"No…no please Damon, you have to believe me. This was a set up!" Elena said, falling to her knees in tears.

"Yes she did! You can't believe this pathetic weak human. Her and her father did this Damon! They killed your mother!" Giuseppe roared.

"Damon please! I didn't do this! You know I would never do this!" Elena managed to get in between sobs.

"Do I really?" Damon said looking into Elena's eyes. That was when she knew. Her Damon was gone, the darkness had taken over and Giuseppe had finally won.

6 Years Later

EPOV

"Elena! Get down here now!" Master Salvatore yelled. I stopped what I was doing instantly and made my way into the kitchen where Giuseppe and Damon were talking.

"I'm leaving town. For good. I'll be leaving you here to work for Damon until he's ready to get rid of you, understand?" he said harshly.

"Y-yes sir," I said quietly avoiding any and all contact with Damon. How could this possibly ever work? Damon hates me, I can just tell by the look in his eyes that he's going to ruin me…I just know it.

Two Days Later

DPOV

It's been a few days since father has left and I haven't seen Elena at all. From the moment she found out she was officially going to be my slave she's done all she can to stay away from me. Over the past six years I've rarely spoken or seen her, and when I did I made sure to give her hell. Since the day she killed my mother I've hated her almost as much as I hate my father. She deserves every bad thing that comes her way.

I hear the sounds of glass crash and I rush to where the noise came from. Elena's there, crying as she picks the pieces up off the ground. She's bleeding too, I can smell it. Once she realizes I'm there, she spins to face me quickly.

"Mr-Mr. Salvatore sir, I'm so so sorry. It won't happen again I swear," she says trying to get herself together. That's the most she's said to me in the past six years.

"Ohh Elena, you'll need to be punished for that…you're sleeping in the dungeon. Break anything else again and I'll have you whipped" I said with a smirk. I could tell that tears were threatening to fall as she said a quick 'yes sir'.

I wake up the next morning and make my way down to the kitchen.

"Y-you're just in time, here you go sure" she said softly placing the plate in front of me.

"I'm having some people over tonight so dinner will need to be made my 7 sharp and you'll be my head waitress, understood?" I said harshly.

"Yes, or course sir," she said before leaving to go finish the rest of her chores.

EPOV

"Dinner is served," I said placing the food on the table. As I was about to walk back into the kitchen I heard someone call my name. That voice was so familiar but I couldn't quite tell who it was. Everyone was completely silent as I slowly turned around, looking straight into my childhood best friend's eyes.

"E-Elena? Is that really you?" A tear rolled down my cheek and her arms flew around me within seconds. Out of shock I pushed her away, "No! No!" I said in complete tears now.

"Please don't be afraid of me, I don't know what they've done to you here but I can promise you I won't hurt you! God Lena I thought you were dead! Please don't hold back from me Lena, you're my best friend," she said glaring at Damon then enveloping me in her arms once again.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Damon said harshly as me and Caroline pulled apart. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask all of you to go. Now," Damon said as he walked into the kitchen, Caroline dragging me to follow.

DPOV

"Elena I thought you were dead, after what happened to your parents we all thought you were dead too. Why did you do it Elena? I mean you were held here, why would you come back?" Caroline yelled.

"Because my father said that he was going to save Damon and his mother and I wanted to be there when Damon was saved…I wanted to help," Elena said softly. There's no way…no possible way that Elena actually had nothing to do with the death of our parents.

"Y-you weren't lying when you said it was a set up, were you," I said looking up to Elena. "God damn it! How could I be so stupid? Why the fuck did I believe him?" I screamed. Over the past 15 minutes I just sat there in silence as Elena told Caroline everything that happened. If I would've just listened to her years ago this never would've happened, I could have saved her from all the hurt and the pain. We stayed quiet for a little while longer before Caroline announced that she needed to go home and that she'd be back to visit soon. Elena escorted her out at I snapped.

EPOV

As I shut the front door to let Caroline out I heard sounds of glass smashing and immediately made my way into the living room where Damon was throwing multiple glasses into the fire.

"D-Damon," I said quietly. He threw another, shaking with rage.

"God Elena! What the fuck is wrong with me? I threw away the one normal relationship I'd ever had. All for something my father had said. Why did I believe him? Why?" he roared throwing two more glasses into the fire. Damon and I haven't had much contact over the years but I knew that I needed to calm him down.

"Damon, please," I said slowly walking over to him. I stood behind him and knew that he could sense me because his body seemed to slightly relax. "It's not your fault, you didn't know okay? You did nothing wrong Damon, your mother died and you were hurt and lost," I whispered as he was still shaking.

"Your parents died too Elena and I…I was so selfish. You lost the ones you loved most too. I should've realized it! I should've listened to you and let you explain…It's all my fault," he said with hurt in his voice. This is it Elena. Go for it.

"Damon this was not your fault!" I said as I placed my hands on his neck and cheek. Surprised that he hasn't pulled back already, I decided to take advantage of this moment. "You did nothing wrong, I know you feel bad I do, but there was no way that I would've made it out of that situation safely either way. Your father would've found a way to ruin me no matter what," I said looking at him, he refused to look at me, ashamed of himself.

"Damon look at me," I snapped, "God damn it Damon, look at me!" he turned his head and his eyes met mine and there he was. My Damon was back.

DPOV

"I'm so sorry Lena," I whispered as I pulled her into a tight embrace. "I'm so so sorry," I said then kissing her forehead.

"I forgive you," she said lightly kissing my cheek. I pulled her into my embrace even tighter than before until I heard her giggle then try to pull back.

"Damon, don't get me wrong, I've missed your hugs…but I can't breathe with you squeezing me so tight," she said with that smile I hadn't even realized I'd missed so much.

"Oh shit…sorry," I apologized.

"Look, I think it's time you get some rest, kay?" she said grabbing hold of my hand we walked into my room and I undressed before getting in bed. She smiled then kissed my forehead. What did I do to deserve this amazing, beautiful girl.

"Stay," I whispered, wanting nothing more than for her to be by my side for the rest of time.

"Are you sure?" she questioned.

"Never been so sure of anything in my life," She climbed into the bed and I immediately pulled her into me. She was a perfect fit.

"Good night Damon," she said softly, picking my hand up kissing it.

"Good night beautiful girl," I said, nuzzling my face into her neck, kissing it softly, and then drifting off to sleep.

Okkkay so new story! I've decided that I'll be doing a bunch of one shot stories that will be long and you will hopefully almost get a whole story in one chapter! I really hope you guys like this and I hope that you continue to read my stuff. Thank you so much to the people who have literally been by my side in all of this, I really appreciate it! I'm going to try to upload at least one story a week, maybe two on occasion. I hope you liked this! Reviews Please! Xoxo Lexia