No smut for a few chapters... :( I'm sure we'll get through it. Let me know what you think of the chapter.
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"Wow." he said at a loss for words. Never in his entire existence had he ever been at a loss for words. But somehow this human girl managed it. She managed to get under his skin and made him fall in love again. And she loved
"Yeah." she said smiling widely. He knew he needed to tell her about what happened with the waitress, but he didn't want to do it now. This was too perfect of a moment.
"It's almost your curfew." he noted, hoping to God it sounded casual and not like he was trying to brush her off.
"Oh right. Thanks." she said kissing him and rushing out of the room to gather her clothes from the living room floor. Yep, Damon Salvatore chickened out. He should have told her now to get it over with, but instead he wanted to bask in the glow of her love for the night. He got out of bed and grabbed a pair of sleep pants, walking downstairs where she was frantically pulling clothes on.
"I'll see you tomorrow." she said kissing him. He kissed her back knowing that that very well be one of the last times he ever kissed her.
"See you." he said.
"I love you." she said kissing him once more from disappearing. He sighed when she was gone and walked into the parlour to pour himself a drink.
"Well that was cute." a voice sounded from behind him.
"What the hell are you two doing here?" he demanded when he seen his brother and Katherine emerge from somewhere behind him.
"I wanted to visit my big brother. Is that so wrong?" Stefan asked.
"Yes it is. When there are people I care about that can be hurt because you chose to bring her here." he said.
"Don't worry Damon, we're not staying long. Stefan wanted to visit his big brother. I honestly didn't see the pull. But here we are, because what Stefan wants Stefan gets." Katherine said affectionately.
"You know what. Forget it. Stay as long as you want, I don't care. It doesn't change anything though. I hate you both. And if you go anywhere near Elena, I will personally kill you both." he said as he walked up the stairs.
"Oh so your perfect little Katherine wannabe has a name. Elena. So cute. " Katherine said.
"Leave her alone." Damon snarled from the stairs.
"Don't worry. I have no interest in even meeting your perfect little girlfriend with your initials tattooed on her body. She loves you, so cute. How does it feel to be chosen?" she asked.
"It feels wonderful actually. Although not that you'd care, I'm going to lose her." he said.
"Kat, leave Damon alone." Stefan said rubbing her shoulders.
"Yes Kat, listen to Stefan." Damon muttered
"Now why do you think you're going to lose her?" Stefan asked mildly confused.
"Because before we became officially together, I slept with a blonde waitress from the Grill. We weren't technically together but to Elena we were. And I have no idea why I'm telling you this." he muttered shaking his head.
"If it's any consolation you have a good life here. And I don't want to ruin it for you." Stefan said softly.
"Then take the bitch and leave." Damon said before walking up the stairs.
Elena walked in the front door and seen her mom waiting up for her.
"So how did it go?" her mom asked.
"Great, the paper is finished. Me and Caroline make a great team." she said grinning from ear to ear.
"You look like you had a good night." her mom noted.
"I did. But I better get to bed." she said.
"Goodnight sweetheart." Miranda said as her daughter walked up the stairs. Miranda didn't know what changed but Elena was happier now. Happier than she had ever seen her. Clearly something was different, maybe it was the freedom. She wasn't sure, but it was refreshing, and it assured her that she wasn't going to lose her daughter like she lost her son. Elena shut her door when she got in her room and changed into her pyjamas humming the entire time. She was in love for the first time and it felt so damn good. Crawling into bed she fell asleep to pleasant dreams about her blue eyed dark haired vampire.
The next morning Elena got up and showered before dressing and heading downstairs with her backpack.
"Good morning sweetheart." her dad said from the table.
"Morning daddy." she said kissing his cheek.
"What was that for?" he asked pleasantly surprised.
"I'm in a really good mood this morning." she said.
"I'm glad." he said.
"You'll be at the planning thing for Miss Mystic tonight?" Miranda asked her daughter.
"Of course. I'd never miss it." she said.
"Good." her mom smiled. Grabbing an apple she rushed out of the house and drove to school. When she got to school she walked over to her table where Caroline and Bonnie were already convened.
"Being in love looks good on you." Caroline noted.
"It feels good to." she said.
"Are you enjoying Miss Mystic more now?" she asked.
"A little bit. I still have to have Matt escorting me, but it doesn't matter. Damon is going to be there." she said.
"That's good. You wont get to spend any time with him, but its good he's going to be there to support you." she said.
"I know." Elena said smiling.
"You really do love him don't you?" Bonnie asked.
"Completely and irrevocably." she stated. Bonnie and Caroline smiled at their best friend as they waited for the bell to ring and the day to start.
Damon woke up and walked downstairs to see Stefan and Katherine drinking from blood bags in the kitchen.
"You're still here? Why wont you just fuck off?" he demanded.
"I wanted to see you. Is it so hard to believe that I miss you brother?" Stefan asked.
"But I don't want to see you." Damon said speaking slowly.
"Fine then. Katherine and I will leave for a while, only because you're going to need the house to plan what you're going to say to the girl. After-all you royally fucked that one up. We'll be back tonight." Stefan said taking Katherine's hand and pulling her out of the house. Damon knew he was right, but how did one tell the love of his existence that he had slept with someone else at the beginning of their relationship. It wasn't going to be easy and she was going to be hurt. She might even hate him. If she did, he would keep his distance. He would give her exactly what she wanted.
"Miss Gilbert just what are you doing?" her English teacher asked as he was walking around checking to see if everyone was getting work accomplished.
"Oh sorry." she said quickly covering up her notebook page that she was supposed to be doing a character study on Julius Caesar.
"Just get to work Miss Gilbert. And I'll forget that I seen the initials DS tattooed on your skin and all over your paper." he said.
"Please don't tell my parents." she begged.
"Don't worry. I will do no such thing as long as you work for the rest of the period." he bargained.
"Done." she said shooting a relieved smile at her teacher.
"Get to work." he said with a small smile on his face. She took a deep breath and focused her brain on Julius Caesar instead of Damon Salvatore. When they got dismissed from that class Elena walked to history, confident that she was going to do well on her paper.
"Everyone hand in your papers on the left corner of my desk when you walk in." Alaric called. Elena placed hers on the pile and went to sit down. She knew she needed to focus in this class, she didn't need Alaric telling Jenna and Jenna telling her mom about her daydreaming about Damon Salvatore. That would be a little hard to explain. Alaric was basically Uncle Ric at this point, he and Jenna had been dating for so long. The class was mind numbingly dull but she managed to focus throughout. The odd thought of Damon crept into her mind but she quickly brushed him away. When the end of the day rolled around she got in her car and drove over to the boarding house, desperately needing to visit with her sexy boyfriend. When she pulled up, she shut off the car and walked inside not bothering to knock.
"Damon?" she called.
"In here." he replied. She walked into the parlour and saw him sitting on a chair with a intense look on his face. It was like he was concentrating really hard on something that made him unhappy.
"Are you okay?" she asked sitting down on his lap. He relished in having her so close to him and wrapped his arm around her middle.
"We need to talk." he said.
"Those words are never good. Are you breaking up with me?" she asked.
"No, but I need to tell you something that may make you break up with me." he told her.
"Just tell me please." she begged.
"Okay, before you came over to tell me that you wanted us to be together. The night before I picked up and slept with a waitress from the Grill." he said.
"That was after we hooked up wasn't it?" she asked afraid.
"Yes." he answered going for honesty. He could easily lie to her and have everything go back to the way it was, but he didn't want their relationship to be a lie.
"You slept with someone else knowing that I wanted us to be together." she said standing up and taking a couple steps back from him.
"I didn't think you meant what you said. Nothing good ever happens to me. So I slept with her. It never affected me before, but now I feel terrible." he said.
"Why did you have to tell me? Why couldn't you let it go?" she asked.
"Because you told me you love me. That changed everything." he said.
"It was a mistake. It was all a mistake. Starting this thing with you was a mistake. My father was right, I should have listened to him. But no, I start something and end up with a broken heart." she said crying.
"Elena stop." he begged.
"Why should I? We have nothing and clearly we mean nothing to you." she said.
"Just sit down, we can talk about this." he begged.
"No. I cant be here anymore." she cried.
"Just wait here until you calm down. I don't want you driving like this." he said.
"I don't care. I need to get out of here." she said running from the room. She drove until she couldn't see the house anymore- before she almost crashed into another vehicle. Knowing she needed to stop, she pulled into a parking lot and let the tears fall. After crying for almost a half hour she knew she needed to be strong. She would be strong, she would not let her first broken heart affect her like this. She pushed the pain down and put the car back into gear. She couldn't smile but she managed to maintain a stoic look on her face when she parked in front of her house. She saw her moms car parked in the driveway and she checked her makeup to make sure it didn't look like she had cried uncontrollably for the better part of a half hour. After her little cry-fest she vowed she would never shed another tear for Damon Salvatore. She would get through this whole Miss Mystic Falls commitment and then she would run. The only good thing about her life here was her relationship with Damon, but that was over with now. Now everything was going to go to shit, and it was all her fault. Before Damon her life sucked, but at least it was normal and there was no pain. This hurt like hell and she knew it would as long as she stayed in Mystic Falls.
"You're home earlier than I expected Elena." Miranda noted when her daughter walked in the front door before the Miss Mystic meeting.
"I thought I'd come home and clean up before heading over." she said smiling at her mom. She intended to be the perfect daughter for the next couple months until Miss Mystic. She couldn't allow her parents to suspect anything.
"Oh that's a good idea. Your grandmother and I found a couple dresses that you may like. If you want to see them." her mom offered.
"I'll look at them." she nodded before walking up to her room. Miranda shook her head in confusion for a moment at how cooperative Elena was being. It was completely unlike her and there was a completely different air about her. It was clear something had changed in the past day, and Miranda had yet to decide it if was a good change or bad.
Elena went upstairs and dialled Jeremy's number.
"Hey Lena, what's up?" he asked his sister.
"I'm coming to live with you after Miss Mystic." she said.
"What happened Lena?" he asked wearily.
"Damon screwed some other girl. Yes it happened before we were technically official, but still. It was real for me then, why wasn't it for him?" she asked.
"I cant answer that question Lena. I wish I could. Guys can be stupid sometimes. But I would be happy to have you come live here with me." he said.
"Good. I'll be coming in a couple months." she said surely.
"Call me if something changes." he told her.
"I will, but nothing will change. I cant live here and see his face around town. It would hurt too bad." she admitted.
"I can understand that. But honestly Lena, the guy would be an idiot if he let you go after a mistake like that. He'll probably fight for you." he assured his sister.
"Maybe. I doubt it. But I have to get ready to meet with mom and grandma for Miss Mystic. They have a couple dresses that they're suggesting." she said.
"Are you actually going to look at them?" he asked.
"Yeah, it doesn't matter what I wear. I wont be here after the competition anyways." she said.
"I'll talk to you soon Lena." he said.
"I love you Jer." she replied before hanging up. She changed into the old hers trademark black dress pants and dressy shirt, and pulled her hair back into a ballerina bun. She applied her makeup the way her mom had taught her before grabbing her purse and pulling on her black ballet flats.
"I'm ready." she said walking downstairs.
"You look very nice. There is a Lockwood party on Friday night. Are you coming with us?" she asked.
"I'll be there." she agreed smiling.
"Good." her mom said smiling. The longer this went on the more confused she got at Elena's attitude. She had never been this cooperative. It was strange.
"I know how important this competition is for the family. I intend on winning." she said before walking out the front door. Once she was in her moms car she accidentally looked down at her wrist and sighed. She seen Damon's initials etched on her skin, so she switched her watch from one wrist to the other to hide the offending letters. When they arrived at the dress shop, Elena followed her mom inside where her grandma was standing browsing a rack of clothes.
"Hello dear." her grandma said greeting her warmly.
"Hello grandma." she said hugging her back.
"Your mother and I found you three dresses that are options." she said sitting Elena down and pulling the rack of dresses out. On the rack there was a hideous green one, a shimmery white one that Elena would have chosen in a heartbeat yesterday, and another white one that was far more simple and had thick straps over the shoulders – it was something that was beautiful but not entirely Elena.
"I'll try the one on the end." she said choosing something her mom would approve of.
"I think that's a beautiful dress." she said.
"I'll try it on." she said smiling. She was going to give her mom and grandma exactly what they want, another Miss Mystic crown before she left. That was all that mattered to them, so that was all they were going to get. Elena went into a change room and slipped the dress on. The dress fit perfectly and smile smiled softly. She stepped out and showed her mom and grandma who both smiled.
"It's perfect. What do you think dear?" she asked.
"I agree with you." she decided.
"Perfect. We found your dress." Miranda said clapping her hands.
"Yes." Elena said faking a smile.
Damon was sitting in the parlour drinking glass after glass of his prized bourbon collection when Stefan and Katherine walked back in.
"It smells very strongly of booze in here, I'm assuming that means your conversation didn't go well." Stefan stated.
"For your information no it didn't. So why don't you and Katherine scurry along and get back to your life. Because mine has fallen apart yet again, and that is what you wanted. So get the hell out of here." he said pointing to the door.
"Damon, just so you know I don't want you to be unhappy. I've never wanted that." he said.
"You had a funny way of showing it. You stole Katherine right from under my nose in 1864. And now I've lost Elena too." he said.
"You cant blame losing Elena on me Damon. I had absolutely nothing to do with that. Katherine though? Yes I will admit I stole her from you, but there has never been a day that I don't regret losing my brother." he said honestly.
"It's doesn't matter Stefan. I'm going to get her back." he said.
"Katherine?" Stefan asked confused.
"Fuck no. She is so far off my radar. Elena." he said.
"How are you going to do that?" Stefan asked.
"I'm going to make her feel like the only girl in the world. I'm going to start at the Lockwood party, although I have to be sneaky. No doubt her parents will be there." Damon stated.
"What are you going to do?" Stefan asked curiously.
"I'm not going to go near a girl all night, and hopefully she'll see that she's the only one I want." he said.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Stefan asked
"Yes, stay out of my way and keep your bitch on a leash. I don't want to see her and I don't want to hear from her." he warned Stefan.
"I'll do that." Stefan promised.
"Good. Now onto operation get Elena back." Damon said with renewed fire in his eyes.