A/N: I'm going to try the chapters through the character POVs to see if it makes for an easier story transition, bear with me because I've never written this way before. And if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them : )

I do not own any TVD characters, I just play around with them a bit : )

Elena POV

I can't believe that just happened to me and how it makes me feel. I've never had such a heated argument like that before. The passion behind Damon's words were so much different from what I'm used to dealing with when I don't see eye to eye with Stefan. He walks on eggshells and skirts around the issue, and Damon doesn't. He challenges me, and that brings something new and exciting to the table.

I shook my head, more confused than I was when I started, and decided to go up to bed. When I collapsed on the bed, I finally let everything out, releasing all of the pent up emotions from this week's drama.

I cried for the loss of Stefan, because after this, we can't go back to how we were. I can't live in monotony with someone who doesn't challenge me. And I don't think I could ever forget what happened between him and that bitch Katherine. There is just no way that he could have gotten us mixed up, we're too different.

I must have cried myself to sleep because when I opened my eyes, soft light was coming in through the windows. I felt an arm tighten around my waist slightly, and I froze. Rolling over carefully, I realized Damon must have come in to speak to me and passed out on top of the blankets next to me. Well this is awkward, I thought.

I gave Damon a closer look, as he lay there asleep. He was so beautiful, wait, did I just think of Damon as beautiful? I shrugged. Yeah, I definitely did. I slowly lifted my hand to move some of the stray hair from his eyes. Seeing Damon like this, relaxed, not fighting a war in his head about me, and Stefan, and how bad he thinks he is, and ugh, Katherine, made him look different to me. It reminded me of what it was like to watch Jer after he had nightmares when Mom and Dad died. He would spend hours in the aftermath crying and lashing out and look so tortured. But once I was able to get him settled, he looked so beautiful and calm, that I couldn't help but want to keep him that way. To protect him, to try to prove to him that he was loved, and that life was worth living. Is that how I'm feeling about Damon? Maybe.

Damon POV

I had come in late in the night to talk to her, I wanted to make my demands known. I wanted to stake my claim in all this. Am I ready to be the good guy? Hell no. I'll never be my holier than thou brother. But I want her. And I'll protect her with everything I have and I needed to tell her.

I couldn't wake her up, when I saw her laying there like that. She was so beautiful. She was worried about something and I could tell by the little crinkle that kept appearing between her eyebrows as she slept. Instead of turning around and going to my own room, I just climbed on the bed with her. I meant to soother her into a peaceful sleep and instead, I ended up draping my arm around her and falling asleep myself.

The next morning, I knew she was awake long before she rolled over but then she did something that shocked the hell out of me, she reached out and moved the hair out of my eyes. She touched me! I felt like I was a big ball of static electricity, at the next touch I would just explode.

Today is going to be different. I'm going to make her forget about all of the drama today, and show her how to really have fun. I kept my eyes closed and smirked. "You know it's not polite to watch someone when they're sleeping, right?"

Her hand flew back from my face and she crossed her arms, my own arm still loosely draped around her middle. "You know it's not polite to climb in to bed with someone when they're sleeping, right?" she countered.

"Touché." I answered slowing taking my arm off of her, but instead of letting her up, I rolled onto her and pinned her down.

She gasped. "Damon, what are you doing? Get off of me!" she pounded her little fists on my chest uselessly.

"Not until you lose the attitude!" I said starting to tickle her sides. "I want to have fun today!"

She lost it laughing and all of the wriggling underneath me was starting to have its effect on me. If she'd have me, I would lose myself deep inside her right now, and imagining that didn't help my current situation any. I jumped off of her and headed to the door.

"Hey! Where are you going?" She yelled after me.

I turned around and gestured to the tent forming in my pants. "I have something to take care of and you need to get around. Unless you'd like to take care of this?" I asked smirking and raising an eyebrow.

"What? No. Oh my god, Damon! Go!" she sputtered, her usual tan skin taking on a deep red shade.

Well at least I knew I could have that kind of effect on her.

Stefan POV

I didn't leave the house to hunt and I was growing increasingly irritated. I was mad at Damon for taking off with Elena and doing God knows what with her. Mad at screwing up with Katherine and probably ruining everything with Elena. And I was mad at Elena, how could she be so stupid as to run off with Damon. Where he went, danger wasn't far behind. She knows what a monster he is, she knows what he can do. Why would she call him of all people?

"Stefan, give up the inner monologue, and stop torturing yourself." Came her voice from behind me.

Before I could think, I slammed her against the wall and held her up by her throat. "What do you want Katherine?"

She laughed and slammed me on to my back on the floor, climbing on top of me. "What do you think I want? Come on, Stefan, you didn't have any problem kissing me the other night." She teased.

"I thought you were-" I started.

She laughed again and let me up. "Elena? No. We both know you knew it wasn't her. Admit it, you want me just as badly as I want you."

"I want you a badly as I want Damon to have a twin brother. Now get out." I seethed.

"Fine, I'll just grab my bag and go. And Stefan? She's having fun with him. I followed them for a couple days but," she shrugged, "if you don't want to know that's fine with me. She's so boring and simple anyways."

Did she just say she knew where Elena was? I need to know what's going on before I go crazy.

"Katherine, wait!" I caught her as she was leaving and she smirked at me, knowing exactly how this was going to pan out before it even started.

I needed to know where Elena was, so I could bring her back to me. I needed to keep her safe and show her that nothing changed and I still felt the same way about her.

A/N: So what did you think of the new POV? I'm pretty hardcore anti-Stefan, but I like myself some Steferine, so I'm not sure just what I'm going to do with the two of them just yet : ) Suggestions for next chapter?