First day of class. This can't be so hard, right?

Elena sighed and turned her head to look at Caroline, who didn't look too happy today. Caroline noticed and turned her head as well, a faint smile appearing on her face. Elena smiled back and asked if she was okay.

"I don't think okay's the right word," Caroline said, "but as long as we're together I know we're going to be fine."

Although a small reinsurance, it was exactly what Elena needed to hear right now. School is a safe environment, right? Nothing could happen while they were attending classes.

After walking into the classroom and choosing a place to sit, Elena scanned the entire room. She saw Tyler and Mason sitting a few rows in front of her. Her eyes locked onto the teacher as he entered.

"Good morning class," the teacher said, "my name is Alaric Saltzman, and I will be your philosophy teacher for the rest of the year."

He grabbed a piece of chalk and wrote down his name on the chalkboard.

"First things first, I'll be checking attendance and getting familiar with all of your names, when you hear your name being called, tell us a little bit about yourself."

While Alaric was calling out names and students were introducing themselves, Elena was doodling in her journal and rereading the last part she wrote over and over. Her date with Damon felt like a dream. A very vivid dream. Elena got so lost in her own thoughts that when she felt Caroline shaking her arm she had to snap back into reality.

She cleared her throat, "Uhm, I'm Elena Gilbert, and I'm from the United States," unsure of what to say she looked at Caroline to see her mouthing something at her, though she had no idea what she was trying to say.

"I, uhm, came to Italy because I needed something else for a while," Elena continued, her voice a little shaken, "and I chose Italy because I've always been interested in the culture and the history it has to offer."

Alaric nodded and thanked her before moving on to the next names on his list.

For the rest of the hour Mr Saltzman discussed Greek philosophy, with his main focus on Plato. Elena found it interesting how Plato theorized that people were always looking for their soulmate because he thought that humans were originally born with four arms, four legs, and one head with two faces, but eventually were split in half by Zeus because humans were supposedly becoming stronger than Gods. This being the reason humans always feel lost or not completed without their "other half".

Elena made sure to take notes in her journal to inspire her for a future story or poem.

As Mr Saltzman announced the class was over, a beautiful girl with long, curly brown hair and olive toned skin walked in and over to where Mr Saltzman was standing. People were grabbing their stuff and leaving the classroom, and as the girl whispered something into Mr Saltzman's ear, he looked up and his eyes were locked onto Elena.

"We should go." Elena told Caroline as she grabbed her stuff.

Not sure what to think, Caroline asked Elena what was going on while following her down the steps toward the exit of the classroom.

The girl approached them and grabbed Elena's arm before they could walk out the door, and smiled at them while waiting for the rest of the class to leave.

"Excuse me?" Elena said as she tried to loosen her arm from the girl's grip.

Once the girl let go, she glanced over Elena and raised an eyebrow. "So, you're Damon's new toy."

"I'm sorry, but who the hell do you think you are?" Caroline asked as she gave the girl the bitchiest look you could imagine. If looks could kill, she'd be dead right now.

"Shut up Barbie, I'll get to you later," The girl said, never taking her eyes off of Elena, "now, Elena, right?" She moved closer to Elena and gently grabbed her chin in her hand, taking a second to observe her closely before letting go and taking a step back again. She started slowly pacing around Elena, contuining her observing.

The way this girl was acting, it was unnerving, and Elena's facial expression made it obvious she did not want to be here. Confused and unsure of what to do, Elena asked what the girl wanted from her. She reached for her phone in her jacket's pockets, but moved her hand as soon as she noticed the girl's eyes locking onto it.

She looked back up at Elena and chuckled, "Oh I don't want anything from you honey, but you do want something from me."

Elena's brows furrowed. "What do you mean?", she asked.

"Damon gave me a call about you. I'm Katerina, call me Kat. Stefan's girlfriend, not that that matters. But I'm here to help."

As the conversation went on, it became clear what Kat's intention was. With a black belt in Taekwondo, you definitely wouldn't want to get on her bad side. She seemed a little suspicious at first, but those suspicions vanished once Kat showed a photo of her and Stefan together. Elena had always been interested in learning some kind of martial arts, but she never thought she'd actually get to do it. Not only would it make her feel safer around here, it would give her a huge confidence boost as well, but she still had her doubts about everything. Knowing what she had gotten herself into was way bigger than anything she could even imagine, and even if she learned how to defend herself, she was still afraid she wouldn't be able to if it came down to it.

Since they didn't have any classes left for the rest of the day, the girls decided to join Kat for coffee downtown to discuss the details and set up their first training session.

Because Caroline had planned to go sightseeing around Rome with Tyler, Elena made sure Damon would pick her up right after she was done with classes.

"Damon knows you're with me. I'll drop you off on my way back home." Kat said as she noticed Elena checking her phone worryingly.


"I'm not sure I can do this, Damon", Elena said, letting out a big sigh and trying not to look into Damon's eyes who was sitting next to her. Those icy blue eyes of his are way too easy to get lost in. No, this is a serious conversation and those goddamn eyes cannot stand in the way of this. I'm already confused about everything and I don't need this right now.

Trying to focus on something else while Damon stared directly at her proved not an easy task, and Damon knew she was trying too goddamn hard not to look at him. He put his hand on her cheek and turned her head toward his, forcing her to look directly at him. He knows exactly what he's doing. Elena thought, their eyes meeting for a second before she looked down at the couch.

"Yes, you can. I'm going to make sure of that." Elena's eyes met his again, and a faint smile briefly appeared on her face.

Damon's stare pierced hers. He moved his hand away from her cheek to brush her hair back behind her ear.

Even though it seemed that her whole world was falling apart, she lost herself right in this moment and forgot what she was talking about. All she could do was look at Damon and think about how much she wanted him to kiss her right now.

Elena's lips slightly parted as she struggled to breathe normally for a moment, and right as she did, she felt Damon's lips pressed against hers. It was as if he could hear her thoughts. His lips felt soft against hers, as did his hand brushing against the skin of her neck. Goosebumps arose on Elena's skin as the kiss got deeper, her stomach was in a knot as she felt Damon slip his tongue into her mouth, softly caressing hers. Damon's other hand moved to the back of Elena's head and she moved closer to him. She felt a tingling sensation between her legs as he slowly moved one hand down her neck to her chest. He released himself from the kiss and moved on to placing kisses on her jawline. Elena gasped and grabbed his head, one hand laying on his shoulder as the other was playing with his hair as he gradually moved his lips down to her neck. She felt Damon's hand briefly touching her breast as it went down to her belly and moved under her top. His hand felt warm against her back. Damon paused for a moment to look at Elena. He smirked upon seeing her flushed face and proceeded to take off her top. She breathed in deeply as Damon threw the top onto the ground and turned back to look at her breasts, now only covered with a black lace bralette. Wanting more, Elena grabbed his head to kiss him deeply and moved her body from her current cross-legged position to place herself on Damon's lap. She started unbuttoning his shirt and in turn Damon unhooked her bralette, revealing her bare chest completely. He cupped her breasts, fitting perfectly into his hands, and moved his lips down her neck, finally reaching her chest.

He paused briefly so that he could take off his unbuttoned shirt, and once it was off he pulled Elena close to him, feeling her breasts pressed against his now bare chest. Elena's breath hitched as Damon's lips ghosted over her neck for a moment before sucking her skin into his mouth.

All of this action made Elena's head feel hazy, and before she knew it she was lying on her back and Damon was unzipping her pants.

Is this really happening? She thought, admiring Damon's abs as he removed her pants from her body and threw them with the rest of the clothes which were already spread across Damon's living room floor.

Yes, this is definitely happening. Her thoughts were lost as soon as she felt Damon's lips back on hers, on her neck, and back to her breasts. The sweet feeling of her nipple being caressed by his tongue made her gasp. Her nails raked through Damon's hair as his lips moved on from her breasts down to her belly, the lower he went, the more sensitive his touch became. Damon knew exactly what he was doing, and seeing Elena like this, enjoying every second of their time together, him pleasing her as he does so well, turned him on more than any other girl ever could. He kissed her sweet spot before slowly removing her panties. Their eyes met briefly before he went back down and started placing kisses on her inner thighs. He continued teasing her by stroking her thighs and belly, causing Elena to let out a soft groan. Damon smirked and gently smoothed his fingers over her vulva and parted her lips before allowing his tongue to caress her clit. The movements of his tongue made her feel dazed and left her breathless. As Damon was playing with her wetness he occasionally looked up to see Elena's face, which was completely flushed. She was biting her lip as her hand played with his hair. Her hips moved slowly as Damon continued drawing patterns using his tongue. Right as Elena bit back a moan, he stopped doing what he was doing and leaned back over her to kiss her. Elena's hands moved across his back down to his pants, feeling his hard bulge before unzipping them. She slightly pulled down his underwear in order to reveal his erection. Their kissing got more passionate and hard as she stroke his shaft, and their breathing became more hatched as well as their hearts started beating faster and faster. Pulling back from the kiss, Damon took off his pants and gave Elena a quick kiss before reaching for a condom in a drawer from the coffee table in front of the couch.

Elena bit her lower lip as she watched Damon put on the condom. Once it was on, he leaned back over her and pressed his lips against hers. "You sure you want to do this?" he asked her, their lips just barely touching, "Yes." Elena purred, her eyes hot from arousal.

As soon as she felt Damon's erection caressing her clit she inhaled deeply, and gasped when he slowly sinked into her. Damon's hand massaged her breast and his breathing got heavier, tickling Elena's skin. Her hips moved to the rhythm of him going inside of her. As the pacing got faster, Elena's back arched, slightly moving her up from the couch, feeling Damon's hatched breath against her neck. She moved her hand toward her clit to stimulate it. Damon's pacing got even faster as he felt her legs wrapping around his waist. Heavy moans and shortness of breath coming from Elena's mouth indicated she was almost ready. "Damon," she gasped, "I'm going to.. Ah!" she gasped again, and he kept going, making sure she was going to come. He felt her tenseness around his erection and her legs trembling as she came, her vision engulfed in blackness as she felt a wave of pleasure going through her entire body, causing Damon to move even faster, reaching his climax right as Elena's ended and letting out a groan of pleasure.

Catching her breath, Elena wiped the sweat off of her forehead and moved to sit up and kissed Damon fiercely.

"That was amazing", she said, still short of breath.

Damon's trademark smirk appeared on his face, "I know, right?"


AN: Whew! A short new chapter after not having updated in almost two years.. I've been so incredibly busy with other stuff and writing hasn't been one of them. I am happy to say that I am back for now and I will try to put out more chapters for you guys as often as I can.
I wanted to thank each and every one of you for supporting me by following, favoriting, and reviewing my story. They really make me want to write even more because you're all so kind. I truly appreciate it, and I'm so sorry for the long time I've been away and left you hanging.

Anyway, here's to Delena!