Elena smiled for the first time in months as she knocked on the door of the boarding house. The day was off to a great start, what with her knowing of Alaric's plans to propose to Jenna today, and because the air was filled with such a peace that she couldn't help but smile.
"Hello Elena, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Damon asked while doing that eye thing that Elena secretly loved.
Elena rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Stefan's in his room," Damon explained.
"Actually I'm here to see both of you," Elena said with a gleam in her eyes.
"So can I use the boarding house for a party tonight?" Elena asked the Salvatore brothers while sitting on the couch across from them, "I want it to be an it's all over party, now that Klaus is gone and all trouble has left Mystic Falls, I want this party to be the big end to all of our drama."
"Of course you can, as long as I supply the booze," Damon slurred.
"That's great, I'll call Caroline and we'll get this party started," Elena said ecstatically.
"Hey Elena, can I talk to you upstairs?" Stefan asked.
"That's okay; I'll get this party started by myself!" Damon called up the stairs as Elena followed Stefan.
"Elena, I decided to leave tonight" Stefan sighed.
"What, why?" Elena asked.
"Because Elijah wants to go right away, so that no other vampires come to town to try and kill him, and Katherine isn't allowed to leave until Elijah says so, and now that Elijah has said okay she's been harping on me to leave for a week now," Stefan explained, "Elijah and I want to tie up all the loose ends, and I don't know how long that is going to take us."
"You don't know how long you'll be gone?" Elena whispered.
"Maybe a couple days, maybe a couple weeks," Stefan sighed.
"Do you know where you will be?" Elena cried, "What if Elijah hurts you."
"Around Virginia, and then down to Georgia and Florida, maybe up the eastern seaboard," Stefan sighed, "Elena everything will be okay, Elijah can't hurt me, not when he kept his word, and I'll be back before you can miss me. We have managed to stay together through tougher things."
"Okay, I'll just miss you so much." She said as she reached up to peck him on the lips.
The kiss deepened as Stefan wrapped his arms around Elena's waist pulling them closer together. It was full of goodbyes and promises to say hello again.
"Well don't let me stop you, but we've got an impatient original and a whiny ex at the door," Damon smirked as he stepped into the hallway.
"Damon already knew that you were leaving today?" Elena asked, feeling betrayed.
"Yes, and he promised that he would look after you while I was gone," Stefan said.
"Well, I don't need a babysitter," Elena sighed.
"You will after this party when you try to jump Matt in your drunken stupor," Damon chided.
Stefan sighed and said, "I'll call you both once we get outside of Mystic Falls."
"Bye brother," Damon smirked, "I'll make sure she doesn't kiss anyone, except me!"
Elena elbowed Damon as she made her way downstairs.
The party started that night and everyone from town that had been affected by the vampires was there, Carol Lockwood, Sheriff Forbes, John Gilbert and the rest of the council and all of the friends, Matt, Tyler, Jeremy, Bonnie, and Caroline.
Damon walked in with Alaric and Jenna and announced, "We're going to need some champagne over here!"
"And why is that?" Elena asked with a smile, already knowing the answer.
"Alaric and I are getting married!" Jenna exclaimed with a huge grin on her face.
Alaric and Damon moved to the kitchen to get drinks while Jenna asked Elena to be her maid of honor.
"When did you ask her?" Damon smirked.
"The night after we killed Klaus and broke the doppelganger curse, I ran to her house and got down on one knee." Alaric smiled.
"Didn't she have to forgive you before saying yes?"
"Luckily Elena explained everything before Rick even had to apologize," Jenna said walking into the kitchen and up to Alaric to give him a peck on the lips.
While Elena was dancing with Bonnie and Caroline, Jenna and John were conversing in the kitchen.
"Arg, you're still in town," Jenna complained to John, "when are you going to leave?"
"Actually I'm leaving tonight, right after I do something," John said in a guarded tone.
"Good."
"Speaking of leaving, I know you've had time to discuss it, Elena is eighteen now. So when are you and Alaric moving out to start a life of your own?" John asked.
"I don't know John, we just got engaged. We're going to spend the rest of the week at Rick's parents, and then we'll see what happens after that. I don't see why we can't just stay here, if she needs us. But if she doesn't, then I want move out, go with Alaric and leave this town behind, we want our own family." Jenna said, "And I know that Elena and Jeremy will be safe with Damon."
"I just hope I was there for her while all of this was going on." Jenna sighed.
"Yes, you were, but I never was." John said.
"Maybe it was better that you weren't there," Jenna said honestly and then she got defensive, "You gave Elena away to your brother because even subconsciously you knew that he would do a way better job raising her than you ever could."
Her aggressiveness angered John as he said even more guarded, "I never gave her a change to depend on me, but that will change."
"Okay, but I don't see what you're going to do to gain her trust," Jenna quipped.
"Something I should have done to protect her from all of this in the first place," John continued.
"Wait… what?" Jenna started.
"Hey Jenna where's Alaric?" Damon interrupted, "you better get going, if you're going to stay with Rick's parents."
After midnight the party started to die down, and while Damon was driving a very drunk Caroline home, Elena was clearing away cups in the kitchen of the boarding house.
She thought she heard footsteps so she turned around expecting to see Damon, but instead it was someone she really didn't want to talk to.
"What are you still doing here?" Elena said, "I thought you were leaving town now that Klaus is gone."
"I am leaving," He said, "but you're coming with me."
"Uh, no I'm not, I'm staying here." She said point blank.
"You are coming with me!" The man said getting angry, "now!"
Elena thought the man must be drunk and then said, "What makes you think you can take me, you don't own me! I'm an adult, I can choose to do what I want!"
"Elena, either get in the car now, or I'll take you be force!"
"NO! I'm not going anywhere with you!"
The man started towards her, so she backed up. He reached up with his arm, and then his hand was shooting across her face. Elena was so shocked she couldn't do anything, and then the man grabbed her around the waist and forced a handkerchief onto Elena's mouth. Elena stared back at him with wide eyes as she started to loose consciences and then blacked out.
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