Getting Ready

Elena's POV

I was at Caroline's house started to get ready to go to the Grill. There's a live band playing there and Caroline and Bonnie invited me to go with them as well. Of course, I had to agree didn't I? They said that they wanted to cheer me up since Stefan has sacrificed everything for Damon, including me.

"Elena, what do you think?" said Caroline as she was wearing a red mid-thigh length dress. She twirled around and posed as a super-model.

I smiled, "It's really great. It looks great on you!"

"Really?" She grinned and looked between her two best friends.

I nodded and turned to look at Bonnie. She smiled and nodded as well.

"Okay! Elena. Your turn. Here wear this one!"

I got up and stared at the strapless blue mid-thigh dress. It looks beautiful but I couldn't wear it, "Caroline, I can't wear that!" I exclaimed.

"Oh, Elena! Sure you can. It'll be like the good old days. Right Bonnie?" Caroline and I looked at Bonnie and she grinned wider.

"Of course! Elena, you have to wear it! All the guys will drool over you! Including Damon!" said Bonnie.

"What? Damon? I don't know. I'm still not over Stefan after he handed himself over to Klaus." I said as I looked down at my hands.

"Elena. You have to move on with your life. Stefan's not gonna come back. He said so to you and Damon when both of you went to Chicago and tried to get him back home but he just ignored you and turned in the opposite direction. You have to let him go." explained Caroline and Bonnie nodded in agreement.

"Okay, fine! I'll do it. But you guys owe me big time." I smiled at both of them and grabbed the dress that Caroline was holding and went into the bathroom.

"We love you!" yelled Caroline from the other side of the door.

I sighed and undressed my casual clothes to the blue dress. I slipped it on and zipped the back of it. I looked in the mirror and I smiled at my reflection and took a deep breath and went out of the bathroom, "What do you guys think?" I said to them as I twirled around the same as Caroline did.

Their mouths dropped and gave huge grins, "You look amazing!" They both shouted. They both came and hugged me.

"Okay, Bonnie it's your turn now! Here take this green dress." said Caroline as she was jumping up and down like a 6-year-old and gave Bonnie a green dress as Bonnie took it and went to the bathroom to get changed. She came out 5 minutes later and twirled around as Caroline and I smiled at her.

We started to do our hair and make-up and we were ready to go. I stopped and turned to them, "Oh! I almost forgot. Damon and Stefan's sister Kiara is here. She's part of the band and I would love you guys to meet her. She's so sweet and very protective."

Caroline and Bonnie glanced at each other and turned back at Elena and smiled, "Okay!" they both said and we all headed towards the Grill.

Back At The Boarding House

Damon's POV

I was getting ready to go to the Grill. Caroline called me not that long ago that I need to prepare myself to come up with a song. I had one in the back of my mind as I was writing a song on a bit of paper. I had my electric guitar that was resting on my lap as I strummed each string in a beautiful melody. I was so focused on the music, I hadn't heard Kiara coming in.

"Hey Damon!" Kiara said as she walked towards me.

"Hey Kiara! You okay?" I smiled at her.

"Yeah! What are you doing anyway?" She smiled back and took the paper from me, "Are you writing a song or something?"

"Yep! Blondie called me to be prepared. So I'm doing a song called 'Everything I Do.'" I explained to her as I took the paper from her as she handed it back.

"Oh, this is for the lovely Elena, isn't it?" She grinned at me in understanding.

I looked at her with wide eyes, "How did you know?"

"Oh, come on Damon! I know you love her! She loves you too, big time! You don't think I see it?" She came and sat beside me on my bed and took the guitar out of my hands. She started playing the song and hummed to the beat, "Do you need help with this? At the start of the song there's a lot of piano chords in this song, you know."

I smirked at her and she returned it, "Sure, that would be great! I didn't know that you could play piano."

"Damon, I've been playing piano for over a century and you just found out? You have to keep up to the basics." She giggled and handed me the guitar back. She got up and headed towards the door but stopped just outside of it and turned back to face me again, "Oh and Damon, I know all of the chords by heart. If you need anything, you know where I'll be." Before I could reply she disappeared.

I continued focusing on the song and enjoyed the beat to it.