A/N- I do not own the rights to Vampire Diaries.
DAMON'S P.O.V.
"I can't protect you!" I held Elena's head between my hands, the pouring rain making her hair slippery. "I don't know how to save Stefan and worrying about you won't make things any easier." I searched her eyes, desperately needing her to stay put. Elena opened her mouth to protest but stopped when I shook my head, completely serious. I'm not sure what gave me the nerve to press my lips to the top of her head, but I did. The reassuring smile Elena gave me from under her heavy lids was the boost of confidence I needed. I went into the ramshackle house ready for a fight.
"Stefan!" I shouted, peering over the shoulder of a man's massive arm. "Get your sorry ass out here and help me." I called, my voice echoing down the hall. When Stefan didn't appear, I took a deep breath and felt the surge of confidence Elena gave me mixed with my usual rage. "You ready?" I smirked at the beast of a man in front of me.
He raised his eyebrows in question. "Are you for real?" His voice was deep and unnatural.
"Oh I'm very real." A menacing grin played across my lips. "Not only am I for real. I'm deadly." My grin grew wider as I allowed my fangs to come through. "On your mark…get set…go!" While Muscle-Man stood there stupidly, I came up behind him and jumped onto his back, my fangs finding their mark easily.
A moment later, none other than the notorious Katherine sauntered in. "Hello, Damon." Her smile was not genuine; it was her playing coy.
"Fake-ass bitch." I nodded in acknowledgment.
Katherine lost her smile and immediately went into serious-mode. "Have you come to save Stefan?" I didn't give her the satisfaction of an answer, instead I walked away. "He's not a prisoner you know." I stopped in my tracks but I refused to turn around. "You lost to the good brother, yet again!" Katherine had the audacity to call after me.
It took every ounce of humanity I had to not turn around and drive a stake through her heart. "It's not a loss if I don't want the prize." I was most definitely in love, but not with Katherine.
When I got back to the car where Elena stood waiting, I lost all hope. She was soaked to the bone and I knew what I was about to tell her was going to break her. "It's over Elena…" I didn't know how to tell her that her boyfriend deserted her for his manipulative ex girlfriend. "Stefan chose…" I trailed off, hoping Elena would get the message.
"He chose her…didn't he?" Elena looked up at me as I captured her face in between my hands. I could feel the sticky difference between the rain and her heavy flow of tears.
ELENA'S P.O.V.
"He chose wrong." Damon's bright blue eyes bore into my own with more certainty than I had ever seen in someone.
"Damon, please, answer me honestly." I needed to know just one thing. Damon waited patiently for me to continue, his palms no longer against my cheeks. "Would you trade places with Stefan if you could?"
Without hesitation, Damon answered, "No." He shook his head, his eyes not once leaving mine.
"You wouldn't chose Katherine over me?" I sniffled, my tears getting the best of me.
"No, Elena, I wouldn't." Damon stepped forward and engulfed my shaking body in his arms. I let my pounding head rest against his chest that was just as soaked as the rest of him.
"Come on." He inched me towards the car, seemingly afraid of letting me go. He wasn't the only one afraid, though; I was petrified...petrified Damon wouldn't let me fall and I would end up falling hard anyway, only in a much different way... falling in love... yes, I knew it was possible because I had already begun to feel Damon's pull on my heart.