Chapter 1
EPOV
Elena walked through the door of the boarding house, She had a bad feeling about today, she wasn't sure why just that something bad was going to happen. She also wasn't in a good mood, she hadn't gotten much sleep last night she'd been having some real strange dreams lately. If she wasn't so confused she might have loved having the dreams, but honestly when had she started dreaming about him that way, more to the point when had she started thinking about him that way.

He'd always been there, trying to save her, sometimes even when she didn't want to be saved, but whether she wanted to be saved or not he was always there trying. She doesn't know when it started, it was a little at a time when she would look at him and get little butterflies in her stomach and sometimes when he took her hand or brushed against her she got something like a electric shock shoot through her, and when he almost died from the werewolf bite she can't explain how the thought almost made her go insane. The thought of never seeing Stefan again after he disappeared with Klaus didn't upset her as much as never seeing Damon again, and she didn't know what was up with that.

Damon was laying on the sofa drinking some of his private stock when she came in the room.

" Isn't it a little too early for that? She asked him.

"It's never too early when you're a vampire" he replied with his trade mark smirk.

The feelings she got when he used that smirk on her made her want to kiss him," WHOA hold up girl, where the hell did that thought come from, Omg get a hold of yourself". she thought to herself.

"Your way on your way to becoming an alcoholic you know" she told him.

"There are worse ways to go,besides vampires can't become alcoholics" he told her with a chuckle.

"Well, maybe not, but you're not setting a good example for us younger ones" She answered.

"Like you need any help from me with bad habits" He said.

"I don't have any bad habits" She said sounding slightly put out.

"Oh yea you do, Like trying to give yourself over to Klaus or trying to get yourself killed. Need i say more? He said.

"That's not a bad habit, I was trying to save the people i love" She snapped.

"Yes, while the people you love were trying to save your life"He snapped back.

"I'm going upstairs to get some books i left here" She told him, a bit miffed because she knew he was right.

Elena marched up the stairs stomping on each step, letting him know she was a bit ticked off.

DPOV
He watched her stomp up the stairs, thinking "Damn she's beautiful when she's pissed"

"You know I'm right" He called out to her, and he was rewarded with her slamming the door. He smiled to himself, Elena always seemed to make him smile even when there was nothing to smile at. He'd been brooding before she got here. They hadn't heard from Stefan in over a week, since he'd disappeared with Klaus.
On one hand he was grateful to his brother for saving his life, but on the other he was pissed that he had to give his life over to Klaus to do it. He would have gladly died to save Elena this pain. Yes, it sounds overly sentimental, but he had come to finally face the truth. He was in love with her, she was it for him. And knowing that it would always be Stefan for her, he would have died to save her the pain of missing him.

EPOV
After slamming the door, she lost all the pissed off feelings. Walking into Stefan's room brought back memories and the sadness that he wasn't here anymore. And she missed him, she didn't even know if he was alive. she laid on the bed and let the tears fall.

"I miss you" she whispered into the empty room.

"Elena"

She shot off the bed when she heard someone whisper her name. She spun around to see Stefan standing on the other side of the bed. Her first thought was to fling herself into his arms and kiss him. But for some reason she couldn't move, something wasn't right, she just couldn't put her finger on it. She felt a sense of danger, but that couldn't be right, this is Stefan after all, the man she loved wasn't it?

"Oh my god Stefan" She whispered.

She walked over to him and lifted her hand to gently stroke his cheek then suddenly she was in his arms.

"I've missed you" She whispered.

"I've missed you too" He whispered.

SPOV
He knew he shouldn't have come here. But he couldn't control that part of him that loved Elena. But that part of him that wanted to taste her blood was getting stronger and he wasn't sure how long he could control it. As much as he loved her he wanted to suck her dry too, and he could feel that part of him take over, so he pushed her away from him.

"I should go, I shouldn't have come here" He told her.

"What! why? of course you should have come, this is your home" Elena cried.

She grabbed hold of his hand, he tried to ignore her, but he felt his vampire side take control, he grabbed her and pulled her to him roughly. He couldn't seem to control himself, his fangs came out and he bit into the soft side of her neck.