I stood frozen watching everything unfold around me. It was like watching in slow motion. Damon nearly screaming in pain. His blood running to the floor from the stake going through his stomach. I looked back at Stefan. He stood watching Damon suffer, his head tilted in curiosity or in wonder. He looked disconnected, evil. I had to take a deep breath and remember...this wasn't Stefan. Stefan wasn't this dark monster...he was just created into it.

"Stefan please!" I screamed. His eyes locked down on me and he smiled even wider.

"Elena, if I can just get some cooperation, this will be resolved. Now...I want you to walk downstairs and get into your car and I want you to drive to the boardinghouse."

"Why should I go anywhere for you?" I asked, feeling myself grow from fear to anger.

"If you don't do what I ask, the next stake will be driven into Damon's heart." He said casually.

"You wouldn't kill your own brother." I said, trying to look confident.

He nodded like he agreed, crossed his arms and took a step back.

"Weston." Stefan called to the vampire standing next to Damon. "Kill him." He ordered simply.

"No!" I screamed as I watched Weston jerk Damon from the floor. "I'll go to the boarding

house!"

"No Elena." I heard Damon say weakly.

"Let's go." Stefan said.

The other two vampires picked up and Damon and they all disappeared like a blur through the window. I ran has fast as I could down stairs and grabbed my keys. In the car on the way over I nearly had a panic attack hoping they had taken Damon to the boarding house. I couldn't believe I managed to get to the house as fast as I did without being pulled over. I slammed on the breaks and got out and ran straight in.

Just as I ran into the living room Stefan stepped out in front of me and I skidded to a stop.

"Good girl." He smiled, he reached up and brushed my cheek. At first I just stared into his eyes. Trying to remember what it was like when I wanted him to touch me. But then I flinched away from him when I heard Damon groan behind him. I pushed around Stefan and found Damon Sitting in a chair in the living room. The two other vampires stood on each side of him.

My heart sank, watching him sit there in pain. His head was down, he was slumped over.

"Damon." I called.

He lifted his head slowly. I felt warm tears rising up in my eyes when I was met with Damon's pale, graying face.

"Take the stake out." I demanded of Stefan.

"Give me the blood I need." Stefan said shrugging.

"No." I said, not feeling quite so confident anymore.

I heard Damon scoff and I looked over at him to see him smiling very weakly.

"Good girl." He said, his voice scratchy and tired.

Stefan's face twisted in anger and in a flash he dashed across the room and jerked the stake out Damon. Damon groaned in pain. Stefan looked over his shoulder back at me and then back to Damon where he shoved the stake through his chest. I screamed and ran to towards Damon but one of the other vampires grabbed my arms and held me back.

"Damon!" I screamed. Stefan stood and backed away letting me see him. I was horrified but also relieved when I saw that he had shoved through the right side of Damon's chest instead of the left.

"That's probably close enough to put a splinter in his heart if he doesn't hold still." Stefan warned out loud for Damon.

I looked over at him. He was slumped to the side. I ran over to him and kneeled down in front of him.

"Damon?" I whispered. I reached up and touched his face. He raised his eyes to me. They looked tired and almost lifeless. The blue was faded into ice.

"Give me the blood and we can move on with our day, Elena." I heard Stefan say behind me.

"No." Damon mouthed, unable to speak.

"I'm sorry." I whispered to Damon. I stood up and turned around, holding out my wrist. "If you want it, come and get it." I said.

"Alright, it's about time I got some cooperation around here." Stefan smiled. He walked over to the table and picked up a glass and held it under my wrist. I felt the pang in my stomach again when he took my hand and held it to his mouth for a moment. I still loved him somehow. He bit into my wrist rather harshly and let the blood pour into the glass container. He glanced up at me as it poured and I could have sworn that for a small flash, a tiny moment I could see a flicker of pain in his eyes. He felt pain for causing me pain. For a split second he felt the sadness for what he was doing to me...and to Damon.

After he was done he capped it off and handed it to one of the other vampires.

"Take this down to the fridge." He ordered.

"Now let Damon go." I said.

Stefan shook his head. "No can do...because you see; my brother is a persistently annoying obstacle so...he's dead." Stefan said.

"What!" I screamed. I felt a cold sweat break out all over me.

Stefan lunged at Damon, jerking him off the chair and throwing him to the ground. He jerked the stake out of his chest and raised it above his head.

"No!" I screamed. "Please no!" Tears choked off my words.

"Look Damon! She DOES love you! Aren't you happy?" Stefan asked, right before he plunged the stake towards Damon.

"CUT IT OUT!" I turned and saw Katherine. It was the first time I was absolutely thrilled to see her. Stefan looked up and dropped the stake on the ground.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the queen bitch." Stefan smiled walking towards her.

I ran towards Damon and fell to my knees next to him. I reached over and took I letter opener off of the table and sliced it across my wrist and held it to Damon's lips.

"Drink." I told him.

I felt his lips run along my wrist weakly as the blood trickled but then as he got stronger he grabbed my wrist pulling it tight to his mouth as he fed. The night before flashed in my mind. I thought about the sculpture that is Damon's body sliding over mine. The look of pleasure on his face, the way he bit his bottom lip. It drove me crazy. I couldn't help but compare. Stefan was always great. No complaints in the bedroom at all. But Damon...he could make me weak in the knees the next day, during a dangerous situation and even while I was in pain. Once I realized he was awake and alert I looked up.

"Okay, enough of this nonsense. We've got other things to worry about." Katherine said.

"And what's that?" Stefan asked.

"Micheal. He's awake and out there somewhere and we need to come up with a plan to stop whatever he's going to do to us." She explained.

"Why should I care?" Stefan shrugged.

"Probably because he's a hunter. He's probably out to kill us all, including Klaus. Even though I am totally digging this new you...you should probably get it together and think about survival." Katherine lectured.

Damon sat up and got to his feet.

"Well, I guess this is true but for now I have something else I need to attend to." Stefan said and with that he disappeared from the room.

"Are you okay?" I asked Damon as he got his balance.

"Yeah." Damon said holding out his shirt and looking at all the bloodstains. "Wow, another shirt ruined. Man, my brother has really turned into an asshole." Damon griped.

I couldn't help but to shake my head in disbelief. Damon never ceased to amaze me. Of course that's what he would be pissed about.

"Damon." Katherine said walking up to him. Damon eyes focused on her and I felt him reach over and touch my arm.

"I'll look into this Micheal thing." Damon said touching his chest, wincing in pain.

Katherine smiled lightly and reached out pulling Damon closer to her. She leaned in and whispered in his ear.

I couldn't help but to feel a stab of jealousy. What was she saying? Damon listened to her and then when she backed away he stared deeply at her. I almost couldn't contain myself.

"Well. I need to get started. Elena, you should probably take your sweetheart to bed. Make him get some rest. Or...other things." Katherine smiled at me.

Once we were alone in the room Damon turned, taking my hand and studying my wrist carefully.

"Are you okay? Elena I'm so sorry. They caught me off guard. I wouldn't have let this happen to you, I hope you know that." He said.

"I know, I'm fine...what about you?" I asked, remembering how I thought he was going to die.

"I'm ..a little sore." Damon admitted.

We made our way upstairs to his room. A room I hadn't seen since the night I laid with him, thinking he was dying. I felt Damon reach out and pull me into him. He kissed me so deeply I grew lightheaded and my knees went weak. Before I even knew it I pulled on his shirt and he took it off. I traced my fingers over the healing wounds on his chest and Damon winced in pain.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"No...it'll get better soon." He continued to kiss me pulling me into the bed with him. Just as he ran his fingers down the length of my torso until he reached the border of my jeans he played lightly just under the edge taking my breath away.

"What did she whisper in your ear?" I asked, not being able to help it.

Damon looked at me, he looked troubled.

"Don't worry about it. It was nothing." He said.

"Damon, don't lie to me." I argued.

He sighed and sat up along with me.

"She told me that I already knew how I could keep Stefan and Klaus from collecting your blood permanently." He said. He looked away, trouble playing around his eyes.

"How's that?" I asked.

He got off the bed and crossed the room looking out of the window at the midday sun.

"Are you still in love with Stefan?" Damon asked.

I watched the shine of the blue in his eyes light up from the sun. It was a dazzling beauty, that's what Damon was.

"Yes, Damon." I said.

He looked down and nodded.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked.

"No..." He said quietly.

"Tell me how you could fix it." I said again.

Damon turned towards me. I could see him swaying on his feet. His eyes looked hazy. Suddenly I saw the shadows growing under his eyes and I could tell he was growing very hungry.

"Damon, you need blood." I said.

He balanced himself quickly.

"No, I'm fine. I don't want to leave you. This has been a horrible day. I'm especially not leaving you now and quite frankly Stefan has cleared out the blood bank downstairs so..." Damon pinched the bridge of his nose but the darkness around his eyes didn't cease and I saw that he was losing control. He stumbled forward and kneeled by the bed.

"Damon, I'll be fine, you need to get blood." I said

He looked up at me, struggling with the hunger. I saw his canines growing past his lips. They looked sharp and dangerous. For some reason I longed for it. Suddenly I found myself hungry as well. For Damon.

"I have to go find something." He said stumbling towards the door.

"Wait." I called.

He turned. Half beauty, half monster, standing there in hunger.

"Feed on me." I offered.

"What?" He asked in shock heading towards the door anyway, trying to get away before he hurt me.

"Damon, feed on me." I said again.

He turned slowly. I swept my hair behind my shoulder to show my neck.

In a move like lightning I felt the sting as he bit down on the top of my shoulder near my neck. He fed and it hurt but it felt so good. I took it in until I felt dizzy.

"Okay Damon." I warned.

To my surprise he stopped immediately and looked at me.

"Are you okay?"

"I liked it." I smiled.

"Don't say that. That's never going to happen again, understand?"; He asked.

"Tell me what she meant.": I demanded.

"Kat, was suggesting ….that I turn you." he said

"Into a vampire?" I asked , feeling surprised.

"Yes." He answered

"Do you want me to be a vampire?" I asked

"I want you to be happy...that's all I want in my existence Elena." He answered.

That's when I fell even deeper. He ran his lips across mine and I fell back into the bed, pulling him into me. As he took me over gain, and made love that I would never forget...I considered seriously for the first time...asking to become a vampire.

Because I could imagine giving up normalcy, and giving up children...to be with Damon for eternity.

"Damon." I groaned through my pleasure

"Yeah?" He pulled me up and pulled me into him even closer.

"Turn me." I whispered in his ear.

I've already got some crazy ideas for the next chappy. Please leave reviews! I always hate what I write but the excitement from you guys always makes me jump back to the computer lol (and im drunk tonight, so sorry about spelling errors)