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Elena was in the hospital, she was being treated by the nice doctors in the hospital. "Where's my mommy and Daddy?" She asked sweetly, the doctor bandaging her arm looked up to her, 6 year old Elena didn't know but the doctor's eyes were filled with pain. "They're being looked after by some doctors in the other room sweetheart." The doctor said as she put the last bandage on Elena.
The door to the room opened and a woman walked in, she had very blue eyes and long brown hair. "Are you Elena?" The woman asked.
"Yes." Elena said quietly looking at the woman, she was wearing very casual but very nice clothing and looked very tired.
"My name is Charlotte Salvatore, I am a friend of your mother's." Charlotte's smile slipped ever so slightly. Elena turned her head to the side.
"Mommy never told me about a Mrs. Salvatore." Elena said a little confused and skeptical. Charlotte walked over, she sat beside Elena on the examination bed and the paper underneath her crackled noisily.
"You're going to stay at my house for a little while, Jeremy is too. I have two sons, Stefan and Damon." Charlotte was trying to comfort Elena and make her feel safe.
"Boys! Ewww how do you live with them, they are mean and smell and have no manners." Elena said giggling at her own words. Charlotte laughed a little too.
"Well how do you live with your brother?" Charlotte asked, Elena shook her head.
"That's different he's my baby brother, I look after him so he has good manners and smells nice." She said proudly. Charlotte laughed and held out her hand to Elena.
"It's late why don't we get Jeremy and get you to my house ok darling?" Charlotte said sweetly, Elena took her hand and the two walked to get Jeremy.
When Jeremy was fastened into his baby car seat and Elena was fastened into hers, Charlotte started the car and switched gears as they pulled away from the hospital.
When they arrived at the Salvatore home Charlotte carried Jeremy into Stefan's room and put him in the crib that had been set up in there.
When she came back downstairs Elena was sitting on the barstool in the kitchen swinging her legs. Elena turned and saw Charlotte on the stairs, she got up.
"Damon has a spare bed in his room, he's a little older than you but I'm sure he'll be on his best behaviour." Elena smiled a bit.
"Ok." she said and Charlotte led her up the stairs to Damon's bedroom, Elena saw a boy laying in his bed sprawled out like a starfish. It was dark so Elena couldn't see much but from what she did see the boy had jet black hair and ivory coloured skin.
"Damon, sweetheart this is Elena she is going to be staying with us for a while but tonight you're going to have to share a room ok?" Damon grunted and looked up from his bed.
"Mom what time is it?" He said ignoring what his mother had said. Charlotte walked Elena over to the spare bed and tucked her in, she kissed Elena's forehead.
"Goodnight Elena, Goodnight Damon." Charlotte said as she walked out of the room closing the door over but leaving it open a bit.
"Um.. goodnight Damon." Elena said quietly trying to be polite like her parents taught her, Damon turned to face Elena.
"Goodnight Elena." Damon said groggily, Elena snuggled her face into the pillow and sniffed back a sob. This was the first time Elena had gone to bed without saying goodnight and I love you to her parents. Elena felt a tear roll down onto her pillow, she tried to hold back another sob but cried a little and turned into the pillow. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you ok?" Damon asked as Elena turned to face him, the boy must've been at least 10, she sniffed and her lip pouted she cried some more. Damon pulled her into a hug and stroked the top of her hair, "What's wrong?" Damon asked cautiously.
"I miss my mommy and my daddy." Elena sobbed into Damon's shoulder, she hugged him tight and cried. After a few minutes Damon felt Elena's sobs stop and heard her breathing slow, she had fallen asleep hugging him. Damon tried to unwrap himself without waking her up, he put a teddy bear in her arms and Elena hugged it tight to her chest.
"Damon, is everything ok I heard crying." Charlotte said and saw Damon's teddy bear in Elena's arms, Charlotte smiled at her son. "You did the right thing Damon." Charlotte said hugging her son Knowing that was his favorite toy.
Two days later…
Damon sat at the table reading his book and eating his cereal, Elena peeked her head around the corner and Damon turned and smiled at her. Damon put his bookmark in place and set the book down next to his cereal, "Do you know how to play hide and seek?" Damon asked getting out of his seat and walking over to Elena.
"Yeah, everyone knows how to play hide and seek." Elena said with a smile on her face, Damon laughed a little. Elena started to pull her fingers through Damon's hair, it was silky she loved playing with his raven locks.
"Well then why don't we play?" Damon asked, Elena grinned from ear to ear, she went behind Damon and without warning jumped on his back.
"Ok! But you have to give me a piggy back ride for like 5 minutes." Elena said, Damon sighed and wrapped his arms under Elena's legs.
He started to walk around and Elena started squealing and laughing as Damon ran around the large home. Five minutes later Damon put Elena down and she pouted.
"Again!" She commanded, Damon laughed "Nope, you promised to play after I gave you a piggy back." Damon said with a grin plastered to his face. Elena huffed and crossed her arms.
"Fine." She said, Damon turned and started to count back from thirty. Elena bolted to the basement and went into the wine cellar, she hid under the table in the far corner.
"Ready or not, here I come!" Damon yelled and turned to head up the stairs, he looked in his room and then in Stefan's room.
He checked all the closets bathrooms the kitchen and finally headed for the basement. He heard little sobs and turned the corner into the wine cellar to find Elena under a table sobbing. "Are you ok?!" Damon asked concerned.
"I just miss my mommy and my daddy." Elena sobbed, she knew what had happened in the accident because Charlotte had told her.
Damon helped Elena out from under the table, he hugged her tightly, Elena felt so safe in his arms she wasn't sad anymore.
"I will always be here Elena." Damon said as he felt Elena's sobs start to slow, the two walked upstairs and Damon got Elena some cereal.
When the two finished eating they went to the front yard and played tag with Stefan and little Jeremy.
When the game started to die down everyone went inside and ate lunch, Jeremy was put down for a nap and Elena curled up on the couch reading a book. Damon plopped down beside her startling her, he leaned over her shoulder.
"Whatchya readin' ?" He asked as he peeked at the cover, it read 'Snowbear' The book cover had a baby polar bear curled up to a bigger bear made from snow. Elena turned the pages in the book slowly, Damon saw the sadness building up in her and he took the book away from her.
"Hey! I was reading that!" Elena whined as Damon took the book and ran up to his room, he shoved the book in his closet. Elena walked into the closet and saw Damon flipping through some shirts. Elena pouted, "Wh-where's my b-b-book?" Elena sobbed without tears, Damon didn't like that she was sad but this would help her get over being sad.
"I'm helping you." Damon said as he left the closet and headed for the kitchen, Charlotte was cooking dinner. Elena went to sit at the table Damon sat across from her, neither of them said anything.
Charlotte turned with plates of food and set them on the dining table. "Thank you Mrs. Salvatore." Elena said kindly as Stefan and Jeremy walked in and sat down too. Dinner was uneventful and so when everyone went to bed Damon was surprised when he heard a small knock on his door.
"Come in." He said, Elena walked in carrying his teddy bear, she crawled into the bed beside Damon. "Damon you're an awesome friend, thank you for helping me." She said and then she dozed off to sleep.
10 years later…
Elena woke up in her room, it was quite eerie not a single noise could be heard. Then there was a knock on her bedroom door that nearly gave her a heart attack. Damon walked in, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" He screamed and jumped onto her bed, Elena was fully awake now.
"You're back!" Elena screamed throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly.
"No I was just going to miss my bestfriend's birthday." Damon said sarcastically rolling his eyes. Elena got up and got ready for the day ahead of her, "Now get ready for school, can't have you around while planning is going on!" Damon smirked shooing her out the door.
Ok so I have a big plan for this story but updates will be slow because I want the chapters to have depth and detail. Also there will be lemons later so this is going to be rated M for adult content.
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