a sharp elbow in the ribs for making gagging comments, which earned me a glare that practically burnt through me into the seat.
Of course I was grinning like a madman when it came to the scene between the two brothers- Ian winding Paul up and telling him he could almost taste Nina's blood and when Ian and Paul crashed through the window only for Paul to end up flat on his face with no Ian underneath I couldn't help but hold my hands up to my face as I knew exactly what would happen, in actual fact, throughout that whole fight scene I had my hands over my mouth until the end of the scene when Ian walked up to the door of the boarding house and apologised for waking up Zach. I just went "ooh…" which I have to say earnt an amused chuckle from Damon, the rest of it was very good despite the fact that there was Caroline instead of Meredith. When Damon smiled at Caroline right at the end I shook my head, almost willing her not to be stupid as it was obviously going to end in Caroline being hurt in more ways than one, when the lights came on I was disappointed that there wasn't anymore.
We got up and made our way out to the lobby, Lisa Jane was talking to reporters when we got outside so I stood around with Damon while I was waiting for Stefan and the others. "So what did you think of it?" I asked Damon, he looked at me and said "I thought Ian did a good job" and that was it, case closed. He told me that he'd be waiting in the car and walked out, it was lucky that a couple of minutes later that Stefan and Elena came into the lobby.
"Where's Damon?" asked Stefan immediately, I sighed and told him, his face darkened. Elena asked what I thought of the show and I told her that I thought that despite my initial reservations I loved it, Elena smiled at me and tried to ask Stefan what he thought but Stefan was staring angrily towards the car. "Just leave it Stefan, please," I asked him, but he didn't even look as though he heard what I said, Lisa Jane called Stefan over as she wanted him to talk to a reporter and he seemed to snap out of it and went over to her.
Bonnie came out of the toilet and stood chatting to Elena; she seemed upbeat and animated which meant that she'd enjoyed it. I went out to the car and climbed in the back with Damon who was gazing out of the window, "what's up?" I asked, his face twisted into something resembling an animals and he snarled at me. "Go back to my brother Elizabeth and stop following me around like a lost sheep."
"So one minute you're introducing me as your sister and the next you're telling me to get lost, which is it? Were you lying out there?" I asked, more than a little hurt. "Don't be so stupid Elizabeth, if you insist on asking me anymore stupid questions then I'll fly back to the hotel," he was still staring out of the car window, his expression blank.
"I'm sorry. I just worry about you sometimes Damon and I thought that you might want to talk to me rather then Stefan, Elena or Bonnie, but if you don't then that's fair enough." I went to open the car door but his hand grabbed my wrist, I turned to look at him and the expression on his face was one of hurt and love, it was not an expression I ever expected to see on his face and I just wanted to wrap my arms round him as vulnerable men are my one big weakness, but the way he was holding my wrist I knew that wasn't an option. "Thank you for the offer Elizabeth," he said with a sad smile then he got out of the car door and started walking towards a nearby alley. I got out of the car and started to walk up to the cinema when something flew so low, that it brushed the top of my head making me duck instinctively. I looked up and saw a huge crow flying off in the direction of the hotel; I sighed and went back into the cinema where Lisa Jane had finished with the reporter and was chatting to Elena and Bonnie. "Damon went on ahead?" asked Stefan softly from behind me making me jump, "yeah, don't say anything to anyone, but I think he was a bit upset after the pilot." Stefan frowned for a moment then smiled at me, "he'll be fine Lizzie, don't worry about it, he's more than capable of looking after himself." I sighed and Stefan put his hand on my shoulder, "so did you like our little display?" I turned and slapped his arm hard; he laughed and backed away as I went after him. "Your little display nearly gave me a heart attack! Not to mention poor Elena who was having kittens just watching. Jeez Stefan, you could have warned us!" Stefan obviously found this hilarious as he just wouldn't stop laughing; he grabbed my wrists and held me there. "It wouldn't have been any fun if we'd have warned you though," he grinned.
"When you've finished beating up my boyfriend, can I have him back please?" asked Elena with a huge grin on her face, Stefan looked at her and was momentarily distracted so I tried to slip away but his reactions were too quick and he caught me. "You can keep him Elena, just tell him to get off me," I said struggling uselessly against him.
"Stefan let her go or you're sleeping on the couch tonight," Elena gave him her best seductive smile and he let me go. He went to stand next to her and put his arm around her waist, put she poked him in the ribs. "That's for picking on Lizzie," she grinned and walked out of the cinema, Stefan ran after her and a minute later we heard her scream. Bonnie rolled her eyes in my direction and I shook my head, Lisa Jane was chuckling quietly to herself. "Is this what it's like in your house all the time?" She asked Bonnie.
"No, it's not usually this bad. Sometimes it can be worse," we grinned at each other.
Bonnie and I shared the car on the way back with Lisa Jane as Stefan and Elena needed some time to themselves. We dropped Lisa Jane back at her hotel and then went back to ours, fawning over the pilot now that we were safe from prying ears, Bonnie liked Katerina's performance a lot but wasn't fond of some of the changes like missing Meredith out and Caroline in, "but what do you think of Paul and Ian though?" I asked coyly, Bonnie fanned her face with her hand which was confirmation enough for me.
When we got back to the hotel we started to pack as we were checking out the next day, I wondered what the papers would say the next morning; it seemed as though I was the only one who was really bothered by this. Bonnie lay down on the bed and announced that she was exhausted after the days events, as I went into the bathroom to get changed, when I came out she was asleep. Bored, I decided to find an internet café to see if there were any reports or pictures up yet, but as soon as I walked out of the room I saw a familiar figure leaning against the wall next to it.
"I'm guessing you would be the reason why Bonnie's so tired," he flashed a wolfish grin at me. "Perhaps I wanted to speak to my number one fan in private," I shook my head.
"You could have just used your mental voice to tell me you wanted to speak to me alone instead of making Bonnie go to sleep you know," he frowned but didn't say anything. "Come on, let's go for a walk and you can talk to me," I sighed. Damon shook his head and stood where he was,
"I'd rather stay here, it won't take long, I got this for you." He produced an A4 envelope and gave it to me, I opened it up and inside there were two professional photographs, there was one of me with Damon and Stefan and another one of me with everyone at the cinema. "That one's signed on the back," he pointed out, I turned the photo over and sure enough there were signatures from the whole cast of the Vampire Diaries. I put them back in the envelope, threw my arms around a very surprised Damon and kissed him on the cheek, "thank you. That's very sweet of you."
"Don't do that again and don't tell anyone that I gave them to you. My brother will think that I've gone soft," he frowned. "Besides, now I need you to do me a favour. I need you to get Bonnie to the Olympic park, by the fountain at eight tonight. Don't ask me any questions, just do it."
I couldn't help but smirk, "no probs. Shall I make sure she's wearing something with a low neck as well?" Damon snarled at me which should have been scary but I was in a mischievous mood so I laughed at him. "Oh come on Damon. I was joking, just chill will you? Otherwise I'll have to give you another hug." I stepped forward and he stepped sideways to avoid me, "don't push me Elizabeth. Just do what I told you."
"Alright. Thank you very much for the photos," I said, he bowed and walked off down the corridor, knowing full well that I was watching every move and that I had still had as much of a crush on him as I did when I was fourteen and read the books for the first time. It was something that we never discussed as there wasn't really anything to discuss- I wasn't his type and I loved my boyfriend far too much to act on it, although it was sort of an open secret in the house and we did enjoy some harmless flirting with each other on occasion.
I went back into the room, Bonnie had just woken up and was puzzled as to why she suddenly felt so sleepy. "I need you to do something and you can't tell Elena or Stefan about it. Promise?" I asked her.
"What is it? Lizzie, I trust you and everything, but I've been asleep for about five minutes and you come back with an envelope and smelling of Damon's cologne. Spill."
"He's gonna kill me, you know that." I gave her the envelope and she looked at the photos and the signatures, her face softened and I knew she was melting which was a good sign for once. "He didn't want anyone to know in case people think he's gone soft," I explained, "but he wants you to meet him at eight by the fountain at the Olympic Park. I think he's going to ask you out." Bonnie gasped and flew off the bed.