Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I'm just playing with the characters a little :]
A/N: Okay so, I don't know what's is going to happen to this story really, my original idea for it was to be just two maybe three parts, but, I really don't know yet, so, let me know what you think :] xoxo, Avril
Shattered
Chapter One: Live A Little
There he was, just standing outside her front door. Damon had never felt nervous walking into some girls house once he had been invited in, never. He never really cared weather they wanted him there or not most of the time, that was just the way he was. But she was different, she wasn't just some girl that he had fed off of and had seduced, no this was Elena Gilbert. As much as Damon would like to think that Elena would fall for all his charm and his obvious good looks, she wasn't as easily swayed as the rest of the girls. Especially since Stefan left Mystic Falls with Katherine four months ago to the day.
Flashback
"What do you mean your leaving with Katherine?" Damon spat at his brother Stefan, feeling like he could easily close the gap between them at any second and rip Stefan to shreds
"I mean exactly that Damon. I'm leaving with Katherine, tonight. It's the only way-"
"Don't even say to keep Elena safe." Damon hissed "That's a bunch of bullshit Stefan. If you cared for Elena, you wouldn't be leaving with Katherine"
"Stefan…Damon…what's going on?" Elena said, entering the Boarding House, hearing the tail end of their conversation
"…I'm leaving Mystic Falls Elena…with Katherine" Stefan sighed
Damon turned around now to see Elena's reaction to Stefan's words. At first, she reacted with no expression, only for the words to sink in a few seconds later and sadness and rejection came across her face. It didn't help either that Katherine happened to walk in a few moments later with a smirk plastered on her face.
"Poor Little Elena" She said "Heartbroken that Stefan chose me over her"
"Stay out of this Katherine" Damon hissed at her, the woman he once loved and searched years for. He couldn't believe himself how he reacted to Katherine just now, but Katherine didn't seem surprised, she never really did.
"How can I stay out of something I'm a part of?" She smiled and walked over to Stefan and wrapped her arms around him "Shame she's wasting those tears on someone who never loved her" Katherine said and removed herself from Stefan and walked back over to Elena
Damon made it over to Elena first and held Elena protectively close to him.
"Seems she's wasting those tears on the wrong person" Katherine smiled "But I'm making it easy for you dear Elena. You see, with one Salvatore gone, you won't have to go through such a heartbreaking choice like me" She sighed "It seems only one Salvatore chose you…consider yourself lucky" She said and reached out to touch Elena, but Damon quickly stopped that and pulled Elena away "Very lucky" Katherine smiled and walked over to Stefan and grabbed his hand "I always liked Stefan better anyway. We balance each other out" Katherine laughed and kissed Stefan in front of Elena, only causing her even more heart break.
Katherine pulled away from the kiss first and dragged Stefan toward the front door of the boarding house. "Goodbye Damon. It was lovely meeting you Elena. Maybe with Damon around you can finally live a little" She snickered as she walked out the door and, hopefully, out of Elena and Damon's lives for good.
Elena couldn't stop herself from crying, Damon hated to see a woman cry, especially like this. Damon settled Elena down on the couch and let her calm down, and eventually she passed out there, leaning on Damon in the living room. Damon couldn't really understand why he hated Stefan so much still, it wasn't because of Katherine, no, she had shattered his heart in two when she finally admitted that she preferred Stefan over him, he was second best, not Stefan as he always thought. But the reason he hated Stefan now, it was because of what he did to Elena, everything he put her through broke her heart, and Damon hated just standing by and being able to do nothing. Damon wrapped a blanket around Elena and stayed nearby for when she would wake up in the morning, but staying too close, that would probably freak her out, and that was the last thing he wanted to do to her. Damon sighed and watched Elena as she slept, all he could think about was how could Elena, the girl that barely cared for him and was just recently warming up to him, make him turn his back on Katherine so easily? The answer came as Elena murmured his name is her sleep, causing him to genuinely smile. Because I love her, that's why Damon thought to himself and continued watching Elena sleep.
Present:
Damon finally opened the door and walked inside. Jenna was out on a date with Alaric, and Jeremy, who was now a vampire and has been since Founder's Day, was back at the Boarding House, he has been living there and filling in the void of little brother since he was changed to keep Jenna and Elena safe. Elena was all alone in the house, in the living room, watching some sappy romantic movie, she had been doing this since Stefan left, and Damon, though he really didn't want to push his luck with Elena, was getting sick of sappy Elena.
"Scoot" Damon said to Elena and she moved down on the couch and Damon sat next to her "God, another sappy love story?"
"It's The Notebook" Elena protested "You know I love this movie"
"Yes I know. You've made me sit through it ten times in the past two weeks alone" Damon sighed "I see this movie when I go to sleep at night for crying out loud!"
Elena couldn't help but laugh a little. She knew this movie was driving Damon insane, the truth was, she was doing this on purpose. Very few people could drive Damon Salvatore insane, and Elena was one of the few, the others though could give her a run for her money, since the others are Jeremy, haunting him at the Boarding House 24/7; Jenna, constantly giving him death threats if he ever even dreamed of going near Elena, dating wise; and Alaric, who was technically Elena's step-father, and taking on the father figure in Elena's life by giving the same amount of death threats as Jenna. Elena was actually wondering why and how Damon put up with everyone lately. Then again, she knew how…Lots and lots of scotch Elena thought to herself. But she still didn't know why he put up with everyone. But Damon Salvatore was and forever will be a mystery to her.
"Fine, if this movie is driving you nuts, put on something else" Elena laughed
"…Is this a trap? If I actually change this your not gonna come up behind in the middle of the night and stake me are you?" Damon asked sarcastically
"I won't. Then again, that could be an idea for Jenna" Elena laughed
"God, the last thing I need is to sleep with one eye open wondering if your crazed aunt is going to kill me in my sleep" Damon sighed and changed the movie
"As if you need anything else to worry about, huh?" Elena asked
"What do you mean?" Damon asked
"Well, Jenna and Alaric with death threats, I don't know why though, I mean we're just friends" Elena sighed
"Yeah, friends" Damon said, god, he hated that word, friends. Especially coming from the woman he was convinced he was in love with, no, knew he was in love with.
"And Jeremy, he must be driving you insane at the Boarding House" Elena said
"For now only there. Until your little witchy friend is done charming that ring, my only escape from him is during the day" Damon sighed
"…And then me." Elena said "You come over here every day only to face the same old sappy and depressed Elena"
"…Your not sappy and depressed Elena" Damon sighed "You just need to live a little, you know, outside these four walls. When was the last time you set foot off of this property?"
"…A month ago" Elena admitted defeated, Damon was right for once
"You should at least be seeing someone aside from me, Jeremy, Jenna, and Alaric. Personally, I'm surprised you haven't picked up drinking being around those people so much, I knew they've driven me to drink more than usual" Damon sighed "Not that I mind spending all this time with you Elena, but I think even sometimes, I need a break from myself"
"You have a point" Elena sighed
"Call Bonnie, maybe she'll watch The Notebook with you on repeat or something" Damon sighed "See if she's done with Jeremy's ring too, maybe if he gets that thing he'll stop bugging me so much"
"Okay" Elena laughed and got up from the couch and went up to her room to call Bonnie off of her cell phone.
"Hello?" Bonnie answered
"Hey Bonnie" Elena said
"Elena!" Bonnie said "What's up?"
"Uh, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out tonight, I need to do something to get out of this house" Elena sighed
"Sure" Bonnie said "I think you do need a break, no one should have to put up with that much time with Damon Salvatore" Bonnie laughed "Oh, speaking of Damon, his ring for Jeremy is done"
"Oh, great" Elena said "I'll have him come get it, and I'll be right over, okay?"
"Okay" Bonnie said "See ya"
"See ya" Elena smiled and hung up her phone.
She turned around to see Damon standing right behind her, nearly giving her a heart attack.
"Damon, geez, are you trying to give me a heart attack or something?" Elena asked and walked past him to get to her closet
"Sorry" Damon said "So, ring's done?"
"Yes, you can go get it from Bonnie. I'm going over there as soon as I'm done in the shower" Elena sighed
"I could always join you in there" Damon said and Elena turned around to see him doing that eye thing again and giving her that smirk he always wore
"Pass" Elena said and rolled her eyes at Damon as she went back to her closet
"Fine, don't say I didn't offer" Damon sighed "I'm gonna go get Jeremy's ring and then he's the worlds problem"
"Damon!" Elena hissed
"I'm kidding, I'll keep an eye on him" Damon laughed and walked out Elena's bedroom door and Elena heard the door open and shut knowing that Damon was gone.
Damon had been great to Elena during all of this. Through her heavily depressed days and her great days, he was there, constantly being himself which was just what Elena needed, someone to make her laugh and aggravate her. Though there were moments where Damon was actually not sarcastic with her, and those moments were becoming more and more of a normal occurrence, and Elena liked that too. Elena smiled thinking about how every night Damon comes in her room and checks on her, she was usually fast asleep, or pretending to sleep just to see what Damon would do. But mostly all he did was watch her sleep. Most people would find this weird, but Elena loved having someone watch over her, it made her feel safe…and loved. Damon told her once that she sometimes says his name in her sleep, she knew she did because as of this past month, Damon was really the only person who brought true joy into her life as hard as that was for most people to believe.
Damon was standing outside Bonnie's house, waiting for her to answer the door. She finally did and he could tell from her face that she was expecting Elena, because her smile faded as soon as she saw him.
"Oh, it's you" Bonnie sighed
"Great to see you too Bonnie" Damon said
"Here's the ring" Bonnie sighed and pulled the lapis lazuli ring out of her pocket and put it in Damon's hand "Bye" She said and was getting ready to shut the door
"Bonnie" Damon said
Bonnie reluctantly opened the door again. "What?" She asked
"Thanks for doing this, I know your not really fond of vampires, especially me" Damon said
"…Look, I did this for Elena and Jeremy, their my friends, weather Jeremy is a vampire or not, he's still Elena's little brother. I didn't do this for you" Bonnie said
"Could you do something for me?" Damon asked
"Depends on what it is" Bonnie huffed and crossed her arms, she was getting sick of Damon already, even though he wasn't being his usual sarcastic self, she still highly disliked him
"…Take care of Elena tonight. She's just coming out a little bit" Damon sighed
"Why wouldn't I take- …Oh my god" Bonnie said and an amused expression crossed her face "Your in love with her"
"Who said I was in love with her?" Damon asked immediately putting his walls back up, he couldn't believe he was actually trying to be nice to Bonnie
"Your thoughts" Bonnie smirked "When I touched your hand all I saw was Elena on the brain. You love Elena" Bonnie said "And don't deny it Damon, I know you love her"
"…Maybe I do. But just…take care of her" Damon sighed, giving up on trying to shut the witch up
"I will" Bonnie said "Oh, and Damon"
"Yes?" Damon asked
"…You try anything with Elena, and I'll set you on fire and watch you burn" Bonnie smiled
"Maybe you, Jenna, and Alaric should all form a 'Kill Damon Salvatore Club', you could have t-shirts and everything" Damon said
Bonnie rolled her eyes and shut the door. That was the gratitude he got for taking care of Elena these past two months, making sure she didn't go postal and try to kill herself or anything. He got death threats. Out of all the crazy people surrounding him, the only one he could stand was Jeremy. At least he wasn't handing out death threats…yet at least.
Jeremy was walking around the Boarding House, bored out of his mind. He could think of a million other things he could be doing if he were able to go out in the sunlight. But instead he was trapped in this house, waiting for Damon to come back. Finally he heard the door open and saw Damon walked in.
"Here" Damon said and tossed the ring at him
Jeremy looked at it and noticed it was a ring similar to Damon and Stefan's rings he had seen so many times before.
"Really?" Jeremy asked "Your trusting me to go out in the day?"
"Sure, you can't do that much damage in sunlight unless your stupid enough to" Damon sighed and walked into the living room and poured himself a glass of scotch
"…Thanks" Jeremy said and put the ring on "I'll be back later"
"Try not to kill anyone, if you do, your sister will kill me. And so will your aunt" Damon sighed
"Alright, I'll try" Jeremy laughed and walked out the front door
Jeremy found it kinda funny how Damon was this big bad ass vampire and was scared by Elena and Jenna, mostly Jenna. Jenna didn't play around though, ever since finding out what killed a vampire, she knew just how to threaten Damon. Jeremy ended up walking through town, since Jeremy was found by Elena and she realized he was changing into a vampire, nobody really had to know that Jeremy was a vampire, not at least for a few more years when he would have to leave because he wasn't aging. Or at the very least stay out of sight from the people of Mystic Falls.
Jeremy ended up finding himself drawn to the library, as soon as he found where he was drawn to in there, he knew why. It was right where he first met Anna. If he had only known the truth about everything and about Vicki, maybe things would have been different between him and Anna, maybe he would have fallen in love with her sooner? Maybe she wouldn't have been gone forever now? Who knows what could have been different if he had known everything from the beginning as it all happened. He felt a little bit of sadness build up and he quickly shut it out, that was after all one of the reasons why he had become a vampire, to shut out what he didn't want to feel, or to stop feeling all together was more like it. He walked the aisles of the library a little longer, just remembering the time him and Anna spent in here. He decided to leave the library a few minutes later, but as soon as he got downstairs he saw a girl about Anna's height, with her long dark brown curly hair, he had to blink a few times to make sure he was seeing right. He decided to sneak around and see if he could see if it was Anna. He was easily able to get a view to see the girl, and it wasn't Anna. Jeremy sighed, he knew it was stupid to even think Anna was alive still, Damon saw her get staked himself and she was left in that burning building to die with everyone else. Jeremy walked out of the library, but he knew, no matter how many times he told himself Anna was dead, he didn't truly believe it. He just felt as if Anna was alive. After all, it was her blood that changed him.
Elena was at Bonnie's house, watching The Notebook. Elena and Bonnie were stuffing their faces with every ice cream and candy they had in the house.
"Okay, I'm done" Elena laughed and pushed the ice cream away "No more. I think I'm full for life on ice cream"
"Wimp" Bonnie laughed and took a big spoonful of ice cream
"We all can't have hallow legs to shove ice cream and candy in" Elena laughed
"Whatever" Bonnie laughed and kept eating the ice cream "So, how's everyone dealing with Jeremy being a vampire now and everything?"
"Good. Pretty normal actually, except for the fact of that we keep blood in the fridge now for when Jeremy and Damon visit, which is pretty much every day" Elena said
"I could never get used to blood bags staring at me every morning when I go to get my orange juice" Bonnie said
"This morning Jenna grabbed one of them instead of the orange juice, she was so sleepy she poured it in a cup and everything. She didn't realize it until right before she took a sip of it and Damon walked in" Elena laughed
"Oh god, Damon's never gonna let that one go" Bonnie said
"Nope" Elena laughed
"…It's nice to see you laughing again Elena" Bonnie smiled "I missed having my happy go lucky friend"
"Well, I don't know about happy go lucky, but, I'm happy" Elena smiled
"I'm glad…even if it is Damon actually causing some of that joy" Bonnie said
"Yeah, I guess he is" Elena smiled a little and was drifting off thinking about Damon, but was quickly pulled out of her day dream by Bonnie's voice
"I'm really surprised with him. He's not as sarcastic as usual" Bonnie said "It's a nice change of pace actually. He surprised me today by actually saying thank you for the ring"
"Wow, he has changed" Elena said
"I think you've made the big bad vampire go soft" Bonnie laughed
"Damon? Soft? I don't think so" Elena smiled "That's like saying a Mountain Lion volunteered to get de-clawed. It's not gonna happen"
"I think it is, slowly, but he's going soft" Bonnie said
"Since when are we so positive about Damon?" Elena asked
"Since…I found out that sometimes the undead can feel" Bonnie said
Elena stared at Bonnie in confusion. Bonnie quickly looked down at the ice cream. "Don't get me wrong, I still hate that jackass and his ass hole of a brother too" Bonnie said.
Elena laughed, there was the normal Bonnie. Elena couldn't help but keep thinking about how Bonnie said Damon was going soft. And the undead feeling something? Was Elena missing something? Since when did Bonnie give a damn about Damon? And saying he was nice? It was true, Damon had been nice to her lately, but Bonnie saying anything about Damon in the form of anything nice, that was odd. Maybe Damon told her something? Maybe Damon did have feelings for Elena. No, Elena, that 's the dumbest thought you've ever had. Damon does not and never will have romantic feelings for you Elena thought to herself and focused back on talking about what was going on in the movie with Bonnie.
A/N: So, what do you think? You guys like the story?
This is going to be mainly just a Damon/Elena love story, not really much action, but since it is Mystic Falls, something will have to happen more than just romance :] it's going to be different from my other stories ;] So I hope you like it! Please review this story, I LOVE reading your reviews, they inspire me to keep writing :] xoxo, Avril