So here's the next chapter, thank you so much to everyone who reviewed this story! It really helps me to write faster ;)

Disclaimer: I still don't own the vampire diaries, thought I wish I would!

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Chapter 6

Wanna bet?" he asked dangerously.

"What exactly are we betting for?" Playing games was always easier than facing the reality.

"I'm gonna leave you alone, don't push you anymore. If you want me, you should come to me all by yourself. If you come to me, you've to sleep with me for the rest of your entire life."

"I'd love to bet. So if I don't come, I don't have to sleep with you?" That sounded nice.

"Easy like that," he nodded.

"I'm inn."

"Oh, you are so gonna regret this Elena," he smirked confident. He knew she could be stubborn but staying away? It would never work.

And what had he been right that day. It was now the second day on their honeymoon and he'd kept his promise way too well. Since the kiss in the limo, nothing happened anymore. He kept his distance and she started to get tired from it. Okay, at first she thought it was a good idea but she really wanted him to be his usual self again. He didn't even try to seduce her and it just sucked. All the fun was gone.

The honeymoon was perfect arranged, after they left limo they got to some kind of secret island with a private jet. On the Island was a gigantic villa and really all the luxury you could imagine. It was like heaven, she was sure Caroline would be so jealous when she told her about it. Now she understood why her father sounded like he was saying goodbye for a very longtime. Their honeymoon would take two weeks and the longest she stayed away from her father was two days to be exact. It was her first year in high school and she needed to go on a weekend for the team spirit of each class group. She was so homesick that her father ended up driving her home a lot sooner than expected. Ever since then she stayed home when other teenagers went on a school trip or on a holiday without their parents. Elena knew her father was secretly very happy about that, he didn't like it when she was gone.

At the moment, she missed Damon's company, he was mostly hanging around on his own. The first day, they spend some comforting hours together, just talking. But today, she didn't even see him. He told her yesterday if she wanted his company all she needed to do was just ask but her pride was still too big. She wanted him but she also didn't want him, it was confusing. One moment she felt like she needed to be with him, the other, she wanted to run away.

Also she never expected Damon to keep his promise. She thought he would do everything to change her mind but he didn't. It felt like she was just hanging around with some friends instead of being on her honeymoon with her husband. She accepted the fact that she was married now but she still didn't feel like a 'wife'.

But how could she feel that way? They were married for two days and she was still a virgin. She thought she would be more happy if he left her alone but it was more like the opposite. The less she saw him, the less she felt actually happy.

Normally she would've been dancing around in happiness but she didn't. The big question was 'why'? Why couldn't she just be happy? Why couldn't she stop thinking about him? Why couldn't she stop dreaming about him?

Really that had been the worst part, the dreams. Every time she fell asleep she woke up again from a wet dream. How was that possible? She didn't like him that way. Gosh, she didn't like him at all. The only thing she wanted was to go home again and act like none of this ever happened.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. For a second she felt cheerful but when she opened the door her heart sunk again. It was Jenna, the housekeeper. Why was she actually disappointed to see her? Then the realization came to her mind, she wanted it to be Damon that was standing by her door.

Another weird thing, he accepted the fact that she wanted her own room in the villa. In the beginning she'd been very happy about that but on the moment, she kinda hated it to be alone.

"Hello Elena," the housekeeper greeted friendly. She was such a nice woman, very polite too. Elena must admit she really liked her. After only two days they were friends already. She trusted her and talked to her all the time. It was a good thing Damon brought a housekeeper, not necessarily for the cleaning but otherwise Elena would've been alone, a lot.

"Hi Jenna. How's your day?"

"Great. I'm having a date tonight," the woman said excited. She was like thirty but sounded like a real teenager. It was funny to watch. Sometimes Elena had the feeling she was older than Jenna. Though it was a very smart and responsible woman, she probably learned a lot during her life.

"You are? Who's the lucky one?"

"Oh, it's just a teacher back on the land. It's so weird that I live on an island for two weeks."

"You're coming with us when we're going back to Mystic falls?" Elena asked surprised. She thought Jenna always stayed on the island cause she never saw her when they were at the boarding house before.

"Yeah, of course. I'm the housekeeper, remember? Damon can't live without me." They both started to laugh. Imagines of Damon cleaning the house came through Elena's mind and she only needed to laugh even more.

"So about your date, a teacher huh?"

"Yeah. He's just new on the Mystic falls high school."

"Really? What does he teach?"

"History? Yeah I think it was history."

"Jenna!" Elena said laughing. "You can't be serious? You're really not sure what he teaches? Is it a blind date or something?"

"More like, I met him on a dating site and I'm gonna meet him in real life tonight."

"No? Really? You met the guy on an internet site and you're really going to meet him? What if he's a creep or worse a rapist?"

"Oh, I saw a picture of him but he didn't see one of me. So when I can't find him at the bar, I just go home again."

"Still, I think it's kinda dangerous."

"Don't worry about me, honey. You should worry about your marriage instead. Why do I have to feeling you're not in love with him?" she asked straightaway.

"You don't know?" Elena asked in surprise.

"I don't know what?"

"I'm not sure if I'm supposed to tell this," she answered quickly. Oh god, she thought, what if Damon didn't want his housekeeper to know about their secret? But then again, they couldn't keep such thing secret, not from someone who lived in their house. It was obvious that they weren't normal lovebirds.

"Can't it be our little secret?" Jenna asked sweetly. "Oh come on, you know already that I'm a curious person."

"Yeah, I know." She was not just a curious person but a snoopy one. Jenna knew everything that was going on but she could keep things a secret. That was the good part of it, you could tell her everything you wanted, ask her advice and she would never tell someone else.

"So?"

"Okay then, it's just me and Damon…our marriage…it's…"

"Come on Elena, just tell me," Jenna interrupted impatient.

"My father arranged the marriage between us. I didn't have a choice," Elena said so fast that Jenna wasn't sure she'd really said something.

"Wait. So you just said your father arranged a marriage and Damon agreed with it?"

"Yeah," Elena answered awkwardly.

"He likes you," Jenna said smiling.

"What?" she asked confused.

"Damon likes you, otherwise he wouldn't marry you. Still, I think it's weird your father arranges your marriage but he definitely made a good choice. Damon's a good guy, I'm sure he'll never try to hurt you. He's just to sweet to do that," she said confident.

"Are we still talking about the same person?"

"I know he can be hard sometimes."

"Sometimes?" Elena questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Okay, a lot. But deep down it's a good guy. He put up his walls but when you can break them, you'll see the good in him. I'm sure it won't be easy but it's definitely worth it. Besides, you're married now, you should at least give it a try."

"It's not that easy."

"Nothing's easy in life, Elena. You've to fight every day to get your happy ending. But in the end, you'll see it was worth it."

"I don't know if I wanna fight."

"I'm sure you will. You just have to see it yourself first."

"Maybe."

"Okay, so why I actually came. Some girl Caroline called me and asked if she could speak to you. I told her I would let you call her back. If you want to of course."

"Yeah, yeah, sure I will. She's my best friend."

"Oh, that's so nice. I hope I'll meet her soon. If she's your friend, she has to be a lovely girl."

"She is. Only she's a bit more…how do I say it…alive?"

"Let's say, she's a real teenager who enjoys every minute of her life?" Jenna helped.

"Definitely."

"I can imagine. I was just like her, parties, boys, alcohol,… That's what you mean right?"

"Yeah, that's totally how she is."

"I'm sure she's happy now but sooner or later, she'll understand that's not how life works. You can't just hang around thinking about nothing else than yourself."

"She thinks about me too," Elena defended her friend.

"Yeah. But she's irresponsible, she doesn't think about the future."

"You had a pretty hard life yourself, huh?" Elena asked suddenly.

"Is it so obvious? Well yeah, I had a hard time too. In the end, I was begging people to give me a job but no one wanted me. You can't believe how happy I was when Damon gave me a chance to prove myself. Ever since then, he's been nothing but kind to me and I always can count on him, no matter what."

"Even if I don't always like him, I can imagine he would do such thing."

"Good. So you do see some good in him?"

"Some, is a good word. Sometimes I see it, mostly I'm blind to it."

"I'm sure you'll see it eventually. But I've gotta go now. The dishes are waiting for me."

"Then don't let them wait any longer," Elena winked.

"I won't," Jenna said smiling. "Don't forget to call your friend, will you?"

"I'll do it right away."

"Well good, bye Elena. See you tomorrow."

"Yeah bye."

She missed the housekeeper already, Jenna was a really good person. It was funny to watch her and she was definitely crazy sometimes but in the end, she would be always there and she would always try to help her. For Elena, it felt like Jenna was some kind of mother, she never had. Someone who tried to protect her, to help her, someone that didn't judge. It was something Elena waited for her entire life.

After another while of thinking, she started walking towards the phone, not wanting her brains to burn away from all the brooding. Normally she always laughed with people who were brooding all day, worrying about stupid things. But now, she was doing it all by herself.

She dialed Caroline's number, hoping her friend would be sober. It was vacation so Caroline was probably partying all day long.

To her surprise, the girl picked up her phone very quickly. "Elena? Is it really you?" she sounded sober too.

"Hi Caroline, yeah it's really me."

"Oh my gosh, you can't believe how happy I am you're still alive. Is it true you married Stefan's bro?"

"Uhm, yeah." It sounded weird hearing it that way, she married Stefan's brother. How would that sound by almost everyone? But of course, honesty is the best policy.

"You've got to be kidding me. You really listened to your father?"

"What do you mean? You know?"

"Duh, he told my mother. But I thought you wouldn't do it."

"Does anyone else knows?"

"I don't think so."

"Well good."

"Why? Are you going to act like you really married him?"

"What else can I do? I'm already humiliated enough by everything. Telling everyone our marriage isn't real would only make things even worse."

"Do you actually like the guy? I mean, he's hot as hell and probably amazing in bed but he's always so arrogant." She and Caroline were best friends since kindergarten so they both knew Stefan. When they grow older they did some sleepovers together, at one of them Damon showed up. Ever since then Caroline was crazy about him cause he was so 'hot'. Luckily, she was able to see that there was more than just beauty.

"I don't know. Sometimes he can be nice…"

"Oh my gosh, Elena! You do like him!" the girl shouted excited.

"What?"

"I could almost imagine how you would look when you told me. You're falling for the guy."

"I'm not."

"Oh, you are."

"I'm absolutely not."

"Well, then why are you still arguing with me?" Smart question, Elena thought.

"Because I'm not falling for him."

"You keep believing it. One day, you'll wake up from your little dream."

"It's more like a nightmare."

"Oh come on, Elena. How good is he?"

"What?"

"In bed, silly. I can't imagine he's bad." Of course Caroline needed to go that way. It was no secret that her friend already lost her virginity but still, Elena didn't like to talk about sex.

"Uhm, I don't know," Elena stuttered.

"What? How?"

"We kinda bet that I couldn't stay away from him. So now he leaves me alone until I come myself." Why did she just admit that? Couldn't she say something else like 'I'm still a virgin'?

"What? How stupid are you! Now you've to make the first move. Besides, didn't you need to sleep with him on your wedding night?"

"Well I didn't so it doesn't matter if I should or shouldn't."

"Girl, you're in big trouble. Making the first move won't be easy. I mean, I was more than happy when my boyfriend made the first move, I would be too shy to do it myself. Knowing you, you're even more shy."

"I don't want to make a move, Caroline."

"Oh come on, you're a bad liar Elena. Of course you want him to seduce you. You're just too stubborn to admit it."

"What if I am? There's nothing I can do right now."

"Really? That's all you got? Just go for it. Show him what you got!"

"What do you mean?"

"Elena, you sound like a three year old. Seduce him of course."

"I'm so not gonna do that."

"What else do you want to do? I mean it's clear to me you're into the guy."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Cause I've known you my entire life, that's pretty long Lena. I know you, just like you know me. And on the moment, I'm sure you want him so I suggest you should go for it."

"What if…"

"No 'if's," Caroline interrupted. "You have to be reckless for once Elena. You'll see that I'm right."

"I still don't think you are."

"So, you've to try it and then tell me that I was right."

"Or wrong."

"So you're gonna do it?"

"No."

"Oh come on."

"I'll see."

"Sounds better. I've gotta go, Matt's here. We're going on a date."

"Okay, bye Caroline."

"Bye Lena. Good luck with your lover."

"He's not my lover," Elena said defending but she could already hear the beep tone. There she was, sitting in her room, not knowing what to do anymore. Could life get any harder?

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Sorry, I know no Delena in this chapter. But I'll definitely make it up to you the next chapter! Promise.

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