A/N= This is my first fanfic ever, so I'm not sure how good it is. I don't have a beta, so please excuse my horrid grammar and spelling mistakes. Constructive criticism is very much enjoyed! Please let me know how it is.
Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline sat around a table at the Mystic Falls grill talking about the upcoming dance at school.
"But, you have to go!" Caroline said to Bonnie.
Bonnie had just informed Elena and Caroline that she didn't want to go
to the spring dance.
"I don't have anyone to go with. You have Tyler or even Matt," She turned to Elena, "You have Damon or Stefan. I don't have anyone. I don't want to be a third wheel." Bonnie said with a slight frown on her face.
Ever since, what she dubbed, 'The Jeremy Incident' she hadn't felt like dating. It was just too difficult and complicated in a town that seems to attract supernaturals more than humans. Not only that, but truth be told, she wasn't quite over Jeremy. She missed him. Even after everything that happened between him and Anna.
"I don't want to go with Damon or Stefan. I'm done with the Salvatores." Elena stated with a serious expression.
Caroline rolled her eyes thinking that that's what Elena always says. Give it a week and she'll be back with one of them. Probably Damon. It's not like Caroline blamed Elena. She harbored quite a big crush on the oldest Salvatore herself. Not that anyone knew though. Even after all he had done to her, using her as his vampire plaything, she couldn't help but think he had changed.
"And I'm not going with anyone," Caroline said. "I know!" she said, perking up," lets just all go together. A girl's night out, we haven't done that in a while."
"Really Caroline?" Bonnie asked, not really wanting to go at all.
"It'll be fun. Besides we all deserve a break from,well, our lives."
"Fine, I'll go if Elena goes," Bonnie said.
Caroline turned to Elena waiting to see what she would say. Elena hesitated, and then smiled. "Alright. A girl's night out it is."
"Yay!" squealed Caroline. "We're all going to have a good time, we can even have a sleepover at my place afterwards."
Elena only half listened when Caroline started describing the dress she wanted to get. She couldn't stop thinking about Damon. Elena hadn't missed Caroline's eye roll when she said she was done with the Salvatores. She couldn't help it. There was just something compelling about the vampire brothers.
"What do you think Elena?" Caroline asked.
"Uh, about what?"
"You weren't list-"
Caroline's response was interrupted by a Original.
"Well, who do we have here?" Rebekah said with a smirk.
"What do you want, Rebekah?" A scolding Caroline asked.
"Only to let Miss Gilbert here know that her Salvatore men aren't as faithful as she thinks." She smirked down at Elena.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Bonnie asked.
"I am proud to announce that Stefan and I are going to the dance together."
Elena tried to keep her calm, but in reality it felt like a knife was being thrusted into her heart. It was one thing to find that Damon and Rebekah had had a night, but that was just Damon being a man whore. It was entirely different that Stefan was going with Rebekah. Stefan, the one that had seemed to always have been true to her, was betraying her once more. First with giving into Klaus and now with Rebekah.
"Guess I'll be seeing you girls at the dance," Rebekah said, smirking at Elena and then walking away.
"I hate her," Caroline said.
"She can probably still here you," Bonnie pointed out.
"And I don't care."
"I have to go," Elena said, feeling the tears coming. "I'll see you two later," and she stormed out of the grill and headed home.
Once she arrived at her house, she opened the door and her blood ran cold. Her house was a disaster the furniture was turned upside down, papers were everywhere. And on the wall was a message written in red paint saying
You can't run forever.
And on the kitchen table lay the sheet of paper with the address of the cousins house in Denver, where she had sent Jeremy for safety.
Elena automatically pulled out her cell phone and dialed Jeremy's number.
"Hello?" Jeremy's voice said through the device.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked quickly.
"Elena? Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
"Nothing, just had a feeling that something might of been wrong." Elena covered quickly. She didn't want Jeremy to know everything that was going on in Mystic Falls. He would just get worried and want to come back.
"Everything's actually really good here. It's nice not having to worry about all the supernatural crap like I would if I were there. How are things there? Anymore vamp drama?"
Elena smiled at how happy he sounded. She was scared he wouldn't be able to recover from all the loss he had suffered. She had doubted herself when she asked Damon to compel him to leave, but now she was sure it was the right thing to do.
"No, there isn't really any problems here at the moment," She lied, "Everything's been really quite."
Jeremy chuckled, "That doesn't sound like the Mystic Falls that I know."
"Yeah, it's nice to be able to relax a little." Changing the subject she asked, "How's school? Have you made any friends?"
"Schools good. Before you ask, yes, I'm paying attention and getting decent grades. I've made a few friends."
"What kind of friends?"
Elena was worried he would fall in with the wrong crowd again. She didn't want him on drugs or drinking again.
"Don't worry Elena, they're not druggies or alcoholics." Jeremy replied knowing that she was thinking of his 'dark years', "They're pretty cool. I even have a girlfriend."
Elena's eyebrows rose a inch. She was surprised he'd be dating so soon after Anna and Bonnie.
"Really? What's she like?" Elena asked.
"She's really pretty and, like, super smart. Her name is Kelsey."
Elena could hear his smile through the phone.
"That's great!"
"Yeah, it's not too serious though. After all the drama and heartbreak with Vicky, Anna, and Bonnie, I just want to relax and have a little fun."
He said feeling slightly nostalgic. He missed them all very much.
"That's good. I don't think you need anything too serious for a while. It sounds like you're happy there in Colorado though."
"I really am, Elena. I miss you though. "
"I miss you too, Jeremy." Elena said while a tear slid down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away and switched the phone to her other ear, "Promise me you'll be careful and stay out of trouble."
"I promise, Elena. I'm not the same person I was in Mystic Falls. I know how to stay out of trouble now." Jeremy knew that Elena worried about him but he was being honest, he had changed.
"Thank you. If you need anything please call me. I'll always be here for you. You know that right?" She asked really starting to worry about the note she had found.
"Don't get all mushy on me! I know," Jeremy paused and Elena could here a voice calling for him in the background, "Hey, Elena, I have to go."
Elena sighed, "Alright, I'll talk to soon, okay? I love you."
"Love you too, bye." Jeremy hung up and Elena set her phone down on the kitchen table and looked around.
She needed to look and see if anything was missing and look for clues as to who had broken in and left the note for her. But, first she needed to get someone over here so that she wasn't completely alone and defenseless.
She picked her phone up again and scrolled through her contacts until she found the name she was looking for. She hit call and waited for it to ring.
"Is everything okay?" Damon asked urgently.
"I don't know, someone broke into my house. Can you come over?" She asked a little timidly. She should be asking Stefan, but after what Rebekah said, she couldn't bring herself to call him.
"Be there in a minute."
He hung up and Elena let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding in. She thought he would say no, he probably should of.
'No,' she thought to herself, 'You are not going to act like we're doing anything wrong. He's a friend who's just coming over to make sure everything is alright.'
Deep down she knew that that wasn't true. She just wasn't ready to confront her feelings about Damon yet.
Elena stood in the hallway taking in the complete chaos that was the living room. There was a broken lamp on the floor, all the cushions were off the couches, the side tables were turned upside down, the tv was busted. She didn't know where to start picking up.
"Whoa," Damon said as he entered the house. "Who knew you could be so destructive."
Elena rolled her eyes, ignoring the comment, "This isn't the creepy part."
Damon followed Elena to the kitchen. "This," Elena said," is my message," pointing to the paint, "and I saw the sheet of paper with my family's address where Jeremy is on the kitchen table."
"So you think this person is after Jeremy?"
"It'd make sense. If this person is after me, then they would know to harm the one's I love. Could this be Klaus?"
"No, this doesn't seem like a tactic he'd use."
"Katherine?"
"No she'd dramatically show up unexpectedly and ruin everyone like the bitch she is," Damon scolded. "It could be someone just messing around with you. But you should be careful and keep your eyes open."
"Okay, thanks Damon. Did you know Rebekah's going to the dance with Stefan?"
"No, Stefan hasn't said anything,"
"Oh,"
"Well I'll see you later," Damon said heading out the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To the bar to meet up with Alaric."
"Aren't you going to help me clean?"
"You're house, you're responsibility not mine. See you later," Damon said, smirking as he left a fuming Elena alone to clean.
A/N #2= I will try to upload a chapter a week, but I currently don't have access to the internet so I'll upload whenever I can make it to the library.