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Chapter 7

"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?

It could. Damon didn't come home that night, he stayed on the land in some kind of bar while Elena was still brooding in her room. Why didn't he just come home? They were on their honeymoon for god sake. Okay, she did this to herself but it didn't mean he could just leave the island.

She was getting so mad. She wanted him to come home.

Eventually, after more than two hours, she made her decision. She was going to find Damon, wherever he was.

She quickly run downstairs, hoping Jenna didn't leave already. "Jenna?" Elena shouted.

"Yeah?" the woman said while walking towards Elena. "Something's wrong?"

"No, I just wanted to come with you, to the land I mean. I'm gonna find my husband."

"So, you thought about what I said?"

"No, I thought it was getting time for him to come home."

"Interesting."

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing," Jenna said while waving. "Come on, the boat's waiting."

"Did Damon use the jet?"

"No, he went to the land with a boat too. It's less expensive than using the jet."

"Does he come here often?"

"On the island? It's his property so yes, he tries to come here every time he's on a holiday."

"He owns this?"

"Yeah. You didn't know?"

"Not until now."

"Why do I get the feeling you really don't know him at all?"

"We didn't talk much so…, except from the fact that he has a younger brother and lives in the boarding house, I don't know a thing."

"That's too bad. There are some very interesting things you don't know about him. But I'm not the one to tell them. You should talk to him."

"That's what I'm gonna do when I hopefully find him."

"He's at Bree's bar."

"How do you know?"

"He always goes there when he's having troubles. He gets drunk and tries to forget. Very stupid theory but still, he does it every time."

"You really do know him, huh."

"Yes, I do."

Only a few minutes later, Elena arrived at the destination Jenna send her to. The place was really crowded and she couldn't see much. She tried to walk toward the bar without hitting to many people. When she finally arrived there she saw Damon. Her relaxed feeling got lost and she started to get nervous. She made a mistake by coming here without thinking, she didn't know what to say to him.

But he turned around and it was too late to run away. He'd seen her and now the only thing she could do was talk to him. He stood up from the stool he was sitting on and walked towards her until he was standing right in front of her. She wanted to make a decent sentence but all the words got stuck in her throat. Having him looking at her like she was some kind of midnight snack didn't really help.

"Hello Elena."

"Hi," she answered shyly, now really regretting she came to the bar. Why was she actually here?

"Is there something you wanna say?" he asked after a while.

"For the moment, no. I've the feeling I need to get wasted," she answered truthfully.

"By my memories about you being wasted, I don't think that's such a good idea," he winked, his normal smirk back on his face. It took him some time to register what was happening but he tried to act normal again. Though he was very curious about why she came to the bar.

"Yeah, I remember too. That wasn't really smart of me."

"Indeed. So why don't you just talk to me?"

"That's exactly where I came for actually."

"Okay. So why aren't you?"

"I am talking," she said matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, I can't deny that but you're not telling me why you came."

"I was just sick of being alone at that stupid island and I wanted some company, your company," she spit out. "Now happy?"

"What a progress. Did I just hear you say you wanted my company?" he asked cocky.

"I guess I did," she mumbled.

"So you finally stopped being stubborn?"

"I never was stubborn."

"Oh, so now we're denying that you were stubborn? How do you call it? All you needed to do was ask for my company, you wanted it and didn't come."

"Who has ever said I wanted your company before? I just decided I was sick being alone."

"So you wanted my company long before you came?"

"Are you actually hearing us? We're fighting about if I want your company or not? Can't we just have a drink and talk about something else?"

"Giving up so soon?"

"Trying to be the grown up."

"Let's dance," he smirked. She didn't want to argue even more so she just gave in, let him lead her towards the dance floor. He pulled her close towards him, his hard body pressed against her soft one. They danced together like it was the most natural thing in the world for them to do. Elena could feel his warm breath against her neck and for once, she didn't mind. She just let go and relax, enjoying their dancing, enjoying the way his body felt against hers. It was like magic, like they were made for each other.

For a few minutes, they were both totally lost in the moment. Elena could feel herself getting dizzy from the way she felt when she was lying in his arms. She tried to get some space but Damon didn't let her, instead he pulled her even more close. Knowing struggling wasn't going to help, she laid her head down against his warm chest and relaxed again.

They danced together for hours, forgetting about everything that happened the past few days, just enjoying each other's company. Elena totally lost track of time when they finally walked out the bar again.

"What time is it?" she asked softly before yawning, she was really getting tired. Her eyes were almost closing entirely.

"Around three in the morning," he whimpered smiling at her. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer again, placing a soft kiss on her head. "I think it's time to get you to bed."

"I don't wanna sleep."

"Why? Can't sleep without me? You know, all you have to do is ask," he smirked.

"I'm not tired."

"Of course not. You're gaping and you can't keep your eyes open but tired? How could I possible think you are tired?" he answered sarcastically.

"Okay, okay. I'm maybe a little tired."

"Duh! Come on, I'll take you home." He lead her towards their boat and helped her stepping in it. When she finally could sit down, he pulled her closer again until she was sitting onto his lap. Too tired to say something about it she complied, closing her eyes almost immediately. It didn't even took her a second before falling asleep, her body close against his, totally relaxed.

When she woke up again, she was lying in a strange room. Disorientated she quickly tried to sit up so she could look around. It was then she realized she wasn't alone. The room she woke up in was Damon's and the arm that was wrapped around her was also his.

Very carefully she tried to pull away, not wanting him to wake up but she failed and he opened his eyes. "Morning beautiful," he whispered, causing her to shiver.

"Morning," she whispered back, not able to control her own voice. She looked around again, it was the first time she actually saw his room. She'd been curious before but she never actually find the courage to come in.

"Not mad at me cause I took you to my room?" he asked surprised. He thought she would be furious cause he wasn't really keeping his promise by taking her to his room but he just couldn't find the strength to actually leave her alone in her room. He'd tried to but it didn't work. He couldn't let her go, he wanted her close to him.

She shook her head, still not able to control herself. Being in his room, brought out a strange feeling inside of her. She'd never actually been in a 'male' room before. Even when she was together with Stefan, she'd always stay far away from it.

"I'm not mad," she said after a while, finally relaxing again.

"Would you mind to sleep in this room with me from now on? If you don't want to…"

"No, it's fine. I'll stay here with you," she interrupted, happy he finally asked. She really wanted it but she was just too stubborn to ask herself. She had too much pride to actually ask him herself.

"Well okay. I'll ask Jenna to put your clothes into the wardrobe in this room. I'm sure she won't mind helping you out."

"Oh, it's fine. I can do it on my own."

"I know you can but I'm gonna take you out today so you won't have time to do it yourself."

"You are? Where are we going?"

"Surprise," he smirked.

"Oh please, not again? Are you seriously gonna start the surprise thing again? You know I don't like surprises."

"Yeah I know but I like you when you're curious and impatient. It's really funny to watch."

"Oh, it's not! You know, this isn't gonna help our marriage. If you want it to work you'll need to stop challenging me."

"If you want it to work you'll need to stop pushing me away."

"Damon! You're doing it again!"

"It's natural to me. I'm not gonna stop challenging you, I like it and you know you like it too."

"Pushing you away is natural to me too."

"Then stop trying to change all that and just have fun, will you? Eventually you'll stop pushing me away without even knowing it."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Cause you just accepted the fact that you'll sleep in my room, in my bed, with me, from now one. You could say that's a big step into the right direction."

"I don't even know if I want this to work."

"If you had give up already you wouldn't come searching me at then o'clock in the evening. You would've just go to bed without thinking about it."

"Maybe."

"Elena, how many times have I told you already? I'm always right."

"How many times will it take me before you finally realize your ego is way to big?"

"It would be countless."

"I think I'm just gonna stop trying, then."

"As long as you don't give up on 'us', I don't mind."

"You know, what does 'us' actually means? We're married but that's all."

"It means we could be great together if we both stay trying and working on what we have. Cause you can still deny it, Elena. But we both know there's something going on between the two of us. I feel it and you feel it."

"But what if that's not enough? Okay, there's some attraction between us but is there more?"

"Did you really say 'some attraction'? It more feels like we're magnets that are forced to be together."

"Magnets? I don't know."

"Yeah, I understand the feeling. So let's stop 'the talk' and have some fun, forget about everything and enjoy the day? Can you do that?"

"If you can."

"Then let's get up," he said truly smiling. They made a big progress today and he hoped it would only go better from now on.

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So did you like the chapter? They're finally bonding! I thought it would get time for them to finally make some progress. I don't want to go to fast but also not to slow, I hope I did a good job with that.

Next chapter, they'll bond some more! Wanna read it? You know what to do! Review!