All I have, All I need,
He's the air I would kill to breathe,
Holds my love in his hands,
Still I'm searching for something,
Out of breath, I am left hoping someday I'll breathe again,
I'll breathe again.
Breathe Again by Sara Bareilles
Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I just like playing with the characters :]
A/N: I had to make Elena give Damon one more chance :] I think Damon deserves that. But, Elena being Elena, she means just one chance. So Damon CANNOT mess up anytime soon. That being said, thank you guys so much for the reviews and I hope you guys love this story :] Oh, and Kill Or Be Killed is tomorrow, I can't wait! xoxo, Avril
Chapter Four: Second Chance
Elena say straight up in her bed, grabbing her chest, her heart pounding and gasping for breath. It was another dream. But was it a bad one? There was nothing wrong, in fact, it was a good dream. She was having a perfect day with Jenna and Jeremy. Was that what woke her up? The fact of that it was too perfect? She tried to think of what would wake her up from such a good dream. She remembered in the dream that someone was at the front door, she went to answer it and it was…Damon. That was why she woke up. But…that wasn't it either. It was when he…kissed her. That was when she woke up. Remembering the dream better now and why she woke up, she calmed herself down and realized it was still the middle of the night. She saw her bedroom window was open, but she could have sworn that she closed it.
She got up out of bed and cautiously started looking around her room to see if anyone was in there. Once she was sure no one was in her room, she walked over to the window and was about to shut it, but a hand came in through the window opening and grabbed her arm to stop her. Elena wanted to scream, but she realized who it was as soon as she looked out the window and saw that familiar face in the moonlight.
"Damon, what are you doing here? It's the middle of the night" Elena said
"Same as always" Damon said with a smirk and held up a glass he had in his hand
"Damon, are you drinking? Because if you are I'm not-"
"No, it's blood…this time" Damon said "You can taste it if you want" He said with a smirk
"…Pass" Elena sighed and stepped aside so Damon could come in through the window and she shut it behind him as he came in
"I told Jeremy about Katherine. Just so you know" Damon said and sat down on her bed and Elena could barely see him in the moonlight streaming into her room
"Why?" Elena asked
"He wanted to know. He wants to play vampire hunter too with Alaric" Damon said
"Damon-"
"Don't worry. I told him all about how dangerous she is and everything. But, something tells me he'll still play vampire hunter" Damon sighed
"…Is that all you came here for? To tell me you told him?" Elena asked
"No" Damon said "…Still mad at Saint Stefan?" Damon asked
"…That's none of your business Damon" Elena sighed
"Fine, don't tell me" Damon said and stood up off of Elena's bed and stood inches away from Elena, but she didn't back away like she knew she would
His eyes lingered on her for a minute before he walked over to the window and opened it up.
"Why were you just sitting out there?" Elena asked
Damon stopped and turned around to face Elena. She clearly saw his ice blue eyes in the darkness, and those eyes that used to scare her, she only felt safe with those ice blue eyes on her, no matter how hard she tried not to.
"I've been here for a while" Damon said
"How long is a while?" Elena asked
"…Every night since I killed Jeremy" Damon admitted
Elena looked at him confused, why would he just come there and sit outside her window?
"Damon…why?" Was all Elena could asked
"Nothing better to do" Damon shrugged and turned around and started making his way out of the window
"Damon!" Elena said and stopped him by running up to him and grabbing his arm "Have you been getting into my dreams?"
"Nope" Damon sighed "That would be you dreaming of me" He said and gave a small smile
"Damon" Elena said as if she were trying to get a little kid to confess to something they did
"I swear I haven't been in your dreams" Damon said "I've been in Caroline's, causing a little misery" Damon said with a smirk "But that's the only persons dreams I've been in lately"
"…Okay" Elena said and let go of Damon's arm "Goodnight Damon"
"Goodnight" Damon said and Elena shut the window, but noticed that outside the window, he wasn't moving away anytime soon
Elena sighed and walked back over to bed. She got back under the covers and closed her eyes, but she couldn't fall asleep. Frustrated that she couldn't sleep she turned the light on in her room, got out of bed, and marched over to the window and opened it. She stuck her head out the window to find if Damon was still out there.
"Yes, may I help you?" Damon asked
"…I can't sleep" Elena sighed
"And?" Damon asked and looked at her
"Just…can you come in here and talk to me until I fall asleep?" Elena asked
"Talking? I had something completely different in mind" Damon said with a smirk
"Damon" Elena grumbled
"Fine" Damon sighed
Elena got out of the window and let Damon come back into the room. She shut the window behind him again and turned around to see him standing at her dresser, looking at a picture of her. Elena took the picture and set it down on the dresser.
"What is it with you and pictures?" Elena sighed as she looked at the picture Damon had in his hands, it was her and Jeremy, a week before her parents died. Before things really mattered to her.
"Pictures are forever" Damon said "They don't change" Damon said and laid down on her bed and grabbed the familiar teddy bear on her bed
"Kinda like you, Stefan, and now Caroline?" Elena asked
"Yeah, pretty much" Damon said
Elena turned around to face Damon now and she saw him laying on her bed and holding that teddy bear again. She sighed and sat down in bed right next to him and took her teddy bear back and held it close to her chest.
"Someone's attached to a teddy bear" Damon said
"It was from my mom" Elena said "I really don't want Damon germs all over it"
"Damon germs?" Damon asked and laughed a little "Are we five years old again and scared of cooties?"
Elena just rolled her eyes at him. She couldn't believe that she had stooped down to having Damon help her fall asleep. But it was 3am, and she was wide awake.
"So, what's tonight's topic?" Damon asked her with a smirk
Elena woke up when she couldn't hide herself from the sunlight anymore, even when she buried her face into her pillow, the sun still managed to find a way to wake her up. She tried to bury her face deeper into her pillow, only to realize that her pillow was breathing. She opened her eyes and sleepily looked up to see the pillow she was burying her face into was actually Damon. She sat up in bed and yawned, she was too tired to really care that she was snuggling up to Damon all night. She got out of bed and walked downstairs to see if anyone else was up yet.
She saw Jeremy and Jenna, barely awake, and drinking coffee to try to wake up.
"Morning" Elena said
"Morning" Jeremy and Jenna said
"Coffee?" Jenna asked Elena
"Sure" Elena yawned and Jenna handed her a cup of coffee "Thanks"
"So, bad dream?" Jenna asked Elena
"What?" Elena asked confused
"The past few days you said you've been having bad dreams…so, did you sleep good last night or another bad dream?" Jenna asked
"Oh…no, no bad dream" Elena said
"Good" Jenna said
Elena walked upstairs about a half hour later and after coming out of the bathroom, she found an empty bed, a missing picture from her dresser, and a note. Elena picked up the note. All it said was "See you later. - Damon". She sighed and put the note back down on her dresser and saw that he took the picture next to the one of her and Jeremy from last night. The picture was a more recent one actually, she was pretty sure it was her and Jenna, but she wasn't too sure. She walked over to her closet and grabbed jeans and a t-shirt and started getting dressed after just coming out of the shower. She was actually glad that Damon wasn't in her room waiting for her.
Once she was dressed, she walked downstairs again and saw Jenna just getting off of the phone with someone smiling.
"Who was that?" Elena asked
"Alaric" Jenna said "We're having a barbecue here tomorrow"
"Oh, okay" Elena said
"You can bring Stefan if you want" Jenna said
"…Okay" Elena said "I was just gonna go see him anyway, so I'll tell him" Elena grabbed her car keys off the kitchen table and walked out of the kitchen and head for the front door
"See you later" Jenna said
"Okay" Elena said back and opened the door and nearly had a heart attack
"Jumpy much?" Damon asked at the front door
Elena rolled her eyes and walked out the front door and shut it behind her so Jenna wouldn't have to see Damon here so early.
"Why are you here?" Elena asked
"I said see you later on the note, it's later" Damon said with a smirk
"Whatever, I'm going to go see Stefan" Elena said
"He's out with Caroline" Damon said as Elena started walking towards her car
"Where?" Elena asked turning around to face Damon
"Hunting" Damon said "And I suggest unless you want to be mistaken for a bunny by Caroline, that you stay out of the woods. She's not exactly perfect yet at telling the difference between four legged fuzz ball with a beating heart, and well, anything on two legs" Damon sighed and showed Elena the bite mark on his arm that had two distinct holes in his arm where Caroline's fangs were
"When did that happen?" Elena asked, still looking at the scar and holding Damon's arm
"This morning when I went looking for him" Damon sighed and gently pulled his arm away from Elena "So, unless you feel like being Caroline's lunch, I suggest that we do something entirely different"
"We?" Elena asked
"Well, unless you have other plans on giving Jeremy a lecture about vampire hunting, trying to talk to Bonnie, or watching a Jenna and Alaric love fest" Damon said
"Fine" Elena grumbled, knowing that Damon had a point "What do you suggest we do then?"
"Well-"
"Damon, I gave you one chance, don't screw it up with any wise ass suggestions" Elena warned him
"Fine, but, I wasn't gonna say that" Damon said with a smirk "Sounds like someone has me on their mind"
"Just, pick something Damon" Elena said and felt herself blushing and she hated herself for reacting to Damon in any way like that
Damon just stood there starring at her with a huge smirk plastered across his face as he saw her blush.