I am back again! Here is chapter four of 'I Saved Your Life'. I also hope this story is helping with the fact there are no new episodes until April 7th. Therefore, everyone, please enjoy and review! :) - I Own Nothing -Lioness002
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"Elena." Stefan whispered from outside of my room. Elena turned watery eyes to see Stefan in the doorway with a stricken face and wide eyes. Elena bit her lip and looked over her shoulder at me; I knew my face was a mask of blankness. I had to turn away from her gaze and look to Stefan who looked heartbroken. Elena sniffled quietly as she turned back to Stefan and gulped back a lump in her throat.
"Stefan…it's not what you think." She whispered feebly even thought she knew it was too late to take her words back. Stefan closed his eyes and let out a deep breath as he looked at Elena with hurt eyes.
"Umm, it's alright Elena, just uh, I'll meet you upstairs." Stefan said rubbing his forehead.
"But-"
"It's alright, I'll be right up." He said giving her the best fake smile he could muster in this tense situation. Elena let out a sigh and let her shoulders slump in defeat.
"Alright." She said taking a few steps toward the door. "Goodnight Damon." She said softly as she gave me a sad look over her shoulder. I nodded faintly at her before she turned away from me and walked toward the door. As she was leaving she lightly brushed by Stefan's shoulder, he turned his head to watch her walk down the hall toward his room on the second floor. My eyes left Elena as she went out of sight and turned to Stefan. He looked absolutely furious as he turned to look at me.
"Relax Stefan." I said holding up my hands in a sign of surrender as I saw the first hints of veins appear under his eyes. "What you just heard is not what it sounded like." I said trying to defend Elena.
"Really?" Stefan snapped. "So I didn't just hear Elena say she loved you?" Stefan said he gave me a hard look and clenched and unclenched his hands.
"No Stefan, you didn't. Elena did not physically say she loved me. She was lying to Katherine to shut her up." I said evenly as I tried to beat back the sense of want and love that was quickly traveling through my body. Elena did not love me; she did and always would love Stefan. I would not, could not accept what I had heard Elena say. Katherine had been present and she made people do and say irrational things. Elena was just being her normal protective self, not revealing some deep, dark, secret desire for me.
"Damon you know as well as I do that Elena likes you." Stefan said closing his eyes. "I didn't want to believe it at first, but it's becoming clearer and clearer."
"As a friend! She likes me as a friend! You are blowing this situation way out of proportion. If you didn't notice, Katherine was present and you know she is a conniving schemer. She knows Elena is a protective person, she knew if she insulted me Elena would defend me." I said throwing my arms up in annoyance.
"Exactly, you." Stefan said bitterly sounding more like the jealous boyfriend than he ever had. As he pulled his mouth into a tight line I clenched my teeth together in frustration causing a loud click to sound through the room.
"Elena would do the same thing for you. Don't let Katherine win!" I pleaded to Stefan. Stefan crossed his arms and glared at me for a moment as we stood in silence.
"What happened while I was gone?" Stefan finally asked.
"What?" I questioned.
"While I was out hunting, was Elena with you?" Stefan asked slowly as if he were just daring me to say yes. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.
"Yeah, but that was only because you told her to wait up and she didn't want to be around Katherine, I was the only other person she could have been around." I said seriously fighting the idea of hitting Stefan in the head to knock some sense into him; he was such a blockhead. Stefan stayed silent for a moment before he left the room in a hurried rush. I let out a soft moan as I walked over to my bed and collapsed. "God my life or…un-life is complicated." I thought as I propped a hand behind my head and laid one hand on my stomach as I stared at the ceiling. I closed my eyes and focused on my unneeded breathing, in, out, in, out. "Oh this is useless." I mumbled opening my eyes and hopping off the bed so I could head for the basement. I strolled out of my room and walked down the hall straining my ears to hear into Stefan's room, I wanted to know what was going on. As I listened I could hear faint footsteps and Elena's heartbeat, there was something going on inside.
"Stefan, you don't understand, Katherine was literally saying Damon didn't matter in the slightest. I had to do something, if I had just sat there I would have never forgiven myself and I know Damon wouldn't have done anything. He needs to learn to stop taking everything at once and share the burden, share his load with us." Elena said to Stefan as I heard her let out an annoyed sigh. I could just see her, face slightly flushed from yelling, arms crossed, and that face she always did when she was trying to prove a point.
"Elena, Damon is a grown person, he can take care of himself, and he doesn't need you sticking up for him."
"Yes he does!" Elena snapped. I raised an eyebrow as I scooted closer as Elena lowered her voice slightly. "You may not notice it, but Damon does need someone to stick up for him sometimes. By me doing that it shows I care about him." Elena said.
"Maybe too much." Stefan said.
"Stop it." Elena said forcefully. "Just because you hate Damon doesn't mean I have to, I care about his feelings. Now before you say he does not have feelings let me tell you he does. Seeing him after he is around Katherine is heart wrenching, he looks so heartbroken and unwanted, he shouldn't feel that way." Elena said. I felt so odd listening in on this conversation and I never usually cared about peoples personal space/secrets. Maybe it was because they were talking about me and Elena was defending me as if her life depended on it.
"Elena, you can't trust him, he could snap any minute and hurt you." Stefan pleaded. I rolled my eyes at Stefan and leaned against the railing to hear Elena's next comment.
"There you go again Stefan, acting like I'm some helpless imbecile. I can take care of myself, and I can decide whom I want to be around and what I do with them. And right now I don't want to be around you." She snapped as I heard a scuffing as she picked something up from a table. My eyes widened slightly as I heard Stefan's door open, I quickly sped around the corner and watched as Elena rushed by holding back tears. She opened up the front door and slammed it for good measure as I turned to look up the stairs at Stefan. Stefan sighed and looked at me in annoyance.
"I'm guessing you heard that." Stefan said crankily as he walked down the stairs toward me.
"It's hard not to hear when there are two screaming lovers upstairs, one of which is my younger brother, and the other a close friend." I said with a smirk. Stefan narrowed his eyes at me and lashed out his arm trying to connect with my jaw. I sped out of the way just in time. "Easy Stefan, lovers quarrels happen. Call her tomorrow after she thinks about it, we are all under a lot of stress at the moment, you two will be fine by lunch." I said trying to gauge Stefan's reaction. Though deep down I wanted Elena for myself, I could not be selfish with her, that was the cost of loving her. Stefan clenched his jaw and brushed forcefully by me.
"I'm going out." Stefan said exiting the house and slamming the door just like Elena.
"Damn you Katherine." I said under my breath with a sigh as I headed for the basement.
"Soooo, how do you feel about Elena's little confession?" Katherine asked with a cocky smile as she showed up next to me. I frowned and continued to walk thinking of ways to get rid of her.
"Un-phased considering you were the reason she said it." I said as I opened the door to the basement and headed down the stairs.
"Oh Damon, you really need to learn how to take the good things when they come to you, because lets face it, you don't get many of those."
"All thanks to you Katherine." I hissed as I opened up the fridge and took out a blood bag, Katherine then began to reach for one but I slammed the lid shut before she could. Katherine gave me a sour look as I walked away with a smirk and the blood bag in hand.
"Damon." Katherine called after me as she slammed the lid shut after grabbing a bag for herself and speeding in front of me. I stopped walking and stared at her in distaste.
"Shouldn't you be out bothering someone else?" I asked icily. Katherine smiled sweetly at me as she ran a hand down my chest; I frowned and removed her hand as if it were hazard waste. Katherine gave me a small pout as I walked by her and headed up the stairs.
"You must really love her." Katherine said as I reached the top, I stopped and turned to look at her over my shoulder with a raised brow. She had her head tilted to the side slightly as she stared at me in interest.
"Who?" I asked. Katherine gave me an evil smile as she sauntered up the stairs, ruffled my hair and opened up the basement door to leave.
"Elena." She answered in a singsong voice. I rolled my eyes at her as I closed the basement door and entered the main part of the house.
"Do not, she's with Stefan." I said walking into the parlor and pouring myself a scotch and taking a sip. Katherine smirked, took the glass from my hand, and finished it off.
"Never stopped you before." She said as she shinned her nails on her black silk robe, she was still dressed like a stripper.
"I don't love Elena." I said as I turned away from her to head to the kitchen to grab a glass for the blood. I heard Katherine from behind me begin to laugh at my answer. I let out an annoyed sigh, "How I ever loved her is really a question." I thought grabbing a glass and pouring half of the blood bag into it and taking a sip. Katherine on the other hand was still laughing at me and leaning against the doorframe when I pushed by her.
"Wow Damon, I never thought you could be in denial."
"Shut up Katherine." I said heading to my room.
"Damon why won't you admit it?" She asked and I thought I heard real interest in her voice.
"None of your business." I snapped in the hallway outside my room.
"Actually, it is my business." Katherine said. "I want Stefan, you want Elena, Stefan wants me, and Elena wants you. Do you not see how this situation is all mixed up?" She said with an innocent smile.
"Elena deserves Stefan, not me." I said with a quiet sigh. "And Stefan does not love you, he loves Elena."
"Right, so that fight from earlier was normal?" Katherine said I turned to give her a glare. "You see it and yet you don't act on it, why?"
"Because I don't want to. The only reason this is happening is because you are a manipulative bitch causing drama. I am not going to let any incline of hope in because I know that after you leave Stefan and Elena will be together. Its history repeating." I said bitterly taking another sip from my glass and walking into my room with Katherine right behind me.
"Damon, I would suggest keeping your options open, because whether you see it now or later, a void is slowly growing between Elena and Stefan. Your time will come, eventually." Katherine said as she stepped out of the room and disappeared into the shadows. I slowly closed my eyes and sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands.
"Don't even hope for a second." I whispered to myself, because I knew that no matter what happened I would always be second best to Stefan.
Yay, a longer chapter! Sorry the chapter ended somewhat depressing, but do not worry, Damon will be happy! Katherine does have a point though, a void is forming between Elena and Stefan, the fight tonight proved that. How will Damon react to this new bit of information? How is Elena doing after the fight with Stefan? Find out in the next chapter! Soooo, I hope everyone who read enjoyed and will leave me a review. Thanks! :) -Lioness002