~The fourth chapter a day early. I wanted to write this for two reasons. One is to get it done and the other would be so I would have more time to write a chapter for one of my other stories.
~This chapter actually goes in a different direction than I originally wanted, but I have the parts in here that I wanted in it. It might be a little OOC for Damon, but I'll let you be the judge of that. (:

ENJOY!


General POV

Elena and Bonnie were int he Gilbert house. Bonnie sat on a bed while Elena shifted through her closet. Elena wasn't at the house much since Klaus left Mystic Falls. She felt safer at the boarding house closer to Damon. Elena grabbed a couple of t-shirts out of her closet and dropped them onto her bed next to Bonnie.

"So you're going on a trip with Damon?" Bonnie asked Elena.
"Yeah." Elena looked at Bonnie. "I know you still don't like him much, but I need to get away from everything."
"What about Stefan?" Elena looked down and then looked back up at Bonnie.
"I broke up with Stefan, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." There was an awkward silence between the two of them. "What do you think he'll do when he finds out?"
"It doesn't really matter Bonnie." Elena sat down next to her on the bed. "I know it's going to sound different, coming from me, but I don't really care what Stefan thinks anymore. He almost turned me into a vampire back when him Klaus were going at it and he knew I didn't want to be a vampire." Elena took a deep breath and then continued. "He didn't even care when Jeremy almost died and he just broke away. It wasn't official though until I broke up with him the other day." Elena paused and started to think about the expression on Stefan's face when she broke up with him.


~Flashback~


'Tears swelled up in his eyes as he looked at Elena. With Klaus out of Mystic Falls, he didn't have to worry about revenge against him. Stefan just looked at Elena, who was remaining strong in front of him. Despite everything he did in the past to her, no matter what she did to him, they got back together. The times with Klaus changed everything. He had really hurt her emotionally, she slapped him, and not to mention everything else that happened. After everything happened, Stefan believed there was still a chance for them because he still loved her.'


End of Flashback~


"Elena?" Bonnie said for almost tenth time to Elena. She finally broke out of her thoughts.
"Oh," She looked at Bonnie. "Sorry."
"Are you okay?" Elena gave her a 'You've got to be kidding' look. "Right, bad question." Bonnie said when she noticed the look Elena gave her.
"I'm gonna go down stairs and grab something to drink." Bonnie nodded her head as she watched Elena walk out of her bedroom and down the stairs.


Elena walked downstairs and grabbed an empty cup from the cupboard. She let out a sigh as she brought the cup to the sink and started to fill it with water. Elena couldn't help but let her thoughts slightly wonder to Stefan. There was still something between them, she had to admit, but it was nothing like it used to be. It started to shift to something different, something that Elena was slightly afraid of for some reason. She took a gulp of water and looked out the window that was right above the sink. Her eyes widened and she turned around to face Stefan.

"Stefan." She said out loud. "What are you doing here? How did you know I was even here?"
"I heard you and Damon talking earlier." He told her.
"You should leave." Elena said to him while she looked at him.
"I will, I just wanted to ask you a question." Stefan stepped closer to Elena. "Did you get my rose?" Elena's eyes widened a little "I'll take that as a yes." Elena tried to keep calm and Stefan got closer to her.
"You should leave." Elena repeated to him. He got in arms length of her. She couldn't help but look at his face with almost no space between the two of them. Elena looked into his eyes and could tell that there was a hint of sadness in them. Stefan gently took his hand and wiped some of her hair behind her ear. He leaned closer to her and kissed her on the forehead. In that moment the front door opened revealing the scene to Damon.

Elena looked over at Damon and he knew she didn't want Stefan there. Stefan turned around to face his brother.
"Hello brother." He said to Damon as he looked at him.
"What are you doing here?" Damon asked him in a slightly pissed off tone.
"Just visiting Elena." Damon looked over at Elena and she still had the same expression on her face.
Damon looked at Stefan "You should leave." He told Stefan. Stefan stood facing his brother for a moment before turning around to Elena. She looked at him for a moment before he flashed out of the house.

Damon and Elena stood there for a moment before Damon walked over to Elena.
"Why was he here?" Damon gently asked Elena. Elena just stood in front of Damon speechless for most of the time before she looked up to Damon with sadness in her eyes.
"I think he still loves me Damon." She said look at him. Damon gently pulled her in for a hug, being careful not to spill her cup. "Oh, Elena." He whispered to her. "I can't leave you for a minute." He tried to joke to make her feel better. They stood there for a couple of minutes before Damon started to pull away from her. She looked up at his face. "Thanks." She said with a smile looking into his eyes. She turned her head towards the stairs when she started to hear some footsteps.

Damon turned around and they saw Bonnie coming down the stairs. Bonnie first looked at Damon. She was surprised a little to see him there and then she looked over at Elena. Bonnie could tell that something happened by the expression on Elena's face.
"What happened?" Bonnie asked as she stepped closer to them in the kitchen.
Elena took a deep breath and told her. "Stefan." Bonnie's eyes widened. 'Stefan made her like this?' Bonnie thought as she looked at Damon.
"We should do something about him." Damon said.
"Damon..." Elena said, looking up to him again.
"We have to do something Elena." Damon said looking into her eyes, forgetting that Bonnie was in the same room as them. "Don't you feel what he did to you?" He gently asked her. 'Damon's right. We have to do something.'
"He just got to me that's all." Elena looked to Damon. "He said he heard us talking earlier and knew I was going to be here." Elena took a pause before talking again. "I don't think he wants to give up on me." Bonnie let a slight concerned look appear on her face before she noticed that Damon pulled Elena's head to his chest. Elena put his head against his head for comfort. 'It's strange seeing them like that'' Bonnie thought.
"Do you think you'll be okay if I leave so you can finish packing?" Damon asked down to Elena. She lifted her head from his chest and looked up at his face.
"Yeah." Elena said to him.
"If Stefan comes back," Bonnie started to say, which made Elena and Damon turn their heads to her, "I'll make sure she's okay."
"Thank you Bonnie." Damon said to her before looking at Elena. "Don't let him get to you." Elena looked at Damon again. "You know how he gets." Elena slightly shook her head. Damon gently kissed her on the forehead and walked out the house.

Elena walked back up to the bedroom after Damon left. Elena sat down on the bed debating rather or not to tell Bonnie about the rose. Bonnie could sense that Elena was worried.
"Don't worry about it Elena." Bonnie said as she sat next to Elena on the bed.
"I'm going try not to," Elena took a pause, "but it's easier said than done." Elena looked at Bonnie. "Stefan left a rose with a note on Damon's bed this morning. I saw it when I got out the shower." Bonnie looked at Elena, slightly concerned. "It basically said that I will always be in his heart, that I'm better than Katherine, and that he will do whatever to get me back."
There was a silence between them because Elena didn't know what else to say. She had to think and to try to keep her mind off of things. "But once he sees that I'm better off with his brother," She took a breath of air before she spoke again, "he should see that I'm happy and be okay with that." Bonnie slightly smiled.
"Why don't we get something to get you're mind off of things until Damon comes back?" Elena nodded her head. Bonnie got up off the bed and walked towards one of the dressers. She turned around towards Elena with some nail polish bottles in her hands. "Let me do you're nails." She said to Elena, dangling the nail polish in her hands.
Elena smiled. "Then I get to do yours to." Bonnie smiled and sat back on the bed with the nail polish.


Elena brought a suitcase downstairs and placed it next to the front door. She turned around to face Bonnie, who was coming down the stairs.
"Here's the other one." Bonnie said handing Elena the other suitcase.
Elena reached out and grabbed it from Bonnie. "Thanks." Elena sat it down next to the other one.
"Where's Damon?" Bonnie asked her.
Elena looked at the time on her phone. "He should be here soon." She said after slipping her phone in her front pants pocket.

"How long are you guys going to be gone?" Bonnie asked as they walked into the living room and sat down on the couch.
"I don't know." Elena told her. "He never really mentioned it, but wherever we're going I hope we don't run into Klaus or any of his hybrids."
"Don't worry Elena. The way I've seen you and Damon look at each other, you will have a great time no matter what happens." Elena smiled. She started to hear some footsteps behind her and she couldn't help but take a deep breath in. Bonnie looked behind Elena, then looked to her.
"Looks like you've got some company." Bonnie said to Elena.

"Boo." A voice said from behind Elena. She turned her head up and behind her. Elena smiled at the sight of Damon behind her. "Hey." She said to him smiling as he walked around the couch and plopped down next to her. "And with that I'll leave." Bonnie got up and smiled at Elena. "Don't forget to check in on us while you're gone." Elena got up and hugged Bonnie.
"Don't forget to check on me either." They pulled out of the hug and Bonnie looked over at Damon. "You better not hurt her." She said to Damon. He got up and stood next to Elena. "I wouldn't dream of it." He slightly smiled and pulled Elena close to him. Elena smiled and looked at Bonnie. "I'll be okay Bonnie." Bonnie let a small smile appear on her face. She grabbed her purse and left Elena's house.

Elena turned to Damon and looked him straight in the face. Damon gazed into her chocolate brown eyes. They were alone in the house that held so many memories for Elena. She wasn't thinking about any of them. Elena just thought about Damon while she looked into his ocean blue eyes. She let her eyes look down to Damon's lips and her mouth opened a little. Damon just looked at her in all of her beauty. Elena slowly brought her lips closer to Damon's, which surprised him a little. Their lips touched and they kissed. Damon gently put his hands around her hips as they kissed. This was the first time that she initiated a kiss between the two, but Damon didn't want to argue.

Damon slowly pulled away from Elena, but keeping his hand on her hips. They looked into each other's eyes and smiled.
"Let's go." Damon smiled. Elena nodded before they walked towards the front door. Damon guided her there while keeping his arm around her waist. "Where are we going?" Elena asked as she picked up the suitcases. "It's a secret." Damon said to Elena as they walked out of the house. "But I am going to tell you that you are going to need a lot of sunscreen." Damon smiled as they put the suitcases in the trunk and he closed it. He used vampire speed to flash to the passenger side of the car and opened it for Elena. She looked at him and smiled. He closed the door for her and flashed over to the drivers side. Damon sat in the seat, put his keys into the ignition. "Here we go." He said before driving off with Elena in the passenger seat and the Gilbert house getting farther and father behind them.


~I hope you liked the chapter. This chapter sort of flowed out of me, even the part with Stefan. Originally didn't have plans to have him in this chapter, but it just came out of me.
~I don't have much to say except for the following. If you have any ideas for future parts in the story, and thoughts about what has happened, or anything relating to the story, let me know in the reviews. I read all of them. If you leave a question, I will answer it in the begging of the next chapter in the authors notes. I will also let the readers know who's ideas I liked or might even use in future parts of the story in the author's notes.
~The next chapter should be coming on the 29th of January (or sooner).

R&R 'till the next update.