Its been four months and Elena was still staying at the boarding house. She would just lie on Damon's bed. Even though she didn't know who's bed it was, it helped take some of the pain away. She felt like a huge chunk of her was missing, but she didn't know who or what.
Downstairs Caroline was talking to Stefan. "Has she seriously been in his room this entire time?"
Stefan nodded and sighed "I thought this would be over, but now Im starting to believe that Elena was right. What if she really did love Damon and we just forced her to forget about him?"
"Stefan, she doesn't love him, she loves you!"
"I know she does, but she loves Damon to"
Caroline sighed frustratingly, "well were not going to allow her to go back to Damon. Pretty soon she will get over him and she will be running back to you"
"I don't know Caroline. I don't think she will, hell, I don't even think she will be able to get passed this"
Caroline gave a small smile "well, I got to go, see Tyler, bye Stefan"
"bye Caroline"
Caroline left and Stefan shut the front door behind her. He leaned up against the door and sighed. He didn't know what to do.
He walked up to Damon's room. He opened the door to find Elena sleeping in his bed, cuddling up to one of his pillows. It hurt him to see her cuddling up with his brother's pillows.
"Elena?"
Elena's eyes snapped open and looked at him "yea?"
"why don't you come downstairs, get something to eat"
"Im not eating animal blood Stefan"
"I didn't say you had to. We have blood bags downstairs"
Elena sighed and rolled onto her back staring up at the ceiling. "I don't want any blood bags, I just want to be left alone"
Stefan nodded and walked out of Damon's room closing the door behind him.
...
Damon couldn't bring himself to go really far away from Mystic Falls, so he decided to stay in Grove Hill. He tried to move on with Elena. He had many girls try and seduce him but he turned them down. There was only one girl that he would want to sleep with, and he couldn't have her.
He walked into his hotel room and flipped on the light and stopped to see a person sitting on his bed.
"brother?"
"Damon, we need to talk"
Damon nodded and walked over and sat on a chair. "so talk"
"its Elena, shes"
"whats wrong? Is she ok?"
Stefan sighed "she isn't in any danger but she is just, emotionally broken. She has been staying at our house"
"Stef, I don't want to hear about you two being together" Damon snapped.
"Were not, she doesn't want to be. She is sleeping in your room. She barely leaves your room Damon. She cuddles up with one of your pillows and just sleeps"
Damon had shock written all over his face "oh...well what do you want me to do about it? She doesn't know who I am"
"maybe you should come back to Mystic Falls"
Damon sighed "Stefan, if I see her, it will just hurt me even more. I can't"
"Damon, Im afraid that if we don't help her, she will end her life"
Damon swallowed "No, Im not coming, now leave!" Damon got up and pointed to the door.
Stefan shook his head and walked out of Damon's room.
Damon paced back and forth. He was wondering if she would remember him if she saw him. Maybe, if she remembered everything, she still wouldn't be sired and they could still be together.
Damon ran his hand through his hair and let out a frustrated sigh. He cursed at himself. He packed up his things and headed back to Mystic Falls.
...
Caroline and Bonnie finally got Elena out of the house. They went to the grille and had a lot of fun. They got Elena to laugh, but every now and then, Elena would look depressed.
"Elena, whats wrong?" Bonnie asked.
Elena looked up at her and shrugged. She quickly changed the subject. "So, Stefan keeps asking me on a date"
"thats good news!" Caroline squealed.
"Well, he is starting to annoy me, and I don't want to go out with him"
Bonnie and Caroline exchanged looks. Bonnie sighed "look, Elena, we know your upset, and it kills us to see you like this. Just, please, let us help you"
"I don't want your help!" Elena got up and walked out of the grille.
...
Elena walked to her parent's graves. She glanced at Jenna and John's graves and gave a sad smile.
She sat down in front of her parents grave. "I became the one thing I never wanted to be. But, in all of the crazy vampire transition, I feel like there is a huge chunk of me missing. I don't know how to fill it. Alls I know, is that it hurts" Elena began to cry "I don't know how to make the pain go away"
Damon had his late night snack when he saw Elena, sitting at her parent's graves. He listened to her conversation. He heard everything about the missing piece. He sighed sadly and just watched her.
"I don't know what to do, I want to end it, the pain is too much" Elena began to cry harder. Elena got up and walked away. He thought she was going to Caroline's house so he thought it would be safe to go to the boarding house.
...
Damon walked into his house and up to his bedroom. His bed smelled like Elena. He smiled and laid down, pulling the pillow Elena cuddles with closer to him so he could smell her scent.
"um..."
Damon's eyes snapped open and he turned around to look at his door. He saw Elena standing there with a confused look. 'fuck' he thought.
"you must be Elena"
Elena cocked her head.
"My name is Damon, I live here."
Elena nodded "is this...is this your room?"
Damon hesitated before answering "yes it is"
Elena smiled. Damon got up and walked towards her but stopped himself. "will you excuse me?"
Elena nodded and Damon went downstairs. Elena waited till she heard Damon downstairs and ran and jumped on his bed. She grabbed the pillow Damon was holding and buried her nose in it. It had the same cologne that she smelled every time she cuddled with it.
Suddenly, that feel of emptiness and pain went away. She had wondered if Damon was the gigantic hole that was missing but shook her head. She never met him, how would she know.
...
Damon walked downstairs to find Stefan drinking Damon's bourbon. He glared at the site of Stefan in his alcohol. "So, Elena has met me"
Stefan froze "what do you mean?"
"I came back home and laid down in my bed and she came in."
"What did you tell her?"
Damon shrugged "does it matter?"
"yes, Damon! it matters"
Damon rolled his eyes "did I ever mention how annoying your voice can be"
"Damon, this is serious, if she founds out-"
"she won't find out. I don't plan on telling her..."
"telling who what?"
Damon and Stefan turned to the direction of the voice. It was Elena.
"um, my friend...its a long story" Damon smirked.
Elena grinned and nodded. "So, Damon, whats your last name"
'oh fuck, Im screwed' "Salvatore"
Elena's eyes widened. She looked at Stefan then back to Damon "wait are you two related?"
"Yep, Stefan is my little brother"
"oh...wait! If he is your brother, does that mean...your a vampire?"
Damon bit his lip "Yes, Elena."
"Stefan, you never told me you had a brother"
Before Stefan could speak Damon interrupted "well, Stefan isn't one to brag"
Elena giggled at his comment making Damon smile.
Stefan stood there clearing his throat, trying to remind them he was still in the room.
Elena looked at Stefan "ok, well, Im going out. It was nice to meet you, Damon" Elena said. She walked over to Damon and held out her hand.
Damon smiled and took it bringing it to his lips "great meeting you to, Elena"
Elena's eyes widened and she gasped when Damon's lips touched her skin. She had a memory flashback.
"I know Bonnie, your right, you and my mom both are, I just can't bring myself to tell him. At least not tonight, Ill call you later" Elena hung up her phone.
"Katherine"
Elena jumped and saw a man standing in front of her"um, no, Im, Im, Elena"
"Oh you just look...Im sorry, you just really remind me of someone...Im Damon"
"Not to be rude or anything Damon, but its kind of creepy that your out here in the middle of nowhere"
"your one to talk your out here all by yourself"
Elena shrugged "its Mystic Falls, nothing bad happens here"
Damon nodded.
"I got into a fight with my boyfriend" Elena said.
"about what? May I ask?"
"life, future, he seems to have it all mapped out"
"you don't want it?"
Elena shrugged "I don't know what I want"
"thats not true. You want what everybody wants"
Elena cocked her head and gave a flirty smile "what? a mysterious stranger who has all the answers?"
Damon chuckled "lets just say I've been around a long time. I've learned a few things"
"So, Damon, tell me, what is it that I want"
Damon walked towards her "you want a love that consumes you, you want passion, an adventure, and even a little danger"
Elena stared at him for a minute before answering "so what do you want?"
Damon went to speak but sighed. Suddenly they heard a car horn.
Elena turned around "thats my parents" Elena said turning back to Damon who was standing closer to her.
Damon was compelling her "I want you to get everything your looking for, but right now I want you to forget that this happened. Can't have people knowing Im in town yet...goodnight Elena"
Elena blinked and stared at Damon. Damon looked at her curiously "are you okay?"
Elena went to speak but she couldn't "I-I don't know"
"are you in pain?" Damon asked looking concerned.
Elena was trying to figure out what and where that memory came from 'was it real?' she thought. "no, Im fine...I just...I don't know...I-I have to go" Elena walked out of the house and left Damon and Stefan.
"nice going Damon" Stefan said glaring at him.
"what the hell did I do?"
"I think she had a flashback of you two"
"you mean a memory of us?"
"yes, I watched and as soon as...your lips touched her skin, thats when she jumped"
"So, you think now she knows?" Damon asked looking concerned.
"maybe you shouldn't have come back" Stefan said walking away.
Damon sighed. He would deal with that later. Now he was going back to the grille to have a drink with his buddy, even though no one was there.
...
Elena, Caroline, Bonnie, and Stefan decided to go to the grille that night. They were laughing and having fun at their table.
Elena looked up to see Damon. He was talking and flirting with the bartender. "Ill be right back" Elena said.
Elena walked over towards Damon.
Caroline's eyes widened "what the hell is Damon doing here?!"
Stefan sighed "I asked him to come back home"
"what! Why?"
"because I think him being away from her is the reason why she is in so much pain"
Caroline groaned in frustration.
Elena walked up to the bar and tapped Damon on the shoulder. Damon turned around and smiled "hello Elena"
"Hi Damon. Would you like to join me, my friends, and your uh, brother?" Elena smiled flirtatiously.
Damon smirked "I would love to" Damon finished his drink and followed Elena to the table.
Elena motioned Caroline to scoot over so her and Damon could fit. One side of the table was Stefan and Bonnie and the other side was Caroline, Elena, and Damon.
"Guys, this is-"
"Damon Salvatore, yeah we know" Caroline said with an annoyed tone but Elena ignored her.
"So, Damon. Tell me more about yourself" Elena said.
Damon went to speak but Stefan stopped him "Elena, would you like to go on a date with me?"
Damon rolled his eyes at his brother's question. Elena sighed and turned to Stefan "Stefan, I told you I need more time, your starting to annoy the hell out of me"
Damon knew Stefan was trying to sweep Elena away from him. He smirked at how Stefan's plan backfired.
Elena sighed and became sad again.
"Elena, you ok?" Damon said.
"I don't know, it feels like a huge hole inside of me, and Im in so much pain"
Damon swallowed because he knew what that hole was.
Elena looked up at Damon as they locked gazes.
Caroline noticed it and snapped her fingers in Elena's face. "Im going to get a drink, Damon come with me"
Damon rolled his eyes knowing barbie was going to lecture him.
"what?"
"I thought you broke the sire bond"
"I did! You were there when I did it"
"obviously you didn't or she wouldn't be trying to seduce you"
Damon smirked at the thought of Elena seducing him. "did it ever occur to you that the sire bond didn't affect how she felt about me?"
Caroline laughed "please, Damon. There is no way that she would have chosen you over Stefan. It was the sire bond"
"oh really, well because when Stefan and I were down in New Orleans a witch told us about the bond. Apparently, it can only be formed if Elena had feelings for me before she turned. and that vampirism only heightens those emotions"
Caroline was mad. She didn't have a come back to Damon's statement which made Damon happy. "Well, since you didn't bother to get us drinks, Im going back to the table" Damon smirked and walked back to the table.
"Now, where..."
"I met you before"
Damon froze. "what?"