Damian's P.O.V
Elle sat between Axel and I as we watched Elle's favourite movie 'Zombieland'. I think she was more excited about the movie then the theatre we were sitting in. I seen her face when Gabriel brought her to the theatre. She bossed Mateo around, having him add extra butter to the popcorn and to grab all the candy he could take.
I thought she was on a sugar rush after. She started yelling and laughing loudly during the movie. It was like having another Axel with us.
The movie finally finished, although I actually enjoy it. Can you believe I haven't watched it before? Apparently, there might be a second one coming out next year. I turn to look at Elle who is shoving the rest of popcorn in her face.
"Axel!" Elle yells.
"Bestie I'm sorry- hey who turned off the lights?" Axel asks. Elle took the popcorn bucket and put it over his head. We all start to laugh at them.
"Don't mess with a girl and her popcorn," she laughs.
Mateo and Gabriel start throwing popcorn at each other, then Elle joins them.
"You people are wasting good popcorn!" Carlisle yells. Elle ends up throwing a hand full of popcorn at him. Carlisle pretends to fake cry causing all of us to laugh.
"I should probably get going guys," Elle announces before turning to me with a frown.
"Why are you sad?" I take my hand, put it under her chin to squeeze her cheeks.
"Because it's getting late and I have to go. I was having a good time with you guys," she pouts.
"Tomorrow is Sunday and we can all hang out again," I whisper to her.
"Okay!" She smiles and hops out of her seat. She stretches her hands out so she could pull me up. I grab onto both of her hands and pull myself up.
"Bye guys! I'll see you people tomorrow..." she pauses and looks straight at Axel who was closest to her. She points at him and continues, "if you ever kidnap me again, you'll be sorry," she squints her eyes and stare at Axel.
"They helped me!"
"Yeah but you drove us! Besties don't kidnap each other!" She yells then squishes past me and runs out of the theatre.
"Control your girl man!" Carlisle says as Axel starts to fake cry.
"Not my girl," I say, shrugging my shoulders and walking out of the room.
"Better claim her before I do!" I hear Gabriel yelling in the back.
I'm going to kill him. I actually never admitted my feelings towards Elle to them but I guess they already figured out how I feel.
And about my feelings, well... I don't even know exactly how I feel about her other than, the month we didn't talk to each other, I was all moody and grumpy again. It's like when I'm with her, I'm my old happy self. And when Gabriel tries to flirt with her, it makes me want to punch him in his face.
I probably psycho. Maybe I'm not good enough for her.
"Damian!" Elle yells when I walk into the hallway of the basement.
"Yes Bella?"
"Hello!" She smiles, waving at me.
"Are you still on a sugar rush?" I laugh.
"Maybe," she winks and walks towards the stairs.
"You know we have an elevator right?"
"Yeah but I'm not staying in an elevator with you, alone," she laughs nervously.
"I think I should be scared of you more," I tease.
"You can't keep your lips off of mine!"
"But you seem to enjoy my lips on yours," I wink.
"How about this, I take the elevator and you take the stairs. I think you need the exercise," she laughs running into the elevator.
"You're going to regret saying that Bella," I say. She waves to me as the door closes, so I decide to run up to stairs and stand at the elevator door, waiting for it to open.
"BOO!"
"AHH!" She screams backing up into the elevator. I walk in the elevator and she starts to punch my arm.
"You could at least pretend my punches hurt," she frowns. The elevator door closes leaving us stuck together.
"Ouch..." I pause rubbing my arm. "That was more painful than having my arms covered in tattoos." She frowns her eyebrows and punches me even harder. I actually felt that one.
"Jheez, okay Bella. Calm down now."
"No!"
I smile at her as she's looking at me with serious eyes. Staring at her brown eyes make me feel like I'm floating down a chocolate river. I start to make funny faces to make her laugh, eventually she cracks and starts laughing with me.
"You're stunning," I whisper under my breath hoping she didn't hear me but when I look at her face, her cheeks turn a light shade of red.
She looks at me and that's when I place one hand on her cheek. I slowly lean in, placing my lips on top of hers. She doesn't hesitate to kiss me back which surprises me sometimes. I have to control myself because being with her alone in this elevator is driving me crazy.
She takes one hand and pulls my shirt so I could come closer to her.
Now she really isn't helping me control myself.
I move my hand from her face and place it on the wall behind her while my other hand is on her waist, pulling her even closer to me. She takes both of her hands and put it around my neck. I bite the bottom of her lip gently causing her to gasp. She moves her head back to look at me with a big smile and red cheeks.
All of sudden the elevator door opens.
"I would say, I'll wait for the other elevator but we don't have one brother."
I turn around to see Gabriel smirking at Elle and I.
"Grazie per averci interrotto di nuovo." I say to Gabriel.
"Spiacente fratello," Gabriel puts both hands up, slowly backing away from the elevator.
"I wish I could understand you people," Elle pouts.
"Damian said 'I'm in love-"
"Ma sta 'zitto," I interrupt Gabriel. "That means 'ma shut up'," I translate so Elle could understand.
"You could've said it in English! Anyways, I should probably get going for real now," she chuckles walking out of the elevator.
"Wait, I'll drop you home," I tell her.
"Yo, Elle, we could drop you!" Mateo calls out.
"After being kidnapped by you three, I think I'll pass," Elle says walking to the front door. "Bye Gabriel!" She yells before walking out the door. I follow her out and lead her to my Aston Martin. I open the door for her then head to the drivers seat.
"You don't have to open the door for me all the time," she laughs.
"Chivalry isn't dead Bella," I smile and shrug my shoulders. I pull out of the driveway and start to drive to her house.
"I have to get the guys back! Thinking they could kidnap me and get away with it!" Elle grumbles.
"Relax Bella, I did tell them to blind fold you-"
"But they tied my hands and feet up!" She argues. "Fine, but they'll pay for it one day."
We began listening to the radio when Elle decides to connect her phone to car. All of a sudden she starts to play, 'Quit Playing Games With My Heart' by the Backstreet Boys.
Oh no.
"Even in my heart, I see. Your not being true to me," Elle starts singing along.
Don't sing Damian. You're stronger than this! The little voice inside my head keeps saying.
"But I wish I could, so bad, Baby," Elle looks over to me.
"Is this what you listen to?" I ask her.
She has this evil smile on her face. Does she know I like them?
"QUIT PLAYIN GAMES WITH MY HEART, BEFORE YOU TEAR US APART!" she puts her hand on my shoulder.
"I SHOULD'VE KNOWN FROM THE START!" I yell before placing one hand over my mouth. She bursts out laughing.
I put both hands on the wheel as I turn into her street. "How did you know?" I ask her.
"The guys said all of you love their song but the them," she laughs.
I pull up onto her driveway, it doesn't look like anyone's home and it's two in the morning. I put the car in park and look at her.
"Oh no, you found out my secret," I pause. "What am I going to do now?" I begin to laugh.
"How about I tell you my secret," she says softly.
"You don't have to," I assure her.
"No, it's only fair, except mine isn't as... funny," she pauses, "it's kind of embarrassing," she continues, chuckling nervously.
"I never kissed any guy before, so you are.. sort of my... first kiss," she averts her eyes away from mine.
Is she serious? She can't be.
"Elle really?"
"Oh no, you actually said my name, this can't be good," her head lowers. I take one hand, placing it under her chin to tilt her head back up.
"Bella, I'm sorry. I never should have kissed you. You were probably waiting for your future boyfriend too," I explain.
"Yeah, I guess, but it's okay. I mean, I didn't push you away earlier," she chuckles.
"Have I ever told you why I like hanging out with you?" I ask.
She looks at me curiously, "no, I don't think so."
"Well, it's because your different from others I've encountered in my life. You're kind, caring and you're nothing like Ava or my ex-girlfriend," I explain. She smiles in return, cheeks as red as a blooming rose.
In that moment, I decide to grab both of her hands and hold them in mine.
"Bella, would you like to go on a date with me?" I ask.
"Are we making another bet?" She smirks.
"No no, I mean a real date?" I clarify.
"Damian we just started talking again like six hours ago," she laughs.
"And the one month, five days and... one hour we ignored each other was way too long for me," I smile before continuing. "Plus, you did have a mini make-out session with me," I wink. She blushes when I mention the make-out part.
"So my beautiful Elle Winters, will you go on a date with me?" I ask once more.
She pauses for a moment squinting her eyes. I can see she's thinking really hard on her decision which makes me want to laugh.
"Hmmm... because you let me pick a movie to watch today, which was my favourite by the way," she laughs and continues. "Yes Damian Di Luca, I'll go on a real date with you," she smiles, a big bright smile.
I smile back at her and kiss the back of her left hand. "Be ready for next Saturday gorgeous," I wink as she opens the door and steps out. I put down the window and she leans on the car.
"I need a nickname for you now," she smiles.
"Oh I could think of so many like Papi, mi Vida, la Mia vita, il mio cuore... wait you probably won't understand those," I pause, thinking of more. "How about sexy beast, hot stuff... Di Lucalicious!"
"Yeah okay, no. I'll come up with my own," she laughs and walks away.
I open the car door and step out bracing against the inside. "I LIKE THE NAME-"
"LA LA LA. I'M NOT LISTENING!" She yells walking into her house and closing the door behind her.
I laugh and sit back down in my car. I start thinking about how different my life was before Elle.
I was constantly in a bad mood. I don't remember the last time I- oh no wait, I remember. And now that I think about it, I wonder why I fell in love with her anyways. Before dating her, she was kind and caring but being in a relationship with that chick for over a year, she became rude and obnoxious. I guess I was too drawn to her to see pass her devilish ways.
Dio Elle, what are you doing to me? My heart is pulling me to her and I cannot get her off my mind. This reminds me of how I felt about my ex-girlfriend before I started dating her.
It's driving me crazy but her beautiful face is just... Ma dio, I need help! I swear, if she breaks my heart, she'll be breaking me and this time, I might be gone for good.
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Translations:
"Grazie per averci interrotto di nuovo." (Italian)- "Thank you for interrupting us."
"Spiacente fratello," (Italian) - "Sorry Brother."
"Ma sta 'zitto" (Italian)- "Ma, shut up"
"Papi" (Spanish)- "Daddy"
"Mi Vida" (Spanish)- "My life"
"La Mia vita" (Italian)- "My life"
"Il Mio Cuore" (Italian)- "My heart"
"Dio" (Italian)- "God"