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Chapter 11

Elena woke up startled as she felt a sudden force of a pillow landing on top of her, turning on to her back as she lay in bed she saw Bonnie standing over her looking like Elena had a lot of explaining to do. Staring at her friend as she stood over her bed Elena just let out a groan and tried to bury herself with her blankets and pillows.

Following Bonnie catching her and Damon in a very awkward and intimate position, Elena had quickly made her way to the girl's room and got ready for bed. Caroline and Jenna were already in the room so thankfully Bonnie didn't say anything in front of them. She notice Bonnie staring at her a few times but Elena did her best to ignore her as she climbed into the hotel bed next to Jenna while Bonnie and Caroline shared the other bed. Everyone was pretty quiet last night and that made Elena grateful because the less talking she did the less she had to worry about Caroline or Jenna thinking something was up with her. This morning's wake up call courtesy of Bonnie was going to be the start of a conversation that she didn't want to have but knew she would have to have eventually.

"Oh no you don't! No more sleeping you have a lot of explaining to do" Bonnie told her friend as she hit her again with the pillow.

Elena let out a groan and as she looked up from her pillow she noticed that both Caroline and Jenna had left the room so at least this wasn't a conversation that would involved more people learning about what had happened last night. Biting her bottom lip Elena looked up at her friend as she slowly sat up in bed and looked around the empty room. There was no escaping this now, Bonnie knew her secret and if she didn't do some damage control now, word might get out to Caroline and heaven forbid Stefan before she was ready.

"Lets go Elena, time to fess up! What hell is going on?" Bonnie said to her and hit her once again with the pillow.

"Okay I'm up, I'm up!" Elena snapped at her friend as she grabbed the pillow from her and tossed it across the room. With a huff Elena threw off the covers off and pulled her hair up in a ponytail as she hopped around the room in her pajamas and over to her suitcase to get her clothes. The whole time Bonnie remained standing in between the two beds with her arms crossed and watching Elena and waiting for her to come clean. "How long have you and Damon been sneaking around?" she asked.

"We're not, technically" Elena stated as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well then how long have you and Damon being swapping saliva?" Bonnie tried again. "What about Stefan?"

Elena's head quickly shot in her friends direction and she could see on Bonnie's face that she was thinking that her and Damon had been secretly been fooling around behind Stefan's back. "NO! It's not like that; I've never cheated on Stefan. It happened while we were in the woods" Elena stated and watched, as Bonnie's face seemed to relax a bit.

Bonnie watched her friend for a moment and then shook her head still uncertain about how all this was happening. "Elena what the hell are you doing? This is Damon we're talking about; the two of you can't get through a game of flag football with out practically killing each other" Bonnie said as she took a seat on the bed while Elena was hiding behind the closet door so she could changed.

"I honestly don't know what I am doing" Elena told her as she hopped back into view all dressed and preceded to put her pajamas into her suitcase. "It just happened and I can't seem to stop," she added looking a little guilty.

"So what are you and Damon a thing now?" Bonnie asked.

"No we're not… I mean I…" Elena was so confused herself about what she was doing that explaining it to someone else was not easy. "I honestly don't know."

Bonnie continued to stare at her friend as she seemed troubled and obviously had no idea what she was doing. This wasn't the Elena she was used to seeing but then again for the past six years she thought Elena was deeply in love with Stefan and that the two could make it thought anything and yet right here she saw her friend all confused and speechless about another guy. Yet not just any guy, this was Damon Salvatore, Stefan's brother and someone Elena had really nothing in common with she thought.

"Look Elena I'm not here to judge you, I just don't want you to get hurt because you of all people know that kind of person Damon is and how he cares about only himself."

Elena nodded; as it was definitely something that had crossed her mind already; Damon and Stefan, although brothers were completely different in so many ways. While Stefan was the relationship type Damon wasn't and his longest relationship from what Elena could remember was about a month with a girl name Rose.

"I honestly have no idea what I am doing."

Caroline came bouncing into the bar part of the hotel and found Stefan sitting on the sofa reading a book. Damon and Kol were also in the room sitting at a table going over the route they would be taking for the next part of their trip. Licking her lips she smiled over at Stefan and moved towards the couch to take a seat next to him.

Stefan looked up at the perky blonde as she was staring at him as if she were waiting for him to fill her in on something she desperately wanted to know. He gave her a questioning look having no idea what she was waiting for him to tell her. Caroline rolled her eyes and then let out a huff, "So have you talk to Elena yet? Are the two of you back together now?"

Stefan let out a nervous laugh at his number one cheerleader, he scratched his head, "No I haven't, we haven't really had any time to ourselves" Stefan told her.

"Well we are stuck in this boring town with nothing to do but wait until tomorrow to tow our car and get a new tire so this is the best time as ever" Caroline told him excitedly like the two of them getting back together was the simplest thing ever. Damon, although trying not to listen to them, couldn't help but eavesdrop as Stefan was considering on getting back together with Elena. He knew he had no claim over Elena but he still found himself not pleased about this news.

When Elena entered the bar she still had a bit of a limp but was definitely not in as much pain anymore. She came to a halt when she caught sight of Damon for the first time since their kiss the night before and she felt her heart pounding as she thought back to that moment. She couldn't put her finger on it but something about kissing Damon was so addicting

Her thoughts were interrupt when she heard Stefan call out her name and Elena quickly looked away from where Damon was sitting and looked over at Stefan who was walking towards her. He had a smile on his face and just seeing him look so happy made Elena feel that much guiltier. "Hey how are you feeling?" Stefan asked her as he looked down to her injured foot.

"Ah, it's getting better" Elena responded as she too looked down at her foot and moved it a bit feeling little pain. "It should be better by tomorrow when we leave" Elena told him as she forced a smile.

"That's good" he told her and then reached out to give her a hug. Elena was a little taken back by the hug but soon responded and hugged him back. As the two hugged for a moment Elena felt Damon's eyes on her and she suddenly felt very exposed and needed to back away and get some space. Her sudden need for space went unnoticed by Stefan who just smiled at her and reached out for her hand. "I got you some lunch, hope your hungry," he told her happily.

"Actually I'm starving" she said with a nervous laugh and still with a bit of a limp allowed Stefan to walk her towards a table a few tables down from where Damon and Kol. Showing her to the table he had a couple of sandwiches place on it for them to enjoy. Stefan happily help pull out Elena's chair for her as she took a seat. As she started to eat the sandwich Stefan took a seat across from her and watched as she was definitely hungry and inhaled her sandwich.

Stefan nervously played with the sleeve on his sweater as he tried to think about how to go about this conversation. After thinking he may never get to see Elena again he found himself rethinking about all the time they had been together and he did still loved her so he wanted to work things out with her. They had been together for six years and a rough patch shouldn't be the end of a great love. "Listen Elena…" Stefan started to say with a sigh as he found the courage to look up at her wanting to get this out. "After yesterday I realized something, and since then I haven't been able to get it out of my head."

Elena looked up at Stefan a little confused and eyed him closely trying to think about what he meant. Stefan bit his bottom lip as he worked out what he wanted to say in his head before he let out a deep breath and then reached out to grasp her hands in his. Elena didn't know what to say as they started to hold hands but she did suddenly get a rush of guilt about kissing Damon. "When we broke up it was because we thought we didn't care anymore about saving our relationship but after the idea of losing you, it really hit me. I still love you Elena and I think we should work this out," he told her and Elena found herself speechless.

Her eyes were staring at Stefan as he said these words of love to her and she was speechless. Looking down at their hands as they were intertwined on the table Elena's guilt grew even more as she thought about how that smile and love in his eyes would totally disappear if he were to find out the things she had done and was thinking about doing with Damon. Licking her lips she couldn't bring herself to look up at him in the eyes. She didn't know what to say to him but her thoughts of Stefan were quickly put on hold as she looked up to see Damon getting up from his spot at the table and leaving. No doubt he had heard the conversation they were having and obviously didn't want to listen to her answer. "Stefan…" she said when she found her voice although a little shaky.

"Look you don't need to decide right now," Stefan quickly told her as he could sense hesitance in her voice.

Nodding her head Elena pulled her hands back towards her body and shoved them under the table and onto her lap. "I need time to work through some things," Elena told him. "The reason for our break up are still the same and I need time to myself to figure what I want," she told him and although she could see he wasn't thrilled about the answer he understood her wanting time. Giving him one last smile Elena nodded her head and then slowly got up from her seat.

She needed to get away and she need to think, she had thought her and Stefan were finished but now he was saying he still loved her and wanted to work things out. She forced herself not to turn back and look at Stefan as he seemed hopeful of them getting back together when all she felt was guilt for betraying him in the worst possible way. Sure they had broken up before she started getting these thoughts for Damon but whether they stayed broken up or not the idea of her and Damon would be seen as a betrayal to him. Quickly hobbling away she was heading back to her room but as she turned down the hallway she came face to face with Damon leaning against the wall looking as if he had been waiting for her.

"So everything is going back to rainbows and unicorns with my brother I see" Damon said without looking at her. "Except for the secrets and lies that is" he added.

"Damon not now!" Elena said in frustration. She had enough on her mind she didn't need Damon complicating things even more especially since every time she looked at him she wanted nothing more then to slam him against the wall and have her way with him.

"Are you getting back together with my brother?" he asked her.

"That is none of your business," she snapped at him.

"Are you going to tell him what happened?"

Elena didn't want to deal with Damon right now; she was dealing with so much and she was so confused. She had no idea what she was doing but what she knew was that she didn't want to hurt Stefan in one of the worst possible ways when he had been nothing but supportive of her. "I'm not going to do this Damon" Elena told him in anger. "We can't do this anymore, we can't hurt him this way. Last night was a mistake," she told him doing her best to hold it together.

"Hey you kissed me last night!" Damon snapped at her.

"And I'm putting a stop to it! Nothing can ever happen between us. We are too different and I do not want to hurt Stefan in one of the worst possible ways" Elena told him in anger and although she wasn't angry at Damon she found herself taking it out on him because she was feeling so guilty for what she really wanted to do with him leaning against that wall. "It was a mistake and we need to forget about it, okay!"

Damon clenched his jaw and although he knew she didn't want to hurt Stefan her words still stung to hear. "Oh I go it Elena" he responded in a vicious tone to her angry tone. The two glared at each other both frustrated and anger about what they wanted and what they knew would be nothing but a betrayal to someone they both cared about.

'Well good!" she told him and then got ready to leave.

"But let me be clear," he said grabbing her arm and pulling her back to him so his face was inches from hers; his lips were almost close enough to taste. "I think we would be good together, but I'm not chasing you." As he backed away and Elena felt the urge to pull him back but resisted. "If nothing is ever going to happen between us you won't have a problem if I sleep with someone else during this trip?" he asked her and watched, as Elena was looking at him both shocked and angry. She couldn't believe that he as thinking about sleeping with someone else like nothing ever happened but then did she really expect anything different from Damon? "Do what ever the hell you want Damon, I could care less!" she spat at him and then stormed off to her room needing to be alone.

That night as the group was enjoying some time together in the bar and having a few drinks, Elena found herself being pretty much the worst company ever. Her friends were talking to her and trying get her involved in their conversation but her mind was more interested in what was happening across the bar or more specifically what Damon was doing across the bar.

Unlike the rest of the group that was sitting together Damon had taken up a seat at the bar next to Vickie, the daughter of the Inn owner. The two had been chatting and having a couple drinks together and Vickie seemed to be hanging on every word he was saying.

"Well I see Damon isn't too upset about losing Rebekah," Caroline joked.

"Lets just say it will be less awkward for me if I find myself sleeping in the hall because he is with some random chick rather then my sister" Kol said before taking a drink.

"What does he think he's doing anyway?" Bonnie said as she glared at Damon knowing what she knew. Elena, who was sitting beside Bonnie gave her a quick nudge and mumbled for her to leave it alone while the others seemed to move on to the next topic.

As the night continued Vickie seemed to be getting a lot bolder with Damon as her hand was resting on his thigh and she was whispering in his ear. To Elena is was horrible to watch because just last night he was kissing her and now although partly because of her he was making moves on some other girl who wasn't about to turn him down. He would every so often turn to look at her as if daring her to stop him and what could happen. There was no doubt in Elena's mind at how Damon and Vickie's night was going to end and Elena didn't want to witness anymore. "Well I think I'm going to call it a night," Elena told the group as she stood up from her seat.

"What, come on it's only 8pm" Caroline stated.

"Yeah well I'm tired" Elena told them with a shrug and then started to walk towards the rooms without looking back at anyone at the table or at Vickie who probably had her tongue down Damon's throat by now.

"I hope she's okay" Caroline said watching her friend leave looking pretty upset. "Stefan why don't you go see how she is?" Caroline suggested with a wink.

"No give her space" Bonnie injected. She knew Caroline was trying to help Stefan and Elena get back together but seeing as Elena's mind was all confused with feelings for Damon she didn't think Stefan complicating things more was helpful at all.

With a nod Stefan took his seat again and remained at the table. Enjoying what was hopefully their last night in this hotel, the gang had a few more drinks and laughs before deciding to call it a night. The girls were first to leave and headed back to their room to also check on Elena and then were followed by Stefan and Alaric as they headed to their room. Kol wasn't exactly ready to let the night end yet and ended up making some new friends and doing a few shots with them and the whole time Damon remained at the bar counter with Vickie.

Back in the girl's room they all got ready for bed, and as they turned the lights off everyone was pretty much asleep straight away. Well Everyone but Elena who found herself tossing and turning as images of Damon kissing and touching Vickie haunted her. She hated that she couldn't get rid of theses images in her mind when she had made it perfectly clear to Damon she didn't want him and that she could case less what he did. The issue though was that she did care and the idea of him being with Vickie made her angry. Letting out a frustrated sigh Elena glanced at her aunt sleeping on the other side of the bed and then at Caroline and Bonnie on the other bed, as they were all out cold. Biting her bottom lip Elena quietly and slowly got out of bed and pulled on a sweater before sneaking out of the room in her pajamas. Her mind was obviously not about to let her sleep with the idea of Damon and Vickie together so she was going to make sure that Damon wasn't going to be with anyone else.

As she entered the bar she saw Kol having the time of his life with some new friends like they had known each other for years. Just before she was about to change her mind and go back to bed she spotted Damon and Vickie getting ready to leave the bar. She saw the smile on Vickie's face, as she was not so subtle about letting Damon know what she wanted. "Damon!" Elena said as she walked over to the two.

Both Damon and Vickie seemed shocked to see her there or at least Damon did; Vickie just looked pissed like she knew what this girl was about to do. "Elena what's going on?" Damon asked her.

"Can it wait until morning?" Vickie asked as her hands were running through Damon's hair and then she reach in to suck on his ear.

"No it can't!" Elena demanded, "Damon I was wrong, I do care and I don't want you sleeping with some random girl from the bar," Elena told him.

"Excuse me" Vickie snapped in anger.

Damon was staring at Elena for a moment as if seeing if she was going to suddenly change her mind and run off but she looked very determined as she stood there. Giving a nod he turned to look at Vickie shrugged his shoulders. "Vic this has been fun but I think we should call it a night" he told her.

"What, are you serious?" she snapped at him and then turned to glare at Elena before she let out a grunt and stormed off to the back of the bar.

This left Elena and Damon standing in front of each other looking a little awkward and unsure of what was going to happen next. "So you want to talk?" Damon asked her as he stepped a little closer to her.

"Not here" Elena said shaking her head as she took his hand in hers and started pulling down the hall towards the rooms. "I don't… she can't have you" she told him as they stood in front of his and Kol's room.

"Why not" he whispered softly and so close to her as their eyes connected in lust and passion.

"Because I want you," she answered and before she knew what she was doing she had Damon pressed up against the wall in the hallway that he had been leaning against earlier except this time she was attacking his lips in a hungry kiss. When Damon's back hit the wall his arms were immediately on her body, in her hair and touching what ever he could. While Elena was sucking on Damon's bottom lip her fingers cup his face and the slowly move up and into his hair. With the kiss getting hotter and hotter by the second, Damon picked Elena up so that her long legs could wrap around his waist while he moved them towards the door and fiddled with the handle until it opened and they stumbled inside and put a sock on the door.

Their lips never parted, they just got more desperate for the other as Elena's feet dropped to the floor and her hands slid down his shoulders and chest to start unbuttoning the black shirt. Damon had one hand under her jaw line and the other was making its way through her long brown hair. Their lips were like magnets to each other as Damon's tongue found Elena's. His foot kicked the door closed with a bit of a slam as Elena was quickly shoving off Damon's shirt and tossing it across the room.

Picking her back up with his arms holding her up from under her thighs, Damon was moving her towards the bed on the far side of the room. His mouth was covering hers as he kissed her bottom lip and then her top lip. Bringing her to the bed, he set her down on her knees on her mattress so that they were at the same eye level now. They broke from the kiss to catch their breath but their eyes never left each other and the desire was growing with every touch and kiss. During this break from kissing Damon reached for the hem of Elena's sweater and then tank top and pulled them over her head. Damon's hands were on her hips and his eyes started to take in her naked chest. Slowly his fingers with a tender touch moved slowly up her stomach and breasts while his lips moved to her neck and collarbone to taste her skin.

Her eyes rolled into the back of her head as she arched her back so that her body was even closer to his. Her hands moved from his jet-black hair and down his naked muscular back. The feel of his lips on her body felt so good that she couldn't help but let out moans of pleasure. Slowly her fingers found their way to the button on his jeans and she popped the button and pushed them to the floor. In one swift motion Damon had Elena in his arms and then had her lying in the middle of the bed as he hovered over top of her and capturing her lips again.

"Damon" Elena said with an uncontrollable moan as she felt Damon's hands and mouth all over her body and touching her in all the right places to make her beg for more.

Rolling them over she was now on top and in control. Leaning forwards for a kiss she felt Damon's hand running up and down her naked back leaving her with goosebumps. When she sat up her delicate fingers caressed down his chest and she seductively moved her hips so that she was positioned to rub against a certain part of Damon's body that made him groan with pleasure. She smiled at was she was doing to him and then leaned down to press kisses down his chest while Damon's hands were teasingly on her thighs.

Flipping them back over, Elena couldn't help but smile as Damon captured her lips with his while his hands worked to slip off her pajama pants so that she lay completely naked underneath him. As her pajama bottoms fell to the floor and she was fully exposed to Damon for the first time she found herself dealing with a very odd feeling. She should feel a bit shy or nervous but she didn't, she felt safe and comfortable with him as they lay in each other's arms.

Taking her bottom lip in between his lips, Damon was rewards with a moan from Elena as her body arched a little closer to him hinting at what she knew that both wanted. Damon couldn't help but smile at her eagerness but had to reluctantly pull away.

"What? What are you doing?" Elena asked feeling the loss of his body warmth.

Damon let out a chuckle as he rolled off the bed to make sure the door was lock and then went rummaging through his suite case in only his boxers. "Someone is a little eager," Damon said with a laugh as he quickly dug around in his bag. When he found what he was looking for he gave her a quick smile before pulling out the large box of condoms.

Elena propped herself up on her up on the bed and watched as Damon set the box on the nightstand next to the bed. Licking her lips Elena got a better look at the box of condoms and let out a giggle, "A box of 36 huh? A little cocky about how things would turn out for you in Florida" Elena said.

Damon chuckled as he climbed back on the bed next to her and let his hands roam up and down the side of her naked body, and then pulled her leg up to wrap around him. "I like to be prepared" Damon laughed before he leaned forward and started leaving kisses on her shoulders and collarbone. "Think of it this way, we won't run out tonight" he growled and as Elena laughed she pulled him down on top of her and captured his lips with hers as Damon's boxers soon joined the rest of their clothes on the floor.

After last call Kol said his goodbyes to all his new friends, announcing that he loved them all and that they should meet him in West Palm Beach. He had lost count of how many drinks he had but he definitely had some fun with the town folk. As he stumbled down the hall towards the room, he was leaning against the wall to stop himself from falling over. When he finally made it he stood in front of the door and stared at the sock on his and Damon's doorknob. Letting out a drunken groan he leaned his back against the wall on the other side of the hallway and slowly sunk to the floor. He had no desire to walk in on Damon and that Vickie chick fornicating so it looked like he was sleeping out here. "How come I got stuck with the manwhore for a roommate?" he mumbled to himself as he tried to get comfortable to sleep in the hallway for the night.

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