School of the Damned

Chapter 19

Elena exhaled nervously as she looked at the door where Rebekah and Damon stood. She had been giggling at one of his jokes and Elena had been looking at them with envy. Why couldn't it be that easy between her and him? Why did she have to go and make things complicated with that stupid lust spell? Maybe her life would have been better if she had just left well enough alone and been happy with Stefan.

She closed her notebook in frustration as Rebekah gave Damon a kiss on the lips before heading out. Damon sat by Elena and gave her a friendly smile. She knew she shouldn't be mad at him, but she couldn't help it.

"So you and Rebekah huh?"

"She's not as bad as you think."

"Whatever. Let's just get this over with." She sighed in frustration as their teacher entered the room.

"Alright class today is the day. Let's see what you have come up with to present to us. First up is Damon and Elena."

Elena and Damon stood up moving towards the front of the room as she took Damon's hand. He was the first to do the vows, so she was interested in what he had to say. Damon had said he wanted to save the finished product for the day of the assignment and now she was wondering what the hell he would say.

Damon and Elena stood in the front of the class just looking at each other at first then he finally spoke.

"Today I stand before my future wife Elena. At first she drove me absolutely crazy, I couldn't stand to even look at her. But then I got to know her and I saw that she was just more than a pretty face. She was smart and funny and absolutely charming. She was also a bit crazy, but who isn't. But today I stand before the woman I never wanted to know but ended up falling in love with and despite all the crazy times we had together that included every last fight and every last argument. I wouldn't change a single second of her, because regretting a second loving her is better than regretting a second I didn't know her, because not knowing her is something that I never want to know the feeling of again."

Elena smiled as a single tear rolled down her eye. That's when she finally realized something. She loved Damon no matter how much she didn't want to and now she had to admit it to him.

"When I first met Damon, I thought he was just an arrogant asshole, but then something happened. I was in a room full of people that I hardly knew and this guy sat down beside me and made me feel normal. Almost like I was human again. I didn't want to feel things for him and God only know that I tried then we started really talking and he made me feel things that I never felt before. He made me feel an anger and range that I never thought was possible, but at the same time he also made me feel a love and a passion that consumed me even if at times it was a little dangerous. Now looking back at those times, I'm glad that I had met Damon, because if I never met him, I would just be this scared lost little girl in a place that she didn't fit in. I would be with the wrong person and not the right one. I would be living my life wondering what was missing from my life, because if I never met Damon he would be missing. Despite his temper and some of the mistakes he's made I love Damon and nothing will ever change that."

Damon looked into Elena's eyes and at that moment she didn't care if people thought they were still cousins. They shared a kiss that was full of passion and maybe a little bit of something more. When they pulled away from each other their classmates reluctantly clapped for them as Elena looked into Damon's eyes. He smiled and stepped away from her.

She needed to talk to Damon. She had to tell him that she meant every last word of her speech, but when the class was dismissed Damon had left leaving her and her feelings in the dust.