Okay, guys, its chapitre trois :D Read and review, I hope you like it!

Damon's POV

AP Chemistry, first period. Literally the worst way to start my morning. Especially since my lab partner was none other than the one and only Liam Davis, the arrogant prick.

"Hey," he breathed halfheartedly as he took his seat next to mine. I didn't respond.

"Okay, class," said Mr. Tanner, our asshole of a chemistry teacher, "Take your seats. Now, I hope you all have your essays about the splitting of..." I toned him out, my essay already placed neatly on my desk. Instead, I focused on the incessant tapping of Liam's ring hitting against the desk as he fidgeted his fingers. It was a huge ring, and everyday he tapped away. And everyday I came closer to stabbing him with my pen.

I always wondered why he wore that ring. It was an awkward size, not to mention hideous. It had some kind of emblem, and seemed like something you would find on the hand of a man from the 1800's. All I know is, I wanted to take it from his fidgety little finger, and chuck it out the window.

"So, Damon," whispered Liam's voice, drawing my attention from his ring to his face. Truthfully, though, I would much rather look at the ring. "You taking anyone to the dance?"

"Why, you wanna ask me?" I chuckled. "Sorry, you're not really my type."

For a split second he looked pissed, but then false sincerity fell over his face. "Cute. But no. I'm just making conversation. If you need help finding someone to go with, I could gladly find someone to take pity on you. I would hate for my girlfriend's best friend to be all alone. 'Cause then she'd be moping about you all night, and I can't have that."

I gave him my best obviously fake smile. "Well, aren't you kind. Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I can manage on my own." It wasn't like there was a shortage of girls that wanted to go out with me. I was pretty good looking guy, if I did say so myself.

"Salvatore. Davis." My attention turned to Mr. Tanner. "If you two would be so kind as to shut the hell up, that'd be great."

"You got it, Mr. Tanner," I said, my tone sarcastically sweet. Liam shot him a halfhearted thumbs up.

I watched Liam scribble something down on notebook paper, but I wasn't able to read what it said. Not until he ripped it off and passed it to me.

I know you like her. But she's mine. At least for right now. Maybe you can have her when I'm done. Maybe.

My eyes widened as I read, not believing what I was seeing. Like, did this guy really give me the only proof I needed to show Elena how much of a jerk he was? It was beautiful, really.

That is, until he snatched it back, I guess thinking the same thing I was. And there was no way he was going to let me show that to Elena and ruin his little plan.

He slid me another note.

That is, if you still want her.

What the hell did that mean? Whatever he meant, this guy was asking for a serious ass-kicking. But I restrained myself, and decided to wait and talk to Elena about it. And plus, no way was I getting suspended over his sorry ass.

Elena's POV

"Well, well, well, look who we have here." Caroline came up to my desk, with her "I'm about to lecture you" face on. We had first period English together. I knew why she was mad at me; I completely spaced last night. It had been such a long day, and I was so tired, I completely forgot I was supposed to come over to her house and help out.

"So," she continued, "what happened last night? You totally ditched me and Stefan." Her eyes were wide and her arms crossed as she waited for my explanation.

"I-" I started.

"I bet I know what happened," she interrupted. "You were with your boy toy, weren't you?" Her eyebrows were raised, suggesting it wasn't actually a question.

"Not re-" I tried.

"God, Elena. It's like this guy is taking over your entire life. I hope you know what you're doing here, cause from what I hear, and what I've told you time and time again, Liam is a dog. And I don't want to see you get hurt. And this guy better not replace me, or Bonnie, or Damon. We've been your friends for your entire life. You've been with this guy for, what, two months?" I didn't know where all this was coming from. It didn't really seem like I spent that much time with Liam. And he was seriously one of the nicest guys I have ever met. I mean, he had this weird thing for Damon, that I didn't fully understand, but he was just overprotective sometimes. I wished everyone would just leave Liam alone.

"Caroline. Calm down, Liam's a good guy. I wish everyone would just get off my back about him. And yeah, I was with him last night. For like 2 seconds, but for most of the night I was with Damon. I'm sorry, I totally forgot I was supposed to come over. I went home and went straight to bed. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Did you guys finish everything last night?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

Caroline looked like she had more to say on it, but I guess she decided against it. "Not all of them, and we still have to do the glitter."

"Then we have our work cut out for us, don't we?" I smiled.

A/N: So, we're moving a little slow, I know. I hope you aren't getting too bored. I'm building xD Just you guys wait. I can't wait to finish the Winter Ball scene :D That's when the story really takes off. I'm so excited!

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