Damons POV:

Damon walked into his science class, sitting down in his regular seat. It was the third day of junior year and the teacher was assigning lab partners. He sighed at the thought, having no friends in this class. Although he was usually a quiet person and kept to himself, it would still be nice to be paired with someone you at least sort of can at least tolerate.

The teacher began assigning and he sat there waiting to hear his name. The time came about 2 minutes later. "Damon Salvatore with..." the teacher said and paused looking through her list of names. "Elena Gilbert" she practically ordered. At first he looked shocked and then he sighed as she came over to sit next to him. He didn't necessarily hate her, but he definitely didn't like her. She was a prep with a perfect life - someone who judged others. It pissed him off, but he usually kept quiet about it.

They both remained quiet as the teacher continued assigning other students with partners and once finished, the teacher assigned the first project giving directions and over-explaining them like we were children who didn't understand. Which was completely wrong. He practically fell asleep in his chair when all of the sudden the bell rang and the class was over.

He looked down at the paper and read that it was an out of class assignment - which explains why she over-explained it. But that also meant he actually had to hangout with Elena outside of school. He rolled his eyes. Why him?

He saw Elena look over at him looked back at her. They kept their gaze for a few seconds which felt like much longer, well...until she spoke up. "If you want...you can-um come over my house so we can work on this today?" she offered looking away quickly and back at him. They werent friends and this was extremely awkward for both of them. "Uh...yeah sure.." he said answering her question. He saw her nod in agreement before grabbing her bag and walking out of the classroom, him not far behind but also soon going in a different direction.

Elena's POV

The day passed pretty quickly for her, but still miserable. Ever since her parents and brothers death a few months back, she'd been going through a lot of personal issues you could say. Her aunt Jenna moved in for one and of course she loved her aunt, but it wasnt the same as a real parent.

She was in the car when her parents and brother died, somehow being the only survivor. She hated herself for it. Why didnt she die with them? Why couldn't she die with them? She always felt guilt for living and constantly had nightmares. It was like a never ending hell.

As she approached her locker to get her things, she saw Damon walking toward her. She completely forgot about their assignment but sighed and sucked it up. She knew Damon didn't like her, and she didn't really like Damon either. He was attractive, yes but he scared her in some ways too. Like that cold look that's always there in his eyes. At least when hes around her.

She put a fake smile on her face when he got toward her. "Ready?" she asked as if it was the most normal thing in the world to be with him. He just nodded and they approached her car where they drove to her house. Once arriving to the empty house, they walked in and walked up to Elena's room.

Damons POV

He looked around at Elena's room, which was not what he expected. He expected a very girly - very preppy look for her but there was nothing like that which sort of made him feel more at ease about being with her right now.

He looked back at her and took a deep breath. "Are you sure your parents are okay with you having a guy in your room?" he joked. The slight smirk on his face fell when he saw the look on her face go from calm to like she was about to burst into tears. "Uh...no its fine" she said looking down and he could tell she was in pain. But why?

"Are you okay?" he asked nervously. "I was kidding..." he said confused at if he made her uncomfortable or not. He saw her shake her head and look at him. "I'm fine...just my parents aren't really...alive" she said. And his eyes widened in realization. "I-I'm sorry" he said. What else could he say? He had no idea about her parents since he really wasn't one to pay attention to people he didn't like. "It's okay" he heard her say and he sighed. It wasn't okay. He knew it, but what else was he supposed to do? Hug her? Tell her everything's going to be okay? He barely even knew her!

They did their project for two hours before deciding that they had enough for the day and he went home. What's a worse place than school? His home. It was broken. His father abused him, his mother abandoned him, and his brother was with his mother and there was nothing he could do about it. Usually the abuse wasn't that bad unless his father was drunk or on his father and mothers wedding anniversary, or her birthday.

Luckily when arriving home his father wasn't there so he grabbed something to eat quickly and went to his room, sitting there staring at the ceiling until he felt asleep after the exhausting day he had. He couldn't believe Elena's parents were dead. That definitely made him feel - different about her. Maybe her life wasn't as perfect as he thought.

The next day he woke up and went to school, going to biology which was the last period of the day. Him and Elena decided to work on the project again after school at her house. About halfway through the class when we were working on an in class assignment, Elena got a text from someone. Immediately you could see the look on her face going from normal to horror. She got up and quickly walked out of the room to what I'm assuming was the girls bathroom. Nobody around us was really paying attention, so it was lucky that the attention wasn't put on her when that happened.

Elena's POV

She practically ran to the bathroom and called Alaric - the person she got the text "Call me as soon as you can. Jenna's been in an accident" from. "What's wrong?" she asked. "What happened to Jenna?" she asked. Alaric and Jenna had been dating for the past few months. Alaric answered saying "She was in a car accident, I'm at the hospital right now. They're preparing her for surgery. I-I don't know what's happening." he said. She could hear his voice breaking.

This had to have been serious. She could feel her eyes still as they teared up. She stood there trying to control her breathing for practically the rest of class. She couldn't cry. Not here. But she was so afraid. She couldn't lose someone else. Not now - not ever.

She walked into class just as it was ending, nobody noticing except Damon that she was gone. "Are you okay?" he asked confused. That almost completely broke her but she looked away. "Yeah uhm...I can't do the project today" she said feeling herself begin to shake as she quickly packed her things away and walked out of the room fast, towards the door to leave. Damon followed. "What? Elena what's wrong?" he said as he caught up to her.

She didn't answer until she got to her car and turned around to him behind her. He actually looked somewhat - concerned. But wouldn't anyone in that moment? "My Aunt - she got in a car accident and is in surgery. I have to go" she said feeling the tears beginning to fall. It was like the more she was trying to hide them in that moment, the more that fell.

Damon's POV

He looked in shock down at her grabbing the keys out of her hand. Before she could say anything, he walked toward the drivers seat in her car. "Im driving then." he said which shocked her. "You dont need another car accident to happen today." he said referring to her. He was right. She just nodded and sat down in the seat beside him as she drove.

She was still shaking, her body and mind full of complete stress and he looked over every few minutes to make sure she was still in one peace. He saw the silent tears fall and said nothing, knowing if she wanted to talk then she would.

Once arriving to the hospital, they rushed in together and they walked over to some guy with sandy blonde hair. "Alaric...have you heard anything else?" he heard Elena asked. So the guys name is Alaric. Alaric replied with no and Elena turned, looking at him.

"If you want you can leave" she offered. Something inside told him not to so he shook his head. "No. I'm not leaving you like...this" he said. She was a mess and although he could be the asshole of the century sometimes and that Elena wasn't his favorite person, he wouldn't leave her like this.

"Why? You have no reason to stay." she began. "Nobody ever does." she said, shrugging. What? "My parents didn't, my brother didn't, Jenna doesn't." she said and he could tell she was at her breaking point so he just stood there and listened. "What if she dies? Everyone will be dead" she said now full out crying.

He didn't know what to do. Should he hug her? He wasn't a hugger...Especially of people he barely knew. But...she's so fragile in this moment. It's like she could shatter at any moment. He put his hand on her arm comfortingly. "It's okay" he said. "It will be okay" he said. She looked into his eyes. She looked so lost and innocent. Was this what she was like when nobody else was around?

They spent the next few days there - Damon included. He even went to get her a change of clothes which took forever because he had no idea where she put anything. Why was he doing this again was all he could think of. He of course went home to take a shower but took this - although sad - but good opportunity to stay out of his house, away from his father.

On the fourth day of being at the hospital with Elena and Alaric, he went home once again to get a new change of clothes and shower. Once he finished his shower and got changed, he walked downstairs where his father was. Drunk. Shit! He completely forgot. Today was his mothers birthday.

"Where the hell have you been?" his father asked, anger in his voice as he walked toward him. He threw his glass of alcohol, not caring who or what it hit. The glass hit Damon in the middle of his chest and upper stomach, shattering against him as Damon gasped in pain. "Actually, I dont want to know" his father said, punching him as hard as he could right where the glass hit.

He gasped in surprise and pain. Before he could fight back, he could feel his father grab him by the shoulders and shove him against the wall as hard as he could. It was like he was his fathers personal own personal punching bag. His father grabbed him, slamming his back against the wall a few times before releasing him and walking away. "You arent welcome back in this house again" his father said.

He didn't even answer. The pain was bad, but he made it out the door and got in the car slowly. What the hell was he supposed to do now? Why was his father being so horrible to him? He got that he was abusive but it was never that bad. His body ached as a whole.

He drove back to the hospital, trying to ignore any of the pain as he got out of the car and walked back to where Elena was. A look of concern came upon her face which was completely visible. "Are you alright? Why are you walking like that?" she asked looking at him.

He looked at her, feeling his eyes get heavy before he felt his legs give out and he collapsed.

Authors Note: Yes a new story from me. Sadly I have lost inspiration completely for my other one, so until I get more (if I ever do) Ill be working on this which in some ways I will have similar to the other one. Its late here and Im lazy, so I havent edited this to make sure spelling and things like that were good. So bare with me. LOL xD

Also, Im sorry its short + im really bad a the whole past/present tense thing. Like the way I write it. I think you might know what Im talking about? But either way, Im sorry. Its just how I write, I dont even do it on purpose. So I hope you can just bare with me as I try and get better at it. I think I know where Im going to go with this, but please let me know any suggestions you may have! I would love to hear them!