Authors Note: So i suggest that you get yourself a box of tissues for this one, also, if you want to add emphasis to the last scene, listen to "for blue skies" by strays don't sleep, while you're reading it :)
"It was you, wasn't it?" I asked.
Stefan laughed.
"Answer me!" I demanded.
"Oh Elena, sweet, innocent, Elena." He walked close in front of me and traced a finger across my chest, i stood completely still. "Yes, it was me, i set up Damon, i lead 'anarchy', and i-" He smiled. "Killed" He stood so close to me there was only roughly half an inch between us. "Your father."
I quickly pushed him backwards and went to dig my heel into his chest but he caught my foot.
"Silly you, thinking you're quicker than me, stronger than me, naive little Elena." He held his grip before letting go, i collapsed to the ground.
"Why did Damon take the fall for you? Why did you kill my father?!" I shouted at him, slowly standing up.
"Well my brother, that i'm not sure about, he probably just wanted to avoid a fight, or even better, maybe he was just trying to get rid of you, maybe he just doesn't love you." He smirked.
"No." I replied.
"I mean yes he might of saved you that night but, i don't know, he pulled the same crap with my girlfriend." His smirk faded.
My jaw dropped. "Damon was the one who saved me?"
"Well of course." Stefan replied.
"Oh my god, and i, i told him that-" "Do you want the answer to your second question or not?" Stefan interrupted. I frowned, and subtly looked around the room for a defense mechanism. I nodded.
"Well, i killed your father-" I quickly turned to face him. He smiled at my response. "Because well, because i could." He teased. I charged at him, swinging a punch into his face, kicking him in his most valuable area, and pushing him down onto the ground. I dug my heel into his chest while he was still lying on the ground.
"You know what the best part was? The rush that pulling the trigger on that gun gave me, the thrill of knowing that that bullet had pierced through your dads skin and made his heart stop pumping blood, and realising that he was dead." He gritted through his teeth. I dug my heel into his chest even more, he let out a yelp.
"You're disgusting." I exclaimed.
"You should thank me for what i did, your father was a bad man, i saved a lot of people, i saved my people, i did what i had to do, Elena, your father did things way worse than anything that i've ever done, remember that, and remember how you look at me, when you look in the mirror next time, because all those people you killed could've had daughters too." He smirked. I loosened my grip on his chest, he was right, as much as he had killed my father, he was also right, i killed people, i was about to kill him, i was just as bad as he was.
"You don't know the first thing about my father, or me, say another word and it'll be the last thing you'll ever say." I threatened. Stefan laughed, yet again. He grabbed my ankle and pushed me back, quickly getting up then slamming me against a wall, holding me there.
"You should be thanking me, sweetie, now you can join your old man in the afterlife." He whispered fiercely in my ear, before raising a hand.
"Stop!" Two men burst in the door, holding back Damon.
"Damon?" I asked quietly.
"What are you doing here big brother? Didn't you get the memo, it was invite only." Stefan said, walking toward Damon.
"Let her go Stefan." Damon shouted at him.
"Don't you get it, she doesn't want you, she was so quick to believe that you killed her father, you gotta wonder why, i mean, did she ever even love you?" Stefan asked, teasing.
"Shut up!" I yelled, running into him, kicking him in the back. Damon shoved his elbow into one of the guards faces, and hit the other, before snapping both of their necks. Stefan sat on his knees laughing.
"Look at you two, fighting for each other, so cute." Stefan quickly jumped up, turned me around and secured his arm around my neck. "Here's what we're going to do." He started. "Damon, you're going to go home and Elena and i are going to finish our little chat-" "No way in hell!" Damon interrupted.
"You know it's rude to interrupt people when they're speaking." He smirked. "So you're going to go home, Elena and i will finish our chat, and then i'll let her go." Stefan agreed.
"I don't believe you!" Damon shouted at him.
"Do it." I said to Damon.
"Elena?" He asked.
"Damon, i can take care of myself, i'll be fine, but you need to go, now." I demanded.
"I'm not leaving you!" He shouted.
"Yeah, you are, cause i'm asking you to, and i'm asking you to trust me." I replied.
"Aw how sweet." Stefan frowned.
"Elena i can't, i can't leave without you." Damon argued. "I'd rather die than leave you here."
"That's not an option, go, now, please Damon i'm begging you! I'll be right behind you." I promised.
"Can we hurry this sap fest up because i do have people to threaten and lives to ruin." Stefan butted in.
"If you're not home in 20 minutes, i'm coming for you-" Damon looked at me. "And then i'm coming for you." He shot a cold look at Stefan.
"She'll be home for dinner honey, scouts honor." Stefan teased. Damon hesitated, but kept his eye un both me and Stefan while slowly walking out of the room, not wanting to leave me.
"He's gone, now what the hell do you want?" I asked Stefan quietly.
He walked so close to me, fiercely, that i backed up against the wall and turned my head to the side, clenching my teeth.
"Vengeance." He whispered in my ear. "So i'm going to tell you what is you have to do, and you're going to do it, or i'm going to kill everyone that you've ever loved, and make you watch, then i'll lock you up, and i swear to god i will keep you here forever, until you dehydrate and die." He pulled away and turned around, leaving the room, motioning for me to follow him. I stayed backed up against the wall for a moment, teeth still clenched, eyes tightly shut, heart racing, breathing heavily. This was the first time, in a very long time, that i had been genuinely scared, i was afraid of losing Damon, i was afraid of Stefan, and i was afraid of myself, what i had become, what my life had become. I took a deep breath but let out a large sob when trying to exhale. I pinched the top of my nose, in between my eyes, trying to stop myself from crying, and then ran my fingers through my hair. I hit my head back on the wall and then followed Stefan out into the hallway.
I stopped him in his tracks. "Please just leave him alone, i'll do anything, you can have me instead, just please, leave him alone!" I pleaded.
"Honey it's not you that i want, my brother ruined my life, he ripped away the people i care most about and left me with nothing." Stefan explained.
"It wasn't his fault!" I argued.
"It was his fault! Wether he meant it to be his fault or not i don't care, but it's all because of him, she's gone, because of him, our parents are gone, because of him, don't you get it, i don't want anything with you, i want my brother to be as miserable as i am, what i want is for him to feel the pain of losing the person you love most in the world." He continued. "Which just happens to be you." He chuckled to himself.
"Do what you want to me, just don't hurt him." I begged, tears forming in my eyes. I was desperate to save Damon, there was no way i was losing him.
"Don't worry darling, i'm not going to touch him." He elaborated, a large smirk on his face.
"What are you going to do to him?" I asked cautiously.
He laughed to himself. "I'm not going to do anything to him." He paused. My heart was racing faster than ever before. "You, on the other hand." He continued, pointing his finger at me fiercely. I frowned with confusion.
"What?" I asked. Stefan smiled evilly.
I stood outside Damon's dorm, when i opened that door, i would have to do what Stefan demanded, i didn't have a choice, i dreaded turning that door handle and hurting the man that i love, i couldn't do this, but i had to. I opened the door slowly and stepped inside.
Damon was standing in the kitchen drinking scotch and turned around immediately as he heard the door open. His facial expression lifted at the sight of me safe and sound.
"Thank God you're ok." He said with a sigh of relief, he walked over to me quickly. I stared at him, trying not to cry. He had a constant smile on his face.
"Smile Lena, we won, it's over." He cupped my face in his hands but i pulled away. I looked away from him, hiding the tears in my eyes, i couldn't look at him be this happy and know that what i was about to do was going to destroy that happiness. He frowned in confusion.
"It's not over, is it?" His smile faded. I shook my head slightly and closed my eyes to stop the tears from flooding out.
"You're going to go back to Damon, you're going to tell him that everything you've ever said to him was a lie, that all the time you spent together was just so you could find out who killed your father." Stefan began.
"What?!" I questioned, confused.
"Damon..." I started. I looked into his eyes and immediately regretted it, he was so helpless, he had no idea of the damage i was about to cause, i wanted to just hold him in my arms and never let him go.
"Damon It is over, but not just with Stefan." I continued.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
I hesitated and bit my lip to stop it from trembling. "When i first saw you, you looked familiar to me, i recognized your figure, and your eyes, the only thing that i could think of when i saw you was my fathers death. I thought you might have had something to do with it, so i-" "You what?" He interrupted.
"I thought you might have had something to do with it or known something so i became close to you, i didn't plan sitting next to you on the first day, but i planned for you to fall in love with me, i knew you'd open up to me and i-" "You what, Elena?!" He demanded.
I choked on my own words, I licked my lips and wiped my eyes. "It was all just a game, Damon. All of it, every moment that we spent together was a lie, everything i ever said to you was a lie and i-" I paused.
"Tell him that you don't love him, that you never have and that you never will, that you hate him, that all he's ever done is made you miserable, that you regret every single moment you've spent together-" "No! I won't do it!" I interrupted. "Tell him that he means nothing to you and that you wish him an eternity of misery, that he deserves to be alone and die alone."
I held back a large sob. "I don't love you, i never have." I smiled to mask my crumbling heart. "And i never will." I struggled, i closed my eyes tightly. "I hate you." I opened them and stared at him apologetically. He shook his head.
"No." He whispered.
"All that you've ever done is make me miserable. I regret every single moment we have spent together! All the lies, all the hate, all the lo-" I paused. "All the things you felt for me, all the things i- pretended to feel for you."
"Elena you don't mean that!" He shouted filled with rage, he clenched his fists.
"I do." I whimpered.
He rubbed the nape of his neck and let out a short laugh. "No you don't."
I hesitated, my heart racing, my eyes flooded with tears, i brushed my hair off my face and shook my head. "You mean nothing to me, Damon." I stopped and took a huge breath. "I wish you an, an eternity of misery and pain and you deserve-" It was as if i had lost the ability to speak, i couldn't say these words if i tried. I scrunched up my nose. Damon was speechless, his jaw dropped to the ground, his eyes blurry with tears, the hope i saw in them earlier was hanging on by a single thread, and i was about to break it. "You deserve to be alone, and die alone."
"Why are you doing this?" I asked with a catch in my throat.
"Damon took the woman i loved away from me, he crushed every single bit of happiness i had left in my life, and now i'm doing the same to him." Stefan explained.
"Be better than him, Stefan, you'll find love again one day!" I pleaded.
He turned to look at me, his jaw trembled. "Tell him that you don't want anything to do with him, that you never want to see him again, you want him out of your life forever and that you're leaving town, that you're going home." He commanded.
Damon ran his fingers through his hair, he turned away from me and buried his head in his hands.
"Damon i'm leaving town. I'm going home." I looked down to the ground as he turned to face me again, his hands resting on the back of his neck.
"You're leaving?" He asked like a scared child. I nodded slowly.
"I want you out of my life, for good, i don't want anything to do with you, and i never want to see you again." I continued.
"I can't believe this." He stormed toward the kitchen.
"Damon.." I began.
"What, Elena?! There's still a bit of my heart in my chest do you want to rip that out too?" He shouted and pointed to the left side of his chest.
I swallowed and closed my eyes once more to stop myself from breaking down."Don't come after me, just please, stay away."
"This is what you want?" He asked.
I shook my head slightly. "Yes, this is what i want, because i don't love you, and i've meant every single word of what i've said tonight. Unlike anything else i have ever said to you." I concluded.
"And what happens if i don't do this?" I demanded.
"Then like i said, i will kill every single person that you've ever loved, starting with Damon and ending with that little brother of yours." He warned. I gasped and shook my head.
"You wouldn't." I warned.
"And after i've killed all of them, in right front of you, after i make you watch them suffer, i will kill you, slowly and painfully, just like i will them." He threatened.
Damon nodded in agreement. I needed to leave but i knew that once i stepped out that door that it would be over. I hesitated.
"Goodbye, Damon." I paused for a moment before placing a small kiss on his lips, immediately regretting it. He turned his head to the side, trying to stop himself from crying, he refused to look at me. I turned and quickly walked out the door, slamming it shut behind me.
"Fine. I'll do it, just promise to leave the people i care about alone?" I asked.
"You just made a deal with the devil." Stefan smirked.
Elena stopped outside Damon's door, she stared at it for a while before turning around and slamming her back into it. She hit her head on the door a couple of times, punishing herself for the sins that had just occurred on her behalf. She paused, still with her back up against the door before sliding down it till she sat on the cold ground. Her face was covered with fallen tears and her eyes filled with fresh ones. Damon stood on the other side of the door, he stood there for a while and thought over the events that had just occurred, attempting to process it. When it all finally caught up to him he threw the lamp sitting on the table next to him at the wall, he pushed books off desks, he threw Stefan's stuff out the window, and he punched the glass window. Elena covered her mouth at the sound, trying to stop herself from whimpering, she couldn't let him know she was still there listening to him. Damon stood at the broken window sill, he held his hand out assessing the damage he had done. When he realized that his hand still worked properly he picked up a book and threw it at the wall.
"How could you do this to me?! I know how, Damon! No one will ever love you, they never have and they never will, and it's all because of you!" He chucked a candle out the window. "It's because of your stupid smart ass comments, your incapability to comfort people, it's because you're a terrible-" He kicked a chair over. Elena tightened her grip on her mouth trying not to make a sound, tears were gushing out of her eyes. "Selfish-" He now headed over to his bookshelf that contained all his photo frames, he picked one up of he and Stefan, he stared at it for a second before throwing it out the window.
Elena released her hand from her mouth, she shook her head. "Stop." She whispered to herself.
"Idiot!" He picked up a picture of him and Elena and aimed for the wall but stopped himself. He brought the picture into view and stared at it for a moment, he stroked Elena's cheek with his thumb. He looked up and let a tear fall.
"Stop, please stop" Elena continued.
He put the photo frame back and walked over towards the door. He put his hand on the handle about to open the door but stopped himself as he replayed her words in his mind. "I don't love you, you deserve to die alone, don't come after me.". He leant his head on the door and closed his eyes, allowing another tear to slide down his face. Damon followed this action and slid down the door, sitting on the ground now. Elena was sobbing, there were no words to describe the way that she felt. Damon sat up against the door. Elena pressed her hand up against the door, reaching for Damon, but one thing stood in her way. Damon mirrored her actions and did the same, as his fingertips came in contact with the wooden door, Damon's lip trembled and more tears fell. Elena stroked the door as if she was comforting Damon, and Damon dug his nails into the door like he was trying to hold onto Elena, hold onto her and never let her go, but every true love story has an end.
Authors note: woops, sorry not sorry, btw it's not the last chapter, there's still heaps more, i've so far planned up to 14, but i think there will be more than that, yeah so, hope you enjoyed this torturous chapter, i actually wrote half this chapter after i wrote chapter 3, cause i thought up really good ideas for it so i wrote it back then and it took my so long to write chapter 3-8 because i was just not motivated to write those chapters but here you go, i'll get another one up soon hopefully! Keep up the good reviews, i literally smile at each one owiejgkrag, share it around if you could, get the views up, it motivates me to write, so do your reviews, and if you have any questions you can as me on my tumblr (which is dobrevhs) hope you guys enjoy and thanks again! i love you :)