Hiee..! okay, so before reading and judging, keep in mind that I have NEVER played paintball in my ENTIRE life :P

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SOMEHOW, TODAY WAS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY

"NOOO.." It all happened like it did in movies. You know, those slow motion ones that make us feel like picking up the remote and fast-forwarding them.

I saw him take off and make the fastest run in the history, jumping above the logs, shooting like James Bond and simultaneously trying not to get hit by a-

Okay, let's rewind a little.

"C'mon, everything's ready" Damon announced, coming up from behind me and casually draped an arm around my shoulders. I almost instantly pushed it off and wiggled away.

"yay" I said enthusiastically. Do I really need to mention the sarcasm?

Half an hour later, all dressed up in a 'costume' heavier than me, we both of us entered the field.

The first word that came to my mind was HUGE. It was HUGE with boxes kept here and there. There were those big balloon bags that make you wanna forget everything and jump on them. And those dry bundles of hay we see during wars.

I was suddenly filled with adrenaline and was just about to choose my victim when Damon started ordering.

"Let me take the lead. Don't run, don't shoot. Let me.." but I wasn't really listening to him. Gosh, he was so annoying. Was it against the rule to shoot your team? Huh, good thing I was a big fan of rules.

Suddenly, I saw a lean man above Damon's shoulder, with his gun pointed towards us. But before he, or even I could blink, I had my gun held high and shot him straight on the crotch.

"AW, MAN" he groaned as I did my victory dance. Elena 1, Damon 0. "HIDE" I heard as I felt a pull on my waist and the next thing I knew; we were both ducked behind the nearest balloon.

"there was a girl with a gun" he explained at my confused expression. I rolled my eyes and peered above the box

"that first shot was quite impressive" he remarked.

"I know" I said, smiling proudly and began shooting everyone in radius. Beside me, Damon was doing the same thing but when we saw this scary gang coming towards us, we immediately ducked back down.

"there are too many of them" I gasped out loud and damon nodded.

"I'm going to distract them, make a run for it and hide behind that pillar. You shoot them" Damon said in a very hushed tone.

"But.." I began to protest, he could get shot!

"No buts. We have to do it" Damon ordered in a way I had seen many soldiers do in movies as they went to save the country.

I nodded solemly and held my gun up, ready to shoot all those bastards.

After one long, lingering look at my face, Damon pounced.

"NOOO.." It all happened like it did in movies. You know, those slow motion ones that make us feel like picking up the remote and fast-forwarding them.

I saw him take off and make the fastest run in the history, jumping above the logs, shooting like James Bond and simultaneously trying not to get hit while at the same time, I got up and shooting blindly at the gang, I made my way towards a bunch of boxes lying opposite to the pillar Damon had run off to. I thought I shot all but it was too late for me to realize that I was gonna get shot by the one left and just as he was about to pull the liver, his face changed and he bent down in agony and I saw a blue blotch on his costume.

At the far end, I saw Damon wink and bow in a 'you're welcome' style.

I couldn't help but stick my tongue out before I hid in one of the boxes as I saw a gaggle of boys coming my way. I think I was in there for about 3 whole minutes before I thought it was safe to come out. I was just rounding the corner as I heard a movement on my back. I spun around, gun held high, ready to shoot-

"chillax hun, its just me" Damon said with his hands held upwards in defence. I breathed a sigh of relief

"yeah, I was wondering where that smell was coming from" I quipped.

It was his turn to stick his toungue out.

How cute..!

Ohh, shut up

"nice played, gilbert" he let out a slow whistle which did strange things to my stomach.

"I know" I said confidently and smirked, as he dragged me to a bundle of dry grass and ducked me down. Him doing the same.

Our paintball was shortly cut off when we found each other again and I shot him because he said I played like a 'guy'. And yes, he did take his revenge by shooting me back.

"You shot me!"

"YOU said I played like a guy!"

But well, I had the most fun there than I had anywhere in ages.

"ok, how about that one?" I said, taking a sip of my bubbly bubbles.

Yup, that was the name of a drink.

"too blonde" he pointed out

"So? I thought guys like blondes" I said and remembered when Caroline was dumped by a guy because she was not 'blonde enough'. His wordings, not mine.

"Not this guy" he admitted, pointing his finger at himself.

Hey, you have a chance..!

Okay, so I'm gonna pretend that my internal 'me' just didn't think that.

"Hey! What about that one?" I said, pointing at an old retarded man who looked like he was in his late 60s.

"Shut up and drink your bubbles" he muttered, a ghost of smile on his face.

For the past half hour, after our itsy-bitsy-not-so-serious-funny-bunny fight, i had been helping Damon pick up girls because he 'asked' me to. And it WAS quite fun. Except for the part that he was too picky.

"Okay, what about that redhead?" I asked

"Where?"

"7 o'clock" I said, pointing my head slightly in that direction

"Hmm, she looks like she needs someone's tongue down her throat" he said as he began moving towards her.

"Wait, lemme" I said and plotted my plan in my head as I headed there.

"ugh" I groaned dramatically whilst taking a seat on the barstool next to her.

As planned, she looked up at me with confusion.

"Is something wrong?" she asked hesitanty.

"Yes, actually" I moaned. "See that hottie over there, he's just playing so hard to get" I said in an annoyed voice. Wow, I should like get an Oscar for doing this.

She looked Damon's way and her face immediately lit up like a kid's does on Christmas morning. The problem was, instead of checking out the girl, he was just staring at me. Okay, I know I'm amazing but DUDE.

I kind of tried to send the message to him to check HER out while I was sure she wasn't looking my way. He seemed to understand (thank god) and moved his gaze over to her.

Don't do this! You're losing your chanc-

Go to hell!

But I swear I felt a little jealous.

"Well, he's totally checking ME out" she muttered silkily, making her way towards him. Gosh, how I just wanted to boost that confidence right out of her and throw it out of the-

My internal conflict was put to a pause as my phone vibrated in my pocket

'Did you kill him, yet?'

Yup, that's Caroline checking up on me. You know, until now, I had completely forgotten about my diary. It hadn't even passed my mind once that I was doing all this just for my diary.

'Not yet and surprisingly, this is going just fine'

I texted back and looked at Damon and that dirty little skank-

Who stole your date

SHUT UP!

I saw a new text from Caroline telling me about how I should use protection and all, which I was just reading as I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"What?" I asked Damon as I saw him standing behind me, with a smirk on his face. Shit, did he read that text? Care is so dead!

"That girl not good enough to play with?" ouch, that came out harsher than I intended and I immediately regretted as I saw a flash of hurt pass his face. But it was soon gone and replaced by an eye-roll.

Hey! Wasn't that my thing?

"I just leave no man behind" he said

"You called me a man again!" I complained as his eyes twinkled up in laughter and not long after, harsh words were forgotten.

The car came to an abrupt stop right before my house and I refrained the urge to tell him to keep driving

Damon turned to me

"So?" I asked with a raise of my eyebrows.

Wow, you really are a genius aren't you?

"So?" he asked back in the same tone and my lips quirked upward.

"Surprisingly, I had fun today" I muttered

"What? I didn't quite catch that Lena" Damon asked with fake confusion and laughter glinting in his eyes

"I said, today was terrible!" I teased back. What? Don't look at me. He hot it coming.

"Right" he said with a smirk

"Ugh, fine! I had fun today! More than I've had in ages! Happy?" I hollered. Okay, so maybe I was being overdramatic. But well, what is he going to do about it?

"Absolutely, lena" he remarked

"So? My diary?" I asked him "Remember?"

"What do you mean?" he asked innocently but I could see right through that act.

"Hey! I went on a date with you. Just like you asked." I deprecated. This was not fair

It's a good thing.

No one asked you!

"c'mon lena. Did you really think I was talking about ONE date?" he asked. Un-freakin-believable!

"You've got to be kidding me" I angered.

"Stop being such a baby. I know you want to. Hell, even you know you want to" Damon growled and he seemed really mad.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked calmly and Damon looked away with an unreadable expression on his face.

I heard him sigh and after the longest pause, he looked back up

"I'm sorry about what happened that night at the camp" he began and I was shocked by the sincerity in his eyes " its just the way I am, okay? I don't want you to hate me"

"I don't hate you" I muttered quietly, playing lightly with the loose thread on my jeans. When I looked back up, he was staring at me with such… heat.

"You still didn't answer my question. What do you get out of this?" I pointed out and I saw his lips turn upwards into a smirk

"Well, you're not the worst company in the world Elena"

Damon's POV

I saw her roll her eyes at the comment and smiled. She looked adorable when she did that.

"okay well, I guess I could use some more fun" she admitted and my smile widened.

Score!

After one "good night", she got out of the car and headed towards her house. I watched her every moment silently and waited until she was inside her house.

I wish she could understand, I was just trying to spend some time with her and if this was the way, then so be it. I had to win her over one way or another.

After one long lingering look, I finally started the engine and drove by.

Man, I was whipped.

So, please please please tell me what you thought of this 'date'.

I know this wasn't great but my worst nightmare has come true 'writer's block' and its terrible. But I'm really trying to continue this fic. I just love the characters too much to let them go.

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