Chapter 5:
The second she met Trevor's eyes, there weren't any sparks, she didn't get lost in them and she couldn't even tell someone the color. He smiled at her, shook hands with Jeremy and conversed with Uncle Benny. She yearned for some type of chemistry, but there was only awkwardness.
Trevor had dirty blonde hair that he spiked like DJ Pauly- D and multiple tattoos- one being of a naked gypsy girl. Her head pounded every time he talked, every time he looked at her and then at a gorger girl. He would never be faithful in marriage. He cleared his throat, "So, you're still in school?" She didn't like his tone of voice. "That's odd compared to other Romani girls."
"She's going to quit." Uncle Benny spoke for her. His booming laugh vibrating the table at The Grill. "I promise her reputation is impeccable. Comes from a good family if I say so myself, I only wish her mother was here to meet you."
"I'm sorry for your loss." He told her, "It must be lonely being away from the family."
"I have friends." She realized her mistake after the words fell out of her mouth, "Gorgers of course."
"Gorgers. Okay." Trevor nodded, "Of course, if we were to get married that would have to end."
"Of course!" Uncle Benny said, "Of course, right Elena."
She nodded with a smile, "If we were married I wouldn't need anyone else." Uncle Benny liked her response, giving her a thumbs up when Trevor looked down at his food. Elena knew the second she looked over at the bar, he would be there. His eyes looking into hers and the electricity of their stare sparking over and over again even though she kept putting salt on the fire. She turned away, "What about you? School?"
"Nah, I dropped out eighth grade like my father." Trevor shrugged, "I've been working construction, road paving and other odd jobs like that for the last few years."
"Honorable jobs." Uncle Benny told Elena. "I told you he was perfect!"
"Yeah." Elena nodded while she looked at Klaus, "Absolutely everything I want." Her eyes were begging him to save her but he knew it was a lose, lose situation. If he went over there, she would hate him and if he didn't go over there he would lose her to the douche-bag with bad manners. But, she wasn't his…still, she had a way of acting like she was.
Trevor sighed, "Benny-"
"Call me Uncle Benny."
"Uncle Benny, I would be pleased to begin an arrangement." He went to hold her hand, but she put her hand in her lap before he could reach hers. She smiled though even when she didn't mean it. She heard Klaus' laugh from the bar but then it set in that she was about to get engaged so he stopped laughing. "My father and Jeremy can talk price."
"At Jeremy's age, I don't feel comfortable with him selling his sister." Jenna interrupted, "Uncle Benny will be doing the process."
"It's not selling, Jenna." Benny hissed, "It's tradition."
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"Trevor proposed." She said behind the Grill as he took the back way to Alaric's apartment. She wanted to see his reaction up close. Why was she trying to break his heart?
"And what did you say?" His eyes turned cold and distant when he looked at her. He was trying to cancel his feelings for her. They were starting to bubble over with each word she directed towards him. They'd been dancing around the idea of their attraction for days now.
"I said, I'd tell him tomorrow." The corner of her mouth twitched upward when she met his eyes with that daring look.
"Why?" He didn't understand why she would tell him that… she seemed so sure of her decision when they left The Grill and enjoyed the film in the Town Square while he drank away his sorrow. It didn't help, it just made him realize the truth. He liked Elena a lot more than he led on… he wasn't just attracted to her, he was drowning in her.
"Because I wanted to know what you would say tonight." She was ready to hear him tell her how he really felt. She needed him to tell her he held her somewhere in his heart.
He shook his head, "You're a good girl Elena and it was between shot five and nine that I realized I won't ruin you."
"You'll never ruin me." She shook her head trying to reason with him. "You can't ruin me."
"I can't give you the life you deserve. Hell, I'm the one threatening your life. You don't want me." He tried to convince her, "You want to live up to your mother's name, your family's name…so you're going to tell that idiot yes and you're going to fall in love with him." His hand touched her hair, "And you will have beautiful children because I'm going to let you go."
"Let me go?" She asked, "No. Klaus, no." She grabbed his arm but immediately let go of him when she realized she was over stepping her boundaries.
"Elena… you can't even touch me without jumping back. You don't want me." Klaus sighed, "And even if you did, you wouldn't choose me."
"We could run away."
"Like gypsies? You see, love…you think like a gypsy even when you don't want to."
She sniffled, trying to hold back tears. "Is this goodbye?"
"To this little thing we've had going on? Yeah. To me, no." Klaus smirked, "I'll see you around, Elena Gilbert."