Innocence

Chapter 13: Girls Night or Guys Night?

As we watched Pitch Perfect on the grey L-shaped couch, we were laughing. I left my phone on the counter in the kitchen, and I cleaned up everyone's bowls when we finished. I put the dishes in the sink and put the leftover of the Alfredo in the fridge. I looked at my phone, and I had about 15 messages from Elijah..."Ugh." I said.

Bonnie looked over to me. "What's up, Scar?" She asked curiously.

"Ex-boyfriend." I said faintly.

"Don't answer him. This is our night." Bekah said.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to." I said putting my phone down and putting the machines on the counter. "Guys, I'm going to pop some popcorn and get the machines heated up. Who wants to help?" I asked.

"Me!" Caroline said excitedly. She got off the couch and she walked into the kitchen, and she plugged the machines into the outlet in front of her while I got the popcorn out of the cabinet. I put one bag in the microwave and had it in there for about 2 and a half minutes. I went through the bags that Rebekah brought, and took out the cake pop and S'mores stuff. I set them on the counter. After we had the popcorn all popped, the movie was over, and we then put in Mean Girls. We took the popcorn to the other girls, and we started to watch the movie. During the movie, I could have sworn that I saw a shadow by the window to the side of us. Then the bell rang. I looked at the clock, and it was 11:45pm. Who would be coming by at this hour?

"I got it." I said standing up from the couch. The girls continued to watch the movie, as I walked toward the door. I looked through the peep hole before opening the door, and it was Elijah. "Guys, it's Elijah..." I said quietly.

Rebekah's eyes shot up towards the door, and she pointed to the stairs to have me go upstairs. I did so, and she opened the door. He looked surprised to see Rebekah at the door because he heard me talk before opening the door. "Hello brother." She said to him.

"Hello, Rebekah. I'm here to see Scarlet." He said.

"Well, she's busy having a girls night with us. Clearly she needs it. She doesn't wish to see any of the boys tonight. Including you." She replied. Elijah looked pissed.

"Well, I would come in, but I haven't been invited in yet." He said.

"Well, that's too bad because the owner of the house isn't home right now. Your out of luck. Goodbye brother." She said, starting to close the door.

"Rebekah, stop." Someone said, and she looked at Elijah, but it wasn't him. It was Marcel.

"Marcel, why are you here?" She said.

"Oh I don't know. I wanted to see you, Bekah." He replied. I walked back downstairs and onto the couch with the other girls. I didn't look at Elijah, and neither did the other girls.

"Well, this is girls night, not guys night. Now bye bye." She said.

"Scarlet." Elijah spoke up.

I didn't look at him.

"Scarlet!" He said a little louder. I still didn't look at him. "Scarlet Rose Iona!" He yelled. I looked at him.

"What." I said annoyed. He was going to ruin this to just try to get me back.

"Can we talk?" He said. I knew he wanted to walk into the house but he couldn't because he wasn't invited inside the house yet, and neither was Marcel, and it's not like they can come in anyway. Mrs. Forbes isn't home, so we can just shut the door and leave them be.

"No thanks." I said, not looking at him anymore.

"Did you get my messages?" He asked.

"Yes; yes I have. Bye, Elijah." I replied.

"Scarlet. Please; I can explain." He said. But, Rebekah closed the door and sat down on the couch again.

"God, he needs to give you some space." Elena said.

"He doesn't know the definition of space sometimes." Bekah said.

"He doesn't even know how frustrated I am. He thinks that he can just show up and talk to me." I said, "I need some space, and I really don't want to talk to him right now. I'd rather date Damon than talk to him right now."

"But you hate Damon." Caroline said.

"Exactly. That's the point." I said eating my popcorn. Caroline laughed.

About 15 minutes after we closed the door on Elijah and Marcel, the doorbell rang again. Bonnie got up this time and opened it, and it was Damon. "Hey Bon Bon!" He said with a smirk, "How you doing?"

"Fine. Why are you here?" She asked.

"I heard you were having a girls night." He replied.

"Who'd you hear that from?" She said.

"Oh, Elijah." He spoke.

"Ok. It's mainly for Scarlet. She broke up with Elijah and she's trying to cope, so please go home. She doesn't need or want any guys around right now. She'll tell you that herself." Bonnie replied.

"Well, I can come in because I've been invited inside the house by Liz, so I will not listen to your offer." He said as he walked in, "Hello ladies." He said with a smirk.

Elena turned and she said, "Damon, please get out."

"Why should I? I'm allowed in the house." He said.

"Look, I know Elijah sent you here because you have been invited into the house." Caroline said.

"Hey look, Blondie. I just came here to say hi."

"No you didn't. You were sent here by Elijah to talk to Scarlet. You want her to get back with Elijah." Care fought back in defense.

"So, and what if that's why I'm here? Why is that so bad?" He asked.

"Because we don't want you here; and we don't need you here." Elena said.

"Come on, I just want one word with her." He said, pleading.

"No." I said.

"Come on, Scarlet. Just 5 minutes. Then I'll leave."

"Ok fine. But you better leave right after we talk. No exceptions. Am I clear?" I replied.

"Crystal." He said as he followed me upstairs into my room. I sat on the bed and he sat next to me.

"So, Elijah asked me to come over to talk to you. He said that he loves you and he meant to save you but Hayley needed help." Damon said, looking me in the eyes.

"If he loved me, why did he save Hayley?" I asked defending myself.

"He needed to protect Hayley's baby."

"What is so special about this baby?? I don't understand! Klaus could have killed me!" I yelled.

"If you hadn't told Stefan, Matt and I where you were going, we wouldn't have had this problem!" He replied.

"Well whatever! He said he would help me! I didn't think I had to tell you that, Damon!" I said.

"Well clearly you needed to!"

"Why are you acting so over-protective of me?" I asked.

"Because. I care about you. I don't want anyone to hurt you." He said, holding my face with his hands.

I couldn't help but stare into his green eyes, getting lost as I felt his breath on my face. I flinched, and he said, "Scarlet, I love you. Ever since I saw you in the history classroom that day with Bonnie, I thought that I would die if I couldn't have you. And when I found out you went on a date with Elijah, I thought it was over." He said. He kept talking, but I cut him off by kissing him. I couldn't take it; I had to. I was so tempted. His hands shifted down to my waist and mine went to wrap around his neck as we made out on my bed. As we kissed, it was like fireworks went off outside; I felt something in the kiss. I let go for a breath and he said, "Be mine, Scarlet."

"Ok." I said as he then kissed me again and again. What if Elijah finds out about this?