The story starts when it was hot and it was summer
And, I had it all; I had him right there where I wanted him
She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause
She took him faster than you can say sabotage
I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it
I underestimated just who I was dealing with
She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum
She underestimated just who she was stealing from
Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift
Chapter Six: Better Than Revenge
"Thanks for getting me out of the house Care" Elena said as her and Caroline sat down at a booth in the Mystic Grill, it was the first time she had been out of the house in a week since the whole Emily incident, and the black and blue was still faintly there on her wrist.
"No problem, I just hate seeing you cooped up in there and thinking about everything. You need to be carefree for once" Caroline smiled
"So how's everything been going with all the help Stefan's giving you?" Elena asked
"Good" Caroline said "As you can see, I have no urge to jump up in the middle of this place and drain everyone dry, so, I think it's an improvement" Caroline smiled and Elena laughed a little
"Where is Stefan today anyway?" Elena asked curiously
"Uh, I don't know. I think he said he would come by here, but, I have no idea where he is right now" Caroline sighed "He did one of those mysterious disappearances that he's famous for" Caroline rolled her eyes
"And…Damon?" Elena asked
"Elena" Caroline sighed "No talk of Damon, you promised"
"I know. Sorry" Elena said "It's just…on my mind"
"I told you yesterday. Emily and Felecia are still here and…well, you know the rest" Caroline sighed
"I know" Elena said "Okay, new topic"
"…That might be hard to do now" Caroline said and Elena noticed she was looking towards the bar
Elena turned around and saw Damon there with Emily and he had his arm around her and they were laughing and she would kiss him on the cheek and he would kiss her back, it was nauseating and heartbreaking all at the same time for Elena. Elena turned around but could still hear them laughing and having a good time.
"We can go if you want. We can go out of Mystic Falls even if you want to today" Caroline said
"No. I'm fine" Elena sighed "I don't care, their allowed to be here, just as we are, we'll just…ignore them" Elena said
"You sure?" Caroline asked
"Positive" Elena sighed "I'll be right back, I just gotta use the bathroom" Elena said and got up from the table and walked towards the bathroom
Elena was going in there so she could just let her tears out without Caroline being right there and worrying about her as she had been for the past week. Once she got all her tears out, she knew she would be fine and her and Caroline could just have a normal day like normal teenagers. If only everything were that simple.
Caroline knew what Elena was going to do, and she hated seeing her best friend upset, especially if it was her plan that was making her this upset, but once she heard Elena crying, she walked away from the bathroom and towards Damon and Emily.
"She's gonna be in there for a few minutes" Caroline sighed
"So, she's believing it?" Damon asked
"Duh" Caroline said and was tempted to slap Damon for the stupid question, but she restrained herself
"I didn't think she would buy it" Damon said
"I know Elena like the back of my hand. And after these few weeks, I learned that she always got jealous of other girls being around you" Caroline said
"You think she might try something?" Emily asked curiously
"Like what?" Caroline asked
"I don't know, like, hit on Stefan right in front everyone" Emily said and Caroline turned around and she heard a low growl coming from Damon and Emily was right, Caroline did hear Elena stop crying, and she heard Stefan walk in the place and flirting with someone, but she wasn't paying attention enough to hear Elena's retaliation against Damon and Emily
"I can honestly say, I never expected that one" Caroline sighed
"Nice job blondie" Damon growled "I'm going to go get her back, my way"
"No, no!" Caroline said and held Damon back and made sure Elena wasn't looking "Bad move, no overly protective boyfriend stuff, not here anyway" Caroline sighed and saw that Emily was helping in holding Damon back too "You two leave, I'll talk to Elena and see what she was doing, and we'll all get over this minor speed bump. I'm sure Stefan was just helping in the plan, he was there when I discussed it with Felecia and Emily"
"He was drunk" Emily stated
"…Still, he was there, he must remember parts of it…I hope" Caroline sighed "Emily, get him out of her" Caroline said and Emily knew she was talking about Damon
"Come on" Emily sighed and dragged Damon out of there and Caroline saw the mini stare down him and Stefan had as he left with Emily, having his hand around her waist, even though he was obviously jealous
Once they were gone, Caroline saw Elena walk away from Stefan and back to the table, Caroline wanted to say something to him, but just then her cell phone went off and she looked to see who was calling. It was actually a text message from Stefan.
The plan can work both ways, can't it?
Caroline looked up at Stefan with a smirk and Stefan smiled back at her. He had a point, making Damon a little jealous wouldn't hurt the plan, in fact, it was kinda funny to see Damon get all protective over Elena. Caroline put her phone away and walked over to Elena.
"So, what was that?" Caroline asked
"Stefan? Just…I know it's wrong, but I was making Damon jealous" Elena sighed
"It's fine" Caroline said "I think it worked" Caroline smiled
"I know, did you see him, he looked like he wanted to kill Stefan" Elena smiled, it was nice to see Elena with some confidence back
"I wouldn't push it too far though otherwise Damon might actually kill Stefan" Caroline said
"It's wrong, but I only plan on doing that around him and Emily" Elena sighed
"It's okay to be manipulative a little bit…then again, I'm really manipulative so I wouldn't take my advice" Caroline smiled
"She was flirting with him! You should have seen the look on Stefan's face! I'm gonna kill him when he comes through that door!" Damon hissed
"Would you calm down already?" Felecia hissed "You've been going on and on about that for the past half hour, it's giving me a headache"
"I'm starting to regret ever changing you" Damon mumbled
"I'm starting to regret letting you change me. I think death would be better right now, more peace and quiet instead of hearing your whiney ass for all eternity" Felecia said
"The doors right there. Don't let me hold you here" Damon said
"Nice try" Felecia said and walked past him and got a glass of blood from the kitchen
"Did I mention you girls drink enough blood to feed like ten vampires?" Damon asked
"Nope" Emily walked into the room behind Felecia "But if you shut up more often, maybe we wouldn't have to drink so much to keep the headaches away" Emily growled
"I mean seriously, we know you're in love with Elena and everything, and we're trying to help you win her back. And all you've been doing for the past week is whining and complaining. I thought you were the older one in this situation, but I'm starting to think that me and Emily are actually more mature than you. And that's saying a lot since 90% of the time Emily acts like a 5 year old" Felecia said
"That's actually really true" Emily sighed
"Fine, fine. I'll shut up for five minutes" Damon sighed and sat down on the couch
"Thank god" Felecia sighed
"But I'm still gonna kill Stefan when he comes through that door" Damon said
"Say another word for the next five minutes and I will have no second thoughts on plunging a stake though your heart" Felecia said
"Like you would-"
"Don't make me drag Elizabeth here to do it because, I will" Felecia hissed
Damon shut up then and Felecia and Emily were finally able to enjoy their five minutes of peace they longed for over the past half hour of Damon's whining. Damon remembered that beautiful girl he changed in the 1950's. Elizabeth. She was so sweet back then and now, even though he was more powerful than her, she scared him more than Felecia did. She was a beautiful blonde girl who was a close human friend of Emily's, Damon mainly changed her for Emily, since Emily seemed to be suffering with being alone as a vampire while Felecia was roaming around the world. Elizabeth made it clear that she had no interest in Damon what so ever many times over no matter how many times he hit on her or tried to charm her. She was a strong independent woman that wanted to be a vampire and wouldn't back down until she was one. Her and Emily were practically sisters back then, and now, it seemed that Felecia and Emily were close, but then again, he hadn't seen Elizabeth since he changed her, so who knew if they were still close or not. Damon heard the door open and was about to get up and go see if it was Stefan, but not only was it Stefan, but it was Stefan and Caroline. Damon lurched off the couch and pinned Stefan up against a wall and was right in his face, ready to rip his throat out.
"No Damon!" Caroline said and started pulling on Damon to get him off
Felecia and Emily got up and helped Caroline and together they were able to pull Damon off of Stefan.
"Damon, calm down" Felecia sighed and held him back since she was the strong out of the three girls there
"Damon, I'm helping you, it's part of the plan! Elena wasn't really flirting with me, as soon as you left she walked away" Stefan said
"…She did?" Damon asked
"Duh!" Caroline said "I swear you are just plain old stupid today Damon"
"Well excuse me if I don't live inside the mind of a teenage girl. I just drain them dry not start up relationships with them" Damon said and Caroline rolled her eyes at him
"Look, Elena's been really down lately, flirting with Stefan to make you jealous perks her up" Caroline said
"…I don't see how that helps me by her wanting to get back together with me" Damon said
"Let's see, how do I put this in Damon terms…" Caroline sighed and thought for a minute "Oh! I got it! Basically, just keep looking like a happy couple with Emily in front of Elena, Elena gets jealous and you get the picture now right? Or do I have to draw it out for you?"
"You've been spending way too much time around here blondie, you're picking up my sarcasm" Damon said
"I learned from the best" Caroline smiled "So just, keep yourself in check, okay?"
"…Fine" Damon grumbled
Elena was sitting up in her bedroom, she couldn't get the image of Damon and Emily together and laughing out of her head. They seemed like the perfect couple. Two beautiful people in a relationship, there was nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong except it made Elena want to call up Alaric and say Emily was planning a mass murder spree in Mystic Falls and had to be stopped with all his cool weapons. And as much as she wanted to pick up her cell phone and do that, she restrained herself and just sat there.
"You know, I hear it's unhealthy to be cooped up in a certain room for too ling. Can make people go insane" Jeremy said as he walked into Elena's room
"I went out today" Elena sighed
"I know, I was there when you left, remember?" Jeremy asked
"…Barely" Elena admitted "Sorry, I haven't been good with thinking lately"
"I could tell from the laundry. Last I checked, guys don't wear thongs" Jeremy said and threw Elena her underwear that found its way into his drawer "And I'm not really the kinda guy that enjoys looking at his sisters underwear"
"Sorry" Elena sighed and put her underwear away "I wasn't thinking"
"I noticed" Jeremy said and laughed a little "So, you wanna tell me what's up or do you wanna keep it bottled up and I should be on the look out for one of your bra's being in one of my drawers too?" Jeremy asked
"Just…girl stuff" Elena said
"…Like what?" Jeremy asked "You can't blow me off that easily, I'm your brother"
"I know" Elena sighed "But you won't wanna hear it"
"I take it girl stuff really means Damon stuff, huh?" Jeremy asked
"Maybe" Elena said
"Well, no need to tell me twice" Jeremy sighed "You go talk to Jenna about it and I'll go kick Damon's ass for you. Okay?"
"Jeremy" Elena said
"I'm kidding" Jeremy laughed "Unless you really want me to go kick his ass, then I'd be happy to go do that for you"
"No kicking Damon's ass" Elena said
"Fine" Jeremy said "…Can I at least rough him up a little bit?"
"Fine" Elena laughed, thinking Jeremy wasn't serious about doing it when he actually really was
"Remember, you said it, not me" Jeremy smiled and walked out of the room and Elena just rolled her eyes at him as he left her room
"Are you ever gonna stop coming after me with vervain?" Damon hissed at Jeremy and he arm finally started healing from where the vervain burned him
"Well, I was bored, Elena seemed upset and you're usually to blame for that, plus I had vervain, so I figured, 'Why not just go torture Damon?' so here I am. I don't think I'll ever stop doing this" Jeremy smiled "It's too amusing"
"I'm glad my pain brings you so much enjoyment Gilbert" Damon sighed
"So what's with the two girls in the living room, friends of yours?" Jeremy asked
"Not really" Damon said "I made them into vampires" Damon sighed "Their helping me out with the slight road bump Elena and I are having"
"If you mean helping you out the way I think you mean, then you realize I'm gonna have to kill you for Elena, right?" Jeremy asked
"Not that kind of helping me out you dumbass" Damon hissed "They've been pretending to be my girlfriends to make Elena jealous" Damon said
"Correction," Felecia spoke up from the living room "Emily has been pretending to be your girlfriend, I've just been enjoying my time here. And there is nothing in the word that could make me pretend to like that pig ever again"
Jeremy started at Damon for a moment, wondering what Felecia meant. "It's true, I was a pig while I was with her"
"Worse than you are now?" Jeremy asked confused
"Surprisingly, yes" Felecia said "He looks like the Pope compared to how he was 100 years ago"
"…I don't understand how Elena would want to come near you without a ten foot pole and a sanitation suit" Jeremy said
"Well she doesn't exactly know about what I did a hundred years ago" Damon said
"Don't you think you should tell her?" Jeremy asked
"It's water under the bridge. And hello, vampire here, I'm already dead" Damon said
"I don't wanna know" Jeremy sighed
"Oh trust me, you don't" Felecia added in
A/N: I don't think it'd surprise anyone to know that Damon's past was way worse than how he is right now :P And Caroline's simple yet effective plan was to make Elena jealous, but Elena took it into her own hands and fought back by making Damon jealous ;) I couldn't let her suffer in silence for too long.
I like having Jeremy act like he's the older , protective brother :P Then again, i might just like the fact that I make him go after Damon when he thinks Damon made Elena sad.
I really like writing about Felecia too if you couldn't tell yet, I like making her as Damon's mini-me almost just in girl form ;) After all, she is the first one he changed, she's spent the most time with him. So it only makes sense that she picked up on his sarcastic behavior and such.
See, Emily's not the bad guy, I know you guys were ready to go kill her after scaring Elena away, but she's making up for it ;) And by the time Emily's presence in this story comes to an end, I promise you that Emily will explain to Elena why she acted like that about Damon and her and Elena will have an understanding and possibly be friends. But I know Elena and Felecia will be friends. Still haven't decided though on weather or not I want to bring in the independent and probably the only girl who can scare Damon, Elizabeth, into the picture...So do you guys wanna see her? Or should she just stay as something they talk about every once and a while? Yes or No on Elizabeth?
xoxo, Avril