Chapter 2,
I came out of the washroom to find Damon drinking a glass of Scotch,
"Hey, I forgot to ask, do vampires get drunk?" I found myself curiously asking,
"Yes, we can. Alcohol is still intoxicating, though we don't barf later." He said smiling as I laughed,
Damon put down the glass on the table and guided me to sit on the bed next to him,
"I don't want to rush things with us Damon." I said,
"Its okay, we'll take it one day at a time, one step at a time. I wont mess this up Elena, I just wont." He said adamantly,
"Someones coming, I am in the bathroom." Damon said as I nodded, there was a knock on the door,
"Elena, its Alaric." Alaric said,
"Uh.. Come in." I said and Alaric came in,
"Jenna wanted to make sure you were okay." He said,
"You mean if I still was here." I said,
"Look she just loves you, and she really is confused, she knows that you and Stefan were on a break but she then she you know... heard you guys, and now your with Damon and you know how she feels about him. And I also want to make sure your fine. I hope you didn't get hurt." He said,
"Yeah, thanks. I'll talk to her. I'll explain I promise, I just want to sleep on it and thanks Alaric." I said as he nodded and went away closing the door,
"Why do I feel like a high school teenage boy?" Damon said stepping out of the wash room as I laughed at his obvious comment,
"Because you didn't want to face the wrath of Jenna?" I said,
"True, I swear that woman gave me my first gray hair." He said and I laughed,
"Hey Damon, what age were you when you were... turned?" I asked,
"I was 20 years old. But on December 8th I will be 166 years old." He said,
"Wow." I said,
"Yeah. Time has served me well." He said.
Just then my phone rang, it was Stefan, calling for the seventh time, I ignored his call and put my phone on silent.
"Come on, lets sleep." Damon said as I raised an eyebrow,
"I promise I'll behave." He added over dramatically as I placed my head on his arms as sleep took over me.
Damon's POV;
She looked so beautiful sleeping that way. If she hadn't stopped I was sure I'd kill both Katherine and Stefan, maybe I could put them both in the tomb. Maybe I would. But for now I needed to keep a close eye on Elena, I took out the phone and texted Alaric,
Need to talk now. Meet me outside your house- Damon
What the hell? I'm sleeping- Alaric
Its important- Damon
Fine, whatever I'll be there in a minute- Alaric
I glanced at the sleeping Elena next to me and kissed her on the head and carefully got up not wanting to disturb her, Exited from her bedroom window, and waited at the front of the house.
After a few seconds Alaric opened the door and came outside dressed in a robe- someone had a good night tonight,
"What the hell Damon? Its late and I have a hot girlfriend in bed." He grumbled,
"Listen, Katherine and Stefan are together, I reckon you, me and Elena will be safe for a while- a few months at best. But I just know this isn't why Katherine came. I need to keep an eye on Elena, how can I do that when she's in school?" I asked Alaric who was listening intently,
"Wow, Stefan's stupid." He said,
"Oh my god and the winner for announcing the obvious is... Alaric Saltzman." I said in a melodramatic way as Alaric sighed,
"Look, you can't become a high school student as people think your older. But you can get a teaching job." He said,
"Okay, go on I'm listening." I said,
"Look, Elena has History everyday, so I'll keep an eye on her till then. She also has English everyday, so lets say if the English teacher quit and you applied for a job there you could keep an eye on things." He said,
"Okay... Done." I said,
"Damon, please don't kill the current teacher okay?" He said as I laughed,
"You know me well..." I said as he laughed.
I went upstairs into Elena's bedroom and grabbed my coat, I had to get that job right away.
Elena's POV;
The sound of the alarm woke me up with a jolt, it was six thirty, I took a nice warm bath as I had woken up early. I put on a lose t-shirt and leather jeans and a leather jacket- hey if Katherine can pull of the leather look, damn it so can I. After changing I grabbed my backpack and checked my cell phone, the first one from Bonnie,
Hey listen, how about you, me and Caroline do something this Saturday?- Bonnie.
Yeah sure it'll be fun.- Elena
The second one was from Damon;
Hey gorgeous, see you in school- Damon
School? Don't tell me your gonna pretend to be a high school student as well?- Elena
Nah, something even better! Now Elena, its a surprise.- Damon
I smiled, never a dull moment with Damon Salvatore. There was a knock on the door,
"Come in." I said as Jeremy peeked in,
"Hey, Aunt Jenna's making pancakes, come on down." He said smiling as I raised an eyebrow,
"Pancakes?" I said,
"I told her we'd be fine with cereal, but she insisted on a family breakfast." He said as I laughed.
"Damn it!" We heard Aunt Jenna say as we both laughed entering the kitchen.
"Morning Aunt Jenna!" I exclaimed as I entered the kitchen.
"Morning Elena, I see I'm cool enough to talk to now..." She said dripping with sarcasm,
"Come on gimme a break Aunt..." I said,
"We should talk." Aunt Jenna said quietly,
"And thats my cue, I have to go I have to do... something." Jeremy said and left, traitor. I knew I'd been setup by Jer and Aunt Jenna... GREAT.
"So, how are things, Elena talk to me. Tell me." She said and I finally couldn't control it,
"At the masquerade, Damon told me he loved me and I told him that I felt the same way, he was about to kiss me when I told him that I wouldn't. Not until Stefan knew. We went to find Stefan and I found him- completely sober... cheating on me with his ex Jenna, thats what happened." I said,
"Oh Honey, I am so sorry... Stefan's a jerk. But Damon? Are you sure? I mean Elena look I know boys like Damon, they are mean, insensitive and they are bad. I..." She began before I cut her off,
"Damon is not Logan Aunt Jenna, he's not. And besides I told you we're gonna take things slow, no rush. I just know one thing... Damon and I are gonna happen." I said,
"Your right... Ooh and um... Alaric is going to be staying over a lot more." Jenna said,
"Oooooooooh! Alaric and you make such a cute couple!" I said as I saw my aunt blush like a school girl.