Damon sat down in the red couch, and waited. He had texted Elena and Stefan, and he wouldn't do that if it wasn't important. He was aware of the fact, that the two broken lovebirds did not want to talk each other right now, but he really didn't care. Not today.

Stefan slammed the door open, and looked distraught at his brother. Come quick. We have a serious problem, that was the text he received. Was someone dead? Elena? Jeremy? "What's wrong?" he asked, but Damon didn't have time to answer him. "What's…" Elena ran in, and was about to ask the exact same question as Stefan had asked, but she couldn't finish it. She was too surprised, seeing Stefan's face.

Damon sighed and stood up, looking at the two people he loved the most. He wasn't thinking much about loving someone in that second, though. "Why don't we skip the romantic-reunion-scene, please?" Stefan and Elena turned their heads, both frowning. "What are we doing here?" Elena asked, taking a step towards Damon, which also meant a step away from Stefan. There was no way she could talk to him right now. What was Damon thinking, gathering the three of them like that? "You need to get out of town, Elena," he said.

"Wait, why?" Stefan had no idea why his ex-girlfriend suddenly had to disappear. Although they weren't together, it would still be difficult to live without her. He wondered if Elena ever thought about him. Missed him, like he missed her. Did he regret breaking up with her? Yes, definitely. But it was the right thing to do. "Klaus is after you," Damon said, looking at Elena. She sat down on the couch and starred confused at the painting that was hanging on the wall right in front of her. "No, no he's not," Stefan said. You could see that he was pondering whether to believe it or not. "If Klaus wanted to kill her, he would have done it by now." Damon sat down next to Elena, and smiled annoyed to Stefan. Of course he had thought the same thing a thousand times, but there was more to the story. He was just generally annoyed by his brother, even though he would take a bullet for him. That was the joy of siblings. "He doesn't want to kill her. He wants her to join him and Rebekah."

Elena's first thought was disgust. She could barely stand Klaus, and certainly not Rebekah. She was the one who killed her! "No way!" she cried. "Klaus hates me, not to mention that blond girl."

"Then it's a set-up, but Klaus showed up and practically claimed you last night."

"I'm not leaving because of Klaus."

"Well, too bad, 'cause I'm not gonna let you die."

"Oh, come on Damon, she can make her own decisions."

They looked up, both surprised, but with completely different reactions after that. Elena let out a shy smile, so only Stefan could see, like a "thank you". No matter what, Stefan would let her be her. Let her be free. Damon scowled at him, hating the fact that Elena loved him. How could he say that? Why didn't he care if she got killed? She needed to be safe! "So now you want to come to her rescue?" Damon snapped. They were all quiet for a while, but then Elena rose. "Klaus has never stopped me before; he's not going to do it now."