When Feelings Come Back
5 years later
*Beep, beep, beep*
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing. As I shut it off I checked the time, it was 8:47. "Ughh," I said in a loud voice waking up Damon who was asleep next to me. Damon was my closest friend. We met in my 2nd year of college and just got really close, but not to close. After knowing him for a while we decided to move in together in an apartment not to far from our college. And things have been pretty normal ever since. "Damon get up." I said as I throw a pillow at him. "Ugh 10 more minutes Elena." "I'm going to be late for my flight, come on." Noticing that he wasn't getting up I then got on top of the bed and pushed him off. "Ok ok I'm up," he said as he was getting up from the floor. "Good, now come on and help me put the luggages in the car yeah?" "Alright."
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As Damon was driving me to the airport I realized that he wasn't his usually talkative self. "What's wrong?" I ask him. "What do you mean?" "Well you'd usually be talking the whole drive and you haven't even said one word.... Come on tell me." "Well..." He started off. "Are you sure you have to go all the way to London," he said in an upset tone. I then smiled & laughed and said, "Yes Damon I'm sure." He put a frown on his face and I felt bad. "Look it's only going to be for a couple months, ill make sure to call you everyday and you could even come visit me sometimes but don't worry about me ill be fine." He smiled and said, "Well alright, it's just going to be so boring here without you." "Trust me if I didn't have to go I wouldn't but Kendra would literally kill me." Kendra was my boss, I'm a hair & makeup artist if you were wondering. She gave me this job to go out to London and work with some big stars. I took the job in order to prove to her that I had the potential to become very successful in the hair and makeup industry. "Who are you going to be working with anyways?" said Damon. "I'm not sure yet, Kendra said she would let me know when I have arrived." "Alright well you better tell me everything that goes on over there and yes that means if you hook up with a guy you have to tell me every little dirty detail you did with him!" I laughed as Damon was being his usual idiotic self. "I'm not hooking up with anybody Damon, this is just for work." I said. "Yea right Elena your probably going to be the most beautiful girl there compared to all the snobby British women trust me guys will be all over you." "Well then they're going to have to be above their game to even get a day out with me." We both laughed & we finally got the airport. I got out of the car as Damon was taking out my luggages and handing them to me. "Here are your luggages and your ticket Mrs. Valentine." I smiled at his humor & gave him a huge hug. We stood for about a minute hugging and as we released I said, " I call you when I'm there ok." "Alright," he said. "Bye Damon." "Bye Elena." I grab my bags and walk inside the airport. I looked back at Damon and waved one last goodbye as I have the worker my ticket and went on to the plane.
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*Attention everyone we will be arriving in London in about 10 minutes* As I heard the captain say that I started packing up my belongings. So many thoughts were running through my head, like who I was going to meet, where'd I'd visit & mainly who I was working with. About a few minutes later we finally landed and I got off the plane. As I walked outside I felt the chills. It was quite cold in London. "Good thing I brought jackets," I told myself. I then see an old man around his 40's or 50's with a small limo standing with a card that read the name Elena Valentine. I walked over to him and asked, "Are you my driver?" "Are you Elena?" he said. I said yes and quickly got my ID out to prove to him that I was Elena. "Very well," he said in his awesome British accent. "Step inside Miss. Valentine." "Thank you." We were driving in silence for about 10 minutes until I said, "So what should I call you?" He laughed and said, "My name is Ralph and ill be your personal driver for the time you spend here." "Sounds good," I said. "So where exactly are you taking me Ralph?" "To your flat Miss Valentine, were not to far from here." "Alright thanks, and Ralph?" "Yes Miss. Valentine?" "You could just call me Elena," I said. "Ok Elena." Not to long after we arrived at my flat Ralph helped me take out my luggages from the trunk & gave me a key. "Your room number is 417, on the very top," he said. "Thanks Ralph." "Oh and Miss. Valentine, oh I mean Elena." "Yea?" He then hands me a card with a number on it. "If you ever need me here's my number," he said. "Thanks again." I then walk up to my flat and anxiously open the door. Wow, I thought in my head. This place was beautiful for just a simple hair & makeup artist but I didn't care I loved it. I noticed that there was a huge balcony outside by my bedrooms I open to the doors to the balcony I feel the chilly breeze coming in I looked out and there was a beautiful view of all the lights & knew coming to London was the right decision. As I stand out there for a while my phone starts to ring. It was Damon. I answered & said, "Hey Damon." "Hey Elena." I noticed that the voice talking wasn't Damon it was in fact Stefan, Damon's brother. "Oh hey Stefan," I said. "Why are you calling me from Damon's phone?" "Well I just stopped by Damon's apartment to say bye to you but he told me you had already left so I felt kinda bad & I left my phone at my house that's why I'm calling from Damon's cell." I started to laugh, "Wow typical Stefan haha." "Well thank you for calling, London is so beautiful Stefan I wish you guys were here." "Well hopefully we can go & visit you soon." "You guys should you'd really love it!" I heard a voice in the background yell out, "Elenaaaa!" Right away I knew it was Damon and said, "Hey Damon." Damon then grabbed the phone & said, "How are you." "Great a bit cold though, I could really use a warm cup of tea though." "Well then you should probably head out & find a tea shop then or whatever they have there in London." "I was actually about to do that so ill talk to you guys later ok?" "Alright then by Elena." They both said bye at the same time and hung up. I went into the bathroom to take a quick shower to head out. As I get out of the shower I blow dry my hair and lightly curl my hair. I put a bit of makeup on & walked over to my luggage. At first I was thinking of wearing a nice dress but realizing that I should probably get used to the coldness first I just put on my blue coat, a nice scarf, some pants, boots , grabbed my bad & headed out. I stepped outside or knowing where I was going so I called the only person I knew here. I called Ralph. "Hello," he answered. "Hey Ralph it's Elena." "Oh hello Elena, is everything ok?" he asked. "Yea everything's great I just wanted to know where I can get the best tea here?" "Well there are many shops but the best one that I personally go to all the time is Malvoras about 3 blocks from your flat, would you like me to come pick you up?" "Oh no Ralph I could use the fresh air but thank you." "Well alright Elena call me if you need anything else." "Alright then goodbye." I hung up and started walking. I couldn't think of anything besides that fact of how beautiful London was. And as dorky as I was I immediately took my phone out and took a selfie of myself and posted the picture on Instagram with the caption... "First day out in London! Xx"
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After about an half an hour of walking around I finally found Malvoras tea shop. I walked inside when I immediately bumped into a guy and spilled his tea all over the both of us. "Crap!" I said. "I'm so sorry I didn't see you I didn't mean to do that i'll pay for the tea---" he cut me off right there. "Hey no worries really, It's just tea," he said. Relieved that he wasn't angry towards me for that I said once again, "Sorry." He smiled and laughed a bit. "I'm Louis," he said. "Elena." I shaked his hand as he said, "Your not from around here are you." "Not at all, I literally just moved here today & I'm still sort of adjusting to everything." As he was wiping off the tea from his shirt with a napkin he said, "Well I could give you a tour around so you can get the whole idea of London." "Oh... no its ok i don't want to get in between your plans today." "Im actually free today so it really wouldn't be a bother," he said with a smile. I start to think for a bit. Should I go with this stranger that I just met? Or should I back off? "Unless if course you'd want to walk around all day bored and lost until some creepers from the street start following you around & stalking you." I laughed and said, "Why would people want to follow me around all day just to stalk me?" "Well your a beautiful girl I'm pretty sure guys would have their eyes on you." I blushed for a bit. "Come on," he said. And without thinking I went with him.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing. As I shut it off I checked the time, it was 8:47. "Ughh," I said in a loud voice waking up Damon who was asleep next to me. Damon was my closest friend. We met in my 2nd year of college and just got really close, but not to close. After knowing him for a while we decided to move in together in an apartment not to far from our college. And things have been pretty normal ever since. "Damon get up." I said as I throw a pillow at him. "Ugh 10 more minutes Elena." "I'm going to be late for my flight, come on." Noticing that he wasn't getting up I then got on top of the bed and pushed him off. "Ok ok I'm up," he said as he was getting up from the floor. "Good, now come on and help me put the luggages in the car yeah?" "Alright."
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As Damon was driving me to the airport I realized that he wasn't his usually talkative self. "What's wrong?" I ask him. "What do you mean?" "Well you'd usually be talking the whole drive and you haven't even said one word.... Come on tell me." "Well..." He started off. "Are you sure you have to go all the way to London," he said in an upset tone. I then smiled & laughed and said, "Yes Damon I'm sure." He put a frown on his face and I felt bad. "Look it's only going to be for a couple months, ill make sure to call you everyday and you could even come visit me sometimes but don't worry about me ill be fine." He smiled and said, "Well alright, it's just going to be so boring here without you." "Trust me if I didn't have to go I wouldn't but Kendra would literally kill me." Kendra was my boss, I'm a hair & makeup artist if you were wondering. She gave me this job to go out to London and work with some big stars. I took the job in order to prove to her that I had the potential to become very successful in the hair and makeup industry. "Who are you going to be working with anyways?" said Damon. "I'm not sure yet, Kendra said she would let me know when I have arrived." "Alright well you better tell me everything that goes on over there and yes that means if you hook up with a guy you have to tell me every little dirty detail you did with him!" I laughed as Damon was being his usual idiotic self. "I'm not hooking up with anybody Damon, this is just for work." I said. "Yea right Elena your probably going to be the most beautiful girl there compared to all the snobby British women trust me guys will be all over you." "Well then they're going to have to be above their game to even get a day out with me." We both laughed & we finally got the airport. I got out of the car as Damon was taking out my luggages and handing them to me. "Here are your luggages and your ticket Mrs. Valentine." I smiled at his humor & gave him a huge hug. We stood for about a minute hugging and as we released I said, " I call you when I'm there ok." "Alright," he said. "Bye Damon." "Bye Elena." I grab my bags and walk inside the airport. I looked back at Damon and waved one last goodbye as I have the worker my ticket and went on to the plane.
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*Attention everyone we will be arriving in London in about 10 minutes* As I heard the captain say that I started packing up my belongings. So many thoughts were running through my head, like who I was going to meet, where'd I'd visit & mainly who I was working with. About a few minutes later we finally landed and I got off the plane. As I walked outside I felt the chills. It was quite cold in London. "Good thing I brought jackets," I told myself. I then see an old man around his 40's or 50's with a small limo standing with a card that read the name Elena Valentine. I walked over to him and asked, "Are you my driver?" "Are you Elena?" he said. I said yes and quickly got my ID out to prove to him that I was Elena. "Very well," he said in his awesome British accent. "Step inside Miss. Valentine." "Thank you." We were driving in silence for about 10 minutes until I said, "So what should I call you?" He laughed and said, "My name is Ralph and ill be your personal driver for the time you spend here." "Sounds good," I said. "So where exactly are you taking me Ralph?" "To your flat Miss Valentine, were not to far from here." "Alright thanks, and Ralph?" "Yes Miss. Valentine?" "You could just call me Elena," I said. "Ok Elena." Not to long after we arrived at my flat Ralph helped me take out my luggages from the trunk & gave me a key. "Your room number is 417, on the very top," he said. "Thanks Ralph." "Oh and Miss. Valentine, oh I mean Elena." "Yea?" He then hands me a card with a number on it. "If you ever need me here's my number," he said. "Thanks again." I then walk up to my flat and anxiously open the door. Wow, I thought in my head. This place was beautiful for just a simple hair & makeup artist but I didn't care I loved it. I noticed that there was a huge balcony outside by my bedrooms I open to the doors to the balcony I feel the chilly breeze coming in I looked out and there was a beautiful view of all the lights & knew coming to London was the right decision. As I stand out there for a while my phone starts to ring. It was Damon. I answered & said, "Hey Damon." "Hey Elena." I noticed that the voice talking wasn't Damon it was in fact Stefan, Damon's brother. "Oh hey Stefan," I said. "Why are you calling me from Damon's phone?" "Well I just stopped by Damon's apartment to say bye to you but he told me you had already left so I felt kinda bad & I left my phone at my house that's why I'm calling from Damon's cell." I started to laugh, "Wow typical Stefan haha." "Well thank you for calling, London is so beautiful Stefan I wish you guys were here." "Well hopefully we can go & visit you soon." "You guys should you'd really love it!" I heard a voice in the background yell out, "Elenaaaa!" Right away I knew it was Damon and said, "Hey Damon." Damon then grabbed the phone & said, "How are you." "Great a bit cold though, I could really use a warm cup of tea though." "Well then you should probably head out & find a tea shop then or whatever they have there in London." "I was actually about to do that so ill talk to you guys later ok?" "Alright then by Elena." They both said bye at the same time and hung up. I went into the bathroom to take a quick shower to head out. As I get out of the shower I blow dry my hair and lightly curl my hair. I put a bit of makeup on & walked over to my luggage. At first I was thinking of wearing a nice dress but realizing that I should probably get used to the coldness first I just put on my blue coat, a nice scarf, some pants, boots , grabbed my bad & headed out. I stepped outside or knowing where I was going so I called the only person I knew here. I called Ralph. "Hello," he answered. "Hey Ralph it's Elena." "Oh hello Elena, is everything ok?" he asked. "Yea everything's great I just wanted to know where I can get the best tea here?" "Well there are many shops but the best one that I personally go to all the time is Malvoras about 3 blocks from your flat, would you like me to come pick you up?" "Oh no Ralph I could use the fresh air but thank you." "Well alright Elena call me if you need anything else." "Alright then goodbye." I hung up and started walking. I couldn't think of anything besides that fact of how beautiful London was. And as dorky as I was I immediately took my phone out and took a selfie of myself and posted the picture on Instagram with the caption... "First day out in London! Xx"
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After about an half an hour of walking around I finally found Malvoras tea shop. I walked inside when I immediately bumped into a guy and spilled his tea all over the both of us. "Crap!" I said. "I'm so sorry I didn't see you I didn't mean to do that i'll pay for the tea---" he cut me off right there. "Hey no worries really, It's just tea," he said. Relieved that he wasn't angry towards me for that I said once again, "Sorry." He smiled and laughed a bit. "I'm Louis," he said. "Elena." I shaked his hand as he said, "Your not from around here are you." "Not at all, I literally just moved here today & I'm still sort of adjusting to everything." As he was wiping off the tea from his shirt with a napkin he said, "Well I could give you a tour around so you can get the whole idea of London." "Oh... no its ok i don't want to get in between your plans today." "Im actually free today so it really wouldn't be a bother," he said with a smile. I start to think for a bit. Should I go with this stranger that I just met? Or should I back off? "Unless if course you'd want to walk around all day bored and lost until some creepers from the street start following you around & stalking you." I laughed and said, "Why would people want to follow me around all day just to stalk me?" "Well your a beautiful girl I'm pretty sure guys would have their eyes on you." I blushed for a bit. "Come on," he said. And without thinking I went with him.
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5/25/14