Set at the end of Episode 12 Season 2. Elena comes back just after Damon stakes Rose.

I came up with this idea while watching episode 12. I know that Elena does come back after Damon disposes of rose but i thought it would be better if she came back before?

She didn't know why she came back, she felt like she had to. Their was a feeling, a feeling deep in her heart. Telling her to go back to the boarding house, even though Damon had told her to leave. She cut the engine of her car and walked to the boarding house door.

She suddenly knew why she can came back, she needed to see Damon. She needed to know if he was okay. Her stomach fluttered as she pushed open the door, softly shutting it behind her and making up the stairs for Damons bedroom. She wasn't truly prepared for what she saw when she walked in.

On the bed lay Damon, Rose in his arms and a wooden stake protruding from her chest. As Damons eyes locked with hers, she saw the single tear that had escaped his eye.

"Oh, Damon." She said, sympathetically.

"I told you to leave." He said sternly.

"I-i did. But I came back."

"Why, Elena? Did you want to comfort me. Make sure I was okay." She hated the tone his voice had taken. "Well, Guess what Elena. I don't need comforting and certainly not by you."

"Damon, I know your upset. Stop trying to hide it. You don't need to, not with me. I understand."

"No, You don't understand. Elena, that was supposed to be me. Me dying-Dead." He maneuvered himself out from underneith Rose. "I'm the one Jules was trying to bite. I should be dead."

She felt a twinged in her heart as Damon said he should be dead. "No, Damon! Your... You can't die."

"As a matter of fact, incase you haven't noticed. I can die... by a simple stake to the heart, a extremely large dosage of vervain, wolf bite."

"I didn't mean it like that. I don't want you to die. You can't die on me." She said. Then accidentally she mumble aloud. "Your all I need."

"Excuse me?" He said, moving himself closer to Elena. "I'm all you need. Forgetting about Saint Stefan? Don't do this to me Elena. Not tonight. I can't have you breaking my heart. No, definitely not tonight. Any other night and i'll handle it."

She didn't know where the sudden emotions came from but she was crying and running to Damon. Collapsing in his arms. Pulling him closer. Breathing in his heavenly scent.

She didn't understand the feelings she had for this beautiful, amazing, caring, mainly asshole of a vampire. She loved Stefan, she tried desperately to convince herself. She knew it wasn't working.

Her skin tingled where Damon touched and she was sure that even if he laid one tiny kiss upon her forehead, her walls would collapse. She would need him, more than she needed Stefan. She wiped her eyes and pulled away from Damon.

"We need to sort out, R-r-rose." She sniffled.

"Yeah, I do." He replied.

So there it is. I'll update soon if you like it!

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