Elena what's a matter?" Damon said as he looked over at Elena sitting over in the passengers seat of the car.

"Don't worry about it Damon." she replied, trying to hide the sadness in her voice. He then reached his hand over and grabbed her and pulled it close to him.

"Now Elena, you know it's not good to hide your feelings from me" he said as he gave her his smile. "So just tell me what's bothering you."

"Well.." she started to say but was unsure how to express her feelings for everything. Damon suddenly stopped the car, got out of the vehicle and moved to the other side to help Elena.

"Damon…I don't want to loose you and I don't know how things are going with Stefan with him running off with Klaus. I'm confused on what to do." she said. Damon then brushed the tear away from her eye that was beginning to fall.

"Don't worry Elena. I'm here. Everything will be fine; you know you can trust me to take care of you and to find my brother." He said as he pushed the hair out of her face.

"I know" was all she said before Damon pulled her in close, and she embraced the hug. Just before he pulled away he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. Elena did not disregard his kiss. He just gave him a quick smirk back and looked around to see where Damon has stopped the car. From what Elena could tell he stopped in the middle of a forest. She was confused on why he would stop her.

"Damon, where are we?" She said and she turned around to look at him to find him standing only inches from her face. She was starting at his eyes now, memorized. She never got look at these eyes this close before. For a moment she lost her train of thought only to b interrupted by a car pulling up behind them. The both instantly turned around to find Alaric and Jeremy getting out of the car.

"Damon, I still do not understand why we needed to take separate cars. When we call could fit in my car fine." Alaric said as he walked over to where Elena and Damon where standing.

"Well...it's better if we are separated just in case we have a run with Klaus, a diversion."

"Where are we anyways?" Ask Jeremy.

"Oh we are just about to enter Delaware, and i knew this quite little house up ahead, i figured it would be a nice place to relax before we continue." Said Damon as he started to walk towards what looked like endless woods.

"But Damon... there's nothing out here" said Elena as she processed to follow him into the woods and Alaric and Jeremy where following behind.

Not sure where they where going the three of them continued to follow Damon into the woods. Alaric and Elena had the utterly most confident in Damon while Jeremy kept asking questions. After about 10minutes of walking ahead they seen an arch way. As the came to the arch way they had seen a small little house. It looked like no one was home.

"Here we are" Said Damon as he processed towards the doorway.

"But…don't you have to be invited in?" Said Alaric confused.

"Why would I have to be when I own the house?"

They all entered the house. It was nothing over the top, but it was small and comfortable. Damon gave them a quick walk around of the house, and they stopped at the Kitchen. They a sat around the table trying to figure out a plan for the following days.

"Does anyone know where Stefan and Klaus are anyways?" asked Alaric.

"I keep trying to call him but his phone must be off" Said Elena.

"I had Bonnie try and do a tracking spell on him but it only works on humans." Jeremy said as she got up and walked to the refrigerator to get a drink.

"What about you Damon?" Ask Alaric.

"If i know my brother, I am pretty sure he is in New York at the moment. Being his blood brother I have a sense on where he might be..." he said to get strange looks from the rest. "Must be a vampire thing." he added.

"What are we going to do when we get to New York then? Just try and talk to Klaus. because I'm sure that will work...because we know from experience Klaus is a very reasonable man." added Jeremy with a sarcastic tone to his voice

"Just leave everything to me, I will figure it out. I always have a plan. Did you really think id go into this with out a plan?" Damon said as he got up off of his seat and headed out of the kitchen.

"Damon where are you going?" Said Elena getting out of her seat trying to follow him.

"Its bed time Elena. Your room is upstairs second door to the left. Alaric your room is pasted the living room down the hall, first door on the right… You can sleep on the couch it pulls out." He said as he continued up the stairs towards his bed room.

Everyone was then following behind Damon realizing that it was late and that they needed to get some sleep. Elena followed Damon towards the stairs while Alaric walked with Jeremy to the living room.

As Elena went upstairs Damon pointed to the correct door for her to enter. To her surprise her bags where already in the room. She took a pair of pajamas out of the bag and headed towards the bathroom to change for bed. Before she headed back towards her room she thought she should go and check on Damon because he been quite about what was going with his brother. She thought she needed to have a conversation with him about it. She knocked on the door to hear no answer, she knocked again and he still did not respond. She opened the door slowly,

"Damon" she sat, but surprisingly he still did not answer her. She then decided to take a few more steps into the door. She got a good look at his bedroom; it was not much different from his room at the Salvatore Boarding House. A huge bed fit for a king, a bookshelf behind the bed filled with any book you could dream off, a dresser and what she thought to be a bathroom. As she walked closer into the room, she could now tell that it was a bathroom and Damon must be in the shower because she heard the water running. She decided she could talk to him another time. Just as she reached the the doorway, she turned around to find him standing there by the bed with only a towel on.

"Hello..Elena. If i knew you wanted to join me I would of invited you in for a night cap."He said to her. She instantly blushed because they thought did run through her mind before, not that she would of acted on it.

"That's not funny Damon" was all she could say as she continued back out the door. Before she knew it Damon was in front of her blocking her way from exiting.

"Now Elena, where do you think you are going. You came in my room for a reason, not it would only be fair if you told me why, don't you think?"

"If you are going to play this game Damon, and block the door from me leaving then I think it can wait for another time, plus you are only in a towel.. I think it would be more appropriate for you to put some pants on."

"I guess i better play fair then if I want to keep you in my room then? Damon added.

"If you must put it that way, then yes."

Damon then walked back into his bathroom, while Elena went onto the bed for she can look at the books sitting above his bed. When Damon finally returned he scared her because she was not expecting him to be back so quick. He was dressed in pants when he returned, but no shirt. She seen no point in arguing with him at this point.

"So , what brought you into my room."

"I was just seeing how you are doing?"

"I'm Fine. You know that."

"You know you always say your fine when you're really not fine. You can't keep hiding your feelings, especially from me. You know you can always come and talk to me." At this point Damon sat at the edge of the bed while Elena was sitting in the middle. He turned his head around to answer her.

"What am i supposed to do. Come crying to you every time something goes wrong? I take action, I don't let things get to me. If I did, id loose control, and we can not have that happen or do you want me to admit that i miss Stefan? that he risked his life to get a cure for me, and now hes off with Klaus, probably embracing who hes been hiding for all these years. Which in the end, will probably be good for him and give him a chance to be who he really is...But can I do that Elena? Just act like he might be okay with Klaus? No, instead I'm out looking for him with you. I'm doing this for both of us. Is that what you want to hear? To make sure I'm doing this for the right reasons?" When he finished, she did not know how to respond. She did not know if Stefan went with Klaus on his own, if he still wanted to be with her, if he wanted to see any of them again.

After sitting in silence for awhile, she went over to the edge of the bed and sat with him. They looked st each other and gave a comforting smile, Elena then stood up.

"You know it's okay to have feelings, and if you need away to help control them, you still have me. I'll listen." She then started heading towards the door.

"Wait..." Said Damon. "Before you go, I want to give you something." He went to his bookshelf and pulled out a book. Elena walked over to the bed to see what it was.

"This is the first copy of my favorite book 'Gone With The Wind'. I got it the first week it was published. It's very old and I want you to read it."

"Thank you Damon, but I can not take this, its yours. It must mean alot to you."

"I insist take it. I can always take it back if I miss it that much.."

"Thank you" was all she said as she reached to give him a hug. He accepted the hug and returned it back to her. He did not want to let guy. He could hold her like this forever if he had to. when he felt her grip starting to soften he let go too.

"Elena?"

"yes?"

"Do you mind if you stay her for a bit..maybe watch a movie?"

She had to think if it was okay for her to stay or not. She did not want anything to happen between them romantically at this point, but she knew if it came down to that she would not be able to stop it because deep down its what she wanted, but she always did not think Damon would try to pull that while on the search for Stefan.

"Sure". She walked back over to the bed and sat down. A T.V then slowly came out of the dresser. Before she knew it he had a movie ready to go. She never heard of the movie, but it was an old black and white movie probably from the early 40's. Damon then got on the bed and laid down. She then slowly moved more towards him for she was sitting next to him. She tried to pay attention to the movie but she was getting tired and had a long day. She was ready for bed, but she wanted to wait for Damon to fall asleep before she left. But before she knew it she was trying to get more comfortable on the big bed until her head was resting against his shoulder. She then drifted off into a deep sleep. Damon was still up at this point, he pulled a blanket over her and pushed the same piece of hair that always falls in her face out of the way.

"Sweet dreams my love" he whispered into her ear as he kissed the top of his head. He then put his head back down and went to sleep.