All that day I was beating myself up for how aggressive I was. I'd made a complete fool of myself and literally interrogated him and forced him to talk to me. God he was sweet to have put up with all of that. I groaned as I imagined how uncomfortable I must have made him, but the thought of staying away and not talking and getting to know him even more was worse.

I sighed because the sad part was I knew I was going to go back tomorrow if he was there again, I thought with a smile on my face as I laid back in my bed hugging my favorite pillow to me. I finally had a name for my handsome blued eyed stranger. Damon Salvatore.

The next morning I hurried and got my lunch together and got Jeremy up for school with difficulty and said goodbye to Jenna. I had already written down a few notes for Damon already, just simple conversational things. Finally it was time for my 11:15am break and I headed over to what was now 'the infamous tree'.

I grinned when I saw him there reading. I came over and this time he looked up and saw me coming and gave me a friendly grin. "Hey" I said sitting down next to him. He put his book down in the grass smiling at me and waved. I smiled at that and took out the sandwich I'd made. I took out my pad too and wrote him something.

Have you eaten? I asked. He smiled and wrote back

No. I wasn't hungry

I smiled and broke my sandwich in half and offered it to him. "Its turkey" I said when he looked at me. He smiled politely and shook his head no.

I gave him a playful stern look and continued to wait for him to take it and after a bit he just shook his head smiling and took it from me.

Thank you he wrote. I smiled at him and we ate our sandwich in silence.

I finally wrote something else after a bit.

Favorite color?

He smiled and wrote.

Dark blue. You?

I grinned and wrote mine down

Purple

He nodded smiling and we finished up our sandwiches and then I grinned and wrote something else down.

You didn't think I forgot dessert did you? I know I'm a fatty.

I really did feel like one when I pulled out a pack of my favorite hostess cakes.

I'm a chocolate lover. It's a guilty pleasure. I wrote down to him and handed him one. He smiled a bit sheepishly and accepted it. When we finished he did something in sign language with his hands. I looked at him curious and he smiled and wrote something down handing it to me.

It means Thank you very much Elena.

For some reason it always made me smile even more when he wrote my name down. I wrote something else and passed it to him.

Can you show me that again slowly, along with a few more things? I'd like to learn

He looked at me a certain way for a second when he raised his head from the paper and then the expression disappeared and was replaced with a warm smile and a nod. He showed me the sign again and I copied his movements.

He taught me a few other things too like how to communicate 'Hi, Goodbye, How are you? I'll see you around'

It was really fun and I hadn't realized how unique sign language was. I'd never thought to think about it I thought to myself guiltily. I looked at Damon confused and questioning when he looked guilty himself. He opened his mouth and then seemed as if he thought of it and wrote something down.

I have to get to class

I smiled at him. "It's okay" I said when he looked at my mouth. He smiled and started gathering his things when I tapped him and pointed to my watch. He looked at me curious so I wrote down my question quickly, asking him what time does class end for him.

He held up two fingers.

I smiled and told him 2:15 for me

He looked at me for a bit seeming as if he wanted to say something and had decided against it. He smiled at me and signed I'll see you around.

I gave a smile nodded back and signed bye. I still wasn't sure rather or not I was just bugging him.

I finally headed to my car to go home a little after 2:30pm. I felt someone tap me on my shoulder and turned around to see Damon and I instantly grinned at him getting over my shock.

"Hey" I said smiling at him.

He smiled and waved and then handed me a paper.

Do you have to get home now?

"Um..no" I said surprised looking back to him.

He nodded and then handed me another paper after a moment.

I usually pick my brother up from school about 3:15pm. I was wondering if after you'd like to hang out at this coffee shop I know or a place called The Grill. Both are pretty cool if you're not busy. I could pick you up at whatever time is good for you.

I grinned at him pleasantly surprised by his offer. "That sounds great Damon" I told him grinning and he gave me a crooked smile so I knew he understood me. I took out a pen from my bag and wrote down my address and tore off that piece of the paper and handed it to him.

He looked down at the paper and wrote something on the back of it showing it to me.

Is 4 o'clock good for you?

I nodded smiling and realized something. I took out another piece of paper and wrote down my cell phone number on there with 'text me'.

He smiled at me nodding. He signed walking and then pointed toward the parking lot and looked at me.

I nodded knowing he was asking if I wanted to walk over to the parking lot with him.

He ended up walking me to my car and I smiled at him and we signed bye to each other. I got in my car smiling after him as he headed away to where ever he was parked. I couldn't get rid of the grin on my face. I shook my head smiling to myself and started the car up.

I knew one thing for sure now I hadn't scared him away by seeming like a crazy stalker, I thought to myself embarrassingly amused. This evening would be interesting I was thinking when my phone vibrated. I took it out looking at my phone before pulling out of the parking lot.

Drive safe –Damon