Elena P.O.V

"What happened?" Caroline and I were in the kitchen. She waited till we got home to talk. She was putting away bagels she brought back from the cafe as I waited for her to sit down next to me. When she finally sits down I sigh.

"He knows Alaric." Caroline looks at me confused.

"Alaric from your job?" I nod my head. "I don't see what that has to do wi-" I interrupt.

"He doesn't just know him Caroline. They have been best friends since grade school. Alaric probably tells him everything... he told him about me." Caroline face shows she still doesn't get where I am coming from. She was there for me when I was going though a rough patch in my life so it's hard for her to talk about it too. "He knows that I was married." Caroline looked surprised.

"Does he know about...?" She suddenly grew concerned.

"No. I don't want him to know. We just started dating, I want to go steady."

"So how'd that become an argument?"

" I asked him what Alaric told him about me and after that he just kept pushing and wouldn't let it go. He was trying to tell me to talk to him but he was way out of line" There was a pause before she responded.

"Do you think that maybe you are over reacting just a little?" I looked at her like she had two heads. Overreacting? Is she serious right now? "Okay I know that sounded bad, but..." She puts her hands up to calm me down but I interrupt her before she says anything else.

"Overreacting? Caroline , we just started dating." I stand up and start pacing. " He has no right to ask me about my personal life right now. For him to keep pushing, that should be like a deal breaker right? He should have respected what Alaric told him and waited for me to tell him. I can't believe your defending him right now!" I looked at her and she stood up.

" Elena, calm down! I wasn't trying to defend him. I was trying to get you to think straight. Damon is good to you Elena. And I know you guys just started talking like a month ago but you finally found someone who's good and that you really like. In case you forgot what you told me after the bar incident and you getting flash backs until Damon came to help you out. He got you to forget just for that moment without even trying. He was just trying to be there for you and get you to talk to him. In case you've forgotten what 'he' has done to you, there's still examples of it on your body. And I know that it hurts you and that you'll try to push guys away so they won't hurt you Elena but it's time for you to start over again. I know you want to be happy and Damon is trying to make you happy. And if it's not Damon then someone else will come along you just need to try." She sighs. " I won't say Damon wasn't out of line and maybe he should apologize for pushing you to tell him, but don't push him away yet. Either way I am here for you, I am always here for you and so is Bonnie when she comes back from visiting her Grams" She give me a little smile. I take a deep breath and take what she says into consideration.

" You're right, Care. Maybe I was overreacting just a little. I appreciate him wanting to be there for me but I don't want to talk to him right now Caroline. I just need a little time to think. I want to make sure this is what I want." I push my hair back like I do when I get frustrated.

" Yeah I totally understand." she goes to hug me and after I try to change the conversation.

"So... what do you think about Stefan?" The smile on her face was so sweet and my mood changes.

" God Elena, he's so sweet. He's a Gemini, his favorite color is blue and he is so passionate about his work."

"So are there any future dates planned?" I tease.

" I don't know. We were sort of having this deep conversation. He was telling me about how he recently got out of this relationship that really hurt him and he's sort of been trying to put himself out there but it's still hard."

"What did you tell him?"

" Well, I told him that one day he will meet someone new, and he'll fall madly in love, and move on with out even realizing." I give her a shy smile.

"Aw, that's sweet Caroline. It's nice that he can just open up to you like that. You guys seemed to be hitting it off"

"Yeah, I mean if anything does happen I kind of just want to take it slow with him. It's so easy to talk to him and I feel like this could be the start to a really great friendship, I got all of that out of one conversation. I don't want to always be the Caroline that just sleeps with every guy that gives her a little attention, you know? So I am just going to go slow and see where that goes."

"These Salvatore brothers are really something aren't they?" I grab some kale from my fridge and chop them up for my bearded dragon before I get ready for bed.

Damons P.O.V

I've tried calling her many times and she has yet to answer. I try to distract myself by working out more like I should and it usually takes my mind off of things but it only works for a little bit.

"Why don't you just go to her house and apologize" I don't respond to him and keep lifting up the barbell. That doesn't stop him from talking though. " Caroline says that you still have a chance, you should take it."

"Stop talking Stefan" he stops spotting me and the barbell kind of presses into my chest knocking the air out of me.

" Stop being stubborn Damon. You were out of line. This is the first girl that really makes you feel something and I'm not going to let you just ruin what you have."

"Stefan" I say struggling to pick up the barbell, still out of breath. He sighs and helps me put it back. I sit up and take a sip of water before speaking. " I did try. She won't talk to me"

"That's why I am telling you to go to her house, get her to listen to you, tell her you were an idiot and actually mean it or else there's no point."

"When did you and blondie become best friends?" He rolls his eyes.

"Go talk to her." He says before walking away.

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When I finally have a day off I go to her house. I ring her doorbell and wait a little while before someone answers. She opens the door and looks caught off guard. Neither of us speak for a couple seconds. I didn't realize how much I've missed her. I was tempted to hug her and kiss her but I knew that wouldn't end well.

"Damon, I can't do this right now. I'm going to work soon and I need to finish getting ready." She tries to close the door but stops when I say something.

"Please just hear me out. 5 minutes and then I'll leave" She hesitates but then moves a little to let me in.

"Okay Damon, 5 minutes." I walk in and for some reason my heart feels heavy, I didn't realize how scared I was until now to talk to her.

I sit down on her couch and she sits on the other end. It takes me a couple of seconds to find the words to say. She's looking down at the floor, her hair lightly brushing her face.

" I know I was out of line. I didn't mean to make you upset, it's just when I found out it bothered me that it came from him and not you. I know I should have waited for you to tell me, I was going to wait. I don't know what got in to me that made me keep pushing you to tell me. I am sorry that I upset you and I want you to know that you can tell me when you are ready, or if you don't want to talk about it at all then you don't have to." She finally looks up at me. " I want to be there for you Elena. I am sorry things went the way they did." There's a long pause before either one of us say anything else. I look into her eyes and I can see that she misses me too.

"I didn't mean to overreact, I'm just not ready to talk about it yet. Damon, we just started dating. What if we are trying to move too fast?" I move closer to her.

" These past couple of days have been really tough because I can't stand the thought of knowing you're upset with me. Elena, I care about you, and it drives me crazy sometimes because we just started and I already feel like this. It also makes me happy because that means I have a world of things to get to know about you. Everything I've gotten to know about you so far are my favorite things right now. If this for some reason doesn't work out then I will be happy that I got to know a person like you." I place my hand on the side of her face brushing my thumb on her skin. I missed this, missed touching her... just missed her. We were inches from each other, still looking into each others eyes. "I just want you to give this a chance Elena. We can go slow if you want, as long as I know I have you. I want you to be happy and If you need time or you don't think you're ready then I will understand." I take my hand away from her face. I finally look away and check the time. Five minutes has passed so I stand up. Shes still sitting on the couch looking at the spot I was sitting at. After seeing she isn't going to stand up I walk towards the door.

" Damon wait." She says when I open the door. I turn around and before I understood what was about to happen I feel her lips on mine. That feeling of scared turned into something else. This feeling that she gives me, that I can't shake, makes me terrified. I want us to be able to go slow but I feel like I am falling fast and I won't be able to stop. I kiss her back with the same passion, I pull back before anything more happens. our foreheads lean against each others and we just breath. My heart is racing and I know hers is too.

" I want this Damon, I want you. I am so scared but you make me forget about all the bad things and I don't want to loose this right now. I don't want to rush into things but I want to get to know a world of things about you too." I wrap my arms around her.

"Then that's what we'll do." I let go of her remembering she has to go soon. " I'll see you later, Elena." I kiss her before I walk out. I look behind me one more time before closing the door and this time she is looking at me, with a smile on her face.

Authors Note:

But of course I had to make it cheesy. I hope this chapter gave you a clearer understanding of why Elena kind of reacted the way she did. I hope these chapters so far are to your liking! Please like and leave comments, I love to read what you guys have to say. Love all of my readers and hope you guys are having a great summer so far. This chapter doesn't feel very long to me so hopefully the next chapter has more going on. Stay tuned for the next chapter :)