It was just another horrible day at school for Elena, and another even worse day without Stefan. Word had somehow gotten out that Stefan left town. She did her best to hold in her tears and ignore the whispers, that all worked well, until she took the first step into her home. She ran upstairs and threw herself on her bed, sobbing into her pillow. She heard a light knock on her window. She knew who it was, and she didn't want to look at him, she couldn't. She finally worked up the courage to look at the male in the window, her eyes were red and puffy from crying. Elena got up off of her bed and walked over to her window and sat down. She looked at Damon for a few seconds, she could see a hint of sadness in his eyes. Half of her mind was telling her to open the window, have him comfort her. The other half was telling her to shut the blinds. Without another thought, Elena closed her eyes and shut the blinds.

Getting up from her seat at the window, she headed for her desk to work on her homework. Once that was finished. She grabbed her car keys and headed down stairs. Jenna and Jeremy were in the kitchen. "Hey Elena, were gonna order pizza, what do you want?" Jenna asked her.

"I'm not hungry. I'm headed out." Elena stated. Without another word, she left her home. She got into her car and made her way to visit her parents, it was something she hand't done in months. Not since she met Stefan there. She arrived at the cemetery, and parked her car, Sitting there for a few moments before heading inside. Elena walked the familiar route to her parent's graves. She sat down in the dirt in front of the grave stones.

"Hey mom and dad. I know its been a long time, but I really wish you guys were here." She stated. Then she began to tell them why she hand't been here to visit them in a long time. She told them about Stefan, and everything that had happened over the past months. About Katherine, Isobel, and even Klaus and Elijah. She was crying again by the time she was telling them about Stefan's death. "If you see him, tell him I love him, and I miss him so much." Just as she finished her sentence, it began to rain. "I better go, Jenna doesn't know where I am, and she is probably going to start worrying." Elena stood up from the ground and began to walk to her car. It began to rain harder and harder, she could barely see in front of her. Elena silently cursed the rain, and the fact that she didn't bring a jacket. She placed her hands over her head and began to run back to her car. That was until someone stopped her.

Damon stood directly in front of Elena. His arms were folded across his chest, she looked up at him. She wasn't sure if it was disappointment, or anger in his eyes. She had pushed him away, yet here he was probably looking for him. Without a word, he took off his jacket and placed it over her shoulders. She smiled slightly, "Thanks Damon." He didn't reply, his blue eyes just stared into her brown one's. "Damon, I didn't mean to-."

"I know." He said to her simply. "Come on, you better get out of the rain or your gonna catch a cold." Damon stated before the two began to walk to her car. Once they got to her car, Elena spoke.

"Hey Damon-" She turned around and saw no one. She took a deep breath before getting into her dry car. Once inside she started her car and headed home. The weather hand't changed at all. It was still pouring, only now there was thunder and lightening also. She walked into the home and Jenna was standing right there.

"Elena, where the hell have you been?" She asked. Her arms were folded across her chest. It was the same look she had on her face when she came back from Atlanta with Damon.

"I was visiting Mom and Dad." She told her, Elena just hoped that telling her where she was would make her more calm. However, that wasn't how it went, Jenna was still pissed. Elena ignored Jenna and headed upstairs to her room and shut the door behind her. She walked over to her bed and laid down on it. She pulled her teddy bear to her and wrapped Damon's jacket closer around her and sleep took over her.

She jolted awake in the middle of the night, her window had opened due to the wind. She got up and closed the window. Elena turned around and came face to face with Damon. "Oh my god." She stated once she saw him, He had blood all over his neck. "What happened?"

"The wolves, they know about the curse." He explained to her, however, she was more concerned about what happened to him. She walked over to him and ran her fingers over his neck, feeling his dried blood.

"Damon," She sighed. But he shook his head and headed back towards her window. She suddenly remembered that she wore his jacket, She took it off and handed it to him. "Thanks again."

"Keep it, I'll get it back another time. I just thought that you should know. I will do my best to protect you, but you cant do anything stupid like visiting your parents alone in the rain."

"So I can't visit my parents now? Besides, I was there before the rain started."

"That's not the point Elena. The point is, is that I need to keep you safe. I promised Stefan that." Damon stated knowing that saying that would silence her. The tears returned to her. He walked over to her and placed his arms around her, then he kissed the top of her head.

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