To Change or Not To Change: Time Traveling AU
Chapter 6: Trying To think of a Plan
The next day was cheerleading practice. Elena was debating wither she should go or not. It would be a normal thing to do and it would be the respectful thing to do. Her parents would want her to go… It'd be good for her, she was sure of it. So she dragged her body out of bed, went to the shower and let her mind wander.
It was unsurprising that it went straight to Damon, whom had taken over her very being. It seemed silly, she barely knew this Damon, but her life here was 10 times better than it was in the future. Her heart began to hurt. She knew she couldn't tell anyone about the future, which she had already changed (she couldn't let her parents very well die, could she?) and yet, deep down there was still a chance that everything could fall apart and Damon could die; again.
"No," She said as she looked up in her shower, looking at her shampoo bottle (Strawberry) and imagined somehow this bottle of Strawberry shampoo was the controller of fates. "I won't let you take him again!" She grabbed the bottle and squirted some of the yummy smelling foamy liquid onto her hand before rubbing it in. Then, she started rubbing and running it through her hair. "I won't let you take him…not again." She promised herself.
Now with the room smelling heavily of strawberries (almost like candy strawberries), Elena rinsed the shampoo from her hair and then repeated with conditioner. For a minute or two, Elena spent waiting for the conditioner to settle, she took her vanilla body wash and washed her body. She took extra special care of her body as she remembered Damon loved the smell of vanilla.
Then Elena rinsed off her body and finished her hair.
For the next few minutes, she simply stood in the shower, again glancing at the fate holding strawberry shampoo bottle as if reminding it she wouldn't let it take Damon from her again. And while standing there, Elena let her think about a possible plan to make Damon hers. The last time Damon had become hers, it had been an accident in her case. She had become a vampire because of his blood and Doctor Meredith Fell, thus creating her into a vampire and becoming sired to Damon. It would be too much trouble to repeat this process again however.
She didn't think Damon would treat her the same way as he had before.
I went back in time, things can happen the same way…but do I let it? I already screwed around enough by saving my parents from the crash. But, was it really that bad? Life is going to be normal for Jeremy and I. Life will be normal… Elena kept telling her mind this at least. Because things in Mystic Falls never, ever stayed normal!
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Elena ended up being late for school (she blamed the shampoo bottle) but was wide awake. Her first class was Math with Matt and Bonnie. She sat beside Bonnie who gave her a warning look as in why are you late?
But what could Elena say?
Oh sorry. I was just telling my shampoo bottle you can't take my future boyfriend and the love of my life away from me again! PS, he sort of died in the future and I'm from the future. Heart, love you! As if THAT wouldn't send her to a loony hospital or something! She shook her head and put her focus onto the task. Okay Elena, you got this. You can do this… Math's easy. You loved Math before, remember? Before Stefan but whatever. It can't be that hard, right?
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Wrong.
Math was terrible and Elena's mind was swimming in the facts her teacher (Mrs. Sheppard-Grey) kept pouring into her students' minds and blowing Elena's in crossfire. And she still had no plan to make Damon hers. As she exited the room, she cuddled her head in her hand as she held onto her bag and walked beside Bonnie. Bonnie was complaining about how much she hated Math (some things just never changed, Elena reasoned) when Elena walked right into a chest.
She cried out in surprise, and looked up; green eyes met her chocolate brown ones. "Stefan!" Her voice was near breathless.
Bonnie excused herself before scurrying off. She hates Stefan, riiight.
Stefan smiled weakly down at Elena, having caught her before she fell. "Hey Elena,"
"What are you-"
"I'm heading to History," Stefan quickly explained and Elena was left feeling stupid.
"Oh."
At least he doesn't have a master plan or something. Her mind whispered to her.
He gave her a small smile. "Wanna walk with me to class?"
Will that make Damon hate me? Err… I don't think so? She didn't think it would cause any trouble, but she could tell Stefan wanted to chat with her. And Elena did not have time to chat. Finally, she said, "Sure?"
"Great! Let me carry your stuff," And that was how Elena Gilbert found herself walking to History class, with Stefan Salvatore, and not carrying a thing because Stefan was a gentleman. And still, she had no plan to make Stefan's brother fall in love with her and forget Katherine Pierce.
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The end of the day marked cheerleading practice. Elena, in this time frame, hadn't given up on her practices and was at her best. She made her way to the field to warm up with Bonnie, even though Elena was still hurt from her friend's choice to go with Caroline.
Caroline needs cuddling, reassuring, remember? Ugh. Should I ditch Bonnie? Should I ditch cheerleading practice? It'd be nice…I could plan… Her thoughts were pulled from her mind once she came to the rest of the squad. They needed her help and hell; she needed a little more in her life at the moment. Neither Salvatore knew that she knew they were vampires. So thus, her life was normal and it was going to stay normal until she confronted them. I hope the perfect time TO confront them comes up…
"Elena are you listening?"
She whipped her head sideways and almost gave herself whiplash. "Yes of course!"
Bonnie gave her a look, and Elena was filled with guilt. Even though they were in a fight, Bonnie still cared and Elena was reminded that Bonnie had died many times for her. But that was in the future. This was the past…. She was going to have to let go.
It doesn't look like I'm getting back anyway. Not that I want to go back…
Going back meant killing Damon in the process all over again. And of course, killing Bonnie as while!
Bonnie sighed, bringing Elena from her thoughts once more. "I wanted to say I'm sorry for how I acted last night. I should have thought about it more carefully. You did say you really liked Damon," Bonnie tried to explain, looking sorry for her friend. Elena simply stared. "And Caroline's sorry too! She's just upset that you yelled at her and called her names in front of everyone. She didn't think the guy she was hitting on was the guy you were trying to get with. There are a lot of Damon's!"
Elena pulled her hair into a pony tail. "It's true Bonnie, she can't keep her legs closed and it's wrong. I just know it hurt to see her trying to get the guy I've liked for awhile now and I just-"
"You're upset," Bonnie said sighing. "We get that. But Elena, you've always gotten the first pick of guys. Caroline thought he was new and that she had a chance."
The brunette wanted to yell at her best friend but decided against it. She just shook her head. "I don't think I can handle this, okay?" Nothing bad has happened to you IN THIS TIME LINE. The worst thing is you ending things with Matt! "I'm not gonna do cheerleading today. Tell Caroline I'm sorry."
And with that, Elena left and went to change to go home.
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She got home feeling awfully drained. People seemed just to keep taking from her- of course she was always willing to keep giving- but she just wanted to relax, have a little fun. But, as Elena remembered, she was a human. And the fun she wanted to do could cause her to die. She wanted to just have fun and not give a care in the world.
She walked into the kitchen and found a note taped to the fridge.
Jeremy and Elena,
Your dad and I decided to have a date night of sorts. We'll be back tomorrow before you two have to go to school. Aunt Jenna will be home later from work. Don't cause too much trouble for her. You both know our numbers if you need us.
Lots of love,
Mom and Dad
Elena grumbled. At least she had the house to herself until Jeremy got home. She headed to her room, quickly checking to make sure she was home alone (she was!) and then flopped onto her bed.
Elena pulled out her cell and looked at the new contact she had made. Damon… She thought as she debated wither she should text him or not. She decided a simply, Hey -E,would do it.
Seconds later, a ding was heard.
Why hello. -D
He responded! Oh my god, what do I say? Casual or forward? Err…
I thought I'd just let you know my number. It's Elena if you haven't guessed. -E
I sort of figured. ;) -D
Elena giggled to herself, pausing as if listening to see if anyone was home yet. It would be embarrassing to try and explain why she was so happy, why she was blushing and why she was giggling. This was a private moment.
Still have your humor I see. -E
Hmm yup. Where would I be without it? -D
Still there were no noises in the house, so Elena drove into the conversation.
What are you doing anyway? -E
Wouldn't you like to know? -D
While I wouldn't have asked if I didn't! -E
;) Besides texting you, I'm listening to my pain in the ass brother complain about girl problems. -D
Is that usual? -E
Nah, he doesn't trust me much. So I'm surprised he's talking to me at all. I think he's jealous lol -D
He obviously wanted to talk to her, as he put so much effort into his replies. Or maybe Elena was reading too much into it.
I'd be jealous of you. -E
There wasn't a reply for a few minutes, causing Elena to worry. What if she had said the wrong thing? What if she had made him upset? What if she screwed up all her chances to be with her soul mate?
She set her phone aside and pulled out her homework. But then again, how could anyone focus on homework when their chances to be with their soul mate were possibly destroyed? She wouldn't be able to wait if he decided he wanted to keep playing with girl's hearts; to be a player. Elena was fighting to keep her head above the water anyway, what with her friends and the whole future screwing thing.
It's not as bad as before. You have your parents. You have your brother who isn't going after Vicki and not into drugs. You aren't a real alcoholic. Not really… your life is fine. You're just missing Damon. And he'll come. He has to…
Her mind wasn't in it, but she did her homework. Elena checked every answer and found them to be right, so even if she wasn't thinking about it, she could do her work. Finally, twenty minutes after her reply, a ding was heard.
Are you busy at the moment? -D
She didn't want to seem desperate so she paused, thinking carefully over her answer. She then decided that she wasn't busy, as she had finished her homework.
No. -E
Why don't you meet me at the Grille then? -D
Her heart fluttered and she couldn't stop her fingers nor could move them faster.
Sure! What time? -E
Twenty minutes? -D
Sounds good to me! See you in a few Damon. -E
And here I thought we weren't using our names. ;) -D
See you in a few Elena. -D
Elena jumped up from her bed and rushed over to her dresser, going through her clothes to find something cute to wear, but something that didn't look like she was trying very hard. She pulled out almost all of her clothes, as she couldn't decide what to wear. Everything in her dresser and closet as it turned out weren't good enough.
She needed something to woo Damon. So she pulled out her butt hugging jeans and her black tank top. It was a good place to start. She set those on her bed and then went through her more private setting. Elena decided a black sulk and lace panties and bra set would do the trick. Now her top… She settled on a cute blue sweater that hugged her curves but was nice looking. She brushed her hair and debated on if she should curl it.
Nah, I'll remind him too much of Katherine and I don't want to do that. She looked at herself in the mirror and decided she looked fabulous. She was ready to take on Damon Salvatore. And hoped to any god, that he liked what he saw. She smiled happily and took in a deep breath.
She was ready.
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And until next time! Haha I know, cliffy! I hope Elena is not as OOC as she has been, and I hope this chapter was a little more fun. I thought I should put in more of Elena's thoughts and fears about changing the future. Most of the beginning was from my own mind but the cheerleading thing came from episode 3 of TVD, Friday Night Bites, but since that episode is about Bonnie getting to know Stefan and what not, and Elena is not with Stefan, I decided to change it a little.
I also hope this chapter was to everyone's likings. I tried to add some humor and some fluff, ya know? There's the beginning of Elena's and Damon's relationship, but also there's an edge to it. Elena knows everything that is going to happen between them before it happens, yet nobody else does! So it's interesting to play around with. :) I hope you enjoyed the texting between the two of them. I could totally see Damon flirting like that. Lol
Now, since I'm back from my trip, updates will be weekly (hopefully). Unless I really get into it and can't hold off updating or I completely forget to write and thus can't update (two very possible things). The best way to get me to update is to review! I love reviews and they get me into the mood to write! So review = writing = update sooner/on time.
So I'll let you go enjoy whatever you're doing. I hope summer is good for you all (I go back to school on September 3rd) and what not. I'm hoping to get a job soon ugh. Anyway, bye!
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