Damon's car finally pulled up in front of Elena's house. She hadn't spoken the entire ride back from Chicago. She sat with her back to Damon, looking out the window as tears silently fell from her eyes. As soon as Damon stopped the car, the door was open, and Elena was hastily making her way towards her house.
"Elena." Elena stopped, but didn't turn to look at him. "I'm sorry. This is my fault. If he didn't have to save me, none of this would be happening." Elena didn't say anything, and continued walking towards her front door. "He loves you Elena. If there's one thing in this world I'm sure about, it's that. No matter what he said to you, no matter what he does, he still loves you as much as he did in the beginning." Finally, Elena turned towards Damon just a bit and spoke. "I'm not so sure about that anymore." With that, Elena ran the rest of the way into her house and slammed the door behind her.
Elena ran up the stairs, and closed her bedroom door. She rested against it and took a couple deep breaths. Elena crossed the room and picked up a framed picture of her and Stefan. His arms around her, both smiling and so in love with each other. She screamed and threw the picture against the wall, glass shattering all around it. She fell onto her bed, one hand clutching her necklace, heavy sobs over taking her. She cried until she couldn't breathe, until she was dizzy. She cried until the sleep that she had been unable to find for days claimed her.
Damon stood on the front porch of Elena's house, listening to the sounds coming from Elena's room until he was sure she was asleep. He opened the front door and with vampire speed climbed up the stairs that led to the second floor. He quietly opened Elena's bedroom door. He walked over to the shattered glass and looked at the picture she had thrown against the wall in a fit of rage, then walked over to the bed and pulled her comforter up over her. He let out a sigh as he looked down at this poor girl. Silently, he blamed himself for her pain. If Stefan hadn't had to save him, Elena would never be going through this right now. Neither she or Stefan would ever know how sorry he was for making Stefan sacrifice the one person who he had ever truly loved.
