" There is definitely something scary about not knowing whether an individual is going to kill you or f*ck you. "

- Ian Somerhalder

I awoke to the sun hitting my face. I tried to squirm away but the arms that were tightly wrapped around me wouldn't let me budge. I looked up to see Stefan. His eyes fluttered open and he instantly smiled at waking up with me. This was my safe haven, just lying with the man I love. The couldn't help but smile. This was perfect. I closed my eyes trying to take in the moment. It was rare that we had times like these. Where Damon wasn't barging in, where someone I love wasn't being bitten, stabbed or hurt in general. This is when I could be normal for just a little while. And then I heard it. My eyes flashed open prepared for the worst. I heard Damon yelling and a couple curse words being thrown out there. There goes my normal morning.

Stefan was leaving today to go back somewhere in Italy. Apparently he thinks he knows one of the 'originals' who can help us. As much as I wanted all the help we could get I didn't want to go a day without Stefan. Out of everything he keeps me grounded. I may of broken up with him before but after he saved me I realized I couldn't take anything for granted. I may not have a lot of time left to be with him. Stefan sighed and released me so I could sit up.

" What do you think is going on now? " I said while rubbing my eyes.

" Who knows. " He said while getting out of bed. He walked to the door and leaned out. I got up and followed Stefan peering out the door, safely hiding behind Stefan.

" Damon?"

" Shut up! " I heard Damon's familiar stressed voice coming from the library. I laughed a little and Stefan gave me a strange look and I went back to being serious. Stefan started walking down the hallway and I followed.

We walked into the library to see books everywhere. The couch in the middle of the room was flipped over, there were empty bookshelves that used to be full. The room was a disaster and in the middle of it all there was Damon. He was standing around a broken chair and a couple hundred books were at his feet and he had one in his hand while he studied it hard. He didn't even notice us come into the room. He was flipping pages fast and I saw a look of frustration as he chucked the book over his shoulder and bent down to get another one when we caught his eye. He instantly shot up.

" Yes?" He said trying his best to look innocent. He looked at us like he wasn't standing in the middle of a room that looked like a tornado went right through. " Can I help you with anything?" He said as his eyebrow shot up making it look like we were the crazy ones.

" You know what were sorry we interrupted. " I said while turning to the door and grabbing Stefan's arm. Stefan was looking at Damon suspiciously but warmed up to my touch. We walked down the hall to the stairs heading for the kitchen. I needed some coffee. " I cant believe you're leaving me with him." I said while hopping onto a stool.

" Elena it's only going to be like two days. " My mouth hung open.

" Stefan you went years without seeing him. Don't act like he doesn't drive you just as crazy. "

" Oh no, he drives me crazy. What I'm saying is you can handle it. " He said while smiling and taking a sip of his coffee.

" Your right. It probably wont be that bad. " I sighed and grabbed a mug of coffee and brought it to my lips I was about to drink when I heard Damon yell. I jumped spilling a little coffee on myself. " I take that back. " I said while closing my eyes in frustration.

I heard Damon loudly come down the stairs. He quickly jumped up and sat down next to me. I still had the coffee in my hands by my lips with my eyes squeezed closed. I didn't even want to look in his direction for fear of dumping my coffee on him in annoyance.

" Jeez, whats your problem?" I opened my eyes to see Damon smiling like the devil at me. " Anyway..." He said while giving looking back to Stefan. " I have to leave. I think I left this book at the place I was staying before I came here. So I'll see you guys in a couple of days. " He hoped off the chair and went to walk away. Stefan and I both started stuttering words drawing his attention back to us.

" Damon! I'm leaving in a hour for Italy. You knew you had to look after Elena! With all the danger she is in, she cant be left unprotected right now! You cant go! " Damon looked back at us completely stricken.

" Oh.. That was today? Listen Stefan I have to do this now. Elena can come with me. " He said about to walk away again like that was a perfectly fine explanation.

" No Damon. You are going to stay here. It's just some stupid book. It can wait. " I watched as Damon huffed in annoyance and close his eyes while rubbing them trying to calm down before he did or said something he would regret.

" Stefan I'm leaving. It's either Elena is left here alone or comes with me for only a day..ish. "

" Day-ish?" I said catching his way of sorta telling the truth.

" I don't know how long it's going to be." He said turning his attention to me.

" Stefan, I'll just go with Damon. I've survived two road trips with him I think I can survive another." I sweetly smiled at Stefan trying to reassure him that it will be fine.

" Go pack. I'm leaving in... now. " Damon left the room and I looked to Stefan.

" I should get going now too. " I frowned. I didn't knmwo how I could go so long without seeing him.

" I'm going to miss you. A lot. I didn't know how I was going to make it in the same house with Damon now I'm shoved into a little car with him." I grabbed Stefan and hugged him hard. I kissed him a couple quick times and went for my keys. " Tell Damon to pick me up at 11. Bye Stefan." I said while leaving.

I drove home and quickly took a shower and threw a couple of clothing items into a little gym bag. It was getting close to 11 and I sat on the stairs leading up to my front porch. Jenna already thought I was staying at Stefan's for the weekend so I didn't really need a cover up story. I watched as Damon's car approached my house awfully fast. Classic Damon driving. Unnecessarily fast and dangerous. He pulled up and the door swung open. I sat up from the porch and took a deep breath.

" Somebody shoot me now." I said under my breath and walked over to the car. I slid in and Damon turned his music off looking at me. He had a smirk on and was looking very happy. He took his right hand and made it into the shape of a gun and focused his eyes on me. " Bang. " He pretended to shoot me.

" Very funny Damon. " I said while I threw my bag into the back. "Now lets get going."

He drove off onto the road and there was silence since then. It was about three hours later that I couldn't take it anymore. There was nothing fun to look at outside the window. It was the same thing over and over again. Damon was silent, which I never thought I'd see the day. I looked at him curiously as to why he was so quiet. He looked like he was sulking about something and he wasn't even paying attention to driving.

" I really hope you don't accidentally kill us, because you're being moody. " I said while shifting so I was looking in his direction.

" I'm not moody." He said while pouting. I laughed and grabbed his CD binder looking through it. I took out a CD with a band name I never heard of it put it in.

" So where exactly are we going?"

" Arizona. "

" Yea that's going to take more then a day-ish. "

" I know. " He said while smirking at me.

" Well since we are going to spend a long time together can we stop and get a bunch of junk food at the next gas station. I'm starving." He smiled and sped up a little. It only took about another half a hour to find an exist to a gas station. It was very isolated and only two other cars were there. We pulled up and I got out of the car as fast as I could. I needed to stretch. I've been sitting in a car way too long. Damon walked around to me and started to pump gas.

" I'll go get snacks and wait for you in there." I said while walking into the gas station. I went down the isles and grabbed almost everything they had in stock. They had burritos, hot dogs and some other thing on display for meals but I was digging the four bags of chips, beef jerky, and combos that I had. I was trying to open the freezer door thing to grab some sodas when Damon came up and opened it and grabbed the sodas I had my eye set on.

" Damn Elena. By the time I get you back to Stefan you'll be the size of a whale." I laughed and wobbled over to the counter and dropped all the food.

" No judging." I said to Damon and looked back to the clerk. He looked annoyed and I just smiled dramatically." He will be paying for it. Can I have the key for the bathroom? " The guy gave me the key and I went outside. The gas station was old so the bathrooms were along the side of the building. I saw the mens bathroom and a little further down the womens. I started walking it when all of a sudden the mens door slammed open hitting me right in the face. Before I had time to even cry I blacked out.

It felt like hours when I finally opened my eyes. It hurt so bad. The sun was hitting me square in the face and all I wanted to do was turn the sun off. I moaned and opened my eyes. I cloud faintly hear things around me.

" Oh my god. I broke her! " I heard a muffled yell. I turned in the direction of the voice to see a very fat man with a burrito in his hand looking over me. " I'm so sorry! ' He cried out a little burrito flying out of his mouth. Disgusting. I looked around. Where was I? This guy...Chub Chub I'll call him, was the only person insight. It looked like I was in the middle of nowhere at a gas station. I saw a man in black come out of the doors of the gas station and ran towards me.

" What happened? " The man in black looked up at Chub Chub like he was going to kill him." Did you do this?" The mystery man said in a deep dark voice.

" It was an accident!" Chub Chub squealed. It looked like Chub Chub was going to make a run for it when the mystery mans hand came and grabbed his shoulder. For a second I thought he was going to choke Chub Chub but instead he grabbed his burrito out of his hands and threw it to the ground. The look on the man dressed in black face was deadly. I cringed when I heard Chub Chub squeal at the loss of his burrito.

" Leave. " Mystery man yelled at Chubz. He then crouched down to me and gently touched my head. " Elena are you okay? " Elena? Who is Elena? Why am I at a gas station in the middle of nowhere? Who was this guy?

" Who is Elena?" I saw his eyes go wide and I felt dizzy. Any sounds got muffled and didn't reach my ears. It felt like I was about to puke and before I knew it I slipped into the darkness, the last thing I saw was the man in blacks face leaning over me.

AN: Review! If you have any ideas for this story feel free to tell me.