I do not own the Vampire Diaries. I'm very new to writing fanfiction so bare with me. I'm a huge fan of Delena so any feedback would be really helpful! This happens after 'The Sun Also Rises'

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Damon hadn't been seen for a eight hours since the funeral and it was only now getting dark. Normally Stefen was use to his brother just wandering off and not coming home for days but this time it was different, with the werewolf bite infecting his arm more every few hours Stefen was beginning to face up to the idea that if it all came down to it, Stefen would have to kill his own brother, end his torment but could he really do that? No matter all their differences, they were still brothers. All his questions kept him on edge and when Elena asked him what was wrong, he simply told her he was stuck thinking up ways to get rid of Klaus and Elijah, which of course was a lie. He hadn't even thought of them once, that would all come later.

Sitting down he poured himself a glass of whiskey, the soothing taste filling his mouth with flavors and calmed his nerves down for a micro second. Pinching the bridge of his nose with his free hand, he sighed and leaned back, his head resting on the back of the sofa, lost in thought.

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Elena had gone home after the funeral, Jeremy by her side along with Caroline and Bonnie. Both girls had asked the pair of them how they were doing and of course they said they were fine, saying Jenna knew what she was doing as did John but deep down it was all a lie. The siblings were feeling the same as when their parents died, the same angst and mournful feelings welcomed into their body and souls once again. Jeremy didn't really want to stay up with the three of them so he opted for headphones and bed, giving Elena a brotherly hug and then kissing Bonnie on the forehead and saying goodnight to Caroline, he would stay in his bedroom for as long as it took for the hole in his heart to heal.

"Are you sure you don't want us to stay the night Elena?" Asked worried Bonnie who was boiling the kettle to make hot chocolate's for the girls.
"Yeah I mean, you shouldn't stay on your own tonight, not with Klaus and Elijah out there. Its not safe." Caroline piped in as she sat at the kitchen table, eying Elena with care while she just leaned up against the door frame between the kitchen and living room.

"I don't think they will be coming back anytime soon Caroline, after all they think I'm dead and I don't really think that's such a bad thing for them to think about."

Elena wasn't really paying any sort of attention to her two best friends, she was to busy worrying about how everything was going to change now. Who would pay the bills now that Jenna was gone? How was she going to go onto living a normal life without a mother figure in her life? She guessed she could just move in with Stefen or he could come live here and then they'd let Damon have the boarding house but then would that really be the right thing to do? Jeremy was her main concern, he had lost so many people because of her and she was beginning to think his life would have been better off without her. She had a feeling he would be going to college once he'd finished high school, far away from Mystic Falls and leaving her behind.

Sighing, she watched Bonnie pour the drinks as Caroline sat lost in her own thoughts. She was stuck thinking about Matt and how the whole week had just turned upside down, he didn't want to know her. She asked Stefen if she could stay in the boarding house for a few days to clear her head and get sometime to herself. Tyler was even coming to visit whenever he wasn't looking after his mum. Things were slowly becoming serious with the two of them and Caroline wasn't to sure if she wanted to act upon their feelings for one another just yet.

"Here we go, a nice hot drink." Bonnie said softly as she placed two cups of the table, her cup still on the counter.

"Thanks Bonnie." Caroline only had a small cup as she wasn't to sure how this drink would react to her stomach, coffee and blood was mainly what she drunk and of course the few odd beers, so this was going to be a trial and error test.

"Elena?"

Bonnie was soon standing in front of Elena holding her drink out to her, but the brown haired girl was still lost in her thoughts, only snapping back into reality a second later after Bonnie touched her shoulder, jarring Elena away with a sudden shock, she hadn't even realized she had taken a huge step back until Bonnie looked at her even more concerned.

"Elena? Are you alright?" She asked with caring eyes as Elena looked at the two girls.

"I'm fine, I eh… I'm just going to wash up."

Elena left the room quickly and headed upstairs to her bedroom, shutting the door behind her as she was on the break of tears, tears which she had held in all day to be the strong and brave one, the mature one of the day and now it was all falling apart. Almost running to her bed she laid face down with her head in her pillow, covering her face with the fabric as her quiet sobs fell into the evening light. She hadn't even realized someone was sitting on the window seat until she lifted her head up minutes later to grab a tissue from her bedside table. More shock and fear ran through her body and she blew out a gasp, her vision was blurred due to her tears so she blinked them away quickly and wiped them away with the back of her right hand, she saw Damon still in his suit sat there with his head between his hands.

"Damon…" Her voice was broken so clearing her throat she tried again. "Damon, what are you doing here?"

She was use to Stefen sneaking up on her but Damon had only done it a couple of times in her bedroom, but this time it seemed he didn't even know Elena was there trying to talk to him.