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"What the hell are you doing?" Elena hissed as she played her part as she let him escort her onto the dance floor.
"Escorting you. I am not letting you leave Mystic Falls." he alerted her.
"It's not your choice, you lost that right when you slept with that slut." she hissed. When they got outside to the dance floor they separated and Elena stood beside Caroline.
"Surprised?" Caroline whispered.
"Why?" Elena asked betrayed.
"I don't want you to leave." she stated unapologetically.
"But my parents could suspect something with him escorting me." Elena fretted.
"No they wont. They'll blame Damon, and think he's just trying to get under your dads skin." Caroline said just as the music started playing. When the couples joined together for the first time in the first near touch of the dance Elena glared at Damon.
"Why are you doing this?" she asked.
"I wont let you leave." he told her firmly as they separated once more. When they joined up again she refused to look him in the eye. She would pretend that this was alright just so she could win this competition and get the hell out of Mystic Falls. She steeled her nerves and tried desperately to calm her racing heart. He didn't deserve to know how he still affected her. How even the near touch chilled her and warmed her up simultaneously. She knew he could hear her heart beating out of her chest, but he never responded as they moved around the dance floor. Her in his arms like she had wished she could be for so long. When the music stopped she stepped out of his embrace faster than she would have thought possible. And it wasn't because her parents were watching with a confused expression on their faces, it was because being in his arms for one more minute was likely to make her break her plan. He would make her stay in Mystic Falls. Instead she walked away without a backward glance and rebuilt the wall around her heart that had crumbled the moment he stared deep into her eyes.
"What was that Elena Gilbert?" Grayson demanded meeting up with his daughter.
"Nothing daddy. It was nothing. He's just an ass." she assured her dad.
"Good. I don't know what I would do if you ever got romantically involved with him." Grayson said relieved.
"I would never daddy." she assured her father. She opted to stay with her dad until the voting was finished.
"It doesn't seem to be working." Damon stated once he found Caroline and Matt standing together.
"I hope it does. Elena is my best friend. I cant lose her." Caroline said.
"Elena is the love of my life. I cant lose her." he told the blonde.
"What's going on?" Matt asked confused.
"Elena is leaving Mystic Falls for good. She's moving in with Jer. She cant handle it anymore." Caroline explained.
"And what does Damon Salvatore have to do with it?" Matt asked staring at Damon.
"She's in love with him, and vice versa. He's going to make her stay. He has to." Caroline stated.
"Oh. I think I knew about your affair." he said.
"Do not tell her parents that would ruin everything. Matt please." Caroline bagged grasping his jacket.
"I wont. I wouldn't betray Elena like that." he assured her.
"Good." Caroline said visibly relaxing.
"And now it is time to announce this years Miss Mystic Falls... and the winner is... Elena Gilbert." Carol Lockwood stated. Elena smiled and ascended the stage.
"Thank you to everyone that voted for me. And thank you to my mom, dad and grandma for supporting me throughout this. But with that being said it is time for a change. It is time to move on. It is time for me to move on. So with that being said I will take this time to say goodbye to my friends and family here in Mystic Falls. I love you all, but I am leaving. Goodbye." she said stepping off the stage and rushing to the door. She didn't see Damon anywhere, which relieved her. She hoped that maybe he finally gave up. The entire room was frozen as she wormed her way through the throngs of people out the door. It wasn't until the heard the door shut that Grayson and Miranda realized what was happening.
"We're losing her Gray. I told you something was wrong." Miranda gasped as she rushed from her spot on the floor towards the door.
"You were right." Grayson said as he eagerly followed his wife to the door where their daughter had disappeared. Caroline and Bonnie followed closely behind.
"Damon what are you doing?" Elena gasped when she seen him standing by her car.
"You're not leaving." he told her.
"Are you going to compel me? For your information I am filled with vervain." she warned him.
"Don't worry about that. I would never compel you. I just don't want you to leave." he told her honestly.
"You're too late Damon." she told him as the sky opened up over them in a torrential downpour. The thunder rang in the sky and the sound scared Elena slightly.
"If I'm too late to make you stay, then I'll come with you." he offered softly, as he caressed her cheek with his hand.
"What?" she asked her eyes widening.
"I'll come with you. I'd follow you to the ends of this earth is you wanted me to. I'll follow you to Richmond, or to Atlanta if you wanted me to. I'd follow you anywhere in this world if it meant you were still mine. That other girl, she meant nothing. And she still means nothing. She'll always mean nothing. I love you Elena. For the first time in over 170 years my existence makes sense and I have someone who cared for me. But if you can tell me right now that you don't care for me anymore, that you want me out of your life forever, then I 'll leave you alone. But if there is still a chance then if you want me to I'll leave this town with you. The only thing in the world that means anything to me is you." he confessed. The rain was soaking her to the bone and she was shivering, but she couldn't bring herself to move out of his intense gaze.
"It doesn't make sense for you to love me." she told him as she let a couple tears fall.
"I have found in the past century and more that love rarely makes sense. But when its real, you cant run away. This is real Elena." he told her.
"I know it is." she said before closing the distance between them and hugging him. He hugged her back running his hands up and down her spine trying to create enough friction to warm her up. She lifted her head and pressed her lips tenderly to his, lightly tasting his lips. The rain continued to fall around them as their kiss grew in passion until their tongues were duelling together.
"Take me back to your place." she begged.
"What about Jeremy?" Damon asked.
"He'll understand that Mystic Falls is my home, and that I belong here. With you." she said.
"God I love you." he said as he walked them to his car and helped her in. Her dress was soaked and her hair was matted to her head. But she had never been happier as she held his hand and he drove them to the boarding house.
"Grayson are you okay?" Miranda asked her husband from their spot in the parking lot only a few feet away from Elena's fully packed car.
"You seen what I saw right?" Grayson asked staring at his wife.
"Yes. But I see if a little differntly than you do. Maybe now she wont leave." Miranda offered.
"She was kissing Damon Salvatore, Miranda. Damon Salvatore, the bane of my existence. I wonder how long that has been going on behind our backs." Grayson roared.
"I dont know dear, but if it means that we get to keep our daughter then isnt it worth it?" Miranda asked her husband.
"I will never support a relationship between Elena and him. That is forbidden and our daughter will know that when she comes home."Grayson stated firmly. Behind them Caroline was jumping for joy as she hugged Bonnie.
Once they got out of the car Elena kissed Damon as they walked up the front walk towards the door.
"Just wait. Wait until we are in my room alone." he suggested.
"Why? I want you now." Elena said.
"We're not alone baby. Stefan and Katherine are here." he told her.
"Oh. Do I have to meet them?" she asked.
"No. I dont think they're here at the moment though. They must be feeding." Damon mused as they walked in the front door. He held her hand as he led them up the stairs to his bedroom. When the door was shut behind them she reached up to kiss him again. He cupped her face as his tongue wrestled hers.
"I love you Damon. Make love to me." she whispered when she broke the kiss. The words spurred Damon on and he reached for the zipper on the back of her dress to undo it. He pushed the zipper down until the front of the dress just hung from her breasts. She let the sleeves fall from her arms leaving her upper body only clad in her lacy bra. He pressed kisses down her neck to the half moons of her breasts. He worshipped every inch of her body while she whimpered.
"Damon I need you. Don't tease." she begged.
"I've been without you for a long time now, I get to play for a while first." he said.
"God." she whined when he sucked on the side of her neck.
"I'm not hiding this anymore. I'm not going to sit back and hide this from your father. I love you and I want the world to know it." he told her as he continued caressing and kissing every inch of her.
"Okay." she whimpered hoping that he'd show some mercy on her and make her cum.
"Good" he told her as he pushed her dress down over her hips until it pooled on the floor.
"That dress wasnt you baby, it was beautiful but it wasnt you." he told her.
"My mom picked it." she told him as he kissed down the length of her body.
"Your skin tastes so good." he moaned as he neared the lace boy cut panties she was wearing. He slipped his finger underneath the lace and teased her sensitive flesh.
"Oh God." she gasped as his digit slipping inside her before pulling out. He smiled against the skin of her flat belly while his finger played underneath the lace.
"Just take them off." she begged.
"All in due time baby." he told her as he kissed down her leg.
"Now." she begged.
"Patience is a virtue my darling." he alerted her.
"One that I dont have." she hissed as he blew on the fabric of her panties before rubbing her clit through the fabric.
"You should get it. I have spent a lot of sexually frustrated nights alone lately baby." he told her not having any sympathy for her
"So have I." she stated.
"Who's fault is that?" he asked as he licked the crease of her leg causing her to shiver.
"Please Damon." she begged.
"Fine." he stated as he peeled the lace from her body and dropping it on the floor. She was completely bare for him and he couldnt resist leaning in and having a taste of her nectar. She was so wet and so turned on he was amazed.
"You are so wet baby. I cant wait to be inside you. But I have to have a taste first." he told her as he licked her folds softly, causing her to buck against his face.
"Careful baby" he told her gripping her hips.
"Just take me to bed Damon." she begged.
"Alright." he said picking her up easily and laying her down at the head of his plush bed.
"I cant wait any longer. Please just make love to me." she begged.
"I can do that." he assured her as he hovered above her on his arms. He wanted to watch her face as he made love to her this time. He rose off of her and undressed quickly before returning to his position atop her. She gripped his erection in her hand as she guided him to her entrance. It had been far too long since they were last joined like this. He slid forward until just his head was inside her. Her head fell back and she moaned as he slipped inside her all the way. Her nails raked up his back causing him to hiss as she drew blood from his back.
"Please move. I need you to move." she begged. He gave her what she wanted as he started moving within her. She raised her knees up on either side of him giving him more room to move. He thrusted deeper and harder into her causing her to moan even louder than before.
"Do you like that?" he asked as he moved.
"Yes. Oh God yes." she told him as he picked up his pace at her praise of his skills.
"I'm going to cum." she told him as her mucsles clenched around his member. He picked up her pace needing her to cum knowing he was very close to the edge as well. When he succeeded and she exploded around him he followed moments later emptying himself inside her. He rolled over so as to not crush her with his weight and gathered her still trembling frame in his arms to hold her.
"I missed you holding me like this." she told him.
"Me too." he said as he took her hand and traced his initials inked on her wrist.
"Do you like them?" she asked as the letters on her wrist.
"I love them. I cant beleive you did that for me." he said.
"I fell for you. People do crazy things when they are in love." she told him.
"So are we going public?" he asked.
"Yeah. We just have to tell my family first, and if they dont like it, I dont care. I'm more than willing to spend all my time here." she said.
"Or they'll ground you for life, forbid you from seeing me." he suggessted.
"That wouldnt go over well. I would still find a way to see you." she told him.
"It would be like a less tragic version of Romeo and Juliet." he grinned.
"Can you just hold me tonight? And then we can go back to life tomorrow and all the people who are not going to approve of this decision?" she asked.
"Of course." he said kissing her head. She nestled deeper into the big bed and Damon's safe arms and closed her eyes. For the first time since she ended things with him she slept like a baby.
"Where the hell is she? She should be home by now?" a panicked Grayson Gilbert demanded as he paced the floor of the house.
"Just calm down Gray. At least its safe to say she didnt run away like she had clearly planned. Her room is empty of all things personal darling. I dont want to lose my daughter." Miranda insisted.
"Well it seems we already have. She's with Damon Salvatore. That man is toxic." Grayson stated angrily.
"Ever think that maybe he got a bad reputation and maybe Elena got to know the real Damon?" Miranda questioned.
"The real Damon is probably corrupting our daughter. I should call the Sheriff. She can go retrieve our daughter." Grayson said pulling the phone from his pocket.
"No Gray. You are not calling Liz to deal with this. We will give her until tomorrow to come home and then we'll send out a search party. Even you have to admit that the Elena we seen kissing Damon Salvatore was happy. She looked so relaxed in his arms, it looked like she felt about him like I feel about you." she assured her husband.
"You want to let our daughter roam about town with a vampire overnight? You are crazy." Grayson said shaking his head.
"Please Gray. Just trust me on this. Elena is filled with vervain nothing can happen to her." Miranda assured her husband.
"Fine. I will give her to the morning and if she doesnt come home then I am calling the Sheriff. But if she does come home, he is not entering this house and she is never leaving it, they will never see eachother. I will force this silly obsession out of her by making sure he isnt anywhere near her." Grayson said firmly.