Elena sat in her room looking out her window. It was a chilly night but it didn't really bother her. Elena pulled her knees up to her chest. Stefan's words kept playing back in her head over and over. She had never been more confused in her life. Lately she had been focusing her energy on pushing her feelings for Damon aside, to focus on the more pressing issues at hand, but suddenly, it's like none of that mattered anymore. It's like Stefan opened up everything she had been holding so tightly inside, just waiting to spill out.

Elena resolved to go to the Salvatore mansion first thing in the morning.

Elena approached the door to Stefan and Damon's mansion. She was somewhat afraid of who would answer, and she wasn't sure of which brother she was more afraid of.

"Elena."

Damon's voice sent Elena's heart jumping out of her chest, but she wasn't sure why.

"Damon." Elena stumbled over the words trying to come out. "I thought you would be at Alaric's." She lied feebly, and she could tell Damon knew she was flustered.

"Ahhh.." Damon tapped his fingers against the door. "So you're here for Stefan I suppose? Well he's not here."

Elena sighed. "Actually, I'm here to see you."

"Oh really?" Damon's eyebrows raised, and he immediately let go of the door, letting her into the house.

Elena walked into the house and into the living room, where she stood in front of the fire.

"And what is it that you need?" Damon followed her into the living room, waiting for her to turn around.

"I want to go see Jeremy."

"Why is that? I thought the whole point of him going to Denver was so he didn't have to be around all this..fun.." Damon started pouring himself a drink, finding himself trying to avoid Elena's eyes.

"I'm worried about him. Bonnie said that Kol is in Denver with him, and that means that at any moment he could do something to Jeremy. I just want to check up on him."

"Wait, wait, wait. When did we find out Kol is in Denver?" Damon set his glass down, and walked closer to Elena.

Elena crossed her arms. "When.. Rebekah had you." Elena stared into Damon's eyes. Something was.. different. She suddenly felt horrible for the way that she had treated him.

"Oh right, you mean when Rebekah tortured me?"

Elena forced herself to look into Damon's eyes and was surprised to see so much pain in them.

"Stefan said it was bad, but he didn't say how bad. How are you doing?" Elena walked closer to him, suddenly wanting to be closer to him.

Damon dropped his eyes to the floor. "I'm fine now, since I was rescued by my heroic brother. All though I'm not sure how long that's going to last seeing as Alaric's alter ego has the dagger we need."

Damon looked at Elena again. She was just staring at him, in a way that he didn't recognize. The two stood close together, sharing the silence, both not sure of what to say.

And then the moment was gone.

Elena coughed. "Well I'm glad you're okay." She made a move for the door.

"Wait, that's it?" Damon followed her out. "You tell me you want to go see Jeremy and think I'm going to just let you go alone?"

"You want to come?" Elena turned around.

"Yeah I do."

Elena stopped for a second, and then nodded. "Okay, we'll leave tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Damon followed Elena to the door. "It's been a long time since we've had one of our roadtrips."

Elena turned to Damon as she stepped outside to see him grinning at her. It wasn't one of his sarcastic grins though, she could tell he was genuinely excited about going with her.

"Yeah, it has." Elena smiled at him and then got into her car and headed back to her house. Elena realized her heart hadn't stopped racing since the moment Damon had opened the door. She had a feeling this roadtrip was going to change everything.