To Change or Not To Change: Time Traveling AU

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Chapter 5: The English Project and the Cat Fight

Three days after Elena spoke to Stefan about doing the English project together, it was Friday and so Elena went over to Stefan's place. She remembered this day faintly as she had met Damon, heard about Katherine soon after and then ran. She shook these thoughts from her head. She had to play this cool or else she'd lose her crap, and then lose Damon.

Elena walked up to the house and knocked on the door, shifting on her feet as she glazed at the door fondly. She had so many memories of the Boarding House. Especially of Damon and her, doing the sexy naughty in his room, in the living room, in the kitchen— you get the idea. The door opened on its own much like it had the day Elena "met" Damon.

"Hello?" She called out, stepping into the doorframe. She looked around expecting to find something going on. Her life seemed almost boring without all the supernatural crazy shit happening all around her. "Anybody home?" she called out.

A figuring appeared, looking awfully familiar. It was Damon. He still looked like the same, just as Elena remembered from the party. It had been too long since she had seen him; her memories were beginning to go fuzzy. Damon stared at her, as if wondering who she was and then it clicked. However, he pretended not to know who she was. "Elena right?" He purred.

Elena felt her heart leap. "Err yes," she said quietly, pushing her hair behind her ear. "Do you know if Stefan's here? We were going to do an English project."

Make sure he knows you're not interested in Stefan. Stefan isn't the love of your life. Damon is. She thought to herself.

Damon smirked. "Stefan's out right now, he went to the store to pick up a few things." Like condoms. "Come in! Get settled in— oh how rude of me! I'm Damon Salvatore, Stefan's brother." Damon "introduced" himself.

Elena had to pretend she didn't know him. "Nice to meet you Damon, I didn't know Stefan had a brother." She smiled at him. How had she fallen for Stefan in the first place? Damon was so much more handsome, sweet— even if right now he was a psycho killer. Damon returned the smile as he led her to the main area.

"Is this okay? I can show you the dining room which has a table." Damon offered.

Elena shook her head. "No thanks, this is fine." She smiled as she set her book bag down and then faced Damon. "Is there any silly stories I should be aware of?" She joked.

Damon chuckled. "There are many, however Stefan would just hate for me to blab them."

"Of course," Elena smiled at him, her eyes drinking him. She always seemed to do that now. Oh she wished she had a picture of him! Damon seemed to realize her eyes were drinking him in because he smirked and winked at her.

"Find something you like?" He was back to the purring.

Elena wanted to nod. However, she couldn't. She just shrugged her shoulders, "Possibly."

Damon chuckled and Elena just stared. He was so handsome. Damon walked over and sat down on the couch, Elena following suit as he offered her a sit. "You look just like Stefan's old girlfriend,"

So we ARE gonna go down this road. Good. Elena thought, "Really?"

"Her name's Katherine." Damon said smoothly. Elena could see how calculated he was. "She looked exactly like you."

Is he trying to scare me off? Oh he assumes I'm interested in Stefan… Hmm…how to change that? Elena wondered. "Wow, I'm surprised. Usually guys don't find a girl interesting if she looks like an ex girlfriend."

Damon stared at her. "Usually," He stated coolly.

Elena felt she had said something wrong. "Did I really look like Katherine?" She asked. She knew she did as she had met her evil self. And then later met her crazy self— but who was counting? Damon nodded. "Well Damon, do I seem like this Katherine?"

Damon honestly paused. "Not really," He admitted. "You seem more down to earth— and loving. Stefan's Katherine loved to play but only to win. Ya know?"

"Yeah," Elena knew exactly what he meant. She heard the door open and shut, causing Damon to stand up. Elena followed suit, turning and finding Stefan by the door. "Stefan." She said surprised.

Stefan stared between the two and then glared at Damon. "What did you say?"

"Well you were away, I chatted with Elena. Is that so bad? Was it so bad Elena?" Damon explained before glancing at Elena.

"No, it was nice." Elena admitted. She glanced over at Damon and stared for a moment before looking at Stefan. "I didn't know you had a brother Stefan." She smiled at him. "Shall we get to the project?"

"Sure," Stefan said curtly. He walked over and began to do the project, as Damon was leaving the room as well.

Elena looked down and noticed a small note in her pocket. While Stefan was doing something— getting the snacks— Elena pulled it out and found a number on it. If you ever want to have some real fun, call me. ;) 919-399-2507 – Damon Salvatore

Elena's heart actually skipped a beat. She was getting somewhere…

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Today was the day of the Comet. Yesterday Elena had spoken to Damon and was allowed to "remember". She had finished the project with Stefan so now she had no reason not to call Damon. She was walking with Bonnie as they passed out flyers.

"So how was Stefan's house?" Bonnie asked, smiling at her friend.

Elena handed a flyer to someone. "It was awesome. Before Stefan came back from the store, I "met" his brother. Damon."

"The Damon?" asked Bonnie.

Elena nodded, "Yes he is!" she squealed.

The girls chatted when Elena noticed Damon, her smile widening when she noticed Caroline walking seductively towards him. She couldn't believe her friend was such a slut, causing Elena to frown. She knew Caroline had had a thing for Damon but Elena didn't realize even if Elena had claimed Damon, Caroline still saw it fit to go for him.

So Elena stormed up towards Caroline. She crossed her arms. "WHAT do you THINK you're DOING?" Elena demanded her eyes full of rage and her body was shaking from it as well.

Caroline looked startled. "What—"

"Do you think its okay to go after MY Damon?! Caroline, I thought you were my friend!" Elena yelled at her, her hands turning into fists.

Caroline gulped. "Elena—"

"Don't talk to me!" Elena growled. "I didn't realize you were such a slut that you couldn't keep your hands to yourself when you KNEW how much I LIKE Damon!" She slapped Caroline across the face and then stormed off. Bonnie was staring at the two of them with wide eyes.

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Elena was upset and hurt. Bonnie had chose Caroline over her. So Elena was sitting under a tree, alone and staring at the sky as she waited for the comet shower thing to start. She brought her knees to her chest as she fought with her tears. She had seen her parents together earlier, going on a date of sorts. Jeremy was with Matt and Aunt Jenna was on a date as well. Elena was all alone.

She wiped her eyes for the hundredth time. Why am I so stupid? She wondered. She looked at her candle, which she held and nobody had come over to lit it.

Right then, in entered Damon who walked over to her. "I didn't think I'd find such a pretty girl all by herself." He purred.

"Not right now Damon," Elena said sadly as she looked down, burying her face into her knees. She felt Damon sit beside her and she knew he was staring at her. He doesn't know you. You're just that girl his brother likes. Elena reminded herself. "What are you doing?"

"Came over here to light your candle silly," He chuckled. After he had lit it with his own candle, he spoke. "I seen you slap Caroline," Damon said calmly. Elena's face burned (and not from the flame). "I thought it was kinda hot. But I thought you were interested in Stefan."

Elena shook her head. "No, Stefan isn't my type." She blushed as she began playing with the grass. "Especially now that I know he is only interested in me because of this Katherine lady."

Damon chuckled softly. "So what is your type?"

"Tall, lean guys who have a dark past but are still passionate. Guys who would suffer through heartbreak for me because they love me and want me to be happy— even if it isn't with them! I want a love that consumes me. I want a guy who sees me for me, and doesn't expect me not to change at all. I want a guy who sees me for me and embraces that which I might become and be there every single step of the way. " Elena explained. Damon was silent. "Sorry…"

Damon shook his head. "No, I understand. I want the same kind of girl."

"Really?" she whispered.

"Yeah," Damon said. Their eyes met as Elena had raised her head. Elena never realized how blue his eyes were until she met them now. She knew she was in love with him but Damon; he wasn't in love with her. But, she could see the connection with them. She wanted him to ask her to be his, but she knew he was still deeply in love with Katherine. She would have to wait and see…

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Elena went home that night feeling a little better. When she got home, she was reminded that tonight Vicki was supposed to become a vampire. She stared at the door, heart racing. I gotta go find out! She pulled out her phone and called Matt. He answered. "Matt, did you find Vicki?" She asked.

"Elena?" Matt sounded like he was questioning why he answered. "I didn't lose Vicki. She stayed home tonight because she wasn't feeling good. Why do you ask? Did something happen?"

"No, nothing happened." Elena reassured the scared older brother.

"Okay…" Matt said sounding confused, "Night Elena."

Elena listened to the soft ringing noise after Matt hung up. She was sure he was going to call his baby sister to find out what happened. Elena went inside and found her parents on the couch, waiting for their kids to show up. "Hi mom, hi dad," she said as she waved.

Miranda and Grayson looked over. "You're early," Miranda said softly, smiling.

"Yeah, there were a lot of people there. I was tired." Elena lied smoothly. Truthfully, she just wanted to go home. And the talk with Damon had given her a new point-of-view, and knew what she wanted. She wanted Damon.

She needed a plan.

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Okay early chapter. I know, it might seem crappy but whatever. More of a filler chapter! So why is this early you might ask? Well, I'm going away on a trip on Wednesday and I won't be back until August 5th. I might have wifi on the bus but not sure, and I'm going with my mom, so I can't really write.

So sorry guys!

Anyway, longer chapter so please be pleased. :) OH! If you all call Damon's "number", you're supposed to get a secret message from him, Katherine and Stefan. JUST FYI!

So review please everyone. Next chapter I think there's going to be some more steam from the Delena couple. I hope you all don't mind that I'm pulling Caroline and Bonnie from Elena. I never liked them.

Nerdy~

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