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Chapter 10

"You should go back to class" Damon said after he recovered from the crushing realisation of what he would have to do.

Elena looked confused looking into Damon's pained eyes searching for the reason behind it, "What's going on Damon? Do you know who sent the message?"

"It was probably just Vickie trying to mess with your mind, I don't even own I phone anyway so she could have just used her own." He tried to convince her but she wasn't like the other girls, compelling her wasn't an option.

Elena shook her head, shocked that someone with an expensive car and designer clothes didn't even own a mobile, "Then I'll go outside and find out if it was her" she said pushing down the handle on the door, but Damon's arm moved so quickly it blurred, covering her hand before she could open the door.

Elena blinked as she looked down at his hand, thinking she must be going crazy, "Damon?"

He loosened his grip but didn't remove his hand, bringing her hand away from the door, silently hoping she didn't just see him move far too quickly. "Like I said it's probably just Vickie, why waste your time on her?" he said smoothly, but then remembered what he had to do but he couldn't find the words to tell her, because how was he suppose to tell a girl that meant everything to him that they couldn't be together anymore?

He couldn't be with her if it meant she would be in danger, so he would have to somehow pretend that he didn't love her so maybe the vampire trying to kill her would try killing him instead.

He was at a loss for words so instead he drew closer to her, his hand placed lightly on her back, pulling her closer. Elena didn't object, right now all she wanted to do was take the suffering out of his dark eyes. Holding her in a silent embrace for several minutes, he kissed her bare neck gently, before pulling back slowly.

His hands trembling slightly as he looks at her face, knowing that this is all he can offer as a good-bye without risking her life, even if she didn't realise it…

Elena's POV

He looked even more hurt when he pulled away, but I don't know why, Damon's just an unsolved mystery.

One minute he seems on edge like he's about to rip someone's throat out then all of a sudden his barriers come down and his façade returns, but now… now it's different I don't see angry or emotionless expressions, all I can see is grieving, endless black eyes.

"You should get back to class" he says quietly not looking me in the eye, his eyes wandering the length of the floor, but this time I listen because me being here obviously isn't making him feel any better.

"Sure, I'll see you at lunch, ok?" I ask wishing he'd look up, but at the same time knowing if he did then the look in his eyes would make my heart bleed.

He simply nods, not moving until I walk away first, making sure I go back to class, but when I turn around again he's gone, which is impossible because he would have had to run to leave that quickly and if he did would I not have heard him? Probably not saying as my head is pounding.

The next few lessons are a daze, Damon didn't have any of my classes this morning, but that didn't mean I didn't think about him every second.

Meredith and Bonnie were giving me concerned glances every few seconds and I should have put on a brave face and acted normal but my leg kept shaking and my fingernails drummed off the table as a waited impatiently for the lunch bell to ring. I just needed to see him again, needed to make sure he was ok, because I know something was wrong I just couldn't put my finger on it.

All his strange behaviour could have been just my over-active imagination but I doubt it.

Finally the bell rang, and I tried to slow down to match Meredith and Bonnie's slow pace but ended up dragging them along to make them walk faster.

"What's the rush?" Meredith asked trying to catch her breath.

"I just want a good seat" I say looking around the large lunchroom for one person.

"But we always sit at the same place anyway" Bonnie says, looking confused.

I shrug, forgetting what we were even talking about, my eyes moving through the crowds of people, not finding a person dressed all in black.

I wait another few minutes, realising he's probably still in class, but after a half an hour of reassuring myself this, I try think up other excuses for him not to be here, but nothing made me feel any better.

When lunch did end, I was a nervous wreck, my nails bitten and impatience radiating from me. I must have looked through every single person in that room in case I missed him, praying he would walk through the double doors with his flawless smile and confident stride.

I took a deep breath before opening the door to chemistry, expecting my chemistry partner to be sitting waiting for me but all that I found was an empty seat, making my heart drop.

I spend an hour of pretending to be working on my project when really all I was thinking was 'Where was he?' repeatedly.

Two hours later and still no sight of Damon, I walk out to the car park, walking to the where his car was parked to see a crowd surrounding it, my spirits lifting when I see him standing in the middle, cursing myself for worrying so much.

His eyes lost all the sadness from earlier, all that was left was the brightness that made his eyes shine brightly. His smirk perfectly curving his lips, I walk over to crowd, his eyes meting mine, and as I wait for the softness to come into his eyes, but all I can see is cold, hard eyes, narrowed slightly.

I stop dead in my tracks as I see his arm wrapped around Caroline's waist, her body pressed into his side, a sly smile on her lips. Before I can comprehend what's happening, my body is already reacting, my vision is blurring as tears form in my eyes, my balance becomes unsteady making me have to hold on to a nearby car for support. A pain shots through my chest, as I see Damon opening the door for her, smiling at her in the same way he use to smile at me. Then he drives away without a second glance…

DPOV

If I didn't have inhumanly great eyesight I might not have seen the tears in her eyes, and no matter how much I wanted to go to her, I couldn't not if I wanted her alive.

Now I was stuck in a car with a human I couldn't care less about, but if I wanted the vampire to think I didn't love Elena I needed to act like I use to, like Elena meant nothing to me. Wait, did I just say I loved Elena?

I always thought I would have wished she was like Katherine, but now I wish Katherine would have been more like Elena. Elena, the only girl who has ever been able to fill the hole in my heart with her mere presence, the hole that was left by Katherine's betrayal or perhaps the time that my brother stabbed me in the heart either way it was Elena that cured me…

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