A/n- Thank you as always to everyone that has read, reviewed, favorited and followed this story those always me the world to me. This chapter speaks for its self I wanna say and we are just getting started on where this story is going so sit back and enjoy, its going to be a bumpy ride. Until next time, happy reading.
I stumbled into the hallway feeling for the world like I had had the rug ripped out from under my feet. Pregnant, Elena was pregnant, I was going to be a father. I shook my head knowing that I was being a complete ass for walking away from her but I needed a moment to think. Shaking my head I let out a rough breath and shoved shaking fingers back through my hair. This wasn't supposed to happen. I swore softly under my breath and stumbled another few steps. I was completely fucked. Elena- pregnant. It felt like a cruel joke. Like someone somewhere was laughing at me, watching my life crash and burn because the moment she had said those words I saw it all, I saw a family I saw a chance to finally be happy after the hell that Katherine and my brother had put me through. Punching at the wall, anger welling up on me I kept on pushing forward needing to get as far away from the situation as I possibly could.
"Don't you dare walk away from me!" I was half way down the hall, walking away from my bedroom finally starting to feel completely numb when the door to my bedroom door was yanked open and a fuming Elena came barreling out towards me, murder in her eyes. "How dare you!" She snarled, her face turning an interesting shade of red, her hands pummeling against my chest, hitting me repeatedly, pushing me even further away from my bedroom until I was crowded against the wall in the hallways just trying to stop everything that was happening. Reaching down I grabbed her wrists, if only to just make it so she would stop hitting me. I was angry with her, angry with myself, wanted to hurt her and knew that because of that I needed to get away from her, it was the reason that I had walked away from her to begin with. Her face scrunched up, tears flooded her eyes and she sank, her legs giving out on her until only my grip on her arms were keeping her in place.
"Elena-" I wasn't sure where I was going with that- anger still clouded my vision but concern for the woman in front of me, who seemed to be crumbling in on herself was over riding everything else.
"Just don't." She deflated, breathing stuttered, all anger- all everything leaving her until she looked like a husk, "This never should have happened. What was I thinking, I'm married to your brother." Yanking her wrists from my grasp she stumbled back a few steps, her chest heaving. "This thing between us, it was just physical and it was a mistake. I love him." She hissed, though whether she was trying to convince me or herself I wasn't sure. "I love him." She repeated more firmly. It was fascinating to watch as she gathered the strength around her, her eyes going cold and her lips thinning into a line. "I love him," She growled for a third time before she was squaring her shoulders and glaring at me, "And this, whatever this bullshit is, this ends now." I wanted to fight her on it, if she loved my brother as much as she was claiming she did then she never would have ended up in my bed- she knew it, I knew it, hell even Caroline knew it but I wasn't going to point that out in that moment. Elena had broken down and built herself back up in all but a matter of moments, exuding a shell, a fire that reminded me of why I loved her.
I swallowed, stepping back from her.
I loved her
That was revelation in and of itself. I had tired so damn hard to not feel anything for her but despite what I was telling myself those feelings were still there.
I took a step back towards her unconsciously, wanting to reach for her with the new revelation but too little too late meant that she was already pulling away from me, not just physically- she had already done that- but mentally as well.
"It's not over." I promised, shaking my head, "you can lie to yourself all you want but this thing between you and I, it's not over." Elena flinched.
"I'm not lying." She quavered, shaking her head, her bottom lip trembling as she stepped back, needing to push just that much more distance between the two of us. I wasn't having any of that though, I needed to make a point and I was going to make it no matter what she said.
"But you are Elena." I taunted, closing the distance between the two of us, "What's between us, it wasn't just physical and you damn well know it or you wouldn't have come back to me again and again," I stroked my finger down her cheek, swiping away a tear that had trailed down onto the skin, "I gave you things that he never could have or you wouldn't have been with me at all, that first night never would have happened. I owned you, body, mind and fucking spirit. Can you even say that he ever gave you even a tenth of what I gave you? And im not even talking about just sex! Where was he when you needed him? That's right, he wasn't thereā¦but guess who was. I was, when you needed me I was there."
I knew that I had been a complete jackass when I had walked out when she told me that she was pregnant but the way that she struggled not to lean into my touch gave me hope that maybe, just maybe she was starting to forgive me for that. Lips crushed down against hers, needing to mark her, knowing that I was being rough but not caring. I wanted to claim her, she was forgiving me and I was going to take advantage of that. She whimpered against my lips, her hands coming up to touch my chest, pushing against it even as she parted her lips for me- But then she was pulling back and swallowing.
"Damon," She whimpered her eyes wide and bright with tears, her voice begging me to understand-
And I did, I understood completely just from the look in her eyes and how sharp her reaction was that she was starting to feel the same way for me that I felt for her. Brushing my thumb across her cheek again I leaned forward to press my lips to hers again only to freeze as I heard the growl behind me.
"What the fuck is going on." Elena's eyes went wide, and my stomach dropped. Turning slowly I met the enraged face of my younger brother.
