AN: Okay, so, new story! This time, I basically made up the story line myself but parts of it are influenced from That 70's Show but most specifically the characters (Damon and Elena) are loosely based off of Jackie Burkhart and Steven Hyde.(Dunno why, but I've really gotten into it lately and I absolutely love Jackie and Hyde together.) The summary sucks because I couldn't decide on what to put there but hopefully the story is better than the summary...This first chapter is pretty much more of a prologue than a chapter, hope you guys don't mind that. I really hope I catch some of your guys' attention and I hope you like this story! Please review and let me know!

Elena Gilbert was really, really, irritated.

Caroline Forbes, one of Elena's friends from Mystic Falls, was getting married in three weeks and Elena had to go. She was supposed to be a bridesmaid and Caroline would probably come to New York to drag her to Virginia if she didn't show up.

Why was Elena irritated?

The cause of Elena's irritation was a man Damon Salvatore, who she would be forced to see if she went to Caroline's wedding.

Damon was an ex-boyfriend who was a complete ass. They'd gotten together her senior year of High School and had lasted for about 3 years. During those three years, Damon had managed to cheat on her at least once that she knew of.

Their relationship had started a few months after Stefan, Damon's brother and her ex, had left for California. In reality, their relationship hadn't even started as a real relationship. It was like a hidden friends with benefits sort of thing.

They'd gotten bored one day and had started making out. Then the making out led to…well, you know. Needless to say, once they'd started their little…tryst… it'd continued. Secretly.

Until Caroline and Tyler had found out. Tyler had sighed and rolled his eyes. He didn't really care. Caroline, on the other hand…

"Seriously, Elena! This is probably the stupidest thing you've ever done! Damon, of all people, you choose Damon?"

"Yes, Care. I chose Damon. Why does it matter?"

Caroline scoffed. "Why does it matter? It's Damon! He's no good, Elena! All he'll do is hurt you."

"Wow, Care, thanks! We're not even in a relationship! How can he even hurt me?"

"Oh, really?" Caroline said. "If you're not in a relationship what the hell are you two even doing? Trying to get back at Stefan?"

"What! No! What we're…doing…has nothing to do with Stefan!"

Caroline raised her eyebrow at Elena. "Really? Then why are you two doing it? You don't even like each other!"

Elena gritted her teeth. "I don't know. Just leave me alone Caroline. And for the love of god, stop taking Stefan's side on everything. I'm the one who's your best friend, not him!" She turned and walked away. Elena ignored Caroline for the next few days.

Caroline then proceeded to bother Elena constantly about why she was doing this thing with Damon and how bad of an idea it was and blah, blah, blah. Elena knew Caroline was right. However, Elena didn't care. Two weeks later, Stefan had turned back up from California. Tyler and Caroline proceeded to nag Damon and Elena. They thought Damon and Elena needed to tell Stefan what they were doing.

Damon and Elena disagreed.

"No, Caroline, he doesn't need to know. It's not important to him at all! We're not together anyways! Stefan had no reason to care or know about what we're doing!" Elena argued.

See, neither one of them thought Stefan needed to know anything about what they were doing because they weren't in a relationship. They didn't really care to be in a relationship with each other. Damon and Elena hardly even liked each other.

But, eventually, Stefan had found out. He wasn't real happy about it, either. Elena had walked home to find Damon and Stefan in Tyler's driveway beating the living hell out of each other. There was a lot of yelling and screaming. Tyler, Caroline, and Matt had managed to drag Damon inside after Elena had screamed at Stefan and Damon to stop for five minutes straight.

Stefan had apparently come home just in time to see Damon kissing Elena in the Lockwoods' driveway. From what Elena gathered, he left and went to see Tyler. Tyler then told Stefan everything he knew about Damon and Elena and Damon showed up at Tyler's. Then they'd started fighting. That's when Elena had showed up.

Stefan had then looked at her with his jaw clenched and left.

Elena hadn't gone after him.

Stefan did have somewhat of a right to be angry. He'd gone to California after she'd rejected his proposal. Elena hadn't wanted to get married to Stefan…She didn't know why. Getting married was something she'd wanted, yet this time, she didn't. Though it may have had to do with Katherine Pierce, the girl Stefan had cheated on her with a month prior to his proposal.

Yup, she had taken him back after being cheated on. Multiple times. She was young and stupid. She believed that Stefan had loved her.

Anyway, they'd never officially broken up when Stefan had left. Maybe it was wrong of Elena to just… forget about Stefan and start her…thing… with Damon.

She didn't realize that she'd decided her relationship with Stefan was over until the moment in the driveway. Damon had started out as a fun summer fling and all thoughts of Stefan had left her mind. She'd forgotten that Stefan had even existed.

After all that, Stefan and Damon had somewhat made up. Damon and Elena's little tryst had continued up until they'd decided that, yes, they were in a relationship, and, yes, they liked being in one. Stefan had started running around with Katherine and a few others later on. He didn't seem to care about Damon and Elena's relationship, let alone mind it after he and Damon had finally made up.

Damon's first mistake in their relationship was when he cheated on her. And, like the idiot she was, she took him back after a few weeks. Unlike Stefan, Damon was actually sorry and could see what he'd done wrong. They stayed in their relationship for another two years after that.

Elena Gilbert had always wanted to get married and have kids. It was a dream she'd had since she was little. She wanted a storybook type of love. She wanted her prince charming and perfect wedding. She wanted one of the relationships that you envy from a TV show or movie.

Damon Salvatore had never been one for any of that.

Elena had known, at some point in their relationship, that she wanted Damon. She wanted to be married to him and have his kids. Elena dreamed of it. She dreamed of her perfect wedding and beautiful children that she'd have with him.

It all came crashing down.

After she'd graduated, Elena had gotten an acceptance letter from Columbia University. So, after making plans, she'd gone to New York. She'd begged Damon to go with her; He'd kissed her on the cheek and sent her off.

But, of course, being Damon, he showed up at the worst moment possible.

Stefan had been living in New York on and off for a year. He'd gotten Lexi, who had then finally been his girlfriend, pregnant. Elena had been upset and crying because of Damon that she'd called Lexi to talk. Lexi had then sent Stefan to see Elena at her hotel.

"I just don't understand him, Stefan! Why couldn't he just give me something! Anything!" Elena cried, "I would've accepted anything." She said somberly.

"He's Damon, Elena. It's just how he is…he believes everyone's going to leave or hate him at some point. You know he always thought he was bad for you." Stefan said softly, pulling her into his side and wrapping an arm around her.

"He wasn't."

Damon had walked in at that moment to see Stefan and Elena on the couch together. Stefan had still had his arm around her. Granted, they weren't doing anything. Anyone else would've at least investigated to see what was actually going on or they would've immediately noticed that what was going on was the furthest from something romantic.

Damon believed otherwise. He always thought the worst.

Even though she'd tried to stop him, Damon had stormed back over to his Camaro and sped off. She'd screamed at him and begged him to stop and talk to her but he wouldn't. Elena had then proceeded to call the Lockwood's and the Salvatore Mansion for days on end to talk to him. Apparently, Damon hadn't gone home. No one knew where he was.

"I don't know where he is, Elena. He hasn't answered his phone since he left to see you. I promise I'll call if I hear from him." Tyler had said after she'd cried to him over the phone for an hour or longer.

It wasn't a shocking thing. Damon usually avoided everyone when he was pissed off and the only exceptions had been his mother or Elena. He lived at the Boarding House while Giuseppe and Lily lived in the mansion. He rarely went anywhere other than the Boarding House, The Grill, Tyler's House, or her house. She'd called all of their friends hoping that Damon had at the very least spoken to one of them. He hadn't. She knew he hadn't.

Elena had later driven back to Mystic Falls after getting her apartment in New York set up. That was a few weeks after Damon had been MIA. She was told he had eventually shown back up at home to let his mother know he was alright. Apparently he'd found out how upset she'd been the longer he'd chosen to not answer anyone.

Damon had managed to avoid her for almost a month and she'd decided that she was done with it. He couldn't continue to make her feel like a horrible person when she hadn't done a damn thing to deserve it. The moment she'd walked into the Boarding House, she was met with a skinny blonde girl in the kitchen.

"Hi!" The blond girl happily exclaimed. "Who're you?"

Elena was confused. Who the hell was this girl? She wasn't wearing anything except an old tshirt. A tshirt that was Damon's and was also one of Elena's favorites. Elena was choosing to ignore that little detail

She swallowed and crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm Elena." She stated. "Who the hell are you?"

Te blonde girl looked at her oddly. Almost like she thought Elena was stupid, or slow. "I'm Andie.." The blonde girl trailed off. "Damon's wife."

Elena felt dizzy. "Excuse me?" She breathed. "Wife?"

Damon walked into the kitchen at that moment. He'd just gotten out of th shower because he was wet and only had a towel on. "Yeah," He drawled. "My wife." He smirked at Elena and walked over to Andie and kissed her.

That moment, Elena felt her heart break.

Damon outright refused to even listen anything wedding related. He wouldn't even tell Elena that he saw a future with her.

been speechless for a moment. What was she going to say? Damon outright refused to even listen anything wedding related. He wouldn't even tell Elena that he saw a future with her.

She doubted he was lying. What was the point in saying he was married to this blonde skank? If he wanted to hurt her he could've just said he'd moved on. Then again, why wouldn't he lie? He knew her just as well as she knew him.

Elena's eyes flickered between Andie and Damon. She could feel tears burning in her eyes and she refused to let Damon see her cry. So, she nodded and left.

She waited until the boarding house was no longer visible before she started crying. It wasn't pretty crying either. It was the heart-wrenching hyperventilating kind of crying.

For the next three months, Damon tormented her with Andie. He'd say the rudest tings he possibly could to hurt her and he'd always made sure to be attached to her whenever she looked his way. Caroline had even chosen to hang out with her. Caroline treated that blonde like she was her best friend and simply ignored Elena telling her that she was being childish.

After Damon had been particularly cruel one day, Elena had finally gone back to New York. She could take a lot but Damon telling her that he'd never loved her while Andie was hanging all over him had been the final straw. She couldn't handle the constant torment anymore.

Her father had kept the payments up on her apartment the whole time she'd been in Mystic Falls, All she'd had to do was pack her clothes and leave.

So she did.

About six months after she'd been back in New York, She'd gotten a call from Caroline.

She and Caroline had somewhat made up and were getting along again after she'd been in New York for about two months. Caroline had called her crying and begging for Elena to forgive her. Elena did because Caroline was her best friend. Bonnie had wanted nothing to do with her after Elena had quit the cheerleading squad and most of her friends had done nothing to help her while Damon tormented her with his wife.

Caroline's reason for calling had been to tell her that Damon and Andie hadn't been legally married. Supposedly, Damon hadn't actually even remembered getting married to Andie. Everything he'd said to Elena was what Andie had explained to him after she'd shown up looking for him. He'd left Vegas thinking he was single still. He had no idea he'd gotten married.

They'd all found out the marriage was fake after Andie's real husband had shown up demanding that she come home.

That call to Elena had been placed almost two years ago and she hadn't been back to Mystic Falls since.

AN: Well, let me know what you guys thought! (Hopefully it didn't suck…because that would suck) Like Sleeping Beauty, this story isn't betaed so any mistakes made are my own and I'll apologize now for any there may be. The next chapter is ready to be posted at any time, I have this story written up to chapter four so far, I'm just waiting to see the response on this chapter before I post the next :)