Chapter 1: Complications

Elena's Pov

I was having the most wonderful dream. Me and Stefan were walking in the park hand and hand and we were laughing and we were happy. He turned to me and with one slender finger tilted my chin up and we looked into each other's eyes and what I saw there took my breath away. Stefan's eyes were pure green like emeralds or jewels and when I looked into them I saw all his love and devotion. I hoped he saw that in my eyes to. Then slowly so slow he leaned in closer and his lips brushed-

"Caw, caw" birds chirped frantically outside.

I woke to the sound of birds chirping outside. Great. It was bad enough that I couldn't be with Stefan in real life but seriously even in my dreams like come on. I lifted my body up from the backseat of the car, but something was stopping me. A leather arm was wrapped around my waist rubbing circles. I immediately knew who it was and smacked it away.

"Damon! What happened to oh I'll stay outside with Matt and sleep?"

"Good Morning Princess. I slept well thank you" answered Damon smugly. He stretched out and yawned like nothing in the world was wrong with him and me in the back of the car, and touching even was unacceptable. I belonged to Stefan and Stefan only and he better know that. How many times do I have to make myself clear? God.

"Answer the question."

"Ok, ok you were screaming in the middle of the night Stefan, Stefan so I came to the back of the car with Mutt and as soon as I touched you, you pulled me down and snuggled with me not that I blame you."

"I probably thought you were Stefan that's all" I answered back. After all at the boarding house every night I slept with Stefan and we always cuddled and did umm private things not that I complained. Cool that sounded not too bad not that I ever wanted to be in bed with Damon because nothing could compare to Stefan and the feel of his arms around me while we slept peacefully. With Damon that just felt wrong, disgusting, and nasty. We had a lot of problems so I needed to hurry up and get my act together so we could get out of this place and find Stefan.

"Um where's Matt?" I asked curiously.

"He passed out outside on the grass" Damon answered with a small chuckle but I didn't see what was so funny. Poor Matt being chased by the police for something he didn't even do to Caroline. And don't even get me started about her she's pregnant and was having unprotected sex with Tyler Smallwood the werewolf. For crying out loud he is a dog with four legs and now she is trying to pin the baby on Matt just because she doesn't have a baby's daddy, and she calls me a slut. Puff no.

"Ok I'm goanna go get him so we could start heading out of this place" and with that I picked up and left the car to reveal a sleeping Matt out on the grass.

I tiptoed very quietly to him and tapped him on the back as to not to scare him.

"Matt wake up its morning, Matt come on don't make me hit you.' I shoved him a little harder and finally I got a response out of him. He lifted his blond head off the forest floor and shook it spraying leaves everywhere. He rubbed at his eyes while asking "What time is it?"

"Its noon Matt we ought to get going or else will never get moving." I said a little worried myself. Time was running out.

"Oh ok…" Matt said a little dazed and he got off the ground and headed back to Damon's car were he climbed into the back seat. I headed back and got into the passenger's seat just as Damon was putting the car into reverse when all of a sudden there was an outburst outside of the car and from how loud it was I could tell it was close.

"THIS IS AN OUTCALL FOR MATT HONEYCUTT WE HAVE HIM SURRONED GET OUT OF THE CAR." Warned a police officer just out of the forest. Shit. I looked at Damon with panicked eyes not sure what to do and knowing that he was in charge because I had completely no Idea on how to fix this.

"Look the police want me just let me go and you guys find Stefan" said Matt who was ready to jump out of the car, but Damon locked it so he couldn't escape. Smart.

"No Matt you can't your one of us you belong here…here with us." It really was the truth. We needed matt with us and I didn't trust being alone with Damon. With matt here he could easily protect me and keep me away from him, but Damon was a vampire so the odds weren't looking good.

"No guys really-."

"Hang on we are going for one hell of a ride" exclaimed Damon as he whipped the car around furiously and cut off Matt's protesting. Thank god I had my seatbelt or else I would have gone through the windshield by now. I turned my head to look in the back seat to see if Matt was okay and I saw him bracing himself against the back door and frantically trying to buckle his seatbelt. I hope Damon doesn't kill us.

Damon spun in the other direction heading back the way we came and the frantic voices of the police were fading, but just as we were about to turn right I saw flashing and the next thing we knew we were surrounded once more and there was no way out. Damon saw a bunch of police officers outside standing with guns pointed at us. He backed up into them not caring if he killed anyone, but as the police officers jumped out of the way I guess Damon didn't see the big ditch there and the next thing I knew we were falling into it going head first. But just as we were about to crash Damon pulled me to him and set me on my his lap with his arms secure around me so when we fall I wouldn't get hurt because he was a vampire and that I was grateful for I had no intentions of dying yet because in my case I have died one to many times. Faintly in the background I heard Matt screaming and I wondered if he was alright because if anything happened to him it would be my fault.

With one final thud the car crashed down to the ground and I dug my nails into Damon's skin that I saw blood ripping from the leather. Everything else from that moment was ciaos. I faintly saw the police come down with ropes and tried hulling the doors open and faintly heard Damon yelling at them. I quickly glanced back at Matt and what I saw shocked me. Half the side of his face was bloody and gashing blood and it was trickling down the side of his neck. I glanced at myself and noticed my right arm was cut and had glass in it. The pain was too much to bear and the pain was lost in the darkness.

When I woke up I was surprised to find myself on the floor of a jail cell. It looked a lot like the one I found Stefan in. When I looked I noticed Matt was unconscious beside me and there was dried blood smeared across his forehead. Then I looked up and saw Damon's face appear in front of me.

"Where are we?"

"Jail we had to come here they were gonna shoot us and god forbid you die again so I went willingly so you wouldn't get hurt." He shrugged nonchalantly, but I knew it was really kind of him and he was starting to remind me of the old Damon. The one who was nice and kind to me not the self obnoxious one who I truly hated.

"That was nice of you." I said and laughed again at his expression. I stretched and winced when I stretched my left arm out. I looked down and it was stitched and there were two little twin bite marks right at the !!!!!!!!

"Damon you didn't!!!!" I was seriously furious. How dare he take blood from me? That beast.

"What I did what I needed to do and your blood kept me strong so we didn't have three unconscious people. I must say your blood is rich and sweet just like you princess." At this he smiled and walked toward me with a dazzling smile planted on his handsome face.

"You're sick you know and I don't want anything to do with you. Once we find Stefan you stay away from me got it?"

"I still don't get what you see in my idiot little brother."

"Well for one thing he wouldn't of token blood unwillingly from me" I waved my left arm at him so he could clearly see what he had done.

"Well I wasn't going to let you die again. He probably would of. He is a boy and I am a man that is the difference. You need a man."

I simply shook my head, but just when he was going to say something Matt woke up and with a yawn he stretched and winced. He looked around dazed and his sleepy blue eyes met mine and widened when he saw my arm and the area around us.

"Were in jail." He looked around again and I crawled toward him so I can inspect the damage on his head. I put my cool palm on his forehead and he winced.

"Matt I'm so sorry are you ok?"

"Yeah don't worry about it, but look at your arm. Who did it?" I looked between him and Damon and decided to lie to him because if he found out it was Damon he would get mad and attack and that would hurt him even more.

"The car crash did it the window smashed, but it's all better."

"Oh."

Just when I was about to say something a police officer showed up pointed to me and Damon and said "you two have made bail and are free to go but he must stay here."

"Why he didn't do anything!!" this was seriously ridicules. He really didn't do anything I swear when this is over I am going to find Caroline and burry her.

"Shut up or you could keep him company and but the way who are you?" shit I couldn't say my name was Elena because everyone thought I was dead. I was starting to panic when Damon spoke up.

"She's my sister." Well that definitely wasn't the answer I was expecting.

"And you are?" asked the police officer.

"Damon Salvatore, sir. I was here on business and we were taking a walk when we found Matt. We had no idea he was a criminal so if you don't mind we would graciously leave. Thank you."

This time I didn't complain. I hugged Matt once and promised we would come back for him and loved him as a friend. Damon signed some release papers and then me and him walked out into the chilly night. Just as we were headed down the street we heard to frantic yet familiar voices.

"Elena? Elena!!!!!!!!!!"