Title: So Much More
Rating: T
Pairing: Delena
Summary: Elenas now a vampire and with Stefan. But something feels off. Her heart is no longer his. It belongs to someone it shouldn't.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Elena sat in the boarding house living room, Damon's bourbon bottle in front of her and a tumbler glass in his hands. All she could think about was how much everything has changed. She used to be happy. A cheerleader dating the quarter back, the girl the town loved. But now, now she was a vampire and had no idea what to do any more. She had a boyfriend sure, but he wasn't the one she wanted any more. He wasn't the one she loved. He wasn't Damon. At the thought of Damon a smile crossed her face. He saw her first. He told her he loved her but made her forget it because she deserved better than him.

She wanted to be mad at him for making her forget, she had a right to know. But at the same time, she loved him so much more for giving it up so she could be happy with Stefan. As if he could read her mind he walked in with a book in his hands, reading from it like it was supposed to mean something to her.

"Elena are you listening?" He asked her setting the book down, moving towards her. She gave him a smile, one that she knew as fake and the other Salvatore that was watching from the doorway knew too.

"Of course. I just have a lot on my mind." She told him stepping away from him putting Damon Bourbon away. She kept her mind clear and acted like she was fine. After her parents death she was able to keep telling people she was fine and they believed her. Surely she could do it all over again.

"Do you want to go hunting? Maybe it's time to get you going on the animal diet?" Stefan said crossing his arms over his chest looking to her. Elena felt something snap in her and before she could open her mouth, Damon's arms were wrapped around her holding her back and his hand over her mouth.

"I think what she needs is a few minutes to just be alone. You go hunt. I'll watch over her." Damon said, though Stefan didn't like the idea of Damon watching or touching Elena. But none the less he gave in and headed away from the house to go hunt. Damon let go of Elena and instantly, she hated the loss.

"How did you know I would need that?" She asked turning to look at him her arms crossed over his chest.

"When he was gone, all the time we spent together, I learned to read you Lens. I knew when you got mad, or upset, and I knew in this moment you were going to snap his neck if I didn't step in. As much as I would have enjoyed seeing that, I didn't want you to regret it later on. So go lay down enjoy the time without him." He said giving her a soft smile, one only he gave her and only her.

Elena nodded and headed ut of the room glancing back to find him still watching her. She stopped walking and turned to look at him. Before she could control herself, something she had been having a hard time doing lately, she spoke.

"I hate you for making me forget that we met first and making me forget that you told me you loved me." She said as blunt as possible. Damon looked to her a bit shocked.

"Would it have changed how you felt about me in this moment? Would you have picked me over him?" He asked her watching her. When she didn't answer he knew he had his answer. "That's what I thought Elena. Go rest. You need it." He told her before he walked in to the living room and grabbed the bourbon and glass she had been using and filled it up drinking it back slowly.

Elena sighed and made her way up stairs before stopping. Normally she would have gone in to Stefan's room. But lately she wanted to scream and yell at him with all his pushing of Animal blood on her. Instead, she turned and made her way to Damon's room. She stripped of her shoes and jeans tossing them aside, and climbed in to his bed relaxing. His scent made its way around her and she relaxed. This was where she belonged. But now she needed to make him see that.

Stefan came back not long after, and sat down on the couch beside his brother, his head hung in defeat. "Im no longer the one she loves Damon. I tried to get us back to normal but all I seem to be doing is pushing her away." He said softly as he looked to his brother. "Its pretty clear that she wants you damon. Maybe its best I just leave town and whatever happens between you two, as long as you don't hurt her, I will be happy for you." Stefan said before he got up and headed to his room.

Damon stared after his brother a bit of shock on his face. Stefan was giving up and letting him date Elena? What the hell did he drink before he came in to the house. He remained on the couch and listened to Stefan writing upstairs and Elena's even breathing coming from his room. He smirked knowing she had picked his room to sleep in. He saw his brother off, making him promise to keep in touch. Even if they fought all the time, they were brothers. That was what mattered now and Damon had Mystic, and Elena, to thank for that.

Elena woke a few hours later in the dark room. Damon was in bed beside her but on top of the blankets and his back to her. She loved that he was trying to be a gentleman about it, but she wished he would have grabbed her and held her to him. She got up carefully and headed out to find Stefan. Giving up on the search she stopped in the kitchen seeing his letter.

Elena was shocked to see him breaking up with her but at the same time she was relieved. She loved him and always would but it wasn't the same as the way she loved Damon. She set the letter down and made his way back up to Damon's bed. She smiled seeing him under the blankets and on his back in the middle. She moved towards him and laid down curling up against his side with her hand on his chest, her head in the crook of his neck like she was made to fit there.

"Im going to make you see that I love you. You will be mine Damon Salvatore." She told him before she fell asleep in his arms.

Authors note: There is the first chapter! Let me know what you think. The second will be up soon