Chapter One

Full Summary: Elena Gilbert is kicked out of her house as soon as school starts for her. She goes to the only place that she can think of, the old boarding house which had just re-opened. She ends up falling hard for the elder Salvatore brother, and he ends up finding out that a monster like him is capable of love. AU Damon/Elena.

Today was not the day for Elena Gilbert. School was okay, there were the usual whispers about her. She ignored them and just focused on making it through her next school year. When she got home that was the worst, Jenna was helping Elena with her laundry and stumbled upon her bottles of alcohol that she had hidden under her bed. Jenna was furious, even though she was the rebellious child, that gave her Elena no excuse to act like that. Even though Jeremy was acting so much worse, she chose to kick Elena out.

So, here she was packing here things any clothing or items that she needed. She managed to put all of her clothing into one suitcase, and all of her bathroom, photos and other random items into her duffle bag. She packed her things into her car and without a goodbye, she made her way to the first place she could think of. The Boarding House. She got into her car and drove.

It wasn't long until she arrived at the home. She had seen it before, but she never realized how huge it was until she was this close. After she parked her car, she grabbed her bags and made her way to the front door. Her entire body was shaking, she had never been so nervous in her life. She pulled the handle for the doorbell and waited for someone to answer the door. A male answered the door. He was older looking, he wore a grey long sleeved t-shirt. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. Elena honestly had no idea what to say to him. "Hi, I'm Elena Gilbert. I heard that you guys recently reopened the place and I just got kicked out and well, I was hoping that I could stay here." The male looked at her cautiously. Before stepping to the side to let her in. Carefully she walked inside. Taking in the place. It was bigger than she had ever imagined it would be.

"I'm Zach. Come on, Let me show you your room." He said to her. She nodded her head and followed him up the stairs of the home. At the top of the stairs they turned left, she followed him down the long hallway to the bedroom on the end. He opened the door and revealed a beautiful room. The walls were a cream color and the bed was a lavender color, the furniture in the room was wooden and the chair in the corner was white. "Here you are." he said to her. "The first week is free. If you still need a place to stay, we will talk something out then." With that, he left the room.

Elena stared at the room, it was beautiful, there was no doubt about that. She sighed, and began to unpack her things. The more she unpacked, the more relieved and relaxed she felt. In all truth, she hand't felt like this since before her parents died. She felt like she had to be the responsible one in her house, Jenna was never the responsible type and no matter how hard she was trying, she was failing. She walked over to the far corner of her room, there was a beautiful window with a mirror next to it. Elena looked at herself in the mirror, she almost looked like a weight had been lifted off of her. She decided to explore the house, she walked out of her room and down the hallway.

It wasn't long before she found a library, She walked into the room and began looking around in amazement. There were tons of books in the room, she had no idea where to start. She began to slowly look at the books, but something stopped her. She suddenly got the feeling that she was being watched. Turning around, she saw a male appear in the room. Elena looked up at him, his dark brown hair hung in his captivating blue eyes. It took all of her strength not to brush his hair out of his eyes. Instead, she smiled slightly at the male, "Hey, I'm Elena, I just got here." She explained to the male. He didn't speak for a few moments, he just stared at her, it was making Elena to feel uncomfortable. Her arms went to her waist, showing her insecurity with the situation. The male smirked at her.

"Damon." He responded to her in a tone that said she should already know his name. She smiled and nodded her head slightly. He walked over to her, she wasn't sure if she should stay still, or back up into the bookshelf. "So what brings you here?"

"My ass of an aunt. She thinks that I did something that I didn't, its not my fault she cant be responsible ." She told him the short version of her issues, he just nodded his head as she spoke. Someone else entered the room. Elena looked around Damon, and saw Stefan. The cute new guy from her school, the one who she ran into at the cemetery earlier on, before she was kicked out.

"Hey Stefan." Elena said and Stefan smiled at him. He walked over to join the other two in the room.

"Elena, what are you doing here?" He asked, mirroring his brother's question. Elena opened her mouth to speak but another voice spoke before she did.

"Elena, is having problems at home, and here she is now." Damon spoke for her. "Our first new resident." Elena looked curiously at the two males that she was talking to, this was the boarding house that the Salvatore's owned. She felt stupid for forgetting that.

"Thats about it." Elena said.

"Well, Zach wanted me to get you two, its time for dinner." Stefan said. Elena nodded and began to walk down the stairs.

The two brothers stared at each other. Stefan was the first one to speak. "What the hell are you doing?" Damon rolled his eyes wanting to ignore his brother.

"I'm welcoming our new guest." Damon said simply.

"I don't buy it."

"Are you jealous brother?" Damon questioned folding his arms across his chest.

"No, I just want you to stay away from Elena." Stefan growled.

"Well, that will be kind of hard, especially with her living here with us. Thankfully she didn't bring a pet bunny, cause then I'd be worried."

"Damon." His brother growled once more. Damon walked past his brother and to the door of the library.

"We don't want to keep Zach and Elena waiting." Without another word, he left the room.

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