Damon:

I hear an ear piercing scream radiate through the floor boards and in a matter of seconds I'm standing outside Elena's bathroom door.

I hear small whimpers of fear through the door. "Elena?" I call loudly. "Elena!"

"Damon?" She calls in a small voice.

"Come out here Elena!" I yell. I notice I'm shaking with fear and adrenaline. I try extending my senses out and feeling for another vampire, yet all I get is a weird feeling and a funny ache in my stomach. I know it can't be a vampire, but there is something else in there with her.

I hear her quick breaths and watch the stream of light under the door flashes on and off. "Elena! What's going on?"

There's no reply and I stare at the door, trying to decide what to do. I hear another heartbreaking scream filled with pure and agonizing fear.

I bang on the door in anger and fear. "Elena!" I yell loudly for the last time. "I'm going to break the door down!"

Before I can do anything the door opens and Elena rushes into my arms sobbing.

Over her head I glance into the bathroom and see it is completely empty. I frown in confusion then look to a very frightened Elena. "Hey what happened?" I ask her, utterly confused and filled with concern. "You're okay now." I say in an attempt to calm her. "Everything's fine."

She shakes her head and lets out a small cry of fear. I feel a shiver knowing she's probably right. Someone was with her in the bathroom. Someone powerful, and neither human nor vampire.

One of my biggest fears is that Elena won't be able to handle it. Everything has come at her blow after blow. She hasn't been able to take more than a minute to relax.

First Elena found out that Stefan is back on human blood and violent as ever, along with the fact he is cheating on her. She also started getting bad dreams, violent ones, which involve her getting hurt, or dying. Now there is something else out there playing with her mind and focuses on getting at her when she is alone.

Any human would break down after too much. I'm scared Elena will soon reach her breaking point. I know it might not be much, but if she breaks down, I hope she knows I'll be here.

"Elena," I say quietly pulling back. "Do you want to get dressed? We'll talk after."

She nods into my chest. Once she pulls herself off my chest her hand quickly finds mine and she intertwines our fingers.

"Don't leave me alone, okay?" She whispers to the ground. "You can just turn away but please don't ever leave me alone again."

I can only nod because the fear on her face is actually heart breaking. In the back of my mind I know I should be mad, I should go and hunt whoever is doing this to her but yet I can't find it in me to be mad. I just feel like every piece of me is being torn down because no matter how hard I try, I just keep failing at protecting her.

She looks at me with a terrified gaze, as if she's trying to see whether I'll leave or not. Reluctantly she slowly releases my fingers and walks towards her dresser. I turn around to give her some privacy but I nearly twitch at the need to check on her. I feel so useless and it feels like I should be keeping an eye on her every hour of the day.

"Okay." She says quietly. I turn back around and I can see exactly how tired she is. It's early in the morning and yet she already has bags under her eyes, although that may be because she was awake most of the night. She's thrown her hair up in a messy ponytail. She's dressed in sweat pants and a fitted tee shirt.

She still looked absolutely beautiful, but her smile has lost the brightness she had shown recently. Her eyes don't light up anymore. She is utterly exhausted.

I walk over and without a word I lift her into my arms. She gives me a questioning look but before she can ask a question I cut her off. "Please just let me do something for you Elena. I know you're tired and I know you need some help. I'm going to help you." I tell her gazing into her big brown eyes. "Just relax. I'll sit you down on the couch and make you breakfast. You can just watch TV and eat whatever you want and just be a teenager for awhile."

She gives me a small, broken smile which I'm guessing is the best she can manage. "Thank you." She says quietly, laying her head on my chest.

"Anytime." I tell her before carrying her downstairs and placing her on the couch.

Elena:

"So what do you want?" Damon asks placing me on the couch so my head leans against the arm rest and my feet extend down the couch.

"Surprise me." I tell him with a yawn. He looks at me with a worried expression but I give him a small smile and watch him walk into the kitchen. I glance back at him and find him watching me as he prepares some food.

I turn around again and face the TV which Damon has put on MuchMusic for me. The song playing barely registers as I think about this mornings scare. I cringe picturing the viciousness on the woman's face. I can't even imagine what I've done to deserve such a hateful expression.

I give another wide yawn and realize just how tired I am. It's a struggle keeping my eyes open but the hunger helps. I sit there letting the music wash over me, although I'm not really paying attention.

Quickly Damon returns with a try full of different foods. Each look amazing and incredibly appetizing. My mouth waters at the sight and my stomach makes an embarrassingly loud grumble.

He gives a small chuckle and I return him with a small smile. With one hand he pulls the coffee table towards the couch and places the tray on top, within arms reach.

I immediately dig in, not even bothering to look polite and proper. I instantly go for the bowl of strawberries and raspberries. I nearly moan at how good they taste, although I'm guessing it's due to the fact I haven't eaten in awhile.

I look up as I inhale the strawberries and watch Damon slide onto the couch, lightly raising my legs and place them beside his own.

I quickly finish the strawberries and after taking a large gulp of orange juice I start on the plate with a pile of bacon. I quickly tear into the first piece and this time I do moan at the taste.

I see Damon with a smirk watching me with his eyebrows raised. "You like it?" He asks.

I nod with a mouth full of bacon.

"Good, now what teenage drama do you want to watch?" He asks as I swallow.

"No drama, no horrors, no action." I tell him. Any of those may have reminders of any of the horrors from the past few days. "Maybe a comedy or a cartoon." I tell him, and then I quickly get an idea. "Hey! Can you look in the cabinet beside the TV? I think my favourite movie from when I was little is in there."

"Oh?" He says raising his eyebrows with curiosity. "And what would that be?"

"Home Alone." I say with a shy smile.

"Isn't that a Christmas movie?" He asks with a smile.

I nod. "It's still funny." I say defensively.

He gives another chuckle before walking over to the cabinet filled with DVD's and VHS'.

"So where is everyone?" He asks facing the movies.

"Jeremy is probably out with friends doing God knows what, and Jenna will probably be out with Mr. Saltzman." I tell him before popping another piece of bacon into my mouth.

"Oh, her and the teach are getting serious?" he says turning back to me with a coy smirk.

I nod with another small grin. I'm happy Jenna has finally found someone, especially someone who might be able to keep her protected from all the craziness.

I watch Damon pop the VHS into its player and stroll back over to the couch. He takes up the same position he was in before. I grab the remote and fast forward through the previews that I've seen a thousand times and finally the movie starts.

Soon I'm actually laughing. Memories of me, Jeremy and my parents watching this together whip through my mind, yet it isn't painful like I thought it might be. It's light and lifting and it makes laughing easier.

For just a few hours I feel normal again.

Damon:

I barely focus on the movie. Elena's laugh rings through my ears and I smile to myself just watching her. Thankfully she doesn't notice through the whole movie that my eyes have barely left her face.

When the burglars get burned and hit and entirely pummeled she laughed as if she were a five year old. For those few moments her eyes lit up and she smiled like before all the craziness happened.

I smile as just a few minutes before the end she drifts off into sleep, although I pray she doesn't have another nightmare.

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