Im back :) First of all I just hate hiatus... don't yoou agree? I can't wait to see new VD episodes but while that happens Im leting you guys with a new chapter on my story. Really hope you like this one and please please review :)
By the way I invite you to chek out my new story 'Lie to me'
Thanks a lot to Delena's Differential Equation for correcting this for me, as usual :D And to everyone who's reading this, you can't imagine how grateful I am
I've been searching for a girl that's just like you
Cuz I know that your heart is true
Baby I love you I never want to let you go
The more I think about the more I want to let you know
That everything you do Is super duper cute
And I can't stand it
Can't stand it –Never shout never-
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"I have no idea how you convinced me to come to this" Elena snorted while she looked through the window in the passenger seat of Damon's car
"Oh come on Lena look how happy he is" Damon said pointed out the kid in the backseat who was looking through the window as well, only he had a bright smile on his face
"Yeah he is" Elena said in a whisper
Twenty minutes later they arrived at 'Luke's' according to Damon they had the best ice cream in all America plus it had a lot of fun stuff for kids, his mom used to take him there when he was Julian's age. And it was the first place Elena and he visited together in Mystic Falls.
"So what flavor do you want?" Damon asked Julian while getting up from the table they were sitting at
"I want chocolate and strawberry" The kid said with a big smile
"Let me guess you want Cookies 'n Cream" He raised a brow and looked at Elena
"You never forget" She said with a small smile while biting her lip unconsciously
"I'll be right back" Damon said smiling and walked to the counter. Elena stared at him while he walked away, she was sure that there was nothing more beautiful that Damon Salvatore
"You like him right?" Julian asked Elena the minute he realized she was staring at him
"What? Of course not. I have boyfriend. Remember" She said nervously
"Right" Julian looked at her with an amused expression "I like him and I think he fits you better than Stefan"
"Fits me better?" Elena looked at him an raised a brow
"Yep" He emphasised the 'p' as Damon always did "You look better when you're around him"
"Ok, you're totally crazy" Elena said and shocked her head lightly
"No I'm not, and you like him" Julian said with a mocking expression
"That's so not true" Elena fired back
"Yes it is" Julian said in a sing song voice
"Do not"
"Do too"
"Julian I'm telling you, I don't like him" She said to him seriously
"Yes, whatever you say" He said looking back at her with his innocent blue eyes
"It's the true, I'm being serious"
"And I believe you" He answered sarcastically
"Ugh you're so ugh" She said and stuck her tongue out at him
"You know you like him" He said a big smile
"Shh he's coming"
Damon got close to them and placed a big cup in front of Julian "Here you got kiddo" and then placed another one in front of Elena before sitting up and started eating his own ice cream
"Oh my god this is delicious" Julian said with wide eyes when he tasted the first bite
"Told you, they have the best ice cream here" He looked deeply at Elena and she looked back at him, both thinking about the same thing; the first time he took her there. Elena wondered if he brought them here on propose, wanting for her to remember their moments together.
"So how did you two met?" Julian asked between bites of his ice cream
"Umm we-"Elena tried to figure something out but ended up moving her spoon through her ice-cream
"Our parents are friends" Damon said with an amused expression at Elena's loss of words "So we've known each other for around 10 years"
"Wow that's a long time" Julian said with his mouth full of ice-cream
"Yes it is" Elena said in a whisper and looked down at her ice-cream
"So Julian you never told me how did it go with Lily" Damon said leaning casually against his chair
"I think I made progress" The kid said with a big smile and chocolate ice-cream running through her chin "We sat together at school yesterday" Elena took out a napkin and wiped her chin free
"Well that's great" Damon said with a big smile "You're going to have her eating out of your palm soon"
"Damon!" Elena gave him a murderous look
"What?" He shrugged
"Oh my god there's a climbing wall" Julian said excitedly and got up from his chair
"Come on you guys"
"Just wait for us a second and we'll be there in a minute" Elena said half laughing at Julian's excitement
"Ok" He chipped haply and ran to the game salon
"Why are you doing this Damon?" Elena asked him suspiciously
"Doing what?" He answered with a smile
"Bringing him for ice-cream, why are you being nice to Julian?"
"Honestly?" He said to her with a deep look
"Yes"
"I thought he would help me get you back" He stated honestly
"Damon-"
"But not anymore, you see I just want to be nice with the kid because someone has to be it, he's all alone and I know what is like to feel that way" His blue eyes were so sincere that Elena had no doubt that he was being honest "I just want him to have good memories to hold on to when things go bad" She hated her damn hormones, she was hyper emotional and was at the verge of crying because of Damon's confession
"I feel so sad for him, for all of them" Elena said looking down and Damon gave her a compassionate look "I can't imagine what is like to don't have a family, to be all alone" Her eyes were glistening with tears and Damon took hold of her hand "I mean I'm not judging anyone but I would never give up on my child, never. No matter the circumstances. I don't know how someone can do that"
"Maybe they have good reasons for giving up on their children" Damon looked at her with warm eyes "Not everyone is as brave as you are"
"I'm not brave, not at all" Elena said while a tear rolled down her cheek. If she was the brave person as Damon thought she would be in his arms right now instead of buying wedding dresses for her wedding with Stefan "And I really hope they have good reasons, because I hate seeing the sad look in their eyes when mother's day or father's day comes"
"But there's always someone who's willing to take them" Elena's eyes looked deeply at him "Family isn't always blood, is the people in your life who want you in theirs. Is the one who cares" In that moment Elena fell in love with him all over again, that was the Damon she learn to love, not the one he tried so hard to be
She wiped her eyes and gave him a smile "You're right and I think we had enough with the sad thoughts"
"Yeah I think we have enough for today" He gave her a reassuring smile "Let's go to see how high that wall is
Elena smiled back at him and they both walked to the game salon holding hands, she knew how wrong it was that but decided that just for today she would let herself be happy and remember how it was like when they were together. Just for today.
"Caroline thank god you're here" Stefan said with relief filling him when he saw the blond girl entering the huge fitting room he was in
"You know me if there's a fashion emergency I'm always ready" She said giving him her best smile "What do we have?"
"Well they showed me this one" He said showing her a grey Armani suit "But I don't really feel like it, grey's not my color. And they also handed me those two"
He showed Caroline the rest of the clothes the employees had given them, telling him it was the best they had and the blonde girl examined them closely.
"I'm not sure" She said scrunching her nose "Maybe we should look another store"
"Ok then, you're the expert" He said with a smile and Caroline left the room in order for him to change his clothes
They walked out of the store a few minutes later trying to find a new place were Stefan could find a decent tux
"So does Elena have her wedding dress yet?" Stefan asked with a cautious expression
"No matter how hard you try I'm not giving you any details" She said half laughing
"Well I had to try right?" He said with a big smile and punched her shoulder softly with his
"How about here?" The blonde girl motioned to one of the stores
"Sure"
Caroline picked a black Oscar de la renta suit that fit Stefan perfectly and she swore she never saw anything as beautiful as him. He looked stunning, his hair a little disheveled, his big boyish smile and his gorgeous green eyes staring at her through the mirror.
"So what do you think?" He said with hope in his voice
"I think this is the one" She smiled at him "You look amazing in this" She was able to see Stefan blushing and it surprised her but then Stefan was always so shy
"Do you think Elena would like it?"
"I think she's going to love it"
Caroline didn't know how much longer she was going to be able to keep with this, the idea of Elena getting married to Stefan was crushing but the thought of how much he was going to suffer when the truth about Damon and Elena came out was unbearable.
"Thank you Caroline" Stefan said sweetly.
"Oh, that was nothing you know how much I love shopping" She answered happily
"Not for that. For being my friend" He said taking hold of her hands "We've been through a lot in these couple years and I'm so lucky to have someone like you" His green eyes looked deeply at her and Caroline's heart started beating frantically in her chest
"You have nothing to thank me for Stef, you've been there for me too" She smiled at him and he took her into a tight hug
"Promise me that we'll always be friends" His voice was muffled against her hair
"No matter what" She answered, her eyes started glistening with tears
Stefan had absolutely no idea of what his words were doing to her, of how much they hurt and how much they healed. He was her one and true love but she would have to stay away from him, watching from the shadows. Never until that moment had she realized how much she and Damon had in common.
They were both destined to be away from the people they loved
"So how was shopping with Caroline?" Elena said while putting the popcorn in a bowl
"It was great, she's really good at this shopping thing" Stefan answered while putting the movie in the DVD "How was your day with Julian?"
"It was wonderful" She answered with a smile, drifting back to the amazing day she had with the little boy and Damon
"You really care about that kid right?" Stefan while taking a seat in the couch
"Yes, I do" Elena answered simply. For some reason she didn't feel like sharing her love for Julian with Stefan, she didn't feel comfortable. He just saw Julian as another abandoned kid, he couldn't see him the way she did, the way Damon did.
"Im glad you had fun"
"Yes, unfortunately after that I was stuck almost three hours in my uncle's house" Elena said with annoyance in her voice
"You really don't like Bobby?" Stefan said half laughing
"No, he's completely pretentious for an eight year old" She said rolling her eyes, her uncle's son Bobby was a completely nightmare and she hated every minute she spend with him, deep down that made her feel guilty because he just a kid but truth be told he was annoying as hell
"I don't get it, Miranda and Grayson are lovely people how come they raised such a conceited boy" Stefan said with a frown on his forehead
"I know, right?" Elena said glad that someone finally agree with her in that "They're the coolest people ever, I even like them more then my parents" She said sincerely and Stefan only laugher at this "I think maybe it is because he's an only child"
"Yeah that could be, and since your uncle and aunt couldn't have children they gave him all of their love"
"And make him a pretentious little brat" She said while spiking sauce on the popcorns
"Come here the movie already started" He said from the living room were the 'Life as we know it' was playing
"Coming" She picked up the bowl and walked towards the couch were Stefan was sitting
She snuggled against him, her face resting against his chest and the bowl resting between them, her eyes were glued to the screen but she was not paying attention at all at that moment she couldn't help but compare Stefan to Damon.
She thought about the words Julian had said earlier and realized he was right, she didn't fit with Stefan quiet as well as she did with Damon, she couldn't find a position that made her comfortable and that fact really disturbed her, because Stefan was going to be her husband, the man she was going to share the rest of her life but they didn't fit.
On the other hand when she was with Damon it was like the pieces of the puzzle were complete, she remembered how good it felt being with him. How her head could easily rest against his chest and how his arms adjusted perfectly to her petit form, how amazing it felt when he was moving inside of her. Because she belonged there, she belonged with him. And when they were together it was like if nothing could hurt her, nothing except him.
She couldn't keep having these thoughts, it was wrong and nothing good could come out of it, Damon hurt her more than anything and she was never going to be able to forget all that happened between them. So there was no use in comparing them, she was going to marry Stefan and her decision was final
"So are you going to miss me?" Stefan said while he played with her hair
"Uhh?" She said getting out of her trance
"You know because I'll be gone for the week" He said looking down at her
"Of course I'll miss you" She answered. She totally forgot that Stefan was going on a business trip for the week and she felt horrible for it, she had been forgetting about him lately.
"I'll miss you too sweetheart" He gave her a soft kiss in the lips and turned their attention to the screen were Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heighl were in a heated argument.
"So Stefan left this morning right?" Caroline commented while they checked a scrapbook of invitations on Caroline's living room
"Yes, he'll return Sunday night" Elena answered absently while looking at the book
Caroline lifted her eyes from the table and saw her best friend frowning. Since the minute she walked through the door Caroline noticed that there was something wrong with Elena, it was like is she was not really there
"Lena are you ok?" The blonde said with suspicious eyes
"Yes I'm perfectly fine" Elena said and pointed to a blue invitation with golden edges on it "How about this one, it's cute right?"
"Yes, it's beautiful but I'm not sure if it's your style" Caroline shrugged, blue wasn't one of Elena's favorite color, they all knew she was crazy about lilac
"Yeah but I know Stefan would love it" She said absently while changing the page
"That's why I said you two should doing this together" Caroline answered with a roll of her eyes and flipped the page "These are things that you have to chose together"}
"Uh huh" Her best friend answered
"Elena Adrianna Gilbert, are you going to tell me what the hell is wrong with you today?" Caroline said in an exasperate tone "It's like you haven't been paying attention to what I'm saying"
"Carrie" Elena let out a snort "It's just-"
"It's just what?"
"I'm late and I'm never late Caroline" Elena ran her hands trough her dark locks before speaking again "I think I'm pregnant"
"Oh" Were the only words coming out of the blonde's mouth. Caroline couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain in his heart at the thought of Elena having Stefan's baby "Do you want me to go buy a test?"
"No, I made an appointment with the doctor, it's in a few hours" She whispered
"Well we know then, I bet Stefan is going to be so excited about this" Caroline said making use of his best fake smile
"Yes he will" Elena said in a soft whisper
"Oh honey, don't cry, what's wrong?" Caroline said when she saw the tears coming out of her friend eyes
"Caroline I don't want to have a baby" She said covering her face with her hands "I mean not now, I don't feel ready for it"
"Elena you're the most ready person for the job, you're going to be a great mom" Caroline said sweetly and removed her hands from her face
"Not now, I DON'T want a baby!" One of Elena's biggest dreams was to become a mother someday but she didn't feel ready for it now, not when a lot of things were happening to her, not when the baby wasn't his. And she felt horrible for the thoughts going in her head but she couldn't help but feel the way she felt. She wanted to carry his child not Stefan's.
"It's going to be ok honey" Caroline got up from her chair and hugged her immediately
"Everything's going to be fine"