Disclamer : I don't own Vampire Diaries
Damon walked out of his room because of the smell that coming from the kitchen. Damon went straight to the kitchen and saw Elena who was cooking. " What are you doing?"
Elena turned for a sec to look at Damon then put her attention back to her cooking. " Is not seen what I was doing?"
Damon looked around. " Where is Stefan? Are you here alone?" Damon asked.
Elena smiled at Damon. " Stefan is in the shower. Don't worry too much, Damon. I'm fine."
Damon walked over to Elena and pay attention to her cooking. " Why do you cook so much?" Damon see the table is already filled with food. " We're vampire. We don't eat that kind of food." Damon said.
Elena turned to Damon again. " But I'm human. I need human food. And I don't like eat by myself. So all of you have to eat with me."
Damon looked at Elena's dish. " Even though I'm dead, I don't want more dying by eating your cooking." Damon smirked at Elena.
Elena stared at Damon. " I'm a great cook." Elena frowned. Damon just laughed. Elena scooped a spoonful of omelet that has been made and handed it to Damon. " Try this."
Damon shook his head. But Elena kept force him. Damon finally opened his mouth. Damon smiled while he chew. " It's pretty good." Damon said. " You have potential to be a good wife." Damon smirked at her.
Elena heart suddenly beats faster when she saw Damon smiled at her. She could feel her face begin to heat up. Elena quickly turned away from Damon before he can see her face.
But Damon has seen changes in Elena's attitude. " What's wrong?" He asked, confused.
But before Elena could find a reason to answer that question, they heard the doorbell rang. Damon immediately be cautious. He looked Elena. " Stay here. I mean it." Damon said, before he walked out from the kitchen.
Damon walked to the front door. He opened it carefully. After seeing who is standing in front of the door, he smirked. " I don't think you want to be a guest at the house of a vampire, considering how much you hate us." Damon said to Bonnie.
" Damon, be nice." Stefan walked down the stairs and immediately walked over to both of them.
" This is me being nice." Damon said as he smirked.
Stefan ignored Damon and just look at Bonnie. " Please come in, Bonnie." Bonnie stared at Damon before she walked into the house, without saying anything.
Elena came out of the kitchen with another plate of omelet in her hand. She saw Bonnie and smiled. " Finally you come, Bonnie." Bonnie just nodded at her. Then Bonnie saw the dinner table, where there are a lot of food are already available there.
" Why are you cook so much?" Bonnie turned to Elena. " You do know both of them are a vampire, right? They don't eat food like this." Bonnie said.
Elena put the last dish on the table. " They can eat food like this. Normal human food." Elena said.
Stefan sat on one chair. " Yes. We can eat this." Stefan said.
Damon's just shrugged and follow Stefan to sit on one of the chair. Elena looked at Bonnie. " Let's have breakfast. We can eat together like a family." Elena smiled at Stefan who smiled back at her.
" One big happy family." Damon added with his smirk. Bonnie stared at Damon.
They haven't had time to hold a spoon, when the doorbell rang again. " That's probably Jeremy and Alaric. I will open the door." Damon got up and opened the door.
A few seconds later, Damon is back with Jeremy and Alaric. Seeing Jeremy, Elena immediately stood up and approached him. " How are you feeling?" Elena asked.
Jeremy smiled at Elena. " Better."
" Let's get you fed." Elena said then she pulled Jeremy's hand to the dining table. She told Jeremy to sit next to her. It's been a long time since the two of them eat together in the same table. Since Jeremy started mad at her.
" You too, Alaric. This is your kind of food." Damon said to Alaric.
They take place at the table, and began to eat. They just looked at each plate, and enjoy their breakfast in silence. Once they had finished breakfast, Elena looked at Jeremy. " Damon told me that you want to get involved." Jeremy nodded. " I can't let you do that." Elena added.
" I know you're worried about me, Elena. But I'm not a kid anymore. You can't keep treating me like one." Jeremy looked at Elena. " He's our family, Elena. I need to do something to help him."
Elena get what Jeremy is think. Elena can't say anything, but there is an obviously worried expression on her face. Damon also noticed it. " I will make sure nothing will ever happen to him. Don't worry." Damon said to Elena.
Elena looked at Damon and nodded. Somehow, after hearing Damon's word Elena's worries are reduced. She was sure Damon will protect Jeremy and not let him to get hurt.
Damon looked at the others again. " Can we immediately begin this meeting? I have a place that I have to go." All eyes immediately looked Damon. So Damon explained. " I already alert the council. We're going to the forest and tried to find traces of Katherine. We can't let her hold of John and Caroline too long."
" I'm coming with you." Jeremy immediately said.
" Me too." Alaric said too.
" You're all will come with me. We need all the force we can get." Damon said. Damon looked at Stefan. " You stay here with Elena."
Stefan nodded in agreement. " But first things first. I need to hunt before it all." Stefan said.
Damon stared at Stefan. " Aren't you just went hunting yesterday?" Damon asked.
" I don't have enough to eat yesterday. And with the current situation like now, I need all the energy I can get." Stefan explains.
Damon looked at Bonnie. " You can stay here to protect Elena?" Damon asked.
Bonnie also looked at Damon. " I can't. I'm going to go to the Gilbert's house to try to bless it back."
All eyes looked toward Bonnie. " What do you mean by that?" Stefan asked.
" I read one of Emily's books. There is one ritual that can be done to re-bless the house. Katherine was invited into the Gilbert's house. But if Gilbert's house can be blessed again, all the vampire who had been invited in, not be able to come in again."
Damon stared at Bonnie. " That's a really good idea."
" Absolutely. I can't keep Jenna for too long." Alaric said too.
Damon looked at Elena again. " Fine. I'll stay here with Elena. Alaric, you and Jeremy join the others in the woods. I'll catch up once Stefan is return."
Elena looked at Damon. " You can leave me here. I think Katherine won't come at a time like this."
Damon scoffed. " Nice try, Elena. But not a chance. You stuck with me." Damon said with his signature smirk.
Elena looked at Damon. " We must quickly find John and Caroline. I don't want to be an obstacle to you. Stefan only will go hunting. I just have to wait until he finished hunting."
" No." Damon has been decided.
Elena looked at Stefan with a looks for help to Stefan. But Stefan was also shaking his head. " Damon is right, Elena. It's too dangerous for you to stay here alone. I'll be right back." Elena gave up and sighed.
Damon looked at the others. " Come on, guys. Move. Don't be a slacker. We don't have that much time." They all rose up, then one by one they leave the boarding house. Just Damon, Elena and Stefan. Stefan is ready to go as well.
" Don't be too picky, Stefan. Drink what you can get. It doesn't have to be squirrel." Damon said.
Stefan glared at Damon. " I got it." Stefan was out of the house.
Once Stefan sure that everyone was gone, and Elena and Damon stays in the house, he jumped into his car and driving away. The destination of his trip is the woods on the edge of town. Because Stefan only consume animal blood so he's not as fast as Damon, because of that he have to used the car to get there faster. He drove for twenty minutes before he went into the woods. He stopped his car in front of the ruin.
He stepped carefully, as he looked around. The place wasn't look different since he was there with Elena the last time, to tell her about Katherine.
Stefan makes a sound when he stepped on a tree stick. After that he heard a sound that coming from the ruin. " Katherine!" Stefan call her. " I know you are here. Come out. We need to talk." Stefan said.
No need to wait, she was already standing behind Stefan. Stefan turned around and looked at Katherine. They both stood very close to each other. " You really know me too well. How do you know I was here?" Katherine smiled at him.
Stefan looked straight into Katherine's eyes and step closer to Katherine. " This is the place where you lived when you were in Mystic Falls. Where are John Gilbert and Caroline? I know you have them."
Katherine walked away from Stefan and laugh. " You think I'm going to keep them here?" Katherine turned to Stefan.
Stefan smiled a little, spreading his charm on her. " Why did you kidnap them? I really don't understand. Is it really just because you want to hurt Elena?"
Katherine shrugged his shoulders. " I will return John Gilbert. I'm quite done with him anyway." Katherine is disappearing and returned quickly with John at her side.
Stefan could see how bad John's condition at this time. His hands were bleeding because Katherine cut his fingers. His face was bruised. His legs seemed broken, because he can't stand. Stefan took a step closer to John. " John."
But Katherine stood in front of John, blocking him from Stefan. " Not yet. I'm quite done. I haven't finished with him yet." Katherine said to Stefan. Then she turned back to John. " You can tell him why I kidnapped you." Katherine said to John.
John looked at Katherine with his pain expression. Then he smiled. But he didn't say anything.
" Fine." Katherine raised her hand and was ready to snap John's neck when Stefan quickly pulling her away from John.
" I won't let you killed him." Stefan said to Katherine. His hand is still hold Katherine's arm.
" Let her killed me. I don't want to owe you anything." John opened his mouth and talk.
Stefan looked at John. " You don't owe me." Stefan recalled how John nearly killed him and Damon when he turned on that device. " I don't do this for you. I do this for Elena. After all, you are still his biological father."
John laughed. " I want to kill you the Salvatore for Elena." John said to Stefan. Stefan looked at him confusedly.
" I told you to leave the two of them alone. I told precisely to kill everyone, except the Salvatore." Katherine said too.
Stefan looked at Katherine. But she just looked at John. " Elena is my daughter. They are a vampire. This is the least I can do for her. I can't let her be with them." John said to Katherine. John looked at Stefan. " I can see how she looked at you. She loved you." John said to Stefan. " And there's also Damon. I don't like how close they are."
" They are just friends." Stefan said.
John laughed. " Think whatever you wanted to think. You and I both know the truth. If I can see it, I'm sure you can too. Elena and Damon have a special relationship. No matter what, I can't let my only daughter spent her life with a vampire, either you or Damon." John said.
" But it's too bad that you'll never know." Katherine is ready to take another step closer to John to kill him, but Stefan didn't release his grip from Katherine's hand. Katherine turned to look at Stefan.
" I told you. I won't let you killed him." Stefan said once again to Katherine.
" After what he had done? You still want to help him?" Katherine asked him.
Stefan looked at Katherine. " He is Elena's biological father. I will bring him back to her." Stefan said firmly.
Katherine stared at Stefan. " Fine. You can have him. He has no use to me anyway." Katherine said. Katherine looked at Stefan and smiled. " But not the girl. I haven't finished with her."
" What are you plan to do with her?" Stefan asked.
Katherine smirked. " That has nothing to do with you. Yet." Katherine said again. Katherine turned to John. " But there is something I have to do with him first." Katherine escape from the Stefan's grip and quickly ran into John.
Damon walked back and forth in the living room, while Elena sat on the couch, reading a book. " He is gone awfully long." Damon said. Elena raised her head and looked at Damon. She's not really concentrate to read that book anyway. Damon looked at the watch. " It's been thirty minutes. Even in usual time, he's never went this long." Damon said again.
Now Elena stand on her feet and walked to Damon. " You think maybe something happened to him?" Elena asked. Her expression already worried.
Damon just looked at Elena for a while. He doesn't want to make Elena more worried than she already is. " I will take you to Bonnie. After that I will looked for him."
Elena shook her head. " No. I'm coming with you." Elena said. She already walked toward the door. Damon grabbed her hand to stop her.
" Please, Elena. This is too dangerous. I will let you know as soon as I found him." Damon said.
Elena looked at Damon. " I'm coming with you." Damon could see the determination in Elena's eyes. He knew that if Elena is like this, it's so difficult for him to change her mind.
Damon rubbed his head. " Fine. But you're going to listen to what I said." Damon said. Elena nodded.
Damon walked out. Elena followed him. " We will use the car." Elena said to Damon before he's offered to carry her again. Damon laughed. Then he walked to the car.
" Can you wear a seat belt?" Elena asked, seeing Damon driving with a fairly fast speed but didn't wear seat belts.
" I'm a vampire. People will laugh at me for just wearing a seat belt." Damon said. Elena just shook her head. They are already on the road in a few minutes. Damon turned on his cell phone. " There is a GPS in Stefan's car."
" You are one sophisticated vampire." Elena said.
" Of course I am." Damon smirked at her.
Elena shook her head but she's smiling. Elena looked at Damon. Suddenly she remembered what Bonnie said. Damon did keep living this hundred years for Katherine. Katherine is the reason he lived. " Damon." Elena called him.
Damon turned his head to look at her. " What?" Damon asked.
" I want to ask you something. And you have to answer it. Honestly." Elena said. Damon nodded quietly. He can see the serious expression in her face. Elena took a deep breath. " Do you still loved Katherine?" Elena asked.
Damon turned to her again. " That's what you want to ask?" Elena nodded. " Why do you want to know?" Damon asked.
" You answered my question. I will answer yours." Elena said.
Damon just looked at her for a while. Then, he nodded. He doesn't say a word. But Elena knows what his answer is. " Now your turn. Why do you ask that?"
Elena barely can hear what Damon said. Because her heart ache when Damon nod. She doesn't know since when Damon have this kind of effect on her. Elena looked at Damon. " Do you want her back?" Elena asked again.
" You haven't answer my question, Elena." Damon said.
" Answer this one question. I will answer yours." Elena said.
Damon sighed. " I don't know." He answered. Damon turned to Elena. " This is my honest answer. I don't know whether I wanted her back or not. I waited for her for a really long time. But after what happened, I don't know anything anymore. But I did love her."
" If she said she will back to you if you kill me. Will you kill me?" Elena asked again.
Damon looked at Elena. He knows now why Elena asked all of this question. " No." He answered firmly. Elena just silently looked at him. " You said it to me once. We have something. I don't know what it is. But you were right." Damon paused a moment. " I cared about you. I still haven't figured out why I do, but I won't let Katherine hurt you. You are important to me. I can't explained anything to you right now, Elena. I don't have any answer. But I promised you, I won't let her or anybody hurt you." Damon said.
Damon's words stuck in Elena's heart. Damon never said anything like that to her. He never told her who Elena to him. Now Elena knows what Damon felt. And she knew that she felt the same. She also cares about Damon. Damon is also important to her. And that thought is surprising Elena. She didn't know how to react to it.
" Elena." Damon called Elena, because she just silent. But Elena still not reacted. Damon put his attention on Elena, not the road. That's why he didn't see the rabbit that suddenly appears in front of them.
Elena is the one who saw the rabbit. And she went on screaming. " Damon!"
Damon immediately looked toward the street again. That rabbit is already too close to the car. He didn't have time to stop the car again. So Damon slammed the wheel to the right, toward the tree. Because Damon isn't wearing a seat belt, he quickly can wrapped Elena in his arms to protect her from the crash. The car was hitting the tree.
" Are you okay?" Damon asked. Elena just stay quiet. Damon then pulled himself from Elena and watched her carefully, observing whether Elena injured. Elena's body is shivering. Damon cupped Elena's face in his hands and forced her to look at him. " Elena. Talk to me. You scared me." Damon said. But Elena still not saying anything. Damon could hear her heart that was beating so fast. It made him more anxious. " Elena, is anything hurt? Are you hurt?" Damon said with a worried tone.
Elena lifted her head and looked straight in Damon's eyes. " My chest. I can't breath." Elena said quietly.
" What? You can't breath?" Damon's face looks worried. " What should I do?" Damon said to himself.
Elena had difficulty breathing because of the burden that was felt in her heart at this time. Her body was shivering non-stop because Damon was too close at her side, hugged her in his arms. She felt Damon could protect her from everything. Nothing will happen to her if Damon is there. Elena felt that. But she also feels guilt over what she feels on Damon. She knew she shouldn't feel like this to Damon. Moreover, Damon had just told her that he still has feelings for Katherine. And there is Stefan. She shouldn't feel anything like this to other guy other than Stefan.
By collecting all her last strength, Elena pulled away from Damon. Elena quickly opened the car door and stepped out. Damon followed her immediately. " Elena!" Elena walked quickly leaving Damon behind her, so she could feel the fresh air outside. She took a deep breath, trying to calm the fire in her heart.
But Damon is a vampire. He can quickly catch up with Elena. " Elena." Damon already stood next to Elena.
Elena tried to ignore Damon and focuses her attention on her surroundings. That's when she realized where she is. " I've been here before." Elena walked a few steps, trying to remember where she knows this place. Then she remembered. " Stefan had brought me here before. Your old home?" Elena said to Damon.
Damon looked Elena in the eyes. " Katherine." Elena nodded. They both understand why Stefan suddenly disappeared. He was looking for Katherine.
To be continued...
