Forgiveness, Pain, Shock & Unconscious

Damon was in the Gilbert house watching Elena as she watched Jeremy sleeping in his bed. It's been a day since her only parent and guardian died after the sacrifice. She slowly and quietly shut her brother's door and walked towards Jenna's room. She stepped inside and looked around. She took a deep breath and went back out again, also shutting the door behind her. She was about to walk to her bedroom when she stopped and her eyes went wide slightly in shock and surprise. In front of her was Damon. He looked upset and guilty for the loss that Elena and Jeremy had.

"What do you want, Damon?" Elena said with annoyance and boredom in her voice.

"I came to apologise. Feeding you my blood, Elena, I was wrong." Damon whispered with a hint of pity, guilt and sadness in his voice when he spoke.

"Yes, you were."

Damon took a step forward towards Elena, "I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness but...I need it."

Elena stared at him for a moment then looked down at her hands, "I need some time, Damon. Maybe a lot of time." She looked back up at him and saw more guilt.

Damon looked down this time, "Sure, of course. Take all the time you need." And with that he was gone.

At The Boarding House

Damon had entered the boarding house after coming back from Elena's house. He took off his jacket and placed it on the back of a chair. He walked over to his alcohol cupboard and took out his favourite bottle of bourbon. He poured the amber liquid in a tumbler and took a sip of it. He groaned as he felt the pain on his arm where Tyler Lockwood bit him. He walked over to the window and opened the red drapes. He looked up at the light and felt the warmth of the sun hitting on his skin. He finished off gulping down his bourbon and walked towards the side table beside the sofa. He took off his ring and dropped it until it hit the ground, then spread his arms out to the side and let the sun burn his flesh.

He was knocked off the ground by Stefan, "Get off of me."

"You're not doing this!" replied Stefan as both of them went from the ground to the walls where Stefan pinned Damon to.

"Just did." Stefan pinned him to another wall, "You know what happened to Rose, Stefan."

"I don't care." Stefan took Damon down to the basement and flung him in whilst shutting the door, "You're not dying today." And locked the door looking through the gap between the metal bars.

Damon turned around so that he was lying on his elbows looking at his brother, "So what's the plan, Superman?"

"We'll find away out of this."

"Oh right. A medical cure. Good luck with that one."

"I got Bonnie looking for something, anything."

Damon sighed, "Always the hero, Stefan. Just tell me a goodbye, get it over with." He felt the pain and began to have a coughing fit and saw blood coming out of his mouth and onto his hand and ground.

"Lie still, considering your strength."

Damon looked up at him again but Stefan was already gone in a blur.

At The Town Square

Elena, Jeremy and Caroline were at the square where everyone in town were to watch a chick-flick movie of 'Gone With The Wind.' They were sitting on a blanket with food in front of them like a little picnic.

Stefan walked up to them with a small smile as he approached them, "Hey."

"Hey. Look who couldn't resist an epic romance." said Elena sarcastically.

Stefan knelt down in front of her, "Would you come and take a walk with me?"

Elena looked at him for a moment and nodded, "You're breaking the rules you know. Look we were suppose to have been a distraction. Tomorrow we can go back to the regular schedule drama."

"I know I wish this could wait but it can't. Listen um...The other night Damon was helping Tyler, something happen. Tyler was starting to transform and Damon was bitten."

Elena looked up at him shocked, "What? Is...is he...gonna...?"

Stefan looked down and nodded, "Yeah."

"Oh my God! He came to the house this morning and...and tried to apologise...I practically slammed the door in his face."

"He told me not to tell you but I figured if you want to go and talk to him I wouldn't wait."

Elena shook her head and whispered, "Stefan-" but was cut off by him.

"It's not over. There might be a cure, but I have to find Klaus to get it." He said trying to reason with her.

Elena shook her head again, "No, Stefan. He would kill you."

"No, he had a chance to kill me but he didn't. Whatever Damon's done, whatever's led him here, I'm the one that made him become a vampire in the first place. So if there's a chance for a cure, I owe it to him to find it." Elena hugged him but didn't say anything so she let him to continue, "Go talk to him. Just tell him that there's still hope."

Elena nodded but still didn't say anything.

Arriving At The Boarding House

Elena got into her car and drove to the boarding house. She entered the driveway and switched off her car engine and got out. She was halfway to the front door but stopped when she heard a twig snap. She looked around and turned to head to the front door but was blocked by Sheriff Forbes and her two deputies.

"I don't want to cause a scene." said Liz. One of her deputies placed a hand over Elena's mouth and took her to the police car.

Liz and her other deputy went inside the Salvatore mansion and went down to the basement where Ric and Damon were.

Ric got a blood bag from the fridge to give to Damon but was stopped by Liz who was pointing a gun at him, "Sheriff. Now is not a good time."

"It's fine, where's Damon?"

Before Ric could answer, her deputy interrupted, "Sheriff, he's in here!"

"I wouldn't go in there!" Ric tried to explain.

"We just want to talk to him." She backed away and closed the door to lock Ric inside.

"I wouldn't go in there!" he repeated.

Liz went to the celler where Damon was and looked through the bars to see Damon lying on his stomach. Liz opened the door and pointed her gun where Damon was but he moved.

"Liz." Damon said at the side where she stood. Before she could fire, Damon grabbed her arms and at vampire speed he flung her to the wall and made her unconscious.

Note: Hope you guys like the chapter. Please review and send me a comment oon what you guys like about it.- Shelbi